Datasets:

Tevatron

/

wikipedia-trivia

like 2

Follow

Tevatron 13

[ "Nightmare on Elm Street", "A nightmare on elm street", "Nightmare on elm st.", "A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film)", "A Nightmare on Elm St.", "Nightmare On Elm Street", "Nancy Thompson (film charecter)", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Nightmare on Elm St", "A Nightmare On Elm Street", "Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Nightmare on elm street companion", "A Nightmare on Elm Street (film)", "Nancy Thompson (film character)", "Nightmare on Elm Street (film)", "Nightmare on elm street", "ANoES", "Nightmare On Elm St", "Nightmare on Elm St.", "The Nightmare on Elm Street", "Nightmare on Elms Street", "Nightmare on Elm", "A Nightmare on Elm Street 1", "A Nightmare On Elm Street (film)" ]

[ { "docid": "13491895", "text": "more in its opening weekend than the total gross of four other \"Nightmare on Elm Street\" films. The film earned over $63 million at the domestic box office and over $115 million worldwide. Kris Fowles meets her friend, Dean Russell, at the Springwood Diner. Dean falls asleep at the table and dreams that he meets a severely burned man wearing a dirty fedora, red-and-green striped sweater, and a bladed gardener's glove on his right hand. The man cuts Dean's throat in the dream, but it appears to Kris and their classmate, waitress Nancy Holbrook, that Dean cuts himself. At Dean's", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "6343226", "text": "returning to the series in a cameo role. A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his film debut. The plot focuses on four teenagers, living on one street in a fictitious town of Ohio, whose dreams are invaded by a burnt killer with a bladed glove. In the dreams, the teenagers are killed, but they also die in reality. The teenagers do", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street" }, { "docid": "6343188", "text": "A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his film debut. The plot focuses on four teenagers, living on one street in a fictitious town of Ohio, whose dreams are invaded by a burnt killer with a bladed glove. In the dreams, the teenagers are killed, but they also die in reality. The teenagers do not understand the cause of this strange phenomenon,", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street" }, { "docid": "13491938", "text": "teenagers who are introduced, haunted by nightmares and then slashed to death by Freddy. So what? Are we supposed to be scared? Is the sudden clanging chord supposed to evoke a fearful Pavlovian response?\" On January 5, 2011, the film won the People's Choice Award for best horror film. In March 2010, the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) released two new Freddy Krueger action figures; one pre-burned Freddy with Jackie Earle Haley's likeness, and one based on the new burn design from the \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\" remake. NECA also released a replica of Freddy's clawed glove. An online", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "13491910", "text": "a clawed glove, or is it a monster because of something deeper within the man himself. Wesley Strick was initially hired to pen a script for a new \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\" because he had impressed Emmerich with a prequel script he wrote for the 1995 film \"Seven\". Eric Heisserer was subsequently hired to provide a rewrite of Strick's script before the film moved into production. When Bayer came on board he received a script that reflected the combined efforts of Strick and Heisserer and which still \"needed to be tinkered with\". Bayer explained that the script goes deeper", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)" } ]

[ { "docid": "2157940", "text": "in the original film series as well as in the television spin-off. In the 2010 franchise reboot, Freddy Krueger was portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley. In 2011, Freddy appeared as a playable character in the video game \"Mortal Kombat\". Over the course of the series, Freddy has battled numerous survivors including Nancy Thompson. In the film \"Freddy vs. Jason\" and the \"Nightmares on Elm Street\" comics, an alias is used, namely \"the Springwood Slasher\". Freddy attacks his victims from within their dreams. He is commonly identified by his burned, disfigured face, red-and-green striped sweater, brown fedora, and trademark metal-clawed brown", "title": "Freddy Krueger" }, { "docid": "15592290", "text": "large muscles are today. He is dressed in a wide jacket and a white shirt, in the fashion of the period. The man's gloved left hand holds a second leather glove; an accessory used by the most refined gentlemen of the time. His right hand is adorned with a golden ring, a symbol of richness, and a necklace decorated with a sapphire and a pearl. The use of a parapet in portraits was a common device of the young Titian. Man with a Glove The Man with a Glove is an oil-on-canvas portrait by the Italian Renaissance artist Titian, c.", "title": "Man with a Glove" }, { "docid": "12513398", "text": "Wearing a Martyr's Crown Wearing a Martyr's Crown is the fourth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album was released on 22 June 2009 through German label, Lifeforce Records. The European digipak includes a demo version of \"Failure of All Human Emotions\" as a bonus track. The Japanese version of the album includes a cover of Metallica's \"Holier Than Thou.\" On 18 February 2010 Nightrage released their third music video for the song Wearing a Martyr's Crown while on a tour of Greece. The video was once again directed by Bob Katsionis and was recorded at Zero", "title": "Wearing a Martyr's Crown" }, { "docid": "12513399", "text": "Gravity Studios which is located in Athens. The title for the instrumental \"Sting Of Remorse\" was inspired by lyrics from the song \"Surge Of Pity\" which appears on the album A New Disease Is Born. Wearing a Martyr's Crown Wearing a Martyr's Crown is the fourth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album was released on 22 June 2009 through German label, Lifeforce Records. The European digipak includes a demo version of \"Failure of All Human Emotions\" as a bonus track. The Japanese version of the album includes a cover of Metallica's \"Holier Than Thou.\" On 18", "title": "Wearing a Martyr's Crown" }, { "docid": "15089557", "text": "fraud scheme was executed by a character not in the movie, Melissa the Junkie. The number of characters and events is considerably pruned, condensed, and amalgamated in the film. The book does have characters or aspects of characters used in the film, such as Taylor, Milo, Otis, Nina, Dirk, Iain the Socialist, Derek the Bank Clerk, Satomi Tiger, Uptight, and the Cashmere Sweater Babes and their Rugby Dudes. He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (film) He Died with a Felafel in His Hand is a 2001 Australian comedy film starring Noah Taylor. The film draws on the memoir", "title": "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (film)" }, { "docid": "11875070", "text": "Wearing My Rolex \"Wearing My Rolex\" is a 2008 single from British grime artist Wiley, who is a founding member of the Roll Deep crew. Described as \"grime-meets-electro\" on BBC Radio 1Xtra, the song samples DSK's song \"What Would We Do\" and its lyrics \"usually, bubble.\" and was released on 5 May 2008 by Asylum/Atlantic Records. The track was produced by Bow producer Bless Beats. \"Wearing My Rolex\" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. An a cappella gangsta-rap version of \"Wearing My Rolex\", performed by the main cast, featured in the original Royal Court Theatre production of", "title": "Wearing My Rolex" }, { "docid": "17174357", "text": "Self-Portrait Wearing a White Feathered Bonnet Self-portrait wearing a white feathered bonnet is an oil painting attributed to the Dutch painter Rembrandt. It is signed and dated 1635. It was traditionally regarded as a Rembrandt self-portrait until 1968, when it was rejected on stylistic grounds in the Rembrandt catalogue raisonné by Horst Gerson. On 18 March 2013 it was re-attributed to the master by Ernst van de Wetering. It is one of over 40 painted self-portraits by Rembrandt. The self-portrait shows Rembrandt at half length facing towards the right, wearing a velvet cape decorated with gold embroidery over a gorget.", "title": "Self-Portrait Wearing a White Feathered Bonnet" }, { "docid": "2025917", "text": "\"murderer\" to avoid being accused of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestation cases that occurred in California around the time of production of the film. By Craven's account, his own adolescent experiences led to the naming of Fred Krueger. He had been bullied at school by a child named Fred Krueger, and named his villain accordingly. The colored sweater he chose for his villain was based on the DC Comics character Plastic Man, and Craven chose to make Krueger's sweater colors that of red and green, after reading an article in \"Scientific American\" in 1982 that said the", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)" }, { "docid": "6343201", "text": "occurred in California around the time of production of the film. By Craven's account, his own adolescent experiences led him to the name \"Freddy Krueger\"; he had been bullied at school by a child named Fred Krueger. Craven had done the same thing in his film \"The Last House on the Left\" (1972), where the villain's name was shortened to Krug. The colored sweater he chose for his villain was based on the DC Comics character Plastic Man. Craven chose to make Krueger's sweater red and green after reading an article in a 1982 \"Scientific American\" that said these two", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street" }, { "docid": "18547791", "text": "best thing to do. He just tried to keep his morals as a doctor. But their separation left her with the feeling of deep hurt instead. She got worse when they met again after some time. The poor patient asked again her beloved doctor to go out together with a pat expression, \"let's go out, anywhere!\". Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella (, Pronounced as Katipa phanat see shwe htee hsaung) is a 1970 Burmese film directed by Maung Wunna starring Myat Mon, Myat Lay and Thet Naung. The film was Maung", "title": "Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella" }, { "docid": "6971152", "text": "Wearing of the Green.\"' Songs sung to the same air include \"The Rising of the Moon\", whose subject is the same 1798 rising; \"The Orange and the Green\", about a mixed (Protestant–Catholic) marriage; and \"Sae Will We Yet\" by Scottish folk group The Corries. \"The Wearing of the Grey\", a lament for the Confederate States Army, was published to the same tune in 1865, at the end of the American Civil War. The Wearing of the Green \"The Wearing of the Green\" is an Irish street ballad lamenting the repression of supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It is", "title": "The Wearing of the Green" }, { "docid": "6971151", "text": "William Henry Goodban (1866), Fred Beyer (1875), and Willie Pape (1875). The Franco-Irish composer Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885) used the tune of \"The Wearing of the Green\" in his \"Air irlandais\" op. 58 (1877) for piano, consisting of a statement of the tune in piano arrangement, followed by two virtuoso variations. Other songs which refer to \"The Wearing of the Green\" include \"Monto\", popularised by the Dubliners; and \"Each Dollar A Bullet\", by Stiff Little Fingers. Another 1798 ballad also entitled \"The Wearing of the Green\" references the more famous song in its chorus: 'Her faithful sons will ever sing \"The", "title": "The Wearing of the Green" }, { "docid": "20247817", "text": "Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret is a 1626/7 oil on panel painting by Rembrandt. It measures and is held in a private collection. It is believe to be the earliest extant single figure painting by Rembrandt. The work is dated to around 1626/27, when Rembrandt was in his early twenties working in Leiden. X-ray analysis shows that it was painted over an earlier work depicting the head of an old man. The identity of the subject is not known, but it is believed to be", "title": "Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret" }, { "docid": "15594648", "text": "gentleman wearing a rich, fur-lined black coat. He stands in front of a rich red and a green textile background and shows us a gilt lion's paw. His right hand, in a gesture typical of Lotto, touches his heart, showing two valuable rings. The composition and the colors show the influence of Titian, then the most respected painter in Venice. The symbolic meaning of the lion's paw is not clear. It could be an allusion to the subject's name, perhaps Leonino Brambati of Bergamo, or a member of the Venetian Zatta family (zatta, in Venetian dialect, means \"paw\"). It has", "title": "Portrait of a Gentleman with a Lion Paw" }, { "docid": "20687508", "text": "same with soft feathers. Her attire implies wealth, and that she is indeed performing and not just singing in the privacy of her own home. Her hair is perfectly coiffed, she has jewels for earrings, a flower in her hair, and you can tell the dress she is wearing has a bodice. She is either of high class or performing for such people. The background lacks any real information for the viewer, it can be interpreted as a wall, a set for a stage, curtains perhaps. Either way, this woman is certainly among the elite. Singer with A Glove Singer", "title": "Singer with A Glove" }, { "docid": "18547789", "text": "Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella (, Pronounced as Katipa phanat see shwe htee hsaung) is a 1970 Burmese film directed by Maung Wunna starring Myat Mon, Myat Lay and Thet Naung. The film was Maung Wunna's first feature as director and he also wrote the screenplay, based on the novel of the same name by Maung Thara. Dr. Kyi Thar (Myat Lay), who works at the intensive-care unit, Mental Health Hospital, Yangon, and the patient Ma Htar Htar (Myat Mon), an elder sister of a friend. They met for the very", "title": "Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella" }, { "docid": "8688674", "text": "in fewer solo cartoons. All of Porky's subsequent appearances in the classic era would be with other characters such as Daffy or the non-speaking, house cat version of Sylvester. The title refers to \"The Wearing of the Green\", an old Irish ballad, while the green shoes themselves are borrowed from the Hans Christian Andersen fable \"The Red Shoes\" (and the 1948 film based on it) about a pair of ballet shoes that never let their wearer stop dancing. The title was parodied, also as \"The Wearing of the Grin\", in the Bugs Bunny cartoon \"What's Up, Doc?\", where Bugs reveals", "title": "The Wearing of the Grin" }, { "docid": "6971145", "text": "The Wearing of the Green \"The Wearing of the Green\" is an Irish street ballad lamenting the repression of supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It is to an old Irish air, and many versions of the lyric exist, the best-known being by Dion Boucicault. The song proclaims that \"they are hanging men and women for the wearing of the green\". The revolutionary Society of United Irishmen adopted green as its colour, and supporters wore green-coloured garments, ribbons, or cockades. In some versions, the \"green\" being worn is shamrock rather than fabric. Many versions of the lyric exist. The", "title": "The Wearing of the Green" }, { "docid": "20247819", "text": "at at Rechnitz and later at in Lugano. It was sold by his daughter before 1954, and then auctioned at Christie's in London in 1974 and acquired by Herman Shickman and Lila Shickman. It was acquired by Pieter Dreesmann (son of of the Dutch department store chain V&D) and Olga Dreesmann in 2002, and sold from their collection at Christie's in London in 2012, for £8,441,250. A copy of the painting was sold at Christie's in 1952. Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret is a 1626/7", "title": "Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret" }, { "docid": "20262716", "text": "Holland with flat collars from the same period are: Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain is a 1634 portrait painted by Rembrandt. It shows a smiling woman with a triple lace collar. It is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Several oval portraits of a woman of 17th-century Amsterdam have survived, and sometimes these were pendants and sometimes they were individual portraits. This painting, as well as its pendant, has been attributed to Rembrandt since the 19th-century, but doubts have been raised by the Rembrandt Research", "title": "Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain" }, { "docid": "19665822", "text": "who later became the principal subjects for her photographs. In this photograph, Ivy is in drag with a long-haired wig cascading behind her, epitomizing the sexual freedom and gender fluidity that Goldin admired. Goldin has said that she wanted to show respect and honor drag queens by portraying them as a “third gender, as another sexual option, a gender option.” Ivy wearing a fall, Boston Ivy wearing a fall, Boston is a 1973 gelatin silver print photograph by the American photographer Nan Goldin. It is one of the many black-and-white photographs that Goldin took of her friends between 1972 and", "title": "Ivy wearing a fall, Boston" }, { "docid": "9584036", "text": "capital from German investors enabled him to proceed with the film. Wilder originally envisioned Marlene Dietrich as Fedora and Faye Dunaway as her daughter Antonia, but Dietrich despised the original book and thought the screenplay was no improvement. Sydney Pollack invited Wilder to a pre-release screening of \"Bobby Deerfield,\" in which former fashion model Marthe Keller had had a featured role. Wilder decided to cast her as both mother and daughter in \"Fedora,\" but the actress had suffered such severe facial nerve injuries in an automobile accident that she was unable to endure wearing the heavy makeup required to transform", "title": "Fedora (film)" }, { "docid": "20262712", "text": "Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain is a 1634 portrait painted by Rembrandt. It shows a smiling woman with a triple lace collar. It is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Several oval portraits of a woman of 17th-century Amsterdam have survived, and sometimes these were pendants and sometimes they were individual portraits. This painting, as well as its pendant, has been attributed to Rembrandt since the 19th-century, but doubts have been raised by the Rembrandt Research Project. This painting came into the collection via Mrs.", "title": "Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain" }, { "docid": "13007556", "text": "Start Wearing Purple \"Start Wearing Purple\" is a song by gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, written by frontman Eugene Hütz. The song was packaged as a double single along with \"Sally\", and released as the band's second single in February 2006. It appears on their third album \"\". This version is a re-recording of the initial one which was featured in the band's first album, 1999's \"Voi-La Intruder\". It also appears in the soundtrack for the 2005 film \"Everything Is Illuminated\", in which Hütz stars as Alex. The video starts with Hütz wearing ladies shoes, and singing and dancing in", "title": "Start Wearing Purple" }, { "docid": "19665820", "text": "Ivy wearing a fall, Boston Ivy wearing a fall, Boston is a 1973 gelatin silver print photograph by the American photographer Nan Goldin. It is one of the many black-and-white photographs that Goldin took of her friends between 1972 and 1974. Depicting Goldin’s close friend Ivy with head turned back, the photograph measures 19.875 in x 15.875 in (50.5 cm x 40.3 cm). It was purchased by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2002. Goldin started taking black-and-white photographs as a teenager in Boston, before she moved to New York City in 1978. Goldin had no prior formal", "title": "Ivy wearing a fall, Boston" }, { "docid": "1595057", "text": "Selected Parkett Artists' Editions\" from 1984–2013 Parkett Space, Zurich, Switzerland (9 February-11 March 2013) On 30 October 2014 her sculpture \"A Real Birmingham Family\" was unveiled in front of the Library of Birmingham. On 24 April 2018, her statue of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett was unveiled in London's Parliament Square; it is the first statue of a woman in Parliament Square. This makes Wearing the first woman to create a statue that is in Parliament Square. Wearing lives and works in London with her partner, British artist Michael Landy. Gillian Wearing Gillian Wearing OBE RA (born 1963) is an English", "title": "Gillian Wearing" }, { "docid": "2157966", "text": "sprite (Freddy's Dead), a giant snake-like creature (Dream Warriors), and a hookah smoking caterpillar (Freddy vs. Jason). In \"New Nightmare\", Freddy's appearance is updated considerably, giving him a green fedora that matched his sweater stripes, skin-tight leather pants, knee-high black boots, a turtleneck version of his trademark sweater, a black trench coat, and a fifth claw on his glove, which also has a far more organic appearance, resembling the exposed muscle tissue of an actual hand. Freddy also has fewer burns on his face, though these are more severe, with his muscle tissue exposed in numerous places. Compared to his", "title": "Freddy Krueger" }, { "docid": "6456882", "text": "book, \"The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons\". Wearing's story was also featured on an episode of the TLC series \"Medical Incredible\". Clive Wearing Clive Wearing (born 11 May 1938) is a British musicologist, conductor, tenor and keyboardist who suffers from chronic anterograde and retrograde amnesia. He lacks the ability to form new memories, and also cannot recall aspects of his past memories, frequently believing that he has only recently awoken from a comatose state. Clive Wearing is an accomplished musician, and is known for editing the works of Orlande de Lassus. Wearing sang at Westminster Cathedral as a tenor lay", "title": "Clive Wearing" }, { "docid": "6343202", "text": "colors were the most clashing colors to the human retina. Craven strove to make Krueger different from other horror film villains of the era. \"A lot of the killers were wearing masks: Leatherface, Michael Myers, Jason,\" he recalled in 2014. \"I wanted my villain to have a mask, but be able to talk and taunt and threaten. So I thought of him being burned and scarred.\" He also felt the killer should use something other than a knife because it was too common. \"So I thought, 'How about a glove with steak knives?' I gave the idea to our special", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street" }, { "docid": "10314861", "text": "My Green Fedora My Green Fedora is a 1935 \"Merrie Melodies\" animated short film short directed by Friz Freleng, produced by Leon Schlesinger and animated by Chuck Jones and Robert Clampett. The film was released in the United States on May 4, 1935. It features a song, \"I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora,\" written by songwriters, Al Sherman, Al Lewis, and Joseph Meyer special for this short. Peter Rabbit is assigned by his mother to babysit his baby brother Elmer. Peter reluctantly does so, though nothing he tries will stop his baby brother from crying. What works is Peter dressing in", "title": "My Green Fedora" }, { "docid": "5341313", "text": "I described \"Buddy\" in my original script, now \"Chucky\", as wearing red-buttoned overalls, red sneakers, striped sweater, with red hair, blue eyes, and freckles. Kevin went off and sketched many designs of Chucky, until the final was picked. Yagher then built the first doll from those sketches and my details\". Chucky (character) Charles Lee \"Chucky\" Ray is a fictional character and the villain of the \"Child's Play\" slasher film series. Chucky is portrayed as a notorious serial killer whose spirit inhabits a \"Good Guy\" doll and continuously tries to transfer his soul from the doll to a human body. The", "title": "Chucky (character)" }, { "docid": "17174358", "text": "A medallion hangs from a gold chain around his neck. He is wearing a black velvet beret shading his eyes and from the front of it, another medallion supports two vertical ostrich feathers. This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1915, who wrote; \"584. PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER. Bode 131 ; Dut. 141 ; Wb. 373; B.-HdG. 174. Half-length; life size. He stands in profile to the right, turning his head and eyes to the spectator. He has thick curly hair, and indications of a moustache and an imperial. He wears a velvet cap with two tall coloured", "title": "Self-Portrait Wearing a White Feathered Bonnet" }, { "docid": "4748349", "text": "Glove fetishism Glove fetishism is a sexual fetishism where an individual is sexually stimulated, often to the point of obsession, by another person or oneself wearing gloves on their hands. In some cases, the fetish is enhanced by the material of the glove (e.g., leather, cotton, latex, nitrile, PVC, satin or nylon). Often, the actions of a gloved hand are as arousing as the glove itself, because the glove provides a second skin, or in other words a fetishistic surrogate for the wearer's own skin. Medical gloves and rubber gloves provide not only a safer sex environment, but also give", "title": "Glove fetishism" }, { "docid": "4748353", "text": "sound to the \"spankee\", which can be a large part of the fetish. Glove fetishism Glove fetishism is a sexual fetishism where an individual is sexually stimulated, often to the point of obsession, by another person or oneself wearing gloves on their hands. In some cases, the fetish is enhanced by the material of the glove (e.g., leather, cotton, latex, nitrile, PVC, satin or nylon). Often, the actions of a gloved hand are as arousing as the glove itself, because the glove provides a second skin, or in other words a fetishistic surrogate for the wearer's own skin. Medical gloves", "title": "Glove fetishism" }, { "docid": "20687507", "text": "note. Her eyes are focused on her raised hand with a sad gaze, and her red hair is pulled back into a low bun. If we could hear her sing, I would imagine the song is full of melancholy. The shading on her face continues this implication of a darkness looming over the woman, a dark shadow cast over her eyes and top of her head. Her clothing colors for such a performance can indicate sorrow or anger as well, as the typical glove color for such a time you would imagine to be white, not black. This is the", "title": "Singer with A Glove" }, { "docid": "6971148", "text": "than staying in defiance. Boucicault himself fled to New York after leaving his wife for a young actress. Henry Grattan Curran (1800–76), son of John Philpot Curran, wrote a version of his own, and claimed the original was written in County Tipperary. Wellington Guernsey's version was published in 1866. In the 1937 Hopalong Cassidy film, North of the Rio Grande, actor Walter Long's Irish character, Bull O'Hara, leads the singing of another version of the song. The lyrics in this version are lighthearted and celebrate the beauty of Ireland. The tune of \"The Wearing of the Green\" was first published", "title": "The Wearing of the Green" }, { "docid": "17390624", "text": "The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (also known as \"The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast\" or \"Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest\"; Spanish - \"El caballero de la mano en el pecho\") is an oil painting by El Greco. Painted in Toledo around 1580, and on display at the Museo del Prado, it is the most famous of a series of secular portraits of unknown gentlemen, all of them dressed in black and wearing white ruffs, against dark backgrounds. Some authors suggest it may be a portrait", "title": "The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest" }, { "docid": "6639887", "text": "contemporary Paul Anka in the 2005 album \"Rock Swings\", which also featured Anka doing a cover of \"Black Hole Sun\". In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy is a 1997 album by Pat Boone in which Boone covers hard rock and heavy metal songs in a jazz/big band style. Boone promoted the album by appearing in leather clothing (and, at that year's American Music Awards, wearing a dog collar). He succeeded in propelling \"Metal Mood\" onto the \"Billboard\" record charts (making it Boone's first hit album in 35 years),", "title": "In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy" }, { "docid": "1595047", "text": "well rehearsed it looks. But that’s not the case, it might be that they have been reciting the trauma that they have experienced in their heads over many years. In \"Homage to the woman with the bandaged face who I saw yesterday down Walworth Road\" (1995), Wearing covers her head with white bandages and walks around in public. This piece materialized after Wearing caught a glimpse of a woman she saw with a bandaged head while in her friend’s car. Wearing initially wanted to ask for permission to film the woman, although she decided to cover her own face with", "title": "Gillian Wearing" }, { "docid": "17174365", "text": "become one of the top pieces in the Paintings and Sculpture collection of the National Trust, which oversees approximately 13,500 paintings in properties spread across England and Wales. It is on display at Buckland Abbey, a historic house based on a Cistercian monastery, and then owned by Sir Richard Grenville after the Dissolution of the Monasteries and Sir Francis Drake (who bought it after him). In June 2014, after eight months of work at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, the painting's authenticity was confirmed and its value estimated at £30m. Self-Portrait Wearing a White Feathered Bonnet Self-portrait wearing a white feathered", "title": "Self-Portrait Wearing a White Feathered Bonnet" }, { "docid": "1595042", "text": "of their personality. They might just be looking away at something, but their expression could be read as showing a kind of depression in their overall behavior. I couldn’t bear the idea of taking photographs of people without knowing\". In her piece \"Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say\" (1992-1993), Wearing made a series of portraits where she approaches strangers that she encounters on the street and asks them to write what they are thinking about on a white sheet of paper. Wearing enjoyed this method", "title": "Gillian Wearing" }, { "docid": "20247818", "text": "a character study or \"tronie\" of a historical character, wearing costume - gorget and cap with feather plume - fashionable in the 15th century, possibly inspired by a woodcut print of a lansquenet. The subject is depicted in a pose typical of Rembrandt's work, with the subject looking over the left shoulder. It uses an exaggerated fall of light, creating bright highlights and deep shadows, perhaps inspired by Caravaggio. The early history of the painting is not known with much certainty. It may have been held by Leo Nardus. It was acquired by Heinrich Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza around 1929, and displayed", "title": "Bust of a Man Wearing a Gorget and Plumed Beret" }, { "docid": "1595050", "text": "the difficulties that are encountered while recreating these casual snapshots. This work references into the canonical work in the history of photography of Cindy Sherman, though Wearing has shifted the focus to exploring her own persona and its underlying relationships as a social construct. The works in Album then do not necessarily put the family members as the main focus; rather they capture Wearing’s engagement with the family members. \"\"60 Minutes Silence\" (1996)\" is the piece that won Wearing the Turner Prize in 1997. Wearing used a fixed camera and the length of the pose was long in duration, which", "title": "Gillian Wearing" }, { "docid": "11875072", "text": "for 22 weeks. The song is used as the theme tune for \"The Kevin Bishop Show\". Wearing My Rolex \"Wearing My Rolex\" is a 2008 single from British grime artist Wiley, who is a founding member of the Roll Deep crew. Described as \"grime-meets-electro\" on BBC Radio 1Xtra, the song samples DSK's song \"What Would We Do\" and its lyrics \"usually, bubble.\" and was released on 5 May 2008 by Asylum/Atlantic Records. The track was produced by Bow producer Bless Beats. \"Wearing My Rolex\" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. An a cappella gangsta-rap version of \"Wearing", "title": "Wearing My Rolex" }, { "docid": "9787287", "text": "and Tearing\", along with \"Ozone Baby\" and \"Darlene\", are \"about as wonderful as hard rock & roll gets.\" Citations References Wearing and Tearing \"Wearing and Tearing\" is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin. It is the eighth and final track on their 1982 compilation album, \"Coda\". It was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden during the \"In Through the Out Door\" sessions on 21 November 1978. Due to space constraints, \"Wearing and Tearing\" was one of three songs recorded at Polar Studios which were omitted from \"In Through the Out Door\" and later released on \"Coda\", the", "title": "Wearing and Tearing" }, { "docid": "15944267", "text": "\"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\" had been released for the Atari 2600, where the player controls the murderer with the objective to chase and kill victims. The game was a financial failure because many sellers refused to sell it, fearing reprisals. Writing in retrospect in 2010, an IGN journalist was mixed towards the game, praising its sleep meter element but also feeling it was a \"low-rent \"Castlevania\" with a great but bizarrely weak super-villain.\" In 2013, the National Entertainment Collectibles Association released an exclusive figurine of the video game-style Freddy with the glove-less clawed hand to go along with their", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street (video game)" }, { "docid": "6780934", "text": "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes Wearing Someone Else's Clothes is a solo album by musical theater composer Jason Robert Brown. It was released by Sh-K-Boom Records on June 28, 2005 to generally positive critical reception. Amazon.com named it as one of its ten Editors' Picks in Broadway and Vocal Albums for 2005. The album contains songs written by Brown between 1996 and 2004, many of which he wrote independent of any musical. Before the release of the album, some of these songs were played at his live concert performances. Similarly to his other works such as \"Songs for a New World\",", "title": "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes" }, { "docid": "18166521", "text": "Young Man with a Skull Young Man with a Skull is a c.1626 painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, now in the National Gallery, London. The painting was previously thought to be a depiction of Shakespeare's Hamlet holding the skull of Yorick, but is now considered to be a vanitas, a reminder of the precarious nature of life and the inevitability of death. The painting shows a young man wearing a feathered red bonnet and swathed with a cloak across his chest, gesturing dramatically towards the viewer with his right hand while holding a skull in his", "title": "Young Man with a Skull" }, { "docid": "20687506", "text": "starkly. The blackness of the woman's gloved hand is a complete opposite to her pale complexion and pink toned dress. In the background is where we see pops of color, long painterly washes of orange-red, light green, and pale yellow. The entire image maintains the visual of seeing the artist’s hand at work; scribbles of light reflecting white onto the woman’s arm, chest, and face with his pastels. The black around her dress’s neckline and sleeve imply feathers without showing individual feathers or lines. The clearest piece of information in this image is her face, locked in an eternal operatic", "title": "Singer with A Glove" }, { "docid": "6780937", "text": "significantly change the female character described in the song. Wearing Someone Else's Clothes Wearing Someone Else's Clothes is a solo album by musical theater composer Jason Robert Brown. It was released by Sh-K-Boom Records on June 28, 2005 to generally positive critical reception. Amazon.com named it as one of its ten Editors' Picks in Broadway and Vocal Albums for 2005. The album contains songs written by Brown between 1996 and 2004, many of which he wrote independent of any musical. Before the release of the album, some of these songs were played at his live concert performances. Similarly to his", "title": "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes" }, { "docid": "9827258", "text": "Lost\".\" The aforementioned appearance in \"Paradise Lost\" () is: \"What if the breath that kindled those grim fires, / Awaked, should blow them into sevenfold rage, / And plunge us in the flames; or from above / Should intermitted vengeance arm again / His red right hand to plague us?\". The term itself appears to be Milton's translation of the term \"rubente dextera\" in Horace's \"Ode i.2,2-3\" Red Right Hand \"Red Right Hand\" is a 1994 song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It first appeared on the album \"Let Love In\", where it ran at over six minutes.", "title": "Red Right Hand" }, { "docid": "3470820", "text": "Baseball glove A baseball glove or mitt is a large leather glove worn by baseball players of the defending team, which assists players in catching and fielding balls hit by a batter or thrown by a teammate. By convention, the glove is described by the handedness of the intended wearer, rather than the hand on which the glove is worn: a glove that fits on the left hand—used by a right-handed thrower—is called a \"right-handed\" (RH) or \"right-hand throw\" (RHT) glove. Conversely, a left-handed glove (LH or LHT) is worn on the right hand, allowing the player to throw the", "title": "Baseball glove" }, { "docid": "13167991", "text": "research in the history of the American and British theater. ... film and television actors are excluded unless they have actually appeared onstage. Artists performing in other theatrical arenas, such as opera, dance, circus, music, and music halls, are included, as are critics and others in stage-related occupations.\" In 2013 to 2014, Wearing updated and expanded his entire series on \"The London Stage\" and added an \"Accumulated Indexes\" volume. American Reference Books Annual wrote: \"These works are a must-have for theater departments, and really any library interested in play productions.\" J. P. Wearing John Peter Wearing (born c. 1945) is", "title": "J. P. Wearing" }, { "docid": "17174362", "text": "and shadow around the eyes; the beret hides his eyes and his nose and cheek become the light source, with a light reflection visible on the lower eyelid. During the same period, Rembrandt made many portraits and even self-portraits with feathered hats, and he is known for various sketches and portraits with light reflecting on lower eyelids. The self-portrait wearing a white feathered bonnet was first attributed to Rembrandt by Kurt Bauch (1966, nr. 309), then challenged by Horst Gerson (1968, nr. 171), then attributed to Govert Flinck by Christian Tümpel (1986, nr. A 64), and after new photographs were", "title": "Self-Portrait Wearing a White Feathered Bonnet" }, { "docid": "9827256", "text": "Red Right Hand \"Red Right Hand\" is a 1994 song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It first appeared on the album \"Let Love In\", where it ran at over six minutes. A condensed version was later released as a single. A dark, ominous alternative rock track, it has become one of Cave's signature songs, being performed at most of his concerts; only \"The Mercy Seat\" has appeared in more of his live sets since 1984. It has been covered by Arctic Monkeys, PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop and Jarvis Cocker, among others. The title comes from John Milton's epic", "title": "Red Right Hand" }, { "docid": "17174363", "text": "taken in 1987, re-attributed to the master (with help from a pupil) by Leonard J. Slatkes (1992, nr. 251). According to Van de Wetering, the feathered bonnet painting can be dated with certainty based on a series of etchings Rembrandt made for his \"Christ before Pilate\" painting. He made a small self-portrait of himself on a balcony wearing the feathered bonnet and only the top of his head is visible. The self-portrait is included in various stages of the etching but is only visible as a \"blob\" in the painting. David Taylor, curator of the National Trust's Paintings and Sculpture", "title": "Self-Portrait Wearing a White Feathered Bonnet" }, { "docid": "9787285", "text": "Wearing and Tearing \"Wearing and Tearing\" is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin. It is the eighth and final track on their 1982 compilation album, \"Coda\". It was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden during the \"In Through the Out Door\" sessions on 21 November 1978. Due to space constraints, \"Wearing and Tearing\" was one of three songs recorded at Polar Studios which were omitted from \"In Through the Out Door\" and later released on \"Coda\", the other two being \"Ozone Baby\" and \"Darlene\". The group considered releasing it as a special commemorative single in time for", "title": "Wearing and Tearing" }, { "docid": "1595040", "text": "work reveals that the camera does not take a neutral stance towards its object, but is rather a powerful mass-media organ that breaks down the divide between public and private. In the early 1990's, Wearing began putting together photography exhibitions where she worked with strangers. There is a re-occurring pattern in her work where she plays and mocks the idea of the artist as anthropologist, but her anthropological activities do not focus on discovering a foreign culture but instead challenges what we thought we already knew. Wearing sees that Anthropology \"attempts to compress human subjectivity into scientific objectivity\". As John", "title": "Gillian Wearing" }, { "docid": "6971146", "text": "general format is that the narrator is a rebel who has left Ireland for exile and meets a public figure, who asks for news from Ireland, and is told that those wearing green are being persecuted. Halliday Sparling's \"Irish Minstrelsy\" (1888) includes the anonymous \"Green upon the Cape\", dated to 1798. This longer poem describes the narrator's journey into exile before reaching the elements common to later versions. The narrator is a croppy from Belfast who arrives in Paris and is questioned by \"Boney\" (Napoleon Bonaparte). In an 1802 version published in Dundalk entitled \"Green on my Cape\", it is", "title": "The Wearing of the Green" }, { "docid": "10315390", "text": "I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora \"I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora\" is a popular song written by songwriters Al Sherman, Al Lewis and Joseph Meyer. It was published in 1934 and is protected by copyright. It was featured in the short animated film My Green Fedora, directed by Friz Freleng and produced by Leon Schlesinger. Chuck Jones and Robert Clampett were the animators. The film was released in the United States on May 4, 1935 and is considered one of the best cartoons featuring a parody of comedic actor Joe Penner. The song appears in several other cartoons of the 1930s", "title": "I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora" }, { "docid": "9942236", "text": "Benny Wearing Benny Wearing (11 June 1901 – 9 April 1968) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. An Australian international and New South Wales representative three-quarter, he played his club football in the NSWRFL Premiership for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Wearing was the third player in Australian rugby league history to score 100 premiership tries. Wearing was a prodigious try-scoring wing three-quarter and scored all of Souths' 12 points in their grand final loss in 1923. He then went on to play a major part in South Sydney's 7 premiership victories between 1925 and 1932.", "title": "Benny Wearing" }, { "docid": "3693482", "text": "Alison Wearing Alison Wearing (born 1967) is a Canadian writer and performer. Wearing was born in Peterborough, Ontario in 1967. Her mother and father were both pianists and Wearing speaks of music as her \"mother tongue\". Wearing's father, Joseph Wearing, was also a professor of Political Studies at Trent University. Alison Wearing left high school in Canada to study French at the University of Nantes. She returned to Canada to study music at the University of Western Ontario, then political science at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Marburg, Germany. Alison Wearing's writing career began with articles and stories", "title": "Alison Wearing" }, { "docid": "8014947", "text": "Hand in Glove \"Hand in Glove\" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was released as the band's first single in May 1983 on independent record label Rough Trade. It peaked at No. 3 on the UK Indie Chart but did not make the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart, settling outside at No. 124. A remixed version of the song was featured on the band's debut album, \"The Smiths\", in 1984. That same year, a cover version recorded by singer Sandie Shaw featuring Smiths members Marr,", "title": "Hand in Glove" }, { "docid": "16470279", "text": "He now is doing a PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, researching Britain's relationship with the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, under the supervision of Gilbert Achcar. David Wearing David Wearing is a British writer and researcher. His articles on domestic and international politics have been published by \"The Guardian\", \"Le Monde Diplomatique\", openDemocracy, ZNet, Liberal Conspiracy, \"New Statesman\" and AlJazeera. He is a founder and co-editor of the political website New Left Project. Wearing was born in Dartford, Kent, and educated at Dartford Grammar School and Anglia Ruskin University, where he studied for a BA", "title": "David Wearing" }, { "docid": "1595052", "text": "the early 1990s, Wearing started putting together photography exhibitions that were based around the idea of photographing anonymous strangers in the street who she had asked to hold up a piece of paper with a message on it. Of these \"confessional\" pieces, Wearing stated, One of Wearing's first UK shows was held at the Chisenhale Gallery in east London, in June 1997. In 1997, Wearing won the Turner Prize and exhibited videos such as \"60 minutes silence\" which is a video of 26 uniformed police officers, but at first appears to be a photograph. Wearing said, \"The piece is about", "title": "Gillian Wearing" }, { "docid": "6456872", "text": "Clive Wearing Clive Wearing (born 11 May 1938) is a British musicologist, conductor, tenor and keyboardist who suffers from chronic anterograde and retrograde amnesia. He lacks the ability to form new memories, and also cannot recall aspects of his past memories, frequently believing that he has only recently awoken from a comatose state. Clive Wearing is an accomplished musician, and is known for editing the works of Orlande de Lassus. Wearing sang at Westminster Cathedral as a tenor lay clerk for many years and also had a successful career as a chorus master and worked as such at Covent Garden", "title": "Clive Wearing" }, { "docid": "19074884", "text": "with Black Glove\" is an oil painting on canvas with dimensions 126 x 100 cm (49.6 x 39.37 inches), signed Albert Gleizes, lower right, and dated 1.1.1920. As indicated by the title, the work represents a woman wearing a glove. She is seated on an angle facing toward left with respect to the viewer. Her face and head are composed of simple geometric shapes (circles, arcs, rectangles or squares) that delineate the woman's eyes, nose and mouth. Her hair, coiffed in chignon hairstyle, is treated in a series of concentric circles. Her clothed body is constructed with seemingly arbitrary forms,", "title": "Woman with Black Glove" }, { "docid": "3693488", "text": "Victoria Fringe Festival 2010: Best of Fest, Wakefield Fringe Festival Alison Wearing Alison Wearing (born 1967) is a Canadian writer and performer. Wearing was born in Peterborough, Ontario in 1967. Her mother and father were both pianists and Wearing speaks of music as her \"mother tongue\". Wearing's father, Joseph Wearing, was also a professor of Political Studies at Trent University. Alison Wearing left high school in Canada to study French at the University of Nantes. She returned to Canada to study music at the University of Western Ontario, then political science at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Marburg,", "title": "Alison Wearing" }, { "docid": "16470278", "text": "David Wearing David Wearing is a British writer and researcher. His articles on domestic and international politics have been published by \"The Guardian\", \"Le Monde Diplomatique\", openDemocracy, ZNet, Liberal Conspiracy, \"New Statesman\" and AlJazeera. He is a founder and co-editor of the political website New Left Project. Wearing was born in Dartford, Kent, and educated at Dartford Grammar School and Anglia Ruskin University, where he studied for a BA in European Philosophy and Literature. He later obtained an MSc in International Public Policy from University College London, where he undertook postgraduate research on British foreign policy in the Middle East.", "title": "David Wearing" }, { "docid": "15089543", "text": "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (film) He Died with a Felafel in His Hand is a 2001 Australian comedy film starring Noah Taylor. The film draws on the memoir of the same name and consists of a series of vignettes from a young man's experience of sharing accommodation with a variety of characters. There also exists a graphic adaptation of the novel. Danny (Noah Taylor), enters the lounge of his Sydney flat late at night and discovers that his roommate Flip (Brett Stewart) has died in front of the TV holding a felafel sandwich. Nine months prior,", "title": "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (film)" }, { "docid": "3505004", "text": "Wearing was given the honorary Alan Clarke Award for outstanding creative achievement in television at the British Academy Television Awards. In 1998 he left the staff of the BBC, although he worked for them subsequently as a freelance producer. Michael Wearing Michael Wearing (12 March 1939 – 5 May 2017) was a British television producer, who spent much of his career working on drama productions for the BBC. He is best known as the producer of the well received serials \"Boys from the Blackstuff\" (1982) and \"Edge of Darkness\" (1985), which created for him a reputation as one of British", "title": "Michael Wearing" }, { "docid": "10314862", "text": "some old clothes, including a green fedora. He sings a song to match the hat. When Peter is not looking, a weasel snatches the baby and runs off to the tunnels underneath the house. Peter gives chase and manages to take care of both the weasel and Elmer with a garden hose. My Green Fedora My Green Fedora is a 1935 \"Merrie Melodies\" animated short film short directed by Friz Freleng, produced by Leon Schlesinger and animated by Chuck Jones and Robert Clampett. The film was released in the United States on May 4, 1935. It features a song, \"I'm", "title": "My Green Fedora" }, { "docid": "4395234", "text": "their tunics. Rank is worn in the British style of metal \"pips\" and \"crowns\" on the epaulettes. The yellow stripe on officers' breeches and males' overalls is finer material and wider than Cst and NCOs. Officers' \"high brown\" boots are different from the Cst and NCOs. Officers' Sam Brownes have D-rings for sword frogs, and the cross straps travel over the right shoulder. Senior officers wear a metallic belt—not a leather Sam Browne—and gold-plated shoulder cords in full dress. Officers have the option of wearing a campaign hat or forage cap with Red Serge. The mess dress worn by commissioned", "title": "Red Serge" }, { "docid": "6639885", "text": "In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy is a 1997 album by Pat Boone in which Boone covers hard rock and heavy metal songs in a jazz/big band style. Boone promoted the album by appearing in leather clothing (and, at that year's American Music Awards, wearing a dog collar). He succeeded in propelling \"Metal Mood\" onto the \"Billboard\" record charts (making it Boone's first hit album in 35 years), but it did not please some of his older, longtime fans who considered the heavy metal genre in bad taste,", "title": "In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy" }, { "docid": "9787286", "text": "their performance at the 1979 Knebworth Festival, but this plan was abandoned because of time constraints. The song was never performed at Led Zeppelin concerts, but Jimmy Page and Robert Plant played it at their Knebworth reunion in 1990. Led Zeppelin biographer Dave Lewis sees \"Wearing and Tearing\" as a statement that the group could compete with the punk bands popular at the time. Ted Drozdowsk commented that the song was \"Proof that when it came to energy and aggression, punk rockers had nothing on the Zep.\" In a contemporary review of \"Coda\", Kurt Loder of \"Rolling Stone\" described \"Wearing", "title": "Wearing and Tearing" }, { "docid": "3505001", "text": "a broadcast slot before being shown in 1980, the play was a great success and led to Bleasdale writing and Wearing producing \"Boys from the Blackstuff\" (1982), a sequel series showing what happened to the characters involved after the events of the play. This was highly acclaimed and award-winning, and led to Wearing being called down to work at the central BBC drama department in London. The first project he was given there by Head of Series & Serials Jonathan Powell was a Troy Kennedy Martin project entitled \"Edge of Darkness\". Eventually screened in 1985, \"Edge of Darkness\" was another", "title": "Michael Wearing" }, { "docid": "15089555", "text": "grossed $820,999 at the box office in Australia. The book is in the form of a memoir of experiences living in shared accommodations, presumably from the point of view of John Birmingham. The film, on the other hand, tells a fictional story in episodic or anecdotal form. But the book is much more episodic, anecdotal, and fragmented than the story of the film, with frequent interpolations of anecdotes and commentary from the points of view of several other people. Birmingham implies in the text that these stories were contributed to him by others. The film replaces the main narrator of", "title": "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (film)" }, { "docid": "17364276", "text": "Wearing course The wearing course is the upper layer in roadway, airfield, and dockyard construction. The term 'surface course' is sometimes used, however this term is slightly different as it can be used to describe very thin surface layers such as chip seal. In rigid pavements the upper layer is a portland cement concrete slab. In flexible pavements, the upper layer consists of asphalt concrete, that is a construction aggregate with a bituminous binder. The wearing course is typically placed on the binder course which is then laid on the base course, which is normally placed on the subbase, which", "title": "Wearing course" }, { "docid": "17364277", "text": "rests on the subgrade. There are various different types of flexible pavement wearing course, suitable for different situations. Stone mastic asphalt is a type of flexible pavement wearing course which is typically used for heavily trafficked roads. Wearing course The wearing course is the upper layer in roadway, airfield, and dockyard construction. The term 'surface course' is sometimes used, however this term is slightly different as it can be used to describe very thin surface layers such as chip seal. In rigid pavements the upper layer is a portland cement concrete slab. In flexible pavements, the upper layer consists of", "title": "Wearing course" }, { "docid": "6456875", "text": "The music by Lassus, Padovano, de'Bardi, Palestrina, Gabrieli, Tallis, etc., was performed by the Taverner Consort, Choir and Players, and the Natural Trumpet Ensemble of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, conducted by Andrew Parrott. On 27 March 1985, Wearing, then an acknowledged expert in early music at the height of his career with BBC Radio 3, contracted herpesviral encephalitis, a herpes simplex virus that attacked his central nervous system. Since this point, he has been unable to store new memories. He has also been unable to control his emotions (unstable mood) and to associate memories effectively. Wearing developed a profound case", "title": "Clive Wearing" }, { "docid": "20687503", "text": "Singer with A Glove Singer with A Glove by Edgar Degas, originally titled Chanteuse de Café, la chanteuse au gant, is a pastel drawing on canvas 53.2 x 41 cm from the year 1878. Degas himself was a French artist famous for not only pastels, but his paintings, sculptures, prints, and charcoal drawings as well. This pastel is part of a series of works that have cafe-concert singers as their subject. Degas was a habitué of those places, especially the Cafe des Ambassadeurs, and he uses them as the settings for many of his best works. He is drawn to", "title": "Singer with A Glove" }, { "docid": "2680697", "text": "the president's image. By the early 21st century, the fedora had become a symbol of hipsters. Vice has referred to the early 2000s, as a \"fedora renaissance\", with celebrities like Johnny Depp and Pete Doherty wearing the hat, but claimed that by 2016, the fedora may be \"the single most-hated fashion accessory money can buy\". This is caused by the association of the fedora (or the trilby, which is often confused with it) with the \"neckbeard\" stereotype. During this latter period, James Toback was noted for his love of fedoras. Fedora A fedora is a hat with a soft brim", "title": "Fedora" }, { "docid": "17126969", "text": "William Alfred Wearing Justice William Alfred Wearing QC (12 November 1816 – 24 February 1875) was a prominent jurist in the Colony of South Australia, who lost his life in the wreck of \"S.S. Gothenburg\" William A. Wearing was born in London, a son of businessman Christopher Hammond Wearing (ca.1785 – 29 February 1860) and his wife Elizabeth Augusta, née Soulsby. He was educated at Trinity College, or St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of B.A. He studied law, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1847. He shortly afterwards left for South Australia,", "title": "William Alfred Wearing" }, { "docid": "12592787", "text": "of a blow in a smaller area to cause more tissue damage), weighted-knuckle gloves are not designed to do so. However, the primary aim of the gloves is to protect the user from injury. Normally, punches with an unprotected hand to an opponent's head/face will painfully injure the hand in the process, and strikes to the mouth can often result in severe lacerations and possible infection from the opponent's teeth. The layer of powdered metal serves to protect the hand against these injuries while being flexible enough to bend with the glove. With a properly executed strike, a person wearing", "title": "Weighted-knuckle glove" }, { "docid": "9942239", "text": "eight decades until it was broken in 2014 by Nathan Merritt when he scored his 145th try in an 18–2 victory over the Penrith Panthers. In February 2008, Wearing was named in the list of Australia's \"100 Greatest Players\" (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. Benny Wearing Benny Wearing (11 June 1901 – 9 April 1968) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. An Australian international and New South Wales representative three-quarter, he played his club football in the NSWRFL Premiership for the South Sydney", "title": "Benny Wearing" }, { "docid": "12398220", "text": "school blouse and red socks. Morse suspects she was pregnant and that she had been sent off for an abortion. The plot thickens when Reginald Baines, another teacher at the school, is found murdered at his house near Oxford Station. Two suspicious characters had been seen near the house — Donald Philipson's wife, wearing a distinctive cherry coloured coat, and David Acum, a French teacher who had taught Valerie’s last lesson. In 1994 the BBC Radio 4 play \"Last Seen Wearing\" was dramatised from the novel by Guy Meredith and directed by Ned Chaillet. Last Seen Wearing (Dexter novel) Last", "title": "Last Seen Wearing (Dexter novel)" }, { "docid": "13167984", "text": "J. P. Wearing John Peter Wearing (born c. 1945) is an Anglo-American theatre historian and professor, who has written numerous books and articles about nineteenth and twentieth-century drama and theatre, including \"The Shakespeare Diaries: A Fictional Autobiography\", published in 2007. He has also written and edited well-received books on George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Wing Pinero, extensive reference series on the London theatre from 1890 to 1959, and theatrical biographies, among other subjects. As a professor of English literature, Wearing has specialised in Shakespeare and modern drama. Wearing, who publishes under the name J. P. Wearing, was born in Birmingham and", "title": "J. P. Wearing" }, { "docid": "15592288", "text": "Man with a Glove The Man with a Glove is an oil-on-canvas portrait by the Italian Renaissance artist Titian, c. 1520. It has been in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The work originates from the Gonzaga family's collection at Mantua. It was acquired by Charles I of England in 1627. Sometime after his beheading in 1649, the painting was auctioned and bought by the Cologne banker Eberhard Jabach . Eventually it came in the possession of Louis XIV of France, and was transferred from the Palace of Versailles to the Louvre in 1792. The figure has not been identified with", "title": "Man with a Glove" }, { "docid": "1595038", "text": "Gillian Wearing Gillian Wearing OBE RA (born 1963) is an English conceptual artist, one of the Young British Artists, and winner of the 1997 Turner Prize. In 2007 Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Her statue of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett stands in London's Parliament Square. Wearing was born in 1963 in Birmingham, England. She attended Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, Birmingham. She moved to Chelsea, London to study art at the Chelsea School of Art and squatted in Oval Mansions—in 1987 she attained a bachelor of technology degree in art", "title": "Gillian Wearing" }, { "docid": "6378656", "text": "perform a Gown-and-glove striptease). In popular culture, probably the two best-known images incorporating opera gloves are those of Rita Hayworth in \"Gilda\" (1946) and Marilyn Monroe in \"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes\" (1953). (Actress Audrey Hepburn was also known for glove-wearing on- and off-screen, but the style of glove she popularized is a type of coat-sleeve-length or three-quarters-length glove, rather than true opera-length.) Cinderella from Disney's 1950 film \"Cinderella\" is known for wearing opera-length gloves as well. In Japan, some ladies wear long gloves all day in summer, to protect the ideal , or fair skin, which represents beauty, grace, and high", "title": "Evening glove" }, { "docid": "1595041", "text": "Slyce puts it: “Gillian Wearing does not suffer the indignity of speaking for others.”. How Wearing approaches her subjects then is by inviting the individual to include their own articulation of thought into the picture within the space that she has provided, rather than an objective documentation. In an interview with Donna De Salvo, Wearing states: \"For me, one of the biggest problems with pure documentary photography is how the photographer, like the artist, engineers something to look like a certain kind of social statement—for instance, you can make someone look miserable, when this is just one side, a nuance", "title": "Gillian Wearing" }, { "docid": "20687505", "text": "centers. At the Fogg museum, they have a permanent exhibition featuring Degas and his works, with near 70 pieces in their collection. The Fogg was the first museum to mount an exhibition of works by Degas, which became a very pivotal moment in his lifetime. At the first initial showing at the Fogg, attendance totaled 550 people, which at the time was considered a success. Singer with A Glove has been present in the Fogg’s collection since 1951. In the image Singer with A Glove by Edgar Degas, we first see very bright and very dark colors, contrasting each other", "title": "Singer with A Glove" }, { "docid": "6456878", "text": "he has not seen her in years or that they have never met before, even though she may have just left the room momentarily. When he goes out dining with his wife, he can remember the name of the food (e.g. chicken); however he cannot link it with taste, as he forgets what food he is eating by the time it has reached his mouth. In a diary provided by his caretakers, Wearing was encouraged to record his thoughts. Page after page is filled with entries similar to the following: Earlier entries are usually crossed out, since he forgets having", "title": "Clive Wearing" }, { "docid": "3504999", "text": "Michael Wearing Michael Wearing (12 March 1939 – 5 May 2017) was a British television producer, who spent much of his career working on drama productions for the BBC. He is best known as the producer of the well received serials \"Boys from the Blackstuff\" (1982) and \"Edge of Darkness\" (1985), which created for him a reputation as one of British television's foremost drama producers. His initial career was in the theatre, where he worked as a director, before in 1976 he joined the BBC's English Regions Drama Department as a Script Editor under producer David Rose. The department, based", "title": "Michael Wearing" }, { "docid": "6572581", "text": "the song's enhanced single and EMI's \"DVD Sampler: Vol. 4\". A live version filmed on London's Channel 4 was included on the compilation \"\". The video opens with Jackson's boyfriend receiving a package addressed to a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, containing a DVD and note reading \"Love, Janet\". As the DVD begins, Jackson is revealed lying in bed as she films herself. She is then seen wearing a black and red leather outfit, in addition to several red chokers. Jackson is shown in an alternate room wearing sunglasses and eating strawberries, referencing the song's lyrics. The camcorder faces the window,", "title": "Just a Little While" } ]

[ "Uss arizona", "U.S.S. Arizona", "USS Arizona" ]

[ { "docid": "3230510", "text": "USS Arizona Memorial The USS \"Arizona\" Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of Oahu led to the United States' direct involvement in World War II. The memorial, built in 1962, has been visited by more than two million people annually. Accessible only by boat, it straddles the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it. Historical information about", "title": "USS Arizona Memorial" } ]

[ { "docid": "11061365", "text": "battleship engagement in naval history, the Battle of Surigao Strait, where none of them were hit. During active duty, being well protected by escorts and air cover, none of the Pearl Harbor battleships suffered serious damage save for \"Pennsylvania\" which was permanently crippled by a torpedo in the closing stages of the war; on September 2, 1945, \"West Virginia\" was among the Allied fleet in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese officially surrendered. The attack on Pearl Harbor failed to sight, or destroy, any of the Pacific Fleet's three aircraft carriers; they had been designated as primary targets along with the", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061322", "text": "against Germany and Italy still remained quite high with 80% disapproval. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. After two hours of bombing, 18 U.S. ships were sunk or damaged, 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, and 2,403 men were killed. The day after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of the 77th United States Congress. Roosevelt called December 7 \"a date which will live in infamy\". Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan amid outrage at the attack, the deaths of thousands of Americans,", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "20322949", "text": "the attack. The naval vessel where the war ended on September 2, 1945—the last U.S. Navy battleship ever built, —is now a museum ship moored in Pearl Harbor, with its bow barely 1,000 feet (300 meters) southwest of the \"Arizona\" memorial. The last surviving vessels from the attack are also museum ships, the US Coast Guard cutter , which is located in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, and the US Navy tug at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. Informational notes Citations Bibliography Further reading Accounts Media Historical documents Attack on Pearl Harbor in popular culture The attack on Pearl", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor in popular culture" }, { "docid": "11061335", "text": "into the war at a time when he had not yet acquired full control of continental Europe — on the very day of the Pearl Harbor attack, Hitler himself had issued his Nacht und Nebel decree, concerning the suppression of resistance activities within Nazi-occupied lands. Hitler, who had previously declared the Japanese \"Honorary Aryans\" claimed that \"this is what happens when your allies are not Anglo-Saxons\". However, he decided war with the United States was unavoidable, and the Pearl Harbor attack, the publication of Rainbow Five, and Roosevelt's post-Pearl Harbor address, which focused on European affairs as well as the", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703914", "text": "Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War II. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI, and as Operation Z during its planning. Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061373", "text": "Kurile Islands and Sakhalin Island's southern part, and the restoration of Formosa (Taiwan) to China, and the loss of Korea have not been reversed to this day. Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor The results of the attack on Pearl Harbor were many and significant. Prior to the attack, public opinion in the United States had not been unanimous. When polled in January 1940, 60% of Americans were in favor of helping the United Kingdom in the war. A majority of Americans believed that the safety of the United States was contingent on the UK winning the war, and", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061356", "text": "war are about to fade\". The attack was notable for its considerable destruction, as putting most of the U.S. battleships out of commission was regarded—in both navies and by most military observers worldwide—as a tremendous success for Japan. Influenced by the earlier Battle of Taranto, which pioneered the all-aircraft naval attack but resulted in far less damage and casualties, the Japanese struck against Pearl Harbor on a much larger scale than did the British at Taranto. The attack was a great shock to all the Allies in the Pacific Theater, and it was initially believed Pearl Harbor changed the balance", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992367", "text": "the islands, and wait for the inevitable U.S. counterattack, Japan's military leaders instead decided on the preventive Pearl Harbor attack, which they assumed would negate the American forces needed for the liberation and reconquest of the islands. (The day after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese indeed launched their invasion of the Philippines). Planning for the attack on Pearl Harbor had begun in very early 1941, by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. He finally won assent from the Naval High Command by, among other things, threatening to resign. The attack was approved in the summer at an Imperial Conference and again at", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061362", "text": "the attack were later raised and returned to duty, including the battleships , and . \"California\" and \"West Virginia\" had an effective torpedo-defense system which held up remarkably well, despite the weight of fire they had to endure, resulting in most of their crews being saved. and suffered relatively light damage, as did , which was in drydock at the time. Chester Nimitz said later, \"It was God's mercy that our fleet was in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.\" Nimitz believed if Kimmel had discovered the Japanese approach to Pearl Harbor, he would have sortied to meet them. With", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "20322947", "text": "Attack on Pearl Harbor in popular culture The attack on Pearl Harbor has received substantial attention in popular culture in multiple media and cultural formats including film, architecture, memorial statues, non-fiction writing, historical writing, and historical fiction. Today, the USS \"Arizona\" Memorial on the island of Oahu honors the dead. Visitors to the memorial reach it via boats from the naval base at Pearl Harbor. The memorial was designed by Alfred Preis, and has a sagging center but strong and vigorous ends, expressing \"initial defeat and ultimate victory\". It commemorates all lives lost on December 7, 1941. Although December 7", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor in popular culture" }, { "docid": "11061369", "text": "even benefited by gaining staff from unemployed ship's bands. The Army Air Force's loss of aircraft must be balanced against the fact that many of them were obsolete, such as the P-40's predecessor, the P-36. Japan might have achieved a good deal more with not much additional effort or loss. Of the 22 Japanese ships that took part in the attack, only one survived the war. As of 2006, the only U.S. ships in Pearl Harbor during the attack still remaining afloat are the Coast Guard Cutter \"Taney\" and the yard tug . Both remained active over 50 years after", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703974", "text": "and may even have let it happen or encouraged it in order to force the U.S. into war via the so-called \"back door\". However, this conspiracy theory is rejected by mainstream historians. Informational notes Citations Bibliography Further reading Accounts Media Historical documents Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061349", "text": "by the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The most important embargo was on oil on which its Navy and much of the economy was dependent. For example, \"Japan Times\", an English-language newspaper owned by one of the major news organizations in Japan (Asahi Shimbun), ran numerous columns in the early 2000s echoing Kurusu's comments in reference to the Pearl Harbor attack. In putting the Pearl Harbor attack into context, Japanese writers repeatedly contrast the thousands of U.S. non-combatants killed there with the hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians killed in U.S. air attacks on Japan later in", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061320", "text": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor The results of the attack on Pearl Harbor were many and significant. Prior to the attack, public opinion in the United States had not been unanimous. When polled in January 1940, 60% of Americans were in favor of helping the United Kingdom in the war. A majority of Americans believed that the safety of the United States was contingent on the UK winning the war, and an even larger majority believed that the UK would lose the war if the United States stopped sending war materials to the United Kingdom. Despite this, the", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992406", "text": "and three fleet submarines provided escort and screening. In addition, the Advanced Expeditionary Force included 20 fleet and five two-man \"Ko-hyoteki\"-class midget submarines, which were to gather intelligence and sink U.S. vessels attempting to flee Pearl Harbor during or soon after the attack. It also had eight oilers for underway fueling. On December 1, 1941, after the striking force was \"en route\", Chief of Staff Nagano gave a verbal directive to the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, informing him: Finally, Order number 9, issued on 1 December 1941 by Nagano, instructed Yamamoto to crush hostile naval and", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992401", "text": "16-inch (356- and 406-mm) naval shells. These were able to penetrate the lightly armored decks of the old battleships. At several stages during 1941, Japan's military leaders discussed the possibility of launching an invasion to seize the Hawaiian Islands; this would provide Japan with a strategic base to shield its new empire, deny the United States any bases beyond the West coast and further isolate Australia and New Zealand. Genda, who saw Hawaii as vital for American operations against Japan after war began, believed Japan must follow any attack on Pearl Harbor with an invasion of Hawaii or risk losing", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061363", "text": "the American carriers absent and Kimmel's battleships at a severe disadvantage to the Japanese carriers, the likely result would have been the sinking of the American battleships at sea in deep water, where they would have been lost forever with tremendous casualties (up to twenty thousand dead), instead of in Pearl Harbor, where the crews could easily be rescued, and six battleships ultimately restored to duty. This was also the reaction of Joseph Rochefort, head of , when he remarked the attack was cheap at the price. Many of the surviving battleships were extensively refitted, including the replacement of their", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061332", "text": "States, Britain, and the Netherlands. Japan's leaders also saw themselves as justified in their conduct, believing that they were building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. They also explained Japan had done everything possible to alleviate tension between the two nations. The decision to attack, at least for public presentation, was reluctant and forced on Japan. Of the Pearl Harbor attack itself, Kurusu said it came in direct response to a virtual ultimatum from the U.S. government, the Hull note, and so the surprise attack was not treacherous. Since the Japanese-American relationship already had hit its lowest point, there was", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061324", "text": "into action. Public opinion had been moving towards support for entering the war during 1941, but considerable opposition remained until the attack. Overnight, Americans united against the Empire of Japan in response to calls to \"Remember Pearl Harbor.\" A poll taken between December 12–17, 1941, showed that 97% of respondents supported a declaration of war against Japan. Further polling showed a dramatic increase in support for every able-bodied man serving in the military, up to 70% in December 1941. American solidarity in the war effort probably made possible the unconditional surrender position later taken by the Allied Powers. Some historians,", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061342", "text": "in east Asia and the western Pacific when VJ Day arrived. President Roosevelt appointed the Roberts Commission, headed by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts, to investigate and report facts and findings with respect to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the first of many official investigations (nine in all). Both the Fleet commander, Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, and the Army commander, Lieutenant General Walter Short (the Army had been responsible for air defense of Hawaii, including Pearl Harbor, and for general defense of the islands against hostile attack), were relieved of their commands shortly thereafter. They were", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992417", "text": "the Japanese approach, he would have sortied to meet them. With the American carriers absent and Kimmel's battleships at a severe disadvantage to the Japanese carriers, the likely result would have been the sinking of the American battleships at sea in deep water, where they would have been lost forever with tremendous casualties (as many as twenty thousand dead), instead of in Pearl Harbor, where the crews could easily be rescued, and six battleships ultimately raised. Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor A series of events led to the attack on Pearl Harbor. War between Japan and the", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992393", "text": "Harbor. For the next several months, planning and organizing a simultaneous attack on Pearl Harbor and invasion of British and Dutch colonies to the south occupied much of the Japanese Navy's time and attention. The plans for the Pearl Harbor attack arose out of the Japanese expectation the U.S. would be inevitably drawn into war after a Japanese attack against Malaya and Singapore. The intent of a preventive strike on Pearl Harbor was to neutralize American naval power in the Pacific, thus removing it from influencing operations against American, British, and Dutch colonies. Successful attacks on colonies were judged to", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992389", "text": "approved a \"war against United States, Great Britain and Holland\" during another Imperial Conference, to commence with a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at its main forward base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On February 3, 1940, Yamamoto briefed Captain Kanji Ogawa of Naval Intelligence on the potential attack plan, asking him to start intelligence gathering on Pearl Harbor. Ogawa already had spies in Hawaii, including Japanese Consular officials with an intelligence remit, and he arranged for help from a German already living in Hawaii who was an \"Abwehr\" agent. None had been providing much militarily useful information. He", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061350", "text": "the war, even without mentioning the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. However, in spite of the perceived inevitability of the war by many Japanese, many also believe the Pearl Harbor attack, although a tactical victory, was actually part of a seriously flawed strategy for engaging in war with the U.S. As one columnist wrote, \"The Pearl Harbor attack was a brilliant tactic, but part of a strategy based on the belief that a spirit as firm as iron and as beautiful as cherry blossoms could overcome the materially wealthy United States. That strategy was", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061370", "text": "the attack and have been designated museum ships. A common view is that the Japanese fell victim to victory disease because of the perceived ease of their first victories. It has also been stated by the Japanese military commanders and politicians who visited and lived in the United States, that their leadership (mostly military personnel) took the war with the United States relatively lightly, compared to them. For instance, Admiral Yamamoto and General Tadamichi Kuribayashi expressed concerns about the greater industrial power of the United States. The politics of a \"Europe First\" strategy, loss of air cover over Pearl Harbor,", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992411", "text": "about Japanese military plans in 1940-41. Decryption and distribution of this intelligence, including such decrypts as were available, was capricious and sporadic, some of which can be accounted for by lack of resources and manpower. At best, the information available to decision makers in Washington was fragmentary, contradictory, or poorly distributed, and was almost entirely raw, without supporting analysis. It was thus, incompletely understood. Nothing in it pointed directly to an attack at Pearl Harbor, and a lack of awareness of Imperial Navy capabilities led to a widespread underlying belief Pearl Harbor was not a possible attack target. Only one", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061351", "text": "flawed, and Japan's total defeat would follow.\" In 1991, the Japanese Foreign Ministry released a statement saying Japan had intended to make a formal declaration of war to the United States at 1 p.m. Washington time, 25 minutes before the attack at Pearl Harbor was scheduled to begin. This officially acknowledged something that had been publicly known for years. Diplomatic communications had been coordinated well in advance with the attack, but had failed delivery at the intended time. It appears the Japanese government was referring to the \"14-part message\", which did not actually break off negotiations, let alone declare war,", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992410", "text": "the attack actually arrived, Pearl Harbor was effectively unprepared: anti-aircraft weapons not manned, most ammunition locked down, anti-submarine measures not implemented (\"e.g.\", no torpedo nets in the harbor), combat air patrol not flying, available scouting aircraft not in the air at first light, Air Corps aircraft parked wingtip to wingtip to reduce sabotage risks (not ready to fly at a moment's warning), and so on. By 1941, U.S. signals intelligence, through the Army's Signal Intelligence Service and the Office of Naval Intelligence's OP-20-G, had intercepted and decrypted considerable Japanese diplomatic and naval cipher traffic, though nothing actually carrying significant information", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992399", "text": "six of the eight battleships eventually were). Also, most of the crews would survive the attack, since many would be on shore leave or would be rescued from the harbor afterward. Despite these concerns, Yamamoto and Genda pressed ahead. By April 1941, the Pearl Harbor plan became known as \"Operation Z\", after the famous Z signal given by Admiral Tōgō at Tsushima. Over the summer, pilots trained in earnest near Kagoshima City on Kyūshū. Genda chose it because its geography and infrastructure presented most of the same problems bombers would face at Pearl Harbor. In training, each crew flew over", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061327", "text": "feelings against Japanese Americans. In February 1942, Roosevelt signed United States Executive Order 9066, requiring all Japanese Americans to submit themselves for internment. Propaganda made repeated use of the attack, because its effect was enormous and impossible to counter. \"Remember Pearl Harbor!\" became the watchwords of the war. The American government understated the damage inflicted, in hopes of preventing the Japanese from learning it, but the Japanese had, through surveillance, a good estimate. On December 8, 1941, Japan declared war on the United States and the British Empire. The Japanese document discussed world peace and the disruptive actions of the", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061338", "text": "January 30, 1941, the eighth anniversary of the Nazis' \"Machtergreifung\": Author Ian Kershaw records Hitler's initial reaction to the attack, when he was first informed about it on the evening of 7 December at Führer Headquarters: \"We can't lose the war at all. We now have an ally which has never been conquered in 3,000 years\". Well before the attack, in 1928 Hitler had confided in the text of his then-unpublished \"Zweites Buch\" that while the Soviet Union was the most important immediate foe that the Third Reich had to defeat, the United States was the most important long-term challenge", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "15138896", "text": "she was donated to the USS \"Missouri\" Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Naval Station Pearl Harbor Naval Station Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base adjacent to Honolulu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 2010, along with the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base, the facility was merged to form Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. Pearl Harbor is the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, 7 December 1941 brought the United States into World War II. Naval Station Pearl", "title": "Naval Station Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992416", "text": "secured, with ammunition locked down in armories. To avoid upsetting property owners, and in keeping with Washington's admonition not to alarm civil populations (e.g., in the late November war warning messages from the Navy and War Departments), guns were not dispersed around Pearl Harbor (i.e., on private property). Additionally, aircraft were parked on airfields to lessen the risk of sabotage, not in anticipation of air attack, in keeping with Short's interpretation of the war warnings. Chester Nimitz said later, \"It was God's mercy that our fleet was in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.\" Nimitz believed if Kimmel had discovered", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061344", "text": "Congressional Committee was also appointed, on September 14, 1945, to investigate the causes of the attack and subsequent disaster, and was convened on November 15, 1945. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor coupled with their alliance with the Nazis and the ensuing war in the Pacific fueled anti-Japanese sentiment, racism, xenophobia, and anti-Axis sentiment in the Allied nations like never before. Japanese, Japanese-Americans and Asians having a similar physical appearance were regarded with deep seated suspicion, distrust and hostility. The attack was viewed as having been conducted in an extremely underhanded way and also as a very \"treacherous\" or \"sneaky", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061353", "text": "behavior\", confirmed that the effect on American morale had been the opposite of intended. The Prime Minister of Japan during World War II, Hideki Tōjō later wrote, \"When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven.\" Yamamoto had said, regarding the imminent war with the United States, \"Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061347", "text": "Churchill later wrote, \"Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful.\" By opening the Pacific War, which ended in the unconditional surrender of Japan, the attack on Pearl Harbor led to the breaking of an Asian check on Soviet expansion. The Allied victory in this war and the subsequent U.S. emergence as a dominant world power, eclipsing Britain, have shaped international politics ever since. Pearl Harbor is generally regarded as an extraordinary event in American history, remembered as the first time since the War of 1812 that", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061354", "text": "White House. I wonder if our politicians (who speak so lightly of a Japanese-American war) have confidence as to the outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices?\" There are some revisionists in Japan who claim that the Attack on Pearl Harbor was a legitimate attack. These historical perspectives are often claimed by Japanese Shintoist and nationalists and have been criticized from both inside and outside Japan. While not specifically directed at revisionism, but more as a likely result of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's controversial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, where some 1,600 war criminals were enshrined after their", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11631597", "text": "1941, Lt. Koji Kitami (Yosuke Natsuki) is a young Japanese bombardier, stationed aboard the . On 1 December 1941, a Japanese fleet of 30 warships sails for Hawaii. When diplomatic negotiations in Washington fail, the task force commander, Adm. Isoroku Yamaguchi (Toshiro Mifune) receives orders to attack Pearl Harbor. On December 7, the surprise attack is carried out successfully. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Koji returns to Japan and his childhood sweetheart, Keiko (Misa Uehara). Although deeply in love with Keiko, Koji fears that marriage will make him less worthy as a naval officer. His faith in his leaders", "title": "Storm Over the Pacific" }, { "docid": "47973", "text": "subsequent years of the war saw many demonstrations of the maturity of the aircraft carrier as a strategic naval weapon and its potential against battleships. The British air attack on the Italian naval base at Taranto sank one Italian battleship and damaged two more. The same Swordfish torpedo bombers played a crucial role in sinking the German battleship . On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Within a short time, five of eight U.S. battleships were sunk or sinking, with the rest damaged. All three American aircraft carriers were out to sea, however, and", "title": "Battleship" }, { "docid": "10992412", "text": "message from the Hawaiian Japanese consulate (sent on 6 December), in a low level consular cipher, included mention of an attack at Pearl; it was not decrypted until 8 December. While the Japanese \"Diplomatic\" codes (Purple code) could be read, the current version (JN-25C) of the Japanese \"Naval\" code (JN-25) which had replaced JN-25B on 4 December 1941 could not be read until May 1942. In 1924, General William L. Mitchell produced a 324-page report warning that future wars (including with Japan) would include a new role for aircraft against existing ships and facilities. He even discussed the possibility of", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703928", "text": "and 21% had no opinion. While U.S. Pacific bases and facilities had been placed on alert on many occasions, U.S. officials doubted Pearl Harbor would be the first target; instead, they expected the Philippines would be attacked first. This presumption was due to the threat that the air bases throughout the country and the naval base at Manila posed to sea lanes, as well as to the shipment of supplies to Japan from territory to the south. They also incorrectly believed that Japan was not capable of mounting more than one major naval operation at a time. The Japanese attack", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061330", "text": "treaties, the Nine Power Pact, constant economic pressure against Japan, culminating in the \"belligerent\" scrap metal and oil embargo in 1941 by the United States and Allied countries to contain and/or reverse the actions of Japan especially in Indochina during her expansion of influence and interests throughout Asia. In light of Japan's dependence on imported oil, the trade embargoes were especially significant. These pressures directly influenced Japan to go into alliance with Germany and Italy through the Tripartite Pact. According to Kurusu, because of these reasons, the Allies had already provoked war with Japan long before the attack at Pearl", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "20687290", "text": "26. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese struck the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor with a surprise attack, knocking out the main American battleship fleet and killing 2,403 American servicemen and civilians. The great majority of scholars have rejected the conspiracy thesis that Roosevelt, or any other high government officials, knew in advance about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese had kept their secrets closely guarded, and while senior American officials were aware that war was imminent, they did not expect an attack on Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt had anticipated that the first attack would", "title": "Third and fourth terms of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "10992387", "text": "a war against Western powers. On November 3, 1941, Nagano presented a complete plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor to Hirohito. At the Imperial Conference on November 5, Hirohito approved the plan for a war against the United States, Great Britain and the Netherlands, scheduled to start at the beginning of December if an acceptable diplomatic settlement were not achieved before then. Over the following weeks, Tōjō's military regime offered a final deal to the United States. They offered to leave only Indochina, but in return for large American economic aid. On November 26, the so-called Hull Memorandum (or", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061371", "text": "and subsequent loss of the Philippines, meant the U.S. Army and Army Air Forces were unable to play a significant role in the Pacific War for several months. Japan was temporarily free of worries about the major rival Pacific naval power, which was at least part of the intention for the attack. Because Australian, New Zealand, Dutch and most British forces were already in Europe, Japan conquered nearly all of Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific, and extended her reach far into the Indian Ocean, without significant interference. The various Japanese advances were a nearly complete tactical success. In the", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992365", "text": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor A series of events led to the attack on Pearl Harbor. War between Japan and the United States had been a possibility that each nation's military forces planned for in the 1920s, though real tension did not begin until the 1931 invasion of Manchuria by Japan. Over the next decade, Japan expanded slowly into China, leading to the Second Sino-Japanese war in 1937. In 1940 Japan invaded French Indochina in an effort to embargo all imports into China, including war supplies purchased from the U.S. This move prompted the United States to", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061348", "text": "America was attacked in strength on its territory by another country – with only the September 11 attacks almost 60 years later being of a similarly catastrophic scale. It was the first decisive defeat for the United States in World War II. It has become synonymous with \"surprise attack\" ever since in American parlance. The U.S. mistakes of intelligence collection, sharing, and analysis leading to the Japanese success at Pearl Harbor did not, in the end, lead to lessons learned. Some Japanese today feel they were compelled to fight because of threats to their national interests and an embargo imposed", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10673730", "text": "morning of December 7, 1941, centred around the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The player, who plays as either USAAF pilot Douglas Knox or Japanese pilot Zenji Yamada, takes part in historically themed aircraft combat missions. The game received average reviews upon release. There are four single player campaigns, two for US and two for the Japanese, with cut scenes presented in a comic book-like fashion. Both start at Pearl Harbor and proceed through various battles, such as Wake, Midway, and Coral Sea in chronological order, including pre-Santa Cruz and pre-Okinawa operations for both the US and the Japanese. Unlike most", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor (video game)" }, { "docid": "703960", "text": "memorial. In the wake of the attack, 15 Medals of Honor, 51 Navy Crosses, 53 Silver Stars, four Navy and Marine Corps Medals, one Distinguished Flying Cross, four Distinguished Service Crosses, one Distinguished Service Medal, and three Bronze Star Medals were awarded to the American servicemen who distinguished themselves in combat at Pearl Harbor. Additionally, a special military award, the Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal, was later authorized for all military veterans of the attack. The day after the attack, Roosevelt delivered his famous Infamy Speech to a Joint Session of Congress, calling for a formal declaration of war on the", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061323", "text": "and the late delivery of the note from the Japanese government breaking off relations with the U.S. government. Pacifist Representative Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana, cast the only dissenting vote. Roosevelt signed the declaration of war later the same day. Continuing to intensify its military mobilization, the U.S. government finished converting to a war economy, a process begun by provision of weapons and supplies to the Soviet Union and the British Empire. Japanese Americans from the West Coast were sent to internment camps for the duration of the war. The attack on Pearl Harbor immediately galvanized a divided nation", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061372", "text": "long term, the attack on Pearl Harbor was a grand strategic blunder for Japan. Indeed, Admiral Yamamoto, who conceived it, predicted even success here could not win a war with the United States, because American productive capacity was too large. It spurred the United States into a determination to fight to complete victory. The war resulted in the destruction of the Japanese armed forces, the occupation of the home islands (a state never before achieved in Japan's history), and the occupation of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands by the United States until 1972, while the Soviet Russian re-annexation of the", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "4457447", "text": "first American-caused casualties occurred on 7 December 1941 when the attacked and sank a Japanese midget submarine near the entrance to Pearl Harbor prior to the commencement of the Japanese air attack upon Hawaii later that day. As a result of the attack on Hawaii, America declared war on Japan on 8 December 1941. Germany and Italy declared war on the United States three days later. The first planned offensive action by the United States in World War II came in January 1942 when the aircraft carrier attacked Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands. First engagement of neutral United States", "title": "First engagement of neutral United States in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061366", "text": "battleships. The carriers \"Lexington\" and \"Enterprise\" were ferrying additional fighters to American bases on the islands of Wake and Midway while \"Saratoga\" was under refit at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. At the time of the Japanese attack, the US was expecting imminent war with Japan, beginning in any of several places, such as the Philippines or Allied bases in Borneo. Nagumo's hesitation, and failure to find and destroy the American carriers, may have been a product of his lack of faith in the attack plan, and of the fact he was a gunnery officer, not an aviator. In addition, Yamamoto's", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061357", "text": "of power, similar to how Taranto did the Mediterranean, both in the attackers' favor. Three days later, with the sinking of \"Prince of Wales\" and \"Repulse\" off the coast of Malaya, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill exclaimed, \"In all the war I never received a more direct shock. As I turned and twisted in bed the full horror of the news sank in upon me. There were no British or American capital ships in the Indian Ocean or the Pacific except the American survivors of Pearl Harbor who were hastening back to California. Over this vast expanse of waters Japan", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061326", "text": "Sir Winston Churchill, stated that his first thought regarding American assistance to the United Kingdom was that \"We have won the war\" very soon after Pearl Harbor had been attacked. Perceptions of treachery in the attack before a declaration of war sparked fears of sabotage or espionage by Japanese sympathizers residing in the U.S., including citizens of Japanese descent, and was a factor in the subsequent Japanese internment in the western United States. Other factors included misrepresentations of intelligence information suggesting sabotage, notably by General John DeWitt, commanding general of Western Defense Command on the Pacific Coast, who had personal", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703932", "text": "26, 1941, a Japanese task force (the Striking Force) of six aircraft carriers—, , , , , and —departed Hittokapu Bay on Kasatka (now Iterup) Island in the Kurile Islands, \"en route\" to a position northwest of Hawaii, intending to launch its 408 aircraft to attack Pearl Harbor: 360 for the two attack waves and 48 on defensive combat air patrol (CAP), including nine fighters from the first wave. The first wave was to be the primary attack, while the second wave was to attack carriers as its first objective and cruisers as its second, with battleships as the third", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "20702459", "text": "in Hawaii. Vulnerability of Pearl Harbor in 1941 Several reports prior to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 indicated that the base was vulnerable to attack. This has sometimes been noted in Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theories. In 1925, Gen. Billy Mitchell published a report called Winged Defense revealing the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor to a surprise air attack. Mitchell predicted that such an attack would effectively neutralize the Pacific fleet as part of a Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Two mock air attacks on Pearl Harbor during war games in the 1930s were judged to have been a", "title": "Vulnerability of Pearl Harbor in 1941" }, { "docid": "20702454", "text": "Vulnerability of Pearl Harbor in 1941 Several reports prior to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 indicated that the base was vulnerable to attack. This has sometimes been noted in Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theories. In 1925, Gen. Billy Mitchell published a report called Winged Defense revealing the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor to a surprise air attack. Mitchell predicted that such an attack would effectively neutralize the Pacific fleet as part of a Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Two mock air attacks on Pearl Harbor during war games in the 1930s were judged to have been a success. Shortly", "title": "Vulnerability of Pearl Harbor in 1941" }, { "docid": "10992392", "text": "as well. They were not, because they continued to provide valuable information (\"via\" ) and neither President Roosevelt nor Secretary Hull wanted trouble in the Pacific. Had they been closed, however, it is possible Naval General Staff, which had opposed the attack from the outset, would have called it off, since up-to-date information on the location of the Pacific Fleet, on which Yamamoto's plan depended, would no longer have been available. Expecting war, and seeing an opportunity in the forward basing of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, the Japanese began planning in early 1941 for an attack on Pearl", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992413", "text": "an air attack on Pearl Harbor, but his warnings were ignored. Navy Secretary Knox had also appreciated the possibility of an attack at Pearl Harbor in a written analysis shortly after taking office. American commanders had been warned that tests had demonstrated shallow-water aerial torpedo attacks were possible, but no one in charge in Hawaii fully appreciated this. And in a 1932 fleet problem, a surprise airstrike led by Admiral Harry E. Yarnell had been judged a success and to have caused considerable damage, a finding corroborated in a 1938 exercise by Admiral Ernest King. Nevertheless, because it was believed", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "4457445", "text": "First engagement of neutral United States in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor Scholars have identified various events as being the first engagement of neutral United States in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor. They disagree on which events led to formal entry of the United States into the conflict. The first American hostile action against Axis forces was on 10 April 1941, when the destroyer attacked a German U-boat the U-52 that had just sunk a Dutch freighter \"Saleier\". \"Niblack\" was picking up survivors of the freighter when it detected a U-boat preparing", "title": "First engagement of neutral United States in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "6591850", "text": "in 1939. After Japan entered the war in 1941, the Northern Territory came under direct attack. With most of Australia’s best forces committed to fight against Hitler in the Middle East, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the US naval base in Hawaii, on 8 December 1941 (eastern Australia time). The British battleship and battlecruiser sent to defend Singapore were sunk soon afterwards. British Malaya quickly collapsed, shocking the Australian nation. After the Fall of Singapore, Australian Prime Minister Curtin predicted that the \"battle for Australia\" would now follow and on 19 February, Darwin suffered a devastating air raid, the first time", "title": "History of the Northern Territory" }, { "docid": "18301994", "text": "Italian declaration of war on the United States On December 11, 1941, Italy declared war on the United States in response to that country's declaration of war upon the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor four days earlier. Germany also declared war on the U.S. the same day. The US immediately responded by declaring war on Germany and Italy, thus thrusting the United States in fighting two major fronts across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in World War II. On December 7, 1941, 353 aircraft of the Empire of Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl", "title": "Italian declaration of war on the United States" }, { "docid": "703945", "text": "at Pearl Harbor, though MacArthur had almost nine hours warning that the Japanese had already attacked Pearl Harbor. The air portion of the attack began at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time (3:18 a.m. December 8 Japanese Standard Time, as kept by ships of the \"Kido Butai\"), with the attack on Kaneohe. A total of 353 Japanese planes in two waves reached Oahu. Slow, vulnerable torpedo bombers led the first wave, exploiting the first moments of surprise to attack the most important ships present (the battleships), while dive bombers attacked U.S. air bases across Oahu, starting with Hickam Field, the largest, and", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992414", "text": "Pearl Harbor had natural defenses against torpedo attack (e.g., the shallow water), the Navy did not deploy torpedo nets or baffles, which were judged to inconvenience ordinary operations. As a result of limited numbers of long-range aircraft (including Army Air Corps bombers), reconnaissance patrols were not being made as often or as far out as required for adequate coverage against possible surprise attack (they improved considerably, with far fewer remaining planes, after the attack). The Navy had 33 PBYs in the islands, but only three on patrol at the time of the attack. Hawaii was low on the priority list", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992397", "text": "Pearl Harbor. A few weeks later, in yet another letter, Yamamoto requested Admiral Takijiro Onishi, chief of staff of the Eleventh Air Fleet, study the technical feasibility of an attack against the American base. Onishi gathered as many facts as possible about Pearl Harbor. After first consulting with Kosei Maeda, an expert on aerial torpedo warfare, and being told the harbor's shallow waters rendered such an attack almost impossible, Onishi summoned Commander Minoru Genda. After studying the original proposal put forth by Yamamoto, Genda agreed: \"[T]he plan is difficult but not impossible\". Yamamoto gave the bulk of the planning to", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "15138872", "text": "Naval Station Pearl Harbor Naval Station Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base adjacent to Honolulu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 2010, along with the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base, the facility was merged to form Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. Pearl Harbor is the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, 7 December 1941 brought the United States into World War II. Naval Station Pearl Harbor provides berthing and shore side support to surface ships and submarines, as well as maintenance and training.", "title": "Naval Station Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703973", "text": "of Pearl to air attack. At least two naval war games, one in 1932 and another in 1936, proved that Pearl was vulnerable to such an attack. Admiral James Richardson was removed from command shortly after protesting President Roosevelt's decision to move the bulk of the Pacific fleet to Pearl Harbor. The decisions of military and political leadership to ignore these warnings has contributed to conspiracy theories. Several writers, including journalist Robert Stinnett and former United States Rear Admiral Robert Alfred Theobald, have argued that various parties high in the U.S. and British governments knew of the attack in advance", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703918", "text": "Japan, but the lack of any formal warning, particularly while negotiations were still apparently ongoing, led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim December 7, 1941, \"a date which will live in infamy\". Because the attack happened without a declaration of war and without explicit warning, the attack on Pearl Harbor was later judged in the Tokyo Trials to be a war crime. War between Japan and the United States had been a possibility that each nation had been aware of, and planned for, since the 1920s. The relationship between the two countries was cordial enough that they remained trading partners.", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "15897006", "text": "Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial The Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial is a memorial over a group burial site at Arlington National Cemetery in the United States. It commemorates the victims of the Pentagon, which was struck by al-Qaeda terrorists as part of the September 11 attacks. The memorial specifically honors the five individuals for whom no identifiable remains were found. However, a portion of the remains of 25 other victims are buried at the site. The names of the 115 Pentagon employees and 10 contractors in the building, as well as the 53", "title": "Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial" }, { "docid": "703963", "text": "Indian Ocean or the Pacific except the American survivors of Pearl Harbor who were hastening back to California. Over this vast expanse of waters Japan was supreme and we everywhere were weak and naked\". Throughout the war, Pearl Harbor was frequently used in American propaganda. One further consequence of the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath (notably the Niihau incident) was that Japanese American residents and citizens were relocated to nearby Japanese-American internment camps. Within hours of the attack, hundreds of Japanese American leaders were rounded up and brought to high-security camps such as Sand Island at the mouth", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992396", "text": "to Japan with information about the shallow-running torpedoes Cunningham's engineers had devised. Japanese strategists were undoubtedly influenced by Admiral Togo's surprise attack on the Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur in 1904. Yamamoto's emphasis on destroying the American battleships was in keeping with the Mahanian doctrine shared by all major navies during this period, including the U.S. Navy and Royal Navy. In a letter dated January 7, 1941, Yamamoto finally delivered a rough outline of his plan to Koshiro Oikawa, then Navy Minister, from whom he also requested to be made Commander in Chief of the air fleet to attack", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061358", "text": "was supreme and we everywhere were weak and naked.\" However, Pearl Harbor did not have as crippling an effect on American operations as initially thought. Unlike the close confines of the Mediterranean, the vast expanses of the Pacific limited the tactical value of battleships as a fleet in being. Furthermore, unlike new fast battleships such as the , the slow battleships were incapable of operating with carrier task forces, so once repaired they were relegated to delivering pre-invasion bombardments during the island hopping offensive against Japanese-held islands. These Pearl Harbor veterans were later part of a force that defeated IJN", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061361", "text": "had been ordered before the attack—the very weapons with which the U.S. Navy halted and eventually reversed the Japanese advance. Despite the perception of this battle as a devastating blow to America, only three ships were permanently lost to the U.S. Navy. These were the battleships , , and the old battleship (then used as a target ship); nevertheless, much usable material was salvaged from them, including the two aft main turrets from \"Arizona\". The majority of each battleship's crews survived; there were exceptions as heavy casualties resulted from \"Arizona\" magazine exploding and the \"Oklahoma\" capsizing. Four ships sunk during", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703927", "text": "these preparations, Emperor Hirohito did not approve the attack plan until November 5, after the third of four Imperial Conferences called to consider the matter. Final authorization was not given by the emperor until December 1, after a majority of Japanese leaders advised him the \"Hull Note\" would \"destroy the fruits of the China incident, endanger Manchukuo and undermine Japanese control of Korea.\" By late 1941, many observers believed that hostilities between the U.S. and Japan were imminent. A Gallup poll just before the attack on Pearl Harbor found that 52% of Americans expected war with Japan, 27% did not,", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "15897021", "text": "Arlington County Police Department, cemetery security, Fort Myer security, and other federal agencies converged on the scene. Cemetery officials said there were no eyewitnesses to the suicide, but were unable to ascertain if he was a veteran. Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial The Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial is a memorial over a group burial site at Arlington National Cemetery in the United States. It commemorates the victims of the Pentagon, which was struck by al-Qaeda terrorists as part of the September 11 attacks. The memorial specifically honors the five individuals for whom no", "title": "Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial" }, { "docid": "10992407", "text": "air forces in Asia, the Pacific and Hawaii, promptly seize the main U.S., British, and Dutch bases in East Asia and \"capture and secure the key areas of the southern regions\". On the home leg, the force was ordered to be alert for tracking and counterattacks by the Americans, and to return to the friendly base in the Marshall Islands, rather than the Home Islands. U.S. civil and military intelligence had, amongst them, good information suggesting additional Japanese aggression throughout the summer and fall before the attack. At the time, no reports specifically indicated an attack against Pearl Harbor. Public", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "12266560", "text": "The New Pearl Harbor The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 (2004, ) is a book written by David Ray Griffin, a retired professor of philosophy at the Claremont School of Theology. It draws analogies between the September 11, 2001, attacks and the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The title is taken from the 2000 paper \"Rebuilding America's Defenses\" produced by the Project for the New American Century, which noted that only a \"new Pearl Harbor\" would enable the military and defense policy transformations the group desired to rapidly take place. The book was", "title": "The New Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703925", "text": "United Kingdom, and Netherlands ceased aid to China and lifted their sanctions against Japan. The American counter-proposal of November 26 (November 27 in Japan), the Hull note, required Japan completely evacuate China without conditions and conclude non-aggression pacts with Pacific powers. On November 26 in Japan, the day before the note's delivery, the Japanese task force left port for Pearl Harbor. Preliminary planning for an attack on Pearl Harbor to protect the move into the \"Southern Resource Area\" (the Japanese term for the Dutch East Indies and Southeast Asia generally) had begun very early in 1941 under the auspices of", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10673733", "text": "on Metacritic and 7 out of 10 on Gamespot indicating mixed or average reviews. IGN gave 46/100 stating \"Legendo has managed to take something as interesting as World War II's air battle over the Pacific and turn it into something as repetitive as bouncing a tennis ball against a wall.\" Attack on Pearl Harbor (video game) Attack on Pearl Harbor is a semi-realistic flight simulator in which players can have random dogfights or play in single player campaigns. The game was developed by 3DIVISION and published by Legendo Entertainment for the EU & Asia, and by CDV for the Americas.The", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor (video game)" }, { "docid": "13043853", "text": "Remembrance Day. It became (Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies) of the United States Code. On Pearl Harbor Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until sunset to honor those who died as a result of the attack on U.S. military forces in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor Day is not a federal holiday – government offices, schools, and businesses do not close. Some organizations may hold special events in memory of those killed or injured at Pearl Harbor. On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii", "title": "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" }, { "docid": "10992400", "text": "the mountain behind Kagoshima and dove into the city, dodging buildings and smokestacks before dropping to at the piers. Bombardiers released torpedoes at a breakwater some away. However, even this low-altitude approach would not overcome the problem of torpedoes bottoming in the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor. Japanese weapons engineers created and tested modifications allowing successful shallow water drops. The effort resulted in a heavily modified version of the Type 91 torpedo, which inflicted most of the ship damage during the eventual attack. Japanese weapons technicians also produced special armor-piercing bombs by fitting fins and release shackles to 14- and", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "3176848", "text": "Battleship Row Battleship Row was the grouping of eight U.S. battleships in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941. These ships bore the brunt of the Japanese assault. They were moored next to Ford Island when the attack commenced. The ships were , , , , , , , and . A repair ship (former coal ship), , was also present, moored next to \"Arizona\". When the United States Navy decided in 1919 to establish a major naval base in Pearl Harbor, the southeastern side of Ford Island was ceded from control of the", "title": "Battleship Row" }, { "docid": "2427139", "text": "The timeline depicted in the book does not include a war between the US and Japan. However, in the context of a later war there is a depiction of Latin American aircraft carriers launching a devastating surprise attack on New York City, which bears some similarities to the methods which the Japanese would use at Pearl Harbor three years after the book was written. Heinlein, a former naval officer, clearly understood the strategic implications of the carriers' appearance and the revolution they would bring to naval warfare. The recently abdicated King Edward VIII of Britain is very positively presented, his", "title": "For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs" }, { "docid": "13927437", "text": "Sinking of USS Housatonic The Sinking of USS \"Housatonic\" on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare. The Confederate States Navy submarine, \"H.L. Hunley\" made her first and only attack on a Union Navy warship when she staged a clandestine night attack on the in Charleston harbor. The \"Hunley\" approached just under the surface, avoiding detection until the last moments, then embedded and remotely detonated a spar torpedo that rapidly sank the sloop-of-war with the loss of five Union sailors. The \"Hunley\" became renowned as the first submarine to successfully sink", "title": "Sinking of USS Housatonic" }, { "docid": "1636608", "text": "10 December 1941, the first major setback to British power in the region was the sinking of HMS \"Prince of Wales\" and HMS \"Repulse\" by Japanese land-based planes. The sinking of these ships was triply significant. It represented the loss of the last Allied capital ships in the Pacific left after the Pearl Harbor disaster. The \"Prince of Wales\" and the \"Repulse\" were the only Allied modern or 'fast' battleships to be sunk in the entire war. It was the first time that a battleship had been sunk by enemy aircraft while underway at sea. Reverses in the air and", "title": "Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II" }, { "docid": "15849689", "text": "States Navy grew rapidly during World War II from 1941–45, and played a central role in the Pacific theatre in the war against Japan. It also played a major supporting role, alongside the Royal Navy, in the European war against Germany. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) sought naval superiority in the Pacific by sinking the main American battle fleet at Pearl Harbor, which was built around its battleships. The December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor did knock out the battle fleet, but it did not touch the aircraft carriers, which became the mainstay of the rebuilt fleet. Naval doctrine", "title": "Naval history of World War II" }, { "docid": "11061339", "text": "to Nazi aims. Hitler awarded Imperial Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany Hiroshi Ōshima the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle in Gold (1st class) after the attack, praising Japan for striking hard and without first declaring war. The war had been going poorly for the British Empire for more than two years, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill was deeply concerned about the future. On December 7, he was at his country estate, Chequers, with a few friends and his family. At dinner he seemed depressed, holding his face in his hands for minutes at a time .", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703964", "text": "of Honolulu harbor and Kilauea Military Camp on the island of Hawaii. Eventually, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans, nearly all who lived on the West Coast, were forced into interior camps, but in Hawaii, where the 150,000-plus Japanese Americans composed over one-third of the population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were interned. The attack also had international consequences. The Canadian province of British Columbia, bordering the Pacific Ocean, had long had a large population of Japanese immigrants and their Japanese Canadian descendants. Pre-war tensions were exacerbated by the Pearl Harbor attack, leading to a reaction from the Government of Canada. On", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703935", "text": "absence of the U.S. fleet in Lahaina anchorage off Maui was received from the fleet submarine . Another four scout planes patrolled the area between the Japanese carrier force (the Kidō Butai) and Niihau, to detect any counterattack. Fleet submarines , , , , and each embarked a Type A midget submarine for transport to the waters off Oahu. The five I-boats left Kure Naval District on November 25, 1941. On December 6, they came to within of the mouth of Pearl Harbor and launched their midget subs at about 01:00 local time on December 7. At 03:42 Hawaiian Time,", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061345", "text": "attack\". Suspicions were further fueled by the \"Niihau Incident\", as historian Gordon Prange stated \"the rapidity with which the three resident Japanese went over to the pilot's cause\" which troubled the Hawaiians. \"The more pessimistic among them cited the Niihau Incident as proof that no one could trust any Japanese, even if an American citizen, not to go over to Japan if it appeared expedient.\" The attack, the subsequent declarations of war, and fear of \"Fifth Columnists\" resulted in internment of Japanese, German, and Italian populations in the United States and others, for instance the Japanese American internment, German American", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "10992373", "text": "States slowly moved from being a neutral power to one preparing for war. In mid-1940, Roosevelt moved the U.S. Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to deter Japan. On October 8, 1940, Admiral James O. Richardson, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, provoked a confrontation with Roosevelt by repeating his earlier arguments to Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Harold R. Stark and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox that Pearl Harbor was the wrong place for his ships. Roosevelt believed relocating the fleet to Hawaii would exert a \"restraining influence\" on Japan. Richardson asked the President if the United States was", "title": "Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "11061340", "text": "Just after dinner he heard of the attack. Churchill immediately, and correctly, surmised the consequences of the attack for the course of the war. Following the Japanese attack on the Americans, William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada advised George VI, King of Canada, that a state of war should exist between Canada and Japan, and King accordingly issued this proclamation on December 8: Whereas by and with the advice of our Privy Council for Canada we have signified our approval of the issue of a proclamation in the \"Canada Gazette\" declaring that a state", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "1403030", "text": "8 December 1941 following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japanese forces soon seized American, Dutch, and British possessions across the Pacific and Southeast Asia, except for Australia, which became a main American forward base along with Hawaii. The loss of eight battleships and 2,403 Americans at Pearl Harbor forced the U.S. to rely on its remaining aircraft carriers, which won a major victory over Japan at Midway just six months into the war, and on its growing submarine fleet. The Navy and Marine Corps followed this up with an island hopping campaign across the central and south Pacific", "title": "Military history of the United States" }, { "docid": "11061352", "text": "but did officially raise the possibility of a break in relations. However, because of various delays, the Japanese ambassador was unable to deliver this message until well after the attack had begun. Imperial Japanese military leaders appear to have had mixed feelings about the attack. Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was unhappy about the botched timing of the breaking off of negotiations. He is on record as having said, in the previous year, \"I can run wild for six months ... after that, I have no expectation of success.\" The reports of American reactions, terming it a \"sneak attack\" and \"infamous", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "1950776", "text": "Naval Conference of 1921 recognized the Navy as equal in capital ship size to the Royal Navy, and during the 1920s and 1930s, the Navy built several aircraft carriers and battleships. The Navy was drawn into World War II after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and over the next four years fought many historic battles including the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, multiple naval battles during the Guadalcanal Campaign, and the largest naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Much of the Navy's activity concerned the support of landings,", "title": "History of the United States Navy" }, { "docid": "11061328", "text": "United States and the United Kingdom. The document stated all avenues for averting war had been exhausted by the Government of Japan. Although the Imperial Japanese government had made some effort to prepare their population for war \"via\" anti-U.S. propaganda, it appears most Japanese were surprised, apprehensive, and dismayed by the news they were now at war with the U.S., a country many of them admired. Nevertheless, the people at home and overseas thereafter generally accepted their government's account of the attack and supported the war effort until their nation's surrender in 1945. Japan's national leadership at the time appeared", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "703934", "text": "bombers, especially in the first wave. When the fighters' fuel got low they were to refuel at the aircraft carriers and return to combat. Fighters were to serve CAP duties where needed, especially over U.S. airfields. Before the attack commenced, two reconnaissance aircraft launched from cruisers and were sent to scout over Oahu and Maui and report on U.S. fleet composition and location. Reconnaissance aircraft flights risked alerting the U.S., and were not necessary. U.S. fleet composition and preparedness information in Pearl Harbor was already known due to the reports of the Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa. A report of the", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "19775698", "text": "Dog It Down Dog It Down is a 2012 award-winning short film directed by Mark Haapala and produced by Kevin Connolly. It is based on the true story of three US Navy Sailors who were trapped under water for 17 days in an air-tight compartment aboard the during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Three US Navy sailors are trapped in an airtight compartment on the ocean floor aboard the during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Based on actual events. The film won Best Short Film of 2012 at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.", "title": "Dog It Down" } ]

[ "Clarence Frank Birdseye", "Birdseye Frozen Foods", "Clarence Birdseye" ]

[ { "docid": "3204469", "text": "than the poly-crystalline solid that flash freezing results in. Flash freezing is used in the food industry to quickly freeze perishable food items (see frozen food). In this case, food items are subjected to temperatures well below water's melting/freezing point. Thus, smaller ice crystals are formed, causing less damage to cell membranes. Flash freezing techniques are used to freeze biological samples quickly so that large ice crystals cannot form and damage the sample. This rapid freezing is done by submerging the sample in liquid nitrogen or a mixture of dry ice and ethanol. American inventor Clarence Birdseye developed the \"quick-freezing\"", "title": "Flash freezing" }, { "docid": "14707759", "text": "be sunglasses were invented. In 1929, Sam Foster invented and mass-produced the first tinted eyewear pieces solely intended to block out sunlight. 1929 Frozen food Frozen food is food preserved by the process of freezing. Freezing food is a common method of food preservation which slows both food decay and, by turning water to ice, makes it unavailable for most bacterial growth and slows down most chemical reactions. Clarence Birdseye offered his quick-frozen foods to the public. Birdseye got the idea during fur-trapping expeditions to Labrador in 1912 and 1916, where he saw the natives use freezing to preserve foods.", "title": "Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945)" } ]

[ { "docid": "3204466", "text": "Flash freezing In physics and chemistry, flash freezing is a naturally occurring phenomenon used commonly in the food industry and by meteorologists for the purpose of forecasting. The process is also of great importance in atmospheric science, as its study is necessary for a proper climate model for the formation of ice clouds in the upper troposphere, which effectively scatter incoming solar radiation and prevent Earth from becoming overheated by the sun. Flash freezing is closely related to classical nucleation theory, which helps us understand many materials, phenomena and theories in related situations. Flash freezing refers to the process whereby", "title": "Flash freezing" }, { "docid": "3204481", "text": "can be defined as formula_20. This work W is interpreted as the potential energy. Flash freezing In physics and chemistry, flash freezing is a naturally occurring phenomenon used commonly in the food industry and by meteorologists for the purpose of forecasting. The process is also of great importance in atmospheric science, as its study is necessary for a proper climate model for the formation of ice clouds in the upper troposphere, which effectively scatter incoming solar radiation and prevent Earth from becoming overheated by the sun. Flash freezing is closely related to classical nucleation theory, which helps us understand many", "title": "Flash freezing" }, { "docid": "2205632", "text": "a study, an American consumes on average 71 frozen foods a year, most of which are pre-cooked frozen meals. Frozen food Freezing food preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved grains and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows down decomposition by turning residual moisture into ice, inhibiting the growth of most bacterial species. In the food commodity industry, there are two processes: mechanical and cryogenic (or flash freezing). The freezing kinetics is important to preserve the food quality and", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "133993", "text": "time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved grains and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows down decomposition by turning residual moisture into ice, inhibiting the growth of most bacterial species. In the food commodity industry, there are two processes: mechanical and cryogenic (or flash freezing). The freezing kinetics is important to preserve the food quality and texture. Quicker freezing generates smaller ice crystals and maintains cellular structure. Cryogenic freezing is the quickest freezing technology available due to the ultra low liquid nitrogen temperature . Preserving food in domestic kitchens", "title": "Food" }, { "docid": "2205619", "text": "Frozen food Freezing food preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved grains and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows down decomposition by turning residual moisture into ice, inhibiting the growth of most bacterial species. In the food commodity industry, there are two processes: mechanical and cryogenic (or flash freezing). The freezing kinetics is important to preserve the food quality and texture. Quicker freezing generates smaller ice crystals and maintains cellular structure. Cryogenic freezing is the quickest freezing technology available", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "12939799", "text": "Flash (Electric Food album) Flash is the second and final album by Electric Food. Soon after its release, the core of band formed Asterix and recorded one album: \"Asterix\". Less than a year later Asterix would change their name to Lucifer's Friend. In 2004 \"Electric Food\" and \"Flash\" were released on one CD by Mason Records. Both Electric Food albums sound very similar to Lucifer's Friend's debut but include strong influences from Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, and Spooky Tooth. Other recordings not included on any Electric Food album Born to be Wild - 3:27 Up Around the Bend - 2:40", "title": "Flash (Electric Food album)" }, { "docid": "12939798", "text": "Flash (Electric Food album) Flash is the second and final album by Electric Food. Soon after its release, the core of band formed Asterix and recorded one album: \"Asterix\". Less than a year later Asterix would change their name to Lucifer's Friend. In 2004 \"Electric Food\" and \"Flash\" were released on one CD by Mason Records. Both Electric Food albums sound very similar to Lucifer's Friend's debut but include strong influences from Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, and Spooky Tooth. Other recordings not included on any Electric Food album Born to be Wild - 3:27 Up Around the Bend - 2:40", "title": "Flash (Electric Food album)" }, { "docid": "20648554", "text": "the \"cold chain\" throughout the shelf life of the food product. (Chapter 16 pg, 396) It is important to note that there are two distinct low temperature processes: chilling and freezing. Chilling is the application of temperatures within the range of 0-8 °C, while freezing is usually below 18 °C. Refrigeration does slow spoilage in food and reduce the risk of bacterial growth, however, it does not improve the quality of the product. Food irradiation is another notable biological engineering process to achieve food safety. Research into the potential utilization of ionizing irradiation for food preservation started in the 1940s", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "9178841", "text": "strategy should give particular attention to the need to prevent discrimination in access to food shops and retail network, or alternatively to resources for growing food. As part of their obligations to protect people’s resource base for food, States should take appropriate steps to ensure that activities of the private business sector and civil society are in conformity with the right to food. The Article notes that whenever a State faces severe resource constraints, whether caused by a process of economic adjustment, economic recession, climatic conditions or other factors, measures should be undertaken to ensure that the right to adequate", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "2205626", "text": "evaporator. As it passes through an expansion valve, it is cooled and then vaporises into a gaseous state. Now a low pressure, low temperature gas again, it can be reintroduced into the system. Cryogenic or (flash freezing) of food is a more recent development, but is used by many leading food manufacturers all over the world. Cryogenic equipment uses very low temperature gases – usually liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide – which are applied directly to the food product. Frozen food packaging must maintain its integrity throughout filling, sealing, freezing, storage, transportation, thawing, and often cooking. As many frozen", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "2205624", "text": "Birdseye introduced \"flash freezing\" to the American public. Birdseye first became interested in food freezing during fur-trapping expeditions to Labrador in 1912 and 1916, where he saw the natives use natural freezing to preserve foods. The Icelandic Fisheries Commission was created in 1934 to initiate innovation in the industry, and encouraged fishermen to start quick-freezing their catch. Íshúsfélag Ísfirðinga, one of the first frozen fish companies, was formed in Ísafjörður, Iceland by a merger in 1937. More advanced attempts include food frozen for Eleanor Roosevelt on her trip to Russia. Other experiments, involving orange juice, ice cream and vegetables were", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "16621915", "text": "Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is a Special Rapporteur who works for the United Nations and reports on the right to food. The mandate was established in 2000 by the former Commission on Human Rights which appointed the first Rapporteur, Dr. Jean Ziegler. In 2008 the second Rapporteur, Dr. Olivier De Schutter, was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, the successor to the Commission. In 2014 the third and current Rapporteur, Hilal Elver was appointed. The Rapporteur is expected to report both to the Human Rights Council and", "title": "Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food" }, { "docid": "16621917", "text": "participating in and contributing to relevant conferences. The first Rapporteur engaged in 12 country missions between 2002 and 2007. The second Rapporteur, thus far, engaged in 10 country missions between 2010 and 2012. Citations Bibliography Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is a Special Rapporteur who works for the United Nations and reports on the right to food. The mandate was established in 2000 by the former Commission on Human Rights which appointed the first Rapporteur, Dr. Jean Ziegler. In 2008 the second Rapporteur, Dr. Olivier De Schutter, was appointed by", "title": "Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food" }, { "docid": "20648552", "text": "bacteria, and spore forming organisms. Done properly, this process will greatly extend the shelf life of food products and can allow them to be stored at room temperature. As detailed in The Handbook of Food Preservation, thermal sterilization typically involves four steps. First, food products are heated to between 110-125 °C, and the products are given time for the heat to travel through the material completely. After this, the temperature must be maintained long enough to kill microorganisms before the food product is cooled to prevent cooking. In practice, though complete sterility of food products could be achieved, the intense", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "135363", "text": "of liquid food. It was originally applied to combat the souring of young local wines. Today, the process is mainly applied to dairy products. In this method, milk is heated at about for 15–30 seconds to kill the bacteria present in it and cooling it quickly to to prevent the remaining bacteria from growing. The milk is then stored in sterilized bottles or pouches in cold places. This method was invented by Louis Pasteur, a French chemist, in 1862. Vacuum-packing stores food in a vacuum environment, usually in an air-tight bag or bottle. The vacuum environment strips bacteria of oxygen", "title": "Food preservation" }, { "docid": "1620050", "text": "attempts to freeze human beings for later revival are known as cryonics. Freezing is a common method of food preservation that slows both food decay and the growth of micro-organisms. Besides the effect of lower temperatures on reaction rates, freezing makes water less available for bacterial growth. Freezing Freezing is a phase transition in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. In contrast, solidification is a similar process where a liquid turns into a solid, not by lowering its temperature, but by increasing the pressure that it is under. Despite this", "title": "Freezing" }, { "docid": "2205621", "text": "not grow when the temperature of the food is below , which is sufficient on its own in preventing food spoilage. Long-term preservation of food may call for food storage at even lower temperatures. Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), a tasteless and odorless stabilizer, is typically added to frozen food because it does not adulterate the quality of the product. Natural food freezing (using winter frosts) had been in use by tribes in cold climates for centuries. In 1861 Thomas Sutcliffe Mort established at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, the first freezing works in the world, which afterwards became the New South Wales", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "1386018", "text": "(household appliance) or by sun-drying or by wind. Preservatives such as potassium metabisulfite, BHA, or BHT may be used, but are not required. However, dried products without these preservatives may require refrigeration or freezing to ensure safe storage for a long time. Industrial food dehydration is often accomplished by freeze-drying. In this case food is flash frozen and put into a reduced-pressure system which causes the water to sublimate directly from the solid to the gaseous phase. Although freeze-drying is more expensive than traditional dehydration techniques, it also mitigates the change in flavor, texture, and nutritional value.In addition, another widely", "title": "Food drying" }, { "docid": "15550472", "text": "change the department changed its name to the Department of Food Technology in 1944 as it expanded its interdisciplinary collaborations with faculty from Chemistry, Bacteriology, Dairy and Nutrition Departments. Dr. Carl Fellers' research program had a breadth that is unheard of today as his program covered chemistry, microbiology, nutrition and engineering. He provided numerous technological advances for the Massachusetts food industry especially with the seafood and cranberry producers. For example, he patented a process for canning and freezing shellfish to prevent discoloration and the proliferation of gritty, glass-like stuvite by controlling pH and binding minerals. This invention was credited by", "title": "University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Food Science" }, { "docid": "2205631", "text": "and the number of ice crystals formed within a food product's cells and extracellular space. Slow freezing leads to fewer but larger ice crystals while fast freezing leads to smaller but more numerous ice crystals. Large ice crystals can puncture the walls of the cells of the food product which will cause a degradation of the texture of the product as well as the loss of its natural juices during thawing. That is why there will be a qualitative difference observed between food products frozen by ventilated mechanical freezing, non-ventilated mechanical freezing or cryogenic freezing with liquid nitrogen. According to", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "3756930", "text": "them into giants when they become adults. \"The Food of the Gods\" is divided into three \"books\": \"Book I: The Discovery of the Food\"; \"Book II: The Food in the Village\"; and \"Book III: The Harvest of the Food.\" Book I begins with satirical remarks on \"scientists,\" then introduces Mr. Bensington, a research chemist specialising in \"the More Toxic Alkaloids,\" and Professor Redwood, who after studying reaction times takes an interest in \"Growth.\" Redwood's suggestion \"that the process of growth probably demanded the presence of a considerable quantity of some necessary substance in the blood that was only formed very", "title": "The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth" }, { "docid": "9178813", "text": "to feed oneself, which requires not only that food is available – that the ratio of production to the population is sufficient – but also that it is accessible – i.e., that each household either has the means to produce or buy its own food. However, if individuals are deprived of access to food for reasons beyond their control, for instance because of an armed conflict, natural disaster or because they are in detention, recognition of the right to life obliges States to provide them with sufficient food for their survival. The former Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food,", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "2205629", "text": "preservation than are thermal techniques, such as boiling, because pathogens are more likely to be able to survive cold temperatures rather than hot temperatures. One of the problems surrounding the use of freezing as a method of food preservation is the danger that pathogens deactivated (but not killed) by the process will once again become active when the frozen food thaws. Foods may be preserved for several months by freezing. Long-term frozen storage requires a constant temperature of or less. To be used, many cooked foods that have been previously frozen require defrosting prior to consumption. Preferably, some frozen meats", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "20648555", "text": "as an extension of studies on the effect of radiation on living cells. The FDA approved usage of ionizing radiation on food products in 1990. This radiation removes electrons from atoms, and these electrons go on to damage the DNA of microorganisms living in the food, killing the microorganisms. Irradiation can be used to pasteurize food products, such as seafood, poultry, and red meat, thus making these food products safer for consumers. Some irradiation is also used to delay fruit ripening processes, which can kill microorganisms that accelerate the ripening and spoilage of produce. Low dosages of radiation can also", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "2205628", "text": "PET trays, and composite and plastic cans. Scientists are continually researching new aspects of frozen food packaging. Active packaging offers a host of new technologies that can actively sense and then neutralize the presence of bacteria or other harmful species. Active packaging can extend shelf-life, maintain product safety, and help preserve the food over a longer period of time. Several functions of active packaging are being researched: Freezing is an effective form of food preservation because the pathogens that cause food spoilage are killed or do not grow very rapidly at reduced temperatures. The process is less effective in food", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "9178807", "text": "deprived of access to food for reasons beyond their control, for example, because they are in detention, in times of war or after natural disasters, the right requires the government to provide food directly. The right is derived from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which has 160 state parties as of May 2012. States that sign the covenant agree to take steps to the maximum of their available resources to achieve progressively the full realization of the right to adequate food, both nationally and internationally. In a total of 106 countries the right to food is", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178823", "text": "a proposal to replace the European Union Common Agricultural Policy, which is due for change in 2013. The first article of The New Common Food and Agriculture Policy \"considers food as a universal human right, not merely a commodity.\" State obligations related to the right to food are well-established under international law. By signing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) states agreed to take steps to the maximum of their available resources to achieve progressively the full realization of the right to adequate food. They also acknowledge the essential role of international cooperation and assistance in", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9320143", "text": "anecdotes and strong opinions.\" The American Library Association recognized \"The Oxford Companion to Food\" with an Honorable Mention in the Dartmouth Medal competition for 2000, as well as inclusion as one of its \"Outstanding reference sources 2000\" by the Reference Sources Committee of the Reference and User Services Association (RULA). In May 2000, it received a James Beard Foundation Award as best reference work. The Oxford Companion to Food The Oxford Companion to Food is an encyclopedia about food. It was edited by Alan Davidson and published by Oxford University Press in 1999. It was also issued in softcover under", "title": "The Oxford Companion to Food" }, { "docid": "9320141", "text": "The Oxford Companion to Food The Oxford Companion to Food is an encyclopedia about food. It was edited by Alan Davidson and published by Oxford University Press in 1999. It was also issued in softcover under the name The Penguin Companion to Food. A second edition was edited by Tom Jaine and published in 2006. The book, Davidson's \"magnum opus\" with \"more than a million words, mostly his own\", covers the nature and history of foodstuffs worldwide, starting from aardvark and ending with zuppa inglese. It is compiled with especially strong coverage of European and in particular British cookery and", "title": "The Oxford Companion to Food" }, { "docid": "9178814", "text": "Jean Ziegler, defined three dimensions to the right to food. Furthermore, any discrimination in access to food, as well as to means and entitlements for its procurement, on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, age, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status constitutes a violation of the right to food. Regarding the right to food, the international community also specified commonly agreed on standards, such as in the 1974 World Food Conference, the 1974 International Undertaking on World Food Security, the 1977 Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the 1986", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178811", "text": "life. Inspired by the above definition, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food in 2002 defined it as follows: The right to have regular, permanent and unrestricted access, either directly or by means of financial purchases, to quantitatively and qualitatively adequate and sufficient food corresponding to the cultural traditions of the people to which the consumer belongs, and which ensure a physical and mental, individual and collective, fulfilling and dignified life free of fear. This definition entails all normative elements explained in detail in the General Comment 12 of the ICESCR, which states: the right to adequate food is", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "20648542", "text": "Food and biological process engineering Food and biological process engineering is a discipline concerned with applying principles of engineering to the fields of food production and distribution and biology. It is a broad field, with workers fulfilling a variety of roles ranging from design of food processing equipment to genetic modification of organisms. In some respects it is a combined field, drawing from the disciplines of food science and biological engineering to improve the earth's food supply. Creating, processing, and storing food to support the world's population requires extensive interdisciplinary knowledge. Notably, there are many biological engineering processes within food", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "9178826", "text": "need.\" The implementation of the right to food standards at national level has consequences for national constitutions, laws, courts, institutions, policies and programmes, and for various food security topics, such as fishing, land, focus on vulnerable groups, and access to resources. National strategies on the progressive realization of the right to food should fulfill four functions: The right to food imposes on all States obligations not only towards the persons living on their national territory, but also towards the populations of other States. The right to food is only realised when both national and international obligations are complied with. On", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "5691395", "text": "The Food Emporium The Food Emporium is a chain of grocery stores in New York and New Jersey. The supermarket banner was created by Shopwell Inc., whose roots can be traced to Daitch Crystal Dairies (established 1919). Shopwell Inc. was acquired by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1986 and at the time, the company operated the upscale, gourmet banner stores in New York City, Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Food Emporium grew throughout the 1990s, converting many of its New York-area A&P stores to The Food Emporium and expanding the chain to New", "title": "The Food Emporium" }, { "docid": "20648544", "text": "biological process engineering. Below are listed several major ones. The science behind food and food production involves studying how food behaves and how it can be improved. Researchers analyze longevity and composition (i.e., ingredients, vitamins, minerals, etc.) of foods, as well as how to ensure food safety. Modern food and biological process engineering relies heavily on applications of genetic manipulation. By understanding plants and animals on the molecular level, scientists are able to engineer them with specific goals in mind. Among the most notable applications of such genetic engineering is the creation of disease or insect resistant plants, such as", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "2001241", "text": "foods that have been warmer than for more than 2 hours. If there is any doubt at all about the length of time the food has been defrosted at room temperature, it should be thrown out. Freezing does not destroy microbes present in food. Freezing at 0 °F does inactivate microbes (bacteria, yeasts and molds). However, once food has been thawed, these microbes can again become active. Microbes in thawed food can multiply to levels that can lead to foodborne illness. Thawed food should be handled according to the same guidelines as perishable fresh food. Food frozen at 0 °F", "title": "Food storage" }, { "docid": "20648547", "text": "goal of food safety is to eliminate harmful organisms from food and prevent food-borne illness, detecting said organisms is another important function of food safety mechanisms. The goal of most monitoring and detection processes is the rapid detection of harmful microorganisms with minimal interruption to the processing of food products. An example of a detection mechanism that relies heavily on biological processes is usage of chromogenic microbiological media. Chromogenic microbiological media use colored enzymes to detect the presence of certain bacteria. In conventional bacteria culturing, bacteria are allowed to grow on a medium that supports many strains. Since it is", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "9178821", "text": "national constitutions. There are several non-legally binding international human rights instruments relevant to the right to food. They include recommendations, guidelines, resolutions or declarations. The most detailed is the 2004 Right to Food Guidelines. They are a practical tool to help implement the right to adequate food. The Right to Food Guidelines are not legally binding but draw upon international law and are a set of recommendations States have chosen on how to implement their obligations under Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Finally, the 1945 Constitution of the United Nations Food and Agriculture", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178818", "text": "of a lack of food; rather, it usually arose from problems in food distribution networks or from government policies. The right to food is protected under international human rights and humanitarian law. The right to food is recognized in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 25) as part of the right to an adequate standard of living, and is enshrined in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Article 11). The 2009 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights makes the right to food justiciable at the international level. In", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "16552461", "text": "to prepare a set of guidelines on the implementation of the right to food. In November, the FAO Council set up an Intergovernmental Working Group which drafts the Right to Food Guidelines. In 2004 the Right to Food Guidelines are adopted by 187 Member States of the General Council of the FAO. The Guidelines build on international law and are a set of recommendations States have chosen on how to implement their obligations under Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Food and Agriculture Organization summarised the Right to Food guidelines in six phases", "title": "Right to Food Guidelines" }, { "docid": "13279161", "text": "court following FDA approval of a food coloring manufactured with a compound known to be carcinogenic, after separate testing indicated that the food coloring itself did not cause cancer in test animals. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the FDA's approval of the food coloring. Added substances are not separately defined in the act, but are understood to be different from food itself based on the definition of adulterated food, and a later section authorizing the FDA to set forth tolerance limits for \"[a]ny poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food...\". Such substances are", "title": "Regulation of food and dietary supplements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration" }, { "docid": "9178830", "text": "However, provisions for obligations and remedies in existing framework law is not always very thorough, and it is neither always clear what they add to the justiciability of the right to food. As of 2011, the following ten countries have adopted a framework law on food security or the right to food: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela. Moreover, in 2011 the following nine countries were drafting a framework law on food security or the right to food: Honduras, India, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Paraguay, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Finally, El Salvador, Nicaragua and", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178825", "text": "11 states that: \"The States Parties to the present Covenant... shall take, individually and through international co-operation, the measures, including specific programmes, which are needed: (a) To improve methods of production, conservation and distribution of food by making full use of technical and scientific knowledge, by disseminating knowledge of the principles of nutrition and by developing or reforming agrarian systems in such a way as to achieve the most efficient development and utilization of natural resources; (b) Taking into account the problems of both food-importing and food-exporting countries, to ensure an equitable distribution of world food supplies in relation to", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178806", "text": "Right to food The right to food, and its non variations, is a human right protecting the right for people to feed themselves in dignity, implying that sufficient food is available, that people have the means to access it, and that it adequately meets the individual's dietary needs. The right to food protects the right of all human beings to be free from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The right to food does not imply that governments have an obligation to hand out free food to everyone who wants it, or a right to be fed. However, if people are", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178809", "text": "– amounts to over 2 billion people worldwide. Whilst under international law states are obliged to respect, protect and fulfill the right to food, the practical difficulties in achieving this human right are demonstrated by prevalent food insecurity across the world, and ongoing litigation in countries such as India. In the continents with the biggest food-related problems – Africa, Asia and Latin America – not only is there shortage of food and lack of infrastructure but also maldistribution and inadequate access to food. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognizes the \"right to an adequate standard of", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "7491557", "text": "Food fortification Food fortification or enrichment is the process of adding micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food. Sometimes it's a purely commercial choice to provide extra nutrients in a food, while other times it is a public health policy which aims to reduce the number of people with dietary deficiencies within a population. Staple foods of a region can lack particular nutrients due to the soil of the region or from inherent inadequacy of a normal diet. Addition of micronutrients to staples and condiments can prevent large-scale deficiency diseases in these cases. As defined by the World Health", "title": "Food fortification" }, { "docid": "20648556", "text": "be used to kill insects living in harvested crops, as the radiation will stunt the insects' development at various stages and damage their ability to reproduce. Food storage and preservation is a key component of food engineering processes and relies heavily on biological engineering to understand and manipulate the organisms involved. Note that the above food safety processes such as pasteurization and sterilization destroy the microorganisms that also contribute to deterioration of food products while not necessarily posing a risk to people. Understanding of these processes, their effects, and the microorganisms at play in various food processing techniques is a", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "20648562", "text": "system and how they interact with one another is important for developing efficient waste management plants and falls within the realm of biological engineering. Food and biological process engineering Food and biological process engineering is a discipline concerned with applying principles of engineering to the fields of food production and distribution and biology. It is a broad field, with workers fulfilling a variety of roles ranging from design of food processing equipment to genetic modification of organisms. In some respects it is a combined field, drawing from the disciplines of food science and biological engineering to improve the earth's food", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "19598030", "text": "Individual Quick Freezing Individual Quick Freezing usually abbreviated IQF is a freezing method used in food processing industry. Products commonly frozen with IQF technologies are typically smaller pieces of food products and can range from all types of berries, fruits and vegetables diced or sliced, seafood such as shrimps and small fish, meat, poultry and even pasta, cheese and grains. Products that have been subjected to IQF are referred to as Individually Quick Frozen or IQF'd One of the main advantages of this method of preparing frozen food is that the freezing process takes only a few minutes. The exact", "title": "Individual Quick Freezing" }, { "docid": "2205625", "text": "conducted by the military near the end of World War II. The freezing technique itself, just like the frozen food market, is developing to become faster, more efficient and more cost-effective. Mechanical freezers were the first to be used in the food industry and are used in the vast majority of freezing / refrigerating lines. They function by circulating a refrigerant, normally ammonia, around the system, which withdraws heat from the food product. This heat is then transferred to a condenser and dissipated into air or water. The refrigerant itself, now a high pressure, hot liquid, is directed into an", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "9178840", "text": "take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that everyone is free from hunger and as soon as possible can enjoy the right to adequate food. The Article emphasizes that the right to food requires full compliance with the principles of accountability, transparency, people's participation, decentralization, legislative capacity and the independence of the judiciary. In terms of strategy to implement the right to food, the Article asks that the States should identify and address critical issues in regard to all aspects of the food system, including the food production and processing, food storage, retail distribution, marketing and its consumption. The implementation", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "133994", "text": "during modern times is achieved using household freezers. Accepted advice to householders was to freeze food on the day of purchase. An initiative by a supermarket group in 2012 (backed by the UK's Waste & Resources Action Programme) promotes the freezing of food \"as soon as possible up to the product's 'use by' date\". The Food Standards Agency was reported as supporting the change, providing the food had been stored correctly up to that time. A functional food is a food given an additional function (often one related to health-promotion or disease prevention) by adding new ingredients or more of", "title": "Food" }, { "docid": "16552460", "text": "the number of undernourished people to half their present level no later than 2015.\" In 1999, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted General Comment No.12 ‘The Right to Adequate Food’ and described the various State obligations derived from the ICESCR regarding the right to food. It places three types of obligation on States Parties: the obligation to respect, to protect and to fulfil the right to food (which includes the obligations to facilitate and to provide). In 2002, at the World Food Summit in June, the FAO adopted the calling for the establishment of an intergovernmental working group", "title": "Right to Food Guidelines" }, { "docid": "3204470", "text": "process of food preservation in the 20th century. This process was further developed by American inventor Daniel Tippmann by producing a vacuum and drawing the cold air through palletized food. The results have important implications in climate control research. One of the current debates is whether the formation of ice occurs near the surface or within the micrometre-sized droplets suspended in clouds. If it is the former, effective engineering approaches may be able to be taken to tune the surface tension of water so that the ice crystallization rate can be controlled. There are phenomena like supercooling, in which the", "title": "Flash freezing" }, { "docid": "18965901", "text": "Markham, invented a process for building houses. Markham and Klein fell out, and Markham filed a patent application falsely naming two other men as the inventors rather than Klein. When the facts eventually came out, Markham was indicted and convicted; the court of appeals affirmed the conviction. Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp., 382 U.S. 172 (1965), was a 1965 decision of the United States Supreme Court that held, for the first time, that enforcement of a fraudulently procured patent violated the antitrust laws and provided", "title": "Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp." }, { "docid": "16552462", "text": "or aspects to realizing the right to food: Right to Food Guidelines The Voluntary Guidelines to support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security, also known as the Right to Food Guidelines, is a document adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2004, with the aim of guiding states to implement the right to food. It is not legally binding, but directed to states' obligations to the right to food under international law. In specific, it is directed towards States Parties to the International Covenant on", "title": "Right to Food Guidelines" }, { "docid": "9178816", "text": "actions, and the positive right to be supplied with food if one is unable to access it. The negative right to food was recognised as early as in England’s 1215 Magna Carta which reads that: \"no one shall be ‘amerced’ (fined) to the extent that they are deprived of their means of living.\" This section provides an overview of international developments relevant to the establishment and implementation of the right to food from the mid-20th century onwards. “The freedom from want.” \"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "14954383", "text": "are often difficult to achieve. An ingredient may be cheaper than the product it coats and thus allows for a slight cost reduction. The coating process begins with the application of the coating on the food product, but the end product must be stable throughout its shelf life. Therefore, a coating process is completed by a stabilizing process, either by freezing, cooling, heating or drying. The sequences of this process are: A coating process can be broken into the following elements: Collaterals occur along the process: These effects generally are to be avoided unless the end product is made more", "title": "Food coating" }, { "docid": "9178831", "text": "Peru are drafting to update, replace or strengthen their framework law. There are various ways in which constitutions can take the right to food or some aspect of it into account. As of 2011, 56 constitutions protect the right to food in some form or another. The three main categories of constitutional recognition are: as an explicit right, as implied in broader human rights or as part of a directive principle. In addition to those, the right can also indirectly be recognised when other human rights are interpreted by a judiciary. Firstly, the right to food is explicitly and directly", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178812", "text": "realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, have the physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its procurement. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the right to food does not imply that governments have an obligation to hand out free food to everyone who wants it. This is a common misconception. The right to food is not a right to a minimum ration of calories, proteins and other specific nutrients, or a right to be fed. It is about being guaranteed the right", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178810", "text": "living, including adequate food\", as well as the \"fundamental right to be free from hunger\". The relationship between the two concepts is not straightforward. For example, \"freedom from hunger\" (which General Comment 12 designates as more pressing and immediate) could be measured by the number of people suffering from malnutrition and at the extreme, dying of starvation. The \"right to adequate food\" is a much higher standard, including not only absence of malnutrition, but to the full range of qualities associated with food, including safety, variety and dignity, in short all those elements needed to enable an active and healthy", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178808", "text": "applicable either via constitutional arrangements of various forms or via direct applicability in law of various international treaties in which the right to food is protected. At the 1996 World Food Summit, governments reaffirmed the right to food and committed themselves to half the number of hungry and malnourished from 840 to 420 million by 2015. However, the number has increased over the past years, reaching an infamous record in 2009 of more than 1 billion undernourished people worldwide. Furthermore, the number who suffer from hidden hunger – micronutrient deficiences that may cause stunted bodily and intellectual growth in children", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "16552458", "text": "Right to Food Guidelines The Voluntary Guidelines to support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security, also known as the Right to Food Guidelines, is a document adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2004, with the aim of guiding states to implement the right to food. It is not legally binding, but directed to states' obligations to the right to food under international law. In specific, it is directed towards States Parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and to", "title": "Right to Food Guidelines" }, { "docid": "9114496", "text": "and reaction kinetics, biopolymer science, colloidal interactions, nucleation, glass transitions and freezing/disordered or noncrystalline solids, and thus has Food Physical Chemistry as a foundation area. A major component of food is water, which can encompass anywhere from 50% in meat products to 95% in lettuce, cabbage, and tomato products. It is also an excellent place for bacterial growth and food spoilage if it is not properly processed. One way this is measured in food is by water activity which is very important in the shelf life of many foods during processing. One of the keys to food preservation in most", "title": "Food chemistry" }, { "docid": "2205630", "text": "should be defrosted prior to cooking to achieve the best outcome: cooked through evenly and of good texture. Ideally, most frozen foods should be defrosted in a refrigerator to avoid significant growth of pathogens. However, this can take considerable time. Food is often defrosted in one of several ways: People sometimes defrost frozen foods at room temperature because of time constraints or ignorance; such foods should be promptly consumed after cooking or discarded and never be refrozen or refrigerated since pathogens are not killed by the freezing process. The speed of the freezing has a direct impact on the size", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "16626834", "text": "leads a country mission to Niger. The right to food is enshrined in the constitution, Article 16: \"The State shall assure, within the context of the ideals and objectives for which provisions are made in this constitution... that suitable and adequate shelter, suitable and adequate food, reasonable living wages, are provided for all citizens.\" In 2008, Nepal: A case on the right to food is filed in the Nepalese Constitutional Court, which issues an interim order for the immediate provision of food to hungry communities. In 2009, Nepal includes the right to food sovereignty in its interim constitution. In 2009", "title": "Right to food by country" }, { "docid": "4776960", "text": "Food technology Food technology is a branch of food science that deals with the production processes that make foods. Early scientific research into food technology concentrated on food preservation. Nicolas Appert’s development in 1810 of the canning process was a decisive event. The process wasn’t called canning then and Appert did not really know the principle on which his process worked, but canning has had a major impact on food preservation techniques. Louis Pasteur's research on the spoilage of wine and his description of how to avoid spoilage in 1864 was an early attempt to apply scientific knowledge to food", "title": "Food technology" }, { "docid": "16552459", "text": "States that still have to ratify it. In 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is founded. In 1996, the FAO organises the 1996 World Food Summit, in Rome. It requested that the right to food be given a more concrete and operational content. This resulted in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action. \"We pledge our political will and our common and national commitment to achieving food security for all and to an ongoing effort to eradicate hunger in all countries, with an immediate view to reducing", "title": "Right to Food Guidelines" }, { "docid": "9178833", "text": "Paraguay, and South Africa. The right to food of indigenous children is protected in the constitution of Costa Rica. Finally, the right to food of detainees and prisoners is additionally recognised in the constitution of South Africa. 3. Five countries recognize the right to food explicitly as part of a human right to an adequate standard of living, quality of life, or development: Belarus, the Congo, Malawi, Moldova and Ukraine, and two recognise it as part of the right to work: Brazil and Suriname. Secondly, the following 31 countries implicitly recognise the right to food in broader human rights: Armenia,", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178819", "text": "2012, the Food Assistance Convention is adopted, making it the first legally binding international treaty on food aid. It is also recognized in many specific international instruments as varied as the 1948 Genocide Convention (Article 2), the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Articles 20 and 23), the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 24(2)(c) and 27(3)), the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Articles 12(2)), or the 2007 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 25(f) and 28(1)). The right to food is also recognized in", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178828", "text": "rural context. A framework law is a \"legislative technique used to address cross-sectoral issues.\" Framework laws are more specific than a constitutional provision, as it lays down general obligations and principles. However, competent authorities and further legislation which still have to determine specific measures should be taken. The adoption of framework laws was recommended by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a \"major instrument in the implementation of the national strategy concerning the right to food\". There are ten countries that have adopted and nine countries that are developing framework laws on food security or the right", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "5691404", "text": "2 distribution centers, and a dairy, but the main the reason it acquired Shopwell was to add \"The Food Emporium\" format to its portfolio. A&P was in the process of developing a format similar to The Food Emporium, called \"A&P Food Bazaar\"; A&P ditched the concept in favor of buying Shopwell and growing The Food Emporium chain. In 1985, in an effort to strengthen its position in Canada, A&P acquired Dominion Foods and used \"The Food Emporium\" name in some stores soon after the acquisition. This format garnished well into the mid-1990s. After A&P's 1983 purchase of the Kohl's Food", "title": "The Food Emporium" }, { "docid": "9178832", "text": "recognised as a right in itself or as part of a broader human right in 23 countries. Three different forms can be distinguished. 1. The following nine countries recognise the right to food as a separate and stand-alone right: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, South Africa, in the Interim Constitution of Nepal (as food sovereignty) and Nicaragua (as freedom from hunger). 2. For a specific segment of the population the right to food is recognised in ten countries. Provisions regarding the right to food of children are present in the constitutions of: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama,", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178824", "text": "this context. This obligation was reaffirmed by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Signatories to the Right to Food Guidelines also committed to implementing the right to food at a national level. In General Comment no. 12, the CESCR interpreted the states' obligation as being of three types: the obligation to respect, protect and to fulfil: These were again endorsed by states, when the FAO Council adopted the Right to Food Guidelines. The ICESCR recognises that the right to freedom from hunger requires international cooperation, and relates to matters of production, the agriculture and global supply. Article", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "15471981", "text": "method (FIFO), which ensures that the first item purchased is the first item consumed. Preservatives can expand the shelf life of food and can lengthen the time long enough for it to be harvested, processed, sold, and kept in the consumer's home for a reasonable length of time. Refrigeration can increase the shelf life of certain foods and beverages, though with most items, it does not indefinitely expand it. Freezing can preserve food even longer, though even freezing has limitations. A high-quality vacuum flask (thermos) will keep coffee, soup, and other boiling-hot foods above the danger zone (140F/58C), at which", "title": "Food spoilage" }, { "docid": "9114492", "text": "Food chemistry Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions of all biological and non-biological components of foods. The biological substances include such items as meat, poultry, lettuce, beer, and milk as examples. It is similar to biochemistry in its main components such as carbohydrates, lipids, and protein, but it also includes areas such as water, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, food additives, flavors, and colors. This discipline also encompasses how products change under certain food processing techniques and ways either to enhance or to prevent them from happening. An example of enhancing a process would be to encourage fermentation", "title": "Food chemistry" }, { "docid": "17293718", "text": "Food Network Star (season 9) The ninth season of the American reality television series \"Food Network Star\" premiered Sunday, June 2, 2013. Season 9 continued the season 8 concept of having Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis, and Alton Brown mentor the contestants, but dropped the specific assignments of teams to mentors, and the final elimination challenge between the bottom contestants. Season 9 also featured 12 contestants, down from 15 in season 8. \"(In order of elimination)\" At least six competitors have appeared on other Food Network programs. Pham defeated Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America and also competed on Extreme", "title": "Food Network Star (season 9)" }, { "docid": "16626829", "text": "deprivation with respect to food, housing, work, health care, and the provision of social insurance for all.\" And in Article 43 (Principles): \"The economy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with its objectives of achieving the economic independence of the society, uprooting poverty and deprivation, and fulfilling human needs in the process of development while preserving human liberty, is based on the following criteria: The provision of basic necessities for all citizens: housing, food, clothing hygiene, medical treatment, education, and the necessary facilities for the establishment of a family.\" In 2006, the Special Rapporteur leads a country mission to Lebanon.", "title": "Right to food by country" }, { "docid": "20491266", "text": "process for the licensee and related agencied in relation to the new food truck sales. ※ Precautions for public disclosure ⅰ. Food Truck Sales Report Submission : If a food truck operator has secured a business registration card, the food sanitation department issues an approval and requests it as a document issued by the company's permanent resident registration team. Ii. Retention of food truck : In case food truck is not required to be sold by taking into consideration the damages on the salesperson who failed to win the bid on condition that food truck is kept as a bid", "title": "Food trucks in South Korea" }, { "docid": "13279157", "text": "food can diagnose, treat, or prevent any particular disease, but that it can, for example, maintain, regulate, or promote normal healthy bodily functions. Where such claims are made, foods are generally required to carry a disclaimer on their label indicating that the claim has not been evaluated by the FDA. Disease claims suggest that the food can help prevent specific diseases. Such claims are only permitted where the FDA finds that there is \"significant scientific agreement\", or where the claim has been approved by another federal health agency or the National Academy of Sciences. Food additives are defined in the", "title": "Regulation of food and dietary supplements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration" }, { "docid": "4776965", "text": "audio-visual information on the consumer in case of sensory acceptance of products processed with innovative food technologies. Food technology Food technology is a branch of food science that deals with the production processes that make foods. Early scientific research into food technology concentrated on food preservation. Nicolas Appert’s development in 1810 of the canning process was a decisive event. The process wasn’t called canning then and Appert did not really know the principle on which his process worked, but canning has had a major impact on food preservation techniques. Louis Pasteur's research on the spoilage of wine and his description", "title": "Food technology" }, { "docid": "16626841", "text": "on Food for Workers, 1998; Law on Food for Workers, 2004; Decree No. 4.448, Regulation of the Law on Food for Workers, 2006. Right to food by country This section provides an overview of the status of the right to food at a national level. Argentina has included the topic of food sovereignty in framework law, though its status is sometimes controversial: Law 25.724 on the National Programme for Food and Nutrition Security, 2003. The right to food is enshrined in the constitution, Article 15 (Provision of basic necessities): \"It shall be a fundamental responsibility of the State to attain,", "title": "Right to food by country" }, { "docid": "3756931", "text": "slowly\" causes Bensington to begin searching for such a substance. After a year of research and experiment, he finds a way to make what he calls in his initial enthusiasm \"the Food of the Gods,\" but later more soberly dubs Herakleophorbia IV. Their first experimental success is with chickens that grow to about six times normal size on an experimental farm at Hickleybrow, near Urshot in Kent (where H.G. Wells was born and raised). Unfortunately Mr. and Mrs. Skinner, the slovenly couple hired to feed and monitor the chickens, allow Herakleophorbia IV to enter the local food chain, and the", "title": "The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth" }, { "docid": "5066634", "text": "Key Food Key Food Stores Co-op, Inc. is a cooperative of independently owned supermarkets, founded in Brooklyn, New York on April 20, 1937. Its stores are found in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The headquarters for the Key Food cooperative is on Staten Island; the Chief Executive is Dean Janeway. The cooperative also operates stores under the Key Food Marketplace, Key Fresh & Natural, Food Dynasty, Urban Market, Food World, Food Universe Marketplace, SuperFresh, and The Food Emporium banners. In November 2015, the company completed the purchase of 23 stores from the moribund A&P which was in", "title": "Key Food" }, { "docid": "16621916", "text": "to the UN General Assembly (Third Committee) on the fulfillment of the mandate. The mandate includes: and to promote the full realization of the right to food and the adoption of measures at the national, regional and international levels,\" \"to examine ways and means of overcoming existing and emerging obstacles,\" continue mainstreaming and taking into account gender and age perspectives, to submit proposals to realise Millennium Development Goal No. 1 to halve by the year 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, to work in close cooperation with all States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and the CESCR, and", "title": "Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food" }, { "docid": "2205620", "text": "due to the ultra low liquid nitrogen temperature . Preserving food in domestic kitchens during modern times is achieved using household freezers. Accepted advice to householders was to freeze food on the day of purchase. An initiative by a supermarket group in 2012 (backed by the UK's Waste & Resources Action Programme) promotes the freezing of food \"as soon as possible up to the product's 'use by' date\". The Food Standards Agency was reported as supporting the change, providing the food had been stored correctly up to that time. Frozen products do not require any added preservatives because microorganisms do", "title": "Frozen food" }, { "docid": "9178843", "text": "the right to work, the right to social security, the right to social welfare, and the right to an adequate standard of living. For example, according to the Committee overseeing the implementation of the ICESCR, “the right to water is a prerequisite for the realization of other human rights.” The need to have adequate water in order to have adequate food is in particular evident in the case of peasant farmers. Access to sustainable water resources for agriculture needs to be ensured to realise the right to food. This applies even more strongly to subsistence agriculture. Right to food The", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178842", "text": "food is especially fulfilled for vulnerable population groups and individuals. The idea of the interdependence and indivisibility of all human rights was a founding principle of the United Nations. This was recognised in the 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action which reads “all human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated.\" The right to food is considered interlinked with the following human rights in particular: right to life, right to livelihood, right to health, right to property, freedom of expression, freedom of information, right to education, freedom of association, and the right to water. Other relevant rights include:", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "9178829", "text": "to food. This development is likely to increase in the coming years. Often they are known as food security laws instead of right to food laws, but their effect is usually similar. Advantages of framework law includes that the content and scope of the right can be further specified, state and private actor obligations can be spelled out in detail, appropriate institutional mechanisms can be established, and rights to remedies can be provided for. Further advantages of framework laws include: strengthening government accountability, monitoring, helping government officials understand their role, improving access to courts and by providing administrative recourse mechanisms.", "title": "Right to food" }, { "docid": "8094350", "text": "to subsidize production of healthier foods, to regulate food industry practices, and to minimize the extent of junk food advertising to children. Brownell and Horgen support this side of the debate throughout their book. The other side argues that weight is a matter of personal responsibility, and food choice should not be regulated by government in any capacity. Proponents of this viewpoint support prohibiting lawsuits against food companies and restaurants for their culpability in the obesity epidemic. Advocates of this viewpoint include lobbyists for the food industry. Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry Food Fight: The Inside", "title": "Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry" }, { "docid": "1862136", "text": "a product while maintaining similar shape, texture, color, or taste. Food technology is the technological aspects. Early scientific research into food technology concentrated on food preservation. Nicolas Appert’s development in 1810 of the canning process was a decisive event. The process wasn’t called canning then and Appert did not really know the principle on which his process worked, but canning has had a major impact on food preservation techniques. Molecular gastronomy is the scientific investigation of processes in cooking, social and artistic gastronomical phenomena. Molecular gastronomy is a subdiscipline of food science that seeks to investigate the physical and chemical", "title": "Food science" }, { "docid": "16626820", "text": "standard of living that ensures the necessary health, food, clothing, housing, medical care and social services.\" Ecuador has included the topic of food sovereignty in framework law, though its status is sometimes controversial: Law on Food and Nutritional Security, No. 41, 2006; Law on Food Sovereignty, Official Registry No. 583, 5 May 2009. In 2008, Ecuador includes the right to food in its Constitution, approved on September 28 by 64% of the population in a referendum. Article 281, titled Food Sovereignty reads: \"Food Sovereignty constitutes an objective and strategic obligation from the State to guarantee its people, communities, pueblos and", "title": "Right to food by country" }, { "docid": "13009824", "text": "revealed the most efficient method of collecting food waste to be separate collections, followed by mixed green and food waste on a weekly basis. A mixed fortnightly collection was shown to be the worst performing. This was considered confirmation of earlier suspicions that, if carried out correctly, separate collections can result in less wastage of biodegradable waste. A widespread pilot scheme for separate food waste collection, involving nineteen English local authorities, achieved success and 'high levels of satisfaction' from households. One option for separating food waste at source is the in-sink food-waste disposer (FWD). It was invented in 1928 and", "title": "Food waste in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "18467167", "text": "exposure to low temperatures. The ability to control intercellular ice formation during freezing is critical to the survival of freeze-tolerant plants. If intracellular ice forms, it could be lethal to the plant when adhesion between cellular membranes and walls occur. The process of freezing tolerance through cold acclimation is a two-stage mechanism: Within the apoplast, antifreeze proteins localize the growth of ice crystals by ice nucleators in order to prevent physical damage to tissues and to promote supercooling within freezing-sensitive tissues and cells. Osmotic stress, including dehydration, high salinity, as well as treatment with abscisic acid, can also enhance freezing", "title": "Freezing tolerance" }, { "docid": "13575141", "text": "powers. FSIS may suspend or withdraw federal inspection of an official establishment. Without federal inspection, an establishment may not produce or process meat or poultry products, and therefore must cease operations. With the exception of infant formula, neither FDA nor FSIS has the authority to require a company to recall an adulterated food product. However, the ability to generate negative publicity gives them considerable powers of persuasion. State regulators generally have similar enforcement tools at their disposal to prevent the manufacture and distribution of adulterated food. In addition, many states have the authority to immediately embargo adulterated food and to", "title": "Adulterated food" }, { "docid": "16626823", "text": "with international organizations dedicated to public health to achieve an effective national food delivery system.\" In 2005, Guatemala adopts a framework law on the right to food. Guatemala has included the topic of food sovereignty in framework law, though its status is sometimes controversial: Law on National Food and Nutrition Security System, Decree No. 32-2005, 2005. Agreement No 75/06, Regulation to the Law on National System on Food and Nutritional Security, 2006. In 2006, the Special Rapporteur leads a country mission to Guatemala. In 2010, the Special Rapporteur leads a country mission to Guatemala. The right to food is enshrined", "title": "Right to food by country" }, { "docid": "20648551", "text": "products. Primarily applied to liquid food products, pasteurization is regularly applied to fruit juice, beer, milk, and ice cream. Heat applied during pasteurization varies from around 60 °C to kill bacteria to around 80 °C to kill yeasts. Most pasteurization processes have been optimized recently to involve several steps of heating at various temperatures and minimize the time needed for the process. A more severe food heating mechanism is thermal sterilization. While pasteurization destroys most bacteria and yeast growing in food products, the goal of sterilization is to kill almost all viable organisms found in food products including yeast, mold,", "title": "Food and biological process engineering" }, { "docid": "16626817", "text": "adopts a framework law on the right to food. Brazil has included the topic of food sovereignty in framework law, though its status is sometimes controversial: Law No. 11,346, 2006 Establishing the National Food and Nutrition Security System (SISAN); Decree No. 6273, establishing the Interministerial Chamber for Food and Nutritional Security, 2007. In 2007, Brazil’s National Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Water, and Rural Land files a successful class action on behalf of favela residents. In 2010, the Brazilian House of Representatives votes a Constitutional amendment on the right to food. In 2010, the Special Rapporteur leads a country", "title": "Right to food by country" } ]

[ "🄡", "🅁", "Ｒ", "🆁", "Ʀ", "⒭", "🅡", "Vōx Canīna", "R (letter)", "Vox Canina", "Ʀ (letter)", "R", "Ar (letter)" ]

[ { "docid": "1212926", "text": "have sharply reduced supplies, but they remain a popular treat celebrated in oyster festivals in many cities and towns. It was once assumed that oysters were only safe to eat in months with the letter 'r' in their English and French names. This myth is based in truth, in that in the Northern Hemisphere, oysters are much more likely to spoil in the warmer months of May, June, July, and August. In recent years, pathogens such as \"Vibrio parahaemolyticus\" have caused outbreaks in several harvesting areas of the eastern United States during the summer months, lending further credence to this", "title": "Oyster" } ]

[ { "docid": "12657791", "text": "but the trend occurred for both pet species. \"In fact, this year's list of top 10 dog and cat names could nearly be straight from the birth pages.\" In the United States, according to an article in \"The Tampa Tribune\", some of the most popular cat names also appeared on the Social Security Administration's list of most common baby names: \"Isabella (Bella) is No. 4 for girls, and Sophia ranks ninth on both the Social Security and pet lists.\" According to \"Bow Wow Meow\", an Australian company that provides pet tags to pet stores and veterinarians, the 10 most popular", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "12657796", "text": "came up with different results. In that poll, conducted for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2,000 people in the United Kingdom were asked about their pets' names. The most popular names were: A 1998 poll in Britain conducted for Petplan, an animal insurer, found the most popular cat names to be Charlie, Milly, Oscar, Tiger, Poppy, Sophie, Rosie, Smudge and Lucy. According 2005–2006 statistics from the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association 34 percent of United States households own at least one cat, an estimated 90 million cats in total. The United States' largest pet insurer,", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "12657800", "text": "clichéd names for cats in Germany include that language's equivalent for \"kitty\", \"Mieze\" or \"Miezekatze\" (\"pussycat\"). \"Muschi\" was also quite common and carries the same meanings as \"pussy\" in English, which led to its sharp decline as a popular name in the last 20 years. According to another About.com article, one German list of popular cat names in that country gave these rankings: In 2006, according to an article in \"The Guardian\" the three most popular cat names in Germany were Felix, Gismo and Charlie. According to a survey on 3000 cats by the website Amoremiao, the 10 most popular", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "16582983", "text": "home to find on the kitchen table a letter from his wife informing him that she had left him for another man. The other man turned out to be the person who supplied the band with their \"illegal substances.\" According to Cronin, Doughty's response to the letter was \"I’m really gonna miss that guy.\" Casandra Armour of vintagerock.com says that lyrics contain \"cutting accusations with cruel alliteration like 'But you hid behind your poison pen and his pride' and 'You could have left him only for an evening let him be lonely.'\"\" Cronin has stated that the original version of", "title": "In Your Letter" }, { "docid": "12657795", "text": "mid 1980s, surveys indicated that the most popular names in the UK were largely genderless and based on colour, with few personal names, although \"Tabitha\" remained popular and \"Sam\" was the most popular name for male cats. In 2006, Direct Line, a pet insurance company, compiled a list of the most popular cat names chosen by its customers. The company's list of popular cat names \"overlaps heavily with the same year's 100 most popular children's names in England and Wales\", according to Melissa Lafsky, writing in the \"Freakonomics\" blog at the \"New York Times\" website: Another survey conducted in 2006", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "19236814", "text": "North! Or Be Eaten North! Or Be Eaten is a fantasy novel by Andrew Peterson. It is the second novel in The Wingfeather Saga. It follows \"On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness\" and is followed by \"The Monster in the Hollows\" and \"The Warden and the Wolf King.\" \"North! Or Be Eaten\" follows the continuing adventures and misadventures of the Igiby family and their disturbed ally Peet the Sock Man as they flee towards the Northern Ice Prairies after their town is destroyed at the end of the previous book. In the process the family is separated,", "title": "North! Or Be Eaten" }, { "docid": "6205627", "text": "Oysters Rockefeller Oysters Rockefeller consists of oysters on the half-shell that have been topped with a rich sauce of butter, parsley and other green herbs, and bread crumbs, then baked or broiled. Lemon wedges are the typical garnish. The original sauce may or may not include spinach, a popular shortcut for achieving the dish's signature bright green color. Many contemporary adaptations use diced oysters instead of whole. Also, diced bacon often appears as a non-traditional topping in addition to or in place of the sauce. The dish appears a popular restaurant appetizer throughout the United States and is served as", "title": "Oysters Rockefeller" }, { "docid": "8698305", "text": "at the pain of feeling unpopular. Steph and Jason's friendship will have readers (books too) laughing and rooting for her to see what is right in front of her. Public and high school libraries will definitely want to add it to their collection.\" - VOYA \"A heartwarming, funny tale\" - \"The Daily Telegraph\" New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age Award How to Be Popular How to Be Popular is a young adult novel written by Meg Cabot. \"How to Be Popular\" is written as a stand-alone book. It was published in July 2006 in the United States.", "title": "How to Be Popular" }, { "docid": "12657801", "text": "cat names in Italy are: The popularity of Romeo and Minù is related with the names of two main characters of Disney movie Aristocats ( Italian version). In South Korea the most common name for a cat of either gender is Nabi which translates to \"Butterfly\" in English. This name is even used for cats in Korean cartoons such as \"There She Is!!\". Other very popular names include: According to a survey by the website Veterinet, the 10 most popular cat names in Quebec are: Veterinet found that nine out of the ten names are the same as 15 years", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "12657803", "text": "Popular cat names The popularity of cat names differs by nation, even nations with the same language. The ranking of most popular cat names can be assessed, in particular, from pet insurance registrations, microchip registrations, and breed registries. Adrian Frankllin, senior lecturer of the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania and author of \"Animals and Modern Cultures\", told the \"Sunday Tasmanian\" in 2001: \"In the 1950s and '60s dogs and cats were given 'dog' and 'cat' names. [...] Cats had names like 'Blackie' and 'Spotty', names that illustrated their physical appearance. The 1980s marked a", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "12657789", "text": "Popular cat names The popularity of cat names differs by nation, even nations with the same language. The ranking of most popular cat names can be assessed, in particular, from pet insurance registrations, microchip registrations, and breed registries. Adrian Frankllin, senior lecturer of the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania and author of \"Animals and Modern Cultures\", told the \"Sunday Tasmanian\" in 2001: \"In the 1950s and '60s dogs and cats were given 'dog' and 'cat' names. [...] Cats had names like 'Blackie' and 'Spotty', names that illustrated their physical appearance. The 1980s marked a", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "14054160", "text": "Port Eynon. At one time, Mumbles had one of the largest oyster fisheries in Europe, exporting millions of oysters every year to be eaten by the urban poor. Fishing usually occurred only during the winter months of December, January and February. During years of peak production, oysters were almost the basic food of many Mumbles households and often the first food of Mumbles-born youngsters. They were often fried in an omelette, or in breadcrumbs. They could also be eaten in a \"carpet bag\", this is a steak one inch, or an inch and a half, thick, sliced inwards, filled with", "title": "Cuisine of Gower" }, { "docid": "20622826", "text": "be retrieved from the database without the patient having to enter the data again. In emergency situations, an electronic first aid card can be generated in the ambulance after identification of the patient, which provides vital data to the first responders. Patients can access the database via a (mobile) ID card and manage their data independently and give their consent/rejection to the data exchange. In the Netherlands, the once-only principle is applied in several areas. The Stelsel van Basisregistraties (Basic Registries System) was founded in 2003 and comprises 12 basic registries containing general information on companies and individuals, such as", "title": "Once-only principle" }, { "docid": "20622827", "text": "company names, personal addresses, cadastral information, income and registration information for motor vehicles. This enables businesses and citizens to provide this data only once. The system includes both open and closed registers where information is only accessible to those who need it for their work. Regarding the once-only principle for private individuals, the Dutch tax office (Belastingdienst) introduced the prefilled tax returns in 2014 and made them standard in 2016. Because tax data from different databases is automatically merged and added to tax forms, users don't have to manually fill in tax forms. Once-only is also used in the Elektronisch", "title": "Once-only principle" }, { "docid": "9902785", "text": "perceptional experiences. While it is possible to imagine what it would be like to fly, navigate by sonar, hang upside down and eat insects like a bat, that is not the same as a bat's perspective. Nagel claims that even if humans were able to metamorphose gradually into bats, their brains would not have been wired as a bat's from birth; therefore, they would only be able to experience the life and behaviors of a bat, rather than the mindset. Such is the difference between subjective and objective points of view. According to Nagel, \"our own mental activity is the", "title": "What Is it Like to Be a Bat?" }, { "docid": "15335416", "text": "rally.) They were just happy to be getting support. But they really like Dylan down there in the cotton country.\" Dylan sang the song at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, at which Martin Luther King gave his \"I Have a Dream\" speech. Only a Pawn in Their Game \"Only a Pawn in Their Game\" is a song written by Bob Dylan about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Showing support for the African Americans during the American Civil Rights Movement. It was released on Dylan's \"The Times They Are a-Changin'\" album", "title": "Only a Pawn in Their Game" }, { "docid": "11183388", "text": "once according to estimated letter frequency. Subjects indeed significantly overestimated the frequency of letters in their names, although there was no significant positive correlation between the overestimation of frequency and the name-letter effect. The researchers also asked subjects to rate how much they liked their own name. Subjects who liked their name had a stronger name-letter effect than those who did not like their name, but they did not overestimate the frequency of own-name letters more than subjects who did not like their names. Hoorens and Nuttin concluded that there is no support for the subjective frequency hypothesis. Evaluative conditioning", "title": "Name-letter effect" }, { "docid": "12657798", "text": "5 female cat names as Bella, Lucy, Kitty, Chloe and Sophie. The top 5 male cat names were Max, Oliver, Charlie, Tiger and Smokey. In 2017, Find Cat Names compiled results from 2.2 million cat owners to find the most commonly chosen cat names from its search engine. It listed the top 5 female cat names as Nala, Bell, Luna, Abby, and Daisy. The top 5 male cat names were Simba, Milo, Tiger, Oreo, and Bear. In 2009, the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" reported that according to government databases, the three most popular cat names in that city were, in order, Kitty,", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "14198468", "text": "I Could Be the Only One I Could Be the Only One is a split EP released as a digital single by Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine on January 26, 2010. The EP features the artists covering each other's songs, with Manchester Orchestra covering \"I Could Be With Anyone\" and Devine covering \"The Only One\". The songs featured on Spinner.com as the MP3 of the Day on January 25, 2010 along with an article explaining why these songs were chosen. Kevin described \"The Only One\" as \"\"arguably my favorite\"\", saying that \"\"It's definitely one of the coolest...The charge of it,", "title": "I Could Be the Only One" }, { "docid": "12657790", "text": "turning point, with the 10 most popular dog names all being compatible as human names, but in the '90s this progressed even further. People are now giving animals the same names as contemporary names given to babies.\" He believed that as people have fewer children or no children at all, pets become more important in their lives. In Australia, the United Kingdom and in the United States, news accounts have noted that the same popular baby names were also being given to pets. The new names for dogs more closely echoed human baby names, said Lindsey Basserabie, a company official,", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "15795162", "text": "wishing to be parachuted into France to aid the French Resistance. Letter to a Priest \"Letter to a Priest\" () is a letter containing thirty-five, \"expressions of opinion on matters concerning Catholic faith, dogma and institutions\", by the French religious and social philosopher and mystic Simone Weil. It was first published in 1951 by Gallimard, and an English edition followed in 1953. It has since been republished several times in book form. Weil: \"\"When I read The Catechism of the Council of Trent, it seems as though I had nothing in common with the religion there set forth. [...] I", "title": "Letter to a Priest" }, { "docid": "4501213", "text": "wanted names that could be related to an image on their pub sign, a key means of identifying them in an age of restricted literacy. In Australia a high proportion of older pubs have names ending in \"hotel\", and generally their names reflect hotel naming conventions. Although the word \"The\" appears on much pub signage, it is not considered to be an important part of the name, and is therefore ignored in the following examples. The word \"Ye\" is likewise ignored as it is only an archaic spelling of \"The\". Y represents an obsolete character (þ, the letter Thorn, which", "title": "Pub names" }, { "docid": "20464897", "text": "names in this category are extremely rare in Singapore. There are currently only three road names that include \"the\": There are currently only five road names that do not have any generic element: Expressways of Singapore are given official abbreviations for ease of identification. Abbreviations consist of three letters; the first two letters correspond to the first two syllables of the name, while the last letter is derived from the first letter of the last word. The only exceptions to this rule are Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) and Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE). \"KPE\" allows for both locations, Kallang and Paya", "title": "Road names in Singapore" }, { "docid": "15230517", "text": "original sense myth is a literal description.\" According to Tudor, what recasts myth as political in nature is its subject matter, that being politics. In order for a political narrative to be recast as myth, the narrative of events must be cast in dramatic form and it must serve a practical argument. Tudor defines \"dramatic form\", stating \"there is indeed a critical event by reference to which men can order their present experience but the events in question are thought of as taken place in the past.\" The function of political myth can be better understood when it is broken", "title": "Political myth" }, { "docid": "12687146", "text": "Ten percent of the brain myth The 10 percent of the brain myth is a widely perpetuated urban legend that most or all humans only use 10 percent (or some other small percentage) of their brains. It has been misattributed to many people, including Albert Einstein. By extrapolation, it is suggested that a person may harness this unused potential and increase intelligence. Changes in grey and white matter following new experiences and learning have been shown, but it has not yet been proven what the changes are. The popular notion that large parts of the brain remain unused, and could", "title": "Ten percent of the brain myth" }, { "docid": "9785635", "text": "Romanian months The traditional Romanian calendar has its own names for the months, which are otherwise identical to those of the Gregorian calendar. In modern Romania and Moldova, the latter exclusively is used for business and government transactions, and predominates in popular use as well. Nevertheless, the traditional names of the months do appear in some contexts, for instance on ecclesiastical calendars produced by the Romanian Orthodox Church. All the names of the months are of Latin origin, which indicates that their use predates the Slavic contact around the 8th century. Six months have their names derived from characteristics of", "title": "Romanian months" }, { "docid": "19236815", "text": "and each member undergoes many trials before they are reunited. The paperback includes two maps, several illustrations, and appendices, including a poem and a passage from \"The First Book,\" both fictional works referenced in the text. As in the first book in the series, the author expands the readers' knowledge of the world through the use of humorous footnotes. \"North! Or Be Eaten\" received a Christy Award in 2010. North! Or Be Eaten North! Or Be Eaten is a fantasy novel by Andrew Peterson. It is the second novel in The Wingfeather Saga. It follows \"On the Edge of the", "title": "North! Or Be Eaten" }, { "docid": "11183387", "text": "counts of any letter, which also caused Nuttin to cast doubt on whether Zajonc's theory could hold true in the real world. Subjective frequency is how frequently subjects a stimulus appears. Name letters may be noticed more and, consequently, assumed to occur more frequently than other letters. Early research into the impact of exposure showed that differences in subjective frequency yielded different results even when the frequency was identical. Hoorens and Nuttin tested whether subjective frequency could be an explanation for the name-letter effect by asking subjects to rank-order the entire alphabet twice, once according to their letter preference and", "title": "Name-letter effect" }, { "docid": "14198469", "text": "the way it explodes out at you. The lyric, the circularity of the bridge, the way the phrases fold over each other.\"\" Andy Hull described \"I Could Be With Anyone\" as \"\"...an incredibly real and painfully-depressing song. I've loved this tune since the moment I heard it.\"\" The single was originally planned as a 7\" vinyl, but has been indefinitely delayed. I Could Be the Only One I Could Be the Only One is a split EP released as a digital single by Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine on January 26, 2010. The EP features the artists covering each other's", "title": "I Could Be the Only One" }, { "docid": "20622820", "text": "fewer data errors due to data reuse. This could save costs for public administrations and improve the quality of various public services. Cross-border implementation of the principle could also help to ensure equal treatment for domestic and foreign persons and companies in the use of public services, for which they are obliged to provide information to public authorities. Better public value creation could, on the overall level, improve the legitimacy, transparency and accountability of public administrations. According to a study carried out on behalf of the European Commission, once-only encounters technical, organisational, semantic, and legal obstacles to implementation throughout the", "title": "Once-only principle" }, { "docid": "6205630", "text": "parsley, pureed and strained celery, scallions or chives (indistinguishable in a food lab), olive oil, and capers. \"Pernod Fils absinthe\", a popular Victorian era inclusion that fell out production in 1915, is a possible original ingredient. Malcolm Hébert, native Louisianan, cookbook author and wine and food editor, decries spinach, and adds the anise-flavored liqueur Herbsaint. It is not possible that Herbsaint was in the original recipe, as Herbsaint debuted in 1934, nor Pernod Fils anise liqueur, which did not appear until after the First World War. Oysters Rockefeller Oysters Rockefeller consists of oysters on the half-shell that have been topped", "title": "Oysters Rockefeller" }, { "docid": "15335414", "text": "Only a Pawn in Their Game \"Only a Pawn in Their Game\" is a song written by Bob Dylan about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Showing support for the African Americans during the American Civil Rights Movement. It was released on Dylan's \"The Times They Are a-Changin'\" album of 1964. The song suggests that Evers' killer, Byron De La Beckwith does not bear sole blame for his crime, as he was only a pawn of rich white elites who incensed poor whites against blacks so as to distract them from their position on \"the caboose of the", "title": "Only a Pawn in Their Game" }, { "docid": "7703771", "text": "if any member of society has an unsatisfied need, each member has a duty to produce its object (if they can). But that is precisely what the principle ‘from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs!’ dictates. In Marx’s vision, the basic principle of developed communism is a principle of solidarity in respect of need.' Marx delineated the specific conditions under which such a creed would be applicable—a society where technology and social organization had substantially eliminated the need for physical labor in the production of things, where \"labor has become not only a means of", "title": "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" }, { "docid": "7968826", "text": "box containing a papyrus scroll, which seems to be a genuine first-century letter by Mary Magdalene. When she returns to London that evening, Ruskin is killed in a hit-and-run accident with only two witnesses. When Holmes and Russell visit London to identify the body, they discover evidence of foul play. Before her murder, Ruskin had argued with a sponsor of the digs, Colonel Dennis Edwards. A letter from her sister Mrs. Erica Rogers, who cares for their aged mother, reveals that two Middle Eastern visitors were also looking for Ruskin after her visit home. Finally, Holmes and Russell find their", "title": "A Letter of Mary" }, { "docid": "10265981", "text": "months as used in Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen are widely regarded as standard across the Arab world , although the Syro-Mesopotamian names are often used alongside them . In other Arab countries some modification or actual changes in naming or pronunciation of months were observed. The names of the Gregorian calendar months in the different countries of the Arab world were as follows: These names are used primarily in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan. They are derived from the Syriac Aramaic names of the Assyrian calendar. These names are cognate with some of the names of the Babylonian and", "title": "Arabic names of calendar months" }, { "docid": "10265983", "text": "Gregorian months, it counted the years from the death of the prophet Muhammad. This reckoning was therefore ten years behind the Solar Hijri calendar used in Afghanistan and Persia. The names of the Gregorian months in Algeria and Tunisia are based on the French names of the months, reflecting France's long colonisation of these countries (1830–1962 in Algeria; 1881–1956 in Tunisia). The original French names are therefore listed below. As Morocco was long part of the Roman Empire, the long-standing agricultural Berber calendar of the country preserves the Julian calendar and (in modified form) the names of its months. There", "title": "Arabic names of calendar months" }, { "docid": "13249381", "text": "of all time' in the 2006 season \"MythBusters\" episode 'Crimes and Myth-Demeanors 1'. MacGyver in popular culture MacGyver is an American television series that ran from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. MacGyver employs his resourcefulness and his knowledge of chemistry, physics, technology, and outdoorsmanship to resolve what are often life-or-death crises. He creates inventions from simple items to solve these problems. These inventions became synonymous with the character and were called MacGyverisms by fans. MacGyver was unlike secret agents in other television series and films because, instead of relying on high-tech weapons and tools, he carried only a", "title": "MacGyver in popular culture" }, { "docid": "10265984", "text": "are regional variations of the Berber calendar, since some communities did not recognise the Julian 29 February in century years where the Gregorian calendar had no equivalent date. When Morocco adopted the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes, the names of the months were taken from this local tradition. Arabic names of calendar months The Arabic names of calendar months of the Gregorian calendar are usually phonetic Arabic pronunciations of the corresponding month names used in European languages. An exception is the Assyrian calendar used in Iraq and the Levant, which is inherited from Classical Arabic that correspond to roughly the", "title": "Arabic names of calendar months" }, { "docid": "17135323", "text": "to eat his oysters Bean eats all of his without smelling them. But the man notices an odd smell coming from his own oysters and asks the headwaiter about it. The headwaiter smells them and apologizes by saying that they are off. He then goes to collect the plate of oysters from the buffet and is repulsed by the smell. Bean sees what is happening and is horrified that he has just eaten bad oysters. That night, with lots of tissue paper and a full chest of medicines beside him, Bean is feeling sick with high fever as a result", "title": "Mr. Bean in Room 426" }, { "docid": "13895731", "text": "myth has its own cultural significance and meaning, and argued that rather than representing degradation from a once more perfect form, myths are inherently plastic and variable. There is, consequently, no such thing as the 'original version' or 'original form' of a myth. One prominent example of this movement was A.K. Ramanujan's essay \"Three Hundred Ramayanas\". Correspondingly, scholars challenged the precedence that had once been given to texts as a medium for mythology, arguing that other media, such as the visual arts or even landscape and place-naming, could be as or more important. In modern society, myth is often regarded", "title": "Myth" }, { "docid": "18420016", "text": "Squeezed Really Hard' didn't sound as enticing\", and others making references to a line from Sir Mix-a-Lot's song \"Baby Got Back\" referencing an \"anaconda\" in connection to the special. Writing for \"The Guardian\", Brian Moylan compared \"Eaten Alive\" to \"The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults\"—Geraldo Rivera's infamous live television special that featured the 1986 opening of a secret vault once owned by Al Capone, which was purported to contain valuable items but ended up only containing debris. Moylan believed that much like the vault, \"Rosolie is also nothing more than a lot of dust and a few empty Coke bottles.\"", "title": "Eaten Alive (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7820989", "text": "Empress Dugu kept their Xianbei name of Dugu and did not once again change the name into Liu. Yuwen Tai further had Han officials and generals change their names to Xianbei names, although this change was itself rescinded by the regent Yang Jian near the end of Northern Zhou. Below is a list of the Xianbei names that are known to have been changed into Han names: Several major Xianbei clan names were apparently judged by Emperor Xiaowen to be sufficiently Han-like to not to be changed. These included: Change of Xianbei names to Han names The change of Xianbei", "title": "Change of Xianbei names to Han names" }, { "docid": "3595534", "text": "OS, and Jones' idea was to bring that experience to a real-time strategy game rather than another first-person game. The team agreed with Jones that their new shooter could end up as being very similar to \"Quake\", and, as such, after working on the project for two months, Jones explains \"in one day we switched our project from a shooter game that would have had us chasing our competition's tail to what has basically become \"Myth\".\" Dubbed \"The Giant Bloody War Game\", the team's initial inspirations for \"Myth\" were films such as Mel Gibson's \"Braveheart\", \"with its close-up portrayal of", "title": "Myth: The Fallen Lords" }, { "docid": "6108134", "text": "newspaper, \"Indian Opinion\", in 1909. Mohandas Gandhi was stationed in South Africa at the time and just beginning his lifelong activist career. He then translated the letter himself, from the original English copy sent to India, into his native Gujarati. In \"A Letter to a Hindu\", Tolstoy argued that only through the principle of love could the Indian people free themselves from colonial British rule. Tolstoy saw the law of love espoused in all the world's religions, and he argued that the individual, nonviolent application of the law of love in the form of protests, strikes, and other forms of", "title": "A Letter to a Hindu" }, { "docid": "20629256", "text": "States. One academic familiar with the impact of the book commented in 2003 that \"copies of \"A Pail of Oysters\" have disappeared from most libraries, probably on instructions issued to the student spies paid by the KMT to monitor Taiwanese on US college campuses\". After the end of martial law in Taiwan the book was published in translated editions in both Mandarin Chinese (in 2002) and Taiwanese (2003). A new English edition appeared in 2016, with an introduction by Jonathan Benda of Northeastern University. A Pail of Oysters A Pail of Oysters is a novel by Vern Sneider published in", "title": "A Pail of Oysters" }, { "docid": "20629254", "text": "A Pail of Oysters A Pail of Oysters is a novel by Vern Sneider published in 1953. Set during Taiwan's White Terror era, the book \"tells the tragic story of three young Taiwanese people who become involved with an American journalist\". Sympathetic to the Taiwanese people and deeply critical of Kuomintang rule, \"A Pail of Oysters\" was suppressed in the 1950s before gaining new life after the end of martial law in Taiwan. Sneider hoped that the book would reduce the suffering of Taiwanese people under the Kuomintang. He wrote to George H. Kerr, later author of \"Formosa Betrayed\", saying", "title": "A Pail of Oysters" }, { "docid": "19913933", "text": "letter to Viktor Bilibin, discussing the stories he'd chosen for the \"Motley Stories\" collection, Chekhov wrote: \"Hereby I attach one story that had missed the main bulk, you may add it to the others... In it for the first time I've taken upon myself the role of a 'medicus'.\" A beggar's child, delirious from hunger, falls victim of a cruel practical joke by the people from the tavern which his father stops nearby to beg for money. Oysters (short story) \"Oysters\" () is a short story by Anton Chekhov published originally in the No. 486 (16 December), 1884 issue of", "title": "Oysters (short story)" }, { "docid": "6108135", "text": "peaceful resistance were the only alternative to violent revolution. These ideas ultimately proved to be successful in 1947 in the culmination of the Indian Independence Movement. In this letter, Tolstoy mentions the works of Swami Vivekananda. This letter, along with Tolstoy's views, preaching, and his book \"The Kingdom of God Is Within You\", helped to form Mohandas Gandhi's views about nonviolent resistance. The letter introduced Gandhi to the ancient Tamil moral literature, the Tirukkuṛaḷ, which Tolstoy referred to as the Hindu Kural. Gandhi then took to studying the Kural while in prison. A Letter to a Hindu \"A Letter to", "title": "A Letter to a Hindu" }, { "docid": "600038", "text": "are not as significant as its religious meaning. He says that \"the origin of the myth of Horus and Seth is lost in the mists of the religious traditions of prehistory.\" The effect of the Osiris myth on Egyptian culture was greater and more widespread than that of any other myth. In literature, the myth was not only the basis for a retelling such as \"Contendings\"; it also provided the basis for more distantly related stories. \"The Tale of Two Brothers\", a folk tale with human protagonists, includes elements similar to the myth of Osiris. One character's penis is eaten", "title": "Osiris myth" }, { "docid": "13779584", "text": "Boiled Oysters Malloy Boiled (Biled) Oysters Malloy (fl. 1850 –1870) was the pseudonym of an American saloon keeper, thief and underworld figure in New York City during the mid-to late 19th century. He was especially known in The Bowery where he ran a popular basement bar and underworld hangout, located on Centre Street near the Tombs, known as \"The Ruins\" where \"\"three drops of terrible whiskey were sold for a dime\"\". His establishment was one of several owned by popular Bowery characters, most notably Mush Riley, whose dive bar was located just a few doors away from \"The Ruins\". Malloy's", "title": "Boiled Oysters Malloy" }, { "docid": "15795160", "text": "Letter to a Priest \"Letter to a Priest\" () is a letter containing thirty-five, \"expressions of opinion on matters concerning Catholic faith, dogma and institutions\", by the French religious and social philosopher and mystic Simone Weil. It was first published in 1951 by Gallimard, and an English edition followed in 1953. It has since been republished several times in book form. Weil: \"\"When I read The Catechism of the Council of Trent, it seems as though I had nothing in common with the religion there set forth. [...] I am going to enumerate for you a certain number of thoughts", "title": "Letter to a Priest" }, { "docid": "8836428", "text": "eventually dies permanently. Says Segal, \"Where a normal child needs to be born only once to liberate himself from the mother, Adonis, as puer, continually returns to the mother and so must be born again and again. His final death is simply his permanent rather temporary return to her\". Segal goes on to explain how Adonis speaks of a distinctively Greek society in which the goal of young men was to become active, participating citizens. Adonis is the archetype of what not to become. Theorizing about Myth Theorizing about Myth is a 1999 book by the University of Aberdeen religious", "title": "Theorizing about Myth" }, { "docid": "10265982", "text": "Hebrew calendars. Nine of these names were used in the Ottoman Rumi calendar, of which five remain in use in modern Turkish. The names of the Gregorian months in Egypt, Sudan and the Persian Gulf states are based on the old Latin names. The names of months used in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya were derived from various sources, and were assembled after Muammar al-Gaddafi's seizure of power in 1969 and abolished in 2011 after the 17 February Revolution. The decision of changing calendar names was adopted in June 1986. Although the Libyan calendar followed the same sequence of the (renamed)", "title": "Arabic names of calendar months" }, { "docid": "17955660", "text": "and fear over the information that was recently made public. Though only 5% of requests were made by criminals, politicians, and public figures, the content removed was what sparked the most fear. In particular, one request for data removal was from a British doctor requesting to have 50 links removed on past botched medical procedures. Google agreed to remove three search results containing his personal information. The public voiced their outrage stating that removing such information can be used for manipulation and could lead to innocent people making uninformed decisions. Google responded to the public outrage by saying that when", "title": "Right to be forgotten" }, { "docid": "5723761", "text": "to Earth with utmost speed, as \"all that we hold dear should be either in our hearts or on Earth\". Before Budah's departure, Rumata asks him a theological question: \"what would you ask a god, if he could come from sky and fulfill any of your wishes?\". After a long discussion – with Budah wishing and Rumata explaining the dire consequences of each of the wishes, Budah finally states that the only true gift a god could give the people is to leave them to their affairs. To this, Rumata replies that a god cannot bear the sight of their", "title": "Hard to Be a God" }, { "docid": "10265980", "text": "Arabic names of calendar months The Arabic names of calendar months of the Gregorian calendar are usually phonetic Arabic pronunciations of the corresponding month names used in European languages. An exception is the Assyrian calendar used in Iraq and the Levant, which is inherited from Classical Arabic that correspond to roughly the same time of year. The Gregorian calendar is and has been used in nearly all the countries of the Arab world, in many places long before European occupation of some of them . All Arab states use the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes. The names of the Gregorian", "title": "Arabic names of calendar months" }, { "docid": "20622843", "text": "then forwarded to the appropriate authorities in each country, based on the application requirements in each country. The portal was based on a common data model that contained all the information required for approval. Rules could then be formulated to describe the information and application formats required in the individual countries. This made the system completely scalable for every European country. During the pilot phase, the data exchange between Austria and Germany was successfully tested. The Once-Only Principle Project (TOOP) is a large-scale cross-border pilot initiative supported by the Horizon 2020 framework programme, which examines the feasibility of the once-only", "title": "Once-only principle" }, { "docid": "8558266", "text": "the webcomic \"Gunnerkrigg Court\", his actions having far reaching consequences in the story. The \"Sonic the Hedgehog\" comic book features Antoine D'Coolette, a cowardly coyote with good intentions, and Patch, Antoine's opposite counterpart from a mirror universe, known for being cunning, deceptive, and cruel. The cartoon coyote Wilber is the official mascot for GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), a free raster graphics editor. He was created in 1997. Wile E. Coyote could be considered an instance of the buffoon version of the Coyote myth. Wile E. Coyote is a popular character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of", "title": "Coyotes in popular culture" }, { "docid": "408982", "text": "God\") is used at Genesis 21:33 to refer to God. It is common Jewish practice to restrict the use of the names of God to a liturgical context. In casual conversation some Jews, even when not speaking Hebrew, will call God \"HaShem\" (), which is Hebrew for \"the Name\" (cf. Leviticus 24:11 and Deuteronomy 28:58). Likewise, when quoting from the Tanakh or prayers, some pious Jews will replace \"Adonai\" with \"HaShem\". For example, when making audio recordings of prayer services, \"HaShem\" will generally be substituted for \"Adonai\". A popular expression containing this phrase is \"Baruch HaShem\", meaning \"Thank God\" (literally,", "title": "Names of God in Judaism" }, { "docid": "13715508", "text": "to unite all German states under its leadership. The creation of this myth (\"Borussia\" is the Latin name for Prussia) established Prussia as Germany's savior; it was the destiny of all Germans to be united, this myth maintains, and it was Prussia's destiny to accomplish this. According to this story, Prussia played the dominant role in bringing the German states together as a nation-state; only Prussia could protect German liberties from being crushed by French or Russian influence. This interpretation emphasizes Prussia's role in saving Germans from the resurgence of Napoleon's power in 1814, at Waterloo, creating some semblance of", "title": "Borussian myth" }, { "docid": "9902787", "text": "a necessary precondition for understanding the mind-body problem. Dennett denies Nagel's claim that the bat's consciousness is inaccessible, contending that any \"interesting or theoretically important\" features of a bat's consciousness would be amenable to third-person observation. For instance, it is clear that bats cannot detect objects more than a few meters away because echolocation has a limited range. He holds that any similar aspects of its experiences could be gleaned by further scientific experiments. What Is it Like to Be a Bat? \"What is it like to be a bat?\" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published", "title": "What Is it Like to Be a Bat?" }, { "docid": "12378406", "text": "from the late 1950s. Although terms \"pop\" and \"popular\" are in some cases used interchangeably, and their meaning partially overlap, the term \"pop\" is narrower. Pop is specific of something containing qualities of mass appeal, while \"popular\" refers to what has gained popularity, regardless of its style. According to author John Storey, there are various definitions of popular culture. The quantitative definition of culture has the problem that much \"high culture\" (e.g., television dramatizations of Jane Austen) is also \"popular.\" \"Pop culture\" is also defined as the culture that is \"left over\" when we have decided what high culture is.", "title": "Popular culture" }, { "docid": "12657792", "text": "cat names its Australian customers chose, as of 2010, are: In 2006, a survey of 270,000 Nestle Purina PetCare customers in Australia came up with these most popular cat names: Historically, the cat-specific names \"Tibbles\" or \"Tibby\" were common, and are still occasionally used. These were derived from the character of Tybalt or Tibert in the Reynard the Fox folk tale cycle, and ultimately from the Germanic name Theobald, derived from \"theod-\" \"people\" and \"bald\" \"bold\". The name was applied to cats as they were popularly thought to be daring and curious. The old cat name \"Gib\", a contraction of", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "13779586", "text": "the chest, while Mosher and Malloy had only minor injuries. Shortly after their arrival, local thief Jim McGuire entered the bar with some recently stolen goods. McGuire, in high spirits, bought a round of drinks for the four men. A verbal altercation between Cummings and McGuire led to Conroy demanding a percentage of McGuire's merchandise. When McGuire tried to leave, he was stopped and attacked with Malloy and his companions helping themselves to McGuire's goods. Boiled Oysters Malloy Boiled (Biled) Oysters Malloy (fl. 1850 –1870) was the pseudonym of an American saloon keeper, thief and underworld figure in New York", "title": "Boiled Oysters Malloy" }, { "docid": "853000", "text": "a word he said. He asks her to dance. The voice of Addie Ross bids all a good night. In the film, she is shown only once and from behind. Klempner's novel was \"A Letter to Five Wives\". Two wives were lost in the transition to the screen. At one point, the film was called \"A Letter to Four Wives\". When submitting the adapted screenplay to 20th Century-Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph L. Mankiewicz mentioned that he found it too long and asked how Zanuck felt about shortening the movie. \"Take out one of the wives,\" Zanuck replied. Originally,", "title": "A Letter to Three Wives" }, { "docid": "7826943", "text": "a dragon-shaped seal and a bar of red sealing wax. All music written by André Olbrich and Hansi Kürsch. All lyrics written by Kürsch. A Twist in the Myth A Twist in the Myth is the eighth studio album by the German heavy metal band Blind Guardian. It was originally set to be released on September 5, 2006 in Europe (which became the North American release date), but Nuclear Blast changed the release date to September 1, 2006. The album was released in several different formats: a normal version, a digipak version with a bonus track and bonus CD, and", "title": "A Twist in the Myth" }, { "docid": "7826942", "text": "A Twist in the Myth A Twist in the Myth is the eighth studio album by the German heavy metal band Blind Guardian. It was originally set to be released on September 5, 2006 in Europe (which became the North American release date), but Nuclear Blast changed the release date to September 1, 2006. The album was released in several different formats: a normal version, a digipak version with a bonus track and bonus CD, and a limited edition book-version. The book contains the digipak, along with a guitar pick, booklet and certificate of authenticity and autographs, as well as", "title": "A Twist in the Myth" }, { "docid": "9473018", "text": "well as their impact on readers and viewers. To Kill a Mockingbird in popular culture Since the publication of\" To Kill a Mockingbird\" in 1960, there have been many references and allusions to it in popular culture. The book has been internationally popular for more than a half century, selling more 30 million copies in 40 languages. It currently (2013) sells 750,000 copies a year and is widely read in schools in America and abroad. Harper Lee and her publisher did not expect \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" to be such a huge success. Since it was first published in 1960,", "title": "To Kill a Mockingbird in popular culture" }, { "docid": "9778532", "text": "put down 10 tracks with 10 different girls names…we wanted to do something in the vein of Nick Cave's \"Murder Ballads\" or Johnny Cash's \"Blood, Sweat and Tears\". Only the Names Have Been Changed Only the Names Have Been Changed is the solo debut album by Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones. As Jones explains, \"we were recording the sixth Stereophonics album...and in-between takes I started doing these songs off the cuff. Three or four tracks in I realised that this could actually be something…strange how it's always little things that makes big things happen. We didn't wait - it was recorded", "title": "Only the Names Have Been Changed" }, { "docid": "3743531", "text": "All Flesh Must Be Eaten All Flesh Must Be Eaten or AFMBE () is a multiple Origins Award winning and nominated survival horror role-playing game (RPG) produced by Eden Studios, Inc. using the \"Unisystem\" game system. \"AFMBE\" is derived from the traditional horror movie depictions of zombies who rise from the dead as mindless monsters that consume the living. In addition to producing a revised edition and many RPG supplements, there have been many works of fiction published that take place in one of the game’s many settings. \"AFMBE\" is one of the first RPGs to focus on zombies as", "title": "All Flesh Must Be Eaten" }, { "docid": "15335415", "text": "train\" in order create a more 'perfect white American society'. Dylan first performed \"Only a Pawn in Their Game\" at a voter registration rally in Greenwood, Mississippi. The song refers to the murder of Medgar Evers, who was the Mississippi leader of the NAACP. Civil rights activist Bernice Johnson would later tell critic Robert Shelton that \"'Pawn' was the very first song that showed the poor white was as victimized by discrimination as the poor black. The Greenwood people didn't know that Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel and Dylan were well known. (Seeger and Bikel were also present at the registration", "title": "Only a Pawn in Their Game" }, { "docid": "13706237", "text": "book was soon followed by another bestselling supposed exposé, \"Awful Disclosures of the Hotel-Dieu Nunnery\", (1836) in which Maria Monk claimed that a convent in Montreal served as a harem for Catholic priests, and that any resulting children were murdered after baptism. The tale of Maria Monk was, in fact, clearly modeled on the Gothic novels popular in the early 19th century. This literary genre had already been used for anti-Catholic sentiments in works such as Matthew Lewis's \"The Monk\". Six Months in a Convent Six Months in a Convent is a memoir written by Rebecca Reed and published in", "title": "Six Months in a Convent" }, { "docid": "15730259", "text": "free listening. <nowiki>\"Mis//Understanding\"</nowiki> was released as an official single on iTunes on July 5, 2011, which included \"Understanding What We've Grown To Be\" as a bonus track. On July 14, 2011, the album's cover art was released via puzzle on the band's homepage. By August 2011, the record's production was completed and distribution began shortly. On August 22, 2011, the length of each song was announced. According to Equal Vision, \"musically and lyrically, \"Understanding What We've Grown to Be\" holds a much darker tone than their previous release, \"To Plant a Seed\". While still maintaining the band’s overall theme of", "title": "Understanding What We've Grown to Be" }, { "docid": "15901252", "text": "A Letter to Momo \"A Letter to Momo\" premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on September 10, 2011 and was released on April 21, 2012 in Japan. Following the death of her father Kazuo, Momo Miyaura and her mother Ikuko travel from Tokyo to the Seto Inland Sea. Momo carries Kazuo's unfinished letter, which contains only the words \"Dear Momo\". At her mother's estate in , they meet their relatives Sachio and Sae Sadahama, and Koichi, a postman and an old friend of Ikuko, who has always had a crush on her. Momo is devastated", "title": "A Letter to Momo" }, { "docid": "10754998", "text": "the recitation of an origin myth is often prefaced with the recitation of the cosmogonic myth. In some academic circles, the term \"myth\" properly refers only to origin and cosmogonic myths. For example, many folklorists reserve the label \"myth\" for stories about creation. Traditional stories that do not focus on origins fall into the categories of \"legend\" and \"folk tale\", which folklorists distinguish from myth. According to historian Mircea Eliade, for many traditional cultures, nearly every sacred story qualifies as an origin myth. Traditional humans tend to model their behavior after sacred events, seeing their life as an \"eternal return\"", "title": "Origin myth" }, { "docid": "10874069", "text": "Letter to Chesterfield The Letter to Chesterfield (February 1755) was Samuel Johnson's response to what some believed to be Lord Chesterfield's opportunistic endorsement of his \"A Dictionary of the English Language\". Although Chesterfield was patron of the \"Proposal\" for the \"Dictionary\", he made no moves to further the progress of the \"Dictionary\" until seven years after his original investment into the project. Suddenly, Chesterfield wrote two \"puff\" pieces to promote the \"Dictionary\", which prompted Johnson to write a letter accusing Chesterfield of only providing help when it was least needed. Some claim that the letter caused a minor furore in", "title": "Letter to Chesterfield" }, { "docid": "20464898", "text": "Lebar, to be represented. \"MCE\" is selected to highlight the expressway's close proximity to the coast. Names of expressways always appear in their abbreviated forms on road signs. Unlike other cities, it is very common for Singaporean roads to have derivative names (i.e. roads sharing the same specific element while differing only in their generic element). Many locations in Singapore, especially residential towns, follow this naming format. Certain generic elements are used only for a specific purpose, such as \"Central\" which is often reserved for roads that are located within town centres. Road names in mature residential towns and estates", "title": "Road names in Singapore" }, { "docid": "19414819", "text": "people she loses. And before Emma can convince her, darkness has started to consume Regina again. They are unaware that Gold was listening to their conversation. At the library, Henry and Violet look for more answers and Henry finds multiple \"Once Upon a Time\" storybooks containing different stories. Violet then sees a black duplicate of the Holy Grail, which was said to hold all magic. Henry breaks the glass, steals the item and stashes it in his bag, after seeing that it is capable of sapping magic from the Olympian Crystal. Gold then catches up with them, puts them both", "title": "Only You (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "9416244", "text": "October the track reached a \"Billboard\" Hot 100 peak of number 12, besting the number 28 peak of the precedent Bay City Rollers' single \"Rock and Roll Love Letter\" while failing to match the Top Ten success the group had enjoyed in 1975–1976 with \"Saturday Night\" and in 1976 with \"Money Honey\". \"I Only Want to Be with You\" appeared to wrap up the group's burst of North American stardom as their next three US single releases were Top 40 shortfalls: however the group's fourth US single release subsequent to \"I Only Want to Be With You\": \"You Made Me", "title": "I Only Want to Be with You" }, { "docid": "17768705", "text": "actress sat on a bicycle seat mounted to a pole while she looked up and held a short stake of balsa wood in her mouth. The charges were dropped. In stage magic, the \"illusion of impalement\" is a popular feat of magic that appears to be an act of impalement. Impaling tricks are not, however, a modern European invention, and some dervish orders performed such acts already in the 18th century. Carsten Niebuhr, traveling the Middle East 1761–67 on a Danish funded expedition, saw such a display at Basra: Impalement in myth and art The use of impalement in myth,", "title": "Impalement in myth and art" }, { "docid": "12657802", "text": "ago, but in a different order. They also discovered that the 25 most popular cat names in Quebec sound French. Mimi (咪咪) is the generic name for a cat in China. It is onomatopoeic, coming from the cat's meow, and is also used to call cats. A survey of 1694 cats conducted by Japanese pet website Iris Pet found that the most popular cat names in Japan are: Cat names were the subject of T. S. Eliot's fanciful, well-known poem \"The Naming of Cats\", written in the 1930s and first published in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats in 1939.", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "6249091", "text": "You Could Be Mine \"You Could Be Mine\" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their 1991 fourth studio album \"Use Your Illusion II\". It was released as the band's seventh single, and the first from the \"Use Your Illusion\" albums, in June 1991. Backed with \"Civil War\" from \"Use Your Illusion II\", the single reached number 29 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart. The song was originally released as the theme song for director James Cameron's 1991 film, \".\" Contrary to popular belief, \"You Could Be", "title": "You Could Be Mine" }, { "docid": "14123858", "text": "by the gods. A speech by the Marquis Wellesley from July 2 in the \"Globe\" is quoted. In the Advertisement, Shelley wrote that he had waited for four months for someone to attack the sentence but when none was forthcoming, he wrote the letter. The title arises from the name of the letter's recipient, who directed the jury that convicted Eaton. Eaton had been tried and found guilty of \"blasphemous libel\", for being an atheist. At the trial before Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, the Lord Chief Justice of England, what Mark Sandy of the University of Durham has called", "title": "A Letter to Lord Ellenborough" }, { "docid": "12657799", "text": "Tiger and Max. In 2004, the same newspaper reported differently based on information from the Cook County Department of Animal Control. The \"Sun-Times\" reported in 1987 that the same Cook County department had checked its database of 27,863 cats that had been vaccinated from 1984 through 1986 and found yet different results. Finally, a Gallup poll of 1,242 Americans was completed in 1990. The results of all of the above polls are summarized in the table below: In Germany, \"'exotic English and other non-German names are popular with German pet owners\", according to an article in the About.com website. Typical,", "title": "Popular cat names" }, { "docid": "7090895", "text": "the \"MTV Icon\" show for The Cure, and Sense Field, for their 2003 album \"Living Outside\". A Letter to Elise \"A Letter to Elise\" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as the third and final single from the album \"Wish\" in October 1992. In 2010, Pitchfork Media ranked it at number 184 in their list of \"The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s\". \"A Letter to Elise\" was made public for the first time on MTV's Cure-\"Unplugged\" show in 1991 and had very different lyrics from the later version to be released as a 7\". Letters", "title": "A Letter to Elise" }, { "docid": "19036617", "text": "\"glimmering\" and hails both rappers when they are able to work on their own and make music in their respective comfort zones in songs like Future's \"Jersey\" and Drake's \"30 for 30 Freestyle\". \"Complex\" said about Drake verses; \"despite a corny bar here or there, Drake sounds way more energized with much better flows.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" was disappointed with Drake on the album, quoting \"despite a beat by Drake whisperer Noah \"40\" Shebib, the album-closing \"30 For 30 Freestyle\" doesn't come near clearing the admittedly high bar Drake has set for himself in 2015.\" \"What a Time to Be Alive\"", "title": "What a Time to Be Alive" }, { "docid": "469789", "text": "59. Mystic philosopher Ibn Arabi surmised that the 99 names are \"outward signs of the universe's inner mysteries\". There is no universal agreement among Muslims as to what exactly counts as a name of God, and what does not. Additionally, while some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, there are some names which appear in both. Different sources give different lists of the 99 names. The following list is based on the one found in the \"Jamiʿ at-Tirmidhi\" (9th century). Other hadith, such as those of al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Ibn Majah, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi", "title": "Names of God in Islam" }, { "docid": "8359001", "text": "Ninjas in popular culture Ninjas are historically known as Japanese spies, assassins, or thieves who formed their own caste outside the usual feudal divisions of lords, and samurai surfs. They are often used as stock characters in Japanese and world popular culture. The ninja first entered popular culture in the Edo period, when folktales and plays about ninjas were conceived. In modern Japan, ninjas are a national myth that stems from folk tales and modern day popular culture. Some of these folk tales are based on historical figures, such as a \"daimyō\" (lord) challenging a ninja to prove his worth", "title": "Ninjas in popular culture" }, { "docid": "3743533", "text": "genres, such as the Western, pulp fiction, and sci-fi. The Revised Edition also includes an appendix detailing conversions to the \"d20 System\". All of these expansions contain new archetypes, Deadworlds, zombies and other elements. The following are not genre or Deadworld books like the above, but adventures, archetypes (and new character and zombie qualities), as well as inspiration for running an \"All Flesh\" game: All Flesh Must Be Eaten All Flesh Must Be Eaten or AFMBE () is a multiple Origins Award winning and nominated survival horror role-playing game (RPG) produced by Eden Studios, Inc. using the \"Unisystem\" game system.", "title": "All Flesh Must Be Eaten" }, { "docid": "9902780", "text": "What Is it Like to Be a Bat? \"What is it like to be a bat?\" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published in \"The Philosophical Review\" in October 1974, and later in Nagel's \"Mortal Questions\" (1979). In it, Nagel argues that materialist theories of mind omit the essential component of consciousness, namely that there is something that it is (or feels) like to be a particular, conscious thing. He argues that an organism has conscious mental states, \"if and only if there is something that it is like to be that organism—something it is like \"for\"", "title": "What Is it Like to Be a Bat?" }, { "docid": "8858301", "text": "pregnancy and confides to Matt that she is worried that what happened will destroy their friendship. Susan calls Dan, who is on a business trip and is unable to make it back in time to meet with the Howells. At the meeting, the Howells explain that Francesca is five months pregnant, so the pregnancy cannot be terminated. He also explains that their health insurance covers prenatal care up to 80%, leaving the Freemans to pay the rest. More importantly, Dr. Howell explains to Matt that he believes a closed adoption in an out-of-state placement is the only way to provide", "title": "Too Young to Be a Dad" }, { "docid": "19036612", "text": "What a Time to Be Alive What a Time to Be Alive is a collaborative commercial mixtape by Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Future. It was released on September 20, 2015, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records, OVO Sound, Epic Records, A1 Records and Freebandz. \"What a Time to Be Alive\" was supported by Drake and Future's previous collaboration on the single \"Where Ya At\". As friends, they originally planned to record a mixtape together earlier in the year; the project never fully materialized. However, during recording sessions for \"Where Ya At\", the duo began working", "title": "What a Time to Be Alive" }, { "docid": "19296834", "text": "traditions state that this practice was shared by the Yugameh Kombumerri clan. The dolphin is known to have played an important role in a myth of the Nerang River Yugambeh, according to which the culture hero \"Gowonda\" was transformed into one on his death. Various species were targeted in various seasons, including shellfish including eugaries, (cockles or pipis), oysters and mudcrabs. In winter, large schools of finfish species \"running\" along the coast in close inshore waters were targeted, those being sea mullet, which were followed by a fish known as tailor. Turtles and dugong were eaten, but the latter only", "title": "Yugambeh people" }, { "docid": "408955", "text": "the Elohist) are named for their usual names for God (YHWH and Elohim respectively). The seven names of God that, once written, cannot be erased because of their holiness are the Tetragrammaton, El, Elohim, Eloah, Elohai, El Shaddai, and Tzevaot. In addition, the name Jah—because it forms part of the Tetragrammaton—is similarly protected. Rabbi Jose considered \"Tzevaot\" a common name and Rabbi Ishmael that \"Elohim\" was. All other names, such as \"Merciful\", \"Gracious\" and \"Faithful\", merely represent attributes that are also common to human beings. The name of God used most often in the Hebrew Bible is YHWH (), also", "title": "Names of God in Judaism" }, { "docid": "8093398", "text": "usually offered on restaurant menus as an appetizer; but was also a popular lunch entrée. At one time, it was a ubiquitous option on menus across the spectrum of New Orleans restaurants. The dish is served, as of November 2015, at Galatoire's. Oysters en brochette has been prepared with mushrooms on the skewers, rather than bacon, and also with both mushrooms, bacon, chunks of tomato, and/or cubes of cooked ham. A similar dish served as an hors d'oeuvres is angels on horseback. Single oysters are wrapped in partially cooked slices of bacon, each skewered with a toothpick. They are floured,", "title": "Oysters en brochette" }, { "docid": "14991061", "text": "of written media at the time, this allowed scientific ideas to be presented to the public in a way they could understand it. It became very popular with the public as it made science seem as though it had no boundaries, that anything was possible. From popular science stemmed science fiction, which was constructed from a blend of observations and fantasy and didn’t need consistency, since it was not truly real. It substituted science for magic since the audience didn’t necessarily need to know how it did what it did, but rather what it did do. It allowed for imagination", "title": "Science in popular culture" }, { "docid": "20358938", "text": "all \"arrive at the same intended point\" of realization. However, they openly admit that this non-denominational position is very difficult to establish through reason. According to Tsongkhapa, if both people in a debate or discussion have a valid understanding of emptiness already, then autonomous syllogistic arguments could be quite effective. However, in a circumstance where one or both parties in a debate or discussion do not hold a valid understanding, \"the debate [should be] founded on what the parties accept as valid. Hence, it is proper to refute opponents in terms of what they accept.\" In other words, it is", "title": "Prasaṅgika according to Tsongkhapa" }, { "docid": "19036619", "text": "platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units. Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. Notes Credits adapted from album's liner notes and Tidal. Musicians Technical What a Time to Be Alive What a Time to Be Alive is a collaborative commercial mixtape by Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Future. It was released on September 20, 2015, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records, OVO Sound, Epic Records, A1 Records and Freebandz. \"What a Time to Be Alive\" was supported by Drake and", "title": "What a Time to Be Alive" }, { "docid": "9589181", "text": "common cause of accidental child poisoning because of its pleasant taste. Calpol Night, a product containing paracetamol and an anti-histamine, was listed for use from 2+ months. However, this has recently changed and it is now only considered suitable for children over the age of 6 years. Panadol is one of GlaxoSmithKline's trade names for paracetamol or acetaminophen. According to GlaxoSmithKline, Panadol is marketed in 85 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Philippines, Peru, Puerto Rico, Pakistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South", "title": "Paracetamol brand names" } ]

[ "Baby Bop", "Giant purple dinosaurs", "Barney (Barney & Friends character)", "Barney And Friends", "Barney the Dinosaur", "Criticism of Barney & Friends", "Barney & Friends Cast", "Barney & Friends", "Banrey and Firends", "Barney the purple dinosaur", "Baby Bop (Barney and Friends)", "Barney & Friends Kids Cast", "Barney is a Dinosaur", "BJ (Barney and Friends)", "Anti-Barney", "Barney and Friends", "The Barney Bunch", "Barney the friend", "Barney the DInosaur", "Barney Got Shot By G-I Joe", "Killing Barney", "Riff (dinosaur)", "Barney The Dinosaur", "Barney (dinosaur)", "Barney and friends", "Ron the Clumsy Yak", "B'harne", "I Love You (Barney)", "Barney & Friends cast", "Barney (character)", "Bareny and Friends", "Cousin Riff", "God Bless America, that Barney's dead", "List of Barney & Friends CD Roms", "Barney the Friendly Dinosaur", "I Love You (Barney song)", "Barney Is A Dinosaur", "B'harnii", "Barny & Friends", "B.J. (dinosaur)", "I Love You (Barney theme)", "Barney (Character)", "Barney the dinosaur", "Barney... Let's Imagine Tour in Manila", "Barney And Friend", "Barny the dinosaur", "Barney the Purple Dinosaur" ]

[ { "docid": "1689763", "text": "time, said this: Barney & Friends Barney & Friends is an American children's television series aimed at children from ages 1 to 8, created by Sheryl Leach and produced by HIT Entertainment. It premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorphic \"Tyrannosaurus rex\" who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude. Production of new episodes originally ceased on September 18, 2009, although reruns of the series were still shown on many PBS stations in the following years. Reruns aired for 10 years on Sprout", "title": "Barney & Friends" }, { "docid": "1689751", "text": "Barney & Friends Barney & Friends is an American children's television series aimed at children from ages 1 to 8, created by Sheryl Leach and produced by HIT Entertainment. It premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorphic \"Tyrannosaurus rex\" who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude. Production of new episodes originally ceased on September 18, 2009, although reruns of the series were still shown on many PBS stations in the following years. Reruns aired for 10 years on Sprout from 2005 until", "title": "Barney & Friends" } ]

[ { "docid": "17601023", "text": "How Long Will I Love You? \"How Long Will I Love You?\" is a song by folk-rock band The Waterboys from their fifth studio album, \"Room to Roam\" (1990). Written by Mike Scott, it was released as the album's lead single. The song was subsequently covered by English singer Ellie Goulding and released as the second single from her album \"Halcyon Days\" (2013). Goulding's version is included on the soundtrack to the 2013 film \"About Time\", which also features a different cover by Jon Boden, Sam Sweeney and Ben Coleman. \"How Long Will I Love You\" was covered by English", "title": "How Long Will I Love You?" }, { "docid": "18421717", "text": "Sandé performed \"What I Did for Love\" on \"The X Factor UK\" on 22 November 2014. BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\" also used the song as part of their live episode on 20 February 2015. What I Did for Love (David Guetta song) \"What I Did for Love\" is a song by French music producer David Guetta. It was released as the third single from his sixth studio album, \"Listen\" (2014). It features vocals by Scottish recording artist Emeli Sandé. It was released officially on 20 February 2015 in the United Kingdom. The song was written by Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Breyan", "title": "What I Did for Love (David Guetta song)" }, { "docid": "18421716", "text": "What I Did for Love (David Guetta song) \"What I Did for Love\" is a song by French music producer David Guetta. It was released as the third single from his sixth studio album, \"Listen\" (2014). It features vocals by Scottish recording artist Emeli Sandé. It was released officially on 20 February 2015 in the United Kingdom. The song was written by Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Breyan Stanley Isaac, Jason Evigan, Sam Martin, and Sean Douglas. A new version featuring Japanese singer Namie Amuro was included in Amuro's album \"Genic\" and released as a single on 1 July 2015. Guetta and", "title": "What I Did for Love (David Guetta song)" }, { "docid": "19751865", "text": "barren desert setting and a more colourful backdrop to demonstrate the highs and lows of relationships. Love You for a Long Time \"Love You for a Long Time\" is a song recorded by Canadian country music trio High Valley for their third studio album, \"Love Is a Long Road\" (2012). It was written by lead vocalist Brad Rempel along with Jared Crump and Ben Stennis. The song was released to Canadian country radio through Open Road Recordings in September 2012 as the album's third single. In the United States, \"Love You for a Long Time\" serves as the group's debut", "title": "Love You for a Long Time" }, { "docid": "19751862", "text": "Love You for a Long Time \"Love You for a Long Time\" is a song recorded by Canadian country music trio High Valley for their third studio album, \"Love Is a Long Road\" (2012). It was written by lead vocalist Brad Rempel along with Jared Crump and Ben Stennis. The song was released to Canadian country radio through Open Road Recordings in September 2012 as the album's third single. In the United States, \"Love You for a Long Time\" serves as the group's debut single and was promoted to American country radio on September 10, 2012 through Eaglemont Entertainment and", "title": "Love You for a Long Time" }, { "docid": "16626765", "text": "best-selling song in the month of July. By the end of 2012 \"I Love You\" was downloaded over 2.8 million times. The Japanese version, this single debuted at number 3 spot on Oricon Daily Single Chart selling 10,646 copies. 2NE1's I Love You was played on BBC Radio 1., the first Korean song to do so. I Love You (2NE1 song) \"I Love You\" is a song by South Korean girl group 2NE1 released on July 5, 2012 and September 19, 2012 released in Japan for third Japanese single. It was written and produced by long-time collaborator and fellow YG", "title": "I Love You (2NE1 song)" }, { "docid": "20829629", "text": "30 March 2016. It has also been covered by Aili in 2012, by Miriho for his 2012 album \"Green Go Light\" and by Sayulee for her 2016 album \"1st Songs\". In South Korea, the song was included on Roo's album \"62115\" and features rapper Double K. Baby I Love You (TEE song) \"Baby I Love You\" or \"Baby I Love U\" (ベイビー・アイラブユー) is a song by Japanese singer TEE. It was released via Universal Sigma on 27 October 2010 and is included on TEE's debut album \"Kido I Raku\". The song was written by TEE, Hiro and Ryosuke Imai and", "title": "Baby I Love You (TEE song)" }, { "docid": "412681", "text": "Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (\"rex\" meaning \"king\" in Latin), often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the most well-represented of the large theropods. \"Tyrannosaurus\" lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia. \"Tyrannosaurus\" had a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the Maastrichtian age of the upper Cretaceous Period, 68 to 66 million years ago. It was the last known member of the tyrannosaurids, and among the", "title": "Tyrannosaurus" }, { "docid": "8885771", "text": "WalMart edition of Konvicted. A further remix, the 'Female Mix', features new vocals by Nivea and Rasheeda. I Wanna Love You (Akon song) \"I Wanna Love You\" (titled \"I Wanna Fuck You\" for explicit versions) is a song written and recorded by Akon featuring Snoop Dogg. It was released in September 2006 as the second single from his second album, \"Konvicted\". It is also featured on Snoop Dogg's eighth album, \"Tha Blue Carpet Treatment\". This song was Akon's first #1 single on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and was also Snoop's second #1 on the same chart. The song also reached", "title": "I Wanna Love You (Akon song)" }, { "docid": "7427212", "text": "next album. In 2004, the album was remastered and reissued by A&M Records. Unicorn (Tyrannosaurus Rex album) Unicorn is the third studio album by English psychedelic folk (later glam rock) band Tyrannosaurus Rex (later known as T. Rex). It was released on 16 May 1969 by record labels Regal Zonophone and Blue Thumb, and was the last Tyrannosaurus Rex album to feature Steve Peregrin Took. \"Unicorn\" featured Marc Bolan on vocals, guitar, organ and phonofiddle and Took on percussion, bass and piano. The back cover depicted Bolan and Took surrounded by books that were relevant to the subject matter of", "title": "Unicorn (Tyrannosaurus Rex album)" }, { "docid": "7427210", "text": "Unicorn (Tyrannosaurus Rex album) Unicorn is the third studio album by English psychedelic folk (later glam rock) band Tyrannosaurus Rex (later known as T. Rex). It was released on 16 May 1969 by record labels Regal Zonophone and Blue Thumb, and was the last Tyrannosaurus Rex album to feature Steve Peregrin Took. \"Unicorn\" featured Marc Bolan on vocals, guitar, organ and phonofiddle and Took on percussion, bass and piano. The back cover depicted Bolan and Took surrounded by books that were relevant to the subject matter of the songs. The lyrics namechecked William Blake as well as the Cottingley Fairies,", "title": "Unicorn (Tyrannosaurus Rex album)" }, { "docid": "12875826", "text": "What You Won't Do for Love (song) \"What You Won't Do for Love\" is a blue-eyed soul-styled single recorded by Bobby Caldwell for his eponymous debut album (1978). It was written by Caldwell and Alfons Kettner and released in by Clouds Records domestically and by TK Records internationally. After gaining a reputation in Miami clubs as a talented musician, Caldwell was signed to an exclusive contract with TK Records in 1978 by TK Records president Henry Stone. Heading to the studio, Caldwell recorded his first album, which was given a redo after Stone felt the album was good but \"didn't", "title": "What You Won't Do for Love (song)" }, { "docid": "16626760", "text": "I Love You (2NE1 song) \"I Love You\" is a song by South Korean girl group 2NE1 released on July 5, 2012 and September 19, 2012 released in Japan for third Japanese single. It was written and produced by long-time collaborator and fellow YG Entertainment label mate Teddy Park, with additional writing by Lydia Paek. The single debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" Korea K-Pop Hot 100, marking the group's first number one single on the Korean \"Billboard\" charts. \"I Love You\" was written by Teddy Park, who has written and produced much of 2NE1's previous material, including \"I", "title": "I Love You (2NE1 song)" }, { "docid": "17425519", "text": "I Love You (Taeyeon song) \"I Love You\" (Korean: 사랑해요) is a ballad song performed by South Korean idol singer Kim Taeyeon, leader and member of the girl group Girls' Generation. The song was the main theme for the 2010 action-drama television series \"\" and the main title track for its sound track album. It was released as a digital single on December 13, 2010 under the record label of S.M. Entertainment. \"I Love You\" was composed and written by Korean music producer Ahn Youngmin, who is known for producing many ballad songs for various K-pop artists including T-ara, Davichi", "title": "I Love You (Taeyeon song)" }, { "docid": "20829620", "text": "a crowd of four thousand fans at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza. In February 2014, RIAJ certified \"Baby I Love You\" as triple platinum after it sold more than 750,000 copies in Japan. As of 2018, TEE and Che'Nelle's solo releases and their duet version have earned \"Baby I Love You\" total sales figures of over 2.8 million. In 2015 TEE released a song called \"I Love You After Five Years\". He has revealed he wrote the song as a sequel to \"Baby I Love You\", imagining what the song would sound like after the years have passed. The same video director", "title": "Baby I Love You (TEE song)" }, { "docid": "5014712", "text": "about making a solo record, and it grew into \"What You Waiting For?\" Stefani came up with the idea of the Harajuku Girls while writing the song. Stefani first saw the women of Harajuku, known for their unique style drawing from Gothic Lolita and cyberpunk fashion, in 1996 and had admired them since. She decided to mention them in the line \"You Harajuku Girls, damn you got some wicked style\", and the concept grew into a running theme on \"Love. Angel. Music. Baby.\", which went as far as to feature one song named after and dedicated to them. \"What You", "title": "What You Waiting For?" }, { "docid": "19774025", "text": "11, 2016, and features both Keys and ASAP Rocky. In September 2017 it was revealed on IMDB that the video was directed by Hype Williams. Blended Family (What You Do for Love) \"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)\" is a song by American recording artist Alicia Keys, featuring vocals from rapper ASAP Rocky. It was written by Keys, Rocky, John Bush, Brandon Aly, Tish Hyman, Dave Kuncio, Kenneth Withrow and Edie Brickell for her sixth studio album \"Here\" (2016), while production was helmed by Keys and Mark Batson. The song refers to the former marriage of Keys' husband Swizz", "title": "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" }, { "docid": "11539987", "text": "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me \"(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me\" is a song written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and recorded by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It is the fifth single from the singer's second solo album, \"Hearsay\" (1987). The song's distinctive backing vocals were performed by Lisa Keith. Following the successful chart performances of the \"Hearsay\" singles \"Fake\", \"Criticize\", \"Never Knew Love Like This\", and \"The Lovers\", \"(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me\" was released as the album's fifth single. The song O'Neal's eleventh top 40", "title": "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" }, { "docid": "17601025", "text": "said of Goulding's version. \"I'm not sure if she did it deliberately. I don't think they're as good as the original lines, but good for her. I do the same thing myself. I've changed Dylan's words, so I can't really complain if somebody changes mine.\" \"How Long Will I Love You\" debuted at number 192 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 7 September 2013. On the chart dated 23 November 2013, the song jumped from number 117 to its peak position of number three, selling 82,872 copies. The music video for \"How Long Will I Love You\"", "title": "How Long Will I Love You?" }, { "docid": "13325888", "text": "\"a heart that beats true\". No music video was made for this song. That's What I Get for Lovin' You \"That's What I Get for Lovin' You\" is a song written by Kent Blazy and Neil Thrasher, and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in April 1996 as the second single from their album \"IV\". It peaked at number 4 in the United States, and number 19 in Canada. It was featured on the \"Greatest Hits, Volume 2\" collection in 2006. In this song, the narrator says how his love has turned him around and", "title": "That's What I Get for Lovin' You" }, { "docid": "15610243", "text": "explained what she expected from the record: \"This song is fun and I wanted it to be really high fashion and different and I think we have accomplished that. It's basically talking about how crazy you are about someone whenever it's the beginning. It's the honeymoon stage if you will.\" \"Love You like a Love Song\" was released as the second single from \"When the Sun Goes Down\" (2011), after the international success of \"Who Says\", on June 17, 2011 through digital distribution. The song was serviced to contemporary hit radio airplay on August 16, 2011 in the United States.", "title": "Love You like a Love Song" }, { "docid": "7996850", "text": "In 2002, German disc jockey and electronic music producer Marko Albrecht (mostly known as Mark 'Oh) covered this song on his single album \"Because I Love You: Mark'Oh meets Digital Rockers\". Because I Love You (The Postman Song) \"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)\" is a song written by Warren Allen Brooks and performed by Stevie B. It peaked at number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in December 1990 and remained there for four consecutive weeks. It also spent two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary. The song reached number six on the UK Singles", "title": "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" }, { "docid": "17751994", "text": "\"If i didn't love you\". \"If I didn't love you baby, As much as I do, I'd just walk out the door, I couldn't take it anymore, I wouldn't put up with what you put me through, If I didn't love you\" The single debuted and peaked at #41 in Australia in November 1997. If I Didn't Love You (Tina Arena song) \"If I Didn't Love You\" is a song written by Tina Arena, Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel. It was the second single taken from Arena's highly successful third studio album \"In Deep\" (1997). The song was a minor", "title": "If I Didn't Love You (Tina Arena song)" }, { "docid": "19751864", "text": "writes Dukes, \"but it's a song one won't mind hearing every three to four hours on country radio... If High Valley can keep turning out pure and honest love stories like 'Love You for a Long Time,' they'll build a fan base quickly.\" The accompanying music video for \"Love You for a Long Time\" was directed by Mark Maryanovich and Carolyne Stossel and premiered through CMT on November 12, 2012. It was uploaded to the group's official YouTube channel on November 16, 2012. Shot in the desert outside of Palm Springs, California, the video plays on the contrast between its", "title": "Love You for a Long Time" }, { "docid": "18124679", "text": "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love \"If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love\" is a short story by American writer Rachel Swirsky. It was first published in \"Apex Magazine\" in 2013. As a paleontologist lies in a coma, his fiancée tells him how things would be different if he were a \"Tyrannosaurus rex\". \"If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love\" won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and was nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. Critic Ana Grilo describes it as \"beautiful\", \"powerful\", and \"intense\", and \"almost like a piece of poetry\", but", "title": "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" }, { "docid": "9934960", "text": "the Summer is Gone\". The Leif Bloms version failed to enter Svensktoppen on 4 May 1991. I Write You a Love Song \"I Write You a Love Song\" was a single released from Izabella Scorupco's 1991/1992 album \"IZA\". The song was written by Ole Evenrude. With lyrics in Swedish by Mona Gustafsson, as \"Jag sjunger för dig\", the song was recorded by Leif Bloms, releasing it as a 1991 single. and by Helene & gänget, which the same year was released as a B-side for the single \"En enkel resa\". The song was also recorded by Charlotte Nilsson in 1999", "title": "I Write You a Love Song" }, { "docid": "9934959", "text": "I Write You a Love Song \"I Write You a Love Song\" was a single released from Izabella Scorupco's 1991/1992 album \"IZA\". The song was written by Ole Evenrude. With lyrics in Swedish by Mona Gustafsson, as \"Jag sjunger för dig\", the song was recorded by Leif Bloms, releasing it as a 1991 single. and by Helene & gänget, which the same year was released as a B-side for the single \"En enkel resa\". The song was also recorded by Charlotte Nilsson in 1999 on her solo album \"Charlotte\", and by Barbados in the year 2000 on the album \"When", "title": "I Write You a Love Song" }, { "docid": "13758071", "text": "You Know I Love You (B.B. King song) \"You Know I Love You\" is a 1952 song by B.B. King and his orchestra. The single was B.B. King's second release to reach the U.S. R&B chart and his second number one hit. \"You Know I Know I Love You\" spent eighteen weeks on the charts. King's friend and collaborator Ike Turner played piano on the original recording. It was this recording both Ike and Tina Turner credited as the song a 17-year-old Tina, then Anna Mae Bullock, sung for Ike at the East St. Louis nightclub, Club Manhattan, that convinced", "title": "You Know I Love You (B.B. King song)" }, { "docid": "13325887", "text": "That's What I Get for Lovin' You \"That's What I Get for Lovin' You\" is a song written by Kent Blazy and Neil Thrasher, and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in April 1996 as the second single from their album \"IV\". It peaked at number 4 in the United States, and number 19 in Canada. It was featured on the \"Greatest Hits, Volume 2\" collection in 2006. In this song, the narrator says how his love has turned him around and that the rewards of loving someone is \"a dream that is real\" and", "title": "That's What I Get for Lovin' You" }, { "docid": "10957478", "text": "I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You I Love What Love Is Doin' to Me is the name of a 1977 country music studio album by Lynn Anderson. The album featured three single releases for Anderson, the first being the title track which peaked at #22 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. \"He Ain't You\" reached No. 19 and the last single, \"We Got Love\" was a #26 entry in early 1978. The album peaked at #38 on Billboard's Country LP chart. The album also features covers of the recent pop hits, \"Desperado, \"Angel in Your Arms\", and", "title": "I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You" }, { "docid": "13758072", "text": "him to let her sing in his band, the Kings of Rhythm. In 1993, Tina would record a song for the \"What's Love Got to Do with It\" soundtrack and subsequent film, which is lipped by Angela Bassett, who plays Tina in the film, however the song Turner performs is a very different song than the one Tina sung in front of Ike Turner in 1956. You Know I Love You (B.B. King song) \"You Know I Love You\" is a 1952 song by B.B. King and his orchestra. The single was B.B. King's second release to reach the U.S.", "title": "You Know I Love You (B.B. King song)" }, { "docid": "15897908", "text": "Why I Love You (Jay-Z and Kanye West song) \"Why I Love You\" is a song by American hip hop artists Kanye West and Jay-Z, from their first collaborative album \"Watch the Throne\" (2011). The song features pop musician Mr Hudson who is signed to West's GOOD Music label. \"Why I Love You\" heavily samples French house duo Cassius' 2010 single \"I <3 U So\", which itself is based upon a sample from the original 1971 version of \"I Feel a Song (In My Heart)\" by Sandra Richardson. The song almost entirely features Jay-Z rapping and only contains a few", "title": "Why I Love You (Jay-Z and Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "12875827", "text": "have a hit\". Caldwell returned to the studio and came up with the final product, which included \"What You Won't Do for Love\". The song's horn arrangement was written and recorded by Miami arranger Mike Lewis. Caldwell wanted the song to be the sixth track on the album since he figured the Album's second track, \"My Flame\", which featured him playing guitar, would be the hit. However, TK Records felt confident that \"What You Won't Do for Love\" would be the breakout hit. When it was released to R&B radio, TK Records did its best to hide the fact that", "title": "What You Won't Do for Love (song)" }, { "docid": "10063875", "text": "I Love You (Cole Porter song) \"I Love You\" is a song written by Cole Porter in 1944 for his stage musical \"Mexican Hayride\". The New York Times reviewed the show saying, inter alia, \"Of Mr. Porter's score, the best number bears the title almost startling in its forthrightness, \"I Love You,\" and is the property of Mr. Evans\" (Wilbur Evans). However the rather commonplace lyrics of the song and why they were perhaps sub-standard for the song-writer was due to a challenge given Porter. His friend Monty Woolley contended that Porter's talent lay in the off-beat and the esoteric,", "title": "I Love You (Cole Porter song)" }, { "docid": "11960992", "text": "And I Love You So (song) \"And I Love You So\" is a popular song written by folk singer and guitarist Don McLean and released on his 1970 debut album, \"Tapestry\". The song has been recorded by many artists in the years since McLean's original version, and it was a 1973 hit for singer Perry Como on his RCA Victor album of the same name, \"And I Love You So\". Como's version of the song reached No. 29 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, the last of his many popular recordings, dating back to 1943, to reach the Top 40.", "title": "And I Love You So (song)" }, { "docid": "11177992", "text": "I Can Love You \"I Can Love You\" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige along with her sister LaTonya Blige-DaCosta, Rodney Jerkins, and Lil' Kim for her third album, \"Share My World\" (1997), with Jerkins producing the song and Lil Kim having featured vocals. In addition, the song also features a sample of the song \"Queen Bitch,\" a track from Kim's debut album \"Hard Core\" (1996), co-written by Carlos Broady and Nashiem Myrick. \"I Can Love You\" was released as the second single from \"Share My World\" in the US, where", "title": "I Can Love You" }, { "docid": "3211697", "text": "quipped, \"Thanks for singing a song old enough to make me feel young!\" In late 2012, Jeep began running a TV commercial in California, with \"I Love You, California\" as the soundtrack and visuals showing the California state flower, California flag, and other California icons. During the years following, several attempts were made to make other songs the official state song, such as: I Love You, California \"I Love You, California\" (1913) is the official state song of California. The lyrics were written by Francis Beatty Silverwood (1863–1924), a Los Angeles clothier, and the words were subsequently put to music", "title": "I Love You, California" }, { "docid": "17183134", "text": "for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Paralympics with the bid concept and slogan \"Made for Sharing\". I Love You (Woodkid song) \"I Love You\" is the third single by Woodkid, taken from his debut album \"The Golden Age\". It was co-written by Lemoine himself and by Ambroise Willaume. Arrangements were added by Willaume. B-sides for the I Love You single were Towers, I Love You (Booka Shade Remix), and The Deer. The single was released on 9 February 2013 as a warm-up to the imminent release of the album \"The Golden Age\" on 18 March 2013, whereas", "title": "I Love You (Woodkid song)" }, { "docid": "1308699", "text": "few other musical projects under his Dirt Nasty alias including his third album \"Palatial\" and the supergroup Three Loco which features Andy Milonakis and Riff Raff. As Three Loco the group teamed up with producer Diplo and released the group’s eight-song EP on Diplo’s Mad Decent label. Simon Rex Simon Rex Cutright (born July 20, 1974), also known as Dirt Nasty, is an American entertainer. Rising to fame as an MTV VJ, Rex later became an actor known for \"What I Like About You\", \"Scary Movie 3\", \"4\", and \"5\", and \"National Lampoon's Pledge This!\". He later developed a rap", "title": "Simon Rex" }, { "docid": "16587831", "text": "the February 9, 2013 episode of \"Saturday Night Live\", which he also hosted. Bieber has also performed the song on the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion show on November 7, 2012 in a medley with \"Boyfriend\". On March 28, 2015, Bieber performed a duet with Ariana Grande on The Honeymoon Tour in Miami. Bieber performed the song at the 2015 Wango Tango. As Long as You Love Me (Justin Bieber song) \"As Long as You Love Me\" is a song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber, from his third studio album, \"Believe\" (2012). The track features American rapper Big Sean. It", "title": "As Long as You Love Me (Justin Bieber song)" }, { "docid": "17601026", "text": "was directed by Mike Sharpe and released on 9 September 2013. The video shows Goulding walking along a beach, intercut with footage from \"About Time\". A second music video premiered on Goulding's official Vevo channel on 28 October 2013, and contains scenes from the short film \"Tom & Issy\", directed by Roger Michell and starring Goulding and Dylan Edwards. The video was shot entirely on a Nokia Lumia 1020. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Halcyon Days\". How Long Will I Love You? \"How Long Will I Love You?\" is a song by folk-rock band The Waterboys from their", "title": "How Long Will I Love You?" }, { "docid": "4430138", "text": "I Honestly Love You \"I Honestly Love You\" (first released in Australia as \"I Love You, I Honestly Love You\", per its chorus) was a worldwide pop hit single for Olivia Newton-John in 1974. The song was Newton-John's first number-one single in the United States and Canada. Released on the \"Long Live Love\" album in the United Kingdom by EMI, it was eventually released on the album \"If You Love Me, Let Me Know\" in the United States on MCA. The song was written by Jeff Barry and the Australian composer Peter Allen; the latter recorded it around the same", "title": "I Honestly Love You" }, { "docid": "11700128", "text": "a live performance on the BBC's long-running music programme \"Top of the Pops\", it only peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's last Top 40 entry to date. I Can Love You Like That \"I Can Love You Like That\" is a song written by Steve Diamond, Jennifer Kimball and Maribeth Derry, and recorded by American country music singer John Michael Montgomery. It was released in February 1995 as the first single from his self-titled CD. The song reached the top of the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. The", "title": "I Can Love You Like That" }, { "docid": "20829618", "text": "17 November 2010. \"Baby I Love You\" entered the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart at number twenty two on 8 November 2010. It remained on the chart for fourteen weeks. The song peaked at number two on the Japan Hot 100. TEE filmed a music video to promote the release of the song. Universal Sigma released it to iTunes on 27 October 2010. The video features a female love interest and she also features on the official single cover art. The song was given extra promotion by being used as the closing theme for TBS music show \"Count Down TV\" in", "title": "Baby I Love You (TEE song)" }, { "docid": "17183132", "text": "I Love You (Woodkid song) \"I Love You\" is the third single by Woodkid, taken from his debut album \"The Golden Age\". It was co-written by Lemoine himself and by Ambroise Willaume. Arrangements were added by Willaume. B-sides for the I Love You single were Towers, I Love You (Booka Shade Remix), and The Deer. The single was released on 9 February 2013 as a warm-up to the imminent release of the album \"The Golden Age\" on 18 March 2013, whereas earlier two singles had been released much earlier, with \"Iron\" being released on March 28, 2011 and \"Run Boy", "title": "I Love You (Woodkid song)" }, { "docid": "17225654", "text": "I Love You (Vanilla Ice song) \"I Love You\" is a hip hop song written by American rapper Vanilla Ice. Released as a single, it peaked at number 52 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1990. It was also a hit in the UK (45), Germany (65), and New Zealand, where it peaked at number 30. A departure from his usual style, \"I Love You\" is a ballad, and was released on Valentine's Day in 1991. A promotional video for the song, directed by Michael Bay, was produced by Mike Bodnarczuk. The song was described by Allmusic writer Steve Huey", "title": "I Love You (Vanilla Ice song)" }, { "docid": "10860261", "text": "for a \"T. rex\"; in this case at least thirty years, as opposed to Sue's 28 years old (Sue was the oldest Rex found before Trix's discovery), making Trix the oldest \"Tyrannosaurus\" known In 2016 Greg Wilson, David DeMar, and a paleontology team from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the University of Washington, and the Dig Field school excavated the partial remains of a \"Tyrannosaurus rex\" from Montana. The partial skeleton was found by two Burke Museum volunteers, Jason Love and Luke Tufts, and was named the \"Tufts-Love\" rex. Paleontologists at the Burke Museum believe that the", "title": "Specimens of Tyrannosaurus" }, { "docid": "7080232", "text": "the obsessive, deluded character that I am playing.” Obsession (I Love You) \"Obsession (I Love You)\" is a song by Amiel Daemion and released as the second single from their debut studio album \"Audio Out\" (2003). The song peaked at number 15. Amiel said; \"The song went through many changes and has had many lives. In the end it [the song] took on a kind of Nine Inch Nails vibe. That’s what Josh is like. He becomes obsessed and driven toward a particular thing and in this song that is what he wanted. It totally works for this song to", "title": "Obsession (I Love You)" }, { "docid": "16587817", "text": "As Long as You Love Me (Justin Bieber song) \"As Long as You Love Me\" is a song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber, from his third studio album, \"Believe\" (2012). The track features American rapper Big Sean. It was written by both artists with Nasri Atweh, and was produced by Rodney \"Darkchild\" Jerkins and Andre Lindal. It was first released on June 11, 2012, as a promotional single from the album, and one month later it was released as the album's second single. The song has since charted in the United Kingdom, first at number thirty as a promotional", "title": "As Long as You Love Me (Justin Bieber song)" }, { "docid": "13390309", "text": "last albums featuring lead vocalist Chaka Khan before fully going solo. Do You Love What You Feel \"Do You Love What You Feel\" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, \"Masterjam\", it spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart. It also peaked at number thirty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, \"Any Love\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\" peaked at number", "title": "Do You Love What You Feel" }, { "docid": "13390308", "text": "Do You Love What You Feel \"Do You Love What You Feel\" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, \"Masterjam\", it spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart. It also peaked at number thirty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, \"Any Love\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\" peaked at number five on the disco/dance charts. It would be one of the", "title": "Do You Love What You Feel" }, { "docid": "20829627", "text": "many people's wedding days. A writer for the Music Lounge branded it a classic wedding song. Che'Nelle's version won the Most Popular Song / Artist award at the ISUM Bridal Music Award 2014. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Luv Songs - Special Edition\". Two remixed versions of the song by DJ Kaori and DJ Komori were featured on Che'Nelle's 2013 Special Edition of \"Luv Songs\". In 2016, Che'Nelle recorded a reggae-fushion version with Jamaican artist Shifta and it features on their collaborative album \"You and I\". A new version of the song titled \"Baby I Love You (Last", "title": "Baby I Love You (TEE song)" }, { "docid": "10825403", "text": "Hate That I Love You \"Hate That I Love You\" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her third studio album, \"Good Girl Gone Bad\" (2007). It features vocals by American singer and songwriter Ne-Yo, who co-wrote the song with its producers StarGate. Def Jam Recordings released the song on August 21, 2007, as the third single from \"Good Girl Gone Bad\". A Spanglish version featuring David Bisbal was made available on April 28, 2008. \"Hate That I Love You\" is a mid-tempo R&B song about the power of love, with influences of folk music. \"Hate That I", "title": "Hate That I Love You" }, { "docid": "8885764", "text": "I Wanna Love You (Akon song) \"I Wanna Love You\" (titled \"I Wanna Fuck You\" for explicit versions) is a song written and recorded by Akon featuring Snoop Dogg. It was released in September 2006 as the second single from his second album, \"Konvicted\". It is also featured on Snoop Dogg's eighth album, \"Tha Blue Carpet Treatment\". This song was Akon's first #1 single on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and was also Snoop's second #1 on the same chart. The song also reached a peak of #3 on the UK Singles Chart. The song originally featured Plies, an up-and-coming rapper", "title": "I Wanna Love You (Akon song)" }, { "docid": "7080231", "text": "Obsession (I Love You) \"Obsession (I Love You)\" is a song by Amiel Daemion and released as the second single from their debut studio album \"Audio Out\" (2003). The song peaked at number 15. Amiel said; \"The song went through many changes and has had many lives. In the end it [the song] took on a kind of Nine Inch Nails vibe. That’s what Josh is like. He becomes obsessed and driven toward a particular thing and in this song that is what he wanted. It totally works for this song to be dark and strange because it helps illustrate", "title": "Obsession (I Love You)" }, { "docid": "6505165", "text": "on the chorus and the second verse. The song ends with a high fret tone. Chuck Kirkpatrick plays sitar and rhodes organ while Ralph McDonald plays percussion. On its intro it features the orchestra backing and Chuck Kirkpatrick's Rhodes organ. Music critic Joe Viglione at Allmusic described this song as Robin Gibb in Bee Gees form with lush arrangements and production. I Still Love You (Bee Gees song) \"I Still Love You\" is a song by the Bee Gees primarily written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. It was released as a double A side of \"Living Eyes\" and on", "title": "I Still Love You (Bee Gees song)" }, { "docid": "11203754", "text": "I Love You (Martina McBride song) \"I Love You\" is a song written by Keith Follesé, Adrienne Follesé and Tammy Hyler, and recorded by American country singer Martina McBride. It was released in July 1999 as the first single from her album \"Emotion\". McBride originally recorded \"I Love You\" for the 1999 film's soundtrack, \"Runaway Bride\", starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The promotion the song got on the soundtrack is one of the reasons for its high chart performance. The single was then released on her upcoming album. \"I Love You\" debuted at 43 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot", "title": "I Love You (Martina McBride song)" }, { "docid": "5245563", "text": "Habla\". I Want You, I Need You, I Love You \"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You\" is a song written by Maurice Mysels and Ira Kosloff, and produced by Steve Sholes. It is best known for being Elvis Presley's seventh single release on the RCA Victor label. It was released in May 1956, becoming Presley's second number 1 single on the country music charts, and peaking at number 3 on the US \"Billboard\" Top 100 chart, an earlier version of the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Before the creation of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in 1958, there", "title": "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" }, { "docid": "5245556", "text": "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You \"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You\" is a song written by Maurice Mysels and Ira Kosloff, and produced by Steve Sholes. It is best known for being Elvis Presley's seventh single release on the RCA Victor label. It was released in May 1956, becoming Presley's second number 1 single on the country music charts, and peaking at number 3 on the US \"Billboard\" Top 100 chart, an earlier version of the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Before the creation of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in 1958, there were", "title": "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" }, { "docid": "6572018", "text": "Like I Love You \"Like I Love You\" is the debut single recorded by American singer Justin Timberlake for his debut studio album, \"Justified\" (2002). The song features American hip hop duo Clipse. It was co-written by Timberlake and The Neptunes (Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams), who also produced it. The song was released in August 2002 as Timberlake's debut solo single, following the announced hiatus of 'NSYNC earlier that year. According to Williams, who came up with the music loop, the song's drums were an ode to the funk era. The song peaked at number 11 on the US", "title": "Like I Love You" }, { "docid": "6572005", "text": "Like I Love You \"Like I Love You\" is the debut single recorded by American singer Justin Timberlake for his debut studio album, \"Justified\" (2002). The song features American hip hop duo Clipse. It was co-written by Timberlake and The Neptunes (Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams), who also produced it. The song was released in August 2002 as Timberlake's debut solo single, following the announced hiatus of 'NSYNC earlier that year. According to Williams, who came up with the music loop, the song's drums were an ode to the funk era. The song peaked at number 11 on the US", "title": "Like I Love You" }, { "docid": "20166778", "text": "overall single from the band's second album \"How Did We Get So Dark?\" released on June 8, 2017. It was later serviced to U.S. rock radio formats as the second U.S. radio single on October 3, 2017. The music video for \"I Only Lie When I Love You\" was released on June 8, 2017 and was directed by Pascal Teixeira. It features the band performing on a white backdrop and a rolling shot that features distorted angles of the band. I Only Lie When I Love You \"I Only Lie When I Love You\" is a song by English hard", "title": "I Only Lie When I Love You" }, { "docid": "14701784", "text": "I Love You Because (song) \"I Love You Because\" is a song written and recorded by Leon Payne in 1949. The song has been covered by several artists throughout the years, including hit cover versions by Al Martino in 1963 and Jim Reeves in 1964. In 1949, Leon Payne's original version of the song went to number four on the \"Billboard\" Country & Western Best Seller lists and spent two weeks at number one on the Country & Western Disk Jockey List, spending a total of thirty-two weeks on the chart. \"I Love You Because\" was Payne's only song to", "title": "I Love You Because (song)" }, { "docid": "412735", "text": "the tyrannosaur foot. The footprint was published as the ichnogenus \"Tyrannosauripus pillmorei\" in 1994, by Martin Lockley and Adrian Hunt. Lockley and Hunt suggested that it was very likely the track was made by a \"Tyrannosaurus rex\", which would make it the first known footprint from this species. The track was made in what was once a vegetated wetland mud flat. It measures long by wide. A second footprint that may have been made by a \"Tyrannosaurus\" was first reported in 2007 by British paleontologist Phil Manning, from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. This second track measures long, shorter", "title": "Tyrannosaurus" }, { "docid": "11960995", "text": "also covered the song. In 1999, Glen Campbell recorded the song on his album \"My Hits and Love Songs\". In 2015, Filipino drama series starring Julia Barretto, Miles Ocampo, Angel Aquino, Dimples Romana, and Tonton Gutierrez with the same name of the song on its official theme song. Roch Voisine covered the song on his album \"Americana\", in 2008. Claude François performed a French version, \"Et je t'aime tellement\" in 1977. And I Love You So (song) \"And I Love You So\" is a popular song written by folk singer and guitarist Don McLean and released on his 1970 debut", "title": "And I Love You So (song)" }, { "docid": "14356365", "text": "complaints over the broadcaster's internal selection of Lazarovich and not letting other performers attempt to compete. Lazarovich later took part in the new national final with \"I Love You\" on 20 March to attempt to continue his Eurovision participation, however finished in 7th place. I Love You (Vasyl Lazarovich song) \"I Love You\" is a song composed by Brandon Stone and Olga Yarynich and performed by Vasyl Lazarovych, and was to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in May 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The song was selected on 6 March from five songs, all performed by Lazarovich. On", "title": "I Love You (Vasyl Lazarovich song)" }, { "docid": "14494521", "text": "has since peaked at number 34, providing the singer with his second Top 40 pop hit (he achieved his first as part of Evan and Jaron). Pray for You (Jaron and the Long Road to Love song) \"Pray for You\" is a song written by Joel Brentlinger & Jaron Lowenstein and recorded by American singer Jaron Lowenstein, credited to Jaron and the Long Road to Love. It is Lowenstein's first solo single release, following three singles in the duo Evan and Jaron. The song is included on Jaron's debut album, \"Getting Dressed in the Dark\". The song was nominated for", "title": "Pray for You (Jaron and the Long Road to Love song)" }, { "docid": "5380229", "text": "What I Like About You (song) \"What I Like About You\" is a song by American rock band The Romantics. The song, written by Romantics members Wally Palmar, Mike Skill and Jimmy Marinos in 1979 is included on the band's self-titled debut album (1980), and was also released as a single. Marinos, the band's drummer, is the lead vocalist on the song. The band filmed a music video for the song that appeared frequently on MTV during the early 1980s. \"What I Like About You\" was written by Palmar, Marinos and Skill around a guitar part by Skill. The song's", "title": "What I Like About You (song)" }, { "docid": "17297631", "text": "and \"Let's Stay Together.\" Look What You Done for Me \"Look What You Done for Me\" is a 1972 song by Al Green, the first single released from his album \"I'm Still in Love with You\". The song reached #4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was certified as a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America. Green wrote the song on his own, though Al Jackson Jr. and Green's producer Willie Mitchell received co-writing credits. Along with the usual horn section, the production features a string arrangement by James", "title": "Look What You Done for Me" }, { "docid": "17297629", "text": "Look What You Done for Me \"Look What You Done for Me\" is a 1972 song by Al Green, the first single released from his album \"I'm Still in Love with You\". The song reached #4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was certified as a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America. Green wrote the song on his own, though Al Jackson Jr. and Green's producer Willie Mitchell received co-writing credits. Along with the usual horn section, the production features a string arrangement by James Mitchell and Charles Chalmers.", "title": "Look What You Done for Me" }, { "docid": "412764", "text": "period. Since it was first described in 1905, \"Tyrannosaurus rex\" has become the most widely recognized dinosaur species in popular culture. It is the only dinosaur that is commonly known to the general public by its full scientific name (binomial name) and the scientific abbreviation \"T. rex\" has also come into wide usage. Robert T. Bakker notes this in \"The Dinosaur Heresies\" and explains that, “a name like ‘\"Tyrannosaurus rex\"’ is just irresistible to the tongue.\" Notes Citations Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (\"rex\" meaning \"king\" in Latin), often called T. rex", "title": "Tyrannosaurus" }, { "docid": "19866478", "text": "100. The song was featured on their 1979 album, \"Disco Nights\". The single ranked #99 on the \"Billboard\" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979. Warren G sampled GQ's version on the song \"Relax Ya Mind\" from his 1997 album, \"Take a Look Over Your Shoulder\". I Do Love You (Billy Stewart song) \"I Do Love You\" is a song written and performed by Billy Stewart. It reached #6 on the U.S. R&B chart and #26 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1965. The song was featured on his 1965 album, \"I Do Love You\". The song was arranged by Phil", "title": "I Do Love You (Billy Stewart song)" }, { "docid": "20829617", "text": "in Canada when he realised that he wanted to pursue music professionally. After the release of an EP release via producer Yoshiyuki Isao's record label, major recording companies entered into talks with TEE. He was signed to Universal Sigma and began working on his debut album \"Kido I Raku\". After the release of his first single in July, they pushed ahead with the next release \"Baby I Love You\". The song was written in Japanese by TEE, Hiro and Ryosuke Imai. It was produced by Akira. The album which features the song, \"Kido I Raku\" was released in Japan on", "title": "Baby I Love You (TEE song)" }, { "docid": "14856974", "text": "You Know That I Love You (Donell Jones song) \"You Know That I Love You\" is a song by American recording artist Donell Jones, released on April 9, 2002 as the first single from the album, \"Life Goes On\" (2002). Jazz saxophonist Kim Waters covers \"You Know That I Love You\" on his 2002 album titled \"Someone to Love You\", and Kim Waters' cover was picked by several Urban AC stations and some stations such as KJLH in Los Angeles played the Donell Jones version with the jazz mixed in late 2002, which started playing the original R&B version on", "title": "You Know That I Love You (Donell Jones song)" }, { "docid": "15897916", "text": "song became a top 40 single in both Iceland and Belgium. It also charted in France at number 56, and in Switzerland at 52. Why I Love You (Jay-Z and Kanye West song) \"Why I Love You\" is a song by American hip hop artists Kanye West and Jay-Z, from their first collaborative album \"Watch the Throne\" (2011). The song features pop musician Mr Hudson who is signed to West's GOOD Music label. \"Why I Love You\" heavily samples French house duo Cassius' 2010 single \"I <3 U So\", which itself is based upon a sample from the original 1971", "title": "Why I Love You (Jay-Z and Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "13759375", "text": "you.\" The song's chorus is also repeated throughout the song: Upon its release and many years afterward, \"What Am I Gonna Do About You\" gained positive reviews. Although William Ruhlmann of \"Allmusic\" found the song not to have the characteristics of her previous releases, he received the song well. Ruhlmann found it to be nearly similar to that of her number one single, \"Whoever's in New England,\" stating, \"the title song had something of the feel of \"Whoever's in New England\" in its portrayal of a woman trying to recover from a painfully ended love affair.\" \"What Am I Gonna", "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You (song)" }, { "docid": "9306892", "text": "I Hate You Then I Love You \"I Hate You Then I Love You\" is a song sung as a duet between Celine Dion and Luciano Pavarotti. It was first released as a track on Celine Dion's 1997 album \"Let's Talk About Love\". It was later released in Italy as a promotional single on 7 September 1998. \"I Hate You Then I Love You\" (slightly modified \"Never, Never, Never\" by Shirley Bassey) is an adaptation of the Italian song \"Grande grande grande\" sung by Mina. Dion and Pavarotti performed this song live during the Pavarotti & Friends for the Children", "title": "I Hate You Then I Love You" }, { "docid": "20829619", "text": "October 2010. TEE performed the song live at Tsutaya O-East. This version was included as a bonus track on his \"Love's Beginning\" EP. \"Baby I Love You\" was later included on TEE's 2011 mini album of the same name. A duet version titled \"Baby I Love You (Love with Che'Nelle)\" was recorded and featured on both TEE and Che'Nelle's albums. In addition an official video was released to promote the song. On 26 November 2011, the singers duet version peaked on the Japan Hot 100, rising to number twelve. To promote the song TEE and Che'Nelle performed the song for", "title": "Baby I Love You (TEE song)" }, { "docid": "9943655", "text": "the Moon\", as well as Waters' solo album \"Radio K.A.O.S.\". The song's music video features images from the film as well as recording sessions with Waters, Shore, producer James Guthrie and actress . Hello (I Love You) \"Hello (I Love You)\" is a song performed by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. The song was created as a collaborative effort with Howard Shore for the 2007 film \"The Last Mimzy\". As Waters stated, \"I think together we've come up with a song that captures the themes of the movie – the clash between humanity's best and worst instincts, and how", "title": "Hello (I Love You)" }, { "docid": "6505164", "text": "I Still Love You (Bee Gees song) \"I Still Love You\" is a song by the Bee Gees primarily written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. It was released as a double A side of \"Living Eyes\" and on the album \"Living Eyes\". Produced by the Gibb brothers with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. The song included in the compilations, \"Bee Gees\" (1999) \"Bee Gees Mix\" and \"Love Hits\" (1987). \"I Still Love You\" is a song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in 1981. Robin Gibb sings lead on this track, he also sings harmony with his brothers", "title": "I Still Love You (Bee Gees song)" }, { "docid": "19866477", "text": "I Do Love You (Billy Stewart song) \"I Do Love You\" is a song written and performed by Billy Stewart. It reached #6 on the U.S. R&B chart and #26 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1965. The song was featured on his 1965 album, \"I Do Love You\". The song was arranged by Phil Wright. Stewart re-released the song as a single in 1969 which reached #94 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. GQ released a version of the song as a single in July 1979 which reached #5 on the U.S. R&B chart and #20 on the \"Billboard\" Hot", "title": "I Do Love You (Billy Stewart song)" }, { "docid": "20829614", "text": "Baby I Love You (TEE song) \"Baby I Love You\" or \"Baby I Love U\" (ベイビー・アイラブユー) is a song by Japanese singer TEE. It was released via Universal Sigma on 27 October 2010 and is included on TEE's debut album \"Kido I Raku\". The song was written by TEE, Hiro and Ryosuke Imai and was produced by Akira. Australian artist Che'Nelle translated and rewrote the song in English for inclusion on her third studio album \"Luv Songs\". EMI Music Japan released the song on 22 June 2011, as the third single taken from her album. Released by TEE, \"Baby I", "title": "Baby I Love You (TEE song)" }, { "docid": "10957480", "text": "Begins and Ends with You\" were also recorded by Kenny Rogers and released on his hit Daytime Friends album, also released in 1977. I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You I Love What Love Is Doin' to Me is the name of a 1977 country music studio album by Lynn Anderson. The album featured three single releases for Anderson, the first being the title track which peaked at #22 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. \"He Ain't You\" reached No. 19 and the last single, \"We Got Love\" was a #26 entry in early 1978. The album peaked", "title": "I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You" }, { "docid": "12383628", "text": "a half of his working so very hard on the road, we were barely making ends meet, but Jim wouldn't talk about it. He hated questions as much as he hated confrontation, especially about money. He stormed out of our bedroom and went down to the kitchen table to brood. The next morning he woke me gently by singing his new song. 'Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong. So I'll have to say \"I love you\" in a song.' 7\" Single (ABC-11424) I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song \"I'll", "title": "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" }, { "docid": "6572008", "text": "any of the 'bling, bling, hit me on my two-way' style of the new R&B. It has elements of the old and the new.\" \"Like I Love You\" was the first song they recorded together and the first song Timberlake recorded for \"Justified\". The song was written by Timberlake, Hugo and Williams, while the production was done by the latter two. The song features a rap verse by hip hop duo Clipse. \"Like I Love You\" was recorded at Master Sound Recording Studios and Windmark Recording both located in Virginia Beach with Andrew Coleman serving as a recording engineer. Serban", "title": "Like I Love You" }, { "docid": "12930540", "text": "version as the lead single from her third studio album, \"Ladies and Gentlemen\" (1977). The song peaked at number 6 on the Kent Music Report, becoming Hines' third top 10 single in Australia. What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line) \"What I Did for Love\" is a song from the musical \"A Chorus Line\" (music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban). It was quickly recognized for its show-business potential outside Broadway and was picked up by popular singers to include in their performances in their club and television appearances. Both female and male singers have made it an", "title": "What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line)" }, { "docid": "13271102", "text": "That's When I Love You \"That's When I Love You\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Phil Vassar. It was released in October 2001 as the fifth and final single from his debut album Phil Vassar. It peaked at number 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Vassar co-wrote this song along with his former wife Julie Wood. They both also wrote one of his other singles \"The Woman in My Life\", which was a top 20 hit in 2006. The song features a backing vocal", "title": "That's When I Love You" }, { "docid": "12201087", "text": "features a cameo appearance by Rufus Wainwright dressed up as Elvis Presley. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at #107. The song \"Turning the Gun on Myself\" contains a slowed down gunshot adding a percussion-effect along with the drums on the track. - \"Hidden Track:\" \"The Price of Love\" (The Everly Brothers) with Ed Harcourt iTunes Bonus Track: \"Long Life\" A Piece of What You Need A Piece of What You Need is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson. The album contains all new Teddy originals and was produced by Marius De Vries, whom Teddy met while", "title": "A Piece of What You Need" }, { "docid": "17225655", "text": "as \"a lyrically simplistic, overemoted ballad\". The music video was featured in an episode of \"Beavis and Butt-head\", where the duo make fun of Ice and pan the video. I Love You (Vanilla Ice song) \"I Love You\" is a hip hop song written by American rapper Vanilla Ice. Released as a single, it peaked at number 52 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1990. It was also a hit in the UK (45), Germany (65), and New Zealand, where it peaked at number 30. A departure from his usual style, \"I Love You\" is a ballad, and was released", "title": "I Love You (Vanilla Ice song)" }, { "docid": "10144481", "text": "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons \"(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons\" is a popular song written by Ivory \"Deek\" Watson, founding member of the Ink Spots, and William \"Pat\" Best, founding member of the Four Tunes. The credits and Leeds Publishing Company list Watson as a co-writer. Best later said that Watson had nothing to do with the creation of the song, but Watson maintained in his late 1960s autobiography that he and Best wrote the song together, lyrics and music respectively. Best was a member of Watson's group, the Brown Dots. The song was published in 1945 and", "title": "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" }, { "docid": "10860257", "text": "one of the most complete \"Tyrannosaurus rex\" skeletons ever found (56.6% complete) From 2003–2005, Thomas was excavated by NHMLA paleontologists in southeastern Montana. At 17 years old, 34 feet long and nearly 7,000 pounds, it is estimated to be a 70% complete specimen. Thomas is mounted in a \"growth series\" with the youngest known \"Tyrannosaurus rex\" fossil, a two-year old, long specimen, and a 13-year old, long juvenile specimen. This fossil is one one of the geologically youngest \"T. rex\" specimens known, discovered very near the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. In 2013, a team of paleontologists from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden,", "title": "Specimens of Tyrannosaurus" }, { "docid": "15028664", "text": "I Love You, Goodbye (song) \"I Love You, Goodbye\" is a song by Canadian singer Céline Dion from her 1992 self-titled English album. The song was written by prolific American songwriter Diane Warren. It was released as a promo single in the Philippines in 1992 with \"I Feel Too Much\" as a b-side taken from Unison album. The song became popular in different countries. In 1998, the song was featured in the Philippine drama \"Halik Sa Apoy\" on GMA Network. \"Entertainment Weekly\" editor Arion Berger called this song \"pleasantly innocuous\". The song is about a woman who wishes to keep", "title": "I Love You, Goodbye (song)" }, { "docid": "15028669", "text": "original demo of the song sung by Susie Benson. I Love You, Goodbye (song) \"I Love You, Goodbye\" is a song by Canadian singer Céline Dion from her 1992 self-titled English album. The song was written by prolific American songwriter Diane Warren. It was released as a promo single in the Philippines in 1992 with \"I Feel Too Much\" as a b-side taken from Unison album. The song became popular in different countries. In 1998, the song was featured in the Philippine drama \"Halik Sa Apoy\" on GMA Network. \"Entertainment Weekly\" editor Arion Berger called this song \"pleasantly innocuous\". The", "title": "I Love You, Goodbye (song)" }, { "docid": "4430142", "text": "featured Babyface on background vocals, and reached number sixty-seven on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, her first charted single in the US in six years. The 1998 version also charted on the AC chart at No. 18 and in Country Music Sales at No. 16. I Honestly Love You \"I Honestly Love You\" (first released in Australia as \"I Love You, I Honestly Love You\", per its chorus) was a worldwide pop hit single for Olivia Newton-John in 1974. The song was Newton-John's first number-one single in the United States and Canada. Released on the \"Long Live Love\" album in the", "title": "I Honestly Love You" }, { "docid": "12383624", "text": "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song \"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song\" is the title of a posthumously-released single by the American singer-songwriter Jim Croce. The song was written by Croce and was originally released on his album \"I Got a Name\". It entered the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart at position #73 in March 1974. It peaked at #9 in April 1974, becoming his fifth Top 10 hit. In addition, the song went to #1 on the \"Billboard\" adult contemporary chart and reached #68 on the \"Billboard\" country music chart, Croce's only", "title": "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" }, { "docid": "20972687", "text": "I Love You (EXID song) \"I Love You\" (알러뷰) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group EXID. It was released as a single on November 21, 2018, by Banana Culture and distributed by Sony Music. A music video for the song was also released on November 21. This marks the return of member Solji after a hiatus from the group due to health issues. The song was released as a digital single on November 21, 2018, through several music portals, including MelOn and iTunes. A CD single was released a day later in South Korea. The song is", "title": "I Love You (EXID song)" }, { "docid": "11203756", "text": "the Adult Contemporary chart. The song was later released on McBride's 2001 \"Greatest Hits\" compilation album. The song's music video shows McBride singing in a dress at a wedding hall, with video screens of the \"Runaway Bride\" film in the background. It was directed by Gerry Wenner. I Love You (Martina McBride song) \"I Love You\" is a song written by Keith Follesé, Adrienne Follesé and Tammy Hyler, and recorded by American country singer Martina McBride. It was released in July 1999 as the first single from her album \"Emotion\". McBride originally recorded \"I Love You\" for the 1999 film's", "title": "I Love You (Martina McBride song)" }, { "docid": "16116199", "text": "in 2008. Two songs from those sessions, \"Moving Targets\" and \"Eyes Like Pearls\", were included on \"What Were You Hoping For?\". After setting up his own label in 2009, Hunt began a new process for \"What Were You Hoping For?\", writing and recording songs for 10 months. In an interview for the \"Chicago Tribune\", he said of his expectations for the album's recording: \"I really wasn't sure what it would wind up being sonically. I love Bach cello suites, I love punk music, I love old blues, negro spiritual quartets, Muddy Waters' 'You Need Love.' There is a simplicity but", "title": "What Were You Hoping For?" } ]

[ "The E-Street Band", "Aaron Thomas Moeller", "E-Street Band", "E Street Band", "The E Street Band" ]

[ { "docid": "1498968", "text": "and in 2014 for the High Hopes Tour. Tours with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Lofgren continues to record and to tour as a solo act, with Patti Scialfa, with Neil Young, and as a two-time member of Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band. Many of the people he worked with on those tours appeared on his 1991 album, \"Silver Lining\". During the 2000s he got his own \"Nils Lofgren Day\" in Montgomery County, Maryland (August 25). In 2006 Lofgren released \"Sacred Weapon\", featuring guest appearances by David Crosby, Graham Nash, Willie Nelson and Martin Sexton. In 2006 he recorded", "title": "Nils Lofgren" }, { "docid": "9072769", "text": "at Miller Park Stadium in West New York, NJ. The field is inside a city block surrounded mostly by homes. Intercut with these were scenes of Springsteen and the E Street Band lip-synching the song in a bar. The bar performance scenes were filmed at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. Although he had left the band more than two years earlier, Steven Van Zandt was invited back to perform in this video, but the two new members of the band, Nils Lofgren and Patti Scialfa, who had not been on the record at all, were also featured. Springsteen's then-wife Julianne Phillips", "title": "Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "docid": "1498966", "text": "(Lofgren listed as lead guitarist) and \"Long Hard Look\" released in 1989 (Nils listed as one of the guitarists). In 1987 he contributed the TV Show theme arrangement for Hunter. In 1993 he contributed to \"The Simpsons\", with two Christmas jingles with Bart. In 1995 he appeared on a PBS tribute to the Beatles along with Dr. John. From 1991 to 1995 he was the CableAce Awards musical director and composer. In 1984, he joined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as the replacement for Steven Van Zandt on guitar and vocals, in time for Springsteen's massive Born in", "title": "Nils Lofgren" }, { "docid": "2837686", "text": "Patti Scialfa Vivienne Patricia Scialfa ( ;; born July 29, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Scialfa has been a member of the E Street Band since 1984 and has been married to Bruce Springsteen since 1991. In 2014, Scialfa was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band. Scialfa grew up in the Jersey Shore community of Deal, New Jersey. She was the middle child of Joseph Scialfa and Patricia (née Morris) Scialfa. Her father was of Sicilian ancestry and her mother is from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She also", "title": "Patti Scialfa" }, { "docid": "10792314", "text": "Radio Nowhere \"Radio Nowhere\" is the first single released from Bruce Springsteen's 2007 studio album \"Magic\". It was awarded Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song at the Grammy Awards of 2008. The song is an up-tempo, electric guitar-driven, modern rocker that features the work of E Street Band members Max Weinberg on drums, Garry Tallent on bass guitar, Clarence Clemons on saxophone, Steven Van Zandt, Clemons and Patti Scialfa on background vocals, and Nils Lofgren on a guitar part underneath Clemons's sax solo. Springsteen's 1990s twang reasserts itself in the first verses of the down-mixed vocal line.", "title": "Radio Nowhere" }, { "docid": "8171636", "text": "in June with 10 consecutive dates in New York City's Madison Square Garden, ending on July 1, 2000. In all, the tour played 133 shows in 62 cities over a span of 15 months. Postponed concerts: The E Street Band's sound changed with this tour. Originally different because of its inclusion of two keyboard instruments and a saxophone, it was now more guitar-oriented, as different-era second guitarists Steven Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren were both included in the line-up, and as wife Patti Scialfa's greater up-front visibility added a fourth guitar. The ability of the sound system to keep the", "title": "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour" }, { "docid": "12281924", "text": "album, \"Tunnel of Love\" was recorded in Springsteen's home studio, called Thrill Hill East, between January and May 1987 with several members of the E Street Band. On this song, Springsteen played several instruments and is backed by Roy Bittan on synthesizers, Nils Lofgren on lead guitar and Max Weinberg on drums. Springsteen's future wife, Patti Scialfa provided backing vocals. Effects on the song include the sounds of a family riding a roller coaster in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. The song uses a fairground funhouse ride as a metaphor for marriage. The relationship described in the song has three principals", "title": "Tunnel of Love (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "docid": "16229481", "text": "Hope and Dreams\", and backing saxophone rhythms on the title track. While the tour in support of the album featured the full current E Street Band lineup, the only E Street Band members to appear on the album are Clemons, Steven Van Zandt, Max Weinberg, and Patti Scialfa; adjunct members Charlie Giordano and Soozie Tyrell are also heavily featured. The album features members of the Sessions Band, including the horn section, and special guest appearances by Tom Morello and Matt Chamberlain. The \"Hollywood Reporter\" called the album Springsteen at his \"angriest yet\", and some of the tracks address topics such", "title": "Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen album)" }, { "docid": "1850693", "text": "Van Zandt also co-wrote six songs for the album with Monroe and Jude Wilder. In 1995, Van Zandt aided Meat Loaf with the song \"Amnesty Is Granted\" off of his \"Welcome to the Neighborhood\" album. In 2004, he contributed the song \"Baby Please Don't Go\" to Nancy Sinatra's self-titled album. During the summer of 1981, EMI-America approached Van Zandt with a record deal due to his success with the E Street Band, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, and Gary U.S. Bonds. He began fronting an on-and-off group known as Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, while Springsteen was", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "1498967", "text": "the U.S.A. Tour. Following the tour he appeared on \"Late Night with David Letterman\", to promote his 1985 solo release \"Flip\". The E Street Band toured again with Springsteen in 1988 on the Tunnel of Love Express and Human Rights Now!. In 1989 Springsteen broke up the E Street Band, but Lofgren and Van Zandt rejoined when Springsteen revived the band in 1999 for their Reunion Tour, followed by \"The Rising\" and another massive tour in 2002 and 2003, then again for the \"Magic\" album and world tour of 2007/2008, and most recently in 2012–2013 for the Wrecking Ball Tour", "title": "Nils Lofgren" }, { "docid": "1850723", "text": "NYPD officers with children that have special needs. Steven Van Zandt Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician and actor, who frequently goes by the stage names Little Steven or Miami Steve. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He is also known for his roles on television dramas such as Silvio Dante on \"The Sopranos\" (1999–2007) and Frank Tagliano / Giovanni \"Johnny\" Henriksen on \"Lilyhammer\" (2012–2014). Van Zandt also has had his own solo band called Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, active on", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "1850679", "text": "Steven Van Zandt Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician and actor, who frequently goes by the stage names Little Steven or Miami Steve. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He is also known for his roles on television dramas such as Silvio Dante on \"The Sopranos\" (1999–2007) and Frank Tagliano / Giovanni \"Johnny\" Henriksen on \"Lilyhammer\" (2012–2014). Van Zandt also has had his own solo band called Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, active on and off since the 1980s. In 2014, Van", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "2837694", "text": "their Los Angeles home in a ceremony attended by family and close friends. Their second child, Jessica Rae Springsteen, was born on December 30, 1991; and a third child, Samuel Ryan Springsteen, was born on January 5, 1994. The family returned to New Jersey in the early 1990s and now lives in Colts Neck, New Jersey. They also own homes in Rumson, New Jersey, Wellington, Florida, near West Palm Beach, and Los Angeles. Patti Scialfa Vivienne Patricia Scialfa ( ;; born July 29, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Scialfa has been a member of the E Street Band", "title": "Patti Scialfa" }, { "docid": "1850687", "text": "videos, including the one for \"Glory Days\". Later in life, Van Zandt returned to the E Street Band when it was reformed (briefly in 1995, and on an ongoing basis since 1999) and remains with it. By now, his guitar playing had mostly been reduced to a background rhythm role, due to Nils Lofgren's position in the band and his capability as a lead guitarist. In addition, Springsteen had begun taking many more of guitar solos as his music became more guitar-centered. Van Zandt said on the \"Howard Stern Show\" that he is okay with being second in command, especially", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "8171654", "text": "2017. Weinberg had to take several leaves of absence from his bandleading role on \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\", and the long break between the second and third legs was partly to accommodate him. Van Zandt had to juggle his shooting schedule for his role on \"The Sopranos\" around the tour's dates; consequently, his character Silvio Dante's involvement in the series' second season was more limited than it would be other seasons. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour was a lengthy, top-grossing concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen", "title": "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour" }, { "docid": "1850686", "text": "In those early years, Van Zandt supplied a great deal of the lead guitar work for the band in concert, as can be seen on the 1975 concert DVD within \"Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition\" (later released as the CD \"Hammersmith Odeon London '75\"). In 1984, Van Zandt left the E Street Band. He originally joined to see Bruce Springsteen rise in success, and once the band rose to that success he left. Despite leaving the band, he appeared as a special guest at certain concerts on the Born in the U.S.A. Tour and appeared in a couple of", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "1850680", "text": "Zandt was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band. Steven Van Zandt was born on November 22, 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born as Steven Lento and is of Southern Italian descent (his grandfather was from Calabria and his grandmother's parents were Neapolitans). He lived at 16 Edgecliff Road in Watertown, Massachusetts. His mother, Mary Lento, remarried in 1957 and he took the last name of his stepfather, William Brewster Van Zandt. The family moved from Massachusetts to Middletown Township, New Jersey, when he was seven. Van Zandt found", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "2837690", "text": "She worked with Keith Richards on his first solo album \"Talk is Cheap\". Steve Jordan, who co-produced the Richards record, was a friend of Scialfa's from her Greenwich Village days. Scialfa maintains her music industry friendships over many years. Her friendship with Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell pre-date their mutual work as background vocalists and musicians on the Buster Poindexter 'aka' David Johansen album (featuring a Soca song by Arrow, \"Hot Hot Hot\") in 1987; Lowell and Tyrell have since worked on various Springsteen-Scialfa recording projects and Tyrell, violinist, has recorded and toured with Springsteen and the E Street Band.", "title": "Patti Scialfa" }, { "docid": "17759320", "text": "High Hopes Tour The High Hopes Tour was a concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with special guest Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. The tour was seen as a continuation of his previous tour and was in support of eighteenth studio album, \"High Hopes\", which was released in January 2014. Guitarist Steven Van Zandt was forced to miss almost the entire North American leg due to the filming of his television series, \"Lilyhammer\" while Patti Scialfa appeared on a few North American dates. 182 songs were performed on the \"High Hopes Tour\" and Springsteen", "title": "High Hopes Tour" }, { "docid": "1498959", "text": "Nils Lofgren Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a member of Crazy Horse (1970–1971; 1973; 2018–present), and founder/frontman of the band Grin. Lofgren was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band in 2014. Lofgren was born in Chicago in 1951 to an Italian mother and a Swedish father. When he was a young child, the family moved to", "title": "Nils Lofgren" }, { "docid": "1498971", "text": "with Neil Young. Lofgren primarily uses a variety of Fender guitars and amplifiers. During performances of the song \"The River\" on The E Street Band's Working on a Dream Tour, Nils would use a custom Fender Stratocaster double-neck guitar, with one 12-string neck, and one standard six. The 12 string was tuned B-G-Bb-F-D-Eb, and the six string A-G#-Bb-Bb-Bb-F#. Nils Lofgren Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a member", "title": "Nils Lofgren" }, { "docid": "16245368", "text": "and went under that album's name. In an attempt to fill the void left by Clemons, Springsteen added a full horn section, which included Jake Clemons, Clarence's nephew. Three background singers and a percussionist were also added, giving the E Street Band its largest lineup ever at seventeen members. As with previous tours, Springsteen's wife and band member, Patti Scialfa, did not appear at all the shows due to family commitments. Guitarist Steven Van Zandt was also unable to perform on the band's Australian leg due to the filming of his television show, \"Lilyhammer\". Van Zandt was replaced by Tom", "title": "Wrecking Ball World Tour" }, { "docid": "10792323", "text": "photograph of Springsteen being torn. Of the E Streeters, Scialfa, Van Zandt, Weinberg, and Lofgren get the most face time in the video; quasi-member Soozie Tyrell is absent altogether. \"Radio Nowhere\" was the set opener for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2007–2008 Magic Tour during the first leg. It subsequently shifted to being the second song played, with various other choices ahead of it, but overall it was performed in every show of that tour but one. When the 2009 Springsteen and band Working on a Dream Tour commenced, \"Radio Nowhere\" became the only \"Magic\" song to make", "title": "Radio Nowhere" }, { "docid": "708664", "text": "was announced in June 2017 and in addition to his music, includes Springsteen reading excerpts from his 2016 autobiography \"Born to Run\" and performing other spoken reminiscences written for the show. Originally scheduled to run from October 12 through November 26, the show was extended three times, the last performance now scheduled for December 15, 2018. With rumors swirling that Springsteen's solo shows on Broadway could continue well past their current June 2018 end date, on January 18, 2018, Nils Lofgren was asked on Twitter if the E Street Band will ever tour with Bruce again. Lofgren responded saying \"I", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "1850685", "text": "Asbury Jukes and touring with the E Street Band. He confirmed in an interview on \"The Howard Stern Show\" that he arranged the horns on \"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out\" in 1975 when Springsteen was at a loss, earning him a spot in the E Street Band shortly thereafter. In the \"Wings For Wheels\" documentary, Springsteen revealed that Van Zandt was partially responsible for the signature guitar line in \"Born to Run\"; \"Arguably Steve's greatest contribution to my music.\" Ultimately, Van Zandt officially joined the E Street Band on July 20, 1975 during the first show of the Born to Run Tour.", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "17759324", "text": "Fort Lee lane closure scandal. Fallon said he warned Christie about the skit prior to doing it because he knew it could possibly sting a bit. The E Street Band (with Patti Scialfa and minus Van Zandt, who was again filming \"Lilyhammer\"), along with Tom Morello, joined Springsteen throughout the show for performances of three songs from the new album. Fallon also interviewed Springsteen. Rehearsals for the tour began in the U.S. around January 21, 2014, again without Van Zandt, who joined the band in Cape Town for final rehearsals prior to the tour's opening night. Patti Scialfa, who appeared", "title": "High Hopes Tour" }, { "docid": "708673", "text": "regularly perform. On that particular evening she was performing alongside one of Springsteen's pals, Bobby Bandiera, with whom she had written \"At Least We Got Shoes\" for \"Southside Johnny\". Springsteen liked her voice and after the performance, introduced himself to her. Soon after that, they started spending time together and became friends. Early in 1984, Springsteen asked Scialfa to join the E Street Band for the upcoming Born in the U.S.A. Tour. According to the book \"Bruce Springsteen on Tour 1969–2005\" by Dave Marsh, it looked like Springsteen and Scialfa were on the brink of becoming a couple through the", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "708620", "text": "its heartfelt exhortations to \"Rise up!\" The song became associated with post-9/11 New York, and he chose it to close \"The Rising\" album and as an encore on the subsequent tour. At the Grammy Awards of 2003, Springsteen performed The Clash's \"London Calling\" along with Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, and E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt and No Doubt's bassist, Tony Kanal, in tribute to Joe Strummer; Springsteen and the Clash had once been considered multiple-album-dueling rivals at the time of the double \"The River\" and the triple \"Sandinista!\". In 2004, Springsteen and the E Street Band participated in", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "17759331", "text": "nights to it. Jake Clemons was not present at the Sydney show due to the death of his father, Clarence's brother Bill, earlier in the week. Springsteen and the E Street Band, who would be minus Steven Van Zandt for most of the leg and were re-joined by Patti Scialfa, returned to North America for the first time since December 2012 by kicking off the leg in Dallas, Texas. The show was part of the March Madness Music festival and was free and open the public, a first in over 40 years for Springsteen. Like with the previous legs, Springsteen", "title": "High Hopes Tour" }, { "docid": "14880216", "text": "released for the 30th anniversary in 2008. \"The Promise\" debuted at #16 on the \"Billboard\" 200, while the box set, \"The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story\", debuted at #27. The album features one of the last appearances of Clarence Clemons before his death in June 2011. Clemons is featured on the song \"Save My Love\", which was the only song on the album completely re-recorded by Springsteen and the E Street Band for the project. On November 16, 2010, Springsteen performed \"Because the Night\" and \"Save My Love\" with Steven Van Zandt, Roy Bittan and the", "title": "The Promise (Bruce Springsteen album)" }, { "docid": "1850689", "text": "the live versions of \"Rosalita\". He often trades vocals with Springsteen in live versions of \"Prove It All Night\". He features prominently in the video for \"Glory Days\", sharing the spotlight with Springsteen during the choruses, while swapping lines with him during the (non)fade, and in live versions he does the same. During the E Street Band's performance at the Super Bowl in 2009, Van Zandt was the most prominently featured member of the band, playing a guitar solo on the final number of the set, \"Glory Days,\" as well as sharing lead vocals and exchanging humorous banter with Springsteen.", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "18813148", "text": "Zandt had left the band) and Patti Scialfa on vocals and percussion. All songs by Bruce Springsteen, except as noted. Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 is a live album by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, released in May 2015 and was the fifth official release through the Bruce Springsteen Archives. The show was originally recorded live at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 5, 1984. The concert is available on CD and digital download at http://live.brucespringsteen.net. The first complete recording officially released from Bruce Springsteen’s historic", "title": "Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984" }, { "docid": "708588", "text": "toward the album's release. The album took more than 14 months to record, with six months spent on the song \"Born to Run\". During this time, Springsteen battled with anger and frustration over the album, saying he heard \"sounds in [his] head\" that he could not explain to the others in the studio. It was during these recording sessions that \"Miami\" Steve Van Zandt would stumble into the studio just in time to help Springsteen organize the horn section on \"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out\". Van Zandt, who would eventually join the E Street Band, had been a longtime friend of Springsteen,", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "1850696", "text": "1984, shortly before the release of \"Born in the U.S.A.\" and \"Voice of America\", Van Zandt left the E Street Band, but rejoined in 1999. Continuing his involvement in issues of the day, in 1985 he created the music-industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid as an action against the Sun City resort in South Africa. Forty-nine recording artists, including Springsteen, U2, Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend, Joey Ramone, Tom Petty, Afrika Bambaataa and Run DMC, collaborated on a song called \"Sun City\" in which they pledged to never perform at the resort. The song was modestly successful, and played a", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "1850718", "text": "the video game \"Rock Band\"; he is in charge of selecting new music for the game. After leaving the E Street Band in 1984, Van Zandt used his celebrity as a musician to fight issues surrounding apartheid in South Africa by creating a group called the Artists United Against Apartheid. This activist group was created in 1985 by Van Zandt and record producer Arthur Baker. Van Zandt and Baker assembled over 54 different artists to record an album entitled \"Sun City\" in order to raise awareness about the apartheid policy in South Africa. The title referred to a resort in", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "18813147", "text": "Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 is a live album by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, released in May 2015 and was the fifth official release through the Bruce Springsteen Archives. The show was originally recorded live at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 5, 1984. The concert is available on CD and digital download at http://live.brucespringsteen.net. The first complete recording officially released from Bruce Springsteen’s historic Born in the USA Tour. This was the E Street Band’s first tour with Nils Lofgren on guitar (Steven Van", "title": "Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984" }, { "docid": "7373976", "text": "Hearts of Stone (album) Hearts of Stone is the third album by New Jersey rock band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, released in 1978. The album was written and recorded in collaboration with E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, as well as Bruce Springsteen. \"Hearts of Stone\" has been called \"the best album Bruce Springsteen never recorded\", which is not quite accurate. Springsteen did pen the title track and the radio-friendly \"Talk To Me\", and is credited along with Southside Johnny Lyon and Steve Van Zandt on \"Trapped Again\", but Van Zandt takes solo credit for the remaining", "title": "Hearts of Stone (album)" }, { "docid": "7222810", "text": "Kavanagh, a future Juke. Kavanagh grew up in Middletown, New Jersey and was a childhood friend of Van Zandt. They had also played together in a band called The Shadows. From July 1971, Van Zandt, Lopez, Tallent, and Sancious also began backing Springsteen as The Bruce Springsteen Band and they would eventually evolve into The E Street Band. Southside would also occasionally play with this band. 1972 would prove to be another active year for Van Zandt and Southside. As well as playing with The Sundance Blues Band, backing Springsteen, and performing as a duo, Southside Johnny & The Kid,", "title": "Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes" }, { "docid": "6036519", "text": "dates. On December 17, 2013, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that the E Street Band would be inducted in 2014 under The Award for Musical Excellence induction category. The band was inducted by Springsteen on April 10, 2014. Bittan, Clemons, Federici, Lofgren, Lopez, Scialfa, Sancious, Tallent, Weinberg, and Van Zandt were all inducted and each given time to speak, with the family/widows of Federici and Clemons representing their husbands. Following the induction, Springsteen and the E Street Band – with Lopez, Sancious and The E Street Horns – performed \"The E Street Shuffle\", \"The River\" and \"Kitty's", "title": "E Street Band" }, { "docid": "7348715", "text": "Soozie Tyrell, the violinist in the E Street Band, Springsteen hooked up with a group of lesser-known musicians from New Jersey and New York City, and they recorded in an informal, large band setting in Springsteen's Colts Neck, New Jersey farm. In addition to Tyrell, previous Springsteen associates The Miami Horns as well as wife Patti Scialfa augmented the proceedings. This group would become The Sessions Band. The subsequent Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour expanded on the album's musical approach. The album, like its predecessor \"Devils and Dust\", has been released on DualDisc, in a CD/DVD double", "title": "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" }, { "docid": "14475602", "text": "On the Line (Gary U.S. Bonds album) On the Line is an album released by Gary U.S. Bonds in 1982, the second of two on which he collaborated with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, the first being \"Dedication\", released the previous year, 1981. The musicians accompanying Bonds on the album include many members of the E Street Band. The album includes seven songs written by Springsteen, one written by Steven Van Zandt, and two written by Bonds himself (\"Turn the Music Down\", \"Bring Her Back\"), and features a duet with Steven Van Zandt on the track \"Angelyne\". The", "title": "On the Line (Gary U.S. Bonds album)" }, { "docid": "1850688", "text": "since he has been in charge before with his solo music and his role in \"Lilyhammer\". Notwithstanding this, among E Street Band members he often had the second-most amount of \"face time\" in concert after Clarence Clemons, frequently mugging and posing for the audience and sometimes delivering his unpolished, nasal backing vocals while sharing a microphone with Springsteen. His playing or singing is most prominently featured on the songs \"Glory Days\", \"Two Hearts\", \"Long Walk Home\" (which featured a Van Zandt outro vocal solo during live performances) \"Land of Hope and Dreams\", \"Badlands\", \"Ramrod\", and \"Murder Incorporated\", among others like", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "1850703", "text": "not leaving the E Street Band and that he is only touring because the band is not. Van Zandt is currently in the process of remastering and reissuing his albums for a 2017 release, including the unreleased Lost Boys album. Additionally, Van Zandt has stated that he is planning on releasing a new cover album, including a cover of Etta James' \"The Blues Is My Business\", as well as new recordings of songs Van Zandt wrote for others, including Southside Johnny, that he describes as \"me covering me.\" The album is going to be a soul record, composed of a", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "8171631", "text": "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour was a lengthy, top-grossing concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that took place over 1999 and 2000. The tour was the first set of regular concerts given by Springsteen and the E Street Band in eleven years, since the 1988 Tunnel of Love Express and Human Rights Now! Tours, and followed two lengthy tours by Springsteen without the Band in the intervening years. The tour was not intended to promote any Springsteen records; the release of the", "title": "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour" } ]

[ { "docid": "12048114", "text": "U.S.A. Tour, the vocal weaving was occupied by Patti Scialfa and Nils Lofgren with Roy Bittan no longer singing. By the Reunion Tour, the vocal weaving was split between Springsteen, Van Zandt, Scialfa, Lofgren, and Clarence Clemons. Springsteen also has the audience join in. CBS soap opera Guiding Light had one of its character Brandon/Lujack Luvonaczek Spaulding played by actor Vincent Michael Irizarry cover the song with a video in which it aired on its serial in the spring of 1985 as part of a storyline. Out in the Street \"Out in the Street\" is a song written and performed", "title": "Out in the Street" }, { "docid": "6036491", "text": "Zandt (guitar, vocals), who had long been associated with Springsteen and had played in previous bands with him, officially joined the band in July 1975. This lineup remained stable until the early 1980s when Van Zandt left to pursue his own career, a move that was announced in 1984. He would later rejoin the band in 1995. In June 1984, Nils Lofgren (guitar, vocals) was added to replace Van Zandt; Springsteen's future wife Patti Scialfa (vocals, later guitar) was also added to the lineup. By 2002, the band also included Soozie Tyrell (violin, vocals). Tyrell had earlier worked with Scialfa", "title": "E Street Band" }, { "docid": "8171643", "text": "slowly played vow of togetherness: Springsteen, Van Zandt, Lofgren, Scialfa, and Clemons would each take turns singing a verse, promising to wait for each other. Last came \"Land of Hope and Dreams\", the one newly written song to be featured on most of the tour. Musically based in part around The Impressions' \"People Get Ready\" but set to a loud guitar churn with a sometimes-heard mandolin riff from Van Zandt, 'Lohad' (as it soon became known to fans) was lyrically a deliberate inversion of Woody Guthrie's \"This Train Is Bound For Glory\". In Preacher Bruce's take, all are welcome on", "title": "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour" }, { "docid": "9059790", "text": "Born in the U.S.A. Tour The Born in the U.S.A. Tour was the supporting concert tour of Bruce Springsteen's \"Born in the U.S.A.\" album. It was his longest and most successful tour to date. It featured a physically transformed Springsteen; after two years of bodybuilding, the singer had bulked up considerably. The tour was the first since the 1974 portions of the Born to Run tours without guitarist Steven Van Zandt, who decided to go solo after recording the album with the group. Van Zandt, who was replaced by Nils Lofgren, would appear a few times throughout the tour and", "title": "Born in the U.S.A. Tour" }, { "docid": "1850683", "text": "bandmate of Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen met Van Zandt for the first time in 1966 or 1967 when Springsteen went to the Hullabaloo club in Middletown. Van Zandt was performing a cover of the Turtles' \"Happy Together\" with the Shadows. They performed together in bands such as Steel Mill and the Bruce Springsteen Band. During the early 1970s, Van Zandt worked in road construction for two years, before returning to show business. In 1973, he toured with The Dovells. The tour ended in Miami during Dick Clark's New Year's Show at the Deauville Hotel. After going back to Jersey, Van Zandt", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "8171638", "text": "or \"The Promised Land\", 1970s classics that would pull the audience fully into the show, followed by \"Two Hearts\", emphasizing the bond between Springsteen and sidekick Van Zandt. Following those numbers, anything might appear. Midway through the regular set, a fixed series of five songs always appeared: a loud, full-band \"Youngstown\", with a fiery guitar solo from Nils Lofgren; a loud, three-guitars-distorting \"Murder Inc.\"; the reliably crowd-rousing anthem \"Badlands\"; a lengthy take on \"Out in the Street\" with plenty of Bruce stage antics; and a very elongated \"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out\", which served as this tour's band intro song. It was", "title": "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour" }, { "docid": "8171640", "text": "O'Brien\"; Garry Tallent got to play the bass riff from \"Fire\"; Steven Van Zandt was introduced as star of \"The Sopranos\" tel-eee-vision show (to which Van Zandt responded with a bit of the theme from \"The Godfather\" on his guitar); Patti Scialfa got a build-up as \"the first lady of love\", after which she would play and sing a verse of her album's title song \"Rumble Doll\"; and Clarence Clemons would get the biggest build-up of all, leading to the part of \"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out\" in which \"the Big Man joins the band.\" From there the show would drop back", "title": "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour" }, { "docid": "2517132", "text": "The River (Bruce Springsteen album) The River is the fifth studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was released on October 17, 1980, by Columbia Records. Springsteen's only double album, \"The River\" was produced by Jon Landau, Springsteen, and bandmate Steven Van Zandt. The album was Springsteen's first to go #1 on the \"Billboard 200\" and spent four weeks at the top of chart. \"The River\" was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance at the 1982 Grammy Awards. The sources of \"The River\" go back into earlier parts of Springsteen's recording career. \"Independence Day\", \"Point Blank\", \"The Ties That Bind\", \"Ramrod\",", "title": "The River (Bruce Springsteen album)" }, { "docid": "1850720", "text": "support of anti-apartheid efforts. The primary goal of the album and foundation was to draw attention to South Africa's racist policy of apartheid and to support a cultural boycott of the country. Later in his career, Van Zandt worked to raise awareness about the US military interference in governments of Central America and other issues. Van Zandt is married to actress Maureen Van Zandt (née Santoro), who portrayed his wife Gabriella Dante in the TV series \"The Sopranos\". They married in New York City on December 31, 1982. Bruce Springsteen was the best man at the ceremony, which was presided", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "708608", "text": "relationship. Reflecting the challenges of love in \"Brilliant Disguise\", Springsteen sang: The subsequent Tunnel of Love Express Tour shook up fans with changes to the stage layout, favorites dropped from the set list, and horn-based arrangements. During the European leg in 1988, Springsteen's relationship with backup singer Patti Scialfa became public. Phillips and Springsteen filed for divorce in 1988. On July 19, 1988, Springsteen held a concert in East Germany that attracted 300,000 spectators. Journalist Erik Kirschbaum has called the concert \"the most important rock concert ever, anywhere\", in his 2013 book \"Rocking the Wall. Bruce Springsteen: The Berlin Concert", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "10819099", "text": "playing his saxophone or percussion parts and needing a steadying hand for getting on and off stage, while Danny Federici was also looking a little frail. On the other side, not only was Springsteen's teleprompter (a fixture since the early 1990s) still in view, but sidekick Steven Van Zandt had his own (for lyrics) as did wife and band member Patti Scialfa (for guitar chords). In the latter respect, however, the show featured a breakthrough: the first Scialfa song played in its entirety, the mid-set \"A Town Called Heartbreak\", which would continue to be played intermittently on the first leg", "title": "Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen)" }, { "docid": "2837691", "text": "Scialfa has recorded three solo albums, 1993's \"Rumble Doll\", 2004's \"23rd Street Lullaby\" and 2007's \"Play It as It Lays\". Her first two albums received four-star reviews from \"Rolling Stone\", while the third got three and a half. Her records are a mix of confessional songwriting, impressive vocal range, and traditional country, folk and rock music. Springsteen and fellow E Street bandmates, like Lofgren and Roy Bittan, contributed backing work. Following the release of her second album, Scialfa played a series of club dates along the East Coast and she was also the opening act of the post-final night of", "title": "Patti Scialfa" }, { "docid": "708570", "text": "of the world's best-selling artists. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, a Tony Award (for \"Springsteen on Broadway\") and was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1999. In 2009, Springsteen was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, in 2013 was named MusiCares person of the year, and in 2016 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Springsteen married Patti Scialfa in 1991. Their three children are Evan James Springsteen, Jessica Rae Springsteen, and Sam Ryan Springsteen. Bruce Frederick", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "1850690", "text": "Van Zandt became a songwriter and producer for fellow Jersey shore act Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in 1974, penning their signature song \"I Don't Want to Go Home\", co-writing other songs for them with Springsteen, and producing their most-acclaimed record, \"Hearts of Stone\". As such, Van Zandt became a key contributor to the Jersey Shore sound. He also produced two Gary U.S. Bonds' albums. Van Zandt then went on to share production credits on the classic Springsteen albums \"The River\" and \"Born in the U.S.A.\" The first Springsteen song he co-produced was \"Hungry Heart.\" In 1989, Jackson Browne", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "8133855", "text": "on stage, depending upon availability on a given night. About half the members had played on the \"Seeger Sessions\" album, while the other half were new. Scialfa missed a number of shows (especially in Europe) due to family duties.<br> Pender and La Bamba missed some shows, or parts of shows, due to \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\" commitments. Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour The Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour, afterward sometimes referred to simply as the Sessions Band Tour, was a 2006 concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen and The Sessions Band playing what was", "title": "Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour" }, { "docid": "2837693", "text": "postponing the recording of a solo record. After the tour, Scialfa started a short-term relationship with actor Tom Cruise. In the spring of 1987, Springsteen separated from his then wife, Julianne Phillips, and Scialfa and Springsteen started living together shortly afterward. Springsteen and Phillips' divorce was finalized in 1989. Scialfa and Springsteen first lived in New Jersey together and later in New York for a short time before moving to Los Angeles where they started a family. On July 25, 1990 Scialfa gave birth to the couple's first child, Evan James Springsteen. The couple married on June 8, 1991 at", "title": "Patti Scialfa" }, { "docid": "9430264", "text": "at the end that his analysis was cooked for the show and that his original writing had been more subconscious. Wife Patti Scialfa contributed the occasional helping vocal. A question and answer session with contest winning audience members also ensued. VH1 Storytellers (Bruce Springsteen) VH1 Storytellers is a concert and discussion DVD by Bruce Springsteen, expanded from the airing of an episode of the VH1 television series \"VH1 Storytellers\" on April 23, 2005. Tied into promotion for his album \"Devils & Dust\" at the time, it was released in video form half a year later. The filming for the program", "title": "VH1 Storytellers (Bruce Springsteen)" }, { "docid": "1850682", "text": "1966. Van Zandt has cited British Invasion bands such as the Dave Clark Five, as well as Ravi Shankar and the culture of India as early influences. Van Zandt attended Middletown High School, where he got kicked out for having long hair. He went back to school to make his mother happy and graduated in 1968. Actor/playwright/producer Billy Van Zandt is Steven Van Zandt's half-brother, making actress Adrienne Barbeau his sister-in-law. He also has a half-sister named Kathi who is a writer. Van Zandt grew up in the Jersey Shore music scene, and was an early friend and pre-E Street", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "2837692", "text": "the Vote for Change tour. When asked during the press conference for the NFL Super Bowl in 2009 whether she was working on a new album, she confirmed that she was. She confirmed again, during an interview on the radio show \"Bruce Brunch\" on 105.7 Hawk radio, on April 10, 2011 that she had written most of the songs for her fourth album and just needed to find time to record it. Scialfa first met Springsteen at the Stone Pony, a New Jersey bar, in the early 1980s. Although initially reluctant, Scialfa joined the 1984 \"Born In The USA\" tour,", "title": "Patti Scialfa" }, { "docid": "708677", "text": "also told Wieder that, \"I went through a divorce, and it was really difficult and painful and I was very frightened about getting married again. So part of me said, 'Hey, what does it matter?' But it does matter. It's very different than just living together. First of all, stepping up publicly—which is what you do: You get your license, you do all the social rituals—is a part of your place in society and in some way part of society's acceptance of you ... Patti and I both found that it did mean something.\" Springsteen and Scialfa lived in New", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "16795216", "text": "Jessica Springsteen Jessica Rae Springsteen (born December 30, 1991) is an American show jumping champion rider who has represented the United States in international competition. Jessica is the second child and only daughter of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. She has one older brother, Evan James Springsteen (born July 25, 1990) and one younger brother, Samuel Ryan Springsteen (born January 5, 1994). When Jessica and her brothers reached school-going age in the early 1990s, Springsteen and Scialfa moved from Los Angeles to New Jersey specifically to raise a family in a non-paparazzi environment. When Jessica was a child, the Springsteen", "title": "Jessica Springsteen" }, { "docid": "6715298", "text": "Nils Lofgren (album) Nils Lofgren is a 1975 album by Nils Lofgren, also known as the \"Fat Man Album\". It was his first solo album, following the breakup of his group, Grin. The album was critically praised at the time of its release, most notably in a 1975 \"Rolling Stone\" review by Jon Landau. The 1983 \"Rolling Stone Record Guide\" said it was a \"tour de force of unquenchable vitality and disarming subtlety.\" In 2007, nearly 32 years after the release of \"Nils Lofgren\", the album was again praised by \"Rolling Stone\" in the \"Fricke's Picks\" column, where David Fricke", "title": "Nils Lofgren (album)" }, { "docid": "9072774", "text": "he was thankful that he was able to finally have Springsteen perform on that final show. \"Glory Days\" was performed at the Super Bowl XLIII half-time show with minor lyric changes appropriate to the occasion (football player instead of baseball player, \"Hail Mary\" instead of \"speedball\"). During the song, Springsteen told Steven Van Zandt that they were going over their allowed 12 minutes, and Van Zandt responded that they should keep playing anyway. \"Glory Days\" was performed on June 14, 2009, at the Bonnaroo Music Festival with Phish. This song has been the official victory song for the New Jersey", "title": "Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "docid": "708672", "text": "Aniello, \"Wrecking Ball\" and \"High Hopes\", has also become more experimental, featuring loops and computerized sounds. Often described as cinematic in their scope, Springsteen's lyrics frequently explore highly personal themes such as individual commitment, dissatisfaction and dismay with life in a context of everyday situations. It has been recognized that there was a shift in his lyrical approach starting with the album \"Darkness on the Edge of Town\", in which he focused on the emotional struggles of working class life. In the early 1980s, Springsteen met Patti Scialfa at The Stone Pony, a bar in New Jersey where local musicians", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "10819108", "text": "\"Long Walk Home\" gained more emphasis, with Nils Lofgren and especially Steve Van Zandt adding their own vocal parts during the coda. Once the tour resumed following Federici's death, the existing structure began to break down. For the first seven shows, a video montage about Federici, set to past-tour-finale-song \"Blood Brothers\", was shown preceding the start. Many old songs were performed, both well known, such as \"Growin' Up\", and songs which had remained virtually unplayed for 20 years, such as \"Wild Billy's Circus Story\". \"Magic\" slots were reduced and its songs put on rotation; the middle of the set became", "title": "Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen)" }, { "docid": "8890254", "text": "Written By Nils Lofgren, except where noted. Cry Tough (Nils Lofgren album) Cry Tough is a 1976 album from Nils Lofgren. The follow-up to his solo debut, \"Cry Tough\" is another offering of Lofgren-penned pop/rock. Notable for the title track and the songs \"It's Not A Crime\", \"Mud In Your Eye\" and \"Can't Get Closer\", \"Cry Tough\" also includes Al Kooper on keyboards. The album charted on the US Billboard 200 for sixteen weeks and peaked at number 32 on June 5, 1976. It did even better on the UK album chart, where it peaked at #8. None of the", "title": "Cry Tough (Nils Lofgren album)" }, { "docid": "6715299", "text": "said it was one of 1975's best albums. The album was on the \"Billboard\" 200 chart for nine weeks and peaked at number 141 on May 10, 1975. In 2007 the album was finally re-mastered and rereleased by Hip-O Select after being out of print for nearly a decade on compact disc. The circus billboard that appears on the cover of this album also appears in an episode of \"The Monkees\" television series, \"The Monkees at the Circus,\" season 1, episode 22. All songs by Nils Lofgren except where noted. Nils Lofgren (album) Nils Lofgren is a 1975 album by", "title": "Nils Lofgren (album)" }, { "docid": "16795220", "text": "Frank and Stacia Klein Madden and then trained with Laura Kraut from 2010 to 2015. Since May 2015 she trains with Edwina Tops-Alexander. Jessica Springsteen on Instagram Jessica Springsteen Jessica Rae Springsteen (born December 30, 1991) is an American show jumping champion rider who has represented the United States in international competition. Jessica is the second child and only daughter of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. She has one older brother, Evan James Springsteen (born July 25, 1990) and one younger brother, Samuel Ryan Springsteen (born January 5, 1994). When Jessica and her brothers reached school-going age in the early", "title": "Jessica Springsteen" }, { "docid": "12707044", "text": "most famous live performance of the song came on September 21, 2001 during the \"\" national telethon. With only a guitar and a harmonica, Springsteen opened the program, introducing the number as \"a prayer for our fallen brothers and sisters\" and modifying a few phrases in the song. He was joined on stage by Patti Scialfa, Steven Van Zandt, Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell and Clarence Clemons. It was included as the first track on the subsequent album released of the telethon performances. A studio recording of \"My City of Ruins\" was then incorporated as the concluding track of Springsteen's September", "title": "My City of Ruins" }, { "docid": "12959136", "text": "said, \"I’ve been avoiding this question for weeks! Thank God they finally announced it. We already did three days of rehearsals. Jay's a fantastic drummer. It's in the Weinberg DNA.\" By the time the American first leg was well underway, there was speculation of more American dates to come in the late summer and fall, but E Street guitarist Nils Lofgren said that Springsteen and wife Patti Scialfa would make a decision later on. On May 21, 2009, while playing at the Izod Center, Springsteen announced he would be playing three dates at next-door Giants Stadium in late September and", "title": "Working on a Dream Tour" }, { "docid": "10459417", "text": "Billy Van Zandt William \"Billy\" Van Zandt (born December 13, 1957) is an American playwright and actor. Van Zandt was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, to Mary H. Lento and William Brewster Van Zandt. He is of Italian and Dutch descent He grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey. Van Zandt is the half-brother of musician/actor Steven Van Zandt and brother-in-law of his wife, actress Maureen Van Zandt. Billy married actress Adrienne Barbeau on December 31, 1992. The couple met in 1991 during the West Coast premiere of Billy's play \"Drop Dead\"! They divorced in 2018. They have twin", "title": "Billy Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "11790795", "text": "has been a reasonably popular song in concert over the years, with about 200 performances through 2008. An encyclopedia about Bruce Springsteen took its name from the title of this song. The Ties That Bind (Bruce Springsteen song) \"The Ties That Bind\" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. It is the opening song on his fifth album, \"The River\". It was recorded at The Power Station in New York in May or June 1979. It was one of the earlier songs Springsteen wrote for \"The River\", as it was written on the road during his 1978 tour.", "title": "The Ties That Bind (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "docid": "1850684", "text": "continued to wear Hawaiian shirts because he did not like winter, which was how he got the nickname \"Miami Steve\". He co-founded Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, in addition to The Miami Horns, who got their name from Van Zandt's nickname. Van Zandt helped establish the rhythm and blues oriented style of music that the band performed. He also produced Southside Johnny's first three albums. Overall, Van Zandt wrote a significant bulk of Southside Johnny's music which helped provide them with the success that they achieved. Van Zandt then started to switch between writing for Southside Johnny and the", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "708662", "text": "The award is the highest honor for a civilian to receive and is \"presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.\" On January 12, 2017, Springsteen along with Patti Scialfa performed a special 15-song acoustic set for President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the White House's East Room two days before the president gave his farewell address to the nation. Ten days later, during his show in Perth, Australia, Springsteen made a statement celebrating the", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "708645", "text": "2012. Springsteen finished second only to Madonna as the top money maker of 2012 with $33.44 million. The \"Wrecking Ball\" album, along with the single \"We Take Care of Our Own\", was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for \"We Take Care of Our Own\" and Best Rock Album. \"Rolling Stone\" named \"Wrecking Ball\" the number one album of 2012 on their Top 50 albums of 2012 list. In March 2013, and for the first time since re-uniting with Springsteen in 1999, Steven Van Zandt was forced to miss the Australian leg of", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "1498969", "text": "a live DVD \"Nils Lofgren & Friends: Acoustic Live\" at the Legendary Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria, Virginia. On June 23, 2006, Lofgren performed at a benefit concert for Arthur Lee at New York's Beacon Theater, along with Robert Plant, Ian Hunter, Yo La Tengo and Garland Jeffreys. In 2007, he appeared playing guitar as part of Jerry Lee Lewis' backing band for Lewis' \"Last Man Standing Live\" concert DVD. He released \"The Loner – Nils Sings Neil\", an album of acoustic covers of Neil Young songs, in 2008. In September 2008, Lofgren had hip replacement surgery for both of", "title": "Nils Lofgren" }, { "docid": "1850721", "text": "over by Reverend Richard Penniman (Little Richard). Singer Percy Sledge sang his classic \"When a Man Loves a Woman\" at the reception. As a teenager Van Zandt was involved in a car accident that caused him to smash his head through the windshield, leaving several scars on his head. To cover this up, he began wearing hats, and later, large bandanas, which have become his trademark look to this day. Van Zandt was the commencement speaker for Rutgers University in 2017 and received an honorary degree from Rutgers at the ceremony. Van Zandt is an Honorary board member of Little", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "8622983", "text": "Tour. Then, inspired by Arthur Baker's remix, he rearranged it to open and close with a quiet, ominous, extended, echoing segment as new E Street backup singer Patti Scialfa wailed a snippet of Martha & the Vandellas' \"Nowhere to Run\" (in her one spotlight role of the show) while her future husband reverbed \"Cuh ... vuh ... me-ee-ee\", after which the song ramped up into showcase guitar work for Springsteen and Nils Lofgren. \"Cover Me\" thus became a featured song on the tour, often opening the second set; such a performance was included on the 1986 \"Live/1975-85\". \"Cover Me\" continued", "title": "Cover Me (song)" }, { "docid": "708626", "text": "ensemble of musicians including only Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, and The Miami Horns from past efforts. In contrast to previous albums, this was recorded in only three one-day sessions, and frequently one can hear Springsteen calling out key changes live as the band explores its way through the tracks. A tour began the same month, with the 18-strong ensemble of musicians dubbed The Seeger Sessions Band (and later shortened to The Sessions Band). \"Seeger Sessions\" material was emphasized, as well as a handful of (usually drastically rearranged) Springsteen numbers. The tour proved very popular in Europe, selling out everywhere and", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "8890253", "text": "Cry Tough (Nils Lofgren album) Cry Tough is a 1976 album from Nils Lofgren. The follow-up to his solo debut, \"Cry Tough\" is another offering of Lofgren-penned pop/rock. Notable for the title track and the songs \"It's Not A Crime\", \"Mud In Your Eye\" and \"Can't Get Closer\", \"Cry Tough\" also includes Al Kooper on keyboards. The album charted on the US Billboard 200 for sixteen weeks and peaked at number 32 on June 5, 1976. It did even better on the UK album chart, where it peaked at #8. None of the singles charted in either country. All Songs", "title": "Cry Tough (Nils Lofgren album)" }, { "docid": "708678", "text": "Jersey, before moving to Los Angeles, where they decided to start a family. On July 25, 1990, Scialfa gave birth to the couple's first child, Evan James Springsteen. On June 8, 1991, Springsteen and Scialfa married at their Los Angeles home in a very private ceremony, only attended by family and close friends. Their second child, Jessica Rae Springsteen, was born on December 30, 1991; and their third child, Samuel Ryan Springsteen, was born on January 5, 1994. When the children reached school-age in the 1990s, Springsteen and Scialfa moved back to New Jersey specifically to raise a family in", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "docid": "9072773", "text": "Park, New Jersey. Later in The Rising Tour, the song was further extended by incorporating a long boogie-woogie organ solo from Danny Federici. Steven Van Zandt makes his vocals shine on this song, most recently on Springsteen's Magic Tour. Springsteen made a surprise appearance on \"Late Night with David Letterman\" on June 25, 1993, and played \"Glory Days\"; Springsteen was the final guest on Letterman's last \"Late Night\" show on NBC. In his introduction to Springsteen's appearance, Letterman noted how Springsteen was the one performer he wished he had booked as a guest during his \"Late Night\" run, and that", "title": "Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "docid": "1850708", "text": "thought Van Zandt was very funny, and contacted him a few days later. It was then that Chase discovered Van Zandt had no acting experience. Van Zandt was reluctant to audition for Chase but eventually relented. His first audition was for the role of the show's main character, Tony Soprano. However, Van Zandt wanted the role to go to a more experienced, \"real\" actor. The character of Silvio Dante was actually based on a character created for a short story written by Van Zandt. His role on \"The Sopranos\" increased in importance in later seasons, with sixth season plot developments", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "1850709", "text": "especially giving him prime focus. His real-life wife, Maureen Van Zandt, is an actress who made occasional appearances on \"The Sopranos\" playing Silvio's wife Gabriella Dante. Van Zandt gained acclaim for his performance as Silvio but had contended that he had no interest in acting beyond \"The Sopranos\". However, he has appeared in several other screen projects. Van Zandt recorded the narration for The Hives biography on their concert DVD \"Tussles in Brussels\" (2004). In 2010, Van Zandt appeared as himself in the Norwegian soap opera \"Hotel Cæsar\", broadcast on Norway's biggest commercial channel TV2 Norway. He also appeared on", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "1340326", "text": "and Matt Gazzano on drums. On April 24, 2010, all four members of The Rascals reunited for the Kristen Ann Carr benefit, which was held at New York's Tribeca Grill; Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Van Zandt joined the band for a closing \"Good Lovin'\". The group's original lineup reunited for their first public performances in over 40 years with \"\", a combination concert/theatrical event that was produced and directed by Steven Van Zandt and Maureen Van Zandt with lighting/projection by Marc Brickman. In addition to the concert experience, the history of The Rascals, and the history of the 1960s through", "title": "The Rascals" }, { "docid": "1850704", "text": "15 piece band including 5 horns and 3 singers. Van Zandt revealed that Richie Mercurio plays drums on the album. On February 9, 2017, Van Zandt released \"Saint Valentine's Day,\" a cover of the song, \"Saint Valentine's Day Massacre,\" that he originally wrote for the Cocktail Slippers, as a single. The song is repeatedly played on the \"Underground Garage\" radio show. He debuted his new album at the annual Rock and Roll for Children event at the Fillmore Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 18, 2017. Van Zandt debuted a doo-wop song called \"The City Weeps Tonight,\" that was", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "20290551", "text": "The shows featured Springsteen, solo, playing guitar and piano, performing his music, restating incidents from his 2016 autobiography, \"Born to Run\", and performing other spoken reminiscences written for the show. Springsteen's wife, Patti Scialfa, also appeared at most shows. On June 16, 2017 information leaked that Springsteen would be performing an eight-week run on Broadway in New York City at the 960-seat Walter Kerr Theatre in the fall of 2017. On August 9, 2017, the performances were made official by Springsteen's website. \"Bruce has had this specific idea in mind since last December. It came into focus slowly and then", "title": "Springsteen on Broadway" }, { "docid": "1850700", "text": "Springsteen concert in Oslo, Norway, during the Wrecking Ball Tour. Although the song was featured in the \"Lilyhammer\" season one episode \"My Kind of Town,\" it was not released as a single until September 23, 2014, when it was \"the Coolest Song in the World\" on \"Underground Garage\" to help promote the show. It was released under the title \"Frank Tagliano Sings! My Kind of Town\" and the lyrics were changed to be about Lillehammer, Norway, instead of Chicago. Van Zandt performed the song on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" on December 9, 2014, to help promote the series.", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "9638342", "text": "ago. It really blew my mind when he recorded 'Pancho and Lefty.'\" \"No Lonesome Tune\" has been recorded by David Bavas, Saul Broudy, Guy Clark, Mark Dvorak and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. A duet of the song featuring Van Zandt and Willie Nelson can also be found on the 2001 release \"Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings\". All lyrics and music by Townes Van Zandt unless noted otherwise: Arranged by Chuck Cochran The Late Great Townes Van Zandt The Late Great Townes Van Zandt is a 1972 studio album by Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. It was the second album", "title": "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "8643970", "text": "frame. But there was more to the Tunnel of Love Express than just what Springsteen had planned. On stage, Scialfa had now become Springsteen's principal vocal partner (a role held in the past by the departed Steve Van Zandt) as well as principal foil (supplanting Clarence Clemons), and in this number and others, the way Springsteen and Scialfa approached each other, and how they held their bodies as they sang together, made their byplay the center of the show right from the \"Tunnel of Love\" opener. Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh later wrote of the sparks flying from the interaction, \"You", "title": "Tunnel of Love Express Tour" }, { "docid": "1850706", "text": "in the show \"The Sopranos,\" and from there on, acting became part of Van Zandt's career. In 1999, Van Zandt took one of the core roles in \"The Sopranos\", playing level-headed but deadly mob \"consigliere\" and strip club owner Silvio Dante. Van Zandt had no acting experience, and the unusual casting choice was made by series creator David Chase. As a guest on the \"Opie and Anthony Show\", Van Zandt tells his casting story to his wide viewer audience on the show: Van Zandt was picked to induct The Rascals into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.", "title": "Steven Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "7498664", "text": "in interview by Van Zandt. Before finishing \"Men Without Women\", Van Zandt produced a second Bonds album, \"On the Line\", and also began recording \"Born in the U.S.A.\" with Springsteen. By Summer 1982, Van Zandt had recruited his own band, The Disciples of Soul, featuring Dino Danelli and Jean Beauvoir, and it was this line up that completed the album, recording \"Under the Gun\" and \"Lyin' in a Bed of Fire\". Van Zandt had also decided to adopt the pseudonym Little Steven, partly to distance himself from any Springsteen comparisons and partly as a tribute to Little Richard and Little", "title": "Men Without Women (album)" }, { "docid": "9506261", "text": "Nils (album) Nils is the fifth solo album from Nils Lofgren. With mainstream success continuing to elude Lofgren, A&M brought in Bob Ezrin in 1979, to oversee \"Nils\". Ezrin was known for his successes with Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, and Kiss. Lofgren: \"The label said they wanted to bring in co-writers, and I said that I didn't do that. Ezrin said, 'What about Lou Reed?' And I said, 'Well, yeah, okay. That would be cool.'\" Lofgren watched a football game at Reed's Greenwich Village apartment and the two struck up a friendship. In the middle of the night", "title": "Nils (album)" }, { "docid": "9638328", "text": "That’s what I care about.\" The royalties would provide Van Zandt with some badly needed income, though by all accounts he remained impervious to the song's success. One story involving the song that Van Zandt loved to tell was when he got pulled over for speeding in Berkshire by two policeman, the first a blue-eyed Aryan type with a crew cut, and his partner a bronze, dark eyed Mexican. Although his driver's license was up-to-date, the inspection sticker had expired, and the bedraggled singer found himself in the back of the police cruiser. As Van Zandt recounted on \"Austin Pickers\",", "title": "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "2009572", "text": "with Van Zandt during a Writers in the Round concert in Houston. When Van Zandt died, he left a shoe box full of unreleased poems and lyrics with a request that Broza set them to music. The resulting album was \"Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt\". In 2012, Van Zandt was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame. In July 2012, Neurot Recordings released a three-way split album in tribute to Van Zandt, featuring Neurosis singer/guitarists Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till and doom/stoner metal legend Scott \"Wino\" Weinrich. On June 18, 2015, Van Zandt was", "title": "Townes Van Zandt" }, { "docid": "5991240", "text": "Lopez backed Springsteen in concert. On September 8, 1974 at The Stone Pony, following a set by the Blackberry Booze Band, Springsteen accompanied by Lopez and Garry Tallent joined Southside Johnny for several songs, including a rendition of \"Twist and Shout\". Shortly afterwards the Blackberry Booze Band, led by Southside and Steve Van Zandt, would become Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. On January 18, 1989 Lopez, together with George Theiss, the leader of The Castiles, an early Springsteen band, and Patti Scialfa, was one of Springsteen's guests at the 4th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dinner at", "title": "Vini Lopez" } ]

[ "C8H14MgO10", "Magnesium-L-threonate", "Mg²⁺", "Magnesium L-threonate", "Magnesium ribbon", "Magnessium", "⚩", "Magnesium l-threonate", "Element 12", "Magnesium", "Magnesium threonate", "Magnesium compounds", "Mg2+" ]

[ { "docid": "250333", "text": "Magnesium Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray solid which bears a close physical resemblance to the other five elements in the second column (group 2, or alkaline earth metals) of the periodic table: all group 2 elements have the same electron configuration in the outer electron shell and a similar crystal structure. Magnesium is the ninth most abundant element in the universe. It is produced in large, aging stars from the sequential addition of three helium nuclei to a carbon nucleus. When such stars explode as supernovas, much of", "title": "Magnesium" }, { "docid": "466096", "text": "Zinc Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. In some respects zinc is chemically similar to magnesium: both elements exhibit only one normal oxidation state (+2), and the Zn and Mg ions are of similar size. Zinc is the 24th most abundant element in Earth's crust and has five stable isotopes. The most common zinc ore is sphalerite (zinc blende), a zinc sulfide mineral. The largest workable lodes are in Australia, Asia, and the United States. Zinc is refined by froth flotation of", "title": "Zinc" }, { "docid": "466174", "text": "possible symptoms. Zinc is highly toxic in parrots and poisoning can often be fatal. The consumption of fruit juices stored in galvanized cans has resulted in mass parrot poisonings with zinc. Zinc Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. In some respects zinc is chemically similar to magnesium: both elements exhibit only one normal oxidation state (+2), and the Zn and Mg ions are of similar size. Zinc is the 24th most abundant element in Earth's crust and has five stable isotopes. The", "title": "Zinc" }, { "docid": "1604298", "text": "chloride for use as a deicing agent and a nutrient. The free metal, elemental sodium, does not occur in nature but must be prepared from sodium compounds. Elemental sodium was first isolated by Humphry Davy in 1807 by the electrolysis of sodium hydroxide. The same ion is also a component of many minerals, such as sodium nitrate. \"Magnesium\" (symbol Mg) is an alkaline earth metal and has common oxidation number +2. It is the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and ninth in the known universe as a whole. Magnesium is the fourth most common element in the", "title": "Period 3 element" } ]

[ { "docid": "9417", "text": "Atomic number The atomic number or proton number (symbol \"Z\") of a chemical element is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom. It is identical to the charge number of the nucleus. The atomic number uniquely identifies a chemical element. In an uncharged atom, the atomic number is also equal to the number of electrons. The sum of the atomic number \"Z\" and the number of neutrons, \"N\", gives the mass number \"A\" of an atom. Since protons and neutrons have approximately the same mass (and the mass of the electrons is negligible for many purposes)", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "9432", "text": "atomic numbers 1 to 118 have been observed. Synthesis of new elements is accomplished by bombarding target atoms of heavy elements with ions, such that the sum of the atomic numbers of the target and ion elements equals the atomic number of the element being created. In general, the half-life becomes shorter as atomic number increases, though an \"island of stability\" may exist for undiscovered isotopes with certain numbers of protons and neutrons. Atomic number The atomic number or proton number (symbol \"Z\") of a chemical element is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom. It", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "9430", "text": "was seen as containing 118 neutrons rather than 118 nuclear electrons, and its positive charge now was realized to come entirely from a content of 79 protons. After 1932, therefore, an element's atomic number \"Z\" was also realized to be identical to the proton number of its nuclei. The conventional symbol \"Z\" possibly comes from the German word (atomic number). However, prior to 1915, the word \"Zahl\" (simply \"number\") was used for an element's assigned number in the periodic table. Each element has a specific set of chemical properties as a consequence of the number of electrons present in the", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "3143515", "text": "number of protons in a nucleus, and thus uniquely identifies an element. Hence, the difference between the mass number and the atomic number gives the number of neutrons (\"N\") in a given nucleus: . The mass number is written either after the element name or as a superscript to the left of an element's symbol. For example, the most common isotope of carbon is carbon-12, or , which has 6 protons and 6 neutrons. The full isotope symbol would also have the atomic number (\"Z\") as a subscript to the left of the element symbol directly below the mass number:", "title": "Mass number" }, { "docid": "9431", "text": "neutral atom, which is \"Z\" (the atomic number). The configuration of these electrons follows from the principles of quantum mechanics. The number of electrons in each element's electron shells, particularly the outermost valence shell, is the primary factor in determining its chemical bonding behavior. Hence, it is the atomic number alone that determines the chemical properties of an element; and it is for this reason that an element can be defined as consisting of \"any\" mixture of atoms with a given atomic number. The quest for new elements is usually described using atomic numbers. As of 2010, all elements with", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "69052", "text": "of a given element are distinguished by their mass numbers, which are conventionally written as a superscript on the left hand side of the atomic symbol (e.g. U). The mass number is always a whole number and has units of \"nucleons\". For example, magnesium-24 (24 is the mass number) is an atom with 24 nucleons (12 protons and 12 neutrons). Whereas the mass number simply counts the total number of neutrons and protons and is thus a natural (or whole) number, the atomic mass of a single atom is a real number giving the mass of a particular isotope (or", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "1402639", "text": "be colored by anodization are particular advantages. Molybdenum is a Group 6 chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin \"Molybdaenum\", from Ancient Greek , meaning \"lead\", itself proposed as a loanword from Anatolian Luvian and Lydian languages, since its ores were confused with lead ores. The free element, which is a silvery metal, has the sixth-highest melting point of any element. It readily forms hard, stable carbides, and for this reason it is often used in high-strength steel alloys. Molybdenum does not occur as a free metal on Earth, but rather in", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "1692583", "text": "Relative atomic mass Relative atomic mass (symbol: \"A\") or atomic weight is a dimensionless physical quantity defined as the ratio of the average mass of atoms of a chemical element in a given sample to one unified atomic mass unit. The unified atomic mass unit (symbol: \"u\" or \"Da\") is defined as being of the atomic mass of a carbon-12 atom. Since both values in the ratio are expressed in the same unit (\"u\"), the resulting value is dimensionless; hence the value is said to be \"relative\". For a single given sample, the relative atomic mass of a given element", "title": "Relative atomic mass" }, { "docid": "1402636", "text": "Niobium, or columbium, is a chemical element with the symbol Nb and atomic number 41. It is a soft, grey, ductile transition metal, which is often found in the pyrochlore mineral, the main commercial source for niobium, and columbite. The name comes from Greek mythology: \"Niobe\", daughter of \"Tantalus\". Niobium has physical and chemical properties similar to those of the element tantalum, and the two are therefore difficult to distinguish. The English chemistCharles Hatchett reported a new element similar to tantalum in 1801, and named it columbium. In 1809, the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston wrongly concluded that tantalum and", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "406277", "text": "the legal limit (permissible exposure limit) for tantalum exposure in the workplace as 5 mg/m over an 8-hour workday. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 5 mg/m over an 8-hour workday and a short-term limit of 10 mg/m. At levels of 2500 mg/m, tantalum is immediately dangerous to life and health. Tantalum Tantalum is a chemical element with symbol Ta and atomic number 73. Previously known as \"tantalium\", its name comes from \"Tantalus\", a villain from Greek mythology. Tantalum is a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is", "title": "Tantalum" }, { "docid": "69048", "text": "hydrogen and deuterium). Thus, all carbon isotopes have nearly identical chemical properties because they all have six protons and six electrons, even though carbon atoms may, for example, have 6 or 8 neutrons. That is why the atomic number, rather than mass number or atomic weight, is considered the identifying characteristic of a chemical element. The symbol for atomic number is \"Z\". Isotopes are atoms of the same element (that is, with the same number of protons in their atomic nucleus), but having \"different\" numbers of neutrons. Thus, for example, there are three main isotopes of carbon. All carbon atoms", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "1533338", "text": "deposited later by meteorites which contained the element. This supposedly explains why, in prehistory, gold appeared as nuggets on the earth's surface. Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum ( < Greek \"\" \"water\" and \"\" \"silver\"). A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metal that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is bromine, though metals such as caesium, francium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature. With a freezing", "title": "Period 6 element" }, { "docid": "6141580", "text": "is one quite different from that described above. The atomic number of a material exhibits a strong and fundamental relationship with the nature of radiation interactions within that medium. There are numerous mathematical descriptions of different interaction processes that are dependent on the atomic number, Z. When dealing with composite media (i.e. a bulk material composed of more than one element), one therefore encounters the difficulty of defining Z. An effective atomic number in this context is equivalent to the atomic number but is used for compounds (e.g. water) and mixtures of different materials (such as tissue and bone). This", "title": "Effective atomic number" }, { "docid": "9972702", "text": "publishes \"abridged\" values (up to five digits per number only), and for the twelve interval values, \"conventional\" values (single number values). Symbol \"A\" is a relative atomic mass, for example from a specific sample. To be specific, the standard atomic weight can be noted as , where (E) is the element symbol. The abridged atomic weight, also published by CIAAW, is derived from the standard atomic weight reducing the numbers to five digits (five significant figures). The name does not say 'rounded'. Interval borders are rounded \"downwards\" for the first (lowmost) border, and \"upwards\" for the \"upward\" (upmost) border. This", "title": "Standard atomic weight" }, { "docid": "9418", "text": "and the mass defect of nucleon binding is always small compared to the nucleon mass, the atomic mass of any atom, when expressed in unified atomic mass units (making a quantity called the \"relative isotopic mass\"), is within 1% of the whole number \"A\". Atoms with the same atomic number \"Z\" but different neutron numbers \"N\", and hence different atomic masses, are known as isotopes. A little more than three-quarters of naturally occurring elements exist as a mixture of isotopes (see monoisotopic elements), and the average isotopic mass of an isotopic mixture for an element (called the relative atomic mass)", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "9419", "text": "in a defined environment on Earth, determines the element's standard atomic weight. Historically, it was these atomic weights of elements (in comparison to hydrogen) that were the quantities measurable by chemists in the 19th century. The conventional symbol \"Z\" comes from the German word meaning \"number\", which, before the modern synthesis of ideas from chemistry and physics, merely denoted an element's numerical place in the periodic table, whose order is approximately, but not completely, consistent with the order of the elements by atomic weights. Only after 1915, with the suggestion and evidence that this \"Z\" number was also the nuclear", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "1402651", "text": "other silver compounds are used as disinfectants and microbiocides. While many medical antimicrobial uses of silver have been supplanted by antibiotics, further research into clinical potential continues. Cadmium is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. This soft, bluish-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury. Like zinc, it prefers oxidation state +2 in most of its compounds and like mercury it shows a low melting point compared to transition metals. Cadmium and its congeners are not always considered transition metals, in that they do not have", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "1533347", "text": "element with the symbol Po and atomic number 84, discovered in 1898 by Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie. A rare and highly radioactive element, polonium is chemically similar to bismuth and tellurium, and it occurs in uraniumores. Polonium has been studied for possible use in heating spacecraft. As it is unstable, all isotopes of polonium are radioactive. There is disagreement as to whether polonium is a post-transition metal or metalloid. Astatine is a radioactive chemical element with the symbol At and atomic number 85. It occurs on the Earth only as the result of decay of heavier elements, and decays", "title": "Period 6 element" }, { "docid": "69099", "text": "remaining naturally occurring chemical elements were identified and characterized by 1900, including: Elements isolated or produced since 1900 include: The first transuranium element (element with atomic number greater than 92) discovered was neptunium in 1940. Since 1999 claims for the discovery of new elements have been considered by the IUPAC/IUPAP Joint Working Party. As of January 2016, all 118 elements have been confirmed as discovered by IUPAC. The discovery of element 112 was acknowledged in 2009, and the name \"copernicium\" and the atomic symbol \"Cn\" were suggested for it. The name and symbol were officially endorsed by IUPAC on 19", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "9423", "text": "), the single element from which Rutherford made his guess). Nevertheless, in spite of Rutherford's estimation that gold had a central charge of about 100 (but was element on the periodic table), a month after Rutherford's paper appeared, Antonius van den Broek first formally suggested that the central charge and number of electrons in an atom was \"exactly\" equal to its place in the periodic table (also known as element number, atomic number, and symbolized \"Z\"). This proved eventually to be the case. The experimental position improved dramatically after research by Henry Moseley in 1913. Moseley, after discussions with Bohr", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "6141575", "text": "Effective atomic number Effective atomic number has two different meanings: one that is the effective nuclear charge of an atom, and one that calculates the average atomic number for a compound or mixture of materials. Both are abbreviated Z. The effective atomic number Z, (sometimes referred to as the effective nuclear charge) of an atom is the number of protons that an electron in the element effectively 'sees' due to screening by inner-shell electrons. It is a measure of the electrostatic interaction between the negatively charged electrons and positively charged protons in the atom. One can view the electrons in", "title": "Effective atomic number" }, { "docid": "9425", "text": "tube. The square root of the frequency of these photons increased from one target to the next in an arithmetic progression. This led to the conclusion (Moseley's law) that the atomic number does closely correspond (with an offset of one unit for K-lines, in Moseley's work) to the calculated electric charge of the nucleus, i.e. the element number \"Z\". Among other things, Moseley demonstrated that the lanthanide series (from lanthanum to lutetium inclusive) must have 15 members—no fewer and no more—which was far from obvious from the chemistry at that time. After Moseley's death in 1915, the atomic numbers of", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "69053", "text": "\"nuclide\") of the element, expressed in atomic mass units (symbol: u). In general, the mass number of a given nuclide differs in value slightly from its atomic mass, since the mass of each proton and neutron is not exactly 1 u; since the electrons contribute a lesser share to the atomic mass as neutron number exceeds proton number; and (finally) because of the nuclear binding energy. For example, the atomic mass of chlorine-35 to five significant digits is 34.969 u and that of chlorine-37 is 36.966 u. However, the atomic mass in u of each isotope is quite close to", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "728898", "text": "the material was known in ancient times, while for others, the name is a more recent invention. For example, \"He\" is the symbol for helium (New Latin name, not known in ancient Roman times), \"Pb\" for lead (\"plumbum\" in Latin), and \"Hg\" for mercury (\"hydrargyrum\" in Greek). Some symbols come from other sources, like \"W\" for tungsten (\"Wolfram\" in German, not known in Roman times). Temporary symbols assigned to newly or not-yet synthesized elements use 3-letter symbols based on their atomic numbers. For example, \"Uno\" was the temporary symbol for hassium (element 108) which had the temporary name of \"unniloctium\".", "title": "Symbol (chemistry)" }, { "docid": "1402649", "text": "in South Africa, the Stillwater Complex in Montana, United States, the Thunder Bay District of Ontario, Canada, and the Norilsk Complex in Russia. Recycling is also a source of palladium, mostly from scrapped catalytic converters. The numerous applications and limited supply sources of palladium result in the metal attracting considerable investment interest. Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (, from the Indo-European root \"*arg-\" for \"grey\" or \"shining\") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal.", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "19555209", "text": "to which they owe their inspiration.\" The review noted that the \"scaling of the colossal statue is moderately spectacular, too. The rest, including the filtered colour, is sub-Bava, let down by indifferent acting, irrelevance (what on earth is Orpheus doing in the film?) unimpressive trick-work (the island monster) and abysmal dubbing.\" The Giants of Thessaly The Giants of Thessaly (, ) is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on the epic poem \"Argonautica\" by Apollonius Rhodius. \"The Giants of Thessaly\" was released in Italy on 6 December 1960 where it was distributed by", "title": "The Giants of Thessaly" }, { "docid": "252961", "text": "Low levels of prolonged exposure can cause irritation to the eyes and skin. Direct inhalation or ingestion of molybdenum and its oxides should be avoided. OSHA regulations specify the maximum permissible molybdenum exposure in an 8-hour day as 5 mg/m. Chronic exposure to 60 to 600 mg/m can cause symptoms including fatigue, headaches and joint pains. At levels of 5000 mg/m, molybdenum is immediately dangerous to life and health. Molybdenum Molybdenum is a chemical element with symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin \"molybdaenum\", from Ancient Greek \", meaning lead, since its ores were confused with", "title": "Molybdenum" }, { "docid": "9422", "text": "obvious, led to inconsistency and uncertainty in the periodic numbering of elements at least from lutetium (element 71) onward (hafnium was not known at this time). In 1911, Ernest Rutherford gave a model of the atom in which a central core held most of the atom's mass and a positive charge which, in units of the electron's charge, was to be approximately equal to half of the atom's atomic weight, expressed in numbers of hydrogen atoms. This central charge would thus be approximately half the atomic weight (though it was almost 25% different from the atomic number of gold ,", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "docid": "291544", "text": "niobates show a median lethal dose (LD) between 10 and 100 mg/kg. For oral administration the toxicity is lower; a study with rats yielded a LD after seven days of 940 mg/kg. Niobium Niobium, formerly known as columbium, is a chemical element with symbol Nb (formerly Cb) and atomic number 41. It is a soft, grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal, often found in the minerals pyrochlore and columbite, hence the former name \"columbium\". Its name comes from Greek mythology, specifically Niobe, who was the daughter of Tantalus, the namesake of tantalum. The name reflects the great similarity between the two", "title": "Niobium" }, { "docid": "3143514", "text": "Mass number The mass number (symbol \"A\", from the German word \"Atomgewicht\" (atomic weight), also called atomic mass number or nucleon number, is the total number of protons and neutrons (together known as nucleons) in an atomic nucleus. It determines the atomic mass of atoms. Because protons and neutrons both are baryons, the mass number A is identical with the baryon number B as of the nucleus as of the whole atom or ion. The mass number is different for each different isotope of a chemical element. This is not the same as the atomic number (\"Z\") which denotes the", "title": "Mass number" }, { "docid": "12510656", "text": "Neutron number The neutron number, symbol N, is the number of neutrons in a nuclide. Atomic number (proton number) plus neutron number equals mass number: Z+N=A. The difference between the neutron number and the atomic number is known as the neutron excess: D = N - Z = A - 2Z. Neutron number is rarely written explicitly in nuclide symbol notation, but appears as a subscript to the right of the element symbol. In order of increasing explicitness and decreasing frequency of usage: Nuclides that have the same neutron number but a different proton number are called isotones. This word", "title": "Neutron number" }, { "docid": "1402643", "text": "years old, helped bolster the theory that stars can produce heavier elements. Ruthenium is a chemical element with symbol Ru and atomic number 44. It is a rare transition metal belonging to the platinum group of the periodic table. Like the other metals of the platinum group, ruthenium is inert to most chemicals. The Russian scientist Karl Ernst Claus discovered the element in 1844 and named it after Ruthenia, the Latin word for Rus'. Ruthenium usually occurs as a minor component of platinum ores and its annual production is only about 12 tonnes worldwide. Most ruthenium is used for wear-resistant", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "16633564", "text": "Erysichthon of Thessaly In Greek mythology, Erysichthon ( Ἐρυσίχθων ὁ Θεσσαλός 'earth-tearer') (also anglicised as Erisichthon), son of Triopas, was a King of Thessaly. He was sometimes called Aethon. Erysichthon once ordered all trees in the sacred grove of Demeter to be cut down. One huge oak was covered with votive wreaths, a symbol of every prayer Demeter had granted, and so the men refused to cut it down. Erysichthon grabbed an axe and cut it down himself, killing a dryad nymph in the process. The nymph's dying words were a curse on Erysichthon. Demeter responded to the nymph's curse", "title": "Erysichthon of Thessaly" }, { "docid": "16633566", "text": "amount of food was enough. Eventually, Erysichthon ate himself in hunger. Erysichthon of Thessaly In Greek mythology, Erysichthon ( Ἐρυσίχθων ὁ Θεσσαλός 'earth-tearer') (also anglicised as Erisichthon), son of Triopas, was a King of Thessaly. He was sometimes called Aethon. Erysichthon once ordered all trees in the sacred grove of Demeter to be cut down. One huge oak was covered with votive wreaths, a symbol of every prayer Demeter had granted, and so the men refused to cut it down. Erysichthon grabbed an axe and cut it down himself, killing a dryad nymph in the process. The nymph's dying words", "title": "Erysichthon of Thessaly" }, { "docid": "5016538", "text": "Frank uses a back-up collar to fly to the top of the ship and attach a diagnostic device. Jake learns that he needs an element that he calls \"Org 12\". When Jake reveals the element's atomic weight, Frank realizes that \"Org 12\" is elemental gold. Back at Frank's apartment, Frank tells Jake that a quantity of gold costing $120,000 will repair Jake's ship. Dr. Norman Link, a colleague of Frank's, comes over to watch horse races and football games on which he has wagered money. Jake uses his powers to help Link's horse win the race, prompting Jake and Frank", "title": "The Cat from Outer Space" }, { "docid": "1402663", "text": "Like the other halogens, free iodine occurs mainly as a diatomic molecule I, and then only momentarily after being oxidized from iodide by an oxidant like free oxygen. In the universe and on Earth, iodine's high atomic number makes it a relatively rare element. However, its presence in ocean water has given it a role in biology (see below). Xenon is a chemical element with the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. A colorless, heavy, odorless noble gas, xenon occurs in the Earth's atmospherein trace amounts. Although generally unreactive, xenon can undergo a few chemical reactions such as the formation", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "3039875", "text": "known as isotopes, from the Greek \"\" (\"same place\"). In 1914, a year before he was killed in action at Gallipoli, the English physicist Henry Moseley found a relationship between the X-ray wavelength of an element and its atomic number. He was then able to re-sequence the periodic table by nuclear charge, rather than by atomic weight. Before this discovery, atomic numbers were sequential numbers based on an element's atomic weight. Moseley's discovery showed that atomic numbers were in fact based upon experimental measurements. Using information about their X-ray wavelengths, Moseley placed argon (with an atomic number Z=18) before potassium", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "docid": "18930482", "text": "Anticyra (Thessaly) Antikyra or Anticyra ( or Ἀντίκιρρα - \"Antíkirra\" or Ἀντίκυρρα - \"Antíkyrra\" or Ἀντίκυραι - \"Antíkyrae\") was an ancient Greek city and polis (city-state) on the right bank of the Spercheios near its mouth on the Malian Gulf in district of Malis in Thessaly. To its south lay Mount Oeta. To distinguish it from the city of the same name in Phocis (now Boeotia), the Thessalian Antikyra was often distinguished as . Both were famed for their black and white hellebore, a prized herb in ancient Greek medicine. The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and", "title": "Anticyra (Thessaly)" }, { "docid": "10791497", "text": "Whit Friday Whit Friday, meaning White Friday, is the name given to the first Friday after Pentecost or Whitsun (White Sunday). The day has a cultural significance in North West England, as the date on which the annual Whit Walks are traditionally held. By convention, the Whit Walks coincide with brass band contests, held in Saddleworth, Oldham, Tameside and other outlying areas of Greater Manchester. Traditionally, children and their supporters from Anglican school Sunday Schools 'walked' on Whit Monday, those from RC Sunday Schools on Whit Friday, and there was an element of competition in general display, dresses and banners.", "title": "Whit Friday" }, { "docid": "12510661", "text": "71, 89, 115, 123, 147, 161, ... are stable to beta decay (see Beta-decay stable isobars). Only two stable nuclides have fewer neutrons than protons: hydrogen-1 and helium-3. Neutron number The neutron number, symbol N, is the number of neutrons in a nuclide. Atomic number (proton number) plus neutron number equals mass number: Z+N=A. The difference between the neutron number and the atomic number is known as the neutron excess: D = N - Z = A - 2Z. Neutron number is rarely written explicitly in nuclide symbol notation, but appears as a subscript to the right of the element", "title": "Neutron number" }, { "docid": "12502214", "text": "Atomic emission spectroscopy Atomic emission spectroscopy (AES) is a method of chemical analysis that uses the intensity of light emitted from a flame, plasma, arc, or spark at a particular wavelength to determine the quantity of an element in a sample. The wavelength of the atomic spectral line gives the identity of the element while the intensity of the emitted light is proportional to the number of atoms of the element A sample of a material (analyte) is brought into the flame as a gas, sprayed solution, or directly inserted into the flame by use of a small loop of", "title": "Atomic emission spectroscopy" }, { "docid": "69054", "text": "its simple mass number (always within 1%). The only isotope whose atomic mass is exactly a natural number is C, which by definition has a mass of exactly 12 because u is defined as 1/12 of the mass of a free neutral carbon-12 atom in the ground state. The standard atomic weight (commonly called \"atomic weight\") of an element is the \"average\" of the atomic masses of all the chemical element's isotopes as found in a particular environment, weighted by isotopic abundance, relative to the atomic mass unit. This number may be a fraction that is \"not\" close to a", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "373912", "text": "for rats have been determined as 4 mg/kg for intraperitoneal and 755 mg/kg for oral administration. In the light of these results, compounds of scandium should be handled as compounds of moderate toxicity. Scandium Scandium is a chemical element with symbol Sc and atomic number 21. A silvery-white metallic d-block element, it has historically been classified as a rare-earth element, together with yttrium and the lanthanides. It was discovered in 1879 by spectral analysis of the minerals euxenite and gadolinite from Scandinavia. Scandium is present in most of the deposits of rare-earth and uranium compounds, but it is extracted from", "title": "Scandium" }, { "docid": "69080", "text": "or an electrophile; similarly \"Nu\" denotes a nucleophile. \"L\" is used to represent a general ligand in inorganic and organometallic chemistry. \"M\" is also often used in place of a general metal. At least two additional, two-letter generic chemical symbols are also in informal usage, \"Ln\" for any lanthanide element and \"An\" for any actinide element. \"Rg\" was formerly used for any rare gas element, but the group of rare gases has now been renamed noble gases and the symbol \"Rg\" has now been assigned to the element roentgenium. Isotopes are distinguished by the atomic mass number (total protons and", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "2699477", "text": "It was then officially named by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) after Nicolaus Copernicus on February 19, 2010, the 537th anniversary of Copernicus' birth. Like in most other d-block groups, the abundance in Earth's crust of group 12 elements decreases with higher atomic number. Zinc is with 65 parts per million (ppm) the most abundant in the group while cadmium with 0.1 ppm and mercury with 0.08 ppm are orders of magnitude less abundant. Copernicium, as a synthetic element with a half-life of a few minutes, may only be present in the laboratories where it was", "title": "Group 12 element" }, { "docid": "1402634", "text": "Anders Gustaf Ekeberg named the new oxide \"yttria\". Elemental yttrium was first isolated in 1828 by Friedrich Wöhler. The most important use of yttrium is in making phosphors, such as the red ones used in television set cathode ray tube (CRT) displays and in LEDs. Other uses include the production of electrodes, electrolytes, electronic filters, lasers and superconductors; various medical applications; and as traces in various materials to enhance their properties. Yttrium has no known biological role, and exposure to yttrium compounds can cause lung disease in humans. Zirconium is a chemical element with the symbol Zr and atomic number", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "12257674", "text": "fillings in permanent (adult) teeth. Mercury (element) Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum ( ). A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is bromine, though metals such as caesium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature. Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as cinnabar (mercuric sulfide). The red pigment vermilion is obtained by grinding natural cinnabar", "title": "Mercury (element)" }, { "docid": "12257618", "text": "Mercury (element) Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum ( ). A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is bromine, though metals such as caesium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature. Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as cinnabar (mercuric sulfide). The red pigment vermilion is obtained by grinding natural cinnabar or synthetic mercuric sulfide. Mercury", "title": "Mercury (element)" }, { "docid": "728897", "text": "Symbol (chemistry) In relation to the chemical elements, a symbol is a code for a chemical element. Many functional groups have their own chemical symbol, e.g. Ph for the phenyl group, and Me for the methyl group. Chemical symbols for elements normally consist of one or two letters from the Latin alphabet, but can contain three when the element has a systematic temporary name (as of March 2017, no discovered elements have such a name), and are written with the first letter capitalized. Earlier chemical element symbols stem from classical Latin and Greek vocabulary. For some elements, this is because", "title": "Symbol (chemistry)" }, { "docid": "1402656", "text": "blood cells in the body. Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (for ) and atomic number 50. It is a main group metal in group 14 of the periodic table. Tin shows chemical similarity to both neighboring group 14 elements, germanium and lead and has two possible oxidation states, +2 and the slightly more stable +4. Tin is the 49th most abundant element and has, with 10 stable isotopes, the largest number of stable isotopes in the periodic table. Tin is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite, where it occurs as tin dioxide, SnO. This silvery, malleable", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "69051", "text": "isotopes: specifically the elements without any stable isotopes are technetium (atomic number 43), promethium (atomic number 61), and all observed elements with atomic numbers greater than 82. Of the 80 elements with at least one stable isotope, 26 have only one single stable isotope. The mean number of stable isotopes for the 80 stable elements is 3.1 stable isotopes per element. The largest number of stable isotopes that occur for a single element is 10 (for tin, element 50). The mass number of an element, \"A\", is the number of nucleons (protons and neutrons) in the atomic nucleus. Different isotopes", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "69046", "text": "by symbol, as well as ionization energies of the elements. The nuclides of stable and radioactive elements are also available as a list of nuclides, sorted by length of half-life for those that are unstable. One of the most convenient, and certainly the most traditional presentation of the elements, is in the form of the periodic table, which groups together elements with similar chemical properties (and usually also similar electronic structures). The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in each atom, and defines the element. For example, all carbon atoms contain 6 protons in", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "13729899", "text": "Ancient Thessaly Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , \"Thessalía\" or , \"Thettalía\") was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes of Greece, the Aeolians, and their dialect of Greek, Aeolic. At its greatest extent, ancient Thessaly was a wide area stretching from Mount Olympus to the north to the Spercheios Valley to the south. Thessaly is a geographically diverse region consisting of broad central plains surrounded by mountains. The plains are bounded by the Pindos Mountains to", "title": "Ancient Thessaly" }, { "docid": "5541741", "text": "mix characteristics of the elements of group 10, 12, and 18. Transactinide element In chemistry, transactinide elements (also, transactinides, or super-heavy elements) are the chemical elements with atomic numbers from 104 to 120. Their atomic numbers are immediately greater than those of the actinides, the heaviest of which is lawrencium (atomic number 103). Glenn T. Seaborg first proposed the actinide concept, which led to the acceptance of the actinide series. He also proposed the transactinide series ranging from element 104 to 121 and the superactinide series approximately spanning elements 122 to 153. The transactinide seaborgium was named in his honor.", "title": "Transactinide element" }, { "docid": "2699493", "text": "of 40 mg/day. Mercury and cadmium are toxic and may cause environmental damage if they enter rivers or rain water. This may result in contaminated crops as well as the bioaccumulation of mercury in a food chain leading to an increase in illnesses caused by mercury and cadmium poisoning. Group 12 element Group 12, by modern IUPAC numbering, is a group of chemical elements in the periodic table. It includes zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg). The further inclusion of copernicium (Cn) in group 12 is supported by recent experiments on individual copernicium atoms. Formerly this group was named", "title": "Group 12 element" }, { "docid": "12532364", "text": "in 12 grams of the carbon isotope C-12. The number of atoms in a mole is called Avogadro's number, the value of which is approximately 6.022 × 10. One mole of a substance always contains almost exactly the \"standard atomic weight\" or \"molar mass\" of that substance; however, this may or may not be true for the \"atomic mass,\" depending on whether or not the element exists naturally in more than one isotope. For example, the standard atomic weight of iron is 55.847 g/mol, and therefore one mole of iron as commonly found on earth has a mass of 55.847", "title": "Atomic mass" }, { "docid": "1621232", "text": "fats, and aromatic esters, carotenoids and terpenes. With nitrogen it forms alkaloids, and with the addition of sulfur also it forms antibiotics, amino acids, and rubber products. With the addition of phosphorus to these other elements, it forms DNA and RNA, the chemical-code carriers of life, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the most important energy-transfer molecule in all living cells. Nitrogen is the chemical element with atomic number 7, the symbol N and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.08% by volume of Earth's atmosphere. The element", "title": "Period 2 element" }, { "docid": "19555208", "text": "The Giants of Thessaly The Giants of Thessaly (, ) is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on the epic poem \"Argonautica\" by Apollonius Rhodius. \"The Giants of Thessaly\" was released in Italy on 6 December 1960 where it was distributed by Filmar. It grossed a total of 408 million Italian lire domestically. In a contemporary review, the \"Monthly Film Bulletin\" noted that the script \"owes very little to the legend, instead stringing together a series of action highlights, settings and characters which, if anything, have even less consistency than the strip-cartoon formula", "title": "The Giants of Thessaly" }, { "docid": "12532352", "text": "the averaged quantity atomic weight (see above), that is an average of values for many atoms in a given sample of a chemical element. Relative isotopic mass is similar to atomic mass and has exactly the same numerical value as atomic mass, whenever atomic mass is expressed in unified atomic mass units. The only difference in that case, is that relative isotopic mass is a pure number with no units. This loss of units results from the use of a scaling ratio with respect to a carbon-12 standard, and the word \"relative\" in the term \"relative isotopic mass\" refers to", "title": "Atomic mass" }, { "docid": "406049", "text": "mg/m over an 8-hour workday. At levels of 100 mg/m, tin is immediately dangerous to life and health. Tin Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from ) and atomic number 50. It is a post-transition metal in group 14 of the periodic table of elements. It is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite, which contains stannic oxide, SnO. Tin shows a chemical similarity to both of its neighbors in group 14, germanium and lead, and has two main oxidation states, +2 and the slightly more stable +4. Tin is the 49th most abundant element and has, with", "title": "Tin" }, { "docid": "1621258", "text": "elements of the 7th period. Francium is a chemical element with symbol Fr and atomic number 87. It was formerly known as eka-caesium and actinium K. It is one of the two least electronegative elements, the other being caesium. Francium is a highly radioactive metal that decays into astatine, radium, and radon. As an alkali metal, it has one valence electron. Francium was discovered by Marguerite Perey in France (from which the element takes its name) in 1939. It was the last element discovered in nature, rather than by synthesis. Outside the laboratory, francium is extremely rare, with trace amounts", "title": "Period 7 element" }, { "docid": "12532349", "text": "Atomic mass The atomic mass (\"m\") is the mass of an atom. Its unit is the unified atomic mass units (symbol: u, or Da) where 1 unified atomic mass unit is defined as of the mass of a single carbon-12 atom, at rest. For atoms, the protons and neutrons of the nucleus account for almost all of the mass, and the atomic mass measured in u has nearly the same value as the mass number. When divided by unified atomic mass units or daltons to form a pure numeric ratio, the atomic mass of an atom becomes a dimensionless value", "title": "Atomic mass" }, { "docid": "2699476", "text": "\"water-silver\" (hydr- = water, argyros = silver) — since it is liquid like water and shiny like silver. The element was named after the Roman god Mercury, known for speed and mobility. It is associated with the planet Mercury; the astrological symbol for the planet is also one of the alchemical symbols for the metal. Mercury is the only metal for which the alchemical planetary name became the common name. The heaviest known group 12 element, copernicium, was first created on February 9, 1996, at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.", "title": "Group 12 element" }, { "docid": "12532350", "text": "called the relative isotopic mass (see section below). Thus, the atomic mass of a carbon-12 atom is 12 u or 12 daltons (Da), but the relative isotopic mass of a carbon-12 atom is simply 12. The atomic mass or relative isotopic mass refers to the mass of a single particle, and therefore is tied to a certain specific isotope of an element. The dimensionless standard atomic weight instead refers to the average (mathematical mean) of atomic mass values of a typical naturally-occurring mixture of isotopes for a sample of an element. Atomic mass values are thus commonly reported to many", "title": "Atomic mass" }, { "docid": "1533318", "text": "for studio lights and projectors, ignition elements in lighters and torches, electron cathodes, scintillators, GTAW electrodes, and other things. Lanthanum carbonate is used as a phosphate binder in cases of renal failure. It is also an element in the 6th period and in the 4th group. Hafnium is a chemical element with the symbol Hf and atomic number 72. A lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal, hafnium chemically resembles zirconium and is found in zirconium minerals. Its existence was predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. Hafnium was the penultimate stable isotope element to be discovered (rhenium was identified two years", "title": "Period 6 element" }, { "docid": "18930483", "text": "Roman World tentatively identify the site of Anticyra at the modern village of Kostalexis (Κωσταλέξης) in the municipality of Lamia. Anticyra (Thessaly) Antikyra or Anticyra ( or Ἀντίκιρρα - \"Antíkirra\" or Ἀντίκυρρα - \"Antíkyrra\" or Ἀντίκυραι - \"Antíkyrae\") was an ancient Greek city and polis (city-state) on the right bank of the Spercheios near its mouth on the Malian Gulf in district of Malis in Thessaly. To its south lay Mount Oeta. To distinguish it from the city of the same name in Phocis (now Boeotia), the Thessalian Antikyra was often distinguished as . Both were famed for their black", "title": "Anticyra (Thessaly)" }, { "docid": "1533321", "text": "niobium, occurs in the minerals tantalite, columbite and coltan (a mix of columbite and tantalite). Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74. The word \"tungsten\" comes from the Swedish language \"tung sten\" directly translatable to \"heavy stone\", though the name is \"volfram\" in Swedish to distinguish it from Scheelite, in Swedish alternatively named \"tungsten\". A hard, rare metal under standard conditions when uncombined, tungsten is found naturally on Earth only in chemical compounds. It was identified as a new element in 1781, and first isolated as a metal in", "title": "Period 6 element" }, { "docid": "4563300", "text": "\"S\" = 1 (2\"S\" + 1 = 3), the \"P\" is spectroscopic notation for \"L\" = 1, and the subscript 2 is the value of \"J\". Using the same notation, the ground state of carbon is 1\"s\"2\"s\"2\"p\"\"P\". The term symbol is also used to describe compound systems such as mesons or atomic nuclei, or molecules (see molecular term symbol). For molecules, Greek letters are used to designate the component of orbital angular momenta along the molecular axis. For a given electron configuration The product \"(2S+1)(2L+1)\" as a number of possible microstates formula_1 with given \"S\" and \"L\" is also a", "title": "Term symbol" }, { "docid": "11062901", "text": "approximate atomic number of 177. Though this explains why the jacks failed — the weight of the meteorite is somewhere in the area of 25,000 tons, more than double what was expected — it is also staggering scientific discovery: no known element has an atomic number anywhere near 177. McFarlane speculates that this element is part of the undiscovered elemental \"island of stability\", and further states that the meteorite could only have come from outside the solar system. During this time, McFarlane also becomes romantically involved with Amira. Now properly accounting for its weight, Glinn's crew is able to load", "title": "The Ice Limit" }, { "docid": "12690", "text": "therefore, any atom with an atomic number greater than 137 would require its 1s electrons to be traveling faster than the speed of light. Even in the Dirac equation, which accounts for relativistic effects, the wave function of the electron for atoms with is oscillatory and unbounded. The significance of element 137, also known as untriseptium, was first pointed out by the physicist Richard Feynman. Element 137 is sometimes informally called feynmanium (symbol Fy). However, Feynman's approximation fails to predict the exact critical value of due to the non-point-charge nature of the nucleus and very small orbital radius of inner", "title": "Atomic orbital" }, { "docid": "175514", "text": "mg/m over an 8-hour workday. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set the same recommended exposure limit (REL). At levels of 50 mg/m, hafnium is immediately dangerous to life and health. Hafnium Hafnium is a chemical element with symbol Hf and atomic number 72. A lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal, hafnium chemically resembles zirconium and is found in many zirconium minerals. Its existence was predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, though it was not identified until 1923, by Coster and Hevesy, making it the last stable element to be discovered. Hafnium is named after \"Hafnia\",", "title": "Hafnium" }, { "docid": "20072305", "text": "Thessaly rebellion (1600) The Thessaly rebellion was a Greek revolt against the Ottoman Empire in Thessaly (the Sanjak of Tirhala) in 1600–01 led by bishop Dionysios of Larissa. Educated in Italy, and serving since 1592 as the metropolitan bishop of Larissa (though he was based in Trikala, as Larissa was scarcely Christian), Dionysios had in 1598 sent a monk from Ioannina to the Republic of Venice to urge the Greek community there to request ammunition and arms from Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip III of Spain and Pope Clement VIII for a Greek rebellion. Orthodox Christian leaders had requested", "title": "Thessaly rebellion (1600)" }, { "docid": "4719811", "text": "they provided important evidence for the development and confirmation of quantum theory. Note: All measurements given are in picometers (pm). For more recent data on covalent radii see Covalent radius. Data is as quoted at http://www.webelements.com/ from these sources: More recent data can be found in Covalent radius. The above values are based on Atomic radii of the elements (data page) The atomic radius of a chemical element is the distance from the centre of the nucleus to the outermost shell of the electron. Since the boundary is not a well-defined physical entity, there are various non-equivalent definitions of atomic", "title": "Atomic radii of the elements (data page)" }, { "docid": "1692595", "text": "symmetrical uncertainties, and the value for silicon is 28.0855(3). The relative standard uncertainty in this value is 1 or 10 ppm. Apart from this uncertainty by measurement, some elements have variation over sources. That is, different sources (ocean water, rocks) have a different radioactive history and so different isotopic composition. To reflect this natural variability, the IUPAC made the decision in 2010 to list the standard relative atomic masses of 12 elements as an interval rather than a fixed number. Relative atomic mass Relative atomic mass (symbol: \"A\") or atomic weight is a dimensionless physical quantity defined as the ratio", "title": "Relative atomic mass" }, { "docid": "12335098", "text": "University of Thessaly The University of Thessaly (UTH; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας) is a university in Thessaly, Greece, founded in 1984. The administrative and academic centre of the university is based in Volos, but campuses operate also in Larissa, Trikala, Karditsa and Lamia. As of 2014, there is a student population of approximately 14,000 undergraduate students enrolled at the university, more than 3,500 postgraduate students and 710 faculty members. The emblem of the University of Thessaly is Chiron, who used to live in Pelion Mountain and was famous for his special knowledge about medicine, music, archery, hunting, gymnastics and the art", "title": "University of Thessaly" }, { "docid": "661652", "text": "units (four were pre-Kallikratis prefectures), Karditsa, Larissa, Magnesia, the Sporades and Trikala, which are further subdivided into twenty-five municipalities. The region's governor is (Nea Dimokratia), who was elected in the 2010 local elections and reelected in 2014. Thessaly Thessaly (, \"Thessalía\"; ancient Thessalian: , \"Petthalía\") is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (, \"Aíolía\"), and appears thus in Homer's \"Odyssey\". Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of", "title": "Thessaly" }, { "docid": "661632", "text": "Thessaly Thessaly (, \"Thessalía\"; ancient Thessalian: , \"Petthalía\") is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (, \"Aíolía\"), and appears thus in Homer's \"Odyssey\". Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2010) sub-divided into 5 regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa.", "title": "Thessaly" }, { "docid": "313308", "text": "be less than 2 µg per person a day. The second possible source of palladium is dental restoration, from which the uptake of palladium is estimated to be less than 15 µg per person per day. People working with palladium or its compounds might have a considerably greater uptake. For soluble compounds such as palladium chloride, 99% is eliminated from the body within 3 days. The median lethal dose (LD) of soluble palladium compounds in mice is 200 mg/kg for oral and 5 mg/kg for intravenous administration. Palladium Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46.", "title": "Palladium" }, { "docid": "661644", "text": "In 1600, a short-lived rebellion broke out in the region. Rigas Feraios, the important Greek intellectual and forerunner of the Greek War of Independence was from the region. He was born in Velestino, near the ancient town of Pherae. In 1821, parts of Thessaly and Magnesia participated in the initial uprisings in the Greek War of Independence, but these revolts were swiftly crushed. Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after the Convention of Constantinople except the area around the town of Elassona, which remained in Ottoman hands until 1912. It was briefly captured by Ottomans during", "title": "Thessaly" }, { "docid": "1533344", "text": "heavy metal, lead is a neurotoxin that accumulates both in soft tissues and the bones. Lead poisoning has been documented from ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and ancient China. Bismuth is a chemical element with symbol Bi and atomic number 83. Bismuth, a trivalent other metal, chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. Elemental bismuth may occur naturally uncombined, although its sulfide and oxide form important commercial ores. The free element is 86% as dense as lead. It is a brittle metal with a silvery white color when newly made, but often seen in air with a pink tinge owing to the surface", "title": "Period 6 element" }, { "docid": "1533310", "text": "years and is used in medical applications, industrial gauges, and hydrology. Although the element is only mildly toxic, it is a hazardous material as a metal and its radioisotopes present a high health risk in case of radioactivity releases. Barium is a chemical element with the symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in Group 2, a soft silvery metallic alkaline earth metal. Barium is never found in nature in its pure form due to its reactivity with air. Its oxide is historically known as baryta but it reacts with water and carbon dioxide and is", "title": "Period 6 element" }, { "docid": "1402661", "text": "Klaproth named the new element in 1798 after the Latin word for \"earth\", \"tellus\". Gold telluride minerals (responsible for the name of Telluride, Colorado) are the most notable natural gold compounds. However, they are not a commercially significant source of tellurium itself, which is normally extracted as by-product of copper and lead production. Tellurium is commercially primarily used in alloys, foremost in steel and copper to improve machinability. Applications in solar panels and as a semiconductor material also consume a considerable fraction of tellurium production. Iodine is a chemical element with the symbol I and atomic number 53. The name", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "1402641", "text": "and symbol Tc. It is the lowest atomic number element without any stable isotopes; every form of it is radioactive. Nearly all technetium is produced synthetically and only minute amounts are found in nature. Naturally occurring technetium occurs as a spontaneous fission product in uranium ore or by neutron capture in molybdenum ores. The chemical properties of this silvery gray, crystalline transition metal are intermediate between rhenium and manganese. Many of technetium's properties were predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev before the element was discovered. Mendeleev noted a gap in his periodic table and gave the undiscovered element the provisional name \"ekamanganese\"", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "1402633", "text": "Yttrium is a chemical element with symbol Y and atomic number 39. It is a silvery-metallic transition metal chemically similar to the lanthanides and it has often been classified as a \"rare earth element\". Yttrium is almost always found combined with the lanthanides in rare earth minerals and is never found in nature as a free element. Its only stable isotope, Y, is also its only naturally occurring isotope. In 1787, Carl Axel Arrhenius found a new mineral near Ytterby in Sweden and named it \"ytterbite\", after the village. Johan Gadolin discovered yttrium's oxide in Arrhenius' sample in 1789, and", "title": "Period 5 element" }, { "docid": "15631763", "text": "Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly The Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly or TEI of Thessaly (, \"Technologikó Ekpaideutikó Idryma (T.E.I.) Thessalias\"; formerly Technological Educational Institute of Larissa, Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα (Τ.Ε.Ι.) Λάρισας, \"Technologikó Ekpaideutikó Idryma (T.E.I.) Larissas\", TEILAR) is a Greek public educational institute. Its main campus and administrative centre is in Larissa, with satellite campuses in Trikala and Karditsa. The TEI of Thessaly was established as a tertiary education institution in 1983 (under Act 1404/83) along with all Greek Technological Educational Institutes. In 2001 (under Act 2916/2001) the TEI of Thessaly was established as a Higher Education institution, in", "title": "Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly" }, { "docid": "6017040", "text": "imagery, the many variations known today first appeared in the 1980s. An ancient Hellenistic Christian slogan espoused the Greek acronym/acrostic () for \"\" (\"\"), which translates into English as 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour'; the Greek word translating to 'fish' in English. The first appearances of fish symbols as adopted in Christian art and literature date to the 2nd century CE. Some modern fish symbol variations, called the \"Jesus fish\", contain the English word \"Jesus\" in the center, or are empty entirely. Jeroen Temperman states that there are \"variations on this Ichthys symbol. Some variations add feet to the", "title": "Variations of the ichthys symbol" }, { "docid": "69055", "text": "whole number. For example, the relative atomic mass of chlorine is 35.453 u, which differs greatly from a whole number as it is an average of about 76% chlorine-35 and 24% chlorine-37. Whenever a relative atomic mass value differs by more than 1% from a whole number, it is due to this averaging effect, as significant amounts of more than one isotope are naturally present in a sample of that element. Chemists and nuclear scientists have different definitions of a \"pure element\". In chemistry, a pure element means a substance whose atoms all (or in practice almost all) have the", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "6141579", "text": "interactions. For instance, lithium, atomic number 3, has two electrons in the 1s shell and one in the 2s shell. Because the two 1s electrons screen the protons to give an effective atomic number for the 2s electron close to 1, we can treat this 2s valence electron with a hydrogenic model. Mathematically, the effective atomic number Z can be calculated using methods known as \"self-consistent field\" calculations, but in simplified situations is just taken as the atomic number minus the number of electrons between the nucleus and the electron being considered. An alternative definition of the effective atomic number", "title": "Effective atomic number" }, { "docid": "14099147", "text": "Atomic clock An atomic clock is a clock device that uses an electron transition frequency in the microwave, optical, or ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum of atoms as a frequency standard for its timekeeping element. Atomic clocks are the most accurate time and frequency standards known, and are used as primary standards for international time distribution services, to control the wave frequency of television broadcasts, and in global navigation satellite systems such as GPS. The principle of operation of an atomic clock is based on atomic physics; it uses the microwave signal that electrons in atoms emit when they", "title": "Atomic clock" }, { "docid": "69096", "text": "element cannot be transformed into other chemical elements by chemical processes. Elements during this time were generally distinguished by their atomic weights, a property measurable with fair accuracy by available analytical techniques. The 1913 discovery by English physicist Henry Moseley that the nuclear charge is the physical basis for an atom's atomic number, further refined when the nature of protons and neutrons became appreciated, eventually led to the current definition of an element based on atomic number (number of protons per atomic nucleus). The use of atomic numbers, rather than atomic weights, to distinguish elements has greater predictive value (since", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "docid": "728900", "text": "(see Chemical elements in East Asian languages). However, Latin symbols are also used, especially in formulas. A list of current, dated, as well as proposed and historical signs and symbols is included here with its signification. Also given is each element's atomic number, atomic weight or the atomic mass of the most stable isotope, group and period numbers on the periodic table, and etymology of the symbol. Hazard pictographs are another type of symbols used in chemistry. Antimatter atoms are denoted by a bar above the symbol for their matter counterpart, so e.g. H is the symbol for antihydrogen. The", "title": "Symbol (chemistry)" }, { "docid": "1533324", "text": "living organism. Tungsten interferes with molybdenum and copper metabolism, and is somewhat toxic to animal life. Rhenium is a chemical element with the symbol Re and atomic number 75. It is a silvery-white, heavy, third-row transition metal in group 7 of the periodic table. With an \"estimated\" average concentration of 1 part per billion (ppb), rhenium is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust. The free element has the third-highest melting point and highest boiling point of any element. Rhenium resembles manganese chemically and is obtained as a by-product of molybdenum and copper ore's extraction and refinement. Rhenium", "title": "Period 6 element" }, { "docid": "9645476", "text": "Hesperium Hesperium (also known as esperium; atomic symbol Es) was the name assigned to the element with atomic number 94, now known as plutonium. It was named in Italian \"Esperio\" after a Greek name of Italy, Hesperia, \"the land of the West\". The same team assigned the name ausonium to element 93, after Ausonia, a poetic name of Italy. By comparison, uranium, the heaviest of the primordial elements, has atomic number 92. The discovery of the element, now discredited, was claimed by Enrico Fermi and a team of scientists at the University of Rome in 1934. Following the discovery of", "title": "Hesperium" }, { "docid": "1146016", "text": "The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a Recommended exposure limit (REL) of 1 mg/m, time-weighted average. The IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) value is 100 mg/m. Copper is a constituent of tobacco smoke. The tobacco plant readily absorbs and accumulates heavy metals, such as copper from the surrounding soil into its leaves. These are readily absorbed into the user's body following smoke inhalation. The health implications are not clear. Copper Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from ) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with", "title": "Copper" }, { "docid": "7975571", "text": "Catalan control over southern Thessaly had ceased by this time. Nikephoros came into conflict with the Albanians, however, and was killed in the Battle of Achelous in 1359. Following Nikephoros' death, Thessaly was taken over without resistance by Dushan's half-brother Simeon Uroš. Enjoying the support of the local Greek and Serbian nobility, Simeon Uroš reigned as self-proclaimed emperor from Trikala until his death in 1370. He was particularly noted as a patron of the Meteora monasteries, who regarded him as their \"second founder\". His son John Uroš succeeded him until 1373, when he retired to a monastery; Thessaly was then", "title": "History of Thessaly" }, { "docid": "13229749", "text": "Whit Cunliffe Whittaker \"Whit\" Cunliffe (15 December 1875 in Haslingden – 1 May 1966) was an English comic singer known for the outfits worn during his stage performances and his World War I song \"Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser\" and other songs including \"What Does it Matter to Me?\" (1906) and \"A Different Girl Again\". Cunliffe was described as being a bit of a dandy. Like a number of other Music Hall stars, he chose to sing slightly risqué songs (like \"Tight skirts have got to go\" or \"Let's have free trade amongst the girls\"). His songs often also referred to", "title": "Whit Cunliffe" } ]

[ "Salieri", "Antoine Salieri", "Anton Salieri", "Antonio Salieri", "Antionio Salieri" ]

[ { "docid": "3901935", "text": "Amadeus (film) Amadeus is a 1984 American period drama film directed by Miloš Forman, adapted by Peter Shaffer from his stage play \"Amadeus\". The story, set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, is a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack of the film. The film follows Italian composer Antonio Salieri's rivalry with Mozart at the court of Emperor Joseph II. The film was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, which included eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Directors", "title": "Amadeus (film)" }, { "docid": "3901954", "text": "America: Directors Guild of America: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award: American Film Institute: BAFTA: David di Donatello: Nastro d'Argento: César Award: Japan Academy Prize: Amanda Award: Amadeus (film) Amadeus is a 1984 American period drama film directed by Miloš Forman, adapted by Peter Shaffer from his stage play \"Amadeus\". The story, set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, is a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack of the film. The film follows Italian composer Antonio Salieri's rivalry with Mozart at the court of Emperor Joseph II.", "title": "Amadeus (film)" }, { "docid": "519727", "text": "Amadeus Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer, which gives a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. First performed in 1979, \"Amadeus\" was inspired by a short 1830 play by Alexander Pushkin called \"Mozart and Salieri\" (which was also used as the libretto for an opera of the same name by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1897). In the play, significant use is made of the music of Mozart, Salieri and other composers of the period. The premieres of Mozart's operas \"The Abduction from the Seraglio\", \"The Marriage of Figaro,\" \"Don Giovanni\", and", "title": "Amadeus" }, { "docid": "519741", "text": "episodes directed by Peter Leslie Wilde and narrated by F. Murray Abraham as Salieri (re-broadcast 24 May – 2 June 2010 on BBC Radio 7). Amadeus Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer, which gives a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. First performed in 1979, \"Amadeus\" was inspired by a short 1830 play by Alexander Pushkin called \"Mozart and Salieri\" (which was also used as the libretto for an opera of the same name by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1897). In the play, significant use is made of the music of", "title": "Amadeus" }, { "docid": "2655966", "text": "by the ASMF from the old Philips label have been reissued on Pentatone. The orchestra has also recorded under the names \"Argo Chamber Orchestra\", \"London String Players\", and \"London Strings\". The soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film \"Amadeus\", a fictional account of the life of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his bitter feud with rival Antonio Salieri, features many of Mozart’s most popular compositions. Recorded by the Academy and Sir Neville Marriner in 1984, the soundtrack to \"Amadeus\" reached #1 in the Billboard Classical Albums Chart, #56 in the Billboard Popular Albums Chart, has sold over 6.5 million copies to", "title": "Academy of St Martin in the Fields" }, { "docid": "3901936", "text": "Guild of America (DGA) award. , it is the most recent film to have more than one nomination in the Academy Award for Best Actor category. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked \"Amadeus\" 53rd on its 100 Years... 100 Movies list. An elderly Antonio Salieri confesses to the murder of his former colleague, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and attempts to kill himself by slitting his throat. Two servants take him to a mental asylum where a priest, Father Vogler, implores him to confess. Salieri recounts how, even in his youth, he desired to be a composer, much to the chagrin", "title": "Amadeus (film)" }, { "docid": "10885795", "text": "life. Beyond the Salieri theory, other theories involving murder by poison have been put forth, blaming the Masons, Jews, or both. One such theory was the work of Mathilde Ludendorff, wife of the German general Erich Ludendorff. William Stafford (1991) describes such accounts as outlandish conspiracy theories, giving supporting reasons. Stafford (1991:56) described the effort to determine what disease killed Mozart: In the parish register, the entry concerning Mozart's death states he died of \"severe miliary fever\"; – \"miliary\" referring to the appearance of millet-sized bumps on the skin. This does not name the actual disease. Mozart had health problems", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "5604069", "text": "Kingdom, despite the artist's popularity in Germany, his native Austria, and much of Europe. Originally recorded in German, the song is about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his popularity and his debts. A longer version (eight minutes), named the \"Salieri Mix\", appeared on the initial US release of the album \"Falco 3\". The song was inspired by the movie \"Amadeus\". For the US release, the song was remixed with an English background overlay. There was never a full English version. Voiceover facts The song was released in Europe in 1985 in its original, German-language version. For the international markets (United States, UK,", "title": "Rock Me Amadeus" }, { "docid": "10885794", "text": "work after he died, and a number of publishers issued editions of his compositions. What may have been Mozart's skull was exhumed in 1801, and in 1989–1991 it was examined for identification by several scientists. An early rumor addressing the cause of Mozart's death was that he was poisoned by his colleague Antonio Salieri. This rumor, however, was not proven to be true as the signs of illness Mozart displayed did not indicate poisoning. Despite denying the allegation, Salieri was greatly affected by the accusations that he had contributed to Mozart's death and contributed to his nervous breakdowns in later", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" } ]

[ { "docid": "10885780", "text": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on 5 December 1791 at the age of 35. The circumstances of his death have attracted much research and speculation. Some principal sources of contention are as follows. Mozart scholarship long followed the accounts of early biographers, which proceeded in large part from the recorded memories of his widow Constanze and her sister Sophie Weber as they were recorded in the biographies by Franz Niemetschek and Georg Nikolaus von Nissen. For instance, the important biography by Hermann Abert (1923/2008:1305-9) largely follows this account. The following is a summary of", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "10885799", "text": "(Neal Zaslaw) reviewed the historical evidence and tentatively opted for a diagnosis of rheumatic fever. The hypothesis of trichinosis was put forth by Jan V. Hirschmann in 2001. In 2009, British, Viennese and Dutch researchers performed epidemiological research combined with a study of other deaths in Vienna at the time of Mozart's death. They concluded that Mozart may have died of a streptococcal infection leading to an acute nephritic syndrome caused by poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. This disease was also called \"Wassersucht\" in Austria. Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on 5 December 1791 at the age", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "451925", "text": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "451978", "text": "\"KV\" followed by this number. The first edition of the catalogue was completed in 1862 by Ludwig von Köchel. It has since been repeatedly updated, as scholarly research improves knowledge of the dates and authenticity of individual works. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, Mozart", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "12101658", "text": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in popular culture The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) led a life that was dramatic in many respects, including his career as a child prodigy, his struggles to achieve personal independence and establish a career, his brushes with financial disaster, and his death in the course of attempting to complete his Requiem. Authors of fictional works have found his life a compelling source of raw material. Such works have included novels, plays, operas, and films. Mozart's music has been used extensively in films since the silent era. In 1930, Buñuel used his \"Ave Verum Corpus\" in \"L'Age", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in popular culture" }, { "docid": "12101660", "text": "many others. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in popular culture The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) led a life that was dramatic in many respects, including his career as a child prodigy, his struggles to achieve personal independence and establish a career, his brushes with financial disaster, and his death in the course of attempting to complete his Requiem. Authors of fictional works have found his life a compelling source of raw material. Such works have included novels, plays, operas, and films. Mozart's music has been used extensively in films since the silent era. In 1930, Buñuel used his \"Ave Verum Corpus\"", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in popular culture" }, { "docid": "11180799", "text": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Catholic Church The celebrated composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was raised a Roman Catholic, and the church played an important role in his life. Mozart's parents (Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Mozart) were Catholics and raised their children in this religion, insisting upon strict obedience to the requirements of the Church. They encouraged family prayer, fasting, the veneration of saints, regular attendance at Mass, and frequent confession. Leopold Mozart continued to urge strict observance upon Wolfgang even when the latter had entered adulthood. In 1777, he wrote to his wife and son, who at the time", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "3685885", "text": "Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (26 July 1791 – 29 July 1844), also known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jr., was the youngest child of six born to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his wife Constanze. He was the younger of his parents' two surviving children. He was a composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher from the late classical period whose musical style was of an early Romanticism, heavily influenced by his father's mature style. Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart was born in Vienna, five months before his father's death. Although he was baptized Franz Xaver Mozart, from birth on he", "title": "Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart" }, { "docid": "10876803", "text": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague There is no question that the Praguers of the late eighteenth century exhibited a special appreciation for the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, even though, as recently pointed out by Daniel E. Freeman, confirmations of this fact attributed to Mozart himself in sayings such as \"\" (\"My Praguers understand me\") have only come down to posterity second or third hand. Perhaps the most valuable direct testimony that attests to the discernment of the musical public in Prague with regard to Mozart's music comes from Lorenzo Da Ponte, the librettist of Mozart's opera \"Don Giovanni\", which", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague" }, { "docid": "3685894", "text": "is not vastly different from some of the other pieces in this collection, it was thought best not to discard it.\" Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (26 July 1791 – 29 July 1844), also known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jr., was the youngest child of six born to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his wife Constanze. He was the younger of his parents' two surviving children. He was a composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher from the late classical period whose musical style was of an early Romanticism, heavily influenced by his father's mature style. Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart", "title": "Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart" }, { "docid": "9128597", "text": "given by Cliff Eisen in 1997 is: Cadenzas to at least K. 466 and 467 also possibly existed. These cadenzas are part of the public domain and can be accessed here: http://imslp.org/wiki/36_Cadenzas,_K.624_%28Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus%29 Piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote 23 original concertos for piano and orchestra. These works, many of which Mozart composed for himself to play in the Vienna concert series of 1784–86, held special importance for him. For a long time relatively neglected, they are recognised as among his greatest achievements. They were championed by Donald Francis Tovey in his \"Essay on the Classical Concerto\"", "title": "Piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "9128538", "text": "Piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote 23 original concertos for piano and orchestra. These works, many of which Mozart composed for himself to play in the Vienna concert series of 1784–86, held special importance for him. For a long time relatively neglected, they are recognised as among his greatest achievements. They were championed by Donald Francis Tovey in his \"Essay on the Classical Concerto\" in 1903, and later by Cuthbert Girdlestone and Arthur Hutchings in 1940 (originally published in French) and 1948, respectively. Hans Tischler published a structural and thematic analysis of the concertos in 1966,", "title": "Piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "11180811", "text": "minor (K. 427), written for the Salzburg visit of 1783, the motet \"Ave verum corpus\" (K. 618), written in Baden in 1791, and the Requiem mass (K. 626), left incomplete at Mozart's death. Research on paper types by Alan Tyson suggests that a number of works long thought to be Salzburg material actually may date from Mozart's late Vienna years. As Tyson notes, this would make sense since Mozart was at the time engaged in a (successful) campaign to be appointed as the designated successor to Leopold Hofmann in the Kapellmeister position at St. Stephen's Cathedral. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "451927", "text": "works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote: \"posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years\". Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27January 1756 to Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) and Anna Maria, née Pertl (1720–1778), at 9 Getreidegasse in Salzburg. This was the capital of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, an ecclesiastic principality in what is now Austria, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the youngest of seven children, five of whom died in infancy. His elder sister was Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829), nicknamed \"Nannerl\". Mozart was baptized the day after his birth, at", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "10619364", "text": "Eleutherodactylus amadeus Eleutherodactylus amadeus, commonly known as Mozart's frog or Haitian robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to the Massif de la Hotte, southwestern Haiti. After not having been seen after 1991, the species was reported again in 2011. \"Eleutherodactylus amadeus\" is named after the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart \"for the remarkable resemblance of the wide-band audiospectrogram of this species to musical notes.\" Males measure on average and females in snout–vent length. The maximum length is . The dorsum is smooth. The dorsal pattern is variable; the most common patterns are reverse", "title": "Eleutherodactylus amadeus" }, { "docid": "10619361", "text": "Eleutherodactylus amadeus Eleutherodactylus amadeus, commonly known as Mozart's frog or Haitian robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to the Massif de la Hotte, southwestern Haiti. After not having been seen after 1991, the species was reported again in 2011. \"Eleutherodactylus amadeus\" is named after the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart \"for the remarkable resemblance of the wide-band audiospectrogram of this species to musical notes.\" Males measure on average and females in snout–vent length. The maximum length is . The dorsum is smooth. The dorsal pattern is variable; the most common patterns are reverse", "title": "Eleutherodactylus amadeus" }, { "docid": "12932188", "text": "The Complete Mozart Edition The Complete Mozart Edition is a 180-CD collection released in 1990–91 featuring all works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (known at the set's publication) assembled by Philips Classics Records to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (December 5, 1791). It has been re-released in 2000 in a modified version as the \"Complete Compact Mozart Edition\". \"The Complete Mozart Edition \" comprises 180 compact discs arranged into 45 themed volumes. Each volume in the series is accompanied by a deluxe booklet with detailed information about the works, with many illustrations. Indicating the significance of", "title": "The Complete Mozart Edition" }, { "docid": "12720461", "text": "Biographies of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died after a short illness on 5 December 1791, aged 35. His reputation as a composer, already strong during his lifetime, rose rapidly in the years after his death, and he became (as he has remained to this day) one of the most celebrated of all composers. Shortly after Mozart's death, biographers began to piece together accounts of his life, relying on the testimony of those still living who knew him, as well as surviving correspondence. The creation of Mozart biographies has been an activity of scholars ever since. Friedrich Schlichtegroll was a teacher", "title": "Biographies of Mozart" }, { "docid": "10885792", "text": "Vienna Observatory kept weather records and recorded for 6 December a temperature ranging from 37.9 to 38.8 degrees Fahrenheit (2.8 °C–3.8 °C), with \"a weak east wind at all ... times of the day\" (Slonimsky 1960:16). Following her husband's death, Constanze addressed the issue of providing financial security for her family; the Mozarts had two young children, and Mozart had died with outstanding debts. She successfully appealed to the Emperor on 11 December 1791 for a widow's pension due to her as a result of Mozart's service to the Emperor as a part-time chamber composer. Additionally, she organized a series", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "10876823", "text": "little known that Mozart's visits to the Bertramka are actually very scantily documented. No contemporary observer ever reported seeing him there, and Mozart himself never reported staying there in any surviving correspondence from Prague. The best evidence that he stayed there (and only during his second visit to Prague) comes from his son Karl Thomas Mozart in a reminiscence of 1856. Carl Thomas was not present for the incident reported, rather only heard about it from friends of Mozart he met in Prague as a boy in the 1790s. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague There is no question that the", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague" }, { "docid": "12879825", "text": "top 10 for the year. \"Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix\" earned the band a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards held on 31 January 2010. The album credits Phoenix band members Thomas Mars on vocals, Deck D'Arcy on bass, and Laurent Brancowitz and Christian Mazzalai on guitar, as well as the collaboration of Phillipe Zdar Cerboneschi, who mixed the album and played drums on the song \"Fences\". Phoenix produced 10 songs for release on the album in the US and Canada under the Glassnote label. The album name plays off of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, using his", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" }, { "docid": "12879824", "text": "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is the fourth studio album by French indie pop band Phoenix. It was released on 25 May 2009 by V2 Records. While the band's previous work enjoyed a moderate underground following, the release of \"Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix\" drew the attention of a more mainstream audience. In the US, Phoenix began a promotional tour including performances on several late night talk shows. \"Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix\" continued to gain momentum with the increased exposure of the tour. The album had the critics' attention and despite a slow climb in alternative music charts, it eventually reached the", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" }, { "docid": "8364191", "text": "Amadeus (name) Amadeus is a theophoric given name derived from the Latin words ' – the imperative of the word ' (to love) – and \"\" (god). As a linguistic compound in the form of a phereoikos, it means \"Love god!\". The best-known bearer of the name is the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German-language calque is \"'. Borrowings include the female form, \"Amadea\", the French \"Amédée\" (male), the Spanish \"Amadeo\", the Italian \"Amedeo\", and \"Amadis\", the Polish \"Amadeusz\" . Similar Slavic names include \"Bogomil\" and \"Bohumil\" meaning \"Dear to God\". The Arabic \"Habibullah\" means \"Beloved of God\". The Greek", "title": "Amadeus (name)" }, { "docid": "8364192", "text": "name \"Theophilos\" means \"friend of God\". Amadeus (name) Amadeus is a theophoric given name derived from the Latin words ' – the imperative of the word ' (to love) – and \"\" (god). As a linguistic compound in the form of a phereoikos, it means \"Love god!\". The best-known bearer of the name is the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German-language calque is \"'. Borrowings include the female form, \"Amadea\", the French \"Amédée\" (male), the Spanish \"Amadeo\", the Italian \"Amedeo\", and \"Amadis\", the Polish \"Amadeusz\" . Similar Slavic names include \"Bogomil\" and \"Bohumil\" meaning \"Dear to God\". The Arabic \"Habibullah\"", "title": "Amadeus (name)" }, { "docid": "3049408", "text": "Requiem (Mozart) The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year. A completed version dated 1792 by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who commissioned the piece for a Requiem service to commemorate the anniversary of his wife's death on 14 February. The autograph manuscript shows the finished and orchestrated Introit in Mozart's hand, and detailed drafts of the Kyrie and the sequence Dies irae", "title": "Requiem (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "8371878", "text": "Symphony No. 3 (Mozart) The so-called Symphony No. 3 in E major, K. 18, once attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is by today's scholarship considered not to be Mozart's own work but instead that of Carl Friedrich Abel, a leading German composer of the earlier Classical period. It was misattributed to Mozart because a manuscript score in the hand of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was categorized as his Symphony No. 3 in E, K. 18, and was published as such in the first complete edition of Mozart's works by Breitkopf & Härtel. Later, it was discovered that this symphony was actually", "title": "Symphony No. 3 (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "12720475", "text": "instance, by Schroeder (1999). Revisionism is, perhaps, likely to continue. Assessing the whole tradition of Mozart biography, Steptoe concludes: There is little doubt that successive generations of scholars have been sincere in their views of the composer, each claiming to be more 'objective' than the last, stripping away the veneer of speculation to arrive at 'the real man'. It is sobering to realize that these different opinions about Mozart as a person are all based on a very similar set of data. Biographies of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died after a short illness on 5 December 1791, aged 35. His", "title": "Biographies of Mozart" }, { "docid": "451959", "text": "have benefited from the sale of dance music written in his role as Imperial chamber composer. Mozart no longer borrowed large sums from Puchberg, and made a start on paying off his debts. He experienced great satisfaction in the public success of some of his works, notably \"The Magic Flute\" (which was performed several times in the short period between its premiere and Mozart's death) and the Little Masonic Cantata K. 623, premiered on 17 November 1791. Mozart fell ill while in Prague for the 6 September 1791 premiere of his opera \"La clemenza di Tito\", written in that same", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "12879831", "text": "the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album on 31 January 2010. Year-end list entries \"Lisztomania\" and \"1901\" were both listed on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2009, and received No. 4 and No. 13 respectively. !scope=\"row\"|Worldwide Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is the fourth studio album by French indie pop band Phoenix. It was released on 25 May 2009 by V2 Records. While the band's previous work enjoyed a moderate underground following, the release of \"Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix\" drew the attention of a more mainstream audience. In the US, Phoenix began a promotional tour including performances on several", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" }, { "docid": "12735516", "text": "Amadeus Revenge Amadeus Revenge is a music-based shoot 'em up game created by System Editoriale s.r.l. in 1988 for the Commodore 64. The game was developed using the SEUCK (\"Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit\"). In this game the player plays the part of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Amadeus as he is known in the game. The goal of the game is to complete Mozart's famous \"Piano Concerto No. 25\", (K. 503), referred to in-game as simply \"Concerto in C\". To do this the player must navigate Amadeus across reams of sheet music while eliminating the conflicting notes produced by rival musicians. As", "title": "Amadeus Revenge" }, { "docid": "10876814", "text": "had allegedly rejected it. Mozart arrived on 28 August 1791 and left in the third week of September. The opera received its first performance on 6 September 1791. Unlike the first two visits, Mozart was not the center of attention on his last visit. Rather, his activities were much overshadowed by the ceremonies of the Imperial court. The grief exhibited for Mozart in Prague after his death on 5 December 1791 far exceeded that witnessed in any other European city. Daniel E. Freeman has pointed out that whereas Mozart (one of history's greatest musicians) was laid to rest in Vienna", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague" }, { "docid": "10885788", "text": "Magic Flute\". Mozart is said to have whispered the following to Constanze in reference to her sister Josepha Hofer, the coloratura soprano who premiered the role of the Queen of the Night: Solomon, while noting that Mozart's biographers often left out the \"crueler memories\" surrounding his death, stated, \"Constanze Mozart told Nissen that just before the end Mozart asked her what [his physician] Dr. Closset had said. When she answered with a soothing lie, he said, 'It isn't true,' and he was very distressed: 'I shall die, now when I am able to take care of you and the children.", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "1781801", "text": "in London on 10 January 1948, underwritten by British composer and conductor Imogen Holst. On 25 January 1983 the Quartet gave a 35th anniversary concert in the same concert hall with a programme which included Beethoven's String Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 (3rd Rasumovsky Quartet). Touring extensively, the Amadeus performed throughout Europe, Canada, the United States, Japan, and South America. Noted for its smooth, sophisticated style, its seamless ensemble playing, and its sensitive interpretation, the quartet made some 200 recordings, among them the complete quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For concerts", "title": "Amadeus Quartet" }, { "docid": "451928", "text": "St. Rupert's Cathedral in Salzburg. The baptismal record gives his name in Latinized form, as \"Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart\". He generally called himself \"Wolfgang Amadè Mozart\" as an adult, but his name had many variants. Leopold Mozart, a native of Augsburg, Germany, was a minor composer and an experienced teacher. In 1743, he was appointed as fourth violinist in the musical establishment of Count Leopold Anton von Firmian, the ruling Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. Four years later, he married Anna Maria in Salzburg. Leopold became the orchestra's deputy Kapellmeister in 1763. During the year of his son's birth, Leopold published", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "12735517", "text": "a rival musician produces a conflictory note it is reproduced within the game score at the appropriate tone. Amadeus Revenge Amadeus Revenge is a music-based shoot 'em up game created by System Editoriale s.r.l. in 1988 for the Commodore 64. The game was developed using the SEUCK (\"Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit\"). In this game the player plays the part of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Amadeus as he is known in the game. The goal of the game is to complete Mozart's famous \"Piano Concerto No. 25\", (K. 503), referred to in-game as simply \"Concerto in C\". To do this the player", "title": "Amadeus Revenge" }, { "docid": "10885783", "text": "\"Yes I see I was ill to have had such an absurd idea of having taken poison, give me back the Requiem and I will go on with it.\" Mozart's worst symptoms of illness soon returned, together with the strong feeling that he was being poisoned. He became bedridden on 20 November, suffering from swelling, pain and vomiting. From this point on, scholars are all agreed that Mozart was indeed very sick, and he died about two weeks later, on December 5 (see below). The view that Mozart was in near-steady decline and despair during the last several months of", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "10885798", "text": "Examination of the skull suggested a premature closure of the metopic suture, which has been suggested on the basis of his physiognomy. A left temporal fracture and concomitant erosions raise the question of a chronic subdural hematoma, which would be consistent with several falls in 1789 and 1790 and could have caused the weakness, headaches, and fainting Mozart experienced in 1790 and 1791. Additionally, aggressive bloodletting used to treat suspected rheumatic fever could have decompensated such a lesion, leading to his death. In a 2000 publication, a team of two physicians (Faith T. Fitzgerald, Philip A. Mackowiak) and a musicologist", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "7457835", "text": "Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 27 in B major, K. 595, is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's last piano concerto; it was first performed early in 1791, the year of his death. The manuscript is dated 5 January 1791. However, Alan Tyson's analysis of the paper on which Mozart composed the work indicated that Mozart used this paper between December 1788 and February 1789, which implies composition well before 1791. Simon Keefe has written that the composition of the work dates from 1788. By contrast, has stated that Mozart composed this concerto in late 1790 and early 1791.", "title": "Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "12879826", "text": "first and middle name and replacing his last with the band's name \"Phoenix\". Of the name, Phoenix, Thomas Mars says, \"The album title is almost like a childish thing, like you're unleashing a child into the museum and he draws a mustache on the Mona Lisa or something ... It's kind of bratty, especially with me, my mom is German and Mozart is Austrian and in Germany it's like messing with the Pope or something.\" \"Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix\" has been described as an indie pop, pop rock, synth-pop, and new wave album. Co-producer Philippe Zdar hosted the recording of the", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" }, { "docid": "13815784", "text": "Three German Dances (Mozart) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Three German Dances (Teutsche), K. 605, are a set of three dance pieces composed by Mozart in 1791. Most of Mozart's German Dances were written whilst he held the position of \"Kammermusicus\" (Imperial Chamber Composer) in Vienna. Mozart had been appointed to this position on 1 December 1787 by Emperor Joseph II. The position was offered following the death of the former \"Kammermusicus\", Christoph Willibald Gluck on 15 November 1787. In the position Mozart earned 800 Florins a year. One of the main obligations of his position was to write music for the", "title": "Three German Dances (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "451954", "text": "listeners and performers. These developments were not witnessed by Mozart's father, who had died on 28 May 1787. In December 1787, Mozart finally obtained a steady post under aristocratic patronage. Emperor Joseph II appointed him as his \"chamber composer\", a post that had fallen vacant the previous month on the death of Gluck. It was a part-time appointment, paying just 800 florins per year, and required Mozart only to compose dances for the annual balls in the Redoutensaal (see \"Mozart and dance\"). This modest income became important to Mozart when hard times arrived. Court records show that Joseph's aim was", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "10885796", "text": "throughout his life, suffering from smallpox, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, typhoid fever, rheumatism, and gum disease. Whether these played any role in his demise cannot be determined. Conjectures as to what killed Mozart are numerous. The following survey is arranged in rough chronological order. Some ascribe Mozart's death to malpractice on the part of his physician, Dr. Closset. His sister-in-law Sophie Weber, in her 1825 account, makes the implication. Borowitz summarizes: In a journal article from 2011, it was suggested that Vitamin D deficiency could have played a role in Mozart's underlying medical conditions leading to his death. A suggestion is", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "10885787", "text": "obituary for Schack which was published in the 25 July 1827 issue of the \"Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung\": Biographer Niemetschek relates vaguely similar account, leaving out a rehearsal: The widely repeated claim that, on his deathbed, Mozart dictated passages of the \"Requiem\" to his pupil Süssmayr is strongly discounted by Solomon, who notes that the earliest reference for this claim dates to 1856. Sophie Weber did claim to recall, however, that Mozart gave instructions to Süssmayr. An 1840 letter from the composer Ignaz von Seyfried states that on his last night, Mozart was mentally occupied with the currently running opera \"The", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "3621924", "text": "Mega Car\"— \"Rambo Amadeus the World Mega Tzar\" (RASMC) (changed in 2012 because of his belief in the importance of modesty in an environmentally conscious society). His stage name itself is made from John Rambo and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His concerts are never mere repetitions of recorded songs, but a mixture of musical improvisation and humor exploiting all aspects of human nature in a crude manner. Some fans compare his style and career path with Frank Zappa. Rambo Amadeus represented Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, with the song \"Euro Neuro\". Antonije Pušić was born in", "title": "Rambo Amadeus" }, { "docid": "12879827", "text": "album from his in home studio in Paris. During the production of the album, the band recorded video of the sessions, which they have released as mini documentaries of their journey to create Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. The videos are available on the band's website. Throughout the process, lead singer Thomas Mars, noted the use of Oblique Strategies flash cards to promote his creative thinking during the development of the album. Reviewer Andrew Winistorfer said of the album, \"'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' opens with two monster singles, 'Lisztomania', a glittery anthem that manufactures a sense that you're in for greatness and an", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" }, { "docid": "10885781", "text": "this view. When in August 1791 Mozart arrived in Prague to supervise the performance of his new opera \"La clemenza di Tito\" (K. 621), he was \"already very ill\" (Abert, p. 1305). During this visit, Niemetschek wrote, \"he was pale and expression was sad, although his good humour was often shown in merry jest with his friends.\" Following his return to Vienna (mid September 1791), Mozart's condition gradually worsened. For a while, he was still able to work and completed his Clarinet Concerto (K. 622), worked toward the completion of his Requiem (K. 626), and conducted the premiere performance of", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "7457839", "text": "immediately follows this concerto in the Köchel catalogue. Mozart wrote down his cadenzas for the first and third movements. Simon Keefe has discussed the concerto in detail, with emphasis on the distinctive character and experiments in style of the concerto compared to Mozart's other concerti in this genre. Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 27 in B major, K. 595, is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's last piano concerto; it was first performed early in 1791, the year of his death. The manuscript is dated 5 January 1791. However, Alan Tyson's analysis of the paper on which Mozart composed", "title": "Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "10885793", "text": "of concerts of Mozart's music and the publication of many of her husband's works. As a result, Constanze became financially secure over time. Soon after the composer's death a Mozart biography was started by Friedrich Schlichtegroll, who wrote an early account based on information from Mozart's sister, Nannerl. Working with Constanze, Franz Niemetschek wrote a biography as well. Much later, Constanze assisted her second husband, Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, on a more detailed biography published in 1826. See \"Biographies of Mozart\". Mozart's musical reputation rose following his death; 20th-century biographer Maynard Solomon describes an \"unprecedented wave of enthusiasm\" for his", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "451975", "text": "in turn reflected in his later non-operatic compositions. Mozart's most famous pupil, whom the Mozarts took into their Vienna home for two years as a child, was probably Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a transitional figure between Classical and Romantic eras. More important is the influence Mozart had on composers of later generations. Ever since the surge in his reputation after his death, studying his scores has been a standard part of classical musicians' training. Ludwig van Beethoven, Mozart's junior by fifteen years, was deeply influenced by his work, with which he was acquainted as a teenager. He is thought to have", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "10385366", "text": "of the Köchel catalogue. The piece appeared in the 1984 film \"Amadeus\" when the child Mozart played it blindfolded on the harpsichord and then blindfolded on the violin. Piece in F for Keyboard, K. 33B (Mozart) The (Piece in F for keyboard), K. 33B, is a keyboard work written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sometime during early October 1766; its tempo marking is Allegro. It is 26 bars long, divided into two sections of 12 and 14 bars, each repeated. Mozart wrote this piece in pencil on the back of a circular by the Zürcher Musikkollegium (Zürich Music College) dated 30", "title": "Piece in F for Keyboard, K. 33B (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "451968", "text": "highly evolved intricacy of the Baroque. Progressively, and in large part at the hands of Mozart himself, the contrapuntal complexities of the late Baroque emerged once more, moderated and disciplined by new forms, and adapted to a new aesthetic and social milieu. Mozart was a versatile composer, and wrote in every major genre, including symphony, opera, the solo concerto, chamber music including string quartet and string quintet, and the piano sonata. These forms were not new, but Mozart advanced their technical sophistication and emotional reach. He almost single-handedly developed and popularized the Classical piano concerto. He wrote a great deal", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "3823532", "text": "The \"andante\" movement of this piece was featured in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 2002 film \"Uzak\". The first movement of the piece was briefly heard in the 1984 movie \"Amadeus\". Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (Mozart) The Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364 (320d), was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the time of its composition in 1779, Mozart was on a tour of Europe that included Mannheim and Paris. Mozart had been experimenting with the sinfonia concertante genre and this work can be considered his most successful realization in this cross-over genre", "title": "Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "16413712", "text": "Mozart Decoded Mozart Decoded is a 2008 documentary about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart produced by Sullivan Entertainment. The film was made as a follow up to Sullivan Entertainment’s Magic Flute Diaries and uses a lot of the same visual material. The program premiered on December 20, 2008 on A-Channel in Canada. A detailed look the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart Decoded starts with Mozart’s upbringing and follows his life through his success and affiliations. A priority of this documentary is finding out what motivated Mozart’s work and how organizations like the Freemasons impacted his most popular operas.", "title": "Mozart Decoded" }, { "docid": "16413711", "text": "Mozart Decoded Mozart Decoded is a 2008 documentary about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart produced by Sullivan Entertainment. The film was made as a follow up to Sullivan Entertainment’s Magic Flute Diaries and uses a lot of the same visual material. The program premiered on December 20, 2008 on A-Channel in Canada. A detailed look the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart Decoded starts with Mozart’s upbringing and follows his life through his success and affiliations. A priority of this documentary is finding out what motivated Mozart’s work and how organizations like the Freemasons impacted his most popular operas.", "title": "Mozart Decoded" }, { "docid": "9278546", "text": "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132, is a set of variations for orchestra composed in 1914 by Max Reger; the composer conducted the premiere in Berlin on 5 February 1915. He later produced a version for two pianos, Op. 132a. The theme is drawn from the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata in A, K. 331, and is first presented by the oboe and two clarinets before being repeated by strings. Its second part appears again in the oboe and clarinet supported by high strings,", "title": "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart" }, { "docid": "9073981", "text": "Wolfgang Van Halen Wolfgang William Van Halen (born March 16, 1991) is an American musician who is currently the bassist for Van Halen, having replaced Michael Anthony in 2006. He is also the former bassist for the heavy metal band Tremonti. At years old, he is the youngest member of Van Halen. Named in homage to the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he is the son of guitarist Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli, and the nephew of drummer Alex Van Halen. Wolfgang has said that he did not know his father was a famous musician until he \"started", "title": "Wolfgang Van Halen" }, { "docid": "451934", "text": "rapidly maturing composer. Wolfgang met Josef Mysliveček and Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, and was accepted as a member of the famous Accademia Filarmonica. In Rome, he heard Gregorio Allegri's \"Miserere\" twice in performance, in the Sistine Chapel, and wrote it out from memory, thus producing the first unauthorized copy of this closely guarded property of the Vatican. In Milan, Mozart wrote the opera \"Mitridate, re di Ponto\" (1770), which was performed with success. This led to further opera commissions. He returned with his father twice to Milan (August–December 1771; October 1772 – March 1773) for the composition and premieres", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "15056190", "text": "Mozart Ice Piedmont Mozart Ice Piedmont () is an ice piedmont, 60 nautical miles (110 km) long-running in a NW-SE direction and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide in its widest part, on the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), famous Austrian composer. Some landforms within this area are named in association with the Mozart Ice Piedmont such as Figaro Nunatak,", "title": "Mozart Ice Piedmont" }, { "docid": "10885785", "text": "to disseminate sentimental and sensationalist views.\" By \"charity\" Halliwell may be referring to the many benefit concerts from which Constanze received income in the years following Mozart's death, as well as, perhaps, the pension she received from the Emperor; see discussion below as well as Constanze Mozart. Christoph Wolff, in a 2012 book entitled \"Mozart at the Gateway to his Fortune\", disputes the view that Mozart's last years represented a steady slide to despair and the grave; he also disagrees with interpretations of the music as reflecting late-life despair (for example) \"the hauntingly beautiful autumnal world of [Mozart's] music written", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "451942", "text": "of wanting his musical servant to be at hand (Mozart indeed was required to dine in Colloredo's establishment with the valets and cooks.) But Mozart was planning a bigger career even as he continued in the archbishop's service; for example, to his father he wrote: My main goal right now is to meet the emperor in some agreeable fashion, I am absolutely determined he . I would be so happy if I could whip through my opera for him and then play a fugue or two, for that's what he likes. Mozart did indeed soon meet the Emperor, who eventually", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "15213575", "text": "Mozart, l'opéra rock Mozart, l'opéra rock (\"Mozart, the rock opera\") is a French musical with music by Dove Attia, Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau, Nicolas Luciani, Rodrigue Janois and François Castello, lyrics by Vincent Baguian and Patrice Guirao and a book by Attia and François Chouquet. The show is a dramatization of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart beginning from the age of 17 and culminating with his death in 1791 at the age of 35. It uses both original pop-rock compositions as well as pre-existing music composed by Mozart. The musical premiered on 22 September 2009 at the", "title": "Mozart, l'opéra rock" }, { "docid": "3993557", "text": "by Mozart scholar Michael Lorenz in the registers of the Lower Austrian Governorship, where in May 1787 \"Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus\" is referred to as having applied for the return of his written surety for his friend . Other uses of \"Amadeus\", from immediately after Mozart's death in 1791, are given above. The 19th century saw the gradual victory of \"Amadeus\" over alternative middle names. The earliest (18th century) biographers of Mozart, such as Friedrich Schlichtegroll and Franz Niemetschek, used \"Gottlieb\". However, in 1798 the publishing firm of Breitkopf & Härtel began to issue a (partial) Complete Works edition under the", "title": "Mozart's name" }, { "docid": "9129137", "text": "Haydn Quartets (Mozart) The \"Haydn\" Quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are a set of six string quartets published in 1785 in Vienna as his Op. 10, dedicated to the composer Joseph Haydn. They contain some of Mozart's most memorable melodic writing and refined compositional thought. The quartets were published in a set (labelled Mozart's \"Op. 10\") in Vienna, 1785. Dates of completion are shown in parentheses above. Mozart arranged the six quartets in the order of composition, except for reversing the order of K. 428 and K. 458. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed 23 string quartets. The six \"Haydn\" Quartets were", "title": "Haydn Quartets (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "451950", "text": "person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.\" From 1782 to 1785 Mozart mounted concerts with himself as soloist, presenting three or four new piano concertos in each season. Since space in the theaters was scarce, he booked unconventional venues: a large room in the Trattnerhof (an apartment building), and the ballroom of the Mehlgrube (a restaurant). The concerts were very popular, and the concertos he premiered at them are still firm fixtures in the repertoire. Solomon writes that during this period Mozart created \"a harmonious connection between an eager composer-performer and a", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "451931", "text": "subjects. Solomon notes that, while Leopold was a devoted teacher to his children, there is evidence that Mozart was keen to progress beyond what he was taught. His first ink-spattered composition and his precocious efforts with the violin were of his own initiative, and came as a surprise to Leopold, who eventually gave up composing when his son's musical talents became evident. While Wolfgang was young, his family made several European journeys in which he and Nannerl performed as child prodigies. These began with an exhibition in 1762 at the court of Prince-elector Maximilian III of Bavaria in Munich, and", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "15056191", "text": "along with a few other landforms. Mozart Ice Piedmont Mozart Ice Piedmont () is an ice piedmont, 60 nautical miles (110 km) long-running in a NW-SE direction and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide in its widest part, on the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), famous Austrian composer. Some landforms within this area are named in association with the Mozart", "title": "Mozart Ice Piedmont" }, { "docid": "14868578", "text": "was still recognized. King Jérôme of Westphalia appointed Amadeus as his chamberlain, but Amadeus rejected the appointment stating that he was a subject of The Holy Roman Empire, although the areas of Hesse-Rotenburg, St. Goar and Rheinfels were under Napoléon's control. Jérôme accused him of betrayal, and Amadeus fled to St. Goar. The Emperor finally declared the Prince to be a Westphalian subject. After the death of his father, Victor Amadeus was compelled to transfer the Palais Hesse-Rotenburg to the King in Kassel, in order to pay a sum of thirty-five thousand thalers, which had been owed to the expelled", "title": "Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg" }, { "docid": "6504641", "text": "Violin Concerto No. 5 (Mozart) The Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, often referred to by the nickname \"The Turkish\", was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775, premiering during the holiday season that year in Salzburg. It follows the typical fast-slow-fast musical structure. Mozart composed the majority of his concertos for string instruments from 1773 to 1779, but it is unknown for whom, or for what occasion, he wrote them. Similarly, the dating of these works is unclear. Analysis of the handwriting, papers and watermarks has proved that all five violin concertos were re-dated several times.", "title": "Violin Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "18852662", "text": "The Classical Style The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven is a book by the American pianist and author Charles Rosen. The book analyses the evolution of style during the Classical period of classical music as it was developed through the works of Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. \"The Classical Style\" was first published on April 21, 1971 by Viking Press. Rosen later revised the work, complete with a new chapter, an updated preface, and a companion CD specifically recorded for the new edition. This second version was published through W. W. Norton & Company in 1998.", "title": "The Classical Style" }, { "docid": "7016722", "text": "subject dealt with the naming of most of the town's streets after composers. Mozart, Saskatchewan Mozart is a hamlet south of the Quill Lakes in Saskatchewan, Canada, within Elfros RM 307. It was founded in 1909 and named after the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The streets are also named after other famous classical composers. The community held the status of designated place in the Canada 2006 Census, in which it had a population of 34. In the town's name, the \"z\" has its normal English sound, rather than the German used in the composer's name. The RM of Elfros", "title": "Mozart, Saskatchewan" }, { "docid": "7016720", "text": "Mozart, Saskatchewan Mozart is a hamlet south of the Quill Lakes in Saskatchewan, Canada, within Elfros RM 307. It was founded in 1909 and named after the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The streets are also named after other famous classical composers. The community held the status of designated place in the Canada 2006 Census, in which it had a population of 34. In the town's name, the \"z\" has its normal English sound, rather than the German used in the composer's name. The RM of Elfros held centennial celebrations July 24–26, 2009. In 1991, Mozart's postmaster commemorated the 200th", "title": "Mozart, Saskatchewan" }, { "docid": "15071881", "text": "announced the publication of the quartets as follows: Haydn had been very impressed by these quartets, so much so that he is known to have said: Prussian Quartets (Mozart) The Prussian Quartets are a set of three string quartets, nos. 21–23 (K. 575, 589, 590), nicknamed 'Prussian', composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart between 1789–90 and dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II. They were posthumously published in December 1791 by Artaria as Op. 18, only a few weeks after Mozart's death. Although not considered on par with the earlier, more famous 'Haydn Quartets' (K. 387, 421, 428, 458,", "title": "Prussian Quartets (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "451935", "text": "of \"Ascanio in Alba\" (1771) and \"Lucio Silla\" (1772). Leopold hoped that these visits would result in a professional appointment for his son, and indeed ruling Archduke Ferdinand contemplated hiring Mozart but owing to his mother Empress Maria Theresa's reluctance to employ \"useless people\", the matter was dropped and Leopold's hopes were never realized. Toward the end of the journey, Mozart wrote the solo motet \"Exsultate, jubilate\", K. 165. After finally returning with his father from Italy on 13 March 1773, Mozart was employed as a court musician by the ruler of Salzburg, Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo. The composer had a", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "451967", "text": "recreational riding. He had a startling fondness for scatological humor, which is preserved in his surviving letters, notably those written to his cousin Maria Anna Thekla Mozart around 1777–1778, and in his correspondence with his sister and parents. Mozart also wrote scatological music, a series of canons that he sang with his friends. Mozart was raised a Roman Catholic and remained a devout member of the church throughout his life. Mozart's music, like Haydn's, stands as an archetype of the Classical style. At the time he began composing, European music was dominated by the \"style galant\", a reaction against the", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "9838127", "text": "in many of his letters. He played the piece at concerts until his death. Piano Concerto No. 5 (Mozart) Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1773, at the age of 17. It is Mozart's first original piano concerto; his previous efforts were based on works by other composers. The work is scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings and was the only concerto with trumpets and timpani until No. 10, K. 365. The second movement omits the trumpets and timpani. The three movements of the concerto", "title": "Piano Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "10876817", "text": "pointed out how precarious opera production was in the city throughout the eighteenth century. Indeed, productions of Italian opera in Prague ceased again already in 1789, not to re-appear again until 1791, due to the departure of the impresario Domenico Guardasoni and the death of the impresario Pasquale Bondini. Another possible reason why Mozart didn't stay is given by Volkmar Braunbehrens, citing Schenk: the death in Vienna in November 1787 of Gluck, whose post in the Imperial musical establishment Mozart sought (and ultimately got, though at a much lower salary); Mozart needed to return home to lobby for the position.", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague" }, { "docid": "10885797", "text": "that Mozart died as a result of his hypochondriasis and his predilection for taking patent medicines containing antimony. In his final days, this was compounded by further prescriptions of antimony to relieve the fever he clearly suffered. A 1994 article in \"Neurology\" suggests Mozart died of a subdural hematoma. A skull believed to be Mozart's was saved by the successor of the gravedigger who had supervised Mozart's burial, and later passed on to anatomist Josef Hyrtl, the municipality of Salzburg, and the Mozarteum museum (Salzburg). Forensic reconstruction of soft tissues related to the skull reveals substantial concordance with Mozart's portraits.", "title": "Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "12629862", "text": "and had the honour of opening the 1991 Mozart Year in Tokyo and to represent Austria at the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico in 2002. Further guest performances have taken the orchestra to Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Morocco, Malta, Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Greece, Canada, USA, Brazil, Panama, Turkey, Guatemala, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Vienna Mozart Orchestra The Vienna Mozart Orchestra, with its 30 musicians, was founded in 1986 and has devoted itself entirely to that great composer of the Viennese classical period, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Since its foundation 20 years ago, the orchestra has found a permanent place in Viennese", "title": "Vienna Mozart Orchestra" }, { "docid": "13923287", "text": "Rondo in A minor (Mozart) The Rondo in A minor, K. 511, is a work for solo piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart recorded the completion of the Rondo in his personal thematic catalog on 11 March 1787; he was 31 at the time and had only recently returned from a triumphant journey to Prague, where he witnessed great success for a new production of his 1786 opera \"The Marriage of Figaro\", for his Symphony No. 38, and for his own solo piano performances. Abert (2007) notes some other major works of this stage in Mozart's life: the Rondo shortly", "title": "Rondo in A minor (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "13923310", "text": "not known Mozart's rondo, K. 511.)\" Rondo in A minor (Mozart) The Rondo in A minor, K. 511, is a work for solo piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart recorded the completion of the Rondo in his personal thematic catalog on 11 March 1787; he was 31 at the time and had only recently returned from a triumphant journey to Prague, where he witnessed great success for a new production of his 1786 opera \"The Marriage of Figaro\", for his Symphony No. 38, and for his own solo piano performances. Abert (2007) notes some other major works of this stage", "title": "Rondo in A minor (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "234997", "text": "a man among men, a man of this world, and not out of this world. The English composer John McCabe wrote his \"Variations on a Theme of Karl Amadeus Hartmann\" (1964) in tribute. It uses the opening of Hartmann's Fourth Symphony as its theme. Henze has made a version of Hartmann's Piano Sonata No. 2 for full orchestra. (i) Up to 1945 – mostly later suppressed (ii) After 1945 Karl Amadeus Hartmann Karl Amadeus Hartmann (2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963) was a German composer. Sometimes described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, he is now", "title": "Karl Amadeus Hartmann" }, { "docid": "451944", "text": "of his yearly Salzburg salary. The quarrel with the archbishop came to a head in May: Mozart attempted to resign and was refused. The following month, permission was granted, but in a grossly insulting way: the composer was dismissed literally \"with a kick in the arse\", administered by the archbishop's steward, Count Arco. Mozart decided to settle in Vienna as a freelance performer and composer. The quarrel with the archbishop went harder for Mozart because his father sided against him. Hoping fervently that he would obediently follow Colloredo back to Salzburg, Mozart's father exchanged intense letters with his son, urging", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "14230456", "text": "serenade. This is similar to the K. 203 serenade from the previous year. Mozart probably played the solo violin part himself. Like most of his orchestral serenades, a symphony was arranged from a subset of the serenade's movements. The \"Serenade Symphony\" for this work consists of movements one, five, six and seven (the non-concerto movements). Serenade No. 5 (Mozart) The Serenade No. 5 in D major, K. 204/213a was written on August 5, 1775 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for ceremonies at the University of Salzburg. The work is very similar to K. 203 serenade composed for Salzburg the previous summer.", "title": "Serenade No. 5 (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "451946", "text": "prospered as a composer, and in 1782 completed the opera \"Die Entführung aus dem Serail\" (\"The Abduction from the Seraglio\"), which premiered on 16 July 1782 and achieved a huge success. The work was soon being performed \"throughout German-speaking Europe\", and fully established Mozart's reputation as a composer. Near the height of his quarrels with Colloredo, Mozart moved in with the Weber family, who had moved to Vienna from Mannheim. The father, Fridolin, had died, and the Webers were now taking in lodgers to make ends meet. Aloysia, who had earlier rejected Mozart's suit, was now married to the actor", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "8494112", "text": "Vermont Mozart Festival The original Vermont Mozart Festival (1974–2010) was a series of indoor and outdoor concerts presented annually at sites throughout the state of Vermont. The Inaugural Festival of 1974 was conceived as a celebration of both the \"natural beauty of the state and the genius of the Festival's namesake\", composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Festival's mission quickly grew, and since its third season it featured performances of a much broader range of classical and other repertoire. In 2010 the original Vermont Mozart Festival disbanded and dissolved. In 2015 violinist Michael Dabroski announced a new Vermont Mozart Festival, Inc.", "title": "Vermont Mozart Festival" }, { "docid": "15650242", "text": "the state of Washington, USA. Label: Archiv Produktion (DG) Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performers: Gardiner, Oelze, Schade, Sieden Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Label: Archiv Produktion (DG) Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performers: Olsen, Orgonasova, Sieden, Peper Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Label: Glossa Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performer: Cyndia Sieden Conductor: Frans Brüggen Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century Label: Berlin Classics Composer: Anton Schweitzer Performers: Hofstetter, Genz, Schneider, Sieden Conductor: Michael Hofstetter Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Cologne Label: Orfeo Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performers: Ford, Sieden, Oelze Conductor: Roger Norrington Orchestra/Ensemble:", "title": "Cyndia Sieden" }, { "docid": "5500060", "text": "Symphony No. 5 (Mozart) The Symphony No. 5 in B major, K. 22, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in The Hague in December, 1765, at the age of nine, while he was on his musical tour of Western Europe. Mozart fell seriously ill during his stay in The Hague, and he wrote that composition probably while he was convalescing from his illness. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings. \\relative c\" { </score> The form is that of a three-movement Italian overture: All three movements are colored especially prominently by horns. A rousing first movement", "title": "Symphony No. 5 (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "3901950", "text": "In his acceptance speech for the award, Jarre remarked \"I was lucky Mozart was not eligible this year\". \"Amadeus\" premiered in 1984 as a PG-rated movie with a running time of 161 minutes. In 2002, director Miloš Forman introduced an R-rated version with nearly 20 minutes of restored footage. This version was released by the studios as a \"Director's Cut\". Forman justified why those scenes were cut in the first place in the 1995 supplemental material for Pioneer's deluxe LaserDisc. However, he explains why the scenes were eventually restored in a subsequent 2002 interview with \"The A.V. Club\": The soundtrack", "title": "Amadeus (film)" }, { "docid": "451976", "text": "performed Mozart's operas while playing in the court orchestra at Bonn, and traveled to Vienna in 1787 hoping to study with the older composer. Some of have direct models in comparable works by Mozart, and he wrote cadenzas (WoO 58) to Mozart's D minor piano concerto K. 466. For further details see Mozart and Beethoven. Composers have paid homage to Mozart by writing sets of variations on his themes. Beethoven wrote four such sets (Op. 66, WoO 28, WoO 40, WoO 46). Others include Fernando Sor's Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart (1821), Mikhail Glinka's Variations on a", "title": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" }, { "docid": "14230455", "text": "Serenade No. 5 (Mozart) The Serenade No. 5 in D major, K. 204/213a was written on August 5, 1775 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for ceremonies at the University of Salzburg. The work is very similar to K. 203 serenade composed for Salzburg the previous summer. The serenade is scored for two oboes (doubling flutes), bassoon, two horns, two trumpets and strings. There are seven movements: The March in D, K. 215/213b, was used as an introduction or exit for this work. The second, third and fourth movements all feature the solo violin prominently, forming a three-movement violin concerto within the", "title": "Serenade No. 5 (Mozart)" }, { "docid": "12629859", "text": "Vienna Mozart Orchestra The Vienna Mozart Orchestra, with its 30 musicians, was founded in 1986 and has devoted itself entirely to that great composer of the Viennese classical period, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Since its foundation 20 years ago, the orchestra has found a permanent place in Viennese concert life, becoming a fixture in the City of Vienna’s musical programmes for tourist entertainment every summer. A number of musicians from famous Viennese orchestras and ensembles collaborate with the Vienna Mozart Orchestra as soloists and conductors, among them members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony orchestras. In addition, singers from", "title": "Vienna Mozart Orchestra" } ]

[ "R. W. Sears", "Richard W Sears", "Richard Warren Sears", "Sears, Richard Warren" ]

[ { "docid": "5971624", "text": "died on June 18, 1948 while visiting his daughter in Evanston, Illinois. He was 84 years old. He was buried at the Acacia Park Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Alvah Curtis Roebuck Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was the co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears. Alvah Curtis Roebuck was born on January 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana. He began work as a watchmaker in a Hammond, Indiana, jewelry store at age 12. Roebuck co-founded Sears, Roebuck and Company with Richard Warren Sears in 1891. In 1895, Roebuck asked Sears to", "title": "Alvah Curtis Roebuck" }, { "docid": "5971621", "text": "Alvah Curtis Roebuck Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was the co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears. Alvah Curtis Roebuck was born on January 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana. He began work as a watchmaker in a Hammond, Indiana, jewelry store at age 12. Roebuck co-founded Sears, Roebuck and Company with Richard Warren Sears in 1891. In 1895, Roebuck asked Sears to buy him out for about $20,000. At Richard Sears' request, Roebuck took charge of a division that handled watches, jewelry, optical goods, and, later, phonographs, magic lanterns and", "title": "Alvah Curtis Roebuck" }, { "docid": "4100907", "text": "birthplace in Stewartville is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sears was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1992. Richard Warren Sears Richard Warren Sears (December 7, 1863 – September 28, 1914) was an American manager, businessman and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Sears was born in Stewartville, Minnesota. His father was James Warren Sears, born circa 1828 in New York, a blacksmith and wagon-maker; his mother was Eliza Burton, born in Ohio circa 1843. The family was living in Spring Valley, Minnesota by June", "title": "Richard Warren Sears" }, { "docid": "4100900", "text": "Richard Warren Sears Richard Warren Sears (December 7, 1863 – September 28, 1914) was an American manager, businessman and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Sears was born in Stewartville, Minnesota. His father was James Warren Sears, born circa 1828 in New York, a blacksmith and wagon-maker; his mother was Eliza Burton, born in Ohio circa 1843. The family was living in Spring Valley, Minnesota by June 1870, where his father served as a city councilman and eventually sold his wagon shop in 1875. Both of his parents were of English descent. During", "title": "Richard Warren Sears" }, { "docid": "1963958", "text": "Sears Sears, Roebuck and Company, colloquially known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1893, reincorporated (a formality for a history-making consumer sector initial public offering) by Richard Sears and new partner Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Evansville, Indiana. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box", "title": "Sears" } ]

[ { "docid": "5971623", "text": "1934, a Sears store manager asked Roebuck to make a public appearance at his store. After an enthusiastic public turnout, Roebuck went on tour, appearing at retail stores across the country for the next several years. Roebuck married first wife Kittie Rice 2 September 1890, in York, Ontario, Canada, and had a son Theodore Roebuck born 2 July 1891. Roebuck later married Sarah Blanche Lett. They resided in Tujunga, Los Angeles, California. They had a son, Alvah Curtis Roebuck, Jr., who also resided in Tujunga, and a daughter, who resided in Evanston, Illinois with her husband Raymond H. Keeler. Roebuck", "title": "Alvah Curtis Roebuck" }, { "docid": "5971622", "text": "motion picture machines. His business interests did not end with Sears. He later organized and financed two companies: a manufacturer and a distributor of motion picture machines and accessories. Roebuck also served as president (1909–1924) of Emerson Typewriter Company, where he invented an improved typewriter, called the \"Woodstock.\" After several years in semi-retirement in Florida, the financial losses he suffered in the stock market crash of 1929 forced Roebuck to return to Chicago. By 1933, Roebuck had rejoined Sears, Roebuck and Co., where he largely devoted his time to compiling a history of the company he helped found. In September", "title": "Alvah Curtis Roebuck" }, { "docid": "1963960", "text": "state to work as a railroad station agent in North Redwood, as well as in Minneapolis. While in North Redwood, a jeweler received an impressive shipment of watches which were unwanted. Sears purchased them, then sold them at a low price to the station agents and made a considerable profit. He started a mail order watch business in Minneapolis in 1886, calling it \"R.W. Sears Watch Company.\" Within the first year he met Alvah C. Roebuck, a watch repairman. The next year Sears and Roebuck relocated the business to Chicago. In 1887, R.W. Sears Watch Company published Richard Sears' first", "title": "Sears" }, { "docid": "20571746", "text": "Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library The Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library is a public library building located at 302 East Main Street in Belding, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Hiram Belding and Mary Wilson Belding moved from Ashfield, Massachusetts to a farmstead in what is now Belding in 1855. With them was their 17-year-old son, Alvah N. Belding. They were soon joined by Alvah's brother Hiram. However, farming proved unprofitable, and in 1857 the Belding brothers began a trade selling silk thread to nearby settlers. By 1863 the brothers opened a retail", "title": "Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library" }, { "docid": "17325257", "text": "Alvah Leigh Powell Alvah Leigh Powell (April 10, 1863 – October 7, 1924) was an American inventor and creator of the Powell Lever Motor. Alvah Leigh Powell was born to Madison S. Powell and Sarah Ann Cummings in Vicksburg, MS. He first married Ada B. Cook in 1882 in Lake Village, AR and they had six children: Ernest Allen (1883-1939), Virginia (1889-1954), Evans Alvah (1891-1954), Sarah Anne (1895-1956), Lillian Ada (1898-1963), and Helen J. (1900-1988). Powell and his family moved frequently across the mid-Southern US, with all the children except two being born in different locations in different states. Some", "title": "Alvah Leigh Powell" }, { "docid": "17325262", "text": "in industrial oil-pumping applications, ultimately the effort failed and the company and shops disbanded. Alvah Leigh Powell Alvah Leigh Powell (April 10, 1863 – October 7, 1924) was an American inventor and creator of the Powell Lever Motor. Alvah Leigh Powell was born to Madison S. Powell and Sarah Ann Cummings in Vicksburg, MS. He first married Ada B. Cook in 1882 in Lake Village, AR and they had six children: Ernest Allen (1883-1939), Virginia (1889-1954), Evans Alvah (1891-1954), Sarah Anne (1895-1956), Lillian Ada (1898-1963), and Helen J. (1900-1988). Powell and his family moved frequently across the mid-Southern US, with", "title": "Alvah Leigh Powell" }, { "docid": "10269943", "text": "Alvah A. Clark Alvah Augustus Clark (September 13, 1840 – December 27, 1912) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1881. He was the first cousin of James N. Pidcock, who represented the same district from 1885 to 1889. Born in Lebanon Township, New Jersey, Clark attended public and private schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1863, commencing practice in New Germantown, New Jersey. He was licensed as a counselor in 1867 and moved to Somerville, New Jersey, later the", "title": "Alvah A. Clark" }, { "docid": "16033746", "text": "the parking garage that serves the aforementioned stores. Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Washington, D.C.) Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store, also known as The Cityline Building, is an historic retail building, located at 4500 Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Tenleytown neighborhood. The Moderne building, was designed by John Stokes Redden and John G. Raben in 1941. Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941 when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street. At the time the store was notable for its size, and for its 300 car rooftop parking lot. In 1975,", "title": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Washington, D.C.)" }, { "docid": "16033744", "text": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Washington, D.C.) Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store, also known as The Cityline Building, is an historic retail building, located at 4500 Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Tenleytown neighborhood. The Moderne building, was designed by John Stokes Redden and John G. Raben in 1941. Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941 when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street. At the time the store was notable for its size, and for its 300 car rooftop parking lot. In 1975, the Wisconsin Avenue elevation was altered for the", "title": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Washington, D.C.)" }, { "docid": "3315761", "text": "Deutsch Levy, Edith (Rosenwald) Stern, Marion (Rosenwald) Ascoli and William Rosenwald. Their son Lessing Rosenwald became a prominent businessman, following his father in the chairmanship of Sears, Roebuck & Company (1932–1939). One of his grandchildren is Nina Rosenwald. He was the maternal grandfather of the Hollywood film producer Armand Deutsch, who believed that he was the intended target of the thrill killers Leopold and Loeb, who went on to kidnap and murder his schoolmate Robert \"Bobby\" Franks on May 21, 1924. In 1893, Richard Sears and Alvah C. Roebuck renamed their watch company Sears, Roebuck & Company and began to", "title": "Julius Rosenwald" }, { "docid": "12857340", "text": "in contributions from Knight Ridder and associated foundations, Florida International University named the Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. Graduate School of Business in his honor in 2001. He also endowed the Alvah Chapman Chair in Management at The Citadel School of Business and his alma mater annually awards the Alvah Chapman Distinguished Leadership Award to deserving members of the business community. Chapman died at age 87 on December 25, 2008 of pneumonia. He had Parkinson's disease and had experienced a number of strokes, in addition to breaking a hip in March 2008. Alvah Chapman Jr. Alvah Herman Chapman Jr. (March 21,", "title": "Alvah Chapman Jr." }, { "docid": "8365176", "text": "to work.’” The Chicago business community also greeted the new journal with cynicism. “We would be working on stories and call sources, saying we were with \"Crain’s Chicago Business\",” said Sandy Pesmen, feature editor at \"Crain's\" and former feature writer at the \"Daily News\". “They would say ‘Who? What? The people who make the toilets?’ Some thought we were the plumbing manufacturer [Crane Co.]. Pretty soon, we were introducing ourselves by saying, “Hello, this is so-and-so from \"C-R-A-I-N’s Chicago Business\".” One of \"Crain's\"’s biggest assets from the beginning was its physical appearance. “The first major sign of encouragement we got", "title": "Crain's Chicago Business" }, { "docid": "17392784", "text": "Alvah W. Burlingame Jr. Alvah Waterman Burlingame Jr. (August 22, 1879 – May 18, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was born on August 22, 1879 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, the son of Alvah Waterman Burlingame (1835–1921) and Angeline (Chichester) Burlingame (1840–1925). Burlingame was a member of the New York State Senate (8th D.) in 1909 and 1910. On November 30, 1910, he married Emilie A. Butler (c.1886–1972), and they had two children. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 17th D.) in 1914; and was Chairman of", "title": "Alvah W. Burlingame Jr." }, { "docid": "14908933", "text": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Retail Department Store-Camden The Sears, Roebuck and Company Retail Department Store Building in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, was built in 1927 and housed a Sears department store until 1971, when the store relocated to Moorestown Mall. It was South Jersey's first free-standing department store. It was also among the first department stores to be built with its own parking lot, a precursor to the modern shopping mall. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 27, 2000. After Sears relocated, the building was home at different times to a", "title": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Retail Department Store-Camden" }, { "docid": "14505069", "text": "of the original structure was a seven-story tower. The original department store space had been demolished. The tower was preserved and incorporated it into the new Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, built in 2006. The Sears building at one point absorbed a former Burdines department store. The Art Deco building was constructed in 1929, predating the Art Deco hotels on Ocean Drive. Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Miami, Florida) The Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store in Miami, Florida was an Art Deco building built in 1929 for Sears, Roebuck and Company. The building was the first", "title": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Miami, Florida)" }, { "docid": "14505067", "text": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Miami, Florida) The Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store in Miami, Florida was an Art Deco building built in 1929 for Sears, Roebuck and Company. The building was the first known implementation of Art Deco architecture in the county and was spectacular. It was followed a year later by the Shrine Building (Miami, Florida), an application of Art Deco with local Seminole Indian motifs added as an interesting twist. Both were covered in a 1988 study of Downtown Miami historic resources, but were not NRHP-listed due to owner objections at the time. It was", "title": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Miami, Florida)" }, { "docid": "19846455", "text": "7 First Kisses 7 First Kisses () is a South Korean promotional web series produced for Lotte Duty Free Shop. It premiered online through Naver TV Cast and YouTube every Monday and Thursday at 10:00 (KST) starting from December 5, 2016 to January 5, 2017. Min Soo-jin (Lee Cho-hee) is a Lotte Duty Free store employee who has never been in a relationship before. One day, she meets with the goddess of date (Choi Ji-woo) who grants her an attempt to pick the perfect partner for her first kiss among seven men. Her options are firstly, a religious tech billionaire", "title": "7 First Kisses" }, { "docid": "18113036", "text": "The company went out of business in 1986. Wieboldt's, another Chicago department store chain bought the Lytton's name as well as their remaining inventory. They had planned to relaunch Lytton's but never happened as Wieboldt's also filed for bankruptcy and subsequently went out of business in 1987. The store building is now owned and used by DePaul University and is part of the Loop Retail Historic District. Henry C. Lytton & Co. Henry C. Lytton & Co., nicknamed The Hub and Lytton's, was a department store chain headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The first store opened on State Street", "title": "Henry C. Lytton & Co." }, { "docid": "11422696", "text": "Peters) of \"Check-list of Birds of the World\", a standard reference work with sixteen volumes published between 1931 and 1987. Traylor described species like the Tana River cisticola and the Colombian screech-owl, and the genus \"Zimmerius\". He made further revisions of the family Tyrannidae. The orange-eyed flycatcher (\"T. traylori\") is named in his honour. Traylor and Paynter were awarded with the Elliott Coues Award by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2001. Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. (December 16, 1915 – February 11, 2008) was an American ornithologist. He was the son of Chicago banker Melvin Alvah Traylor", "title": "Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr." }, { "docid": "11422694", "text": "Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. (December 16, 1915 – February 11, 2008) was an American ornithologist. He was the son of Chicago banker Melvin Alvah Traylor and Mrs. Dorothy Y. Traylor. Traylor was Lieutenant with the marines and served on Guadalcanal during World War II in 1942 where he was awarded with the Silver Star medal. As a Marine Corps officer, Mel was severely injured during the Battle of Tarawa in the Pacific theatre, where he lost one eye and suffered arm and upper body wounds during the famous beach assault. After the war Traylor continued his", "title": "Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr." }, { "docid": "2487277", "text": "this feature became widely used in Britain as a generic term for devices and movies of this kind. The phrase had entered British popular culture after the 1886 divorce case of Lord Colin Campbell and Gertrude Elizabeth Blood. The trial hinged on whether their butler could have seen Lady Campbell \"in flagrante\" with Captain Shaw of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, through the keyhole of their dining room at 79 Cadogan Place, London. What the Butler Saw (mutoscope) What the Butler Saw was a mutoscope reel, and an early example of erotic films dating from the early 1900s. It depicted a", "title": "What the Butler Saw (mutoscope)" }, { "docid": "20162640", "text": "Oscar Johnson (businessman) Oscar Johnson (c. 1863 – July 28, 1916) was an American businessman. He was the co-founder and president of the International Shoe Company, the largest shoe-manufacturing company in the world by the time of his death. Oscar Johnson was born circa 1863 in Senatobia, Mississippi. He was raised by an uncle in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He had a brother, Jackson Johnson (who went on to serve as the chairman of the International Shoe Company), and two sisters, Lillian Walter and Perle Dye of New Canaan, Connecticut. Johnson first worked as a clerk in a country store. With", "title": "Oscar Johnson (businessman)" }, { "docid": "9212526", "text": "in revenue and had an employee base of 2,500. In 1919, a group of investors headed by Ernest Woodruff and W. C. Bradley purchased The Coca-Cola Company for $25 million. The business was reincorporated as a Delaware corporation, and 500,000 shares of its common stock were sold publicly for $40 per share. W. C. Bradley William Clark Bradley (June 28, 1863 – July 26, 1947) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist. He, along with partner G. Gunby Jordan, co-founded two banks that eventually merged to become the present-day Synovus Financial Corp. He also formed the W. C. Bradley Co.", "title": "W. C. Bradley" }, { "docid": "20310650", "text": "was flourishing and the Coldwater City Council adopted a resolution providing for the establishment of a city library. A site was procured, but it wasn't until 1885 that a successful businessman, Edwin R. Clarke (whose house is located at 299 E. Chicago Street), donated funds to construct a building. The library opened in 1886. The first President of the Library Board Henry C. Lewis, who live at 53 E. Chicago. Lewis was an art collector, and constructed a gallery near his house at 45. E Chicago, which is now a portion of the Masonic Temple. The East Chicago Street Historic", "title": "East Chicago Street Historic District" }, { "docid": "9492224", "text": "but he did not pursue this candidacy, though he received approximately 40 votes on each of the first three ballots at the convention. He served as president of the American Bankers' Association, president of the Shedd Aquarium Society, and trustee of the Newberry Library, Northwestern University, and of Berea College. He married Dorthy Arnold Yerby 8 June 1906 and they were parents of Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr. and Nancy Frances Traylor. He died after a long battle with pneumonia on February 14, 1934 in Chicago, Cook Co. Illinois. Melvin Alvah Traylor Melvin Alvah Traylor (October 19, 1878 in Breeding, Kentucky", "title": "Melvin Alvah Traylor" }, { "docid": "9212523", "text": "W. C. Bradley William Clark Bradley (June 28, 1863 – July 26, 1947) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist. He, along with partner G. Gunby Jordan, co-founded two banks that eventually merged to become the present-day Synovus Financial Corp. He also formed the W. C. Bradley Co. in 1895 by purchasing a cotton factoring firm and immediately expanding it into a diverse business spanning many different industries. Bradley also played a prominent role in the early history of The Coca-Cola Company, serving as its chairman of the board from 1919 to 1939. Bradley was born in Russell County, Alabama,", "title": "W. C. Bradley" }, { "docid": "19398335", "text": "flexible capabilities. to implement new screening strategies quickly. SAP Business Partner Screening is build to help companies know who they are dealing with for financial, legal and reputational reasons. Thomson Reuters is collaborating with SAP to allow its World-Check content to be available to customers within the SAP Business Partner Screening application. The aim is to help organizations better manage their third-party compliance and risk challenges. Integration of World-Check Data with SAP Business Partner Screening offers organizations improved vigilance across the globe. SAP Business Partner Screening Business Partner Screening is a software solution from the software company SAP SE. The", "title": "SAP Business Partner Screening" }, { "docid": "14589136", "text": "cassettes, both new and used. The store maintains a selection of music-related posters and artwork for purchase. The Business frequently holds free shows during store hours with locally and nationally known artists from a wide variety of genres. The Business (record store) The Business is an independent music store in Anacortes, Washington, USA. Founded by Glen DesJardins, it opened on Commercial Avenue in Anacortes in 1978 as a bookstore, music shop and photography studio. In 1993 Bret Lunsford purchased The Business and ran it until selling it to Liz and Jensen Lovelett in 2004. From October 2008 through February 2016,", "title": "The Business (record store)" }, { "docid": "5071890", "text": "Alvah Bessie Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was imprisoned for ten months and blacklisted by the movie studio bosses for being one of the group known as the Hollywood Ten. Bessie was born to a Jewish family, the younger of two sons of Daniel Nathan Cohen Bessie and Adeline Schlesinger Bessie. Bessie's father was an inventor and successful businessman and the family lived a comfortable life in a prosperous section of Harlem in New York City. He graduated from Dewitt Clinton High School where he had the", "title": "Alvah Bessie" }, { "docid": "14908935", "text": "is nearby, purchased the building for about $3.5 million, with plans to demolish it. Campbell contended that uncertainty surrounding the building impeded its development of an adjacent office park. The purchase effectively ended the ongoing legal battle to preserve the building. Demolition of the building began on June 5, 2013. It was completed on August 23, 2013. Sears, Roebuck and Company Retail Department Store-Camden The Sears, Roebuck and Company Retail Department Store Building in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, was built in 1927 and housed a Sears department store until 1971, when the store relocated to Moorestown Mall.", "title": "Sears, Roebuck and Company Retail Department Store-Camden" }, { "docid": "12939725", "text": "that Dr. King would not approve. The episode ends with Louise, George and Lionel listening to a news report on the radio. An excerpt from Dr. King's last speech, \"I've Been to the Mountaintop\", is being played, as the three family members struggle to hold back their tears. The events portrayed in this episode contradict the already-established history of the characters, who were originally described as having just opened their first cleaning store in the \"All in the Family\" episode \"My Aching Back\" (first airing in 1971, three years after King's assassination). The first store was said to have been", "title": "The First Store" }, { "docid": "12245897", "text": "vice consul for the Netherlands in 1815, Hamburg and Prussia in 1821 and the United States in 1830. The latter relation was broken in 1863, shortly before his death. Kielland was also involved in local politics, as a member of Stavanger city council. His brother and business partner Jonas Schanche Kielland died unmarried in 1852, with Jacob as his sole heir. Jacob Kielland was, upon his death in 1863, one of the richest people in Norway. Jacob Kielland (businessman) Jacob Kielland (14 December 1788 – 6 August 1863) was a Norwegian businessperson, consul and politician. Jacob Kielland was a member", "title": "Jacob Kielland (businessman)" }, { "docid": "18823901", "text": "Arthur C. Martinez Arthur C. Martinez is a businessman, former CEO of Sears, who is best known as the person who saved Sears, Roebuck, and Company (Co.). Prior to joining Sears, Martinez worked for several companies, including RCA Records. He entered the retail business in 1980 when he became the chief financial officer for Saks Fifth Avenue. In 1992 Martinez became the head of the Sears Merchandise Group and three years later he became the chief executive officer of Sears, Roebuck, and Company. During his eight-year tenure at Sears, Martinez initiated a major overhaul of the company's operations and made", "title": "Arthur C. Martinez" }, { "docid": "14589135", "text": "The Business (record store) The Business is an independent music store in Anacortes, Washington, USA. Founded by Glen DesJardins, it opened on Commercial Avenue in Anacortes in 1978 as a bookstore, music shop and photography studio. In 1993 Bret Lunsford purchased The Business and ran it until selling it to Liz and Jensen Lovelett in 2004. From October 2008 through February 2016, The Business occupied a former bank on the corner of 4th Street and Commercial Ave. In March 2016, The Business relocated a couple blocks down to 216 Commercial Ave. The store regularly stocks vinyl records, CDs, and audio", "title": "The Business (record store)" }, { "docid": "13030603", "text": "full ownership of the business in 1831, and purchased the building from Waldo's heirs in 1865. Around that time, it was raised from its original 2-1/2 stories to four stories, and its front facade was refaced with new brick. Miller sold the business to Elwood Adams and a partner in 1886. First known as Smith & Adams, it became known as the Elwood Adams Store in 1891, the name it retained until its closing in 2017. Elwood Adams Store The Elwood Adams Store was an historic hardware store at 156 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. At the time of its", "title": "Elwood Adams Store" }, { "docid": "8695498", "text": "Business partner A business partner is a commercial entity with which another commercial entity has some form of alliance. This relationship may be a contractual, exclusive bond in which both entities commit not to ally with third parties. Alternatively, it may be a very loose arrangement designed largely to impress customers and competitors with the size of the network the business partners belong to. A business partner or alliance can be crucial for businesses. However, businesses can not choose business partners in any way they want. In many instances, the potential partner might not be interested in forming a business", "title": "Business partner" }, { "docid": "17905527", "text": "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There Ten Nights in a Bar-room and What I Saw There is an 1854 novel written by American author Timothy Shay Arthur. The novel is presented by an unnamed narrator who makes an annual visit to the fictional town of Cedarville. On his first visit, he stops at the new tavern, the Sickle and Sheaf. The proprietor, Simon Slade, is a former miller who gave up the trade for the more lucrative tavern. The business is a family affair, with Slade's wife Ann, son Frank, and daughter Flora assisting him. The", "title": "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There" }, { "docid": "13945106", "text": "statistics and its lack of technical grounding. \"What the Dog Saw\" debuted at #3 on the \"New York Times\" Bestseller List. It spent three weeks in the top 3 and a total of 16 weeks on the chart, appearing concurrently with Gladwell's previous book \"Outliers\". It was also an Amazon Top 25 seller for the month of November. \"What the Dog Saw\" was named to Bloomberg's top 50 business books of 2009. All of the articles in \"What the Dog Saw\" can be read for free on Gladwell's website. Part 1: \"Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius\" Part", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "9492222", "text": "Melvin Alvah Traylor Melvin Alvah Traylor (October 19, 1878 in Breeding, Kentucky – February 14, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois), the eldest of seven children of James Milton Traylor and Kitty Frances Traylor née Harvey. He was an American lawyer and banker. He was admitted to the bar in Hillsboro, Texas in 1901 and entered banking in 1908 when he became vice president of the Citizens National Bank of Ballinger, the bank merged with the Ballinger First National Bank in 1909 and Traylor became its president. He went on to oversee several banks around the United States and became president of", "title": "Melvin Alvah Traylor" }, { "docid": "13945103", "text": "What the Dog Saw What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures is the fourth book released by author Malcolm Gladwell, on October 20, 2009. The book is a compilation of the journalist's articles published in \"The New Yorker\". Gladwell initially covered business and science in \"The Washington Post\" before joining the staff at \"The New Yorker\" in 1997. Each of the articles first appeared in \"The New Yorker\" and was handpicked by Gladwell. The stories share a common theme, namely that Gladwell tries to show us the world through the eyes of others, even if that other happens to be", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "13945107", "text": "2: \"Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses\" Part 3: \"Personality, Character, and Intelligence\" What the Dog Saw What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures is the fourth book released by author Malcolm Gladwell, on October 20, 2009. The book is a compilation of the journalist's articles published in \"The New Yorker\". Gladwell initially covered business and science in \"The Washington Post\" before joining the staff at \"The New Yorker\" in 1997. Each of the articles first appeared in \"The New Yorker\" and was handpicked by Gladwell. The stories share a common theme, namely that Gladwell tries to show us the world through", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "15899791", "text": "with US 31 in Holland Township while BL I-196 continued northeasterly on Chicago Drive. The initial bypass of Holland, rerouting US 31 out of downtown opened in 1954. The former routing through downtown was redesignated as Bus. US 31 at this time. The first segment of I-196/US 31 freeway in the Holland area opened in 1963, adding an interchange to the southern terminus of Bus. US 31. In 1974, the I-196 bypass around Holland was completed, and Chicago Drive east of US 31 becomes a business route for I-196. By 1976, this business route was extended along Bus. US 31", "title": "Business routes of U.S. Route 31 in Michigan" }, { "docid": "9490326", "text": "Vermont Country Store The Vermont Country Store, Inc. (est. in 1946) is an American catalog, retail, and e-commerce business based in Vermont. The company is operated by the Orton family. Although The Vermont Country store first opened in 1946 in Weston, Vermont, by Vrest and Mildred Ellen Orton. Its origins lie in the Orton family’s long Vermont history. In 1897, Gardner Lyman Orton, the 8th generation of Ortons in the United States, opened a general store with his father-in-law Melvin Teachout in Calais, Vermont. Gardner's wife Leila gave birth to their eldest son Vrest that same year. The Teachout-Orton general", "title": "Vermont Country Store" }, { "docid": "12619238", "text": "for a synagogue. He and his brothers were prominent in real estate, groceries, and transportation; their grocery business is still operating as The Oppenheimer Group. Another prominent settler was Zebulon Franks, who arrived in 1887 and opened a hardware store by 1896. Parts of his business still survive as Y. Franks Appliances and Y. Franks Parts & Service. Franks was also involved in development of Vancouver Jewish religious and community institutions, hosting the first Orthodox prayer services and serving as a founding member of B'nai B'rith. Along with Henry Sigler, he also negotiated purchase of the land for the first", "title": "History of the Jews in Vancouver" }, { "docid": "8695502", "text": "etc. In a specific example of a specific domain this fee is found between EUR 1800~2200 depending on the tasks required from the business matchmaker. Business partner A business partner is a commercial entity with which another commercial entity has some form of alliance. This relationship may be a contractual, exclusive bond in which both entities commit not to ally with third parties. Alternatively, it may be a very loose arrangement designed largely to impress customers and competitors with the size of the network the business partners belong to. A business partner or alliance can be crucial for businesses. However,", "title": "Business partner" }, { "docid": "19983818", "text": "Historic Places in 2003. Alvah Washington Townley Farmstead Historic District Alvah Washington Townley Farmstead Historic District, also known as Osage County Museum, is a historic farm and national historic district located at Chamois, Osage County, Missouri. It encompasses five contributing buildings. They are the two-story, frame I-house (c. 1856) with modest Greek Revival styling; a smokehouse (c. 1875); multipurpose barn (c. 1872); wood and machine shed (c. 1874); and a combination poultry house, outhouse, and storage shed (c. 1870). The property was deeded it to the Osage County Historical Society, who operate it as a museum. It was listed on", "title": "Alvah Washington Townley Farmstead Historic District" }, { "docid": "17997632", "text": "roster. The September 2013 update included several major changes, along with updating the game's title to \"Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late\". The PlayStation 3 version of the game is based on these changes. On December 8, 2015, it was confirmed by publisher Arc System Works that the game would be receiving a port to Valve Corporation's digital store, Steam, to be released in July 12, 2016. The PlayStation 3 version of \"Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late\" received a 29/40 from Famitsu. Destructoid said that it was \"an intelligent, tactical fighting game that I'll surely be playing for a long time to come.\"", "title": "Under Night In-Birth" }, { "docid": "19983817", "text": "Alvah Washington Townley Farmstead Historic District Alvah Washington Townley Farmstead Historic District, also known as Osage County Museum, is a historic farm and national historic district located at Chamois, Osage County, Missouri. It encompasses five contributing buildings. They are the two-story, frame I-house (c. 1856) with modest Greek Revival styling; a smokehouse (c. 1875); multipurpose barn (c. 1872); wood and machine shed (c. 1874); and a combination poultry house, outhouse, and storage shed (c. 1870). The property was deeded it to the Osage County Historical Society, who operate it as a museum. It was listed on the National Register of", "title": "Alvah Washington Townley Farmstead Historic District" }, { "docid": "10329137", "text": "Forty-third Congress. He served in Congress from January 2, 1872, until his death in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, December 26, 1874. He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Alvah Crocker Alvah Crocker (October 14, 1801 – December 26, 1874) was an American manufacturer and railroad promoter. He served in the Massachusetts General Court and was U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, Crocker attended the public schools and Groton Academy. He was first employed in a paper mill at Franklin, New Hampshire, in 1820. In 1823, he borrowed the money necessary to establish a paper mill at Fitchburg and served as", "title": "Alvah Crocker" }, { "docid": "18113033", "text": "Henry C. Lytton & Co. Henry C. Lytton & Co., nicknamed The Hub and Lytton's, was a department store chain headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The first store opened on State Street in 1887 and the last store closed in 1986. Henry Charles Lytton first opened a store in Ionia, Michigan, but it proved unprofitable. Later forays in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Indianapolis, Indiana provided Lytton with enough capital to open a store in the Loop of Chicago, Illinois. The store, which he nicknamed The Hub, opened in 1887 on the corner of Jackson and State Streets in the", "title": "Henry C. Lytton & Co." }, { "docid": "1963961", "text": "mail-order catalog, offering watches, diamonds, and jewelry. In 1889 Sears sold his business for US$100,000 ($ million today) and relocated to Iowa, intending to be a rural banker. Sears returned to Chicago in 1892 and established a new mail-order firm, again selling watches and jewelry, with Roebuck as his partner, operating as the A. C. Roebuck watch company. In 1893, they renamed the company to Sears, Roebuck & Company and began to diversify the product lines offered in their catalogs. Before the Sears catalog, farmers near small rural towns usually purchased supplies – often at high prices and on credit", "title": "Sears" }, { "docid": "19533102", "text": "William Black (businessman) William Black (c. 1902 – March 7, 1983) was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded a multimillion-dollar business called the Chock full o'Nuts Corporation. He was known as a considerate employer, providing benefits such as medical insurance, pension plans and bonuses for his predominantly African-American employees. He also donated millions of dollars to medical research. Black was originally named William Schwarz, but changed his name in the 1940s. There is also some uncertainty about his year of birth and his country of origin. He claimed to have been born in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in 1904, but may", "title": "William Black (businessman)" }, { "docid": "20571751", "text": "desk, with two principal reading rooms, one on each side. A small cloakroom and stairs to the basement are beside the entry vestibule. The basement level contains a large hall and an assembly room, along with furnace and storage rooms. Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library The Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library is a public library building located at 302 East Main Street in Belding, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Hiram Belding and Mary Wilson Belding moved from Ashfield, Massachusetts to a farmstead in what is now Belding in 1855. With them was", "title": "Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library" }, { "docid": "6666901", "text": "Roebuck called the ABC's Jim Maxwell in his hotel room and asked him to find him a lawyer and to then come to his hotel room. At 9.15 pm, Roebuck died after jumping from the sixth floor of the Southern Sun Hotel. He landed on the awning outside the entrance to the hotel, causing what was described by Australian cricket writer Peter Lalor, who later saw Roebuck's body at the mortuary, as \"serious head trauma\". Roebuck's body was taken to the Salt River State mortuary in the early hours of the next morning. A statement issued by South African police", "title": "Peter Roebuck" }, { "docid": "13522555", "text": "Eugene C. Cashman Eugene C. \"Gene\" Cashman (October 7, 1921 - April 6, 2000) was an American policeman turned businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner. He was a prominent Chicago commodities trader and was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade for nearly half a century. Gene Cashman and three of his brothers were police officers with the Chicago Police Department when he and brother George decided to quit their jobs and go into business for themselves. Cashman made a fortune trading in the volatile grain markets of the 1970s. Gene Cashman's wealth allowed him to invest in his", "title": "Eugene C. Cashman" }, { "docid": "11083917", "text": "1886 Chicago White Stockings season The 1886 Chicago White Stockings season was the 15th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 11th in the National League and the 2nd at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished first in the National League with a record of 90–34, 2.5 games ahead of the second place Detroit Wolverines. The team was defeated four games to two by the St. Louis Browns in the 1886 World Series. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs;", "title": "1886 Chicago White Stockings season" }, { "docid": "9269854", "text": "in from Washington, with the finished program being delivered via satellite to local stations from St. Paul every weekday. In 2003, Weigel Broadcasting took over the program and moved the show to Chicago. With the loss of affiliates for the show due to expanded local morning news, Weigel decided to shut down the program. First Business News last show was produced on December 22, 2014. First Business First Business (full name First Business News) was a nationally syndicated financial news and analysis television program, produced by First Business Network LLC, a subsidiary of Weigel Broadcasting, in Chicago. Anchor Angela Miles,", "title": "First Business" }, { "docid": "581638", "text": "rebranded its 1,000 stores under the 7-Eleven brand. In Taiwan, 7-Eleven is the largest convenience store chain and is owned by under Uni-President Enterprises Corporation. The first fourteen stores opened in 1979, and struggled to make a profit. Southland Corporation partnered with Uni-President to modernize the stores. However, business was still slow, and Uni-President opted to stock Asian foods. In 1986, 7-Eleven made its first profit in Taiwan. The 5,000th store was opened in July 2014. In January 2018, an experimental and unstaffed shop branded the X-Store was opened. There are 5,221 stores currently in Taiwan. The first store opened", "title": "7-Eleven" }, { "docid": "13472909", "text": "help of psychiatrist Dr Viorne to find answers. \"What the Peeper Saw\" was released in Italy on October 14 1972 and in West Germany on February 7, 1973. What the Peeper Saw What the Peeper Saw or Night Child is a 1972 horror film starring Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger and Lilli Palmer. Marcus is a twelve-year-old schoolboy whose mother has recently died, leaving it up to his wealthy father Paul to look after him. He takes a sexual interest in his stepmother Elise. She notices his abnormal behaviour and investigates by visiting his school after discovering a torn-up", "title": "What the Peeper Saw" }, { "docid": "19398334", "text": "SAP Business Partner Screening Business Partner Screening is a software solution from the software company SAP SE. The solution´s function is to screen business partners and further check them against lists of people and organizations published by governments and institutions across the world. As they grow organically and geographically, companies expand their business network but also increase their exposure to commercial, compliance and reputational risk. Multiple sources of information on their business partners (customers, suppliers, contractors…) need to be screened, and this represents ultra-high volumes of data to process. And as their business evolves, new partner screening requirements call for", "title": "SAP Business Partner Screening" }, { "docid": "1859482", "text": "scale. In 1784, Roebuck obtained a pottery from the Cadell family where he pursued his interest in new technologies. Roebuck died in 1794 and was buried at Carriden Churchyard near Bo'ness. John Roebuck John Roebuck of Kinneil FRS FRSE (1718 – 17 July 1794) was an English inventor and industrialist who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution and who is known for developing the industrial-scale manufacture of sulphuric acid. John Roebuck was born in Sheffield, where his father, also John Roebuck, had a prosperous manufacturing business. After attending Sheffield Grammar School and Dr. Philip Doddridge's academy at Northampton,", "title": "John Roebuck" }, { "docid": "10805744", "text": "First Chicago Bank First Chicago Bank was a Chicago-based retail and commercial bank tracing its roots back to 1863. Over the years, the bank operated under several names including The First National Bank of Chicago and First Chicago NBD (following its 1995 merger with the former National Bank of Detroit). In 1998, First Chicago NBD merged with Banc One Corporation to form Bank One Corporation, today a part of Chase. On July 1, 1863, banker Edmund Aiken and his partners invested $100,000 to found a new federally chartered bank that could take advantage of the National Banking Act of 1863,", "title": "First Chicago Bank" }, { "docid": "17325617", "text": "William C. Street William Camp Street (August 7, 1816 – April 7, 1893) was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1867 to 1869 and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Norwalk from 1863 to 1865. He served as Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut in 1860. He was the son of William Jarvis Street and Sarah Camp. His father had owned a hardware business in Norwalk, and also served as Warden of the Borough of Norwalk. For some time, he was a business partner with William H. Smith, who also served", "title": "William C. Street" }, { "docid": "4418955", "text": "Torrio's order. Torrio reportedly brought in New York colleague Frankie Yale to murder Colosimo. Al Capone has also been suspected as Colosimo's assassin. Torrio brought together different parts of Chicago criminal activity, with a lasting effect on Chicago in general, and Chicago crime in particular. During the Prohibition era, Al Capone saw an opportunity for himself and the Outfit in Chicago to make money and to further expand their criminal empire by racketeering small businesses. With Capone taking the role of an actual businessman and partner of the owner, the Outfit had a legitimate way to source their money, which", "title": "Chicago Outfit" }, { "docid": "9191547", "text": "Waltons (department store) Waltons was an Australian department store chain, founded by John Walton (1904–1998). Walton bought a menswear store in 1951, located on George Street, Sydney, opposite the Queen Victoria Building and Sydney Town Hall and near Town Hall station. Over the years it was expanded along Park Street with adjoining properties purchased. In 1955, Walton formed an alliance with the American retail giant Sears & Roebuck. In the early 1960s he started a finance company in partnership with Citibank, and also moved into insurance. That part of the business was sold to Norwich Union in 1980. There were", "title": "Waltons (department store)" }, { "docid": "3686642", "text": "had built a series of terminal stations. The numerous stations and associated railyards and tracks surrounded the city's central business district, the Loop, and threatened its expansion. The various stations also made travel difficult for through-travelers, many of whom had to make inconvenient, long, and unpleasant transfers from one station to another through the Loop. On December 25, 1858, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad opened as far as Van Buren Street in Chicago. It built the first station at what would eventually become today's Union Station on the west bank of the Chicago River. On April 7, 1874", "title": "Chicago Union Station" }, { "docid": "18759772", "text": "opened cable lines to the south on State St. and Wabash-Cottage Grove Ave. Immediately successful, the State St. line would be extended to 63rd St. by 1887 and the Cottage Grove Ave. line to 71st St. by 1890. In 1886 the NCSR put a cable line on Clark St. and parallel 5th Ave. (now Wells St.) into service. In 1889 a branch on Lincoln Ave. opened, and the last branch, on Clybourn Ave., opened in 1891. In 1890 the re-organized West Chicago Street Railroad (WCSR) opened their first lines, to the northwest on Milwaukee Ave. Shortly afterword a line strait", "title": "Cable cars in Chicago" }, { "docid": "4783320", "text": "on five of Paul and Wyatt's machines proving more successful than their first mill. This operates until 1764. 1746: The Colmore family release land on what is later to be known as the Jewellery Quarter to help satisfy the demands of an increasing population. 1746: A sulphuric acid factory is set up at Steelhouse Lane to use the lead chamber process invented by its co-founder John Roebuck. Roebuck and local businessman Samuel Garbett later relocate to Prestonpans in Scotland, taking with them several skilled men from the Birmingham factory. It is here in 1762 where Roebuck takes out a patent", "title": "Science and invention in Birmingham" }, { "docid": "8695500", "text": "of 'business partner' has been discouraged at times in the past. A business partner can be: This is a wider definition than a business alliance. A Business Partner is becoming more common in HR departments as it represents the employees position, ideally seeing the HR issues from the employers and employees point of view. Small and medium business are often turning to external HR Business Partners to solve any HR disputes. One example of a business partnership is the \"Agility Alliance\" originated by Electronic Data Systems. Members of this IT-focused alliance include Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems and SAP. This", "title": "Business partner" }, { "docid": "18544072", "text": "competed at the 1914 Australasian Championships. In the opening round he defeated W. C. Marsden, then conceded a second round walkover to two-time former champion Rodney Heath, who went on to make the semi finals. Les Roebuck Leslie Norman \"Les\" Roebuck (10 November 1885 – 18 May 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also a leading tennis player. Roebuck is on record as weighing only 57 kg, during his football career at Geelong, where he played for four seasons. Recruited from Geelong West, Roebuck was Geelong's leading goalkicker", "title": "Les Roebuck" }, { "docid": "17937149", "text": "the latest fashion news. In August 2009, the company published its first fashion book, \"Who What Wear: Celebrity and Runway Style For Real Life\". In March 2011, they published their second book, \"What to Wear, Where\". In 2012, the two founders launched Clique Media Group (now Clique Brands), a media and marketing company, and Who What Wear became the group's first media brand. In February 2016, Who What Wear partnered with department store retailer Target Corporation to launch a clothing and accessory line. In 2017, the company held its first live fashion show, as part of New York Fashion Week,", "title": "Who What Wear" }, { "docid": "5071897", "text": "Kentucky, 2001), Dan Bessie notes that Alvah was related to some highly successful entrepreneurs: he was father-in-law of well-known 1960s poster artist Wes Wilson, husband of Alvah's daughter Eva, and a brother-in-law (through his first wife, Mary) of famous advertising executive Leo Burnett. Bessie died in Terra Linda, California, aged 81, of a heart attack. Alvah Bessie Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was imprisoned for ten months and blacklisted by the movie studio bosses for being one of the group known as the Hollywood Ten. Bessie was", "title": "Alvah Bessie" }, { "docid": "13707938", "text": "Frank MacMillan Frank Roland MacMillan (May 15, 1882 – April 7, 1948) was a prominent businessman and politician in Saskatoon in central Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Toronto with his family at the age of three. He married in Toronto and moved to Saskatoon, where he worked for John Macdonald & Co. for seven years before starting his own menswear business in 1908 in partnership with C. D. Mitcher. He purchased the Currie Bros. store in 1911, renaming it the MacMillan Department Store and in 1913 opened moved it to the new MacMillan Building", "title": "Frank MacMillan" }, { "docid": "19905453", "text": "C. H. King Company and First National Bank of Shoshoni The C.H. King Company and First National Bank Building, also known as Yellowstone Drug, is one of the oldest buildings in Shoshoni, Wyoming. The building was built for Charles Henry King in 1905–1906. King was a central Wyoming businessman who established a lumber business in the building. King is otherwise notable as the biological grandfather of U.S. president Gerald R. Ford. The First National Bank of Shoshoni was also located in the building. From 1919 a grocery store operated in the building. In 1937 a Masonic lodge, the Wind River", "title": "C. H. King Company and First National Bank of Shoshoni" }, { "docid": "16119276", "text": "Alvah Augustus Eaton Alvah Augustus Eaton (November 20, 1865 – September 29, 1908) was an American botanist who described many species of pteridophytes, orchids and grass. Eaton was born in Seabrook, New Hampshire, and moved to a family farm in Salisbury, Massachusetts when he was twelve. He finished a four-year high school education within two years at Putnam School in Newburyport. He worked as a teacher for a year in Seabrook, and for three more in California, along with farming. After returning to New England, he decided to become a florist due to pressure from poor health. He went on", "title": "Alvah Augustus Eaton" }, { "docid": "1859477", "text": "John Roebuck John Roebuck of Kinneil FRS FRSE (1718 – 17 July 1794) was an English inventor and industrialist who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution and who is known for developing the industrial-scale manufacture of sulphuric acid. John Roebuck was born in Sheffield, where his father, also John Roebuck, had a prosperous manufacturing business. After attending Sheffield Grammar School and Dr. Philip Doddridge's academy at Northampton, Roebuck studied medicine at Edinburgh, where he developed a taste for chemistry from the lectures of William Cullen and Joseph Black. He finally graduated M.D. at the University of Leiden in", "title": "John Roebuck" }, { "docid": "10329134", "text": "Alvah Crocker Alvah Crocker (October 14, 1801 – December 26, 1874) was an American manufacturer and railroad promoter. He served in the Massachusetts General Court and was U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, Crocker attended the public schools and Groton Academy. He was first employed in a paper mill at Franklin, New Hampshire, in 1820. In 1823, he borrowed the money necessary to establish a paper mill at Fitchburg and served as proprietor of paper manufactures there. His paper mills became the largest in the United States and he built extensive machine shops and foundries in the neighborhood", "title": "Alvah Crocker" }, { "docid": "14176729", "text": "First Division 7 December The First Division 7 December () was a division of the Royal Netherlands Army, active from at least 1946 to 2004. It was sent to Indonesia in 1946 to restore \"peace, order and security\" after the proclamation of Indonesian Independence in 1945. The division was named after the speech of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in London on 7 December 1942: \"I imagine, without prejudice to the government conference's advice, that they will focus on a National Association, which the Netherlands, Indonesia, Suriname and Curaçao will have participated together, while each in itself, its own autonomy", "title": "First Division 7 December" }, { "docid": "12857334", "text": "Alvah Chapman Jr. Alvah Herman Chapman Jr. (March 21, 1921 – December 25, 2008) was an American newspaper publisher who served at the helm of \"The Miami Herald\" and as chairman of the Knight Ridder newspaper division. Chapman was born in Columbus, Georgia on March 21, 1921. His family owned the R. W. Page Corporation, which owned the \"Columbus Ledger-Enquirer\" among other publications. His father was chosen as publisher of \"The Bradenton Evening Herald\", and he moved to Florida with his family when he was five years old. He was editor of the student yearbook and quarterback on the football", "title": "Alvah Chapman Jr." }, { "docid": "17877138", "text": "Japanese in Chicago Among the Japanese in the Chicago metropolitan area, there are Japanese-American and Japanese expatriate populations. Early Japanese began arriving around the time of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. In the 20th century, Japanese and Japanese Americans formed local institutions that continue into the 21st century. The first group of Japanese in Chicago arrived in 1892. They came as part of the Columbian Exposition so they could build the Ho-o-den Pavilion in Chicago. In 1893 the first known Japanese individual in Chicago, Kamenosuke Kishi, moved to Chicago from San Francisco. He opened a gift store, and Masako", "title": "Japanese in Chicago" }, { "docid": "18990886", "text": "studying drawing and design in the city's night schools. In 1889, Ramsdell went north to Dover, where he opened his own office. He worked as an architect until he was elected state Senator. By the time of his retirement, Ramsdell was Dover's leading architect. He died in 1928. He designed several buildings which are presently on the National Register of Historic Places. Alvah T. Ramsdell Alvah T. Ramsdell (1852–1928) was an American architect from Dover, New Hampshire. During his career he designed many substantial New Hampshire civic buildings. Alvah Ramsdell was born April 15, 1852, in York, Maine. He remained", "title": "Alvah T. Ramsdell" }, { "docid": "7263691", "text": "2016, Shout! Factory released the film for the first time on Blu-ray Disc under their sub-label, Scream Factory. \"I Saw What You Did\" was remade for television in 1988 with Robert Carradine, David Carradine, Tammy Lauren and Shawnee Smith. I Saw What You Did I Saw What You Did is a 1965 American horror-thriller film released by Universal Pictures and starring Joan Crawford and John Ireland. The plot follows two teenage girls who find themselves in serious danger after making a prank phone call to a man who has just murdered his wife. The screenplay by William P. McGivern was", "title": "I Saw What You Did" }, { "docid": "4095090", "text": "couple of bad years that combined volatile market conditions, a certain lack of financial rigour and questionable planning brought the business to the brink of bankruptcy in 1863. The local Quaker community stepped in and part of the bailout deal was the nomination of James’ eldest son, William Stephens Clark (1839–1925) to the helm of C. & J. Clark. William Clark put in place an accelerated repayment plan that saw indebtedness drop considerably to 1873 when he became a partner in the business with his father James. For the first time in Britain, William mechanised the shoemaking process and went", "title": "C. & J. Clark" }, { "docid": "13945105", "text": "the difference between early and late bloomers to criminal profiling. \"What the Dog Saw\" was met with mainly positive reviews. It received profiles in many high-profile publications, including the \"New York Times\", \"The Guardian\", \"Time Magazine\", \"The Los Angeles Times\" and \"The Independent\". In particular, Gladwell was praised for his writing and storytelling, and reviewers looked upon the essay format positively, with \"The Guardian\" stating \"one virtue of What the Dog Saw is that the pieces are perfectly crafted: they achieve their purpose more effectively when they aren't stretched out.\" \"What The Dog Saw\" was criticized for its use of", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "20474381", "text": "The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water, first published in 1998, is the third of eleven children's books written by Idries Shah and published by Hoopoe Books. The book is written for children from 3 to 11. \"The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water\" is a fable about a good natured lion. \"The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water\" comes in several different versions: hardcover, softcover, and hardcover with a CD. The book is published in several different language including English and Spanish as well as several bilingual editions", "title": "The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water" }, { "docid": "15756496", "text": "Orange Phelps Orange Phelps (December 24, 1886 – August 4, 1985) was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of California, he attended colleges in the Midwest where he played baseball before moving to Oregon. Phelps settled near Portland in Hillsboro where he opened the first movie theater and later served as a mayor of that city and on the city council. He continued in the movie business until the 1970s and also opened the first drive-in theater in the county. Phelps was born to Frederick and Alice C. Phelps on December 24, 1886, in", "title": "Orange Phelps" }, { "docid": "15756487", "text": "Orange Phelps Orange Phelps (December 24, 1886 – August 4, 1985) was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of California, he attended colleges in the Midwest where he played baseball before moving to Oregon. Phelps settled near Portland in Hillsboro where he opened the first movie theater and later served as a mayor of that city and on the city council. He continued in the movie business until the 1970s and also opened the first drive-in theater in the county. Phelps was born to Frederick and Alice C. Phelps on December 24, 1886, in", "title": "Orange Phelps" }, { "docid": "8365178", "text": "severely damage the new paper’s reputation. In late July, \"Crain's\" learned through sources in the Chicago advertising community that Sears, Roebuck & Co. planned to drastically curtail its advertising. The banner story on August 7, with the headline “Sears slashes TV, print ad budgets,” stated that cuts could reach the $100 million mark. The giant retailer angrily denied the report. “They called it preposterous,” Yahn said. “As a result, we suffered credibility problems around town. From early August until mid-October, we kept trying to find a way to get it back.” Then came the break that stunningly and permanently reversed", "title": "Crain's Chicago Business" }, { "docid": "12823215", "text": "Sydney, Australia, and decided to pool their capital to establish a business in New Zealand. They settled on Wellington as the place, and their first store, 16 feet (4.8 metres) square was the hulk of the wrecked ship Inconstant (ship) known as Plimmer's Noah's Ark, at Lambton Quay. Kirkcaldie & Stains opened for business in 'Waterloo House' on Wednesday 9 December 1863. Kirkcaldie & Stains Kirkcaldie & Stains (known as \"Kirks\") was a mid-sized department store in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1863 by John Kirkcaldie and Robert Stains with a capital of £700. The first store was", "title": "Kirkcaldie & Stains" }, { "docid": "3940796", "text": "merchandise. The Character Warehouse just have a few permanent location while having temporary stores at times. Asset Management & Sales is owned by Janie and Gary Stump. The first Disney Store opened in the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California on March 28, 1987. In April 1990, the 50th location was opened in the Montclair Plaza, Montclair, California, along with the first Mickey's Kitchen fast food restaurant with 25,000 opening day visitors with out any promotions. The first overseas Disney Store opened November 1990 in London, England. Doug Murphy was hired by Disney Store as manager of new business development in", "title": "Disney Store" }, { "docid": "18543245", "text": "alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1886 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. 1886 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1886. For an overview of world literature see 1886 in literature. \"See also:\" 1885 in Australian literature, 1886 in Australia, 1887 in Australian literature. A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1886 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related", "title": "1886 in Australian literature" }, { "docid": "6656965", "text": "William Morris (Canadian businessman) William Morris (October 31, 1786–June 29, 1858) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1786, the son of a Scottish manufacturer. His family came to Upper Canada in 1801, where his father set up an import-export business. The business failed and his father retired to a farm near Elizabethtown (Brockville). After the death of his father, he opened a general store with his brother, Alexander. He joined the militia during the War of 1812. In 1816, he opened a second store in the new settlement at Perth.", "title": "William Morris (Canadian businessman)" }, { "docid": "11383174", "text": "Joseph Barsalou (businessman) Joseph Barsalou (5 December 1822 – 17 May 1897) was a businessman and politician from Montreal, Lower Canada. Barsalou had an early beginning in business with an apprenticeship in auctioneering at the age of 15. He quickly advanced in business and by 1853 was a partner in Benning and Barsalou, an enterprise mainly in auctioneering with some activity in real estate. He went on to other business ventures and bought a company with two partners which became the Canadian Rubber Company (now Uniroyal), and was its first president. The core of his business activities was the soap", "title": "Joseph Barsalou (businessman)" }, { "docid": "18460008", "text": "David Evans (department store) David Evans was a small department store group based in South Wales with its flagship store located in Swansea. David Evans & Co was formed in 1900 by a partnership involving a local draper David Evans, Soloman Andrews – a prominent Cardiff businessman who owned property in Swansea and his son Francis Emile Andrews. The business opened on the site of the old Theatre Royal, in a building owned and built by one of Soloman Andrews' companies and leased to the new business. By 1907 the company had purchased the freehold from Soloman Andrews and between", "title": "David Evans (department store)" }, { "docid": "17413708", "text": "John Clarke (businessman) \"Doctor\" John Clarke (1773–1846) was an American businessman who played a major role in the development of Saratoga Springs, New York in the 1800s. Usually called \"Doctor Clarke\", in fact the \"Doctor\" was a courtesy title. Born in Yorkshire England, Clarke immigrated to America and settled in New York City. In 1819 he opened the first soda fountain there. In 1823 he purchased land in Saratoga Springs with partner Thomas Lynch. The property included the \"Congress Spring\" in what is now Congress Park, at that time a swamp. Clarke drained the swamp to create a park and", "title": "John Clarke (businessman)" } ]

[ "Cameroon, Gabon" ]

[ { "docid": "120639", "text": "Equatorial Guinea received Asians and native Africans from other countries as workers on cocoa and coffee plantations. Other black Africans came from Liberia, Angola, and Mozambique. Most of the Asian population is Chinese, with small numbers of Indians. Equatorial Guinea has also been a destination for fortune-seeking European settlers from Britain, France and Germany. Israelis and Moroccans also live and work here. Oil extraction since the 1990s has contributed to a doubling of the population in Malabo. After independence, thousands of Equatorial Guineans went to Spain. Another 100,000 Equatorial Guineans went to Cameroon, Gabon, and Nigeria because of the dictatorship", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" } ]

[ { "docid": "120653", "text": "for the 2011 World Cup in Germany. In June 2016, Equatorial Guinea was chosen to host the 12th African Games in 2019. Equatorial Guinea is famous for the swimmers Eric Moussambani, nicknamed \"Eric the Eel\", and Paula Barila Bolopa, \"Paula the Crawler\", who had astoundingly slow times at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea (; ; ), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (, , ), is a country located in Central Africa, with an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120593", "text": "Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea (; ; ), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (, , ), is a country located in Central Africa, with an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea. Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language. , the country had an estimated population of 1,222,245. Equatorial Guinea consists of two parts, an insular and a mainland region. The insular region consists of the islands of Bioko (formerly \"Fernando Pó\") in the Gulf", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "14280025", "text": "installations, and existing resource consent licences. The full name of the treaty is \"Treaty between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea concerning their maritime boundary\". Equatorial Guinea–Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty The Equatorial Guinea – Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty is a 2000 treaty between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria which delimits a portion of the maritime boundary between the two countries. The treaty was signed in Malabo on 23 September 2000 by Equatoguinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. The boundary set out by the text of the treaty does not demarcate the", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty" }, { "docid": "19021338", "text": "Index, Equatorial Guinea received a \"failing\" score of 13/100, ranking 56th out of 58 countries. On \"reporting practices\", it received a score of 14/100, for a rank of 55th. In 2011, Freedom House put Equatorial Guinea in its \"worst of the worst\" category for governments that violate human rights and civil liberties, which also includes North Korea, Sudan, and Turkmenistan. In its 2014 world report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated: \"Corruption, poverty, and repression continue to plague Equatorial Guinea...Vast oil revenues fund lavish lifestyles for the small elite surrounding the president, while a large proportion of the population continues to", "title": "Corruption in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120609", "text": "nationalism. Independence was conceded on 12 October 1968 and the region became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Francisco Macías Nguema was elected president. On Christmas Eve 1969, Macías Nguema had 150 alleged coup plotters executed. In July 1970, Macias Nguema created a single-party state and made himself president for life in 1972. He broke off ties with Spain and the West. In spite of his condemnation of Marxism, which he deemed \"neo-colonialist\", Equatorial Guinea maintained very special relations with socialist countries, notably China, Cuba, and the USSR. He signed a preferential trade agreement and a shipping treaty with the Soviet", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120679", "text": "Geography of Equatorial Guinea The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is located in west central Africa. Bioko Island lies about from Cameroon. Annobón Island lies about southwest of Bioko Island. The larger continental region of Rio Muni lies between Cameroon and Gabon on the mainland; it includes the islands of Corisco, Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, and adjacent islets. Bioko Island, called Fernando Po until the 1970s, is the largest island in the Gulf of Guinea - . It is shaped like a boot, with two large volcanic formations separated by a valley that bisects the island at its narrowest point. The", "title": "Geography of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "14217749", "text": "the Maritime Boundary between the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe\". Equatorial Guinea–São Tomé and Príncipe Maritime Boundary Treaty The Equatorial Guinea – São Tomé and Príncipe Maritime Boundary Treaty is a 1999 treaty between Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe which delimits the maritime boundary between the two countries. The treaty was signed in Malabo on 26 June 1999. The boundary set out by the text of the treaty consists of two separate parts. The first part of the boundary separates Equatorial Guinea's Annobón Island and São Tomé Island. This portion", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–São Tomé and Príncipe Maritime Boundary Treaty" }, { "docid": "120694", "text": "Politics of Equatorial Guinea The politics of Equatorial Guinea take place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both the head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Chamber of People's Representatives A great deal of political party activity ensued when Equatorial Guinea attained autonomy from Spain in 1963. Bubi and Fernandino parties on the island preferred separation from Río Muni or a loose federation. Ethnically-based parties in Río Muni favored independence for a united country comprising Bioko and Río", "title": "Politics of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120755", "text": "established diplomatic relations with numerous European and Third World countries. Having achieved independence under UN sponsorship, Equatorial Guinea feels a special kinship with that organization. It became the 126th UN member on November 12, 1968. Equatorial Guinea currently serves as a non-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council with a two-year term ending in 2019. Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea A transitional agreement, signed in October 1968, implemented a Spanish preindependence decision to assist Equatorial Guinea and provided for the temporary maintenance of Spanish forces there. A dispute with President Francisco Macías Nguema in 1969 led to a request", "title": "Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "2495651", "text": "Music of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea's culture has been less documented than most African countries, and commercial recordings remain scarce. The national anthem of Equatorial Guinea was written by Atanasio Ndongo Miyone and adopted in 1968, when the country gained independence from Spain . Equatorial Guinea was carved out of three former Spanish colonies: Río Muni, a strip of land between Cameroon and Gabon; Bioko, an island near Cameroon; and Annobón, an island in the Atlantic Ocean far from the mainland. The largest ethnic group are the Fang (85.7% (1994 census) of a total 704,001 (July 2013 est.)), with 6.5%", "title": "Music of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "2495654", "text": "or animal drawings. There is little popular music coming out of Equatorial Guinea. Pan-African styles like soukous and makossa are popular, as are reggae and rock and roll. Acoustic guitar bands based on a Spanish model are the country's best-known indigenous popular tradition, especially national stars Desmali and Dambo de la Costa. Other musicians from Equatorial Guinea include Malabo Strit Band, Luna Loca, Chiquitin, Dambo de la Costa, Ngal Madunga, Lily Afro and Spain-based exiles like Super Momo, Hijas del Sol and . Music of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea's culture has been less documented than most African countries, and commercial", "title": "Music of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120685", "text": "the extreme points of Equatorial Guinea, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Geography of Equatorial Guinea The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is located in west central Africa. Bioko Island lies about from Cameroon. Annobón Island lies about southwest of Bioko Island. The larger continental region of Rio Muni lies between Cameroon and Gabon on the mainland; it includes the islands of Corisco, Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, and adjacent islets. Bioko Island, called Fernando Po until the 1970s, is the largest island in the Gulf of Guinea - . It is shaped like", "title": "Geography of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "4246530", "text": "lost the first leg of a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification round 4–0 to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea recruited nine Brazilian players to help overturn the deficit for the second leg. The team did manage to win the match 2–1, but it was not enough to overturn the aggregate and Equatorial Guinea were eliminated from the tournament. DR Congo head coach Claude Le Roy complained that the Equatorial Guinea were acting like the \"United Nations of football\". Before the arrival of new coach Andoni Goikoetxea to Malabo, in March 2013, the Equatoguinean board made the", "title": "Equatorial Guinea national football team" }, { "docid": "17591486", "text": "Equatorial Guinea–Russia relations Equatorial Guinea–Russia relations refer to the foreign relations between Russia and Equatorial Guinea. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union and Equatorial Guinea signed numerous agreements, mostly relating to fishing rights. In the 1970s, Communist countries moved in and the USSR concluded with Equatorial Guinea the notorious fishing agreement which gave them exclusive rights in the area. In return the Soviets gave Equatorial Guinea 4,000 tons of what one contemporary observed to be very inferior and even putrefying fish. In the 1970s a surveillance base set up by the Spanish during the colonial period on top of the", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–Russia relations" }, { "docid": "120708", "text": "falls under the Ministry of Territorial Administration; several other ministries are represented at the provincial and district levels. Politics of Equatorial Guinea The politics of Equatorial Guinea take place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both the head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Chamber of People's Representatives A great deal of political party activity ensued when Equatorial Guinea attained autonomy from Spain in 1963. Bubi and Fernandino parties on the island preferred separation from Río Muni or", "title": "Politics of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "17591487", "text": "volcanic mountain Pico Basilé was taken over by Soviet intelligence services. Gazprom has been involved in recent gas exploration. Equatorial Guinea–Russia relations Equatorial Guinea–Russia relations refer to the foreign relations between Russia and Equatorial Guinea. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union and Equatorial Guinea signed numerous agreements, mostly relating to fishing rights. In the 1970s, Communist countries moved in and the USSR concluded with Equatorial Guinea the notorious fishing agreement which gave them exclusive rights in the area. In return the Soviets gave Equatorial Guinea 4,000 tons of what one contemporary observed to be very inferior and even putrefying fish.", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–Russia relations" }, { "docid": "120642", "text": "Noncreolized Portuguese is used as liturgical language by local Catholics. The Annobonese ethnic community tried to gain membership in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). The government financed an Instituto Internacional da Língua Portuguesa (IILP) sociolinguistic study in Annobón. It documented strong links with the Portuguese creole populations in São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. Due to historical and cultural ties, in 2010 the legislature amended article four of the Constitution of Equatorial Guinea, to establish Portuguese as an official language of the Republic. This was an effort by the government to improve its communications, trade, and", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "18486022", "text": "Equatorial Guinea–North Korea relations Equatorial Guinea–North Korea relations () refers to the current and historical relationship between Equatorial Guinea and North Korea. While Equatorial Guinea has no representation in North Korea, it is one of few African states to have a North Korean embassy, located in the capital of Malabo. Diplomatic relations between Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, commonly known as North Korea) were established in 1969, a year after Equatoguinean independence from Spain. The country's first leader, soon-to-be President for Life Francisco Macías Nguema, would come to lead one of the most brutal regimes", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–North Korea relations" }, { "docid": "20747308", "text": "Equatorial Guinea Air Corps The Equatorial Guinea Air Corps is the air force of Equatorial Guinea. The Equatorial Guinea Air Corps was founded in 1979 with mainly French and EX Spanish type. In 2005, 4 Su 25s including 2 Su-25UB combat trainers were delivered to the Equatorial Guinea Air Corps. The current status of the aircraft is unknown. In 2015 two CASA C-295 (one transport and one surveillance) aircraft wear ordered for delivery from September 2016. The Air Force of Equatorial Guinea consists of seven fixed wing aircraft and nine helicopters providing ground support, transport, SAR, and training. Retired aircraft:", "title": "Equatorial Guinea Air Corps" }, { "docid": "13582662", "text": "Health in Equatorial Guinea The national health system of Equatorial Guinea consists of four levels: health posts in each village of 600 people, dispensaries in health centers with a qualified nurse at the intermediate level, district level hospitals, and two referral hospitals at the most centralized level. In 2004, there were an estimated 25 physicians, 40 nurses, 1 dentist, 1 pharmacist, and 2 midwives per 100,000 people. The 2014 CIA estimated average life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea was 63.49 years. Major health problems (1992 data) are preventable diseases, mainly malaria (increasingly chloroquine resistant), parasitic disease, upper respiratory infections, gastroenteritis, and", "title": "Health in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "20747309", "text": "Yakovlev Yak-40, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, Antonov An-32, Mil Mi-26 Halo Equatorial Guinea Air Corps The Equatorial Guinea Air Corps is the air force of Equatorial Guinea. The Equatorial Guinea Air Corps was founded in 1979 with mainly French and EX Spanish type. In 2005, 4 Su 25s including 2 Su-25UB combat trainers were delivered to the Equatorial Guinea Air Corps. The current status of the aircraft is unknown. In 2015 two CASA C-295 (one transport and one surveillance) aircraft wear ordered for delivery from September 2016. The Air Force of Equatorial Guinea consists of seven fixed wing aircraft and nine helicopters", "title": "Equatorial Guinea Air Corps" }, { "docid": "20830223", "text": "Central African countries and the unofficial reduction of \"GE\". Vehicle registration plates of Equatorial Guinea The vehicle registration plates of Equatorial Guinea is a legal form requiring the citizens of Equatorial Guinea to have the car registered. The license plates of Equatorial Guinea, like the former Spanish colony, are built on the Spanish principle and have the format \"AV-123-C\". The prefix \"AB\" means the region, \"123\" - the number, the suffix \"С\" - the series. The license plates have European shapes and sizes. Regular plates have a white background with black marks. Since 2009, on the left side of the", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "6964384", "text": "Ready) in Spanish. Scouting in Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is one of 29 countries where Scouting exists but there is no National Scout Organization which is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) at the present time. Scouting in Equatorial Guinea is apparently working toward WOSM recognition. The Africa Scout Region conducted a fact-finding mission on the status of Scouting in November 2003. Equatorial Guinea has issued postage stamps with Scouting motifs, but it is not clear if they are connected to a specific organization. The Scout Motto is \"Toujours Prêt\" (Always Prepared) in French, and", "title": "Scouting in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "6964383", "text": "Scouting in Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is one of 29 countries where Scouting exists but there is no National Scout Organization which is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) at the present time. Scouting in Equatorial Guinea is apparently working toward WOSM recognition. The Africa Scout Region conducted a fact-finding mission on the status of Scouting in November 2003. Equatorial Guinea has issued postage stamps with Scouting motifs, but it is not clear if they are connected to a specific organization. The Scout Motto is \"Toujours Prêt\" (Always Prepared) in French, and \"Siempre Listo\" (Always", "title": "Scouting in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120671", "text": "from the UN, Spain gave way to the currents of nationalism. Independence was conceded on 12 October 1968 and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea came into being with Francisco Macías Nguema elected as president. In March 1968, under pressure from Equatoguinean nationalists and the United Nations, Spain announced that it would grant independence to Equatorial Guinea. A constitutional convention produced an electoral law and draft constitution. In the presence of a UN observer team, a referendum was held on August 11, 1968, and 63% of the electorate voted in favour of the constitution, which provided for a government with a", "title": "History of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120705", "text": "Republic, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense, the President of the National Assembly and the Chairman of the Social and Economic Council. The Chamber of People's Representatives (\"Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo\") has 100 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies. Equatorial Guinea is a One party dominant state. This means that only one political party, the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, is in fact allowed to hold effective power. Although minor parties are allowed, they are required to accept the \"de facto\" leadership of the dominant party. The judicial system follows similar administrative", "title": "Politics of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120754", "text": "then, Spain has regained influence in Equatorial Guinea's diplomatic relations. The two countries signed permanent agreements for economic and technical cooperation, private concessions, and trade relations. President Obiang made an official visit to Madrid in March 2001, and senior Spanish Foreign Ministry officials visited Malabo during 2001 as well. Spain maintained a bilateral assistance program in Equatorial Guinea. Some Equato-Guinean opposition elements are based in Spain to the annoyance of the government in Malabo. The government's official policy is one of nonalignment. In its search for assistance to meet the goal of national reconstruction, the government of Equatorial Guinea has", "title": "Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "12225288", "text": "be able to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event as long as each athlete met the \"A\" standard, or one athlete per event if they met the \"B\" standard. However, since Equatorial Guinea had no athletes that met either standard, they were allowed to select two athletes, one of each gender, as wildcards. At the age of 21, Reginaldo Ndong was the youngest athlete to represent Equatorial Guinea at the Beijing Summer Games. He had not entered any previous Olympic Games. Ndong qualified for the Games by using a wildcard since his fastest time during the", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "14817844", "text": "Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea (in Spanish Iglesia Reformada Presbiteriana de Guinea Ecuatorial, IRPGE) is a minority church in Equatorial Guinea. It is reformed by its theology and presbyterian by its form of government, as stated in its constitution. The principal religion in Equatorial Guinea is Christianity, with approximately 85-93% of the population as followers. Most Christians belong to the Roman Catholic Church (80-87%) while a minority are Protestants (5-7%). Another 5% of the population follow indigenous beliefs, 2% are Muslims, followers of Baha'i and other beliefs. A group of missionaries from", "title": "Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120709", "text": "Economy of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is a small nation of 1.2 million located on the west coast of Central Africa which gained independence from Spain in 1968. Thanks to the discovery and exploitation of significant oil reserves in the 1990s, it enjoys a purchasing power parity GDP per capita of more than US$38,699 which is as of 2016 the highest in Africa and the 31st highest in the world. However, the country has been ranked only 138th out of 188 countries on the United Nations Human Development Index in 2015. After the oil price collapsed in 2014, the economy", "title": "Economy of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120689", "text": "population is dwindling, them being subjected to heavy pressure from their neighbours, who don't even consider them as human. Some Europeans (largely of Spanish or Portuguese descent) – among them mixed with African ethnicity – also live in the nation. Most Spaniards left after independence.There is a growing number of foreigners from neighboring Cameroon, Nigeria, and Gabon. Equatorial Guinea received Asians and black Africans from other countries as workers on cocoa and coffee plantations.In the late 20th century, Equatorial Guinea became home to more than 80,000 Hispanics from Mexico, Central America, and other Spanish speaking nations in the Americas.Other black", "title": "Demographics of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "19890754", "text": "Navy of Equatorial Guinea The Navy of Equatorial Guinea, is the maritime component of the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea. Its main functions are anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Guinea and protecting the offshore oil and gas assets of the nation. The Navy has around 200 personnel. The Navy safeguards the 296 km maritime border of Equatorial Guinea. Its main purpose is to protect the nation's oil assets and prevent privacy in the Gulf of Guinea. The Russian and American navies have joint exercises with the Equatoguinean navy, besides the Obangame Express exercise in the Gulf of Guinea with", "title": "Navy of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120753", "text": "Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea A transitional agreement, signed in October 1968, implemented a Spanish preindependence decision to assist Equatorial Guinea and provided for the temporary maintenance of Spanish forces there. A dispute with President Francisco Macías Nguema in 1969 led to a request that all Spanish troops immediately depart, and a large number of civilians left at the same time. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were never broken but were suspended by Spain in March 1977 in the wake of renewed disputes. After Macias' fall in 1979, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo asked for Spanish assistance, and since", "title": "Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "19492438", "text": "selected two athletes via wildcards. Usually, an NOC would be able to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event as long as each athlete met the \"A\" standard, or one athlete per event if they met the \"B\" standard. However, since Equatorial Guinea had no athletes that met either standard, they were allowed to select two athletes, one of each gender, as wildcards. The two athletes that were selected to compete in the Rio Games were Benjamín Enzema in the men's 800 metres and Reïna-Flor Okori in the women's 100 metre hurdles. Equatorial Guinea was one of", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "19021332", "text": "Corruption in Equatorial Guinea Corruption in Equatorial Guinea is high by world standards and considered among the worst of any country on earth. It has been described as \"an almost perfect kleptocracy\" in which the scale of systemic corruption and the rulers' indifference towards the people's welfare place it at the bottom of every major governance indicator or ranking, below nations with similar per capita GDPs. \"Few countries symbolize oil-fuelled corruption and nepotism more than Equatorial Guinea\", wrote Jan Mouawad in the \"New York Times\" in July 2009. Its corruption system, according to the Open Society Foundations (OSF), is \"unparalleled", "title": "Corruption in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "15530495", "text": "transported to Equatorial Guinea from Cameroon, Benin, other neighboring countries, and from China for forced labor or forced prostitution. In October 2009, the vessel Sharon was detained in Gabon with 285 immigrants aboard, including 34 children identified as trafficking victims destined for Equatorial Guinea. Reports that women of Equatoguinean extraction were trafficked to Iceland for commercial sexual exploitation during the last reporting period have not reappeared. The Government of Equatorial Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Despite these efforts, such as anti-trafficking training", "title": "Human trafficking in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120633", "text": "into Riggs Bank, a Washington-based bank into which most of Equatorial Guinea's oil revenues were paid until recently, and which also banked for Chile's Augusto Pinochet. The Senate report showed at least $35 million siphoned off by Obiang, his family and regime senior officials. The president has denied any wrongdoing. Riggs Bank in February 2005 paid $9 million in restitution for Pinochet's banking, no restitution was made with regard to Equatorial Guinea. From 2000 to 2010, Equatorial Guinea had the highest average annual increase in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 17%. Equatorial Guinea is a member of the Organization for the", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "4246524", "text": "the Central African Republic on 14 December. On 16 December, they played a play-off for fifth place against Chad, and lost on penalties after a draw. Equatorial Guinea would come in fourth in the 1987 UDEAC Cup, losing on penalties in the third place match to Gabon, even though they only scored one goal throughout the tournament in a draw against Chad. They also drew against Cameroon. On their next attempt, they got sixth place after losing on penalties against the Central African Republic. The next time Equatorial Guinea played the Central African Republic, in 1999, they won, . It", "title": "Equatorial Guinea national football team" }, { "docid": "11294758", "text": "in Equatoguinean Spanish. The same goes for non-etymological prefixes such as \"arrecordar\" and \"entodavía\". The only consistent phonetic deformations are those characteristic of middle-class Spaniards from central Spain: reduction of \"-ado\" to \"-ao\", \"luego\" to \"logo\", etc. In religion, most of them are Christians, mostly Roman Catholics and a few Protestants. Their ancestors brought Christianity to the nation and made it one of the largest Christian countries in Africa. Spanish immigration to Equatorial Guinea Spanish Equatoguinean () is a person of Spanish descent who are residents born or living in Equatorial Guinea. The population living in Equatorial Guinea numbers an", "title": "Spanish immigration to Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "3677383", "text": "women's 800 metres and was drawn in the fourth heat. Mikue Ondo ran a time of two 2 minutes and 22.88 seconds and finished seventh (and last) out of her heat. She ranked behind Faith Macharia of Kenya (2 minutes and 22.88 seconds) in a heat led by Russia's Svetlana Cherkasova (2 minutes and 3.60 seconds). Mikue Ondo placed 41st out of 42 runners overall, and did not advance into the semi-finals of the discipline since she was 18.91 seconds slower than the slowest athlete who progressed to the later stages. Equatorial Guinea at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equatorial Guinea", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2004 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "19890756", "text": "operational) to the navy in 1988 to patrol its Exclusive Economic Zone. The Equatoguineans rely mainly on foreigners to operate the navy equipment it buys from foreign militaries. Navy of Equatorial Guinea The Navy of Equatorial Guinea, is the maritime component of the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea. Its main functions are anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Guinea and protecting the offshore oil and gas assets of the nation. The Navy has around 200 personnel. The Navy safeguards the 296 km maritime border of Equatorial Guinea. Its main purpose is to protect the nation's oil assets and prevent privacy", "title": "Navy of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "20100922", "text": "of Equatorial Guinea approved the construction of the Center in July 2012. Citizens of Equatorial Guinea are eligible for scholarships under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. As of January 2016, about 300 Indian citizens reside in Equatorial Guinea, all of whom live in Malabo. The community is primarily employed by departmental stores and hotels. Some Indian are employees of oil companies executing short-term assignment at offshore oil rigs. Equatorial Guinea–India relations Equatorial Guinea–India relations refers to the international relations that exist between Equatorial Guinea and India. Relations between Equatorial Guinea and", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–India relations" }, { "docid": "15639188", "text": "Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C. The Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to the United States. It is located at 2020 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the U Street Corridor neighborhood. The ambassador is Miguel Ntutumu Evuna Andeme. Constructed in 1910, the Italianate building is a contributing property to the Sixteenth Street Historic District. Notable past owners of the building include the government of Taiwan (office of the military attaché; Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration office) and the government of Spain (embassy and residence of", "title": "Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C." }, { "docid": "15639189", "text": "Juan Riaño y Gayangos). Its 2009 property value is $1,492,110. Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C. The Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to the United States. It is located at 2020 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the U Street Corridor neighborhood. The ambassador is Miguel Ntutumu Evuna Andeme. Constructed in 1910, the Italianate building is a contributing property to the Sixteenth Street Historic District. Notable past owners of the building include the government of Taiwan (office of the military attaché; Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration", "title": "Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C." }, { "docid": "14280023", "text": "Equatorial Guinea–Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty The Equatorial Guinea – Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty is a 2000 treaty between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria which delimits a portion of the maritime boundary between the two countries. The treaty was signed in Malabo on 23 September 2000 by Equatoguinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. The boundary set out by the text of the treaty does not demarcate the entire Equatorial Guinea – Nigeria treaty. When the treaty was signed, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was hearing a case about a maritime dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria; because", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty" }, { "docid": "120716", "text": "in 2001. Equatorial Guinea's policies, as defined by law, comprise an open investment regime. Qualitative restrictions on imports, non-tariff protection, and many import licensing requirements were lifted when in 1992 the government adopted a public investment program endorsed by the World Bank. The Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea has sold some state enterprises. It is attempting to create a more favourable investment climate, and its investment code contains numerous incentives for job creation, training, promotion of non-traditional exports, support of development projects and indigenous capital participation, freedom for repatriation of profits, exemption from certain taxes and capital, and", "title": "Economy of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "155838", "text": "Guinea Guinea (), officially the Republic of Guinea (), is a country on the western coast of Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea (), the modern country is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry in order to distinguish it from other countries with \"\"Guinea\"\" in the name and the eponymous region, such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has a population of /1e6 round 1 million and an area of . The sovereign state of Guinea is a republic with a president that is directly elected by the people and is head of state and head of government. The unicameral Guinean", "title": "Guinea" }, { "docid": "120610", "text": "Union. The Soviets also made loans to Equatorial Guinea. The shipping agreement gave the Soviets permission for a pilot fishery development project and also a naval base at Luba. In return the USSR was to supply fish to Equatorial Guinea. China and Cuba also gave different forms of financial, military, and technical assistance to Equatorial Guinea, which got them a measure of influence there. For the USSR, there was an advantage to be gained in the War in Angola from access to Luba base and later on to Malabo International Airport. In 1974 the World Council of Churches affirmed that", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "17413253", "text": "and scholarship programmes were also started, in exchange for timber. From 2000 to 2011, there are approximately 19 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Equatorial Guinea through various media reports. These projects range from a US$75 million debt relief in 2006, to the construction of the Djibloho (Jibu Lao) Hydropower Station Transmission line project. China–Equatorial Guinea relations China–Equatorial Guinea relations refer to the foreign relations between China and Equatorial Guinea. China and Equatorial Guinea established diplomatic relations on October 15, 1970. In the 1970s, China and Equatorial Guinea signed agreements on economic and technological cooperation and trade. China provided", "title": "China–Equatorial Guinea relations" }, { "docid": "4856687", "text": "Bata, Equatorial Guinea Bata () is a port city in the Litoral province of Equatorial Guinea. With a 2005 estimated population of 173,046, it is the largest city in Equatorial Guinea. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Río Muni. Bata was formerly capital of Equatorial Guinea and is a transport hub and port, from which ferries sail to Malabo and Douala, while fliers can land at Bata Airport. Bata is also known for its nightlife and market. Bata has one of the deepest seaports in the region. Despite this, Bata has no natural harbor and a jetty was", "title": "Bata, Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "3677379", "text": "of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. Equatorial Guinea participated in six Summer Games between its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The highest number of athletes sent by Equatorial Guinea to a Summer Games is seven to the 1992 Olympics. No Equatoguinean athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games. Equatorial Guinea participated in the Athens Summer Games from 13 to 29 August 2004. The two athletes that were selected to represent Equatorial Guinea in the Athens Games were Roberto Mandje in the men's 1500 metres and the", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2004 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "17225031", "text": "impact on Equatorial Guinea's economy. Since Equatorial Guinea relies so heavily on crude oil, the crude oil price drops in 2009 and 2014 had a measurable effect on the economy. Volcanic eruptions may occur on the islands of Bioko and Pagalú. Three amalgamated strato-volcanoes exist on Bioko. Geology of Equatorial Guinea The geological basement of the central and eastern regions Equatorial Guinea is composed of Precambrian rocks which form a part of the Congo craton. They include gneiss, greenstone, schist-amphibolite and granitoids. These older rocks are overlain by sedimentary rocks of Mesozoic, Neogene and Quaternary age in the west and", "title": "Geology of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "4498838", "text": "of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) is \"de facto\" allowed to hold effective power. Although minor parties are allowed, they are \"de facto\" required to accept the leadership of the dominant party. In the May 2008 parliamentary election, the PDGE won 99 seats and the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy won one seat. The next presidential election was scheduled for 2010. Elections in Equatorial Guinea Elections in Equatorial Guinea gives information on election and election results in Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a", "title": "Elections in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "4498837", "text": "Elections in Equatorial Guinea Elections in Equatorial Guinea gives information on election and election results in Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven-year term by the people. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo was re-elected unopposed on 15 December 2002. The Chamber of People's Representatives (\"Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo\") has 100 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies. Equatorial Guinea is a one party dominant state. This means that only one political party, the Democratic Party", "title": "Elections in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "2478640", "text": "Culture of Equatorial Guinea While lying on the enriched continent of Africa, Equatorial Guinea has proved to be entrenched in ancient rituals and songs. This is especially true for the Fang, a people whose territories begin at the southern edge of Cameroon south of Kribi, Djoum, and in the South Province and continue south across the border, including all of Rio Muni in Equatorial Guinea, and from there south into Gabon and Congo. The capital island of Bioko has largely been influenced by Spanish customs and traditions during the colonial period, when education and health services were developed in the", "title": "Culture of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "10546040", "text": "In addition, Television Asonga broadcasts from Malabo. Although the constitution of Equatorial Guinea provides for free speech and a free press, the government is said to severely restrict these freedoms in practice, censoring all criticism of the president and security forces. Access to foreign publications is limited. Media of Equatorial Guinea The media in Equatorial Guinea is primarily run by the state. Radio and Television Asonga (see below) are not officially run by the state, but by people close to the administration. In 2003, there were only about 9,600 mainline telephones in use throughout the country. The same year, there", "title": "Media of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120649", "text": "cultural identity of Equatorial Guinea. The congress constituted the center of integration and the marriage of the Hispanic culture with African cultures. Equatorial Guinea currently has no UNESCO World Heritage Site or tentative sites for the World Heritage List. The country also has no documented heritage listed in the Memory of the World Programme of UNESCO nor any intangible cultural heritage listed in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The principal means of communication within Equatorial Guinea are three state-operated FM radio stations. BBC World Service, Radio France Internationale and Gabon-based Africa No 1 broadcast on FM in Malabo. There", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120635", "text": "when Equatorial Guinea applied to extend the deadline for completing EITI validation, the EITI Board did not agree to the extension. According to the World Bank, Equatorial Guinea has the highest GNI (Gross National Income) per capita of any African country, 83 times larger than the GNI per capita of Burundi, the poorest country. Due to the large oil industry in the country, internationally recognized carriers fly to Malabo International Airport which, in May 2014, had several direct connections to Europe and West Africa. There are three airports in Equatorial Guinea — Malabo International Airport, Bata Airport and the new", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "20100915", "text": "Equatorial Guinea–India relations Equatorial Guinea–India relations refers to the international relations that exist between Equatorial Guinea and India. Relations between Equatorial Guinea and India have existed since before the independence of the former in 1968. In April 2004, E. Barwa, Joint Secretary (West Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) visited Malabo in April 2004, and held talks with the President, as well as some Ministers and senior officials of the Equatorial Guinea Government. During the visit, Equatorial Guinea signed the TEAM 9 agreement with India. The High Commission of India in Lagos, Nigeria was concurrently accredited to Equatorial", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–India relations" }, { "docid": "11330466", "text": "Equatorial Guinea women's national football team The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team is the women's national team for Equatorial Guinea. Their nickname is the \"Nzalang Nacional\". They defeated South Africa 2–1 in an Olympic Games Qualifier on February 18, 2007, but lost the return leg 4–2. In the 2008 Women's African Football Championship (which they hosted), they went undefeated in Group A which featured Cameroon, Congo, and Mali. They defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the semifinal and went on to win the championship beating South Africa 2–1. They became the first nation other than Nigeria to win the Women's African", "title": "Equatorial Guinea women's national football team" }, { "docid": "17413252", "text": "China–Equatorial Guinea relations China–Equatorial Guinea relations refer to the foreign relations between China and Equatorial Guinea. China and Equatorial Guinea established diplomatic relations on October 15, 1970. In the 1970s, China and Equatorial Guinea signed agreements on economic and technological cooperation and trade. China provided Equatorial Guinea in the construction of the telecommunications buildings and broadcasting station in Malabo and Bata, a paving of the Nkue - Mongomo road, that is still in good condition, the Bicomo Hydropower Station in Bata that failed due to technical issues, and renovations to the Niefang Highway and Niefang - Nkue Highway. Medical aid", "title": "China–Equatorial Guinea relations" }, { "docid": "10835344", "text": "assault rifles, 150 hand grenades, 10 rocket-propelled grenade launchers (and 100 RPG shells), and 75,000 rounds of ammunition. Mann said he wanted the rifles, mortars and ammunition to guard diamond mines in volatile parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was alleged that those arrested in Zimbabwe made a stopover in Harare city to buy weapons and expected to join a team in Equatorial Guinea to overthrow President Obiang. Nick du Toit, the leader of the group of arrested in Equatorial Guinea, said at his trial in Equatorial Guinea that he was recruited by Simon Mann and that he", "title": "2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt" }, { "docid": "11330469", "text": "coach, told the Brazilian press they are in fact men. The next are some of the players who were called up for two 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Kenya in June 2018. Ineligible player. The following players have been called up in the last 12 months. Equatorial Guinea women's national football team The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team is the women's national team for Equatorial Guinea. Their nickname is the \"Nzalang Nacional\". They defeated South Africa 2–1 in an Olympic Games Qualifier on February 18, 2007, but lost the return leg 4–2. In the 2008", "title": "Equatorial Guinea women's national football team" }, { "docid": "3458332", "text": "five years' imprisonment apiece. Their imprisonment has been protested by the US State Department and Amnesty International, the latter of which named the six men prisoners of conscience. Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea The Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea () is a pro-market, pro-democracy political party in Equatorial Guinea. It was founded shortly after the legalization of political parties in the early 1990s after a long period of highly authoritarian military rule. The party leadership has declared a \"government in exile\" in Spain, with party leader Severo Moto, as \"President.\" PP members who remain in Equatorial Guinea are heavily harassed", "title": "Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "3458330", "text": "Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea The Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea () is a pro-market, pro-democracy political party in Equatorial Guinea. It was founded shortly after the legalization of political parties in the early 1990s after a long period of highly authoritarian military rule. The party leadership has declared a \"government in exile\" in Spain, with party leader Severo Moto, as \"President.\" PP members who remain in Equatorial Guinea are heavily harassed and prosecuted. In 2008, seven PPGE members were arrested in Malobo on charges of weapons possession, including Moto's former secretary Gerardo Angüe Mangue. The alleged owner of the", "title": "Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "20134755", "text": "include: drinks, furniture and lamps, mechanical equipment, automobiles and trucks, and electronic material. Spain's has €3 million Euros of investment in Equatorial Guinea, mainly in the construction industry. At the same time, Equatorial Guinea's investment in Spain total €4 million Euros. Equatorial Guinea is Spain's ninth biggest trading partner from Africa (78th largest globally). Spain is Equatorial Guinea's third biggest trading partner globally (after China and the United States). Equatorial Guinea–Spain relations Equatorial Guinea–Spain relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Equatorial Guinea and Spain. Both nations are members of the Organization of Ibero-American States. The first Europeans to explore", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–Spain relations" }, { "docid": "4856690", "text": "as . The Colegio Nacional Enrique Nvó Okenve has campuses here and in Malabo. The Colegio Español, a Spanish international school, is the city's sole international school. The Catholic cathedral of St. James and Our Lady of the Pillar stands in the city. Bata Airport is located north of Bata. Bata, Equatorial Guinea Bata () is a port city in the Litoral province of Equatorial Guinea. With a 2005 estimated population of 173,046, it is the largest city in Equatorial Guinea. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Río Muni. Bata was formerly capital of Equatorial Guinea and is", "title": "Bata, Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "6498581", "text": "were unable to advance beyond the first rounds of their respective events, with Moussambani and Bolopa attracting attention for their poor performances, but were applauded by the crowds. Equatorial Guinea participated in five Summer Olympic Games between its debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The largest delegation sent by Equatorial Guinea to a summer Games consisted of seven athletes, who competed in the 1992 Olympics. No Equatoguinean athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games. Equatorial Guinea participated in the Sydney Summer Games from 15", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2000 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "120752", "text": "corvette was purchased, and renamed the 'Bata'. On 24 June 2014 the Frigate Wele Nzas was commissioned and became the flagship for the Navy of Equatorial Guinea. Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea The Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea (in Spanish: \"Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial\") consists of approximately 2,500 service members. The army has almost 1,400 soldiers, the police 400 paramilitary men, the navy 200 service members, and the air force about 120 members. There is also a Gendarmerie, but the number of members is unknown. The Gendarmerie is a new branch of the service in which training and education", "title": "Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "19492437", "text": "beyond the qualification round for the men's 800 metres event and Okori was unable to start the women's 100 metre hurdles contest. Equatorial Guinea participated in nine Summer Games between its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The highest number of athletes sent by Equatorial Guinea to a Summer Games is seven to the 1992 Olympics. No Equatoguinean athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games. Equatorial Guinea participated in the Rio Summer Games from 5 to 21 August 2016. The Equatoguinean National Olympic Committee (NOC)", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "120652", "text": "only telephone provider in Equatorial Guinea is Orange. There were more than 42,000 internet users by December 2011. There is little popular music coming out of Equatorial Guinea. Pan-African styles like soukous and makossa are popular, as are reggae and rock and roll. Acoustic guitar bands based on a Spanish model are the country's best-known indigenous popular tradition. Equatorial Guinea was chosen to co-host the 2012 African Cup of Nations in partnership with Gabon, and hosted the 2015 edition. The country was also chosen to host the 2008 Women's African Football Championship, which they won. The women's national team qualified", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "15692700", "text": "football team was disqualified from the event's qualification stage after it was discovered that they were fielding an ineligible player. The Equatorial Guinea delegation was led by the NOC president Manuel Sabino Asumu Kawan and the country's Ambassador in London, Mari-Cruz Evuna Andeme. The athletes were coached by Jose Moises Bodipo Minter, and the competitors said that despite training being difficult in Equatorial Guinea, they wanted to establish a good reputation for their country. Benjamin Enzema was the only male athlete representing Equatorial Guinea at the London Olympics. He had not previously competed in any previous Olympic Games. Enzema qualified", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2012 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "120597", "text": "trafficking.\" The report rates Equatorial Guinea as a government that \"does not fully comply with minimum standards and is not making significant efforts to do so.\" Pygmies probably once lived in the continental region that is now Equatorial Guinea, but are today found only in isolated pockets in southern Río Muni. Bantu migrations started probably around 4,000 BP from between south-east Nigeria and north-west Cameroon (the Grassfields). They must have settled continental Equatorial Guinea around 2,500 BP at the latest . The earliest settlements on Bioko Island are dated to 1480 BP. The Annobón population, originally native to Angola, was", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "12085869", "text": "Football in Equatorial Guinea Association football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Equatorial Guinea. It was during the Spanish colonialism that football arrived to Equatorial Guinea. Football is now a very popular sport in the country. Recently the national team has made a few surprising results. In the qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 2006 Togo (who later qualified for the World Cup) was beaten 1-0, and in the qualification for the African Cup of Nations they beat Cameroon 1-0. Equatorial Guinea co-hosted the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with Gabon, and was the host of the 2015", "title": "Football in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "12085870", "text": "Africa Cup of Nations. Football in Equatorial Guinea Association football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Equatorial Guinea. It was during the Spanish colonialism that football arrived to Equatorial Guinea. Football is now a very popular sport in the country. Recently the national team has made a few surprising results. In the qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 2006 Togo (who later qualified for the World Cup) was beaten 1-0, and in the qualification for the African Cup of Nations they beat Cameroon 1-0. Equatorial Guinea co-hosted the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with Gabon, and was the", "title": "Football in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120654", "text": "History of Equatorial Guinea The History of Equatorial Guinea is marked by centuries of colonial domination by the Portuguese, British and Spanish empires, and by the local kingdoms The first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial Guinea are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in northern Río Muni. Bantu migrations between the 17th and 19th centuries brought the coastal groups and later the Fang. Elements of the latter may have generated the Bubi, who emigrated to Bioko from Cameroon and Río Muni in several waves and succeeded former Neolithic populations. The Igbo of", "title": "History of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "19021334", "text": "Despite its GDP per capita of $32,026 – which makes it richer than any other African country and places it above Spain, Portugal, and Russia – Equatorial Guinea is ranked 136th out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index measure of quality of life. While the people of Equatorial Guinea technically have a per capita GDP similar to Spain or Italy, the vast majority live in poverty worse than Afghanistan or Chad, according to Arvind Ganesan of Human Rights Watch in 2009, attributing this disparity to the government's corruption, incompetence, and disregard of its own people's well-being. Most people", "title": "Corruption in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120644", "text": "in October 2011. In February 2012, Equatorial Guinea's foreign minister signed an agreement with the IILP on the promotion of Portuguese in the country. In July 2012, the CPLP refused Equatorial Guinea full membership, primarily because of its continued serious violations of human rights. The government responded by legalizing political parties, declaring a moratorium on the death penalty, and starting a dialog with all political factions. Additionally, the IILP secured land from the government for the construction of Portuguese language cultural centres in Bata and Malabo. At its 10th summit in Dili in July 2014, Equatorial Guinea was admitted as", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "15530494", "text": "Human trafficking in Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is principally a destination for children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced labor and possibly commercial sexual exploitation. Children are believed to be recruited and transported from nearby countries, primarily Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, and Gabon, and forced to work in domestic servitude, market labor, ambulant vending, and other forms of forced labor, such as carrying water and washing laundry. Most victims are believed to be exploited in Malabo and Bata, where a burgeoning oil industry creates demand for labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Women may also have been recruited and", "title": "Human trafficking in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "15530503", "text": "Persons, which is chaired by the Ministry of Justice. The Commission also includes the Attorney General, and the Ministries of Health, Interior, National Security, and Women’s Affairs. It is not clear how often the committee met during the year. The government did not undertake any discernible measures to reduce the demand for forced labor or commercial sex acts during the year. Human trafficking in Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is principally a destination for children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced labor and possibly commercial sexual exploitation. Children are believed to be recruited and transported from nearby countries,", "title": "Human trafficking in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "11625754", "text": "have been characterized by a positive, constructive relationship. Equatorial Guinea maintains an embassy in Washington, D.C., and has received approval for a consulate in Houston, Texas. President Obiang has worked to cultivate the Equatorial Guinea-U.S. relationship with regular visits to the U.S. for meetings with senior government and business leaders. The 2005 U.S. State Department Human Rights report on Equatorial Guinea cited shortcomings in basic human rights, political freedom, and labor rights. Equatorial Guinea attributes deficiencies to excessive zeal on the part of local authorities and promises better control and sensitization. U.S. Government policy involves constructive engagement with Equatorial Guinea", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–United States relations" }, { "docid": "120669", "text": "in 1959, and the first Equatoguinean representatives were seated in the Cortes Generales (Spanish parliament). Under the Basic Law of December 1963, limited autonomy was authorized under a joint legislative body for the territory's two provinces. A paradoxical effect of this autonomy was that Guineans could choose among several political parties while metropolitan Spaniards were under a single-party regime. The name of the country was changed to Equatorial Guinea. Although Spain's commissioner general had extensive powers, the Equatorial Guinean General Assembly had considerable initiative in formulating laws and regulations. Nationalism began to emerge during this \"provincial\" phase, chiefly among small", "title": "History of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "12225286", "text": "opening and closing ceremonies. Ndong and Mikue Ondo progressed no farther than the first round of their respective events and Mba Nchama was eliminated from contention in the second round of the contest. Equatorial Guinea participated in seven Summer Games between its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The highest number of athletes sent by Equatorial Guinea to a Summer Games is seven to the 1992 Olympics. No Equatoguinean athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games. Equatorial Guinea participated in the Beijing Summer Games from 8 to", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "15692698", "text": "beyond the first round of their respective events. Equatorial Guinea participated in eight Summer Olympic Games between its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. The highest number of athletes sent by Equatorial Guinea to a summer Games is seven to the 1992 Olympics. No Equatoguinean athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games. Equatorial Guinea participated in the London Summer Olympics from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Equatoguinean National Olympic Committee (NOC) selected two athletes via wildcards. Usually, an NOC would be able", "title": "Equatorial Guinea at the 2012 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "120746", "text": "Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea The Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea (in Spanish: \"Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial\") consists of approximately 2,500 service members. The army has almost 1,400 soldiers, the police 400 paramilitary men, the navy 200 service members, and the air force about 120 members. There is also a Gendarmerie, but the number of members is unknown. The Gendarmerie is a new branch of the service in which training and education is being supported by the French Military Cooperation in Equatorial Guinea. Military appointments are all reviewed by President Teodoro Obiang, and few of the native militiamen come", "title": "Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "4856717", "text": "Wenceslao Mansogo. \"Chromosome 6\", a 1997 novel by writer Robin Cook, takes place in Cogo. Cogo, Equatorial Guinea Cogo (also known as Kogo or Koszho, formerly Puerto Iradier) is a remote town on the Muni estuary in Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea, lying east of Acalayong. It is known for its partly ruined Spanish Colonial architecture. It is the southernmost city of the Littoral province of Equatorial Guinea. It is located 121 km from Bata by road or 117 km when traveling through Acalayong. It is surrounded to the east and southeast by the Congüe River and to the west and", "title": "Cogo, Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "11910815", "text": "Mining industry of Equatorial Guinea The regulation of mining in Equatorial Guinea is handled by the Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Energy, which oversees activities in the mining and petroleum industries. Petroleum exploration and production is the core of Equatorial Guinea's economy, and accounts for over 90 percent of Equatorial Guinea's national income. As a result, little attention has been given to exploring and making use of the country's mineral resources; There is no commercial mining, although there are minor gold mining operations. The Equatoguinean government has conducted preliminary explorations that they believe show potential mining opportunities for diamonds and", "title": "Mining industry of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "20100920", "text": "major commodities imported by India from Equatorial Guinea are crude oil and oil derivatives, seeds, medicinal plants, ore, slag and ash, wood and wood articles, natural or cultured pearls, stones, and imitation jewelry. ONGC Videsh Ltd signed an agreement with the Government of Equatorial Guinea for cooperation in oil and gas sector on 21 January 2016, on the sidelines of the 4th India-Africa Hydrocarbons Summit in New Delhi. The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy of Equatorial Guinea hosted an Equatorial Guinea-India Hydrocarbons & Industry Forum in New Delhi on 22 January 2016, with aim of attracting Indian investment in", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–India relations" }, { "docid": "4856715", "text": "Cogo, Equatorial Guinea Cogo (also known as Kogo or Koszho, formerly Puerto Iradier) is a remote town on the Muni estuary in Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea, lying east of Acalayong. It is known for its partly ruined Spanish Colonial architecture. It is the southernmost city of the Littoral province of Equatorial Guinea. It is located 121 km from Bata by road or 117 km when traveling through Acalayong. It is surrounded to the east and southeast by the Congüe River and to the west and southwest by the Mitemle River. Both the Congüe and the Mitemle Rivers drain the Muni", "title": "Cogo, Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "14872298", "text": "a set of three signs of the zodiac issued on 25 April 1968. Equatorial Guinea became an independent republic on 12 October 1968 and its first stamps as such were issued on that date. For some time after independence many colourful topical stamps were issued, they were more to attract overseas stamp collectors than for domestic use. From 1979 all stamps are designed and printed by the Spanish FNMT, since then a very moderated and decent stamp issuing policy is adopted. Postage stamps and postal history of Equatorial Guinea This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120743", "text": "Transport in Equatorial Guinea This article lists transport in Equatorial Guinea. There are currently no railways in Equatorial Guinea. There are 2,880 km (1,790 mi) of highways in Equatorial Guinea, the majority of which were not paved in 2002. Equatorial Guinea's roads and highways are underdeveloped, but improving. During the rainy season, roads are frequently impassable without four-wheel drive vehicles. Furthermore, the country has recently built a 175-km long two-lane expressway that runs between Bata and President Obiang Nguema International Airport, and it is expected to soon reach the city of Mongomo, located on the border with Gabon. The chief", "title": "Transport in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120745", "text": "has domestic air services to Malabo. Transport in Equatorial Guinea This article lists transport in Equatorial Guinea. There are currently no railways in Equatorial Guinea. There are 2,880 km (1,790 mi) of highways in Equatorial Guinea, the majority of which were not paved in 2002. Equatorial Guinea's roads and highways are underdeveloped, but improving. During the rainy season, roads are frequently impassable without four-wheel drive vehicles. Furthermore, the country has recently built a 175-km long two-lane expressway that runs between Bata and President Obiang Nguema International Airport, and it is expected to soon reach the city of Mongomo, located on", "title": "Transport in Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "7733577", "text": "Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea The national coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea was adopted on 21 August 1979. This coat of arms shows a grey shield, which contains a tree. This tree is a silk cotton tree, or so-called \"God tree\". This is where the first treaty was signed between Portugal and the local ruler. Over the shield, there are six six-pointed stars. They stand for the mainland and the five main islands. Underneath the shield is the national motto of Equatorial Guinea, \"Unidad, Paz, Justicia\" (\"Unity, Peace, Justice\"). The motto was adopted in 1968. During the dictatorship", "title": "Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "11910818", "text": "government reports that evidence of the presence of coltan (columbite-tantalite, a tantalum ore) has been found near Aconibe and Akamiken. Very little exploration work has been performed in these areas, however. Mining industry of Equatorial Guinea The regulation of mining in Equatorial Guinea is handled by the Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Energy, which oversees activities in the mining and petroleum industries. Petroleum exploration and production is the core of Equatorial Guinea's economy, and accounts for over 90 percent of Equatorial Guinea's national income. As a result, little attention has been given to exploring and making use of the country's", "title": "Mining industry of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "20100919", "text": "approved Equatorial Guinea's request to open a diplomatic mission in New Delhi. Bilateral trade between Equatorial Guinea and India grew from US$ 4.87 million in 2006–07 to $764.39 million in 2014–15. India exported $15.01 million worth of goods to Equatorial Guinea, and imported $749.38 million in 2014-15. Between the 1998-99 and 2002-03 fiscal years, India made no imports from Equatorial Guinea between 1998 and 2002, and from 2003 to 2005. Indian imports from the country in 2002-03 and 2005-06 fiscal years was negligible. The main commodities exported by India to Equatorial Guinea are fish, crustaceans, and iron and steel. The", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–India relations" }, { "docid": "11625753", "text": "Equatorial Guinea–United States relations Equatorial Guinea – United States relations are bilateral relations between Equatorial Guinea and the United States. The Equatoguinean Government views the U.S. Government and American companies favorably. The United States is the largest single foreign investor in Equatorial Guinea. U.S. companies have the largest and most visible foreign presence in the country. In an effort to attract increased U.S. investment, American passport-holders are entitled to visa-free entry for short visits. The United States is the only country with this privilege. With the increased U.S. investment presence, relations between the U.S. and the Government of Equatorial Guinea", "title": "Equatorial Guinea–United States relations" }, { "docid": "20830222", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Equatorial Guinea The vehicle registration plates of Equatorial Guinea is a legal form requiring the citizens of Equatorial Guinea to have the car registered. The license plates of Equatorial Guinea, like the former Spanish colony, are built on the Spanish principle and have the format \"AV-123-C\". The prefix \"AB\" means the region, \"123\" - the number, the suffix \"С\" - the series. The license plates have European shapes and sizes. Regular plates have a white background with black marks. Since 2009, on the left side of the plates is the logo of the Economic Community of", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "120628", "text": "The country consists of a mainland territory, Río Muni, which is bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the east and south, and five small islands, Bioko, Corisco, Annobón, Elobey Chico (Small Elobey), and Elobey Grande (Great Elobey). Bioko, the site of the capital, Malabo, lies about off the coast of Cameroon. Annobón Island is about west-south-west of Cape Lopez in Gabon. Corisco and the two Elobey islands are in Corisco Bay, on the border of Río Muni and Gabon. Equatorial Guinea lies between latitudes 4°N and 2°S, and longitudes 5° and 12°E. Despite its name, no part", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "19021377", "text": "with racks of merchandise for him to browse and \"would close off its second-floor showroom when his girlfriends came in to shop.\" One girlfriend \"racked up about $80,000 in purchases, including bronze and red dresses that cost nearly $7,000 apiece.\" In June 2005 he bought two 50-foot speedboats worth $2 million and shipped one to Hawaii so he could use it there. In 2008 \"he commissioned a German company...to design a 'mega yacht' worth $380 million, nearly three times what Equatorial Guinea spends on health and education in a year. After the plan became public, Equatorial Guinea announced he would", "title": "Corruption in Equatorial Guinea" } ]

[ "WHALE", "Cryptic cetaceans", "Whales in captivity", "Whale anatomy", "Whale sounding", "Whale behaviour", "🐋", "Whale reproduction", "Whales", "🐳", "Whale behavior", "Mating whales", "Whale", "Whale pump" ]

[ { "docid": "11995753", "text": "many as two million seals are estimated to inhabit Greenland's coasts; species include the hooded seal (\"Cystophora cristata\") as well as the grey seal (\"Halichoerus grypus\"). Whales frequently pass very close to Greenlandic shores in the late summer and early autumn. Species represented include the beluga whale, blue whale, Greenland whale, fin whale, humpback whale, minke whale, narwhal, pilot whale, sperm whale. Whaling was formerly a major industry in Greenland; by the turn of the 20th century, however, the right whale population was so depleted that the industry was in deep decline. Walruses are to be found primarily in the", "title": "Flora and fauna of Greenland" }, { "docid": "2108697", "text": "greater aggression, more considerable biting force for their size and predatory prowess more than compensating for their smaller size. Sperm whales are not known for forging bonds with other species, but it was observed that a bottlenose dolphin with spinal deformity had been accepted into a pod of sperm whales. They are known to swim alongside other cetaceans such as humpback, fin, minke, pilot, and orca whales on occasion. Although the fossil record is poor, several extinct genera have been assigned to the clade Physeteroidea, which includes the last common ancestor of the modern sperm whale, pygmy sperm whales, dwarf", "title": "Sperm whale" }, { "docid": "1766973", "text": "and 35%. The programme to prove the efficiency of the system was called Project Beluga, as it involved the ship MS \"Beluga Skysails\". The company's insignia, a beluga's tailfin, was printed on the giant wing, which had a surface area of 160 m. A 2002 episode of science fiction series \"Dark Angel\" titled \"Dawg Day Afternoon\" claims that beluga whales are the result of a hybridisation between a humpback whale and a dolphin. In the Disney Pixar film \"Finding Dory\", the sequel to \"Finding Nemo\", the character Bailey is a beluga whale. Beluga whale The beluga whale () or white", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "1539288", "text": "Airbus Beluga The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter) or Beluga, is a version of the standard A300-600 wide-body airliner modified to carry aircraft parts and oversized cargo. It received the official name of \"Super Transporter\" early on; however, the name \"Beluga\", a whale it resembles, gained popularity and has since been officially adopted. The Beluga XL, based on the Airbus A330 with similar modifications and dimensions, is being developed by Airbus to replace the type around 2020. Several major aircraft manufacturers are multinational, and it is not unusual for them to have plants in widely separated locations. Airbus is unique in", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "1766971", "text": "beluga with the words \"White Whale\" above it. The children's singer Raffi released an album called \"Baby Beluga\" in 1980. The album starts with the sound of whales communicating, and includes songs representing the ocean and whales playing. The song \"Baby Beluga\" was composed after Raffi saw a recently born beluga calf in Vancouver Aquarium. Yamaha's Beluga motorcycle (Riva 80/CV80) which had an 80-cc engine was produced from 1981 until 1987 and sold throughout the world, particularly in Canada, the U.S., the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, and Japan. The \"Beluga\" class submarine (project 1710 Mackerel) was an experimental Russian submarine whose", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "17061756", "text": "while some newer ones are dated at 600 to 800 years old. Beluga Point is also a wildlife viewing area under the jurisdiction of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Beluga whales can be sighted seasonly July through August as hundreds of the cetaceans visit Cook Inlet to feed on the Pacific salmon run. Beluga Point Site Beluga Point Site (49ANC-054) is an archaeological location along Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, near Seward Highway Milepost 110, south of Anchorage, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1978.", "title": "Beluga Point Site" }, { "docid": "1539311", "text": "Beluga was used to convey the Tranquility module of the International Space Station from Turin to Kennedy Space Center, United States. Airbus Beluga The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter) or Beluga, is a version of the standard A300-600 wide-body airliner modified to carry aircraft parts and oversized cargo. It received the official name of \"Super Transporter\" early on; however, the name \"Beluga\", a whale it resembles, gained popularity and has since been officially adopted. The Beluga XL, based on the Airbus A330 with similar modifications and dimensions, is being developed by Airbus to replace the type around 2020. Several major aircraft", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "4346868", "text": "Beluga (sturgeon) The beluga or European sturgeon (\"Huso huso\") is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. Heavily fished for the female's valuable roe—known as beluga caviar—the beluga is a huge and late-maturing fish that can live for 118 years. The species' numbers have been greatly reduced by overfishing and poaching, prompting many governments to enact restrictions on its trade. The common name for the sturgeon, as for the unrelated beluga whale, is derived from the Russian", "title": "Beluga (sturgeon)" }, { "docid": "20820090", "text": "Macroraptorial sperm whale Macroraptorial sperm whales were highly predatory whales of the sperm whale family (Physeteroidea) of the Miocene epoch that hunted large marine mammals, including other whales, using their large teeth. Likewise, they were all likely the apex predator of their habitats, comparable to the modern day killer whale (\"Orcinus orca\"), and achieved great lengths, with one species–\"Livyatan\"–measuring about . The macroraptorial sperm whales–\"Acrophyseter\", \"Brygmophyseter\", \"Livyatan\", and \"Zygophyseter\"–are an informal grouping of genera without a family designation. All species are known by at least a skull. The macroraptorial sperm whales are a paraphyletic fossil group of hyper-predatory stem sperm", "title": "Macroraptorial sperm whale" }, { "docid": "2108684", "text": "the line, sparing the whales the need to hunt. However, the amount of fish taken is very little compared to what the sperm whale needs per day. Video footage has been captured of a large male sperm whale \"bouncing\" a long line, to gain the fish. Sperm whales are believed to prey on the megamouth shark, a rare and large deep-sea species discovered in the 1970s. In one case, three sperm whales were observed attacking or playing with a megamouth. The sharp beak of a consumed squid lodged in the whale's intestine may lead to the production of ambergris, analogous", "title": "Sperm whale" }, { "docid": "1766888", "text": "Of seven Canadian beluga populations, those inhabiting eastern Hudson Bay, Ungava Bay, and the St. Lawrence River are listed as endangered. Belugas are one of the most commonly kept cetaceans in captivity and are housed in aquariums, dolphinariums, and wildlife parks in North America, Europe, and Asia. They are popular with the public due to their colour and expression. The beluga was first described in 1776 by Peter Simon Pallas. It is a member of the Monodontidae family, which is in turn part of the parvorder Odontoceti (toothed whales). The Irrawaddy dolphin was once placed in the same family; recent", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "2637721", "text": "Pygmy sperm whale The pygmy sperm whale (\"Kogia breviceps\") is one of three species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens. The pygmy sperm whales was first described by naturalist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1838. He based this on the head of an individual washed up on the coasts of Audierne in France in 1784, which was then stored in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle. He recognized it as a type of sperm whale and", "title": "Pygmy sperm whale" }, { "docid": "1766890", "text": "name comes from the Russian белуха (\"belukha\"), which derives from the word белый (\"bélyj\"), meaning \"white\". The name \"beluga\" in Russian refers to an unrelated species, a fish, beluga sturgeon. The whale is also colloquially known as the sea canary on account of its high-pitched squeaks, squeals, clucks, and whistles. A Japanese researcher says he taught a beluga to \"talk\" by using these sounds to identify three different objects, offering hope that humans may one day be able to communicate effectively with sea mammals. A similar observation has been made by Canadian researchers, where a beluga which died in 2007", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "2637743", "text": "higher risk of boat strikes. Its small size also allows for it to become a byproduct of commercial fishing, caught in siene nets. Anthropogenic noise is another particular issue affecting this species, as it echolocates, and it has repeatedly been found stranded with plastic in its stomach. Pygmy sperm whale The pygmy sperm whale (\"Kogia breviceps\") is one of three species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens. The pygmy sperm whales was first described by", "title": "Pygmy sperm whale" }, { "docid": "2108682", "text": "accidentally while eating other items. Most of what is known about deep sea squid has been learned from specimens in captured sperm whale stomachs, although more recent studies analysed feces. One study, carried out around the Galápagos, found that squid from the genera \"Histioteuthis\" (62%), \"Ancistrocheirus\" (16%), and \"Octopoteuthis\" (7%) weighing between were the most commonly taken. Battles between sperm whales and giant squid or colossal squid have never been observed by humans; however, white scars are believed to be caused by the large squid. One study published in 2010 collected evidence that suggests that female sperm whales may collaborate", "title": "Sperm whale" }, { "docid": "2313723", "text": "when they are abundant. Pilot whales generally take several breaths before diving for a few minutes. Feeding dives may last over ten minutes. They are capable of diving to depths of 600 meters, but most dives are to a depth of 30–60 m. Shallow dives tend to take place during the day, while deeper ones take place at night. When making deep dives, pilot whales often make fast sprints to catch fast-moving prey such as squid. Compared to sperm whales and beaked whales, foraging short-finned pilot whales are more energetic at the same depth. When they reach the end of", "title": "Pilot whale" }, { "docid": "1766883", "text": "Beluga whale The beluga whale () or white whale (\"Delphinapterus leucas\") is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is 1 of 2 members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus \"Delphinapterus\". This marine mammal is commonly referred to as the beluga or sea canary due to its high-pitched twitter. It is some times also called a melonhead, though that more commonly refers to the melon-headed whale, which is an oceanic dolphin. It is adapted to life in the Arctic, so has anatomical and physiological characteristics that differentiate it from other cetaceans. Amongst", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "1766964", "text": "is thought to be a lost individual. Subsequent sightings were reported on the following day. Male belugas in captivity can mimic the pattern of human speech, several octaves lower than typical whale calls. It is not the first time a beluga has been known to sound human, and they often shout like children, in the wild. One captive beluga, after overhearing divers using an underwater communication system, caused one of the divers to surface by imitating their order to get out of the water. Subsequent recordings confirmed that the beluga had become skilled at imitating the patterns and frequency of", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "1766891", "text": "\"talked\" when he was still a subadult. Another example is NOC, a beluga whale that could mimic the rhythm and tone of human language. Beluga whales in the wild have been reported to imitate human voices. Mitochondrial DNA studies have shown modern cetaceans last shared a common ancestor between 30 and 34 million years ago. The family Monodontidae separated relatively early from the other odontoceti; it split from the Delphinoidea between 11 and 15 million years ago, and from the Phocoenidae, its closest relatives in evolutionary terms, more recently still. In 2017 the genome of a beluga whale was sequenced,", "title": "Beluga whale" } ]

[ { "docid": "5381376", "text": "Sperm heteromorphism Sperm heteromorphism is the simultaneous production of two or more distinguishable types of sperm by a single male. The sperm types might differ in size, shape and/or chromosome complement. Sperm heteromorphism is also called sperm polymorphism or sperm dimorphism (for species with two sperm types). Typically, only one sperm type is capable of fertilizing eggs. Fertile types have been called \"eusperm\" or \"eupyrene sperm\" and infertile types \"parasperm\" or \"apyrene sperm\". One interpretation of sperm polymorphism is the \"kamikaze sperm\" hypothesis (Baker and Bellis, 1988), which has been widely discredited in humans. The kamikaze sperm hypothesis states that", "title": "Sperm heteromorphism" }, { "docid": "5651179", "text": "is formed in a unique way, which is named Cytosolic ciliogenesis, since all or part of axoneme of the sperm tail is formed in the cytoplasm or get exposed to the cytoplasm. Fawcett, D. W. (1981) Sperm Flagellum. In: The Cell. D. W. Fawcett. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company. 14: pp. 604-640. Lehti, M. S. and A. Sironen (2017). \"Formation and function of sperm tail structures in association with sperm motility defects.\" Biol Reprod 97(4): 522-536. Sperm Sperm is the male reproductive cell and is derived from the Greek word (σπέρμα) \"sperma\" (meaning \"seed\"). In the types of sexual reproduction", "title": "Sperm" }, { "docid": "18079486", "text": "meant to operate in \"in vivo\" environments, a feature that may revolutionize assisted reproduction technologies and nanomedicine in the future. New designs are emerging and plenty of applications can be derived from the here reported concept. Robotic sperm Robotic Sperm (also called spermbots) are biohybrid microrobots consisting of sperm cells and artificial microstructures. Currently there are two types of spermbots. The first type, the tubular spermbot, consists of a single sperm cell that is captured inside a microtube. Single bull sperm cells enter these microtubes and become trapped inside. The tail of the sperm is the driving force for the", "title": "Robotic sperm" }, { "docid": "18079480", "text": "Robotic sperm Robotic Sperm (also called spermbots) are biohybrid microrobots consisting of sperm cells and artificial microstructures. Currently there are two types of spermbots. The first type, the tubular spermbot, consists of a single sperm cell that is captured inside a microtube. Single bull sperm cells enter these microtubes and become trapped inside. The tail of the sperm is the driving force for the microtube. The second type, the helical spermbot, is a small helix structure which captures and transports single immotile sperm cells. In this case, a rotating magnetic field drives the helix in a screw-like motion. Both kinds", "title": "Robotic sperm" }, { "docid": "4845938", "text": "number of steps to ensure the health and quality of the sperm which it supplies and it will inform customers of the checks which it undertakes, providing relevant information about individual donors. A sperm bank will usually guarantee the quality and number of motile sperm available in a sample after thawing. They will try to select men as donors who are particularly fertile and whose sperm will survive the freezing and thawing process. Samples are often sold as containing a particular number of motile sperm per millilitre, and different types of sample may be sold by a sperm bank for", "title": "Sperm bank" }, { "docid": "11654792", "text": "variety of morphological types of sperm apparent in every normal human ejaculate, but also at any one time fewer than 1% seem capable of responding to and fertilizing an egg. A similarly low proportion of fertile sperm is found in the ejaculates of mice. Baker calls these fertile sperm \"egg-getters\", and claims that the rest of the sperm in the ejaculate are infertile \"kamikaze sperm\" or \"blockers\", whose primary purpose is to prevent other men's sperm from getting to the egg. He cites data suggesting that in Britain at least 4% of children (but perhaps as many as 6–12%) are", "title": "Sperm Wars" }, { "docid": "20659405", "text": "found in today's vodka, mainly due to the cost and labour-intensive program it requires. It also requires a double filtration through quartz and silver filter. The final production style includes maturation that may last up to three months. There are six flavors of Beluga, Noble, Transatlantic, Allure, Goldline, Celebration and Beluga Epicure by Lalique. Beluga has sold their rights to several Music videos including Jason Derulo's \"If it ain't Love\" Beluga Vodka Beluga Noble Russian Vodka is a brand of Russian Vodka created in the Mariinsk distillery. The Mariinsk distillery that created Beluga was created in 1900 in Siberia and", "title": "Beluga Vodka" }, { "docid": "4845939", "text": "differing types of use, e.g. ICI or IUI. The sperm will be checked to ensure its fecundity and also to ensure that motile sperm will survive the freezing process. If a man is accepted onto the sperm bank's program as a sperm donor, his sperm will be constantly monitored, the donor will be regularly checked for infectious diseases, and samples of his blood will be taken at regular intervals. A sperm bank may provide a donor with dietary supplements containing herbal or mineral substances such as maca, zinc, vitamin E and arginine which are designed to improve the quality and", "title": "Sperm bank" }, { "docid": "12350282", "text": "Sperm sorting Sperm sorting is a means of choosing what type of sperm cell is to fertilize the egg cell. Several conventional techniques of centrifugation or swim-up. Newly applied methods such as flow cytometry expand the possibilities of sperm sorting and new techniques of sperm sorting are being developed. It can be used to sort out sperm that are most healthy, as well as for determination of more specific traits, such as sex selection in which spermatozoa are separated into X- (female) and Y- (male) chromosome bearing populations based on their difference in DNA content. The resultant 'sex-sorted' spermatozoa are", "title": "Sperm sorting" }, { "docid": "5651163", "text": "Sperm Sperm is the male reproductive cell and is derived from the Greek word (σπέρμα) \"sperma\" (meaning \"seed\"). In the types of sexual reproduction known as anisogamy and its subtype oogamy, there is a marked difference in the size of the gametes with the smaller one being termed the \"male\" or sperm cell. A uniflagellar sperm cell that is motile is referred to as a spermatozoon, whereas a non-motile sperm cell is referred to as a spermatium. Sperm cells cannot divide and have a limited life span, but after fusion with egg cells during fertilization, a new organism begins developing,", "title": "Sperm" }, { "docid": "4346869", "text": "word белый (\"belyy\"), meaning \"white\". The beluga are a large predator which feeds mostly on fish, also rarely consuming waterfowl and seal pups. Like most sturgeons, the beluga is anadromous, migrating upstream in rivers to spawn. The largest accepted record is of a female taken in 1827 in the Volga estuary at and . Several other records of aged sturgeon exceed . These great sizes mark the beluga as the largest freshwater fish in the world. A few other species of sturgeon can attain great sizes but none match the maximum sizes known for the beluga, like Chinese, Pacific White,", "title": "Beluga (sturgeon)" }, { "docid": "4236579", "text": "any additions or processing whatsoever. In 2005, the United States made it illegal to import beluga sturgeon into the country. However, beluga hybrid species are still for sale in the country. Many other countries allow for the import and export of beluga sturgeon caviar, as the fish has started making a comeback in recent years. Widespread farming and conservation efforts have allowed wild populations in the Caspian to redevelop. As with most caviars, beluga is usually handled with a caviar spoon made of mother of pearl, bone, or other nonmetallic material, as metal utensils tend to impart an unwelcome metallic", "title": "Beluga caviar" }, { "docid": "996238", "text": "fishing rivers: the Beluga (King Salmon, Silver Salmon, and Sockeye Salmon); the Theodore (King Salmon and Silver Salmon); the Chuitna (King Salmon and Silver Salmon), the Lewis (King Salmon and Silver Salmon); and Three Mile Creek (Silver Salmon). The Pike lake is considered to be easy to fish. The record Pike caught out of the lake is 49 inches and was caught using ice fishing gear. There are countless freshwater lakes in the Beluga area. Many set net fishers also fish from shore commercially to make a living. A good catch is about 100 salmon. Beluga, Alaska Beluga is a", "title": "Beluga, Alaska" }, { "docid": "17061755", "text": "Beluga Point Site Beluga Point Site (49ANC-054) is an archaeological location along Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, near Seward Highway Milepost 110, south of Anchorage, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1978. Artifacts of the area are evidence of early human habitation. Beluga Point North 1 (BPN1) artifacts are 8,000–10,000 years old and believed to be evidence of the oldest habitation in Anchorage municipality . Various other artifacts at Beluga Point South 1 and 2 (BPS1 and BPS2) are believed to be 3,500 to 4,000 years old,", "title": "Beluga Point Site" }, { "docid": "7515451", "text": "Sperm game. Set in a blue environment that is ambiguous enough so that it could represent either the ocean depths or outer space, it features a Frozen Sperm, a Supersperm, a Fool Sperm, a Jungle Sperm, an I-Sperm, and a Jurassic Precious Sperm. The Carnival edition of Catch the Sperm is set against a background of what appears to be surreal paintings and includes drifting balloons and floating strands of confetti, some of which are spiral shaped like uncoiling DNA double helixes. The characters are a Waggis, a Joker, a Sambina, a Lipstick, a Clown, and Gold, Silver, and Bronze", "title": "Catch the Sperm" }, { "docid": "3434639", "text": "determining male fertility in Nauphoeta cinerea. Surprisingly, sperm viability was not affected by any change in diet or diet ratios. It's hypothesized that sperm viability is more affected by the genetic makeup, like in the \"good sperm hypothesis\". These ratios and results are not consistent with many other species and even conflict with some. It seems there can't be any conclusions on what type of diet is needed to positively influence sperm competition but rather understand that different diets do play a role in determining sperm competition in mate choice. One evolutionary response to sperm competition is the variety in", "title": "Sperm competition" }, { "docid": "13165473", "text": "and heavy-lift cargo. The group was judicially divided into three companies. Beluga Shipping GmbH formed a holding company and was responsible for the strategic planning, finance, marketing, human resources etc. Beluga Chartering GmbH provided for the affreightment of the Beluga fleet with cargo. The Beluga Fleet Management GmbH & Co. KG was responsible for the seagoing personnel, the nautical and technical management of the vessels as well as the newbuilding of vessels. As one of few companies in this sector, Beluga Shipping ran its own research and innovation department. Furthermore, Beluga Shipping was initiator of the public private partnership project", "title": "Beluga Shipping" }, { "docid": "1766937", "text": "a little to dogs, and leave the rest for wild animals. Other areas may dry the meat for later consumption by humans. In Greenland the skin (Muktuk) is sold commercially to fish factories, and in Canada to other communities. An average of one or two vertebrae and one or two teeth per beluga are carved and sold. One estimate of the annual gross value received from Beluga hunts in Hudson Bay in 2013 was for 190 belugas, or per beluga. However the net income, after subtracting costs in time and equipment, was a loss of per person. Hunts receive subsidies,", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "1539305", "text": "for the C-5 Galaxy and 150 tonnes for the An-124. Despite this width, the Beluga cannot carry most fuselage parts of the Airbus A380, which are instead normally transported by ship and road. The Beluga has been used to transport some A380 components. In January 1996, the Beluga was formally placed into dedicated service, ferrying components from various aerospace sites to the final assembly lines in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany. On 24 October 1997, the last of Airbus Industrie's Super Guppy freighters was retired and its outsize cargo mission from that point onwards being exclusively performed by the new", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "4346873", "text": "is restricted under CITES appendix II. The Mediterranean population is strongly protected under appendix II of the Bern Convention, prohibiting any intentional killing of these fish. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has banned imports of beluga caviar and other beluga products from the Caspian Sea since October 6, 2005, after listing beluga sturgeon under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Beluga (sturgeon) The beluga or European sturgeon (\"Huso huso\") is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and occasionally in the Adriatic", "title": "Beluga (sturgeon)" }, { "docid": "4236575", "text": "Beluga caviar Beluga caviar is caviar consisting of the roe (or eggs) of the beluga sturgeon \"Huso huso\". It is found primarily in the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest salt-water lake, which is bordered by Iran and the CIS countries of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. It can also be found in the Black Sea basin and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. Beluga caviar is the most expensive type of caviar, with market prices, at the beginning of the millennium, ranging from . The beluga sturgeon is currently considered to be critically endangered, causing the United States Fish and Wildlife", "title": "Beluga caviar" }, { "docid": "4346872", "text": "and weigh . The female beluga is typically 20% larger than the male. Beluga caviar is considered a delicacy worldwide. The flesh of the beluga, though, is not particularly renowned but is a hearty white meat similar to that of swordfish. Beluga caviar has long been scarce and expensive and its endangered status has made its caviar more expensive in worldwide markets outside of the United States. Its air bladder is said to make the best isinglass. IUCN classifies the beluga as critically endangered. It is a protected species listed in appendix III of the Bern Convention, and its trade", "title": "Beluga (sturgeon)" }, { "docid": "20659404", "text": "Beluga Vodka Beluga Noble Russian Vodka is a brand of Russian Vodka created in the Mariinsk distillery. The Mariinsk distillery that created Beluga was created in 1900 in Siberia and is considered to be the nationwide leader thanks to their advanced quality control systems at every stage of production. In May of 2016, Beluga partnered with Summergate Fine Wine & Spirits to be the exclusive importer and distributor of the brand in greater China. Water is a key component in the production of Beluga Vodka, accounting for 60% of its unique formula. Another component is a special malt spirit, rarely", "title": "Beluga Vodka" }, { "docid": "4236580", "text": "taste to the delicate and expensive roe. Beluga caviar is usually served by itself on toast, unlike other less expensive caviars that can be served in a variety of ways, including hollowed and cooked new potatoes, on a blini, or garnished with sour cream, \"crème fraîche\", minced onion, or minced hard boiled egg whites. These items can, however, be served with beluga as palate cleansers. Beluga caviar Beluga caviar is caviar consisting of the roe (or eggs) of the beluga sturgeon \"Huso huso\". It is found primarily in the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest salt-water lake, which is bordered by", "title": "Beluga caviar" }, { "docid": "996234", "text": "Beluga, Alaska Beluga is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 20 at the 2010 census, down from 32 in 2000. Beluga is located at (61.133962, -151.164741). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.72%) is water. Although it is politically in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Beluga is actually on the Alaskan mainland on the other side of Cook Inlet from the peninsula. It is a remote location with no road access Beluga first appeared on", "title": "Beluga, Alaska" }, { "docid": "15826334", "text": "In the Summer of 2011 Van Wolde started \"Beluga Beach Club\" in a park along the Meuse river, as a temporary project. The independent food guide Lekker.nl places Beluga often in the top five of the \"Lekker Top-100\". In 2005 the restaurant placed fifth, advancing to second place in 2006. In 2007, Beluga placed first, ahead of three restaurants with three Michelin stars. Beluga (restaurant) Beluga is a restaurant on Plein 1992 in Maastricht, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that is awarded two Michelin stars from 2005 to present. It was awarded one Michelin star in the period", "title": "Beluga (restaurant)" }, { "docid": "3434629", "text": "back of their mate letting the other males know that she's taken. Japanese beetles will assume a tandem position to the female after copulation. This can last up to several hours allowing him to ward off any rival males giving his sperm a high chance to fertilize that female's egg. These, and other, types of methods have the male playing defense by protecting his mate. Elephant seals are known to engage in bloody battles in order to retain their title has dominant male so that they are able to mate with all the females in their community. Copulatory plugs are", "title": "Sperm competition" }, { "docid": "8053023", "text": "people and have engines in the 60 to 300 horsepower range. Private pilots may use their airplane for the purpose of commuting to and from work; however, they may not carry passengers or freight for hire. In some cases, a group of persons may share costs of taking a trip (\"splitting the gas\"), but they may not pay the pilot for his/her services. The types of aircraft one may fly depends on what they are certified for, e.g. Airplane Single Engine land. See Categories and Classes for a list. Usually, a newly minted private pilot is certified to fly all", "title": "Private pilot" }, { "docid": "17000594", "text": "was then able to onsell sperm from that donor to sperm banks and clinics outside the UK and it could illustrate the fecundity of the various types of samples it sold from the pregnancy rates it had achieved in the UK. In accordance with General Directions issued by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) governing the export of gametes from the UK, the donor had to agree to the export and to the use of his donations abroad, and he must have been told that regulations for use abroad would vary and were likely to be different from the", "title": "Onselling of sperm" }, { "docid": "13165479", "text": "addition, Beluga Shipping financed several professorships at the University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven and the University of Applied Sciences Bremen. The international study course Shipping & Chartering (ISSC) was developed in cooperation with Beluga Shipping and the University of Applied Sciences Bremen. Social responsibility was a substantial part of the corporate philosophy. In response to the misery and destruction caused by the tsunami catastrophe in 2004, Beluga Shipping built up the \"Beluga School for Life\", a village in Thailand for orphans and other juvenile victims. The aims of the project were to provide shelter for the children in family-like accommodations", "title": "Beluga Shipping" }, { "docid": "13768906", "text": "the voyage. The implications of the vessels' traverse of the Northeast passage has been the subject of disagreement. Foto Pictures from Arctic Sea during NE passage Beluga Fraternity BBC California, before 2011 known as Beluga Fraternity and briefly Fraternity, is a German general cargo ship owned by Beluga Shipping. In 2009 she and her sister ship, \"Beluga Foresight\", transited the Northern Sea Route while carrying power plant components from Ulsan, South Korea, to the Russian port of Vladivostok. The voyage was widely covered and sometimes incorrectly said to be the first time when non-Russian ships make the transit. In 1997,", "title": "Beluga Fraternity" }, { "docid": "1766972", "text": "prototype operated until 1997, with the project being discontinued in the mid-2000s. The fuselage design of the Airbus Beluga, one of the world's biggest cargo planes, is very similar to that of a beluga; it was originally called the Super Transporter, but the nickname Beluga became more popular and was then officially adopted. The German company SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of the Beluga Shipping group based in Hamburg, tested a new propulsion system for ships that involved a large wing similar to that used in paragliding and which has demonstrated a reduction in fuel use between 10%", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "1539310", "text": "by a major tsunami. In 2005, the Beluga was employed to transport humanitarian aid and medical supplies from the United Kingdom and France to the Gulf Coast of the United States, in support of disaster-relief operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Beluga has seen recurrent use to transport bulky objects, including vehicles, for various different space programs. In 2001, sections of the unmanned Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) space vehicle were transported by a Beluga from Turin, Italy to Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2004, multiple Beluga flights were made to Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, to deliver Astrium-built satellites. In 2009, a", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "11337039", "text": "identifier is PABG. Beluga Airport resides at elevation of 87 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with gravel surfaces: 1/19 is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) and 9/27 is 2,505 by 60 feet (764 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending January 15, 1993, the airport had 5,600 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi. Beluga Airport Beluga Airport is a private use airport located in Beluga, in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by", "title": "Beluga Airport" }, { "docid": "13768905", "text": "Beluga Fraternity BBC California, before 2011 known as Beluga Fraternity and briefly Fraternity, is a German general cargo ship owned by Beluga Shipping. In 2009 she and her sister ship, \"Beluga Foresight\", transited the Northern Sea Route while carrying power plant components from Ulsan, South Korea, to the Russian port of Vladivostok. The voyage was widely covered and sometimes incorrectly said to be the first time when non-Russian ships make the transit. In 1997, a Finnish oil tanker, \"Uikku\", sailed the length of the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to the Bering Strait, becoming the first Western ship to complete", "title": "Beluga Fraternity" }, { "docid": "4845964", "text": "is a market for vials of processed sperm and for various reasons a sperm bank may sell-on stocks of vials which it holds (known as 'onselling'). The costs of screening of donors and of storage of frozen donor sperm vials are not insignificant and in practice most sperm banks will try to dispose of all samples from an individual donor. The onselling of sperm therefore enables a sperm bank to maximize the sale and disposal of sperm samples which it has processed. The reasons for onselling may also be where part of, or even the main business of, a particular", "title": "Sperm bank" }, { "docid": "1539306", "text": "A300-600ST fleet. In 1997, the second year of Beluga operations, the fleet accumulated in excess of 2,500 flight hours across more than 1,400 flights. By 2012, the fleet was performing roughly 5,000 flight hours per year; Airbus expected this figure to double by 2017. Since entering service, the Beluga has been subject to several infrastructure upgrades. In 2011, Pau Pyrénées Airport, a site routinely visited by Belugas, became the first airport in Europe to deploy the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, which accurately guides the Beluga and other aircraft during landing. In 2015, a dedicated Beluga loading station was opened", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "6443606", "text": "Cumberland Sound beluga The Cumberland Sound belugas are a distinct population of belugas residing in the Cumberland Sound region of the Labrador Sea off the coast of Nunavut, Canada Individuals of this population reside in the sound year-round, congregating in its extreme north exclusively at Clearwater Fjord during the summer for calving. The Cumberland Sound beluga population is considered fairly isolated and genetically distinct from other beluga populations, with a notable number of haplotypes and microsatellite loci not found elsewhere. Adult females and males in the population reach mean lengths of respectively and weigh from 800 to 1000 kg (1750", "title": "Cumberland Sound beluga" }, { "docid": "13554788", "text": "Warner Bros. Records, where Jason Derulo, Auburn, and Iyaz were signed to the record label. The \"Beluga Heights\" phrase is commonly found at the start of songs produced by the record label. Beluga Heights is also housed in the Chalice Recording Studios in Los Angeles. <ref name=\"belugaheights.com/artists\"></ref> Beluga Heights Records Beluga Heights Records is an American record label established by record producer J.R. Rotem. The label is known for working with popular musical artists such as Rihanna and Leona Lewis as well as discovering and developing new acts such as Sean Kingston, Iyaz, and Hughie Stone Fish. The Beluga Heights", "title": "Beluga Heights Records" }, { "docid": "4236576", "text": "Service to ban in 2005 the importation of beluga caviar which originated in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea basin. In 2006, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) suspended all trade made with the traditional caviar-producing regions of the Caspian and Black Seas (Beluga, Ossetra and Sevruga), (Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine) due to the producing countries' failure to apply international regulations and recommendations. Caviar from Iran is exempted from the ban. Iran is considered by CITES to practice effective conservation and policing of its fisheries. In January 2007,", "title": "Beluga caviar" }, { "docid": "13025184", "text": "potential donors would be willing to donate to single women and 85% would be willing to donate to lesbian single women or lesbian couples. A review of two studies found that 50 to 68% of actual donors would donate for lesbian couples, and 40 to 64% would donate to single women. A sperm donor may donate sperm privately or through a sperm bank, sperm agency, or other brokerage arrangement. Donations from private donors are most commonly carried out using artificial insemination. Generally, a male who provides sperm as a sperm donor gives up all legal and other rights over the", "title": "Sperm donation" }, { "docid": "17000599", "text": "families anywhere in the world. In addition, the HFEA's provisions about the payment and recruitment of donors cannot not, of course, apply outside the UK. There was also a question of enforcement. UK Sperm banks are therefore permitted to export donor sperm, subject, where exports are within the EU, to the EU Tissues Directive and subject to the sperm banks obtaining the consent of donors even where the donor has been responsible for producing the maximum UK number of ten families. Sperm banks may also store and use sperm for periods in excess of ten years. The combination of these", "title": "Onselling of sperm" }, { "docid": "15077868", "text": "in southern New England, \"Beluga\" operated on patrol duties in the coastal waters around the section bases at Newport, Rhode Island, and New Bedford for the rest of World War I. \"Beluga\" was stricken from the Navy List on 25 November 1918 and returned to Herring. USS Beluga (SP-536) USS \"Beluga\" (SP-536) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. \"Beluga\" was built in 1911 as a private motorboat \"Gaviota\" by the Greenport Basin & Construction Company at Greenport on Long Island, New York. She later was renamed \"Beluga\". On 14 May 1917, the U.S.", "title": "USS Beluga (SP-536)" }, { "docid": "15077867", "text": "USS Beluga (SP-536) USS \"Beluga\" (SP-536) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. \"Beluga\" was built in 1911 as a private motorboat \"Gaviota\" by the Greenport Basin & Construction Company at Greenport on Long Island, New York. She later was renamed \"Beluga\". On 14 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired \"Beluga\" under a free lease from her owner, Mr. J. Henry Herring of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS \"Beluga\" (SP-536) on 15 May 1917. Assigned to the 2nd Naval District", "title": "USS Beluga (SP-536)" }, { "docid": "19490829", "text": "ejaculate is restricted by their singularly particular mission and by there being a limited number of genes that express themselves post-meiotically. Nevertheless, they exhibit discretely differential morphologies within ejaculates (e.g. the apical hook, which facilitates what are called sperm \"trains\" as part of “exceptional sperm cooperation” (Moore et al. 2002 via Pitnick et al. p. 101)) and are the fastest evolving cells. Without non-monogamous mating of females, sperm competition would not exist in humans. As human females invest more time and energy than males into reproduction through the processes of pregnancy and lactation, women prefer to mate with high quality", "title": "Human sperm competition" }, { "docid": "17000596", "text": "number of children born from his sperm. Some UK sperm banks used the export of sperm as a way of exchange with sperm banks abroad, and imported sperm vials to increase their pool of donors. The regulations introduced in April 2010 were intended to ensure that no more than ten families are produced from each donor, regardless of where this occurs. Before this time, some men donated for periods in excess of two years (some for even four or five years) and vials of their sperm were exported without limitation provided that not more than ten families had been produced", "title": "Onselling of sperm" }, { "docid": "19035155", "text": "beneath the empennage. It will operate at M0.69 up to 35,000ft over 2,300 nmi instead of the original 900 nmi. Deharde Aerospace and the P3 group provide the upper fuselage while Aciturri produces the horizontal tail plane extension, auxiliary and ventral fins. Airbus Beluga XL The Airbus Beluga XL (Airbus A330-743L) is a large transport aircraft due to enter into service in 2019. It is based on the A330 airliner, to be the successor to the Airbus Beluga. The XL has an extension on the fuselage top like the Beluga. It is being designed, built and will be operated by", "title": "Airbus Beluga XL" }, { "docid": "1539300", "text": "will start operating from 2019, replacing the last old Beluga in 2025. Airbus previously considered the A330-300 and A340-500, but each require too much of the limited 1,663 m (5,460 ft) runway 04 at Hawarden Airport near Broughton in Wales. In May 2015, Airbus confirmed that the new aircraft will have a 1 m (3.3 ft) wider cross-section than its predecessor and provide a 12% increase in payload. The Beluga XL is intended primarily for A350 work, and is designed with capacity to ship two A350 wings simultaneously. Five aircraft will be progressively assembled; the first two are considered essential", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "12350296", "text": "the DNA difference between the X and Y chromosome of a species, the easier it is to produce a highly pure population. In sheep and cattle, purities for each sex will usually remain above 90% depending on 'gating', while for humans these may be reduced to 90% and 70% for \"female\" and \"male\" spermatozoa, respectively. Sperm sorting Sperm sorting is a means of choosing what type of sperm cell is to fertilize the egg cell. Several conventional techniques of centrifugation or swim-up. Newly applied methods such as flow cytometry expand the possibilities of sperm sorting and new techniques of sperm", "title": "Sperm sorting" }, { "docid": "15601698", "text": "MV Beluga Nomination incident The MV \"Beluga Nomination\" incident refers to the capture and attempted liberation of a German freighter from Somali Pirates by the Seychelles Coast Guard and Royal Danish Navy in January 2011. A few days after the taking of the MV \"Beluga Nomination\", a Seychelles patrol boat and a Danish flexible support ship, the HDMS \"Esbern Snare\", encountered the pirates and engaged in a failed rescue operation. The MV \"Beluga Nomination\" is a multipurpose heavy lift project carrier of Beluga Shipping and was on a commercial voyage from Malta to the South Korean port of Masan, stopping", "title": "MV Beluga Nomination incident" }, { "docid": "13165478", "text": "the company's financial balance between 2006 and 2010. In 2009, the company claimed a transaction volume of 415 million Euro. This was partially achieved by claiming possession of much more power fuel than the entire shipping fleet could comprise. The educational concept of Beluga Shipping was unique in the maritime business. On six training vessels and additional units of the Beluga fleet, the Sea Academy of Beluga Shipping offered up to 160 cadets a year of training. The training vessels were equipped with an additional deck including the accommodation for the cadets, a class room and a maritime library. In", "title": "Beluga Shipping" }, { "docid": "1766965", "text": "human speech. After several years, this beluga ceased making these sounds. Prior to 2008, the beluga was listed as \"vulnerable\" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a higher level of concern. The IUCN cited the stability of the largest subpopulations and improved census methods that indicate a larger population than previously estimated. In 2008, the beluga was reclassified as \"near threatened\" by the IUCN due to uncertainty about threats to their numbers and the number of belugas over parts of its range (especially the Russian Arctic), and the expectation that if current conservation efforts cease, especially hunting", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "13165474", "text": "Maritime Campus Elsfleth of which the Maritime Research Centre Elsfleth formed a part. The Maritime Campus Elsfleth aimed for the promotion of science, economy, education and research in the maritime sector. Beluga Shipping operated the world’s first newly built vessel co-powered by wind using a towing kite system. The goal of MV was to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. It was first tested on the ship \"Beluga SkySails\", launched December 15, 2007 in Hamburg, which was equipped with a sail that could reduce fuel consumption by 5.5% on parts of the route. Further, a ship from the Beluga Group was", "title": "Beluga Shipping" }, { "docid": "5806689", "text": "federal election. In the original 1993 release of the \"Raffi on Broadway\" concert video, Raffi imitated Bob Dylan's singing style. The Wiggles sang this song on their \"Wake up Jeff\" CD and \"Wiggledance! (Live in Concert)\" video, as part of a Henry the Octopus song. \"Baby Beluga\" was Michelle Tanner's favorite song on \"Full House,\" as shown in the season-three episode \"Just Say No Way.\" Billy Gilman performed \"Baby Beluga\" on the 2001 tribute album \"Country Goes Raffi\". In October 2004, Pearl Jam's lead singer Eddie Vedder performed the first verse and chorus of \"Baby Beluga\" at the annual Bridge", "title": "Baby Beluga" }, { "docid": "11337038", "text": "Beluga Airport Beluga Airport is a private use airport located in Beluga, in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by Conoco Phillips Alaska (formerly ARCO Alaska). As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,541 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 2,410 enplanements in 2009, and 2,144 in 2010. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BLG by the FAA and BVU by the IATA (which assigned BLG to Belaga Airport in Belaga, Sarawak, Malaysia). The airport's ICAO", "title": "Beluga Airport" }, { "docid": "13165469", "text": "Beluga Shipping Beluga Shipping was a German heavy-lift shipping company in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. It was a world market leader in heavy-lift shipping and also highly innovative in related fields. As such, it was the first to equip ships of its fleet with SkySails that can reduce fuel consumption by up to 5%, and was the first company to send a heavy-lift ship from Europe to Asia along the Northern Sea Route through the Arctic Ocean rather than through the Suez Canal. The company was declared insolvent in March 2011, affecting 670 employees. Beluga Shipping was founded in", "title": "Beluga Shipping" }, { "docid": "13165472", "text": "the US financial investment firm Oaktree Capital Management. Since 28 February 2011 developments indicated that Oaktree Capital Management, shareholder with 49.5%, wanted to take over the Beluga-Group. The German Bundeskartellamt confirmed this. On 3 March 2011, Niels Stolberg's retirement as CEO was announced and Oaktree appointee Roger Iliffe followed on his chair. With Stolberg, a few other leading managers were replaced. Soon after Oaktree's takeover, the company filed for bankruptcy. Oaktree subsequently founded a new heavy-lift shipping company with part of the Beluga Fleet, the Hamburg-based Hansa Heavy Lift. Core competence of Beluga Shipping was the sea transport of project", "title": "Beluga Shipping" }, { "docid": "1539307", "text": "at Hawarden Airport, preventing high winds from disrupting future operations. In addition to its primary supply duties to Airbus' production facilities, Belugas have often performed charter flights for various purposes. In 1997, ATI claimed that it had to reject eight out of ten requests for commercial Beluga flights, the fleet being able to spare only 130 flight hours for such duties that year. But as more Beluga aircraft were put into service, availability increased drastically, rising to 600 flight hours in 1998 and around 1,000 flight hours in 1999; this effectively enabled one of the five Beluga aircraft to spend", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "17000600", "text": "changes enables sperm banks to export sperm and, subject to their obtaining consent to import samples, they may exchange straws with other fertility centres. Embryos may also be onsold. These are usually spare embryos which are created through IVF treatment where a woman achieves the number of pregnancies she requires and the resulting embryos may therefore be disposed of. Donor sperm (and donor eggs) may be used in IVF treatments, and as many as eighteen eggs may be fertilized using one vial of donor sperm, although only the most viable of these will be subsequently implanted in a woman in", "title": "Onselling of sperm" }, { "docid": "19035145", "text": "Airbus Beluga XL The Airbus Beluga XL (Airbus A330-743L) is a large transport aircraft due to enter into service in 2019. It is based on the A330 airliner, to be the successor to the Airbus Beluga. The XL has an extension on the fuselage top like the Beluga. It is being designed, built and will be operated by Airbus to move oversized aircraft components. The aircraft made its first flight on 19 July 2018. In 2013, the five original Belugas could not cope with production growth and Airbus evaluated the Antonov An-124 and An-225, Boeing C-17 or Dreamlifter, and A400M", "title": "Airbus Beluga XL" }, { "docid": "13554787", "text": "Beluga Heights Records Beluga Heights Records is an American record label established by record producer J.R. Rotem. The label is known for working with popular musical artists such as Rihanna and Leona Lewis as well as discovering and developing new acts such as Sean Kingston, Iyaz, and Hughie Stone Fish. The Beluga Heights label was founded in November 2006 as an equal three-way partnership between Rotem, his manager Zach Katz and his brother Tommy Rotem with Epic Records to help develop new artists signed to the label.<ref name=\"belugaheights.com/jr\"></ref> In August 2008, Beluga Heights moved to a new joint venture with", "title": "Beluga Heights Records" }, { "docid": "8737936", "text": "family, Catsper1 is found in the primary piece of sperm. Catsper1 plays an important role in evoked Ca entry and regulation of hyperactivation in sperm. Catsper2 is localized in the sperm tail and is responsible for regulation of hyperactivation. Catsper3 and Catsper4 are found in both, the testes and sperm and play an important role in the motility of hyperactivated sperm. Although Catsper seems to play an important role in sperm function, Catspers1-4 null mice have been found to have normal testicular histology, sperm counts and morphology, which is indicative of normal progression of spermatogenesis. Cation channels of sperm The", "title": "Cation channels of sperm" }, { "docid": "1539301", "text": "to ramping-up production of the A350; the remaining three are to be introduced as the A300-600 Beluga fleet retires. The A300-600ST Beluga shares many design similarities, although substantially differing in appearance, to the Airbus A300 it was based upon. The wings, engines, landing gear, and the lower part of the fuselage remain identical to those used on the conventional A300, while the upper part of the fuselage forms an enormous horseshoe-shaped structure in diameter. In comparison with the Super Guppy, the payload was more than doubled and the volume increased by more than 30 per cent. The General Electric CF6-80C2", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "5651167", "text": "at Nanjing Medical University claimed they had produced cells resembling mouse spermatids artificially from stem cells. They injected these spermatids into mouse eggs and produced pups. Sperm quantity and quality are the main parameters in semen quality, which is a measure of the ability of semen to accomplish fertilization. Thus, in humans, it is a measure of fertility in a man. The genetic quality of sperm, as well as its volume and motility, all typically decrease with age. (See paternal age effect.) DNA damages present in sperm cells in the period after meiosis but before fertilization may be repaired in", "title": "Sperm" }, { "docid": "1539308", "text": "much of its operating hours performing charter flights. Amongst the early customers chartering Beluga flights was Boeing. In June 1997, a world record was set for the most voluminous payload to be carried by an aircraft when a Beluga was used to transport a chemical tank for a merchant vessel from Clermont-Ferrand to Le Havre, France. In February 2003, a single Beluga performed the farthest distance charter flight ever, having flown for 25 hours (not including refueling stops) to transport two complete NHI NH90 helicopters along with a single Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter from Marseille, France to Melbourne, Australia, for", "title": "Airbus Beluga" }, { "docid": "1351920", "text": "a fairly unique scenario in medical practice. ICSI’s success has effectively diverted attention from identifying what causes male infertility and focused research onto the female, to optimize the provision of eggs and a receptive endometrium, on which ICSI’s success depends.\" ICSI is generally performed following a transvaginal oocyte retrieval procedure to extract one to several oocytes from a woman. In ICSI IVF, the male partner or a donor provides a sperm sample on the same day when the eggs are collected. The sample is checked in the lab, and if no sperm is present, doctors will extract sperm from the", "title": "Intracytoplasmic sperm injection" }, { "docid": "5381378", "text": "up >90% of the total sperm in some Lepidoptera and \"Drosophila\". The non-fertilising morph(s) are a means in which males can provide nutrition to the female, her eggs or the fertilising sperm. The non-fertilising sperm help the fertilising sperm by assisting their transport or capacitation (i.e. the acquisition of fertilisation competence). In silkworms, there is good evidence that fertile sperm are unable to fertilise if the non-fertile sperm are not present. The researchers artificially inseminated fertile sperm, non-fertile sperm or a mixture of both. Only the last group resulted in offspring production. Non-fertile sperm increase the fertilisation success of the", "title": "Sperm heteromorphism" }, { "docid": "5651169", "text": "sperm cell-derived chromosomal aberrations. Treatment of male mice with melphalan, a bifunctional alkylating agent frequently employed in chemotherapy, induces DNA lesions during meiosis that may persist in an unrepaired state as germ cells progress though DNA repair-competent phases of spermatogenic development. Such unrepaired DNA damages in sperm cells, after fertilization, can lead to offspring with various abnormalities. Related to sperm quality is sperm size, at least in some animals. For instance, the sperm of some species of fruit fly (\"Drosophila\") are up to 5.8 cm long — about 20 times as long as the fly itself. Longer sperm cells are", "title": "Sperm" }, { "docid": "5651173", "text": "are still detected by microscopy using the \"Christmas Tree Stain\" method, i.e., Kernechtrot-Picroindigocarmine (KPIC) staining. Sperm cells in algal and many plant gametophytes are produced in male gametangia (antheridia) via mitotic division. In flowering plants, sperm nuclei are produced inside pollen. Motile sperm cells typically move via flagella and require a water medium in order to swim toward the egg for fertilization. In animals most of the energy for sperm motility is derived from the metabolism of fructose carried in the seminal fluid. This takes place in the mitochondria located in the sperm's midpiece (at the base of the sperm", "title": "Sperm" }, { "docid": "4845936", "text": "unknown by him. The donor must agree to relinquish all legal rights to all children which result from his donations. The donor must produce his sperm at the sperm bank thus enabling the identity of the donor, once proven, always to be ascertained, and also enabling fresh samples of sperm to be produced for immediate processing.Some sperm banks have been accused of heightism due to minimum height requirements. A sperm donor must generally meet specific requirements regarding age and medical history. Sperm banks typically screen potential donors for a range of diseases and disorders, including genetic diseases, chromosomal abnormalities and", "title": "Sperm bank" }, { "docid": "19144447", "text": "and the spermatozoa might have responded to the formed pH gradient by chemotaxis. However, careful experimental examinations of all these possibilities with proper controls demonstrated that the measured responses to temperature are true thermotactic responses and that they are not a reflection of any other temperature-sensitive process, including rheotaxis and chemotaxis. The behavioral mechanism of sperm thermotaxis has been so far only investigated in human spermatozoa. Like the behavioral mechanisms of bacterial chemotaxis and human sperm chemotaxis, the behavioral mechanism of human sperm thermotaxis appears to be stochastic rather than deterministic. Capacitated human spermatozoa swim in rather straight lines interrupted", "title": "Sperm thermotaxis" }, { "docid": "1766897", "text": "all of the body except the head, and it can be up to thick. It acts as insulation in waters with temperatures between 0 and 18 °C, as well as being an important reserve during periods without food. The adult beluga is rarely mistaken for any other species, because it is completely white or whitish-grey in colour. Calves are usually born grey, and by the time they are a month old, have turned dark grey or blue grey. They then start to progressively lose their pigmentation until they attain their distinctive white colouration, at the age of seven years in", "title": "Beluga whale" }, { "docid": "5381377", "text": "the polymorphism of sperm is due to a subdivision of sperm into different functional groups. There are those that defend the egg from fertilization by other male sperm, and those that fertilize the egg. However, there is no evidence that the polymorphism of human sperm is for the purpose of antagonizing rival sperm. Sperm heteromorphism is known from several different groups of animals. The non-fertilising morph(s) have no function, and are simply developmental errors. This is thought to be unlikely in many sperm heteromorphic species because the production of infertile sperm may be highly regulated, and infertile sperm can make", "title": "Sperm heteromorphism" }, { "docid": "8737934", "text": "Cation channels of sperm The cation channels of sperm also known as Catsper channels or CatSper, are ion channels that are related to the two-pore channels and distantly related to TRP channels. The four members of this family form voltage-gated Ca channels that seem to be specific to sperm. As sperm encounter the more alkaline environment of the female reproductive tract, CatSper channels become activated by the altered ion concentration. These channels are required for proper fertilization. The study of these channels has been slow because they do not traffic to the cell membrane in many heterologous systems. There are", "title": "Cation channels of sperm" }, { "docid": "5651174", "text": "head). These cells cannot swim backwards due to the nature of their propulsion. The uniflagellated sperm cells (with one flagellum) of animals are referred to as spermatozoa, and are known to vary in size. Motile sperm are also produced by many protists and the gametophytes of bryophytes, ferns and some gymnosperms such as cycads and ginkgo. The sperm cells are the only flagellated cells in the life cycle of these plants. In many ferns and lycophytes, they are multi-flagellated (carrying more than one flagellum). In nematodes, the sperm cells are amoeboid and crawl, rather than swim, towards the egg cell.", "title": "Sperm" }, { "docid": "17000602", "text": "permitted number of offspring imposed by, or on, that clinic. Onselling may therefore give rise to numerous pregnancies being produced from individual donors which can sometimes total 100 or more (see above 'Limitation' and the associated link) particularly where a sperm donor donates his sperm for a period of two years or more and where his samples are prepared for IVF use. Sperm from certain donors, such as those with particular blood groups, physical features or intellect, may also be more in demand than sperm from other donors. However, in every case rules as to use and the limitation on", "title": "Onselling of sperm" }, { "docid": "3434617", "text": "However, sperm are not free to produce, and as such males are predicted to produce sperm of a size and number that will maximize their success in sperm competition. By making many spermatozoa, males can buy more \"raffle tickets\", and it is thought that selection for numerous sperm has contributed to the evolution of anisogamy with very small sperm (because of the energy trade-off between sperm size and number). Alternatively, a male may evolve faster sperm to enable his sperm to reach and fertilize the female's ovum first. Dozens of adaptations have been documented in males that help them succeed", "title": "Sperm competition" }, { "docid": "13025175", "text": "Sperm donation Sperm donation is the provision (or \"donation\") by a man (known as a sperm donor) of his sperm (known as donor sperm), principally for it to be used in the artificial insemination of a woman or women who are not his sexual partners for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy. Sperm may be donated privately and directly to the intended recipient, or through a sperm bank or fertility clinic. Sperm donation enables a man to father a child for third-party women, and is therefore, categorized as a form of third party reproduction. Pregnancies are usually achieved by using", "title": "Sperm donation" }, { "docid": "4845933", "text": "sperm banks are not allowed to be established or to operate. Sperm banks do not provide a cure for infertility in that it is the sperm donor who reproduces himself, not a partner of the recipient woman. Most societies are built upon the family model and sperm banks may be seen as a threat to this, particularly where a sperm bank makes its services available to unmarried women. Where sperm banks are allowed to operate they are often controlled by local legislation which is primarily intended to protect the unborn child, but which may also provide a compromise between the", "title": "Sperm bank" }, { "docid": "17000591", "text": "Onselling of sperm Onselling of sperm is the practice of a sperm bank selling or otherwise trading or passing its surplus stocks of sperm for use by another entity. The practice is subject to the laws of particular jurisdictions involved in the trade. Sperm banks routinely collect and process sperms from sperm donors which they may use either in fertility treatments or onsell or otherwise pass on to another entity. The onselling may be part of, or even the main business of a particular sperm bank, or may arise where a sperm bank has collected and stored more sperm than", "title": "Onselling of sperm" }, { "docid": "13025260", "text": "A Parliamentary Commission agreed. In Italy, the Pope declared donor insemination a sin, and proposed that anyone using the procedure be sent to prison. Sperm donation gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. In many western countries, sperm donation is now a largely accepted procedure. In the US and elsewhere, there are a large number of sperm banks. A sperm bank in the US pioneered the use of on-line search catalogues for donor sperm, and these facilities are now widely available on the websites of sperm banks and fertility clinics. Recent years have also seen sperm donation become relatively less", "title": "Sperm donation" } ]

[ "Johnboy", "John-Boy" ]

[ { "docid": "890294", "text": "(reflecting Ellen Corby's real-life stroke and the death of Will Geer, the actors who portrayed the characters). During the series' last few years, Mary Ellen and Ben start their own families; Erin, Jason and John-Boy are married in later television movie sequels. Conversely, the younger children Jim-Bob and Elizabeth, struggle to find and cement true love. World War II deeply affects the family. All four Walton boys enlist in the military. Mary Ellen's physician husband, Curtis \"Curt\" Willard, is sent to Pearl Harbor and is reported to have perished in the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. Years later, Mary", "title": "The Waltons" } ]

[ { "docid": "16278388", "text": "Ellen Elizabeth Ellis Ellen Elizabeth Ellis (14 March 1829 – 17 April 1895) was a New Zealand feminist and writer. She was born at 106 High St, Guildford, moved to Great Tangley Manor in 1852 and to New Zealand in 1859. Ellen Elizabeth Colebrook was baptised on 3 May 1829 at Holy Trinity Church, the 2nd of 17 children (9 girls and 8 boys) of Mary Ann May and William Colebrook, who was a butcher. Their household also included 6 young nephews and nieces, taken in after they were orphaned in a cholera epidemic in London. She went to school", "title": "Ellen Elizabeth Ellis" }, { "docid": "3666690", "text": "Mary Ellen Bamford Mary Ellen Bamford (December 10, 1857 – May 21, 1946) was an American author from Healdsburg, California. Mary Ellen Bamford was born in Healdsburg, California. She was the daughter of Doctor William Bamford and Cornelia Elizabeth Rand; her parents were pioneer settlers. In the 1850s, her future father, born in Ireland, had traveled across the plains whilst Cornelia Rand had arrived by California from her native New Hampshire by sea via Cape Horn. Her parents married on February 16, 1857 in Santa Rosa, California. Mary Bamford had an older half brother, Edmund L. Bamford, from Dr. Bamford's", "title": "Mary Ellen Bamford" }, { "docid": "20518347", "text": "F. S. Collier at the 1901 All England Badminton Championships. She also competed at the 1906 All England Badminton Championships. Ellen's great grandson, Tim Henman is a popular retired tennis player. Her granddaughter, Jane Henman is also a tennis player who represents England in international level. Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown (married name Ellen Hemsted) (1878 – 1958) was a British female badminton and tennis player. She has notably competed mainly in the All England Open Badminton Championships and Wimbledon Championships. Ellen Mary is the first woman ever to serve overarm in the Ladies' singles at the Wimbledon Championships.", "title": "Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown" }, { "docid": "16481580", "text": "who had brought five of his sons into partnership with him in 1828, the year before his death. The company had extensive collieries and ironworks. Mary Ellen's father John died on 4 February 1840. In 1841, Mary Ellen lived in West Bromwich with her mother, younger sisters Jane and Kate, and seven servants. By 1851, the family had moved to Monmouth in Wales, where she resided with her widowed mother, two sisters, and staff of six. Mary Ellen Bagnall married William Oakeley (1822–1912), son of Thomas and Elizabeth Oakeley, on 31 August 1853 in Monmouth. Their marriage was registered in", "title": "Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley" }, { "docid": "20518346", "text": "Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown (married name Ellen Hemsted) (1878 – 1958) was a British female badminton and tennis player. She has notably competed mainly in the All England Open Badminton Championships and Wimbledon Championships. Ellen Mary is the first woman ever to serve overarm in the Ladies' singles at the Wimbledon Championships. Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown represented United Kingdom simultaneously in both international badminton competitions and Tennis competitions during the early 20th century (in 1900's). She competed at the Wimbledon Championships in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905. Her notable achievement including the mixed doubles title victory along with", "title": "Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown" }, { "docid": "20185885", "text": "Elizabeth Erin Walsh Elizabeth Erin Walsh was an American government official who until May 3, 2018 served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States Commercial Service. Prior to assuming this role, she was special assistant to the U.S. President and associate director for presidential personnel. During the presidential transition of Donald Trump, Walsh was part of the landing team for the United States Department of State, helping to fill vacancies at that department and at the United States Agency for International Development. Walsh has held posts at the United States Department of State, the United", "title": "Elizabeth Erin Walsh" }, { "docid": "16481581", "text": "Monmouth in the third quarter of 1853. Mary Ellen and her husband resided in the village of Penallt, near Monmouth, with their family and household servants, at the time of the 1861 and 1871 census enumerations. She was the mother of nine children, James Bagnall, William Ralph, Mary Beatrice, John Lewis, Jane Parnel, Elizabeth Blanche, Alexandra Ethel, Kemeys Leoline, and, the archer, Richard Henry. Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley was a member of or associated with a number of societies in England and Wales. She took an interest in antiquarianism and numismatics, and penned numerous articles and pamphlets on antiquarian topics for", "title": "Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley" }, { "docid": "5839301", "text": "can be seen on the internet on the show \"McDougall M.D.\" as part of the broadcasts on the TBN network. Mary Elizabeth McDonough Mary Elizabeth McDonough (born May 4, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her role as Erin Walton on \"The Waltons\" from 1972 to 1981. In 1988, she married Rob Wickstrom, with whom she has a daughter, Sydnee. The couple divorced in 1996. She has lupus erythematosus, claimed to be from leaking silicone breast implants. In the 2000s, she returned to television acting, guest-starring on \"Boston Legal\" and \"The New Adventures of Old Christine\". McDonough is", "title": "Mary Elizabeth McDonough" }, { "docid": "5839300", "text": "Mary Elizabeth McDonough Mary Elizabeth McDonough (born May 4, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her role as Erin Walton on \"The Waltons\" from 1972 to 1981. In 1988, she married Rob Wickstrom, with whom she has a daughter, Sydnee. The couple divorced in 1996. She has lupus erythematosus, claimed to be from leaking silicone breast implants. In the 2000s, she returned to television acting, guest-starring on \"Boston Legal\" and \"The New Adventures of Old Christine\". McDonough is a radio guest and has been on international and syndicated shows such as \"Get Focused Radio\" with Kate Hennessy. She", "title": "Mary Elizabeth McDonough" }, { "docid": "17766491", "text": "as \"feminine\", \"sentimental\", and \"domestic\": rarely equitably compared with her male counterparts. Mary Ellen Edwards Mary Ellen Edwards ( 9 November 1838 – 22 December 1934), also known as MEE, was an English artist who contributed to many Victorian newspapers and journals, as well being a prolific illustrator of children's books. Mary Ellen Edwards was born the daughter of Mary Johnson and Downes Edwards, a farmer and engineer who had a number of successful inventions. She was born on her father’s farm in Surbiton (also known as Kingstington-upon-Thames) on 9 November 1838. She came from an artistic family. Her uncle", "title": "Mary Ellen Edwards" }, { "docid": "17766484", "text": "Mary Ellen Edwards Mary Ellen Edwards ( 9 November 1838 – 22 December 1934), also known as MEE, was an English artist who contributed to many Victorian newspapers and journals, as well being a prolific illustrator of children's books. Mary Ellen Edwards was born the daughter of Mary Johnson and Downes Edwards, a farmer and engineer who had a number of successful inventions. She was born on her father’s farm in Surbiton (also known as Kingstington-upon-Thames) on 9 November 1838. She came from an artistic family. Her uncle was E. Killingworth Johnson and her mother's uncle was James Wright, both", "title": "Mary Ellen Edwards" }, { "docid": "15195661", "text": "and \"Once Upon a Time\", \"Life Sentence\" and \"Nashville\" in 2018. Ellen S. Pressman Ellen S. Pressman is an American television director and producer. She began her career as an associate producer on the series \"Hill Street Blues\" in 1983. She went on to win an Emmy Award as a member of the \"L.A. Law\" production team. She made her directorial debut on \"Thirtysomething\". Her other directorial credits include \"Sirens\", \"Missing Persons\", \"My So-Called Life\", \"Party of Five\", \"Arliss\", \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\", \"Hyperion Bay\", \"Charmed\", \"Felicity\", \"Time of Your Life\", \"Pasadena\", \"American Dreams\", \"Huff\", \"Jack & Bobby\", \"Everwood\" and", "title": "Ellen S. Pressman" }, { "docid": "15195660", "text": "Ellen S. Pressman Ellen S. Pressman is an American television director and producer. She began her career as an associate producer on the series \"Hill Street Blues\" in 1983. She went on to win an Emmy Award as a member of the \"L.A. Law\" production team. She made her directorial debut on \"Thirtysomething\". Her other directorial credits include \"Sirens\", \"Missing Persons\", \"My So-Called Life\", \"Party of Five\", \"Arliss\", \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\", \"Hyperion Bay\", \"Charmed\", \"Felicity\", \"Time of Your Life\", \"Pasadena\", \"American Dreams\", \"Huff\", \"Jack & Bobby\", \"Everwood\" and \"Windfall\", which was her last directing episode of \"Riverdale\" in 2017,", "title": "Ellen S. Pressman" }, { "docid": "18677666", "text": "Mary-Ellen McTague Mary-Ellen McTague is a Manchester chef who has run two successful restaurants in the city; Aumbry and 4244. Mary-Ellen McTague attended St Gabriel's RC High School and Holy Cross College in Bury but gave up studying languages at university after deciding that she wanted to become a chef. Having previously spent time working in the kitchen of the Manchester Roadhouse making food for touring bands who played at the venue it was at the Roadhouse that McTague decided she wanted to cook for a living. She wrote to a number of restaurants and received responses from Heston Blumenthal,", "title": "Mary-Ellen McTague" }, { "docid": "3036487", "text": "benefits of organ donation. Today the organ donation trust fund is named in his honor. Prohibited from seeking a third term, Casey left office on January 17, 1995. He contemplated a run for President to oppose Bill Clinton in the 1996 Democratic primaries, but declined due to failing health. Despite the transplants, Casey continued to suffer long-term effects of his disease, to which he finally succumbed on May 30, 2000 at age 68 in Mercy Hospital in Scranton. His survivors were his wife of fifty years, Ellen (née Harding); his eight children, Margaret, Mary Ellen, Kathleen, Bob, Jr., Chris, Erin,", "title": "Bob Casey Sr." }, { "docid": "15837419", "text": "his identity. Elizabeth tried to dissuade him, wanting to hold onto Jason. \"Jake\" proposed to Elizabeth, and she accepted. On their wedding day, though, Jason found out the truth and stopped the wedding; Elizabeth pretended not to know. Jason still wasn't able to recover his memories, and stayed with Elizabeth. He asked Sam for a divorce to marry Elizabeth. Sam figured out Elizabeth's secret, though, and decided to confront her. Jason didn't believe Sam, and defended Elizabeth. However, he later went to apologize to Sam, who told Jason her suspicions. Jason left and confronted Elizabeth, who was forced to admit", "title": "Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber" }, { "docid": "11910941", "text": "custody of her. Mary Ellen named her daughter, Etta, after Etta Wheeler. In 1888 at age 24, Mary Ellen married Lewis Schutt. They had two children together. Schutt had three children from his previous marriage, and they later adopted an orphaned girl. Mary Ellen died in 1956, at 92. Mary Ellen Wilson Mary Ellen Wilson (March 1864 – October 30, 1956) or sometimes Mary Ellen McCormack was an American whose case of child abuse led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. At the age of eight, she was severely abused by", "title": "Mary Ellen Wilson" }, { "docid": "20185886", "text": "States Mission to the United Nations, and the United States Department of Energy. She worked for the United Nations in Bosnia during the Bosnian War. In the private sector, Walsh worked for Cisco Systems and Goldman Sachs. On May 8, 2018, Buzzfeed broke the news that Walsh was removed from her position at the Department of Commerce and was seen being escorted out of the building. According to the report, the reason for removal was unknown at the time but sources told BuzzFeed News that there is an internal investigation underway that involves her. Elizabeth Erin Walsh Elizabeth Erin Walsh", "title": "Elizabeth Erin Walsh" }, { "docid": "16715399", "text": "Literary Collection\", now one of the oldest continually-published literary journals on the internet. A year later, she founded Sundress Publications, a literary organization that publishes several online journals as well as chapbooks and full-length poetry collections in both print and electronic formats. Since 2006, Smith has edited the \"Best of the Net Anthology\", also published by Sundress. Chapbook Erin Elizabeth Smith Erin Elizabeth Smith is an American poet, editor, publisher, and educator. Smith, originally from Lexington, South Carolina, holds a B.A. in English from Binghamton University, an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in Literature", "title": "Erin Elizabeth Smith" }, { "docid": "16715398", "text": "Erin Elizabeth Smith Erin Elizabeth Smith is an American poet, editor, publisher, and educator. Smith, originally from Lexington, South Carolina, holds a B.A. in English from Binghamton University, an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi. She currently teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Tennessee. She is the author of two full-length poetry collections as well as a chapbook. Smith lives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where she coordinates weekend workshops for writers in the Knoxville area. In 1999, Smith founded \"Stirring: A", "title": "Erin Elizabeth Smith" }, { "docid": "16278394", "text": "the Māori language in schools. It wasn't widely read as her son, businessman John William Ellis, considered his late father to be an occasional drinker, rather than a drunkard, and burnt all the copies of the novel he could find. Ellen died of bronchitis on the 17 April 1895 at Ponsonby Rd, Auckland. Ellen Elizabeth Ellis Ellen Elizabeth Ellis (14 March 1829 – 17 April 1895) was a New Zealand feminist and writer. She was born at 106 High St, Guildford, moved to Great Tangley Manor in 1852 and to New Zealand in 1859. Ellen Elizabeth Colebrook was baptised on", "title": "Ellen Elizabeth Ellis" }, { "docid": "4902389", "text": "bandmate Les Carter. A DVD featuring a live acoustic performance of Jim Bob songs and Carter USM songs. Bonus features include an interview with Jim, Jim reading excerpts from his autobiography and the video for the Jim's Super Stereoworld song \"Bubblegum\". Jim Bob James Robert Morrison (born 22 November 1960), known as Jim Bob, is a British musician and author, best known as the singer of indie punk band Carter USM. Jim Bob played in various bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s, one of which was Jamie Wednesday who were performing between 1984 and 1987. In 1987 Jamie", "title": "Jim Bob" }, { "docid": "9871488", "text": "Mary Ellen Carroll Mary Ellen Carroll is a conceptual artist who lives and works in New York City and Houston. The artist has exhibited at Whitney Museum, ICA London, Museum fur Volkerkunde in Munich, ICA Philadelphia, MUMOK in Vienna and the Renaissance Society in Chicago. Mary Ellen Carroll was born in Danville, Illinois. • \"prototype 180\" is a work of art that \"will make architecture performative.\" It is literally a ground-shifting exercise, in that it structurally involves the rotation, back to front, of a house and its surrounding land in the development of Sharpstown, a suburb of Houston, Texas. Following", "title": "Mary Ellen Carroll" }, { "docid": "18677672", "text": "meal. The following year the restaurant devised another menu for the book festival, this time based on Sybille Bedford's work \"A Legacy\" with readings provided by actress Julie Hesmondhalgh. In 2015 the Manchester International Festival commissioned McTague to create a magical food event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with tickets selling out in minutes. Participants will have a behind the scenes visit of Manchester Museum with culinary adventures in each room. Mary-Ellen McTague Mary-Ellen McTague is a Manchester chef who has run two successful restaurants in the city; Aumbry and 4244. Mary-Ellen", "title": "Mary-Ellen McTague" }, { "docid": "14438150", "text": "Mary Ellen Tracy Mary Ellen Tracy (aka Sabrina Aset) (born 1943) is the high priestess of the Church of the Most High Goddess, who was convicted in 1989 of a single misdemeanor count of running a house of prostitution in connection with the operation of the church, located in West Los Angeles, California. Tracy is a graduate of the University of Miami, cum laude in chemistry, did graduate work in chemistry at UCLA, and received her masters in Environmental Sciences/Chemistry from Portland State University. According to Mary Ellen and Wilbur Tracy, the couple – both former devout and dedicated Mormons", "title": "Mary Ellen Tracy" }, { "docid": "11910936", "text": "The Department placed Mary Ellen under the care of Thomas and Mary McCormack. (Mary went on to marry Francis Connolly following Thomas' death.) According to Mary Connolly's court testimony, Thomas McCormack, Mary Connolly's first husband, claimed to be Mary Ellen Wilson's biological father. The Department of Charities placed Mary Ellen into the McCormacks' care illegally, without the proper papers or receipts served. Thomas McCormack signed an \"indenture\" agreement upon retrieving Mary Ellen from the Department of Charities' care, but did not explain his or his wife's relationship with the child to the Commissioner of Charities and Correction. The McCormacks were", "title": "Mary Ellen Wilson" }, { "docid": "18542222", "text": "lucky chance gives her a card of introduction to a New York theatrical producer, and she goes to the city, innocently engaging as an entertainer at the Coster Cabaret, which is the headquarters of Willie the Weasel (Gerrard) and his band. The Weasel seeks to obtain the fortune recently inherited by Bob Fairacres (Graves), also of Mary Ellen's village, though she does not know it. The Weasel forces Mary Ellen to aid him by throwing suspicion of robbery on her. She carries through the plan to the critical moment when she tells Bob the truth, and they are saved when", "title": "Mary Ellen Comes to Town" }, { "docid": "4902382", "text": "Jim Bob James Robert Morrison (born 22 November 1960), known as Jim Bob, is a British musician and author, best known as the singer of indie punk band Carter USM. Jim Bob played in various bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s, one of which was Jamie Wednesday who were performing between 1984 and 1987. In 1987 Jamie Wednesday split up just before a gig at the London Astoria. Morrison and Les \"Fruitbat\" Carter filled in, playing along to a backing tape, and Carter USM was born. Jim Bob and Les Carter had known each other since the late", "title": "Jim Bob" }, { "docid": "2387226", "text": "American Biography\". Mary Elizabeth Lease was also known as Mary Ellen Lease, her name often misspelled during the campaign. She was called \"Queen Mary\" (after the British Queen consort, Mary of Teck), \"Mother Lease\" by her supporters and \"Mary Yellin\" by her enemies. Lease died in Callicoon, New York. At the age of 20, she moved to Kansas to teach school in Osage Mission (St. Paul, Kansas), and three years later she married Charles L. Lease, a local pharmacist. They lost their Kingman County farm in the Panic of 1874 and moved to Denison, Texas where she studied law. The", "title": "Mary Elizabeth Lease" }, { "docid": "14819538", "text": "spy life and lair. In the message, he states that he \"did it all for her,\" i.e. Mary. In the lair, is a box labeled \"MARY ELIZABETH BARTOWSKI: MISSING.\" In Mary's file it is revealed that her parents are Jesse and Mary Gunter, and she was born in December. As Chuck walks through the lair, he finds a table on which sits the \"boy\" half of the broken necklace. The scene then shifts to a woman at a desk who receives a phone call, telling her she needs to move immediately. When the camera angle changes, it is revealed that", "title": "Mary Elizabeth Bartowski" }, { "docid": "20299844", "text": "Week of Prayer\" (1920). Knox's notable kin included her brother's children, editor E. V. Knox, author Winifred Peck, codebreaker Dilly Knox, Anglican clergyman Wilfred Knox, and Roman Catholic priest Ronald Knox. Ellen Mary Knox died in 1924, aged 65 years. Ellen Mary Knox Ellen Mary Knox (October 4, 1858 — January 24, 1924) was an English-born Canadian educator and school administrator, the first principal of Havergal College in Toronto. Ellen Mary Knox was born in Waddon, Surrey, England, the daughter of the Rev. George Knox and Frances Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Forbes Reynolds, M.D. and a descendant of John", "title": "Ellen Mary Knox" }, { "docid": "11910934", "text": "Mary Ellen Wilson Mary Ellen Wilson (March 1864 – October 30, 1956) or sometimes Mary Ellen McCormack was an American whose case of child abuse led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. At the age of eight, she was severely abused by her foster parents, Francis and Mary Connolly. Because no laws protected children from abuse at the time, statutes against cruelty to animals were invoked to remove her from the home. Hers was the first recorded case of child abuse in the United States. Mary Ellen was born in March", "title": "Mary Ellen Wilson" }, { "docid": "20927408", "text": "Mary Ellen Cuper Mary Ellen Cuper (1847 – January 12, 1877) was an Australian telegraphist and postmistress. She was born as Ellen Pangieran in Western Australia and was sent to New Norcia for education after her father deserted the family. She first married at age 15, but her first husband died shortly afterwards; she later married Benedict Cuper. Cuper was trained as a telegraphist by Rosendo Salvado and became the first postmistress of New Norcia. In addition, she trained Sarah Ninak as a telegraphist, who took over as the New Norcia postmistress temporarily. Cuper died at age 30, due to", "title": "Mary Ellen Cuper" }, { "docid": "15837401", "text": "summer of 1999, Elizabeth is reeling from the death of her first love, Lucky Spencer (then Jonathan Jackson), when she finds a friend in Jason. He helps her cope with her pain and they form a bond. When Jason is shot, Elizabeth takes him to her studio apartment and helps him recover. Later, Jason rescues Liz from Joseph Sorel (Joe Marinelli)'s bomb, which had been placed in her studio. Jason realizes that his friendship with Liz is putting her in danger and he leaves Port Charles, leaving Liz devastated. Soon after, Lucky (then Jacob Young) is revealed to be alive,", "title": "Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber" }, { "docid": "20905818", "text": "cloud tracers. Mary Ellen Toya Mary Ellen Toya (1934-1990) was a Jemez Pueblo potter of the Water Clan. She was active ca. 1950-1990, and was known for creating some of the largest Storyteller figures. Mary Toya was married to Casimiro Toya, Sr. Their children are Melinda Toya Fragua, Mary Ellen Toya (M. Ellen Toya), Judy Toya, Marie Roberta Toya, Yolanda Toya, Casimiro Toya, Jr., Etta Toya Gachupin, and Anita Toya. She passed the pottery-making tradition onto her daughters. Toya worked with matte polychrome, red and black-on-tan Storytellers, jars, bowls, plates, and wedding vases. Her favorite designs were kiva steps, terrace", "title": "Mary Ellen Toya" }, { "docid": "20905817", "text": "Mary Ellen Toya Mary Ellen Toya (1934-1990) was a Jemez Pueblo potter of the Water Clan. She was active ca. 1950-1990, and was known for creating some of the largest Storyteller figures. Mary Toya was married to Casimiro Toya, Sr. Their children are Melinda Toya Fragua, Mary Ellen Toya (M. Ellen Toya), Judy Toya, Marie Roberta Toya, Yolanda Toya, Casimiro Toya, Jr., Etta Toya Gachupin, and Anita Toya. She passed the pottery-making tradition onto her daughters. Toya worked with matte polychrome, red and black-on-tan Storytellers, jars, bowls, plates, and wedding vases. Her favorite designs were kiva steps, terrace clouds, and", "title": "Mary Ellen Toya" }, { "docid": "8627836", "text": "\"Far from the Sodding Crowd\" and \"Viz\". Ben & Jason Ben & Jason were a singer-songwriter duo from London, England consisting of Ben Parker and Jason Hazeley. Formed in 1998, they released three albums on the Go! Beat/Universal labels: \"Hello\", \"Emoticons\" and \"Ten Songs About You\". When they were dropped from their major label deal, the band released their final album, \"Goodbye\", on the independent label Setanta. As songwriters-for-hire, they collaborated with Mundy and Martine McCutcheon. Their biggest hit was \"Air Guitar\", which reached #76 in the UK charts. Better known is their collaboration with Kinobe, \"Slip into Something...\" (from", "title": "Ben & Jason" }, { "docid": "8627833", "text": "Ben & Jason Ben & Jason were a singer-songwriter duo from London, England consisting of Ben Parker and Jason Hazeley. Formed in 1998, they released three albums on the Go! Beat/Universal labels: \"Hello\", \"Emoticons\" and \"Ten Songs About You\". When they were dropped from their major label deal, the band released their final album, \"Goodbye\", on the independent label Setanta. As songwriters-for-hire, they collaborated with Mundy and Martine McCutcheon. Their biggest hit was \"Air Guitar\", which reached #76 in the UK charts. Better known is their collaboration with Kinobe, \"Slip into Something...\" (from the album \"Soundphiles\"). The pair went their", "title": "Ben & Jason" }, { "docid": "8853365", "text": "Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie (1783 – 28 November 1862) was the eldest daughter and heiress of Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth. Also known as \"Lady Hood Mackenzie\", or by the sobriquet \"The Hooded Lassie\", she was married in turn to Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood and James Alexander Stewart of Glasserton. Mackenzie was the subject of a portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence and a prophecy attributed to the Brahan Seer. She was also responsible for introducing the first evangelical Calvinist preachers to the Isle of Lewis. Mackenzie was Walter Scott's prototype for Ellen in his narrative", "title": "Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie" }, { "docid": "6294604", "text": "Mary Ellen Rudin Mary Ellen Rudin (December 7, 1924 – March 18, 2013) was an American mathematician known for her work in set-theoretic topology. Mary Ellen (Estill) Rudin was born in Hillsboro, Texas to Joe Jefferson Estill and Irene (Shook) Estill. Her mother Irene was an English teacher before marriage, and her father Joe was a civil engineer. The family moved with her father's work, but spent a great deal of Mary Ellen's childhood around Leakey, Texas. She had one sibling, a younger brother. Both of Rudin's maternal grandmothers had attended Mary Sharp College near their hometown of Winchester, Tennessee.", "title": "Mary Ellen Rudin" }, { "docid": "20035485", "text": "1969 at the age of 101. Mary Ellen Cottrell Mary Ellen Cottrell (1868 - 1969) was a Labour and Co-op activist and politician both in Birmingham, and at a national level. Mary Cottrell was born Mary Ellen Bryan on 11 August 1868 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the daughter of Richard and Maria Bryan (née Tester). She became a school teacher and eventually headmistress. In 1896, she married Frank Cottrell at Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire. They set up home in Birmingham, where three sons were born: Frank in 1897, Wilfred in 1902, and Norman Bryan in 1907. Mary Cottrell was active in the", "title": "Mary Ellen Cottrell" }, { "docid": "20035481", "text": "Mary Ellen Cottrell Mary Ellen Cottrell (1868 - 1969) was a Labour and Co-op activist and politician both in Birmingham, and at a national level. Mary Cottrell was born Mary Ellen Bryan on 11 August 1868 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the daughter of Richard and Maria Bryan (née Tester). She became a school teacher and eventually headmistress. In 1896, she married Frank Cottrell at Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire. They set up home in Birmingham, where three sons were born: Frank in 1897, Wilfred in 1902, and Norman Bryan in 1907. Mary Cottrell was active in the local co-operative movement, serving as secretary", "title": "Mary Ellen Cottrell" }, { "docid": "17923641", "text": "Mary Ellen Best Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891) was an English artist. Most active in the 1830s, she usually worked in water-colour, commonly painting scenes of domestic life. Best was born in York in 1809, the daughter of doctor Charles Best, (associated with Bootham Park Hospital from 1804–1815) and his wife, Mary Norcliffe Dalton. Best grew up on Little Blake Street near the York Minster. At the age of six (1815), Best's family moved to Nice in France for three years, where Mary Ellen Best's father died in 1817; the family returned to England in 1818. Mary Ellen's father left £1,000", "title": "Mary Ellen Best" }, { "docid": "4806581", "text": "the feature film \"American Heart\" (1992), starring Jeff Bridges and Edward Furlong, and directed by Martin Bell. It depicts a gruff ex-convict who struggles to get his life back on track. Mark died on May 25, 2015 in Manhattan, aged 75, of myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood illness caused by bone marrow failure. Mary Ellen Mark Mary Ellen Mark (March 20, 1940 – May 25, 2015) was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were \"away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes\". Mark had 18 collections", "title": "Mary Ellen Mark" }, { "docid": "16481592", "text": "servants. By 1901, the family had moved to Monmouth, where the antiquarian resided with her clergyman husband William, single daughter Mary, and household staff of five. Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley died on 26 May 1904 in Monmouth. After her death, her widowed husband and daughter Mary continued to reside in Monmouth, where William died in 1912. Mary Ellen and her husband were both interred in Monmouth Cemetery. Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley (1833–1904) was an English antiquarian, author, and painter known for her work in Bristol and south-east Wales. She was a governor of the Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls", "title": "Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley" }, { "docid": "3439649", "text": "Clerke also wrote about Italian and German politics as a permanent editor at the weekly \"Tablet\" - a position she held until her death. Ellen Mary Clerke died of pneumonia on 2 March 1906 after a short illness. Ellen Mary Clerke Ellen Mary Clerke (September 26, 1840 - March 2, 1906) was an accomplished poet, linguist and a journalist. She was the daughter of Catherine Mary Deasy, whose father was a wealthy brewer and shipbuilder in the town of Clonakilty, and John William Clerke (c. 1814–1890), a bank manager of Anglo-Irish descent in Skibbereen, and later a Registrar for his", "title": "Ellen Mary Clerke" }, { "docid": "20299842", "text": "Ellen Mary Knox Ellen Mary Knox (October 4, 1858 — January 24, 1924) was an English-born Canadian educator and school administrator, the first principal of Havergal College in Toronto. Ellen Mary Knox was born in Waddon, Surrey, England, the daughter of the Rev. George Knox and Frances Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Forbes Reynolds, M.D. and a descendant of John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott. Her father was an Anglican clergyman in India. She was the sister of Edmund Arbuthnott Knox. She studied at Cheltenham Ladies' College and Oxford University. Knox taught briefly at Cheltenham Ladies' College. In 1894, she", "title": "Ellen Mary Knox" }, { "docid": "20105679", "text": "Sinbad\". Bromfield first wed hair stylist Adolfo Martinez in Mexico City, Mexico; they divorced. Later, she married actor John Bromfield in 1962. They remained married until his death in 2005. After marrying Bromfield, she retired from performing. After his death, she delved into writing, and has published multiple novels, notably \"Gulls Haven\". She published her autobiography in July 2016. An active author, she resides in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Mary Ellen Bromfield Mary Ellen Bromfield (born Mary Ellen Tillotson on March 13, 1928) is an American actress, dancer, and author. Mary Bromfield was born in Fresno County, California to Frank", "title": "Mary Ellen Bromfield" }, { "docid": "20105678", "text": "Mary Ellen Bromfield Mary Ellen Bromfield (born Mary Ellen Tillotson on March 13, 1928) is an American actress, dancer, and author. Mary Bromfield was born in Fresno County, California to Frank and Edna Tillotson. She attended University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Bromfield's early career consisted of dancing, where she became a popular headliner under the names \"Aleene Dupree\" and \"Kalantan\". She performed at various venues in Las Vegas, Nevada, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mexico City, Mexico. As \"Kalantan\", she starred in her first film, Howard Hughes 1953 3D production \"Son of", "title": "Mary Ellen Bromfield" }, { "docid": "11910940", "text": "the trial Mary Ellen was 10 years of age. The deliberate cruelties and deprivations inflicted on Mary Ellen Wilson by her adopted parents included the following: The child testified in court regarding the abuse she had suffered, and afterward – on April 10, 1874 – she said: Mrs. Connolly was sentenced to jail for one year. That year the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded, the first organization of its kind. Following the conviction of Mary Connolly, Mary Ellen was initially placed in a juvenile home, before Etta Wheeler and her relatives successfully obtained", "title": "Mary Ellen Wilson" }, { "docid": "16165332", "text": "a pair of interested chorus girls and Lyle Talbot enacts the rôle of Daisy's former lover.\" Warner Archive released a double feature DVD collection of \"Illicit\" (1931) and \"Girl Missing\" (1933) on December 13, 2010. Girl Missing Girl Missing is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film starring Glenda Farrell, Ben Lyon and Mary Brian. It was directed by Robert Florey and released by Warner Bros. on March 4, 1933. Two women stranded in Palm Beach become involved in the case of a new bride who goes missing on her wedding night. Kay Curtis (Glenda Farrell) and June Dale (Mary Brian)", "title": "Girl Missing" }, { "docid": "14003428", "text": "Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing Sewell (19 February 1815 – 17 August 1906) was an English author of religious and educational texts notable in the 19th century. Elizabeth Missing Sewell was born at High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, on 19 February 1815, was third daughter in a family of seven sons and five daughters of Thomas Sewell (1775–1842), solicitor, of Newport, and his wife Jane Edwards (1773–1848). She was sister of Henry Sewell, the first premier of New Zealand, of James Edwards Sewell, warden of New College, Oxford, of Richard Clarke Sewell, reader in law to the University of", "title": "Elizabeth Missing Sewell" }, { "docid": "15837411", "text": "from the lies and betrayal, doesn't step in when Elizabeth's back is turned, and a grieving mother kidnaps Jake from his stroller. Many people suspect that Elizabeth, who is suffering from Postpartum depression at the time, may have hurt Jake. But it is Jason who believes her innocence and soon finds Jake with a woman named Maureen Harper, who had recently lost her child in a fire. After Jason and Sam end their relationship which would be for 2 years, Sam goes after Lucky to get revenge on Elizabeth. Elizabeth and Jason admit they have feelings for one another, and", "title": "Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber" }, { "docid": "7120100", "text": "children, only one of whom lived to maturity, Elizabeth Mary (1831–1914). Elizabeth Sabey Scripps died the day after the latter's birth. Two years later, James Mogg married Ellen Mary Saunders. They had six children, five of whom lived to adulthood: James E. Scripps (1835–1906), Ellen Browning (1836–1932), William Arminger (1838–1914), George Henry (1839–1900) and John Mogg (1840–1863). Ellen Mary Scripps died of breast cancer in 1841. After the failure of his bookbinding shop and the death of his second wife, James Mogg emigrated to the United States with his six children in April 1844. They headed to Rushville, Illinois, where", "title": "Ellen Browning Scripps" }, { "docid": "5898386", "text": "The Mary Ellen Carter \"The Mary Ellen Carter\" is a song written and first recorded by Stan Rogers, intended as an inspirational shanty about triumphing over great odds. It tells the story of a heroic effort to salvage a sunken ship, the \"Mary Ellen Carter\", by some members of her crew. The song chronicles the efforts to salvage the ship, implying that it will be raised on the following day: The song ends with an inspirational message to people \"to whom adversity has dealt the final blow:\" Never give up, and, \"like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!\" The song", "title": "The Mary Ellen Carter" }, { "docid": "9871498", "text": "questions are what Carroll provokes us with in \"All the men that think they can be me.\" In this artist's book whose title says it all, Carroll takes the issue of the normative in relation to aesthetics and identification in photography from the universal to the particular—where all meanings exist subjectively. Onestar Press, 2004. Carroll is the recipient of numerous grants and honors including: Mary Ellen Carroll Mary Ellen Carroll is a conceptual artist who lives and works in New York City and Houston. The artist has exhibited at Whitney Museum, ICA London, Museum fur Volkerkunde in Munich, ICA Philadelphia,", "title": "Mary Ellen Carroll" }, { "docid": "7480617", "text": "States Olympic Committee in 1996\" by the USOC. Clark's career also includes a stint as a member of the United States National Diving Team since 1996. She was also a three-time member of the United States Pan American Team and a seven-time National Champion. Mary Ellen Clark Mary Ellen Clark (born December 25, 1962) is an American diver who won Olympic bronze medals in diving at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Clark attended Radnor High School, in Radnor, Pennsylvania. She received her B.S. in Health and Physical Education from Pennsylvania State University and her M.S. in Health and Physical", "title": "Mary Ellen Clark" }, { "docid": "7480615", "text": "Mary Ellen Clark Mary Ellen Clark (born December 25, 1962) is an American diver who won Olympic bronze medals in diving at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Clark attended Radnor High School, in Radnor, Pennsylvania. She received her B.S. in Health and Physical Education from Pennsylvania State University and her M.S. in Health and Physical Education from Ohio State University. She has been the Head Diving Coach at Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College since 2004, and is the diving coach at Amherst Regional High School (Amherst, Massachusetts). She is also a motivational speaker and personal trainer. In 2008,", "title": "Mary Ellen Clark" }, { "docid": "6553412", "text": "gossip and deals usually tossed around at the tables. She engaged a young clerk, Thomas Bell, at the Bank of California and they began to make money based on her tips and guidance. Thomas made money of his own, especially in quicksilver, and by 1875 they had amassed a 30 million dollar fortune (roughly 647 million dollars in 2017) between them. J.J., who had worked with Mary Ellen from the slave-stealing days to the civil rights court battles of the 1860s and '70s, died in 1877 of diabetes. Mary Ellen did not conceal her race from other blacks, and was", "title": "Mary Ellen Pleasant" }, { "docid": "6335236", "text": "Mary Ellen Synon Mary Ellen Synon (born 1951) is an American journalist. She is a columnist with the \"Mail on Sunday\" and a contributor to the \"Daily Mail\" in the United Kingdom and the \"Irish Daily Mail\", as well as the Irish weekly, \"The Sunday Business Post\". She is a frequent contributor to Irish radio current affairs programmes. Through her career, Synon has been an outspoken critic of the European Union and an advocate of \"laissez-faire\" capitalism. Synon was born in Virginia. Synon is the daughter of John J. Synon, (d.1972) an American journalist who worked with Goodwin J. Knight", "title": "Mary Ellen Synon" }, { "docid": "4806573", "text": "Mary Ellen Mark Mary Ellen Mark (March 20, 1940 – May 25, 2015) was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were \"away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes\". Mark had 18 collections of her work published, most notably \"Streetwise\" and \"Ward 81\". Her work was exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide and widely published in \"Life\", \"Rolling Stone\", \"The New Yorker\", \"New York Times\", and \"Vanity Fair\". She was a member of Magnum Photos between 1977 and 1981. She received numerous accolades, including three", "title": "Mary Ellen Mark" }, { "docid": "17405081", "text": "on Maryland's intermediate appellate court, the Court of Special Appeals, from January 4, 2002 to September 2, 2008. On July 3, 2013, Governor Martin O'Malley appointed Judge Barbera as successor to former Chief Judge Robert M. Bell, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. Mary Ellen Barbera Mary Ellen Barbera (born September 10, 1951) is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore, Maryland. Since July 8, 2013, she has served as Chief Judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state. Until 2008, she served as a judge on the Court of Appeals representing the", "title": "Mary Ellen Barbera" }, { "docid": "15539636", "text": "Mary Ellen Matthews Mary Ellen Matthews is a photographer based in New York City and East Hampton, New York. She is best known for her photographs featured on the television sketch comedy and variety show \"Saturday Night Live\" (\"SNL\"); her portraits of the celebrities who appear as guest-hosts and musical guests of \"SNL\" are displayed as the show returns from commercial breaks. Since 2010 she has also directed videos for \"SNL\". A native of New Jersey, and currently living in East Hampton, New York, Matthews began her career in film production and music publicity. She moved into the field of", "title": "Mary Ellen Matthews" }, { "docid": "14438160", "text": "Tracy was featured on a television broadcast of \"Donahue\", as well as \"The Montel Williams Show\", appearing with such other New-Age spiritualists as Aidan Kelly, First Officer of the \"Southern California Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess\", and Avilynn Waters of the \"Los Angeles Nest of the Church of All Worlds\". Mary Ellen Tracy Mary Ellen Tracy (aka Sabrina Aset) (born 1943) is the high priestess of the Church of the Most High Goddess, who was convicted in 1989 of a single misdemeanor count of running a house of prostitution in connection with the operation of the church,", "title": "Mary Ellen Tracy" }, { "docid": "13937631", "text": "active in various organizations and clubs in her local community. Otremba died on July 16, 2014 in Long Prairie, Minnesota. Mary Ellen Otremba Mary Ellen Dinkel Otremba (September 26, 1950 – July 16, 2014) was an American politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 11B, which includes portions of Douglas and Todd counties in the west central part of the state. A Democrat, she was also a substitute teacher and farmer. On May 19, 2010, she announced that she would not seek an eighth term. Otremba was first elected in a November 4,", "title": "Mary Ellen Otremba" }, { "docid": "13937628", "text": "Mary Ellen Otremba Mary Ellen Dinkel Otremba (September 26, 1950 – July 16, 2014) was an American politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 11B, which includes portions of Douglas and Todd counties in the west central part of the state. A Democrat, she was also a substitute teacher and farmer. On May 19, 2010, she announced that she would not seek an eighth term. Otremba was first elected in a November 4, 1997, special election held after the death of her husband, Representative Ken Otremba, that September. She chaired the House Agriculture,", "title": "Mary Ellen Otremba" }, { "docid": "13599705", "text": "Mary Ellen Copeland Mary Ellen Copeland is an author, educator, and mental health advocate. Copeland’s work is based on the study of the coping and wellness strategies of people who have experienced mental health challenges. She is the author and designer of the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), an Evidence-based, mental health recovery program. When Copeland was a child, her mother spent 8 years, from the ages of 37 to 45, in a state mental institution, diagnosed with severe and incurable manic depression. Copeland also was diagnosed at 37 years of age with manic depression and took lithium. In 2005,", "title": "Mary Ellen Copeland" }, { "docid": "9387528", "text": "vaccination. In 1990–91, Dr. Avery became the first pediatrician to head the President of the American Pediatric Society. She has been involved in child healthcare delivery worldwide, as an active member of UNICEF. Avery went into retirement in the late 1990s and she aspired to aid “mothers of the world sharing a common cause that life will be good for their children.” Mary Ellen Avery died on December 4, 2011, at the age of 84 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Mary Ellen Avery Mary Ellen Avery (May 6, 1927 – December 4, 2011), also known as Mel, was an American pediatrician. In", "title": "Mary Ellen Avery" }, { "docid": "7913395", "text": "Mary Ellen Bute Mary Ellen Bute (November 21, 1906 – October 17, 1983) was a pioneer American film animator significant as one of the first female experimental filmmakers. Her specialty was visual music and, while working in New York between 1934 and 1953, made fourteen short, abstract musical films. Many of these were seen in regular movie theaters, such as Radio City Music Hall, usually preceding a prestigious film. Several of her later abstract films were categorized as part of her \"Seeing Sound\" series. A native of Houston, Mary Ellen Bute studied painting in Texas and, subsequently, Philadelphia, then stage", "title": "Mary Ellen Bute" }, { "docid": "6553418", "text": "plaque are now known as Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park, which is the smallest park in San Francisco. Her burial site has been designated a \"Network to Freedom\" site by the National Park Service. Mary Ellen Pleasant Mary Ellen Pleasant (19 August 1814 – 4 January 1904) was a successful 19th-century African American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist whose life is shrouded in mystery. She identified herself as \"a capitalist by profession\" in the 1890 United States Census. The press called her \"Mammy\" Pleasant but she did not approve, stating \"I don't like to be called mammy by", "title": "Mary Ellen Pleasant" }, { "docid": "6294608", "text": "result was a proof of Nikiel's conjecture. Early proofs that every metric space is paracompact were somewhat involved, but Rudin provided an elementary one. \"Reading the articles of Mary Ellen Rudin, studying them until there is no mystery takes hours and hours; but those hours are rewarded, the student obtains power to which few have access. They are not hard to read, they are just hard mathematics, that's all.\" (Steve Watson) Rudin resided in Madison, Wisconsin, in the Rudin House, a home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Mary Ellen Rudin Mary Ellen Rudin (December 7, 1924 – March 18,", "title": "Mary Ellen Rudin" }, { "docid": "3928013", "text": "Mary Ellen Smith Mary Ellen Spear Smith (October 11, 1861 or 1863 – May 3, 1933) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. She was the first female Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and both the first female cabinet minister and the first female Speaker in the British Empire. Smith was born Mary Ellen Spear in England. Her father, Richard Spear, was a copper miner. She became a school teacher before marrying Ralph Smith, a widower and coal miner. She moved with him to British Columbia in the early 1891, shortly after", "title": "Mary Ellen Smith" }, { "docid": "20127189", "text": "Michigan. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988, that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure. Mary Ellen Kimball Mary Ellen Kimball [Purdham] (born April 1, 1929) is a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed at 5' 7 \", 148 lb., she batted and threw right handed. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Mary Ellen Kimball joined the league with the Racine Belles club in its 1948 season, but did not have much playing", "title": "Mary Ellen Kimball" }, { "docid": "20127188", "text": "Mary Ellen Kimball Mary Ellen Kimball [Purdham] (born April 1, 1929) is a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed at 5' 7 \", 148 lb., she batted and threw right handed. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Mary Ellen Kimball joined the league with the Racine Belles club in its 1948 season, but did not have much playing time. She was signed as an outfielder and Racine later tried to turn her into a pitcher. In a two-game career, she went hitless in five at bats and did not have a pitching record. She later married and moved to Irons,", "title": "Mary Ellen Kimball" }, { "docid": "19640717", "text": "Ellen Mary Rope Ellen Mary Rope (1855–1934) was a British sculptor whose long career stretched from 1885 until the early 1930s. Her work is notable for its range of expression and style, from the classical to the popular. She worked chiefly in bas-reliefs, in stone, cast metal or plaster. Born the seventh child of George and Anne Rope of Blaxhall, Suffolk, Ellen Mary Rope is said to have displayed strong artistic leanings as a child, maybe under the influence of her eldest brother, George Thomas Rope, a landscape painter and naturalist. To foster this interest, she was sent to London", "title": "Ellen Mary Rope" }, { "docid": "19507572", "text": "Mary Ellen Edmunds Mary Ellen Edmunds (born March 3, 1940) is an American religious public speaker, author, and nurse. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), she was the Director of Training in the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah 1978-1995. She also served as a member of the Relief Society general board. Edmunds also served as an LDS missionary in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Indonesia. She was the director of the Thrasher International Program for Children in Nigeria for a short time. Mary Ellen Edmunds was born in March 3, 1940,", "title": "Mary Ellen Edmunds" }, { "docid": "18354461", "text": "up on a stage and talking without interruptions was great.\" Hopkins' lectures were described as having a \"trademark high-energy, humorous style\". According to Quiltviews, the blog of the American Quilting Society, \"Mary Ellen is probably best known for creating the connector and perfect piecing triangles concepts and the PPM – Personal Private Measurement.\" Mary Ellen Hopkins Mary Ellen Hopkins (1932–2013) was an American quilter and author. Hopkins was born in Peoria, Illinois and grew up in the midwestern United States. She attended Drury College and the University of Missouri. Hopkins married and had four children. In 1963, she moved with", "title": "Mary Ellen Hopkins" }, { "docid": "14438159", "text": "the Tracy's house was searched and the couple arrested on charges of pimping, pandering and prostitution. They were subsequently convicted in a trial in state court and sentenced to jail terms: Wilbur Tracy for 180 days plus a $1,000.00 fine; Mary Ellen Tracy for 90 days plus mandatory screening for STDs. During the early 1990s, Mary Ellen Tracy hosted her own public-access television talk show series, \"Sabrina On...\". She has also appeared in a number of x-rated films under a variety of stage names, including the \"Positively Pagan\" series, and \"Club Head 2\" (1991). On January 29, 1992, Mary Ellen", "title": "Mary Ellen Tracy" }, { "docid": "15837409", "text": "paternity test back, Sonny is with her and, by Elizabeth's reaction, believes Lucky is the father, and tells everyone the good news. Elizabeth burns the results of the paternity test on the roof and the audience never sees the results. Jason and Elizabeth were both taken hostage during the Metro Court hostage crisis. When the police storm the building, Jason carries Liz to safety and they end up getting stuck in the elevator. Elizabeth tells Jason that he is her baby's father, who is shocked and hurt at the news. He asks Liz, who is now divorced, to marry him", "title": "Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber" }, { "docid": "17923646", "text": "continued to paint the houses they lived in. Between 1828 and 1840, two-thirds of Best's portraits were commissioned by women. Caroline Davidson, who wrote a biography of Best, calculated that she produced more than 1,500 paintings in total. Some of Best's drawings were handed down to her great-granddaughter, and 47 were sold in January 1983 in New York City, though York Art Gallery obtained three of them. Others were sold by her great-grand-nephew a year later. The paintings are of historical interest as a record of Yorkshire and European life in the 1830s and 1840s. Mary Ellen Best Mary Ellen", "title": "Mary Ellen Best" }, { "docid": "19640723", "text": "Artist, December 1899, pp. 206–212 \"The Art of E.M.Rope\" by Maclean, F.J., in The Expert, July 13, 1907, pp. 251–2 Ellen Mary Rope Ellen Mary Rope (1855–1934) was a British sculptor whose long career stretched from 1885 until the early 1930s. Her work is notable for its range of expression and style, from the classical to the popular. She worked chiefly in bas-reliefs, in stone, cast metal or plaster. Born the seventh child of George and Anne Rope of Blaxhall, Suffolk, Ellen Mary Rope is said to have displayed strong artistic leanings as a child, maybe under the influence of", "title": "Ellen Mary Rope" }, { "docid": "16165327", "text": "Girl Missing Girl Missing is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film starring Glenda Farrell, Ben Lyon and Mary Brian. It was directed by Robert Florey and released by Warner Bros. on March 4, 1933. Two women stranded in Palm Beach become involved in the case of a new bride who goes missing on her wedding night. Kay Curtis (Glenda Farrell) and June Dale (Mary Brian) are two showgirls living in the Palm Beach hotel. When June refuses one of her wealthy male friend's sexual advances, he chooses to let June and Kay pay for their own hotel bills. They decide", "title": "Girl Missing" }, { "docid": "11910937", "text": "required to report the child's condition annually to the Department, but, according to Mary Connolly's later court testimony, this only occurred once or twice during Mary Ellen's stay. After Mary Ellen came into the McCormacks' care, Thomas McCormack died. Mary McCormack married Francis Connolly, moving herself and Mary Ellen to an apartment on West 41st Street. It was at this address that neighbors first became aware of young Mary Ellen's mistreatment. Her foster mother forced her to do heavy labor, repeatedly beat, burned and cut the child, and locked her in a closet. When the Connollys moved to a new", "title": "Mary Ellen Wilson" }, { "docid": "14416738", "text": "were converted to the Roman Catholic faith by a family member, Rev. Clarence A. Walworth, who was a missionary priest. After moving to Pine Grove, Ellen changed her religious affiliation from Presbyterian to Roman Catholic. In 1852, Ellen married Mansfield Tracy Walworth, her stepfather’s youngest son, and resided with him at Pine Grove. Mansfield Walworth was a lawyer by training who was a prolific writer and gained minor fame as novelist. Ellen and Mansfield had six children in rapid succession: Francis Hardin, John J., Mary Elizabeth, Ellen Hardin, Clara Teresa, and Mansfield Tracy. Two children were born later, Reubena Hyde", "title": "Ellen Hardin Walworth" }, { "docid": "4902384", "text": "Bob has released two albums and three singles with his disco-pop-punk group Jim's Super Stereoworld, four solo albums as Jim Bob or James Robert Morrison and played various live shows both with his band and solo. In 2001 he joined his old Carter bandmate Fruitbat onstage once again as part of the group Who's The Daddy Now?. Jim Bob currently tours as a solo artist playing both Carter songs and his solo material. His \"Goodnight Jim Bob – On The Road With Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine\" autobiography was published by Cherry Red Books in May 2004. Jim Bob's album", "title": "Jim Bob" }, { "docid": "19109134", "text": "Jim Bob Cooter James Robert \"Jim Bob\" Cooter (born July 3, 1984) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and has since coached for his alma mater, the Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, and Denver Broncos before being hired by the Lions. Jim Bob Cooter attended Lincoln County High School in Fayetteville, Tennessee, and the University of Tennessee, where he was a backup quarterback for the Tennessee Volunteers football team. He appeared in three games for the Volunteers,", "title": "Jim Bob Cooter" }, { "docid": "13025969", "text": "project goal. The current plan is for the Center to open in Fall 2020 near the K-State Student Union. Jim Bob Morris Jim Bob Morris is a former professional American football player who played safety for the Green Bay Packers in 1987–88 in the NFL and played in the USFL for three years with the San Antonio Gunslingers and Memphis Showboats. Jim Bob grew up in Virgil, Kansas, population 60. He attended Hamilton High where he was All-State in football, basketball and track and holds records for most points scored in a football game of 76 points, scoring 12 touchdowns", "title": "Jim Bob Morris" }, { "docid": "13025964", "text": "Jim Bob Morris Jim Bob Morris is a former professional American football player who played safety for the Green Bay Packers in 1987–88 in the NFL and played in the USFL for three years with the San Antonio Gunslingers and Memphis Showboats. Jim Bob grew up in Virgil, Kansas, population 60. He attended Hamilton High where he was All-State in football, basketball and track and holds records for most points scored in a football game of 76 points, scoring 12 touchdowns and 2 extra points, most yards rushed, 354, and total yards for a game, 768. He also holds the", "title": "Jim Bob Morris" }, { "docid": "2515487", "text": "age of 85, and was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia. She was the last surviving child of Zachary Taylor. Mary Elizabeth Bliss Mary Elizabeth \"Betty\" Taylor Bliss Dandridge, born Mary Elizabeth Taylor (April 20, 1824 – July 25, 1909), was the youngest of the three surviving daughters of President Zachary Taylor (1849–1850) and Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. In 1848, after her father was elected President, Mary Elizabeth married William Wallace Smith Bliss, an army officer who had served with her father. Taylor appointed William Bliss as Presidential Secretary. At the age of 22, Mary Elizabeth Bliss served", "title": "Mary Elizabeth Bliss" }, { "docid": "2515482", "text": "Mary Elizabeth Bliss Mary Elizabeth \"Betty\" Taylor Bliss Dandridge, born Mary Elizabeth Taylor (April 20, 1824 – July 25, 1909), was the youngest of the three surviving daughters of President Zachary Taylor (1849–1850) and Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. In 1848, after her father was elected President, Mary Elizabeth married William Wallace Smith Bliss, an army officer who had served with her father. Taylor appointed William Bliss as Presidential Secretary. At the age of 22, Mary Elizabeth Bliss served as First Lady during her father's presidency, as her mother declined the social role. Betty Taylor was the youngest of five daughters", "title": "Mary Elizabeth Bliss" }, { "docid": "14003437", "text": "published, besides those already mentioned, seven tales, of which \"Ursula\" (1858) is the most important. She wrote also many devotional works such as \"Passing Thoughts on Religion\" (1860) and schoolbooks. Of the former \"Thoughts for Holy Week\" (1857) and \"Preparation for the Holy Communion\" (1864) have been often reprinted, as late as 1907 and 1910 respectively. Her schoolbooks chiefly deal with history, and two volumes of \"Historical Selections\" (1868) were written in collaboration with Charlotte Yonge. Elizabeth Sewell contributed to the \"Monthly Packet\". Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing Sewell (19 February 1815 – 17 August 1906) was an English author", "title": "Elizabeth Missing Sewell" }, { "docid": "16481579", "text": "Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley (1833–1904) was an English antiquarian, author, and painter known for her work in Bristol and south-east Wales. She was a governor of the Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls and the mother of nine children. Mary Ellen Bagnall, eldest daughter and heiress of John Bagnall and his wife Mary Ann Robbins, was born in 1833 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Her father John Bagnall (1794–1840), eldest son of John Bagnall, had become the senior member of John Bagnall and Sons, upon the death of his father in 1829. The firm had been established by his father,", "title": "Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley" }, { "docid": "6221867", "text": "Jim Bob Duggar James Robert Duggar (born July 18, 1965) is an American real estate agent, politician, and television personality, known for the reality series, \"19 Kids and Counting,\" which aired from 2008 to 2015. From 1999 to 2002, he was a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. Duggar was born in Springdale, now the fourth largest city in Arkansas, the son of Jimmy Lee Duggar (1936–2009) and the former Mary Lester (born 1941), who owns a real estate brokerage agency. Duggar has an older sister, Deanna (b. 1962). Duggar is a licensed realtor and owns several commercial", "title": "Jim Bob Duggar" }, { "docid": "18542223", "text": "the police raid the cabaret. Bab and Mary Ellen return to their village and to happiness. Mary Ellen Comes to Town Mary Ellen Comes to Town is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Wells Hastings and Helen G. Smith. The film stars Dorothy Gish, Kate Bruce, Ralph Graves, Adolph Lestina, Charles K. Gerrard, and Raymond Cannon. The film was released on March 21, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. As described in a film magazine, Mary Ellen (Gish) lives in a very small and unprogressive village,", "title": "Mary Ellen Comes to Town" }, { "docid": "12570689", "text": "the artificial gravity, whereupon Jim and Scroop, who were fighting, threaten to float off into space, which happens to Scroop. Later, Jim and BEN obtain the map. Upon their return, they are captured by Silver, who has already captured Doppler and Amelia. In the stash of treasure, Jim comes across the skeletal remains of Flint himself, holding a missing part of BEN's cognitive computer. Jim replaces this piece, causing BEN to remember that the planet is set to explode upon the treasure's discovery. After narrowly escaping the explosion of the planet, BEN joins Jim's family and is finally seen working", "title": "Ben Gunn (Treasure Island)" }, { "docid": "20927414", "text": "died. She was buried in the cemetery at New Norcia. Her husband Benedict remarried in 1893, to Matilda Murricherry. Mary Ellen Cuper Mary Ellen Cuper (1847 – January 12, 1877) was an Australian telegraphist and postmistress. She was born as Ellen Pangieran in Western Australia and was sent to New Norcia for education after her father deserted the family. She first married at age 15, but her first husband died shortly afterwards; she later married Benedict Cuper. Cuper was trained as a telegraphist by Rosendo Salvado and became the first postmistress of New Norcia. In addition, she trained Sarah Ninak", "title": "Mary Ellen Cuper" }, { "docid": "5898389", "text": "As a tribute to Stan Rogers, \"The Mary Ellen Carter\" has been sung to close the annual Winnipeg Folk Festival every year since his death. So inspiring is the song that it is credited with saving at least one life. On February 12, 1983 the ship \"Marine Electric\" was carrying a load of coal from Norfolk, Virginia to a power station in Somerset, Massachusetts. The worst storm in forty years blew up that night and the ship sank at about four o'clock in the morning on the 13th. The ship's chief mate, 59-year-old Robert M. \"Bob\" Cusick, was trapped under", "title": "The Mary Ellen Carter" }, { "docid": "18572027", "text": "Mary Elizabeth Mohl Mary Elizabeth Mohl or Mary Elizabeth Clarke (22 February 1793 – 15 May 1883) was a British writer who was known as a salon hostess in Paris. She was known by her nickname of \"Clarkey\". She was admired for her independence and conversation. She eventually married the orientalist Julius von Mohl. She was an ardent Francophile, a feminist, and a close friend of Florence Nightingale. She wrote about her interest in the history of women's rights. Mary Elizabeth Clarke was born in Westminster in 1793. After the death of her father, Charles Clarke, Mary (aged 8), her", "title": "Mary Elizabeth Mohl" }, { "docid": "5898392", "text": "in the documentary about Rogers, \"One Warm Line\". The Mary Ellen Carter \"The Mary Ellen Carter\" is a song written and first recorded by Stan Rogers, intended as an inspirational shanty about triumphing over great odds. It tells the story of a heroic effort to salvage a sunken ship, the \"Mary Ellen Carter\", by some members of her crew. The song chronicles the efforts to salvage the ship, implying that it will be raised on the following day: The song ends with an inspirational message to people \"to whom adversity has dealt the final blow:\" Never give up, and, \"like", "title": "The Mary Ellen Carter" } ]

[ "Rocky mountains", "Rockies", "Rocky Mountain", "RockyMountains", "Rocky Mountains", "Central Rocky Mountains", "Rockie Mountains", "Rocky mountain", "Rocky Mountain System", "The Rocky Mountains", "History of the Rocky Mountains", "The Rockys", "The Rockies", "The Rockie Mountains", "Western Rocky Mountains" ]

[ { "docid": "2980974", "text": "Eastern Continental Divide The Eastern Continental Divide (ECD) or Appalachian Divide or Eastern Divide, in conjunction with other continental divides of North America, demarcates two watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean: the Gulf of Mexico watershed and the Atlantic Seaboard watershed. As can be readily seen from the first map at the right, the Gulf watershed demarcated by the Great Divide in red begins along the spine of the mountains of Central America and runs through the American Rockies where is terminates in the triple divide at Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park along the U.S.-Canadian border where the Laurentian", "title": "Eastern Continental Divide" }, { "docid": "1294269", "text": "North Two Ocean Creek and Isa Lake, both located on the Continental Divide in Wyoming. The Panama Canal has this same feature, but is man-made. Both the Chagres and Gatun rivers flow into Gatun Lake, which empties to both oceans. Several small lakes along the Divide in the Rocky Mountains between Alberta and British Columbia flow into both provinces and thus into both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. An example is the \"Committee's Punch Bowl\", a small lake located in the Athabasca Pass named by Sir George Simpson, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, while touring his vast Canadian fur-trading empire", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "1294254", "text": "Continental Divide of the Americas Though there are many other hydrological divides in the Americas, the primary Continental Divide (Great Divide) is by far the most prominent of these because it tends to follow a line of high peaks along the main ranges of the Rocky Mountains and Andes, at a generally much higher elevation than the other hydrological divisions. The Continental Divide of the Americas begins at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the westernmost point on the mainland of the Americas. The Divide crosses northern Alaska into the Yukon, then zig-zags south into British Columbia via the Cassiar Mountains", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "1294271", "text": "boundary between Banff National Park and Yoho National Park, and thus rainwater falling on the eastern half of the roof flows via Lake Louise into Hudson Bay, while rain falling on the western half flows via Lake O'Hara into the Pacific Ocean. Continental Divide of the Americas Though there are many other hydrological divides in the Americas, the primary Continental Divide (Great Divide) is by far the most prominent of these because it tends to follow a line of high peaks along the main ranges of the Rocky Mountains and Andes, at a generally much higher elevation than the other", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "1697215", "text": "Continental Divide Trail The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (in short Continental Divide Trail (CDT)) is a United States National Scenic Trail running between Mexico and Canada. It follows the Continental Divide of the Americas along the Rocky Mountains and traverses five U.S. states — Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. In Montana it crosses Triple Divide Pass (near Triple Divide Peak which separates the Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean drainages.) The trail is a combination of dedicated trails and small roads and considered 70% complete. Portions designated as uncompleted must be traveled by roadwalking on dirt", "title": "Continental Divide Trail" }, { "docid": "1294256", "text": "in the US bisects Glacier National Park. Further south, the Divide forms the backbone of the Rocky Mountain Front (Front Range) in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, heads south towards Helena and Butte, then west past the namesake community of Divide, Montana, through the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness to the Bitterroot Range, where it forms the eastern third of the state boundary between Idaho and Montana. The Divide crosses into Wyoming within Yellowstone National Park and continues southeast into Colorado where it reaches its highest point in North America at the summit of Grays Peak at . It crosses US Hwy 160 in", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "16349204", "text": "in the Colorado Desert. Most of its waters are diverted into the Imperial Valley of Southern California. In Mexico its course forms the boundary between Sonora and Baja California before entering the Gulf of California. This article describes most of the major features along the river. The Colorado River rises on the Continental Divide at La Poudre Pass, in Rocky Mountain National Park, about north of Lake Granby, as a tiny stream draining a wet meadow. At the river's headwater, the Continental Divide forms the boundary between the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean watersheds of North America, between Colorado's", "title": "Course of the Colorado River" }, { "docid": "1697226", "text": "northern section of Continental Divide Trail. MWA staff are working to connect the of CDT in Montana and Idaho with the help of dedicated volunteers and agency partners. Map Resources Continental Divide Trail The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (in short Continental Divide Trail (CDT)) is a United States National Scenic Trail running between Mexico and Canada. It follows the Continental Divide of the Americas along the Rocky Mountains and traverses five U.S. states — Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. In Montana it crosses Triple Divide Pass (near Triple Divide Peak which separates the Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean", "title": "Continental Divide Trail" }, { "docid": "5733424", "text": "Triple Divide Peak (Montana) Triple Divide Peak () is located in the Lewis Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is located in Glacier National Park in the state of Montana in the United States. The summit of the peak, the hydrological apex of the North American continent, is the point where two of the principal continental divides in North America converge, the primary Continental Divide of the Americas and the Northern or Laurentian Divide. Water that falls at the summit can flow either to the Pacific, Atlantic, or Arctic oceans (when Hudson Bay is considered an", "title": "Triple Divide Peak (Montana)" }, { "docid": "262475", "text": "and Missouri have reached at times. As one of the continent's most significant river systems, the Missouri's drainage basin borders on many other major watersheds of the United States and Canada. The Continental Divide, running along the spine of the Rocky Mountains, forms most of the western border of the Missouri watershed. The Clark Fork and Snake River, both part of the Columbia River basin, drain the area west of the Rockies in Montana, Idaho and western Wyoming. The Columbia, Missouri and Colorado River watersheds meet at Three Waters Mountain in Wyoming's Wind River Range. South of there, the Missouri", "title": "Missouri River" }, { "docid": "3945368", "text": "Going-to-the-Sun Road Going-to-the-Sun Road is a scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in Glacier National Park in Montana. The Sun Road, as it is sometimes abbreviated in National Park Service documents, is the only road that traverses the park crossing the Continental Divide through Logan Pass at an elevation of 6,646 feet (2,026 m), which is the highest point on the road. Construction began in 1921 and was completed in 1932 with formal dedication in the following summer on July 15, 1933. The road is the first to have been registered in all of", "title": "Going-to-the-Sun Road" }, { "docid": "8553480", "text": "The north hosts an abundance of glacial lakes formed during the last glacial period, including the Great Lakes. North America's major continental divide is the Great Divide, which runs north and south down through Rocky Mountains. The major watersheds all drain to the east: The Mississippi/Missouri and Rio Grande into the Gulf of Mexico, and St. Lawrence into the Atlantic. Climate is determined to a large extent by the latitude, ranging from Arctic cold in the north to tropical heat in the south. The western half of North America tends to have milder and wetter climate than other areas with", "title": "Geography of North America" }, { "docid": "14815309", "text": "north slope of Sheep Mountain. Gros Ventre Range The Gros Ventre Range ( ) is part of the Central Rocky Mountains and is located west of the Continental Divide in U.S. state of Wyoming. The highest summit in the range is Doubletop Peak at . The Gros Ventre Range is mostly within the Gros Ventre Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest. To the northwest of the range lies the valley known as Jackson Hole. Snow King ski resort is in the range adjacent to the town of Jackson, Wyoming. Also in the Gros Ventre Range is the Gros Ventre landslide, which", "title": "Gros Ventre Range" }, { "docid": "11125833", "text": "believed to be extinct Rocky Mountain locust (\"Melanoplus spretus\") and other related species. Knife Point Glacier Knife Point Glacier is on the east side Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. Knife Point Glacier flows to the north and starts below the summit of Knife Point Mountain (). Along with other glaciers in the Wind River Range, Knife Point Glacier's rapid retreat since the end of the Little Ice", "title": "Knife Point Glacier" }, { "docid": "16933478", "text": "that riders have to be completely self-supported and a fixed route is used, the main difference is that the TABR is on paved roads. The TABR uses the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail, which runs from the Pacific coast in Oregon, United States, to the Atlantic Coast in Virginia, and like the route of the Tour Divide, was developed by the Adventure Cycling Association. Tour Divide The Tour Divide is an annual mountain biking ride traversing the length of the Rocky Mountains, from Canada to the Mexican border. Following the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, it is an ultra-distance cycling ride that", "title": "Tour Divide" }, { "docid": "3157581", "text": "Sawatch Range The Sawatch Range is a high and extensive mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies. The range is oriented along a northwest-southeast axis, extending approximately from in the north to in the south. The range contains 15 peaks topping , also known as 14ers. The range forms a portion of the Continental Divide, and its eastern flanks are drained by the headwaters of the Arkansas River. The western side of the range feeds the headwaters of the", "title": "Sawatch Range" }, { "docid": "343604", "text": "the Canadian Rockies: the Continental Ranges, Hart Ranges, and Muskwa Ranges. The Rockies do not extend into the Yukon or Alaska, or into central British Columbia. Other mountain ranges continue beyond the Liard River, including the Selwyn Mountains in Yukon, the Brooks Range in Alaska, but those are not part of the Rockies, though they are part of the American Cordillera. The Continental Divide of the Americas is located in the Rocky Mountains and designates the line at which waters flow either to the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. Triple Divide Peak () in Glacier National Park is so named because", "title": "Rocky Mountains" } ]

[ { "docid": "1294259", "text": "the watersheds that flow into the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River (ultimately into the Atlantic) from watersheds that flow to the Atlantic via the Missouri-Mississippi complex. Another secondary divide follows the Appalachian chain, which separates those streams and rivers that flow directly into the Atlantic Ocean from those that exit via the Mississippi River. Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park, Montana, is the point where two of the principal continental divides in North America converge, the primary Continental Divide and the Northern or Laurentian Divide. From this point, waters flow to the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean via", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "1294264", "text": "to the Arctic Ocean via the Athabasca and Mackenzie Rivers. Ice flowing west goes to the Pacific Ocean via Bryce Creek and the Bush and Columbia Rivers. Ice flowing down the Saskatchewan Glacier goes via the North Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, and Nelson Rivers into Hudson Bay. While Triple Divide Peak (or, alternatively, Snow Dome) is the world's only oceanic triple divide, there are secondary triple divide points wherever any two continental divides meet. North America could be considered to have five major drainage systems: into the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, plus Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Other sources", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "2980980", "text": "of orographic enhancement leads to higher precipitation than surrounding areas. In winter, the divide is often much snowier than surrounding areas, due to orographic enhancement and cooler temperatures with elevation. Some locations in North Carolina average up to of snow a year, and up to a year falls in parts of West Virginia. Eastern Continental Divide The Eastern Continental Divide (ECD) or Appalachian Divide or Eastern Divide, in conjunction with other continental divides of North America, demarcates two watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean: the Gulf of Mexico watershed and the Atlantic Seaboard watershed. As can be readily seen from the", "title": "Eastern Continental Divide" }, { "docid": "14851676", "text": "Cedar Mountain Range The Cedar Mountain Range is a short 20 mi (32 km) long, mountain range in southwest Luna County, New Mexico, USA, just north of the Mexico-United States border with Chihuahua. The range lies in the northwest Chihuahuan Desert and the extreme northwest end of the range lies in southeast Grant County. It is here that the Continental Divide of the Americas crosses the range, turns northwest, then west, and south at the north perimeter of the north-south Playas Valley. The continental divide continues south into Mexico on the western perimeter of the Playas Valley, through three mountain", "title": "Cedar Mountain Range" }, { "docid": "14851673", "text": "Cedar Mountain Range The Cedar Mountain Range is a short 20 mi (32 km) long, mountain range in southwest Luna County, New Mexico, USA, just north of the Mexico-United States border with Chihuahua. The range lies in the northwest Chihuahuan Desert and the extreme northwest end of the range lies in southeast Grant County. It is here that the Continental Divide of the Americas crosses the range, turns northwest, then west, and south at the north perimeter of the north-south Playas Valley. The continental divide continues south into Mexico on the western perimeter of the Playas Valley, through three mountain", "title": "Cedar Mountain Range" }, { "docid": "1294257", "text": "southwestern Colorado at Wolf Creek Pass, where a line symbolizes the division. The Divide then proceeds south into western New Mexico, passing along the western boundary of the endorheic Plains of San Agustin. Although the Divide represents the height of land between watersheds, it does not always follow the highest ranges/peaks within each state or province. In Mexico, it passes through Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, México, the Federal District, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. In Central America, it continues through southern Guatemala, southwestern Honduras, western Nicaragua, western/southwestern Costa Rica, and southern Panama. The divide reaches its lowest", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "15007558", "text": "Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming) The Sierra Madre Range is a mountain range in the western United States, located in south-central Wyoming and north-central Colorado. Geologically, it may be considered an extension of the Park Range of Colorado. South of the Great Divide Basin, the US Continental Divide runs along the Sierre Madre high points. Its western basins drain into the Colorado River and its eastern into the North Platte River. Buck Mountain (11,396 feet (3474 m)) is the highest peak in the range and lies within Colorado. Bridger Peak () is its highest elevation on the Wyoming side of the", "title": "Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming)" }, { "docid": "15007561", "text": "withdrawn. Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming) The Sierra Madre Range is a mountain range in the western United States, located in south-central Wyoming and north-central Colorado. Geologically, it may be considered an extension of the Park Range of Colorado. South of the Great Divide Basin, the US Continental Divide runs along the Sierre Madre high points. Its western basins drain into the Colorado River and its eastern into the North Platte River. Buck Mountain (11,396 feet (3474 m)) is the highest peak in the range and lies within Colorado. Bridger Peak () is its highest elevation on the Wyoming side of", "title": "Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming)" }, { "docid": "1294258", "text": "natural point in Central America at the Isthmus of Rivas at in Nicaragua. In Panama, the Canal cuts through it at 85 ft (26 m). The Divide continues into South America, where it follows the peaks of the Andes Mountains, traversing western Colombia, central Ecuador, western and southwestern Peru, and eastern Chile (essentially conforming to the Chile-Bolivia and Chile-Argentina boundaries), southward to the southern end of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. In North America, another, mainly non-mountainous divide, the Laurentian Divide (or Northern Divide), further separates the Hudson Bay-Arctic Ocean drainage region from the Atlantic watershed region. Secondary divides separate", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "14558980", "text": "The Continental Divide (album) The Continental Divide is the debut album from American rock band War Tapes. It was written and recorded from 2008 to early 2009 in Los Angeles, and released on May 26, 2009, on Sarathan Records. The album was recorded during 2008 and 2009 in Los Angeles. During that time, the band released an E.P. of seven songs, four of which would end up on The Continental Divide. Those songs: \"Dreaming of You\", \"Start Again\", \"She Lied\" and \"Mind Is Ugly\" were remastered for the new album. Most of the writing and recording of the album was", "title": "The Continental Divide (album)" }, { "docid": "14558982", "text": "songs is particularly fresh, but it’s well put-together.\" The Continental Divide (album) The Continental Divide is the debut album from American rock band War Tapes. It was written and recorded from 2008 to early 2009 in Los Angeles, and released on May 26, 2009, on Sarathan Records. The album was recorded during 2008 and 2009 in Los Angeles. During that time, the band released an E.P. of seven songs, four of which would end up on The Continental Divide. Those songs: \"Dreaming of You\", \"Start Again\", \"She Lied\" and \"Mind Is Ugly\" were remastered for the new album. Most of", "title": "The Continental Divide (album)" }, { "docid": "1294266", "text": "more prominent. The Continental Divide Trail (CDT) follows the Divide through the U.S. from the Mexico–US border to the Canada–US border. The trail itself is a corridor of pathways - i.e. dedicated footpaths or back roads, either on or near the Continental Divide. A less-developed Canadian extension called the Great Divide Trail continues through five national parks and six provincial parks, ending at Kakwa Lake in east-central British Columbia. Many endorheic regions in North and South America complicate the simple view of east or west, \"ocean-bound\" water flow. Several endorheic basins straddle or adjoin the Continental Divide, notably the Great", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "15100896", "text": "designation as a National Natural Landmark in 1965, bearing the official name of Two Ocean Pass National Natural Landmark. However, Parting of the Waters, by which this site is more commonly known, is actually located about northwest of the low point of Two Ocean Pass, where North Two Ocean Creek emerges from its drainage basin on the side of Two Ocean Plateau. Inasmuch as North Two Ocean Creek splits into streams which flow separately to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the entire drainage of North Two Ocean Creek lies within an area that makes up the \"Continental Divide\" at this", "title": "Parting of the Waters" }, { "docid": "11410015", "text": "a life-threatening heart condition. While his family is vacationing in Costa Rica at a place called the Divide, the point where water flows to both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, he passes out and he finds himself in alternate world, where the Earth's mythical creatures are real and humans are a legend. He sets off on a journey with residents of this world to cure his illness and get home. He befriends a certain creature named Betony who is a tangle-child (elf) which who later on becomes his lifelong best friend. Along with Betony and a brazzle (griffin) named Ironclaw", "title": "The Divide trilogy" }, { "docid": "3304391", "text": "Mount Jefferson (Bitterroot Range) Mount Jefferson is a mountain located on the Continental Divide between Fremont County of northeastern Idaho and Beaverhead County of southwestern Montana. Mount Jefferson is the highest point of the Centennial Mountains, whose crest runs along the Continental Divide and can be climbed using a class 2 route (scramble) from the access road to neighboring Sawtell Peak. The south and west slopes of Mount Jefferson drain into Hell Roaring Creek, thence into Red Rock Creek, the Red Rock River, the Beaverhead River, the Jefferson River, the Missouri River, the Mississippi River, and into the Gulf of", "title": "Mount Jefferson (Bitterroot Range)" }, { "docid": "1294265", "text": "such as the International Hydrographic Organization add a sixth: Canada's Northwest Passage basin. Using just the five, there are four secondary continental divides and three secondary triple points, the two mentioned previously and a third near Hibbing, Minnesota, where the Northern Divide intersects the Saint Lawrence Seaway divide. Since there is no true consensus on what a continental divide is, there is no real agreement on where the secondary triple points are located. However, the main Continental Divide described in this article is a far more distinctive geological feature than the others and its two main triple points are much", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "66970", "text": "Triple Divide Peak near the headwaters of the Columbia's Flathead River tributary. This point marks the meeting of three of North America's main drainage patterns, to the Pacific Ocean, to Hudson Bay, and to the Atlantic Ocean via the Gulf of Mexico. Further north along the Continental Divide, a short portion of the combined Continental and Laurentian divides separate the Columbia watershed from the MacKenzie-Slave-Athabasca watershed, which empties into the Arctic Ocean. The Nelson and Mackenzie watersheds are separated by a divide between streams flowing to the Arctic Ocean and those of the Hudson Bay watershed. This divide meets the", "title": "Columbia River" }, { "docid": "5868835", "text": "allow hunting in season. With the Continental Divide running through the wilderness, altitudes tend to be lofty with Younts Peak (12,165 ft./3708 m) being the highest point. One of the most interesting hydrological features in North America occurs at the Continental Divide at Two Ocean Pass within the Teton Wilderness. This wide, gentle, marshy pass separates the headwaters of Pacific Creek, which flows Westerly to the Pacific Ocean via the Snake and Columbia Rivers, and Atlantic Creek, which flows Easterly to the Atlantic Ocean via the Yellowstone, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. At Two Ocean Pass, exactly on the Continental Divide,", "title": "Teton Wilderness" }, { "docid": "10453721", "text": "carrier stations to play syndicated news headlines, typically provided by NPR. In the opening segment, Olney discusses a recent or breaking news development with a guest, typically a newspaper journalist. The journalist joins Warren by phone, and the segment lasts about 10 minutes. The following segment, which occupies most of the show, features a roundtable discussion of a topic of national or international interest, including issues of politics, policy, war, and science. Unlike most news programs, which tend to interview newsmakers, \"To the Point\" instead interviews \"experts\" – typically think tank members, professors in related fields, or observers from non-profit", "title": "To the Point" }, { "docid": "11804841", "text": "Wilderness ranges in elevation from about to over . The area is bisected by the Eastern Continental Divide and has about of hiking trails, including of the Appalachian Trail. The area is part of the Ridge and Valley System of mountains. The intersection of Potts Mountain and Salt Pond Mountain create a plateau like area. Piney ridge runs along the northeast side of the wilderness and Little Mountain on the northwest. The area is on the Continental Divide; streams on the west side drain into Johns Creek, part of the James River watershed that flows into the Atlantic; and streams", "title": "Mountain Lake Wilderness" }, { "docid": "2580291", "text": "points is Spruce Mountain, at . The highest point in the Berkshires physiographic region is Crum Hill, , in the town of Monroe; however, nearby Mount Greylock of the Taconic Mountains, at the highest point in the state of Massachusetts, is considered the high point of the Berkshires cultural region. The Housatonic River, Hoosic River, Westfield River, and Deerfield River watersheds drain the Berkshires region in Massachusetts; in Connecticut the main river drainages are the Farmington River, the Naugatuck River, the Shepaug River, and the Housatonic River. The Berkshire mountain range runs through: The largest municipalities associated with the Berkshires", "title": "The Berkshires" }, { "docid": "14851674", "text": "ranges, the Pyramid, Animas, and San Luis Mountains (New Mexico). The Cedar Mountain Range is a northwest by southeast trending range, and longer, than wide. The northwest end contains Deer Mountain, , with an excursion of the continental divide around the wash that drains the northeast. The water divide continues through Deer Mountain and heads northwest on a circuitous route around the northern perimeter and water divide of the north Playas Valley. Three other larger peaks dot the range: the center contains Hat Top Mountain, at north-center. Old Baldy, at is adjacent and southeast. The highest peak is at the", "title": "Cedar Mountain Range" }, { "docid": "3217178", "text": "Backbone Mountain Backbone Mountain is a ridge of the Allegheny Mountains of the central Appalachian Mountain Range. It is situated in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Maryland and forms a portion of the Eastern Continental Divide. In the state of Maryland, Backbone Mountain reaches an elevation of , making it Maryland’s highest point. Backbone Mountain stretches approximately southwest to northeast, from the Black Fork near Hambleton in Tucker County, West Virginia to the Savage River Reservoir in Garrett County, Maryland. The mountain provides a boundary between two watersheds. The headwaters of Youghiogheny River, in the watershed of the", "title": "Backbone Mountain" }, { "docid": "13967274", "text": "Savage Mountain Savage Mountain is an anticline extending from Bedford County, Pennsylvania southwest into Western Maryland. It is the western side of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, and the eastern portion of the ridge forms the border of Garrett and Allegany Counties of Maryland. The anti-cline includes two component ridges in Maryland, Little Savage Mountain and Big Savage Mountain. Portions of Savage Mountain form the Eastern Continental Divide, separating watersheds draining to the Ohio River and those draining to the Potomac. To the northwest of Savage Mountain, waters drain to the Casselman River. The North Branch Potomac River watershed encompasses the southwestern", "title": "Savage Mountain" }, { "docid": "14851675", "text": "extreme southeast end of the Cedar Mountain Range, Flying W Mountain, , and located at . The Continental Divide starts to leave the forested mountain regions as it goes southwest from Silver City. It passes from the southern Little Burro Mountains, crosses the Big Burro's, then on a circuitous route after skirting the northeast of the \"Cedar Mountain Range\", it passes across the water divide of the north Playas Valley, west of Hachita. It finally enters a series of north-south ranges, including the Animas Mountains, and travels south into northwest Chihuahua, Mexico. Range Highpoint New Mexico highpoints Cedar Mountain Range", "title": "Cedar Mountain Range" }, { "docid": "14558981", "text": "done at Regime Studios, with the band's drummer William Mohler serving as producer. Since the album's release, it's received very positive reviews from numerous sites, some of which include: Ripplemusic, Indiemusicnews, Indieblips, Shakefire.com. However, not all of the reviews for the album have been completely positive. Adequecy.net, in their review of the album stated: \"The Continental Divide isn’t likely to bowl you over with its diversity; in fact, things feel downright redundant sometimes, particular with the barn burners – but you can’t fault War Tapes for their impassioned drive and resolve.\" while Popmatters.com has stated: \"Nothing about this collection of", "title": "The Continental Divide (album)" }, { "docid": "9456541", "text": "through McKnight Canyon, and its northwest slopes also feed into the Mimbres. The east side is drained by Las Animas Creek, which flows into the Rio Grande at Caballo Lake. While the Continental Divide runs along much of the Black Range, McKnight Mountain is not on the divide itself, which separates from the crest of the Black Range at Red Peak a few miles to the north. McKnight Mountain is accessible via several trails. One is Trail 79, which runs along the crest of the Black Range, with a trailhead about south of the peak, located near McKnight Cabin at", "title": "McKnight Mountain" }, { "docid": "7247516", "text": "figures one were read on the official report commissioned by ITV) and was never brought back for or developed into a series despite the success David Croft had with \"Dad's Army\", \"It Ain't Half Hot Mum\" and \"'Allo 'Allo!\". The pilot was directed by Roy Gould who had worked for David Croft at the BBC. Which Way to the War Which Way to the War is an intended British television sitcom written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, which was discontinued after a one-off broadcast pilot on 19 August 1994. It was also Croft and Lloyd's only ITV sitcom and", "title": "Which Way to the War" }, { "docid": "315849", "text": "of Palawan. \"Kalayaan\" is a Filipino word meaning \"freedom\". The eastern coast of Mindanao features a long mountain range, the Eastern Pacific Cordillera, which stretches from Bilar Point at Surigao in the north to Cape San Agustin at Davao in the south. Forming its northern portion are the Diwata Mountains (also spelled \"Diuata\"), separated from the south by low passes situated at the middle. To the east of the range are narrow strips of lowland that feature several inlets and bays, the most prominent of which include the Lianga and Bislig bays. To the west of the Pacific Cordillera lies", "title": "Geography of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "17587278", "text": "Limestack Mountain Limestack Mountain is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located within Gates of the Arctic National Park in the central Brooks Range mountains. The continental divide between the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean runs along the mountain's northern edge. Limestack Mountain was named by Bob Marshall, who was among the first European-Americans to explore and map the Brooks Range. In \"Alaska Wilderness\", Marshall describes his attempt to climb \"one of the highest peaks on the Arctic Divide.\" After scrambling through boulders and steep scree, Marshall reached the top of a steep slope. \"Above me rose", "title": "Limestack Mountain" }, { "docid": "7247515", "text": "Which Way to the War Which Way to the War is an intended British television sitcom written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, which was discontinued after a one-off broadcast pilot on 19 August 1994. It was also Croft and Lloyd's only ITV sitcom and Croft's last World War II sitcom. In the Western Desert of World War Two, a party of British \"Desert Rats\" soldiers and a party of Australian soldiers are holed up in a remote building, when an ambulance of Italian \"nurses\" arrive. The pilot was badly received (Or quite well received, depending on what column of", "title": "Which Way to the War" }, { "docid": "3304392", "text": "Mexico. Brower's Spring, the source of Hell Roaring Creek, on the mountain's east flank in Montana, is considered the absolute headwaters of the Missouri River. The northeast slope of Mt. Jefferson drains into the South Fork of Duck Creek, thence into Henrys Lake, the Henrys Fork of the Snake River, the Columbia River, and into the Pacific Ocean. Mount Jefferson (Bitterroot Range) Mount Jefferson is a mountain located on the Continental Divide between Fremont County of northeastern Idaho and Beaverhead County of southwestern Montana. Mount Jefferson is the highest point of the Centennial Mountains, whose crest runs along the Continental", "title": "Mount Jefferson (Bitterroot Range)" }, { "docid": "8661265", "text": "Which Way to the Front? Which Way to the Front? is a 1970 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. Brendan Byers III is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis powers, but is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight, so he enlists other 4-Fs and some loyal volunteers from his own service staff and forms his own army. He finances their training and equipment. Once completed, they travel to the front in Italy, with Byers impersonating a Nazi general named Eric Kesselring. The plan is to pull back the German lines, since the", "title": "Which Way to the Front?" }, { "docid": "8661267", "text": "for actors Joe Besser, Neil Hamilton, and Kenneth MacDonald. The film received a \"BOMB\" rating in \"Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide\" and widespread disapproval from other critics. Warner Archive released the film on made to order DVD in the United States on May 18, 2010. Which Way to the Front? Which Way to the Front? is a 1970 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. Brendan Byers III is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis powers, but is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight, so he enlists other 4-Fs and some loyal volunteers from", "title": "Which Way to the Front?" }, { "docid": "10190369", "text": "Along the Great Divide Along the Great Divide is a 1951 American Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar, and Walter Brennan. This was Kirk Douglas's first Western, a genre that served him well during his long career. Federal marshal Len Merrick and his two deputies rescue cattle rustler and murder suspect Tim \"Pop\" Keith from a lynch mob headed by grieving rancher Ned Roden, whose beloved son was shot in the back. Merrick insists on taking Keith to Santa Loma to stand trial. The other ranchers are unwilling to go against a", "title": "Along the Great Divide" }, { "docid": "1977966", "text": "Region 3, known for wilderness escape, is in the northern part of the park and is accessed from the Estes Park area. The Mummy Range is a short mountain range in the north of the park. The Mummies tend to be gentler and more forested than the other peaks in the park, though some slopes are rugged and heavily glaciated, particularly around Ypsilon Mountain and Mummy Mountain. Bridal Veil Falls is a scenic point and trail accessible from the Cow Creek trailhead, at the Continental Divide Research Center. West Creek Falls and Chasm Falls, near Old Fall River Road, are", "title": "Rocky Mountain National Park" }, { "docid": "10190374", "text": "he found has an inscription to Dan. Confronted with the proof that he killed his own brother, Dan draws his revolver and grabs Ann as a shield. When his father approaches, Dan kills him and tries to flee on horseback, but is shot in the back, just like his brother, by Merrick. Along the Great Divide Along the Great Divide is a 1951 American Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar, and Walter Brennan. This was Kirk Douglas's first Western, a genre that served him well during his long career. Federal marshal Len", "title": "Along the Great Divide" }, { "docid": "1697223", "text": "no distinct marked or named trail, but Jonathan Ley's or Jim Wolf's maps are helpful. Some stretches of the CDT in Colorado are still a wilderness footpath. Additional points of interest along the Colorado CDT include: Of all the five states traversed by the CDT, Wyoming has the most diverse terrain. This includes hiking through a large section of range-land in the middle of the state, known as the Great Divide Basin. Hikers must decide on a route with regard to the Great Divide Basin since the actual Continental Divide forks in southern Wyoming forming in an endorheic basin. The", "title": "Continental Divide Trail" }, { "docid": "8528993", "text": "forms the divide between the Merrimack River and Connecticut River watersheds. Lake Solitude, a body of water, lies just southeast of the White Ledges summit, at an elevation of . The lake flows into Andrew Brook, a tributary of the Warner River in the Merrimack River watershed. Farther south along the ridge, the east slopes of the mountain drain via the West Branch of the Warner River into the Warner and Merrimack rivers. The northern and western sides of the mountain drain to the Connecticut River. Johnson Brook flows down the north slopes of the mountain, entering Lake Sunapee, the", "title": "Mount Sunapee" }, { "docid": "2595882", "text": "eastward or southeastward direction, before emptying into one of the sounds that separate the mainland of North Carolina from the Outer Banks. The divide between the Atlantic and Gulf watersheds, part of a larger divide known as the Eastern Continental Divide, lies not along the Smoky Mountains, the tallest in the state, but rather along the lower Blue Ridge Mountains to the east. The western slopes of the Blue Ridge form the headwaters of the French Broad and the Kanawha Rivers. Through the taller Smoky Mountains, these rivers pass through deep canyons known as water gaps. For example the Hiawassee", "title": "Geography of North Carolina" }, { "docid": "4934277", "text": "Highway and U.S. 30, and a monument to Henry B. Joy, the first president of the Lincoln Highway Association, was placed just south of this point along the old highway. (It was relocated to Sherman Summit in 2001 to protect it from increasing vandalism.) Further west, I-80 crosses to the Colorado River drainage at about . This is now recognized as the true location of the Continental Divide, and at one time yet another highway sign could be found at this location. (The placement of the Divide along this ridge signifies that the otherwise endorheic basin would drain to the", "title": "Great Divide Basin" }, { "docid": "11193648", "text": "Mount Royal Range The Mount Royal Range is a mountain range in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The Mount Royal Range is a spur on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range. It diverges from the Liverpool Range at a point north of Scone, New South Wales, near Ben Halls Gap. The range generally extends to the southeast for about and then generally to the south southwest for about to Mount Royal. The range generally forms the divide between the Hunter River and Manning River drainage basins, both of which drain to the Tasman Sea. The", "title": "Mount Royal Range" }, { "docid": "921581", "text": "Divide County, North Dakota Divide County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,071. Its county seat is Crosby. Divide County was formed following a vote at the November 1910 general election to divide Williams County into two counties. This division is the most likely origin of the name, though additional deciding factors may have been the fact that Divide County lies on the continental divide between the watersheds that flow into the Gulf of Mexico and those that flow into Hudson Bay. The county is located next", "title": "Divide County, North Dakota" }, { "docid": "8661266", "text": "front has remained static for too long, enabling the Allies to push forward again. The mission does not go smoothly and they must overcome several obstacles, including the fiery wife of the local mayor who is the real Kesselring's lover, and the real Kesselring's involvement in an assassination attempt on Hitler. Afterwards, they face their next mission: infiltrating the Imperial Japanese command to influence the outcome of the Battle of Kwajalein. \"Which Way to the Front?\" was filmed from November 30, 1969 through February 1, 1970 and received a G rating from the MPAA. It marked the final film appearance", "title": "Which Way to the Front?" }, { "docid": "9099643", "text": "of the Hoh River. There, the trail turns north and wanders along the Wilderness Coast where it enters the Quileute Indian Reservation near the town of La Push, then continues north to its western terminus at Cape Alava. Pacific Northwest Trail The Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) is a 1200-mile hiking trail running from the Continental Divide in Montana to the Pacific Ocean on Washington’s Olympic Coast. Along the way, the PNT crosses three national parks, seven national forests, two other national scenic trails, and against the grain of several mountain ranges, including the Continental Divide, Whitefish Divide, Purcells, Selkirks, Kettles,", "title": "Pacific Northwest Trail" }, { "docid": "1697216", "text": "or paved roads. This trail can be continued north into Canada to Kakwa Lake north of Jasper National Park by the Great Divide Trail. The Continental Divide Trail, along with the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail, form what thru-hiker enthusiasts have termed the Triple Crown of long-distance hiking in the United States. Only about two hundred people a year attempt to hike the entire trail, taking about six months to complete it. Dave Odell thru-hiked in 1977 and in the same year Dan Torpey hiked from the NM/CO border to Mt Robson, Canada. German long-distance rider Günter Wamser", "title": "Continental Divide Trail" }, { "docid": "2535360", "text": "Watersheds of Indiana The Watersheds of Indiana consist of six distinct Indiana watershed regions that drain into five major bodies of water. With the Kankakee River, the Illinois River watershed stretches from the Illinois border in northwest Indiana and up into Michigan's Berrien County, adjacent to St. Joseph County. This drainage area include most of the state known as the Northwest Indiana, including the city of La Porte but excluding the area north of the Valparaiso Moraine which drains into Lake Michigan. There are two watersheds in the state that drain into Lake Michigan. In the northwest part of the", "title": "Watersheds of Indiana" }, { "docid": "5225761", "text": "in all the Asian Subcontinents, and islands in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. However, it was under his son Philip III of Spain that the Spanish Empire acquired its largest extension. Philip III and his son Philip IV of Spain were also kings of Portugal among other territories besides Spain, which made both of them the rulers of the greatest extension on earth of all time, simply by joining the global territories of Spain and Portugal empires account for more extension than any other king has ever ruled. In 1585, Giovanni Battista Guarini wrote \"Il pastor fido\" to mark", "title": "The empire on which the sun never sets" }, { "docid": "13990391", "text": "later in 1976, Hideki Tojo and Adolf Hitler are preparing to board trains that will carry them to their historic meeting marking the 30th anniversary of their victory over the United States. The celebration is to be held at The Divide, a small town that is exactly equidistant between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, at the somewhat uneasy boundary the two empires. Its code name is The Divide. The division is both geographical and cultural. Germany has integrated the eastern part of defeated America into the Greater German Reich while the western part is occupied by Japan, as", "title": "The Divide (novel)" }, { "docid": "3967822", "text": "easiest route is to follow the path leading up the Coire Odhar from Corrour Bothy, on the eastern side of the mountain. To reach the bothy requires a long walk in; the most usual route is to follow the Lairig Ghru from Linn of Dee, a distance of some . The Devil's Point is often climbed along with Cairn Toul. Sgòr an Lochain Uaine, which lies to the north of Cairn Toul is sometimes called \"The Angel's Peak\", in contrast to The Devil's Point. The Devil's Point The Devil's Point (Scottish Gaelic: Bod an Deamhain) is a mountain in the", "title": "The Devil's Point" }, { "docid": "11907229", "text": "the Firesteel River, a tributary of the Finlay. Various summits of the range, which as described separates the Pacific and Arctic drainages, form part of the Continental Divide. Most of the range and its lakes are in Tatlatui Provincial Park. Tatlatui Range The Tatlatui Range is a large and very alpine mountain range on the east flank of the upper Skeena River in northern British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 2307 km and is a subrange of the Omineca Mountains which in turn form part of the Interior Mountains. The range features several lakes, the largest of which,", "title": "Tatlatui Range" }, { "docid": "14686866", "text": "Great Divide Mountain Bike Route The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) is a , off-road bicycle touring route between Banff, Alberta, Canada and Antelope Wells, New Mexico, USA. Completed in 1997, the GDMBR was developed by Adventure Cycling Association, who continue to maintain highly-detailed route maps and a guidebook. Following the Continental Divide as closely as practicable and crossing it 30 times, about 90% of the GDMBR is on unpaved roads and trails and requires basic off-pavement riding skills to complete. The unpaved portions of the route range from high quality dirt or gravel roads to a few short", "title": "Great Divide Mountain Bike Route" }, { "docid": "66971", "text": "Continental Divide at Snow Dome (also known as Dome), near the northernmost bend of the Columbia River. To the southeast, in western Wyoming, another divide separates the Columbia watershed from the Colorado–Green watershed, which empties into the Gulf of California. The Columbia, Colorado, and Mississippi watersheds meet at Three Waters Mountain in the Wind River Range of . To the south, in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, the Columbia watershed is divided from the Great Basin, whose several watersheds are endorheic, not emptying into any ocean but rather drying up or sinking into sumps. Great Basin watersheds that share", "title": "Columbia River" }, { "docid": "15100895", "text": "Creek waters flow either to the Atlantic Ocean via Atlantic Creek and the Yellowstone, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, or to the Pacific Ocean via Pacific Creek and the Snake and Columbia Rivers. In the marshy area of Two Ocean Pass adjacent to Parting of the Waters, water actually covers the Continental Divide such that a fish could swim from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean drainages. In fact, it is thought that this was the pass that provided the route for Yellowstone cutthroat trout to migrate from the Snake River (Pacific) to Yellowstone River (Atlantic) drainages. This site received", "title": "Parting of the Waters" }, { "docid": "16523795", "text": "Pine Mountain Range The Pine Mountain Range is a long ridge in Meriwether County, Georgia, Harris County, Georgia, and Talbot County, Georgia. In fact, the highest altitudes in all three of these west Georgia counties can be found along the range. The Pine Mountain Range is part of a larger geological feature known as the Pine Mountain Terrane, which extends into eastern Alabama. The ridge in Georgia exceeds 1,100 feet of elevation for a distance of about 20 miles. These are the highest elevations at so southerly a latitude in the eastern half of the continental United States. (The entire", "title": "Pine Mountain Range" }, { "docid": "14847545", "text": "and raises the chill bumps at every turn.\" \"Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) debuted at number 61 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 4, 1995. Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) \"Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in January 1995 as the fourth single from the album \"When Love Finds You\". The song reached number 4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by", "title": "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" }, { "docid": "11712499", "text": "universally recognized. Where a continental divide meets an endorheic basin, such as the Great Divide Basin of Wyoming, the continental divide splits and encircles the basin. Continental divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea. The endpoints where a continental divide meets the coast are not always definite since the exact border between adjacent bodies", "title": "Continental divide" }, { "docid": "4412054", "text": "\"Never Say Goodbye\". The Ernie Souchak character was loosely based on longtime Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko. Many of the scenes were filmed around Chicago: Many of the mountain scenes were filmed in Colorado, in Custer County Other scenes were filmed at: Continental Divide (film) Continental Divide is a 1981 American romantic comedy film starring John Belushi and Blair Brown. It was the first film produced by Steven Spielberg's production company Amblin Entertainment. A Chicago newspaper reporter, Ernie Souchak (Belushi), is investigating a corrupt city councilman. After doing an exposé on some corrupt land dealings by the councilman, he is", "title": "Continental Divide (film)" }, { "docid": "4619396", "text": "and continues following the Fraser. Soon the train comes to the next major scenic highlight of the trip: Yellowhead Lake. Yellowhead Mountain continues to hover overhead to the north while Mounts Rockingham () and Fitzwilliam () can be seen to the south across the lake. The train finally crosses the Continental Divide at Yellowhead Pass, which at is the lowest crossing of the divide in North America. Yellowhead Pass marks the boundaries between British Columbia and Alberta, the Pacific and Mountain time zones, the Pacific and Arctic watersheds, and Mount Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park. Once again the", "title": "Canadian (train)" }, { "docid": "9089721", "text": "the coastal rivers of North Carolina. From Blowing Rock, the Tennessee Valley Divide coincides with the Eastern Continental Divide, to another triple point in northern Georgia, from which point streams flow northwards towards the Tennessee River, eastwards to the Atlantic coast of Georgia, and southwards towards the Gulf of Mexico. From there, the Tennessee Valley Divide trends generally westward, dividing the Tennessee Valley in Alabama from the generally southward-flowing rivers of Alabama and Mississippi. Some of those rivers, such as the Tombigbee River, have their headwaters remarkably close to the Tennessee River. The divide then turns north and ends at", "title": "Tennessee Valley Divide" }, { "docid": "6433926", "text": "Moonbi Range The Moonbi Range, a mountain range that is part of the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. The range is located roughly north east of the city of Tamworth situated at the bottom of the Wentworth Mounds, which is part of the Moonbi Range. These mounds form a spur of the Great Dividing Range where the North West Slopes meet to the Northern Tablelands. The Moonbi Range rises from above sea level and it generally forms the divide between the watersheds of the Cockburn River to the south, and the", "title": "Moonbi Range" }, { "docid": "5863591", "text": "a sufficient water supply. Important examples are the Chicago Portage, connecting the Great Lakes and Mississippi by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and the Canal des Deux Mers in France, connecting the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Categories: Drainage divide A drainage divide, water divide, divide, ridgeline, watershed, or water parting is the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a single range of hills or mountains, known as a dividing range. On flat terrain, especially where the ground is marshy, the divide may be", "title": "Drainage divide" }, { "docid": "15449569", "text": "twenty five to thirty miles and its average height about 8000 feet above sea level. It ascends from the Indus basin at its southern end near the village of Kiara and goes up to its watershed near the village Baradar; then it runs north-east by north to the point on the crest known as Chitabat. From here the range runs due north, finally descending to the Indus by two large spurs, at the foot of the easternmost of which lies Thakot. The Indus, after passing Thakot, turns westward along the northern foot of the mountain till it washes the western", "title": "The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar)Tribes" }, { "docid": "10887242", "text": "Salt Pond Mountain Salt Pond Mountain is a mountain located in Giles County, Virginia. The mountain, which is part of the Ridge-and-valley province of the Appalachian Mountains, extends about seven miles (12 km) from southwest to northeast. The highest peak is Bald Knob, at the southeast end, south of Mountain Lake. Salt Pond Mtn. joins Johns Creek Mountain at the southwest end, and the Big Mountain – Potts Mountain ridge at the northeast end, just south of West Virginia. Salt Pond Mountain is on the Eastern Continental Divide between the regions which drain south into the Gulf of Mexico and", "title": "Salt Pond Mountain" }, { "docid": "10887240", "text": "Salt Pond Mountain Salt Pond Mountain is a mountain located in Giles County, Virginia. The mountain, which is part of the Ridge-and-valley province of the Appalachian Mountains, extends about seven miles (12 km) from southwest to northeast. The highest peak is Bald Knob, at the southeast end, south of Mountain Lake. Salt Pond Mtn. joins Johns Creek Mountain at the southwest end, and the Big Mountain – Potts Mountain ridge at the northeast end, just south of West Virginia. Salt Pond Mountain is on the Eastern Continental Divide between the regions which drain south into the Gulf of Mexico and", "title": "Salt Pond Mountain" }, { "docid": "9099633", "text": "Pacific Northwest Trail The Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) is a 1200-mile hiking trail running from the Continental Divide in Montana to the Pacific Ocean on Washington’s Olympic Coast. Along the way, the PNT crosses three national parks, seven national forests, two other national scenic trails, and against the grain of several mountain ranges, including the Continental Divide, Whitefish Divide, Purcells, Selkirks, Kettles, Cascades, and Olympics. The Pacific Northwest Trail was designated as the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail by Congress in 2009. The route was first conceived by Ron Strickland in 1970. Between 1970 and 1976, extensive fieldwork was performed", "title": "Pacific Northwest Trail" }, { "docid": "17509331", "text": "plateau has anticlinal and synclinal axes that run north 75° east to south 75° west. There is also a nearby geological structure known as the Ganoga Basin, which runs between Spring Creek and North Mountain. The rock of the basin gently slopes northwards and southwards. At one point, the mountain rises above the surrounding area. At that point, the horizontal distance is from the surrounding area to the peak is , giving the mountain a slope of approximately 0.46. North Mountain is situated in the watershed of the Susquehanna River. Sub-watersheds that waters from the mountain drain into include West", "title": "North Mountain (Pennsylvania)" }, { "docid": "1294263", "text": "Ocean. If Hudson Bay is considered part of the Atlantic, then the \"triple point\" is at an unimportant-looking, permanently snow and ice covered hump on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, on the southern slope of Snow Dome at . The exact location of this potential triple point is somewhat indeterminate because the Columbia Icefield and the snow on top of it shifts from year to year. The snow that falls on it (about per year) does not actually flow downhill as water, but creeps downhill in the form of glacial ice. That ice flows down the Athabasca Glacier", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "11007724", "text": "The Thumb (Omineca) The Thumb is a mountain located south of Sitchiada Mountain on the east side of Bear Lake, on the divide between the upper Omineca River and the basin of the Bear River in the Omineca Country of the Central-North Interior of British Columbia, Canada. As the Omineca is part of the Arctic Ocean drainage, via the Peace and Mackenzie Rivers, and the Bear is in the basin of the Skeena River, which drains to the Pacific, The Thumb is located on the Continental Divide. The Thumb is the largest in a cluster of roughly seven volcanic plugs.", "title": "The Thumb (Omineca)" }, { "docid": "1697224", "text": "shortest route is through the middle where water availability is uncertain in most years. Farther north the CDT traverses the mountainous 'bench' of the Wind River Range and then through the Absaroka Range in the northwest portion of the state. The \"grand finale\" is Yellowstone National Park where the CDT is routed from Yellowstone's southern back country, to Old Faithful and then exits west to Idaho. Additional notable features in Wyoming include: Northbounders leaving Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming enter the Centennial Mountains of Idaho. For the next couple of hundred miles, the CDT follows the Continental Divide, which is", "title": "Continental Divide Trail" }, { "docid": "10453720", "text": "To the Point To the Point was an hour-long public affairs radio program co-produced by KCRW in Santa Monica, California and Public Radio International. The program originated at KCRW at 1 pm Pacific Time each weekday. Award-winning journalist Warren Olney hosts the show; it was syndicated nationwide by PRI and aired in 15 states and Washington, D.C. by Public Radio International. KCRW continues to podcast the program weekly (sometimes more frequently). The program begins with its theme music, a clip from John Coltrane's \"A Love Supreme.\" Olney then introduces the topics for the day's program, followed by a break for", "title": "To the Point" }, { "docid": "566274", "text": "north. The Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary is commonly known as the Mason–Dixon line. The eastern border with Allegany County was defined by the Bauer Report, submitted to Governor Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. on November 9, 1898. The Potomac River and State of West Virginia lie to the south and west. Garrett County lies in the Allegheny Mountains, which here form the western flank of the Appalachian Mountain Range. Hoye-Crest, a summit along Backbone Mountain, is the highest point in Maryland. The Eastern Continental Divide runs along portions of Backbone Mountain. The western part of the county, drained by the Youghiogheny River, is the", "title": "Garrett County, Maryland" }, { "docid": "14847544", "text": "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) \"Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in January 1995 as the fourth single from the album \"When Love Finds You\". The song reached number 4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by Gill and Bill Anderson. Deborah Evans Price, of \"Billboard\" magazine reviewed the song favorably calling it a \"classic slow country waltz.\" She goes on to say that the song \"makes optimum use of those classic changes", "title": "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" }, { "docid": "11712498", "text": "Continental divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea. The endpoints where a continental divide meets the coast are not always definite since the exact border between adjacent bodies of water is usually not clearly defined. The International Hydrographic Organization's publication \"Limits of Oceans and Seas\" defines exact boundaries of oceans, but it is not", "title": "Continental divide" }, { "docid": "7506188", "text": "Cordillera de Guanacaste The Cordillera de Guanacaste, also called Guanacaste Cordillera, are a volcanic mountain range in northern Costa Rica near the border with Nicaragua. The mountain range stretches 110 km from northwest to the southeast and contains mostly complex stratovolcanoes. The range forms part of the southern region of the Continental Divide, with the highest peak is the stratovolcano Miravalles at 2,028 m. Rivers flowing from the range drain into the Caribbean Sea (Guacalito, Zapote) and the Pacific Ocean (Blanco, Tenorio, Martirio, Corobiá and San Lorenzo). Protected areas located in the mountain range include Guanacaste National Park established in", "title": "Cordillera de Guanacaste" }, { "docid": "1294270", "text": "in 1825. According to historical sources, \"The small circular basin of water at the summit, twenty yards in diameter, is dignified with the name of the 'Committee's Punch Bowl' in honour of which the Governor treated them (his fur traders) to a bottle of wine as they had 'neither time nor convenience to make a bowl of punch, although a glass of it would have been acceptable.'\" The reference is to the governing committee of the Hudson's Bay Company in London, England. The Alpine Club of Canada's Abbot Pass Hut sits directly astride the Divide in Abbot Pass on the", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "11597784", "text": "drains into the Souhegan River watershed, to the Merrimack River thence the Atlantic Ocean; the west and south sides drain into the Millers River watershed, to the Connecticut River, thence into Long Island Sound. Binney Pond, located in Binney Pond State Forest along the Wapack ridgecrest between Pratt Mountain and Binney Hill, is known for a biodiversity of rare plants and salamanders. Pratt Mountain Pratt Mountain is a summit within the Wapack Range of mountains in south-central New Hampshire, United States. It lies within the town of New Ipswich and is traversed by the Wapack Trail. The subordinate peak, Stony", "title": "Pratt Mountain" }, { "docid": "1294260", "text": "the Gulf of Mexico, and the Arctic Ocean via Hudson Bay. Most geographers, geologists, meteorologists, and oceanographers consider this point the hydrological apex of North America, as Hudson Bay is generally considered part of the Arctic. For example, the International Hydrographic Organization (in its current unapproved working edition only of \"Limits of Oceans and Seas\") defines the Hudson Bay, with its outlet extending from 62.5 to 66.5 degrees north (just a few miles south of the Arctic Circle) as being part of the Arctic Ocean, specifically \"Arctic Ocean Subdivision 9.11.\" This hydrological apex of North America status of Triple Divide", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "1294261", "text": "Peak is the main reason behind the designation of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park as the \"Crown of the Continent\" of North America. The summit of the peak is the world's only oceanic triple divide point. Discounting Antarctica and its ice sheets, only one other continent (Asia) borders three oceans, but the inward-draining Endorheic basin area of Central Asia from western China to the Aral and Caspian Seas is so vast that any Arctic and Indian Ocean tributaries are never within proximity of each other. Thus, North America's status of having a single location draining into three oceans is unique in", "title": "Continental Divide of the Americas" }, { "docid": "15100894", "text": "Parting of the Waters Parting of the Waters is an unusual hydrologic site at Two Ocean Pass on the Great Divide, within the Teton Wilderness area of Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. Two Ocean Pass separates the headwaters of Pacific Creek, which flows west to the Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic Creek, which flows east to the Atlantic Ocean. At Parting of the Waters, at , North Two Ocean Creek flows down from its drainage on the side of Two Ocean Plateau and divides its waters more-or-less equally between its two distributaries, Pacific Creek and Atlantic Creek. From this split, Two Ocean", "title": "Parting of the Waters" }, { "docid": "6241483", "text": "it easier to understand by reading each individual voice consecutively instead of alternating from one voice to another as the book is written. \"The Way to Rainy Mountain\" continues to be an entry point to Kiowa history and a way to open discussions about what constitutes any history of a people. Navarre Scott Momaday was born February 27, 1934, in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Alfred Momaday and Natachee Scott. The family lived on Navajo, Apache, and Pueblo reservations in New Mexico and Arizona where his parents taught school. Momaday earned a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of New", "title": "The Way to Rainy Mountain" }, { "docid": "1131996", "text": "Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Browns Valley is rested in an old glacier path. The Browns Valley weather station records some of Minnesota's highest summer temperatures; on July 31, 2007, a high of 107 °F (42 °C) was registered. Browns Valley Lies in the center of Traverse Gap, a valley and ancient riverbed. This valley is also home to a continental divide. The divide is the southernmost point of the Northern Divide between the watersheds of the Arctic and the Atlantic Oceans. The area is also home to Browns Valley Man, the", "title": "Browns Valley, Minnesota" }, { "docid": "6745252", "text": "chain of military stations constructed to protect travellers on the Mojave Road from San Bernardino across the Mojave Desert to Fort Mojave on the Colorado River, lies at the southeastern end of the range near Piute Spring. The southern end of the extensive McCullough Range converges with four valleys and three mountain ranges at a water divide point. West of the McCullough's lie the endorheic Roach and Ivanpah Dry Lakes of Ivanpah Valley; the valley extends north into Las Vegas' southwest, a tributary to the Las Vegas Wash. Ivanpah Valley turns southeast to meet the water divide point. Northeast of", "title": "Piute Range" } ]

[ "Little boy blue come blow your horn", "Little Boy Blue" ]

[ { "docid": "2359181", "text": "Little Boy Blue \"Little Boy Blue\" is a popular English-language nursery rhyme, often used in popular culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. A common version of the rhyme is: <poem>Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. But where is the boy, who looks after the sheep? He's under a haystack, he's fast asleep. Will you wake him? No, not I, For if I do, he's sure to cry. </poem> The earliest printed version of the rhyme is in \"Tommy Thumb's Little Song Book\" (c. 1744),", "title": "Little Boy Blue" }, { "docid": "2359179", "text": "Little Boy Blue \"Little Boy Blue\" is a popular English-language nursery rhyme, often used in popular culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. A common version of the rhyme is: <poem>Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. But where is the boy, who looks after the sheep? He's under a haystack, he's fast asleep. Will you wake him? No, not I, For if I do, he's sure to cry. </poem> The earliest printed version of the rhyme is in \"Tommy Thumb's Little Song Book\" (c. 1744),", "title": "Little Boy Blue" } ]

[ { "docid": "16356639", "text": "(\"falukorv\") as a dildo. The film's soundtrack includes the traditional \"gånglåt\" \"Äppelbo gånglåt\". The film takes place in rural Dalecarlia. A legend surrounding an old horn that is kept in a building states that the instrument was brought along by the vikings on their travels. As they returned home, they would blow the horn, and the village women would come down to the beach to meet their men and make love. The farm girl Monika blows the horn and finds that it indeed causes the local women to get sexually aroused. Come and Blow the Horn Come and Blow the", "title": "Come and Blow the Horn" }, { "docid": "16356638", "text": "Come and Blow the Horn Come and Blow the Horn (, approximately \"The herding lass\") is a 1978 Swedish pornographic film directed by Joseph W. Sarno, using the pseudonym Lawrence Henning, and produced by Sture Sjöstedt. The film is set in rural Dalecarlia. It was shot in Skattungbyn outside of Orsa, and was first screened in Orsa in September 1978, and later had its Swedish premiere in the pornographic theater Fenix in Stockholm on 25 September 1978. The film has gained notoriety in Sweden, particularly the horn blowing sequence and the masturbation scene where an actress uses a sizable sausage", "title": "Come and Blow the Horn" }, { "docid": "286984", "text": "private nursery, as an exercise for the children. It has been argued that nursery rhymes set to music aid in a child's development. Research also supports the assertion that music and rhyme increase a child's ability in spatial reasoning, which aid mathematics skills. Citations Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "17997769", "text": "third and final track focuses on Krile and her pet, Azrael. A second drama CD, titled \"Nursery Rhyme Drama CD \"Life is sweet\"\", was released by Rio on June 30, 2006. According to a national ranking of how well bishōjo games sold nationally in Japan, \"Nursery Rhyme\" was the No. 2 best-selling bishōjo game at the time of its release. \"\", released on the same day, took the No. 1 spot. \"Nursery Rhyme\" was the 18th most widely sold game of 2005 on Getchu.com. The opening theme, \"true my heart\", has become an internet meme. This is due to the", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "286972", "text": "Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and most popular rhymes date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The first English collections, \"Tommy Thumb's Song Book\" and a sequel, \"Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book\", were published before 1744. Publisher John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the term Mother", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "2529441", "text": "these stanzas were viewed as quatrains with internal rhymes, this would be an example of ballad form, a common form for nursery rhymes. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his \"National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs\" (1870). The Roud Folk Song Index, which catalogues folk songs and their variations by number, classifies the song as 10266. The phrase \"Jack and Jill\" was in use in England as early as the 16th century to indicate a boy and a girl. A comedy with the title \"Jack", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "12454009", "text": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) \"One for Sorrow\" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies one sees determines if one will have bad luck. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20096. There is considerable variation in the lyrics used. A common modern version follows: The rhyme has its origins in superstitions connected with magpies, considered a bird of ill omen in some cultures, and in Britain, at least as far back as the early sixteenth century. The rhyme was first recorded around 1780 in a note in", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "2529439", "text": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme) \"Jack and Jill\" (sometimes \"Jack and Gill\", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies this tune and its variations as number 10266. The rhyme dates back at least to the 18th century and exists with different numbers of verses each with a number of variations. Only a few more verses have been added to the rhyme, including a version with a total of 15 stanzas in a chapbook of the 19th century. The dab verse, probably added as part of these extensions, has become a standard", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "12454017", "text": "characters. The title of a spooky young adult book by Mary Downing Hahn is \"One for sorrow\". One For Sorrow, Written By Mary Downing Hahn One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) \"One for Sorrow\" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies one sees determines if one will have bad luck. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20096. There is considerable variation in the lyrics used. A common modern version follows: The rhyme has its origins in superstitions connected with magpies, considered a bird of ill omen in some", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "2529440", "text": "part of the nursery rhyme. Early versions took the form: By the early 20th century this had been modified in some collections, such as L. E. Walter's, \"Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes\" (London, 1919) to: A third verse, sometimes added to the rhyme, was first recorded in a 19th-century chapbook and took Twentieth-century versions of this verse include: As presented above and as presented in the accompanying published images, the rhyme is made up of six-line stanzas with a rhyming scheme of \"aabccb\" and a trochaic rhythm (with the stress falling on the first of a pair of syllables). Alternatively, if", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "17997761", "text": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel) The gameplay in \"Nursery Rhyme\" follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. The game ranked at No. 2 in the national top 50 for best-selling PC games sold in Japan. \"Nursery Rhyme\" has made transitions into other media, such as a light novel and audio dramas. \"Nursery Rhyme\" is a romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Shizuma Hasekura. Much of its gameplay is spent reading the text that appears on", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "286983", "text": "rhymes became associated with the idea of political correctness. Most attempts to reform nursery rhymes on this basis appear to be either very small scale, light-hearted updating, like Felix Dennis's \"When Jack Sued Jill – Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times\" (2006), or satires written as if from the point of view of political correctness in order to condemn reform. The controversy in Britain in 1986 over changing the language of \"Baa Baa Black Sheep\" because, it was alleged in the popular press, it was seen as racially dubious, was apparently based only on a rewriting of the rhyme in one", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "17997770", "text": "misheard lyric , which spawned a series of remix parodies on Nico Nico Douga. \"true my heart\"'s melody has also appeared in the Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga videos, as has \"kiss my lips\". Some of the \"Nursery Rhyme\" characters feature in \"Megami Engage!\". Nursery Rhyme (visual novel) The gameplay in \"Nursery Rhyme\" follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. The game ranked at No. 2 in the national top 50 for best-selling PC games sold in Japan. \"Nursery Rhyme\"", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "17997766", "text": "and , a shy and clumsy elf who is aiming to become a teacher. \"Nursery Rhyme\" is the first title developed by Lump of Sugar. The visual novel's scenario was written by Seimei Shibusawa, Daisangen, Eiji Takashima and Fuminori Aki. The character designs and illustrations for the visual novel were drawn by Fumitake Moekibara. The game's music was composed and arranged by a.k.a.dRESS (ave;new). The opening movie was animated by Radiant Impression Prelude. Self-described as a , \"Nursery Rhyme\" was released on November 25, 2005 as a DVD-ROM for Windows PCs. A version playable on FOMA mobile phones was released", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "2529445", "text": "theories. Complicated metaphors are often said to exist within the lyrics, as is common with nursery rhyme exegesis. Most explanations post-date the first publication of the rhyme and have no corroborating evidence. These include the suggestion by S. Baring-Gould in the 19th century that the rhyme is related to a narrative in the 13th-century \"Prose Edda\" section \"Gylfaginning\" composed by Icelander Snorri Sturluson. In \"Gylfaginning\", Hjúki and Bil, brother and sister respectively in Norse mythology, were taken up from the earth by the moon (personified as the god Máni) as they were fetching water from the well called Byrgir, bearing", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "17340604", "text": "Americans and scientific research. It is now the third leading grain crop in the world. According to \"Tribes That Slumber\" by Thomas Lewis and Madeline Kneberg, corn was \"the staff of life to the Cherokee\", who grew three types of corn. \"Flour corn\" had \"very large, white kernels\". \"Six weeks corn\" was a type similar to popcorn, roasted at milk stage. \"Hominy corn\" came in different colors of \"smooth, hard kernels\" which might be white, blue, red or yellow, or a mix of any of these. By the time scientific assessment of conduciveness to grow corn in the United States", "title": "Corn production in the United States" }, { "docid": "8258422", "text": "more vivid because it's wrapped in the mystery of Larry.” – Booklist – Starred Review The Gospel According to Larry The Gospel According to Larry is a \"coming of age\" political, romantic teen novel by Janet Tashjian that explores anti-consumerism. The introduction of the book is written from a point of view that makes it seem as though Josh Swensen is real and Janet Tashjian is simply the one who edited and published it. This quality gives the book a non-fiction feel. \"The Gospel According to Larry\" revolves around seventeen-year-old Josh Swenson, an articulate teen whose dream is to change", "title": "The Gospel According to Larry" }, { "docid": "286979", "text": "antiquities (historical), fireside stories, game-rhymes, alphabet-rhymes, riddles, nature-rhymes, places and families, proverbs, superstitions, customs, and nursery songs (lullabies). By the time of Sabine Baring-Gould's \"A Book of Nursery Songs\" (1895), folklore was an academic study, full of comments and footnotes. A professional anthropologist, Andrew Lang (1844–1912) produced \"The Nursery Rhyme Book\" in 1897. The early years of the 20th century are notable for the illustrations to children's books including Caldecott's \"Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book\" (1909) and Arthur Rackham's \"Mother Goose\" (1913). The definitive study of English rhymes remains the work of Iona and Peter Opie. Many nursery rhymes have", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "20538332", "text": "right hands on the boundary marker. The last one to placed his hands is the mayor of Isaba, who then utters the following words: All those witnessing the ceremony repeat the same words. The representatives of Roncal are then presented with the three cows, which are then examined by the veterinary of Isaba, who must certify they are healthy. Afterwards, the cows are divided amongst the towns and villages of the valley of Roncal: two cows are given to the town of Isaba, whilst the other one is given in alternating fashion to the villages of Uztarroz, Urzainqui, and Garde.", "title": "The Tribute of the Three Cows" }, { "docid": "286982", "text": "the early and mid-20th centuries this was a form of bowdlerisation, concerned with some of the more violent elements of nursery rhymes and led to the formation of organisations like the British 'Society for Nursery Rhyme Reform'. Psychoanalysts such as Bruno Bettelheim strongly criticized this revisionism, on the grounds that it weakened their usefulness to both children and adults as ways of symbolically resolving issues and it has been argued that revised versions may not perform the functions of catharsis for children, or allow them to imaginatively deal with violence and danger. In the late 20th century revisionism of nursery", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "4919989", "text": "The Farmer in the Dell \"The Farmer in the Dell\" is a singing game, nursery rhyme and children's song. It probably originated in Germany, and was brought to North America by immigrants. From there it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6306. Lyrics vary even within the same country. The following is a common version in the United States: One UK variant has the nurse and the dog; it ends by clapping [patting] the dog. The rhyme is first recorded in Germany in 1826,", "title": "The Farmer in the Dell" }, { "docid": "7306781", "text": "In the Nursery In the Nursery are an English neoclassical dark wave/martial industrial band, known for their cinematic sound. The duo has provided soundtracks to a variety of TV programmes and films, and is known for its rescoring of silent films. Twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone and guitar player Anthony Bennett formed this Sheffield-based band in 1981. Influenced by Joy Division, the trio originally tagged along with the UK's industrial music scene, releasing the six-track \"When Cherished Dreams Come True\" in June 1983. The \"Witness (To a Scream)\" single and \"Sonority\" EP followed before the band moved to the", "title": "In the Nursery" }, { "docid": "7306786", "text": "to an announcement of tragic news such as the death of the Queen.<ref name=\"Soundtracking 9/11\"></ref> In the Nursery In the Nursery are an English neoclassical dark wave/martial industrial band, known for their cinematic sound. The duo has provided soundtracks to a variety of TV programmes and films, and is known for its rescoring of silent films. Twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone and guitar player Anthony Bennett formed this Sheffield-based band in 1981. Influenced by Joy Division, the trio originally tagged along with the UK's industrial music scene, releasing the six-track \"When Cherished Dreams Come True\" in June 1983. The", "title": "In the Nursery" }, { "docid": "16791901", "text": "weapon as an engagement band, but he rejects her again. She leaves after returning his nursery rhyme book, which she had pieced back together, although at random as she is illiterate. Monkey King tricks Sanzang into removing the seal on his prison and bursts out of the cave. Sanzang begins to pray to Buddha, and an enraged Monkey King rips the hair from his head. The three demon hunters appear to catch Monkey King but he effortlessly kills them. Duan returns and defends Sanzang, but the Monkey King mortally injures her. Sanzang admits he loves her, and Monkey King proceeds", "title": "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" }, { "docid": "17997767", "text": "by Moepli on September 8, 2006. A desk accessory package called was released on August 17, 2007. A 111-page book titled \"Nursery Rhyme Visual Guide Book\" was published by Jive on April 24, 2006. The book included content such as computer graphics, story and character explanations, and rough sketches. A 234-page light novel titled , written by Sasa Miyachiruda and published by Softgarage, was released on September 25, 2006 under the Sofgare Novels imprint. The cover art was drawn by Fumitake Moekibara, and the internal illustrations were drawn by Maru-chan. \"Nursery Rhyme\" features music by Saori Sakura, who performs the", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "8007401", "text": "The Gospel According to Adam The Gospel According To Adam is a 2006 novel by Muhammad Aladdin, and has been published by Merit Publishing House in Egypt. It is his first novel followed by \"The Twenty-Second Day\" in 2007. Aladdin that he wrote the novel in two days, separated by 6 months, and that he did not change a word of it. it made Aladdin name in the Arabic literary scene, described it as a \"tour de force\". Because of it, and his entire body of work to date, Aladdin is often described as \"an innovator in the Arabic literature\".", "title": "The Gospel According to Adam" }, { "docid": "286975", "text": "poem, similar to \"Thirty days hath September\", numbering the days of the month, was recorded in the 13th century. From the later Middle Ages there are records of short children's rhyming songs, often as marginalia. From the mid-16th century they begin to be recorded in English plays. \"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man\" is one of the oldest surviving English nursery rhymes. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas d'Urfey's play \"The Campaigners\" from 1698. Most nursery rhymes were not written down until the 18th century, when the publishing of children's books began to move from polemic and education", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "6878369", "text": "This Is the House That Jack Built \"This Is the House That Jack Built\" is a popular British nursery rhyme and cumulative tale. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20584. It is Aarne–Thompson type 2035. This is perhaps the most common set of modern lyrics: Some versions use \"cheese\" instead of \"malt\", \"priest\" instead of \"judge\", \"cock\" instead of \"rooster\", the older past tense form \"crew\" instead of \"crowed\", or \"chased\" in place of \"killed\". Also in some versions the horse, the hound, and the horn are left out and the rhyme ends with the farmer. It", "title": "This Is the House That Jack Built" }, { "docid": "2529444", "text": "and brown paper were a home cure used as a method to draw out bruises on the body. Jack is the most common name used in English-language nursery rhymes and represented an archetypal Everyman hero by the 18th century, while Jill or Gill had come to mean a young girl or a sweetheart by the end of the Middle Ages. However, the woodcut that accompanied the first recorded version of the rhyme showed two boys (not a boy and a girl) and used the spelling Gill not Jill. The true origin of the rhyme is unknown, but there are several", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "5261687", "text": "The Gospel According to the Meninblack The Gospel According to the Meninblack (or sometimes referred to as just The Meninblack) is the fifth album by English rock band The Stranglers, an esoteric concept album released in 1981. The album deals with conspiratorial ideas surrounding alien visitations to Earth, the sinister governmental Men in Black, and the involvement of these elements in well-known biblical narratives. This was not the first time The Stranglers had used this concept; \"Meninblack\" on the earlier \"The Raven\" album and subsequent 1980 single-release \"Who Wants the World?\" had also explored it. The album is an elaboration", "title": "The Gospel According to the Meninblack" }, { "docid": "12285749", "text": "The Gospel According to the Son The Gospel According to the Son is a 1997 novel by Norman Mailer. It purports to be the story of Jesus Christ, told autobiographically. The novel employs first person story-telling from the perspective of Jesus. It stays nearly entirely true to the text of the four canonical gospels. Jesus tells his own story, from his birth to a teen-aged virgin named Mary to his execution by crucifixion at the hands of the Romans. Just as in the gospels, he is resurrected from the dead, and ascends to heaven. Critical response to Mailer's novel was", "title": "The Gospel According to the Son" }, { "docid": "6325385", "text": "Soft Pack (aka The Muslims). Willy Graves died Monday, September 15, 2008, as per information supplied by his mother. Plot's style is a fusion of the genres: post-hardcore, jazz, post-punk, noise rock, indie rock, spoken word and hardcore punk. The band took influences from John Zorn, Swing Kids (band), Miles Davis, Drive Like Jehu, Bad Brains and Fugazi. The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower was a four-piece punk/noise band from San Diego, California, that formed in 2001. After disbanding in 2006, drummer Brian Hill now plays with The Soft Pack,", "title": "The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower" }, { "docid": "286980", "text": "been argued to have hidden meanings and origins. John Bellenden Ker (1765?–1842), for example, wrote four volumes arguing that English nursery rhymes were actually written in 'Low Saxon', a hypothetical early form of Dutch. He then 'translated' them back into English, revealing in particular a strong tendency to anti-clericalism. Many of the ideas about the links between rhymes and historical persons, or events, can be traced back to Katherine Elwes's book \"The Real Personages of Mother Goose\" (1930), in which she linked famous nursery-rhyme characters with real people, on little or no evidence. She assumed that children's songs were a", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "17983734", "text": "The Gospel According to the Other Mary The Gospel According to the Other Mary is an opera/oratorio by contemporary American composer John Adams. The world premiere took place on May 31, 2012, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic who also premiered the staged version on March 7, 2013, at the same venue. The work focuses on the final few weeks of the life of Jesus, including his passion, from the point of view of \"the other Mary\", Mary Magdalene, her sister Martha, and her brother, Lazarus. The libretto by", "title": "The Gospel According to the Other Mary" }, { "docid": "5833113", "text": "the mothers-in-law provides the premise for the series. One of the differences between the two couples is that Kaye allowed Suzie to call her Mother Buell, but Eve would not allow Jerry to call her Mother Hubbard without objecting because of the name's association with the English nursery rhyme. During the second season, the young couple have a set of fraternal twins, a boy and a girl named Joey and Hildy (from the middle names of Kaye and Eve). Most of the episodes were written by Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr., who had worked with series producer Desi", "title": "The Mothers-in-Law" }, { "docid": "8258412", "text": "The Gospel According to Larry The Gospel According to Larry is a \"coming of age\" political, romantic teen novel by Janet Tashjian that explores anti-consumerism. The introduction of the book is written from a point of view that makes it seem as though Josh Swensen is real and Janet Tashjian is simply the one who edited and published it. This quality gives the book a non-fiction feel. \"The Gospel According to Larry\" revolves around seventeen-year-old Josh Swenson, an articulate teen whose dream is to change the world. He creates his own website which he calls \"The Gospel According to Larry\"", "title": "The Gospel According to Larry" }, { "docid": "6325379", "text": "The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower was a four-piece punk/noise band from San Diego, California, that formed in 2001. After disbanding in 2006, drummer Brian Hill now plays with The Soft Pack, while singer Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell formed the duo Crocodiles. On their earlier work, their music incorporated elements of punk rock in a jazz-oriented improvisational and constructional sequence, whilst later works incorporated a more noise and lo-fi approach. Their name is taken from the book \"\" by Greil Marcus, itself a reference to a line in Guy", "title": "The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower" }, { "docid": "7397494", "text": "Nuts in May (rhyme) \"Nuts in May\" is a nursery rhyme often sung as a game with the aim of pairing a boy and girl from within the singers. It has a Roud index number of 6308. Replace \"[name]\" by a boy's and a girl's name from within the group singing and select between him/her according to the gender of the first selected person. Some versions replace the phrase \"On a cold and frosty morning,\" with \"so early in the morning\" The rhyme is first recorded by Alice Gomme in \"The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland\" (1894-8). It", "title": "Nuts in May (rhyme)" }, { "docid": "7397492", "text": "Nuts in May (rhyme) \"Nuts in May\" is a nursery rhyme often sung as a game with the aim of pairing a boy and girl from within the singers. It has a Roud index number of 6308. Replace \"[name]\" by a boy's and a girl's name from within the group singing and select between him/her according to the gender of the first selected person. Some versions replace the phrase \"On a cold and frosty morning,\" with \"so early in the morning\" The rhyme is first recorded by Alice Gomme in \"The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland\" (1894-8). It", "title": "Nuts in May (rhyme)" }, { "docid": "11976894", "text": "The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mini Grey, published by Jonathan Cape in 2006. It won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the U.K. It was also bronze runner up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in ages category 6–8 years.> The title alludes to \"Hey Diddle Diddle\", an English nursery rhyme whose last line is \"And the Dish ran away with the Spoon\". According to the British librarians, the", "title": "The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon" }, { "docid": "4393887", "text": "She obtained a scholarship for him in Switzerland, to study French, and when he was 17 she helped him win a scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford. During his studies there Williams had a nervous breakdown, but Cooke encouraged him to write as a way to recover. His first play, \"Full Moon\", was produced while he was still at Oxford. His first success, \"A Murder Has Been Announced\", was staged in 1930, followed by the hit thriller, \"Night Must Fall\" (1935). \"The Corn Is Green\" is considered Williams' most enduring literary credit. \"The Corn Is Green\" premiered September 20, 1938, at", "title": "The Corn Is Green" }, { "docid": "17983735", "text": "Peter Sellars draws its texts from the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible and from Rosario Castellanos, Rubén Darío, Dorothy Day, Louise Erdrich, Hildegard von Bingen, June Jordan, and Primo Levi. \"The Gospel According to the Other Mary\" was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music. The Gospel According to the Other Mary The Gospel According to the Other Mary is an opera/oratorio by contemporary American composer John Adams. The world premiere took place on May 31, 2012, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic who", "title": "The Gospel According to the Other Mary" }, { "docid": "12685998", "text": "The 81st Blow The 81st Blow ( and also known as The Eighty-First Blow) is a 1974 Israeli documentary film directed by Haim Gouri. The film covers the oppression of Jews under the Nazis and features rare historical footage of concentration camps. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The title is derived from a comment by a witness at Adolf Eichmann's trial. According to his testimony, he was whipped 80 times by the Nazis, but was not believed by Israelis after the war; this final doubt of his own people was the \"81st blow\". \"The", "title": "The 81st Blow" }, { "docid": "11586927", "text": "to continue his higher education and contribute something to the world. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $2,202,000 domestically and $1,447,000 foreign. The Corn Is Green (1945 film) The Corn Is Green is a 1945 drama film starring Bette Davis as a schoolteacher determined to bring education to a Welsh coal mining town, despite great opposition. It was adapted from the play of the same name by Emlyn Williams starring Ethel Barrymore. John Dall and Joan Lorring were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. In 1979 the play was adapted", "title": "The Corn Is Green (1945 film)" }, { "docid": "12685999", "text": "81st Blow\" is the first film in the Israeli Holocaust Trilogy by Bergman, Ehrlich and Gouri. It was followed by \"The Last Sea\" (1984) and \"Flames in the Ashes\" (1985). The 81st Blow The 81st Blow ( and also known as The Eighty-First Blow) is a 1974 Israeli documentary film directed by Haim Gouri. The film covers the oppression of Jews under the Nazis and features rare historical footage of concentration camps. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The title is derived from a comment by a witness at Adolf Eichmann's trial. According to his", "title": "The 81st Blow" }, { "docid": "12285752", "text": "Times\", \"The book will get a fair share of bad reviews, but that I take for granted. I call a fair share between 65 percent and 75 percent bad reviews.\" On May 11, 1997, \"The Gospel According to the Son\" entered the \"New York Times Best Seller List\" at #13. It peaked at #7 on May 25 of that year, and spent six weeks in the top 16. The Gospel According to the Son The Gospel According to the Son is a 1997 novel by Norman Mailer. It purports to be the story of Jesus Christ, told autobiographically. The novel", "title": "The Gospel According to the Son" }, { "docid": "5549967", "text": "entirely of \"Hits of the 1960s\". The band's version of \"Different Drum\" can be heard during the credits of the film \"\". The band's version of 'Sloop John B' is featured in the film The Wolf of Wall Street. Blow in the Wind Blow in the Wind is the third album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 2001 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. \"Blow in the Wind\" features several tracks which are led off with musical mash-ups of, or homages to, classic Punk songs, a trend the group began on their second album, \"Are", "title": "Blow in the Wind" }, { "docid": "1686488", "text": "hearing this, the rest of the prisoners surround Joseph and encourage him to go after his dreams (\"Go, Go, Go Joseph\"). The Narrator tells of impending changes in Joseph's fortunes (\"A Pharaoh Story\") because the Pharaoh is having dreams that no one can interpret. Now freed, the Butler tells Pharaoh (acted in the style of Elvis Presley) of Joseph and his dream-interpretation skills (\"Poor, Poor Pharaoh\"). Pharaoh orders Joseph to be brought in and the king tells him his dream involving seven fat cows, seven skinny cows, seven healthy ears of corn, and seven dead ears of corn (\"Song of", "title": "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" }, { "docid": "5771380", "text": "The World According to Bush The World According to Bush () is a 2004 French documentary, co-written and directed by William Karel based on the book by Eric Laurent, about the presidency of George W. Bush and the history of the Bush family, including his grandfather Prescott Bush, who was on the board of German-owned companies during the Nazi period. The film examines and interviews Bush supporters, including the Christian right, neo-conservatives, and businesspeople, as well as Bush critics and shows televised statements made by Bush and his supporters, including Jerry Falwell. It was nominated for the Best Documentary Award", "title": "The World According to Bush" }, { "docid": "4919995", "text": "or only one person is left to become the last character. They usually become the farmer for the next round. The Farmer in the Dell \"The Farmer in the Dell\" is a singing game, nursery rhyme and children's song. It probably originated in Germany, and was brought to North America by immigrants. From there it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6306. Lyrics vary even within the same country. The following is a common version in the United States: One UK variant has the", "title": "The Farmer in the Dell" }, { "docid": "12454011", "text": "versions that had previously existed. In Neil Gaiman's epic comic book series The Sandman one of the characters recites a variant of this rhyme in which every number is for sorrow (i.e. One for sorrow/ Two for sorrow...) The song by the British pop group Steps is entitled \"One for Sorrow\", taking its title probably from the old English nursery rhyme. In the Counting Crows song \"A Murder of One\", the lyrics contain a modified version of the rhyme. The rhyme is also the origin of the group's name. Also mentioned in book four of \"The Mortal Instruments\", \"City of", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "5549965", "text": "Blow in the Wind Blow in the Wind is the third album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 2001 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. \"Blow in the Wind\" features several tracks which are led off with musical mash-ups of, or homages to, classic Punk songs, a trend the group began on their second album, \"Are a Drag\" (with an appropriation of \"Generator\" by Bad Religion for their cover of \"My Favorite Things\") and would continue with \"Take a Break\" and \"Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah\": \"Sloop John B\" samples \"Teenage Lobotomy\" by The Ramones, \"Elenor\"", "title": "Blow in the Wind" }, { "docid": "5771381", "text": "at the European Film Awards and was to have been an Official Selection for the 2004 Cannes Film Festival but was rejected following the selection of Michael Moore's \"Fahrenheit 9/11\". The film features interviews with (in order of appearance): The World According to Bush The World According to Bush () is a 2004 French documentary, co-written and directed by William Karel based on the book by Eric Laurent, about the presidency of George W. Bush and the history of the Bush family, including his grandfather Prescott Bush, who was on the board of German-owned companies during the Nazi period. The", "title": "The World According to Bush" }, { "docid": "17076192", "text": "Blow the Roof Blow the Roof is the second EP by English dubstep artist Flux Pavilion. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 60 and the UK Dance Albums Chart at number four. \"Blow the Roof\" represents a slight evolution of Flux Pavilion's typical production style while keeping it the same; according to Connor Hartley of the music blog Reigning Beats, \"In the EP, Flux plays with his musical styles, performing some trap, some electro-hop, and some faster dubstep rhythms, but refuses to compromise the depth of his sound.\" The first song that could be heard from the EP", "title": "Blow the Roof" }, { "docid": "15163885", "text": "Operation Blow to the Head Operation Blow to the Head was a Yemeni military operation against the militants in the insurgent Yemeni town of Sa'dah in the Saada Governorate. The Yemeni government troops began trying to capture the town on 13 January 2010. On that day, the Islamic militant Abdullah Mehdar was killed by Yemeni security forces. In June 2004, insurgency returned in Yemen. The Yemeni government allegedly received help from the United States in controlling the insurgent force. From June to August 2004, Houthis battled with the Yemeni government under Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi. Hussein was killed in the insurgency", "title": "Operation Blow to the Head" }, { "docid": "20577547", "text": "The Kids in the Shoe The Kids in the Shoe is a 1935 short animated film produced by Max Fleischer. It is a humorous retelling of the classic nursery rhyme. This short film was released on May 19, 1935. In the shoe, the woman and her children are shown on their daily lives. Curiously enough, all of the children look identical with the exception of the youngest child, whom the woman tends to personally. It is shown that the children are rebellious by nature, purposefully giving their meals to the cat and avoiding their combing and teeth brushing. \"For wasting", "title": "The Kids in the Shoe" }, { "docid": "15163887", "text": "of the conflict. 15 Houthis were killed in the next two days in the operation. On 19 January 2010, several rebels were killed by government forces in raids on Houthi hideouts in the old corner of the north. About 25 rebels were reported captured by the Yemeni government. The operation ended after a truce was declared by both sides on 12 February 2010. Operation Blow to the Head Operation Blow to the Head was a Yemeni military operation against the militants in the insurgent Yemeni town of Sa'dah in the Saada Governorate. The Yemeni government troops began trying to capture", "title": "Operation Blow to the Head" }, { "docid": "2850540", "text": "in surviving Old English and Old Norse texts, especially from \"Beowulf\". The Extended Edition of has Bofur singing this song at Elrond's feast. According to screenwriter Philippa Boyens, the song could either have been made up by Bilbo and taught to Bofur, or the other way around. The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late is the imagined original ditty that is recorded in 'our time' as the simplified nursery rhyme \"Hey Diddle Diddle\". The supposed original was invented (by back formation) by J. R. R. Tolkien. The title of", "title": "The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late" }, { "docid": "8753145", "text": "a classic of the genre. Literary critic Peter Nicholls has described it as \"a fine story, well-told in a clear, evocative, almost formal prose.\" Thomas M. Disch ranked \"The Sound of His Horn\" at number twelve in his list of the all-time greatest fantasy stories. The book was also included by David Pringle in his book \"\" and by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman in their \"Horror: 100 Best Books\". The Sound of His Horn The Sound of His Horn is a 1952 dystopian time travel/alternative history novel by the senior British diplomat John William Wall, written under the pseudonym", "title": "The Sound of His Horn" }, { "docid": "11054635", "text": "is located inside the walled city. A few meters away, there is also a mosque that bears his name. Notable Siddiqis include: Imran Ibn Iqbal Al siddiqui. Mba India Hyderabad hussaini alam Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa Siddiqi () is a Muslim family name, found in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Sheikh is an additional title used occasionally by Siddiqis to signify noble Arab heritage. According to tradition, people having surname \"Siddiqi\" are offspring of Abu Bakr Siddique (), the first Khalifa (Caliph) and an early companion and friend of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.", "title": "Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa" }, { "docid": "7803275", "text": "Horn in the West Horn in the West, by Kermit Hunter, is an outdoor drama produced every summer since 1952 in the Daniel Boone Amphitheatre in Boone, North Carolina. The show, the oldest revolutionary war drama in the United States, was about the life and times of the first White people to settle the mountains of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. It covers a time period during the American Revolution between the Battle of Alamance in 1771 and the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780. The story follows the family of Dr. Geoffrey Stuart, a British loyalist, who is", "title": "Horn in the West" }, { "docid": "7129777", "text": "\"Alabama\" is shown in full. The documentary omits commentary by scholars in favor of a narrated chonology of his life, interviews with his contemporaries, and live film clips. The World According to John Coltrane The World According to John Coltrane is a documentary about jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. \"The World According to John Coltrane\" moves chronologically. It shows interviews with musicians who worked with Coltrane, such as Rashied Ali, Jimmy Heath, Roscoe Mitchell, and Wayne Shorter, and film clips of live performances. One brief clip shows Coltrane playing \"So What\" with Miles Davis in 1959. Shown, too, is a performance", "title": "The World According to John Coltrane" }, { "docid": "8258416", "text": "called Larryfest where all of the bands would play for free and all companies would sell food and drink at cost. After the festival Josh is at home when an older woman knocks on his door. It is Tracy Hawthorne, also known as betagold. She is surrounded by reporters wanting to get a photograph of \"Larry.\" He is then thrown into the public eye and at first he is glad because then he can spread his anti-consumerism message to all those who do not have access to the internet. He quickly realizes that reporters do not want to know about", "title": "The Gospel According to Larry" }, { "docid": "8574202", "text": "The Horn Book Magazine The Horn Book Magazine, founded in Boston in 1924, is the oldest bimonthly magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature, it began as a \"suggestive purchase list\" prepared by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field, proprietresses of the country's first bookstore for children, The Bookshop for Boys and Girls. Opened in 1916 in Boston as a project of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, the Bookshop closed in 1936, but \"Horn Book\" continues in its mission to \"blow the horn for fine books for boys and girls\" as Mahony wrote in her first editorial. In each", "title": "The Horn Book Magazine" }, { "docid": "4730984", "text": "hilarious moments rooted in character.\" Come Blow Your Horn Come Blow Your Horn is Neil Simon's first play, which premiered on Broadway in 1961 and had a London production in 1962 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Simon rewrote the script more than two dozen times over several years, resulting in a hit premiere that allowed Simon to leave his full-time television writing career for writing stage and film scripts. \"Come Blow Your Horn\" opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on February 22, 1961 and closed on October 6, 1962 after 677 performances and one preview. The cast", "title": "Come Blow Your Horn" }, { "docid": "4730980", "text": "Come Blow Your Horn Come Blow Your Horn is Neil Simon's first play, which premiered on Broadway in 1961 and had a London production in 1962 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Simon rewrote the script more than two dozen times over several years, resulting in a hit premiere that allowed Simon to leave his full-time television writing career for writing stage and film scripts. \"Come Blow Your Horn\" opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on February 22, 1961 and closed on October 6, 1962 after 677 performances and one preview. The cast featured Hal March (Alan Baker),", "title": "Come Blow Your Horn" }, { "docid": "7703773", "text": "Marx's terminology), the Soviet Union adapted the formula as: \"From each according to his ability, to each according to his work (labour investment)\". While liberation theology has sought to interpret the Christian call for justice in a way that is in harmony with this Marxist dictum, many have noted that Jesus' teaching in the \"Parable of the Talents\" (Matthew 25:14–30) affirms only \"TO each according to his ability\" (Matt. 25:15), and not \"FROM each according to his ability\". From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs \"From each according to his ability, to each according to", "title": "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" }, { "docid": "7306785", "text": "record more dance-oriented material under the \"Les Jumeaux\" moniker, and as such were involved in pre-production work on Sabres of Paradise's classic techno anthem \"Smokebelch\". The 2011 release \"Blind Sound\" was a more consistently dark album from the Humberstone brothers and featured more real percussion than previous releases. In 2011, \"White Robe\" from \"An Ambush of Ghosts\" was used on a trailer for \"Game of Thrones\". In 2011, head of Radio 1 Christopher Price highlighted the In the Nursery remix of \"Haunted Dancehall\" as the style of music that would be played on pop radio to prepare audiences before cutting", "title": "In the Nursery" }, { "docid": "9394516", "text": "adds another motive: Razin's gesture is addressed to his disgruntled jealous comrades who accuse him of \"mellowing down\" after just one night spent with a woman. The lyrics of the song were dramatized in the first Russian narrative film, \"Stenka Razin\" directed by Vladimir Romashkov in 1908. The song also gave the title to the famous 1938 Soviet musical comedy \"Volga-Volga\". It was performed by the Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra (balalaikas and domras) during their 1967 tour of Australia. The tune is also used in a Dutch hymn \"Vol Verwachting Blijf Ik Uitzien\", and a Dutch nursery rhyme \"Aan", "title": "The Carnival Is Over" }, { "docid": "3924549", "text": "The Bishop Murder Case The Bishop Murder Case (1928) is the fourth in a series of mystery novels by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. The detective solves a mystery built around a nursery rhyme. \"The Bishop Murder Case\" is believed to be the first nursery-rhyme mystery book. The story involves a series of murders taking place in a wealthy neighborhood of New York City. The first murder, of a Mr. Joseph Cochrane Robin, who is found pierced by an arrow, is accompanied by a note signed \"The Bishop\", with an extract from the nursery rhyme, \"Who", "title": "The Bishop Murder Case" }, { "docid": "7703772", "text": "life but life's prime want\". Marx explained his belief that, in such a society, each person would be motivated to work for the good of society despite the absence of a social mechanism \"compelling\" them to work, because work would have become a pleasurable and creative activity. Marx intended the initial part of his slogan, \"from each according to his ability\" to suggest not merely that each person should work as hard as they can, but that each person should best develop their particular talents. Claiming themselves to be at a \"lower stage of communism\" (i.e. \"socialism\", in line with", "title": "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" }, { "docid": "17997762", "text": "the screen, which represents the story's narrative and dialogue. The text is accompanied by character sprites, which represent who Shizuma is talking to, over background art. Throughout the game, the player encounters CG artwork at certain points in the story, which take the place of the background art and character sprites. \"Nursery Rhyme\" follows a branching plot line with multiple endings, and depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction. There are five main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "6380115", "text": "many other oddball theories that circulated among theosophists and occultists of the time. An entire section is dedicated to explain that the Earth does not have a \"soul\". Describes cataclysms that affected life overall, failing to mention any that were not already known at the time. Describes how life on Earth could have formed. This chapter is particularly sore for Spiritists because it actually accepts spontaneous generation as fact: a phenomenon that took place every day (which was according to mainstream scientific thinking of that time, only to be displaced decades later by the work of Louis Pasteur). Explains how", "title": "The Genesis According to Spiritism" }, { "docid": "8007406", "text": "wrote about it in the famous Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar that The Gospel According to Adam is \"An experimental and substantial jump in narration style in the modern Egyptian novels\". The Gospel According to Adam The Gospel According To Adam is a 2006 novel by Muhammad Aladdin, and has been published by Merit Publishing House in Egypt. It is his first novel followed by \"The Twenty-Second Day\" in 2007. Aladdin that he wrote the novel in two days, separated by 6 months, and that he did not change a word of it. it made Aladdin name in the Arabic literary scene,", "title": "The Gospel According to Adam" }, { "docid": "14850242", "text": "The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil is a Mexican fairy tale collected by Vicente T. Medoza and Virginia Rodriguez Rivera de Mendoza in \"Piedra Gorda\". It is Aarne–Thompson type 1096, The tailor and the ogre in a sewing contest. The Devil offers a tailor a bargain; the tailor says he can have his soul if he beats him in a sewing contest. The Devil uses a long thread, which tangles; the tailors uses a short one and wins. The story concludes with the observation that this is why", "title": "The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil" }, { "docid": "2716016", "text": "The World According to Gessle The World According to Gessle is a solo album by Per Gessle, released on 2 May 1997. It was his first solo album in English. The title is a paraphrase of \"The World According to Garp\" - the novel by John Irving. \"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?\", \"Kix\" and \"I Want You to Know\" were released as singles. The videos for the singles were all directed by Jonas Åkerlund. At the end of the \"Lay Down Your Arms\" track, there is a hidden track. The track, an alternate version of \"Kix\" is called Cha-cha-cha,", "title": "The World According to Gessle" }, { "docid": "12836699", "text": "Come Blow Your Horn (film) Come Blow Your Horn is a 1963 American comedy film starring Frank Sinatra, directed by Bud Yorkin with a screenplay by Norman Lear, and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon. Buddy Baker is bored living with his parents. He goes to the big-city apartment of older brother Alan, who works for their father's artificial-fruit company but never lets business interfere with a good time. A confirmed bachelor, Alan is all too willing to teach his younger brother a few tricks, improve his wardrobe, even introduce him to Peggy, a girl", "title": "Come Blow Your Horn (film)" }, { "docid": "14850243", "text": "mothers warn their daughters against long threads by calling them \"the Devil's thread.\" The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil is a Mexican fairy tale collected by Vicente T. Medoza and Virginia Rodriguez Rivera de Mendoza in \"Piedra Gorda\". It is Aarne–Thompson type 1096, The tailor and the ogre in a sewing contest. The Devil offers a tailor a bargain; the tailor says he can have his soul if he beats him in a sewing contest. The Devil uses a long thread, which tangles; the tailors uses a short", "title": "The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil" }, { "docid": "19924411", "text": "like a traditional folktale, is enhanced by Pinkney's watercolor and pencil scenes of ruddy-cheeked Eastern European peasants, thatched roof cottages, and lush green countryside.\" \"Publishers Weekly\" called it a \"thoroughly captivating story firmly rooted in the folktale tradition.\" \"The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket\" has also been reviewed by \"The Horn Book Magazine\". The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket is a 1991 Children's book by Sonia Levitin and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. It is about a young man, Jack, who due to bitter experience keeps his", "title": "The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket" }, { "docid": "7703767", "text": "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs \"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs\" is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875 \"Critique of the Gotha Program\". The principle refers to free access and distribution of goods, capital and services. In the Marxist view, such an arrangement will be made possible by the abundance of goods and services that a developed communist system will produce; the idea is that, with the full development of socialism and unfettered productive forces, there will be enough to satisfy everyone's needs. The", "title": "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" }, { "docid": "4393885", "text": "The Corn Is Green The Corn Is Green is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams. The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in 1938 with Williams portraying Morgan Evans. The original Broadway production starred Ethel Barrymore and premiered at the National Theatre on November 26, 1940, running for 477 performances. L. C. Moffat is a strong-willed English school teacher working in a poverty-stricken coal mining village in late 19th century Wales. She struggles to win the local Welsh miners over to her English ways, and an illiterate teenager by the name of Morgan", "title": "The Corn Is Green" }, { "docid": "15364019", "text": "the third time as \"Tonight Is Ours\" in 1933. The Queen Was in the Parlour The Queen Was in the Parlour: a romance in three acts is a play by the English writer Noël Coward. Belonging to the Ruritanian romance genre, its title is drawn from a line in the nursery rhyme \"Sing a Song of Sixpence\". Although written in 1922, it was not produced until 24 August 1926, when it was premiered at the St Martin's Theatre. It has been adapted for film three times - the first two times under its original title (in 1927 as a silent", "title": "The Queen Was in the Parlour" }, { "docid": "552992", "text": "The World According to Garp The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel, about a man, born out of wedlock to a feminist leader, who grows up to be a writer. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979, and its first paperback edition won the Award the following year. A movie adaptation of the novel starring Robin Williams was released in 1982, with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich. BBC Radio 4's \"Classic Serial\" broadcast a three-part adaptation of the novel", "title": "The World According to Garp" }, { "docid": "553000", "text": "for me.\" The World According to Garp The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel, about a man, born out of wedlock to a feminist leader, who grows up to be a writer. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979, and its first paperback edition won the Award the following year. A movie adaptation of the novel starring Robin Williams was released in 1982, with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich. BBC Radio 4's \"Classic Serial\" broadcast a three-part adaptation of", "title": "The World According to Garp" }, { "docid": "15364018", "text": "The Queen Was in the Parlour The Queen Was in the Parlour: a romance in three acts is a play by the English writer Noël Coward. Belonging to the Ruritanian romance genre, its title is drawn from a line in the nursery rhyme \"Sing a Song of Sixpence\". Although written in 1922, it was not produced until 24 August 1926, when it was premiered at the St Martin's Theatre. It has been adapted for film three times - the first two times under its original title (in 1927 as a silent movie and in 1928 as a talking picture) and", "title": "The Queen Was in the Parlour" }, { "docid": "20538326", "text": "The Tribute of the Three Cows The Tribute of the Three Cows is a yearly ceremony that gathers together the people of the neighbouring Pyrenean valleys of Barétous (in Béarn, France) and of Roncal (in Navarre, Spain). The ceremony takes place every 13 July on the summit of the Col de la Pierre St Martin, by a stone called \"St Martin's stone\" (the \"pierre de St Martin\" proper) which traditionally demarcates the border between Roncal and Barétous. In it, the people of Barétous hand over three cows to the people of Roncal, as a peace tribute that has been paid", "title": "The Tribute of the Three Cows" }, { "docid": "4393892", "text": "never making it to Broadway. A 1979 made-for-television movie, directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn, was filmed on location in Wales. The Corn Is Green The Corn Is Green is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams. The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in 1938 with Williams portraying Morgan Evans. The original Broadway production starred Ethel Barrymore and premiered at the National Theatre on November 26, 1940, running for 477 performances. L. C. Moffat is a strong-willed English school teacher working in a poverty-stricken coal mining village in late 19th century", "title": "The Corn Is Green" }, { "docid": "17730519", "text": "The Holy Cows The Holy Cows, FRC team 1538, is a FIRST Robotics Competition team that was founded in 2005, and is a school-based team from High Tech High in San Diego California. The Holy Cows received the highest award of the FIRST program, the Chairmans award on April 27, 2013 at the St. Louis World Championships. Upon winning the award, the team was inducted to the FIRST Hall of Fame, and garnered both regional and national recognition from the FIRST community. Additionally, the awards grants an automatic invitation for the team to every future world championship. Since 2009, The", "title": "The Holy Cows" }, { "docid": "9807895", "text": "Honey in the Horn Honey in the Horn is a 1935 debut novel by Harold L. Davis. The novel received the Harper Prize for best first novel of 1935 and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1936. The title of the book is from a line in a square dancing tune, and is only found in the book in the author's introductory overleaf. \"Honey in the Horn\" is a novel about life in the homesteading days of Oregon, 1906-1908. It is about the coming of age of an orphan boy named Clay Calvert, but it is also about", "title": "Honey in the Horn" }, { "docid": "9807899", "text": "west Clay once again unites with Luce. Honey in the Horn Honey in the Horn is a 1935 debut novel by Harold L. Davis. The novel received the Harper Prize for best first novel of 1935 and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1936. The title of the book is from a line in a square dancing tune, and is only found in the book in the author's introductory overleaf. \"Honey in the Horn\" is a novel about life in the homesteading days of Oregon, 1906-1908. It is about the coming of age of an orphan boy named", "title": "Honey in the Horn" }, { "docid": "7803282", "text": "\"Horn in the West\" (and the Daniel Boone Theatre) shares a 35-acre (140,000 m2) park in the center of the town of Boone with Hickory Ridge Living History Museum and the Daniel Boone Native Gardens. Horn in the West Horn in the West, by Kermit Hunter, is an outdoor drama produced every summer since 1952 in the Daniel Boone Amphitheatre in Boone, North Carolina. The show, the oldest revolutionary war drama in the United States, was about the life and times of the first White people to settle the mountains of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. It covers a", "title": "Horn in the West" }, { "docid": "14928243", "text": "The Gospel According to Luke (song) \"The Gospel According to Luke\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Skip Ewing. It was released in February 1989 as the fourth single from the album \"The Coast of Colorado\". The song reached number 10 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was by Ewing and Don Sampson. The song is about a young man who meets a homeless man named Luke. Despite his haggard appearance, strong odor from not having bathed or showered, and rough voice, he is adept at interpreting and preaching the", "title": "The Gospel According to Luke (song)" }, { "docid": "15001738", "text": "encyclopedia's use in a classroom setting. \"Bastard Culture!\" author Mirko Tobias Schäfer called the documentary a well-received analysis of the discussion over truth on Wikipedia. \"The Truth According to Wikipedia\" was given positive reception by Eric Schonfeld of \"TechCrunch\", who commented that the film was expertly created. Though he praised the documentary for displaying multiple different viewpoints, he was critical of the documentary's emphasis on Andrew Keen throughout, and said it became a tool for Keen to publicize his polemics against Wikipedia. Schonfeld assessed that Keen came away as the winner of his thesis by the end of the documentary.", "title": "The Truth According to Wikipedia" }, { "docid": "18947655", "text": "verse is not included on this track. The original version of the album is out of print and very hard to find. The World According to RZA The World According to RZA is a compilation album featuring the production of Wu-Tang Clan member RZA that features his tracks for emcees from a variety of European countries. The album was never released in the United States. In an interview with Skruff.com, RZA spoke about the making of this album. The New Version contains the German song \"Hotel\" by Kool Savas feat. Eko Fresh & Valezka instead of \"Warning\" by Nap and", "title": "The World According to RZA" }, { "docid": "15583777", "text": "so devoid of any humanity. There is nothing in Paris Hilton that indicates that there's a heart or a soul; she is, I said, vomitous.\" Hilton and her mother later requested to appear on \"The Howard Stern Show\" but backed out afterwards; Stern speculated that they asked for the interview upon hearing that he called it his favorite reality show, then learned of the context in which he said it and rescinded the offer. The World According to Paris The World According to Paris is an American reality television series on Oxygen that premiered on June 1, 2011. It was", "title": "The World According to Paris" }, { "docid": "9923680", "text": "a hero (though Fame sits out the dance); and the second is a dance of jugglers and tumblers who are ushered in by the Cat with the fiddle (from the Hey-diddle-diddle nursery rhyme). Once the tomfoolery is done, the serious portion of the masque begins: Saturn, the god of time, and Venus are shown with their votaries, followed by Cupid, Diana, and Hippolytus. The masquers are revealed, and they descend from their cloud and dance, performing \"braules, corantos, and galliards.\" Though Jonson expressed the appropriate establishmentarian disapproval of libel and scandal and political pamphleteering, the mere fact that he broached", "title": "Time Vindicated to Himself and to His Honours" }, { "docid": "8753141", "text": "The Sound of His Horn The Sound of His Horn is a 1952 dystopian time travel/alternative history novel by the senior British diplomat John William Wall, written under the pseudonym Sarban. The novel has been included in several lists of the greatest fantasy novels of all time. Royal Navy lieutenant Alan Querdillon becomes a POW during the Battle of Crete during World War II. After escaping, and travelling through a forest he runs into a barrier of 'Bohlen Rays', is knocked unconscious and awakens in a Nazi controlled world at least a hundred years after World War II on the", "title": "The Sound of His Horn" }, { "docid": "6856144", "text": "The Lion and the Unicorn The Lion and the Unicorn are symbols of the United Kingdom. They are, properly speaking, heraldic supporters appearing in the full royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. The lion stands for England and the unicorn for Scotland. The combination therefore dates back to the 1603 accession of James I of England who was already James VI of Scotland. By extension, they have also been used in the arms of Canada since 1921. The traditional legend of enmity between the two heraldic animals is recorded in a nursery rhyme which has a Roud Folk", "title": "The Lion and the Unicorn" } ]

[ "Armstrong, Louis %22Pops%22", "Louis Pops Armstrong", "Satchmo", "Louie Armstrong", "Louis %22Pops%22 Armstrong", "Daniel Louis Armstrong", "Louis armstrong", "Armstrong, Louis", "Louis amstrong", "Sachmo", "Armstrong, Louis Satchmo", "Luois Armstrong", "Louis Armstong", "Louis Daniel Armstrong", "Louis %22Satchmo%22 Armstrong", "Louis Satchmo Armstrong", "Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong", "Satchelmouth (musician)", "Sachimo", "Armstrong, Louis %22Satchmo%22", "Armstrong, Louis Pops", "Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra", "Louis Armstrong", "Louis Armstrong discography" ]

[ { "docid": "18042158", "text": "joyous and characteristically New Orleans festivals of the year.\" Satchmo SummerFest Satchmo SummerFest (also known as Satchmofest) is an annual music festival held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in celebration of the jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. It is held in early August in order to coincide with August 4, Armstrong's birthday. Traditionally it is held on the grounds of the old New Orleans Mint, now part of the Louisiana State Museum. It has multiple stages, including stages for traditional and contemporary jazz, big-band jazz, and a children's stage for up-and-coming jazz musicians. In his book \"New Atlantis\", John Swenson said that", "title": "Satchmo SummerFest" }, { "docid": "18042157", "text": "Satchmo SummerFest Satchmo SummerFest (also known as Satchmofest) is an annual music festival held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in celebration of the jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. It is held in early August in order to coincide with August 4, Armstrong's birthday. Traditionally it is held on the grounds of the old New Orleans Mint, now part of the Louisiana State Museum. It has multiple stages, including stages for traditional and contemporary jazz, big-band jazz, and a children's stage for up-and-coming jazz musicians. In his book \"New Atlantis\", John Swenson said that it \"never fails to be one of the most", "title": "Satchmo SummerFest" }, { "docid": "10327127", "text": "Museum is home to Music at The Mint, a regular and ongoing performance series hosted at an engaging and intimate world-class performance venue located on the third floor. These performances educate audiences about the depth and breadth of jazz, and give a live, vibrant significance to the museum’s ongoing work. The New Orleans Jazz Museum is also the site of a number of annual festivals in including French Quarter Fest, Satchmo Fest, Downriver Fest, Creole Tomato Fest, International Guitar Fest, Danny Barker Fest, etc. The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint is home to multi-generational educational programming.", "title": "New Orleans Jazz Museum" }, { "docid": "242976", "text": "trombonist Marshall Brown in 1959, Armstrong received the suggestion that he should go to a doctor and receive proper treatment for his lips instead of relying on home remedies, but he didn't get around to doing it until the final years of his life, by which point his health was failing and doctors considered surgery too risky. The nicknames \"Satchmo\" and \"Satch\" are short for \"Satchelmouth\". The nickname has many possible origins. The most common tale that biographers tell is the story of Armstrong as a young boy in New Orleans dancing for pennies. He scooped the coins off the", "title": "Louis Armstrong" }, { "docid": "10708402", "text": "it has included a multicultural community. Along with the neighboring parish of St. Peter Claver, the parish is known in New Orleans for its association with the black Catholic community. The church hosts the annual Jazz Mass, held in conjunction with the Satchmo Festival, which honors Louis Armstrong's birthday. Famous parishioners have included civil rights activists, musicians and other leaders: Because of substantial property losses in the city after Hurricane Katrina and a decline in population, the diocese decided to close St. Augustine Church, despite the fact that it had been providing extensive community support. Parishioners asked hurricane relief volunteers", "title": "St. Augustine Church (New Orleans)" }, { "docid": "20747010", "text": "occurred during Eisenhower’s presidency known as Little Rock Nine and during which Louis Armstrong voiced his criticism on September 17th, 1957 is noted in the play. Teachout’s “Satchmo at the Waldorf” depicts Armstrong’s humanity at age seventy. According to Dramatist’s Play Services’ website, the play is considered “\"full-length comedy/drama\"” and lists the stage as “\"flexible\".” Satchmo at the Waldorf Satchmo at the Waldorf is a one-act, one-person play written by Terry Teachout. It is Teachout’s first playand it is about the famous jazz trumpeter and performer Louis Armstrong. According to the printed playbill by Dramatists Play Services Inc.: “\"this is", "title": "Satchmo at the Waldorf" }, { "docid": "5678286", "text": "Specific references: New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a U.S. National Historical Park in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, near the French Quarter. It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz. Most of the historical park property consists of within Louis Armstrong Park leased by the National Park Service. There is a visitor center at 916 North Peters Street and a concert venue, several blocks away in the French Quarter. The Park provides a setting for sharing the cultural history of the people and places which helped", "title": "New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "5678284", "text": "New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a U.S. National Historical Park in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, near the French Quarter. It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz. Most of the historical park property consists of within Louis Armstrong Park leased by the National Park Service. There is a visitor center at 916 North Peters Street and a concert venue, several blocks away in the French Quarter. The Park provides a setting for sharing the cultural history of the people and places which helped to shape", "title": "New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "9106599", "text": "Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans) Louis Armstrong Park is a park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter. In the 1960s a controversial urban renewal project leveled a substantial portion of the Tremé neighborhood adjacent to Congo Square. After a decade of debate, the City created the present-day park from that land. This park was designed by New Orleans architect Robin Riley and was named after New Orleans-born Jazz legend Louis Armstrong. The footprint of the present-day park contains the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium, the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the", "title": "Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans)" }, { "docid": "17148161", "text": "\"You're Just In Love\", and \"I Want a Butter and Eggman\". Satchmo In Style Satchmo in Style is a 1959 studio album by Louis Armstrong, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album two stars and said that \"...the jazz content is minimal and the music is plagued by the rather dated charts and a rather nauseating choir on over half of the tracks. Likewise, the strings (when present) are overbearing and haven't stood the test of time as well as Armstrong's warm vocals and still potent trumpet, though he isn't featured as a trumpeter", "title": "Satchmo In Style" }, { "docid": "17148160", "text": "Satchmo In Style Satchmo in Style is a 1959 studio album by Louis Armstrong, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album two stars and said that \"...the jazz content is minimal and the music is plagued by the rather dated charts and a rather nauseating choir on over half of the tracks. Likewise, the strings (when present) are overbearing and haven't stood the test of time as well as Armstrong's warm vocals and still potent trumpet, though he isn't featured as a trumpeter all that much.\" Dryden praised Armstrong's duet with Velma Middleton on", "title": "Satchmo In Style" }, { "docid": "3587170", "text": "as other artifacts. The Archive is open to the public by appointment. When Miner died on December 23, 1995, the interviewing stage was renamed in her memory as the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage. After Hurricane Katrina, the stage was temporarily merged with the Lagniappe Stage, which is housed in the Grandstand. However, in 2009, it was reinstated as a full stage. Before the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, similar New Orleands jazz festivals were held in the 1960s. The first two were in 1970 and 1971 at Louis Armstrong Park, previously called Beauregard Square, in Congo Square and", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "9106602", "text": "by Elizabeth Catlett, a bust of Sidney Bechet, and a depiction of Buddy Bolden. Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans) Louis Armstrong Park is a park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter. In the 1960s a controversial urban renewal project leveled a substantial portion of the Tremé neighborhood adjacent to Congo Square. After a decade of debate, the City created the present-day park from that land. This park was designed by New Orleans architect Robin Riley and was named after New Orleans-born Jazz legend Louis Armstrong. The footprint of the", "title": "Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans)" }, { "docid": "20747006", "text": "Satchmo at the Waldorf Satchmo at the Waldorf is a one-act, one-person play written by Terry Teachout. It is Teachout’s first playand it is about the famous jazz trumpeter and performer Louis Armstrong. According to the printed playbill by Dramatists Play Services Inc.: “\"this is a work of fiction, freely based on fact.\"”. Though the play is written for, and performed by a sole artist, it requires for the actor to double and represent other characters, including Louis Armstrong’s manager, Joe Glaser, and trumpeter Miles Davis. The play has been performed by Jerome Preston Bates. The title of the play,", "title": "Satchmo at the Waldorf" }, { "docid": "10416323", "text": "march. As the example below shows, the second half of the big four pattern is the habanera rhythm. </score> In \"Early Jazz; Its Roots and Musical Development\", Gunther Schuller states: The use of brass marching bands came long before jazz music through their use in the military, though in New Orleans many of the best-known musicians had their start in brass marching bands performing dirges as well as celebratory and upbeat tunes for New Orleans jazz funeral processions from the 1890s onward. The tradition drove onward with musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Henry \"Red\" Allen and King Oliver. The presence", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "15788795", "text": "Satchmo at Pasadena Satchmo at Pasadena is a live album by Louis Armstrong that was recorded at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in 1951. Al Campbell at AllMusic gave the album four stars and said, \"At the time of this concert, musicians began to take advantage of the new LP format that allowed them to bypass the usual three-minute time constraints of 78 rpm and stretch out a bit. Armstrong was no exception, and even though Satchmo is more of the ringleader/vocalist/showman on this set, the All-Stars provide some heated improvising, especially Hines on 'Honeysuckle Rose' and Bigard's clarinet solo on", "title": "Satchmo at Pasadena" }, { "docid": "15788796", "text": "the otherwise knockabout version of 'Just You, Just Me.'\" Campbell criticized the Verve Records CD reissue of the album, as the tracks were presented out of sequence and numerous tracks were omitted. Production Satchmo at Pasadena Satchmo at Pasadena is a live album by Louis Armstrong that was recorded at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in 1951. Al Campbell at AllMusic gave the album four stars and said, \"At the time of this concert, musicians began to take advantage of the new LP format that allowed them to bypass the usual three-minute time constraints of 78 rpm and stretch out a", "title": "Satchmo at Pasadena" }, { "docid": "17501908", "text": "Bing & Satchmo Bing & Satchmo is a 1960 studio album by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong that was arranged and conducted by Billy May. The album was recorded for Crosby's label, Project Records, and released by MGM. Crosby and Armstrong worked together many times before they recorded this album, appearing in films such as \"Pennies from Heaven\" (1936), \"Here Comes the Groom\" (1951), and \"High Society\" (1956). They made several radio broadcasts together between 1949 and 1951. The lyrics of the songs were adapted for them by a number of notable songwriters. Eleven tracks were issued on the LP,", "title": "Bing & Satchmo" }, { "docid": "650339", "text": "by the New Orleans Opera. New Orleans has long been a significant center for music, showcasing its intertwined European, Latin American and African cultures. The city's unique musical heritage was born in its colonial and early American days from a unique blending of European musical instruments with African rhythms. As the only North American city to have allowed slaves to gather in public and play their native music (largely in Congo Square, now located within Louis Armstrong Park), New Orleans gave birth to an epochal indigenous music: jazz. Soon, brass bands formed, beginning a century-long tradition. The Louis Armstrong Park", "title": "New Orleans" }, { "docid": "20747007", "text": "Satchmo was one of Louis Armstrong’s nicknames, and that it derived from “satchel-mouth” . Waldorf refers to the luxurious hotel in Manhattan called the Waldorf Astoria New York, where Louis Armstrong played and where he also stayed. The whole play takes place at what is supposed to be Louis Armstrong’s room. The printed programme (2018) indicates that the original off-Broadway production’s World Premiere was presented in Lenox, Massachusetts and in New Haven, Connecticut, in the year 2012; the play was previously premiered in Orlando, Florida in 2011. The theatrical work is based on his biography written in 2009, and titled:", "title": "Satchmo at the Waldorf" }, { "docid": "6230378", "text": "the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as a benefit for the radio station. Jones taught a popular and acclaimed course on the history of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues at University of New Orleans in the late 1980s. Jones also managed music publishing for The Radiators as General Manager of the band's Fishhead Music. He served as an original Program Organizer of New Orleans's Satchmo SummerFest, the city's annual conference and celebration of Louis Armstrong's birthday which draws a choice roster of scholars and fans to New Orleans. Jones also served as a consultant for multiple documentaries and films.", "title": "Tad Jones" }, { "docid": "14407720", "text": "Charitable Foundation. (Miss Fitzgerald's archives are housed at the Smithsonian.) In 2012, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings obtained permission from the Louis Armstrong estate to release the recordings on a new album, \"Satchmo at the National Press Club: Red Beans and Rice-ly Yours,\" and timed the release as part of the annual Jazz Appreciation Month. For 2016 the theme is jazz and democracy, examining how jazz itself is a form of democracy; and the artist in focus is musician and bandleader, Benny Carter, who is featured on the 2016 JAM poster from the National Museum of American History. For 2018 JAM celebrates", "title": "Jazz Appreciation Month" } ]

[ { "docid": "3587179", "text": "preserve local culture. There are 12 music stages and tents of various sizes, as well as two food stages, set up at the Festival. The following are the stages for 2015, and they are listed roughly in the order of capacity. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana. The term \"Jazz Fest\" also refers to the days surrounding the festival and the many shows at unaffiliated New Orleans nightclubs scheduled during the festival weekends. Jazz", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "10327129", "text": "Historical Park. New Orleans Jazz Museum The New Orleans Jazz Museum is a music museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history of jazz music. Originally a separate museum, the collection is now affiliated with the Louisiana State Museum. The New Orleans Jazz Museum is located in the Old U.S. Mint building on 400 Esplanade Avenue, bordering the historic French Quarter neighborhood. Plans for a museum commemorating New Orleans jazz began in the 1950s by a collaborative group of New Orleans jazz collectors and enthusiasts of the New Orleans Jazz Club, which was founded in", "title": "New Orleans Jazz Museum" }, { "docid": "10327119", "text": "New Orleans Jazz Museum The New Orleans Jazz Museum is a music museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history of jazz music. Originally a separate museum, the collection is now affiliated with the Louisiana State Museum. The New Orleans Jazz Museum is located in the Old U.S. Mint building on 400 Esplanade Avenue, bordering the historic French Quarter neighborhood. Plans for a museum commemorating New Orleans jazz began in the 1950s by a collaborative group of New Orleans jazz collectors and enthusiasts of the New Orleans Jazz Club, which was founded in 1949. Key", "title": "New Orleans Jazz Museum" }, { "docid": "3587162", "text": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana. The term \"Jazz Fest\" also refers to the days surrounding the festival and the many shows at unaffiliated New Orleans nightclubs scheduled during the festival weekends. Jazz Fest is held annually on the last weekend of April (Friday–Sunday) and the first weekend of May (Thursday–Sunday) between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Fair Grounds Race Course, a horse racing track in the middle of New Orleans. The", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "10792875", "text": "seem to have never been issued. Jimmy Durante, the only New Yorker in the group, became well known for his showmanship and took over leadership from Frank Christian in 1920 and the group was renamed \"Jimmy Durante's Jazz Band\". The band was usually a five piece group, but some musicians came and went. The precise personnel on some of the recordings is uncertain. Members of the band included: Original New Orleans Jazz Band The Original New Orleans Jazz Band was one of the first jazz bands to make recordings. Composed of mostly New Orleans musicians, the band was popular in", "title": "Original New Orleans Jazz Band" }, { "docid": "10327122", "text": "reopened in 2008. In 2015, efforts were underway to transform most of the Mint building into the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The mission of The New Orleans Jazz Museum is to celebrate the history of jazz, in all its forms, through dynamic interactive exhibits, multigenerational educational programming, research facilities and engaging musical performances. The New Orleans Jazz Museum enhances New Orleans’ ongoing cultural renaissance by providing diverse resources for musicians and music lovers of all languages and nationalities. The museum seeks to explore America’s quintessential musical art form, in the city where jazz was born. The vision of the New", "title": "New Orleans Jazz Museum" }, { "docid": "10327123", "text": "Orleans Jazz Museum is to reveal and revel in the history of Jazz in the very city it was born. The New Orleans Jazz Museum will engage and emotionally connect music lovers from Treme to across the globe. Immersive and interactive visitor experiences will tell the story of jazz—its African-American origins, birth in New Orleans, cultural connections, artistic expressions, musical innovators, and global influence so that audiences can truly understand this American art form. The Museum’s collection includes the world-renowned New Orleans Jazz Club Collections. Gathered over several decades by the storied New Orleans Jazz Club. The collection includes the", "title": "New Orleans Jazz Museum" }, { "docid": "10327121", "text": "collection of the New Orleans Jazz Museum was donated to the people of Louisiana and became The New Orleans Jazz Club Collections of the Louisiana State Museum. In the early 1980s, the Louisiana State Museum's Jazz Collection exhibit opened on the second floor of the Old U.S. Mint building under the curatorship of Don Marquis. The New Orleans Jazz Museum now resides permanently at the Old U.S. Mint. In 2005, both the U.S. Mint and the jazz collection sustained damage during Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans Jazz Museum collections have been displayed in a number of exhibits since the Mint", "title": "New Orleans Jazz Museum" }, { "docid": "19585611", "text": "sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center and The US Department of State. Doreen's Jazz New Orleans has more than 25 albums and five CDs that they record and sell through the private DJNO Records label. Doreen's Jazz New Orleans Doreen's Jazz New Orleans is a Dixieland and Traditional Jazz band run by one of the few female band leaders in New Orleans, clarinetist Doreen Ketchens. The group has toured the world, and performs in the Royal Street Performing Arts zone in the French Quarter of New Orleans, at jazz festivals, fairs, showcases, and concert halls. Videos of the group by", "title": "Doreen's Jazz New Orleans" }, { "docid": "10327126", "text": "researchers by appointment. The New Orleans Jazz Museum focuses on the birth and history of jazz in New Orleans, its legacy, and continuing relevance. The museum is currently producing a series of changing exhibits and is in the process of expanding its exhibit space. The future exhibit space will total approximately 8,000 square feet and include a visitor orientation center, a main exhibit space for permanent displays, classrooms for youth and family education, a rotating special exhibits gallery, and four interactive technology spaces for guests to create and share their own forms of jazz music. . The New Orleans Jazz", "title": "New Orleans Jazz Museum" }, { "docid": "10792874", "text": "Original New Orleans Jazz Band The Original New Orleans Jazz Band was one of the first jazz bands to make recordings. Composed of mostly New Orleans musicians, the band was popular in New York City in the late 1910s. The group included some of the first New Orleans style players to follow the Original Dixieland Jass Band's success playing in Manhattan. Like the \"ODJB\", most were veterans of Papa Jack Laine's groups in New Orleans. Recordings of the group were issued by Gennett Records and Okeh Records. The group also reportedly recorded one or more sides for Emerson Records, which", "title": "Original New Orleans Jazz Band" }, { "docid": "10327128", "text": "For scholars, the New Orleans Jazz Museum provides access to its world-class collection and research facilities through the Louisiana Historical Center. Additionally, the New Orleans Jazz Museum links the audio collections to its website, providing access to its internationally recognized Jazz Collection. For youth and families, the museum’s education programs include music lessons, instrument building workshops, appearances from guest musicians, and instruction in recording technologies. These educational initiatives align frequently with established learning objectives of the museum and include performance and composing camps and retreats. Many of these educational activities are conducted in partnership with the New Orleans Jazz National", "title": "New Orleans Jazz Museum" }, { "docid": "19585609", "text": "Doreen's Jazz New Orleans Doreen's Jazz New Orleans is a Dixieland and Traditional Jazz band run by one of the few female band leaders in New Orleans, clarinetist Doreen Ketchens. The group has toured the world, and performs in the Royal Street Performing Arts zone in the French Quarter of New Orleans, at jazz festivals, fairs, showcases, and concert halls. Videos of the group by fans, news, and entertainment organizations have been seen by millions of people on the Internet and the group has recorded more than 20 CDs or DVDs of the group's work. The group has been featured", "title": "Doreen's Jazz New Orleans" }, { "docid": "10416315", "text": "as \"hot music\" and \"ratty music\". The local New Orleans dance music style was already distinctive in the 19th century. When this style became what was later known as \"jazz\" remains a matter of debate and definition, although most New Orleans music historians believe what became known as New Orleans style jazz was the product of a series of developments, probably reaching its famous form no earlier than the 1890s and no later than the mid 1910s. By the 1890s a man by the name of Poree hired a band led by cornetist Buddy Bolden, many of whose contemporaries as", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "3587175", "text": "been the Royal Dutch Shell, and the festival's full name is \"The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell\". Several of the stage names reflect sponsors, such as the Acura Stage, the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage, the AT&T/ wwoz Jazz Tent, the AIG, Gospel Tent. The Board of Directors for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Inc. is made up of four parts: the Voting Board (30 community members), the Executive Board (President, Vice-President, Secretary, etc.), the Advisory Council (20 non-voting members), and the Past Presidents Senate (15 members). In addition, the Board is split", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "650336", "text": "most well-known is Carnival, or Mardi Gras. Carnival officially begins on the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as the \"Twelfth Night\". Mardi Gras (French for \"Fat Tuesday\"), the final and grandest day of festivities, is the last Tuesday before the Catholic liturgical season of Lent, which commences on Ash Wednesday. The largest of the city's many music festivals is the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Commonly referred to simply as \"Jazz Fest\", it is one of the nation's largest music festivals. The festival features a variety of music, including both native Louisiana and international artists. Along with Jazz", "title": "New Orleans" }, { "docid": "19585610", "text": "in numerous articles, including New Orleans' Jazz radio station's Busker Blog. Ketchens began playing in Jackson Square with her first band, the Jackson Square All-Stars. Their band evolved into \"Doreen's Jazz New Orleans,\" and, after much struggle with the chauvinism of traditional Jazz and club owners, they managed to find a winning formula playing and entertaining crowds via their street shows, Jazz festivals, and then, through direct sales of their music and videos on the Internet. Ketchens has been sharing traditional American Jazz in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, South America, Russia and the United States. They have performed with programs", "title": "Doreen's Jazz New Orleans" }, { "docid": "3587171", "text": "the adjoining New Orleans Municipal Auditorium. The 145-acre New Orleans Fair Grounds and Racetrack began to hold Jazz Fest in 1972. The venue is located at 1751 Gentilly Boulevard, approximately ten minutes from the French Quarter. The New Orleans Fair Grounds and Racetrack is a much larger venue than Congo Square and was chosen to hold the Festival when organizers realized how popular the event was. The first Jazz Fest, in Congo Square, cost $3 for admission and was minimally advertised, and had only a Gospel Tent and four open stages, many of which had no microphones. Musicians were housed", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "14254577", "text": "to Salt Lake City, even though it was a smaller market than New Orleans at the time. However, Salt Lake City had proven it could support a pro basketball team when it played host to the American Basketball Association's Utah Stars from 1970 to 1976. 1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season The 1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season was their fifth season in the NBA and its last in New Orleans. The Jazz averaged 108.3 points per game (ranked 15th in NBA) while allowing an average of 114.6 points per game (ranked 21st in NBA). The attendance was 364,205 (ranked 18th in", "title": "1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season" }, { "docid": "3587163", "text": "festival is a major tourist destination with economic importance for New Orleans rivaled only by Mardi Gras; the event brings to the city $300 million annually. Early Jazz Fests featured almost exclusively local acts. As the event's popularity grew, the festival expanded to include nationally known acts. According to the official website, \"the Festival celebrates the indigenous music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, so the music encompasses every style associated with the city and the state: blues, R&B, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean, folk, Latin, rock, rap, country, bluegrass, and everything in between. And of course there is lots", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "14254576", "text": "1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season The 1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season was their fifth season in the NBA and its last in New Orleans. The Jazz averaged 108.3 points per game (ranked 15th in NBA) while allowing an average of 114.6 points per game (ranked 21st in NBA). The attendance was 364,205 (ranked 18th in NBA). \"Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average\" By 1979, the Jazz were sinking under the weight of $5 million in losses over five years. Original owner Sam Battistone decided to move", "title": "1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season" }, { "docid": "3587167", "text": "In addition, parades are held throughout the duration of the event. They include parades by the Mardi Gras Indians, marching bands, brass bands, and social aid and pleasure clubs. The Festival has been held annually since 1970 when it was founded by the New Orleans Hotel Motel Association to form \"the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation\" that owns the Festival. George Wein's Festival Productions was contracted to produce the Festival. Wein produced the Newport Jazz Festival (1954) and the Newport Folk Festival (1959) in Newport, Rhode Island. To produce the Festival in New Orleans, Wein assembled advisers, among them", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "3587174", "text": "been created by Aziz Diagne, Elizabeth Catlett, Bill Pajaud, and Terrance Osborne. Osborne designed the poster for 2012 (as well as the 2007 and 2010 posters), which featured Trombone Shorty. The Jazz & Heritage Festival is owned by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, which uses the proceeds from the festival for community development programs in education, economics, and culture. The Foundation also owns the broadcast license of radio station WWOZ. The festival is produced by Festival Productions, Inc. - New Orleans and AEG Live as a contract service to the Foundation. Since 2006, the festival's main sponsor has", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "10416330", "text": "mid-1950s, he regularly appeared with another New Orleans musician, saxophonist Sam Butera. A new style came out of New Orleans after World War II. Prominent musicians such as Fats Domino helped shape what was first widely known as \"rhythm and blues\", which was an important ancestor of rock and roll, if not the first form of the music. In addition to the local talent, early rockers from elsewhere recorded many of their early hits in New Orleans using bands of New Orleans musicians. In 1949, New Orleans jazz musician, and Fats Domino producer Dave Bartholomew brought the tresillo directly from", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "10416312", "text": "Music of New Orleans The music of New Orleans assumes various styles of music which have often borrowed from earlier traditions. New Orleans, Louisiana, is especially known for its strong association with jazz music, universally considered to be the birthplace of the genre. The earliest form was dixieland, which has sometimes been called traditional jazz, 'New Orleans', and 'New Orleans jazz'. However, the tradition of jazz in New Orleans has taken on various forms that have either branched out from original dixieland or taken entirely different paths altogether. New Orleans has also been a prominent center of funk, home to", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "3587169", "text": "Davis oversaw operations of Festival Productions Inc.-New Orleans for many years under the supervision of Wein and the Foundation Board. Quint Davis holds the position of CEO of Festival Productions, Inc.- New Orleans, while Miner is largely credited with founding the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive. AEG Live became a co-producer of the festival in 2004. The Archive contains recordings from musicians interviewed at the festival, as well as other documents, photographs, and ephemera related to the Festival and the Foundation's holdings, including early WWOZ 90.7-FM recordings. It contains business records, photographs, video and audio recordings, as well", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "3783216", "text": "and working-class white residents of Eastern New Orleans, particularly the Ninth Ward (sometimes known, since at least the 1980s, as Yat). However, only the last two varieties are unique to New Orleans and are typically those referred to in the academic research as \"New Orleans English.\" These two varieties specific to New Orleans likely developed around the turn of the nineteenth century and most noticeably combine speech features commonly associated with both New York City English and, to a lesser extent, Southern U.S. English. The noticeably New York-like characteristics include the NYC short-\"a\" split system (so that \"mad\" and \"map\",", "title": "New Orleans English" }, { "docid": "3587176", "text": "into various committees. Board members serve three year terms, though there is no limit placed on the number of terms. Elections are held annually. Advisory Council members may only serve for two consecutive three year terms, however. Governance does not change much from year to year. Board members are not officially compensated, but they are given perks such as dozens of free tickets. The foundation also owns multiple assets, including: the Jazz and Heritage Gallery, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Jazz and Heritage Radio WWOZ 90.7FM, the Jazz and Heritage Foundation Archive, the Jazz and Heritage Center,", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "2933717", "text": "Point Branch) in Algiers Point. Algiers, New Orleans Algiers is a section of New Orleans, the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Algiers is known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. The neighborhood became the birthplace of Jazz as it was once home to many of the early African American Jazz artists in the early 1900s. This ward is the biggest of all 17 wards and is considered a historic piece of land to the History of New Orleans. Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, was", "title": "Algiers, New Orleans" }, { "docid": "2933684", "text": "Algiers, New Orleans Algiers is a section of New Orleans, the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Algiers is known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. The neighborhood became the birthplace of Jazz as it was once home to many of the early African American Jazz artists in the early 1900s. This ward is the biggest of all 17 wards and is considered a historic piece of land to the History of New Orleans. Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, was granted a large tract of", "title": "Algiers, New Orleans" }, { "docid": "4860433", "text": "The cathedral became the first Episcopal church to commission a jazz composition when it commissioned one by New Orleans jazz legend Irvin Mayfield to commemorate Hurricane Katrina. Mayfield's composition, entitled \"All the Saints\", was premiered on November 17, 2005, at the cathedral in conjunction with the bicentennial of Episcopal ministry in New Orleans. The cathedral is headed by its current Dean and Rector, the Very Reverend David Allard duPlantier and is the seat of the eleventh Bishop of Louisiana, the Right Reverend Morris K. Thompson, Jr. Christ Church Cathedral (New Orleans) Christ Church Cathedral, located today at 2919 St. Charles", "title": "Christ Church Cathedral (New Orleans)" }, { "docid": "10416337", "text": "a hardcore punk side project along with Mike Williams of Eyehategod and Hank Williams III named Arson Anthem. Brian Patton is a member of Eyehategod and Soilent Green. L. Ben Falgoust II is the singer of Goatwhore and Soilent Green. Music of New Orleans The music of New Orleans assumes various styles of music which have often borrowed from earlier traditions. New Orleans, Louisiana, is especially known for its strong association with jazz music, universally considered to be the birthplace of the genre. The earliest form was dixieland, which has sometimes been called traditional jazz, 'New Orleans', and 'New Orleans", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "2865663", "text": "Jazz royalty Jazz royalty is a term encompassing the many jazz musicians who have been termed as exceptionally musically gifted and informally granted honorific, \"aristocratic\" or \"royal\" titles as nicknames. The practice of affixing honorific titles to the names of jazz musicians goes back to New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, before the genre was commonly known as \"jazz\". Cornetist Buddy Bolden was popularly known as \"King Bolden\". The realization that such titles had commercial or public relations values that increased popularity also dates to this era. Violinist and bandleader Alex Watzke, observing Bolden's popularity, started billing", "title": "Jazz royalty" }, { "docid": "10416326", "text": "beyond the confines of the 6/8 time signature the marching bands utilized. Instead, New Orleans jazz bands began incorporating a style known as \"ragging\"; this technique implemented the influence of ragtime 2/4 meter and eventually led to improvisation. In turn, the early jazz bands of New Orleans influenced the playing of the marching bands, who in turn began to improvise themselves more often. Again, yet another indication that jazz music is symbolic of freedom. The term dixieland was first coined by Dan Emmett in his song \"Dixie's Land\" in 1859. It was not a positive term for African-Americans, as its", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "10712573", "text": "performed in 2014. The New Orleans Bingo! Show The New Orleans Bingo! Show is an interactive theatrical cabaret and musical band from New Orleans, Louisiana. The show features original music by New Orleans singer and songwriter Clint Maedgen who created the show in 2002. The show also features original short films, comedic skits and a live game of bingo played with the audience. The group toured with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in 2007 and 2008. The Bingo! Show played at The Voodoo Experience held at City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana over Halloween weekend for several years. As of", "title": "The New Orleans Bingo! Show" }, { "docid": "10712572", "text": "The New Orleans Bingo! Show The New Orleans Bingo! Show is an interactive theatrical cabaret and musical band from New Orleans, Louisiana. The show features original music by New Orleans singer and songwriter Clint Maedgen who created the show in 2002. The show also features original short films, comedic skits and a live game of bingo played with the audience. The group toured with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in 2007 and 2008. The Bingo! Show played at The Voodoo Experience held at City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana over Halloween weekend for several years. As of 2017, they last", "title": "The New Orleans Bingo! Show" }, { "docid": "8066075", "text": "Zoo are also located in the city of New Orleans, as is the Aquarium of the Americas. New Orleans is noted for its historic cemeteries. Two of the oldest and largest cemeteries are Saint Louis Cemetery and Metairie Cemetery. Significant gardens include Longue Vue House and Gardens and the New Orleans Botanical Garden. Greater New Orleans is home to numerous annual celebrations, including Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve celebrations, and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. New Orleans' most famous celebration is its Carnival Season. The Carnival season is often known (especially by out-of-towners) by the name of the", "title": "Culture of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "6693681", "text": "New Orleans Center for Creative Arts New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, or NOCCA, is the regional, pre-professional arts training center for high school students in Louisiana. NOCCA opened in 1973 as a professional arts training center for secondary school-age children. Located in New Orleans, it provides intensive instruction in culinary arts, creative writing, dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design), and visual arts while demanding simultaneous academic excellence. NOCCA was founded by a group of artists, educators, business leaders, and community activists. Tuition is free to all Louisiana students who meet audition", "title": "New Orleans Center for Creative Arts" }, { "docid": "5179044", "text": "a fallout shelter. Since 1981 it has served as a branch of the Louisiana State Museum. Damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, after over two years of repairs and renovations, the museum reopened in October 2007. Exhibits include instruments used by some of New Orleans' notable jazz musicians, photographs, and posters, now part of the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The site is also a performance venue for jazz concerts, in partnership with the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the private Music at the Mint organization. The Louisiana Historical Center is located on the third floor of the building.", "title": "New Orleans Mint" }, { "docid": "8455749", "text": "Panama (jazz standard) Panama (sometimes incorrectly called Panama Rag) is a jazz standard. It is by William H. Tyers, originally entitled \"Panama, a Characteristic Novelty\", published in 1912. As expected of a jazz standard, it has been played and recorded by a number of jazz legends including the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Luis Russell, Kid Ory, the Eureka Brass Band, Humphrey Lyttelton and many others. The famous trumpet variation commonly played by New Orleans, Louisiana bands and those influenced by the New Orleans style, was reportedly devised by Manuel Manetta who first taught it to his star trumpet pupils Emmett", "title": "Panama (jazz standard)" }, { "docid": "650363", "text": "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. Greater New Orleans is the 54th largest Designated Market Area (DMA) in the U.S., serving 566,960 homes. Major television network affiliates serving the area include: WWOZ, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Station, broadcasts modern and traditional jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, brass band, gospel, cajun, zydeco, Caribbean, Latin, Brazilian, African and bluegrass 24 hours per day. WTUL, is the Tulane University radio station. Its programming includes 20th century classical, reggae, jazz, showtunes, indie rock, electronic music, soul/funk, goth, punk, hip hop, New Orleans music, opera, folk, hardcore, Americana, country, blues, Latin, cheese, techno,", "title": "New Orleans" }, { "docid": "4146435", "text": "first decade of the 1900s the adjacent block across Short Street was \"Johnson Park\". Lincoln Park (New Orleans) Lincoln Park was a noted amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1902 to 1930. It was located in the Gert Town section of the city on the downtown side of Carrollton Avenue between Oleander and Foshay Streets (near where Earhart Boulevard intersects Carrollton now). It was devoted to amusements for the city's African American population. Early jazz musicians such as Buddy Bolden, Bunk Johnson, Freddie Keppard were heard here. John Robichaux's Orchestra was a regular feature. The park also had a", "title": "Lincoln Park (New Orleans)" }, { "docid": "650340", "text": "area, near the French Quarter in Tremé, contains the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. The city's music was later significantly influenced by Acadiana, home of Cajun and Zydeco music, and by Delta blues. New Orleans' unique musical culture is on display in its traditional funerals. A spin on military funerals, New Orleans' traditional funerals feature sad music (mostly dirges and hymns) on the way to the cemetery and happier music (hot jazz) on the way back. Until the 1990s, most locals preferred to call these \"funerals with music\", but visitors to the city have long dubbed them \"jazz funerals.\"", "title": "New Orleans" }, { "docid": "5179076", "text": "purpose within fifteen years. Between 1978 and 1980 this goal was met. Since 1981, the Mint building has functioned as a museum of its coin production history. Additional exhibitions housed in the facility have been devoted to New Orleans Mardi Gras (since moved to the Presbytere building on Jackson Square), jazz music (a large exhibit and research materials previously in the New Orleans Jazz Museum – donated by the N.O. Jazz Club), and Newcomb Pottery. All three phenomena have contributed to New Orleans' fame. On the third floor, the Mint houses an archive of maps and documents, including French and", "title": "New Orleans Mint" }, { "docid": "5678285", "text": "the development and progression of jazz in New Orleans. National Park Service staff present information and resources associated with the origins and early development of jazz, through interpretive techniques designed to educate and entertain. The centerpiece of the site is Perseverance Hall No. 4. Originally a Masonic Lodge, it was built between 1819 and 1820, making it the oldest Masonic temple in Louisiana. Perseverance Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 2, 1973. The entire National Historical Park was administratively listed on the Register on the date of its authorization, October 31, 1994. General references:", "title": "New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "3587178", "text": "Alive!, Jazz Journey, the Treme Creole Gumbo Festival, and many others. SInce 1979, the nonprofit arm of the organization has given over $1 million in grants to local schools, artists, and musicians. The festival has featured a variety of musicians and performers every year since its founding, ranging from Louisiana musicians to international pop stars. Many popular New Orleans musicians have played annually for long stretches over the history of the festival such as the Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Ellis Marsalis, and The Radiators. Applications to perform (from the general public) are limited to bands from Louisiana to promote and", "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" }, { "docid": "1531940", "text": "the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band emerged and were successful, especially in their recordings. \"Livery Stable Blues\" recorded by the ODJB in 1917 personified the vaudevillian style that white audiences sought in jazz: choppy, comedic, almost poking fun at itself with its animal sounds. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, however, brought a new flavor to recorded jazz. NORK and ODJB were not the first white jazz bands (there were many others that played around Chicago and New Orleans), but they were some of the first to make recordings, and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings was", "title": "New Orleans Rhythm Kings" }, { "docid": "1531941", "text": "one of the first white jazz bands to make mixed-race recordings (with Jelly Roll Morton, a creole). New Orleans Rhythm Kings The New Orleans Rhythm Kings (NORK) were one of the most influential jazz bands of the early to mid-1920s. The band included New Orleans and Chicago musicians who helped shape Chicago jazz and influenced many younger jazz musicians. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings in its earliest stages was the creation of the drummer Mike \"Ragbaby\" Stevens, solely in that he sent the first telegram to Albert Brunies about going to Chicago to form a band and find better gigs", "title": "New Orleans Rhythm Kings" }, { "docid": "1531922", "text": "New Orleans Rhythm Kings The New Orleans Rhythm Kings (NORK) were one of the most influential jazz bands of the early to mid-1920s. The band included New Orleans and Chicago musicians who helped shape Chicago jazz and influenced many younger jazz musicians. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings in its earliest stages was the creation of the drummer Mike \"Ragbaby\" Stevens, solely in that he sent the first telegram to Albert Brunies about going to Chicago to form a band and find better gigs than New Orleans had to offer. Albert \"Abbie\" Brunies and his younger brother, the trombonist George Brunies,", "title": "New Orleans Rhythm Kings" }, { "docid": "9221002", "text": "of the Arena Football League (1991–1992), the New Orleans Thunder of the Regional Football League (1999), the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League (2004–2005, 2007-2008, and 2010–2015), the Louisiana Jazz of the Women's Football Alliance (2002–2014), New Orleans Krewe of the US Women's Football League (2016) and the New Orleans Jazz football club of the Stars Football League (2011). Former college football teams in New Orleans include the Dillard Bleu Devils (1935–1965), the Loyola Wolf Pack (1921–1939) and the Xavier Gold Rush (1925–1960). Former professional basketball teams in New Orleans include the New Orleans Jazz of the NBA", "title": "Sports in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "10416318", "text": "was told about him by his mentor King Oliver), and jazz itself. New Orleans had experienced a large wave of migration from the Italian region of Sicily between the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Sicilian capital of Palermo had long held cotton and citrus fruit trade with New Orleans. This resulted in the establishment of a direct shipping line between the two port cities which enabled a vast number of Sicilians to migrant to New Orleans, as well as other American cities. As a result of this migration, much of New Orleans jazz was modeled from the music of", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "2933708", "text": "from Algiers have traditionally been known as \"Algerines\". Noted Algerines have included jazz musicians Jimmy Palao, Red Allen, Bill Mathews, Kid Thomas Valentine, Emmett Hardy, and R&B singer Clarence \"Frogman\" Henry. Jazz musicians of the 1920s referred to Algiers as \"over da river\" or the \"Brooklyn of the South\", the latter for its proximity to New Orleans as compared to New York and Brooklyn, both separated by a river. Algiers has many nicknames including \"A.L.G\", \"The Darkside\", and \"1.5\" referring to the 15th Ward in which the neighborhood is situated. It was also referenced by rapper Gregory D in his", "title": "Algiers, New Orleans" }, { "docid": "14469820", "text": "part of its suggested \"Core Collection,\" and awards it a four-star rating. All compositions by Duke Ellington. New Orleans Suite New Orleans Suite is the eighth studio album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Atlantic label in 1970. The album features the final recordings of longtime Ellington saxophonist Johnny Hodges, who died between the album's two recording sessions. The album won a Grammy Award in 1971 for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band. The suite was commissioned by George Wein for the 1970 New Orleans Jazz Festival. In his review for \"Sounds\",", "title": "New Orleans Suite" }, { "docid": "14469818", "text": "New Orleans Suite New Orleans Suite is the eighth studio album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Atlantic label in 1970. The album features the final recordings of longtime Ellington saxophonist Johnny Hodges, who died between the album's two recording sessions. The album won a Grammy Award in 1971 for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band. The suite was commissioned by George Wein for the 1970 New Orleans Jazz Festival. In his review for \"Sounds\", Jack Hutton remarked that \"a Creole influence permeates the work, a lazy Delta feel laden with nostalgic", "title": "New Orleans Suite" }, { "docid": "211615", "text": "that African drumming traditions were not preserved in North America, unlike in Cuba, Haiti, and elsewhere in the Caribbean. African-based rhythmic patterns were retained in the United States in large part through \"body rhythms\" such as stomping, clapping, and patting juba dancing. In the opinion of jazz historian Ernest Borneman, what preceded New Orleans jazz before 1890 was \"Afro-Latin music\", similar to what was played in the Caribbean at the time. A three-stroke pattern known in Cuban music as \"tresillo\" is a fundamental rhythmic figure heard in many different slave musics of the Caribbean, as well as the Afro-Caribbean folk", "title": "Jazz" }, { "docid": "1471622", "text": "was known for using triplet piano figures in many of his songs. The \"New Orleans\" sound is heard in his cover of Smiley Lewis's \"Blue Monday,\" with his combination of parade rhythms and barrelhouse blues. Fats Domino was described by Dave Bartholomew as the \"cornerstone\" of Rock 'n' Roll. Cosimo Matassa was the leading record producer in New Orleans between 1940 and 1960. He created the \"cosimo sound\" with guitar, baritone saxophone, and tenor saxophone doubling the bass line. He also owned J&M Studio and Jazz City studio, where he recorded nearly all R&B hits in New Orleans between 1940-1960.", "title": "New Orleans rhythm and blues" }, { "docid": "650332", "text": "Quarter include Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the French Market (including Café du Monde, famous for café au lait and beignets) and Preservation Hall. Also in the French Quarter is the old New Orleans Mint, a former branch of the United States Mint which now operates as a museum, and The Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum and research center housing art and artifacts relating to the history and the Gulf South. Close to the Quarter is the Tremé community, which contains the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the New Orleans African American Museum — a", "title": "New Orleans" }, { "docid": "802713", "text": "July 11, 2012, Ryan Anderson, 2012's Most Improved Player and three-point field goals leader, was acquired by the New Orleans Hornets in a sign-and-trade with the Orlando Magic for Gustavo Ayón. New owner Tom Benson had indicated early in his ownership that he wished to change the team's name to something more local, even preferring that the Utah Jazz – founded in New Orleans in 1974 and played there until 1979 – give up the \"Jazz\" name, but the Jazz indicated they had no interest in returning the name due to over 30 years of history associated with it. Benson", "title": "New Orleans Pelicans" }, { "docid": "8066079", "text": "the New Orleans Jazz (1974–1980) which became the Utah Jazz. New Orleans is also home to Southern Yacht Club, located at West End on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Established in 1849, it is the second oldest yacht club in the United States. The building was severely damaged, first by storm surge and then by fire, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans Square, a replica of the French Quarter, was built in Disneyland in 1966, with buildings and landscaping meant to evoke 19th-century New Orleans. When it opened, Walt Disney had then-New Orleans mayor Victor H. Schiro made", "title": "Culture of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "8066076", "text": "last and biggest day, Mardi Gras (literally, \"Fat Tuesday\"), held just before the beginning of the Catholic liturgical season of Lent. Mardi Gras celebrations include parades and floats; participants toss strings of cheap colorful beads and doubloons to the crowds. The Mardi Gras season is kicked off with the only parade allowed through the French Quarter (Vieux Carré, translated Old Square), a walking parade aptly named \"Krewe du Vieux\". The largest of the city's many musical festivals is the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Commonly referred to simply as, \"Jazz Fest\", it is one of the largest music festivals", "title": "Culture of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "1623570", "text": "Orleans\" keel was laid on 14 March 1931, at the New York Navy Yard, commonly known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The ship was launched on 12 April 1933, sponsored by Cora S. Jahncke, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and daughter of Ernest L. Jahncke, a civil engineer and president of the Jahncke Shipbuilding Co. in New Orleans. Jahncke had served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the administration of President Herbert Hoover, returning to private life in March 1933 with the inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. \"New Orleans\" was commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on", "title": "USS New Orleans (CA-32)" }, { "docid": "1531939", "text": "memorize the arrangement beforehand and appear to improvise to cater to the expectations of white audiences. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings represents a contingent of white jazz bands that emergd from 1915 to the early 1920s. These bands, perhaps the best-known of which was the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, attempted to imitate the fast virtuosic style of their black counterparts. \"The relatively small inner circles of acute jazz listeners in the 1920s recognized that black musicians played better, more mature, and more confident jazz\". Despite a significant bias that only black musicians could play \"real\" jazz, white bands such as", "title": "New Orleans Rhythm Kings" }, { "docid": "10416322", "text": "\"The Crave\" (1910, recorded 1938). Morton stated, \"Now in one of my earliest tunes, \"New Orleans Blues\", you can notice the Spanish tinge. In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning, I call it, for jazz.\" Although the exact origins of jazz syncopation may never be known, there's evidence that the habanera/tresillo rhythm was there at its conception. Buddy Bolden, the first \"known\" jazz musician, is credited with creating the \"big four\", the first syncopated bass drum pattern to deviate from the standard on-the-beat", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "13213498", "text": "New Orleans Musicians' Clinic The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic (NOMC) is a health service providing New Orleans musicians with access to affordable medical services, stressing prevention and advocacy, and utilizing such facilities as a medical school, volunteers and community providers. The NOMC is a subsidiary arm of the \"New Orleans Musicians' Assistance Foundation\", (NOMAF). The NOMC was the brain-child of Dr. Jack McConnell MD, (retired), as he performed \"Bill Bailey\" with the highly successful rock band \"Phish\", at the 1997 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. McConnell met with a team of health advocates for the working poor in Louisiana", "title": "New Orleans Musicians' Clinic" }, { "docid": "802703", "text": "this (New Orleans) thing work.\" The Hornets opened their inaugural season in New Orleans on October 30, 2002, against New Orleans' original NBA franchise, the now-Utah Jazz. In the first regular season NBA game played in New Orleans in over 17 years, the Hornets defeated the Jazz 100–75, and posthumously retired #7 of \"Pistol\" Pete Maravich during halftime. The Hornets finished the season with a 47–35 record but were defeated by the Philadelphia 76ers in the First Round of the 2003 playoffs. Following the season, the team unexpectedly fired head coach Paul Silas and replaced him with Tim Floyd. The", "title": "New Orleans Pelicans" }, { "docid": "12119728", "text": "been the town of Carrollton, Louisiana, in the 19th century. It is commonly known to locals simply as \"Carrollton, or to distinguish this section, \"Upper Carrollton\" or \"West Carrollton\". The portion closer to the river is often called the \"Riverbend\" or \"Carrollton Riverbend.\" The section closer to the Jefferson Parish line is sometimes known as \"Pigeon Town/Pension Town\". Leonidas is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans more commonly known to the locals as Pigeon Town / Pension Town. Today the area thrives on its commercial businesses but it also includes a large residential community. The formal name for", "title": "Leonidas, New Orleans" }, { "docid": "211631", "text": "the northern and western parts of the U.S. In New Orleans, a white bandleader named Papa Jack Laine integrated blacks and whites in his marching band. He was known as \"the father of white jazz\" because of the many top players he employed, such as George Brunies, Sharkey Bonano, and future members of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. During the early 1900s, jazz was mostly performed in African-American and mulatto communities due to segregation laws. Storyville brought jazz to a wider audience through tourists who visited the port city of New Orleans. Many jazz musicians from African-American communities were hired", "title": "Jazz" }, { "docid": "9292247", "text": "famous traditional jazz venue located on Decatur Street. Decatur Street (New Orleans) Decatur Street is a street in the French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA that runs parallel to the Mississippi River. Decatur was formerly known as \"Levee Street\" or \"Rue de la Levée\", as it was originally the location of the levee. In 1870, when the river had altered its course, it was renamed \"Decatur Street\" in honor of the naval hero Stephen Decatur. Decatur begins at Canal Street (the corresponding street up-river of Canal Street is Magazine), runs across the French Quarter , and terminates at", "title": "Decatur Street (New Orleans)" }, { "docid": "9221003", "text": "(1974–1980) (which became the Utah Jazz) and the New Orleans Buccaneers of the American Basketball Association (c. 1967–1970) (which became the Memphis Pros). Other professional basketball teams include the New Orleans Hurricanes of the Professional Basketball League of America (1947), New Orleans Sports of the Southern Basketball League (1948–1949) and New Orleans Pride of the Women's Professional Basketball League (1979–1981). Baseball was first played in New Orleans as early as 1859. In that year, amateur baseball leagues played games on the grounds of Delachaise Estates in Uptown New Orleans and the Lone Star Base Ball Club was organized. There were", "title": "Sports in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "6223265", "text": "The Flame of New Orleans The Flame of New Orleans is a 1941 comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Marlene Dietrich and Bruce Cabot in his first comedy role. The supporting cast features Roland Young, Andy Devine and Franklin Pangborn. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson and Russell A. Gausman. The legend of \"Claire of New Orleans\" is born after two fishermen find a wedding dress floating around on the Mississippi River one day. The legend tells that the Countess Claire Ledux disappeared on her wedding day", "title": "The Flame of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "6223254", "text": "The Flame of New Orleans The Flame of New Orleans is a 1941 comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Marlene Dietrich and Bruce Cabot in his first comedy role. The supporting cast features Roland Young, Andy Devine and Franklin Pangborn. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson and Russell A. Gausman. The legend of \"Claire of New Orleans\" is born after two fishermen find a wedding dress floating around on the Mississippi River one day. The legend tells that the Countess Claire Ledux disappeared on her wedding day", "title": "The Flame of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "10416321", "text": "the tresillo/habanera figure was a rhythmic staple of jazz at the turn of the 20th century. Comparing the music of New Orleans with the music of Cuba, Wynton Marsalis observes that tresillo is the New Orleans \"clave.\" Although technically, the pattern is only half a clave, Marsalis makes the important point that the single-celled figure is the guide-pattern of New Orleans music. The New Orleans musician Jelly Roll Morton considered the tresillo/habanera (which he called the Spanish tinge) to be an essential ingredient of jazz. The habanera rhythm and tresillo can be heard in his left hand on songs like", "title": "Music of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "1852370", "text": "twelve musicians. Important orchestras in New York were led by Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington. Many New Orleans jazzmen had moved to Chicago during the late 1910s in search of employment; among others, the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and Jelly Roll Morton recorded in the city. However, Chicago's importance as a center of jazz music started to diminish toward the end of the 1920s in favor of New York. In the early years of jazz, record companies were often eager to decide what songs were to be recorded by their artists. Popular numbers", "title": "Jazz standard" }, { "docid": "12975589", "text": "(ct), Benjie White (cl, as, leader), Lester Smith (ts), Mose Farrar (p), Rene Gelpi (bjo, g), Dan LeBlanc (tu), Earl Crumb (d), Frank Netto (tb), Pinky Vidacovitch (cl, as) and Sigfre Christensen (p). Their records are not as collectible as those of similar bands like the New Orleans Rhythm Kings or the Friar's Society Orchestra, but will still fetch a hundred dollars or more at auction if they are in excellent condition. New Orleans Owls The New Orleans Owls (active 1922-29) were an early jazz band from New Orleans that descended from The Invincibles String band and recorded 23 sides", "title": "New Orleans Owls" }, { "docid": "15432963", "text": "another Academy Award-nominated song. A year before the film came out in theatres, Randy Newman himself performed the song at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The song was nominated for Best Song at the 53rd Grammy Awards; in this category and the Academy Award it lost to \"The Weary Kind\". \"Almost There\", another song from the film, performed by Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), was also nominated for the Oscar. Down in New Orleans (song) \"Down in New Orleans\" is a jazz song from Disney's 2009 animated film \"The Princess and the Frog\", written by Randy Newman. Several", "title": "Down in New Orleans (song)" }, { "docid": "1531930", "text": "themselves from the popular image of jazz as a novelty and instead marketed it as a genuine musical genre. The third recording session occurred after Mares and Roppolo had spent some time playing in a small band in New York City. They returned to Chicago and scheduled another session with Gennett Records as the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. This session is notable because of the participation of famed jazz pianist and arranger Ferdinand \"Jelly Roll\" Morton. Morton was a Creole from New Orleans, and though he identified strongly with the white \"French\" side of being Creole, he was generally viewed", "title": "New Orleans Rhythm Kings" }, { "docid": "286696", "text": "Senator Russell Long, and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. The NFL needed congressional approval of the proposed AFL–NFL merger. Dixon and a local civic group had been seeking an NFL franchise for over five years and had hosted record crowds for NFL exhibition games. To seal the merger, Rozelle arrived in New Orleans within a week, and announced on November 1, 1966, that the NFL officially had awarded the city of New Orleans an NFL franchise. The team was named for the great jazz song most identified with New Orleans – \"When the Saints Go Marching In\", and it was no", "title": "New Orleans Saints" }, { "docid": "12975588", "text": "New Orleans Owls The New Orleans Owls (active 1922-29) were an early jazz band from New Orleans that descended from The Invincibles String band and recorded 23 sides for Columbia from 1925 to 1927 on 78 rpm Gramophone record. They are reportedly the first group to record by the electric system operating from a mobile recording van. They played principally for the dancers in the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. The replaced Abbie Brunies' Halfway House Orchestra at the Halfway House dancehall in the late 1920s. Members included Bill Padron (very much in the Paul Mares school)", "title": "New Orleans Owls" } ]

[ "⒲", "W", "ⓦ", "🄦", "Ⓦ", "Double-U", "🅆", "Double-you", "Ｗ", "Double-ues", "Double v", "Double u", "🅦", "🆆", "Double U", "W (letter)", "Double-u" ]

[ { "docid": "3143221", "text": "coarse canvas favored for making sails. Ships in private ownership were privateers, doing some of the tasks of a national navy vessel. For permission to take enemy ships with full authority, the government issues a letter of marque. That is a legal document from the British government which gives the private vessel the right to capture ships from enemy nations. In August 1990, \"The Letter of Marque\" was the first of the series novels to be issued by W W Norton in hardback and in paperback in the US, two years after the first edition was published in the UK,", "title": "The Letter of Marque" } ]

[ { "docid": "435635", "text": "other member states) has unilaterally withdrawn from the UN. During the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, and in response to the election of Malaysia as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, in a letter dated 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the United Nations Secretary-General that it had decided \"at this stage and under the present circumstances\" to withdraw from the UN. However, following the overthrow of President Sukarno, in a telegram dated 19 September 1966, Indonesia notified the Secretary-General of its decision \"to resume full cooperation with the United Nations and to resume participation in its activities starting with the", "title": "Member states of the United Nations" }, { "docid": "435625", "text": "two states merged to form the single member \"United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar\", with its name changed to the United Republic of Tanzania on 1 November 1964. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) joined the UN as an original member on 24 October 1945, and as set out by the United Nations Charter, Chapter V, Article 23, became one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Upon the imminent dissolution of the USSR, in a letter dated 24 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Federation, informed the United Nations Secretary-General that", "title": "Member states of the United Nations" }, { "docid": "435622", "text": "officially and the Holy See. It maintains unofficial diplomatic relations with around 100 nations, including the United States and Japan. Czechoslovakia joined the UN as an original member on 24 October 1945, with its name changed to the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic on 20 April 1990. Upon the imminent dissolution of Czechoslovakia, in a letter dated 10 December 1992, its Permanent Representative informed the United Nations Secretary-General that the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic would cease to exist on 31 December 1992 and that the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as successor states, would apply for membership in the UN.", "title": "Member states of the United Nations" }, { "docid": "12284438", "text": "Beside it we have 19 books of prophets. If You with YHWH help will receive this letter, please answer us our questions. How many people are you? What kind of language do you use? What are differences between you and local nations? With this letter we send you next letter in Hebrew-leshon kodesh. If you know this langure please answer us in hebrew because we know this language very well. We hope that you will answer us all our questions and they you will inform us that in your distant country live our brothers –Israelites, believers in ONE God, Qaraim.", "title": "Letter to the Falashas" }, { "docid": "3093814", "text": "no longer all wrong (mixed-up), he's \"different\"). The Letter People storybooks were rewritten with an eye toward teaching conflict resolution and problem solving skills. But they still have Alphakid A. The current program is divided into three levels with increasing emphasis on phonics: \"Let's Begin with the Letter People\" for preschool, \"Land of the Letter People\" for kindergarten, and \"Lives of the Letter People\" for first grade. The program is currently taught to about 30 million children. Though the program is generally well received by educators, some have criticized its strong focus on phonics at the expense of other literacy-building", "title": "The Letter People" }, { "docid": "3376983", "text": "the position of the United States from the Vilnius group composed of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, and a member of the UN Security Council, Bulgaria. The letter of the eight The letter of the eight was signed on 30 January 2003, by the prime ministers for five of then fifteen members of the European Union in addition to three high representatives for the Central European countries that were to enter the union in 2004. It expressed indirect support for United States ambition of a régime change in Iraq in the lead-up to the", "title": "The letter of the eight" }, { "docid": "13532214", "text": "Dear Colleague letter (United States) A \"Dear Colleague\" letter is an official correspondence which is sent by a Member, committee, or officer of the United States House of Representatives or United States Senate and which is distributed in bulk to other congressional offices. A \"Dear Colleague\" letter may be circulated in paper form through internal mail, distributed on a chamber floor, or sent electronically. \"Dear Colleague\" letters are often used to encourage others to cosponsor, support, or oppose a bill. \"Dear Colleague\" letters concerning a bill or resolution generally include a description of the legislation or other subject matter along", "title": "Dear Colleague letter (United States)" }, { "docid": "34337", "text": "of these volumes is divided into sections that begin with a text in boldface that summarizes a basic rule on an aspect of the law of contracts, agency etc. This \"restatement\" is followed by commentary and examples that expand on the principle stated. Black letter law In common law legal systems, black letter laws are the well-established legal rules that are no longer subject to reasonable dispute. Some examples are the \"black-letter law\" of contracts or the \"black-letter law\" of trademarks. Black-letter law can be contrasted with legal theory or unsettled legal issues. In an 1831 case in the U.S.", "title": "Black letter law" }, { "docid": "13532226", "text": "Education's Office for Civil Rights has used \"Dear Colleague\" letters to issue statements on policy regarding the interpretation of Title IX with respect to LGBT students and sexual assault. Dear Colleague letter (United States) A \"Dear Colleague\" letter is an official correspondence which is sent by a Member, committee, or officer of the United States House of Representatives or United States Senate and which is distributed in bulk to other congressional offices. A \"Dear Colleague\" letter may be circulated in paper form through internal mail, distributed on a chamber floor, or sent electronically. \"Dear Colleague\" letters are often used to", "title": "Dear Colleague letter (United States)" }, { "docid": "11004913", "text": "Chapter X of the United Nations Charter Chapter X of the United Nations Charter deals with the UN Economic and Social Council. Originally, Article 61 provided that ECOSOC would consist of 18 members, but in 1965 the Charter was amended to expand ECOSOC to 27 members, before being amended to include 54 in 1971. ECOSOC's members are elected by the UN General Assembly to staggered three-year terms, and are eligible for immediate re-election. This enables countries like the United States to be de facto permanent members. Article 62 empowers ECOSOC to \"make or initiate studies and reports with respect to", "title": "Chapter X of the United Nations Charter" }, { "docid": "17301397", "text": "\"Elective Affinities\". \"The Newton Letter\" is the third of Banville's \"scientific tetralogy\" (preceded by \"Doctor Copernicus\" and \"Kepler\", followed by \"Mefisto\", a reworking of the Faust theme). The writer has suggested that those who wish to sample his work begin with this work (\"It's pretty well all there. And it's short.\") The Newton Letter The Newton Letter is a 1982 novella by John Banville. Drawing comparisons with Ford Madox Ford's \"The Good Soldier\" and John Hawkes's \"The Blood Oranges\" for their use of the unreliable narrator, \"The Newton Letter\" was described in \"The New York Times\" as Banville's \"most impressive", "title": "The Newton Letter" }, { "docid": "3093810", "text": "by PBS member station KETC in St. Louis, Missouri, and the show first went into production in 1972. The show was extremely popular with children, and it quickly spread to other television stations across the country, via syndication, mainly to PBS and educational stations. \"The Letter People\" consists of 60 episodes. In each 15-minute installment, the Letter People (relatively primitive puppets) undertake various adventures in Letter People Land, a dark, featureless place populated by strange people and creatures. Episodes usually focus on introducing new Letter People or new sounds formed by combining two Letter People together (such as /CH/ or", "title": "The Letter People" }, { "docid": "5346523", "text": "Rehearsal letter A rehearsal letter is a boldface letter of the alphabet in an orchestral score, and its corresponding parts, that provides the conductor, who typically leads rehearsals, with a convenient spot to begin at places other than the start of movements or pieces. Rehearsal letters are most often used in scores of the Romantic era and onwards, beginning with Louis Spohr. They may also be generically called rehearsal marks or rehearsal figures, or, when numbers are used instead of letters, rehearsal numbers. In the course of rehearsing a symphony or piece, it is often necessary for the conductor to", "title": "Rehearsal letter" }, { "docid": "3376981", "text": "The letter of the eight The letter of the eight was signed on 30 January 2003, by the prime ministers for five of then fifteen members of the European Union in addition to three high representatives for the Central European countries that were to enter the union in 2004. It expressed indirect support for United States ambition of a régime change in Iraq in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. To most observers it demonstrated a total division within the EU in respect to foreign policy and attitudes towards international law. The letter, from the governments of Czech", "title": "The letter of the eight" }, { "docid": "9295444", "text": "that permits ambiguity, or else there may be limitations in the law's scope or jurisdiction. For example, an offshore bank account can be used to reduce domestic tax obligations in some countries. Letter and spirit of the law The letter of the law versus the spirit of the law is an idiomatic antithesis. When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, one is obeying the literal interpretation of the words (the \"letter\") of the law, but not necessarily the \"intent\" of those who wrote the law. Conversely, when one obeys the spirit of the law but", "title": "Letter and spirit of the law" }, { "docid": "7978895", "text": "language is not a superstructure'. Lacan uses his concept of the letter to distance himself from the Jungian approach to symbols and the unconscious. Whereas Jung believes that there is a collective unconscious which works with symbolic archetypes, Lacan insists that we must read the productions of the unconscious \"à la lettre\" - in other words, literally to the letter (or, more specifically, the concept of the letter which Lacan's essay seeks to introduce). In Freud's theory of dreams, the individual's unconscious takes advantage of the weakened ego during sleep in order to produce thoughts which have been censored during", "title": "The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious, or Reason Since Freud" }, { "docid": "435634", "text": "an advisory opinion, ruling that Kosovo's declaration of independence was not in violation of international law. A member state may be suspended or expelled from the UN, according to the United Nations Charter. From Chapter II, Article 5: From Article 6: Since its inception, no member state has been suspended or expelled from the UN under Articles 5 and 6. However, in a few cases, states were suspended or expelled from participating in UN activities by means other than Articles 5 and 6: Since the inception of the UN, only one member state (excluding those that dissolved or merged with", "title": "Member states of the United Nations" }, { "docid": "435632", "text": "on 3 June 2006. In a letter dated on the same day, the President of Serbia informed the United Nations Secretary-General that the membership of Serbia and Montenegro in the UN was being continued by Serbia, following Montenegro's declaration of independence, in accordance with the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro. Montenegro was admitted to the UN on 28 June 2006. In the aftermath of the Kosovo War, the territory of Kosovo, then an autonomous province of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was put under the interim administration of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo on 10 June 1999. On", "title": "Member states of the United Nations" }, { "docid": "13064594", "text": "Fielding's two. There are no contemporary accounts of the play besides it being a failure. According to Thomas Lockwood, removing \"The Letter-Writers\" from the billing \"was a forced decision, made necessary because the afterpiece was dragging down the programme—not an easy accomplishment, where the programme was headed by \"The Tragedy of Tragedies\"\" Allardy Nicolls believes that, in regards to \"The Letter-Writers\", \"Of all eighteenth century farces, Fielding's is perhaps the best\". Robert Hume disagrees with Nicoll's assessment and instead believes that the play's \"gimmick is a good one\" but it \"is ineptly handled\". F. Homes Dudden notes how \"The Letter", "title": "The Letter Writers" }, { "docid": "14427893", "text": "of Berlin, there is an extant \"Ave Maria\" embedded in the floor before the altar. Each letter appears as a relief print on an unglazed, red-brown terracotta tile measuring 14 x 14 cm. The Latin inscription dates to the 13th or 14th century and was composed in Gothic majuscule. The Prüfening dedicatory inscription is a Latin church inscription on a single clay tablet using a different principle, apparently made by stamping out the words with individual letter stamps or types. Medieval letter tile Medieval letter tiles are one-letter ceramic tiles that were employed in monasteries and churches of the late", "title": "Medieval letter tile" }, { "docid": "9428566", "text": "McDuck spirit of adventure he sees in his younger relatives has inspired him to return to a life of adventure ever since he first met them. With this confession on behalf of Scrooge that he does care about his family, he and Matilda make up at last. The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter from Home \"The Old Castle's \"Other\" Secret\", alternately titled \"A Letter From Home\", is Don Rosa's sequel to \"The Crown of the Crusader Kings\". The title is a reference to \"The Old Castle's Secret\", which was the second story to feature Scrooge McDuck and was", "title": "The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter from Home" }, { "docid": "3723296", "text": "Open letter An open letter is a letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience, or a letter intended for an individual, but that is nonetheless widely distributed intentionally. Open letters usually take the form of a letter addressed to an individual but provided to the public through newspapers and other media, such as a letter to the editor or blog. Especially common are critical open letters addressed to political leaders. Currently there are very few sites solely specialising in publishing open letters. However, there are community sites where visitors can publish their own letters and promote", "title": "Open letter" }, { "docid": "9498188", "text": "Plato's authority. There is no other mention of a Trojan colony in Italy from the reign of Laomedon, let alone of Lucania or the Lucani having been descended from the otherwise unknown \"Myrians.\" R. G. Bury also notes that the \"Twelfth Letter\", along with the \"Ninth\", spell Archytas with an α, whereas Plato spells it in more authoritative epistles with an η (Αρχύτης). Twelfth Letter The Twelfth Letter of Plato, also known as Epistle XII or Letter XII, is an epistle that tradition has ascribed to Plato, though it is almost certainly a literary forgery. Of all the \"Epistles\", it", "title": "Twelfth Letter" }, { "docid": "7488934", "text": "The Letter (The Box Tops song) \"The Letter\" is a song written by Wayne Carson that was first recorded by the American rock band the Box Tops in 1967. It was sung in a gruff blue-eyed soul style by Alex Chilton. The song was the group's first and biggest record chart hit, reaching number one in the United States and Canada. It was also an international success and reached the top ten in several other countries. \"The Letter\" launched Chilton's career and inspired numerous cover versions. English rock and soul singer Joe Cocker's 1970 rendition became his first top ten", "title": "The Letter (The Box Tops song)" }, { "docid": "14087872", "text": "for war. In \"Jus Suffragii\" in December 1914, Carrie Chapman Catt published a letter that she had received earlier from , , and several other German women activists including presidents of woman suffrage societies in Germany. The letter was entitled \"To the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, through its president, Mrs. Chapman Catt.\" It began, \"To the women of all nations warm and hearty greetings in these wretched and bloody times.\" The German women expressed that the \"criminally rekindled war\" should not separate women from all countries who had previously been united \"by the common striving for the highest object—personal and", "title": "Open Christmas Letter" }, { "docid": "6526091", "text": "question is not listed on a multiple listing service, there may not be an easy way to notify the owner of the property and other interested parties of intent to purchase. Often it is necessary to officially begin the process of a purchase, and allow all peripheral interested parties to begin any other processes, with a letter of intent. For example, a multimillion-dollar loan for a commercial property may require a letter of intent before a financial institution will allow personnel to spend time working on said loan necessary for the completion of the sale. The same may be followed", "title": "Letter of intent" }, { "docid": "3051389", "text": "engineering design drawings are typically labelled entirely in upper-case letters, which are easier to distinguish than the lower case, especially when space restrictions require that the lettering be small. In mathematics, on the other hand, letter case may indicate the relationship between objects, with upper-case letters often representing \"superior\" objects (e.g. \"X\" could be a set containing the generic member \"x\"). The terms \"upper case\" and \"lower case\" can be written as two consecutive words, connected with a hyphen (\"upper-case\" and \"lower-case\" – particularly if they pre-modify another noun), or as a single word (\"uppercase\" and \"lowercase\"). These terms originated", "title": "Letter case" }, { "docid": "16632523", "text": "the following, using palatal clicks as an example: Historical roman orthographies have been based on the following sets of letters: There are two principal conventions for writing the manners of articulation (the 'effluxes'), which are used with both the Lepsius and Zulu orthographies. One uses \"g\" for voicing and \"x\" for affricate clicks; the other uses \"d\" for voicing and \"g\" for affricate clicks. Both use \"n\" for nasal clicks, but these letters may come either before or after the base letter. For simplicity, these will be illustrated across various orthographies using the lateral clicks only. Click letter Various letters", "title": "Click letter" }, { "docid": "5346536", "text": "(refrain), one or more bridges, a guitar solo (or other instrumental solos), and an outros. As such, a bandleader who wishes to start in the middle of a song will typically specify which part of this structure the band should start on (e.g., \"last four bars of the bridge, going into the guitar solo\" or \"last verse and go to the outro\"). Rehearsal letter A rehearsal letter is a boldface letter of the alphabet in an orchestral score, and its corresponding parts, that provides the conductor, who typically leads rehearsals, with a convenient spot to begin at places other than", "title": "Rehearsal letter" }, { "docid": "9497953", "text": "Younger. Why such a letter would be preserved is unknown. More damaging to the letter's authenticity is its rather un-Platonic claim that genuine philosophy, which Aristodorus supposedly exhibits to the highest degree, consists entirely of steadfastness, trustworthiness, and sincerity, apparently to the exclusion of any intellectual qualities or even of any particular love of learning: any wisdom or cleverness which tends toward other moral commitments is rightly called \"ingenuity\" or \"daintiness\" (Bury translates \"parlour-tricks;\" Post, \"embellishments;\" κομψότητας). Tenth Letter (Plato) The Tenth Letter of Plato, also known as Epistle X or Letter X, is an epistle that tradition has ascribed", "title": "Tenth Letter (Plato)" }, { "docid": "7303989", "text": "bride. The Letter of the Law \"The Letter of the Law\" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the February 1936 edition of \"Redbook\", and in the United Kingdom in the April 1936 issue of the \"Strand\". It was included in the UK collection \"Lord Emsworth and Others\" (1937), and in the U.S. edition of \"Young Men in Spats\" (1936). It is a golf story, narrated by the Oldest Member. The President's Cup and the love of Gwendolyne Poskitt occasion the only time the Oldest Member ever saw profit from driving", "title": "The Letter of the Law" }, { "docid": "7303987", "text": "The Letter of the Law \"The Letter of the Law\" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the February 1936 edition of \"Redbook\", and in the United Kingdom in the April 1936 issue of the \"Strand\". It was included in the UK collection \"Lord Emsworth and Others\" (1937), and in the U.S. edition of \"Young Men in Spats\" (1936). It is a golf story, narrated by the Oldest Member. The President's Cup and the love of Gwendolyne Poskitt occasion the only time the Oldest Member ever saw profit from driving into", "title": "The Letter of the Law" }, { "docid": "9428562", "text": "The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter from Home \"The Old Castle's \"Other\" Secret\", alternately titled \"A Letter From Home\", is Don Rosa's sequel to \"The Crown of the Crusader Kings\". The title is a reference to \"The Old Castle's Secret\", which was the second story to feature Scrooge McDuck and was the first in which he was a starring character in an adventure with his nephews. Scrooge McDuck and his family return to Castle McDuck to find the treasure of the Knights Templar; the caretaker is revealed to be Scrooge's sister (and Donald's and Huey, Dewey, and Louie's", "title": "The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter from Home" }, { "docid": "9478966", "text": "that night, he begins to \"peel an orange\", a line from the letter. Seeing his hint, Helen rushes into the house and says goodnight. Johnny leaves. In the next few weeks, Johnny and Helen meet and begin an affair, each thinking the other wrote the letter. Helen goes to the bookstore, and brings the letter with her. She leaves her purse on the desk. Then, Helen's manager, Janet Hall (Ellen DeGeneres), arrives. Helen decides not to tell her about the letter just yet. While she is upstairs working, George comes in with new smoke detectors for the store. Janet accepts", "title": "The Love Letter (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "6890237", "text": "a sentence, as the first letter of a proper name or title, or in headers or inscriptions. They may also serve other functions, such as in the German language where all nouns begin with capital letters. In practical terms, tests have proven that lowercase words are easier to read. They also take up less space on the page, a considerable benefit when materials such as paper and ink were scarce and valuable. The terms \"uppercase\" and \"lowercase\" originated in the days of hand-set type for printing presses. Individual letter blocks were kept in specific compartments of drawers in a type", "title": "Letter (alphabet)" }, { "docid": "6028744", "text": "accusing her of having an affair with Pearson. Another letter informs a shell-shocked veteran Mr. Gauthier that he is dying of cancer, causing the distraught man to commit suicide. Quickly, the townsfolk begin pointing fingers at all possible suspects. Channel 4's review of the film praised the cinematography and music score: \"The movie is redolent with atmosphere: Joseph LaShelle's photography accentuates the black and shadows, and there's dark shading too in Alex North's music. The film is dominated by death and melancholy, and by Françoise Rosay as the matriarch responsible for the trouble.\" The 13th Letter The 13th Letter is", "title": "The 13th Letter" }, { "docid": "1291460", "text": "hotel where D— stays and have found nothing. They checked behind the wallpaper and under the carpets. His men have examined the tables and chairs with magnifying glasses and then probed the cushions with needles but have found no sign of interference; the letter is not hidden in these places. Dupin asks the Prefect if he knows what he is seeking and the Prefect reads off a minute description of the letter, which Dupin memorizes. The Prefect then bids them good day. A month later, the Prefect returns, still bewildered in his search for the missing letter. He is motivated", "title": "The Purloined Letter" }, { "docid": "4907106", "text": "Letter (paper size) Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines. It measures . US Letter-size paper is a standard defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI, paper size A), in contrast to A4 paper used by most other countries, and adopted at varying dates, which is defined by the International Organization for Standardization, specifically in ISO 216. The Reagan administration made Letter-size paper the norm for U.S. federal forms in the early 1980s; previously, the smaller", "title": "Letter (paper size)" }, { "docid": "12121475", "text": "each other, but that all derive independently (or at least in consultation with) an unknown prior edition or manuscript. Because of the \"Almirante\" signature and other clues, it is believed that all the Spanish editions are probably indirect, that is, that they were probably not directly copied from Columbus's original manuscript letter, but are themselves copies of earlier unknown copies or editions. The simplicity and rarity of the original printed editions of the Letter to Santangel (only two copies are known to exist) has made it appealing to forgers, and there have been repeated attempts to sell fake copies of", "title": "Columbus's letter on the first voyage" }, { "docid": "10797179", "text": "pleasure of working under them and the opportunities and experience gained thereby, and also offer to assist with the transition by, for example, training the replacement. A more hostile letter may assert other sentiments or claims, particularly that the contract or terms of employment have been broken. In any case, the terms of the letter and its consequences may often be negotiated, either before or after delivery. A formal letter with minimal expression of courtesy is then-President of the United States Richard Nixon's letter of resignation, under the terms of a relatively unknown law passed by Congress March 1, 1792,", "title": "Letter of resignation" }, { "docid": "12121468", "text": "sent by Columbus to Luis de Santángel, the \"Escribano de Racion\" of the Crown of Aragon, although there is no addressee named (the letter is addressed merely to \"Señor\"). Neither of these editions are mentioned by any writers before the 19th century, nor have any other copies been found, which suggests they were very small printings, and that the publication of Columbus's letter may have been suppressed in Spain by royal command. The existence of the Latin letter to Gabriel Sanchez was known long before the existence of the Spanish letter to Santangel. The Latin editions do not contain the", "title": "Columbus's letter on the first voyage" }, { "docid": "7807797", "text": "No-action letter A no-action letter is a letter written by the staff members of a government agency, requested by an entity subject to regulation by that agency, indicating that the staff will not recommend that the agency take legal action against the entity, should the entity engage in a course of action proposed by the entity through its request for a no-action letter. Often, a request is made because the legality of the course of action in question is uncertain, and in some cases a request may be granted when it is understood that the action is not technically legal,", "title": "No-action letter" }, { "docid": "4415460", "text": "However, according to other sources, there is no historical evidence for this. In Modern Arabic mathematical notation, \"sīn\", i.e. \"šīn\" without its dots, often corresponds to Latin \"x\". In Moroccan Arabic, the letter , \"šīn\" with an additional three dots below, is used to transliterate the sound. In Aramaic, where the use of \"shin\" is well-determined, the orthography of \"sin\" was never fully resolved. To express an etymological /ś/, a number of dialects chose either \"sin\" or \"samek\" exclusively, where other dialects switch freely between them (often 'leaning' more often towards one or the other). For example: Regardless of how", "title": "Shin (letter)" }, { "docid": "19899584", "text": "package aware commentary of our turbulent times in the United States in 2016.\" Credits for \"Us or Else: Letter to the System\" adapted from AllMusic. Us or Else: Letter to the System Us or Else: Letter to the System is a compilation album by American hip hop recording artist T.I.. It was independently released on December 16, 2016, by Grand Hustle Records and Roc Nation. The project, which was initially issued as a Tidal exclusive, serves as an extended version of his EP, simply titled \"Us or Else\" (2016). The project features an array of artists, including Hustle Gang affiliates", "title": "Us or Else: Letter to the System" }, { "docid": "7807798", "text": "but is nonetheless acceptable according to a common sense approach to the situation. No-action letter A no-action letter is a letter written by the staff members of a government agency, requested by an entity subject to regulation by that agency, indicating that the staff will not recommend that the agency take legal action against the entity, should the entity engage in a course of action proposed by the entity through its request for a no-action letter. Often, a request is made because the legality of the course of action in question is uncertain, and in some cases a request may", "title": "No-action letter" }, { "docid": "5108114", "text": "all text is left aligned (except the author's address, date, and closing), paragraphs are not indented, and the author's address, date, and closing begin at the center point. Semi-block format is similar to the Modified block format, except that the first line of each paragraph is indented. In a modified semi-block format letter, all text is left aligned (except the author's address, date, and closing), paragraphs are indented, and the author's address, date, and closing are usually indented in same position. Business letter A business letter is usually a letter from one company to another, or between such organizations and", "title": "Business letter" }, { "docid": "20416976", "text": "to the headmaster of the island Negrais in the Irrawaddy River delta. To avoid misunderstandings or misinterpretation of their contents, Alaungpaya had all the letters, which differed in both content and style depending on their respective recipients, already be translated in Rangoon, and sent these translations together with the originals. At the headquarters of the East India Company in London, the receipt of the letter was recorded. In the Golden Letter, Alaungpaya offered to George II that the longstanding trade relationship between their countries be expanded. Among other things, this could be done by having the East India Company set", "title": "The Golden Letter of King Alaungpaya" }, { "docid": "11004915", "text": "rights.\" Article 71 forms the basis for granting nongovernmental organizations Consultative Status. There were representatives of 1,200 voluntary organizations present at the founding conference of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945, and this article provided a mechanism for continued involvement.(citation needed) Chapter X of the United Nations Charter Chapter X of the United Nations Charter deals with the UN Economic and Social Council. Originally, Article 61 provided that ECOSOC would consist of 18 members, but in 1965 the Charter was amended to expand ECOSOC to 27 members, before being amended to include 54 in 1971. ECOSOC's members are", "title": "Chapter X of the United Nations Charter" }, { "docid": "9497952", "text": "Tenth Letter (Plato) The Tenth Letter of Plato, also known as Epistle X or Letter X, is an epistle that tradition has ascribed to Plato. It is the shortest of the \"Epistles of Plato\", comprising two or three sentences aside from the salutation, and spanning a single letter in the Stephanus pagination (358c). Few consider the \"Tenth Letter\" to be authentic. It purports to be a private letter of encouragement to an otherwise unknown Aristodorus, commending him for his continued support of Dion, presumably during the latter's exile from Syracuse in his struggle for power with his nephew, Dionysius the", "title": "Tenth Letter (Plato)" }, { "docid": "435636", "text": "twenty-first session of the General Assembly\". On 28 September 1966, the United Nations General Assembly took note of the decision of the Government of Indonesia and the President invited the representatives of that country to take their seats in the Assembly. Unlike suspension and expulsion, no express provision is made in the United Nations Charter of whether or how a member can legally withdraw from the UN (largely to prevent the threat of withdrawal from being used as a form of political blackmail, or to evade obligations under the Charter, similar to withdrawals that weakened the UN's predecessor, the League", "title": "Member states of the United Nations" }, { "docid": "9444267", "text": "Letter of transmittal In Finance, a letter of transmittal is a type of cover letter that accompanies a document, such as a financial report or security certificate. Within financial markets it is used by a security holder to accompany certificates surrendered in an exchange or corporate action. A Transmittal Letter is a business letter and is formatted accordingly, it should include the recipient's address, sender's address, distribution list, a salutation and closing. It typically includes why it should receive the reader's consideration, and what the reader should do with it. The transmittal letter provides the recipient with a specific context", "title": "Letter of transmittal" }, { "docid": "4531986", "text": "Letter to the editor A letter to the editor (sometimes abbreviated LTTE or LTE) is a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern from its readers. Usually, letters are intended for publication. In many publications, letters to the editor may be sent either through conventional mail or electronic mail. Letters to the editor are most frequently associated with newspapers and newsmagazines. However, they are sometimes published in other periodicals (such as entertainment and technical magazines), and radio and television stations. In the latter instance, letters are sometimes read on the air (usually, on a news broadcast or on", "title": "Letter to the editor" }, { "docid": "435602", "text": "Member states of the United Nations The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. The criteria for admission of new members to the UN are set out in Chapter II, Article 4 of the UN Charter: A recommendation for admission from the Security Council requires affirmative votes from at least nine of the council's fifteen members, with none of the five permanent members using their veto power. The Security Council's recommendation must then be", "title": "Member states of the United Nations" }, { "docid": "5346525", "text": "bar number in their parts (e.g. 385 or 390) and count back or forward a couple of measures. Even if the number 387 is written at the appropriate bar, it might not particularly stand out. But if there is, for example, a big, bold letter M in the score and parts, it is much easier for the conductor to just say \"begin at letter M\". Even if the conductor were to say \"one bar before letter M\", that would still be more convenient than saying \"bar 386\". Alternatively the conductor could first say \"before M...\" and allow the players time", "title": "Rehearsal letter" }, { "docid": "17327358", "text": "the earlier Letter-Books originally bore other titles, derived from the comparative size of each volume and the original colour of its binding. Letter-Book A is referred to as the \"Lesser Black Book\" (\"Parvus\" or \"Minor Liber Niger\"); Letter-Book B as the \"Black Book\" (\"Liber Niger\"); Letter-Book C as the \"Greater Black Book\" (\"Major\" or \"Maximus Liber Niger\"); Letter-Book D as the \"Red Book\" (\"Liber Rubeus\"); and Letter-Book E as the \"White Book\" or \"New White Book of Writs and Memoranda\" (\"Liber Albus\" or \"Liber Albus novus de brevibus et memorandis\"). The books, written in scores of varying hands, are not", "title": "Letter-Books of the City of London" }, { "docid": "2493444", "text": "Eastern alphabets). In writing, the early letter appears in an angular shape (). There were early graphical variants that omitted the stem (\"chickenfoot-shaped psi\" as: or ). The Western letter (expressing /kʰ/, later /x/) was adopted into the Old Italic alphabets, and its shape is also continued into the Algiz rune of the Elder Futhark. The classical Greek letter was adopted into the early Cyrillic alphabet as \"Ѱ\". The letter psi is commonly used in physics to represent wave functions in quantum mechanics, such as in the Schrödinger equation and bra–ket notation: formula_1. It is also used to represent the", "title": "Psi (letter)" }, { "docid": "12121421", "text": "farms), rather than launching into descriptive dissertations. There are no extended allusions to an earthly Garden of Eden, marvelous vegetation or colorful songbirds, or the structure of Indian villages, as can be found in Vespucci's letters or in Columbus's own journal. It seems evident Columbus's letter was written for an audience of European officials and merchants, not to delight the imagination of common European readers. The anthropological notes in Columbus's letter are relatively sparse. He does not really inquire into or describe the local Arawak natives, their lifestyles, society or customs in much detail. Rather, Columbus's letter is primarily focused", "title": "Columbus's letter on the first voyage" }, { "docid": "1291459", "text": "celebrated cases when they are joined by the Prefect of the Police, a man known as G—. The Prefect has a case he would like to discuss with Dupin. A letter has been stolen from the boudoir of an unnamed woman by the unscrupulous Minister D—. It is said to contain compromising information. D— was in the room, saw the letter, and switched it for a letter of no importance. He has been blackmailing his victim. The Prefect makes two deductions with which Dupin does not disagree: The Prefect says that he and his police detectives have searched the Ministerial", "title": "The Purloined Letter" }, { "docid": "532250", "text": "adhere to the conditions set out in the letter. It is usually assumed that the sender of a superstitious chain letter seriously believes it to be true and is legitimately trying to convince the recipient of the literal wording, although, in theory, it could also be sarcastic. Originally, chain letters were letters one received in the mail. Today, chain letters are often sent via email messages, postings on social network sites, and text messages. There are two main types of chain letters: In the United States, chain letters that request money or other items of value and promise a substantial", "title": "Chain letter" }, { "docid": "5701419", "text": "As Bet is the number 2 in gematria, this is said to symbolize that there are two parts to Torah: the Written Torah and the Oral Torah. According to Jewish legend, the letter Bet was specially chosen among the twenty two letters in Hebrew by God as the first letter of Torah as it begins with \"\"Bereshit\" (In the beginning) God created heaven and earth.\" Rashi points out that the letter is closed on three sides and open on one; this is to teach you that you may question about what happened after creation, but not what happened before it,", "title": "Bet (letter)" }, { "docid": "4864821", "text": "explained, but no explanation soothed my worry'; yet when letters came, operational contingencies might mean the need to 'Fold the letter carefully away...Fold that whole world away, and passion and love, so that they couldn't be hurt; yet of course they were there...when I saw a man, any man, reading a letter'. In the second half of the century, with the coming of the permissive society - 'imprisoning in physical bonding' - and the instantaneity of the Information Age, the more distanced and nuanced art of the love letter might be said to have fallen somewhat into disrepute: 'what could", "title": "Love letter" }, { "docid": "1291473", "text": "Žižek asks \"So why \"does\" a letter always arrive at its destination? Why could it not—sometimes at least—also \"fail\" to reach it?\" Hollis Robbins critiques Derrida for his own blindness to patriotism in prefacing his reading of \"The Purloined Letter\" with a reading of \"The Emperor's New Clothes\": \"In Derrida's view, both Poe's story and Andersen's feature a king whose manhood is imperiled, who is surrounded by habit-driven and ineffectual civil servants, and who is saved by an individual who sees what is obvious. ... Both save the crown from further embarrassment. ... There is never a question that a", "title": "The Purloined Letter" }, { "docid": "3093815", "text": "techniques. Others complained that - when compared with the original Letter People - the new Letter People are too concerned with being politically correct to be fun. In the early 2010s, four new Letter People characters were added to the program in order to teach children Spanish. The four characters are \"Señorita Ch\", \"Señor Ll\", \"Señorita Ñ\" and \"Señor rr\". In the original 1968 program, the place where the Letter People live was originally called \"Letter People Land\" in 1974, and later renamed the \"Land of the Letter People\" when the program was revised in 1990. In the newly revised", "title": "The Letter People" }, { "docid": "3093808", "text": "alphabet was represented by a unique character with traits derived from itself. The consonants were males (as \"the Letter Boys\"), and the vowels were females (as \"the Letter Girls\"). Reiss-Weimann, Friedman and Callen also wrote two series of books about the characters, \"Fables from the Letter People\" and \"Read-to-Me\". Each Letter Person also had an accompanying song (available on 8-track cartridge and vinyl record), and inflatable vinyl effigies in two sizes (12-14 inches or 30-inch \"life-size\") known as a \"Huggables\". Other merchandise included filmstrips and flash cards. Educators who adopted the program were trained in its implementation, and \"The Letter", "title": "The Letter People" }, { "docid": "2341454", "text": "Varsity letter A varsity letter (or monogram) is an award earned in the United States for excellence in school activities. A varsity letter signifies that its winner was a qualified varsity team member, awarded after a certain standard was met. The award letter is usually made in the colors and initials representing the school that the recipient attends. The letter patch is primarily constructed of chenille and felt materials. Standard sizes range from to . While and usually denote Junior Varsity achievements, to would denote full (Senior) Varsity. The stitching style used for creating the chenille look is called a", "title": "Varsity letter" }, { "docid": "13346821", "text": "occupied Estonia. The letter was addressed to the newspapers Pravda, Rahva Hääl and Sovetskaya Estoniya. None of these nor any other Soviet publication printed the letter. Copies of the letter were however widely distributed through samizdat. The letter was first published abroad on December 10, 1980 in Eesti Päevaleht (Stockholm), a weekly newspaper run by Estonians in exile. At the same time that the letter circulated in Estonian exile communities, radio stations in other countries broadcast the contents of the letter. Radio Free Europe read the letter in full on 11 December 1980 in the Estonian language, and later also", "title": "Letter of 40 intellectuals" }, { "docid": "34332", "text": "Black letter law In common law legal systems, black letter laws are the well-established legal rules that are no longer subject to reasonable dispute. Some examples are the \"black-letter law\" of contracts or the \"black-letter law\" of trademarks. Black-letter law can be contrasted with legal theory or unsettled legal issues. In an 1831 case in the U.S. Supreme Court, \"Jackson ex dem. Bradford v. Huntington\", the phrase \"black letter\" was used: \"It is seldom that a case in our time savors so much of the black letter, but the course of decisions in New York renders it unavailable...\". The phrase", "title": "Black letter law" }, { "docid": "1442326", "text": "for the same sound in Latin, and many modern languages that use the Latin alphabet. Chi was also included in the Cyrillic script as the letter Х, with the phonetic value /x/ or /h/. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the minuscule chi is the symbol for the voiceless uvular fricative. Chi is the basis for the name literary chiastic structure and the name of chiasmus. In Plato's Timaeus, it is explained that the two bands that form the soul of the world cross each other like the letter Χ. Plato's analogy, along with several other examples of \"chi\" as a", "title": "Chi (letter)" }, { "docid": "2341458", "text": "item, the varsity letter has a huge number of variations and no set standard is made to any school on how it should look. Chenille letters come in many different forms and shapes. Some institutions use Old English or script style, two or three letter monogram, 3D shading, chenille bordered or the traditional straight block style. Students generally receive only one actual letter, but can win the distinction multiple times. These additional designations are shown by adding embroidered sport insignias, modeled metal insert pins, or bars that are attached to the letter. Some schools may embroider non-athletic letters with their", "title": "Varsity letter" }, { "docid": "1442552", "text": "dialects of most of the Greek mainland and Euboea, the sound [ks] was represented by Χ (which in classical Greek is chi, used for ). Because this variant of the Greek alphabet was used in Italy, the Latin alphabet borrowed Χ rather than Ξ as the Latin letter X. While having no Latin derivative, the Xi was adopted into the early Cyrillic alphabet, as the letter ksi (Ѯ, ѯ). The uppercase letter Ξ is used as symbol for: The lowercase letter ξ is used as a symbol for: These characters are used only as mathematical symbols. Stylized Greek text should", "title": "Xi (letter)" }, { "docid": "14713361", "text": "not a required prerequisite to enforcement action. The FDA further asserts that there are egregious circumstances when issuing a Warning Letter is not appropriate, and it will then take immediate enforcement action. These include: In certain situations, the agency may take other actions instead of, or concurrent with, a Warning Letter. For example: After the FDA completes an evaluation of corrective actions via a follow-up inspection, it may issue a so-called warning letter close-out letter if the FDA's evaluation shows that the firm has taken corrective action to address the violations contained in the warning letter. This procedure applies to", "title": "FDA warning letter" }, { "docid": "16810665", "text": "the letter are quoted, they are \"bland homilies\" and \"banal twaddle\". Junior initially puzzles over the form of the letter, not really noticing the content: the fact that the letter was dated to three years previously, the fact that it was typed—which his father never did, the fact that he had no idea of its existence, the fact that the envelope itself, addressed to him, had last been seen in a safe-deposit box. At his mother's suggestion, the letter is shared with the family. An older relative with a print shop prepares, without asking, a hundred copies, causing Junior some", "title": "The Letter Left to Me" }, { "docid": "8333025", "text": "Enlargement of the United Nations As of , there are member states of the United Nations (UN), each of which is a member of the United Nations General Assembly. The following is a list of United Nations member states arranged in chronological order according to their dates of admission (with the United Nations Security Council resolutions that recommended their admission and the United Nations General Assembly resolutions that admitted them, signified with SCR and GAR, respectively), including former members. Members denoted with \"→\" changed their names, had their memberships in the UN continued by a successor state, merged with other", "title": "Enlargement of the United Nations" }, { "docid": "4428034", "text": "Nations mission or organization where there is no specific approved United Nations medal, personnel may be eligible for the United Nations Special Service Medal (UNSSM). Some examples of qualifying service are the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq, or the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs Accelerated De-Mining Programme (MADP) in Mozambique. Some nations, such as France, the Commonwealth of Australia, Canada and New Zealand permit members of the military and police to receive and display multiple United Nations Medals as separate decorations. Other countries, in particular the United Kingdom, permit a service member to receive the relevant United Nations", "title": "United Nations Medal" }, { "docid": "3051410", "text": "[…]\". In other words, while the shapes of letters like A, B, E, H, K, M, O, P, T, X, Y and so on are shared between the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic alphabets (and small differences in their canonical forms may be considered to be of a merely typographical nature), it would still be problematic for a multilingual character set or a font to provide only a \"single\" code point for, say, uppercase letter B, as this would make it quite difficult for a wordprocessor to change that single uppercase letter to one of the three different choices for the", "title": "Letter case" }, { "docid": "6267542", "text": "Letter of Benan The Letter of Benan was a literary forgery issued by Ernst Edler von der Planitz in 1910, allegedly a translation from a fifth-century Coptic papyrus containing a translation of an original composed in Greek in 83 CE. There is no evidence that either the Greek or Coptic works ever existed. It consists of a letter purporting to be of an Egyptian physician describing his encounters with Jesus and the apostles. Internal evidence and historical inconsistencies, in the absence of the purported original manuscripts, clearly indicate this work to be a fake. It is thus counted among the", "title": "Letter of Benan" }, { "docid": "6267543", "text": "modern apocrypha. Letter of Benan The Letter of Benan was a literary forgery issued by Ernst Edler von der Planitz in 1910, allegedly a translation from a fifth-century Coptic papyrus containing a translation of an original composed in Greek in 83 CE. There is no evidence that either the Greek or Coptic works ever existed. It consists of a letter purporting to be of an Egyptian physician describing his encounters with Jesus and the apostles. Internal evidence and historical inconsistencies, in the absence of the purported original manuscripts, clearly indicate this work to be a fake. It is thus counted", "title": "Letter of Benan" }, { "docid": "14438547", "text": "numbers and other essential signs, even whole frequently used words. This may be used by people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, for instance. Letter board A letter board may refer to two devices. A letter board or letter sign, also known as marquee, is a customizable form of signage that employs individually movable letters of the alphabet. They are used by, \"e.g.\", movie theaters to list the current roster of films, churches to display the titles of sermons, and other buildings, people, and institutions whose signs are required to change on a regular basis. Letter board also may refer to aid", "title": "Letter board" }, { "docid": "2272812", "text": "inside and outside the Latter-day Saint movement. Kenneth W. Rendell lent credence to it by stating that the ink, paper and postmark were all consistent with the period; he concluded that \"there is no indication that the document is a forgery.\" The document was later demonstrated to be a forgery created by Hofmann, who had been responsible for the \"discovery\" of many other notable documents. Rendell then recast his conclusion, stating that while there was \"the absence of any indication of forgery in the letter itself, there was also no evidence that it was genuine.\" The contents of the letter", "title": "Salamander letter" }, { "docid": "11183380", "text": "favor the letter N (for Norge) more than people from other countries did, neither did the Hungarians favor the letter M (for Magyarország). This led Nuttin to conclude that individual ownership has affective consequences that are not observed for collective ownership. The data also allowed for an investigation into whether visual prominence is an important factor in the name-letter effect. Cars in Austria and Hungary have a sticker displaying their nationality with a capital letter that does not match the country's name in the local language (A and H respectively). This did not have any impact on people in those", "title": "Name-letter effect" }, { "docid": "8643225", "text": "by subject. One cannot write an essay about x-rays without using frequent Xs, and the essay will have an idiosyncratic letter frequency if the essay is about the use of x-rays to treat zebras in Qatar. Different authors have habits which can be reflected in their use of letters. Hemingway's writing style, for example, is visibly different from Faulkner's. Letter, bigram, trigram, word frequencies, word length, and sentence length can be calculated for specific authors, and used to prove or disprove authorship of texts, even for authors whose styles are not so divergent. Accurate average letter frequencies can only be", "title": "Letter frequency" }, { "docid": "18723054", "text": "Amarna letter EA 271 Amarna letter EA 271, titled: \"\"The Power of the 'Apiru,\"\" is a moderately, short, tallish, rectangular clay tablet letter, approximately 3 in wide x 4 in tall, from Milkilu the mayor/ruler of Gazru (Gezer), of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters. The Canaanite city-states were visited by the scribes, with short 'status reports' sent to the Pharaoh (King) reporting on city or regional accounts, for example the troubles with the habiru, or other external affairs. Many of the Canaanite letters are short, with some nearly identical phraseology of words, as well as the layout of", "title": "Amarna letter EA 271" }, { "docid": "20939970", "text": "not inscribed. The British Museum website for the EA 147 letter (with photo of Reverse), gives the approximated dimensions as: 3 1/4 X 2 1/4 in, ( / , or \"8.3 cm X 5.7 cm\" ). See photo and write-up of EA 147 here . EA 147 is located at the British Museum, no 29812. Tablet letter EA 147 can be viewed here: . (With cuneiform text, and a line drawing.) The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are mid 14th century BC, about 1360 BC and 35? years later, correspondence. The initial corpus of letters were", "title": "Amarna letter EA 147" }, { "docid": "1380625", "text": "two countries maintain relations at the chargé d'affaires level, the letter of credence will be written by the foreign minister of the sending state and addressed to the foreign minister of the receiving state. The chargé will present his credentials to the foreign minister. The head of state is neither addressed nor presented with the credentials, symbolizing the lower level of diplomatic relations between the countries. The chargé is not entitled to a military escort or an official car. High commissioners from Commonwealth nations do not present letters of credence. When two Commonwealth realms share the same British monarch as", "title": "Letter of credence" }, { "docid": "3051387", "text": "Letter case Letter case (or just case) is the distinction between the letters that are in larger upper case (also \"uppercase\", \"capital letters\", \"capitals\", \"caps\", \"large letters\", or more formally \"majuscule\") and smaller lower case (also \"lowercase\", \"small letters\", or more formally \"minuscule\") in the written representation of certain languages. The writing systems that distinguish between the upper and lower case have two parallel sets of letters, with each letter in one set usually having an equivalent in the other set. The two case variants are alternative representations of the same letter: they have the same name and pronunciation and", "title": "Letter case" }, { "docid": "13433700", "text": "The Letter (Hoobastank song) \"The Letter\" is the third single by the post-grunge band Hoobastank from their fourth studio album \"For(n)ever\", released in the US January 27, 2009 and was released in Australia June 19, 2009. It is a duet version with Melbourne-based singer Vanessa Amorosi. Hoobastank singer Doug Robb said they want to release \"The Letter\" in many countries with different female artists. A video for \"The Letter\", featuring Amorosi, was shot in April 2009 by Grammy nominated director Paul Brown. Doug Robb, commented about working with Amorosi, \"We were all very excited about how the song 'The Letter'", "title": "The Letter (Hoobastank song)" }, { "docid": "5171908", "text": "data between disk and memory. Furthermore, the word \"LETTER\" is associated with paper size only in the US, Canada and some Latin American countries; A4 is the standard size used in the rest of the world. In this case, \"LETTER\" means data or content of a typed letter or document. Thus, users encountering this message may believe that they are being instructed to transfer their typed letter (as in correspondence) to the printer, even though they have already sent the job to the printer. Older LaserJet printers do not automatically resize a page when the page size of a document", "title": "PC LOAD LETTER" }, { "docid": "3093809", "text": "People\" was soon picked up by hundreds of schools across the United States. A little dog is minding his own business when various figures one carrying a bunch of helium balloons enter the gates of a place called \"Letter People Land\" as the song plays: \"Come and meet the Letter People\" \"Come and visit the family\" \"Words are made of Letter People\" \"A, B, C, D, follow me!\" While thousands of children were learning about the Letter People in school, thousands of others were being exposed to them through the television series based on the program. The show was produced", "title": "The Letter People" }, { "docid": "6526088", "text": "Letter of intent A letter of intent (LOI or LoI, and sometimes capitalized as \"Letter of Intent\" in legal writing, but only when referring to a specific document under discussion) is a document outlining one or more agreements between two or more parties before the agreements are finalized. The concept is similar to a heads of agreement, term sheet or memorandum of understanding. Such outlined agreements may be mergers and acquisitions transaction agreements, joint venture agreements, real property lease agreements and several other categories of agreements that may govern material transactions. A letter of intent may be presented by one", "title": "Letter of intent" }, { "docid": "2341459", "text": "award title, such as \"Academics\" or \"Arts\". The chenille letter is traditionally placed on the left chest of the varsity jacket, which is also at times adorned with championship chenille patches showcasing the team or individual accomplishments. School mascot patches are also commonly used. During the 1980s, and again in the 2010s, varsity jackets have been adopted into hip-hop fashion, with companies such as Avirex, Phat Farm and Rocawear making their own variations. Varsity letter A varsity letter (or monogram) is an award earned in the United States for excellence in school activities. A varsity letter signifies that its winner", "title": "Varsity letter" }, { "docid": "3381995", "text": "geographic groups: African, Asia-Pacific, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western European and other States. Because of their powerful stature globally, some of the largest, most powerful countries have never held the presidency, such as the People's Republic of China, France, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In particular, it is customary that no permanent member of the United Nations Security Council ever serves as UNGA president. The only countries that had a national elected as President of UNGA twice are Argentina and Ecuador; all the other member states had been represented only once by their", "title": "President of the United Nations General Assembly" }, { "docid": "1442551", "text": "Xi (letter) Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ; ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is pronounced in Modern Greek, and generally or in English. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 60. Xi was derived from the Phoenician letter samekh . Xi is not to be confused with the letter chi, which gave its form to the Latin letter X. Both in classical Ancient Greek and in Modern Greek, the letter Ξ represents the sound . In some archaic local variants of the Greek alphabet, this letter was missing. Instead, especially in the", "title": "Xi (letter)" }, { "docid": "1959779", "text": "\"George Eliot\", called \"The Scarlet Letter\", along with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1855 book-length poem \"The Song of Hiawatha\", the \"two most indigenous and masterly productions in American literature\". Most literary critics praised the book but religious leaders took issue with the novel's subject matter. Orestes Brownson complained that Hawthorne did not understand Christianity, confession, and remorse. A review in \"The Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register\" concluded the author \"perpetrates bad morals.\" On the other hand, 20th-century writer D. H. Lawrence said that there could not be a more perfect work of the American imagination than \"The Scarlet Letter\". Henry James", "title": "The Scarlet Letter" }, { "docid": "1291470", "text": "theorists in the 1960s and 1970s. Jacques Lacan argued in \"Ecrits\" that the content of the Queen's letter is irrelevant to the story and that the proper \"place\" of the signifier (the letter itself) is determined by the symbolic structure in which it exists and is displaced, first by the Minister and then by Dupin. Jacques Derrida responded to Lacan's reading in \"\"Le Facteur de la vérité\"\" (\"The Purveyor of Truth\"), pointing out what Lacan \"missed\" and suggesting that it is not that the letter lacks meaning, as Lacan claimed, but that Lacan made the lack the meaning. The truth,", "title": "The Purloined Letter" }, { "docid": "6783302", "text": "Demand letter A demand letter, or letter of demand (of payment), is letter stating a legal claim (usually drafted by a lawyer) which makes a demand for restitution or performance of some obligation, owing to the recipients' alleged breach of contract, or for a legal wrong. Although demand letters are not legally required they are frequently used, especially in contract law, tort law, and commercial law cases. For example, if one anticipates a breach, it is advantageous to send a demand letter asserting that the other side appears to be in breach and requesting assurances of performances. Demand letters that", "title": "Demand letter" }, { "docid": "16320425", "text": "Letter to Women Letter to Women is a pastoral letter written by Pope John Paul II to \"all\" women, and deals most essentially with the rights and dignity of women, the many challenges that women in the modern era had to face, and ways in which the \"cause\" of woman could be forwarded in the world. Written and distributed on June 29, 1995, this letter was written in anticipation of the Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995, hosted by the United Nations in Beijing. This letter was an affirmation to the continuing thought of Pope John Paul II", "title": "Letter to Women" }, { "docid": "8815381", "text": "the Prudential Regulation Authority are issuing rules that will require the furnishing of references, before any approval or certification may be given by them, as well as specifying the information that they must contain. Letter of recommendation A letter of recommendation or recommendation letter, also known as a letter of reference, reference letter or simply reference, is a document in which the writer assesses the qualities, characteristics, and capabilities of the person being recommended in terms of that individual's ability to perform a particular task or function. Letters of recommendation are typically related to employment (such a letter may also", "title": "Letter of recommendation" }, { "docid": "18725737", "text": "Amarna letter EA 270 Amarna letter EA 270, titled: \"\"Extortion,\"\" is an ovate-shaped, medium-sized, tall letter, approximately 3 in wide x 4 in tall, from Milkilu the mayor/ruler of Gazru (Gezer), of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters. The Canaanite city-states were visited by the scribes, with short 'status reports' sent to the Pharaoh (King) reporting on city or regional accounts, for example the troubles with the habiru, or other external affairs. Many of the Canaanite letters are short, with some nearly identical phraseology of words, as well as the layout of the individual clay tablet letters. Milkilu authored", "title": "Amarna letter EA 270" }, { "docid": "14438546", "text": "Letter board A letter board may refer to two devices. A letter board or letter sign, also known as marquee, is a customizable form of signage that employs individually movable letters of the alphabet. They are used by, \"e.g.\", movie theaters to list the current roster of films, churches to display the titles of sermons, and other buildings, people, and institutions whose signs are required to change on a regular basis. Letter board also may refer to aid tool, used by people with disabilities, to communicate with others, by pointing letters on board with written on it letters (whole alphabet),", "title": "Letter board" } ]

[ "T Ros", "Feddy Roosevelt", "26th President of the United States", "Trust Buster", "The Cowboy President", "Teddy roosevelt", "Theodore Roosavelt", "President Theodore Roosevelt", "Theodor roosevelt", "Teddy Rose", "Teddy Roosevelt", "Theodore roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt", "Teodoro Roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt Administration", "Teddy Roosvelt", "Teddy Rosevelt", "Roosevelt, Theodore", "Teddy Roosevelt foreign policy", "T Roosevelt", "Cowboy of the Dakotas", "Teddy Roose", "Theodore Roosevelt" ]

[ { "docid": "284468", "text": "award ceremony and banquet, which begins with the laureates arriving in Stockholm and normally ends with the Nobel banquet), but this is not mandatory. The laureate is only obliged to give the lecture within six months of receiving the prize. Some have happened even later. For example, US President Theodore Roosevelt received the Peace Prize in 1906 but gave his lecture in 1910, after his term in office. The lectures are organized by the same association which selected the laureates. It was announced on 30 May 2012 that the Nobel Foundation had awarded the contract for the production of the", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "13876939", "text": "In a 36-minute speech, he discussed the tensions between war and peace and the idea of a \"just war\" saying, \"perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am the Commander-in-Chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars.\" Obama is the fourth President of the United States to have won the Nobel Peace Prize (after Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter, with Carter's honor happening after leaving office). The winner is selected by the Nobel Committee from nominations submitted by committee members and others. Nominations for", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009500", "text": "support human rights defenders around the world and have intervened with heads of state on their behalf. In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work \"to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development\" through The Carter Center. Three sitting presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Barack Obama, have received the prize; Carter is unique in receiving the award for his actions after leaving the presidency. He is, along with Martin Luther King, Jr., one of two native Georgians to receive the Nobel. 2002 Nobel", "title": "2002 Nobel Peace Prize" } ]

[ { "docid": "14302515", "text": "the final decision has not been made until the last meeting before the official announcement at the beginning of October. The Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee presents the Nobel Peace Prize in the presence of the King of Norway on 10 December each year (the anniversary of Nobel's death). The Peace Prize is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm. The Nobel laureate receives a diploma, a medal, and a document confirming the prize amount. , the prize was worth 10 million SEK (about US$1.5 million). Since 1990, the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony is held at Oslo City", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18608025", "text": "The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (憲法9条にノーベル平和賞を) is a social movement whose aim is to push for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to the citizens of Japan for maintaining the country's post-war Constitution, especially Article 9. The movement began with an undertaken by a member of the group's Executive Committee. The Executive Committee received endorsements from influential Japanese and gathered signatures from across the world. On April 9, 2014, they received a report from the Norwegian Nobel Committee that the committee had", "title": "The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution" }, { "docid": "13876968", "text": "global level and global peace make him the appropriate recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize,\" said Siamak Hirai, a spokesman for Karzai. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the decision was ridiculous, saying, \"The Nobel prize for peace? Obama should have won the 'Nobel Prize for escalating violence and killing civilians.\" Indonesia's, Masdar Mas'udi, deputy head of the Islamic organisation Nahdlatul Ulama, praised Obama's policy towards his country as confirmation of his worthiness as a Nobel laureate. \"I think it's appropriate because he is the only American president who has reached out to us in peace,\" he said. \"On the issues", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "19774580", "text": "Syria chief amongst them – they can sometimes provide the necessary momentum to see it through.\" The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee: 2016 Nobel Peace Prize The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos \"for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people.\" The conflict is the longest running war, and last remaining guerrilla struggle, in the Americas. The Nobel Peace Prize", "title": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18608031", "text": "explicitly stated in the constitutions of Italy and Azerbaijan. The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (憲法9条にノーベル平和賞を) is a social movement whose aim is to push for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to the citizens of Japan for maintaining the country's post-war Constitution, especially Article 9. The movement began with an undertaken by a member of the group's Executive Committee. The Executive Committee received endorsements from influential Japanese and gathered signatures from across the world. On April 9, 2014, they received a report", "title": "The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution" }, { "docid": "13876938", "text": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his \"extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people\". The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of nuclear nonproliferation and a \"new climate\" in international relations fostered by Obama, especially in reaching out to the Muslim world. The Nobel Committee's decision drew mixed reactions from US commentators and editorial writers across the political spectrum, as well as from the rest of the world. Obama accepted the prize in Oslo on December 10, 2009.", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20908402", "text": "A more peaceful world can only be achieved if women and their fundamental rights and security are recognised and protected in war.\" Mukwege is the first Congolese and Murad the seventeenth woman and first Iraqi to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Each delivered a Nobel lecture on December 10 at Oslo City Hall as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Award ceremony, which took place among main events scheduled during the December 9–11 \"Nobel days in Oslo.\" Denis Mukwege is a gynecologist specializing in the treatment of women victimized by sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and", "title": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "19774573", "text": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos \"for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people.\" The conflict is the longest running war, and last remaining guerrilla struggle, in the Americas. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who have \"done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and", "title": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302522", "text": "and 23 organizations. Sixteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has won twice (1954 and 1981). Lê Đức Thọ is the only person who refused to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: \")\" is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14993597", "text": "in Norway who saluted him in on 10 December in Oslo, by waving the flags of Albania and Kosovo. 2008 Nobel Peace Prize The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President of Finland (1994–2000) Martti Ahtisaari \"for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts\". The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate was announced on the press conference in Oslo, Norway on October 10, 2008. The committee's decision was heavily criticized in Serbia, because of Ahtisaari's role in the Kosovo status process (the Government of Serbia rejects Ahtisaari's plan because it would", "title": "2008 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18328934", "text": "2014 Nobel Peace Prize The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai \"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education\". Satyarthi is from India, the seventh person from his country to win a Nobel Prize and the second to win the Peace Prize after Mother Teresa, while Yousafzai is a Muslim from Pakistan, the second Nobel Prize winner from her country after Abdus Salam, the forty-seventh woman to win the Nobel Prize, and at the age of 17 years,", "title": "2014 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14994014", "text": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank \"for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below\". Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Grameen Bank, for their efforts to create economic and social development. In the prize announcement The Norwegian Nobel Committee mentioned: Yunus was the first Bangladeshi to ever get a Nobel Prize. After receiving the news of the important award, Yunus announced that he would use part of his share of the $1.4 million award money to create a company to", "title": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302511", "text": "at the time of Nobel's death. The Norwegian Nobel Committee speculates that Nobel may have considered Norway better suited to awarding the prize, as it did not have the same militaristic traditions as Sweden. It also notes that at the end of the 19th century, the Norwegian parliament had become closely involved in the Inter-Parliamentary Union's efforts to resolve conflicts through mediation and arbitration. The Norwegian Parliament appoints the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Each year, the Norwegian Nobel Committee specifically invites qualified people to submit nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. The statutes of", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18328937", "text": "Kailash Satyarthi, was not among the commonly cited favourites. 2014 Nobel Peace Prize The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai \"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education\". Satyarthi is from India, the seventh person from his country to win a Nobel Prize and the second to win the Peace Prize after Mother Teresa, while Yousafzai is a Muslim from Pakistan, the second Nobel Prize winner from her country after Abdus Salam, the forty-seventh woman to win the", "title": "2014 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "6450084", "text": "Silje Nordnes Artists for alternative concert: Nobel Peace Prize Concert The Nobel Peace Prize Concert (Norwegian and Swedish: \")\" has been held annually since 1994 on 11 December, to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony on 10 December takes place in Oslo City Hall, while the concert has been held at Oslo Spektrum, with the attendance of the laureate and other prominent guests. The Concert is broadcast to a global audience and reaches up to 350 million households in 100 countries. In 2015 a new distributor was announced and after 20 years at Oslo Spektrum, a change", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize Concert" }, { "docid": "14994017", "text": "50 honorary doctorate degrees from universities across 20 countries, and 113 international awards from 26 different countries including state honours from 10 countries. Bangladesh government brought out a commemorative stamp to honour his Nobel Award. 2006 Nobel Peace Prize The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank \"for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below\". Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Grameen Bank, for their efforts to create economic and social development. In the prize announcement The Norwegian Nobel Committee mentioned: Yunus was the first Bangladeshi", "title": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14993802", "text": "work and application.\" In Oslo on 10 December 2007, the presentation was made with a speech by Ole Danbolt Mjøs as Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and followed by Nobel Lectures given by Rajendra K. Pachauri, representing the IPCC, and Al Gore. In his lecture, Pachauri thanked those contributing to the IPCC: The IPCC presented scientists who had \"contributed substantially to the preparation of IPCC reports\" with personalized certificates for \"contributing to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC\". The certificates, which name the individual and feature a reproduction of the Nobel Peace Prize", "title": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "6450074", "text": "Nobel Peace Prize Concert The Nobel Peace Prize Concert (Norwegian and Swedish: \")\" has been held annually since 1994 on 11 December, to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony on 10 December takes place in Oslo City Hall, while the concert has been held at Oslo Spektrum, with the attendance of the laureate and other prominent guests. The Concert is broadcast to a global audience and reaches up to 350 million households in 100 countries. In 2015 a new distributor was announced and after 20 years at Oslo Spektrum, a change of concert venue was announced. The", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize Concert" }, { "docid": "14993596", "text": "2008 Nobel Peace Prize The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President of Finland (1994–2000) Martti Ahtisaari \"for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts\". The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate was announced on the press conference in Oslo, Norway on October 10, 2008. The committee's decision was heavily criticized in Serbia, because of Ahtisaari's role in the Kosovo status process (the Government of Serbia rejects Ahtisaari's plan because it would allegedly guarantee the \"de facto\" independence of Kosovo). On the other hand, committee's decision was praised by Albanians living", "title": "2008 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302508", "text": "five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway. Since 1990, the prize is awarded on 10 December in Oslo City Hall each year. The prize was formerly awarded in the Atrium of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law (1947–1989), the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1905–1946), and the Parliament (1901–1904). Due to its political nature, the Nobel Peace Prize has, for most of its history, been the subject of controversies. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who in the preceding year \"shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations,", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302510", "text": "the prize, profoundly influenced his decision to include peace as a category. Some Nobel scholars suggest it was Nobel's way to compensate for developing destructive forces. His inventions included dynamite and ballistite, both of which were used violently during his lifetime. Ballistite was used in war and the Irish Republican Brotherhood, an Irish nationalist organization, carried out dynamite attacks in the 1880s. Nobel was also instrumental in turning Bofors from an iron and steel producer into an armaments company. It is unclear why Nobel wished the Peace Prize to be administered in Norway, which was ruled in union with Sweden", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284472", "text": "holders. After the war, the gold was recovered from solution, and the medals re-cast. Nobel laureates receive a diploma directly from the hands of the King of Sweden, or in the case of the peace prize, the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Each diploma is uniquely designed by the prize-awarding institutions for the laureates that receive them. The diploma contains a picture and text in Swedish which states the name of the laureate and normally a citation of why they received the prize. None of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates has ever had a citation on their diplomas. The", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "20374571", "text": "began to recognize nuclear disarmament efforts In the award presentation speech on December 10, 2017, Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen recalled that \"twelve Peace Prizes have been awarded, in whole or in part,\" to honor \"efforts against the proliferation of nuclear weapons and for nuclear disarmament,\" and included 2009 Nobelist Barack Obama. 2017 Nobel Peace Prize The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) \"for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition on", "title": "2017 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302521", "text": "omission in our 106-year history is undoubtedly that Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace prize. Gandhi could do without the Nobel Peace prize, whether Nobel committee can do without Gandhi is the question\". In 1948, following Gandhi's death, the Nobel Committee declined to award a prize on the ground that \"there was no suitable living candidate\" that year. Later, when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was \"in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi\". , the Peace Prize has been awarded to 104 individuals", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20908400", "text": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad \"for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict,\" according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee announcement on 5 October 2018 in Oslo, Norway. \"Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes,\" according to the award citation. After reading the citation, Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen told reporters that the impact of this year's award is to highlight sexual abuse with the goal that every level of governance", "title": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20908417", "text": "Norwegian Church Aid, Plan International Norway and JOIN Good Forces. 2018 Nobel Peace Prize The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad \"for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict,\" according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee announcement on 5 October 2018 in Oslo, Norway. \"Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes,\" according to the award citation. After reading the citation, Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen told reporters that the impact of this year's award is to highlight", "title": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "19069234", "text": "Zarif for the Iran nuclear deal, Pope Francis for his assistance in the United States–Cuban Thaw, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla leader Timoleón Jiménez for the peace process in the Colombian conflict, and Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege who treats victims of sexual violence and has been nominated for this before. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. For the 2015 award, the members were: 2015 Nobel Peace Prize The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for \"its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in", "title": "2015 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009497", "text": "is tantamount to abusing the prize bestowed on her for political considerations\". 2003 Nobel Peace Prize The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Shirin Ebadi for \"her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially the rights of women and children, in Iran and the Muslim world in general\". On 10 October 2003, Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children. The selection committee praised her as a \"courageous person\" who \"has never heeded the threat to her own safety\". Now she travels abroad", "title": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976481", "text": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned Chinese human rights activist \"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China\". The laureate, once an eminent scholar, was reportedly little-known inside the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the time of the award due to official censorship; he partook in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and was a co-author of the Charter 08 manifesto, for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison on 25 December 2009. Liu, who was backed by former Czech president Václav Havel and anti-apartheid activist", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "8111043", "text": "the winner was an American student. In 2009, the prize went to Mor Tzaban, a high school student from Netivot, Israel. In 2012, the first prize winner was another Israeli teenager, Yuval Katzenelson of Kiryat Gat, who presented a paper entitled \"Kinetic energy of inert gas in a regenerative system of activated carbon.\" The Israeli delegation won 14 more prizes in the competition: 9 Israelis students won second prize, one won third prize and one won fourth prize. First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics The First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual international competition in research", "title": "First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics" }, { "docid": "15976449", "text": "the European Union. The 1984, 1976 and 1980 laureates stated in an open letter to the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden, that in their view the EU stood for \"... security based on military force and waging wars rather than insisting on the need for an alternative approach\" and that \"... the Norwegian Nobel Committee has redefined and reshaped the prize in a way that is not in accordance with the law\". The International Peace Bureau, which won the prize in 1910, and several peace activists, writers and lawyers also signed the letter. The signatories demanded that the Nobel Foundation", "title": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18608028", "text": "group's Korean branch (일본 평화헌법9조 노벨평화상 추천 한국위원회) nominated the and for the prize and dispatched testimonial letters and signatures of Korean citizens to the Norwegian Embassy in Seoul. Peace Research Institute Oslo included \"Kyūjyō no kai\" as one of the leading candidates (fourth place) for 2015 prize. In South Korea, many people engaged in supportive activities and collected signatures. A total of 142 lawmakers, former Presidents and intellectuals supported the movement. In Korea itself, there is fierce competition for the Nobel Prize, indeed it is rare for Koreans to support the candidacy of foreigners, especially Japanese, for the Nobel", "title": "The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution" }, { "docid": "284465", "text": "are presented at the annual Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo, Norway, usually on 10 December. The award ceremonies and the associated banquets are typically major international events. The Prizes awarded in Sweden's ceremonies' are held at the Stockholm Concert Hall, with the Nobel banquet following immediately at Stockholm City Hall. The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony has been held at the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1905–1946), at the auditorium of the University of Oslo (1947–1989), and at Oslo City Hall (1990–present). The highlight of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm occurs when each Nobel laureate steps forward to receive the prize", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "15009493", "text": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Shirin Ebadi for \"her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially the rights of women and children, in Iran and the Muslim world in general\". On 10 October 2003, Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children. The selection committee praised her as a \"courageous person\" who \"has never heeded the threat to her own safety\". Now she travels abroad lecturing in the West. She is against a policy of forced regime", "title": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18608027", "text": "a corporate name. The Nobel committee spokesperson said that it was not possible for the citizens of an entire nation to be awarded the prize. Therefore, the application was rejected. Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo was concerned that Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, was trying to reinterpret Article 9 and that this could be a precursor of armed confrontation. He nominated Kenzaburō Ōe, a former Nobel laureate in literature, and the , the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations for the Nobel Peace Prize list. In response, on January 15, 2015, the", "title": "The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution" }, { "docid": "20908413", "text": "risk of his and his family's life, and Murad's efforts since her abduction and enslavement in 2014 at speaking publicly about the plight of the Yazidis especially women and girls forced into sexual slavery. Tasked with reviewing nominations from September of the previous year through February 1 and ultimately selecting the Prize winners, the Norwegian Parliament-appointed members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee at the time of the 2018 prize were listed as: Since 1990, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded every year on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, by the Norwegian Nobel Committee chair in a", "title": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "4623023", "text": "Prize for Art and Science was Hitler's alternative to the Nobel Prize. The Ig Nobel Prize is an American parody of the Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize controversies After his death in 1896, the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prizes. Nobel's will specified that annual prizes are to be awarded for service to humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. Similarly, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is awarded along with the Nobel Prizes. Since the first award in 1901, the prizes have occasionally engendered", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "15924040", "text": "2011 Nobel Peace Prize The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to three female political activists. Two African and one Asian female were awarded for their persistence in obtaining equal rights for women. The joint laureated were: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni politician Tawakkul Karman \"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work\". In announcing the award on 7 October 2011, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjørn Jagland, stressed the link between women's rights, peace and democracy. The winner is", "title": "2011 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302507", "text": "Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: \")\" is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have \"done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\". As per Alfred Nobel's will, the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15924042", "text": "criticised the award, accusing Sirleaf of being \"a warmonger\". 2011 Nobel Peace Prize The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to three female political activists. Two African and one Asian female were awarded for their persistence in obtaining equal rights for women. The joint laureated were: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni politician Tawakkul Karman \"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work\". In announcing the award on 7 October 2011, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjørn Jagland, stressed the link", "title": "2011 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009502", "text": "2001 Nobel Peace Prize The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations and Kofi Annan for \"their work for a better organized and more peaceful world\". In 2001, its centennial year, the Nobel Committee decided that the Peace Prize was to be divided between the United Nations (UN) and Kofi Annan. Annan was awarded the Peace Prize for having revitalized the UN and for having given priority to human rights. The Nobel Committee also recognized his commitment to the struggle to contain the spreading of the HIV virus in Africa and his declared opposition to international terrorism.", "title": "2001 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009501", "text": "2001 Nobel Peace Prize The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations and Kofi Annan for \"their work for a better organized and more peaceful world\". In 2001, its centennial year, the Nobel Committee decided that the Peace Prize was to be divided between the United Nations (UN) and Kofi Annan. Annan was awarded the Peace Prize for having revitalized the UN and for having given priority to human rights. The Nobel Committee also recognized his commitment to the struggle to contain the spreading of the HIV virus in Africa and his declared opposition to international terrorism.", "title": "2001 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009494", "text": "change. Her husband, Javad Tavassolian, was an advisor to President Khatami. The decision of the Nobel committee surprised some observers worldwide. Pope John Paul II had been predicted to win the Peace Prize amid speculation that he was nearing death. Some observers viewed Ebadi's selection as a calculated and political one along the lines of the selection of Lech Wałęsa and Mikhail Gorbachev, among others, for the award. Furthermore, they suggested that Ebadi's activities were not directly related to the goals of the prize as originally expressed by Alfred Nobel. She presented a book entitled \"Democracy, human rights, and Islam", "title": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14994016", "text": "that Yunus was a poor choice for the award, stating: \"...the Nobel committee could have made a braver, more difficult, choice by declaring that there would be no recipient at all.\" He is one of only seven persons to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal. Other notable awards include the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984, the World Food Prize, the International Simon Bolivar Prize (1996), the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord and the Sydney Peace Prize in 1998, and the Seoul Peace Prize in 2006. Additionally, Yunus has been awarded", "title": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302509", "text": "for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\". Alfred Nobel's will further specified that the prize be awarded by a committee of five people chosen by the Norwegian Parliament. Nobel died in 1896 and he did not leave an explanation for choosing peace as a prize category. As he was a trained chemical engineer, the categories for chemistry and physics were obvious choices. The reasoning behind the peace prize is less clear. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, his friendship with Bertha von Suttner, a peace activist and later recipient of", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976554", "text": "Concert to commemorate the 2010 prize was held on 11 December, the night following the award ceremony, as is the tradition. It was hosted by Denzel Washington and Anne Hathaway. The roster of confirmed performers announced before the award included Herbie Hancock, Florence and the Machine, Colbie Caillat, Elvis Costello. Those who were confirmed later included Barry Manilow, Jamiroquai, A. R. Rahman, India.Arie, Robyn and Sivert Høyem. 2010 Nobel Peace Prize The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned Chinese human rights activist \"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China\". The laureate, once an", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876971", "text": "your approach celebrates our common humanity.\" Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who was touted as a possible Nobel laureate, said Obama deserved the honor. In 2011 Bolivian President Evo Morales and Russian Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky condemned the award calling it hypocritical in light of US policy during the Libyan Civil War. After the death of Anwar al-Awlaki and his son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki by CIA predator drones in Yemen, Nasser al-Awlaki, the father and grandfather of Anwar and Abdulrahman respectively, released an audio message condemning the killings: President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace prize in person at the", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "4623015", "text": "in his novel, \"Doctor Zhivago\".\" Pasternak died without ever receiving the prize. He was eventually honored by the Nobel Foundation at a banquet in Stockholm on 9 December 1989, when they presented his medal to his son. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Liu Xiaobo while he was serving a prison sentence for \"subversion of the state\", with the Chinese government not allowing him or his family members to attend the ceremony. Two laureates voluntarily declined the Nobel Prize. Jean-Paul Sartre declined the 1964 prize for Literature, stating, \"A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "13876976", "text": "special gift is to make them seem achievable by appealing to our higher nature.\" It was also received well by columnists in \"The Washington Post\". Abroad, British historian Simon Schama said of the speech that \"in its seriousness, bravery and clarity, [it] was on a par with FDR and Churchill\" and \"summoned the spirit of Cicero\". 2009 Nobel Peace Prize The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his \"extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people\". The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14993804", "text": "scientist who was involved with AR4 or earlier IPCC reports in this way: 'X contributed to the reports of the IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.'\" It stated that it had not sent the certificates to \"contributing authors, expert reviewers and focal points.\" 2007 Nobel Peace Prize The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore \"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract", "title": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876959", "text": "There have been a number of calls for Obama to either return the award or to have the Nobel Committee recall it, most recently in 2013. In April 2013 a petition was begun asking the Nobel Committee to rescind the Peace Prize. The petition garnered 10,000 signatures in its first day and nearly 20,000 by the end of its first week. Nobel laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore called the award \"extremely well deserved\". Obama received congratulations and kind words from other elected officials, such as from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former rival, Senator John McCain, who", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15976451", "text": "or governments except six attended the ceremony. French President François Hollande and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel attended. David Cameron and five other EU heads of state have not attended, Cameron sending his deputy Nick Clegg in his stead. 2012 Nobel Peace Prize The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union (EU) \"for over six decades [having] contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe\" by a unanimous decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The decision highlighted the reconciliation of France and Germany, stating that \"over a seventy-year period, Germany and", "title": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20908414", "text": "ceremony at Oslo City Hall that includes the laureate's Nobel lecture in the presence of the King of Norway and royal family. The laureate receives a Nobel diploma, medal and document confirmng the Nobel Prize amount. In the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize award presentation speech, committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen reiterated the committee's decision to award Mukwege and Murad for their respective efforts to address the war crimes of sexual violence, commending them to the \"long tradition of champions of human dignity\" also celebrated on this date, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In her Nobel lecture, Nadia", "title": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15000932", "text": "2005 Nobel Peace Prize The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei \"for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way\". United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was delighted that the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to the UN nuclear watchdog and its head ElBaradei. \"The secretary-general congratulates him and the entire staff of the agency, past and present, on their contributions to global peace,\" a spokesman for Annan said.", "title": "2005 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15976438", "text": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union (EU) \"for over six decades [having] contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe\" by a unanimous decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The decision highlighted the reconciliation of France and Germany, stating that \"over a seventy-year period, Germany and France had fought three wars. Today war between Germany and France is unthinkable. This shows how, through well-aimed efforts and by building up mutual confidence, historical enemies can become close partners.\" The decision also highlighted the EU's contribution to", "title": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "16638979", "text": "in that country [Syria] and end the suffering of its people.\" United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the organisation's work. \"USA Today\" quoted a London-based Syrian opposition activist who doubted Syrian people would be celebrating the award. Similarly, a spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition labelled the prize \"ironic\". Pakistani politician Imran Khan called on the USA and Russia to destroy their own chemical weapons. 2013 Nobel Peace Prize The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, for their \"extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons\". The award citation indicated the organization", "title": "2013 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302516", "text": "Hall. From 1947 to 1989, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony was held in the Atrium of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law, a few hundred metres from Oslo City Hall. Between 1905 and 1946, the ceremony took place at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. From 1901 to 1904, the ceremony took place in the \"Storting\" (Parliament). It has been expressed that the Peace Prize has been awarded in politically motivated ways for more recent or immediate achievements, or with the intention of encouraging future achievements. Some commentators have suggested that to award a peace prize on the basis of unquantifiable", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284439", "text": "the \"Nobel Prize in Economics\". The prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in the fields of chemistry, literature, peace activism, physics, and physiology or medicine. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Nobel Prize in Physics, and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel; the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; the Swedish Academy grants the Nobel Prize in Literature; and the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Between 1901 and 2018, the", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "18385295", "text": "no such effect on either citation impact or related chain reactions of citations. In addition to the life-changing effects of winning a Nobel prize, an alternative meaning exists for the Nobel effect in the context of the Nobel Peace Prize. In this context, legal scholars have argued whether Nobel Peace Prize laureates have, as a result of winning the Prize, influenced the shaping of new norms in international law and international relations, and suggesting that the Peace Prize can be a significant factor in encouraging peacemaking among individuals worldwide. An analysis of birth data on 19th century science Nobel Prize", "title": "Nobel Prize effect" }, { "docid": "13876967", "text": "committee for a \"hideous display of cynical politics\". Stuart Rees, director of the Sydney Peace Foundation in Australia, questioned the award. \"Perhaps the Nobel organisation wants to give him a magic wand. I think the guy is full of promise, but I don't think the promise has been realised yet particularly in regards the Middle East.\" In Asia and the Middle East: Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said that Obama was the \"appropriate\" person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. \"His hard work and his new vision on global relations, his will and efforts for creating friendly and good relations at", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "19069232", "text": "2015 Nobel Peace Prize The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for \"its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011\". The National Dialogue Quartet was formed in 2013 and comprises four organizations in Tunisian civil society: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who have \"done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\". Tunisian singer/songwriter Emel Mathlouthi sang Kelmti", "title": "2015 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284438", "text": "Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize (, ; Swedish definite form, singular: \"Nobelpriset\"; ) is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel established the five Nobel prizes in 1895. The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901. In 1968, Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, established the \"Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel\", which, although not being a Nobel Prize, has become informally known as", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "284480", "text": "Geir Lundestad, Secretary of Norwegian Nobel Committee in 2006, said, \"The greatest omission in our 106 year history is undoubtedly that Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace prize. Gandhi could do without the Nobel Peace prize. Whether Nobel committee can do without Gandhi is the question\". In 1948, the year of Gandhi's death, the Nobel Committee declined to award a prize on the grounds that \"there was no suitable living candidate\" that year. Later, when the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was \"in part a tribute", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "15000934", "text": "be enough to feed the entire world and that, if we hope to escape self-destruction, then nuclear weapons should have no place in our collective conscience, and no role in our security. 2005 Nobel Peace Prize The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei \"for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way\". United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was delighted that the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to the", "title": "2005 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876969", "text": "of race, religion, skin colour, he has an open attitude.\" Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Indian President Pratibha Patil and Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres sent congratulatory messages to Obama, but Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters that \"the decision was taken hastily and the award was [too] early.\" In Latin America, former Cuban President Fidel Castro called the award \"positive\" and said the prize should be seen as a criticism to the \"genocidal policy\" carried out by past U.S. presidents. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro said the award was a surprise and perhaps premature.", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284475", "text": "of two Norwegian Nobel Committee members. Kissinger and Thọ were awarded the prize for negotiating a ceasefire between North Vietnam and the United States in January 1973. However, when the award was announced, both sides were still engaging in hostilities. Critics sympathetic to the North announced that Kissinger was not a peace-maker but the opposite, responsible for widening the war. Those hostile to the North and what they considered its deceptive practices during negotiations were deprived of a chance to criticise Lê Đức Thọ, as he declined the award. Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, and Yitzhak Rabin received the Peace Prize", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "20374553", "text": "2017 Nobel Peace Prize The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) \"for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition on such weapons,\" according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee announcement on October 6, 2017. The award announcement acknowledged the fact that \"the world's nine nuclear-armed powers and their allies\" neither signed nor supported the treaty-based prohibition known as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons or nuclear ban treaty, yet in an", "title": "2017 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284464", "text": "takes decades – for example, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar shared the 1983 Physics Prize for his 1930s work on stellar structure and evolution. Not all scientists live long enough for their work to be recognised. Some discoveries can never be considered for a prize if their impact is realised after the discoverers have died. Except for the Peace Prize, the Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm, Sweden, at the annual Prize Award Ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death. The recipients' lectures are normally held in the days prior to the award ceremony. The Peace Prize and its recipients' lectures", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "4623022", "text": "of law which are not included in Nobel Prize, and also include biopharmaceutical science and sinology. The panels of judges are convened by Academia Sinica, located in Taiwan, Republic of China. Following the announcement of the award of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to incarcerated Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese tabloid \"Global Times\" created the Confucius Peace Prize. The award ceremony was deliberately organized to take place on 8 December, one day before the Nobel ceremony. Organizers said that the prize had no relation to the Chinese government, the Ministry of Culture or Beijing Normal University. The German National", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "15009496", "text": "Iranian state media waited hours to report the Nobel committee's decision—and then only as the last item on the radio news update. Reformist officials are said to have \"generally welcomed the award\", but \"come under attack for doing so.\" Reformist president Mohammad Khatami did not officially congratulate Ms. Ebadi and stated that although the scientific Nobels are important, the Peace Prize is \"not very important\" and was awarded to Ebadi on the basis of \"totally political criteria\". Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the only official to initially congratulate Ebadi, defended the president saying \"abusing the President's words about Ms. Ebadi", "title": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976515", "text": "engines for \"Liu Xiaobo\" in Chinese without attaching the words \"Peace Prize,\" gave information about Liu. Yet most sites found \"Liu\" plus \"Peace Prize\" yield only the official foreign ministry response. CNN reported that any mention of \"Nobel Prize\" on microblogging sites was censored. One person claimed that his SIM card was deactivated after he sent a text message to a relative about the Nobel Peace Prize. Accustomed to circumventing Chinese internet censorship, bloggers and forum-users used variants of Liu's name and posted subtle or cryptic messages to express their elation about the award or sarcasm towards the state. The", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976484", "text": "of the 65 invited (the People's Republic of China and 19 other nations declined invitations). China's official news agency, Xinhua, attacked the West for its \"Cold-War or even colonial mentality\" and for daring to \"regard themselves as the judge, the teacher [who] assume that they can forever distort the fact and block the truth by using political maneuvers.\" Strong rhetoric and denunciations of the West continued from official sources until after the ceremony. Liu was the first person of Chinese nationality to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the first to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284456", "text": "did not award any prizes. In 1944, the Nobel Foundation, together with the three members in exile, made sure that nominations were submitted for the Peace Prize and that the prize could be awarded once again. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) celebrated its 300th anniversary by donating a large sum of money to the Nobel Foundation to be used to set up a prize in honor of Nobel. The following year, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded for the first time. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences became responsible for", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "14651739", "text": "he received the Medal of Honor and was the commander of the legendary Rough Riders. He negotiated an end to the Russo-Japanese War which later won him the Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States and later the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. Taft is the only person to have served in both offices. Born in 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, into the powerful Taft family, Taft graduated from Yale College Phi Beta Kappa", "title": "Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps" }, { "docid": "6450082", "text": "Diana Ross on stage at the end of the show when/after she was singing Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand). The Grand Finale in 2009, sung by all the artists, was Michael Jackson's \"Man in the Mirror\". All artists performed Michael Jackson's \"Man in the Mirror\" as the finale to the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. All artists joined with Angélique Kidjo on the stage singing the song \"Move On Up\" as the finale to the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. Much of the concert of 2014 will future / be influenced by Bollywood performances. One of the surviving Hibaku", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize Concert" }, { "docid": "4622922", "text": "works there were available only in samizdat-published, clandestine form. After the Swedish government refused to hold a public award ceremony and lecture at its Moscow embassy, Solzhenitsyn refused the award altogether, commenting that the conditions set by the Swedes (who preferred a private ceremony) were \"an insult to the Nobel Prize itself.\" Solzhenitsyn later accepted the award on 10 December 1974, after the Soviet Union banished him. Critics suggest that Solzhenitsyn was awarded the prize because of his political stance, not his writing. Leo Tolstoy was nominated for the two first-ever Nobel Prizes in Literature. In the first year, the", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "14993800", "text": "man’s control.\" The award was given immediate publicity: an Associated Press article published by \"USA Today\" on 12 October 2007 and headlined \"Gore, scientists share Nobel Peace Prize\" quoted Pachauri as saying \"All the scientists that have contributed to the work of the IPCC are the Nobel laureates who have been recognized and acknowledged by the Nobel Prize Committee\". He added that \"they should feel deeply encouraged and inspired. It is their contribution which has been recognized\", and said \"I only happen to be a functionary that essentially oversees the process.\" On the same day, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory", "title": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20374554", "text": "interview Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen told reporters that the award was intended to give \"encouragement to all players in the field\" to disarm. The award was hailed by civil society as well as governmental and intergovernmental representatives who support the nuclear ban treaty, but drew criticism from those opposed. At the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony held in Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2017, Setsuko Thurlow, an 85-year-old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn jointly received a medal and diploma of the award on behalf of ICAN and delivered the Nobel", "title": "2017 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "4622942", "text": "New York Times dubbed it the \"Nobel War Prize\"; the Washington Post quoted retired diplomat George Ball as saying that on the evidence \"The Norwegians must have a sense of humour.\" The well-known comedian and political satirist Tom Lehrer said: \"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.\" When the award was announced, hostilities were continuing. Kissinger did not attend the award ceremony in Oslo over concern that it would be targeted by anti-war protest groups. He requested that the prize money be donated to a scholarship fund for US servicemen killed or missing in", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "14993798", "text": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore \"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change\". The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on 12 October 2007. It stated that responses to indications of future climate changes must follow the precautionary principle, and that extensive changes would damage living standards, leading to likelihood of wars and violent conflicts. It paid tribute", "title": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18328936", "text": "alone. This was mentioned by Thorbjørn Jagland in his handover ceremony speech. The Nobel Prize Committee announced that it had received a record number of 278 different nominations for the Peace Prize, up from 259 in 2013. 47 of these nominations were for organizations. Prior to the announcement, many news media speculated about who would win this year, providing lists of favourites. Often cited were Pope Francis, Ban Ki-moon, Chelsea Manning, Denis Mukwege, Edward Snowden, José Mujica, the \"Novaya Gazeta\" newspaper, and the so-called Japanese people who conserve Article 9, together with the eventual winner Malala Yousafzai. The other winner,", "title": "2014 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284458", "text": "a relevant area. Regarding the Peace Prize, inquiries are also sent to governments, former Peace Prize laureates, and current or former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The deadline for the return of the nomination forms is 31 January of the year of the award. The Nobel Committee nominates about 300 potential laureates from these forms and additional names. The nominees are not publicly named, nor are they told that they are being considered for the prize. All nomination records for a prize are sealed for 50 years from the awarding of the prize. The Nobel Committee then prepares a", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "19774574", "text": "for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\". The announcement was made on 7 October at a press conference at the Nobel Peace Center, and the formal award ceremony took place on 10 December at the Oslo City Hall. The award was conferred only five days after the government's narrow defeat in the Colombian peace agreement referendum to ratify the final agreement on the peace process. The committee Chair Kaci Kullmann Five emphasized the effort and good intentions of Santos at the announcement press conference and also in the award citation: Santos was first informed of the prize by his", "title": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14994015", "text": "make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor; while the rest would go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was a vocal advocate for the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Yunus. He expressed this in \"Rolling Stone\" magazine as well as in his autobiography \"My Life.\" In a speech given at University of California, Berkeley in 2002, President Clinton described Yunus as \"a man who long ago should have won the Nobel Prize [and] I’ll keep saying that until they finally give it to him.\" Conversely, The Economist stated explicitly", "title": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18385291", "text": "Nobel Prize effect The Nobel Prize effect is an observation about the adverse effects of winning the Nobel Prize on laureates and their careers. These effects include reduced productivity, constraints in areas of work, and public perception of expertise in areas unrelated to the laureate's work. The term Nobel effect is also used in those contexts, as well as in the context of the winner's longevity, and influence on international law in the case of the Nobel Peace Prize. The definition of the \"Nobel Prize effect\" most attributed to Richard Hamming describes the effect as a reduction in productivity, making", "title": "Nobel Prize effect" }, { "docid": "284500", "text": "her speech two decades later, in 2012. Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 while he and his wife were under house arrest in China as political prisoners, and he was unable to accept the prize in his lifetime. The memorial symbol \"Planet of Alfred Nobel\" was opened in Dnipropetrovsk University of Economics and Law in 2008. On the globe, there are 802 Nobel laureates' reliefs made of a composite alloy obtained when disposing of military strategic missiles. Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize (, ; Swedish definite form, singular: \"Nobelpriset\"; ) is a set of annual international", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "14976497", "text": "Foreign Office as saying, \"the politicization of the Nobel Peace Prize for the purposes of interference in the domestic affairs of states is not only contrary to the recognized principles of inter-State conduct, but also a negation of the underlying spirit conceived by the founder of the Prize.\" In what was described by Chinese media–watchers as a surprise because of its historical professionalism, \"China Youth Daily\" published an article containing Beijing students' expressions of anger and disbelief over the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu. The journal employed the traditional hard-liner phrase \"people with ulterior motives\" (别有用心的人)—directed", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "628713", "text": "Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics () is a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions for mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to physicist Wilhelm Röntgen in recognition of the extraordinary services he", "title": "Nobel Prize in Physics" }, { "docid": "628725", "text": "receive a diploma, a medal and a document confirming the prize amount. Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics () is a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions for mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The first Nobel Prize in Physics was", "title": "Nobel Prize in Physics" }, { "docid": "14302518", "text": "Norway has been able to use the prize as an instrument for nation building and furthering Norway's foreign policy and economic interests. In another 2011 \"Aftenposten\" opinion article, the grandson of one of Nobel's two brothers, Michael Nobel, also criticised what he believed to be the politicisation of the award, claiming that the Nobel Committee has not always acted in accordance with Nobel's will. Norwegian lawyer Fredrik S. Heffermehl has criticized the management of the Peace Prize. The awards given to Mikhail Gorbachev, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Menachem Begin and Yasser Arafat, Lê Đức Thọ, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Al", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876955", "text": "a disservice and a potential liability.\" An editorial in \"The Washington Post\" began, \"It's an odd Nobel Peace Prize that almost makes you embarrassed for the honoree\", and compared the Nobel Committee's statement that Obama had \"created a new climate in international politics\" to a recent satirical skit on television. A \"Los Angeles Times\" editorial said the committee \"didn't just embarrass Obama, it diminished the credibility of the prize itself\". Thomas L. Friedman of \"The New York Times\" wrote, \"It dismays me that the most important prize in the world has been devalued in this way\". Much of the commentary", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "4622904", "text": "Nobel Prize controversies After his death in 1896, the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prizes. Nobel's will specified that annual prizes are to be awarded for service to humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. Similarly, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is awarded along with the Nobel Prizes. Since the first award in 1901, the prizes have occasionally engendered criticism and controversy. Nobel sought to reward \"those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind\". One prize, he", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "14302512", "text": "the Nobel Foundation specify categories of individuals who are eligible to make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. These nominators are: Nominations must usually be submitted to the Committee by the beginning of February in the award year. Nominations by committee members can be submitted up to the date of the first Committee meeting after this deadline. In 2009, a record 205 nominations were received, but the record was broken again in 2010 with 237 nominations; in 2011, the record was broken once again with 241 nominations. The statutes of the Nobel Foundation do not allow information about nominations, considerations,", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284440", "text": "Nobel Prizes (and the Prizes in Economic Sciences, from 1969 on) were awarded 590 times to 935 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 27 organizations and 908 individuals. The prize ceremonies take place annually in Stockholm, Sweden (with the exception of the Peace Prize ceremony, which is held in Oslo, Norway). Each recipient (known as a \"laureate\") receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money that has been decided by the Nobel Foundation. (, each prize is worth 9,000,000 SEK, or about , €944,000, £836,000 or", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "284467", "text": "Peace Prize banquet is held in Norway at the Oslo Grand Hotel after the award ceremony. Apart from the laureate, guests include the President of the Storting, the Swedish prime minister, and, since 2006, the King and Queen of Norway. In total, about 250 guests attend. According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, each laureate is required to give a public lecture on a subject related to the topic of their prize. The Nobel lecture as a rhetorical genre took decades to reach its current format. These lectures normally occur during Nobel Week (the week leading up to the", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "16638973", "text": "2013 Nobel Peace Prize The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, for their \"extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons\". The award citation indicated the organization was awarded the prize, because they “have defined the use of chemical weapons as taboo under international law. Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons.” The committee criticized Russia and the United States for not meeting the extended deadline for destruction of its chemical weapons, and", "title": "2013 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976485", "text": "while residing in China. Liu was the third person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while in prison or detention after Germany's Carl von Ossietzky (1935) and Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). As the laureate was absent, Liu's place on the podium was unoccupied; Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann read \"I Have No Enemies\", an essay that Liu had written for his trial in December 2009, in place of the acceptance speech. The Nobel Committee disclosed there were a record number of nominations in 2010 – a total of 237, of which 38 were organisations. Although the committee has", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" } ]

[ "Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald", "F. Fitzgerald", "F. (Francis) Scott Fitzgerald", "F Fitzgerald", "F.S.Fitzgerald", "Francis FitzGerald", "F Scott Fitzgerald", "F. Scott Fitzgerald", "Francis Fitzgerald", "Scott Fitzgerald", "Francis Scott Fitzgerald" ]

[ { "docid": "8246226", "text": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story) \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in \"Collier's\" Magazine on May 27, 1922. It was subsequently anthologized in his book \"Tales of the Jazz Age\", which is occasionally published as \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories\". In 1860 Baltimore, Benjamin is born with the physical appearance of a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech. His father Roger invites neighborhood boys to play with him and orders him to play with children's toys, but Benjamin obeys only", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "8246235", "text": "treated by a mistirious man who claims he can restore youth. After that the Dr. begins to grow younger and records his feelings and daily events in his diaries. He goes from a grumpy old man to an energatic man to a carefree teenager to a helpless child in a few weeks. He is an infant when he is eventually rescued by his friends who reverse the paranormal spell. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story) \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in \"Collier's\" Magazine on May 27,", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "9175186", "text": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American fantasy romantic drama film directed by David Fincher. The storyline by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord is loosely based on the 1922 short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film stars Brad Pitt as a man who ages in reverse and Cate Blanchett as the love interest throughout his life. The film was released in North America on December 25, 2008 to positive reviews. The film received thirteen Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for Fincher, Best", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "9940331", "text": "the present time/tense. It was published in the \"Metropolitan\". Written, like \"Tarquin of Cheapside\", at Princeton, this sketch was published years later in \"Vanity Fair.\" Tales of the Jazz Age Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either \"Metropolitan Magazine (New York)\", \"Saturday Evening Post\", \"Smart Set\", \"Collier's\", \"Chicago Sunday Tribune\", or \"Vanity Fair\". This is a", "title": "Tales of the Jazz Age" }, { "docid": "9940325", "text": "Tales of the Jazz Age Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either \"Metropolitan Magazine (New York)\", \"Saturday Evening Post\", \"Smart Set\", \"Collier's\", \"Chicago Sunday Tribune\", or \"Vanity Fair\". This is a Southern story, with the setting laid in the small Lily of Tarleton, Georgia. Fitzgerald wrote that he had \"a profound affection for Tarleton, but somehow", "title": "Tales of the Jazz Age" } ]

[ { "docid": "8246234", "text": "novel by Andrew Sean Greer. Ray Bradbury's 2001 novel \"From the Dust Returned\" contains a short story (\"Make Haste to Live\") in which an old woman is born in a grave and regresses in age as time passes. The 2008 film \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" is an adaptation of the story. Moses Thiessen portrays Benjamin Button in the television series \"Riverdale\" and \"Chilling Adventures of Sabrina\" by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. In Ahmed Khaled Tawfik's 2000 Arabic short story \"A different kind of legend\", a part of the author's mini novel series \"Paranormal\", the main character \"Dr. Refaat Ismael\" is", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "9175212", "text": "who knows what he is doing but not always why he is doing it.\" The film was released on DVD on May 5, 2009 by Paramount, and on Blu-ray and 2-Disc DVD by The Criterion Collection. The Criterion release includes over three hours of special features, and a documentary about the making of the film. As of November 1, 2009 the DVD has sold 2,515,722 DVD copies and has generated $41,196,515 in sales revenue. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American fantasy romantic drama film directed by David Fincher. The", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "8246230", "text": "has a child of his own who later attends kindergarten with Benjamin. After kindergarten, Benjamin slowly begins to lose memory of his earlier life. His memory fades away to the point where he cannot remember anything except his nurse. Everything fades to darkness shortly after. Fitzgerald, in his introduction to the story, remarks that he came across a similar plot in Samuel Butler's \"Note-Books\" several weeks after publishing \"Benjamin Button\". In 1921, well-known British novelist Oliver Onions published a novel, \"The Tower of Oblivion\", about a man of 45 who begins to age backward, to grow younger. A story with", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "9175206", "text": "a \"richly satisfying serving of deep-dish Hollywood storytelling.\" Peter Howell of \"The Toronto Star\" says: \"It's been said that the unexamined life is not worth living. \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" suggests an addendum: a life lived backwards can be far more enriching\" and describes the film as \"a magical and moving account of a man living his life resoundingly in reverse\" and \"moviemaking at its best.\" Rod Yates of \"Empire\" awarded it five out of a possible five stars. Kirk Honeycutt of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" felt the film was \"superbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "9175209", "text": "any movie—it is shadowed by disappointment and fated to end.\" On the other hand, Anne Hornaday of \"The Washington Post\" states: \"There's no denying the sheer ambition and technical prowess of \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\". What's less clear is whether it entirely earns its own inflated sense of self-importance\" and further says, \"It plays too safe when it should be letting its freak flag fly.\" Kimberley Jones of the \"Austin Chronicle\" panned the film and stated, \"Fincher's selling us cheekboned movie stars frolicking in bedsheets and calling it a great love. I didn't buy it for a second.\"", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "9175195", "text": "of Caroline's father to her, Daisy dies as Hurricane Katrina approaches. Benjamin narrates about what people were brought into this world for, as a montage recaps the most significant people throughout his life. The film ends with alarms wailing as Katrina floods a storage room that holds Mr. Gateau’s clock, which continues to tick backwards. Producer Ray Stark bought the film rights to do \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" in the mid-1980s, and it was optioned by Universal Pictures. The first choice to direct it was Frank Oz, with Martin Short attached for the title role, but Oz could", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "18794350", "text": "The Jazz Man The Jazz Man is a children's book written by Mary Hays Weik and illustrated by her daughter Ann Grifalconi. The book was published by Atheneum Books in 1966 and received a Newbery Honor in 1967. A second edition was published in 1993 by Aladdin Books.\"The Jazz Man\" has also been published in Germany and South Africa. \"The Jazz Man\" is the story of a nine-year-old boy named Zeke, who lives with his parents on the top floor of a brownstone in Harlem. The story begins with Zeke remembering an old home he used to live in down", "title": "The Jazz Man" }, { "docid": "18794341", "text": "The Jazz Man The Jazz Man is a children's book written by Mary Hays Weik and illustrated by her daughter Ann Grifalconi. The book was published by Atheneum Books in 1966 and received a Newbery Honor in 1967. A second edition was published in 1993 by Aladdin Books.\"The Jazz Man\" has also been published in Germany and South Africa. \"The Jazz Man\" is the story of a nine-year-old boy named Zeke, who lives with his parents on the top floor of a brownstone in Harlem. The story begins with Zeke remembering an old home he used to live in down", "title": "The Jazz Man" }, { "docid": "9175201", "text": "digital environments for the film were created by Matte World Digital, including multiple shots of the interior of the New Orleans train station, to show architectural alterations and deterioration throughout different eras. The train station was built as a 3D model and lighting and aging effects were added, using Next Limit's Maxwell rendering software—an architectural visualization tool. Overall production was finished in September 2007. The score to \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" was written by French composer Alexandre Desplat, who recorded his score with an 87-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage. At the", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "9175207", "text": "his most impressive outing to date.\" Honeycutt praised Fincher's directing of the film and noted that the \"cinematography wonderfully marries a palette of subdued earthen colors with the necessary CGI and other visual effects that place one in a magical past.\" Honeycutt states the bottom line about \"Benjamin Button\" is that it is \"an intimate epic about love and loss that is pure cinema.\" A. O. Scott of \"The New York Times\" states: \"\"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\", more than two and a half hours long, sighs with longing and simmers with intrigue while investigating the philosophical conundrums and", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "9175211", "text": "a gimmick that goes on for nearly three hours ... \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" is an anodyne Hollywood film that offers a safe and sanitised view of life and death.\" James Christopher in \"The Times\" called it \"a tedious marathon of smoke and mirrors. In terms of the basic requirements of three-reel drama the film lacks substance, credibility, a decent script and characters you might actually care for.\" Derek Malcolm of London's \"Evening Standard\" felt that \"never at any point do you feel that there's anything more to it than a very strange story traversed by a film-maker", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "807026", "text": "Badly Drawn Boy. The film received positive reviews from critics, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and earned $130,549,455 on a $30 million budget. The movie, was also the basis for a 2014 American television series, which aired on NBC. The show's pilot episode was directed by Jon Favreau. It lasted for two seasons (33 episodes) before being cancelled by NBC on 8 May 2015. \"About a Boy\" is available on abridged audiobook, read by Alan Cumming. About a Boy (novel) About a Boy is a 1998 coming of age novel written by British writer Nick", "title": "About a Boy (novel)" }, { "docid": "20221652", "text": "The Man in the Case \"The Man in the Case\" () is an 1898 short story by Anton Chekhov, the first part of what has been later referred as \"The Little Trilogy\", along with \"Gooseberries\" and \"About Love\". The story was written in Nice, France. On 15 June 1898 Chekhov sent it to \"Russkaya Mysl\"s editor Viktor Goltsev. It was first published in a No.7, July 1898 issue of this magazine. In a slightly revised version it made its way into Volume 12 of the 1903 second edition of the Collected Works by A.P. Chekhov, and then into Volume 11", "title": "The Man in the Case" }, { "docid": "16778071", "text": "The Boy Who Was a King The Boy Who Was a King is a 2011 Bulgarian documentary film about Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, directed by Andrey Paounov. The film received nominations and awards at various international film festivals. It was included in the official selections of Toronto International Film Festival, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and others. The film is the third part of direcotor Andrey Paounov's unofficial trilogy on the \"absurdity of the Bulgarian transition period\". The film tells the story of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Bulgarian Tsar. He assumed the throne at the age of six, when his father Boris", "title": "The Boy Who Was a King" }, { "docid": "8246232", "text": "short story \"Angel of the Backward Look\" by Jennifer Loraine is about a man who starts to get younger, losing height and weight and regressing in age and mental ability. In W. P. Kinsella's 1986 novel \"The Iowa Baseball Confederacy\", the character Marylyle Baron tells a tale about \"strange happenings\" in Johnson County, Iowa: \"The Backwards Plague\" struck in the early 1900s. Young men and women in their late teens to early twenties suddenly started losing body mass. Eventually, they regressed to their birth weight, looking like newborn babies. At that point the plague stopped, and its victims began to", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "8246231", "text": "a similar plot was published in 1921 by the Austrian author Roda Roda in \"Die sieben Leidenschaften\" (\"The seven tempers\"; Rikola Verlag, Vienna 1922) under the title \"Antonius de Padua Findling\". J. G. Ballard's 1961 story \"Mr F. is Mr F.\" features a man who regresses from adulthood to infancy when his wife becomes pregnant. Manuel de Pedrolo's 1975 (\"Final journey\") collection of short stories contains a story (\"El regressiu\" - \"The regressive\") set in a dystopian future with strict birth control in which a man starts regressing in age when he hits 78 and dies as an infant. The", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "10804897", "text": "handled with a reporter's precision. But more than anything else, (Ken) Dornstein is a wonderful writer. His brother David wanted to be a great writer. He died too soon for us to know if he ever would have been.\" The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky is a 2006 memoir by Ken Dornstein about his older brother David Dornstein, who was killed in the Pan Am 103 bombing on December 21, 1988. David had dreamed of becoming a great writer, but died at the age of 25 without having published anything.", "title": "The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky" }, { "docid": "8246227", "text": "to please his father. At five, Benjamin is sent to kindergarten but is quickly withdrawn after he repeatedly falls asleep during child activities. At the age of 18, Benjamin enrolls in Yale College, but is sent home by officials, who think he is a 50-year-old lunatic. When Benjamin turns 20, the Button family realizes that he is aging backwards. In 1880, when Benjamin is 20, his father gives him a control of Roger Button & Co. Wholesale Hardware. He meets the young Hildegarde Moncrief, a daughter of General Moncrief, and falls in love with her. Hildegarde mistakes Benjamin for a", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "16185700", "text": "impressed. He once wrote to his wife Livy, \"I started to mark the Story of a Bad Boy, but for the life of me I could not admire the volume much.\" Scholar Andrew Levy suggests that Twain was downplaying his interest in the book and was driven to disdain it in private due to \"a competitive pique\". Twain later determined that Aldrich was the wittiest man in the past seven centuries. The Story of a Bad Boy The Story of a Bad Boy (1870) is a semi-autobiographical novel by American writer Thomas Bailey Aldrich, fictionalizing his experiences as a boy", "title": "The Story of a Bad Boy" }, { "docid": "20221659", "text": "Bogdanovich who (in the October 1898 issue of \"Mir Bozhy\") praised Chekhov for discovering a new, and yet totally realistic social type. Still, Bogdanovich saw the story as utterly pessimistic and complained about its author 'morbid' mindset that prevents him from becoming a truly great realist. Highly positive was the review in \"Syn Otechestva\" by Alexander Skabichevsky who credited Chekhov with being not only a fine artist but also shrewd social commentator. He rated the Belikov character right up there with the most memorable creations by Gogol and Goncharov. The Man in the Case \"The Man in the Case\" ()", "title": "The Man in the Case" }, { "docid": "11927413", "text": "The Case of the Curious Bride The Case of the Curious Bride is a 1935 mystery film, the second in a series starring Warren William as Perry Mason, following \"The Case of the Howling Dog\". The script was based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner, published by William Morrow and Company, which proved to be one of the most popular of all the Perry Mason novels. The movie marked Errol Flynn's first appearance in a Hollywood film. He appears twice, as a corpse and in flashback towards the end. Rhoda Montaine learns that her", "title": "The Case of the Curious Bride" }, { "docid": "14320379", "text": "A Warning to the Curious \"A Warning to the Curious\" is a ghost story by British writer M.R. James, included in his book \"A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories\" first published in 1925. The tale tells the story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in \"Seaburgh\" (a disguised version of Aldeburgh, Suffolk) and inadvertently stumbles across one of the three lost crowns of Anglia, which legendarily protect the country from invasion. On digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian. Written a few years after the end of The First World War,", "title": "A Warning to the Curious" }, { "docid": "20803901", "text": "The Man in a Case The Man in a Case (Russian:Скульптурная композиция «Человек в футляре») is a sculptural composition in Taganrog, created by sculptor David Begalov based on the story of the same name by Anton Chekhov. The sculptural composition illustrates the story of the writer of the same name and represents pathetic, trying to take cover not from a rain and wind, not from the torments and fears of the teacher Belikov. It is installed before a facade of the left wing of the Taganrog men's classical gymnasium in which Anton Chekhov studied and one of Belikov's prototypes, \"the", "title": "The Man in a Case" }, { "docid": "17959195", "text": "Pilot (About a Boy) \"Pilot\" is the pilot and first episode of the American television comedy series \"About a Boy\", which premiered on February 22, 2014 on NBC in the United States. The series is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by British writer Nick Hornby and the 2002 film starring Hugh Grant. The episode is written by series developer Jason Katims and is directed by Jon Favreau. In the episode, a young boy named Marcus (Benjamin Stockham) and his single mother Fiona (Minnie Driver) move in next door to Will (David Walton), an unemployed bachelor living", "title": "Pilot (About a Boy)" }, { "docid": "9175193", "text": "due to his reverse aging, Benjamin sells his assets, leaves the proceeds behind for Daisy and Caroline, and leaves the next spring; he travels alone during the 1970s. Benjamin returns to Daisy in 1980. Now married, Daisy introduces him, as a family friend, to her husband and daughter. Daisy admits that he was right to leave; she could not have coped otherwise. She later visits Benjamin at his hotel, where they again share their passion for each other, then part once more. In 1990, widowed Daisy is contacted by social workers who have found Benjamin — now physically a pre-teen.", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "7159840", "text": "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was \"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was\" or \"The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear\" () is a German folktale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale number 4 in the collection. It was also included by Andrew Lang in \"The Blue Fairy Book\" (1889). The Grimms' first, 1812 edition contained a much shorter version, \"Good Bowling and Card Playing\" (). It is classified as its own Aarne–Thompson index type 326 of a male protagonist's unsuccessful", "title": "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" }, { "docid": "9175203", "text": "the \"BET Awards\" for her role in the film combined with two other performances in \"Not Easily Broken\", and \"The Family That Preys\". The film won all four awards it was nominated for at the 7th Visual Effects Society Awards, the categories of \"Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,\" \"Best Single Visual Effect of the Year,\" \"Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture,\" and \"Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture.\" \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" was originally slated for theatrical release in May 2008, but it was pushed back to November", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "7159859", "text": "undressed yourself to teach us fear..\" as in figuratively \"put something on, you've put yourself out to teach fear.\"). The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was \"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was\" or \"The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear\" () is a German folktale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale number 4 in the collection. It was also included by Andrew Lang in \"The Blue Fairy Book\" (1889). The Grimms' first, 1812 edition contained a much shorter version, \"Good Bowling", "title": "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" }, { "docid": "9175205", "text": "domestically and $206.4 million in foreign markets, with a total gross of $333.9 million. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 72% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 238 reviews. Consensus reads: \"Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an epic fantasy tale with rich storytelling backed by fantastic performances.\" According to Metacritic, the film received an average score of 70 out of 100, based on 37 reviews. Yahoo! Movies reported the film received a B+ average score from critical consensus, based on 12 reviews. Todd McCarthy of \"Variety\" magazine gave the film a positive review, calling it", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "7159858", "text": "the tale in the first season, second episode as \"Fearnot\". Shelley Duvall's TV show \"Faerie Tale Theatre\" adapted it as \"The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers\" The episodic games of \"American McGee's Grimm\" on Gametap debuted with \"A Boy Learns What Fear Is\" on July 31, 2008. The MC Frontalot song \"Shudders\", from his album \"Question Bedtime\", is based on this story. The title is often varied for example by the band Wir sind Helden in their song \"Zieh dir was an: Du hast dich ausgezogen, uns das Fürchten zu lehren...\"(translated \"Dress yourself, you have", "title": "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" }, { "docid": "10440735", "text": "A Story of the Stone Age \"A Story of the Stone Age\" is a short story written in 1897 by H. G. Wells. The story was featured in three parts between May and August 1897 in \"The Idler\" magazine, and was later released in collected editions. The story is set during the Stone Age, and tells of a caveman named Ugh-lomi, who bonds with the young woman Eudena and kills his rival, the \"de facto\" tribal leader Uya. Whilst in exile, Ugh-lomi becomes the first man to ride a horse, and to combine stone and wood to fashion an axe.", "title": "A Story of the Stone Age" }, { "docid": "8246229", "text": "and enrolls at Harvard University. His first year there is a great success: he dominates in football and takes revenge against Yale for having rejected him years before. However, during his junior and senior years he is only 16 years old, too weak to play football and barely able to cope with the academic work. After graduation, Benjamin returns home, only to learn that his wife has moved to Italy. He lives with Roscoe, who treats him sternly, and forces Benjamin to call him \"uncle.\" As the years progress, Benjamin grows from a moody teenager into a child. Eventually, Roscoe", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "16185699", "text": "by Louisa May Alcott in \"Little Women\", \"The Story of a Bad Boy\" does not have a single overarching narrative and is instead a series of sketches. Aldrich established the precedent that, generally, bad boy stories do not depict the characters' maturation to adulthood, though there is some evidence that they do grow up. In the case of \"The Story of a Bad Boy\", Aldrich notes early in the book that the characters are now adults and serving as \"lawyers, merchants, sea-captains, soldiers, authors, what not.\" Twain, in particular, was heavily influenced by the book, though he was not originally", "title": "The Story of a Bad Boy" }, { "docid": "2469509", "text": "story ever written plus every story dreamed of but never written. Among the latter is \"The Man Who Was October\" by G. K. Chesterton, which is supposedly a sequel to his \"Thursday\". Also, the metaphysical being known as \"Fiddler's Green\" manifests in a physical form resembling Chesterton. In Kim Newman's \"\", the Council of Days, led by Sunday, exists and is plotting to overthrow Dracula during the tenth anniversary of his rule over Britain. The Council includes Gabriel Syme, Peter the Painter (Friday), and Newman's recurring character Kate Reed. The Man Who Was Thursday The Man Who Was Thursday: A", "title": "The Man Who Was Thursday" }, { "docid": "11948420", "text": "The Man Who Was Almost a Man \"The Man Who Was Almost a Man\" also known as \"Almos' a man\", is a short story by Richard Wright. It was published in 1961 as part of Wright's compilation \"Eight Men\". The story centers on Dave, a young African-American farm worker who is struggling to declare his identity in the atmosphere of the rural South. The story begins with the protagonist Dave Sanders walking home from work, irritated with the way he has been treated. Dave works for a farmer on a cattle farm and as he walks across the fields he", "title": "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" }, { "docid": "9175188", "text": "the boys they lost in the war, including his own son, could come home again and live full lives. Mr. Gateau was never seen again. Daisy then asks Caroline to read aloud from the diary of Benjamin Button. On the evening of November 11, 1918, a boy is born with the appearance and maladies of an elderly man. After the baby's mother dies during childbirth, the father, Thomas Button, abandons the infant on the porch of a nursing home. Queenie and Mr. \"Tizzy\" Weathers find the baby, and Queenie decides to raise him as her own. Benjamin learns to walk", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "11948437", "text": "it simply symbolized his struggle to achieve such goals. The Man Who Was Almost a Man \"The Man Who Was Almost a Man\" also known as \"Almos' a man\", is a short story by Richard Wright. It was published in 1961 as part of Wright's compilation \"Eight Men\". The story centers on Dave, a young African-American farm worker who is struggling to declare his identity in the atmosphere of the rural South. The story begins with the protagonist Dave Sanders walking home from work, irritated with the way he has been treated. Dave works for a farmer on a cattle", "title": "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" }, { "docid": "4119913", "text": "to ask and if he answers them then he is a Prophet who has been sent (by Allah); if he does not, then he is saying things that are not true, in which case how you will deal with him will be up to you. Ask him about some young men in ancient times, what was their story? For theirs is a strange and wondrous tale. Ask him about a man who travelled a great deal and reached the east and the west of the earth. What was his story? And ask him about the Ruh (soul or spirit) —what", "title": "Alexander the Great in the Quran" }, { "docid": "10804892", "text": "The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky is a 2006 memoir by Ken Dornstein about his older brother David Dornstein, who was killed in the Pan Am 103 bombing on December 21, 1988. David had dreamed of becoming a great writer, but died at the age of 25 without having published anything. The book traces his younger brother's attempt, years after the crash, to finally get to know and understand him, through research, interviews, and David's own voluminous writings: letters, drafts, and innumerable spiral-bound notebooks filled with \"(r)andom thoughts, poems, dream", "title": "The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky" }, { "docid": "20208841", "text": "in seven days. In 1959, the story was screened by Sergei Bondarchuk, who also played the main role there. The film \"Fate of Man\" was awarded the main prize at the Moscow Film Festival in 1959 and paved the way for Bondarchuk to big cinema. Fate of a Man (short story) \"Fate of a Man\" (, translit. Sudba Cheloveka) ― is a short story written by Soviet Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov in 1956. With the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the truck driver Andrey Sokolov has to leave for army and part with his family. In the first months", "title": "Fate of a Man (short story)" }, { "docid": "16778073", "text": "term. The film presents not only the life of the former Tsar, but also intertwines within the story vignettes of various Bulgarians, who were supporting him, sending him gifts, or merely tattooing his face on their body. The story is told through personal footage and vast amounts of archive material. The film received praise for its editing and use of archives with Variety's Robert Koehler writing that \"Pic’s terrific use of archival footage includes an exiled Simeon interviewed in the early ’60s, disputing his playboy rep.\" and \"Editing is aces.\" The Boy Who Was a King The Boy Who Was", "title": "The Boy Who Was a King" }, { "docid": "807019", "text": "About a Boy (novel) About a Boy is a 1998 coming of age novel written by British writer Nick Hornby which has sold over a million copies. The novel was later adapted into a feature film in 2002 and a television series in 2014. Set in 1993 London, \"About a Boy\" features two main protagonists: Will Freeman, a 36-year-old bachelor, and Marcus Brewer, an incongruous schoolboy described as 'introverted' by his suicidal mother, Fiona, despite his tendencies to bond and interact with people. Will's father wrote a successful Christmas song, the royalties of which have afforded Will the ability to", "title": "About a Boy (novel)" }, { "docid": "14143325", "text": "on Salerno. Chapter 7, \"The Crusader\", is about the Children's Crusade from two viewpoints: that of a minstrel who has heard the tale and retells it at a great feast, and that of the young boy who led the crusade, whom Nino befriends. Chapter 8, \"Students of Salerno\", is about John of Procida and his diplomatic and spying work in favor of the Hohenstaufen rulers of southern Italy against Charles of Anjou's French. Chapter 9, \"Redbeard and Saint Andrew\", tells about a raid of the Muslim privateer Barbarossa on Amalfi, and how the town was saved by a miraculous storm.", "title": "The Boy Who Was" }, { "docid": "11083784", "text": "a four-year-old boy from Harlem, there are seven characters: \"Little Man Little Man: A Story of Childhood\" was reviewed as \"experimental, enigmatic picture book that straddled the line between children’s and adult literature,\" and after its initial publication in 1976, it soon went out of print. In 2018, Duke University Press published a new edition, with an afterword by Aisha Karefa-Smart, Baldwin's niece. Little Man Little Man: A Story of Childhood Little Man Little Man: A Story of Childhood is a 1976 children's novel written by James Baldwin and Yoran Cazac TJ recounts what he experiences while playing ball outside.", "title": "Little Man Little Man: A Story of Childhood" }, { "docid": "19460276", "text": "The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog (Historia del hombre que se convirtió en perro) is a short play written by Osvaldo Dragún as part of his \"Historias para ser contadas\" (\"Stories to be Told\"), a series of short plays. It is the third short play in the series. The original production premiered with the independent theatre group Teatro Popular Fray Mocho in 1957. \"The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog\", as well as the other \"Historias\" can be classified into many genres of", "title": "The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog" }, { "docid": "14143322", "text": "The Boy Who Was The Boy Who Was is a children's historical fantasy novel by Grace Taber Hallock. It tells the story of a human boy blessed with eternal life who participates in the march of history as it moves across the Bay of Naples for 3,000 years. Nino witnesses the destruction of Pompeii, the sack of Rome, the Children's Crusade, and the coming of Garibaldi. The novel, illustrated by Harrie Wood, was first published in 1928 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1929. In the Prologue, an unnamed artist visiting the town of Sorrento, Italy, encounters a young", "title": "The Boy Who Was" }, { "docid": "14143326", "text": "Chapter 10, \"The Bandits\", tells how Nino arranges for an Italian Prince to be captured by the Carbonari and brought into sympathy with their cause. The \"Epilogue\" which follows is a short poem addressed to Nino by the author, which brings the book to a close. The Boy Who Was The Boy Who Was is a children's historical fantasy novel by Grace Taber Hallock. It tells the story of a human boy blessed with eternal life who participates in the march of history as it moves across the Bay of Naples for 3,000 years. Nino witnesses the destruction of Pompeii,", "title": "The Boy Who Was" }, { "docid": "11948435", "text": "man without a gun,” on his way home from work he struggles with finding a way to prove to everyone that he was no longer a boy, feeling that the buying of a gun was the only way to get his point across to those who have been doubting him. In purchasing the gun Dave feels he has acquired masculinity, giving him a newfound sense of independence. With the gun Dave feels invincible, like no one can pass judgment upon him, tell him what to do, or harm him in any way. In the scene in which Dave kills Jenny,", "title": "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" }, { "docid": "14320380", "text": "'A Warning to the Curious' ranks as one of M. R. James's bleakest stories. The story is written in the typical Jamesian style and uses a multi layered narrative device to tell the tale. Time is taken to describe a pleasant traditional Victorian holiday resort, Seaburgh. The narrator states that he collects stories about the area as a result of his happy memories there as a child and that this is one he was told by a man he had done a favour for. We now hear the story first hand from the second narrator. He states that he was", "title": "A Warning to the Curious" }, { "docid": "19401069", "text": "harmless. A similar plot was used by Harris Merton Lyon in the short story \"An Unused Rattlesnake\". The Man and the Snake \"The Man and the Snake\" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It tells of a man who dies of fright inspired by a toy snake with buttons for eyes. The story was published in \"The San Francisco Examiner\" on June 29, 1890. Harker Brayton is relaxing on a sofa when he notices a snake in the room. The narrator then proceeds to explain that the snake is that of Dr.", "title": "The Man and the Snake" }, { "docid": "9175194", "text": "When she arrives, they explain that he was living in a condemned building and was taken to the hospital in poor physical condition, and that they found her name in his diary. The social workers say he is displaying early signs of dementia. Daisy moves into the nursing home in 1997 and cares for Benjamin for the rest of his life. Daisy says that in 2002, Mr. Gateau's clock was replaced with a digital clock that ran forward. In Spring 2003, Benjamin dies in Daisy's arms, physically an infant but chronologically 84 years of age. Having finally revealed the story", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "17959201", "text": "of NPR criticized the episode, saying it culminated \"in a scene that makes so many wrong choices that anyone who adores the film is likely to be specifically enraged by what seems to be an almost complete failure to comprehend what was important about that story and the way it progressed and ended.\" Jacqueline Cutler of Zap2it said the pilot \"does a great job introducing a callow cad, an odd boy and his strident mom.\" IGN's Jim McMahon stated, \"while it's not a laugh-a-minute riot, this opening episode points the way to what could eventually become a powerhouse comedy.\" Brian", "title": "Pilot (About a Boy)" }, { "docid": "9940328", "text": "the previous year, during the \"general hysteria\" which inaugurated the Jazz Age. A play, published in \"The Smart Set\" in January, 1920. The following short stories were written in what Fitzgerald called his \"second manner\". They were designed for the author's own amusement, as he states in his introduction to the volume. Fitzgerald's introduction captures the spirit of the book fairly: This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment", "title": "Tales of the Jazz Age" }, { "docid": "14320386", "text": "A few miles outside Aldeburgh is the small village of Friston which is home to a church dating back to the Medieval period and is likely the basis for Froston in the story, though it lacks the Three Crown motif. A Warning to the Curious \"A Warning to the Curious\" is a ghost story by British writer M.R. James, included in his book \"A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories\" first published in 1925. The tale tells the story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in \"Seaburgh\" (a disguised version of Aldeburgh, Suffolk) and inadvertently stumbles", "title": "A Warning to the Curious" }, { "docid": "12843379", "text": "Curious George Rides a Bike Curious George Rides a Bike is a children's book written and illustrated by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1952. It is the third book of the original Curious George series and tells the story of George's new bicycle and his experiences performing with an animal show. The Man With The Yellow Hat buys George a bicycle. He helps a newspaper boy with his route, until he makes boats of the newspapers and sets them adrift in a stream. He runs into a rock, which ruins the bike's front", "title": "Curious George Rides a Bike" }, { "docid": "19068683", "text": "at that listing. The Man Who Lost the Sea \"The Man Who Lost the Sea\" is a science fiction short story by American writer Theodore Sturgeon. Originally published in the October 1959 issue of \"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\", it was nominated for (but did not win) the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction. Writing in \"The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction\", John Clute described \"The Man Who Lost the Sea\" as \"strong, immeasurably complex, word-perfect and deeply fixative to the reader's memory\". When the story opens, the reader is introduced to a boy who is showing a", "title": "The Man Who Lost the Sea" }, { "docid": "19068679", "text": "The Man Who Lost the Sea \"The Man Who Lost the Sea\" is a science fiction short story by American writer Theodore Sturgeon. Originally published in the October 1959 issue of \"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\", it was nominated for (but did not win) the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction. Writing in \"The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction\", John Clute described \"The Man Who Lost the Sea\" as \"strong, immeasurably complex, word-perfect and deeply fixative to the reader's memory\". When the story opens, the reader is introduced to a boy who is showing a model helicopter to", "title": "The Man Who Lost the Sea" }, { "docid": "19460285", "text": "of its surrounding countries, including Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Uruguay. By 1956, the movement had died out, following the collapse of the Juan Perón political regime. The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog (Historia del hombre que se convirtió en perro) is a short play written by Osvaldo Dragún as part of his \"Historias para ser contadas\" (\"Stories to be Told\"), a series of short plays. It is the third short play in the series. The original production premiered with the independent theatre group Teatro Popular Fray", "title": "The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog" }, { "docid": "16185693", "text": "The Story of a Bad Boy The Story of a Bad Boy (1870) is a semi-autobiographical novel by American writer Thomas Bailey Aldrich, fictionalizing his experiences as a boy in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The book is considered the first in the \"bad boy\" genre of literature, though the text's opening lines admit that he was \"not such a very bad, but a pretty bad boy\". \"Tom Bailey\" is born in the fictitious town of Rivermouth, New Hampshire, but moves to New Orleans with his family when he is 18 months old. In his boyhood, his father wants him to be", "title": "The Story of a Bad Boy" }, { "docid": "19401066", "text": "The Man and the Snake \"The Man and the Snake\" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It tells of a man who dies of fright inspired by a toy snake with buttons for eyes. The story was published in \"The San Francisco Examiner\" on June 29, 1890. Harker Brayton is relaxing on a sofa when he notices a snake in the room. The narrator then proceeds to explain that the snake is that of Dr. During, the owner of the house that Harker is visiting. During is a zoologist and collector of", "title": "The Man and the Snake" }, { "docid": "20208840", "text": "a little boy Vanya, who was left an orphan. His mother died and his father missed in action. Sokolov tells the boy that he is his father, and this gives the boy (and himself) a hope for a new life. The plot of the story is based on real events. In the spring of 1946, on hunting Sholokhov met a man who told him this story. Sholokhov was stricken and said: \"I'll write a short story about this, I surely will.\" Ten years later, after reading some short stories by Hemingway and Remarque, Sholokhov wrote \"The Fate of a Man\"", "title": "Fate of a Man (short story)" }, { "docid": "9175192", "text": "in Paris. When Benjamin visits her, Daisy is amazed by his youthful appearance, but, frustrated by her injuries, she tells him to stay out of her life. In 1962, Daisy returns to New Orleans and reunites with Benjamin. Now of comparable physical age, they fall in love and go sailing together. They return to learn that Queenie has died, then move in together. In 1967, Daisy, who has opened a ballet studio, tells Benjamin that she is pregnant; she gives birth to a girl, Caroline, in the spring of 1968. Believing he cannot be a proper father to his daughter", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "14186244", "text": "home town) and somebody says 'Hey Preach! Hey Preach! What's the matter? You don't know me anymore, man?' Well I asked Louis what he was talking about and he said 'he's talking about me,' so that's how I learned the story.\" The song was published by E.B. Marks, but she never recorded it. Preacher Boy \"Preacher Boy\" is a jazz song written by singer Billie Holiday, and composer Jeanne Burns and published by E.B. Marks. This is one of seven songs written by or co-written by Holiday that she never recorded. According to Holiday, she wrote the song as a", "title": "Preacher Boy" }, { "docid": "9940329", "text": "upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butler's \"Note-books.\" The story was published in \"Collier's\" last summer and provoked this startling letter from an anonymous admirer in Cincinnati: <br> \"Sir-- <br> I have read the story Benjamin Button in Collier's and I wish to say that as a short story writer you would make a good lunatic I have seen many peices of cheese in my life but of all the peices of cheese I have", "title": "Tales of the Jazz Age" }, { "docid": "3124209", "text": "situation, Tiptree is suggesting that by writing this story P. Burke cannot be successful in her female body as a science fiction writer. Melissa Stevenson sums up this point by stating that “The Girl Who Was Plugged In: is a tale of transformations and masks, the story of a girl who is not who she seems to be, written by an author who was not exactly who “he” seemed to be”. Tiptree is writing about a girl who is masking her appearance in order to be successful which is eerily similar to the way that masking her image is for", "title": "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" }, { "docid": "16567380", "text": "diving materials and even parodying Obito Uchiha's mask and costume. \"Boy Pick-Up: The Movie\" is a film adaptation of the \"Boy Pick-Up\" skits of the television show \"Bubble Gang\". The film was made in response to positive reception by \"Bubble Gang\" fans of the show, who are also the primary target audience of the film along with those who are fans of pick-up lines. The skit was expanded to include a back story to the eponymous character of the \"Boy Pick-Up\" skits such as details about his neighbors, daily life, romantic life, and his parents. The character of boy pick", "title": "Boy Pick-Up: The Movie" }, { "docid": "10440736", "text": "He uses this weapon, along with his wits, to survive encounters with cave bears, hyenas and rhinos, and ultimately claim the position of tribal leader for himself. A Story of the Stone Age \"A Story of the Stone Age\" is a short story written in 1897 by H. G. Wells. The story was featured in three parts between May and August 1897 in \"The Idler\" magazine, and was later released in collected editions. The story is set during the Stone Age, and tells of a caveman named Ugh-lomi, who bonds with the young woman Eudena and kills his rival, the", "title": "A Story of the Stone Age" }, { "docid": "11927416", "text": "the Howling Dog\", \"The Case of the Lucky Legs\", \"The Case of the Velvet Claws\", \"The Case of the Black Cat\" and \"The Case of the Stuttering Bishop\" in a set entitled \"Perry Mason: The Original Warner Bros. Movies Collection\". This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US. The Case of the Curious Bride The Case of the Curious Bride is a 1935 mystery film, the second in a series starring Warren William as Perry Mason, following \"The Case of the Howling Dog\". The script was based on the 1934 novel", "title": "The Case of the Curious Bride" }, { "docid": "11948431", "text": "will at last prove he is indeed a man. While the story appears to be simply about a young boy's desire to have a gun, Wright's work includes underlying themes of racism and the struggles of an individual. This piece is filled with metaphors for life and the journey from boyhood to manhood. The story is set in a farming area. Wright never gets into much detail about the surrounding area other than to mention that the main character, Dave, is working or walking through a field. This desolate sort of background that sets the stage for the story can", "title": "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" }, { "docid": "16971016", "text": "is represented by the Sutton Hoo hoard. Januszczak concludes that in the Dark Ages it was not the sword but the written word whether in wood, stone, or what he considers the greatest masterpiece of all art, the Lindisfarne Gospels that defined the age. Viewing figures: N/A Mary Beard, a writer on Roman life, disputes the claim in episode one that the Rotas Square was a Christian symbol on the blog of the Times Literary Supplement. Larry Hurtado, Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology at the University of Edinburgh's School of Divinity, criticized the idea that the", "title": "The Dark Ages: An Age of Light" }, { "docid": "12843381", "text": "the bear and rehire him so he could participate in the show with his bike and bugle, and The Man With The Yellow Hat, the newspaper boy and all of George's other friends come to see him in the show. He is a great success, when the show ends, the workers give George the bugle as a gift and then George goes home to bed. Curious George Rides a Bike Curious George Rides a Bike is a children's book written and illustrated by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1952. It is the third", "title": "Curious George Rides a Bike" }, { "docid": "8246233", "text": "grow again. In T. H. White's \"The Once and Future King\", an Arthurian fantasy novel published in 1958, Merlyn the magician is depicted as living backwards through time. In the comic \"2000AD\", issue 308, 19 March 1983, there is a story called \"The Reversible Man\" which starts with the man lying on the ground having died and he travels backwards through his life getting younger. He sees his children get \"unborn\" and he \"unmeets\" his wife and he regresses to babyhood and is eventually unborn himself. Another story based on a similar plot is \"The Confessions of Max Tivoli\", a", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "4060916", "text": "What the Deaf Man Heard What the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 \"Hallmark Hall of Fame\" television movie that aired on CBS television on November 23, 1997. It concerns Sammy, a man who pretends to be deaf and mute, when in reality he can hear and speak perfectly well. The movie starred Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones. Georgia, 1945. During a stop on a bus trip, Sammy Ayers (Frankie Muniz), a boy and his mother Helen (Bernadette Peters) ventures into a bar, while Sammy sleeps on the bus. Helen is murdered as the bus leaves. At the last", "title": "What the Deaf Man Heard" }, { "docid": "5510906", "text": "a movie, separate from its long saga of dreams and woes and catastrophes—which may actually be beneficial in the case of a movie about a knight with a foolish dream. The behind-the-scenes saga is part of the film's mystique and history, and whether it's great, terrible, or somewhere in between, that story is what historians, critics, and crowds will remember, long after the movie leaves theaters.\" Gilliam himself admitted in May 2017 than the film's legendary reputation added more pressure on him: \"The problem is that people have very high expectations. And a lot of people say I'm a fool", "title": "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" }, { "docid": "8280398", "text": "Young Man with a Horn (novel) Young Man with a Horn is a 1938 novel by Dorothy Baker that is loosely based on the real life of jazz cornet player Bix Beiderbecke. The novel was adapted for the movie \"Young Man With a Horn\" (1950) with Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, and Doris Day. A jazz fiction novel set in a world of speakeasies, big bands, and the Harlem Renaissance. It is loosely based on the life of the great cornet player Bix Beiderbecke who died of alcoholism in 1931 at the age of 28. It tells the story of Rick", "title": "Young Man with a Horn (novel)" }, { "docid": "11948422", "text": "ma is letting him have his own money now, to which Dave responds with a “[s]hucks. Mistah Joe, Ahm gittin t' be a man like anybody else,”! Joe asks what exactly it is Dave is planning on buying; a question Dave is reluctant to answer unless Joe promises not to say anything. Joe promises and Dave tells him he’s looking to purchase a gun; Joe states that Dave “ain’t nothing but a boy,” and that he does not need a gun, but if he’s going to buy one he might as well buy it from him and not from some", "title": "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" }, { "docid": "9294568", "text": "The Boy Who Heard Music The Boy Who Heard Music is a rock opus that began life as an Internet novella written by musician and songwriter Pete Townshend. Townshend wrote in the foreword to the novella that he typically sketches out his opera in this way to lay out the plots and storylines, but in this case he published the material on an Internet blog site in 2005 and 2006, opening an interactive discussion with readers. The work was later released as a maxi-single and album by The Who and adapted as a rock opera. The story covers a period", "title": "The Boy Who Heard Music" }, { "docid": "3568897", "text": "Booker Prize, and \"many observers were surprised that it did not advance to the shortlist.\" John Carey, chairman of the Booker panel of judges, told \"The Guardian\", \"We have several clashes of opinion among the judges but I found Haddon's book about a boy with Asperger's syndrome breathtaking.\" A survey in Great Britain, conducted by the BBC's literacy campaign for World Book Day, found \"Curious Incident\" to be among \"the top five happy endings, as voted on by readers\" in novels (the others were \"Pride and Prejudice\", \"To Kill a Mockingbird\", \"Jane Eyre\" and \"Rebecca\", the last of which \"Curious\"", "title": "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" }, { "docid": "18794346", "text": "window. Zeke realizes that he has been dreaming the entire time. Zeke - A nine-year-old boy who lives in Harlem. One of his legs is shorter than his other leg, and he spends most of his time listening to the Jazz Man instead of going to school. Zeke's Mother - She works many hours and often comes home tired. She dances when she is happy. Zeke's Father - He is unemployed. Tony - One of the men who plays music with the Jazz Man. He is Italian and plays the trumpet. Ernie - An African American man who plays the", "title": "The Jazz Man" }, { "docid": "10218488", "text": "unlikely, but then Sten is found murdered in exactly the same manner as a Norwegian businessman shortly before. Against his previous judgement, Kurt returns to work to investigate what he is convinced is a case of double murder. In 2003, \"The Man Who Smiled\" was adapted by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television into a two-hour television movie, starring Rolf Lassgård as Wallander. \"The Man Who Smiled\" has also been adapted into a 90-minute television episode for the BBC's \"Wallander\" series starring Kenneth Branagh as Wallander. It was first broadcast on 10 January 2010. The Man Who Smiled The Man Who", "title": "The Man Who Smiled" }, { "docid": "17507037", "text": "Moore concludes at the end of the book: Although Moore’s paramount importance as a historian of the Isle of Man remains unquestioned, as does the rigorousness of his work, contemporary historians of the island would question some of what appears in the book. Points at issue include the following: The Story of the Isle of Man The Story of the Isle of Man is a 1901 book on the history of the Isle of Man by A.W. Moore. It was written as an introduction to Manx history, specifically for children. The book was written at a time of a growing", "title": "The Story of the Isle of Man" }, { "docid": "9559588", "text": "The Man Who Evolved \"The Man Who Evolved\" is a science fiction short story by American writer Edmond Hamilton, first published in the April 1931 issue of \"Wonder Stories\". In his comments on the story in \"Before the Golden Age\", Isaac Asimov called it the first science fiction short story (as opposed to novel) that impressed him so much it stayed in his mind permanently. In her introduction to \"The Best of Edmond Hamilton\", Leigh Brackett called the story \"a fine example of Hamilton's skill in encapsulating an enormous theme into the neat and perfect compass of a short story\".", "title": "The Man Who Evolved" }, { "docid": "20803903", "text": "of the municipal budget for the manufacture of sculpture and its installation amounted to 723,802 rubles. The monument is a municipal property. On the eve of the Chekhov's anniversary, the city administration held a competition for the creation of this sculpture, in which David Begalov defeated. The monument was inaugurated on January 27, 2010, during the events dedicated to the A.P. Chekhov's 150 anniversary. The Man in a Case The Man in a Case (Russian:Скульптурная композиция «Человек в футляре») is a sculptural composition in Taganrog, created by sculptor David Begalov based on the story of the same name by Anton", "title": "The Man in a Case" }, { "docid": "8246228", "text": "50-year-old brother of Roger Button; she prefers older men and marries him six months later, but remains ignorant of his condition. Years later, Benjamin's business has been successful, but he is tired of Hildegarde because her beauty has faded and she nags him. Bored at home, he enlists in the Spanish–American War in 1898 and achieves great triumph in the military, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He retires from the army to focus on his company, and receives a medal. In 1910, Benjamin, now looking like a 20-year-old, turns over control of his company to his son, Roscoe,", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)" }, { "docid": "20208838", "text": "Fate of a Man (short story) \"Fate of a Man\" (, translit. Sudba Cheloveka) ― is a short story written by Soviet Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov in 1956. With the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the truck driver Andrey Sokolov has to leave for army and part with his family. In the first months of the war, he gets wounded and is captured by Germans. In captivity, he experiences all the burdens of a concentration camp. Due to his courage he showed to camp's chief when he refuses to drink with him to victory of German arms, he avoids", "title": "Fate of a Man (short story)" }, { "docid": "9175199", "text": "with Blanchett in \"Babel\" and with Swinton in \"Burn After Reading\". For \"Benjamin Button\", New Orleans, Louisiana and the surrounding area was chosen as the filming location for the story to take advantage of the state's production incentives, and shooting was slated to begin in October 2006. By filming in Louisiana and taking advantage of the state's film incentive, the production received $27 million, which was used to finance a significant portion of the film's $167 million budget. Filming of \"Benjamin Button\" began on November 6, 2006 in New Orleans. In January 2007, Blanchett joined the shoot. Fincher praised the", "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" }, { "docid": "7664461", "text": "in the 1960s with the Algerian War as backdrop, and \"War of the Buttons\", directed by Christophe Barratier and set during World War II in Occupied France. War of the Buttons (1994 film) War of the Buttons is a 1994 British-Irish-French drama adventure film directed by John Roberts. It was written by Colin Welland and based on the French novel \"La Guerre des boutons\", by Louis Pergaud. The story, about two rival boys' gangs in Ireland, the Ballys (working class) and the Carricks (middle class), is set in County Cork, where it was filmed on location. The film has been", "title": "War of the Buttons (1994 film)" }, { "docid": "9559595", "text": "the superhuman to his original human state. Marvel comics character Modok and DC comics Hector Hammond are similar human beings, who evolve into future brings .Other characters, in various Superman and Fantastic Four comics, in the 1980s used similar themes. The Man Who Evolved \"The Man Who Evolved\" is a science fiction short story by American writer Edmond Hamilton, first published in the April 1931 issue of \"Wonder Stories\". In his comments on the story in \"Before the Golden Age\", Isaac Asimov called it the first science fiction short story (as opposed to novel) that impressed him so much it", "title": "The Man Who Evolved" }, { "docid": "16185698", "text": "irrational, primitive, and masculine. Though the main character is relatively mild (something that Aldrich himself admits in the book's opening lines), \"The Story of a Bad Boy\" was the first to celebrate a misbehaving boy as protagonist rather than antagonist. Contemporary reviews hailed the book as a departure in traditional children's literature. The book was praised for showing the true life of a boy, rather than dictating what it ought to be. Ultimately, the story shows that a young troublemaker can grow up to become a successful adult. Though it has also been compared to the \"girls book\" genre initiated", "title": "The Story of a Bad Boy" }, { "docid": "3095161", "text": "Ages of Man The Ages of Man are the stages of human existence on the Earth according to Greek mythology and its subsequent Roman interpretation. Both Hesiod and Ovid offered accounts of the successive ages of humanity, which tend to progress from an original, long-gone age in which humans enjoyed a nearly divine existence to the current age of the writer, in which humans are beset by innumerable pains and evils. In the two accounts that survive from ancient Greece and Rome, this degradation of the human condition over time is indicated symbolically with metals of successively decreasing value. The", "title": "Ages of Man" }, { "docid": "18598538", "text": "take his frustrations out on anyone and everyone in his path. \"The Pizza Boy\" received some positive reviews. Film critic, Richard Propes wrote \"The Pizza Boy is a film that kept me WANTING to watch for its entire 76 minute running time.\" Andrew Benjamin of The Queens Chronicle said \"The Pizza Boy is a great first effort from its writer, director and star, Brad Jacobowitz.\" The Pizza Boy The Pizza Boy is a 2013 American dark comedy film written, directed and produced by Brad Jacobowitz. The film stars Brad Jacobowitz, Sophocles Athanason, Ernest Jacobowitz, Dayvin Sterling and Marlene Jacobowitz. The", "title": "The Pizza Boy" }, { "docid": "7337028", "text": "The Story of Ab The Story of Ab, or The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man, is a novel written by Stanley Waterloo in 1897. Ab is a Stone Age boy who grows to young manhood amid the many dangers of his times. With his friend, Oak, he digs a pit and catches a baby rhinoceros, participates in a mammoth hunt with the tribe to prove himself a man, and courts the young women from a neighboring tribe. One girl in particular, Lightfoot, holds the attention of both men, and Ab is forced to", "title": "The Story of Ab" }, { "docid": "7337030", "text": "does. During his life Ab invents and perfects the bow and arrow, and is the first of the primitives to domesticate wolves as pets. The Story of Ab The Story of Ab, or The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man, is a novel written by Stanley Waterloo in 1897. Ab is a Stone Age boy who grows to young manhood amid the many dangers of his times. With his friend, Oak, he digs a pit and catches a baby rhinoceros, participates in a mammoth hunt with the tribe to prove himself a man, and", "title": "The Story of Ab" }, { "docid": "19460277", "text": "theatre, including Theatre of the Absurd, Metatheatre and Magic realism. Four actors introduce the story by explaining how they learned of the story of the man who turned into a dog, and then explain that they will demonstrate and play this story out for the audience. Actor #1 portrays the Man Who Turned into a Dog, Actors #2 and #3 portray the boss and the people he must work for, and Actress portrays his wife. The Man is in need of a job but is told by Actors 2 and 3 that he can only be given a job if", "title": "The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog" }, { "docid": "6451848", "text": "The Truth About Diamonds The Truth About Diamonds is a 2005 novel written by Nicole Richie. The novel tells the story of Chloe Parker, a woman in her early 20s who had been adopted at the age of seven by a music superstar and his wife, and who now associates with Hollywood celebrities. What had followed was a wild childhood distinguished by parties with movie stars and rock idols, run-ins with the press and the police, and a subsequent stint in rehab. When Chloe shoots to instant fame as a spokesmodel for a national ad campaign, her long-lost birth father", "title": "The Truth About Diamonds" } ]

[ "Black Velvet", "Black Velvet (disambiguation)", "Black velvet" ]

[ { "docid": "6803778", "text": "Black Velvet (beer cocktail) The Black Velvet is a beer cocktail made from a stout (often Guinness) and white, sparkling wine, traditionally Champagne. The drink was first created by the bartender of Brooks's Club in London in 1861, to mourn the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort. It is supposed to symbolise the black or purple cloth armbands worn by mourners. A Black Velvet is made by mixing equal parts of stout and Champagne or cider. A Black Velvet can also be made by filling a champagne flute halfway with sparkling wine and floating the chilled stout beer", "title": "Black Velvet (beer cocktail)" }, { "docid": "1745852", "text": "is sometimes fortified with a shot or more of vodka. The \"Heller Moritz\" is \"Hefeweizen\" served with a \"piccolo\" (Italian: small bottle) of champagne and a slice of lemon. The Bismarck, named for a favorite drink of a nineteenth-century German Chancellor, is made with equal amounts of \"Köstritzer\" (a \"Schwarzbier)\" and champagne. It is served in a beer stein and is similar to a black velvet. The Thuringia, \"Kalte Ente\" (cold duck) is 2 parts \"Pilsner\" to one part German lemonade, with an additional shot of \"Kirsch.\" The \"Bierkut\" is half \"Pilsner\" combined with a mixture of vodka and orange", "title": "Shandy" } ]

[ { "docid": "9941528", "text": "Champagne glass A Champagne glass is a form of stemware designed specifically to enhance the drinking of champagne. The two most common forms are the flute and coupe. In each the stem allows the drinker to hold the glass without affecting the temperature of the drink, making them readily adaptable to consuming other sparkling wines and certain beers. The champagne flute (French:\" \") is a stem glass with either a tall tapered conical shape or elongated slender bowl, generally holding about of liquid. The champagne flute was developed along with other wine stemware in the early 1700s as the preferred", "title": "Champagne glass" }, { "docid": "645980", "text": "distinctive \"mushroom\" shape becomes more apparent. The aging of the Champagne post-disgorgement can to some degree be told by the cork, as, the longer it has been in the bottle, the less it returns to its original cylinder shape. Champagne is usually served in a Champagne flute, whose characteristics include a long stem with a tall, narrow bowl, thin sides and an etched bottom. The intended purpose of the shape of the flute is to reduce surface area, therefore preserving carbonation, as well as maximizing nucleation (the visible bubbles and lines of bubbles). Legend it has it that the Victorian", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "9941533", "text": "outer walls are separated by a small gap filled with air, a poor thermal conductor. Champagne glass A Champagne glass is a form of stemware designed specifically to enhance the drinking of champagne. The two most common forms are the flute and coupe. In each the stem allows the drinker to hold the glass without affecting the temperature of the drink, making them readily adaptable to consuming other sparkling wines and certain beers. The champagne flute (French:\" \") is a stem glass with either a tall tapered conical shape or elongated slender bowl, generally holding about of liquid. The champagne", "title": "Champagne glass" }, { "docid": "12801630", "text": "vintages was particularly troublesome with hailstorms and flooding. Nearly 96% of the crop was lost. In 1917 Russia, the October Revolution saw massive prohibition of Champagne as an imported beverage. Based off Karl Marx's communist manifesto, a class system of beverages was instituted into Russian life. Gone were the days of Champagne and imported luxury beverages, in was the drink of the proletariat, Vodka. A drink for the Russian populace, by the Russian populace without foreign interference. \"Да здравствует наша русская земля\" or \"Long live our Russian Land\" in English, could be heard from beer hall to beer hall as", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "17983683", "text": "in the Cole Cold soft drink line produced by S. M. Jaleel and Company in Trinidad and Tobago. In Jamaica, Kola Champagne is produced by brewer & beverage producer, D&G (Desnoes & Geddes). D&G also produces the well known Red Stripe beer, Jamaican ginger beer, Malta, and local Smirnoff Ice, Guinness, and Heineken. In the U.S., Cawy Bottling Company in Miami, Florida produced Iron Beer and Quinabeer. Dr Brown's Cel-Ray soda has been described as \"Jewish Champagne\". In Colombia, Colombiana produces a champagne soda as well as Gaseosas la Cigarra in Nariño, Colombia. Kola Román is also Colombian; invented in", "title": "Champagne cola" }, { "docid": "8681926", "text": "April 12, 2012. Champagne for One Champagne for One is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1958. The back matter of the 1995 Bantam edition of this book includes an exchange of correspondence between Stout and his editor at Viking Press, Marshall Best. A letter from Stout to Best, dated July 1958, shows that Stout suggested as a title both \"Champagne for One\" and also \"Champagne for Faith Usher.\" Best's reply states that Viking was quite satisfied with \"Champagne for One.\" Archie Goodwin sits in for a friend at a charity", "title": "Champagne for One" }, { "docid": "8681911", "text": "Champagne for One Champagne for One is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1958. The back matter of the 1995 Bantam edition of this book includes an exchange of correspondence between Stout and his editor at Viking Press, Marshall Best. A letter from Stout to Best, dated July 1958, shows that Stout suggested as a title both \"Champagne for One\" and also \"Champagne for Faith Usher.\" Best's reply states that Viking was quite satisfied with \"Champagne for One.\" Archie Goodwin sits in for a friend at a charity dinner dance for", "title": "Champagne for One" }, { "docid": "9462732", "text": "Mixed drink supplies Mixed drink supplies are the various components that are used to create mixed drinks. Mixed drinks are served in drinkware, usually some type of glassware drinking vessel. Many glasses are named after popular drinks served in a specific style of glass (e.g., old fashioned glass, collins glass, Champagne flute, etc.). Not all drinkware is made of glass, though. Beer steins are often made of stoneware, and some hot mixed drinks, like Irish coffee may be served in ceramic mugs. Ingredients for mixed drinks are often measured by a bar spoon, equivalent to a teaspoon. In alcoholic mixed", "title": "Mixed drink supplies" }, { "docid": "645985", "text": "prestige that Champagne has developed worldwide, and the high cost of the production process, among possible others. A list of major Champagne producers and their respective Cuvée de prestige Champagne Champagne (, ) is sparkling wine or, in the EU countries, legally only that sparkling wine which comes from the Champagne region of France. Where EU law applies, this alcoholic drink is produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France following rules that demand, among other things, secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create carbonation, specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from specific parcels", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "645933", "text": "Champagne Champagne (, ) is sparkling wine or, in the EU countries, legally only that sparkling wine which comes from the Champagne region of France. Where EU law applies, this alcoholic drink is produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France following rules that demand, among other things, secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create carbonation, specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from specific parcels in the Champagne appellation and specific pressing regimes unique to the region. Many people use the term \"Champagne\" as a generic term for sparkling wine but in some countries,", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "9941531", "text": "modelled on the breast of Madame de Pompadour, chief-mistress of King Louis XV of France, but the glass was designed in England over a century earlier especially for sparkling wine and champagne in 1663. The coupe was fashionable in France from its introduction in the 1700s until the 1970s, and in the United States from the 1930s to the 1980s. Champagne is also served in a tulip glass. The white wine tulip is distinguishable from the champagne flute by its wider flared body and mouth. Some oenophiles prefer the tulip glass, as it permits the drinker to get more of", "title": "Champagne glass" }, { "docid": "645956", "text": "the wine's image as a royal and aristocratic drink. Laurent-Perrier's advertisements in late 1890 boasted their Champagne was the favourite of Leopold II of Belgium, George I of Greece, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge, and John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham, among other nobles, knights, and military officers. Despite this royal prestige, Champagne houses also portrayed Champagne as a luxury enjoyable by anyone, for any occasion. This strategy worked, and, by the turn of the 20th century, the majority of Champagne drinkers were middle class. In the 19th century, Champagne producers made a concentrated", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "17983684", "text": "the city of Cartagena, Colombia in 1865 by Don Carlos Román. In Haiti there are several champagne type colas. Cola Couronne fruit champagne soda from the Brasserie de la Couronne. Brooklyn Bottling Group makes Cola Lacaye in fruit champagne, banana, and fruit flavors. Fiesta is made in citrus, grape and cola champagne by Tropic SA. King Cola by BRANA also makes a cola champagne beverage. In Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, a Red Champagne soft drink is produced. In Norway, Villa Champagnebrus (mixed fruits, formerly known as Villa Farris) is a champagne soda. In Pakistan, Kooler Saudi Champagne soda is offered. In", "title": "Champagne cola" }, { "docid": "11309628", "text": "not just France we are fighting for, it's Champagne!\"\" The British had been particularly hard hit by interruptions in trade during both World Wars. By this time, Champagne had come to be seen not only as a luxury but as a worldwide cultural treasure. In 1866 the famous entertainer and star of his day, George Leybourne, began making celebrity endorsements for Champagne. The Champagne maker Moët commissioned him to write and perform songs extolling the virtues of Champagne, especially as a reflection of taste, affluence and the good life. He also agreed to drink nothing but Champagne in public. Leybourne", "title": "Champagne in popular culture" }, { "docid": "12801620", "text": "her cellar was being emptied of her wine, the Widow Cliquot is reported to have said \"Today they drink. Tomorrow they will pay\". Her words would be prophetic because for the next century, until the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Russian empire would be the second largest consumer of Champagne in the world. The roots of the modern Champagne industry were laid during the Industrial Revolution which saw vast leaps in understanding the method of making sparkling wine and improvements in the technology needed to make production more financially feasible. The French scientist Jean-Antoine Chaptal popularized the understanding that Champagne", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "645984", "text": "an integral part of sports celebration since started offering their Champagne to the winners of Formula 1 Grand Prix events. At the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans, winner Dan Gurney started the tradition of drivers spraying the crowd and each other. The Muslim-majority nation Bahrain banned Champagne celebrations on F1 podiums in 2004, using a nonalcoholic pomegranate and rose water drink instead. In 2015, some Australian sports competitors began to celebrate by drinking champagne from their shoe, a practice known as shoey. There are several general factors influencing the price of Champagne: the limited land of the region, the", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "11309632", "text": "era, especially in music hall and beer hall venues, tunes such as \"Champagne Charlie\" and \"Ruinart-Polka\" were very popular. The \"Charles Heidsieck Waltz\", after the pioneering Champagne producer, was an orchestral piece composed by Paul Mestrozzi which debuted in 1895 in honour of the Austrian emperor, accompanied by the presence of the wine itself. The term \"champagne music\" was a term used by bandleader Lawrence Welk to describe a style of music akin to easy listening that Welk performed with his band. Trademarks of the \"champagne music\" style include a light and upbeat tempo, muted brass instruments, accordions, woodwinds (especially", "title": "Champagne in popular culture" }, { "docid": "12801628", "text": "in. By the end of the 19th century, Champagne was making its mark and embedding itself into popular culture. The early 20th century brought its share of challenges. Some of the seeds of these challenges were planted during the century before when Champagne's growing popularity encouraged Champagne houses to look outside the Champagne region for a cheaper supply of grapes. The French railway system made it easy for truckloads of grapes from the Loire Valley or Languedoc to be transported to Champagne at prices nearly half of what the houses were paying Champenois vine growers for their grapes. Newspapers published", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "5559600", "text": "to show how the drink is produced and stored. Avenue de Champagne L'Avenue de Champagne (The Champagne Avenue) is a famous street located in Épernay, the 'Capital of champagne', in the Grand Est Région of France. Its name derives from the presence of many leading champagne producers such as Moët et Chandon, Mercier and De Castellane. Residents say that this avenue is the most expensive in the world, more so than the Champs-Élysées in Paris, because of the millions of bottles of champagne stored in the kilometres of chalk cellars beneath it. It has become a tourist attraction for Épernay", "title": "Avenue de Champagne" }, { "docid": "11309630", "text": "still recognised and highly prized for their artistic merit. The list includes such names as: Champagne also makes a more informal appearance in paintings by masters such as: Champagne has widely being portrayed as the drink of celebration for toasting returning heroes from war. The Best Years of Our Life's (1946), Coming Home (1976), The Deer Hunter (1977), and For Queen and Country (1988) are examples. It symbolically represents the joy of those who have their family members returning home whilst challenging the premise that war should be celebrated so highly through the use of champagne. More recently this is", "title": "Champagne in popular culture" }, { "docid": "645959", "text": "put images of soldiers and countries' flags on their bottles, customizing the image for each country to which the wine was imported. During the Dreyfus affair, one Champagne house released a \"champagne antijuif\" with antisemitic advertisements to take advantage of the wave of Antisemitism that hit parts of France. Champagne is typically drunk during celebrations. For example, British Prime Minister Tony Blair held a Champagne reception to celebrate London winning the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. It is also used to launch ships when a bottle is smashed over the hull during the ship's launch. If the bottle", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "12803998", "text": "Classification of Champagne vineyards The classification of Champagne vineyards developed in the mid-20th century as a means of setting the price of grapes grown through the villages of the Champagne wine region. Unlike the classification of Bordeaux wine estates or Burgundy Grand cru vineyards, the classification of Champagne is broken down based on what village the vineyards are located in. A percentile system known as the \"Échelle des Crus\" (\"ladder of growth\") acts as a pro-rata system for determining grape prices. Vineyards located in villages with high rates will receive higher prices for their grapes than vineyards located in villages", "title": "Classification of Champagne vineyards" }, { "docid": "4935011", "text": "versions resemble the almost-defunct British style \"milk stout\", while the stronger ones are sometimes described as Imperial stouts. Champagne style beers are generally ales that are finished \"à la méthode originale\" for champagne. Examples include Grottenbier, DeuS and . They receive a second fermentation much like Champagne does and are stored for several months \"sûr lie\" while the fermentation lasts. This creates the smaller, softer bubbles that we know from Champagne, but maintains the beer flavour and style. In Belgium \"Grand Cru\" is more often used than \"Quadrupel\", these beers are a mostly a blend of brews, which is often", "title": "Beer in Belgium" }, { "docid": "2323181", "text": "his accession to the French throne in 1314. The titular counts of Champagne also inherited the post of seneschal of France. In Merovingian and Carolingian times, several dukes of Champagne (or \"Campania\") are known. The duchy appears to have been created by joining together the \"civitates\" of Rheims, Châlons-sur-Marne, Laon, and Troyes. In the late seventh and early eighth centuries, Champagne was controlled by the Pippinids; first by Drogo, son of Pippin of Herstal, and then by Drogo's son Arnulf. Count of Champagne The Count of Champagne was the ruler of the region of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne", "title": "Count of Champagne" }, { "docid": "2323180", "text": "Count of Champagne The Count of Champagne was the ruler of the region of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the county of Troyes in the late eleventh century and Hugh I was the first to officially use the title \"Count of Champagne\". When Sancho VII of Navarre died childless in 1234, his nephew Count Theobald IV of Champagne became also King of Navarre. The latter's greatgrandaughter Joan married King Philip IV of France. Upon Joan's death in 1305, her son Louis became the last independent count of Champagne, with the title merging into the royal domain upon", "title": "Count of Champagne" }, { "docid": "9941530", "text": "effect of bubbles rising to the top. The flute's narrow cross-section also minimizes the oxygen-to-wine ratio, which enhances both the wine's aroma and taste. While most commonly used for sparkling wines, flutes are also used for certain beers, especially fruit beers and Belgian lambics and gueuzes. The flute shows off the beer's color, and helps gather the aroma for the nose. The champagne flute is distinguished from the pilsner glass, which lacks a stem. The champagne coupe is a shallow, broad-bowled, saucer shaped stemmed glass generally capable of containing of liquid. Legend has it the shape of the coupe was", "title": "Champagne glass" }, { "docid": "7219031", "text": "parties united in defense of country and the Champagne region. Following the riots, the French government worked with a collaboration of vineyard owners and Champagne houses to delineate an \"Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée\" for the Champagne region. Only wines produced from grapes grown within the geographical boundaries (that included the Marne, Aube and parts of the Aisne departments) could be entitled to the name Champagne. Eventually these principles were enshrined by the European Union with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status. To deal with the problem of collusion among Champagne houses and fairness in pricing, a classification system of Champagne's villages", "title": "Champagne Riots" }, { "docid": "645997", "text": "soon followed by Chanoine Frères (1730), Taittinger (1734), Moët et Chandon (1743) and Veuve Clicquot (1772). The nineteenth century saw an explosive growth in Champagne production going from a regional production of 300,000 bottles a year in 1800 to 20 million bottles in 1850. A strong influence on Champagne wine production was the centuries-old rivalry between the region and Burgundy. From the key market of Paris to the palace of Louis XIV of France at Versailles, proponents of Champagne and Burgundy would compete for dominance. For most of his life, Louis XIV would drink only Champagne wine with the support", "title": "Champagne (wine region)" }, { "docid": "12801639", "text": "to over 200 million bottles. The increase in worldwide demand has prompted the French authorities to look into expanding the region's AOC zone to facilitate more production. There still exist the business dynamic between vine growers and Champagne houses with majority of the region's 19,000 growers selling their grapes to the nearly 300 Champagne houses in production. Over time Champagne has become not only a reflection of the \"terroir\" of the Champagne region but also a brand in itself, with the Champenois vigorously defending that brand and the uses of the term \"Champagne\". The popularity and success of Champagne has", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "2416664", "text": "Champagne socialist \"Champagne socialist\" is a pejorative political term originating in the United Kingdom. The phrase is used to describe self-identified socialists, whose comfortable upper middle-class lifestyles are thought to contradict their political convictions; this is typified by their supposed consumption of the luxury drink Champagne. It is a popular epithet that implies a degree of hypocrisy, and it is closely related to the concept of the \"liberal elite\". It is broadly similar to the American terms \"Learjet liberal\", \"limousine liberal\" or \"latte liberal\", and to idioms in other languages such as the Spanish \"\", the French \"Gauche caviar\", the", "title": "Champagne socialist" }, { "docid": "7219028", "text": "and Champagne producers was not the only source of tension. Within the Champagne region itself there was civil discontent among neighbors as to what truly represented \"Champagne\". The French Government tried to answer the vine growers concerns by passing legislation defining where Champagne wine was to come from. This early legislation dictated that the Marne department and a few villages from the Aisne department were the only areas approved to grow grapes for Champagne production. The glaring exclusion of the Aube region, where Troyes, the historic capital of Champagne, is located, promoted further discontent as the Aubois protested the decision.", "title": "Champagne Riots" }, { "docid": "645981", "text": "\"\"'s shape was modelled on the breast of Madame de Pompadour, chief-mistress of King Louis XV of France, or perhaps Marie Antoinette, but the glass was designed in England over a century earlier especially for sparkling wine and champagne in 1663. Champagne is always served cold; its ideal drinking temperature is . Often the bottle is chilled in a bucket of ice and water, half an hour before opening, which also ensures the Champagne is less gassy and can be opened without spillage. Champagne buckets are made specifically for this purpose and often have a larger volume than standard wine-cooling", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "5278958", "text": "Napoléon Champagne Napoléon Champagne (May 4, 1861 – November 17, 1925) was mayor of Ottawa in 1908 and 1924, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing Ottawa East from 1911 to 1914. He was born in Lower Town, Ottawa in 1861, the son of Séraphin Champagne. He studied law in Montreal and was called to the Quebec bar in 1898; he became a member of the Ontario bar in 1901. Champagne served 14 years on Ottawa city council and also served ten years as controller. In 1908, he served as mayor after D'Arcy Scott resigned to serve", "title": "Napoléon Champagne" }, { "docid": "13605942", "text": "exported to over twenty countries. These wines are distributed through traditional channels as well as duty-free. First class passengers on Virgin Airlines, Eurostar and United Airlines are served Pannier champagne. In addition to the medieval cellars which are one of the 6 proposed sites for the UNESCO charter, Champagne Pannier also has a state of the art 300 seats amphitheatre and function rooms. Champagne Pannier Champagne Pannier was founded in 1899 and its head office is situated in Château-Thierry, France. It is the largest champagne house in the western Marne Valley. Louis Eugène Pannier founded the Champagne House in 1899", "title": "Champagne Pannier" }, { "docid": "5365881", "text": "succession of Champagne was challenged by Henry's daughter Philippa and her husband, Erard I of Brienne, Count of Ramerupt and one of the more powerful Champagne nobles. The conflict with the Briennes broke into open warfare in 1215, in what became known as the Champagne War of Succession, and was not resolved until after Theobald came of age in 1222. At that time Theobald and Blanche bought out their rights for a substantial monetary payment. Blanche had also arranged the dowry of Henry II's elder daughter Alice of Champagne, when she married the young Hugh I of Cyprus. In the", "title": "Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne" }, { "docid": "9462734", "text": "festively the drink is garnished. More traditional drinks (e.g., martini, whiskey sour, or godfather) are generally garnished more conservatively. Many non-alcoholic mixed drinks (like punches) may not be garnished at all, unless they are \"virgin\" (non-alcoholic) versions of traditional cocktails. Mixed drink supplies Mixed drink supplies are the various components that are used to create mixed drinks. Mixed drinks are served in drinkware, usually some type of glassware drinking vessel. Many glasses are named after popular drinks served in a specific style of glass (e.g., old fashioned glass, collins glass, Champagne flute, etc.). Not all drinkware is made of glass,", "title": "Mixed drink supplies" }, { "docid": "645998", "text": "of his doctor Antoine d'Aquin who advocated the King drink Champagne with every meal for the benefit of his health. As the King aged and his ailments increased, competing doctors would propose alternative treatments with alternative wines, to soothe the King's ills. One of these doctors, Guy-Crescent Fagon conspired with the King's mistress to oust d'Aquin and have himself appointed as Royal Doctor. Fagon quickly attributed the King's continuing ailments to Champagne and ordered that only Burgundy wine must be served at the royal table. This development had a ripple effect throughout both regions and in the Paris markets. Both", "title": "Champagne (wine region)" }, { "docid": "13537222", "text": "Philippa and Alice abandoned their claim on Champagne. Together Erard and Philippa had: Philippa died on 20 December 1250, a little more than six years after her husband. She was aged about fifty-three. Philippa of Champagne Philippa of Champagne, Lady of Ramerupt and Venizy (c. 1197 – 20 December 1250) was the third daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Henry II, Count of Champagne. She was the wife of Erard de Brienne-Ramerupt who encouraged her in 1216 to claim the county of Champagne which belonged to her cousin Theobald IV, who was still a minor. This provoked the", "title": "Philippa of Champagne" }, { "docid": "13537216", "text": "Philippa of Champagne Philippa of Champagne, Lady of Ramerupt and Venizy (c. 1197 – 20 December 1250) was the third daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Henry II, Count of Champagne. She was the wife of Erard de Brienne-Ramerupt who encouraged her in 1216 to claim the county of Champagne which belonged to her cousin Theobald IV, who was still a minor. This provoked the conflict with Theobald's mother, the Regent, Blanche of Navarre, which erupted into open warfare, and came to be known as the Champagne War of Succession. Blanche's son Theobald, who had the support of", "title": "Philippa of Champagne" }, { "docid": "11940873", "text": "or achievement. A champagne breakfast was even fed to Red Marauder when the horse won the Grand National. It may be a tradition at some colleges for graduation, such as Wells College and Bryn Mawr College. People may be awarded a Champagne breakfast as part of winning a competition. The breakfast may be hosted as a means of attracting people for the launch of a business, or a charity fundraiser. Champagne breakfast A champagne breakfast is a breakfast served with champagne or sparkling wine. It is a new concept in some countries and is not typical of the role of", "title": "Champagne breakfast" }, { "docid": "14728652", "text": "invented a few years earlier in London, which has twice as much champagne as orange juice. The Poinsettia is cranberry juice with champagne (sometimes with vodka and/or Cointreau). The Soleil is made with pineapple juice. The Megmosa is a similar type of cocktail, composed of equal parts champagne and grapefruit juice. Mimosa (cocktail) A mimosa cocktail is composed of one part champagne (or other sparkling wine) and one part chilled citrus juice, usually orange juice unless otherwise specified. It is traditionally served in a tall champagne flute at brunch, at weddings, by the pint, or as part of first class", "title": "Mimosa (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "10458669", "text": "enter federal politics. Champagne served as President of the Festival Western de Saint-Tite in 1996 and he was the General Manager in 1997. Michel Champagne Michel Champagne (born 4 May 1956) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman, political scientist and teacher by career. Champagne was the mayor of Saint-Séverin-de-Proulxville from 1981 to his election for the progressive-conservative in 1984. Champagne was among moderate supporters of the Quebec sovereignty movement, who gave a chance to the beau risque approach in the aftermath of the 1980 Quebec Referendum. He successfully ran as a Progressive", "title": "Michel Champagne" }, { "docid": "645947", "text": "Champagne: e.g., Burgundy and Alsace produce \"\". In 2008, more than 3,000 bottles of sparkling wine produced in California labelled with the term \"Champagne\" were destroyed by Belgian government authorities. Regardless of the legal requirements for labeling, extensive education efforts by the Champagne region, and the use of alternative names by non-Champagne quality sparkling wine producers, some consumers and wine sellers, including \"Korbels California Champagne\", use \"Champagne\" as a generic term for white sparkling wines, regardless of origin. The village of Champagne, Switzerland, has traditionally made a still wine labelled as \"Champagne\", the earliest records of viticulture dated to 1657.", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "14924213", "text": "the first member of his family to attend college. On February 29, 2012, Champagne was named interim president of Elmira College, effective July 1 of that year. In September 2015 Champagne stepped down from the interim president position at Elmira College. The college's trustees announced that Champagne would be succeeded by new interim president Norman Smith. Ronald Champagne Ronald Oscar Champagne (born 1942) is an American higher education administrator. On August 25, 2010, he became the president of Roger Williams University on an interim basis. Previously he served as president of Saint Xavier University from 1982 to 1994 and as", "title": "Ronald Champagne" }, { "docid": "18358348", "text": "Peter B. Champagne Peter B. Champagne (December 8, 1845 – July 1, 1891) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec, Champagne settled in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin in 1863 and was in the logging business. In 1880, Champagne helped started a saw mill at Grandfather Falls and also started a mercantile store in Wausau, Wisconsin. In 1880, Champagne moved to Jenny Bull Falls, Wisconsin and open a store. He founded a railway and a lumber business. He served on the Lincoln County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. He served as village president and then on the common council when", "title": "Peter B. Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801640", "text": "inspired many imitators around the world (such as Cava in Spain, Sekt in Germany and several American sparklers) but also within France itself with sparkling \"Cremants\". The name \"Champagne\" is a protected designation of origin in the European Union and all wines produced and sold in the EU must conform to those standards and not label a wine as \"Champagne\" unless it comes from the Champagne AOC (in the United States there is a legal loophole for semi-generic terms). In 1985, use of the term \"méthode champenoise\" was also outlawed with producers of \"champagne style\" sparkling wine opting to uses", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "9941532", "text": "the aroma than a traditional flute while the mouth is still narrow enough to avoid quick loss of carbonation. \"The Washington Post\" food columnist Dave McIntyre has argued that the tulip allows the champagne to move to the middle from the front of the tongue, allowing the wine's flavor to be better expressed. The glass maker Riedel particularly criticizes flutes as one-dimensional, impairing drinkers' ability to appreciate a wine's full range of aromas and taste profiles. In the 1960s, double-wall stemware was developed to slow the transfer of heat from a drinker's hand to champagne and other beverages. Inner and", "title": "Champagne glass" }, { "docid": "12801602", "text": "the region's early history, the wines from Champagne were not known as \"Champagne\" or even \"vin de Champagne\". Rather they were known as \"vins de Reims\" and \"vins de la rivère\" in reference to the Marne river which provided a vital trade route via the Seine with Paris. Champagne's location at the crossroads of two major trading routes, one east–west between Paris and the Rhineland and the other north–south between Flanders and Switzerland, would bring the region and its wines much prosperity and notoriety but would also play a pivotal role in Champagne being the site of countless battles and", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "2387475", "text": "Holy Land, Henry of Champagne had bequeathed the Counties of Champagne and Brie to his brother, Theobald, should he die without issue. Although Alice and her younger sister, Philippa, survived their father, Philip II of France invested their uncle, Theobald III, with Champagne and Brie in January 1198. Theobald III died on 24 May 1201, leaving Champagne and Brie to his posthumous son, Theobald IV, under the regency of his mother, Blanche of Navarre. However, Theobald IV's position was not secure as Alice and Philippa, both born while their father was count, could challenge a posthumous son's right to rule", "title": "Alice of Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801635", "text": "or limestone caverns where Champagne is often aged, to escape the bombardment from German artillery. The famous Reims Cathedral was virtually destroyed by the Germans along with many other buildings in the region. Vineyards became a wasteland of pits and bomb craters as several battles and offensives were waged on the land. Still some Champenois forged on in producing Champagne during the difficult vintages of World War I (1914–1917). By the time the war ended the Champagne region had lost over half its population with the Aisne region alone losing nearly two thirds. Champagne production and warehouses were completely destroyed,", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "11309631", "text": "illustrated beautifully within the stage play 'Minefield' by Lola Arias (Argentina) by former Royal Marine Commando and performer Dr David Jackson through his deep psychological rejection of home coming whilst around him those that view the war from afar drink champagne. Champagne has important symbolic status in renowned literary works, such as: In more popular literature – including periodicals and magazines such as \"Punch\", \"La Vie Parisienne\" and \"Le Rire\", and with humourists such as Richard Voigts, Honoré Daumier and John Leech – the wine became a vehicle for scathing satires of the elite and middle-classes. In music from the", "title": "Champagne in popular culture" }, { "docid": "12801601", "text": "were the first known inhabitants to plant vineyards in the Champagne region. The name Champagne comes from the Latin \"campania\" and referred to the similarities between the rolling hills of the province and the Italian countryside of Campania located south of Rome. The area was divided into the \"Champagne pouilleuse\"—the chalky, barren plains east of Reims—and \"Champagne viticole\", the forested hillside region known as the \"Montagne de Reims\" between Reims and the Marne river where the vines were planted. While vineyards were undoubtedly planted earlier, the first recorded vineyard belonged to St. Remi in the 5th century. For most of", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "2387495", "text": "the lawful ruler of the kingdom\". When Alice died in 1246, her son, Henry of Cyprus, succeeded her as regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Alice's close relationship to the ruling houses of Jerusalem and Champagne gave her strong claims to both the crusader kingdom and the French county. Alice of Champagne Alice of Champagne ( 1193 – 1246) was the Queen consort of Cyprus from 1210 to 1218, regent of Cyprus from 1218 to 1223, and of Jerusalem from 1243 to 1246. She was the eldest daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Count Henry II of Champagne.", "title": "Alice of Champagne" }, { "docid": "2387489", "text": "Italy, requesting that he send Conrad to the Holy Land within a year and a day. Frederick informed the envoys that he would do what he thought best in May 1230. When Henry I of Cyprus reached the age of majority on 3 May 1232, Alice abdicated from her regency of Cyprus, which she had retained despite having left Cyprus. She went to France to personally advance her claim for Champagne and Brie in 1233, but only one local nobleman, Renier II of Nogent, supported her. Theobald IV of Champagne later captured the fortress of Nogent and confiscated Renier's estates.", "title": "Alice of Champagne" }, { "docid": "5278959", "text": "on the Board of Railway Commissioners. The Champagne Bath, a fitness facility, was named after him. He took over the role of mayor in May 1924 when mayor Henry Watters died while in office. Besides serving in the provincial legislature, he also made several unsuccessful attempts at representing the City of Ottawa federally. Champagne died in Ottawa after suffering a heart attack in 1925 and is buried in the Notre-Dame Cemetery. His brother Albert served in the Canadian House of Commons. Napoléon Champagne Napoléon Champagne (May 4, 1861 – November 17, 1925) was mayor of Ottawa in 1908 and 1924,", "title": "Napoléon Champagne" }, { "docid": "645978", "text": "particularly noted the fact that, although the chemical composition of the 170-year-old Champagne was very similar to the composition of modern-day Champagne, there was much more sugar in this Champagne than in modern-day Champagne, and it was also less alcoholic than modern-day Champagne. The high sugar level was characteristic of people's tastes at the time, and Jeandet explained that it was common for people in the 19th century, such as Russians, to add sugar to their wine at dinner. It also contained higher concentrations of minerals such as iron, copper, and table salt than modern-day Champagne does. Champagne corks are", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801612", "text": "development of sparkling Champagne. Non-sparkling Champagne became popular in London society following the arrival of epicurean Charles de Saint-Évremond in 1661. At parties and banquets, Saint-Évremond feverishly promoted the wines of the Champagne region. Soon some of the most powerful and fashionable men of London, such as the Duke of Bedford and the Duke of Buckingham as well as the Earl of Arlington were making regular orders of cases of Champagne. The wine was non-sparkling, or at least it was intended to be. Wine was often transported to England in wooden wine barrels and merchant houses would then bottle the", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801618", "text": "with each other for shares of the growing Champagne market. However, by the end of the 18th century non-sparkling pinkish wine production still accounted for over 90% of the Champagne region's production. The French Revolution and following Napoleonic wars temporarily derailed the popularity surge for Champagne. To save some of their noble clients from the guillotine, Champagnes merchants altered business records by replacing the titles of their clients with \"Citizen\". As many nobles fled to other countries, the merchants did their best to make sure cases of their favorite Champagne followed. During the Napoleonic wars, Europeans ports were subject to", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "10368895", "text": "hotel in Battleford, buying another hotel there a few years later. He was also involved in the sale of horses. In 1904, Champagne became the first mayor of Battleford. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection to the federal parliament for Battleford in 1921. He died at Ottawa in 1937. Champagne was the first francophone to serve in the Saskatchewan assembly and the only French-speaking member from western Canada during his term in the House of Commons. His brother Napoléon served in the Ontario provincial assembly and also as mayor of Ottawa. Albert Champagne Albert Champagne (June 5, 1866 – October 12,", "title": "Albert Champagne" }, { "docid": "1490026", "text": "destroyed. Marie was also a patron of literature, including Andreas Capellanus, who served in her court, and Chrétien de Troyes. She was literate in French and Latin and maintained her own library. A deep affection existed between Marie and her half-brother King Richard, and his celebrated poem \"J'a nuns hons pris\", lamenting his captivity in Austria, was dedicated to her. Marie of France, Countess of Champagne Marie of France (1145 – March 11, 1198) was a French princess and Countess consort of Champagne. She was regent of the county of Champagne in 1179-1181, and in 1190-1197. She was the elder", "title": "Marie of France, Countess of Champagne" }, { "docid": "4057517", "text": "wife to bear him a son as he had no male heir as of yet. Five weeks later on November 13 1160 Adela of Champagne at the age of fifteen became King Louis’ third wife . Adela went on to give birth to Louis VII’s only male heir, Philip II of France and to the Byzantine empress Agnes. The marriage between Adela and Louis VII served as a peace treaty between one of King Louis’ most rebellious vassals, Theobald II of Champagne who was an incredibly powerful feudal lord of France. The marriage was a way to ensure peace between", "title": "Adela of Champagne" }, { "docid": "645954", "text": "hundred Champagne houses and 19,000 smaller \" (vine-growing producers) in Champagne. These companies manage some 32,000 hectares of vineyards in the region. The type of Champagne producer can be identified from the abbreviations followed by the official number on the bottle: In the 19th century, Champagne was produced and promoted to mark contemporary political events, for example, the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1893, Columbus's discovery of America, and Tennis Court Oath to mark the centennial of French Revolution. By selling champagne as a nationalist ideology, négociant manages to associate champagne with leisure activities and sporting events. In addition, négociant successfully appeal", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "645934", "text": "it is illegal to label any product \"Champagne\" unless it both comes from the Champagne region and is produced under the rules of the appellation. Primarily, the grapes Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay are used in the production of almost all Champagne, but a tiny amount of pinot blanc, pinot gris, arbane, and petit meslier are vinified as well. Champagne appellation law allows only grapes grown according to appellation rules in specifically designated plots within the appellation to be used in the production of Champagne. Champagne became associated with royalty in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The leading", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "12136233", "text": "variety, the Ugni Blanc is less susceptible to late frosts. It is also found in Armagnac, the Languedoc, Corsica, Italy and Bulgaria. Out of the 75,000 hectares in the Cognac appellation area, Grande Champagne has 13,800 hectares and Petite Champagne has 16,200 hectares. During the 1960s, l’Alliance Fine Champagne (The Fine Champagne Alliance) was started by André Hériard Dubreuil of Rémy Martin. This cooperative brings together a thousand wine growers from Petite Champagne and Grande Champagne. Cognac houses that produce and sell Fine Champagne are: Fine Champagne Fine Champagne is a cognac blend of eau-de-vie from the Grande Champagne and", "title": "Fine Champagne" }, { "docid": "13405585", "text": "Louis Napoléon Champagne Louis Napoléon Champagne (November 21, 1860 – October 15, 1911) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Wright in the House of Commons of Canada from 1897 to 1904 as a Liberal. He was born in Saint-Eustache, Canada East, the son of Charles Champagne and his wife Aglaé. He was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Université Laval. Champagne was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1882 and set up practice in Hull. He served as solicitor for the town of Hull and was mayor in 1893 and 1896. Champagne was", "title": "Louis Napoléon Champagne" }, { "docid": "4285511", "text": "healthy. However, the lightening of these parts of the horse due to the champagne gene is not known to be linked to any health or genetic defects. While horses with white markings may sunburn on exposed unpigmented skin, the freckled-pink skin of a champagne horse is said to tan instead. In addition, the color of the hoof has no bearing on its strength. The presence of other coat color modifying alleles has no effect on whether or not a horse has the champagne trait. However, different traits may interact; they may suppress, enhance, obscure or cancel out various tell-tale clues", "title": "Champagne gene" }, { "docid": "11309640", "text": "by several decades. Champagne in popular culture Champagne has featured prominently in popular culture for over a century, due in part to a long history of effective marketing and product placement by leading Champagne houses and their representatives, such as CIVC. In time this created an association of Champagne with luxury and exclusivity. The popularity and positive attributes associated with Champagne have caused many other sparkling wine producers not located in the French wine region of Champagne to incorrectly use the name \"champagne\" to describe their wines. Although sparkling wine was invented in the Limoux area of Languedoc in 1535,", "title": "Champagne in popular culture" }, { "docid": "11309623", "text": "Champagne in popular culture Champagne has featured prominently in popular culture for over a century, due in part to a long history of effective marketing and product placement by leading Champagne houses and their representatives, such as CIVC. In time this created an association of Champagne with luxury and exclusivity. The popularity and positive attributes associated with Champagne have caused many other sparkling wine producers not located in the French wine region of Champagne to incorrectly use the name \"champagne\" to describe their wines. Although sparkling wine was invented in the Limoux area of Languedoc in 1535, the wine we", "title": "Champagne in popular culture" }, { "docid": "2416668", "text": "being seen as a champagne socialist, her grandmother Mrs. Monsoon considers the family to be 'Bolly Bolsheviks'. The label has also been applied to the Labour politician Geoffrey Robinson MP on account of his large personal fortune. Singer Charlotte Church has described herself as a \"prosecco socialist\", referring to the increasing popularity and lower price range of non-champagne sparkling wines such as prosecco and cava. In Australia and New Zealand, the variant \"Chardonnay socialist\" was used when Chardonnay was seen as a drink of affluent people. Australian left-wing \"true believers\" leveled the term at supporters of the failed republic referendum", "title": "Champagne socialist" }, { "docid": "18358349", "text": "Jenny Bulls Falls became a city. In 1883, Champaign served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. He died in Merrill, Wisconsin. Peter B. Champagne Peter B. Champagne (December 8, 1845 – July 1, 1891) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec, Champagne settled in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin in 1863 and was in the logging business. In 1880, Champagne helped started a saw mill at Grandfather Falls and also started a mercantile store in Wausau, Wisconsin. In 1880, Champagne moved to Jenny Bull Falls, Wisconsin and open a store. He founded a railway and a", "title": "Peter B. Champagne" }, { "docid": "11309627", "text": "consumption. The \"story\" of Champagne wine was gradually re-told, effectively suppressing outdated and unfashionable ideas and images and promoting more desirable ones. This served not only the interests of Champagne \"négociants\" but the French nation as a whole; by the first World War, Champagne had become a prominent and powerful symbol of the nation's status as a producer of quality goods in general, and vanguard of style and culture worldwide. It became, in effect, a major symbol of France. During World War II, the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, once motivated the British forces with the claim \"\"Remember, gentlemen, it's", "title": "Champagne in popular culture" }, { "docid": "7653683", "text": "Champagne flow model A champagne flow is an astrophysical event whereby an HII region created inside a molecular cloud from ionization due to a recently formed star (usually an O-star) expands outward until it reaches the interstellar medium, at which point the ionized hydrogen gas bursts outward like an uncorked champagne bottle. This event is also sometimes called a Blister. The champagne model is perhaps one of the first numerical calculations of the propagation of ionisation fronts and of the expansion of HII regions that did not assumed a constant density medium around the massive exciting star. The model assumes", "title": "Champagne flow model" }, { "docid": "17983682", "text": "Champagne cola Champagne cola, champagne kola, or champagne soda is a sweetened carbonated beverage produced mainly in the tropics of Latin America or India. Kola Champagne was invented in Puerto Rico by Ángel Rivero Méndez. It is typically dark yellow to light brown in colour, with a flavour comparable to bubblegum or cream soda, with no connection to \"champagne\" or \"cola\". In many countries, \"kola\" is used as a general term for all soft drinks. A similar product is the Peruvian Inca Kola. Champagne sodas are produced by Goombay in the Bahamas. Kola Champagne and diet Kola Champagne are produced", "title": "Champagne cola" }, { "docid": "5183510", "text": "\"champagne\" in the \"Dictionary of Color Names\" (1955) in color sample #73. At right is displayed the color dark champagne. The dark tone of \"champagne\" displayed at right is the color called \"champagne\" in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) in color sample #90. Animal husbandry Astronomy Merchandise Music Champagne (color) The color champagne is a name given for various very pale tints of yellowish-orange that are close to beige. The color's name is derived from the typical color of the beverage Champagne. The color champagne is displayed at right. The first recorded use of \"champagne\" as a color", "title": "Champagne (color)" }, { "docid": "5183509", "text": "Champagne (color) The color champagne is a name given for various very pale tints of yellowish-orange that are close to beige. The color's name is derived from the typical color of the beverage Champagne. The color champagne is displayed at right. The first recorded use of \"champagne\" as a color name in English was in 1915. At right is displayed the color medium champagne. The medium tone of \"champagne\" displayed at right is the color called \"champagne\" in the \"Dictionary of Color Names\" (1955) in color sample #89. The deep tone of \"champagne\" displayed at right is the color called", "title": "Champagne (color)" }, { "docid": "4285501", "text": "amber champagne, seal brown to sable champagne, and black to classic champagne. A horse must have at least one champagne parent to inherit the champagne gene, for which there is now a DNA test. Unlike the genes underlying tobiano, dominant white, frame overo spotting and the Leopard complex common to the Appaloosa, the champagne gene does not affect the location of pigment-producing cells in the skin. Nor does the champagne gene remove all pigment from the skin and hair, as in albinism. Instead, the champagne gene produces traits known as hypomelanism, or dilution. Champagne is not associated with any health", "title": "Champagne gene" }, { "docid": "17983685", "text": "Puerto Rico, Kola Champagne is produced by Santurce Soda Water, Inc. (\"Santurce Kola Champagne\"), and by Refrescos de Puerto Rico (\"OK Kola Champagne\"). In United Kingdom, KA Karibbean Kola made by A.G. Barr. Champagne cola Champagne cola, champagne kola, or champagne soda is a sweetened carbonated beverage produced mainly in the tropics of Latin America or India. Kola Champagne was invented in Puerto Rico by Ángel Rivero Méndez. It is typically dark yellow to light brown in colour, with a flavour comparable to bubblegum or cream soda, with no connection to \"champagne\" or \"cola\". In many countries, \"kola\" is used", "title": "Champagne cola" }, { "docid": "2330594", "text": "just by itself made him a power few in France could equal. This order in turn made Champagne a safe place for merchants to gather, and under the count's protection the Champagne Fairs became a central part of long-distance trade and finance in medieval Europe. In addition, the count's court in Troyes became a renowned literary center. Walter Map was among those who found hospitality there. The scholar Stephen of Alinerre was among Henry's courtiers, becoming chancellor of the county in 1176. In 1179 Henry went to Jerusalem again with a party of French knights including his relatives Peter of", "title": "Henry I, Count of Champagne" }, { "docid": "645955", "text": "champagne to broader consumers by introducing the different qualities of sparkling wine, associating champagne brands with royalty and nobility, and selling off-brands under the name of the importer from France at a lower cost. Though selling off-brands at a lower expense proved to be unsuccessful since \"there was an assumption that cheap sparkling wine was not authentic.\" From the start to end of Belle Époque period, champagne has gone from a regional product with a niche market audience to a national commodity that distributed globally. A large popularity of Champagne is attributed to the success of Champagne producers in marketing", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "4538475", "text": "Petite Champagne (3) Borderies (4) Fins Bois (5) Bons Bois and (6) Bois Ordinaires. Grande champagne is the first (and, according to many connoisseurs, the favored) cru. A blend of Grande and Petite Champagne Cognacs, with at least half the eaux-de-vie coming from Grande Champagne, is known as Fine Champagne. Grande Champagne Grande Champagne is a French district, called a \"cru\", known for its cognac. It produces the finest cognacs in a zone of 34703 hectares, of which 17% is dedicated to production of cognac. At its heart is the town of Segonzac, in the Département of Charente. Grande Champagne", "title": "Grande Champagne" }, { "docid": "645940", "text": "the wine was bottled before the initial fermentation had finished. Champagne did not use the \"\" until the 19th century, about 200 years after Merret documented the process. The 19th century saw an exponential growth in Champagne production, going from a regional production of 300,000 bottles a year in 1800 to 20 million bottles in 1850. In 2007, Champagne sales hit an all-time record of 338.7 million bottles. In the 19th century Champagne was noticeably sweeter than the Champagnes of today. The trend towards drier Champagne began when Perrier-Jouët decided not to sweeten his 1846 vintage before exporting it to", "title": "Champagne" }, { "docid": "4285528", "text": "amber champagne and buckskin, may account for the relatively recent identification of champagne as a separate trait. Gold champagnes were sometimes called \"pumpkin-skinned palomino.\" Classic champagnes, which lack the primitive markings of true duns, were similarly called \"lilac duns.\" The mare that brought the champagne coat color family to the attention of modern researchers was a Tennessee Walking Horse named \"Champagne Lady Diane\" born in 1969. A classic champagne, Champagne Lady Diane was described as \"a genetic color accident\" after her hairs were sent to several universities, although current evidence suggests that the champagne gene predates Champagne Lady Diane. It", "title": "Champagne gene" }, { "docid": "7653686", "text": "in HII regions. This article was followed by further hydrodynamical calculations in one and two dimensions, in collaboration with Drs. Peter Bodenheimer, Harold W. Yorke and Piet Bedijn see:1979ApJ...233…85B.1983A&A...127..313Y, 1979A&A...80..110T, 1982ASSL...93….1T, 1984A&A...138..325Y, 1981A&A...98…85B Champagne flow model A champagne flow is an astrophysical event whereby an HII region created inside a molecular cloud from ionization due to a recently formed star (usually an O-star) expands outward until it reaches the interstellar medium, at which point the ionized hydrogen gas bursts outward like an uncorked champagne bottle. This event is also sometimes called a Blister. The champagne model is perhaps one of", "title": "Champagne flow model" }, { "docid": "7228750", "text": "material than Grande Champagne. A blend of Grande and Petite Champagne Cognacs, with at least half the eaux-de-vie coming from Grande Champagne, is known as Fine Champagne. Petite Champagne Petite Champagne is a geographic zone of Cognac production of approximately 66,000 hectares, of which about 15,000 are dedicated to wines destined for cognac. It is situated in the départements of Charente and Charente-Maritime. The principal towns of the region are Barbezieux (Charente), Archiac and Jonzac (Charente-Maritime). In order of importance among the cognac \"crus\" (regions), Petite Champagne is second in place after Grande Champagne. While having similar characteristics, the cognacs", "title": "Petite Champagne" }, { "docid": "11309635", "text": "fictional spy character James Bond, who is portrayed as a frequent drinker of Champagne \"prestige cuvées\". A count of over 22 Bond films reveals 35 occasions on which the character was portrayed drinking Champagne, of which 17 were Bollinger, preferably Bollinger R.D., and 7 were Dom Pérignon. Champagne has provided inspiration and a touch of exotica to many other Hollywood productions over the years. In 1928, Alfred Hitchcock's silent film \"Champagne\" famously begins and ends with a shot through the bottom of a Champagne glass. Billy Wilder's musical entitled \"The Champagne Waltz\", a 1937 film with the tagline, \"As gay", "title": "Champagne in popular culture" }, { "docid": "11456393", "text": "Champagne Delamotte Champagne Delamotte is a small producer of Champagne. Along with its \"sister\" winery Champagne Salon, Delamotte is the historical House of the Laurent-Perrier group. The estate was founded in Reims 1760 and is the fifth-oldest Champagne house in the region. Since the early 20th century, the House of Delamotte has produced predominantly Blanc de Blancs Champagne in the Grand Cru village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Its grapes are sourced from vineyards in the Côte des Blancs region of Champagne as those of the prestigious House of Salon. While Salon exclusively produces vintage Champagne—and only in extraordinary years—Delamotte regularly produces", "title": "Champagne Delamotte" }, { "docid": "12801600", "text": "series of setbacks in the early 20th century. Phylloxera appeared, vineyard growers rioted in 1910–11, the Russian and American markets were lost because of the Russian Revolution and Prohibition, and two World Wars made the vineyards of Champagne a battlefield. The modern era, however, has seen a resurgence of the popularity of Champagne, a wine associated with both luxury and celebration, with sales quadrupling since 1950. Today the region's produces over 200 million bottles of Champagne with worldwide demand prompting the French authorities to look into expanding the region's \"Appellation d'origine contrôlée\" (AOC) zone to facilitate more production. The Romans", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801616", "text": "a Champagne. As the popularity of sparkling Champagne grew in London, other European courts began to discover the bubbly curiosity-including the French who had previously despised the bubbles as a wine fault. Following the death of Louis XIV in 1715, his nephew Philippe II, Duke of Orléans became the Regent of France. The Duke of Orléans enjoyed the sparkling version of Champagne and featured it at his nightly \"petits soupers\" at the Palais-Royal. This sparked a craze in Paris as restaurants and fashionable society sought to emulate the Duke's tastes for the bubbling wine. Champenois winemakers began to switch their", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "7865965", "text": "Eleanor of Champagne Eleanor of Blois/Champagne (French: \"Eléonore\") (1102–1147) was a French noblewoman. She was the daughter of Stephen II, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, daughter of the king of England. She married Ralph I, Count of Vermandois and became mother of Hugh II of Vermandois (1127 to 1212), count of Vermandois and of Valois, then monk in 1160. Eleonor’s marriage with Ralph I was dissolved at the request of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose sister Petronilla of Aquitaine was in love with Raoul. This led to a war with Theobald II of Champagne, who was Eleanor’s brother. The", "title": "Eleanor of Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801615", "text": "wine and suggests that British merchants were producing \"sparkling Champagne\" even before the French Champenois were deliberately making it. Concurrently, advances in glass manufacture in Britain, by George Ravenscroft and others, allowed more robust wine bottle to be made which could contain the effervescence without exploding. The popularity of sparkling Champagne steadily grew. In 1663, the British poet Samuel Butler penned the first written English reference to \"brisk\" (i.e. frothy) Champagne in his poem \"Hudibras\". The 1698 George Farquhar play \"Love and a Bottle\" featured one of the characters marveling at the steady stream of bubbles in a glass of", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801599", "text": "their wines sparkle deliberately, but didn't know enough about how to control the process or how to make wine bottles strong enough to withstand the pressure. In the 19th century these obstacles were overcome, and the modern Champagne wine industry took form. Advances by the house of Veuve Clicquot in the development of the \"méthode champenoise\" made production of sparkling wine on a large scale profitable, and this period saw the founding of many of today's famous Champagne houses, including Krug (1843), Pommery (1858) and Bollinger (1829). The fortunes of the Champenois and the popularity of Champagne grew until a", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801598", "text": "Champenois wine makers, most notably the Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon (1638–1715), were still trying to rid their wines of the bubbles. While the Champenois and their French clients preferred their Champagne to be pale and still, the British were developing a taste for the unique bubbly wine. The sparkling version of Champagne continued to grow in popularity, especially among the wealthy and royal. Following the death of Louis XIV of France in 1715, the court of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans made the sparkling version of Champagne a favorite among the French nobility. More Champenois wine makers attempted to make", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "6886239", "text": "Hugh of Champagne Saint Hugh, Hugh of Champagne, or St Hugh of Rouen (died 730), was the grandson of Pepin of Heristal and Plectrude through their son, Drogo of Champagne, and his wife Anstrude, herself the daughter of Waratton and Ansflede. Both Waratton and Drogo were mayors of the palaces. He was, though still a layman, endowed with Jumièges Abbey. He then entered the monastery of Jumièges in 718 and embraced the religious life under Abbot Cochin. He became Vicar-General of Metz. In 722, the archdiocese of Rouen fell vacant and Hugh was appointed archbishop. In 723, he accepted charge", "title": "Hugh of Champagne" }, { "docid": "7865966", "text": "war lasted two years (1142–1144) and ended with the occupation of Champagne by the royal army. Eleanor died in 1147. Eleanor of Champagne Eleanor of Blois/Champagne (French: \"Eléonore\") (1102–1147) was a French noblewoman. She was the daughter of Stephen II, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, daughter of the king of England. She married Ralph I, Count of Vermandois and became mother of Hugh II of Vermandois (1127 to 1212), count of Vermandois and of Valois, then monk in 1160. Eleonor’s marriage with Ralph I was dissolved at the request of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose sister Petronilla of Aquitaine", "title": "Eleanor of Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801625", "text": "riddling a secret but by the late 1820s the secret was out and Champagne houses were settling up production lines for riddling. In 1854, the French national railroad system linked Reims with the rest of the country, including its coastal ports. From that point on, Champagne was connected to its worldwide market and sales grew by leaps and bounds. During the 1850s production was averaging 20 million bottles a year. Throughout most of the 19th century Champagne was made sweet. The taste was pleasing to most wine drinkers and the added sugar helped winemakers to cover up flaws in the", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "7512034", "text": "as with casualties in the Tenth Army from and in the British First Army from a total of against in the German armies, of which were suffered in the Champagne battle from The French Official History recorded in the fighting in Champagne and Artois. Second Battle of Champagne The Second Battle of Champagne (\"Herbstschlacht\" or Autumn Battle) in World War I was a French offensive against the German army. On 25 September 1915, twenty divisions of the Second Army and Fourth Army of (\"GAC\", Central Army Group), attacked at with each division on a front. A second line of seven", "title": "Second Battle of Champagne" }, { "docid": "12801633", "text": "the Marne department and a few villages from the Aisne department were the only areas approved to grow grapes for Champagne production. The glaring exclusion of the Aube region, where the historic capital of Champagne—Troyes—is located, promoted further discontent as the Aubois protested the decision. The Aube, located south of the Marne, was closer to the Burgundy region in terms of soil and location. The growers of the Marne viewed the region as \"foreign\" and not capable of producing true Champagne but the Aubois viewed themselves as Champenois and clung to their historical roots. The government eventually reversed themselves and", "title": "History of Champagne" }, { "docid": "2322993", "text": "Marie of Champagne Marie of Champagne ( – 29 August 1204) was the first Latin Empress of Constantinople by marriage to Emperor Baldwin I. She acted as regent of Flanders during the absence of her spouse from 1202 until 1204. Marie was a daughter of Henry I, Count of Champagne, and Marie, daughter of King Louis VII of France. According to the chronicle of Gislebert of Mons, on 13 May 1179 Marie was officially bethrothed to Baldwin, son of the count of Flanders and Hainaut, to whom she was already promised to be wed in 1171. Her betrothed was Baldwin", "title": "Marie of Champagne" } ]

[ "Governor Bligh", "Admiral Bligh", "Captain William Bligh", "Vice Admiral William Bligh", "Captain Bligh", "William Bligh", "Vice-Admiral William Bligh" ]

[ { "docid": "4212073", "text": "Ned Young Edward \"Ned\" Young (c. 1762 – 25 December 1800), was a British sailor, mutineer from the famous HMS \"Bounty\" incident, and co-founder of the mutineers' Pitcairn Island settlement. Young was born on the West Indian island of St. Kitts. He apparently came from a poor family, but he did attend school. He joined the crew of HMS \"Bounty\" as a midshipman in 1787 when she sailed from England to Tahiti. After the \"Bounty\" departed from Tahiti in 1789 several sailors and officers, including Fletcher Christian, mutinied against its captain, Lieutenant William Bligh. Young was asleep during the mutiny,", "title": "Ned Young" } ]

[ { "docid": "9379732", "text": "men and the mutineers, resulting in the deaths of all the Tahitian men and five of the Englishmen (including Fletcher Christian). McCoy was one of the survivors. He died after liquor was introduced to Pitcairn Island. McCoy was the one who discovered how to distill alcohol from one of the island fruits. He became an alcoholic along with Matthew Quintal, and finally killed himself in a drunken frenzy by jumping off a cliff with a stone around his neck. William McCoy (mutineer) William McCoy (c.1763 – 20 April 1798) was a Scottish sailor and a mutineer on board HMS \"Bounty\".", "title": "William McCoy (mutineer)" }, { "docid": "9677770", "text": "define the celebrity as \"human entertainment\", by which he means a person who provides entertainment by the very process of living. \"The Washington Post\" writer Amy Argetsinger coined the term famesque to define actors, singers, or athletes whose fame is mostly (if not entirely) due to one's physical attractiveness and/or personal life, rather than actual talent and (if any) successful career accomplishments. Argetsinger argued, \"The famesque of 2009 are descended from that dawn-of-TV creation, the Famous for Being Famous. Turn on a talk show or \"Hollywood Squares\" and there'd be Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Charles Nelson Reilly, so", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "9677768", "text": "argued that the graphic revolution in journalism and other forms of communication had severed fame from greatness, and that this severance hastened the decay of fame into mere notoriety. Over the years, the phrase has been glossed as \"a celebrity is someone who is famous for being famous\". The British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge may have been the first to use the actual phrase in the introduction to his book \"Muggeridge Through The Microphone\" (1967) in which he wrote:In the past if someone was famous or notorious, it was for something—as a writer or an actor or a criminal; for some", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "9677769", "text": "talent or distinction or abomination. Today one is famous for being famous. People who come up to one in the street or in public places to claim recognition nearly always say: \"I've seen you on the telly!\" Neal Gabler more recently refined the definition of celebrity to distinguish those who have gained recognition for having done virtually nothing of significance—a phenomenon he dubbed the \"Zsa Zsa Factor\" in honor of Zsa Zsa Gabor, who parlayed her marriage to actor George Sanders into a brief movie career and the movie career into a much more enduring celebrity. He goes on to", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "9677767", "text": "Famous for being famous Famous for being famous is a pejorative term for someone who attains celebrity status for no particularly identifiable reason (as opposed to fame based on achievements, skill, or talent) and appears to generate their own fame, or someone who achieves fame through a family or relationship association with an existing celebrity. The term originates from an analysis of the media-dominated world called \"The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America\" (1961), by historian and social theorist Daniel J. Boorstin. In it, he defined the celebrity as \"a person who is known for his well-knownness\". He further", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "9677773", "text": "1999 book \"Disco Bloodbath\", and Dianne Brill, who was crowned \"Queen of the Night\" by Andy Warhol. Famous for being famous Famous for being famous is a pejorative term for someone who attains celebrity status for no particularly identifiable reason (as opposed to fame based on achievements, skill, or talent) and appears to generate their own fame, or someone who achieves fame through a family or relationship association with an existing celebrity. The term originates from an analysis of the media-dominated world called \"The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America\" (1961), by historian and social theorist Daniel J. Boorstin.", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "15094875", "text": "Thorgaut Island Thorgaut Island is the largest island in the northeast part of the Robinson Group, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Cape Daly, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Andersen Island, and 3 to 4 nautical miles (5 – 6 km) north-west of Kirton Island and Macklin Island, respectively, which are also part of the Robinson Group. Thorgaut island, and those near it, were sighted in 1931 by the crew of the Norwegian whale catcher names Thorgaut and Robinson, respectively, for the group. Having approved Robinson as the group name, Thorgaut Island has been approved for", "title": "Thorgaut Island" }, { "docid": "20825924", "text": "Western Michigan received and accepted a bid to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on December 2. The Broncos enter the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–3 in conference). This is Western Michigan's second appearance in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, having lost to Air Force in the 2014 edition. BYU received and accepted a bid to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on December 2. The independent Cougars enter the bowl with a 6–6 record. BYU becomes the first independent team to play in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. 2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The 2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is", "title": "2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl" }, { "docid": "20288956", "text": "White Famous White Famous is an American comedy television series starring Jay Pharoah, based on the life of Jamie Foxx, which aired on Showtime from October 15, 2017 until December 10, 2017. It is co-created by Tom Kapinos, Chris Spencer and Buddy Lewis, directed by Tim Story and Foxx, who will also be a recurring guest star. On December 29, 2017, the series was canceled after one season. \"White Famous\" follows \"a talented, young African-American comedian, Floyd Mooney, whose star is rising, forcing him to navigate the treacherous waters of maintaining his credibility as he begins to cross-over toward becoming", "title": "White Famous" }, { "docid": "8655460", "text": "estates in Cumberland, particularly at Ewanrigg Hall (demolished 1903) near Maryport. Ewan is a popular given name in the family. The famous mutineer of HMS Bounty, Fletcher Christian (1764–c.1793), was also of the family, descended from a senior line to the architect's. Ewan Christian's mother was Katherine Scales (d.1822) of Thwaitehead in Lancashire. Both of the architect's parents died when he was around seven years old and he was thereafter brought up by his grandparents at Mortlake and then, after his grandfather died, by his eldest brother, John, who lived in Wigmore Street in Marylebone. He was educated at Christ's", "title": "Ewan Christian" }, { "docid": "9379731", "text": "William McCoy (mutineer) William McCoy (c.1763 – 20 April 1798) was a Scottish sailor and a mutineer on board HMS \"Bounty\". Following the mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the \"Bounty\" was taken to Tahiti for a few days before being compelled to set sail. McCoy joined Christian and seven other mutineers. They took eleven Tahitian women and six men with them. After months at sea, the mutineers discovered the uninhabited Pitcairn Island and settled there in January 1790. McCoy had one consort, Teio, and fathered two children, Daniel and Catherine. After three years, a conflict broke out between the Tahitian", "title": "William McCoy (mutineer)" }, { "docid": "10104788", "text": "change my life for the better,\" explaining that before, his life was much like a typical Hollywood newcomer, gradually involving himself more and more in the negative party scene. Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 5 (radio version) Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 Track 10 Track 11 Puddle of Mudd band members Additional personnel Famous (Puddle of Mudd album) Famous is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released on October 9, 2007 on Flawless Records. \"Famous\" was originally set to be released in May,", "title": "Famous (Puddle of Mudd album)" }, { "docid": "4917622", "text": "Tengah Island Tengah Island () is a privately owned island in Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia. It lies nine nautical miles off the coast of Mersing on the South China Sea. It is 30 minutes away by boat from Mersing. Near Besar Island, Tengah Island is 16 km off the coast and is an easy 45-minute boat ride. During the 1970s, the island became famous as a Vietnamese refugee transit camp which was subsequently closed in the early 1980s. The island was the first location for the making of the TV-show Expedition Robinson in 1997. In 1985, Tengah Island was one", "title": "Tengah Island" }, { "docid": "15094876", "text": "the most conspicuous of its features. Thorgaut Island Thorgaut Island is the largest island in the northeast part of the Robinson Group, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Cape Daly, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Andersen Island, and 3 to 4 nautical miles (5 – 6 km) north-west of Kirton Island and Macklin Island, respectively, which are also part of the Robinson Group. Thorgaut island, and those near it, were sighted in 1931 by the crew of the Norwegian whale catcher names Thorgaut and Robinson, respectively, for the group. Having approved Robinson as the group name,", "title": "Thorgaut Island" }, { "docid": "19969965", "text": "square nautical miles. On 1 February, a body of man was found by local authorities 500 metres in the waters south of Mamutik Island, but it was confirmed later that the body are not part of the boat mishap missing victims but a men who went missing while fishing with his friends off Dinawan Island. On 4 February, a body of woman was found by local fishermen some 13 nautical miles (around 20 kilometres) in their fishing net from the area where the catamaran boat capsized, which it was confirmed as part of the missing victims through DNA report in", "title": "2017 Mengalum Island boat accident" }, { "docid": "7823847", "text": "tiller, shrouds, running lines) are different only in their length. The rigging hardware, centerboard, and rudder are the same on both boats, and the sails are scaled versions of each other.It is sometimes possible to substitute Mutt parts for Bucc parts, and vice versa. Finally, throughout many company changes, the Mutineer and Buccaneer have always been sold together and today both are manufactured by Nickels Boat Works The Mutineer Class Association (MCA) has been actively working to recruit more members and increase racing. They have held Mutineer Nationals since 2002, and participation in nationals has increased every year since. The", "title": "Mutineer 15" }, { "docid": "1488804", "text": "George Adams in 1804. John Adams' grave on Pitcairn is the only known grave site of a \"Bounty\" mutineer. It has a replacement headstone, the original lead-covered wooden grave marker having been taken back to Britain where it is now on display in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. The main settlement and capital of Pitcairn, Adamstown, is named for John Adams. John Adams (mutineer) John Adams, known as Jack Adams (4 December 1767 – 5 March 1829), was the last survivor of the HMS \"Bounty\" mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in January 1790, the year after the", "title": "John Adams (mutineer)" }, { "docid": "11922774", "text": "Famous 5: On the Case Famous 5: On The Case is a British/French animated television series which is currently broadcast in the United Kingdom, on the Disney Channel, and in the United States, on Qubo. It is a British and French television co-production, loosely based on \"The Famous Five\" series of books created by Enid Blyton. At least some of the episodes have been developed for television by Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile, the writers of the former Disney Channel series \"Lizzie McGuire\". On 21 June 2008 the show debuted in Italy and Australia on Disney Channel. The central characters,", "title": "Famous 5: On the Case" }, { "docid": "3402163", "text": "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season (1964 –1965) on the NBC network (usually on Sundays from 6:30-7:00PM Eastern). The television series was based on the original cartoon of the same name, with Jim Backus reprising the voice over of the role he did on TV: while doing this show, he continued with the prime time show \"Gilligan's Island\". Unlike the theatrical cartoons, which focused on the extremely nearsighted Quincy Magoo's bumbling, the show featured the Magoo character as", "title": "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo" }, { "docid": "11922779", "text": "version of Jetix, and LNK (Lithuania); along with Disney France, Disney Africa, Disney Middle-East and Disney Asia and Australia. Famous 5: On the Case Famous 5: On The Case is a British/French animated television series which is currently broadcast in the United Kingdom, on the Disney Channel, and in the United States, on Qubo. It is a British and French television co-production, loosely based on \"The Famous Five\" series of books created by Enid Blyton. At least some of the episodes have been developed for television by Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile, the writers of the former Disney Channel series", "title": "Famous 5: On the Case" }, { "docid": "18310813", "text": "that the ballad is based, at least partially, on the earlier Stukely plays. However, as Leonard Ashley points out, a vibrant ballad tradition was already romanticizing Stukely prior to the Stukely plays, and that Peele drew on this tradition in his own version of Thomas Stukely, which was based on fact but took great advantage of poetic license. The Life and Death of the Famous Thomas Stukely The Life and Death of the Famous Thomas Stukely is an English broadside ballad from the 17th-18th century. It tells the story of Thomas Stukely, an English soldier of fortune who runs through", "title": "The Life and Death of the Famous Thomas Stukely" }, { "docid": "1744024", "text": "part of Cook's group, translated). The next Europeans to arrive were the mutineers of the HMS \"Bounty\" in 1789. Mutineer Fletcher Christian, in looking for an island on which to permanently hide, had \"scoured\" Bligh's maps and nautical charts and decided on Tubuai. Upon arrival at Tubuai, a conflict arose while the mutineers were still on their ship and several islanders were killed in their canoes. The site of this event in the lagoon on the north side of the island is called \"Baie Sanglant\" (Bloody Bay). Mutineer James Morrison wrote: \"The Island is full of Inhabitants for its size", "title": "Tubuai" }, { "docid": "3402167", "text": "2011, Shout! Factory released \"Mr. Magoo: The Television Collection 1960-1977\" on DVD in Region 1. This 11-disc collection contains all episodes from all 3 Mr. Magoo television series including all 26 episodes of \"The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo\". The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season (1964 –1965) on the NBC network (usually on Sundays from 6:30-7:00PM Eastern). The television series was based on the original cartoon of the same name, with Jim Backus reprising the voice over of", "title": "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo" }, { "docid": "15054787", "text": "career. On January 3, 2011, the mixtape was re-released through GOOD music's official blog, where it included these three additional reissued tracks, and the tape has been lacking the Don Cannon's voice-overs; as well as the bonus track, which features Kanye West. The videos were shot for the songs such as \"Too Fake\" featuring Chiddy Bang, \"What U Doin' (Bullshittin')\", \"Ambiguous\" featuring Mike Posner and Clinton Sparks, \"Crazy\", \"Supa Dupa Lemonade\", \"Hometown\", \"Final Hour\", \"Made\" featuring Drake, and \"High Rise\". The track listing was confirmed by \"XXL\". Notes Sample credits Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big", "title": "Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big" }, { "docid": "4029092", "text": "underworld. The book begins with Charon, ferryman of the Styx being startled—and annoyed—by the arrival of a houseboat on the Styx. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business, he later finds out that he is actually to be appointed the boat's janitor. What follows are eleven more stories (for a total of twelve) which are set on the house boat. There is no central theme, and the purpose of the book appears to be as a literary thought experiment to see what would happen if various famous dead people were put in the same room", "title": "A House-Boat on the Styx" }, { "docid": "6003070", "text": "Paramount, I call this meeting to order.\" Within a week of removing Hodkinson, on July 19, 1916, Famous Players and the Lasky Feature Play Company merged to form Famous Players-Lasky, with Zukor as President and Jesse L. Lasky as Vice President. For a brief period Famous Players-Lasky acted as a holding company for its subsidiaries- Famous Players, Feature Play, Oliver Morosco Photoplay, Bosworth, Cardinal, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Artcraft, and The George M. Cohan Film Corporation. However, on December 29, 1917, all of the subsidiaries were incorporated into one entity called the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. However, Zukor was not satisfied simply", "title": "Famous Players-Lasky" }, { "docid": "19435193", "text": "Internet Famous Internet Famous is a 2016 mockumentary comedy film satirizing the Internet celebrity phenomenon. It was written and directed by Michael Gallagher and Steve Greene, and features several real-life internet celebrities portraying parodies of themselves or general stereotypes. It stars a mix of Internet personalities including Shane Dawson, Steve Greene, Richard Ryan, Amanda Cerny and Christian Delgrosso, as well as established actors John Michael Higgins, Missi Pyle, Roger Bart, and Kevin Hernandez. It was the only feature film produced by Maker Studios, the online short-form content subsidiary of Disney. The film premiered on iTunes on June 21, 2016 for", "title": "Internet Famous" }, { "docid": "1464559", "text": "(son of Dick and Michelle), Jo (daughter of George and Ravi – a tomboy who, like her mother, prefers a shorter name to her given name Jyoti) and Allie (daughter of Anne and John). It has not been stated whether their dog is a descendant of Timmy. The new series was first announced in 2005, and is a co-production of Chorion (which currently owns all Famous Five rights) and Marathon, in association with France 3 and The Disney Channel. Disney confirmed their involvement in December 2006. Stories were developed by Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile, who have previously written for", "title": "The Famous Five (novel series)" }, { "docid": "780131", "text": "Vice admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. In many navies, vice admiral is a three-star rank with a NATO code of OF-8, although in some navies like the French Navy it is an OF-7 rank, the OF-8 code corresponding to the four-star rank of squadron vice-admiral. The rank insignia for a vice admiral often involves three stars, but this is not always the case. In the navy of Iraq, vice admiral insignia involves one", "title": "Vice admiral" }, { "docid": "17250813", "text": "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous is an American television comedy series created by comedian Bo Burnham and Dan Lagana that aired on MTV from May 2 to June 29, 2013. The sitcom stars Burnham as Zach Stone, a fresh-out-of-high school teenager who opts to pursue a life of fame and stardom instead of attending college. The series follows Zach, who hires a camera crew to film him throughout his daily life as a part of his quest to become an over-night celebrity, even though he possesses no real talent. On June 26, 2013,", "title": "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous" }, { "docid": "1464573", "text": "go Scrumping', featured a parody of the Five in a cautionary tale about five friends who are caught cider scrumping and turned into cider. A 2005 story in \"The Guardian\" also parodies the Famous Five. It argues that Anne, Dick, George and Julian are caricatures rather than characters, portraying Anne as having no life outside of domestic labour. It highlights what the writer, Lucy Mangan, considers to be the power struggle between Dick, George and Julian while Anne is sidelined. On 31 October 2009, the BBC programme \"The Impressions Show\" featured a sketch in which Ross Kemp meets The Famous", "title": "The Famous Five (novel series)" }, { "docid": "11922775", "text": "children of the original Famous Five, embark on a new series of adventures. During these adventures the new Famous Five are able to make use of newer technology such as laptop computers and mobile phones which had not been invented in their parents' day. The show has attracted some criticism from some Blyton fans. Vivienne Endecott, a member of the Enid Blyton Society, has said she was \"wary\" of the show, telling \"The Daily Telegraph\" \"I don't really see how you can take the Famous Five out of their era, which is 1940s Britain; anybody can write about four children", "title": "Famous 5: On the Case" }, { "docid": "19013729", "text": "Thomas Fletcher (American politician, born 1817) Thomas Fletcher (April 8, 1817 – February 26, 1880) was an American politician who served as Acting Governor of Arkansas from November 4 to 15, 1862, following the resignation of Henry M. Rector. Thomas Fletcher was born at Nashville, Tennessee, about the year 1817. Entering upon the study of law, he became of prominence in that profession and in the activities of political life, and during the administration of President Polk was appointed to the office of United States marshal, with his headquarters at Natchez, Mississippi. In 1850 he made his home in Arkansas,", "title": "Thomas Fletcher (American politician, born 1817)" }, { "docid": "13949810", "text": "of Francis Bacon. Hugh Trevor-Roper takes it to be an important formulation of the ultimate political ambitions of Hartlib and his followers (and in particular John Dury), in the form of a reformed Christian society and welfare state. It covers the issues of economic development, taxation and education. Much of the content drew on Henry Robinson's \"Englands Safety\" from earlier in the same year. A Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria A Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria is a work of utopian fiction, published in England in 1641. It carried the name of Samuel Hartlib, who published", "title": "A Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria" }, { "docid": "12292882", "text": "pp. 235-6). Appointments were made by the Lord High Admiral when this officer existed. When the admiralty was in commission appointments were made by the crown by letters patent under the seal of the admiralty court. This is a list of people who have been Vice-Admiral of Dorset. Vice-Admiral of the coast of Dorset The Vice-Admiral of Dorset was responsible for the defence County of Dorset, England. As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district. His responsibilities included pressing men for naval service, deciding the lawfulness of prizes (captured by privateers), dealing with", "title": "Vice-Admiral of the coast of Dorset" }, { "docid": "8543462", "text": "made by the Lord High Admiral when this officer existed. When the admiralty was in commission appointments were made by the crown by letters patent under the seal of the admiralty court. This is a list of people who have been Vice-Admiral of Devon. Between 1603 and 1623, a separate command existed for North Devon. Vice-Admiral of Devon The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of Devon was responsible for the defence of the county of Devon, England. As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district. His responsibilities included pressing men for naval service,", "title": "Vice-Admiral of Devon" }, { "docid": "8509923", "text": "made by the Lord High Admiral when this officer existed. When the admiralty was in commission appointments were made by the crown by letters patent under the seal of the admiralty court. This is a list of people who have been Vice-Admiral of Cumberland. Vice-Admiral of Cumberland The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of Cumberland was responsible for the defence of the county of Cumberland, England. As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district. His responsibilities included pressing men for naval service, deciding the lawfulness of prizes (captured by privateers), dealing with salvage", "title": "Vice-Admiral of Cumberland" }, { "docid": "1464565", "text": "5 adventure games based on the franchise, titled \"Famous Five The Silver Tower\", \"Famous Five Treasure Island\", \"Famous Five – Kidnapped\", \"Famous Five – Dangerous Discovery\" and \"Five on a Secret Mission\" for the PC or Mac. Six comic albums drawn by Bernard Dufossé and scripted by Serge Rosenzweig and Rafael Carlo Marcello were released in France between 1982 and 1986, under the title \"Le Club des Cinq\". Most of comic books in the series are based on Famous Five books created by Claude Voilier. Books were released by Hachette Livre. The first three of these volumes have also been", "title": "The Famous Five (novel series)" }, { "docid": "18310807", "text": "The Life and Death of the Famous Thomas Stukely The Life and Death of the Famous Thomas Stukely is an English broadside ballad from the 17th-18th century. It tells the story of Thomas Stukely, an English soldier of fortune who runs through his wife's inheritance and then flees to Italy before dying in the Battle of the Three Kings and asking forgiveness for all the wrongs he has committed against his wife, his friends, and his country. Copies of the broadside can be found in the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, Magdelene College, and the Huntington Library. The", "title": "The Life and Death of the Famous Thomas Stukely" }, { "docid": "19013731", "text": "the Arkansas Senate of 1874–1877. In 1878 he began the practice of the law at Little Rock, but his career was soon afterward terminated by his death at age 62, due to complications from pneumonia, which occurred on February 25, 1880. Thomas Fletcher (American politician, born 1817) Thomas Fletcher (April 8, 1817 – February 26, 1880) was an American politician who served as Acting Governor of Arkansas from November 4 to 15, 1862, following the resignation of Henry M. Rector. Thomas Fletcher was born at Nashville, Tennessee, about the year 1817. Entering upon the study of law, he became of", "title": "Thomas Fletcher (American politician, born 1817)" }, { "docid": "16814996", "text": "he was supposed to sign with the Phoenix Fuel Masters as their import for the 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup. However, his former PBA team, GlobalPort, refused to let go of their rights on him, pushing the Fuel Masters to choose for another import. On March 7, 2017, Famous signed with the Caciques de Humacao of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. On August 3, 2017, Famous signed with Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia of the Liga Nacional de Básquet. In March 2018, Famous signed with the Blackwater Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's", "title": "Jarrid Famous" }, { "docid": "11922777", "text": "that is brought up to date is likely to be different, shall we say.\" Steve Aranguren, the vice president of global original programming at the Disney Channel stated that \"We wanted to bring the sense of adventure in the original books to a new generation of Famous Five fans, however, we needed to give the characters a contemporary voice.\" Jeff Norton, of Chorion Limited, the company that owns the television rights to Enid Blyton's works, told the Press Association \"We tried to imagine where the original Famous Five would go in their lives.\" He also stated \"we spoke to Enid", "title": "Famous 5: On the Case" }, { "docid": "7823837", "text": "branch of the Chrysler corporation. When the Chrysler corporation restructured as part of a financial crisis in the 1970s, it sold the rights to the boat to Texas Marine International (TMI). In rapid succession, the Mutineer was then manufactured by Wellcraft Marine, Gloucester Yachts, and Cardinal Yachts. In 2003 Cardinal Yachts sold the boat rights to Nickels Boat Works, who modified the design slightly. Nickels Boat Works is the current manufacturer of the Mutineer 15. The Mutineer 15 has gone through a series of company changes since its introduction in 1971. It was designed and first produced by the Marine", "title": "Mutineer 15" }, { "docid": "19612553", "text": "down-tempo and minimal form at the beginning of creating this song. The Naked and Famous had planned to put this song in the second album. After recomposing and deliberating, The Naked and Famous decided to put “Higher” in the third album. Xayalith stated, \"It's been two years since we came off the road and a lot of life has happened in and all around us. We've been broken here and picked ourselves up again—so maybe this chorus talk a little to that experience...love, grief, time passing and returning to a place where we are lucky to have each other.\" In", "title": "Higher (The Naked and Famous song)" }, { "docid": "9242993", "text": "book publications. Many features from the original \"Famous Funnies\" format were continued by the same artists. These artists now turned their strips into dual features – one for newspaper syndication with an emphasis on adult appeal, and the other to fit the new comic book page size and an emphasis on juvenile appeal. Buck Rogers returned to \"Famous Funnies\" in issue #209, having been dropped from the title two issues earlier. The event was celebrated by the first of a series of eight covers by Frank Frazetta, and these issues are among the most sought-after among collectors today. Famous Funnies", "title": "Famous Funnies" }, { "docid": "13949809", "text": "A Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria A Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria is a work of utopian fiction, published in England in 1641. It carried the name of Samuel Hartlib, who published it, but is now attributed to Gabriel Plattes. A short text of fifteen pages, it reads, according to Amy Boesky, like a political address, and it was explicitly framed as an address to Parliament. It is written as a dialogue, and is in the tradition of the \"Utopia\" of Thomas More — Macaria is an island mentioned in \"Utopia\" — and the \"New Atlantis\"", "title": "A Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria" }, { "docid": "20473155", "text": "a temperature of at kickoff, the game started at and was broadcast by ESPN. The Cowboys led by twenty points at the half and defeated the Chippewas, Central Michigan finished their regular season with an 8–4 record overall (6–2 in conference). This was their first Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Wyoming finished their regular season with a 7–5 record overall (5–3 in conference). This was their first Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. 2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The 2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Friday, December 22, 2017, at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The", "title": "2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl" }, { "docid": "5308093", "text": "Cornwall or Vice-Admiral of the Coast of Devon. Appointees to both these posts seem to have been described in writings after their deaths as Vice-Admiral of the West despite appearing appointed to their counties in contemporary papers. The following are said to have been Vice-Admirals of the West: Vice-Admiral of the West The historical title Vice-Admiral of the West is sometimes applied to holders of the crown appointment Vice-Admiral of the Coast of counties in the South West of England. The duties of a Vice-Admiral of the coast were to control the shipping (especially piracy) around a maritime county's coast", "title": "Vice-Admiral of the West" }, { "docid": "7823845", "text": "The Buccaneer 18 was designed in 1968 by Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs under the marine division of the Chrysler corporation. The boat was very popular, but it also created a demand for a smaller, lighter, and more affordable version of the boat. This led Macalpine-Downie and Gibbs to create another, smaller version of the Buccaneer: the Mutineer. There are several major differences between the Mutineer and Buccaneer. The Buccaneer is long, making it longer than the Mutineer. Despite being a shorter boat, the beam of the Mutineer is comparable to that of the Buccaneer, making the boat more comfortable", "title": "Mutineer 15" }, { "docid": "17250822", "text": "thing about MTV's so-called original programming is that it is often a safe refuge for the criminally unoriginal. I would like to point out that we can extradite Burnham back to reality and prosecute him as an adult.\" Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous is an American television comedy series created by comedian Bo Burnham and Dan Lagana that aired on MTV from May 2 to June 29, 2013. The sitcom stars Burnham as Zach Stone, a fresh-out-of-high school teenager who opts to pursue a life of fame and stardom instead of attending college.", "title": "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous" }, { "docid": "18955848", "text": "It's Tough to Be Famous It's Tough to Be Famous is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Robert Lord. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mary Brian, Emma Dunn, Walter Catlett and David Landau. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 2, 1932. When his submarine, S89, is sunk by an excursion boat, Scotty (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) is the last one left aboard after helping the crew to be rescued. However, navy divers are able to save Scotty and his heroics make him a hero. Retiring from the navy as", "title": "It's Tough to Be Famous" }, { "docid": "14092953", "text": "Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov Vice-Admiral Kulakov () is a of the Russian Navy. As of 2016, the ship was in active service. \"Vice-Admiral Kulakov\" was commissioned in 1982 and was in service with the Northern Fleet until March 1991, when she was retired for repairs that lasted more than 18 years. The ship travelled to Severomorsk base on 7 December 2010 in preparation for the vessel's return to active duty. On 5 January 2011, a fire broke out in one of the ship's mess-rooms. It was reported to be caused by a short circuit. The damage was minimal and did", "title": "Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov" }, { "docid": "4346495", "text": "to force the sale of the trademark or personal assets attached to his income. Ferry had also failed to pay any of the $720,000-plus cash judgment against him. In late 2007, Philip Kim, an entrepreneur and a private equity investor, purchased the rights to the logo and title, entering into an agreement with Ackerman to use his trademarks to retain the magazine’s original look and feel. The new Famous Monsters of Filmland website was launched in May 2008 and on December 7, 2009, Kim announced the magazine's return to print. Ackerman died just before midnight on Thursday, December 4, 2008.", "title": "Famous Monsters of Filmland" }, { "docid": "13485970", "text": "to be reprinted, as did some shorter works that had appeared only in books, such as William Hope Hodgson's \"The Derelict\", and Robert W. Chambers' \"The Mask\", both of which appeared in the December 1943 issue. The reprinted novels included G. K. Chesterton's \"The Man Who Was Thursday\", H. G. Wells' \"The Island of Dr. Moreau\", H. Rider Haggard's \"The Ancient Allan\", and works by Algernon Blackwood, Lord Dunsany, and Arthur Machen. Some of the reprinted material was abridged, but despite this, \"Famous Fantastic Mysteries\" did an important service to its readers by making works available that had been long", "title": "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" }, { "docid": "7823835", "text": "Mutineer 15 The Mutineer 15 is a long fractional sloop sailboat currently manufactured by Nickels Boat Works. It has a dinghy centerboard hull, no ballast, and displaces 410 pounds. The Mutineer 15 has a beam, maximum draw of , and has of sail area. The Mutineer 15 is commonly used for both day sailing and class racing. The Mutineer 15 can be comfortably sailed as a day sailer with a crew of four, but can also be raced with a crew of two, or even single-handed by semi-experienced to experienced sailors. In 1968 boat designers Rod MacApline-Downie and Dick Gibbs", "title": "Mutineer 15" }, { "docid": "7674526", "text": "Santander, Irv Gotti, Placebo, Modest Mouse, Jet and P.O.D.<ref name=\"Sony/ATV Music Publishing Completes Acquisition of Famous Music LLC from Viacom\"></ref> In May 2007, Viacom sold Famous Music to Sony/ATV Music Publishing co-owned by Sony and Michael Jackson for a reported $370m. Famous Music was then renamed Sony/ATV Harmony and Sony/ATV Melody. In December 2012, Sony/ATV sold the Famous Music UK song catalogue (which included Placebo and The Kooks) to BMG Rights Management. For a number of years, Famous Music also had a record label group division which included Blue Thumb Records, Dot Records and Paramount Records. In 1974 these were", "title": "Famous Music" }, { "docid": "14814850", "text": "Famous Brands Famous Brands Limited is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in South Africa. Its head offices are in Midrand, Johannesburg. The company is Africa's leading quick-service and casual dining restaurant franchisor. The company's global footprint of franchised stores spreads across the world, totaling 2782 stores (2017): South Africa 2270, Swaziland 6, Mauritius 21, Mozambique 3, Zimbabwe 9, Malawi 11, Angola 7, Zambia 42, Botswana 35, Namibia 50, Kenya 7, Ghana 1, Ethiopia 1, Nigeria 125, Sudan 6, Oman 1, UAE 8, Saudi Arabia 1, Egypt 5, Greece 1, Ireland 6 and United Kingdom 166", "title": "Famous Brands" }, { "docid": "15545674", "text": "Famous Food Famous Food is a VH1 reality series that premiered 10 July 2011. It features seven celebrities as they work to open and take ownership in a restaurant in Hollywood owned by Mike Malin (who competed in \"Big Brother 2\" and \"Big Brother 7: All-Stars\", which he won) and Lonnie Moore of The Dolce Group. Due to low ratings, VH1 announced on July 15 that the show will move to Wednesdays 8/7c beginning July 20. DJ Paul was the winner of the partnership but after a twist the judges awarded a second partnership to Danielle Staub. The restaurant created", "title": "Famous Food" }, { "docid": "18323070", "text": "renewed, a petition was drawn up in effort to have the series renewed. The petition has since been discontinued. In September 2015, Brandon Mabe stated via Facebook when asked about a possible second season rumor that the family is \"still looking for a network.\" As of January 2016 the show is confirmed as \"permanently finished\". Branson Famous Branson Famous was an American reality series that premiered on truTV on December 29, 2014 as part of the network's latest programming revamp. It was billed as the first ever \"reality musical\" show. \"Branson Famous\" followed the Mabe Family, stars and owners of", "title": "Branson Famous" }, { "docid": "16568342", "text": "2012 interview with \"Goldmine\", the famous Oldies music magazine, Bobby Bennett, the last surviving member of the Famous Flames, when asked how he'd like the group to be remembered, said: \"I want (people) to know one thing,” replied Bennett. “We were the Famous Flames… James Brown was a Famous Flame, Bobby Byrd was a Famous Flame, Lloyd Stallworth was a Famous Flame and Bobby Bennett was a Famous Flame…wherever we played, we were the Famous Flames. We were never the band, \"never\". We were the 3 guys who danced (and sang) with him and the 3 guys who performed with", "title": "Bobby Bennett (The Famous Flames)" }, { "docid": "11980138", "text": "2007. \"Famous in a Small Town\" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 7, 2007. After 33 weeks on the chart, it peaked at number 14 on November 17, 2007. Famous in a Small Town \"Famous in a Small Town\" is a song written by Travis Howard and co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in April 2007 as the second single from her album \"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\". It was Lambert's second Top 20 hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart. It was", "title": "Famous in a Small Town" }, { "docid": "8883541", "text": "an equity stake each time and did not stay long enough to get the company back on track. By August 1985, Bass Brothers had sold a majority share to an investor group, who planned a major expansion. By 1988 the company lost $2.5 million. That year the Shansby Group purchased Famous Amos for $3 million. After one year as a paid spokesman for his sold company, Amos quit in frustration. The Famous Amos brand has gone through a number of owners since inception. Between 1988 and 2001, the Famous Amos company went through more than five different owners. In 1992", "title": "Famous Amos" }, { "docid": "7823848", "text": "MCA also helps to organize other regattas. In order to participate in these regattas, you must be a member of the MCA. Currently there are 3 active Mutineer 15 fleets in the continental United States. The first was fleet 34 in Alabama. In 2010, 3 other fleets became active: Fleet 15 in Colorado, Fleet 2 in Texas and Fleet 18 in Florida. Two other fleets are organizing with the intention of activating: Fleet 6 in Michigan and Fleet 1 in the Mid-Atlantic. Mutineer 15 The Mutineer 15 is a long fractional sloop sailboat currently manufactured by Nickels Boat Works. It", "title": "Mutineer 15" }, { "docid": "780138", "text": "the vice admiral's pennant. In the Royal Navy the rank of vice-admiral should be distinguished from the office of \"Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom\", which is an Admiralty position usually held by a retired \"full\" admiral, and that of \"Vice-Admiral of the Coast\", a now obsolete office dealing with naval administration in each of the maritime counties. In Vietnam, the equivalent to vice admiral is the \"phó đô đốc\". Vice admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to", "title": "Vice admiral" }, { "docid": "9571853", "text": "of Byrd's 1971 hit \"I Know You Got Soul\" and numerous other Famous Flames hits over the years. Despite rumors of bad blood, Byrd contended he \"still loved\" Brown and felt the matter was more due to issues with Universal than with Brown. Lloyd Stallworth died in 2001, followed by Johnny Terry in 2005 and Brown in December 2006. An emotional Byrd performed at Brown's public funeral in Augusta, singing \"Sex Machine\" and \"I Know You Got Soul\". Byrd himself would die nine months later, in September 2007. Bobby Bennett, the last living member of The Famous Flames, lived long", "title": "The Famous Flames" }, { "docid": "6245309", "text": "been performing as a solo artist, and all three World Famous Pontani Sisters have been prominently involved in a movement to save historic Coney Island in New York from developers. The Pontani Sisters were awarded the title, \"Best NY Based Dance Company\", in 2002 by Show Business Weekly, \"Best Super Hot Dancing Trio\", by The Village Voice in 2006 as well as \"#1 Burlesque Attraction in the Nation\" in 2006 by AOL.com. They currently appear in the weekly long-running show in Manhattan, \"This is Burlesque\" with drag-King Murray Hill The World Famous Pontani Sisters The World Famous Pontani Sisters are", "title": "The World Famous Pontani Sisters" }, { "docid": "3016744", "text": "with nine Tahitian women. The mutineers who had perished had, however, already had children with their Tahitian wives. Most of these children were still living. Adams and Maimiti claimed Christian had been murdered during the conflict between the Tahitian men and the mutineers. According to an account by a Pitcairn woman named Jenny who left the island in 1817, Christian was shot while working by a pond next to the home of his pregnant wife. Along with Christian, four other mutineers and all six of the Tahitian men who had come to the island were killed in the conflict. William", "title": "Fletcher Christian" }, { "docid": "19337119", "text": "I'm Famous \"I'm Famous\" is a song by British YouTuber Marcus Butler and British singer Conor Maynard. It was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 22 January 2016. on 22 January 2016. The single was a minor success on the UK Singles Chart reaching number 85 for one week. The music video of the song has been released onto Marcus Butler's YouTube channel. The music video for this song has nearly 5 million views. \"I'm Famous\" was written by Marcus himself and Brett McLaughlin, who wrote and sang chorus part of Marcus's previous song \"I'm a", "title": "I'm Famous" }, { "docid": "15054786", "text": "Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big is the third mixtape by American rapper Big Sean. It was released as a free online download on August 31, 2010, by Kanye West's label GOOD Music. The production was handled from Sean himself, alongside his boss and label-mate Kanye West, Clinton Sparks and No I.D.; as well as the guest appearances from Bun B, Big K.R.I.T., YG, Drake, Asher Roth, Mike Posner, Tyga and Currensy, among others. The album's lyrical content largely deals with Sean's history and his recent fame, with the focus mainly being on his burgeoning music", "title": "Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big" }, { "docid": "18767069", "text": "the scene it's deconstructing with perceptive humor, it's never mean\". Barely Famous Barely Famous is an American reality television parody on VH1. The first season was 6 episodes broadcast on Wednesday nights at 9:30, starting March 18, 2015. On April 28, 2015 VH1 announced that the show had been renewed for a second six-episode season which premiered on June 29, 2016. The show was created by sisters Sara and Erin Foster who stated via a press release that they were influenced by \"The Larry Sanders Show\", \"Extras\" and \"The Comeback\" and that \"By design, the show pokes fun at the", "title": "Barely Famous" }, { "docid": "18767063", "text": "Barely Famous Barely Famous is an American reality television parody on VH1. The first season was 6 episodes broadcast on Wednesday nights at 9:30, starting March 18, 2015. On April 28, 2015 VH1 announced that the show had been renewed for a second six-episode season which premiered on June 29, 2016. The show was created by sisters Sara and Erin Foster who stated via a press release that they were influenced by \"The Larry Sanders Show\", \"Extras\" and \"The Comeback\" and that \"By design, the show pokes fun at the reality show genre as we play these stereotypical, delusional sisters", "title": "Barely Famous" }, { "docid": "16835521", "text": "Already Famous Already Famous (Chinese:一泡而红: Yi Pao Er Hong) is a 2011 Singaporean comedy film and the feature film directorial debut of Michelle Chong, who also starred in the film alongside Taiwanese idol Alien Huang. The movie released on 1 December 2011 in Singapore and was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. \"Already Famous\" was well received in Singapore, where it grossed S$1.04 million and viewer demand for the film grew so high that movie theaters had to double the number of", "title": "Already Famous" }, { "docid": "14717143", "text": "three-star rank with a NATO code of OF-8, equivalent to corps general or lieutenant general in seniority. Officially, it is not a rank, but a style and position (\"rang et appelation\" in French) bestowed upon some vice-admiral (which is the highest actual substantive rank and is a three-star rank with NATO code OF-7 equivalent to rear admiral (upper half) or major general). In other countries, this corresponds to Ammiraglio di squadra (equivalent to OF-8) such as the Italian Navy. Squadron vice-admiral Squadron vice-admiral () is a naval rank found in navies of the world which follow the French tradition of", "title": "Squadron vice-admiral" }, { "docid": "14357643", "text": "(based on memory rather than a manuscript). Just as the authorship of \"Famous Victories\" is disputed, so too is its chronological placement in the development of the English drama. However, as published in 1598 the play is advertised as one acted by \"her Queen's Majesty's Players\", referring to Queen Elizabeth's Men, a company which, while surviving into the 1590s was in deep decline by 1590. It is generally agreed that Richard Tarlton, who died in 1588, played the clown role (Dericke) in the play and that William Knell, who died in 1587, played Henry. This is because of a record", "title": "The Famous Victories of Henry V" }, { "docid": "16353980", "text": "the 2012 TIFF Kids International Film Festival in Toronto. Famous Five (film) Famous Five () is a 2012 German children's film. Directed by Mike Marzuk, it is a film adaptation of \"The Famous Five\" by Enid Blyton, which is based primarily on volume Five on Kirrin Island Again. Chapter 1 The start Julian, Dick and Anne get off a bus at a lonely street near by the sea. Anne mentions, that someone should have picked them up, but the Kirrins don't have a car. Julian puts Anne in mind of not calling Georgina \"Georgina\" but \"George\". A woman in a", "title": "Famous Five (film)" }, { "docid": "16353955", "text": "Famous Five (film) Famous Five () is a 2012 German children's film. Directed by Mike Marzuk, it is a film adaptation of \"The Famous Five\" by Enid Blyton, which is based primarily on volume Five on Kirrin Island Again. Chapter 1 The start Julian, Dick and Anne get off a bus at a lonely street near by the sea. Anne mentions, that someone should have picked them up, but the Kirrins don't have a car. Julian puts Anne in mind of not calling Georgina \"Georgina\" but \"George\". A woman in a car arrives and introduces herself as Mrs. Miller, the", "title": "Famous Five (film)" }, { "docid": "780135", "text": "Charles, Prince of Wales holds the honorary rank of vice admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. In France, \"vice-amiral\" is the most senior of the ranks in the French Navy; higher ranks, \"vice-amiral d'escadre\" and \"amiral\", are permanent functions, style and position (in French \"rang et appellation\") given to a \"vice-amiral\"-ranking officer. The \"vice-amiral\" rank used to be an OF-8 rank in NATO charts, but nowadays, it is more an OF-7 rank. The rank of \"vice-amiral d'escadre\" (literally, \"squadron vice-admiral\", with more precision, \"fleet vice-admiral\") equals a NATO OF-8 rank. In the \"ancien régime\" Navy, between 1669 and 1791. The", "title": "Vice admiral" }, { "docid": "8509766", "text": "235-6). Appointments were made by the Lord High Admiral when this officer existed. When the admiralty was in commission appointments were made by the crown by letters patent under the seal of the admiralty court. This is a list of people who have served as Vice-Admiral of Cheshire. Vice-Admiral of Cheshire The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of Cheshire was responsible for the defence County of Cheshire, England. As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district. His responsibilities included pressing men for naval service, deciding the lawfulness of prizes (captured by privateers), dealing", "title": "Vice-Admiral of Cheshire" }, { "docid": "18071805", "text": "\"Pitchfork\" on December 20, 2012, and the site later placed it at number 88 on their list of the Top 100 Tracks of 2013. The Man Who Died in His Boat The Man Who Died in His Boat is the ninth studio album by Grouper, the stage name of American musician Liz Harris. It was released on February 4, 2013 on Kranky. The album consists of outtakes from the previous several years, when she was in the process of recording \"Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill\". A photograph of Harris' mother is featured on the cover art. In a", "title": "The Man Who Died in His Boat" }, { "docid": "8677924", "text": "Famous Classic Tales Famous Classic Tales is an American anthology series on CBS which aired animated television specials based on classic children's stories from 1970 to 1984. The series was produced by the Australian division of Hanna-Barbera and Air Programs International (API), also from Australia. \"Famous Classic Tales\" was broadcast on CBS and distributed by Kids Klassics Home Video and Storybook World. It had cartoons from API's \"Family Classic Tales\". Featured cartoons included adaptions of classic literature such as \"Gulliver's Travels\", \"Treasure Island\", \"Black Beauty\", \"Moby-Dick\", and many others. The creation of a series of animated features based on classic", "title": "Famous Classic Tales" }, { "docid": "11148636", "text": "Nearly Famous Nearly Famous is a television drama mini-series about a group of British teenagers at a top London school of the performing arts. It is shown in the UK and Ireland on E4. The show has been compared to other teen drama series such as \"The O.C.\" and \"Skins\". The show debuted on E4 on 8 November 2007 and ended its run on 13 December 2007. It is filmed in Kent, England. There are no plans to continue into a second series, but the series has been left open so that a second series could be made on demand.", "title": "Nearly Famous" }, { "docid": "9242990", "text": "featured in issues #3–48. For several years Victor E. Pazmiño drew most of the covers for \"Famous Funnies\". \"Oaky Doaks\" was featured often on the covers of the title, which also reprinted the strip. Lank Leonard's \"Mickey Finn\" was featured in issues #28–35. \"Famous Funnies\" #32 featured the first appearance of the Phantom Magician as a supporting character in the feature \"The Adventures of Patsy.\" The Phantom Magician was an early costumed hero pre-dating Superman. \"Famous Funnies\" #39 began reprints of the Ledger Syndicate strip \"Eagle Scout Roy Powers\". Penned by artist Paul Powell, himself a former Boy Scout, this", "title": "Famous Funnies" }, { "docid": "20825923", "text": "2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The 2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is a college football bowl game that will be played on December 21, 2018. It will be the 22nd edition of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, and will be one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game will be sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission. The game will be played between the Western Michigan Broncos, from the Mid-American Conference, and the BYU Cougars, who are independent. The programs have previously met five times, most recently in 1970, with BYU holding a 3–2 edge.", "title": "2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl" }, { "docid": "20648579", "text": "Famous Birthdays Famous Birthdays is a Los Angeles, California-based website dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. It was founded in 2012 by Evan Britton, who has since described the website as \"Wikipedia for Generation Z\". It originally focused on traditional celebrities like Tom Hanks and Kobe Bryant, but it has since broadened its scope to include celebrities popular on the Internet who would not conventionally be considered \"famous\". As of January 2018, it had over 150,000 pages of people and was viewed by an average of 18 million unique users each month.", "title": "Famous Birthdays" }, { "docid": "20648578", "text": "Famous Birthdays Famous Birthdays is a Los Angeles, California-based website dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. It was founded in 2012 by Evan Britton, who has since described the website as \"Wikipedia for Generation Z\". It originally focused on traditional celebrities like Tom Hanks and Kobe Bryant, but it has since broadened its scope to include celebrities popular on the Internet who would not conventionally be considered \"famous\". As of January 2018, it had over 150,000 pages of people and was viewed by an average of 18 million unique users each month.", "title": "Famous Birthdays" }, { "docid": "13501477", "text": "John Ross, Cherokee chiefs who took different sides in the American Civil War, Confederate and Union, respectively. Another military figure is Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, the highest-ranking army officer of Indian ancestry. Four women, spanning colonial, nineteenth century and contemporary times, were also inducted: National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians The National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians (also known as American Indian Hall of Fame), established in 1952 in Anadarko, Oklahoma, is part of a complex representing American Indian life. The National Hall of Fame has bronze busts mounted outdoors. The Hall of Fame, which", "title": "National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians" }, { "docid": "5308092", "text": "Vice-Admiral of the West The historical title Vice-Admiral of the West is sometimes applied to holders of the crown appointment Vice-Admiral of the Coast of counties in the South West of England. The duties of a Vice-Admiral of the coast were to control the shipping (especially piracy) around a maritime county's coast and organise defense on land and at sea. He also acted as a local judge to deal with maritime matters. It is not entirely clear if the role of Vice-Admiral of the West was in fact separate or additional to the role either Vice-Admiral of the Coast of", "title": "Vice-Admiral of the West" }, { "docid": "5915469", "text": "Nathan's Famous Nathan's Famous, Inc. is an American company that operates a chain of fast food restaurants specializing in hot dogs. The original Nathan's restaurant stands at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York. The company's headquarters are at One Jericho Plaza in Jericho, New York, part of Oyster Bay, New York. Nathan's began as a nickel hot dog stand in Coney Island in 1916 and bears the name of co-founder Nathan Handwerker (June 14, 1892 – March 24, 1974), who started the business with", "title": "Nathan's Famous" }, { "docid": "1419322", "text": "The Famous Jett Jackson The Famous Jett Jackson is a joint Canadian and American coming-of-age television series for the Disney Channel. The show is about a boy named Jett Jackson (Lee Thompson Young) who plays a teenage secret agent on a fictional TV show-within-a-show called \"Silverstone\". Jett Jackson previously lived with his actress mother in Los Angeles, but missed his home and his friends. Longing for a relatively normal life, Jett succeeds in getting the production of \"Silverstone\" moved to the fictional Wilsted, North Carolina, thus providing jobs to townspeople while affording Jett the chance to live with his father,", "title": "The Famous Jett Jackson" }, { "docid": "7062508", "text": "The Last of the Famous International Playboys \"The Last of the Famous International Playboys\" was the third single released by Morrissey. It reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was not featured on one of Morrissey's main studio albums, but can be found on the compilation album \"Bona Drag\" along with the B-side \"Lucky Lisp\". The artwork for the single features Morrissey, aged 7, up a tree in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester—literally a boy at play. \"The Last of the Famous International Playboys\" is notable for featuring three of Morrissey's former colleagues in The Smiths—Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce and", "title": "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" }, { "docid": "16405655", "text": "Christian Nieves Christian Nieves is a Puerto Rican cuatro player. Although having been playing with his father for most of his life, Nieves is mostly known for been a performer in the American reality television series , where his performance became famous for bringing singer Jennifer Lopez to tears who considered the melody very emotional. Christian Javier Nieves Maldonado was born in the Hospital del Maestro in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 16, 1981. He is the eldest of 3 children, two women, Monika and Natalia, and Christian, as a single male, Modesto Nieves and Beatriz Maldonado, procreated in", "title": "Christian Nieves" }, { "docid": "19435194", "text": "a price of $9.99, and subsequently reached No. 5 on the iTunes movie comedy chart. One month after the online release, it was made available worldwide on Netflix starting July 21. The story follows five online sensations as they prepare to attend a live show in which a worldwide audience will vote on which of them wins their own TV show. Internet Famous Internet Famous is a 2016 mockumentary comedy film satirizing the Internet celebrity phenomenon. It was written and directed by Michael Gallagher and Steve Greene, and features several real-life internet celebrities portraying parodies of themselves or general stereotypes.", "title": "Internet Famous" }, { "docid": "4346484", "text": "Famous Monsters of Filmland Famous Monsters of Filmland is an American genre-specific film magazine, started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman. \"Famous Monsters of Filmland\" directly inspired the creation of many other similar publications, including \"Castle of Frankenstein\", \"Cinefantastique\", \"Fangoria\", \"The Monster Times\", and \"Video Watchdog\". In addition, hundreds, if not thousands, of \"FM\"-influenced horror, fantasy and science fiction movie-related fanzines have been produced, some of which have continued to publish for decades, such as \"Midnight Marquee\" and \"Little Shoppe of Horrors\". \"Famous Monsters of Filmland\" was originally conceived as a one-shot publication by Warren", "title": "Famous Monsters of Filmland" }, { "docid": "5281420", "text": "was appointed Governor of New South Wales. He returned to London in 1810 having suffered a further rebellion by local army officers who opposed Bligh's attempts to reform local practices, as well as his rule by \"fiat\"; Bligh was again court-martialed and acquitted. On his retirement he was promoted to rear admiral; he died in 1817. Fletcher Christian, who had taken the \"Bounty\" to Pitcairn Island and founded a colony there with a group of hard core mutineers and conscripted Tahitians, was killed in September 1793 during a feud. Christian's last recorded words, supposedly, were \"Oh, dear!\" Peter Heywood Peter", "title": "Peter Heywood" }, { "docid": "7674527", "text": "acquired by ABC Records for $5.5 million with most of the Famous labels absorbed into ABC Records. Famous had distribution deals with Neighborhood Records and Sire Records, the latter of which continued under ABC until 1977. The catalogs of all the ABC/Famous Music labels are now owned by Universal Music Group (with some exceptions, for example, the 1968-1970 catalog of Stax Records, which during that period was owned by Famous, is owned by Concord Music Group, itself distributed by UMG.) Various labels under Universal manage different parts of the catalog depending on the genre. Here are some examples: Famous Music", "title": "Famous Music" }, { "docid": "16405664", "text": "the sound streets of the center of the island, the cuatrista, 34-year-old has an overall sound that part of the full knowledge of tradition and virtuosity without limits to benefit from its curious and multidimensional ear. Christian Nieves Christian Nieves is a Puerto Rican cuatro player. Although having been playing with his father for most of his life, Nieves is mostly known for been a performer in the American reality television series , where his performance became famous for bringing singer Jennifer Lopez to tears who considered the melody very emotional. Christian Javier Nieves Maldonado was born in the Hospital", "title": "Christian Nieves" }, { "docid": "14022305", "text": "spelling for Kirrin Island), although it was not the first episode filmed (\"Five Go to Mystery Moor\"). The first series proved popular and, to capitalise on its success, the first six episodes of the second series (which had been filmed in the summer of 1978) were broadcast on Sundays in November and December. The remaining seven episodes of the second series were broadcast on Wednesdays from June to August 1979 (again, a year after production). \"The Famous Five\" was sold to many overseas countries such as Ireland (where it was repeated in 1981, 1983 and 1985), Canada and Australia and", "title": "The Famous Five (1978 TV series)" }, { "docid": "13501475", "text": "National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians The National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians (also known as American Indian Hall of Fame), established in 1952 in Anadarko, Oklahoma, is part of a complex representing American Indian life. The National Hall of Fame has bronze busts mounted outdoors. The Hall of Fame, which has free admission and is staffed by volunteers, features busts of forty-one Native Americans from various tribes to honor their contributions and place in American history. Also in Anadarko is the Southern Plains Indian Museum, which features highly skilled arts and crafts of contemporary and", "title": "National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians" }, { "docid": "5915476", "text": "(women's 2014–2018). In 2008, Chestnut tied Kobayashi after eating 59 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. The tie resulted in a five hot dog eat-off, which Chestnut won by consuming all five before Kobayashi. In 2018, Chestnut consumed 74 hot dogs and buns for a new world record. Nathan's Famous Nathan's Famous, Inc. is an American company that operates a chain of fast food restaurants specializing in hot dogs. The original Nathan's restaurant stands at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York. The company's", "title": "Nathan's Famous" } ]

[ "8th planet", "Le Verrier's planet", "Neptuno (planet)", "Neptune the blue ocean planet", "Planet Neptune", "Sol 8", "Sol IIX", "Neptune (Planet)", "Neptune's weather", "Neptune (astronomy)", "Astronomy Neptune", "The Scooter (Neptune)", "Eighth planet", "Neptune (planet)", "♆", "Sol-8", "Neptune", "Sol VIII", "Sun i", "Atmosphere of Neptune", "Neptune's Atmosphere", "Weather of Neptune", "Neptune's", "Magnetosphere of Neptune", "Neptune planet", "Neptunus (planet)", "The planet exterior to Uranus", "Neptune's atmosphere" ]

[ { "docid": "1298094", "text": "Neptune (mythology) Neptune ( ) was the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto; the brothers presided over the realms of Heaven, the earthly world, and the Underworld. Salacia was his wife. Depictions of Neptune in Roman mosaics, especially those of North Africa, are influenced by Hellenistic conventions. Neptune was likely associated with fresh water springs before the sea. Like Poseidon, Neptune was worshipped by the Romans also as a god of horses, under the name \"Neptunus", "title": "Neptune (mythology)" }, { "docid": "1298137", "text": "holds a dolphin in each hand (identification with Aplu-Apollo is clear also because Uśil holds a bow). Nethuns holds a double-ended trident, suggesting he might be one of the gods who can wield lightningbolts. Neptune (mythology) Neptune ( ) was the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto; the brothers presided over the realms of Heaven, the earthly world, and the Underworld. Salacia was his wife. Depictions of Neptune in Roman mosaics, especially those of North Africa,", "title": "Neptune (mythology)" }, { "docid": "17552790", "text": "sea nymphs whose parents were Nereus and Doris. The Tritons, sons of Poseidon, who were variously represented with the tails of fish or seahorses, formed Poseidon's retinue along with the Nereids. The mythic sea was further peopled by dangerous sea monsters such as Scylla. Poseidon himself had something of the shifting character of the sea, presiding not only over the sea, but also earthquakes, storms and horses. Neptune occupied a similar position in Roman mythology. Another Greek sea-god, Proteus, specifically embodies the domain of sea change, the adjectival form \"protean\" meaning mutable, able to assume many forms. Shakespeare makes use", "title": "Sea in culture" }, { "docid": "959919", "text": ". Jupiter got the sky, Neptune got the sea, and Pluto got the shaft.\" In Riordan's explanation, Hades \"was more of a death god,\" but acquired his identity as a god of wealth among the Romans, along with a new name. Scientific terms derived from the name of Pluto include: Pluto (mythology) Pluto (Latin: \"Plūtō\"; , \"\") was the ruler of the underworld in classical mythology. The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto represents a more positive concept of the god", "title": "Pluto (mythology)" }, { "docid": "3431484", "text": "due to its dimness. Triton did not have an official name until the twentieth century. The name \"Triton\" was suggested by Camille Flammarion in his 1880 book \"Astronomie Populaire\", but it did not come into common use until at least the 1930s. Until this time it was usually simply known as \"the satellite of Neptune\". Other moons of Neptune are also named for Greek and Roman water gods, in keeping with Neptune's position as god of the sea: either from Greek mythology, usually children of Poseidon, the Greek Neptune (Triton, Proteus, Despina, Thalassa); lovers of Poseidon (Larissa); classes of minor", "title": "Moons of Neptune" }, { "docid": "747276", "text": "Ulmo Ulmo (from the Valarin Ulubôz, Ullubôz via Ulumō) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He first appears in \"The Silmarillion\" as a god or Vala of the Elven pantheon. Ulmo is a title, which means \"He who pours\". He is also known as \"King of the Sea\" and \"Lord of Waters\". Ulmo is similar to the god Poseidon in Greek mythology, Neptune in Roman mythology, Ægir in Norse mythology, and Manannan in Celtic mythology. Ulmo was one of the chief architects of Arda (the world). Ulmo was second in majesty of the Valar, after", "title": "Ulmo" } ]

[ { "docid": "19339699", "text": "Apaturia (Greek mythology) Apaturia () was an epithet given to more than one goddess in Greek mythology. The name meant \"the deceitful\". The name Apaturia was given to the goddess Athena by Aethra, the mother of Theseus, who received a dream from Athena urging her to travel to the island of Sphairia to pour a libation for a charioteer of Pelops. After Aethra awoke she traveled to the island and was there raped by the god Poseidon. Aethra later established there a temple to this aspect of the goddess, and started a custom where brides would offer up their maidenhood", "title": "Apaturia (Greek mythology)" }, { "docid": "13644368", "text": "flew too close to the sun so that the wax melted and Icarus fell to his death in the sea. The \"God of War\" franchise of video games is set in a land of Greek mythology, with the main character being named after Kratos from Greek mythology (though is not the same character). The video game Kratos is the son of Olympian god Zeus and is the personification of power. Koei Tecmo's \"Warriors Orochi 4\" is focus themed in Greek Mythology and it's set with combination between Asian Mythology, three kingdoms era, Japanese Warring States period and Greek Mythology. The", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "3101526", "text": "Libya (mythology) Libya (from ) is the daughter of Epaphus, King of Egypt, in both Greek and Roman mythology. She personified the land of Ancient Libya in North Africa, from which the name of modern-day Libya originated. In Greek mythology, Libya, like Ethiopia or Scythia was one of the mythic outlands that encircled the familiar Greek world of the Hellenes and their \"foreign\" neighbors. Personified as an individual, Libya was the daughter of Epaphus—King of Egypt, and the son of Zeus and Io—and Memphis. Libya was ravished by the god Poseidon to whom she bore twin sons, Belus and Agenor.", "title": "Libya (mythology)" }, { "docid": "4168671", "text": "Athos (mythology) Athos ([ˈæθɒs] Greek: , ) from Greek mythology, was one of the Gigantes. He is most known for the creation of Mt. Athos, a mountain and peninsula in northern Greece, known as \"The Holy Mountain\", that is located in northern Greece. There are two versions regarding the creation of the mountain, and they both involve Poseidon, Greek God of the sea, son of Kronos and brother to Zeus and Hades. In one version of the story, Athos throws a mountain at Poseidon but misses. It is said that \" Athos got away and the rock he was about", "title": "Athos (mythology)" }, { "docid": "4168678", "text": "1988 it was made into a national heritage site. Athos (mythology) Athos ([ˈæθɒs] Greek: , ) from Greek mythology, was one of the Gigantes. He is most known for the creation of Mt. Athos, a mountain and peninsula in northern Greece, known as \"The Holy Mountain\", that is located in northern Greece. There are two versions regarding the creation of the mountain, and they both involve Poseidon, Greek God of the sea, son of Kronos and brother to Zeus and Hades. In one version of the story, Athos throws a mountain at Poseidon but misses. It is said that \"", "title": "Athos (mythology)" }, { "docid": "10005433", "text": "Poseidon (DC Comics) Poseidon is the name of a DC Comics deity who is based on the Greek god of the same name. Due to his status as Greek god of the sea, the character has figured primarily in stories relating to two of DC Comics' main superhero properties: Wonder Woman (an Amazon warrior with various connections to the Greek pantheon) and Aquaman (the king of the underwater city of Atlantis). Poseidon first appears in \"Flash Comics\" #9 and was adapted by George Pérez. Poseidon's history in Greek mythology is the same in the DC Comics universe outside of the", "title": "Poseidon (DC Comics)" }, { "docid": "548533", "text": "Triton (mythology) Triton (; \"Tritōn\") is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as a merman which has the upper body of a human and the tail, soft dorsal fin, spiny dorsal fin, anal fin, pelvic fins and caudal fin of a fish, \"sea-hued\", according to Ovid \"his shoulders barnacled with sea-shells\". Like his father, Poseidon, he carried a trident. However, Triton's special attribute was a twisted conch shell, on which he blew", "title": "Triton (mythology)" }, { "docid": "17552789", "text": "Europe, serpents, bulls, dolphins and dragons were customary used to decorate ships' prows and by the thirteenth century, the swan was commonly used to signify grace and mobility. Symbolically, the sea has long been perceived as a hostile and dangerous environment populated by fantastic creatures: the gigantic Leviathan of the Bible, the shark-like Isonade in Japanese mythology, and the ship-swallowing Kraken of late Norse mythology. The Greek mythology of the sea includes a complex pantheon of gods and other supernatural creatures. The god of the sea, Poseidon, is accompanied by his wife, Amphitrite, who is one of the fifty Nereids,", "title": "Sea in culture" }, { "docid": "13644385", "text": "mythology which were seen to be a \"slight to Christianity.\" From a current cultural perspective, the Greek Orthodox metropolitan Agustinos Kantiotis has denounced the use of Greek mythology such as the use of Hermes on a postage stamp and the incorporation of images from Greek mythology into universities' logos and buildings. Within the cultures of Latin America, beginning in the 19th Century, the inspiration for culture has been dominated by elements from the Native American cultural myths, rather than those of the Greco-Roman inspiration. Greek women poets of the modern era; such as Maria Polydouri, Pavlina Pamboudi, Myrtiotissa, Melissanthi and", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "12451376", "text": "Greek) the son of Uranus. What is anomalous is that, while the others take Roman names, \"Uranus\" is a name derived from Greek in contrast to the Roman Caelus. Uranus (mythology) Uranus (; Ancient Greek , \"Ouranos\" meaning \"sky\" or \"heaven\") was the primal Greek god personifying the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities. Uranus is associated with the Roman god Caelus. In Ancient Greek literature, Uranus or Father Sky was the son and husband of Gaia, Mother Earth. According to Hesiod's \"Theogony\", Uranus was conceived by Gaia alone, but other sources cite Aether as his father. Uranus", "title": "Uranus (mythology)" }, { "docid": "14945078", "text": "counterparts. Rome's early myths and legends also have a dynamic relationship with Etruscan religion, less documented than that of the Greeks. While Roman mythology may lack a body of divine narratives as extensive as that found in Greek literature, Romulus and Remus suckling the she-wolf is as famous as any image from Greek mythology except for the Trojan Horse. Because Latin literature was more widely known in Europe throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, the interpretations of Greek myths by the Romans often had a greater influence on narrative and pictorial representations of \"classical mythology\" than Greek sources.", "title": "Roman mythology" }, { "docid": "2939992", "text": "Arete (mythology) In Greek mythology, Queen Arete (; Ancient Greek: , \"Arētē\" \"virtue\") of Scheria, was the wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas. Arete was the daughter of Rhexenor. She was a descendant of Poseidon, who, making love to Periboea, begot Nausithous, who in turn had two sons, Rhexenor, her father and Alcinous, her uncle and later on, her husband. Her name appears to be associated with the Ionic noun ἀρητή, meaning \"sacred\", \"cursed\" or \"prayed.\" Some sources claim that it means \"righteous\", while others connect it with Ares, the Greek god of war. Arete was also", "title": "Arete (mythology)" }, { "docid": "837626", "text": "be discerned in the smoke and, moreover, a sound as of trumpets was heard)\". Names for the Giants can be found in ancient literary sources and inscriptions. Vian and Moore provide a list with over seventy entries, some of which are based upon inscriptions which are only partially preserved. Some of the Giants identified by name are: Giants (Greek mythology) In Greek and Roman Mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes (\"jye-GAHN-tees\" or \"gee-GAHN-tees\"; Greek: Γίγαντες, \"Gígantes\", Γίγας, \"Gígas\") were a race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size, known for the Gigantomachy (Gigantomachia), their battle with", "title": "Giants (Greek mythology)" }, { "docid": "9769202", "text": "Cychreus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Cychreus (; Ancient Greek: Κυχρεύς) was the son of Poseidon and Salamis, daughter of the river god Asopus. Depending upon the version of the myth, Cychreus either became the king of Salamis, or else went on a rampage there, because of his hotheaded nature, and was driven away by Eurelochus. Either way, a dragon clearly named after Cychreus is involved. Either Cychreus is known as \"the dragon\" for his short temper, or there is a dragon named Cychreides who rampages in Cychreus' place. If there is a separate dragon, then Cychreus slays it and gets", "title": "Cychreus (mythology)" }, { "docid": "20082424", "text": "a colony on the said country naming it after themselves. The only single source of the accounts of Achaeus is recounted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in his \"Roman Antiquities\" about the Pelasgian race's migration in connection with Achaeus. Achaeus (son of Poseidon) In Greek mythology, Achaeus or Achaios (; Ancient Greek: \"Akhaios\" derived from \"achos\" \"αχος\" \"grief, pain, woe\"), has been said to be the eponym of Achaea, otherwise attributed to another Achaeus, the son of Xuthus, son of Deucalion. Achaeus is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea and Larissa, daughter of Pelasgus, the son of Triopas and", "title": "Achaeus (son of Poseidon)" }, { "docid": "19332", "text": "Andromeda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα, \"Androméda\" or Ἀνδρομέδη, \"Andromédē\") is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage Andromeda as divine punishment. Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus. Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek (\"Androméda\") or (\"Andromédē\"): \"ruler of men\", from (\"anēr, andrós\") \"man\", and \"medon\", \"ruler\". As a subject, Andromeda has been", "title": "Andromeda (mythology)" }, { "docid": "20094872", "text": "was then called Haemonia and now Thessaly. The leaders of the colony were Achaeus, Phthius and Pelasgus, the sons of Larisa and Poseidon. When they arrived in Haemonia they drove out the barbarian inhabitants and divided the country into three parts, calling them, after the names of their leaders, Phthiotis, Achaia and Pelasgiotis.\"\" Phthius (mythology) In Greek mythology, Phthius (Ancient Greek: φθῖος) was the name of two different figures: Phthius, son of Lycaon. Together with his father and the rest of his brothers (except Nyctimus), Zeus slayed them with lightning because they tried to serve the god with human flesh.\"\"Lycaon,", "title": "Phthius (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13644362", "text": "elements tantalum and niobium are always found together in nature, and have been named after the King Tantalus and his daughter Niobe. The element promethium also draws its name from Greek mythology, as does titanium, which was named after the titans who in mythology were locked away far underground, which reflected the difficulty of extracting titanium from ore. The U.S. Apollo Space Program to take astronauts to the moon, was named after Apollo, based the god's ability as an archer to hit his target and being the god of light and knowledge. Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau named his research ship, a", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "872067", "text": "Pirene (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pirene or Peirene (Ancient Greek: Πειρήνη means \"of the osiers\"), a nymph, was either the daughter of the river god Asopus, Laconian king Oebalus, or the River god Achelous, depending on different sources. By Poseidon she became the mother of Lecheas and Cenchrias. When Cenchrias was unintentionally killed by Artemis, Pirene's grief was so profound that she became nothing but tears and turned into the fountain outside the gates of Corinth. The Corinthians had a small sanctuary dedicated to Pirene by the fountain where honey-cakes were offered to her to during the dry months of", "title": "Pirene (mythology)" }, { "docid": "872068", "text": "early summer. The fountain was sacred to the Muses and it was there that Bellerophon found Pegasus (as Polyidus had claimed), drinking, and tamed him. Pirene (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pirene or Peirene (Ancient Greek: Πειρήνη means \"of the osiers\"), a nymph, was either the daughter of the river god Asopus, Laconian king Oebalus, or the River god Achelous, depending on different sources. By Poseidon she became the mother of Lecheas and Cenchrias. When Cenchrias was unintentionally killed by Artemis, Pirene's grief was so profound that she became nothing but tears and turned into the fountain outside the gates of", "title": "Pirene (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13644369", "text": "new character of this game is also focused in Greek Mythology such as Zeus, Athena, Perseus and Ares. Corporations have used images and concepts from Greek mythology in their logos and in specific advertisements. The wine Semeli is named after Semele, who was the mother of the god of wine Dionysus, drawing on the associations to give the product credibility. The sports apparel company Nike, Inc. is named after the Greek goddess of \"victory\". TriStar Pictures, \"Readers Digest\" and Mobil Oil have used the Pegasus as their corporate logos. In psychoanalytic theory, the term Oedipus complex, coined by Sigmund Freud,", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "6278463", "text": "Dragons in Greek mythology Dragons play a significant role in Greek mythology. The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco. Ancient Greeks applied the term to large, constricting snakes. Daniel Ogden speaks of three ways to explain the origins of Greek dragon myths: as \"vertical\" evolution from (reconstructed) Proto-Indo-European mythology, as \"horizontal\" adaptation from Ancient Near Eastern mythology, or as sitting within \"the cloud of international folktale\". Regarding theories of vertical transmission, Ogden argues that they carry \"an unspoken assumption that prior to such a transfer the Greeks' own myth-world was a \"tabula rasa\"\",", "title": "Dragons in Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "5326593", "text": "Archive has a derivative work: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 pages. It is a classic work of 19th-century lexicography. The work is a companion to Smith's \"Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities\" and \"Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography\". The work lists thirty-five authors in addition to the editor, who is also an author for some definitions and articles. The authors were classical scholars,", "title": "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology" }, { "docid": "5326589", "text": "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 pages. It is a classic work of 19th-century lexicography. The work is a companion to Smith's \"Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities\" and \"Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography\". The work lists thirty-five authors in addition to the editor, who is also an author for some definitions and articles. The authors were classical scholars, primarily from Oxford, Cambridge, Rugby", "title": "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology" }, { "docid": "548542", "text": "\"The Little Mermaid\", inspired by Triton, as an undersea king, the father of the title character. In \"The Little Mermaid\", Triton has seven daughters for the Seven Seas, the youngest named Ariel, of whom he is very overprotective. Though, this character (and all the other ones in the Disney movie) are actually based in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. Triton (mythology) Triton (; \"Tritōn\") is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as", "title": "Triton (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13521737", "text": "comprehensive summary of Cicero's line of thought. In Ancient Roman times, a new Roman mythology was born through syncretization of numerous Greek and other foreign gods. This occurred because the Romans had little mythology of their own, and inheritance of the Greek mythological tradition caused the major Roman gods to adopt characteristics of their Greek equivalents. The gods Zeus and Jupiter are an example of this mythological overlap. In addition to the combination of the two mythological traditions, the association of the Romans with eastern religions led to further syncretizations. For instance, the cult of Sun was introduced in Rome", "title": "Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "13644386", "text": "Rita Boumi-Pappa; rarely use mythological references, which Christopher Robinson attributes to the \"problem of gender roles, both inside and outside the myths.\" Martin Winter says that the idea that many commentaries about the widespread use of Greek myths throughout Western culture does not take into account the vast difference between what a modern viewer takes from the story and what it would have meant to an ancient Greek. Greek mythology in popular culture Elements of Greek mythology have appeared many times in culture and pop culture. The Greek myths had originally been adopted into the culture of ancient Rome, and", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "6278474", "text": "where it became the constellation Draco. Dragons in Greek mythology Dragons play a significant role in Greek mythology. The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco. Ancient Greeks applied the term to large, constricting snakes. Daniel Ogden speaks of three ways to explain the origins of Greek dragon myths: as \"vertical\" evolution from (reconstructed) Proto-Indo-European mythology, as \"horizontal\" adaptation from Ancient Near Eastern mythology, or as sitting within \"the cloud of international folktale\". Regarding theories of vertical transmission, Ogden argues that they carry \"an unspoken assumption that prior to such a transfer the Greeks'", "title": "Dragons in Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "13644379", "text": "at the Walter Kerr Theatre in March 2019. In the 19th century, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote children's versions of the Greek myths, which he intended to \"entirely revolutionize the whole system of juvenile literature.\" His work, along with the works of Bulfinch and Kingsley, have been credited with \"recast[ing] Greek mythology into a genteel Victorian subject.\" The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan stars Percy Jackson the son of Poseidon. Riordan states that he created the character of Percy when trying to tell a story to help his son who has ADHD get interested in reading. In the", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "837580", "text": "Giants (Greek mythology) In Greek and Roman Mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes (\"jye-GAHN-tees\" or \"gee-GAHN-tees\"; Greek: Γίγαντες, \"Gígantes\", Γίγας, \"Gígas\") were a race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size, known for the Gigantomachy (Gigantomachia), their battle with the Olympian gods. According to Hesiod, the Giants were the offspring of Gaia (Earth), born from the blood that fell when Uranus (Sky) was castrated by his Titan son Cronus. Archaic and Classical representations show Gigantes as man-sized hoplites (heavily armed ancient Greek foot soldiers) fully human in form. Later representations (after c. 380 BC) show Gigantes", "title": "Giants (Greek mythology)" }, { "docid": "19333", "text": "popular in art since classical times; it is one of several Greek myths of a Greek hero's rescue of the intended victim of an archaic \"hieros gamos\" (sacred marriage), giving rise to the \"princess and dragon\" motif. From the Renaissance, interest revived in the original story, typically as derived from Ovid's account. In Greek mythology, Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of the African kingdom of Aethiopia. Her mother Cassiopeia boasted that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids, the nymph-daughters of the sea god Nereus and often seen accompanying Poseidon. To punish the", "title": "Andromeda (mythology)" }, { "docid": "1301926", "text": "care of a sleepless dragon. With the Greek god Poseidon, Helle was the mother of the giant Almops and Paeon (called Edonus in some accounts). Helle (mythology) Helle (; ), sometimes also called Athamantis (Ἀθαμαντίς), was a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. Phrixus, son of King Athamas of Boiotia and the half-nymph Nephele, along with his twin sister, Helle, were hated by their stepmother, Ino. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the town's crop seeds so they would not grow. The local farmers,", "title": "Helle (mythology)" }, { "docid": "9769203", "text": "voted king, or else Eurelochus drives it away. In some versions, Cychreus has sex with the nymph Stilbe, and became the father of Chariclo, Chiron's wife. One of his daughters, Glauce, married Telamon. Telamon eventually inherited Cychreus' kingdom after his wife died. Cychreus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Cychreus (; Ancient Greek: Κυχρεύς) was the son of Poseidon and Salamis, daughter of the river god Asopus. Depending upon the version of the myth, Cychreus either became the king of Salamis, or else went on a rampage there, because of his hotheaded nature, and was driven away by Eurelochus. Either way, a", "title": "Cychreus (mythology)" }, { "docid": "20080199", "text": "Onchestos (mythology) In Greek mythology, Onchestos or Onchestus (Ancient Greek: Ογχηστός) was the eponymous founder of the city of Onchestus in Boeotia where the Onchestian Poseidon had a temple and a statue. Little is known about Onchestos and only two literary sources (Plutarch in \"Quaestiones Graecae\" and Pausanias in \"Description of Greece)\" gives information about him. In these accounts he was described as the Boeotian son of Poseidon and father of Abrota, wife of Nisos and Megareus. In some traditions, Onchestus was called the son of Boeotus. In ancient times the city of Onchestus was famous for its sanctuary of", "title": "Onchestos (mythology)" }, { "docid": "15610346", "text": "tomb. He was also credited with having been the founder and eponym of the city Lepreum, though some believed that it was named after Leprea, daughter of Pyrgeus (that is, a possible sister of Lepreus), or simply after the skin disease known as λέπρα (\"leprā\") which had once struck the local population. Lepreus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Lepreus (Ancient Greek: Λεπρεύς) was a son of Caucon (Glaucon) or Pyrgeus, and grandson of Poseidon; one account calls him son of Poseidon. His mother was Astydameia, daughter of Phorbas. Lepreus once advised Augeas to cast Heracles in bonds, so that Augeas wouldn't", "title": "Lepreus (mythology)" }, { "docid": "20080200", "text": "Poseidon and is mentioned in the famous \"Catalogue of Ships\" in Homer's \"Iliad\" where it is referred to as the god's \"bright grove.\" In the \"Homeric Hymns\" to Apollo the grove is also mentioned: Onchestos (mythology) In Greek mythology, Onchestos or Onchestus (Ancient Greek: Ογχηστός) was the eponymous founder of the city of Onchestus in Boeotia where the Onchestian Poseidon had a temple and a statue. Little is known about Onchestos and only two literary sources (Plutarch in \"Quaestiones Graecae\" and Pausanias in \"Description of Greece)\" gives information about him. In these accounts he was described as the Boeotian son", "title": "Onchestos (mythology)" }, { "docid": "16716602", "text": "Poseidon. Eros struck her twice with arrows of love and a confrontation took place for her love. Beroe wore no ornaments or make-up, and she was not vain and never examined herself in the mirror. Beroe was a mortal but often her beauty was compared to that of goddesses. Beroe (mythology) Beroe (Greek: Βερόη) in Greek mythology is a nymph of Beirut, the daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis, and sister of Golgos. She was wooed by both Dionysus and Poseidon, eventually marrying Poseidon. At the birth of Beroe, Hermes acted as the midwife and assisted in the delivery of Beroe", "title": "Beroe (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13521701", "text": "Nereids (who inhabited the sea), river gods, Satyrs, and others. In addition, there were the dark powers of the underworld, such as the Erinyes (or Furies), said to pursue those guilty of crimes against blood-relatives. In order to honor the Ancient Greek pantheon, poets composed the Homeric Hymns (a group of thirty-three songs). Gregory Nagy regards \"the larger Homeric Hymns as simple preludes (compared with \"Theogony\"), each of which invokes one god\". The gods of Greek mythology are described as having essentially corporeal but ideal bodies. According to Walter Burkert, the defining characteristic of Greek anthropomorphism is that \"the Greek", "title": "Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "2280403", "text": "Hippocampus (mythology) The hippocampus or hippocamp, also \"hippokampoi\" (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; , from , \"horse\" and , \"sea monster\"), often called a sea-horse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician, Etruscan, and Greek mythology, though its name has a Greek origin. The hippocampus has typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish. Coins minted at Tyre around the 4th century BC show the patron god Melqart riding on a winged hippocampus and accompanied by dolphins. Coins of the same period from Byblos show a hippocampus diving under", "title": "Hippocampus (mythology)" }, { "docid": "2457027", "text": "as the name of the supreme god of the classical pantheon. \"Classical mythology\" is a term often used to designate the myths belonging to the Greek and Roman traditions. The myths are believed to have been acquired first by oral tradition, entering since Homer and Hesiod (ca. 700 BC) the literate era; later works by those who studied or collected the myths, or sometimes all literary works relating to mythology, are known as \"mythography\" and those who wrote them as mythographers. A classical myth as it appears in later Western culture is usually a syncretism of various versions from both", "title": "Classical mythology" }, { "docid": "3452522", "text": "and his sister-consort Ceto, and the \"Strong Goddess\" Eurybia. With the sea goddess Thalassa (whose own name simply means \"sea\" but is derived from a Pre-Greek root), he fathered the Telchines and all sea life. In a Roman sculpture of the 2nd century AD, Pontus, rising from seaweed, grasps a rudder with his right hand and leans on the prow of a ship. He wears a mural crown, and accompanies Fortuna, whose draperies appear at the left, as twin patron deities of the Black Sea port of Tomis in Moesia. Pontus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pontus (; , , \"Sea\")", "title": "Pontus (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13521689", "text": "was their sexual companion, to every important god except Ares and to many legendary figures. Previously existing myths, such as those of Achilles and Patroclus, also then were cast in a pederastic light. Alexandrian poets at first, then more generally literary mythographers in the early Roman Empire, often re-adapted stories of Greek mythological characters in this fashion. The achievement of epic poetry was to create story-cycles and, as a result, to develop a new sense of mythological chronology. Thus Greek mythology unfolds as a phase in the development of the world and of humans. While self-contradictions in these stories make", "title": "Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "6905314", "text": "no Theban leader is mentioned by Homer in the \"Iliad\". Theban kings in Greek mythology The dynastic history of Thebes in Greek mythology is crowded with a bewildering number of kings between the city's new foundation (by Cadmus) and the Trojan War (see Ogyges). This suggests several competing traditions, which mythographers were forced to reconcile. The first kings of the Boeotia region (before Cadmus and the flood of Deucalion) were Calydnus and Ogyges (Ogygos). The first king of the settlement that would become Thebes was Cadmus, after whom the city was originally called Cadmeia. It only became known as Thebes", "title": "Theban kings in Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "3452521", "text": "Pontus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pontus (; , , \"Sea\") was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the Greek primordial deities. Pontus was Gaia's son and has no father; according to the Greek poet Hesiod, he was born without coupling, though according to Hyginus, Pontus is the son of Aether and Gaia. For Hesiod, Pontus seems little more than a personification of the sea, \"ho pontos\", \"the Road\", by which Hellenes signified the Mediterranean Sea. With Gaia, he fathered Nereus (the Old Man of the Sea), Thaumas (the awe-striking \"wonder\" of the Sea, embodiment of the sea's dangerous aspects), Phorcys", "title": "Pontus (mythology)" }, { "docid": "6905303", "text": "Theban kings in Greek mythology The dynastic history of Thebes in Greek mythology is crowded with a bewildering number of kings between the city's new foundation (by Cadmus) and the Trojan War (see Ogyges). This suggests several competing traditions, which mythographers were forced to reconcile. The first kings of the Boeotia region (before Cadmus and the flood of Deucalion) were Calydnus and Ogyges (Ogygos). The first king of the settlement that would become Thebes was Cadmus, after whom the city was originally called Cadmeia. It only became known as Thebes during the reign of Amphion and Zethus, after the latter's", "title": "Theban kings in Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "13521678", "text": "and various other mythological scenes appear, supplementing the existing literary evidence. Greek mythology has had an extensive influence on the culture, arts, and literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. Poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in the themes. Greek mythology is known today primarily from Greek literature and representations on visual media dating from the Geometric period from to onward. In fact, literary and archaeological sources integrate, sometimes mutually supportive and sometimes in conflict; however, in many cases,", "title": "Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "3082220", "text": "Sinope (mythology) In Greek Mythology, Sinope (Ancient Greek: Σινώπη) was one of the daughters of Asopus and thought to be an eponym of the city Sinope on the Black Sea. According to Corinna and Diodorus Siculus, Sinope was carried away by the god Apollo to the place where later stood the city honouring her name. Diodorus adds that she bore to Apollo a son named Syrus, supposedly afterwards king of the Syrians, who were named after him. However, the Argonautica and Valerius Flaccus relate that Sinope was abducted to the site by Zeus, who, in his passion, swore to fulfil", "title": "Sinope (mythology)" }, { "docid": "867384", "text": "Minyas (mythology) In Greek mythology, Minyas (; Ancient Greek: Μινύας) was the founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia. As the ancestor of the Minyans, a number of Boeotian genealogies lead back to him, according to the classicist H.J. Rose. Accounts vary as to his own parentage: one source states that he was thought to be the son of Orchomenus and Hermippe, his real father being Poseidon; in another account he is called son of Poseidon and Callirhoe; yet others variously give his father as Chryses (son of Poseidon and Chrysogeneia, daughter of Almus), Eteocles, Aeolus, Ares, Aleus, Sisyphus and Halmus (Almus). Minyas", "title": "Minyas (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13644360", "text": "to name its equipment such as the Nike missile project and the Navy having over a dozen ships named from Greek mythology. Greek mythology has been the source for names for a number of ships in the British navy as well as the Australian Royal Navy which has also named a training facility in Victoria called HMAS Cerebus. The Canadair CP-107 Argus of the Royal Canadian Air Force is named in honor of both the hundred eyed Argus Panoptes the \"all seeing\" and Odysseus' dog Argus who was the only one who identified Odysseus upon his return home. Many celestial", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "3082221", "text": "her dearest wish. Sinope declared she wished to remain a virgin. Sinope later tricked Apollo and the river Halys in the same fashion and remained a virgin all her life. Sinope (mythology) In Greek Mythology, Sinope (Ancient Greek: Σινώπη) was one of the daughters of Asopus and thought to be an eponym of the city Sinope on the Black Sea. According to Corinna and Diodorus Siculus, Sinope was carried away by the god Apollo to the place where later stood the city honouring her name. Diodorus adds that she bore to Apollo a son named Syrus, supposedly afterwards king of", "title": "Sinope (mythology)" }, { "docid": "15682429", "text": "disguise of a shepherd. Their story was one of the images Arachne wove into her weaving, along with other disguises that Apollo, Zeus, Poseidon and Dionysus used when seducing mortal women and nymphs. Hyginus makes mention of Euboea, a daughter of a Macareus and the mother of Agreus by Apollo; this may or may not be an alternate version of Amphissa's story. Amphissa was also an alternate name for Metope, the daughter of King Echetus. Amphissa (mythology) In Greek mythology, Amphissa (Ancient Greek: Ἄμφισσα) was a daughter of Macareus, a lover of Apollo and the eponym of the city Amphissa", "title": "Amphissa (mythology)" }, { "docid": "19342", "text": "to the Rocks\" is unusual in showing her alone, fearfully awaiting the monster. The Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino composed an hour-long operatic drama called \"Perseo e Andromeda\" in 2000. Attribution Andromeda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα, \"Androméda\" or Ἀνδρομέδη, \"Andromédē\") is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage Andromeda as divine punishment. Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death", "title": "Andromeda (mythology)" }, { "docid": "959833", "text": "Pluto (mythology) Pluto (Latin: \"Plūtō\"; , \"\") was the ruler of the underworld in classical mythology. The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto represents a more positive concept of the god who presides over the afterlife. \"Ploutōn\" was frequently conflated with \"Ploutos\" (Πλοῦτος, Plutus), a god of wealth, because mineral wealth was found underground, and because as a chthonic god Pluto ruled the deep earth that contained the seeds necessary for a bountiful harvest. The name \"Ploutōn\" came into widespread usage", "title": "Pluto (mythology)" }, { "docid": "872409", "text": "Taras (mythology) Taras (Τάρας) was, according to Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and of the nymph Satyrion. Taras is the eponymous founder of the Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (today South Italy). Note that a harbour close by Taranto is still called Torre Saturo (derived from Satyrion). It was in Torre Saturo, almost 15 km south of Taranto, that Spartan colonists settled their first colony in Taranto zone. Later, around 706 BC, they conquered the Iapygian city of Taranto. On the coinage of the ancient city of Taras, the son of Poseidon is depicted", "title": "Taras (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13521746", "text": "to prove, as in the case of the Greek Moirai and the Norns of Norse mythology. It appears that the Mycenaean religion was the mother of the Greek religion and its pantheon already included many divinities that can be found in classical Greece. However, Greek mythology is generally seen as having heavy influence of Pre-Greek and Near Eastern cultures, and as such contains few important elements for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European religion. Consequently, Greek mythology received minimal scholarly attention in the context of Indo-European comparative mythology until the mid 2000s. Archaeology and mythography have revealed influence from Asia Minor", "title": "Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "15056156", "text": "after Poseidon, god of the sea and of earthquakes in Greek mythology. Poseidon Pass Poseidon Pass () is a pass about high on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula. It leads from Mobiloil Inlet to Larsen Ice Shelf between Cape Keeler and Cape Mayo. It was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in December 1947 and roughly surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in November 1947. It was used by the east coast geological party from Stonington Island in November 1960 and was found to provide an ideal sledge", "title": "Poseidon Pass" }, { "docid": "16716601", "text": "Beroe (mythology) Beroe (Greek: Βερόη) in Greek mythology is a nymph of Beirut, the daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis, and sister of Golgos. She was wooed by both Dionysus and Poseidon, eventually marrying Poseidon. At the birth of Beroe, Hermes acted as the midwife and assisted in the delivery of Beroe then the Virgin Astraia (lady of justice) took the infant Beroe and fed her with the wise breast and told her words of law, feeding her honey and washing her with sacred water. As she grew up, she was highly regarded as an outstanding beauty and destined to marry", "title": "Beroe (mythology)" }, { "docid": "5017369", "text": "been influenced in less obvious ways by the cult of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, though this possibility is still disputed. Later Christian traditions about Jesus were probably influenced by Greco-Roman religion and mythology. Much of Jesus's traditional iconography is apparently derived from Mediterranean deities such as Hermes, Asclepius, Serapis, and Zeus and his traditional birthdate on 25 December, which was not declared as such until the fifth century, was at one point named a holiday in honor of the Roman sun god Sol Invictus. At around the same time Christianity was expanding in the second and third centuries,", "title": "Jesus in comparative mythology" }, { "docid": "15379912", "text": "and answered his feelings. From their mutual love arose Anteros (personification of reciprocated love). Poseidon also made Nerites his charioteer; the boy drove the chariot astonishingly fast, to the admiration of various sea creatures. Helios, for reasons unknown to Aelian's sources, changed Nerites into a shellfish. Aelian himself supposes that Helios might have wanted the boy for himself and was offended by his refusal. As in the first version, Nerea finds him and begs Poseidon to return her brother to his original form. Poseidon took pity on the girl and returned Nerites to his original shape. Nerites (mythology) In Greek", "title": "Nerites (mythology)" }, { "docid": "14945091", "text": "some instances, deities of an enemy power were formally invited through the ritual of \"evocatio\" to take up their abode in new sanctuaries at Rome. Communities of foreigners \"(peregrini)\" and former slaves \"(libertini)\" continued their own religious practices within the city. In this way Mithras came to Rome and his popularity within the Roman army spread his cult as far afield as Roman Britain. The important Roman deities were eventually identified with the more anthropomorphic Greek gods and goddesses, and assumed many of their attributes and myths. Roman mythology Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient", "title": "Roman mythology" }, { "docid": "13644364", "text": "called Trojans. The use of Greek mythology in children's television shows is credited with helping to bring \"the great symbols of world literature and art\" to a mass audience of children who would otherwise have limited exposure. Children's programming has included items such as a recurring segment on CKLW-TV where Don Kolke would be dressed up as Hercules and discuss fitness and Greek mythology. The Battlestar Galactica franchise (particularly the 2004 television series) developed from concepts that utilized Greek mythology and the series \"Heroes\", played on the concept of the new generation of gods overthrowing the old. The television series", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "843999", "text": "Phobos (mythology) Phobos (, , meaning \"fear\") is the personification of fear in Greek mythology. He is the offspring of Aphrodite and Ares. He was known for accompanying Ares into battle along with the ancient war goddess Enyo, the goddess of discord Eris (both sisters of Ares), and Phobos' twin brother Deimos (terror). In Classical Greek mythology, Phobos is more of a personification of the fear brought by war and does not appear as a character in any myths. Timor or Timorus is his Roman equivalent. In Roman mythology, he has also been referred to as Pavor. Phobos is the", "title": "Phobos (mythology)" }, { "docid": "4362716", "text": "Doris (mythology) Doris (; Δωρίς \"bounty\"), an Oceanid, was a sea nymph in Greek mythology, whose name represented the bounty of the sea. She was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the wife of Nereus. She was also aunt to Atlas, the Titan who was made to carry the sky upon his shoulders, whose mother Clymene was a sister of Doris. Doris was mother to Nerites and the fifty Nereids, including Thetis, who was the mother of Achilles, and Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife, and mother of Triton. Doris when not associated with a god, was considered the fertility of the", "title": "Doris (mythology)" }, { "docid": "2939996", "text": "lacking in good understanding, and for the women to whom she has good will she makes an end of strife even among their husbands.\" Arete (mythology) In Greek mythology, Queen Arete (; Ancient Greek: , \"Arētē\" \"virtue\") of Scheria, was the wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas. Arete was the daughter of Rhexenor. She was a descendant of Poseidon, who, making love to Periboea, begot Nausithous, who in turn had two sons, Rhexenor, her father and Alcinous, her uncle and later on, her husband. Her name appears to be associated with the Ionic noun ἀρητή, meaning \"sacred\",", "title": "Arete (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13644365", "text": "\"Lost\" used Greek mythology primarily in its online Lost Experience. During its six-season run, the television series \"\" is set in a fantasy world \"dominated by Greek gods and mythological creatures\", but it also \"plays with Greek legends\" re-writing the historical stories. In the series, the god Ares (played by Kevin Tod Smith) makes several appearances attempting to lure Xena back to a life of spreading chaos and destruction. Amazons, prior to their appearance in American Hollywood films where they have been presented in \"swimsuit-style costume without armor\" and \"Western lingerie combined with various styles of 'tough', male\" clothing, had", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "9179567", "text": "Greek mythology in western art and literature With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance, the poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the imagination of poets and artists, and remained a fundamental influence on the diffusion and perception of Greek mythology through subsequent centuries. From the early years of the Renaissance, artists portrayed subjects from Greek mythology alongside more conventional Christian themes. Among the best-known subjects of Italian artists are Botticelli's \"Birth of Venus\" and \"Pallas and the Centaur\", the Ledas of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and Raphael's \"Galatea\". Through the medium of Latin and the", "title": "Greek mythology in western art and literature" }, { "docid": "878006", "text": "Ler (mythology) Ler (meaning \"Sea\" in Old Irish; \"Lir\" is the genitive form) is a sea god in Irish mythology. His name suggests that he is a personification of the sea, rather than a distinct deity. He is named \"Allód\" in early genealogies, and corresponds to the Llŷr of Welsh mythology. Ler is chiefly an ancestor figure, and is the father of the god Manannán mac Lir, who appears frequently in medieval Irish literature. Ler appears as the titular king in the tale \"The Children of Lir\". Ler, like his Welsh counterpart, is a god of the sea, though in", "title": "Ler (mythology)" }, { "docid": "867386", "text": "Apollonius Rhodius and Pausanias, he was the first king to have made a treasury, of which the ruins were still extant in Pausanias' times. Minyas (mythology) In Greek mythology, Minyas (; Ancient Greek: Μινύας) was the founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia. As the ancestor of the Minyans, a number of Boeotian genealogies lead back to him, according to the classicist H.J. Rose. Accounts vary as to his own parentage: one source states that he was thought to be the son of Orchomenus and Hermippe, his real father being Poseidon; in another account he is called son of Poseidon and Callirhoe; yet", "title": "Minyas (mythology)" }, { "docid": "13521727", "text": "\"On the Trojan side:\" \"On the Greek side:\" Mythology was at the heart of everyday life in Ancient Greece. Greeks regarded mythology as a part of their history. They used myth to explain natural phenomena, cultural variations, traditional enmities and friendships. It was a source of pride to be able to trace the descent of one's leaders from a mythological hero or a god. Few ever doubted that there was truth behind the account of the Trojan War in the \"Iliad\" and \"Odyssey\". According to Victor Davis Hanson, a military historian, columnist, political essayist and former classics professor, and John", "title": "Greek mythology" }, { "docid": "15610344", "text": "Lepreus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Lepreus (Ancient Greek: Λεπρεύς) was a son of Caucon (Glaucon) or Pyrgeus, and grandson of Poseidon; one account calls him son of Poseidon. His mother was Astydameia, daughter of Phorbas. Lepreus once advised Augeas to cast Heracles in bonds, so that Augeas wouldn't have to keep his promise to reward Heracles for cleansing of his stables. Since then, Heracles hated Lepreus; but when he came to Caucon's house after completing his twelve labors, Astydameia insisted that he reconcile with her son. Lepreus then challenged Heracles to several friendly competitions, namely throwing a discus, drawing water,", "title": "Lepreus (mythology)" }, { "docid": "482592", "text": "Mercury (mythology) Mercury (; Latin: \"Mercurius\" ) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon. He is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld. He was considered the son of Maia, who was a daughter of the Titan Atlas, and Jupiter in Roman mythology. His name is possibly related to the Latin word \"merx\" (\"merchandise\"; cf. \"merchant\", \"commerce\", etc.), \"mercari\" (\"to trade\"), and \"merces\" (\"wages\"); another possible", "title": "Mercury (mythology)" }, { "docid": "959836", "text": "the underworld. \"Plūtō\" (; genitive \"Plūtōnis\") is the Latinized form of the Greek \"Plouton\". Pluto's Roman equivalent is Dis Pater, whose name is most often taken to mean \"Rich Father\" and is perhaps a direct translation of \"Plouton.\" Pluto was also identified with the obscure Roman Orcus, like Hades the name of both a god of the underworld and the underworld as a place. The borrowed Greek name \"Pluto\" is sometimes used for the ruler of the dead in Latin literature, leading some mythology handbooks to assert misleadingly that Pluto was the Roman counterpart of Hades. \"Pluto\" (\"Pluton\" in French", "title": "Pluto (mythology)" }, { "docid": "20082423", "text": "Achaeus (son of Poseidon) In Greek mythology, Achaeus or Achaios (; Ancient Greek: \"Akhaios\" derived from \"achos\" \"αχος\" \"grief, pain, woe\"), has been said to be the eponym of Achaea, otherwise attributed to another Achaeus, the son of Xuthus, son of Deucalion. Achaeus is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea and Larissa, daughter of Pelasgus, the son of Triopas and this makes him of Argive descent through his mother's parentage. He is the brother of Phthius and Pelasgus. Together with his brothers Phthius and Pelasgus, they left Achaean Argos with a Pelasgian contingent for Thessaly. They then established", "title": "Achaeus (son of Poseidon)" }, { "docid": "831548", "text": "Ino (Greek mythology) In Greek mythology Ino (; Ancient Greek: Ἰνώ, ) was a mortal queen of Boeotia, who after her death and transfiguration was worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the \"white goddess.\" Alcman called her \"Queen of the Sea\" (), which, if not hyperbole, would make her a doublet of Amphitrite. Ino was the second wife of the Minyan king Athamas, mother of Learches and Melicertes and stepmother of Phrixus and Helle. She was the second daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia and one of the three sisters of Semele, the mortal woman of the house of", "title": "Ino (Greek mythology)" }, { "docid": "831556", "text": "at Magnesia (Burkert 1992:44). Ino (Greek mythology) In Greek mythology Ino (; Ancient Greek: Ἰνώ, ) was a mortal queen of Boeotia, who after her death and transfiguration was worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the \"white goddess.\" Alcman called her \"Queen of the Sea\" (), which, if not hyperbole, would make her a doublet of Amphitrite. Ino was the second wife of the Minyan king Athamas, mother of Learches and Melicertes and stepmother of Phrixus and Helle. She was the second daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia and one of the three sisters of Semele, the mortal woman", "title": "Ino (Greek mythology)" }, { "docid": "2537037", "text": "of wine, seized him by the legs, raised him, and plunged him into the cask, drowning him.\" Larissa (mythology) In Greek mythology, Larissa or Larisa () was the name of two different figures that appears in various accounts: Larisa was a nymph from Thessaly. She was described by Pausanias as a daughter of Pelasgus, son of Triopas, king of Argos. Hellanicus states that the sons of Poseidon and Larissa were Achaios, Phthios, and Pelasgus. These sons left Argos and arrived in Haemonia (Thessaly) where they drove out the barbarian inhabitants and divided the country into three parts, calling them, after", "title": "Larissa (mythology)" }, { "docid": "9179568", "text": "works of Ovid, Greek myth influenced medieval and Renaissance poets such as Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante in Italy. In northern Europe, Greek mythology never took the same hold of the visual arts, but its effect was very obvious on literature. Both Latin and Greek classical texts were translated, so that stories of mythology became available. In England, Chaucer, the Elizabethans and John Milton were among those influenced by Greek myths; nearly all the major English poets from Shakespeare to Robert Bridges turned for inspiration to Greek mythology. Jean Racine in France and Goethe in Germany revived Greek drama. Racine reworked", "title": "Greek mythology in western art and literature" }, { "docid": "850956", "text": "Echidna (mythology) In Greek mythology, Echidna (; , \"She-Viper\") was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of the fearsome monster Typhon and was the mother of monsters, including many of the most famous monsters of Greek myth. Echidna's family tree varies by author. The oldest genealogy relating to Echidna, Hesiod's \"Theogony\" (c. 8th – 7th century BC), is unclear on several points. According to Hesiod, Echidna was born to a \"she\" who was probably meant by Hesiod to be the sea goddess Ceto, making Echidna's likely father the sea god Phorcys;", "title": "Echidna (mythology)" }, { "docid": "2457031", "text": "influence on later Western culture was the \"Metamorphoses\" of the Augustan poet Ovid. Syncretized versions form the classical tradition of mythography, and by the time of the influential Renaissance mythographer Natalis Comes (16th century), few if any distinctions were made between Greek and Roman myths. The myths as they appear in popular culture of the 20th and 21st centuries often have only a tangential relation to the stories as told in ancient Greek and Latin literature. Classical mythology Classical Greco-Roman mythology, Greek and Roman mythology or Greco-Roman mythology is both the body of and the study of myths from the", "title": "Classical mythology" }, { "docid": "13644375", "text": "Lord Tennyson's \"Oenone\" is her lament that Paris deserted her for Helen. When poets of the German Romantic tradition, such as Friedrich Schiller, wrote about the Greek gods, their works were frequently \"erotically charged\", \"openly sensual and hedonistic\". In his poem \"The Waste Land\", T. S. Eliot incorporates a range of elements and inspirations from Greek mythology to pop music to Elizabethan history to create a \"\"tour-de-force\" exposition of Western culture, from the elite to the folk to the utterly primitive\". The Indian poet Henry Louis Vivian Derozio's work was heavily influenced by Greek mythology. Nina Kosman published a book", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "2537034", "text": "Larissa (mythology) In Greek mythology, Larissa or Larisa () was the name of two different figures that appears in various accounts: Larisa was a nymph from Thessaly. She was described by Pausanias as a daughter of Pelasgus, son of Triopas, king of Argos. Hellanicus states that the sons of Poseidon and Larissa were Achaios, Phthios, and Pelasgus. These sons left Argos and arrived in Haemonia (Thessaly) where they drove out the barbarian inhabitants and divided the country into three parts, calling them, after the their names, Phthiotis, Achaia and Pelasgiotis. The arx of Argos and two towns (Larissa in Thessaly", "title": "Larissa (mythology)" }, { "docid": "9664234", "text": "The God Beneath the Sea The God Beneath the Sea is a children's novel based on Greek mythology, written by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen, illustrated by Charles Keeping, and published by Longman in 1970. It was awarded the annual Carnegie Medal (Garfield & Blishen) and commended for the companion Greenaway Medal (Keeping) by the British Library Association. Pantheon Books published a U.S. edition with illustrations by Zevi Blum in 1971. The novel begins with newborn Hephaestus (the titular god beneath the sea) cast from Mount Olympus by his mother Hera. He is raised in a grotto by Thetis and", "title": "The God Beneath the Sea" }, { "docid": "2743077", "text": "In Zoroastrian mythology, the twins Ahriman and Ahura Mazda represent the spirits of evil and good. Good and evil are common conflicting personas within twins in mythology. We see this pattern across many cultures, such as several northeastern Native American tribes, for example. Gluskap, the creator God and cultural hero, had to defeat Malsum, his evil twin, who was the ruler of the demons. Many other cultures with rival twin heroes often follow this structure of split moral forces. Twins can also be shown as having special powers and deep bonds. In Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux share a bond", "title": "Twins in mythology" }, { "docid": "9664263", "text": "God Beneath the Sea\" and its sequel \"The Golden Shadow\" as \"probably the most striking evidence of Keeping's forceful presence\". The U.S. publisher Random House replaced Keeping's work with illustrations by Zevi Blum. They were not well received by critics; one described them as \"MGM-style drawings, which substituted for drama a soft coyness and prurience.\" The God Beneath the Sea The God Beneath the Sea is a children's novel based on Greek mythology, written by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen, illustrated by Charles Keeping, and published by Longman in 1970. It was awarded the annual Carnegie Medal (Garfield & Blishen)", "title": "The God Beneath the Sea" }, { "docid": "9461842", "text": "Mythology in the Low Countries The mythology of the modern-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg has its roots in the mythologies of pre-Christian (e.g. Gaulish (Gallo-Roman) and Germanic) cultures, predating the region's Christianization under the auspices of the Franks in the Early Middle Ages. At the time of the Roman Empire and in the Early Middle Ages, the Low Countries' resident peoples included: Old Dutch mythology can mean the myths told in Old Dutch language specifically, however many of the myths in this language are ancient and part of larger movements across Europe, such as Roman mythology that spread through the", "title": "Mythology in the Low Countries" }, { "docid": "2457025", "text": "Classical mythology Classical Greco-Roman mythology, Greek and Roman mythology or Greco-Roman mythology is both the body of and the study of myths from the ancient Greeks and Romans as they are used or transformed by cultural reception. Along with philosophy and political thought, mythology represents one of the major survivals of classical antiquity throughout later Western culture. The Greek word \"mythos\" refers to the spoken word or speech, but it also denotes a tale, story or narrative. Classical mythology has provided subject matter for all forms of visual, musical, and literary art in the West, including poetry, drama, painting, sculpture,", "title": "Classical mythology" }, { "docid": "9948175", "text": "Eudora (mythology) In Greek mythology, Eudora or Eudore (Ancient Greek: Εὐδώρη means \"early\" or \"leading\" or \"generous\") was a name given to three nymphs. According to Hesiod, and the mythographer Apollodorus, Eudora was the name of one of the fifty Nereids, the daughters of the sea-gods Nereus and his wife Doris. Hesiod, also gives Eudora as one of the names of the 3000 Oceanids, the daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. While according to Hyginus, Eudora was the name of one of the Hyades, the nymphs associated with the configuration of stars known as the Hyades. In a Hesiodic", "title": "Eudora (mythology)" }, { "docid": "2743076", "text": "upon. However, other cultures attribute the outcome of twins to superior virility of the father. In various mythologies, twins often represent the dualistic nature of the universe. In Greek mythology, twins Apollo and Artemis, are the sun god and moon goddess, respectively. Similar forms of higher beings are reflected throughout different mythologies, as twin brothers Kuat and Iae represent the sun and moon in the Xingu mythology of Brazil. Egyptian God, Geb, and his twin sister, Nut, represented the binary nature of the world, with Geb being the God of the Earth, and Nut being the Goddess of the sky.", "title": "Twins in mythology" }, { "docid": "13644356", "text": "Greek mythology in popular culture Elements of Greek mythology have appeared many times in culture and pop culture. The Greek myths had originally been adopted into the culture of ancient Rome, and have been frequently incorporated by Western cultural movements since then, particularly since the Renaissance. Mythological elements have been used in Renaissance art and English poems, as well as film and literature, and songs and commercials. Along with the Bible and the works of Shakespeare, the myths of Greece and Rome have been the major \"touchstone\" in Western culture for the past 500 years. These elements include the gods", "title": "Greek mythology in popular culture" }, { "docid": "20127722", "text": "Hydaspes (mythology) In Greek mythology, Hydaspes (Ὑδάσπης), was an Indian river god with an extraordinary swift stream that flows into the Saronitic Syrtis. It is the modern day, Jhelum River in modern Pakistan. The poet Nonnus in the \"Dionysiaca,\" makes the Hydaspes a titan-descended god, the son of the sea-god Thaumas and the cloud-goddess Elektra, an Oceanid. He was the brother of Iris, the goddess of the rainbow. Hydaspes fathered by Astris, daughter of Helios, Deriades the king of India. He supported the Indians in their war against the invading armies of the god Dionysos.\"\"The whole army was led to", "title": "Hydaspes (mythology)" }, { "docid": "615024", "text": "Siren (mythology) In Greek mythology, the Sirens (Greek singular: \"Seirēn\"; Greek plural: \"Seirēnes\") were dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions, the literal geography of the \"flowery\" island of Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in the islands known as the Sirenuse, near Paestum, or in Capreae. All such locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks. The etymology of the name is at", "title": "Siren (mythology)" }, { "docid": "20104311", "text": "Daulis (mythology) In Greek mythology, Daulis (Ancient Greek: Δαυλίς) and at a later stage Daulia (Ancient Greek: Δαυλία) and Daulion (Ancient Greek: Δαύλιον) was the name of a mythological figure and Davleia, the city in Phocis, is named after her. According to Homer, it was said to be named either in reference to the woody character of the area or after a nymph Daulis, a daughter of the river-god Cephissus. Daulis was the hometown of Tereus, Thracian king and also the city at the end of the road not taken by Oedipus. \"\"They say that the name of the city", "title": "Daulis (mythology)" }, { "docid": "878009", "text": "children and cursed them to live as swans for 900 years. Ler (mythology) Ler (meaning \"Sea\" in Old Irish; \"Lir\" is the genitive form) is a sea god in Irish mythology. His name suggests that he is a personification of the sea, rather than a distinct deity. He is named \"Allód\" in early genealogies, and corresponds to the Llŷr of Welsh mythology. Ler is chiefly an ancestor figure, and is the father of the god Manannán mac Lir, who appears frequently in medieval Irish literature. Ler appears as the titular king in the tale \"The Children of Lir\". Ler, like", "title": "Ler (mythology)" }, { "docid": "19339700", "text": "belts before marriage to Athena Apaturia. Athena Apaturia continued to be worshipped by the Troezenians in this manner. Apaturia was an epithet of the goddess Aphrodite at Phanagoria and other places in the Taurian Chersonesus, where it originated, according to tradition, in this way: Aphrodite was attacked by giants, and called Heracles to her assistance. He concealed himself with her in a cavern, and as the giants approached her one by one, she surrendered them to Heracles to kill them. Apaturia (Greek mythology) Apaturia () was an epithet given to more than one goddess in Greek mythology. The name meant", "title": "Apaturia (Greek mythology)" } ]

[ "Vagina fibrosa", "Tendon", "Ossified tendons", "Tendineous", "Epitenon", "Sinews", "Ossified tendon", "Muscle tendon", "Sinew", "Tendin", "Tendines", "Torn tendon", "Tendons" ]

[ { "docid": "1292612", "text": "Tendon A tendon or sinew is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments; both are made of collagen. Ligaments join one bone to bone, while tendons connect muscle to bone for a proper functioning of the body. Histologically, tendons consist of dense regular connective tissue fascicles encased in dense irregular connective tissue sheaths. Normal healthy tendons are composed mostly of parallel arrays of collagen fibers closely packed together. They are anchored to bone by Sharpey's fibres. The dry mass of normal tendons, which", "title": "Tendon" }, { "docid": "1292645", "text": "ornithischian dinosaurs, ossified axial muscle tendons form a latticework along the neural and haemal spines on the tail, presumably for support. Tendon A tendon or sinew is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments; both are made of collagen. Ligaments join one bone to bone, while tendons connect muscle to bone for a proper functioning of the body. Histologically, tendons consist of dense regular connective tissue fascicles encased in dense irregular connective tissue sheaths. Normal healthy tendons are composed mostly of parallel arrays", "title": "Tendon" }, { "docid": "989498", "text": "organs and holds them in place. Blood, bone, tendon, ligament, adipose, and areolar tissues are examples of connective tissues. One method of classifying connective tissues is to divide them into three types: fibrous connective tissue, skeletal connective tissue, and fluid connective tissue. Muscle cells form the active contractile tissue of the body known as muscle tissue or muscular tissue. Muscle tissue functions to produce force and cause motion, either locomotion or movement within internal organs. Muscle tissue is separated into three distinct categories: visceral or smooth muscle, found in the inner linings of organs; skeletal muscle, typically attached to bones,", "title": "Tissue (biology)" }, { "docid": "6481178", "text": "Extrafusal muscle fiber Extrafusal muscle fibers are the skeletal standard muscle fibers that are innervated by alpha motor neurons and generate tension by contracting, thereby allowing for skeletal movement. They make up the large mass of skeletal muscle tissue and are attached to bone by fibrous tissue extensions (tendons). Each alpha motor neuron and the extrafusal muscle fibers innervated by it make up a motor unit. The connection between the alpha motor neuron and the extrafusal muscle fiber is a neuromuscular junction, where the neuron's signal, the action potential, is transduced to the muscle fiber by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Extrafusal", "title": "Extrafusal muscle fiber" }, { "docid": "10704120", "text": "Muscle tissue Muscle tissue is a soft tissue that composes muscles in animal bodies, and gives rise to muscles' ability to contract. This is opposed to other components or tissues in muscle such as tendons or perimysium. It is formed during embryonic development through a process known as myogenesis. Muscle tissue varies with function and location in the body. In mammals the three types are: skeletal or striated muscle; smooth or non-striated muscle; and cardiac muscle, which is sometimes known as semi-striated. Smooth and cardiac muscle contracts involuntarily, without conscious intervention. These muscle types may be activated both through interaction", "title": "Muscle tissue" }, { "docid": "10704129", "text": "the muscle of the heart. It is self-contracting, autonomically regulated and must continue to contract in rhythmic fashion for the whole life of the organism. Hence it has special features. Muscle tissue Muscle tissue is a soft tissue that composes muscles in animal bodies, and gives rise to muscles' ability to contract. This is opposed to other components or tissues in muscle such as tendons or perimysium. It is formed during embryonic development through a process known as myogenesis. Muscle tissue varies with function and location in the body. In mammals the three types are: skeletal or striated muscle; smooth", "title": "Muscle tissue" }, { "docid": "1755225", "text": "by the ratio of ground substance to fibrous tissue. Loose connective tissue has much more ground substance and a relative lack of fibrous tissue, while the reverse is true of dense connective tissue. Dense regular connective tissue, found in structures such as tendons and ligaments, is characterized by collagen fibers arranged in an orderly parallel fashion, giving it tensile strength in one direction. Dense irregular connective tissue provides strength in multiple directions by its dense bundles of fibers arranged in all directions. Special connective tissue consists of reticular connective tissue, adipose tissue, cartilage, bone, and blood. Other kinds of connective", "title": "Connective tissue" }, { "docid": "1988039", "text": "Soft tissue In anatomy, soft tissue includes the tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body, not being hard tissue such as bone. Soft tissue includes tendons, ligaments, fascia, skin, fibrous tissues, fat, and synovial membranes (which are connective tissue), and muscles, nerves and blood vessels (which are not connective tissue). It is sometimes defined by what it is not. Soft tissue has been defined as \"nonepithelial, extraskeletal mesenchyme exclusive of the reticuloendothelial system and glia\". The characteristic substances inside the extracellular matrix of this kind of tissue are the collagen, elastin and ground substance.", "title": "Soft tissue" }, { "docid": "1988049", "text": "the structure of the original tissue. Some typical values of contraction for different fixation are: formalin (5% - 10%), alcohol (10%), bouin (<5%). Imaging methods used in ECM visualization and their properties. Soft tissue In anatomy, soft tissue includes the tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body, not being hard tissue such as bone. Soft tissue includes tendons, ligaments, fascia, skin, fibrous tissues, fat, and synovial membranes (which are connective tissue), and muscles, nerves and blood vessels (which are not connective tissue). It is sometimes defined by what it is not. Soft tissue has", "title": "Soft tissue" }, { "docid": "18392292", "text": "The uniaxial alignment of muscle fibers allows them to simultaneously contract in the same direction and properly propagate force on the bones via the tendons. A major focus of muscle tissue engineering is to create constructs with the functionality of native muscle and ability to contract. To this end, alignment of the tissue engineered construct is extremely important. It has been shown that cells grown on substrates with alignment cues form more robust muscle fibers. Several other design criteria considered in muscle tissue engineering include the scaffold porosity, stiffness, biocompatibility, and degradation timeline. Substrate stiffness should ideally be in the", "title": "Muscle tissue engineering" }, { "docid": "12204368", "text": "to muscle tightening for example if after fracture when immobilization is done by putting plaster of paris the muscle length shortens because the muscle is not used for a large span of time. Joints are usually immobilized in a shortened position resulting in changes within the joint connective tissue, and the length of the muscle and associated tendon. Prolonged immobilization facilitates tissue proliferation which impinges on the joint space. Maintaining a shortened position for a prolonged period of time leads to: fibrous adhesion formation, loss of sarcomeres, and a loss of tissue extensibility. If spasticity is left untreated, contractures can", "title": "Muscle contracture" }, { "docid": "12560993", "text": "muscle tissue approximately 15% denser than fat tissue. Skeletal muscles are sheathed by a tough layer of connective tissue called the epimysium. The epimysium anchors muscle tissue to tendons at each end, where the epimysium becomes thicker and collagenous. It also protects muscles from friction against other muscles and bones. Within the epimysium are multiple bundles called fascicles, each of which contains 10 to 100 or more muscle fibers collectively sheathed by a perimysium. Besides surrounding each fascicle, the perimysium is a pathway for nerves and the flow of blood within the muscle. The threadlike muscle fibers are the individual", "title": "Muscle" }, { "docid": "17760749", "text": "Anatomical terms of muscle Muscles are described using unique anatomical terminology according to their actions and structure. There are three types of muscle tissue in the human body: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal striated muscle, or \"voluntary muscle\", primarily joins to bone with tendons. Skeletal muscle enables movement of the bones of the human skeleton and maintains posture. Smooth muscle tissue is found in parts of the body where it conveys action without conscious intent. The majority of this type of muscle tissue is found in the digestive and urinary systems where it acts by propelling forward food, chyme, and", "title": "Anatomical terms of muscle" }, { "docid": "17760763", "text": "This may be a bone, a tendon or the subcutaneous dermal connective tissue. Insertions are usually connections of muscle via tendon to bone. The insertion is a bone that tends to be distal, have less mass, and greater motion than the origin during a contraction. Muscles may also be described by the direction that the muscle fibres run in. Hypertrophy is increase in muscle size from an increase in size of individual muscle cells. This usually occurs as a result of exercise. Anatomical terms of muscle Muscles are described using unique anatomical terminology according to their actions and structure. There", "title": "Anatomical terms of muscle" }, { "docid": "10493414", "text": "Muscular system of the horse There are 3 types of muscle, all found within the equine: Skeletal muscle is made up of several muscle bundles, which in turn are made up of muscle fibers. Muscle fibers have bundles of myofibrils, which are all parallel to one another, and are able to contract due to actin and myosin. Muscle is covered by a fibrous tissue called fascia, to which other muscles can attach, and muscles attach to bone via tendons. Tendons attach muscles and bone, and are classified as flexors (flex a joint) or extensors (extend a joint). However, some tendons", "title": "Muscular system of the horse" }, { "docid": "12560997", "text": "to the origin and insertion tendons at each end. Because the contracting fibers are pulling at an angle to the overall action of the muscle, the change in length is smaller, but this same orientation allows for more fibers (thus more force) in a muscle of a given size. Pennate muscles are usually found where their length change is less important than maximum force, such as the rectus femoris. Skeletal muscle is arranged in discrete muscles, an example of which is the \"biceps brachii\" (biceps). The tough, fibrous epimysium of skeletal muscle is both connected to and continuous with the", "title": "Muscle" }, { "docid": "236703", "text": "Ligament A ligament is the fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones. It is also known as \"articular ligament\", \"articular larua\", \"fibrous ligament\", or \"true ligament\". Other ligaments in the body include the: Ligaments are similar to tendons and fasciae as they are all made of connective tissue. The differences in them are in the connections that they make: ligaments connect one bone to another bone, tendons connect muscle to bone, and fasciae connect muscles to other muscles. These are all found in the skeletal system of the human body. Ligaments cannot usually be regenerated naturally; however, there", "title": "Ligament" }, { "docid": "2345144", "text": "Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle is one of three major muscle types, the others being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. It is a form of striated muscle tissue, which is under the voluntary control of the somatic nervous system. Most skeletal muscles are attached to bones by bundles of collagen fibers known as tendons. A skeletal muscle refers to multiple bundles (fascicles) of cells joined together called muscle fibers. The fibres and muscles are surrounded by connective tissue layers called fasciae. Muscle fibres, or muscle cells, are formed from the fusion of developmental myoblasts in a process known as myogenesis. Muscle", "title": "Skeletal muscle" }, { "docid": "3125351", "text": "motor neuron sending a message to the muscles from the somatic nervous system. Depolarization of the motor neuron results in neurotransmitters being released from the nerve terminal. The space between the nerve terminal and the muscle cell is called the neuromuscular junction. These neurotransmitters diffuse across the synapse and bind to specific receptor sites on the cell membrane of the muscle fiber. When enough receptors are stimulated, an action potential is generated and the permeability of the sarcolemma is altered. This process is known as initiation. A tendon is a tough, flexible band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles", "title": "Human musculoskeletal system" }, { "docid": "4656261", "text": "for degradation while preserving normal ACVR1 gene expression. Further investigation into the mechanisms of heterotopic bone formation in FOP could aid in the development of treatments for other disorders involving extra-skeletal bone formation. Fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) may be the disease causing cell type responsible for activin A dependent ectopic bone formation in both the muscles and tendons of mice bearing the FOP causing ACVR1(R206H) mutation. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare connective tissue disease. The disease is caused by a mutation of the body's repair mechanism, which causes fibrous tissue (including muscle, tendon, and ligament)", "title": "Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva" }, { "docid": "4656247", "text": "Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare connective tissue disease. The disease is caused by a mutation of the body's repair mechanism, which causes fibrous tissue (including muscle, tendon, and ligament) to be ossified spontaneously or when damaged. In many cases, injuries can cause joints to become permanently frozen in place. Surgical removal of the extra bone growths has been shown to cause the body to \"repair\" the affected area with even more bone. For unknown reasons, children born with FOP have deformed big toes, sometimes missing a joint or, in other cases, simply presenting with", "title": "Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva" }, { "docid": "3581499", "text": "pharyngeal arch. The two bellies end in an intermediate tendon which perforates the Stylohyoideus muscle, and is held in connection with the side of the body and the greater cornu of the hyoid bone by a fibrous loop, which is sometimes lined by a mucous sheath. Variations are numerous. The posterior belly may arise partly or entirely from the styloid process, or be connected by a slip to the middle or inferior constrictor; the anterior belly may be double or extra slips from this belly may pass to the jaw or Mylohyoideus or decussate with a similar slip on opposite", "title": "Digastric muscle" }, { "docid": "8220603", "text": "Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS), previously malignant fibrous histiocytoma, is a type of cancer, namely a soft-tissue sarcoma. It is considered a diagnosis of exclusion for sarcomas that cannot be more precisely categorized. Other sarcomas are cancers that form in bone and soft tissues, including muscle, fat, blood vessels, lymph vessels, and fibrous tissue (such as tendons and ligaments). UPS occurs most commonly in the extremities and retroperitoneum, but has been reported in other sites. Metastasis occurs most frequently in the lungs (90%), bones (8%), and liver (1%). In the extremities, it presents itself as a painless, enlarging,", "title": "Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma" }, { "docid": "6355917", "text": "Rectus capitis posterior major muscle The rectus capitis posterior major (or rectus capitis posticus major, both being Latin for \"larger posterior straight muscle of the head\") arises by a pointed tendon from the spinous process of the axis, and, becoming broader as it ascends, is inserted into the lateral part of the inferior nuchal line of the occipital bone and the surface of the bone immediately below the line. A soft tissue connection bridging from the rectus capitis posterior major to the cervical dura mater was described in 2011. Various clinical manifestations may be linked to this anatomical relationship. It", "title": "Rectus capitis posterior major muscle" } ]

[ { "docid": "4752211", "text": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone Fibrous dysplasia is a disorder where normal bone and marrow is replaced with fibrous tissue, resulting in formation of bone that is weak and prone to expansion. As a result, most complications result from fracture, deformity, functional impairment and pain. Disease occurs along a broad clinical spectrum ranging from asymptomatic, incidental lesions to severe disabling disease. Disease can affect one bone (monostotic) or multiple (polyostotic) and may occur in isolation or in combination with café au lait skin macules and hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies, termed McCune–Albright syndrome. More rarely, fibrous dysplasia may be associated with intramuscular myxomas, termed", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "4752219", "text": "the risk of blindness. Untreated hypophosphatemia increases bone pain and risk of fractures. Fibrous dysplasia of bone Fibrous dysplasia is a disorder where normal bone and marrow is replaced with fibrous tissue, resulting in formation of bone that is weak and prone to expansion. As a result, most complications result from fracture, deformity, functional impairment and pain. Disease occurs along a broad clinical spectrum ranging from asymptomatic, incidental lesions to severe disabling disease. Disease can affect one bone (monostotic) or multiple (polyostotic) and may occur in isolation or in combination with café au lait skin macules and hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies, termed", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "4752216", "text": "normal bone and marrow with fibrous tissue. The bony trabeculae are abnormally thin and irregular, and often likened to Chinese characters (bony spicules on biopsy). Fibrous dysplasia is not hereditary, and there has never been a case of transmission from parent to child. X-Ray Bubbly lytic lesion / Ground glass Imaging tests. Computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scans may be used to determine how extensively your bones are affected. Bone scan. This test uses radioactive tracers, which are injected into your bloodstream. The damaged parts of your bones take up more of the tracers, which show up more brightly", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "9060903", "text": "the tissue linking the structures is ligamentous. A gomphosis is a specialized fibrous joint in which a conical process or peg of one bone fits into a hole or socket in another bone. (gomphos is a Greek word meaning bolt). Small quantity of fibrous tissue holds the bones together. No movement is possible at such peg-and-socket joints. Fibrous joint Fibrous joints are connected by dense connective tissue, consisting mainly of collagen. These are fixed joints where bones are united by a layer of white fibrous tissue of varying thickness. In the skull the joints between the bones are called sutures.", "title": "Fibrous joint" }, { "docid": "4752213", "text": "few years of life and expand during childhood. The vast majority of clinically significant bone lesions are detectable by age 10 years, with few new and almost no clinically significant bone lesions appearing after age 15 years. Total body scintigraphy is useful to identify and determine the extent of bone lesions, and should be performed in all patients with suspected fibrous dysplasia. Children with fibrous dysplasia in the appendicular skeleton typically present with limp, pain, and/or pathologic fractures. Frequent fractures and progressive deformity may lead to difficulties with ambulation and impaired mobility. In the craniofacial skeleton, fibrous dysplasia may present", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "4752217", "text": "on the scan. Biopsy. This test uses a hollow needle to remove a small piece of the affected bone for laboratory analysis. Treatment in fibrous dysplasia is mainly palliative, and is focused on managing fractures and preventing deformity. There are no medications capable of altering the disease course. Intravenous bisphosphonates may be helpful for treatment of bone pain, but there is no clear evidence that they strengthen bone lesions or prevent fractures. Surgical techniques that are effective in other disorders, such as bone grafting, curettage, and plates and screws, are frequently ineffective in fibrous dysplasia and should be avoided. Intramedullary", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "4752215", "text": "age, but most commonly develops during adolescence and progresses into adulthood. Bone marrow stromal cells in fibrous dysplasia produce excess amounts of the phosphate-regulating hormone fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23), leading to loss of phosphate in the urine. Patients with hypophosphatemia may develop rickets/osteomalacia, increased fractures, and bone pain. Fibrous dysplasia is a mosaic disease resulting from post-zygotic activating mutations of the \"GNAS\" locus at 20q13.2-q13.3, which codes for the α subunit of the G G-coupled protein receptor. In bone, constitutive Gα signaling results in impaired differentiation and proliferation of bone marrow stromal cells. Proliferation of these cells causes replacement of", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "10704122", "text": "tissue is also possible, depending on among other things the content of myoglobin, mitochondria, myosin ATPase etc. Muscle cells (myocytes) are elongated cells ranging from several millimetres to about 10 centimetres in length and from 10 to 100 micrometres in width. These cells are joined together in tissues that may be either striated or smooth, depending on the presence or absence, respectively, of organized, regularly repeated arrangements of myofibrillar contractile proteins called myofilaments. Striated muscle is further classified as either skeletal or cardiac muscle. Striated muscle is typically subject to conscious control, while smooth muscle is not. Thus, muscle tissue", "title": "Muscle tissue" }, { "docid": "14407540", "text": "acidophilic. The primary ossification occurs in the diaphysis. In contrast, secondary ossification centers appear later at the epiphyses of the cartilage and develop similarly to the diaphysis. Primary bone cancer is a type of sarcoma, a cancer that originates in bone, muscle, fibrous tissue, blood vessels, fat tissue, as well as some other tissues. Primary bone cancer can arise in any of the 206 bones in the body but is mostly seen to originate the arms and the legs. The most common cases are observed in children and young adults. The following list includes types of primary bone cancer: Primary", "title": "Primary bone" }, { "docid": "4752212", "text": "Mazabraud's syndrome. Fibrous dysplasia is very rare, and there is no known cure. Fibrous dysplasia is not a form of cancer. Fibrous dysplasia is a mosaic disease that can involve any part or combination of the craniofacial, axillary and/or appendicular skeleton. The type and severity of the complications therefore depend on the location and extent of the affected skeleton. The clinical spectrum is very broad, ranging from an isolated, asymptomatic monostotic lesion discovered incidentally, to severe disabling disease involving practically the entire skeleton and leading to loss of vision, hearing, and/or mobility. Individual bone lesions typically manifest during the first", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "4752214", "text": "as a painless “lump” or facial asymmetry. Expansion of craniofacial lesions may lead to progressive facial deformity. In rare cases patients may develop vision and/or hearing loss due to compromise of the optic nerves and/or auditory canals, which is more common in patients with McCune-Albright syndrome associated growth hormone excess. Fibrous dysplasia commonly involves the spine, and may lead to scoliosis, which in rare instances may be severe. Untreated, progressive scoliosis is one of the few features of fibrous dysplasia that can lead to early fatality. Bone pain is a common complication of fibrous dysplasia. It may present at any", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "18392290", "text": "Muscle tissue engineering Muscle tissue engineering is a subset of the general field of tissue engineering, which studies the combined use of cells and scaffolds to design therapeutic tissue implants. The major motivation for muscle tissue engineering is to treat a condition called volumetric muscle loss (VML). VML can be caused by a variety of injuries or diseases, including general trauma, postoperative damage, cancer ablation, congenital defects, and degenerative myopathy. Although muscle contains a stem cell population called satellite cells that are capable of regenerating small muscle injuries, muscle damage in VML is so extensive that it overwhelms muscle's natural", "title": "Muscle tissue engineering" }, { "docid": "3009689", "text": "Striated muscle tissue Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called sarcomeres, in contrast with smooth muscle tissue which does not. The presence of sarcomeres manifests as a series of bands visible along the muscle fibers, which is responsible for the striated appearance observed in microscopic images of this tissue. There are 3 types of striated muscles: Contractions in striated muscles are voluntary, except for the heart muscle, in which contractions are regulated involuntarily by the sinoatrial node. Cardiac muscle is often treated separately from the other striated muscles, as it has different characteristics. During", "title": "Striated muscle tissue" }, { "docid": "18392293", "text": "myogenic range, which has been shown to be 10-15 kPa. Functional analysis of a tissue engineered muscle construct is important to illustrate its potential to help regenerate muscle. A variety of assays are generally used to evaluate a tissue engineered muscle construct including immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR, electrical stimulation and resulting peak-to-peak voltage, scanning electron microscope imaging, and in vivo response. Muscle tissue engineering Muscle tissue engineering is a subset of the general field of tissue engineering, which studies the combined use of cells and scaffolds to design therapeutic tissue implants. The major motivation for muscle tissue engineering is to treat a", "title": "Muscle tissue engineering" }, { "docid": "3009690", "text": "voluntary contractions, a striated muscle is extended by the action of an antagonistic muscle. All striated muscles are attached to some component of the skeleton, unlike smooth muscle, which composes hollow organs such as the intestines or blood vessels. The fibers of striated muscle have a cylindrical shape with blunt ends, whereas those in smooth muscle can be described as being spindle-like with tapered ends. Two other characteristics that differentiate striated muscle from smooth muscle are the facts that the former has more mitochondria and contains cells that are multinucleated. Striated muscle tissue Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue", "title": "Striated muscle tissue" }, { "docid": "1860474", "text": "of the lateral border gives insertion to the thyrohyoid muscle. The lesser horns are two small, conical eminences, attached by their bases to the angles of junction between the body and greater horns of the hyoid bone. They are connected to the body of the bone by fibrous tissue, and occasionally to the greater horns by distinct diarthrodial joints, which usually persist throughout life, but occasionally become ankylosed. The lesser horns are situated in the line of the transverse ridge on the body and appear to be continuations of it. The apex of each horn gives attachment to the stylohyoid", "title": "Hyoid bone" }, { "docid": "18392291", "text": "regenerative capabilities. Currently VML is treated through an autologous muscle flap or graft but there are various problems associated with this procedure. Donor site morbidity, lack of donor tissue, and inadequate vascularization all limit the ability of doctors to adequately treat VML. The field of muscle tissue engineering attempts to address this problem through the design of a functional muscle construct that can be used to treat the damaged muscle instead of harvesting an autologous muscle flap from elsewhere on the patient's body. Muscle is a naturally aligned organ, with individual muscle fibers packed together into larger units called fascicles.", "title": "Muscle tissue engineering" }, { "docid": "10704123", "text": "can be described as being one of three different types: In vertebrates, there is a third muscle tissue recognized: Cardiac and skeletal muscles are \"striated\" in that they contain sarcomeres and are packed into highly regular arrangements of bundles; smooth muscle has neither. While skeletal muscles are arranged in regular, parallel bundles, cardiac muscle connects at branching, irregular angles (called intercalated discs). Striated muscle contracts and relaxes in short, intense bursts, whereas smooth muscle sustains longer or even near-permanent contractions. Skeletal muscle is further divided into several subtypes: Smooth muscle is an involuntary non-striated muscle. It is divided into two", "title": "Muscle tissue" }, { "docid": "9060895", "text": "Fibrous joint Fibrous joints are connected by dense connective tissue, consisting mainly of collagen. These are fixed joints where bones are united by a layer of white fibrous tissue of varying thickness. In the skull the joints between the bones are called sutures. Such immovable joints are also referred to as synarthroses. Most fibrous joints are also called \"fixed\" or \"immovable\". These joints have no joint cavity and are connected via fibrous connective tissue. The skull bones are connected by fibrous joints called sutures. In fetal skulls the sutures are wide to allow slight movement during birth. They later become", "title": "Fibrous joint" }, { "docid": "5926227", "text": "Epicranial aponeurosis The epicranial aponeurosis (aponeurosis epicranialis, galea aponeurotica) is an aponeurosis (a tough layer of dense fibrous tissue) which covers the upper part of the cranium in humans and various other animals. In humans, it is attached in the interval between its union with the occipitofrontalis muscle, to the external occipital protuberance and highest nuchal lines of the occipital bone; in front, it forms a short and narrow prolongation between its union with the frontalis muscle or frontal part of the occipitofrontalis muscle. On either side the epicranial aponeurosis gives origin to the anterior and the superior auricular muscles;", "title": "Epicranial aponeurosis" }, { "docid": "3112084", "text": "The osteolysis is followed by a compensatory increase in bone formation induced by the bone forming cells, called osteoblasts, that are recruited to the area. This is associated with accelerated deposition of lamellar bone in a disorganized fashion. This intense cellular activity produces a chaotic picture of trabecular bone (\"mosaic\" pattern), rather than the normal linear lamellar pattern. The resorbed bone is replaced and the marrow spaces are filled by an excess of fibrous connective tissue with a marked increase in blood vessels, causing the bone to become hypervascular. The bone hypercellularity may then diminish, leaving a dense \"pagetic bone\",", "title": "Paget's disease of bone" }, { "docid": "10704126", "text": "one of three major types of muscle, the others being skeletal and smooth muscle. These three types of muscle all form in the process of myogenesis. The cells that constitute cardiac muscle, called cardiomyocytes or myocardiocytes, predominantly contain only one nucleus, although populations with two to four nuclei do exist. The myocardium is the muscle tissue of the heart, and forms a thick middle layer between the outer epicardium layer and the inner endocardium layer. Coordinated contractions of cardiac muscle cells in the heart propel blood out of the atria and ventricles to the blood vessels of the left/body/systemic and", "title": "Muscle tissue" }, { "docid": "8422165", "text": "Sharpey's fibres Sharpey's fibres (bone fibres, or perforating fibres) are a matrix of connective tissue consisting of bundles of strong predominantly type I collagen fibres connecting periosteum to bone. They are part of the outer fibrous layer of periosteum, entering into the outer circumferential and interstitial lamellae of bone tissue. Sharpey's fibres are also used to attach muscle to the periosteum of bone by merging with the fibrous periosteum and underlying bone as well. A good example is the attachment of the rotator cuff muscles to the blade of the scapula. In the teeth, Sharpey's fibres are the terminal ends", "title": "Sharpey's fibres" }, { "docid": "11286101", "text": "problem is particularly common, giving soft, white, 'corky' tissue. Spongy tissue is also a type of animal tissue which contains smooth muscles, fibrous tissues, spaces, veins, and arteries. An example is the corpus spongiosum penis. In bone, the spongy tissue is called cancellous tissue. Spongy tissue Spongy tissue is a type of tissue found both in plants and animals. In plants, it is part of the mesophyll, where it forms a layer next to the palisade cells in the leaf. The spongy mesophyll's function is to allow for the interchange of gases (CO2) that are needed for photosynthesis. The spongy", "title": "Spongy tissue" }, { "docid": "11580415", "text": "Guided bone and tissue regeneration Guided bone regeneration or GBR, and guided tissue regeneration or GTR are dental surgical procedures that use barrier membranes to direct the growth of new bone and gingival tissue at sites with insufficient volumes or dimensions of bone or gingiva for proper function, esthetics or prosthetic restoration. GBR is similar to guided tissue regeneration (GTR) but is focused on development of hard tissues in addition to the soft tissues of the periodontal attachment. At present, guided bone regeneration is predominantly applied in the oral cavity to support new hard tissue growth on an alveolar ridge", "title": "Guided bone and tissue regeneration" }, { "docid": "11580423", "text": "in the aesthetic zone in terms of facial bone thickness. There are several uses of bone regeneration: Guided bone and tissue regeneration Guided bone regeneration or GBR, and guided tissue regeneration or GTR are dental surgical procedures that use barrier membranes to direct the growth of new bone and gingival tissue at sites with insufficient volumes or dimensions of bone or gingiva for proper function, esthetics or prosthetic restoration. GBR is similar to guided tissue regeneration (GTR) but is focused on development of hard tissues in addition to the soft tissues of the periodontal attachment. At present, guided bone regeneration", "title": "Guided bone and tissue regeneration" }, { "docid": "48491", "text": "adults woven bone is created after fractures or in Paget's disease. Woven bone is weaker, with a smaller number of randomly oriented collagen fibers, but forms quickly; it is for this appearance of the fibrous matrix that the bone is termed \"woven\". It is soon replaced by lamellar bone, which is highly organized in concentric sheets with a much lower proportion of osteocytes to surrounding tissue. Lamellar bone, which makes its first appearance in humans in the fetus during the third trimester, is stronger and filled with many collagen fibers parallel to other fibers in the same layer (these parallel", "title": "Bone" }, { "docid": "5904024", "text": "Orbicularis oculi muscle The orbicularis oculi is a muscle in the face that closes the eyelids. It arises from the nasal part of the frontal bone, from the frontal process of the maxilla in front of the lacrimal groove, and from the anterior surface and borders of a short fibrous band, the medial palpebral ligament. From this origin, the fibers are directed laterally, forming a broad and thin layer, which occupies the eyelids or palpebræ, surrounds the circumference of the orbit, and spreads over the temple, and downward on the cheek. There are at least 3 clearly defined sections of", "title": "Orbicularis oculi muscle" }, { "docid": "11580417", "text": "regeneration in periodontology research in the 1980s, research began to focus on the potential for re-building alveolar bone defects using guided bone regeneration. The theory of Guided tissue regeneration has been challenged in dentistry. The GBR principle was first examined by Dahlin et al. in 1988 on rats. The selective ingrowth of bone-forming cells into a bone defect region could be improved if the adjacent tissue is kept away with a membrane; this was confirmed in a study by Kosopoulos and Karring in 1994. GBR can be used for bone regeneration on exposed implant coils . Recent studies have shown", "title": "Guided bone and tissue regeneration" }, { "docid": "15994884", "text": "and radiodense foci admixed to speckled calcification. Cortical destruction is a common finding with no soft tissue expansion in many cases. Histopathology of the lesion shows large areas of mature fibrous stroma undergoing hyaline cartilage metaplasia resulting in conspicuous lobules or gradual transformation into chondroid foci. Both hyaline cartilage and chondroid in turn undergo calcification and endochondral cancellous bone formation mimicking epiphyseal plate-like cartilage. Differential diagnosis is concerned with fibrocartilaginous dysplasia of bone, desmoplastic fibroma, low-grade fibrosarcoma, chondromyxoid fibroma and low-grade chondrosarcoma. A full account of imaging findings on radiography, bone scan, CT and magnetic resonance has been provided by", "title": "Fibrocartilaginous mesenchymoma of bone" }, { "docid": "11580419", "text": "procedures to reduce pocket depths. Barrier membrane is utilized in GBR technique to cover the bone defect and create a secluded space, which prevents the connective tissue from growing into the space and facilitates the growth priority of bone tissue. Barrier membrane criteria should be as follows: Several surgical techniques via GBR have been proposed regarding the tri-dimensional bone reconstruction of the severely resorbed maxilla, using different types of bone substitutes that have regenerative, osseoinductive or osseoconductive properties which is then packed into the bony defect and covered by resorbable membranes. In cases where augmentation materials used are autografts or", "title": "Guided bone and tissue regeneration" }, { "docid": "9060902", "text": "in the maxillary bone and mandible. The fibrous connection between a tooth and its socket is a periodontal ligament. Specifically, the connection is made between the maxilla or mandible to the cementum of the tooth. The motion of a gomphosis is minimal, though considerable movement can be achieved over time—the basis of using braces to realign teeth. The joint can be considered a synarthrosis. The gomphosis is the only joint-type in which a bone does not join another bone, as teeth are not technically bone. In modern, more anatomical, joint classification, the gomphosis is simply considered a fibrous joint because", "title": "Fibrous joint" }, { "docid": "11580416", "text": "to allow stable placement of dental implants. Bone grafting used in conjunction with sound surgical technique, GBR is a reliable and validated procedure.Guided bone regeneration typically refers to ridge augmentation or bone regenerative procedures; guided tissue regeneration typically refers to regeneration of periodontal attachment. Use of barrier membranes to direct bone regeneration was first described in the context of orthopaedic research 1959. The theoretical principles basic to guided tissue regeneration were developed by Melcher in 1976, who outlined the necessity of excluding unwanted cell lines from healing sites to allow growth of desired tissues. Based on positive clinical results of", "title": "Guided bone and tissue regeneration" }, { "docid": "3341692", "text": "to be significantly improved. Surgical approaches have also been used successfully in TOS. Microsurgery can be used approaching the area from above the collar bone (supraclavicular) followed by neurolysis of the brachial plexus, removal of the scalene muscle (scalenectomy), and the release of the underlying (subclavicular) blood vessels. This approach avoids the use of resection, and has been found to be an effective treatment. In cases where the first rib (or a fibrous band extending from the first rib) is compressing a vein, artery, or the nerve bundle, part of the first rib and any compressive fibrous tissue, can be", "title": "Thoracic outlet syndrome" }, { "docid": "4752218", "text": "rods are generally preferred for management of fractures and deformity in the lower extremities. Progressive scoliosis can generally be managed with standard instrumentation and fusion techniques. Surgical management in the craniofacial skeleton is complicated by frequent post-operative FD regrowth, and should focus on correction of functional deformities. Prophylactic optic nerve decompression increases the risk of vision loss and is contraindicated. Managing endocrinopathies is a critical component of management in FD. All patients with fibrous dysplasia should be evaluated and treated for endocrine diseases associated with McCune–Albright syndrome. In particular untreated growth hormone excess may worsen craniofacial fibrous dysplasia and increase", "title": "Fibrous dysplasia of bone" }, { "docid": "1755229", "text": "cartilage and bone. Cells of the immune system, such as macrophages, mast cells, plasma cells and eosinophils are found scattered in loose connective tissue, providing the ground for starting inflammatory and immune responses upon the detection of antigens. There are many types of connective tissue disorders, such as: For microscopic viewing, most of the connective tissue staining-techniques, colour tissue fibers in contrasting shades. Collagen may be differentially stained by any of the following: Connective tissue Connective tissue (CT) is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue. It develops from", "title": "Connective tissue" }, { "docid": "9441", "text": "embryo, the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. Animal tissues can be grouped into four basic types: connective, epithelial, muscle and nervous tissue. Connective tissues are fibrous and made up of cells scattered among inorganic material called the extracellular matrix. Connective tissue gives shape to organs and holds them in place. The main types are loose connective tissue, adipose tissue, fibrous connective tissue, cartilage and bone. The extracellular matrix contains proteins, the chief and most abundant of which is collagen. Collagen plays a major part in organizing and maintaining tissues. The matrix can be modified to form a skeleton to support or", "title": "Anatomy" }, { "docid": "17760761", "text": "set of fibers that perform the same function, and are usually supplied by different nerves for different set of fibers. For example, the tongue itself is a composite muscle made up of various components like longitudinal, transverse, horizontal muscles with different parts innervated having different nerve supply. The \"insertion\" and \"origin\" of a muscle are the two places where it is anchored, one at each end. The tissue of the attachment is called an \"enthesis\". The \"origin\" of a muscle is the bone, typically proximal, which has greater mass and is more stable during a contraction than a muscle's insertion.", "title": "Anatomical terms of muscle" }, { "docid": "5453612", "text": "(C fiber) sensory neurons. In combination, they can provide an initial burst of pain, initiated by the faster myelinated fibers, followed by a slower and longer-lasting dull pain initiated by unmyelinated fibers. Nociceptors responsible for bone pain can be activated via several mechanisms including deterioration of surrounding tissue, bone destruction, and physical stress which shears the bone, vascular, muscle, and nervous tissue. Common causes of bone and joint pain in adults, such as osteoarthritis and gouty arthritis are rare in children, as these diseases are a sequelae of chronic wear and tear for several years. The use of anesthetics within", "title": "Bone pain" }, { "docid": "12561014", "text": "strength can indicate underlying pathology, with the chart at right used as a guide. Since three factors affect muscular strength simultaneously and muscles never work individually, it is misleading to compare strength in individual muscles, and state that one is the \"strongest\". But below are several muscles whose strength is noteworthy for different reasons. Exercise is often recommended as a means of improving motor skills, fitness, muscle and bone strength, and joint function. Exercise has several effects upon muscles, connective tissue, bone, and the nerves that stimulate the muscles. One such effect is muscle hypertrophy, an increase in size. This", "title": "Muscle" }, { "docid": "11505638", "text": "syndrome, also known as Crow-Fukase syndrome. Mutations in this gene have been associated with proliferative and nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy. In ischemic cardiomyopathy, blood flow to the muscle cells of the heart is either partially or completely reduced, leading to cell death and scar tissue formation. Because the muscle cells are replaced with fibrous tissue, the heart loses its ability to contract, compromising heart function. Normally, if blood flow to the heart is compromised, over time, new blood vessels will develop, providing alternative circulation to the affected cells. The viability of the heart following severely restricted blood flow is dependent on", "title": "Vascular endothelial growth factor A" }, { "docid": "9060898", "text": "joint, form the only non-sutured joints in the skull. Most sutures are named for the bones they articulate, but some have special names of their own. A syndesmosis is a slightly movable fibrous joint in which bones such as the tibia and fibula are joined together by connective tissue. Examples include the distal tibia fibular joint as well as the radioulnar joint. Injuries to the ankle syndesmosis are commonly known as a \"high ankle sprain\". Although the syndesmosis is a joint, in the literature the term syndesmotic injury is used to describe injury of the syndesmotic ligaments. It comes from", "title": "Fibrous joint" }, { "docid": "19070227", "text": "Epitrochleoanconeus muscle The epitrochleoanconeus muscle (anconeous epitrochlearis muscle, anconeus-epitrochlearis or anconeus sextus) is a small accessory muscle of the arm which runs from the back of the inner condyle of the humerus over the ulnar nerve to the olecranon. The epitrochleoanconeus is a short striated muscle which originates on the posterior surface of the medial epicondyle of the humerus. The muscle runs over the ulnar nerve, forms an arch over the cubital tunnel and inserts on the olecranon. It is innervated by the ulnar nerve. In the absence of an epitrochleoanconeus a fibrous band often occupies the same position, commonly", "title": "Epitrochleoanconeus muscle" }, { "docid": "5492177", "text": "this action it is assisted by the digastric, mylohyoid and geniohyoid muscles. Lateral pterygoid muscle The lateral pterygoid or external pterygoid is a muscle of mastication with two heads. It lies superiorly to the medial pterygoid. The upper/superior head originates on the infratemporal surface and infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and inserts onto the articular disc and fibrous capsule of the temporomandibular joint. The lower/inferior head originates on the lateral surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and inserts onto the neck of condyloid process of the mandible; upper/superior head The mandibular branch of the fifth", "title": "Lateral pterygoid muscle" }, { "docid": "9184634", "text": "The Marrow of a Bone The Marrow of a Bone (stylized THE MARROW OF A BONE) is the sixth studio album by Japanese metal band Dir En Grey, released on February 7, 2007, in Japan, and in the United States (20 February), Germany (2 March), France (6 March), and the United Kingdom (7 May) in the following months. In total, the album was released in eleven countries. The band was touring North America at the time of the album's release in both Japan and the United States. In March 2007, \"The Marrow of a Bone\" reached number 21 on \"Billboard's\"", "title": "The Marrow of a Bone" }, { "docid": "13418942", "text": "the main, the Gophers close it making it pitch black. As the dog attempts to light a match, the gas main explodes, and the dog pops out of the oven in the house and eventually departs the premises (it is here that the dog is identified). The Gophers then resume their gin game. A Bone for a Bone A Bone for a Bone is a \"Looney Tunes\" short starring the Goofy Gophers. The cartoon, released in 1951, was directed by Friz Freleng and released by Warner Bros. Pictures, and was the first of four Goofy Gophers cartoon directed by Freleng,", "title": "A Bone for a Bone" }, { "docid": "14391327", "text": "is much more guarded. Approximately 63% of patients will have a recurrence of their tumor, of which more than half will succumb to disease progression within 2 years. Adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy in malignant SFT remains controversial. Solitary fibrous tumor Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT), also known as fibrous tumor of the pleura, is a rare mesenchymal tumor originating in the pleura or at virtually any site in the soft tissue including seminal vesicle. Approximately 78% to 88% of SFT's are benign and 12% to 22% are malignant. SFT was first mentioned in the scientific literature by Wagner. The first discussion", "title": "Solitary fibrous tumor" }, { "docid": "14391324", "text": "Solitary fibrous tumor Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT), also known as fibrous tumor of the pleura, is a rare mesenchymal tumor originating in the pleura or at virtually any site in the soft tissue including seminal vesicle. Approximately 78% to 88% of SFT's are benign and 12% to 22% are malignant. SFT was first mentioned in the scientific literature by Wagner. The first discussion of its clinical and pathological properties was by Klemperer and Rabin. SFTs have also been known as hemangiopericytomas although this term has now been discontinued from WHO tumor classifications. Over the years pleural SFTs acquired a number", "title": "Solitary fibrous tumor" }, { "docid": "4265983", "text": "muscular portion from the connective tissue attaching to the duodenum. The superior portion is also described as the \"Hilfsmuskel\". These two parts are now considered anatomically distinct, with the \"suspensory muscle\" referring solely to the lower structure attaching at the duodenum. The ligament contains a slender band of skeletal muscle from the diaphragm and a fibromuscular band of smooth muscle from the horizontal and ascending parts of the duodenum. When it contracts, by virtue of connections to the third and fourth parts of the duodenum, the suspensory muscle of the duodenum widens the angle of the duodenojejunal flexure, allowing movement", "title": "Suspensory muscle of duodenum" }, { "docid": "3112085", "text": "also known as burned-out Paget's disease. A later phase of the disease is characterized by the replacement of normal bone marrow with highly vascular fibrous tissue. Sir James Paget first suggested the disease was due to an inflammatory process. Some evidence suggests that a paramyxovirus infection is the underlying cause of Paget's disease, which may support the possible role of inflammation in the pathogenesis. However, no infectious virus has yet been isolated as a causative agent, and other evidence suggests an intrinsic hyperresponsive reaction to vitamin D and RANK ligand is the cause. Further research is therefore necessary. The first", "title": "Paget's disease of bone" }, { "docid": "6423076", "text": "Angiomatosis Angiomatosis is a non-neoplastic condition characterised by nests of proliferating capillaries arranged in a lobular pattern, displacing adjacent muscle and fat. It consists of many angiomas. These tend to be cavernous hemangiomas, which are sharply defined, sponge-like tumors composed of large, dilated, cavernous vascular spaces. They often appear in: It is a vascular malformation wherein blood vessels proliferate along with accompanying mature fat and fibrous tissue, lymphatics and sometimes nerves. They may involve skin, subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle and occasionally bone. Prognosis depends on the size and location of the tumour, untreated angiomatosis may lead to blindness and/ or", "title": "Angiomatosis" }, { "docid": "16280379", "text": "Band Down to the Bone (band) Down to the Bone is an acid jazz group led by British DJ Stuart Wade, who formed the band in 1996 with Chris Morgans (who has now left). The group is very popular in the UK, where it is \"hailed as the kings of UK jazz groove.\" The band's music is a mix of funk and jazz. As of 2014 there are two sets of Personnel for the band - a US band and a UK band. Stuart Wade, the band's leader, does not play any instruments. He hums into a dictaphone. US Band", "title": "Down to the Bone (band)" }, { "docid": "13418938", "text": "A Bone for a Bone A Bone for a Bone is a \"Looney Tunes\" short starring the Goofy Gophers. The cartoon, released in 1951, was directed by Friz Freleng and released by Warner Bros. Pictures, and was the first of four Goofy Gophers cartoon directed by Freleng, and would be the final work by J.B. Hardaway at the Warner Bros. studio, having returned after almost a decade at the Walter Lantz studio. The Gophers (Mac and Tosh) are playing a gin game in their hole in the ground outside a house, where Tosh loses his fifth game in a row,", "title": "A Bone for a Bone" }, { "docid": "6423077", "text": "permanent brain damage. Death may occur, with complications in the kidney or brain. Angiomatosis Angiomatosis is a non-neoplastic condition characterised by nests of proliferating capillaries arranged in a lobular pattern, displacing adjacent muscle and fat. It consists of many angiomas. These tend to be cavernous hemangiomas, which are sharply defined, sponge-like tumors composed of large, dilated, cavernous vascular spaces. They often appear in: It is a vascular malformation wherein blood vessels proliferate along with accompanying mature fat and fibrous tissue, lymphatics and sometimes nerves. They may involve skin, subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle and occasionally bone. Prognosis depends on the size", "title": "Angiomatosis" }, { "docid": "5463487", "text": "punk.\" It was reissued in 1990 along with the album \"Rehab Doll\" (plus bonus tracks) as the \"Dry as a Bone/Rehab Doll\" compilation album. One of the bonus tracks from the reissue, \"Searchin'\" was recorded during the \"Dry as a Bone\" sessions. Dry As a Bone Dry as a Bone is the second EP by the American rock band Green River. It was released in July 1987 through Sub Pop Records. The EP features the band's first material with guitarist Bruce Fairweather, formerly of bassist Jeff Ament's previous band, Deranged Diction. In June 1986, the band began production on its", "title": "Dry As a Bone" }, { "docid": "7906840", "text": "muscle and bone tissue growth and regeneration. These claims are, however, yet to be confirmed in larger clinical trials. One important rehabilitation tool for muscle atrophy includes the use of functional electrical stimulation to stimulate the muscles. This has seen a large amount of success in the rehabilitation of paraplegic patients. Inactivity and starvation in mammals lead to atrophy of skeletal muscle, accompanied by a smaller number and size of the muscle cells as well as lower protein content. In humans, prolonged periods of immobilization, as in the cases of bed rest or astronauts flying in space, are known to", "title": "Muscle atrophy" }, { "docid": "16280378", "text": "Down to the Bone (band) Down to the Bone is an acid jazz group led by British DJ Stuart Wade, who formed the band in 1996 with Chris Morgans (who has now left). The group is very popular in the UK, where it is \"hailed as the kings of UK jazz groove.\" The band's music is a mix of funk and jazz. As of 2014 there are two sets of Personnel for the band - a US band and a UK band. Stuart Wade, the band's leader, does not play any instruments. He hums into a dictaphone. US Band UK", "title": "Down to the Bone (band)" }, { "docid": "2069768", "text": "of or whole tissues (i.e., bone, cartilage, blood vessels, bladder, skin, muscle etc.). Often, the tissues involved require certain mechanical and structural properties for proper functioning. The term has also been applied to efforts to perform specific biochemical functions using cells within an artificially-created support system (e.g. an artificial pancreas, or a bio artificial liver). The term \"regenerative medicine\" is often used synonymously with tissue engineering, although those involved in regenerative medicine place more emphasis on the use of stem cells or progenitor cells to produce tissues. A commonly applied definition of tissue engineering, as stated by Langer and Vacanti,", "title": "Tissue engineering" }, { "docid": "7525663", "text": "Basilar part of occipital bone The basilar part of the occipital bone (also basioccipital) extends forward and upward from the foramen magnum, and presents in front an area more or less quadrilateral in outline. In the young skull this area is rough and uneven, and is joined to the body of the sphenoid by a plate of cartilage. By the twenty-fifth year this cartilaginous plate is ossified, and the occipital and sphenoid form a continuous bone. On its \"lower surface\", about 1 cm. in front of the foramen magnum, is the pharyngeal tubercle which gives attachment to the fibrous raphe", "title": "Basilar part of occipital bone" }, { "docid": "2425250", "text": "the tissue in a well defined environment which can be easily manipulated and analysed. In animal tissue culture, cells may be grown as two-dimensional monolayers (conventional culture) or within fibrous scaffolds or gels to attain more naturalistic three-dimensional tissue-like structures (3D culture). Eric Simon, in a 1988 NIH SBIR grant report, showed that electrospinning could be used to produced nano- and submicron-scale polymeric fibrous scaffolds specifically intended for use as \"in vitro\" cell and tissue substrates. This early use of electrospun fibrous lattices for cell culture and tissue engineering showed that various cell types would adhere to and proliferate upon", "title": "Tissue culture" }, { "docid": "1755226", "text": "tissues include fibrous, elastic, and lymphoid connective tissues. Fibroareolar tissue is a mix of fibrous and areolar tissue. New vascularised connective tissue that forms in the process of wound healing is termed granulation tissue. Fibroblasts are the cells responsible for the production of some CT. Type I collagen is present in many forms of connective tissue, and makes up about 25% of the total protein content of the mammalian body. Characteristics of CT: Connective tissue has a wide variety of functions that depend on the types of cells and the different classes of fibers involved. Loose and dense irregular connective", "title": "Connective tissue" }, { "docid": "5492175", "text": "Lateral pterygoid muscle The lateral pterygoid or external pterygoid is a muscle of mastication with two heads. It lies superiorly to the medial pterygoid. The upper/superior head originates on the infratemporal surface and infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and inserts onto the articular disc and fibrous capsule of the temporomandibular joint. The lower/inferior head originates on the lateral surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and inserts onto the neck of condyloid process of the mandible; upper/superior head The mandibular branch of the fifth cranial nerve, the trigeminal nerve, specifically the lateral pterygoid nerve, innervates the", "title": "Lateral pterygoid muscle" }, { "docid": "8088854", "text": "Irregular bone The irregular bones are bones which, from their peculiar form, cannot be grouped as long, short, flat or sesamoid bones. Irregular bones serve various purposes in the body, such as protection of nervous tissue (such as the vertebrae protect the spinal cord), affording multiple anchor points for skeletal muscle attachment (as with the sacrum), and maintaining pharynx and trachea support, and tongue attachment (such as the hyoid bone). They consist of cancellous tissue enclosed within a thin layer of compact bone. Irregular bones can also be used for joining all parts of the spinal column together. The spine", "title": "Irregular bone" }, { "docid": "5463485", "text": "Dry As a Bone Dry as a Bone is the second EP by the American rock band Green River. It was released in July 1987 through Sub Pop Records. The EP features the band's first material with guitarist Bruce Fairweather, formerly of bassist Jeff Ament's previous band, Deranged Diction. In June 1986, the band began production on its second EP with local producer Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington. Green River chose to record \"Dry as a Bone\" for Bruce Pavitt's new label, Sub Pop Records. However, Pavitt couldn't afford to release it until the following year, and,", "title": "Dry As a Bone" }, { "docid": "7906829", "text": "as soon as is feasible, despite sutures, wounds, broken bones and pain. Muscle atrophy results from a co-morbidity of several common diseases, including cancer, AIDS, congestive heart failure, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), renal failure, and severe burns; patients who have \"cachexia\" in these disease settings have a poor prognosis. Moreover, starvation eventually leads to muscle atrophy. Disuse of the muscles, such as when muscle tissue is immobilized for even a few days of unuse – when the patient has a primary injury such as an immobilized broken bone (set in a cast or immobilized in traction), for example –", "title": "Muscle atrophy" }, { "docid": "10852780", "text": "What a Bunch of Sweeties What a Bunch of Sweeties is a 1972 album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies. Twink had left the band before the recording of this album. Former The Move guitarist Trevor Burton occasionally joined the band for gigs and contributes to a couple of tracks, otherwise the band is the same line up stranded in San Francisco as The Deviants in 1969 after they sacked vocalist Mick Farren. The sleeve came in a gatefold cover by Edward Barker, the front showing a box full of goodies mostly taken from roadie Boss Goodman's personal collection", "title": "What a Bunch of Sweeties" }, { "docid": "10852783", "text": "the trio reunited in 2009 to re-record \"Do It!\" from their first single for the Boss Goodman tribute CD \"Portobello Shuffle\". What a Bunch of Sweeties What a Bunch of Sweeties is a 1972 album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies. Twink had left the band before the recording of this album. Former The Move guitarist Trevor Burton occasionally joined the band for gigs and contributes to a couple of tracks, otherwise the band is the same line up stranded in San Francisco as The Deviants in 1969 after they sacked vocalist Mick Farren. The sleeve came in a", "title": "What a Bunch of Sweeties" }, { "docid": "8915519", "text": "Mixed Müllerian tumor A malignant mixed Müllerian tumor, also known as malignant mixed mesodermal tumor, MMMT and carcinosarcoma, is a malignant neoplasm found in the uterus, the ovaries, the fallopian tubes and other parts of the body that contains both carcinomatous (epithelial tissue) and sarcomatous (connective tissue) components. It is divided into two types, homologous (in which the sarcomatous component is made of tissues found in the uterus such as endometrial, fibrous and/or smooth muscle tissues) and a heterologous type (made up of tissues not found in the uterus, such as cartilage, skeletal muscle and/or bone). MMMT account for between", "title": "Mixed Müllerian tumor" }, { "docid": "4428283", "text": "of muscles dominates his/her body. A biopsy needle is usually inserted into a muscle, wherein a small amount of tissue remains. Alternatively, an \"open biopsy\" can be performed by obtaining the muscle tissue through a small surgical incision. Muscle biopsy In medicine, a muscle biopsy is a procedure in which a piece of muscle tissue is removed from an organism and examined microscopically. A muscle biopsy can lead to the discovery of problems with the nervous system, connective tissue, vascular system, or musculoskeletal system. In humans with weakness and low muscle tone, a muscle biopsy can help distinguish between myopathies", "title": "Muscle biopsy" }, { "docid": "13418939", "text": "when Geo P. Dog digs a hole and dumps a bone on the Gophers and then dirt as he fills the hole in. Geo does remove the bone upon Tosh's request, but realizing that it was gophers who asked him to move the bone, he returns to the same hole to rebury the bone. This time, Mac goes up, only to be grabbed by Geo. Mac then yells for help, which arrives in the form of Tosh and a hammer, which Tosh uses to knock Geo's head into his collar, allowing the Gophers to return to their hole and escape", "title": "A Bone for a Bone" }, { "docid": "12645635", "text": "and not eaten. Because of their slim, tapered shape they may get caught in the windpipe and cause suffocation. Fish bone Fish bone is any bone of a fish. Fish bone also includes the bony, delicate parts of the skeleton of bony fish, such as ribs and fin rays, but especially the ossification of connective tissue lying transversely inclined backwards to the ribs between the muscle segments and having no contact with the spine. Not all fish have fish bones in this sense; for instance, eels and anglerfish do not. There are several series of fish bones: Epineuralia, Epicentralia, Epipleuralia", "title": "Fish bone" }, { "docid": "12645634", "text": "Fish bone Fish bone is any bone of a fish. Fish bone also includes the bony, delicate parts of the skeleton of bony fish, such as ribs and fin rays, but especially the ossification of connective tissue lying transversely inclined backwards to the ribs between the muscle segments and having no contact with the spine. Not all fish have fish bones in this sense; for instance, eels and anglerfish do not. There are several series of fish bones: Epineuralia, Epicentralia, Epipleuralia and Myorhabdoi. Fish bones support the core muscles without inhibiting their motility. In cuisine, fish bones are usually removed", "title": "Fish bone" }, { "docid": "2087486", "text": "and extend past the rest of the skull is a diagnostic trait of ceratopsians. The recognizable skull domes present in pachycephalosaurs were formed by the fusion of the frontal and parietal bones and the addition of thick deposits of bone to that unit. Parietal bone The parietal bones () are two bones in the human skull which, when joined together at a fibrous joint, form the sides and roof of the cranium. Each bone is roughly quadrilateral in form, and has two surfaces, four borders, and four angles. It is named from the Latin \"paries\" (\"-ietis\"), wall. The external surface", "title": "Parietal bone" }, { "docid": "9184648", "text": "spot on CDJapan 2007 sales charts. The album charted on the Billboard \"Top Heatseekers\" chart at number 8, the \"Top Independent Albums\" at number 21, and again on the Oricon album charts at number 30. The Marrow of a Bone The Marrow of a Bone (stylized THE MARROW OF A BONE) is the sixth studio album by Japanese metal band Dir En Grey, released on February 7, 2007, in Japan, and in the United States (20 February), Germany (2 March), France (6 March), and the United Kingdom (7 May) in the following months. In total, the album was released in", "title": "The Marrow of a Bone" }, { "docid": "9184645", "text": "beginning in 2007. The album was released while Dir En Grey was on tour in the United States, however the band was not yet fully supporting the album. In March, the band began \"Tour 07 The Marrow of a Bone\", thoroughly covering much of Japan and ending in the beginning of May. This tour introduced set-lists containing most of the tracks from \"The Marrow of a Bone\", and was the first time many of the songs had been performed publicly. After the first leg of \"The Marrow of a Bone\" touring, Dir En Grey went on to another American tour,", "title": "The Marrow of a Bone" }, { "docid": "10704124", "text": "subgroups: the single-unit (unitary) and multiunit smooth muscle. Within single-unit cells, the whole bundle or sheet contracts as a syncytium (i.e. a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells). Multiunit smooth muscle tissues innervate individual cells; as such, they allow for fine control and gradual responses, much like motor unit recruitment in skeletal muscle. Smooth muscle is found within the walls of blood vessels (such smooth muscle specifically being termed vascular smooth muscle) such as in the tunica media layer of large (aorta) and small arteries, arterioles and veins. Smooth muscle is also found in lymphatic vessels,", "title": "Muscle tissue" } ]

[ "T Ros", "Feddy Roosevelt", "26th President of the United States", "Trust Buster", "The Cowboy President", "Teddy roosevelt", "Theodore Roosavelt", "President Theodore Roosevelt", "Theodor roosevelt", "Teddy Rose", "Teddy Roosevelt", "Theodore roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt", "Teodoro Roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt Administration", "Teddy Roosvelt", "Teddy Rosevelt", "Roosevelt, Theodore", "Teddy Roosevelt foreign policy", "T Roosevelt", "Cowboy of the Dakotas", "Teddy Roose", "Theodore Roosevelt" ]

[ { "docid": "1304444", "text": "for a nation to own the islands which border its shores.\" A year later, Roosevelt wrote, At the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War in September 1905, President Roosevelt leveraged his position as a strong but impartial leader in order to negotiate a peace treaty between the two nations. \"\"Speaking softly\"\" earned the President enough prestige to even merit a Nobel Peace Prize the following year for his efforts. Big Stick ideology Big stick ideology, big stick diplomacy, or big stick policy refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: \"speak softly and carry a big stick.\" Roosevelt described his style", "title": "Big Stick ideology" }, { "docid": "1304432", "text": "Big Stick ideology Big stick ideology, big stick diplomacy, or big stick policy refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: \"speak softly and carry a big stick.\" Roosevelt described his style of foreign policy as \"the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis.\" The idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong. Simultaneously threatening with the \"big stick\", or the military, ties in heavily with the idea of \"Realpolitik\", which implies a pursuit of political power that resembles Machiavellian ideals. It is comparable to gunboat", "title": "Big Stick ideology" }, { "docid": "1142843", "text": "National Register of Historic Places and his home is a county museum. On September 2, 1901, then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the African proverb \"Speak softly and carry a big stick\" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, which was still a part of St. Paul at the time. Roosevelt became president just two weeks later, upon the assassination of William McKinley, and built the phrase into his concept of Big Stick Diplomacy. Between the 1910s and 1930s, Curtiss Northwest Airport was located at the intersection of Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues. The airfield was important in Minnesota", "title": "Falcon Heights, Minnesota" }, { "docid": "6456230", "text": "Bugs' horror and then decides he needs to fight Sam by running against him for mayor. Both of them proceed to engage in various stereotypical election ploys. Bugs tries to win the townspeople over with Theodore Roosevelt's famous \"I speak softly, but I carry a BIG stick!\" quote, even dressing up like Roosevelt. However, Sam declares \"I speak LOUD and I carry a BIGGER stick, and I use it too!\" He uses it on Bugs. Sam starts kissing babies (one of whom reacts by spitting the kiss off); he goes to kiss a disguised Bugs, who plants one on Sam", "title": "Ballot Box Bunny" }, { "docid": "1950831", "text": "Roosevelt, became President in 1901. Under his administration, the Navy went from the sixth largest in the world to second only to the Royal Navy. Theodore Roosevelt's administration became involved in the politics of the Caribbean and Central America, with interventions in 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1906. At a speech in 1901, Roosevelt said, \"Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far\", which was a cornerstone of diplomacy during his presidency. Roosevelt believed that a U.S.-controlled canal across Central America was a vital strategic interest to the U.S. Navy, because it would significantly shorten travel times for", "title": "History of the United States Navy" }, { "docid": "3628816", "text": "main entrance to the fair from Snelling Avenue heads onto a road named Dan Patch Avenue for a pacer horse who won every race he ran in from 1900 to 1909 when he was retired. One of the most significant dates in the fair's history was September 2, 1901, when then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was visiting and first uttered the famous phrase, \"Speak softly and carry a big stick.\" Roosevelt became president just 12 days later after William McKinley was assassinated. In 1925, the Minnesota State Fair was the site of the Norse-American Centennial celebration. During his appearance at the", "title": "Minnesota State Fair" }, { "docid": "12908572", "text": "3) What are the positions and preferences of the targets of attempts at influence? 4) Which forms of power behavior are most likely to succeed? 5) What is the probability of success? Since the period of \"Pax Britannica\" (1815–1914) the United Kingdom has employed a combination of influence and coercion in international relations. The term smart power emerged in the past decade, but the concept of smart power has much earlier roots in the history of the United States and is a popular notion in international relations today. 1901: President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims: \"Speak softly and carry a big stick.\"", "title": "Smart power" }, { "docid": "8285098", "text": "Cowboy diplomacy Cowboy diplomacy is a term used by critics to describe the resolution of international conflicts through brash risk-taking, intimidation, military deployment, or a combination of such tactics. It is criticized as stemming from an overly simple, dichotomous world view. Overtly provocative phraseology typically centralizes the message. One of the earliest known applications of the term was in 1902, when it was used by the American press to describe U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policies. Roosevelt had at the time summarized his approach to international diplomacy as \"Speak softly and carry a big stick\", an adage that was engraved", "title": "Cowboy diplomacy" }, { "docid": "5027702", "text": "firearms include a variety of rifles and handguns made by Collier, Colt, Winchester, Remington, Smith & Wesson, and Marlin during the 19th century. One of the museum's best-known artifacts is a 1908 Holland & Holland, Ltd. Royal Grade Double Rifle that belonged to President Theodore Roosevelt. In January 1909, conservationist Edward North Buxton, together with a group of 55 British zoologists and hunting enthusiasts, presented it to Roosevelt, his personal friend, who used it to hunt big game on an African safari. The rifle has acquired the modern, unofficial nickname of \"The Big Stick,\" from Roosevelt's famous quote \"speak softly", "title": "Frazier History Museum" } ]

[ { "docid": "1304433", "text": "diplomacy, as used in international politics by imperial powers. Roosevelt (then Governor of New York) to Henry L. Sprague, dated January 26, 1900. Roosevelt wrote, in a bout of happiness after forcing New York's Republican committee to pull support away from a corrupt financial adviser:published in the \"Brooklyn Daily Eagle\" on April 1, 1900, a reporter noted that \"His motto, he says, he has taken from the South African people: 'Speak softly— carry a big stick— and you will go far. Roosevelt would go on to be elected Vice President later that year, and subsequently used the aphorism publicly in", "title": "Big Stick ideology" }, { "docid": "9627069", "text": "Speak Softly, Love \"Speak Softly, Love\" is a popular song published in 1972, with music by Nino Rota and lyrics by Larry Kusik. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film \"The Godfather\" that was simply known as \"Love Theme from \"The Godfather\"\". The highest-charting rendition of either version was by vocalist Andy Williams, who took \"Speak Softly Love\" to number 34 on \"Billboard\" magazine's Hot 100 and number seven on its Easy Listening chart. Larry Kusik wrote the original, English lyrics, and Nino Rota wrote the music. Different sets of lyrics for the song", "title": "Speak Softly, Love" }, { "docid": "9649552", "text": "thing of any distinction that \"Walk Softly, Stranger\" has ... [in short] \"Walk Softly, Stranger\" doesn't carry a big stick.\" Film critic Dennis Schwartz was generally disappointed with the film. He wrote, \"Love saves the day melodrama. The dismal film is worth seeing only for the fine performance of Alida Valli as the rich crippled girl ... [and] the uninteresting clichéd resolution, leaves this film flattening out in its noirish aspects to become an unconvincing soap opera love story.\" Walk Softly, Stranger Walk Softly, Stranger is a 1950 film starring Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli, directed by Robert Stevenson. It", "title": "Walk Softly, Stranger" }, { "docid": "9627073", "text": "in the April 29 issue and peaked at number 80 during its four weeks on the Hot 100 and number 24 on the Easy Listening chart, where it also spent four weeks. In the UK Williams began a run of nine weeks on August 5 of that year that led to a number 42 showing. Speak Softly, Love \"Speak Softly, Love\" is a popular song published in 1972, with music by Nino Rota and lyrics by Larry Kusik. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film \"The Godfather\" that was simply known as \"Love Theme", "title": "Speak Softly, Love" }, { "docid": "413814", "text": "basking in peace and prosperity, the voters gave McKinley an even larger victory than that which he had achieved in 1896. After the campaign, Roosevelt took office as vice president in March 1901. The office of Vice President was a powerless sinecure and did not suit Roosevelt's aggressive temperament. Roosevelt's six months as Vice President were uneventful, and Roosevelt presided over the Senate for a mere four days before it adjourned. On September 2, 1901, Roosevelt first publicized an aphorism that thrilled his supporters at the Minnesota State Fair: \"Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go", "title": "Theodore Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "17651615", "text": "to play. The seventh stick stands for a 3D image contraption that Dan traded for. The eighth stick represents the law coming for Dan. Flossie, then ninth stick, hides him and his horse. Frankie, Flossie's daughter, is the tenth stick that Dan and his best friend Swinn, the eleventh stick, fought over. The twelfth stick is Dan's motto, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Flossie does not explicitly explain the thirteenth stick, only that it caused at least half his trouble and half his pleasure. Dan stayed in Lost Cove until he was almost 30. Flossie drops the sticks", "title": "Some Other Place. The Right Place." }, { "docid": "9627072", "text": "first charted on the Hot 100 in the April 22 issue and made it to number 66 during a nine-week chart run. It also reached number 24 on the Easy Listening chart during its three weeks there that began in the May 20 issue. The Andy Williams version of \"Speak Softly Love\" also made its first appearance in the April 8 issue and reached number 34 on the Hot 100 during its 11 weeks there and number seven Easy Listening over the course of 12 weeks. A recording of the song by Al Martino debuted on both of those charts", "title": "Speak Softly, Love" }, { "docid": "9710934", "text": "Softly, Softly: Taskforce Softly, Softly: Task Force is a police based drama series which ran on BBC 1 from 1969 to 1976. It was a revamp of \"Softly, Softly\", itself a spin-off from \"Z-Cars\". The change was made partly to coincide with the coming of colour broadcasting to the BBC's main channel BBC1. The programme was due to be called simply \"Task Force\", but reluctant to sacrifice a much-loved brand the BBC compromised this so it became \"Softly, Softly: Task Force\". At the end of \"Softly Softly\", the main characters – Detective Chief Superintendent Barlow (Stratford Johns) and Detective Inspector", "title": "Softly, Softly: Taskforce" }, { "docid": "11430585", "text": "including Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Big Black, the Butthole Surfers and Sun Ra. The box set was named after the Big Stick track it contained, \"Devil's Jukebox\". While the band stayed together and more recently have performed with My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, it is still for \"Drag Racing\" that they are best known. They have also collaborated on a film soundtrack, for \"Besotted\". Big Stick (band) Big Stick are an alternative/independent duo that gained widespread domestic and foreign airplay with their debut release, the \"Drag Racing\" EP in 1986. It was instantly recognizable for Yanna Trance's catchy", "title": "Big Stick (band)" }, { "docid": "14531093", "text": "Kato Hidecki and Shahzad Ismaily), as well as Billy's Fang Percussion Ensemble. He is also featured in Billy's DVD entitled \"Life on Drums\", which was released on October 8, 2010. Honoshowsky is most commonly known as the founder of No Use For Humans (NUFH), an avant-garde electronica band from New Jersey, and he's also the founder of the drumming collective \"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick\". Honoshowsky has performed and recorded with many metro New York City/ New Jersey bands, from hip-hop band Universal Rebel to world/avant-garde group In Petto, has toured the United States with hardcore band Hungry", "title": "Steve Honoshowsky" }, { "docid": "7081103", "text": "Come Softly to Me \"Come Softly to Me\" is a popular song written by Gretchen Christopher that was performed by The Fleetwoods, composed of Christopher, Barbara Ellis, and Gary Troxel. The original title was \"Come Softly,\" but was changed en route to its becoming a hit. Bob Reisdorf, the owner of Dolphin Records, which in 1960 changed to Dolton Records, was responsible for the title change. He thought that \"Come Softly\" might be too obvious and considered risqué, so he had it changed to \"Come Softly to Me.\" The title phrase never appears in the song's lyrics. Recording the song", "title": "Come Softly to Me" }, { "docid": "7081100", "text": "Come Softly to Me \"Come Softly to Me\" is a popular song written by Gretchen Christopher that was performed by The Fleetwoods, composed of Christopher, Barbara Ellis, and Gary Troxel. The original title was \"Come Softly,\" but was changed en route to its becoming a hit. Bob Reisdorf, the owner of Dolphin Records, which in 1960 changed to Dolton Records, was responsible for the title change. He thought that \"Come Softly\" might be too obvious and considered risqué, so he had it changed to \"Come Softly to Me.\" The title phrase never appears in the song's lyrics. Recording the song", "title": "Come Softly to Me" }, { "docid": "5595364", "text": "to Uniforms and Equipment. There is one item of equipment about which I have a definite opinion. It is the swagger stick. It shall remain an optional item of interference. If you feel the need of it, carry it… Few, if any, contemporary officers carry a swagger stick, and it has no official sanction in any branch. General George S. Patton carried a swagger stick throughout World War II; however, his contained a concealed blade, similar to a Victorian gentleman's sword cane. General William J. Livsey, who was the Commanding General of the Eighth United States Army in South Korea", "title": "Swagger stick" }, { "docid": "314639", "text": "presented to its Congress a treaty that would officially recognize the loss of its former province, but the treaty was not ratified, due to popular and legislative opposition. Negotiations continued intermittently until a new treaty was signed on December 21, 1921 which formally accepted the independence of Panama. Roosevelt’s policy to ‘walk softly and carry a big stick’, and the Canal Company’s apartheid early on, have been much criticized. Yet, beyond the financial injection to the country’s economy and workforce, the changes brought about by the canal venture were largely positive for Panama. To sanitize the area before and during", "title": "History of Panama" }, { "docid": "9710940", "text": "the time didn't help \"Second Verdict\". In a contemporary interview, Stratford Johns remarked that: \"I did not like the title. It was too limiting. I would have preferred 'Second Opinion'\". The character of John Watt would see one final solo appearance in the last ever \"Z-Cars\", in September 1978. Softly, Softly: Taskforce Softly, Softly: Task Force is a police based drama series which ran on BBC 1 from 1969 to 1976. It was a revamp of \"Softly, Softly\", itself a spin-off from \"Z-Cars\". The change was made partly to coincide with the coming of colour broadcasting to the BBC's main", "title": "Softly, Softly: Taskforce" }, { "docid": "9691454", "text": "from the Ancient Monastery reflects how wide the range of films Yam was in. Yam was the \"speak softly and carry a big stick\" member of Cantonese opera community but without cult of personality character. Entourage (hospital, airport, etc.) around her could become out of control if she allowed it. (For example, construction, medical and legal professionals at a certain pay grade were not allowed to advertise out-right in the past. Getting in the limelight with celebrities was an alternative or even better deal. The resulted stream of \"an upscale clientele\" was worth the time and expenses.) However, the residue", "title": "Yam Kim-fai" }, { "docid": "10245770", "text": "Nick Varner Nick Varner (born May 15, 1948 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American pool player who was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1992. Nick D. Varner graduated from Tell City High School in Tell City, Indiana in 1966. Varner learned to play pool in his father's (Nick Varner) pool hall in Grandview, Indiana. After graduating from high school, Varner gained notoriety on the professional pool scene after he won two ACU-I Intercollegiate Championships while attending Purdue University. A cliché given to Varner was \"Speak softly and carry a big stick\" because of the", "title": "Nick Varner" }, { "docid": "413904", "text": "duty in the Atlantic Fleet since 1986. On November 18, 1956, the United States Postal Service released a 6¢ Liberty Issue postage stamp honoring Roosevelt. A 32¢ stamp was issued on February 3, 1998, as part of the Celebrate the Century stamp sheet series. In 2008, Columbia Law School awarded a law degree to Roosevelt, posthumously making him a member of the class of 1882. Roosevelt's \"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick\" ideology is still quoted by politicians and columnists in different countries—not only in English, but also in translations to various other languages. Another lasting, popular legacy of", "title": "Theodore Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "16983156", "text": "on the 12\" EP \"Speak Softly and Carry A Big Stick\". Kathy Johnston, Dianna Ray's wife, played guitar with Mydolls at their farewell show in 1985. She later collaborated with Dianna and Trish in the bands World War I (Women with Instruments), Black Dresses and They Should Have Been Blondes. Johnston continued to play live with Mydolls after their reformation in 2008. She died in 2011 of MDS, a rare blood cancer. In 2007, \"A World of Her Own\", the Mydolls' complete anthology CD, was released by Grand Theft Audio. The set includes 2 CDs and a 24-page booklet of", "title": "Mydolls" }, { "docid": "5262520", "text": "anime. Before Wolfwood met Vash, he was a do whatever it takes individual who had no problem with dispensing lead as for his sacraments and introducing those in his way to God in a very up close manner.\" The site also listed him as the best supporting character in an anime series. Jian DeLeon of \"Complex\" magazine named him sixth on a list of \"The 25 Most Stylish Anime Characters,\" labeling him \"The epitome of \"speak softly and carry a big stick.\" Nicholas D. Wolfwood , also known as Nicholas the Punisher, is a major character in the \"Trigun\" manga", "title": "Nicholas D. Wolfwood" }, { "docid": "5393204", "text": "Softly, Softly (TV series) Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It was created as a spin-off from the series \"Z-Cars\" which ended its fifth series run in December 1965. The series took its name from the proverb \"Softly, softly, catchee monkey\", the motto of Lancashire Constabulary Training School. \"Softly, Softly\" centred on the work of regional police crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England. It was designed as a vehicle for Detective Chief Inspector", "title": "Softly, Softly (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16259603", "text": "finalized. Both books go at length explaining American political progressivism and how it infuses Obama’s political thinking, In both the autor's take is that America needs to reinvent a progressist project to revive her self-confidence and restore her world leadership. Just like FDR did with his New Deal, forging a new relationship between the state and the market, and with the expansion of American leadership. Just like TR had done before FDR with his Square Deal and a measured, “speak softly but carry a big stick” approach to rising US power. Y. Mireur has given numerous lectures in the US", "title": "Yannick Mireur" }, { "docid": "334979", "text": "and then left Congress not to debate the canal, but to debate me.\" Several parties in the United States called this an act of war on Colombia: The \"New York Times\" described the support given by the United States to Bunau-Varilla as an \"act of sordid conquest.\" The \"New York Evening Post\" called it a \"vulgar and mercenary venture.\" The US maneuvers are often cited as the classic example of US gunboat diplomacy in Latin America, and the best illustration of what Roosevelt meant by the old African adage, \"Speak softly and carry a big stick [and] you will go", "title": "Panama Canal" }, { "docid": "14531104", "text": "electronic music, several tracks have him back behind the acoustic drums. Formed in the winter of 2013, Steve and fellow NJ musician Brian Powell have teamed up to form the electro-pop power duo \"Daughter Vision\". Formed in late 2012, they released their self-titled debut under the NJ label Nacht Records. DV is known for having a visually stimulating live show as well as a mostly electronic, dance party sound. No Use For Humans Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick Soul Amputation Universal Rebel In Petto The Hungry Housewives The South Jersey Seashore Lifeguard Convention Band The Community Daylow Intense", "title": "Steve Honoshowsky" }, { "docid": "11430584", "text": "Big Stick (band) Big Stick are an alternative/independent duo that gained widespread domestic and foreign airplay with their debut release, the \"Drag Racing\" EP in 1986. It was instantly recognizable for Yanna Trance's catchy voice repeatedly speaking the line \"\"In the summer I wear my tube top, and Eddie takes me to the dragstrip\"\" throughout the track. It was one of the 142 singles in BBC DJ John Peel's Record Box that he'd picked to rescue in case of a fire. In 1990, Blast First records released a box set of 10 7\" singles by various artists on their roster,", "title": "Big Stick (band)" }, { "docid": "1304438", "text": "brought up for a vote to the American public. Roosevelt's declaration was the first of many presidential decrees in the twentieth century that were never ratified. The U.S. used the \"big stick\" during \"Canal Diplomacy\", the questionable diplomatic actions of the U.S. during the pursuit of a canal across Central America. Both Nicaragua and Panama featured canal related incidents of Big Stick Diplomacy. In 1901, Secretary of State John Hay pressed the Nicaraguan Government for approval of a canal. Nicaragua would receive $1.5 million in ratification, $100,000 annually, and the U.S. would \"provide sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity\". Nicaragua then", "title": "Big Stick ideology" }, { "docid": "5393209", "text": "Stratford Johns left the \"Taskforce\" series in 1972 (Barlow had his own spin-off series \"Barlow at Large\") and it continued until 1976 with Watt in command. During the 70s Windsor also appeared as Watt in \"Jack the Ripper\", in which he and Barlow reopened the Jack the Ripper murder casebook, and a similar series \"Second Verdict\", in which they looked into unsolved mysteries and miscarriages of justice. Softly, Softly (TV series) Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It was created as a spin-off from the series", "title": "Softly, Softly (TV series)" }, { "docid": "5393207", "text": "Fritz Spiegl. It was released as a single (credited to the London Waits) on Andrew Loog Oldham's \"Immediate\" record label in 1966. Much of the original \"Softly, Softly\" is lost, especially from the first two series, many of which were transmitted live. Others The survival rate for episodes is variable, especially from the first and second series. Many were transmitted live and are believed lost (in comparison, all episodes of the follow-up \"Taskforce\" survive). In 1969, to coincide with the BBC's move to colour broadcasting on BBC 1, \"Softly Softly\" series ended. The characters of Barlow, Watt and Hawkins were", "title": "Softly, Softly (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13964277", "text": "Soaring Softly Soaring Softly (1995 in Kentucky – 2015) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose biggest win came in the 1999 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. She originally raced on dirt, with limited success. Switched to turf at age four, she won seven of eight starts and was named the American Champion Female Turf Horse. Soaring Softly was bred and raced by Joan Phillips and her son John of the renowned Darby Dan Farm. Her sire is Darby Dan's outstanding stallion Kris S., a son of the Darby Dan European star grass racer Roberto. Her dam is the farm's", "title": "Soaring Softly" }, { "docid": "9281973", "text": "pay their debts to European and US banks and business interests. This was also referred to as the Big Stick ideology because of the phrase from president Roosevelt to \"\"speak low and carry a big stick\".\" The Roosevelt corollary provoked outrage across Latin America. The Roosevelt Corollary was invoked to intervene militarily in Latin America to stop the spread of European influence. It was the most significant amendment to the original doctrine and was widely opposed by critics, who argued that the Monroe Doctrine was originally meant to stop European influence in the Americas. They argued that the Corollary simply", "title": "Monroe Doctrine" }, { "docid": "17900108", "text": "Softly, Softly (film) Softly, Softly (, also known as \"Sotto... sotto\") is a 1984 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. The movie opens in the enchanted garden of Bomarzo (Parco dei Mostri) “monsters’ park” It is the 1645 work of Pier Francesco Orsini, (1528–1588), a patron of the arts, created the gardens. The design has been attributed to Pirro Ligorio, a well known architect and antiquarian of the time.The park of Bomarzo was intended not to please, but to astonish, and like many Mannerist works of art, its symbolism is arcane; for example, one large sculpture is of one", "title": "Softly, Softly (film)" }, { "docid": "5562755", "text": "Guards were added, and since 1969 the Blues and Royals have been included. They served by monthly rotation. Now the (Colonel) Commander Household Cavalry holds the office alone. Through the authority of the Gold Stick he has the detail of regiments and individuals to carry out royal duties. In general, the Silver Stick has charge of all ceremonial duties for the Sovereign. Silver Stick's principal aide when on duty is termed Silver Stick Adjutant. There are separate Gold and Silver Sticks in Scotland, and these are the senior officers of the Sovereign's Bodyguard of the Royal Company of Archers. Gold", "title": "Gold Stick and Silver Stick" }, { "docid": "11078201", "text": "Cash and carry (World War II) Cash and carry was a policy by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a special session of the United States Congress on September 21, 1939, subsequent to the outbreak of war in Europe. It replaced the Neutrality Acts of 1937, by which belligerents could purchase only nonmilitary goods from the United States as long as the recipients paid immediately in cash and assumed all risk in transportation using their own ships. The \"Cash and Carry\" revision allowed the purchase of military arms to belligerents on the same cash-and-carry basis. Originally presented to Congress by", "title": "Cash and carry (World War II)" }, { "docid": "11078205", "text": "It paved the way for Lend-Lease. Cash and carry (World War II) Cash and carry was a policy by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a special session of the United States Congress on September 21, 1939, subsequent to the outbreak of war in Europe. It replaced the Neutrality Acts of 1937, by which belligerents could purchase only nonmilitary goods from the United States as long as the recipients paid immediately in cash and assumed all risk in transportation using their own ships. The \"Cash and Carry\" revision allowed the purchase of military arms to belligerents on the same cash-and-carry", "title": "Cash and carry (World War II)" }, { "docid": "15455229", "text": "tuned in twice in the movie \"Abrupt Decision\", released 2011. Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, and Kelly Clarkson recorded the song for Reba's \"\" (2017) In November 2017, Carrie Underwood performed the hymn as part of the In Memoriam segment, which culminated in a tribute to the fifty-eight Route 91 shooting victims, at the 51st annual CMA Awards. Performed at funeral of Adele Stackhouse (Sookie's Granny), in \"True Blood\". Softly and Tenderly \"Softly and Tenderly\" is a Christian hymn. It was composed and written by Will L. Thompson in 1880. Allegedly, when evangelist Dwight L. Moody was in the hospital barred", "title": "Softly and Tenderly" }, { "docid": "17900111", "text": "object of Ester's unconsummated desire, as she decides to leave Oscar he chases her through Rome eventually disrupting the filming at Cine Citta’ of a faux Felinni film that results in a chase scene through the sculpture “staff shops” at Cine Citta’. Softly, Softly (film) Softly, Softly (, also known as \"Sotto... sotto\") is a 1984 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. The movie opens in the enchanted garden of Bomarzo (Parco dei Mostri) “monsters’ park” It is the 1645 work of Pier Francesco Orsini, (1528–1588), a patron of the arts, created the gardens. The design has been attributed", "title": "Softly, Softly (film)" }, { "docid": "15455227", "text": "Softly and Tenderly \"Softly and Tenderly\" is a Christian hymn. It was composed and written by Will L. Thompson in 1880. Allegedly, when evangelist Dwight L. Moody was in the hospital barred from seeing visitors although Thompson had arrived, Moody insisted that Thompson be let in, whereupon Moody told him: Thompson was a member of the Churches of Christ, where several of his hymns and gospel songs continue in use. \"Softly and Tenderly\" is the most widely known of his compositions and has circulated far beyond its origins in the American Restoration Movement. It is among the most prolifically translated", "title": "Softly and Tenderly" }, { "docid": "18364861", "text": "scenes were rather abrupt, as was the ending, but generally tension was maintained well.\" A Time to Speak A Time to Speak is a 1965 Australian television film, which aired on ABC. It is a period drama set around 1900. It was written by Noel Robinson. A doctor stands up to the corrupt leader of a religious community. One critic called it \"\"a meaty play\"\", and said she \"\"particularly liked the understated ending\"\". The TV critic for \"The Sydney Morning Herald\" said the play was \"an uncommonly arresting drama about the conflict of personalities\" in which the director \"used the", "title": "A Time to Speak" }, { "docid": "18364860", "text": "A Time to Speak A Time to Speak is a 1965 Australian television film, which aired on ABC. It is a period drama set around 1900. It was written by Noel Robinson. A doctor stands up to the corrupt leader of a religious community. One critic called it \"\"a meaty play\"\", and said she \"\"particularly liked the understated ending\"\". The TV critic for \"The Sydney Morning Herald\" said the play was \"an uncommonly arresting drama about the conflict of personalities\" in which the director \"used the austere and sombre setting of a farm community lo good effect. Some of the", "title": "A Time to Speak" }, { "docid": "9710935", "text": "Watt (Frank Windsor) – were promoted to control 'task forces', a new (at the time) development in regional police divisions wherein expertise and manpower could be drawn together when needed for special operations. Joining them from \"Softly, Softly\" would be DS Harry Hawkins (Norman Bowler), also on promotion. The stories were set in the fictional south-eastern English borough of Thamesford (played by the City of Rochester and the Medway area), where the team were under the baleful eye of Chief Constable Cullen (Walter Gotell). The continuing storyline of the series saw Barlow widowed in 1972, after which he was headhunted", "title": "Softly, Softly: Taskforce" }, { "docid": "13964282", "text": "foals between 2001 and 2008, one of which have met with much success in racing. After failing to deliver a live foal for the next several years, she underwent a Caesarian section in 2013. The resulting foal, named Manitoulin, was raised by a nurse mare and went on to become a graded stakes winner. Soaring Softly died in a paddock accident in September, 2015, at the age of 20. The Soaring Softly Stakes at Gulfstream Park is named in her honor. Soaring Softly Soaring Softly (1995 in Kentucky – 2015) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose biggest win came in", "title": "Soaring Softly" }, { "docid": "14531095", "text": "older brothers he intended on joining. Drums were the next best thing in his mind, so he picked up the sticks and began practicing his rudiment every day while listening to bands like Rush, Yes, and Frank Zappa. Beginning in middle school, Steve performed with guitarist Jay Sorce and bassist Rob Gorman in the band Pigs In Space. Pigs in Space gained a cult following in central New Jersey in the early 90's until eventual breakup in 1995. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas College, graduating in 2001. In 2008, Honoshowsky founded the drumming collective \"Speak Softly and Carry a Big", "title": "Steve Honoshowsky" }, { "docid": "12445057", "text": "against Austria on the Isonzo river—in which the Italians fought far better than popular imagination often allows—was that the tremendous material and technical preparations needed for modern war were simply beyond the contemporary capacity of the country. This was almost certainly a correct perception, but, given the ideology of Fascism with its emphasis on the moral benefits of war, it did not lead to the conclusion that an Italy without a big stick had best speak very, very softly. On the contrary, the new regime drew the opposite conclusion. Noisy eloquence and rabid journalism might be substituted for serious preparations", "title": "Benito Mussolini" }, { "docid": "5753131", "text": "senior officer in the Station, in his office to perform the duties of a 'Runner'. He will wear his Guard Mounting Uniform. They also carry a stick orderly's baton, which generally has the ensignia of the Army unit. In the Indian Army, which has a very distinct ceremonial uniform, the stick orderly will wear the ceremonial Pagri turban and a pouch belt with a steel whistle attached to it. Stick Orderly A Stick Orderly is a junior-ranking soldier assigned to accomplish minor tasks for the highest-ranking officer stationed at the location. They are generally assigned to conveying messages, carrying out", "title": "Stick Orderly" }, { "docid": "10917812", "text": "national secrets, and shape US foreign policy. Findley focuses on individuals who have stood up to the pro-Israel forces and brings out their statements and observations on the Middle East and US foreign policy toward Israel. They Dare to Speak Out They to Dare Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby is a bestselling book (nine weeks a \"Washington Post\" bestseller) that was written in 1985 (Westport, Connecticut: Lawrence Hill, ), had a second edition published in 1989 (Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 1556520735) and a third in 2003 (Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, ISBN <nowiki>155652482X </nowiki>) by former US Representative", "title": "They Dare to Speak Out" }, { "docid": "1477498", "text": "and 4-bit parallel interfaces are supported in the Memory Stick PRO format, an 8-bit parallel interface was added to the Memory Stick PRO-HG format. Also, the maximum interface clock frequency was increased from 40 MHz to 60 MHz. With these enhancements, a theoretical transfer rate of 480 Mbit/s (60 Mbyte/s) is achieved, which is three times faster than the Memory Stick PRO format. In a joint venture with SanDisk, Sony released a new Memory Stick format on February 6, 2006. The Memory Stick Micro (M2) measures 15 × 12.5 × 1.2 mm (roughly one-quarter the size of the Duo) with", "title": "Memory Stick" }, { "docid": "9710937", "text": "police procedural issues and squeaky-clean officers (with the odd 'rotten apple' for them to condemn), it began to look as stiff as \"Dixon of Dock Green\" had when its forerunner \"Z-Cars\" had appeared to blow away the cobwebs. The final series introduced a new theme tune and some new characters, but the series had had its day and was a far cry from the dynamic and edgy team of professionals introduced in the first \"Softly, Softly\" ten years earlier. Others <nowiki>*</nowiki> PC Knowles is never given a first name on-screen. All episodes of \"Task Force\" survive on their original 2\"", "title": "Softly, Softly: Taskforce" }, { "docid": "4096307", "text": "Talking stick The talking stick, also called a speaker's staff, is an instrument of aboriginal democracy used by many tribes, especially those of indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast in North America. The talking stick may be passed around a group, as multiple people speak in turn, or used only by leaders as a symbol of their authority and right to speak in public. Akan chiefs in Western Africa have a tradition of speaker's staffs capped with gold-leafed finials. These emerged in the 19th century as a symbol of the holder's power. In the Northwest Coast, talking sticks are carved", "title": "Talking stick" }, { "docid": "8485649", "text": "in the Las Vegas Hilton show on 13 December 1975. RCA was able to release it commercially in March 1978 and it now appears on the boxed set \"Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters\". Softly, as I Leave You (song) \"Softly, as I Leave You\" is a popular Italian song, originally titled \"Piano\", composed by Tony De Vita with Italian lyrics by Giorgio Calabrese, translated into English by Hal Shaper. It was originally an Italian success by Mina, at the Sanremo Music Festival, entitled \"Piano\" (\"Softly\"). Mina published a recording of the song first as a", "title": "Softly, as I Leave You (song)" }, { "docid": "18282086", "text": "\"Go-Set\"s Singles Chart. Paul Young recorded the song for his \"Other Voices\" album, and the single reached #21 on the UK charts. Softly Whispering I Love You \"Softly Whispering I Love You\" is a song written by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook originally recorded by the duo under the name of David and Jonathan. This version peaked at No. 23 in Australia on \"Go-Set\"s National Top 40 Singles Chart. It was covered in 1971 by The Congregation (known in the US as The English Congregation). Their version peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 29 on", "title": "Softly Whispering I Love You" }, { "docid": "20062697", "text": "in the United States. Speak to a Girl \"Speak to a Girl\" is a song performed by American country music artists Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. The song was written by Shy Carter, Dave Gibson, and Joe Spargur. The track was released on March 23, 2017, as the first single from McGraw and Hill's duets album, \"The Rest of Our Life\". McGraw and Hill performed the song live for the first time at the Academy of Country Music Awards held April 2, 2017. The song is also featured in the couple's \"\" set list. As of June 2017, the song", "title": "Speak to a Girl" }, { "docid": "20062696", "text": "Speak to a Girl \"Speak to a Girl\" is a song performed by American country music artists Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. The song was written by Shy Carter, Dave Gibson, and Joe Spargur. The track was released on March 23, 2017, as the first single from McGraw and Hill's duets album, \"The Rest of Our Life\". McGraw and Hill performed the song live for the first time at the Academy of Country Music Awards held April 2, 2017. The song is also featured in the couple's \"\" set list. As of June 2017, the song has sold 200,000+ copies", "title": "Speak to a Girl" }, { "docid": "13628203", "text": "carry one. The Imam traditionally delivers the Khutbah while leaning on a stick. Ashplant – an Irish walking stick made from the ash tree. Blackthorn – an Irish walking stick, or shillelagh, made from the blackthorn (\"Prunus spinosa\"). Devil's walking stick – Made from Hercules plant. Shooting stick – It can fold out into a single-legged seat. Supplejack – Made from a tropical American vine, also serves as a cane. Penang lawyer – Made from \"Licuala\". After the bark was removed with only a piece of glass, the stick was straightened by fire and polished. The fictional Dr. Mortimer owned", "title": "Walking stick" }, { "docid": "11827162", "text": "Big Mac (M*A*S*H) \"Big Mac\" is the 21st episode of the third season of \"M*A*S*H\", and was first aired on February 25, 1975. The 4077th is chosen for a great honor: A personal visit from General MacArthur, who wants to commend them on their medical successes. MacArthur's aide Colonel Whiteman comes to the camp to brief the M*A*S*Hers on what to expect. Radar doubles for MacArthur during practice ceremonies, while the VIP tent is prepared for the General's arrival. Corporal Klinger wants to greet \"Big Mac\" in his own special way, with a flower girl or geisha outfit just for", "title": "Big Mac (M*A*S*H)" }, { "docid": "13320107", "text": "jazz renditions). What some may consider the most ludicrous version is the one featured in the 1940 film version of the operetta, in which it is actually sung as a cheerful ditty by Nelson Eddy while he shines his shoes, despite the melancholy nature of the song's lyric. The song is featured twice in \"Deep in My Heart\", MGM's 1954 musical biopic of Romberg, when it is sung by Betty Wand (dubbing for Tamara Toumanova) and by Helen Traubel. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise \"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise\" is a song with music by Sigmund Romberg and", "title": "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" }, { "docid": "13964279", "text": "Soaring Softly made six starts at age three, winning her first outing on April 24, 1998, at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. She then returned to Belmont Park for the June 7 Grade 1 Acorn Stakes, in which she finished fourth behind winner Jersey Girl. She then finished sixth in the June 27 Mother Goose Stakes, again won by Jersey Girl. Soaring Softly did not start again until November, when she returned to competing in allowance races at Aqueduct Racetrack, earning two third-place finishes in mile events. In her final start of 1998, on December 5, Soaring Softly ran", "title": "Soaring Softly" }, { "docid": "15035085", "text": "vocal technique, which differs markedly from that of later singers for its infrequent use of modulation.\" He concludes, \"Mathis swings with ease on these twelve favorites and offers something a little bit different from his previous albums.\" From the liner notes for \"\": Swing Softly Swing Softly is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on July 28, 1958, by Columbia Records and was a departure from the ballads that accounted for the vast majority of singles and album tracks he had recorded thus far. This project features uptempo arrangements of popular standards, most of which", "title": "Swing Softly" }, { "docid": "4658699", "text": "on bass, keyboards and percussion. Their last album, \"Rainbow Bridge\", was released in 1996. Dicken can trace his roots back to the late 1960s with his then band Burnt Oak (later to become Mr Big). They regularly performed gigs at the Marquee Club in London and other venues around the country. His first break came with Mr Big when they signed a deal with Epic (CBS) in 1974, and released three singles which led to their first TV appearances in \"Lift off with Ayshea\" and \"Softly Softly Task Force\" (with actor Paul Nicholas). In 1975, Mr Big were signed up", "title": "Mr Big (UK band)" }, { "docid": "15035083", "text": "Swing Softly Swing Softly is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on July 28, 1958, by Columbia Records and was a departure from the ballads that accounted for the vast majority of singles and album tracks he had recorded thus far. This project features uptempo arrangements of popular standards, most of which originated in movie or stage musicals, and a couple of new songs: \"To Be in Love\" and \"Easy to Say (But Hard to Do)\". The album made its first appearance on \"Billboard\" magazine's list of the 25 Best-Selling Pop LPs in the US", "title": "Swing Softly" }, { "docid": "2837998", "text": "United Media, which syndicated the webcomic online at Comics.com until February 2009. \"Boy on a Stick and Slither\" has since been hosted on its own website. Tym Godek of \"The Webcomics Examiner\" described \"Boy on a Stick and Slither\" as with saying \"Nothing in BOASAS stands still. Jittering characters, constantly shifting backgrounds and frequent non-sequiturs proliferate through the webcomic.\" Cloud's day job in online marketing is apparent in the strip's design, as \"Boy on a Stick and Slither\" looks very cognizant of color and layout. Michael Whitney of \"Comixtalk\" prompted that \"aesthetically, the strip smacks of commercial art: full page", "title": "Boy on a Stick and Slither" }, { "docid": "13320106", "text": "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise \"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise\" is a song with music by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II from the 1928 operetta \"The New Moon\". One of the best-known numbers from the show, it is a song of bitterness and yearning for a lost love, sung in the show by Philippe (tenor), the best friend of the hero, Robert Mission (baritone). The original song was composed as a tango, and features a dance as accompaniment to the choral reprise, but many versions of the song have changed the tempo completely (there have been many", "title": "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" }, { "docid": "5784560", "text": "Y Speak is produced by Studio 23, headed by Y Speak Y Speak was a youth-oriented debate show that discusses on Philippine issues. Now on its seventh year, Studio 23's flagship show Y Speak is hosted by Bianca Gonzalez which airs every Saturday. To date, it is one of Studio 23's most awarded local shows. Aside from the CMMA victory as Best TV Talk Show, it is also a recipient of the UST Students' Choice Award for Best Public Affairs Talk Show, the Gandingan (UPLB Students' Choice Award) for Best Panel Discussion Show, the Anak TV Seal, and endorsements from", "title": "Y Speak" }, { "docid": "2837997", "text": "Boy on a Stick and Slither Boy on a Stick and Slither (Sometimes abbreviated as BOASAS) is a webcomic by Steven L. Cloud. Strips usually feature a short, pithy and sometimes surreal exchange between the title characters. The strip is characterized by dry and cynical humor. \"Boy on a Stick and Slither\" was first uploaded in 1999 and was originally a member of webcomics collective Dumbrella. Though \"Boy on a Stick and Slither\" primarily exists on the web, it has also been published in \"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\" and in \"Esquire\" magazine. In April 2007, the webcomic was picked up by", "title": "Boy on a Stick and Slither" }, { "docid": "18282085", "text": "Softly Whispering I Love You \"Softly Whispering I Love You\" is a song written by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook originally recorded by the duo under the name of David and Jonathan. This version peaked at No. 23 in Australia on \"Go-Set\"s National Top 40 Singles Chart. It was covered in 1971 by The Congregation (known in the US as The English Congregation). Their version peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 29 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, No. 1 in South Africa and New Zealand, No. 10 in Germany and No. 11 in Australia's", "title": "Softly Whispering I Love You" }, { "docid": "8836436", "text": "teamed up (with Amnesty's new fundraising director Peter Walker) in 1979 to create \"The Secret Policeman's Ball\" - the first show to carry what became the iconic \"Secret Policeman's Ball\" title. \"The above item titles do not appear anywhere in the film but are the titles ascribed to the skits and songs on the cast album released by Transatlantic Records in 1976.\" A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) is the title of the first show in what later became the iconic \"Secret Policeman's Ball\" series of benefit shows", "title": "A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)" }, { "docid": "4887629", "text": "topped the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Flack and the Fugees have performed the song together since then. In 2008, \"Killing Me Softly\" was ranked number 25 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop and number 44 on its list of the \"100 Greatest Songs of the '90s\". \"Killing Me Softly\" was the last song the Fugees recorded for \"The Score\", after member Pras Michael made the suggestion to cover it. They wanted to \"see how we can create break beats. And of course, we all love A Tribe Called Quest and we went in like 'Okay, let’s cut", "title": "Killing Me Softly with His Song" }, { "docid": "5562754", "text": "of the Life Guards is Field-Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, former Chief of the Defence Staff. The \"Silver Stick\" is the Commander of the Household Cavalry and holds the rank of colonel. Silver Stick-in-Waiting is the deputy (assistant) to Gold Stick-in-Waiting, but there are occasions when Silver Stick only is summoned for duty—for example, on the arrival of a head of state on a state visit. The office was created in 1678, and until 1950 was held by the lieutenant-colonels in command of the Household Cavalry regiments. Originally, only the Life Guards were included; in 1820, the Royal Horse", "title": "Gold Stick and Silver Stick" }, { "docid": "7164728", "text": "DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth DCLXVI: To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth is the fourth album by the Swedish metal band Entombed, released in 1997. DCLXVI is 666 in Roman numerals. The cover art features a statuette of the Aztec god Mictlantecuhtli. This album shows a continuation of the death 'n' roll sound previously established on 1993's \"Wolverine Blues\", but eschews most traces of hardcore and traditional death metal in favor of a stoner rock and garage rock influenced sound. The album was \"Metal Hammer\" magazine's #2 album of 1997. It was beaten by", "title": "DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth" }, { "docid": "5784559", "text": "Y Speak Y Speak was a youth-oriented debate show that discusses on Philippine issues. Now on its seventh year, Studio 23's flagship show Y Speak is hosted by Bianca Gonzalez which airs every Saturday. To date, it is one of Studio 23's most awarded local shows. Aside from the CMMA victory as Best TV Talk Show, it is also a recipient of the UST Students' Choice Award for Best Public Affairs Talk Show, the Gandingan (UPLB Students' Choice Award) for Best Panel Discussion Show, the Anak TV Seal, and endorsements from the Department of Education and the National Youth Commission.", "title": "Y Speak" }, { "docid": "15026810", "text": "Aladdin\". The film was originally called \"Horatio\" and was also known as \"Ojario\" and \"The Gladiator of Rome\". Shooting took place in Yugoslavia and Rome. Ladd walked off the set after 11 weeks of filming because he had not been paid. When his salary was guaranteed he resumed filming. \"My advice to any American actor making a film abroad is to develop his own foreign policy beforehand,\" said Ladd. \"My own, for the future, will be 'Speak softly, but carry an iron contract'.\" Duel of Champions Orazi e Curiazi (English title: \"Duel of Champions\") is a 1961 film about the", "title": "Duel of Champions" }, { "docid": "2536905", "text": "consider Latin America as an agency for expanding U.S. commercial interests in the region, along with its original stated purpose of keeping European hegemony from the hemisphere. In essence, Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine would be the basis for a use of economic and military hegemony to make the U.S. the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere. The new doctrine was a frank statement that the U.S. was willing to seek leverage over Latin American governments by acting as an international police power in the region. This announcement has been described as the policy of \"speaking softly but carrying a big stick\",", "title": "United States presidential doctrines" }, { "docid": "5562752", "text": "Gold Stick and Silver Stick The Gold Stick and the Silver Stick are bodyguard positions in the British Royal Household, personal attendants to the Sovereign on ceremonial occasions. Although now only in evidence on ceremonial and state occasions, the office of \"Gold Stick\" dates from Tudor times, when two officers were placed close to the Sovereign's person to protect him or her from danger. The office is held jointly by the Colonels of the Life Guards (LG) and the Blues and Royals (RHG/D), both being Regiments of the Household Cavalry of the Household Division. The Gold Sticks, of whom one", "title": "Gold Stick and Silver Stick" }, { "docid": "18069604", "text": "Jake Rush Jacob A. Rush, also known as Jake Rush, is an American attorney known for challenging incumbent Theodore Scott \"Ted\" Yoho for the United States House of Representatives seat for Florida's 3rd congressional district in 2014. Rush announced his candidacy on March 24, 2014, with a two-day series of announcements in different Florida towns. Stephen Colbert, a comedian, satirically described Rush as a \"staunch conservative, a free-market capitalist, small government, walk softly and carry a big stick kind of guy.\" Colbert also stated that Rush \"is running on a platform of traditional marriage, strict constitutionalism, strong national defense, and", "title": "Jake Rush" }, { "docid": "14779621", "text": "working men's club it purports to be. The eponymous theme tune was sung by Jim Dale. \"Tread Softly Stranger\" received its first DVD release in the UK in 2008. Tread Softly Stranger Tread Softly Stranger is a 1958 British crime drama directed by Gordon Parry and starring Diana Dors, George Baker and Terence Morgan. The film was shot in black-and-white in film noir style, and its setting in an industrial town in northern England mirrors the kitchen sink realism movement coming into vogue in English drama and film at the time. The screenplay was adapted from the stage play \"Blind", "title": "Tread Softly Stranger" }, { "docid": "14779618", "text": "Tread Softly Stranger Tread Softly Stranger is a 1958 British crime drama directed by Gordon Parry and starring Diana Dors, George Baker and Terence Morgan. The film was shot in black-and-white in film noir style, and its setting in an industrial town in northern England mirrors the kitchen sink realism movement coming into vogue in English drama and film at the time. The screenplay was adapted from the stage play \"Blind Alley\" (1953) by Jack Popplewell. The action takes place in the Yorkshire steel town of Rawborough – Rotherham was used for the extensive location filming – to which native", "title": "Tread Softly Stranger" }, { "docid": "16349749", "text": "Red Stick Roller Derby Red Stick Roller Derby (RSRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Red Stick is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The league was founded in July 2007, the second roller derby league in Louisiana after the Big Easy Rollergirls, and played its first bout in October 2008. Soon, the league was competing with teams from across the south. Red Stick was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby", "title": "Red Stick Roller Derby" }, { "docid": "11939183", "text": "was released on October 13, 2017. In November and December 2017 Stick to Your Guns played another European tour which was supported by Being as an Ocean and Silent Planet. In the beginning of 2018 Stick to Your Guns toured North America with British band Architects. Stick to Your Guns has been described as hardcore punk, melodic hardcore and metalcore. The mutual influences of its members include Propagandhi, Boysetsfire, Metallica, Trial and Hatebreed. The band's lyrics address subjects ranging from self-reflection to political and social statements. Stick to Your Guns identifies with the straight edge subculture and George Schmitz once", "title": "Stick to Your Guns (band)" }, { "docid": "16308347", "text": "the world of fashion. Cambridge Documentary Films created two other films on this subject; the first is \"Beyond Killing Us Softly: The Strength to Resist\" (2000). That title was updated and released as \"The Strength to Resist: Advertising's Impact on Women and Girls\", featuring Gloria Steinem, Amy Richards, Gail Dines, Valerie Batts, Jamila Batts, Catherine Steiner Adair, and others. Killing Us Softly Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women is an American documentary by Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich, Patricia Stallone, and Joseph Vitagliano, based on a lecture by Jean Kilbourne and distributed by Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc. The documentary, first", "title": "Killing Us Softly" }, { "docid": "2838001", "text": "\"the voice of cynicism and negation.\" However, Godek also described both characters is inherently nihilistic, though the Boy in a more cheerful manner. Whitney of \"Comixtalk\", meanwhile, described the two characters as \"icons or stand-ins for any two people.\" Other characters in \"Boy on a Stick and Slither\" play a very minor role, and were primarily created when Cloud was low on ideas. Two characters, the \"Florida Cracker\" and \"Frickles Mudcat\", helped Cloud present political topics during the 2004 presidential election. Boy on a Stick and Slither Boy on a Stick and Slither (Sometimes abbreviated as BOASAS) is a webcomic", "title": "Boy on a Stick and Slither" }, { "docid": "4455706", "text": "California, in 1946. They started serving lemonade and hot dog on a stick to people on the beach. Hot Dog on a Stick soon expanded and became a large food chain. Hot Dog on a Stick currently has more than 80 company-owned United States locations, which are primarily located in popular regional shopping malls. There are also internationally franchised locations, located in Korea. Hot Dog on a Stick Hot Dog on a Stick, is a fast food company that was founded by Dave Barham in Santa Monica, California, in 1946, and later branched out into malls and shopping centers. In", "title": "Hot Dog on a Stick" }, { "docid": "8487970", "text": "Ice hockey stick An ice hockey stick is a piece of equipment used in ice hockey to shoot, pass, and carry the puck across the ice. Ice hockey sticks are approximately 150–200 cm long, composed of a long, slender shaft with a flat extension at one end called the blade. The blade is the part of the stick used to contact the puck, and is typically 25 to 40 cm long. Stick dimensions can vary widely, as they are usually built to suit a particular player's size and preference. The blade is positioned at roughly a 135° angle from the", "title": "Ice hockey stick" }, { "docid": "20242280", "text": "some Cantonese recipes. Rat-on-a-stick has been consumed by contestants on the U.S. reality television show Survivor. Rat-on-a-stick Rat-on-a-stick, also referred to as rat kebab, is a dish or snack consisting of a roasted rat served on a stick or skewer. The dish is consumed in Thailand and Vietnam. Prior to roasting, the rat is typically skinned and washed, after which it is gutted to remove its internal organs and then roasted. Rat meat is considered by some people in South Vietnam and Thailand to be a delicacy, and in recent times, its popularity has increased in both countries. It is", "title": "Rat-on-a-stick" }, { "docid": "6527691", "text": "and then through Nettwerk's online store, and though Amazon.com. The stick is packaged in a carded bubble package (similar to how an action figure is packaged), and is silver with the text \"Barenaked on a stick\" written along the side. The USB stick contained a variety of contents, all the audio of which had previously been released by the band. The 128 MB size forced low quality bitrates. Both factors strengthened the belief that the release was mainly of a test of the medium. The album was originally released in 2004, the live songs and ad libs were released for", "title": "Barenaked on a Stick" }, { "docid": "5183872", "text": "the outgoing Senior Stick is added to the Stick-of-Office along with the year that they served as Senior Stick. The tradition of having a Senior Stick as president of UMES was brought to the University of Manitoba by Professor E.E. Brydon-Jack who was named as the first professor of engineering at the University of Manitoba in 1906. After starting in engineering this tradition of having a Senior Stick quickly spread to all faculties at the University of Manitoba. There was insufficient funds for the creation of the first Stick-of-Office until 1927. At this point all the names of the previous", "title": "Senior Stick" }, { "docid": "2838000", "text": "worked out fairly well. He gave him Slither as a friend, because Cloud found snakes to be exceedingly simple to draw. Cloud wanted his characters to become iconic and easily recognizable, like the characters in \"Peanuts\". The Boy on a Stick gradually developed a highly optimistic personality, while Slither became a pessimistic character: Cloud said of the Boy on a Stick and Slither that \"the characters allow me to debate myself. They're the best and worst of me.\" Godek of \"The Webcomics Examiner\" described Boy on a Stick as \"the voice of innocence and possibility\" who is paired with Slither,", "title": "Boy on a Stick and Slither" }, { "docid": "8213222", "text": "aged 83. Gordon Stick Gordon Stick (born Gordon Malvern Fair Stick; July 17, 1903 – October 24, 1986) was an American businessman from Baltimore, Maryland, who served as the 20th President General of the General Society of the War of 1812 from 1970 to 1975. Gordon Stick was born in Nagoya, Japan, to Estes Pearl (née Fair) and Jacob Monroe Stick, a Lutheran minister and missionary. The family moved from Japan to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1913. After graduating from the Johns Hopkins University (where he was a classmate of Alger Hiss) he began his career as an investment banker and", "title": "Gordon Stick" }, { "docid": "8213220", "text": "Gordon Stick Gordon Stick (born Gordon Malvern Fair Stick; July 17, 1903 – October 24, 1986) was an American businessman from Baltimore, Maryland, who served as the 20th President General of the General Society of the War of 1812 from 1970 to 1975. Gordon Stick was born in Nagoya, Japan, to Estes Pearl (née Fair) and Jacob Monroe Stick, a Lutheran minister and missionary. The family moved from Japan to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1913. After graduating from the Johns Hopkins University (where he was a classmate of Alger Hiss) he began his career as an investment banker and retired as", "title": "Gordon Stick" }, { "docid": "17268814", "text": "Killing Me Softly with Her Song (album) Killing Me Softly with Her Song is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 25, 1973 by Columbia Records and leaned heavily on covers of the latest radio favorites. The album made its first appearance on \"Billboard\" magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated June 30, 1973, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 120. One of the two original songs on the album, \"Show and Tell\", began a three-week run on \"Billboard\"'s Easy Listening chart in that year's May 12 issue", "title": "Killing Me Softly with Her Song (album)" }, { "docid": "7292572", "text": "except as indicated. Album Stick to Me Stick to Me is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Graham Parker and his first group, the Rumour. Parker, interviewed by Steve Hammer, recalled the making of the album: Critical opinion of \"Stick to Me\" generally ranks it below their first two albums, \"Howlin' Wind\" and \"Heat Treatment\". An undeniable shortcoming is the sound: the sessions suffered from a production mishap. The original recording was ruined, and all the songs needed to be rerecorded hastily. This accounts for the absence of bonus tracks on reissues - there weren't any leftovers. All songs", "title": "Stick to Me" }, { "docid": "7292571", "text": "Stick to Me Stick to Me is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Graham Parker and his first group, the Rumour. Parker, interviewed by Steve Hammer, recalled the making of the album: Critical opinion of \"Stick to Me\" generally ranks it below their first two albums, \"Howlin' Wind\" and \"Heat Treatment\". An undeniable shortcoming is the sound: the sessions suffered from a production mishap. The original recording was ruined, and all the songs needed to be rerecorded hastily. This accounts for the absence of bonus tracks on reissues - there weren't any leftovers. All songs written by Graham Parker", "title": "Stick to Me" }, { "docid": "9613363", "text": "commentator, or even small-town girl made good.\"\" In his review of \"Tread Softly in this Place\", noted man of letters, Benedict Kiely, highlighted the author's key strengths: \"\"He has wit and understanding and a gift of phrase. He moves effortlessly from mood to mood from the tender and true to the comic, from a clear view of the past to a sharp view of the present… He follows Gombeen Murphy and Sir Richard Egan into the shadows of death with a technical tour de force of which I am frankly envious.\"\" Tread Softly in This Place Tread Softly in this", "title": "Tread Softly in This Place" } ]

[ "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph the red nose reindeer", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer", "Rudulph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolf the red nose reindeer", "Rudolf the Reindeer", "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer", "Rudolph, the red nosed Reindeer", "Christmas Rudolf", "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" ]

[ { "docid": "3307574", "text": "1930s, Montgomery Ward had become the country's largest retailer and Sewell Avery became the company's chief executive officer. In 1939, as part of a Christmas promotional campaign, staff copywriter Robert L. May created the character and illustrated poem of \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.\" The store distributed six-million copies of the storybook in 1946 and actor and singer Gene Autry popularized the song nationally. In 1946, the Grolier Club, a society of bibliophiles in New York City, exhibited the Wards catalog alongside \"Webster's Dictionary\" as one of 100 American books chosen for their influence on life and culture of the people.", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "15743594", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song) \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" is a song by songwriter Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" published by the Montgomery Ward Company. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949. In 1939 Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song. The song had an added introduction, paraphrasing the poem \"A Visit from Saint Nicholas\" (public domain by the time the song was written), stating the", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" }, { "docid": "15743598", "text": "Rudolph's general acceptance in the mythology as the lead reindeer of Joulupukki, the Finnish Santa. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song) \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" is a song by songwriter Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" published by the Montgomery Ward Company. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949. In 1939 Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song. The song had an added introduction, paraphrasing the poem \"A", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" }, { "docid": "9309909", "text": "adaptation of Rudolph. Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore, it was recorded by the singing cowboy Gene Autry. \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" was released in 1949 and became a phenomenal success, selling more records than any other Christmas song, with the exception of \"White Christmas\". In 1941, May married another Ward employee, Virginia, and had five children with her. She was a devout Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism during the marriage. May wrote two sequels to \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\". The first is mostly in prose (except that Rudolph", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "1375431", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, popularly known as \"Santa's ninth reindeer\", is a fabled reindeer created by Robert Lewis May. Rudolph is usually depicted as the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve, though he is a young buck who has only adolescent antlers and a glowing red nose. Though he receives scrutiny for it, the luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through harsh winter weather. Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store. The story is", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9309904", "text": "Robert L. May Robert L. May (July 27, 1905 – August 10, 1976) was the creator of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Robert May grew up in an affluent, secular Jewish home in New Rochelle, New York. He had a brother and two sisters. One of the sisters, Evelyn May, is the grandmother of the well-known economist Steven D. Levitt, who wrote the book \"Freakonomics\". The other sister, Margaret, married songwriter Johnny Marks in 1947. May graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1926. May’s parents were hard hit by the Great Depression (1929) and lost their wealth. Sometime in", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "12909003", "text": "the song's composer Irving Berlin to have the song, and the entire album, banned from radio airplay. Berlin thought Elvis's rendition a \"profane parody of his cherished yuletide standard\". Most US radio stations ignored Berlin's request, though at least one DJ was fired for playing a tune from the album. As of 2007, \"Elvis' Christmas Album\" is the top-selling holiday release of all time with 9 million in sales, according to the RIAA. \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" was composed in 1948 by Johnny Marks after a 1939 poem by Robert L. May who created Rudolph as part of his employment", "title": "Christmas in the post-war United States" }, { "docid": "9309911", "text": "December 22, 1975. May died on August 10, 1976 two weeks after his 71st birthday. May is interred at Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, IL. Robert L. May Robert L. May (July 27, 1905 – August 10, 1976) was the creator of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Robert May grew up in an affluent, secular Jewish home in New Rochelle, New York. He had a brother and two sisters. One of the sisters, Evelyn May, is the grandmother of the well-known economist Steven D. Levitt, who wrote the book \"Freakonomics\". The other sister, Margaret, married songwriter Johnny Marks in", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "14217281", "text": "as president of each of those companies. While running Montgomery Ward, he was instrumental in choosing the Robert May's story of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer as it first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store In 1953, President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Fogler as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Fogler held this position from June 22, 1953 (the date of his Senate confirmation), to January 12, 1957 (effectively for Eisenhower's entire 1st term). Fogler was the last Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as the", "title": "Raymond H. Fogler" }, { "docid": "9309910", "text": "speaks in anapestic tetrameter), written in 1947 but only published posthumously as \"Rudolph's Second Christmas\" (1992), and subsequently with the title \"Rudolph to the Rescue\" (2006). The second sequel is entirely in anapaestic tetrameter like the original: \"Rudolph Shines Again\" (1954). May also published four other children's books: \"Benny the Bunny Liked Beans\" (1940), \"Winking Willie\" (1948), \"The Fighting Tenderfoot\" (1954), and \"Sam the Scared-est Scarecrow\" (1972). May told his story of the writing of \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" in his article \"Robert May Tells how Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer Came into Being\" from the \"Gettysburg Times\" published on", "title": "Robert L. May" } ]

[ { "docid": "9309905", "text": "the 1930s, May moved to Chicago and took a job as a low-paid in-house advertising copywriter for Montgomery Ward. In early 1939, May’s boss at Montgomery Ward asked him to write a “cheery” Christmas book for shoppers and suggested that an animal be the star of the book. Montgomery Ward had been buying and giving away coloring books for Christmas every year and it was decided that creating their own book would save money and be a nice good-will gesture. May’s wife, Evelyn, had contracted cancer in 1937 and was quite ill as he started on the book in early", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "9309907", "text": "assignment in light of his wife’s death. May refused and completed the poem in August 1939. The Rudolph poem booklet was first distributed during the 1939 holiday season. Shoppers loved the poem and 2.4 million copies were distributed. War time restrictions on paper use prevented a re-issue until 1946. In that year, another 3.6 million copies were distributed to Montgomery Ward shoppers. In 1946, May received an offer from a company that wanted to do a spoken-word record of the poem. May could not give his approval (and be compensated) because Montgomery Ward held the rights to the poem. In", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "3307591", "text": "under pressure from GE Capital. One of the last stores to close was the Salem, Oregon, location in which the human resources division was located. All of Montgomery Ward was liquidated by the end of May 2001, ending a 129-year enterprise. In 1999, Montgomery Ward completed a standard termination of its $1.1 billion employee pension plan (Wards Retirement Plan WRP and Retired/Terminated Associate Plan RTAP), which at that time had an alleged estimated surplus of $270 million. The termination of the pension plan included 30,000 Wards retirees and 22,000 active employees who were employed by Wards in 1999. According to", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307596", "text": "sale scheduled for the following month. Catalog retailer Swiss Colony purchased DMSI August 5, 2008. Swiss Colony—which changed its name to Colony Brands Inc. on June 1, 2010—announced it would keep the Montgomery Ward catalog division open. The website launched September 10, 2008, with new catalogs mailing in February 2009. A month before the catalog's launch, Swiss Colony President John Baumann told United Press International the retailer might also resurrect Montgomery Ward's Signature and Powr-Kraft store brands. To augment its vast selection, Montgomery Ward started promoting several exclusive new brands in July 2012 in its Early Fall 2012 catalog and", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307570", "text": "total sales of $8.7 million, compared to $10 million for Sears, and both companies would struggle for dominance during much of the 20th century. By 1904, the company had expanded such that it mailed three million catalogs, weighing each, to customers. In 1908, the company opened a building stretching along nearly one-quarter mile of the Chicago River, north of downtown Chicago. The building, known as the Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House, served as the company headquarters until 1974, when the offices moved across the street to a new tower designed by Minoru Yamasaki. The catalog house was declared a", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "1375432", "text": "owned by The Rudolph Company, LP and has been adapted in numerous forms including a popular song, the iconic 1964 television special and sequels, and and sequel. Character Arts, LLC manages the licensing for the Rudolph Company, LP. In many countries, Rudolph has become a figure of Christmas folklore. 2014 marked the 75th anniversary of the character and the 50th anniversary of the television special. A series of postage stamps featuring Rudolph was issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014. Robert L. May created Rudolph in 1939 as an assignment for Chicago-based Montgomery Ward. The retailer", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "12909019", "text": "animated Christmas special created specifically for television, \"Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol\". Based on Dickens' novelette, \"A Christmas Carol\", the animated special featured a score by Broadway duo Jule Styne and Bob Merrill. On December 6, 1964, NBC aired \"Rudolph the Red–Nosed Reindeer\", a stop motion animated special produced by Rankin/Bass. The special was based on a 1949 song by Johnny Marks, which was based in turn on a 1939 poem by Robert L. May. The program has aired every year since 1964, making it the longest-running Christmas television special. On December 9, 1965, CBS aired \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" then", "title": "Christmas in the post-war United States" }, { "docid": "19021596", "text": "their words, you can find out a lot about the person.\" In 2015, Bellamacina gave birth to their first child, a son, Lorca. Robert Montgomery (artist) Robert Montgomery is a Scottish-born, London-based poet, artist and sculptor known for his site-specific installations created from light and text, as well as his 'fire poems'. Montgomery works in a \"melancholic post-Situationist\" tradition, primarily in public spaces. He is regarded as a leading figure in the conceptual art world. Some of his most famous public forms of poetry have been his white text on a black background pasted onto billboards around London as part", "title": "Robert Montgomery (artist)" }, { "docid": "3307566", "text": "Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward Inc. is the name of two historically distinct American retail enterprises. It can refer either to the defunct mail order and department store retailer, which operated between 1872 and 2001, or to the current catalog and online retailer also known as Wards. Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1872. Ward had conceived of the idea of a dry goods mail-order business in Chicago, Illinois, after several years of working as a traveling salesman among rural customers. He observed that rural customers often wanted \"city\" goods, but their only access to them was through", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307571", "text": "National Historic Landmark in 1978 and a Chicago historic landmark in May 2000. In the decades before 1930, Montgomery Ward built a network of large distribution centers across the country in Baltimore, Fort Worth, Kansas City, St. Paul, Portland, and Oakland. In most cases, these reinforced concrete structures were the largest industrial structures in their respective locations. The Baltimore Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Ward died in 1913, after 41 years running the catalog business. The company president, William C. Thorne (the eldest son of the co-founder), died", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307563", "text": "However, \"Crown Fountain\" and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion were exempt from the height restriction because they were classified as works of art and not buildings or structures. Daniel Burnham's famous 1909 Burnham Plan eventually preserved Grant Park and the entire Chicago lakefront. Montgomery Ward died in 1913, at the age of 70. His wife Elizabeth bequeathed a large portion of the estate to Northwestern University and other educational institutions. The Montgomery Ward catalog's place in history was assured when the Grolier Club, a society of bibliophiles in New York, exhibited it in 1946 alongside Webster's dictionary as one of the", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307552", "text": "Aaron Montgomery Ward Aaron Montgomery Ward (February 17, 1843 – December 7, 1913) was an American entrepreneur based in Chicago who made his fortune through the use of mail order for retail sales of general merchandise to rural customers. In 1872 he founded Montgomery Ward & Company, which became nationally known. Ward, a young traveling salesman of dry goods, was concerned over the plight of many rural Midwest Americans who were, he thought, being overcharged and under-served by many of the small town retailers on whom they had to rely for their general merchandise. He opened his first mail-order house", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307593", "text": "hundreds of thousands in yearly pension premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Employees and retirees vested in the pension plan were given a choice of receiving an annuity from an insurance company or a lump sum payment. Four of the six massive catalog distribution centers Montgomery Ward built between 1921 and 1929 remain. Three have been subject to renovations for adaptive reuse and the buildings are perhaps the most tangible legacy of Montgomery Ward. Two others have been demolished for various types of redevelopment. At its height, the original Montgomery Ward was one of the largest retailers in the", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307597", "text": "on its website, including Devonshire Collection, Apothecarie Collection and Elysian Forest Collection furniture, Chef Tested kitchen products, Comfort Creek towels and sheets, Freshica shoes, Sleep Connection bedding, and Color Connection window treatments. Notes Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward Inc. is the name of two historically distinct American retail enterprises. It can refer either to the defunct mail order and department store retailer, which operated between 1872 and 2001, or to the current catalog and online retailer also known as Wards. Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1872. Ward had conceived of the idea of a dry goods mail-order", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307587", "text": "plan and allocated space in three Sacramento stores to create the SOHO (Small Office Home Office) department. Since many of the brands, like Hewlett Packard and Panasonic would not disrupt their dealer channel and sell direct to Montgomery Ward, Hamilton had to create relationships with many distributors to pull together the branded department. When the Sacramento stores opened the shelves included items like Hewlett Packard printers, OkiData printers and other brands that had never been in a national retailer. The test was a major success and the SOHO department was rolled out to all Montgomery Ward locations. Montgomery Ward was", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "19021582", "text": "Robert Montgomery (artist) Robert Montgomery is a Scottish-born, London-based poet, artist and sculptor known for his site-specific installations created from light and text, as well as his 'fire poems'. Montgomery works in a \"melancholic post-Situationist\" tradition, primarily in public spaces. He is regarded as a leading figure in the conceptual art world. Some of his most famous public forms of poetry have been his white text on a black background pasted onto billboards around London as part of his belief that art and poetry should be taken out of the gallery and into the wider, everyday world be it on", "title": "Robert Montgomery (artist)" }, { "docid": "20833890", "text": "Artillery during the American Civil War and wed Mary Renninger; Mary Elizabeth, Sarah and John, Morton L. Montgomery experienced tragedy early in life when his two youngest siblings died sometime before 1850. That year, a federal census taker noted that the family resided in Reading’s Northeast Ward, and was composed only of Leonard and Catharine Montgomery and their children: Jonas, Morton and Mary. Educated in his community's common elementary school from childhood through 1860, and then at a high school in Reading until 1863, he showed an aptitude for drafting and mathematics. Following graduation, he apprenticed for eight months with", "title": "Morton L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "12386931", "text": "offices in the 1980s and currently houses a variety of businesses including In Home Services of Central PA, United Cerebral Palsy, Snowflake's On The Square Christmas Shop, and the Mifflin-Juniata Arts Council. Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania) The Montgomery Ward Building is a historic department store building located at Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. The east facade faces the Mifflin County Courthouse on Monument Square. It was built in 1929 in the Art Deco style, and consists of the store building and attached office building. The store is two-stories, with a mezzanine level and measures approximately 40 feet by 150 feet.", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania)" }, { "docid": "3307565", "text": "Aaron Montgomery Ward as the 16th-most influential businessman of all time. Despite the collapse of its catalog business and bricks-and-mortar department stores in 2001, Montgomery Ward & Co. as an online retailer still adheres to the once unheard philosophy of \"satisfaction guaranteed\". Aaron Montgomery Ward Aaron Montgomery Ward (February 17, 1843 – December 7, 1913) was an American entrepreneur based in Chicago who made his fortune through the use of mail order for retail sales of general merchandise to rural customers. In 1872 he founded Montgomery Ward & Company, which became nationally known. Ward, a young traveling salesman of dry", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "8124081", "text": "version of the poem, including the German spelling of \"Donder and Blitzen,\" rather than the original 1823 version using the Dutch spelling, \"Dunder and Blixem\". Both phrases translate as \"Thunder and Lightning\" in English, though German for \"thunder\" is now spelled \"Donner\", and the Dutch words would now be spelled \"Donder\" and \"Bliksem\". Rudolph's story was originally written in verse by Robert L. May for the Montgomery Ward chain of department stores in 1939, and published as a book to be given to children in the store at Christmas time. According to this story, Rudolph's glowing red nose made him", "title": "Santa Claus's reindeer" }, { "docid": "11362611", "text": "Robert Hiester Montgomery Robert Hiester Montgomery (September 21, 1872 – May 2, 1953) was an American accountant and educator, and co-founders of what is today the world's largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Montgomery was a two-term president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Montgomery was the author of numerous books on auditing and taxation including \"Auditing Theory and Practice\", a bestseller originally published in 1912 which is still in print. He was successful in three professions despite his lack of formal education, having not even completed high school. Montgomery quit school at the age of 14 and went", "title": "Robert Hiester Montgomery" }, { "docid": "19021584", "text": "them. But, if you can touch their hearts from a distance and help a little bit from your quiet studio then it's very nice.\" Robert Montgomery was born in 1972 in the village of Chapelhall, Scotland, to David and Janette Montgomery. Alongside his parents, Montgomery credits his high-school art teacher John McKerrell, who taught him art and art history. In an interview he said that \"John McKerrell was a proper Dead Poets Society inspiring, amazing teacher who is kind of a genius...he taught me about art from top to bottom. He comes to my parents' house for Christmas dinner. He's", "title": "Robert Montgomery (artist)" }, { "docid": "11362619", "text": "cycads. Located on 120 acres in Coral Gables it includes the largest and finest private collections of palms and cycads in the world. Robert Hiester Montgomery Robert Hiester Montgomery (September 21, 1872 – May 2, 1953) was an American accountant and educator, and co-founders of what is today the world's largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Montgomery was a two-term president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Montgomery was the author of numerous books on auditing and taxation including \"Auditing Theory and Practice\", a bestseller originally published in 1912 which is still in print. He was successful in three", "title": "Robert Hiester Montgomery" }, { "docid": "3236634", "text": "Robert Montgomery (actor) Robert Montgomery (; born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Henry Montgomery Jr. was born in Fishkill Landing, New York (now Beacon, New York), to Henry Montgomery Sr. and his wife, Mary Weed Montgomery (née Barney). His early childhood was one of privilege, as his father was president of the New York Rubber Company. His father committed suicide in 1922 by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, and the family's fortune was gone. Montgomery settled", "title": "Robert Montgomery (actor)" }, { "docid": "3307562", "text": "In 1906 he campaigned to preserve Grant Park as a public park. Grant Park has been protected since 1836 by \"forever open, clear and free\" legislation that has been affirmed by four Illinois Supreme Court rulings. Ward twice sued the city of Chicago to force it to remove buildings and structures from Grant Park and to keep it from building new ones. Ward is known by some as the \"watch dog of the lake front\" for his preservationist efforts. As a result, the city has what are termed the Montgomery Ward height restrictions on buildings and structures in Grant Park.", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3236644", "text": "His two surviving children, Elizabeth and Robert Montgomery Jr., both died of cancer, as well. Robert Montgomery (actor) Robert Montgomery (; born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Henry Montgomery Jr. was born in Fishkill Landing, New York (now Beacon, New York), to Henry Montgomery Sr. and his wife, Mary Weed Montgomery (née Barney). His early childhood was one of privilege, as his father was president of the New York Rubber Company. His father committed suicide in", "title": "Robert Montgomery (actor)" }, { "docid": "7323297", "text": "Scott L. Montgomery Scott L. Montgomery (born May 30, 1951) is an American author, geoscientist, public lecturer, and affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is widely known for his writings on energy matters, intellectual history, language and translation, and history of science. His book, \"The Shape of the New\": \"Four Big Ideas and How They Built the Modern World\" (2015), with co-author Daniel Chirot, was selected by \"The New York Times\" and Bloomberg Businessweek as one of the most notable books of 2015. His articles have appeared in many journals, including \"Forbes\", \"Newsweek\", \"History Today,\"", "title": "Scott L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "7323315", "text": "power, environmental damage, and western society's self-destructive aspects. Scott L. Montgomery Scott L. Montgomery (born May 30, 1951) is an American author, geoscientist, public lecturer, and affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is widely known for his writings on energy matters, intellectual history, language and translation, and history of science. His book, \"The Shape of the New\": \"Four Big Ideas and How They Built the Modern World\" (2015), with co-author Daniel Chirot, was selected by \"The New York Times\" and Bloomberg Businessweek as one of the most notable books of 2015. His articles have appeared", "title": "Scott L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "14195910", "text": "racing including Escadru, Pictor, Vincentive, and Legendra. Trainers who conditioned his horses included Don Cameron, Edward Christmas, and Louis Schaefer. Willam and Mabel Brann maintained a winter home in Boynton Beach, Florida where he died in 1951 at the age of seventy-three. William L. Brann William Leavitt Brann (c.1877 – April 11, 1951) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Born in Washington, Indiana, William Brann graduated from Indiana University and moved to New York City where he founded the W. L. Brann Advertising Agency, serving national clients such as Montgomery Ward. In partnership with Robert Stanley", "title": "William L. Brann" }, { "docid": "12596111", "text": "for \"The Wall Street Journal\". Paul L. Montgomery Paul Lauren Montgomery (May 25, 1936 – October 16, 2008) was a longtime reporter for \"The New York Times\" who wrote about local and international affairs for the newspaper. Montgomery was an only child, born on May 25, 1936, in Brooklyn and raised in Spring Valley, New York. He attended Columbia University, graduating from the school in 1958. He spent two years as a textbook editor before being hired by \"The New York Times\" in 1959. His first position with the newspaper was as a copy boy. In the early 1960s, Montgomery", "title": "Paul L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "14195908", "text": "William L. Brann William Leavitt Brann (c.1877 – April 11, 1951) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Born in Washington, Indiana, William Brann graduated from Indiana University and moved to New York City where he founded the W. L. Brann Advertising Agency, serving national clients such as Montgomery Ward. In partnership with Robert Stanley Castle, William Brann owned Branncastle Farm in Walkersville in Frederick County, Maryland. Among the successful horses they bred was Challedon, the 1939 and 1940 American Horse of the Year and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Challedon became the first Maryland-bred", "title": "William L. Brann" }, { "docid": "13042889", "text": "track and was one of nine large warehouses built by them in the United States. From 2001-2002, the vacant warehouse was revived as an office building by Himmelrich Associates, Inc. for tenants including: the Maryland Department of Environment, M&T Bank, as well as other tenants. Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store is a historic warehouse and retail building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a mammoth 8-story (plus penthouse) concrete structure and is roughly shaped", "title": "Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store" }, { "docid": "12596108", "text": "Paul L. Montgomery Paul Lauren Montgomery (May 25, 1936 – October 16, 2008) was a longtime reporter for \"The New York Times\" who wrote about local and international affairs for the newspaper. Montgomery was an only child, born on May 25, 1936, in Brooklyn and raised in Spring Valley, New York. He attended Columbia University, graduating from the school in 1958. He spent two years as a textbook editor before being hired by \"The New York Times\" in 1959. His first position with the newspaper was as a copy boy. In the early 1960s, Montgomery covered the rioting in Harlem", "title": "Paul L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "20833892", "text": "and middle states. By 1870, he was a 23-year-old law student at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.” When not on campus, according to the federal census that year, he resided at the home of his father, Leonard, in Reading’s 8th Ward. Also living there was his 21-year-old sister, Mary Montgomery. After completing two years of study at Harvard in 1871, he returned home to Reading, where he finished his required third year of study in practicum with attorney Samuel L. Young, Esq. Admitted to the State Bar of Pennsylvania on August 28, 1871, Montgomery then practiced law professionally. It was", "title": "Morton L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "15351525", "text": "John Montgomery Ward John Montgomery Ward (March 3, 1860 – March 4, 1925), known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman and manager. Ward was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Renovo, Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new baseball league, the Players' League. Ward attended the Bellefonte Academy in the early 1870s, and at 13 years of age, he was sent to Pennsylvania State University. In his short time there, he helped jumpstart a baseball program and is often credited for developing the", "title": "John Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307559", "text": "nearest railroad station. The only thing he lacked was capital. None of Ward's friends or business acquaintances joined in his enthusiasm for his revolutionary idea. Although his idea was generally considered to border on lunacy and his first inventory was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire, Ward persevered. In August 1872, with two fellow employees and a total capital of $1,600 he formed Montgomery Ward & Company. He rented a small shipping room on Normandy lane trail fleet and published a general merchandise mail-order catalog with 163 products listed. It is said that in 1880, Aaron Montgomery Ward initially wrote", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "15351539", "text": "in Augusta, Georgia, the day following his 65th birthday on March 4, 1925 after a bout of pneumonia, and is interred in Greenfield Cemetery in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1964. John Montgomery Ward John Montgomery Ward (March 3, 1860 – March 4, 1925), known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman and manager. Ward was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Renovo, Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new", "title": "John Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307580", "text": "aggressive with store opening, but it was too late: competition had already taken the best locations. As the existing stores looked worn and disheveled, malls would often not allow Wards to build there. Its catalog business had also begun to slip by the 1960s. In 1961 then president John Barr hired Robert Elton Brooker to lead Montgomery Ward as president in its turnaround. Brooker brought with him a number of key new management people, including Edward Donnell, former manager of Sears' Los Angeles stores. Wards new management team achieved the turnaround reducing the number of suppliers from 15,000 to 7,000", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307582", "text": "In 1974, Mobil oil company bought MARCOR. During the 1970s, the company continued to struggle. In 1973, its 102nd year in business, it purchased a small discount store chain, the Miami-based Jefferson Stores, Inc. It renamed the stores Jefferson Ward. In 1976 Mobil, flush with cash from the recent rise in oil prices, acquired Montgomery Ward. By 1980, Mobil realized that the Montgomery Ward stores were doing poorly in comparison to the Jefferson stores, and decided that high quality discount units, along the lines of Dayton Hudson Company's Target stores, would be the retailer's future. Within 18 months, management quintupled", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "12386502", "text": "it is the only example of the Montgomery Ward Georgian Revival style in the state. Montgomery Ward Building (Pueblo, Colorado) The Montgomery Ward Building is a historic department store building in downtown Pueblo, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Currently used as an office building, it houses the American Bank of Commerce, the Colorado Lottery, and the Pueblo Work Force Center. Previously it was occupied by QualMed as its headquarters. It was built in 1936. It is a two-story building. The building was deemed notable \"as an intact example of the Montgomery Ward", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Pueblo, Colorado)" }, { "docid": "12952214", "text": "Nancy L. Ward Nancy L. Ward was the Interim Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), hand-picked by her predecessor, R. David Paulison to serve in his place after retiring on January 21, 2009. Prior to her selection by Paulison, Ward served as the FEMA regional director for region IX (which serves AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, CNMI, RMI, FSM and American Samoa). She returned to this position in May 2009 after Craig Fugate was appointed as Administrator. Ward had served as the regional director for region IX since October, 2006. Prior to that, she had served as the", "title": "Nancy L. Ward" }, { "docid": "8857416", "text": "counseling, and guidance. At White Fields, the boys can stay as long as they need to in order to heal, unlike many other short-term arrangements. In 2016, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services partnered with Ward, through White Fields Inc., and Eckerd Kids to provide innovative software that uses predictive analytics to prevent childhood tragedies. In 2002, the Tom L. and Sch'ree Ward Fieldhouse at Anderson University was named after Ward and his wife for their gift that completed the construction of the Kardatzke Wellness Center in Anderson, Indiana. The couple also created a scholarship program for young people who", "title": "Tom L. Ward" }, { "docid": "15807888", "text": "a bank branch. Montgomery Ward Building (Burlington, Vermont) The Burlington Montgomery Ward Building is a historic former department store building located at 52-54 Church Street, between Cherry and Bank Streets, in the Church Street Marketplace of downtown Burlington, Vermont. Built in 1929, it is a fine example of Classical Revival architecture, and is the best-preserved of the small number of original Montgomery Ward stores built by that retailer in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Burlington's former Montgomery Ward building stands on the east side of the pedestrian mall of Church Street,", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Burlington, Vermont)" }, { "docid": "15807885", "text": "Montgomery Ward Building (Burlington, Vermont) The Burlington Montgomery Ward Building is a historic former department store building located at 52-54 Church Street, between Cherry and Bank Streets, in the Church Street Marketplace of downtown Burlington, Vermont. Built in 1929, it is a fine example of Classical Revival architecture, and is the best-preserved of the small number of original Montgomery Ward stores built by that retailer in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Burlington's former Montgomery Ward building stands on the east side of the pedestrian mall of Church Street, roughly midway between", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Burlington, Vermont)" }, { "docid": "5614710", "text": "What I Really Want for Christmas What I Really Want for Christmas is the sixth studio album by Brian Wilson and his first solo seasonal release. It was released by Arista Records in October 2005 and features many traditional Christmas songs, as well some of Wilson's originals, including remakes of the Beach Boys' \"Little Saint Nick\" and \"The Man with All the Toys\". As a bonus, Wilson elected to include a sampling of seasonal recordings initially available on his website a few years earlier. Critical reaction was mixed; the album eventually peaked at #200 for one week on the Billboard", "title": "What I Really Want for Christmas" }, { "docid": "15911878", "text": "a Gmail account in order to sign-in and save their favorite catalogs in the mobile/tablet apps. Google Catalogs Google Catalogs was a shopping application for tablet computers, which was produced by Google in August 2011. Google Catalogs delivered virtual catalogs to users from merchants like Nordstrom, L.L. Bean, Macy's, Pottery Barn, and many more. Merchants were added through a process by which they submitted a form with information and a sample of their catalog, which was then reviewed by Google’s editorial team. The application was noted as a \"Greener Way to Shop\", as the digitization of catalogs substituted for paper", "title": "Google Catalogs" }, { "docid": "12386501", "text": "Montgomery Ward Building (Pueblo, Colorado) The Montgomery Ward Building is a historic department store building in downtown Pueblo, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Currently used as an office building, it houses the American Bank of Commerce, the Colorado Lottery, and the Pueblo Work Force Center. Previously it was occupied by QualMed as its headquarters. It was built in 1936. It is a two-story building. The building was deemed notable \"as an intact example of the Montgomery Ward Company's standard Georgian Revival corporate style used for its department stores from 1933 to 1948\";", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Pueblo, Colorado)" }, { "docid": "3307583", "text": "the size of the operation, now called Jefferson Ward, to more than 40 units and planned to convert one-third of Montgomery Ward's existing stores to the Jefferson Ward model. The burden of servicing the new stores fell to the tiny Jefferson staff, who were overwhelmed by the increased store count, had no experience in dealing with some of the product lines they now carried, and were unfamiliar with buying for northern markets. Almost immediately, Jefferson had turned from a small moneymaker into a large drain on profits. The company sold the chain's 18-store northern division to Bradlees, a division of", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "14498297", "text": "heart of Montgomery Ward's operations. Completed in 1908, the eight-story building was painted white and capped with a flat roof, with an interior that contained miles of chutes, conveyors, and storage lofts within ceiling heights ranging from 12 to . The west facade, following a bend in the river, is almost long and a single floor covers . At one time the building had its own post office branch and a ground-floor shipping platform that could accommodate 24 railroad freight cars. The Catalog House was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 17, 2000. In later years, Montgomery Ward and Company", "title": "Montgomery Ward Company Complex" }, { "docid": "14498294", "text": "Montgomery Ward Company Complex The Montgomery Ward Company Complex is the former national headquarters of Montgomery Ward, the United States' oldest mail order firm. The property is located along the North Branch of the Chicago River at 618 W. Chicago Avenue in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978. The two earliest buildings in the complex, the old Administration Building and the Mail Order House, are constructed of reinforced concrete and were designed by Richard E. Schmidt and Hugh Garden, members of", "title": "Montgomery Ward Company Complex" }, { "docid": "5570764", "text": "of evolution. He currently lives in Montreal. He is married to Anna DiTuri, a retired business school teacher, and they have one child, David. Robert L. Carroll Robert Lynn Carroll (born May 5, 1938) is a vertebrate paleontologist who specialises in Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians and reptiles. Carroll was an only child and grew up on a farm near Lansing, Michigan. He was introduced to paleontology by his father shortly after his fifth birthday, and by the time he was eight he had decided he wanted to be a vertebrate paleontologist. In that same year he received as a Christmas", "title": "Robert L. Carroll" }, { "docid": "3307561", "text": "other enterprising merchants, most notably Richard Warren Sears, who mailed his first general catalog in 1896. Others entered the field, and by 1971 catalog sales of major U.S. firms exceeded more than $250 million in postal revenue. Although today the Sears Tower in Chicago is the United States's tallest building, there was a time when Montgomery Ward's headquarters was similarly distinguished. The Montgomery Ward Tower, on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Madison Street in Chicago, reigned as a major tourist attraction in the early-1900s. In civic life in Chicago, Ward fought for the poor people's access to Chicago's lakefront.", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "14498299", "text": "Club boat slips, InnerWorkings, Dyson Inc., and 298 luxury condominiums. Bankers Life & Casualty's Chicago offices were also located here for several years, until Groupon's expansion led Bankers to move in late 2011. Montgomery Ward Company Complex The Montgomery Ward Company Complex is the former national headquarters of Montgomery Ward, the United States' oldest mail order firm. The property is located along the North Branch of the Chicago River at 618 W. Chicago Avenue in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978.", "title": "Montgomery Ward Company Complex" }, { "docid": "4970199", "text": "1933, Sears, Roebuck and Co. produced the first of its famous Christmas catalogs known as the \"Sears Wishbook\", a catalog featuring toys and gifts and separate from the annual Christmas Catalog. From 1908 to 1940, Sears also sold kit houses by mail order, selling 70,000 to 75,000 such homes, many of which are still lived in today. By creating a direct marketing industry through the mail order catalogue, Pryce Pryce-Jones and Aaron Montgomery Ward enabled the creation of a powerful global network that came to include everything from mail order, to telemarketing and social media. Mail order changed the worldwide", "title": "Mail order" }, { "docid": "3307594", "text": "United States. After its demise, the familiarity of its brand meant its name, corporate logo, and advertising were still considered valuable intangible assets. In 2004, catalog marketer Direct Marketing Services Inc. (DMSI), an Iowa-based direct marketing company, purchased much of the intellectual property assets of the former Wards, including the \"Montgomery Ward\" and \"Wards\" trademarks, for an undisclosed amount of money. DMSI applied the brand to a new online and catalog-based retailing operation, with no physical stores, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. DMSI then began operating under the Montgomery Ward branding and managed to get it up and running in", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307575", "text": "The brand name of the store became embedded in the popular American consciousness and was often called by the nickname Monkey Ward (a corruption of Mont'gy Ward), both affectionately and derisively. In April 1944, four months into a nationwide strike by the company's 12,000 workers, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company. The seizure was ordered because Avery refused to settle the strike as requested by the Roosevelt administration because of its adverse effect on the delivery of needed goods in wartime. Avery had refused to comply with a War Labor Board order to recognize", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "12066509", "text": "Robert L. Stephens Robert L. \"Silver Fox\" Stephens (1 December 1921 – 21 May 1984) was a United States Air Force test pilot who set several speed and altitude records while testing the Lockheed YF-12 and SR-71. Robert L. Stephens was born on December 1, 1921, and raised in Gilmer, Texas, graduating from Gilmer High School in 1939 and from Texas A&M University in 1943 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon J. Stephens, he entered the Army Air Corps in 1943 and flew P-47s in combat during World War II.", "title": "Robert L. Stephens" }, { "docid": "14377180", "text": "1900 to 1901, and in 1910. Nominated to the U.S. Court of Customs Appeals by President William Howard Taft, Montgomery was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1910. He served as presiding judge from 1910 until his death, in 1920. Robert Morris Montgomery Robert Morris Montgomery (May 12, 1849 – June 27, 1920) was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Born in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, Montgomery began teaching at age 16, while still in school himself. He was in the United States Army,", "title": "Robert Morris Montgomery" }, { "docid": "12386930", "text": "of the initial retail outlets constructed by the Montgomery Ward Company. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. This is an impressive example of Art Deco style architecture which includes two-story bay windows and pilasters, bands of glazed terra-cotta panels and a female figure holding a torch. This image was a standard Montgomery Ward logo known as the “Spirit of Progress.” The building suffered a major fire on December 20, 1936 but was renovated and the business thrived until Montgomery Ward went out of business in the early 1980s. The entire building was remodeled into", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania)" }, { "docid": "11362613", "text": "his own law firm, Robert H. Montgomery, Attorney at Law, and worked on many difficult tax cases for clients. In 1905 Montgomery led a reorganization of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He created the \"Journal of Accountancy\" (then called the \"American Journal of Accounting\"). The first issue contained his \"Professional Standards\". He was president of the AICPA for two two-year terms, first in 1912 and again in 1935. Next, Montgomery also got into the field of education by developing a curriculum in accounting for Columbia University. He was hired as Columbia's first accounting professor in 1910 and", "title": "Robert Hiester Montgomery" }, { "docid": "12386929", "text": "Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania) The Montgomery Ward Building is a historic department store building located at Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. The east facade faces the Mifflin County Courthouse on Monument Square. It was built in 1929 in the Art Deco style, and consists of the store building and attached office building. The store is two-stories, with a mezzanine level and measures approximately 40 feet by 150 feet. The office building is two-stories and measures approximately 30 feet by 145 feet. They are both of steel frame construction with brick exterior walls and feature terra cotta ornamentation. It was one", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania)" }, { "docid": "3307554", "text": "that came about in 1906. The early 20th century was the heyday of mail orders and Ward's had become an American tradition, along with its rival Sears Roebuck. Ward continues to be honored as the protector of Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1843, in Chatham, New Jersey. When he was about nine years old, his father Sylvester Ward moved the family to Niles, Michigan, where Aaron attended public schools. He was one of a large family with a modest income. When Aaron was fourteen, he was apprenticed to a trade to help", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "15911871", "text": "Google Catalogs Google Catalogs was a shopping application for tablet computers, which was produced by Google in August 2011. Google Catalogs delivered virtual catalogs to users from merchants like Nordstrom, L.L. Bean, Macy's, Pottery Barn, and many more. Merchants were added through a process by which they submitted a form with information and a sample of their catalog, which was then reviewed by Google’s editorial team. The application was noted as a \"Greener Way to Shop\", as the digitization of catalogs substituted for paper versions. Google announced the intent to discontinue the iPad app effective August 2013 and eventually shut", "title": "Google Catalogs" }, { "docid": "13042888", "text": "Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store is a historic warehouse and retail building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a mammoth 8-story (plus penthouse) concrete structure and is roughly shaped like a squared-off number \"4.\" The front features a penthouse tower at the main entrance bay with a balcony and capped by a flagpole. The building houses over of floor space flooded by light from approximately 1,000 large multi-paned, steel frame windows. It was built about 1925 as a mail order and retail warehouse for Montgomery Ward adjacent to the railroad switch", "title": "Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store" }, { "docid": "13682284", "text": "the Sandy Hill neighbourhood. In 1980, the area formerly known as By Ward split from St. George's and joined with Rideau Ward to become By-Rideau Ward. This ward existed until 1994 in which the By portion of the ward joined back with St. George's and became Bruyère-Strathcona Ward, which today is part of Rideau-Vanier Ward. The ward was named for Colonel John By. By Ward By Ward was one of the five original wards represented on Ottawa City Council, created in 1855 out of parts of East Ward and Centre Ward which existed in Bytown. Originally it represented the area", "title": "By Ward" }, { "docid": "15911873", "text": "So tomorrow, we’re bidding it a fond farewell and focusing our efforts to bring more and more types of offline information such as magazines, newspapers and of course, books, online\". On August 16, 2011 Google Catalogs was announced on Google's official blog, and was immediately available for download. Google created a short video as an overview of the features of the product. On October 1, 2012, Google made Google Catalogs available on the web. The catalogs available on this application were grouped by several product categories, including Women’s Fashion and Apparel, Jewelry, Beauty, Home, Men’s Fashion and Apparel, Kids and", "title": "Google Catalogs" }, { "docid": "3307584", "text": "Stop & Shop, in 1985. The remaining stores closed. In 1985, the company closed its catalog business after 113 years and began an aggressive policy of renovating its remaining stores. It restructured many of the store layouts in the downtown areas of larger cities and affluent neighborhoods into boutique-like specialty stores, as these were drawing business from traditional department stores. In 1988, the company management undertook a successful $3.8 billion leveraged buyout, making Montgomery Ward a privately held company. In 1987, the company began a push into consumer electronics, using the \"Electric Avenue\" name. Montgomery Ward greatly expanded its electronics", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "14460962", "text": "One Montgomery One Montgomery is a diverse group of citizens in Montgomery, Alabama who seek to promote understanding and trust between people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds through discussion, education, social interaction, and enhanced personal relationships. Its membership has included numerous individuals who have been active in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, including Johnnie Carr (who was a close friend of Rosa Parks), Rev. Dr. Robert Graetz (who was pastor of a black congregation in Montgomery and worked closely with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the bus boycott), and other community leaders. The group embraces diversity", "title": "One Montgomery" }, { "docid": "3307585", "text": "presence by shifting from a predominantly private label mix to an assortment dominated by major brands such as Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, Panasonic, JVC, and others. Vice President Vic Sholis, later president of the Tandy Name Brand Retail Group (McDuff, VideoConcepts, and Incredible Universe), led this strategy. In 1994, revenues increased 94% largely due to Montgomery Ward's tremendously successful direct-marketing arms. For a short period, the company reentered the mail-order business, through \"Montgomery Ward Direct\", a mail order business licensed to the catalog giant Fingerhut. However, by the mid-1990s, sales margins eroded in the competitive electronics and appliance hardlines, which traditionally", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "13682283", "text": "By Ward By Ward was one of the five original wards represented on Ottawa City Council, created in 1855 out of parts of East Ward and Centre Ward which existed in Bytown. Originally it represented the area between Rideau Street and St. Patrick Street. Today this area is part of the By Ward Market, which is named for the historic ward. In 1952, the ward annexed Ottawa Ward to its north, encompassing the neighbourhood of Lower Town as well. The ward existed until 1972, when it merged with St. George's Ward to form By-St. George's Ward. This gave the Ward", "title": "By Ward" }, { "docid": "4410666", "text": "Robert Montgomery Presents Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950, until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ...The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on. In 1949, to develop the series for NBC, Montgomery relocated his family from the West Coast to New York City. \"Robert Montgomery Presents\" originally was telecast on a semi-weekly basis, alternating with \"Musical Comedy Time\" and", "title": "Robert Montgomery Presents" }, { "docid": "3307564", "text": "hundred books with the most influence on life and culture of the American people. A bronze bust honoring Ward and seven other industry magnates stand between the Chicago River and the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago, Illinois. A smaller version of that bust is located in Grant Park. The Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners recently named a new park in honor of A. Montgomery Ward. It is located at 630 N. Kingsbury Street, a few blocks away from the old Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House Building at 600 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago. \"Forbes magazine\" readers and editors ranked", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "16995794", "text": "2017, Montgomery and Klayman jointly sued James Comey and other federal government officials, alleging a coverup of evidence that, according to Montgomery, shows the existence of widespread illegal surveillance by the federal government. In March 2018, the federal district court dismissed their lawsuit. According to Klayman, Montgomery also claimed these security agencies had manipulated voting in Florida during the 2008 United States presidential election. Dennis L. Montgomery Dennis Lee Montgomery (born 1953) is an American software designer and former medical technician who sold federal officials computer programs he claimed would decode secret Al Qaeda messages hidden in Al Jazeera broadcasts", "title": "Dennis L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "3307586", "text": "were Montgomery Ward's strongest lines. In 1989, Jim Hamilton who headed the Small Electronics department (later known as the Father of Computer Retailing) ran an aggressively priced PC in Montgomery Ward advertising. The low promotional price was $1499, unheard of at the time. The Computer promotion was a huge success. (Hamilton, with the cooperation of Packard Bell, later, for the first time ever, broke the $999 PC price point floor for a \"back to school\" promotion.) After the successful promotion, Hamilton developed a business plan to launch the first National Branded Computer Product Department in the world. Executives approved the", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "14095667", "text": "Famous Smoke Shop Famous Smoke Shop is one of the largest cigar mail order businesses in the United States. The company was formed in October, 1939 in Midtown Manhattan as a cigar and gift shop. In 2000, increasing rents and taxes forced the company to move its operations to Easton, Pennsylvania, a state that currently imposes no cigar tax. Famous Smoke Shop is engaged primarily in the retail and wholesale of cigars, humidors, and cigar accessories through mail order catalogs, a brick and mortar retail shop, and several websites. David and Rose Zaretsky incorporated Famous Smoke Shop in New York", "title": "Famous Smoke Shop" }, { "docid": "9692481", "text": "What Made Milwaukee Famous (band) What Made Milwaukee Famous (WMMF) is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. In 2005, WMMF performed for Austin City Limits with Franz Ferdinand, making them one of the only unsigned bands to play for the show in its 43-year history. In 2006, the band signed with Barsuk Records, which re-released their 2004 debut album, \"Trying to Never Catch Up\". Their second album, \"What Doesn't Kill Us\", was released on March 4, 2008. Since forming, the band has played at the South by Southwest music festival, the Austin City Limits Festival, and Lollapalooza. They have", "title": "What Made Milwaukee Famous (band)" }, { "docid": "3050461", "text": "local level, with eight town councillors. Montgomery is also an electoral ward for Powys County Council, electing one county councillor for the ward. Sitting councillor, Stephen Hayes, successfully defended his seat at the May 2017 elections. The \"Review of Electoral Arrangements - County of Powys\" proposes to combine the Montgomery ward with neighbouring Forden, to create a Forden and Montgomery ward with a population over 2,000. This would come into effect at the 2022 elections. The parish church was founded in the 1220s, with later additions including late 13th-century chancel and transepts and a 19th-century tower. The church is Grade", "title": "Montgomery, Powys" }, { "docid": "13258081", "text": "he worked in Yellowstone during the 1920s and 1930s. According to Quaw, there was a small Christmas in July celebration and that the employees would have an employee-only celebration called \"Savage Days\" wherein a park employee would dress as Santa Claus. In 1977, park historian Aubrey L. Haines, indicated that the earliest reference in the 1947 employee handbooks was an indication that read \"O. F. Savages held annual celebration, 7/25.\" According to the August 1, 1947 issue of \"Yellowstone's Weekly News\" the July 25th celebration had nothing to do with Christmas. \"The 'savages' (concessionaire employees) at Old Faithful held a", "title": "Christmas in August (Yellowstone)" }, { "docid": "14587989", "text": "Robert L. Chidlaw-Roberts Flight Lieutenant Robert Leslie Chidlaw-Roberts (9 May 1896 – 1 June 1989) was a British World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. During his aerial combat career, and in different dogfights, he engaged two famous German aces; he was one of the British pilots who downed Werner Voss, and on 9 January 1918, he shot down and killed Max Ritter von Muller. He also served in the Royal Air Force during and after World War II. Robert Leslie Chidlaw-Roberts was born in Towyn, Wales in May 1896. Chidlaw-Roberts attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,", "title": "Robert L. Chidlaw-Roberts" }, { "docid": "8857421", "text": "Building, by adding retail, contemporary office space, and restaurants. Ward also directed 120 Kerr from a \"dilapidated parking structure,\" to a modern office building. Ward is also the Chairman of the Tom L. Ward Family Foundation, which supports several nonprofits, including Positive Tomorrows and Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform. Ward was inducted into the Oklahoma Heritage Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 2012 and was one out of four honorees chosen for the Neal Horton Award at the 2014 Dean A. McGee Awards Ceremony for his role in the revitalization of downtown’s Central Business District. On April 2006, Ward was chosen", "title": "Tom L. Ward" }, { "docid": "16067980", "text": "1939 Christchurch South by-election The 1939 Christchurch South by-election held on 3 June was caused by the death of Ted Howard during the term of the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election in the Christchurch South electorate was contested by Robert Macfarlane for Labour and Melville Lyons for National, with Macfarlane winning the election. At the time, Macfarlane was Mayor of Christchurch. Since the first election of Ted Howard in the 1919 general election, Christchurch South was held by the Labour Party. At the last general election in 1938, Howard had polled 9,885 votes versus 3,890 votes for Gladstone Ward,", "title": "1939 Christchurch South by-election" }, { "docid": "10670601", "text": "Dave Ward (reporter) David Henry Ward (born May 6, 1939 in Huntsville, Texas) is a legendary broadcast journalist and cultural icon in Houston, Texas. He was an anchor of the weekday 6:00 pm newscast on KTRK-TV's \"Eyewitness News\" in Houston, Texas for more than 50 years. He joined KTRK-TV in 1966 as reporter and photographer and was promoted to his final position as weekday evening anchor in 1968, and is the longest running news anchor in American television, surpassing the late Hal Fishman in 2015. Ward claims: Ward began his career at KGKB radio while attending Tyler Junior College (class", "title": "Dave Ward (reporter)" }, { "docid": "9136291", "text": "Montgomery baronets There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Montgomery, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2011. The Montgomery Baronetcy, of Skelmorly, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in January 1628 for Robert Montgomery. The sixth Baronet was one of the original Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. The title became dormant on his death in 1735. The Montgomery Baronetcy, of Magbie Hill in the County of Peebles,", "title": "Montgomery baronets" }, { "docid": "9136294", "text": "son of the 9th Baronet. The heir apparent to the heir apparent is his only son, Edward Henry James Montgomery (born 1986). Montgomery baronets There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Montgomery, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2011. The Montgomery Baronetcy, of Skelmorly, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in January 1628 for Robert Montgomery. The sixth Baronet was one of the original Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of", "title": "Montgomery baronets" }, { "docid": "12429877", "text": "Tchaikovsky's \"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy\". Arrangement by Harry Connick Jr. A Holiday Celebration Tour 2008, is a concert tour with his big band to support the album. The tour was confirmed by the official Harry Connick, Jr. website in September 2008. One of their stops included the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. What a Night! A Christmas Album What a Night! A Christmas Album, by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr., was released on November 4, 2008., being his third Christmas album, since 1993's \"When My Heart Finds Christmas\" and 2003's \"Harry for", "title": "What a Night! A Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "14095671", "text": "Patel, Padrón, La Aurora, and Don José \"Pepin\" Garcia, among others. Famous Smoke Shop Famous Smoke Shop is one of the largest cigar mail order businesses in the United States. The company was formed in October, 1939 in Midtown Manhattan as a cigar and gift shop. In 2000, increasing rents and taxes forced the company to move its operations to Easton, Pennsylvania, a state that currently imposes no cigar tax. Famous Smoke Shop is engaged primarily in the retail and wholesale of cigars, humidors, and cigar accessories through mail order catalogs, a brick and mortar retail shop, and several websites.", "title": "Famous Smoke Shop" }, { "docid": "3307590", "text": "promises of further financial support of Montgomery Ward's restructuring plans. On December 28, 2000, after lower-than-expected sales during the Christmas season, the company announced it would cease operating, close its remaining 250 retail outlets, and lay off its 37,000 employees. All stores closed within weeks of the announcement. The subsequent liquidation was at the time the largest retail Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in American history (this would be later surpassed by the 2009 and 2018 store closures of Circuit City and Toys 'R' Us). Roger Goddu, Montgomery Ward's CEO, received an offer from JCPenney to become CEO, but he declined", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "5614711", "text": "200 chart in the US, though \"Deck the Halls\" became a Top 10 Adult Contemporary hit. All tracks Traditional; except where indicated What I Really Want for Christmas What I Really Want for Christmas is the sixth studio album by Brian Wilson and his first solo seasonal release. It was released by Arista Records in October 2005 and features many traditional Christmas songs, as well some of Wilson's originals, including remakes of the Beach Boys' \"Little Saint Nick\" and \"The Man with All the Toys\". As a bonus, Wilson elected to include a sampling of seasonal recordings initially available on", "title": "What I Really Want for Christmas" }, { "docid": "5570760", "text": "Robert L. Carroll Robert Lynn Carroll (born May 5, 1938) is a vertebrate paleontologist who specialises in Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians and reptiles. Carroll was an only child and grew up on a farm near Lansing, Michigan. He was introduced to paleontology by his father shortly after his fifth birthday, and by the time he was eight he had decided he wanted to be a vertebrate paleontologist. In that same year he received as a Christmas present the left femur of an \"Allosaurus\", courtesy of Edwin H. Colbert, whom his father had told about his interest. In his teen years", "title": "Robert L. Carroll" }, { "docid": "8857422", "text": "as a Friend of Children Honoree by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. Ward was honored by Big Brothers Big Sisters with the Judge William R. Saied Founder’s Award for his advancement of mentoring in Oklahoma City. In 2008, The National Philanthropy Day Past Award was also presented to Ward for being an Outstanding Philanthropist. Tom L. Ward Tom L. Ward is a prominent Oklahoma City businessman and philanthropist. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Mach Resources, a privately owned energy company in Oklahoma City, OK. He was the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Tapstone Energy", "title": "Tom L. Ward" } ]

[ "Clement C. Moore", "Clement Moore", "Clement Clark Moore", "Clement Clarke Moore", "Clement Clarke Moore Park" ]

[ { "docid": "2349588", "text": "A Visit from St. Nicholas \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", more commonly known as \"The Night Before Christmas\" and \"Twas the Night Before Christmas\" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. Some commentators now believe the poem was written by Henry Livingston Jr.. The poem has been called \"arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American\" and is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. It has had a massive impact on the", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349609", "text": "concludes that Livingston is the true author of the classic work. Notes Further reading A Visit from St. Nicholas \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", more commonly known as \"The Night Before Christmas\" and \"Twas the Night Before Christmas\" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. Some commentators now believe the poem was written by Henry Livingston Jr.. The poem has been called \"arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American\" and is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349599", "text": "according to the description of Prof. Moore in his poem.\" Four poems including \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" appeared under Moore's name in The New-York Book of Poetry, edited by Charles Fenno Hoffman (New York: George Dearborn, 1837). The Christmas poem appears on pages 217-219, credited to \"Clement C. Moore.\" Moore stated in a letter to the editor of the New York American (published on March 1, 1844) that he \"gave the publisher\" of \"The New-York Book of Poetry\" \"several pieces, among which was the 'Visit from St. Nicholas.'\" Admitting that he wrote it \"not for publication, but to amuse", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349601", "text": "S. Colman, 1840), pages 102-104. The New-York Historical Society has a later manuscript of the poem in Moore's handwriting, forwarded by T. W. C. Moore along with a cover letter dated March 15, 1862 giving circumstances of the poem's original composition and transmission after a personal \"interview\" with Clement C. Moore. After \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" appeared under Moore's name in the 1837 \"New-York Book of Poetry\", newspaper printings of the poem often credited Moore as the author. For example, the poem is credited to \"Professor Moore\" in the 25 December 1837 \"Pennsylvania Inquirer and Daily Courier\". Although Moore", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349600", "text": "my children,\" Moore claimed the Christmas poem in this 1844 letter as his \"literary property, however small the intrinsic value of that property may be.\" \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" appears on pages 124-127 in Moore's volume of collected Poems (New York: Bartlett and Welford, 1844). Before 1844, the poem was included in two 1840 anthologies: attributed to \"Clement C. Moore\" in Selections from The American Poets, edited by William Cullen Bryant (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840), pages 285-286; and to \"C. C. Moore\" in the first volume of The Poets of America, edited by John Keese (New York:", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349591", "text": "drop the first unstressed syllable. Likewise, lines 9 and 10 drop the first unstressed syllable; they also add an extra unstressed syllable to the end. According to legend, \"A Visit\" was composed by Clement Clarke Moore on a snowy winter's day during a shopping trip on a sleigh. His inspiration for the character of Saint Nicholas was a local Dutch handyman as well as the historical Saint Nicholas. Moore originated many of the features that are still associated with Santa Claus today while borrowing other aspects, such as the use of reindeer. The poem was first published anonymously in the", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349596", "text": "composer Alma Deutscher (b. 2005). Four hand-written copies of the poem are known to exist and three are in museums, including the New-York Historical Society library. The fourth copy, written out and signed by Clement Clarke Moore as a gift to a friend in 1860, was sold by one private collector to another in December 2006. It was purchased for $280,000 by an unnamed \"chief executive officer of a media company\" who resides in New York City, according to Dallas, Texas-based Heritage Auctions which brokered the private sale. Moore's connection with the poem has been questioned by Professor Donald Foster,", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "24288", "text": "sea monster said to live in Chesapeake Bay. Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, or simply \"Santa\", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins. The modern figure of Santa Claus was derived from the Dutch figure, Sinterklaas, which may, in turn, have its origins in the hagiographical tales concerning the Christian Saint Nicholas. \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", also known as \"The Night Before Christmas\" is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and generally attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. The poem, which has been called \"arguably the best-known verses ever written by an", "title": "Folklore of the United States" }, { "docid": "20970768", "text": "Clement Clarke Moore, who wrote his 1823 Christmas poem, \"A Visit from St. Nicholas,\" on the property. Moore also operated an apple orchard on the estate, which is where The High Line Hotel is now located. In the 1820s, Moore donated the land that contained the apple orchard to the Episcopal Church. It would become the home of the General Theological Seminary, which is still in operation at the location. The land, however, remained mostly undeveloped until 1878 when Eugene Augustus Hoffman was appointed dean. Hoffman hired architect Charles C. Haight to design a Neo Gothic-style campus based on the", "title": "The High Line Hotel" }, { "docid": "9439656", "text": "is his joking invention. In 1821, the book \"A New-year's present, to the little ones from five to twelve\" was published in New York. It contained \"Old Santeclaus with Much Delight\", an anonymous poem describing Santeclaus on a reindeer sleigh, bringing presents to children. Some modern ideas of Santa Claus seemingly became canon after the anonymous publication of the poem \"A Visit From St. Nicholas\" (better known today as \"The Night Before Christmas\") in the Troy, New York, \"Sentinel\" on 23 December 1823; Clement Clarke Moore later claimed authorship, though some scholars argue that Henry Livingston, Jr. (who died nine", "title": "Santa Claus" }, { "docid": "148079", "text": "promising baby asleep in a cradle\". The figure of Santa Claus had originated in the US, drawing at least partly upon Dutch St Nicolas traditions. A New York publication of 1821, \"A New-Year’s Present\", contained an illustrated poem \"Old Santeclaus with Much Delight\" in which a Santa figure on a reindeer sleigh brings presents for good children and a \"long, black birchen rod\" for use on the bad ones. In 1823 came the famous poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", usually attributed to the New York writer Clement Clarke Moore, which developed the character further. Moore's poem became immensely popular", "title": "Father Christmas" }, { "docid": "2349608", "text": "is now). MacDonald P. Jackson, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, has spent his entire academic career analyzing authorship attribution. He has written a book titled \"Who Wrote \"the Night Before Christmas\"?: Analyzing the Clement Clarke Moore Vs. Henry Livingston Question\", published in 2016, in which he evaluates the opposing arguments and, for the first time, uses the author-attribution techniques of modern computational stylistics to examine the long-standing controversy. Jackson employs a range of tests and introduces a new one, statistical analysis of phonemes; he", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "10735411", "text": "ten peaks are: The eight latter names commemorate Santa Claus's reindeer as named in the 1823 poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" by Clement Clarke Moore. The poem reads in part: With a little old driver so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name: Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash", "title": "Christmas Mountains" }, { "docid": "12775818", "text": "it later received an Award of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board. \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\" was never rebroadcast by ABC or any other U.S. television network. To date, it has not been made commercially available on DVD and, except for a one-time screening at a New York City retro film and television festival in 2001, it has not been seen since its only telecast. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special) Twas the Night Before Christmas is a Christmas television special loosely inspired by the 1823 poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" by Clement Clarke Moore. It", "title": "'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special)" }, { "docid": "12775813", "text": "'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special) Twas the Night Before Christmas is a Christmas television special loosely inspired by the 1823 poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" by Clement Clarke Moore. It first aired December 7, 1977 on ABC. Directed by Tim Kiley, it stars Paul Lynde, Anne Meara, Martha Raye, and Alice Ghostley. The story is set on Christmas Eve in a New England town in the late 1890s. The Cosgrove family's home is in an uproar over the holidays. The patriarch, Clark Cosgrove (Paul Lynde) is frazzled by the gift demands of his loud children. His", "title": "'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special)" }, { "docid": "16817156", "text": "Troy Sentinel The Troy Sentinel was a semi-weekly newspaper published between 1823-1832, which served Rensselaer County in upstate New York. It was published in historic downtown Troy at 225 River Street. The newspaper is famously known for the first published edition of the poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", also known as \"The Night Before Christmas\" and “Twas the Night Before Christmas,\" its first line. It was published anonymously on December 23, 1823 and is generally attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. In July 2012 Gramercy Communications moved their corporate offices into the former home of the \"Troy Sentinel\". The company", "title": "Troy Sentinel" }, { "docid": "8124079", "text": "colored lithographic illustrations, was published by William B. Gilley as a small paperback book entitled \"The Children's Friend: A New-Year's Present, to the Little Ones from Five to Twelve\". The 1823 poem by Clement C. Moore \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" (also known as \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\") is largely credited for the contemporary Christmas lore that includes eight named reindeer. The relevant segment of the poem reads: When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny rein-deer, with a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it", "title": "Santa Claus's reindeer" }, { "docid": "1164856", "text": "\"application of science to the common purposes of life\", and it is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world. The institute is known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace. On December 23, 1823, \"The Troy Sentinel\" was the first publisher of the world-famous Christmas poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" (also known as \"The Night Before Christmas\" or \"Twas the Night Before Christmas\"). The poem was published anonymously. Its author has long been believed to have been Clement Clarke Moore, but its author is now regarded by a few to have", "title": "Troy, New York" }, { "docid": "6516672", "text": "plum candy\". Another 21st-century take on the \"sugar plum\" instructs home cooks to combine dried fruits and almonds with honey and aromatic seeds (anise, fennel, caraway, cardamom), form this mixture into balls, then coat in sugar or shredded coconut. Sugar plums are widely associated with Christmas, through cultural phenomena such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in \"The Nutcracker\" (Composed by Tchaikovsky, 1892), as well as the line \"Visions of sugar plums danced in their heads,\" from Clement C. Moore's poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" (1823), better known as \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\". In the children's board game Candy", "title": "Sugar plum" }, { "docid": "8124077", "text": "Santa Claus's reindeer In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. The commonly cited names of the eight reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. They are based on those used in the 1823 poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" (commonly called \"The Night Before Christmas\") by Clement Clarke Moore, arguably the basis of the reindeers' popularity. The enduring popularity of the Christmas song \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" has led to Rudolph often joining the list, bringing the number", "title": "Santa Claus's reindeer" } ]

[ { "docid": "2349589", "text": "history of Christmas gift-giving. Before the poem gained wide popularity, American ideas had varied considerably about Saint Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors. \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" eventually was set to music and has been recorded by many artists. On Christmas Eve night, while his wife and children sleep, a father awakens to noises outside his house. Looking out the window, he sees Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) in an air-borne sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. After landing his sleigh on the roof, the saint enters the house through the chimney, carrying a sack of toys with him. The father watches", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349607", "text": "\"From Saint Nicholas\" that may have predated 1823. Foster also contends that Moore hated tobacco and would, therefore, never have depicted Saint Nicholas with a pipe. However, Kaller notes, the source of evidence for Moore's supposed disapproval of tobacco is \"The Wine Drinker\", another poem by him. In actuality, that verse contradicts such a claim. Moore's \"The Wine Drinker\" criticizes self-righteous, hypocritical advocates of temperance who secretly indulge in the substances which they publicly oppose, and supports the social use of tobacco in moderation (as well as wine, and even opium, which was more acceptable in his day than it", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349598", "text": "expert James Lowe and Dr. Joe Nickell, author of \"Pen, Ink and Evidence.\" On January 20, 1829, Troy editor Orville L. Holley alluded to the author of the Christmas poem, using terms that accurately described Moore as a native and current resident of New York City, and as \"a gentleman of \"more\" merit as a scholar and a writer than many of more noisy pretensions.\" In December 1833, a diary entry by Francis P. Lee, a student at General Theological Seminary when Moore taught there, referred to a holiday figure of St. Nicholas as being \"robed in fur, and dressed", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349593", "text": "for whom he had originally written the piece. Moore's conception of Saint Nicholas was borrowed from his friend Washington Irving, but Moore portrayed his \"jolly old elf\" as arriving on Christmas Eve rather than Christmas Day. At the time that Moore wrote the poem, Christmas Day was overtaking New Year's Day as the preferred genteel family holiday of the season, but some Protestants viewed Christmas as the result of \"Catholic ignorance and deception\" and still had reservations. By having Saint Nicholas arrive the night before, Moore \"deftly shifted the focus away from Christmas Day with its still-problematic religious associations.\" As", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349594", "text": "a result, \"New Yorkers embraced Moore's child-centered version of Christmas as if they had been doing it all their lives.\" In \"An American Anthology, 1787–1900\", editor Edmund Clarence Stedman reprinted the Moore version of the poem, including the German spelling of \"Donder and Blitzen\" that he adopted, rather than the earlier Dutch version from 1823 \"Dunder and Blixem.\" Both phrases translate as \"Thunder and Lightning\" in English, though the German word for thunder is \"Donner\" and the words in modern Dutch would be \"Donder en Bliksem.\" Modern printings frequently incorporate alterations that reflect changing linguistic and cultural sensibilities. For example,", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349606", "text": "primarily using an anapaestic metrical scheme, and it is claimed that some of the phraseology of \"A Visit\" is consistent with other poems by Livingston, and that Livingston's poetry is more optimistic than Moore's poetry published in his own name. But Stephen Nissenbaum argues in his \"Battle for Christmas\" that the poem could have been a social satire of the Victorianization of Christmas. Furthermore, Kaller claims that Foster cherry-picked only the poems that fit his thesis and that many of Moore's unpublished works have a tenor, phraseology, and meter similar to \"A Visit\". Moore had even written a letter titled", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349602", "text": "did not authorize the earliest publication of the poem in the Troy \"Sentinel\", he had close ties to Troy through the Protestant Episcopal Church that could explain how it got there. Harriet Butler of Troy, New York (daughter of the Rev. David Butler) who allegedly showed the poem to \"Sentinel\" editor Orville L. Holley, was a family friend of Moore's and possibly a distant relative. A letter to Moore from the publisher Norman Tuttle states, \"I understand from Mr. Holley that he received it from Mrs. Sackett, the wife of Mr. Daniel Sackett who was then a merchant in this", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "19136806", "text": "to the manger instead.\" Before he was \"father Christmas\", he was simply a father. \"The Immortal Nicholas\" follows the story of Agios, a tired, broken man who encounters the Christ child by chance, and studies him throughout his life from a distance. The novel is described by author Glenn Beck as an origin story for Santa Claus. Beck announced on his radio show that if the book is well received by audiences and sells well enough, a film based upon the novel is already in the works by Mercury Radio Arts and the American Dream Labs. The Immortal Nicholas The", "title": "The Immortal Nicholas" }, { "docid": "19136805", "text": "The Immortal Nicholas The Immortal Nicholas is an adventure/action/fantasy novel by Glenn Beck, published on October 27, 2015 by Mercury Radio Arts and Simon & Schuster. Upon its first week of release it was listed on the Amazon.com \"Best Sellers\" list. Beck, a New York Times bestselling author and founder of TheBlaze and Mercury Radio Arts, said on his website that he'd \"realized years ago that somewhere along the way, his four children had become more focused on Santa than the meaning of Christmas. No matter how he tried, he could not redirect their attention away from presents and elves", "title": "The Immortal Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349597", "text": "who used textual content analysis and external evidence to argue that Moore could not have been the author. Foster believes that Major Henry Livingston Jr., a New Yorker with Dutch and Scottish roots, should be considered the chief candidate for authorship, a view long espoused by the Livingston family. Livingston was distantly related to Moore's wife. Foster's claim, however, has been countered by document dealer and historian Seth Kaller, who once owned one of Moore's original manuscripts of the poem. Kaller has offered a point-by-point rebuttal of both Foster's linguistic analysis and external findings, buttressed by the work of autograph", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "12072684", "text": "shown in. Players then advanced to meet The Elder, who asked them a set of knowledge questions about the books and were given a coloured aura depending on their scores and time taken in the tasks. The sequel \"\" was released on 25 May 2010 in the USA. and 5 August 2010 in the UK. The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Sorceress) is a fantasy novel and the third installment in the six-book series \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\" written by Michael", "title": "The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "2349604", "text": "family lore gives credit to their forebear rather than Moore, but there is no proof that Livingston himself ever claimed authorship, nor has any record ever been found of any printing of the poem with Livingston's name attached to it, despite more than 40 years of searches. Advocates for Livingston's authorship argue that Moore \"tried at first to disavow\" the poem. They also posit that Moore falsely claimed to have translated a book. Document dealer and historian Seth Kaller has challenged both claims. Kaller examined the book in question, \"A Complete Treatise on Merinos and Other Sheep\", as well as", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349592", "text": "Troy, New York \"Sentinel\" on 23 December 1823, having been sent there by a friend of Moore, and was reprinted frequently thereafter with no name attached. It was first attributed in print to Moore in 1837. Moore himself acknowledged authorship when he included it in his own book of poems in 1844. By then, the original publisher and at least seven others had already acknowledged his authorship. Moore had a reputation as an erudite professor and had not wished at first to be connected with the unscholarly verse. He included it in the anthology at the insistence of his children,", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349605", "text": "many letters signed by Moore, and found that the \"signature\" was not penned by Moore, and thus provides no evidence that Moore made any plagiaristic claim. Kaller's findings were confirmed by autograph expert James Lowe, by Dr. Joe Nickell, the author of \"Pen, Ink & Evidence,\" and by others. According to Kaller, Moore's name was likely written on the book by a New-York Historical Society cataloger to indicate that it had been a gift from Moore to the Society. The following points have been advanced in order to credit the poem to Major Henry Livingston Jr.: Livingston also wrote poetry", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349603", "text": "city\". The reported involvement of two women, Harriet Butler and Sarah Sackett, as intermediaries is consistent with the 1862 account of the poem's earliest transmission in which T. W. C. Moore describes two stages of copying, first \"by a relative of Dr Moores in her Album\" and second, \"by a friend of hers, from Troy.\" Moore preferred to be known for his more scholarly works, but allowed the poem to be included in his anthology in 1844 at the request of his children. By that time, the original publisher and at least seven others had already acknowledged his authorship. Livingston", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "2349595", "text": "\"breast\" in \"The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow\" is frequently bowdlerized to \"crest\"; the archaic \"ere\" in \"But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight\" is frequently replaced with \"as\". This change implies that Santa Claus made his exclamation during the moment that he disappeared from view, while the exclamation came before his disappearance in the original. \"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night\" is frequently rendered with the traditional English locution \"Merry Christmas\". The poem has been set to music by composer Ken Darby (1909 – 1992), and by British child", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "10500484", "text": "The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Alchemyst) is a fantasy novel and the first installment in the six part book series, \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\". It was written by Irish author Michael Scott and published in May 2007. \"The Alchemyst\" has been printed in 20 languages and is available in 37 countries. The film rights to the series have been sold to Lorenzo di Bonaventura. The \"Alchemyst\" refers to the historical character of Nicholas Flamel, a French scrivener and manuscript seller.", "title": "The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "12057028", "text": "narrated by Erik Singer. The audiobook ISBN numbers are: (U.K), (U.S.A). The sequel to this book, \"\" was released on 26 May 2009 in the US and in June 2009 in the UK. Well, Michael Scott did it. A sequel where everything falls into place. (5 stars) Amazing book. ( Stars) The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Magician) is a fantasy novel, the second installment in the six part book series, \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\" by Michael Scott, and is the", "title": "The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "12057020", "text": "The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Magician) is a fantasy novel, the second installment in the six part book series, \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\" by Michael Scott, and is the sequel to \"\". It was released on 5 June 2008 in the United Kingdom, and 24 June 2008 in the United States. It was nominated for an Irish Book of the Year Award, The Dublin Airport Authority Irish Children's Book of the Year – Senior Category. The book's title, \"The Magician\",", "title": "The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "13915006", "text": "The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Necromancer) is the fourth book of the series \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\", written by Irish author Michael Scott. It was released in the United States on May 25, 2010, published by Delacorte Press, which is an imprint of Random House. It was released in the UK on August 5, 2010 when it appeared (along with the three prior titles in the series) with a different cover. \"The Necromancer\" entered \"The New York Times Best Seller", "title": "The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "12072676", "text": "The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Sorceress) is a fantasy novel and the third installment in the six-book series \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\" written by Michael Scott. It serves as the sequel to \"\", and was released on 26 May 2009 in the US, 1 June 2009 in Australia, and 25 June 2009 in the UK. The titular sorceress refers to Perenelle Flamel. Flamel takes the twins to London, where he uses Francis to enlist Palamedes, the Saracen Knight, to help", "title": "The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "10500495", "text": "book \"\" was released on 26 May 2009 in the US and the fourth book was released on 25 June 2009 in the UK \"\" followed with its US release on 25 May 2010. The fifth book, \"\" was released on 24 May 2011 in America. The final book in the series,\"\", was released 24 May 2012. The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Alchemyst) is a fantasy novel and the first installment in the six part book series, \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas", "title": "The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "2349590", "text": "Santa filling the children's Christmas stockings hanging by the fire, and laughs to himself. They share a conspiratorial moment before Santa bounds up the chimney again. As he flies away, Santa wishes everyone a \"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.\" The poem's meter is anapestic tetrameter (four feet of unstressed-unstressed-stressed). The anapest is the same foot used to construct limericks, and the common metrical modifications that can be observed in the limerick form also can be observed in Moore's poem. For example, while the first two lines each use full anapests, lines 3 and 4 each", "title": "A Visit from St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "15128879", "text": "The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Warlock) is the fifth book of the series \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\" written by Irish author Michael Scott. The novel was released in the USA on May 24, 2011, published by Delacorte Press, which is an imprint of Random House. The UK release date was June 2, 2011, and it made its debut on the \"USA Today\" Best Selling List at #13 on the same day. It is preceded by four other titles (in order", "title": "The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "14023740", "text": "pages. Dr. John Dee also kidnaps Nick's wife Perry Fleming and imprisons her on Alcatraz Island. After the battle, Nick Fleming confesses to Josh and Sophie that his real name is Nicholas Flamel, that he is the French alchemist from history, that he is also immortal, and that the twins, himself, and Perry (his immortal wife, Perenelle Flamel), are in grave danger. Nicholas tells the twins that he believes them to be mentioned in a prophecy within the Codex, and that the fate of the world as they know it could depend on his success in getting their dormant, latent", "title": "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "15965617", "text": "\"The Enchantress\" is also available as an audiobook. It was released by Random House in May 2012, narrated by Paul Boehmer The ISBN number for the audiobook is: . The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel (often shortened to The Enchantress) is the final novel in the six book series, \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\". It was written by Irish author Michael Scott and was published by Random House Inc. on 22 May 2012 in the US, and by Doubleday Publishing an imprint of Random House UK", "title": "The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "15965606", "text": "The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel (often shortened to The Enchantress) is the final novel in the six book series, \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\". It was written by Irish author Michael Scott and was published by Random House Inc. on 22 May 2012 in the US, and by Doubleday Publishing an imprint of Random House UK on 24 May 2012 in the UK and Ireland. The series has been printed in 20 languages and is available in 37 countries, and features in the Top Ten", "title": "The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "14023737", "text": "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel is a series of six fantasy novels written by Irish author Michael Scott, completed in 2012. The first book in the series, \"\", was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with \"The Enchantress\" in 2012. The cover artist for the series is Michael Wagner. English-language versions are printed by Doubleday (hardback) and Corgi (paperback) (imprints of Random House) in the UK and Australia, and by Delacorte Press (hardback and paperback; also an imprint of Random House)", "title": "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "14023757", "text": "BBC archives. The rights reverted to Michael Scott and on 19 November 2009 it was announced in \"Variety\" that Lorenzo di Bonaventura had bought the film rights to the series. Michael Scott and Barry Krost were to be executive producers. On 21 June 2012, it was announced that AMPCO Films had acquired the film rights. Production is set to begin in February 2013 in Australia and New Zealand. Michael Scott will write the screenplay, saying he would like it to be true to the books. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel is", "title": "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "15128886", "text": "the Earth, but also claim the other shadowrealms and Danu Talis. Sophie reaches Alcatraz by leygate through her jade tablet and refuses to leave Josh. The Warlock was awarded a Silver Honour in the Parent's Choice Fiction Awards 2012. \"The Warlock\" is followed by the concluding installment to the series, \"\". The Warlock was released on 2 June 2011 in the UK with a different cover. The Warlock audio book is narrated by Paul Boehmer. The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Warlock) is the", "title": "The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "13915015", "text": "key for each mini-game that they completed. When they completed all 3 mini-games and had all 3 keys they received online access to the first 6 chapters of The Necromancer. On November 19, 2009 it was announced in Variety Magazine that Lorenzo di Bonaventura had bought the film rights to the series. Michael Scott and Barry Krost will be the executive producers. The script writer has yet to be announced. IMDb now lists \"The Alchemyst\" film as \"in production\" The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to", "title": "The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "9535056", "text": "Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena was an American sports program originally broadcast on NBC from 1946 to 1948, and later on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1954 to 1956. Before having their own program, boxing matches from St. Nicholas Arena were broadcast as part of the \"Gillette Cavalcade of Sports\". NBC broadcast \"Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena\" twice a week -- at 9:30 p.m. on Mondays and at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays. The series ended on May 9, 1949, as a result of budgetary problems at the sponsoring Gillette Company. The DuMont version was", "title": "Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena" }, { "docid": "124734", "text": "folklore about elves waned, but as the phenomenon of popular culture emerged, elves were reimagined, in large part on the basis of Romantic literary depictions and associated medievalism. As American Christmas traditions crystallized in the nineteenth century, the 1823 poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" (widely known as \"'Twas the Night before Christmas\") characterized St Nicholas himself as \"a right jolly old elf\". However, it was his little helpers, inspired partly by folktales like \"The Elves and the Shoemaker\", who became known as \"Santa's elves\"; the processes through which this came about are not well understood, but one key figure", "title": "Elf" }, { "docid": "11347724", "text": "dismantled piece by piece. The work has been ongoing for several years, but the bulk of the structure still stands. The breaker is the last remaining large-scale coal breaker in Northeastern Pennsylvania; there were once many area facilities with similar scale including the Huber and Locust Summit breakers. In 2015, numerous people came to visit the breaker before a round of demolition work began. The St. Nicholas Breaker was demolished in a controlled explosion on March 15, 2018. St. Nicholas Breaker The St. Nicholas Breaker was a historic coal breaker in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The St. Nicholas Breaker was located", "title": "St. Nicholas Breaker" }, { "docid": "10500486", "text": "medieval and the legendary alchemist, Nicholas Flamel, being kept alive by making the elixir of life (a secret from the \"Codex\") for him and his wife, Perenelle. Dee also uses magic and takes the \"Codex\" by force while Josh is holding it – resulting in two pages being left behind; \"The Final Summoning\" pages that Dee needs to raise the Dark Elders, the beings whom Dee serves, and who have kept him immortal for several hundred years. Both Flamels need the \"Codex\" to make the elixir of life, or they will age rapidly and die within a month. Also, if", "title": "The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "9535059", "text": "1956, survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. However, some of these episodes are from the non-network version which continued to run on WABD after the network closed (these are also notable due to the rarity of kinescopes of local programming aired on United States television stations during the 1950s). Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena was an American sports program originally broadcast on NBC from 1946 to 1948, and later on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1954 to 1956. Before having their own program, boxing matches from St. Nicholas Arena were broadcast as", "title": "Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena" }, { "docid": "12096377", "text": "The Immortal Legions \"The Immortal Legions\" is a poem written by Alfred Noyes, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was one of the songs (also known as the \"\"Pageant of Empire\"\") written to be performed in the \"Pageant of Empire\" at the British Empire Exhibition on 21 July 1924. The poem is of quiet grief and thanksgiving in remembrance of those who died in the achievement of victory. In the event, the song introduced \"A Pageant of Heroes\". The song starts after a short introduction, pensively, in a minor key, with the solo voice which", "title": "The Immortal Legions" }, { "docid": "13915008", "text": "they approach they see a limousine waiting outside and a stranger talking to their Aunt. They approach with caution but in the following scuffle on the doorstep Sophie is dragged into the car by a female looking exactly like their lost friend Scathach, but who is in fact her twin, Aoife. Josh races to the book store to alert Nicholas and Perry and together, they set out to rescue Sophie who has been taken to a houseboat in Sausalito owned by Aoife's companion, the Japanese immortal, Niten. Dr. Dee has been declared utlaga (a wanted man) for his failure to", "title": "The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "15128880", "text": "of release): \", , and \" and was followed by the release of \"\". At the end of \"The Necromancer\", twins Sophie and Josh Newman were separated. Sophie left with the now very weak protagonist Nicholas Flamel, his wife. Perenelle Flamel and Niten, an immortal Japanese swordsman; while Josh exited with the main antagonist Dr. John Dee and his accomplice Virginia Dare. Mars Ultor, the Avenger, sees Sophie, accompanied by Niten, seeking a way to reclaim her brother. Nicholas Flamel is unable to help her in the search as he lapsed into unconsciousness after the battle against Dr. Dee, Virginia", "title": "The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "4604609", "text": "a recording agreement with Dunhill Records both as partners and as Steppenwolf band members. From late 1968 until late April 1970, Steppenwolf, with Kassbaum as its bass player, toured the world in concerts and recorded Steppenwolf 's well-received music. Kassbaum appeared prominently on Steppenwolf record album covers and authored Steppenwolf compositions. In 1971, John Kay, who had asserted control over Steppenwolf, excluded Kassbaum from the band.\" – 9th Circuit St. Nicholas has several Gold and Platinum records to his credit playing and contributing on four Steppenwolf albums: \"At Your Birthday Party\", \"Early Steppenwolf\", \"Monster\", and \"Steppenwolf Live\". He performed on", "title": "Nick St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "20019337", "text": "St Nicholas and St Lucy Chapel, Rabat The Chapel of St Nicholas and St Lucy is a small Roman Catholic chapel located in a woodland known as Buskett Gardens in Malta. The chapel is located close to Verdala Palace, the official summer residence of the President of the Republic. This small chapel was built in 1706 however an older church stood prior to the present one. In fact, originally there were two churches next to each other, one dedicated to Saint Nicholas and another to Saint Lucy. However, during Bishop Pietro Dusina's apostolic visit to Malta in 1575, he ordered", "title": "St Nicholas and St Lucy Chapel, Rabat" }, { "docid": "13468084", "text": "font which may have survived from the pre Norman era. The 15th century aisles include a piscina and another font. The carved rood screen dates from around 1470. Beneath the chancel are three vaults which were discovered in 1971. The tower has six bells and a clock dating from 1845. It has battlements, corner pinnacles and gargoyles. The parish is part of the benefice of Chard, St. Mary with Combe St Nicholas, Wambrook and Whitestaunton within the deanery of Crewkerne and Ilminster. Church of St Nicholas, Combe St Nicholas The Church of St Nicholas in Combe St Nicholas, Somerset, England", "title": "Church of St Nicholas, Combe St Nicholas" }, { "docid": "19741633", "text": "visit to Malta in 1575. The 1575 report mentions that the feast of St Nicholas was celebrated with vespers and mass and that the chapel fell under the jurisdiction of the parish of Żejtun. The chapel served the people living in small hamlets, now disappeared, which existed in the chapel's vicinity. The present chapel was built in 1640, reflecting 17th century architecture. Nowadays the chapel is part of the privately-owned San Niklaw Estate which cares for the chapel and celebrates the annual feast of St Nicholas on December 6. Chapel of St Nicholas, Żejtun The Chapel of St Nicholas also", "title": "Chapel of St Nicholas, Żejtun" }, { "docid": "14023752", "text": "presumed grandfather being Mars Ultor. On 1 July 2012 Michael Scott issued this statement incontrovertibly naming the title characters so far. On 5 August 2010 in the UK \"Necromancer\" was released featuring a new-style cover; it was joined by \"The Alchemyst\", \"The Magician\" and \"The Sorceress\" which were re-released with new covers in the same style. \"The Alchemyst\", \"The Magician\" and \"The Sorceress\" were released as a special edition boxed set called \"The First Codex\" in the USA on 28 September 2010. In published order: \"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel\" series has spawned online games. The first related", "title": "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" }, { "docid": "19383778", "text": "outer surface. It has very small dimensions; \"length\": 5.90m, \"width\": 5.70m, \"height\"= 6m. In 1603, Church of St. Nicholas was visited by Priul who found neatly kept Glagolitic registers of baptisms and marriages, as well as two Glagolitic missals. At the time of his visit, \"Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit\" with 28 members was active in the parish. Priul ordered brotherhood to write its rules that had to be approved by the local bishop. Since the Church was constructed, Mass was celebrated in it on the feast of St. Nicholas on December 6. In recent times, Mass is celebrated on", "title": "Church of St. Nicholas, Nin" }, { "docid": "1281811", "text": "to the base. About 6,000 reindeer and more than 1,000 reindeer herders were part of the operation. Most herders were Nenets, who were mobilized from the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, but reindeer herders from Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Komi also participated. Around the world, public interest in reindeer peaks in the Christmas period. According to folklore, Santa Claus's sleigh is pulled by flying reindeer. These were first named in the 1823 poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", where they are called Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder, and Blixem. Dunder was later changed to Donder and—in other works—Donner (in German, \"thunder\")", "title": "Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6202879", "text": "and were rung to welcome Queen Elizabeth II on her Jubilee Visit to Leicester. St Nicholas' Church, Leicester St Nicholas' Church is an Anglican parish church, and the oldest place of worship in Leicester, England. It is situated next to the Jewry Wall, a remnant of Roman masonry. To the east is the site of the Roman forum. On the medieval street plan it stood at the junction of Today, the church lies just outside the city's inner ring road. Despite being some distance from the campus, it is the official church of the University of Leicester. Parts of the", "title": "St Nicholas' Church, Leicester" }, { "docid": "12096378", "text": "is joined by a simple \"ostinato\"-like bass line. The gentle middle section seems to show the sentiment of hope. The song ends triumphally in the relative major key, with words of thanksgiving. This song was also arranged by the composer as a part-song. The Immortal Legions \"The Immortal Legions\" is a poem written by Alfred Noyes, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was one of the songs (also known as the \"\"Pageant of Empire\"\") written to be performed in the \"Pageant of Empire\" at the British Empire Exhibition on 21 July 1924. The poem is", "title": "The Immortal Legions" }, { "docid": "13468083", "text": "Church of St Nicholas, Combe St Nicholas The Church of St Nicholas in Combe St Nicholas, Somerset, England is Norman in origin, with the chancel and lower stage of the tower dating from the 13th century. It was enlarged and aisles added in the 15th century, with further restoration in 1836. It has been designated as a grade I listed building. There was a church on the site from the Norman Conquest and possibly earlier. The church was dedicated by the Bishop of Waterford with Bishop Jocelin of Wells in 1170. The Hamstone nave has five bays and holds the", "title": "Church of St Nicholas, Combe St Nicholas" }, { "docid": "15430389", "text": "the proposal had been dropped. A Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan. The book is a set of thirteen interrelated stories with a large set of characters all connected to Bennie Salazar, a record company executive, and his assistant, Sasha. The book centers on the mostly self-destructive characters, who, as they grow older, are sent in unforeseen, and sometimes unusual, directions by life. The stories shift back and forth in time from the late 1960s to the present and into the near", "title": "A Visit from the Goon Squad" }, { "docid": "15430382", "text": "A Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan. The book is a set of thirteen interrelated stories with a large set of characters all connected to Bennie Salazar, a record company executive, and his assistant, Sasha. The book centers on the mostly self-destructive characters, who, as they grow older, are sent in unforeseen, and sometimes unusual, directions by life. The stories shift back and forth in time from the late 1960s to the present and into the near future. Many of the stories", "title": "A Visit from the Goon Squad" }, { "docid": "11315357", "text": "have written the poem known as \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\". Their children included: Livingston died on February 29, 1828 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Through his eldest daughter Catherine, he was the grandfather of U.S. Senator from Illinois Sidney Breese (1800–1878) and Rear Admiral Samuel Livingston Breese (1794–1870), who served in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and the American Civil War. Henry Livingston Jr. Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 13, 1748 – February 29, 1828) has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", more popularly known (after its first line)", "title": "Henry Livingston Jr." }, { "docid": "20012790", "text": "St Nicholas' Chapel, Għargħur The Chapel of St Nicholas is a small Roman Catholic 17th century church located in Għargħur, Malta. The chapel was originally built in the 15th century. In 1575, when Bishop Pietro Dusina visited Mata he found that the chapel was in a very bad state, with its roof collapsed. He ordered that the chapel be closed and its stone be used in the building of the Parish church of Naxxar. However, it seems that the church was rebuilt within a short time since Bishop Baldassare Cagliares reports that during his 1615 visit, the chapel was in", "title": "St Nicholas' Chapel, Għargħur" }, { "docid": "5979079", "text": "two best-known collections were edited by Henry Steele Commager and published by Random House. The \"St. Nicholas Anthology\" came out in 1948, followed by \"Treasury of Best-Loved Stories, Poems Games & Riddles from St. Nicholas Magazine\" in 1950. The volumes were reprinted by Greenwich House in 1982 and 1984. A number of \"St. Nicholas\" issues can be downloaded free of charge. Sources shown in External Links are Project Gutenberg and \"A Tribute to St. Nicholas a Magazine for Young Folks\", which contains a menu of online links. St. Nicholas Magazine St. Nicholas Magazine was a popular monthly American children's magazine,", "title": "St. Nicholas Magazine" }, { "docid": "9535057", "text": "hosted by Chris Schenkel; Schenkel took over for Dennis James, who had hosted most of DuMont's boxing telecasts prior to 1954. This regularly scheduled program, which aired boxing matches from St. Nicholas Arena in New York City on Monday nights, is notable for being the final program to air on DuMont. The last network-aired program was broadcast on August 6, 1956, though a few remaining programs were seen locally on New York's WABD afterward. With limited finances, DuMont aired many sports programs throughout its history. Boxing, wrestling, basketball, and football were always network mainstays, even during prime time, as they", "title": "Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena" }, { "docid": "4544295", "text": "unknown, but there is some evidence it may have been the Pearl Poet, who wrote the poems \"Pearl\" and \"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight\", among others. The poem consists of 352 lines. Alliteration is used consistently throughout the poem, usually with three alliterating words per line. \"St. Erkenwald's\" storyline appears to house two distinct sections. The first provides a brief, historical context for the poem. The primary section also depicts the discovery of an awe-inspiring sarcophagus and the concern and confusion of those that found it. The last 180 lines of the poem focus on St. Erkenwald's dialogue with", "title": "St. Erkenwald (poem)" }, { "docid": "14793106", "text": "century field drain. In February and March 1997 more excavations uncovered a wall of a large building with 16th-century green-glazed pottery, along with a smaller wall, perhaps coming from 16th- or 17th-century redevelopment. Further archaeological activity in 1999, in advance of the construction of a nursery south of the Leisure Centre and south-west of the 1987 area, unearthed a cobbled road and bones from four humans who lived 1530 x 1310 BC, 130 x 390 AD, 430 x 650 AD, and 530 x 660 AD. St Nicholas Hospital, St Andrews St Nicholas Hospital was a medieval hospital in St Andrews,", "title": "St Nicholas Hospital, St Andrews" }, { "docid": "14822424", "text": "Charles Tottenham (1743–1823) Charles Tottenham (19 April 1743 – 13 June 1823) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Tottenham sat in the Irish House of Commons for New Ross from 1768 until 1 December 1800, when he resigned to allow Robert Leigh to become the sole member for New Ross in the new Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was son of Charles Tottenham, father of Charles Tottenham, grandfather of Charles Tottenham, brother of Nicholas Loftus Tottenham and Ponsonby Tottenham, grandson of Charles Tottenham and Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus, nephew of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, Nicholas Loftus-Hume, 1st", "title": "Charles Tottenham (1743–1823)" }, { "docid": "17098851", "text": "important segment of life in Virginia during the Reconstruction.\" A Visit from the Old Mistress A Visit from the Old Mistress is an 1876 painting by American artist Winslow Homer. It was one of several works that Homer created during a mid-1870s visit to Virginia, where he had served as a war correspondent during the Civil War. Scholars have noted that the painting's composition is taken from Homer's earlier painting \"Prisoners from the Front,\" which depicts a group of captive Confederate soldiers defiantly regarding a Union officer. It, along with Homer's other paintings of black southern life from this period,", "title": "A Visit from the Old Mistress" }, { "docid": "17098850", "text": "A Visit from the Old Mistress A Visit from the Old Mistress is an 1876 painting by American artist Winslow Homer. It was one of several works that Homer created during a mid-1870s visit to Virginia, where he had served as a war correspondent during the Civil War. Scholars have noted that the painting's composition is taken from Homer's earlier painting \"Prisoners from the Front,\" which depicts a group of captive Confederate soldiers defiantly regarding a Union officer. It, along with Homer's other paintings of black southern life from this period, have been praised as an \"invaluable record of an", "title": "A Visit from the Old Mistress" }, { "docid": "14359099", "text": "year hundreds of Sofians visit this small chapel to be blessed by the saints. Its feast day is on December 6. Church of St. Nicholas, Sofia The Church of St. Nicholas () is an Orthodox Church in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. The church was built in the 13th century by Kaloyan the sebastocrator as a small family church on today's Kaloyan Street behind the Rila Hotel. It is assumed that the church was erected on the site of the surviving parts of the palace complex that had once stood there which was built during the Roman Empire and accommodated", "title": "Church of St. Nicholas, Sofia" }, { "docid": "5979063", "text": "St. Nicholas Magazine St. Nicholas Magazine was a popular monthly American children's magazine, founded by Scribner's in 1873. The first editor was Mary Mapes Dodge, who continued her association with the magazine until her death in 1905. Dodge published work by the country's best writers, including Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Twain, Laura E. Richards and Joel Chandler Harris. Many famous writers were first published in \"St. Nicholas League\", a department that offered awards and cash prizes to the best work submitted by its juvenile readers. Edna St. Vincent Millay, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. B. White, and Stephen", "title": "St. Nicholas Magazine" }, { "docid": "19023129", "text": "St Nicholas' Church, Moreton St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church at Moreton, Dorset, England. It is known for its thirteen windows, engraved by the poet and artist Sir Laurence Whistler. T. E. Lawrence was buried in the separate churchyard. St Nicholas' Church is a Grade II* listed building. The church's dedication was changed in 1490, to St Nicholas having previously been dedicated to St Magnus Martyr. The church was rebuilt in 1776, reusing medieval foundations and is considered a good example of the early Gothic revival. The rebuilding was financed by the Frampton family, who lived in", "title": "St Nicholas' Church, Moreton" }, { "docid": "13714937", "text": "St. Simeon Stylites (poem) \"St Simeon Stylites\" is a poem written by Alfred Tennyson in 1833 and published in his 1842 collection of poetry. The poem describes the actions of St. Simeon Stylites, a Christian ascetic saint who goes counts his various physical acts in hopes that he has earned his place in heaven. It captures Tennyson's feelings following the death of a close friend, Arthur Hallam, and contains feelings of self-loathing and regret. The work has ironic overtones that give it the appearance of a satirical work. In 1833, Tennyson's close friend Arthur Hallam died. He was deeply affected", "title": "St. Simeon Stylites (poem)" }, { "docid": "6767682", "text": "Immortal talks him into giving up in return for being remembered by the others. In the ongoing series \"The Great Lakes Avengers\", it is revealed that the team had disbanded and gone their separate ways until Flatman receives a visit from Connie Ferrari, a lawyer representing the real Avengers, who informs him that the GLA has been reinstated as a permanent addition to the Avengers. Flatman reunites with Big Bertha and Doorman, though Mr. Immortal and Squirrel Girl are unreachable. While the team relocates to Detroit, Michigan and arrive at their new headquarters, a factory owned by Tony Stark, it", "title": "Mister Immortal" }, { "docid": "13714939", "text": "1842. Tennyson, at the end of his life in 1892, returned to the idea and followed \"St. Simeon Stylites\" with the poem \"St. Telemachus\". The full text of the poem is available . Within the poem, St. Simeon describes himself in excess: St. Simeon, with all that he does, still doubts his salvation. While he believes that experiencing pain can be beneficial, he questions if there will be any benefit from his actions: As the poem progresses, he reveals that he depends on the number of his actions to verify his deeds: Near the poem's end, St. Simeon is filled", "title": "St. Simeon Stylites (poem)" }, { "docid": "14073555", "text": "\"St. Leon\", a 1799 novel by Shelley's father, William Godwin. Godwin's novel had established the idea of a tragic immortal protagonist, possessed of exceptional powers but unable to use them well. Shelley had developed this theme in \"Frankenstein\" (1818). In \"The Mortal Immortal\", she applied an ironic twist – the protagonist becomes immortal by accident – and played on the ways that the narrator's immortality drove him and his wife apart from society. Another source can be found in Apuleius' \"The Golden Ass\", a second-century Latin satire, in which a miraculous transformation also relies on an accidental potion; Shelley is", "title": "The Mortal Immortal" }, { "docid": "12623723", "text": "Nick's Arena\". The arena is also a location in the episode \"A Death of Princes\" from the American television series \"Naked City\" which originally aired on 12 October 1960. Guest stars include Eli Wallach, George Maharis, Peter Falk, and Godfrey Cambridge. The arena was also formative in the growing sport of figure skating. Championships were held at the rink starting in 1897. The last championship, a \"North American Championship\" was held in 1918. St. Nicholas Arena was also a venue for wrestling. St. Nicholas Rink The St. Nicholas Rink, also called the St. Nicholas Arena, was an indoor ice rink,", "title": "St. Nicholas Rink" }, { "docid": "11524568", "text": "The church was built by Charles Kirk, an architect from Sleaford, in Decorated style common in older surrounding churches. Most employment remains in agriculture. Other businesses are: Deeping St Nicholas Deeping St Nicholas, near Spalding in Lincolnshire, England is a village on the A1175 road between The Deepings and Spalding. Unlike Market Deeping, which is in South Kesteven district, Deeping St Nicholas is in South Holland. Deeping St Nicholas is also a South Holland civil parish which includes the small settlements of Tongue End and Hop Pole, and a number of outlying farms. It has a total population of 1,323,", "title": "Deeping St Nicholas" }, { "docid": "12727012", "text": "formerly consisted of city blocks with small attached homes in poor condition, and existing residents were removed via a slum clearance program. St. Nicholas Houses is one of the main settings in the book \" The Stars Beneath Our Feet \". St. Nicholas Houses St. Nicholas Houses is a public housing project in Central Harlem, in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. The project is located between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, spanning a superblock from 127th Street to 131st Street. The project consists of thirteen 14-story buildings containing 1,523 apartment units. St. Nicholas Houses,", "title": "St. Nicholas Houses" }, { "docid": "4604612", "text": "Nicholas reformed the group with McJohn and guitarist Kent Henry, who had replaced Larry Byrom in the group, and recorded the guitar tracks on the \"For Ladies Only\" album in 1971. There were several versions of this band touring at the same time for which St. Nicholas was not responsible. During this turn, St. Nicholas's Steppenwolf included drummers such as Steve Riley and Frankie Banali. St. Nicholas stopped touring with Steppenwolf in 1980 due to legal actions by Kay. In 1980 he formed a band called \"Starwolf\" with keyboardist Steve Stewart. Stewart left in the late 1980s and Randy Carr", "title": "Nick St. Nicholas" }, { "docid": "11059556", "text": "St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn St. Nicholas' Church () is a medieval former church in Tallinn, Estonia. It was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron of the fishermen and sailors. Originally built in the 13th century, it was partially destroyed in Soviet Bombing of Tallinn in World War II. It has since been restored and today houses a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia, focusing mainly on ecclesiastical art from the Middle Ages onward. The former church is also used as a concert hall. The church was founded and built around 1230–1275 by Westphalian merchants, who came from Gotland in", "title": "St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn" }, { "docid": "2349484", "text": "estate in what became known as the residential neighborhood of Chelsea. Before this, the urbanized part of the city ended at Houston Street on Manhattan island. For 10 years, Moore also served as a board member of the New York Institution for the Blind. He is credited and is most widely known as the author of the Christmas poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", first published anonymously in 1823. It later became widely known as \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\" and has been published in numerous illustrated versions in various languages. Scholars debate the identity of the author, calling on", "title": "Clement Clarke Moore" }, { "docid": "12420833", "text": "St Nicholas Shambles In 1546, Henry VIII gave the church, along with that of St Ewin (also known as St Audoen) and the dissolved Christ Church priory to the City corporation. A new parish was created for Christ Church, out of those of St Nicholas and St Ewin, and part of that of St Sepulchre. St Nicholas' was demolished in 1547. The site was extensively excavated in 1975–9 in preparation for construction of the GPO headquarters, (now the BT Centre). The excavations identified several phases of building. The original nave and chancel probably dated from the 11th century. They were", "title": "St Nicholas Shambles" }, { "docid": "17303084", "text": "title. Millay's fame began in 1912 when the nineteen-year-old, encouraged by her mother, entered her poem \"Renascence\" in a poetry contest in \"The Lyric Year\". Millay had written and published poetry in \"St. Nicholas\", a children's magazine, throughout her teen years, and had become a proficient poet. At some point, Millay wrote \"Renascence\" while looking out from the summit of Mt. Battie in Camden, Maine (where a plaque now commemorates the writing of the poem). The poem may have been influenced by Millay's childhood experience of nearly drowning. Her mother, Cora Millay, saw an announcement for a poetry contest sponsored", "title": "Renascence (poem)" }, { "docid": "17180091", "text": "to offer prayers in remembrance of St. Nicholas of Sofia. The traditional icon of the saint shows him dressed as a Roman soldier with a red cape signifying spiritual warfare and martyrdom. St. Nicholas of Sofia St. Nicholas of Sofia the New () is a Christian saint who lived in the 16th century in Sofia, Bulgaria and is considered a martyr in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. He is referred to as a New Martyr to signify that he died for his faith in the post-medieval period as opposed to the early martyrs who died primarily under the Romans. At the", "title": "St. Nicholas of Sofia" }, { "docid": "17180089", "text": "St. Nicholas of Sofia St. Nicholas of Sofia the New () is a Christian saint who lived in the 16th century in Sofia, Bulgaria and is considered a martyr in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. He is referred to as a New Martyr to signify that he died for his faith in the post-medieval period as opposed to the early martyrs who died primarily under the Romans. At the time of Nicholas' death, Bulgaria was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, which compelled some locals to convert to Islam. On May 17, 1555, some local authorities brought Nicholas before a", "title": "St. Nicholas of Sofia" }, { "docid": "5979066", "text": "of 40,000 copies. Although \"St. Nicholas\" never reached the high circulation numbers of some other magazines (in the 1890s \"The Youth's Companion\" had 500,000 subscribers compared with St Nicholas's 100,000 in Christmas 1883 ), within a few years it had acquired numerous competing children's periodicals. Magazines that merged with \"St. Nicholas\" were \"Our Young Folks\" and \"The Children's Hour\" in 1874, \"The Schoolday Magazine\" and \"The Little Corporal\" in 1875, and \"Wide Awake\" in 1878 . From the start, \"St. Nicholas\" was beautifully printed with illustrations from a consistent group of artists and wood engravers, such as Walter James Fenn,", "title": "St. Nicholas Magazine" }, { "docid": "16851647", "text": "achieving this effect: <poem> </poem> This subtle restraint is especially praised in the way that the poem ends with a literary reference to Cervantes, who fought in the battle. \"Don John did more than save western Europe: ... he made it possible for men unborn to dwell in freedom and to share the kindly and immortal laughter of \"Don Quixote\".\" <poem> </poem> \"Lepanto\" was published in 1911, and is in line with the author's other works of early decades of the century as representing a spirited rejection of the \"fin de siècle\" Decadent Fatalism which was the dominating philosophy in", "title": "Lepanto (poem)" }, { "docid": "9513143", "text": "New York City Subway's IND Eighth Avenue Line at the 125th Street (), 135th Street (), or 145th Street () stations. The park is the setting for a scene from the independent film \"The Mend\", starring Josh Lucas. Notes St. Nicholas Park Saint Nicholas Park is a New York City public park located in Harlem at the intersection of Manhattan neighborhoods Hamilton Heights and Manhattanville. The nearly park is contained by 141st Street to the north, 128th Street to the south, St. Nicholas Terrace to the west, and St. Nicholas Avenue to the east. The park was created in 1895,", "title": "St. Nicholas Park" } ]

[ "A Date Which Will Live Infamy", "Attack on pearl harbor", "Battle of Pearl Harbor", "Raid on Pearl Harbor", "Pearl Harbor bombing", "Attacked Pearl Harbor", "Invasion of Pearl Harbor", "Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor", "December 7, 1941", "World War II/Pearl Harbor", "Pearl Harbor (attack)", "Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941", "December 7 attacks", "Attack on Pearl Harbour", "The Bombing of Pearl Harbor", "Pearl Harbor attacks", "Pearl harbor bombing", "1941 Pearl Harbor Attack", "Hawaii Operation", "Attack on Pearl Harbor", "Bombing of Pearl Harbour", "Attack of Pearl Harbor", "Pearl Harbor Attack", "Pearl Harbor bombings", "Battle of pearl harbor", "The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor", "Pearl harbour attacks", "Pearl harbor bombings", "Attacks on Pearl Harbor", "Bombing of Pearl Harbor", "Pearl Harbor attack", "Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor", "The battle of pearl harbor", "Pearl Harbor is attacked", "Attack at Pearl Harbor" ]

[ { "docid": "6417459", "text": "well as we remember December 7th, 1941, for on that date in 1931, the war we are now fighting began\". The symbolism of the date was highlighted in a scene in the 1943 film \"Bombardier\", in which the leader of a group of airmen walks up to a calendar on the wall, points to the date (\"December 7, 1941\") and tells his men: \"Gentlemen, there's a date we will always remember—and they'll never forget!\" Twenty-two years later, the continuing resonance of the Infamy Speech was demonstrated following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which many commentators also compared with Pearl", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "20687291", "text": "take place in the Dutch East Indies, Thailand, or the Philippines. After Pearl Harbor, antiwar sentiment in the United States evaporated overnight. For the first time since the early 19th century, foreign policy became the top priority for the American public. Roosevelt called for war in his famous \"Infamy Speech\" to Congress, in which he said: \"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.\" On December 8, Congress voted almost unanimously to declare war against", "title": "Third and fourth terms of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "138990", "text": "the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor with a surprise attack, knocking out the main American battleship fleet and killing 2,403 American servicemen and civilians. At the same time, separate Japanese task forces attacked Thailand, British Hong Kong, the Philippines, and other targets. Roosevelt called for war in his famous \"Infamy Speech\" to Congress, in which he said: \"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.\" In a nearly unanimous vote, Congress declared war on", "title": "Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "6417458", "text": "in infamy\" was borne out; the date very quickly became shorthand for the Pearl Harbor attack in much the same way that November 22, 1963 and September 11, 2001 became inextricably associated with the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the September 11 attacks, respectively. The slogans \"Remember December 7th\" and \"Avenge December 7\" were adopted as a rallying cry and were widely displayed on posters and lapel pins. \"Prelude to War\" (1942), the first of Frank Capra's \"Why We Fight\" film series (1942–45), urged Americans to remember the date of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, September 18, 1931, \"as", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417457", "text": "the Academy Award-winning \"Air Force\" and the films \"Man from Frisco\" (1944), and \"Betrayal from the East\" (1945), all included actual radio reports of the pre-December 7 negotiations with the Japanese, reinforcing the message of enemy duplicity. \"Across the Pacific\" (1942), \"Salute to the Marines\" (1943), and \"Spy Ship\" (1942), used a similar device, relating the progress of US–Japanese relations through newspaper headlines. The theme of American innocence betrayed was also frequently depicted on screen, the melodramatic aspects of the narrative lending themselves naturally to the movies. The President's description of December 7, 1941 as \"a date which will live", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417460", "text": "Harbor in terms of its lasting impression on many worldwide. Sixty years later, the continuing resonance of the Infamy Speech was demonstrated following the September 11 attacks, which many commentators also compared with Pearl Harbor in terms of its lasting impression on many worldwide. In the days following the attacks, author Richard Jackson notes in his book \"Writing the War on Terrorism: Language, Politics and Counter-terrorism\" that \"there [was] a deliberate and sustained effort\" on the part of the George W. Bush administration to \"discursively link September 11, 2001 to the attack on Pearl Harbor itself\", both by directly invoking", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "19334720", "text": "agriculture. America entered World War 2 on December 8, 1941, after a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Many Americans were reluctant to enter another European war, and preferred a non-interventionist policy towards it. However, the devastating and unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor, which was described by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a date that will live in infamy, changed public opinion. Upon America's entrance into the war, Disney was contracted to produce propaganda pieces to gain support for the war and aid recruitment. This was often done through the use of Anti-Nazi propaganda – public opinion polls at the time", "title": "Food Will Win the War" }, { "docid": "703918", "text": "Japan, but the lack of any formal warning, particularly while negotiations were still apparently ongoing, led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim December 7, 1941, \"a date which will live in infamy\". Because the attack happened without a declaration of war and without explicit warning, the attack on Pearl Harbor was later judged in the Tokyo Trials to be a war crime. War between Japan and the United States had been a possibility that each nation had been aware of, and planned for, since the 1920s. The relationship between the two countries was cordial enough that they remained trading partners.", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "6417456", "text": "surge of volunteers, and had to go on 24-hour duty to deal with the crowds seeking to sign up, in numbers reported to be twice as high as after Woodrow Wilson's declaration of war in 1917. The anti-war and isolationist movement collapsed in the wake of the speech, with even the president's fiercest critics falling into line. Charles Lindbergh, who had been a leading isolationist, declared: Roosevelt's framing of the Pearl Harbor attack became, in effect, the standard American narrative of the events of December 7, 1941. Hollywood enthusiastically adopted the narrative in a number of war films. \"Wake Island\",", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "11061322", "text": "against Germany and Italy still remained quite high with 80% disapproval. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. After two hours of bombing, 18 U.S. ships were sunk or damaged, 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, and 2,403 men were killed. The day after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of the 77th United States Congress. Roosevelt called December 7 \"a date which will live in infamy\". Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan amid outrage at the attack, the deaths of thousands of Americans,", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "9411928", "text": "a number of deceased musicians raised suspicions that it was not a genuine representation of the wishes of the musicians listed. Prominent law professor Lawrence Lessig criticised the advertisement for being misleading and declared the date of its publication, December 7, was \"a date which will live in infamy.\" The date is the same as Pearl Harbor attack and Lessig was alluding to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famous statement. Fair play for musicians Fair play for musicians is a full-page propaganda advertisement that was published on 7 December 2006 in the Financial Times newspaper calling on the UK Government to extend", "title": "Fair play for musicians" }, { "docid": "7590299", "text": "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR - DECEMBER 7, 1941 - ACT OF CONGRESS 1990<br> Back side (Eagle): FOR THOSE WHO SERVED - \"A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY\" Pearl Harbor Survivors Association The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (PHSA), founded in 1958 and recognized by the United States Congress in 1985, was a World War II veterans organization whose members were on Pearl Harbor or three miles or less offshore during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. The PHSA was officially disbanded at the end of December 2011 with a membership of about 2,700 members nationally. The PHSA,", "title": "Pearl Harbor Survivors Association" }, { "docid": "6417450", "text": "rhetorically important. Delivering his speech on the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt presented himself as immediately ready to face this issue, indicating its importance to both him and the nation. As Campbell notes in \"Deeds Done in Words: Presidential Rhetoric and the Genres of Governance\", war rhetoric is similar to inaugural rhetoric in that the speaker utilizes their speech to inform their audience that now is the necessary time for them to take charge. In this sense, the timing of the speech in coordination with Roosevelt's powerful war rhetoric allowed the immediate and almost unanimous approval of", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "138895", "text": "reelection in 1940. His victory made him the only U.S. President to serve for more than two terms. With World War II looming after 1938, Roosevelt gave strong diplomatic and financial support to China as well as the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union while the U.S. remained officially neutral. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, an event he famously called \"a date which will live in infamy\", Roosevelt obtained a declaration of war on Japan the next day, and a few days later, on Germany and Italy. Assisted by his top aide Harry Hopkins", "title": "Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "16904871", "text": "in a program known as Lend-Lease, while the United States stayed out of the actual fighting. This announcement was made a year before the attacks on Pearl Harbor, at a time when Germany had occupied much of Europe and threatened Great Britain. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt delivered his famous Infamy Speech to the United States, which was broadcast to the American people. The President called for a formal declaration of war on the Empire of Japan. The Infamy Speech was brief, running to just a little over seven minutes, and Roosevelt made a point of", "title": "Radio propaganda" }, { "docid": "7529912", "text": "was a failure. The lost battleships reflected obsolete doctrine and were not needed; the lost planes were soon replaced; the casualty list was short by World War II standards. Tokyo's calculation that the Americans would lose heart and seek a compromise peace proved wildly wrong—the \"sneak attack\" electrified public opinion, committing America with near unanimity to a war to the death against the Japanese Empire. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt officially pronounced 7 December 1941, as \"a date which will live in infamy\" and asked for a declaration of war on Japan before a joint session of", "title": "Military history of the United States during World War II" }, { "docid": "540107", "text": "given on December 8, 1941, after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. While Americans needed no convincing about going to war with Japan, Roosevelt saw the greater threat to the United States coming from Nazi Germany, and he had to make the case for fighting a two-ocean war. Frum points in his book to a now often-overlooked sentence in Roosevelt's speech which reads in part, \"...we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.\" Frum interprets Roosevelt's oratory like this: \"For FDR, Pearl Harbor", "title": "Axis of evil" }, { "docid": "13043855", "text": "Harbor \"a date which will live in infamy.\" In Pearl Harbor: Also on Ford Island. Note: Ford Island remains an active military installation therefore public access is restricted to approved tours, military personnel, military retirees, NOAA personnel and their family members only. In 1990, leading up to the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress established the Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal. This is also known as the Pearl Harbor Survivor's medal and was awarded to anyone who was in the U.S. Armed Forces and who was present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and participated in combat operations", "title": "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" } ]

[ { "docid": "6417443", "text": "Infamy Speech The Infamy Speech was a speech delivered by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Joint Session of the US Congress on December 8, 1941, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire. The name derives from the first line of the speech: Roosevelt describing the previous day as \"a date which will live in infamy\". The speech is also commonly referred to as the \"Pearl Harbor Speech\". Within an hour of the speech,", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417462", "text": "War terminology of the sort used by Roosevelt, such as using the term \"axis\" to refer to America's enemies (as in \"Axis of Evil\"). Spanish Prime Minister José Maria Aznar referenced the speech hours after the 2004 Madrid train bombings, saying, \"On March 11, 2004, it already occupies its place in the history of infamy.\" Infamy Speech The Infamy Speech was a speech delivered by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Joint Session of the US Congress on December 8, 1941, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417454", "text": "chose to emphasize the \"date\"—December 7, 1941—rather than the \"day\" of the attack, a Sunday, which he mentioned only in the last line when he said, \"... Sunday, December 7th, 1941, ...\". He sought to emphasize the historic nature of the events at Pearl Harbor, implicitly urging the American people never to forget the attack and memorialize its date. Notwithstanding, the term \"day of infamy\" has become widely used by the media to refer to any moment of supreme disgrace or evil. Roosevelt's speech had an immediate and long-lasting impact on American politics. Thirty-three minutes after he finished speaking, Congress", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417461", "text": "Roosevelt's Infamy Speech and by re-using the themes employed by Roosevelt in his speech. In Bush's speech to the nation on September 11, 2001, he contrasted the \"evil, despicable acts of terror\" with the \"brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity\" that America represented in his view. University of Washington Professor and author Sandra Silberstein draws direct parallels between the language used by Roosevelt and Bush, highlighting a number of similarities between the Infamy Speech and Bush's presidential address of September 11. Similarly, Emily S. Rosenberg notes rhetorical efforts to link the conflicts of 1941 and 2001 by re-utilizing Second World", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417453", "text": "In so doing, he sought to silence the isolationist movement which had campaigned so strongly against American involvement in the war in Europe. If the territory and waters of the continental United States—not just outlying possessions such as the Philippines—was seen as being under direct threat, isolationism would become an unsustainable course of action. Roosevelt's speech had the desired effect, with only one Representative (Jeannette Rankin) voting against the declaration of war he sought; the wider isolationist movement collapsed almost immediately. The speech's \"infamy\" line is often misquoted as \"a \"day\" that will live in infamy\". However, Roosevelt quite deliberately", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417444", "text": "Congress passed a formal declaration of war against Japan and officially brought the U.S. into World War II. The address is one of the most famous of all American political speeches. The Infamy Speech was brief, running to just a little over seven minutes. Secretary of State Cordell Hull had recommended that the President devote more time to a fuller exposition of Japanese-American relations and the lengthy, but unsuccessful, effort to find a peaceful solution. However, Roosevelt kept the speech short in the belief that it would have a more dramatic effect. His revised statement was all the stronger for", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417448", "text": "draw a symbolic link with the April 1917 declaration of war: when he went to Congress on December 8, 1941, he was accompanied by Edith Bolling Wilson, President Wilson's widow. The \"infamy framework\" adopted by Roosevelt was given additional resonance by the fact that it followed the pattern of earlier narratives of great American defeats. The Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 and the sinking of the USS \"Maine\" in 1898 had both been the source of intense national outrage, and a determination to take the fight to the enemy. Defeats and setbacks were on each occasion portrayed as", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "16786893", "text": "the final episode of the first season, a second season was set for April 2014. The opening theme is sung by sweet ARMS titled \"Trust in You\" and the ending theme is sung by Kaori Sadohara titled \"Day to Story\". The animation production was held by Production IMS. An unaired episode will be bundled with the third volume of the \"Date A Live Encore\" short story collection to be released on December 9, 2014. The first and second season have been licensed by Funimation for streaming and home video release in North America and by Madman Entertainment for home video", "title": "Date A Live" }, { "docid": "16786890", "text": "As Shido successfully keeps sealing more and more Spirits, he gains allies to help him with his dates with other Spirits. Shido also increases the competition among them for his attention and affection, much to his chagrin. \"Date A Live\" was originally released as a light novel. It is a light novel series written by Kōshi Tachibana with illustrations by Tsunako. The first volume was published on March 19, 2011 under Fujimi Shobo's \"Fujimi Fantasia Bunko\". Nineteen volumes have been released in Japan. A manga adaption of Date A Live with illustrations by Ringo began on April 16 of 2012.", "title": "Date A Live" }, { "docid": "9013303", "text": "1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.\" On December 8, Congress voted almost unanimously to declare war against Japan. On December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, which responded in kind. Roosevelt portrayed the war as a crusade against the aggressive dictatorships that threatened peace and democracy throughout the world. In late December 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt met at the Arcadia Conference, which established a joint strategy between the U.S. and Britain.", "title": "Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "18188442", "text": "What a Way to Live (song) \"What a Way to Live\" is a song written by country music singer Willie Nelson. He recorded the song on his second session with D Records, after moving to Houston, Texas. Produced by Bill Quinn, it was cut at Gold Star Studios in March 1960. A cover version by Johnny Bush was recorded in 1967. Bush's version became a success, peaking at number twenty-nine on \"Billboard's\" Hot Country Singles. In 1959, Nelson moved from Fort Worth, Texas to Houston. Just arrived in town, Nelson visited the Esquire Ballroom, where he tried to sell his", "title": "What a Way to Live (song)" }, { "docid": "18963056", "text": "Fourth Oration but was actually delivered on July 5, some confusion has arisen about the date and contents of the speech. The speech has since been published under the above title in \"The Frederick Douglass Papers\", Series One, Vol. 2. While referring to the celebrations of the American Independence day the day before, the speech explores the constitutional and values-based arguments against the Slave trade within the United States. Douglass suggests that positive statements about American values, such as liberty, citizenship, and freedom, were an offense to the enslaved people of the United States because of their lack of freedom,", "title": "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" }, { "docid": "12256441", "text": "continuing their life. Some researchers say that people who have a reason or purpose in life during such dreadful and horrific experiences will often appear to fare better than those that may find such experiences overwhelming. Everyday, people undergo countless types of negative experiences, some to which may be demoralizing, hurtful, or tragic. An ongoing question continues to be what keeps the will to live in these situations. Some people that claim to have experienced instances of the will to live, have many different explanations behind it. The will to live is considered to be a very basic drive in", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "18188445", "text": "guitarist Jimmy Day, fiddlers Tommy Jackson and Buddy Spicher and bassist Junior Husky. Bush sang his own harmony. The shuffle beat was set to a 4/4 bass. The song debuted on \"Billboard's\" Hot Country Singleson March 16, 1968, and peaked at twenty-nine. It remained on the chart for thirteen weeks. What a Way to Live (song) \"What a Way to Live\" is a song written by country music singer Willie Nelson. He recorded the song on his second session with D Records, after moving to Houston, Texas. Produced by Bill Quinn, it was cut at Gold Star Studios in March", "title": "What a Way to Live (song)" }, { "docid": "12256443", "text": "augmented or diminished by the relative strength of other simultaneously existent drives. Psychologists generally agree that there is the will to live, the will to pleasure, the will to superiority and the will to connection. There are also usually varying degrees of curiosity with regard to what may be termed the will to identity or establishing meaningful personal responses. The will to live is a platform without which it would not be possible to satisfy the other drives. However, this overlooks the possibility that there is a commonality among all creatures that drives all others urges. And that is the", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "11306120", "text": "What a Way to Live What a Way to Live is the fifth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His first album for Decca Records, it earned RIAA gold certification in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies. The tracks \"She Dreams\", \"Goin' Through the Big D\", \"Gonna Get a Life\", and \"Down in Tennessee\" were all released as singles, peaking at #6, #2, #1, and #23, respectively, on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts. \"She Dreams\" was co-written and originally recorded by Tim Mensy on his 1992 album \"This Ol' Heart\", from which it", "title": "What a Way to Live" }, { "docid": "20027263", "text": "by Dylan or else based on a country music riff he may have heard sometime earlier. A straightforward interpretation suggests that the lyrics describe a failed deal, possibly a drug deal, in which the promised goods were not delivered. An alternative interpretation is that the song is addressing politicians, or society's elites in general, who lie and don't deliver what they promise and are thus asked in the song to return what they have taken and explain their actions. Oliver Trager suggests a possible religious interpretation; that the singer is a preacher asking a church congregation to forgive an unspecified", "title": "Nothing Was Delivered" }, { "docid": "7736569", "text": "to excite the men under his command and prevent them from losing their nerve. Patton delivered the speech without notes, and so though it was substantially the same at each occurrence, the order of some of its parts varied. One notable difference occurred in the speech he delivered on 31 May 1944, while addressing the U.S. 6th Armored Division, when he began with a remark that would later be among his most famous: Patton's words were later written down by a number of troops who witnessed his remarks, and so a number of iterations exist with differences in wording. Historian", "title": "George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army" }, { "docid": "18106995", "text": "and created equal opportunities, the nature of the speech, in conjunction with the news that a US bank was threatening to call in its loan, made Botha feel that he was being forced to capitulate to the revolutionary movements. Botha, whose fierce will had earned him the name \"Die Groot Krokodil\" (The Great Crocodile), simply refused and said he was not going to make that speech but was going to draft his own. Due to its anticipation and publicity by different international media houses, the speech was delivered live to a worldwide audience of over 200 million. Botha clearly stated", "title": "Rubicon speech" }, { "docid": "16786894", "text": "release in Australia. In his Twitter account, Tachibana announced \"Date A Live\" would get a third new anime series. Animation production is held by J.C.Staff, with the cast and staff set to reprise their roles from the previous seasons. The opening theme is sung by sweet ARMS, and the ending theme is sung by Eri Yamazaki. The series is scheduled to premiere in January 11, 2019. An animated theatrical film was announced via the official Twitter account of the television series as the airing of the second television season concluded. On the event of \"Date A Live II\", the staff", "title": "Date A Live" }, { "docid": "6417451", "text": "Congress to go to war. Essentially, Roosevelt's speech and timing extended his executive powers to not only declaring war but also making war, a power that constitutionally belongs to Congress. The overall tone of the speech was one of determined realism. Roosevelt made no attempt to paper over the great damage that had been caused to the American armed forces, noting (without giving figures, as casualty reports were still being compiled) that \"very many American lives have been lost\" in the attack. However, he emphasized his confidence in the strength of the American people to face up to the challenge", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "6417455", "text": "declared war on Japan, with only one Representative, Jeannette Rankin, voting against the declaration. The speech was broadcast live by radio and attracted the largest audience in US radio history, with over 81 percent of American homes tuning in to hear the President. The response was overwhelmingly positive, both within and outside of Congress. Judge Samuel Irving Rosenman, who served as an adviser to Roosevelt, described the scene: The White House was inundated with telegrams praising the president's stance (\"On that Sunday, we were dismayed and frightened, but your unbounded courage pulled us together.\"). Recruiting stations were jammed with a", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "16260080", "text": "Date Yoshimura Yoshimura was the eldest son of Date Munefusa (the 8th son of Date Tadamune, who had established a branch of the clan. He was born in what is now part of the village of Daitō, Iwate in the northern part of the domain, and his childhood name was Sukesaburo (助三郎). His mother was the daughter of Katakura Kagenaga. He became head of his household on 13 January 1686 on the death of his father, and underwent the \"genpuku\" ceremony in December 1690, receiving the name of . In 1693, when the clansmen and senior retainers petitioned Date Tsunamura", "title": "Date Yoshimura" }, { "docid": "17078201", "text": "was reached in less than five days. There were eight photographers who participated and photographed the images in this commercial Andy Anderson, Matt Turley, Olaf Veltman, Andy Mahr, Kurt Markus, David Beltra, David Spielman, Mark Gooch, Jim Arndt, William Allard, and Kurt Markus. Paul Harvey, a radio host who died in 2009, delivered the speech at an FFA convention in 1978. His speech began as a continuation of the Genesis creation narrative referring to the actions God took on the 8th day. In it, Harvey stated that God needed a caretaker for the land he created. The speech continues with", "title": "So God Made a Farmer" }, { "docid": "11398932", "text": "What I Live to Do What I Live to Do is the first album by the American country music artist James Bonamy. Released in February 1996, it includes the single \"I Don't Think I Will\", a number 2 hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\" and \"All I Do Is Love Her\". The first single, \"Dog on a Toolbox\", was withdrawn by the label and replaced with \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\". Dan Kuchar of \"Country Standard Time\" gave a mixed review. He thought that Bonamy's", "title": "What I Live to Do" }, { "docid": "11306121", "text": "was released as a single, peaking at #74 on the country charts that year. Mark duets with Waylon Jennings on the track \"Rainy Day Woman\" which Jennings first recorded on his 1974 album \"The Ramblin' Man\". Background Vocals: Curtis \"Mr. Harmony\" Young, John Wesley Ryles, Bergen White, Jana King, Lisa Silver, Dennis Wilson, Cindy Walker, Tom Flora, Chris Harris, Matt Kaminski, Ann Wright, Kim Rogers. </div> Strings by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Bergen White. Recording Engineers Mixers Master Editor Production Coordinator Art Direction/Design Photography Hair & Make-up What a Way to Live What", "title": "What a Way to Live" }, { "docid": "12256440", "text": "difference between the wish to die versus the wish to live is also a unique risk factor for suicide. In psychology, the will to live is the drive for self-preservation, usually coupled with expectations for future improvement in one's state in life. The will to live is an important concept when attempting to understand and comprehend why we do what we do in order to stay alive, and for as long as we can. This can be related to either one's push for survival on the brink of death, or someone who is just trying to find a meaning to", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "16786888", "text": "Date A Live The series begins with a strange phenomenon called a \"spatial quake\" devastating the center of Eurasia, resulting in at least 150 million casualties. For the next 30 years, smaller spatial quakes plague the world on an irregular basis. In the present, Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high school student comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spatial quake. He learns from his adoptive sister Kotori that the girl is one of the \"Spirits\" from different dimensions who are the real cause of the spatial quakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the", "title": "Date A Live" }, { "docid": "16786898", "text": "sold over four million copies. Date A Live The series begins with a strange phenomenon called a \"spatial quake\" devastating the center of Eurasia, resulting in at least 150 million casualties. For the next 30 years, smaller spatial quakes plague the world on an irregular basis. In the present, Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high school student comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spatial quake. He learns from his adoptive sister Kotori that the girl is one of the \"Spirits\" from different dimensions who are the real cause of the spatial quakes that occur when", "title": "Date A Live" }, { "docid": "16786897", "text": "a new original character named , voiced by Ayane Sakura. A promotional video was shown at the events of Date A Fes II. On June 12, 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Culture listed \"Date A Live II\" among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China. The first volume of the first anime season placed eighth place amongst Blu-ray sales in Japan during its debut week within the Oricon charts. The PS3 game \"Date A Live: Rinne Utopia\" sold 23,340 physical retail copies within the first week of release in Japan. By October 2015, the series as a whole had", "title": "Date A Live" }, { "docid": "20814649", "text": "expressing disappointment over the substance of the speech, asked Colorado Governor Dick Lamm, \"C’mon, what did it really say about the issues we’re trying to raise?\" Conservative reception of the speech was much less positive. William Safire remarked that it was \"the best-delivered keynote address since the days of Alben Barkley—devoid only of humor...[Cuomo] almost succeeded in giving compassion a good name.\" Robert Reno of \"Newsday\" labeled it \"standard bleeding heart doctrine.\" Columnist George Will wrote that Cuomo deserved a \"C for substance, A for delivery,\" adding, \"Cuomo did what a keynote speaker is supposed to do...style being ten times", "title": "A Tale of Two Cities (speech)" }, { "docid": "19800271", "text": "will be Amanda Peet and Dom Irrera. The camera zooms out to reveal the live studio audience they're performing in front of. The episode was watched by an audience of 2.6 million viewers, an increase from the previous episode, and making it the second most-watched show of the night, behind \"The Simpsons\". Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date \"Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date\" is the fifth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom \"Family Guy\", and the 274th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on November 6,", "title": "Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date" }, { "docid": "11398933", "text": "singing voice had \"power and flair\", but criticized the songwriting of most songs other than \"I Don't Think I Will\" and \"The Devil Goes Fishin'\". What I Live to Do What I Live to Do is the first album by the American country music artist James Bonamy. Released in February 1996, it includes the single \"I Don't Think I Will\", a number 2 hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\" and \"All I Do Is Love Her\". The first single, \"Dog on a Toolbox\", was withdrawn by the", "title": "What I Live to Do" }, { "docid": "703960", "text": "memorial. In the wake of the attack, 15 Medals of Honor, 51 Navy Crosses, 53 Silver Stars, four Navy and Marine Corps Medals, one Distinguished Flying Cross, four Distinguished Service Crosses, one Distinguished Service Medal, and three Bronze Star Medals were awarded to the American servicemen who distinguished themselves in combat at Pearl Harbor. Additionally, a special military award, the Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal, was later authorized for all military veterans of the attack. The day after the attack, Roosevelt delivered his famous Infamy Speech to a Joint Session of Congress, calling for a formal declaration of war on the", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "540106", "text": "attributed to former Bush speechwriter David Frum, originally as the \"axis of hatred\" and then \"evil\". Frum explained his rationale for creating the phrase \"axis of evil\" in his book \"The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush\". Essentially, the story begins in late December 2001 when head speechwriter Michael Gerson gave Frum the assignment of articulating the case for dislodging the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq in only a few sentences for the upcoming State of the Union address. Frum says he began by rereading President Franklin D. Roosevelt's \"date which will live in infamy\" speech", "title": "Axis of evil" }, { "docid": "12256449", "text": "question that asked about rating one’s will to live and presented the findings that elderly participants reporting a stronger will to live and strengthened or stable will to live survived longer in comparison to those with a weak will to live. This study found that women were able to cope with life-threatening situations, but suggested that the participants could not have been stable and requires future replication. The second study presented the idea of the will to live in the terminally ill specifically cancer patients termed as older. In this study researchers were able to suggest that patients who had", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "14376540", "text": "declared at a 2003 memorial event at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum that the speech was \"one of the great documents of the 20th century.\" He later commented that it \"laid out exactly what Kennedy's intentions were.\" Ted Sorenson considered the address Kennedy's most important speech. American University speech The American University speech, titled \"A Strategy of Peace\", was a commencement address delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy at the American University in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 10, 1963. Delivered at the height of his rhetorical powers and widely considered one of his most", "title": "American University speech" }, { "docid": "12256448", "text": "and quality of life measures are shown to correlate significantly with the will to live such as support and satisfaction with support from family, friends, and health care providers. Findings on the will to live have suggested that psychological variables are replaced by physical mediators of variation as death draws nearer. The will to live has also proven to be highly unstable. Many studies have been conducted on the theory of the will to live. Among these studies are subject to the difference in gender and the elderly and also in the terminally ill. One study focused on a simple", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "16346675", "text": "hospital, his son visits and announces his marriage. After some persuasion, Yasukichi accepts that he must go into the old people's home. He goes into the old people's home but then Tokuko decides that she is lonely without him and brings him back out again. Will to Live Yasukichi (Rentarō Mikuni) visits \"Ubasuteyama\", a mountain where, in the past, old people were left to die. He is a regular at a bar. While at the bar he defecates in his clothes. The bar owner (Naoko Otani) literally kicks him out of the bar. Lying on the pavement, he is run", "title": "Will to Live" }, { "docid": "11860782", "text": "Days of Infamy series Days of Infamy is a two-novel alternate history of the initial stages of the Pacific War by Harry Turtledove. The major difference is that the Empire of Japan not only attacks Pearl Harbor, but follows it up with the landing and occupation of Hawaii. In \"Days of Infamy\", the logic of how the battle could have developed in Oahu is that the point of divergence occurs at a conference in March 1941, when Commander Minoru Genda and Admiral Yamamoto manage to convince the Imperial Japanese Army to follow up the Pearl Harbor air attack with an", "title": "Days of Infamy series" }, { "docid": "19798714", "text": "1941 October Revolution Parade The 1941 October Revolution Parade of November 7 1941 was a parade in honor of the October Revolution 24 years earlier. It is most famous for taking place during the Battle of Moscow. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin delivered a speech to the soldiers on the parade on Red Square who would go to battle immediately after the parade. Many of the soldiers on the parade would be killed in battle. Every year in modern Russia November 7th is a holiday in honor of the 1941 parade as", "title": "1941 October Revolution Parade" }, { "docid": "20027269", "text": "Usher may have been their source for the tapes stating that \"We always had a good relationship with Dylan's publishers...we heard the songs, and we were as thrilled as you might have expected us to have been with this material. The Byrds recorded \"Nothing Was Delivered\" in Nashville on March 15, 1968, for \"Sweetheart of the Rodeo\", six days after having recorded \"You Ain't Going Nowhere\" there. McGuinn sang the lead vocal in what music critic Johnny Rogan described as McGuinn's \"best Dylan imitation voice.\" Lloyd Green played pedal steel guitar and Byrds biographer Christopher Hjort assumes that Gram Parsons", "title": "Nothing Was Delivered" }, { "docid": "5827465", "text": "Infamy Infamy, in common usage, is the notoriety gained from a negative incident or reputation (as opposed to fame). The word stems from the Latin \"infamia\", antonym of \"fama\" (in the sense of \"good reputation\"). Infamy is a term of art in Roman Catholic Canon Law. According to the \"Catholic Encyclopedia\" of 1913, infamy in the canonical sense is defined as the privation or lessening of one's good name as the result of the bad rating he has, even among prudent men. It constitutes an irregularity, a canonical impediment that prevents one being ordained or exercising such orders as he", "title": "Infamy" }, { "docid": "12146733", "text": "the resulting declaration of war on the US by Nazi Germany on 11 December, the war, especially in regard to the above statement, had become truly a \"World War\". Hitler announced this declaration of war on 11 December in the German \"Reichstag\", a speech also broadcast on radio. On 12 December 1941, he had a meeting with the most important Nazi leaders. On the afternoon of 12 December, Hitler ordered the leading members of the Nazi Party to a meeting in his private rooms at the Reich Chancellery. Because the meeting took place in private rooms rather than Hitler's office,", "title": "Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941" }, { "docid": "17624116", "text": "Imperialism speech William Jennings Bryan, a prominent American politician in the 1890s, made a speech during his political career that warned against the harms and hubris of American imperialism. This speech was made in the context of the Spanish–American War in Cuba and in the Philippines and the aftermath. Bryan delivered his famous speech in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 8, 1900; it was entitled \"Imperialism: Flag of an Empire.\" This was the speech that is most commented on and the only speech whose main subject was imperialism from Bryan that has been transcribed. Bryan calls for a rejection of imperialism", "title": "Imperialism speech" }, { "docid": "17624121", "text": "and would defeat the purpose of such wars. Imperialism speech William Jennings Bryan, a prominent American politician in the 1890s, made a speech during his political career that warned against the harms and hubris of American imperialism. This speech was made in the context of the Spanish–American War in Cuba and in the Philippines and the aftermath. Bryan delivered his famous speech in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 8, 1900; it was entitled \"Imperialism: Flag of an Empire.\" This was the speech that is most commented on and the only speech whose main subject was imperialism from Bryan that has been", "title": "Imperialism speech" }, { "docid": "6699637", "text": "anxious or intoxicated. During live broadcasts on TV or on the radio, for example, nonprofessional speakers and even hosts often make speech errors because they are under stress. Some speakers seem to be more prone to speech errors than others. For example, there is a certain connection between stuttering and speech errors. Charles F. Hockett explains that \"whenever a speaker feels some anxiety about possible lapse, he will be led to focus attention more than normally on what he has just said and on what he is just about to say. These are ideal breeding grounds for stuttering.\" Another example", "title": "Speech error" }, { "docid": "20027268", "text": "Dylan had intended to donate \"Nothing Was Delivered\" to other singers rather than release it himself. It was one of fourteen songs from the \"Basement Tapes\" sessions that were circulated by Dylan's publishers in an effort to get other artists to record them. Byrds bassist Chris Hillman has stated that he personally received tapes in late 1967 or early 1968 that contained, among others, \"Nothing Was Delivered\" and \"You Ain't Going Nowhere.\" Hillman stated that he received the tapes through Columbia Records, which was both the Byrds' and Dylan's record label. Byrds guitarist Roger McGuinn suggested that their producer Gary", "title": "Nothing Was Delivered" }, { "docid": "12256450", "text": "tested as having a low sustained will to live died soonest, as opposed to having a moderate level of the will to live, lived the longest while high will to live could affect individuals in any direction. This study needs future replication that can show the effects of will to live in the terminally ill from different diseases and age categories. Other accounts of the will to live exist in many extreme medical cases, where patients have overcome extraordinary odds to survive. The Holocaust has provided many instances of this phenomenon, and is a good example of this as well.", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "5827469", "text": "his death (this was similar to the common law concept of outlawry). In addition, a banished noble (\"banita\") who killed an infamed one could expect his exile sentence to be revoked. Infamy Infamy, in common usage, is the notoriety gained from a negative incident or reputation (as opposed to fame). The word stems from the Latin \"infamia\", antonym of \"fama\" (in the sense of \"good reputation\"). Infamy is a term of art in Roman Catholic Canon Law. According to the \"Catholic Encyclopedia\" of 1913, infamy in the canonical sense is defined as the privation or lessening of one's good name", "title": "Infamy" }, { "docid": "20027262", "text": "Nothing Was Delivered \"Nothing Was Delivered\" is a song written by Bob Dylan that was originally recorded by Dylan and The Band in the Fall of 1967 during the sessions that generated \"The Basement Tapes\". The song was first released by The Byrds on their 1968 album \"Sweetheart of the Rodeo\". \"Nothing Was Delivered\" has country music elements, as do other \"Basement Tapes\" songs. Several authors, including \"Rolling Stone\" writer Greil Marcus, have suggested that the song is based on Fats Domino's 1940 standard \"Blueberry Hill.\" But critic Clinton Heylin has suggested that the melody may have been conceived spontaneously", "title": "Nothing Was Delivered" }, { "docid": "20027272", "text": "sounded like it was being played by a wedding band. The Original Marauders covered the song on their 1977 album \"Now Your Mouth Cries Wolf\". Nothing Was Delivered \"Nothing Was Delivered\" is a song written by Bob Dylan that was originally recorded by Dylan and The Band in the Fall of 1967 during the sessions that generated \"The Basement Tapes\". The song was first released by The Byrds on their 1968 album \"Sweetheart of the Rodeo\". \"Nothing Was Delivered\" has country music elements, as do other \"Basement Tapes\" songs. Several authors, including \"Rolling Stone\" writer Greil Marcus, have suggested that", "title": "Nothing Was Delivered" }, { "docid": "16786891", "text": "Due to Ringo having health problems, the manga was cancelled after 6 chapters. The adaptation ended covering only a part of Shido's first date with Tohka. A new manga adaptation began serialisation in the January 2014 issue of Shōnen Ace, this time with illustrations done by Sekihiko Inui. It was recently announced that the third volume of the manga will be the last. The third volume will be shipped by Kadokawa throughout Japan this winter. The anime adaptation is directed by Keitaro Motonaga and produced by AIC PLUS+. The series was streamed in lower quality on Niconico, with each episode", "title": "Date A Live" }, { "docid": "6417445", "text": "its emphatic insistence that posterity would forever endorse the American view of the attack. It was intended not merely as a personal response by the President, but as a statement on behalf of the entire American people in the face of a great collective trauma. In proclaiming the indelibility of the attack, and expressing outrage at its \"dastardly\" nature, the speech worked to crystallize and channel the response of the nation into a collective response and resolve. The first paragraph of the speech was carefully worded to reinforce Roosevelt's portrayal of the United States as the innocent victim of unprovoked", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "7736567", "text": "and gleaming riding boots, and carry a riding crop to snap for effect. Patton frequently kept his face in a scowl he referred to as his \"war face\". He would arrive in a Mercedes and deliver his remarks on a raised platform surrounded by a very large audience seated around the platform and on surrounding hills. Each address was delivered to a major general-led division-sized force of 15,000 or more men. Patton began delivering speeches to his troops in the United Kingdom in February 1944. The extent of his giving the particular speech that became famous is unclear, with different", "title": "George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army" }, { "docid": "10277375", "text": "find and hold the leaders of Japanese-American communities. It took two days to put 1,291 Issei under custody. Although they were not formally charged, they were denied visitation from their families. Many of these prisoners spent the war years in enemy alien internment camps. December 8, 1941: President Roosevelt addresses the U.S. Congress, saying that December 7 is \"a date that will live in infamy.\" Roosevelt signs the declaration of war. February 19, 1942: Executive Order 9066 is signed by Roosevelt which authorized the transfer of more than 100,000 German, Italian and Japanese-Americans living in coastal Pacific areas to internment", "title": "Japanese-American life before World War II" }, { "docid": "20656148", "text": "a little\", and the plumber ends up saving everyone in the home. They spend the night in the plumber's home and realize that heroes are people who you'd never suspect, or ever know. The song was inspired when Chapin himself lived in Point Lookout in Long Island during the 1960s. There was a suspicious fire in a low-income residence. Although it is unknown how the actual firefighters responded, he imagined that they responded like in the song. What Made America Famous? \"What Made America Famous?\" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his", "title": "What Made America Famous?" }, { "docid": "19460225", "text": "made available the same day. The album's opening two tracks, \"What We Live For\" and \"I'm Born to Run\" were also made available to purchase in April 2016, on the album's page on iTunes. Supporting the album, the band embarked on a 19-date tour of the United States from March through to May 2015, performing songs appearing on the new album live, in the lead-up to its release. It was announced through the band's Facebook page that the album's release date was pushed nearly two months from their original date, saying they are \"putting the finishing touches\" on their album", "title": "What We Live For" }, { "docid": "17439993", "text": "the past 42 years. He did not realize, however, that a real revolution was starting right before his eyes. His security guard appeared, disappeared and, finally, hustled Ceaușescu off the balcony. At that very moment, many everyday Romanians saw the weakness of Ceaușescu's regime for the first time. On the day after, 22 December, Ceaușescu and his wife Elena escaped Bucharest by helicopter, but were captured a few hours later in Târgoviște, put on trial, and shot by a firing squad. Ceaușescu's final speech Ceaușescu's final speech was a speech delivered by Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu on 21 December 1989.", "title": "Ceaușescu's final speech" }, { "docid": "15071571", "text": "Will Have Her Way\", which in turn took its name from Neil Finn's single, \"She Will Have Her Way\", from his album \"Try Whistling This\". On 21 November 2010, the album debuted at number 5 on the Australian Albums Chart. He Will Have His Way He Will Have His Way is a compilation album featuring male Australian and New Zealand musicians performing songs written by Neil Finn and Tim Finn (The Finn Brothers), who are best known as members of Split Enz and Crowded House. It was released on 12 November 2010 and is a sequel to \"She Will Have", "title": "He Will Have His Way" }, { "docid": "20656147", "text": "What Made America Famous? \"What Made America Famous?\" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1974 album, Verities & Balderdash. It has also been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums. The song inspired Chapin to write the award nominated Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous. The song shows a man, his girlfriend, and kids living in a rundown home. Eventually, a house fire starts, and they need rescue. It is continually asked in the song if anybody cares. It ends with the firefighters waiting to respond to \"let them sweat", "title": "What Made America Famous?" }, { "docid": "918586", "text": "As he began to flex his newfound political muscle in his position with SPAB, Wallace came up against the conservative wing of the Democratic Party in the form of Jesse H. Jones, Secretary of Commerce, as the two differed on how to handle wartime supplies. On May 8, 1942, Wallace delivered what became his most famous speech, to the Free World Association in New York City. The speech, delivered during the darkest days of the war, was formally titled \"The Price of Free World Victory\" but came to be identified by its phrase \"the century of the common man\". This", "title": "Henry A. Wallace" }, { "docid": "16346673", "text": "Will to Live Yasukichi (Rentarō Mikuni) visits \"Ubasuteyama\", a mountain where, in the past, old people were left to die. He is a regular at a bar. While at the bar he defecates in his clothes. The bar owner (Naoko Otani) literally kicks him out of the bar. Lying on the pavement, he is run over by a man on a bicycle, who turns out to be a doctor. His daughter, Tokuko (Shinobu Otake), is awakened by a phone call from the hospital asking her to collect Yasukichi. She tries to decline, saying she has bipolar disorder and cannot look", "title": "Will to Live" }, { "docid": "6804679", "text": "A Pharaoh to Remember \"A Pharaoh to Remember\" is the seventeenth episode in the third season of the American animated television series \"Futurama\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 10, 2002. The episode's title references the title of the 1957 film \"An Affair to Remember\". Bender becomes worried that his name will not live in infamy after a heist he pulled is attributed to a human crook. Bender sets out to make a name for himself, but his efforts are futile. To make him feel better, the Planet Express crew stage a mock", "title": "A Pharaoh to Remember" }, { "docid": "18355622", "text": "What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World is the seventh studio album from The Decemberists, released on January 20, 2015. The album's title comes from a line in the song \"12/17/12\", a reference to the date of Barack Obama's speech in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and lead singer Colin Meloy's conflicting feelings about the shooting and his happy personal life. \"What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World\" received mostly positive reviews. It currently has a metascore of 77 and user score of 8.1 from Metacritic. \"The", "title": "What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World" }, { "docid": "13428779", "text": "in his 1972 album \"Discover America\", and performed in local skits. FDR in Trinidad \"FDR in Trinidad\" (also known as \"Roosevelt in Trinidad\") is a calypso song written by Fritz McLean and popularized by Atilla the Hun (Raymond Quevedo) to commemorate U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1936 trip to Trinidad. As part of Attila and his band's repertoire in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s, it brought increased popularity to the genre. Roosevelt had become a calypso fan in 1934 following the band's performances in New York City during 1934. The song was covered by Ry Cooder in", "title": "FDR in Trinidad" }, { "docid": "13428778", "text": "FDR in Trinidad \"FDR in Trinidad\" (also known as \"Roosevelt in Trinidad\") is a calypso song written by Fritz McLean and popularized by Atilla the Hun (Raymond Quevedo) to commemorate U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1936 trip to Trinidad. As part of Attila and his band's repertoire in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s, it brought increased popularity to the genre. Roosevelt had become a calypso fan in 1934 following the band's performances in New York City during 1934. The song was covered by Ry Cooder in his 1971 album \"Into the Purple Valley\", by Van Dyke Parks", "title": "FDR in Trinidad" }, { "docid": "13335862", "text": "1972 who developed an \"incremental\" REG algorithm for his SHRDLU program. Afterwards researchers started to model the human abilities to create referring expressions in the 1980s. This new approach to the topic was influenced by the researchers Appelt and Kronfeld who created the programs KAMP and BERTRAND and considered referring expressions as parts of bigger speech acts. Some of their most interesting findings were the fact that referring expressions can be used to add information beyond the identification of the referent as well as the influence of communicative context and the Gricean maxims on referring expressions. Furthermore, its skepticism concerning", "title": "Referring expression generation" }, { "docid": "20150458", "text": "star rank out of 2,985 votes from Steam users as of 10 May 2017. A closed alpha was released on 19 July 2016. \"Day of Infamy\" was approved for release in Steam's Early Access program on 28 July 2016. The game entered the beta phase on 22 December 2016, and left Early Access on 23 March 2017. Day of Infamy received a 76 out of 100 on Metacritic. Day of Infamy (video game) Day of Infamy is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game developed and published by New World Interactive set during the events of World War II in", "title": "Day of Infamy (video game)" }, { "docid": "12256452", "text": "actually on or before them, but passing shortly after. Will to live The will to life or \"Wille zum Leben\" is a psychological force to fight for self-preservation seen as an important and active process of conscious and unconscious reasoning. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer is the first to give name to this force. There are significant correlations between the will to live and existential, psychological, social, and physical sources of distress. The concept of the will to live can be seen as directly impacted by hope. Many, who overcome near-death experiences with no explanation, have described the will to", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "17947298", "text": "Doctors of Infamy Doctors of Infamy: The Story of the Nazi Medical Crimes (1947) is a book by Alexander Mitscherlich and Fred Mielke which begins with a statement on the intention of its publication and includes a documentation of the Doctors' Trial in Nuremberg that was held from 9 December 1946 until 20 August 1947. In Germany, the first edition appeared in 1947. It was the interim report of the umbrella organization of doctors' associations in Western Germany who had sent out a commission of six observers to the Nuremberg trials. This commission was headed by young Mitscherlich because none", "title": "Doctors of Infamy" }, { "docid": "17947296", "text": "Doctors of Infamy Doctors of Infamy: The Story of the Nazi Medical Crimes (1947) is a book by Alexander Mitscherlich and Fred Mielke which begins with a statement on the intention of its publication and includes a documentation of the Doctors' Trial in Nuremberg that was held from 9 December 1946 until 20 August 1947. In Germany, the first edition appeared in 1947. It was the interim report of the umbrella organization of doctors' associations in Western Germany who had sent out a commission of six observers to the Nuremberg trials. This commission was headed by young Mitscherlich because none", "title": "Doctors of Infamy" }, { "docid": "6417447", "text": "issued by President Woodrow Wilson in his own speech to Congress in April 1917, when the United States entered World War I. Wilson laid out the strategic threat posed by Germany and stressed the idealistic goals behind America's participation in the war. During the 1930s, however, American public opinion turned strongly against such themes, and was wary of, if not actively hostile to, idealistic visions of remaking the world through a \"just war\". Roosevelt, therefore, chose to make an appeal aimed more at the gut level—in effect, an appeal to patriotism, rather than to idealism. Nonetheless, he took pains to", "title": "Infamy Speech" }, { "docid": "12931867", "text": "happens within outer speech during a cocktail-party, likewise occurs within inner speech in dreams. Code words - linked in sound to our proper name - will be detected in the set of potential associations during thinking. The ongoing thinking process will then deviate because code words will act as priming-words, influencing the direction in which associations will go (Engels, 2005, p. 187). As Kraepelin likened dream speech to schizophasia, what is the current view on the last disorder? While in the famous debate during the '70s between the linguists Elaine Chaika and Victoria Fromkin on schizophrenic speech, Chaika long held", "title": "Dream speech" }, { "docid": "14556950", "text": "the political elite before delivered. Hedin showed the speech to the leader of the conservatives in the first chamber, and later conservative Prime Minister, Ernst Trygger, who considered the speech to be brilliant, even though he was not sure what the political consequences would be if the speech was delivered by the King. Both Conservative politician and previous Prime Minister Arvid Lindman and later Independent Liberal Prime Minister Louis De Geer thought that the speech could lead to a constitutional crisis between the King and the members of the Council of State. Prime Minister Karl Staaff was not allowed to", "title": "Courtyard Speech" }, { "docid": "12256442", "text": "humans; but not necessarily the main driving force. In psychotherapy, Sigmund Freud termed the pleasure principle, which is the seeking of pleasure and avoiding of pain. Viktor Frankl, after spending time in a German concentration camp, developed psychotherapy called logotherapy, or the \"will to meaning\". Maslow's hierarchy of needs highlights the innate appetite that people possess for love and belonging but before all this there is the very basic and powerful will to live. Psychologists have established that human beings are a goal-oriented species. In assessing the will to live, it should be borne in mind that it could be", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "12256439", "text": "Will to live The will to life or \"Wille zum Leben\" is a psychological force to fight for self-preservation seen as an important and active process of conscious and unconscious reasoning. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer is the first to give name to this force. There are significant correlations between the will to live and existential, psychological, social, and physical sources of distress. The concept of the will to live can be seen as directly impacted by hope. Many, who overcome near-death experiences with no explanation, have described the will to live as a direct component of their survival. The", "title": "Will to live" }, { "docid": "15071570", "text": "He Will Have His Way He Will Have His Way is a compilation album featuring male Australian and New Zealand musicians performing songs written by Neil Finn and Tim Finn (The Finn Brothers), who are best known as members of Split Enz and Crowded House. It was released on 12 November 2010 and is a sequel to \"She Will Have Her Way\", a 2005 album featuring female Australian and New Zealand musicians. The two albums were later released together with extra tracks as the double CD \"They Will Have Their Way\". The album's title is a masculine adaptation of \"She", "title": "He Will Have His Way" }, { "docid": "3989909", "text": "Orewa Speech The Orewa Speech was a speech delivered by the then-leader of the New Zealand National Party Don Brash to the Orewa Rotary Club on 27 January 2004. It addressed the theme of race relations in New Zealand and in particular the special status of Māori people. Brash approached the once-taboo subject by advocating 'one rule for all' and ending what he saw as the Māori's special privileges. Brash covered many aspects of Māori-Pākehā relations in his speech. He criticized policies he believed to be separatist, such as required levels of iwi representation on district health boards and the", "title": "Orewa Speech" }, { "docid": "18188444", "text": "with the label took place at Gold Star Studios, produced by Bill Quinn. On the recording of \"What a Way to Live\", Nelson was backed by Paul Buskirk on guitar, steel guitarist Ozzie Middleton, fiddlers Darold Raley and Clyde Brewer, bassist Dean Reynolds and drummer Al Hagy. Released in May 1960, the single was not a success. As part of the deal that Nelson made with Uncle Hank Craig to sign him to D Records, Craig received part of the proceeds of the single. In 1967, Johnny Bush recorded a cover version for the label Stop Records. Backed by steel", "title": "What a Way to Live (song)" }, { "docid": "4211803", "text": "significant defeat for the hitherto unstoppable \"Luftwaffe\". This speech was a great inspiration to the embattled United Kingdom during what was probably its most dangerous phase of the entire war. Together with the three famous speeches that he gave during the period of the Battle of France (the \"Blood, toil, tears, and sweat\" speech of 13 May, the \"We shall fight on the beaches\" speech of 4 June and the \"This was their finest hour\" speech of 18 June), they form his most stirring rhetoric. At the end of the speech, he introduced the first phase of the growing strategic", "title": "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" }, { "docid": "16260086", "text": "and to wipe out decades of debt at a single stroke. In 1743, Yoshimura retired in favor of his son, Date Munemura, and moved to his villa in Sodegasaki, where he died in 1752. He was posthumously elevated to Senior Third Rank in 1928. Date Yoshimura Yoshimura was the eldest son of Date Munefusa (the 8th son of Date Tadamune, who had established a branch of the clan. He was born in what is now part of the village of Daitō, Iwate in the northern part of the domain, and his childhood name was Sukesaburo (助三郎). His mother was the", "title": "Date Yoshimura" } ]

[ "That American Life", "Your Radio Playhouse", "This american life", "This American Life" ]

[ { "docid": "2069551", "text": "This American Life This American Life (TAL) is an American weekly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internationally, and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage. The first episode aired on November 17, 1995, under the show's original title, Your Radio Playhouse. The series was distributed by Public Radio International until June 2014, when the program became self-distributed with", "title": "This American Life" }, { "docid": "1953204", "text": "host Joe Franklin and Ira's mother, as well as stories by Kevin Kelly, founding editor of Wired, and performance artist Lawrence Steger\".\" In May 2009, the \"This American Life\" radio show episode \"Return to the Scene of the Crime\" was broadcast live to more than 300 movie theaters. In 2009, Glass was named the recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio. In 2011 Ira Glass earned the George Polk Award in Radio Reporting for \"Very Tough Love,\" an hour-long report that showed alarmingly severe punishments being meted out by a county drug court judge", "title": "Ira Glass" }, { "docid": "1953195", "text": "Ira Glass Ira Jeffrey Glass (; born March 3, 1959) is an American public radio personality and the host and producer of the radio and television show \"This American Life\". A staple on NPR's schedule, he participated in several programs including \"Morning Edition\", \"All Things Considered\", and \"Talk of the Nation\". Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Jewish parents Barry Glass, an accountant and businessman at the firm he founded GlassJacobson Financial Group, and Shirley Glass, a psychologist, infidelity researcher, and author whom \"The New York Times\" called \"the godmother of infidelity research.\" He is a first", "title": "Ira Glass" }, { "docid": "1953216", "text": "has stated that \"Christians get a really bad rap in the media\" and that contrary to the way they are portrayed in pop-culture, the Christians in his life \"were all incredibly wonderful and thoughtful.\" Ira Glass Ira Jeffrey Glass (; born March 3, 1959) is an American public radio personality and the host and producer of the radio and television show \"This American Life\". A staple on NPR's schedule, he participated in several programs including \"Morning Edition\", \"All Things Considered\", and \"Talk of the Nation\". Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Jewish parents Barry Glass, an accountant", "title": "Ira Glass" }, { "docid": "17204837", "text": "radio in Chicago, Illinois, in 1993 and in 1996 was promoted to station manager. In 1995 journalist Ira Glass and Malatia created the radio program \"This American Life\" (originally titled \"Your Radio Playhouse\"). Prior to work in radio, Malatia was a columnist for \"Phoenix New Times\", an alternative weekly newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona Torey Malatia was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a village in the Chicago area. He attended Arizona State University, where he received B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature. He carried out additional post-graduate study at the University of Toronto. Malatia is married to artist Elizabeth Carson", "title": "Torey Malatia" }, { "docid": "1953203", "text": "more than 1.7 million listeners on more than 500 stations weekly, with an average listening time of 48 minutes. Glass can be heard in all but four episodes. In July 2013, the 500th show was aired. On November 17, 2005, \"This American Life\" celebrated its tenth anniversary. The following week, as a special show celebrating the anniversary, the first episode, \"New Beginnings,\" was re-broadcast. Prior to this, the first episode had never been aired outside of Chicago. When the first episode was broadcast in 1995, the show was known as \"Your Radio Playhouse.\" That first episode includes interviews with talk-show", "title": "Ira Glass" }, { "docid": "1953206", "text": "Glass was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters \"honoris causa\" from Goucher College in Baltimore. In May 2013, Glass received the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Glass was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November 2014. In September 1999, Glass collaborated on a comic book, \"Radio: An Illustrated Guide\", with Jessica Abel. The book shows how \"This American Life\" is produced, and how to produce your own radio program. In 2006, he served as one of the executive producers of the feature film \"Unaccompanied Minors\". It is based on the", "title": "Ira Glass" }, { "docid": "5563206", "text": "passed him by and he decides to open a crime-fighting school to carry on his crusade. However, there is only one student: Leon Cablemouth (played by Orkin's then-partner, Bert Berdis). Orkin and Rich Koz co-authored several of the episodes, which numbered 65. In 1995, Orkin brought Chickenman out of retirement for a 30th anniversary tribute episode on \"Poultry Slam 1995\", Episode 3 of the WBEZ public radio program \"This American Life\" (then called \"Your Radio Playhouse\"). In \"Chickenman Challenges a Fate Named Frank,\" Benton Harbor realizes that he's getting older, and goes to the doctor, who tells him that his", "title": "Chickenman (radio series)" }, { "docid": "17204839", "text": "Chicago Public Media as chief executive officer and president of the board of directors. In November 1995 journalist Ira Glass and Malatia began \"Your Radio Playhouse\", a documentary and entertainment series on WBEZ. After sixteen weekly episodes were aired, the program was renamed \"This American Life\" and syndicated to public stations across the country via Public Radio International. Malatia serves as a member of the board of directors of two public media organizations. WBEZ is one of several founding member stations of the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), a non-profit organization that distributes programing to public radio stations; Malatia serves on", "title": "Torey Malatia" }, { "docid": "6706578", "text": "WireTap (radio program) WireTap was a half-hour-long radio show which aired on CBC Radio One Saturday afternoons at 3:30 pm, and Thursday evenings at 11:30 pm. An hour-long version of \"WireTap\" is distributed in the United States by Public Radio International and is heard on multiple public radio stations. Hosted by Jonathan Goldstein, former producer of Public Radio International's \"This American Life\", the show featured stories that were told as if over the phone with Goldstein. The show fell into what had traditionally been CBC Radio One's comedy slot on Sunday afternoons, replacing \"Madly Off in All Directions\" which moved", "title": "WireTap (radio program)" }, { "docid": "2079659", "text": "Ira Glass and WBEZ Chicago. \"This American Life Live!\" was presented exclusively in select theatres by National CineMedia's (NCM) Fathom, in partnership with BY Experience and Chicago Public Radio, and in association with Public Radio International. In 2012: PRI is acquired by WGBH. On March 21, 2014, the company announced the agreement to distribute \"This American Life\" would end July 1, 2014. In 2017: PRI launches its Engagement Lab Public radio is a generic term for non-commercial radio stations or programming that are covered under the Public Broadcasting Act. Public radio organizations receive funding from corporate sponsors, public (e.g., Corporation", "title": "Public Radio International" }, { "docid": "11954754", "text": "Borders on January 20, 2009. The set was given a wide release on July 17, 2009. This American Life (TV series) This American Life is an American television series based on the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, the series is hosted by Ira Glass. The series premiered on March 22, 2007. Two seasons of the show have aired on Showtime. The second season finale aired on June 8, 2008, and Showtime aired one final episode in May 2009. In September 2009, Glass announced that he and the other creators of the show had \"asked to", "title": "This American Life (TV series)" }, { "docid": "11954750", "text": "This American Life (TV series) This American Life is an American television series based on the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, the series is hosted by Ira Glass. The series premiered on March 22, 2007. Two seasons of the show have aired on Showtime. The second season finale aired on June 8, 2008, and Showtime aired one final episode in May 2009. In September 2009, Glass announced that he and the other creators of the show had \"asked to be taken off TV\", largely in part to the difficult schedule required to produce a television", "title": "This American Life (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1918572", "text": "in a fabricated story scandal too owing to her Rolling Stone article \"A Rape on Campus\". After his 1994 graduation from Penn, Glass joined \"The New Republic\" in 1995 as an editorial assistant. Soon thereafter, the 23-year-old Glass advanced to writing features. While employed full-time at \"TNR\", he also wrote for other magazines including \"Policy Review\", \"George\", \"Rolling Stone\", and \"Harper's\" and contributed to Public Radio International's (PRI) weekly hour-long program \"This American Life\", hosted by Ira Glass (no relation to Stephen). Glass later graduated \"magna cum laude\" from Georgetown University Law Center with a Juris Doctor degree and was", "title": "Stephen Glass" }, { "docid": "1953202", "text": "David Sedaris to read his essays on NPR, which led to Sedaris's success as an independent author. Glass also produced Sedaris's commentaries on NPR. Since 1995, he has hosted and produced \"This American Life\", from WBEZ and its parent company, Chicago Public Media. The show was syndicated nationally in June 1996 by Public Radio International and has been national ever since. PRI was eager to take on the program, even as NPR passed on it. Chicago Public Media announced it would begin self-distribution of \"This American Life\" starting July 1, 2014, through Public Radio Exchange (PRX). \"This American Life\" reaches", "title": "Ira Glass" } ]

[ { "docid": "3301541", "text": "The Campbell Playhouse (radio series) The Campbell Playhouse (1938–40) is a live CBS radio drama series directed by and starring Orson Welles. Produced by Welles and John Houseman, it was a sponsored continuation of \"The Mercury Theatre on the Air\". The series offered hour-long adaptations of classic plays and novels, as well as adaptations of popular motion pictures. When Welles left at the end of the second season, \"The Campbell Playhouse\" changed format as a 30-minute weekly series that ran for one season (1940–41). As a direct result of the front-page headlines Orson Welles generated with his 1938 Halloween production", "title": "The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)" }, { "docid": "3301533", "text": "The Campbell Playhouse (radio series) The Campbell Playhouse (1938–40) is a live CBS radio drama series directed by and starring Orson Welles. Produced by Welles and John Houseman, it was a sponsored continuation of \"The Mercury Theatre on the Air\". The series offered hour-long adaptations of classic plays and novels, as well as adaptations of popular motion pictures. When Welles left at the end of the second season, \"The Campbell Playhouse\" changed format as a 30-minute weekly series that ran for one season (1940–41). As a direct result of the front-page headlines Orson Welles generated with his 1938 Halloween production", "title": "The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)" }, { "docid": "1467346", "text": "Ira Flatow Ira Flatow (; born March 9, 1949) is a radio and television journalist and author who hosts Public Radio International's popular program, \"Science Friday\". On TV, he hosted the Emmy Award-winning PBS series \"Newton's Apple\", a television science program for children and their families. Later he hosted the program \"Big Ideas\" (also a PBS series) and has published several books, the most recent titled \"Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature\". Flatow is a native of New York and currently lives in Connecticut. He is married to realtor Miriam", "title": "Ira Flatow" }, { "docid": "14199050", "text": "Act Your Age (radio series) Act Your Age is a panel game on BBC Radio 4 hosted by Simon Mayo. The series, created by Ashley Blaker (the original radio producer of Little Britain) and Bill Matthews (co-deviser of They Think It's All Over), was first broadcast on 27 November 2008. The show features three teams of stand-up comedians from different generations: \"The Up-And-Comers\", featuring younger comedians, captained by Jon Richardson; \"The Current Crop\", featuring comedians popular at the moment, captained by Lucy Porter; and \"The Old Guard\", featuring older, veteran comics, captained by Roy Walker, (although in the second series,", "title": "Act Your Age (radio series)" }, { "docid": "14199056", "text": "saying, \"some sections are genuinely impressive and hilarious, and how the regulars keep coming up with more and more material is awe-inspiring.\" Act Your Age (radio series) Act Your Age is a panel game on BBC Radio 4 hosted by Simon Mayo. The series, created by Ashley Blaker (the original radio producer of Little Britain) and Bill Matthews (co-deviser of They Think It's All Over), was first broadcast on 27 November 2008. The show features three teams of stand-up comedians from different generations: \"The Up-And-Comers\", featuring younger comedians, captained by Jon Richardson; \"The Current Crop\", featuring comedians popular at the", "title": "Act Your Age (radio series)" }, { "docid": "3301536", "text": "the radio shows. Howard E. Koch remained on the writing staff through \"The Glass Key\" (March 10, 1939), when he left for Hollywood. He was succeeded by Howard Teichmann, who wrote for the show for two years. After signing a film contract with RKO in August 1939, Welles began commuting from Hollywood to New York for the two Sunday broadcasts of \"The Campbell Playhouse\". In November 1939, production of the show moved from New York to Los Angeles. Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz was put on the Mercury payroll and wrote five scripts for \"Campbell Playhouse\" shows broadcast between November 12,", "title": "The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)" }, { "docid": "6893711", "text": "TX starting Monday, February 22 and named \"The Hot Show\". It is unclear if DuRyan and Tony will join them in Houston. Since moving to Houston, there has been no further news of a move back to Portland. The Playhouse (radio show) The Playhouse was a Portland, Oregon-based syndicated morning drive time radio show which debuted on February 12, 2000. It originally aired weekday mornings between 5-10am on then-flagship radio station KXJM (Jammin 107.5 FM), with the last four hours of the show being broadcast live online with fully produced video, and repeated every four hours until the next show.", "title": "The Playhouse (radio show)" }, { "docid": "13617787", "text": "Your Radio YOUR Radio (formerly \"Castle Rock FM\") is an Independent Local Radio station, serving Argyll & Bute, Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire. It is VT (Voice Tracked) and is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting Group. Originally broadcasting as Castle Rock FM, the Dumbarton-based licence relaunched as YOUR Radio when it expanded its coverage area to Helensburgh (broadcasting on 106.9 FM). Previously owned by Clyde and Forth Press, it was sold onto Romanes Media Group, until the firm was bought by Newsquest in August 2015. Three months later, the station was bought out for an undisclosed sum by directors Gary", "title": "Your Radio" }, { "docid": "13617789", "text": "at SunFM in Sunderland) Your Radio YOUR Radio (formerly \"Castle Rock FM\") is an Independent Local Radio station, serving Argyll & Bute, Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire. It is VT (Voice Tracked) and is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting Group. Originally broadcasting as Castle Rock FM, the Dumbarton-based licence relaunched as YOUR Radio when it expanded its coverage area to Helensburgh (broadcasting on 106.9 FM). Previously owned by Clyde and Forth Press, it was sold onto Romanes Media Group, until the firm was bought by Newsquest in August 2015. Three months later, the station was bought out for an undisclosed", "title": "Your Radio" }, { "docid": "3301539", "text": "\"Wuthering Heights\" and \"The Little Foxes\", could not be obtained. As his contract with Campbell came to an end, Welles determined not to sign on for another season. \"I'm sick of having the heart torn out of a script by radio censorship,\" he said. After the broadcast of March 31, 1940 — a reprise of \"Jane Eyre\", after Welles's suggestion of \"Alice Adams\" was not accepted — Welles and Campbell parted amicably. \"The Campbell Playhouse\" returned to radio November 29, 1940, as a 30-minute weekly CBS series that was last broadcast June 13, 1941. The program was produced by Diana", "title": "The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)" }, { "docid": "6893700", "text": "The Playhouse (radio show) The Playhouse was a Portland, Oregon-based syndicated morning drive time radio show which debuted on February 12, 2000. It originally aired weekday mornings between 5-10am on then-flagship radio station KXJM (Jammin 107.5 FM), with the last four hours of the show being broadcast live online with fully produced video, and repeated every four hours until the next show. The show was also on at various hours in the morning on its syndicated affiliates. From its conception on February 12, 2000 to May 12, 2008 the show's flagship station was the \"Original\" Jammin' 95.5 KXJM (now KXTG).", "title": "The Playhouse (radio show)" }, { "docid": "15173878", "text": "Turn on Your Radio Turn on Your Radio is the sixth studio album by the Italian/U.S. ensemble Change. It was released in 1985 and reached number sixty-four on the US \"Billboard\" Black Albums chart, and number thirty-nine on the UK Albums Chart. \"Turn on Your Radio\" includes the singles \"Let's Go Together\", \"Examination\" (in Italy only), \"Oh What A Feeling\" and \"Mutual Attraction\". The band recorded the songs for album at Morning Studios, Milan, Italy. The sessions were then taken to Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City to be mixed. Receiving negative reviews the album was originally released as an", "title": "Turn on Your Radio" }, { "docid": "17857536", "text": "Jeanne Bates, Joe DuVal, Willard Waterman, Jack Edwards, Mary Jane Croft, Frank Nelson, Charles Seel, Herb Butterfield, Jeff Chandler, Shepard Menken, Dan O'Herlihy and Ken Christy. Frank Barton was the announcer. Episodes were adapted by writer Milton Geiger from short stories in \"Cosmopolitan\" magazine. The series' entire run consisted of 12 episodes. Their dates, titles and stars were as follows: Four Star Playhouse (radio program) Four Star Playhouse was a radio dramatic anthology series in the United States. The 30-minute program was broadcast on NBC beginning in July 1949 and was sustaining. It lasted only three months. \"Four Star Playhouse\"", "title": "Four Star Playhouse (radio program)" }, { "docid": "17857532", "text": "Four Star Playhouse (radio program) Four Star Playhouse was a radio dramatic anthology series in the United States. The 30-minute program was broadcast on NBC beginning in July 1949 and was sustaining. It lasted only three months. \"Four Star Playhouse\" was one of \"at least 10\" new programs developed for that summer by NBC's [West] Coast programming department. A story in the July 2, 1949, issue of \"The Billboard\" reported that NBC \"is now keyed to the recent programming drive, launched to offset Columbia Broadcasting System's (CBS) talent raids, and is anxious to use summer hiatus periods to develop shows", "title": "Four Star Playhouse (radio program)" }, { "docid": "10220945", "text": "should never negotiate with terrorists\", \"Television is dumbing down\" and \"We are on the brink of an environmental catastrophe\". The pilot and first series had four guests on each episode, but this has since been reduced to three. In the fifth series, Baddiel handed over the host's chair to Coren, although he appeared on the first show as a guest, where he made jokes referring to his previous time in the chair. Heresy (radio series) Heresy is a comedy talk show on BBC Radio 4, created and originally hosted by David Baddiel, now hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell. In the", "title": "Heresy (radio series)" }, { "docid": "11019826", "text": "Command Performance (radio series) Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to the troops overseas—with few exceptions, it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations. Most episodes of the program were produced before an audience in the Vine Street Playhouse in Hollywood, California, and recorded via electrical transcription. The weekly listening audience of was estimated at 95.5 million. Troops sent in requests for a particular performer or program to appear, and they also suggested unusual ideas for music,", "title": "Command Performance (radio series)" }, { "docid": "9802548", "text": "series, Host of the Discovery Channel's \"On The Inside\", repeatedly appeared as a square on \"Hollywood Squares\", hosted HGTV's Smart Design, hosted a popular morning radio show in Philadelphia on STAR 104.5. She also hosted the emmy-nominated \"Gardens Great and Small\" on PBS. She was also the host of HGTV on the radio and The Pet Hour. Both were heard on Sirius/XM Satellite radio. When not overseeing her company, Glass Entertainment Group, Glass has appeared as a guest or guest-host on such programs as \"The Daily Show\", \"The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch\", CNN \"Larry King Live\", \"Late Night with", "title": "Nancy Glass" }, { "docid": "12537431", "text": "The Zero Hour (U.S. radio series) The Zero Hour (aka Hollywood Radio Theater) was a 1973–74 American radio drama anthology series hosted by Rod Serling. With tales of mystery, adventure and suspense, the program was broadcast for two seasons. Some of the scripts were written by Serling. Originally placed into syndication on September 3, 1973, the series was picked up by the Mutual Broadcasting System in December of that year. The original format featured five-part dramas broadcast Monday through Friday with the story coming to a conclusion on Friday. Including commercials, each part was approximately 30 minutes long. Mutual affiliates", "title": "The Zero Hour (U.S. radio series)" }, { "docid": "10220944", "text": "Heresy (radio series) Heresy is a comedy talk show on BBC Radio 4, created and originally hosted by David Baddiel, now hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell. In the show, the presenter and a panel of guests commit \"heresy\" by challenging people's most deeply received opinions on a subject, in front of a studio audience. For example, received wisdom is that New Labour is all about spin, so the panel will try to argue that New Labour is \"not\" all about spin, and the guests have to try to make the audience change their minds. Other assumptions challenged have included, \"We", "title": "Heresy (radio series)" }, { "docid": "3301534", "text": "\"The War of the Worlds\", Campbell's Soup signed on as sponsor. \"The Mercury Theatre on the Air\" made its last broadcast December 4, 1938, and \"The Campbell Playhouse\" began December 9, 1938. The series made its debut with Welles's adaptation of \"Rebecca\", with guest stars Margaret Sullavan and Mildred Natwick. The radio drama was the first adaptation of the 1938 novel by Daphne Du Maurier; the author was interviewed live from London at the conclusion of the broadcast. Bernard Herrmann had time to compose a complete score for \"Rebecca\". \"It was absolutely beautiful,\" said associate producer Paul Stewart, \"and it", "title": "The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)" }, { "docid": "6902520", "text": "Lee and Herring (radio series) Lee and Herring was a British radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1994 and 1995, named after the comedy double act who hosted it, Lee and Herring. The show ran for three series and a total of nineteen hour-long episodes. It followed on from their previous Radio 1 series, \"Fist of Fun\", and was one of a number of comedy and music shows being produced for Radio 1 at the time: other notable examples being shows hosted by Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci. The fact that the bulk of the show was live,", "title": "Lee and Herring (radio series)" }, { "docid": "15173880", "text": "arrangements of Jacques Fred Petrus as \"recycled\" takes on what had \"once made the group a major act\". Recorded at Morning Studios, Milan, Italy. Mixed at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City. Turn on Your Radio Turn on Your Radio is the sixth studio album by the Italian/U.S. ensemble Change. It was released in 1985 and reached number sixty-four on the US \"Billboard\" Black Albums chart, and number thirty-nine on the UK Albums Chart. \"Turn on Your Radio\" includes the singles \"Let's Go Together\", \"Examination\" (in Italy only), \"Oh What A Feeling\" and \"Mutual Attraction\". The band recorded the songs", "title": "Turn on Your Radio" }, { "docid": "18359951", "text": "The Campbell Playhouse (TV series) The Campbell Playhouse (also known as Campbell Soundstage, TV Soundstage, and Campbell Summer Soundstage, (summer hiatus only, see \"below\")) was an American anthology series and television drama that aired on NBC June 6, 1952May 28, 1954. The series was sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company. The television series was based on the 1938–40 radio series of the same name. The radio version was originally aired on CBS as \"The Mercury Theatre on the Air\" beginning July 11, 1938. The series made its last broadcast under that title on December 4, 1938. After that, the Campbell", "title": "The Campbell Playhouse (TV series)" }, { "docid": "2508746", "text": "This Is Your Life This Is Your Life was an American reality documentary series broadcast on NBC radio from 1948 to 1952, and on NBC television from 1952 to 1961. It was originally hosted by its creator and producer Ralph Edwards. In the program, the host would surprise guests and then take them through a retrospective of their lives in front of an audience, including appearances by colleagues, friends, and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971–1972, and Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The", "title": "This Is Your Life" }, { "docid": "17846599", "text": "Rendered (radio program) Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) was an independently produced American radio program based in Portland, Oregon. Created and hosted by Julie Sabatier, the show explores do-it-yourself ideas from a wide range of perspectives. \"Rendered\" centers around creative people as well as the processes and resources used to create various skills, communities, and ideas. \"Rendered\" began as a half-hour monthly show titled \"DIY, Portland\" on KBOO Community Radio in 2006. When it began airing on Oregon Public Broadcasting in 2010, it changed its named to \"Destination DIY\" and hour-long running time. In September 2014, the show joined the national", "title": "Rendered (radio program)" }, { "docid": "7532884", "text": "\"PM\" are two of the most recognisable in Australia. The two themes, composed by Tony Ansell and Peter Wall (who composed many themes for the ABC News and Current Affairs Department in the 1980s). The similarity between the themes represents a significant link between the sister programmes. AM (Australian radio series) AM, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship current-affairs radio program, is one of Australia's longest-running productions. Its tagline is \"Ensure you are informed.\" \"AM\" was created in 1967 for what were then ABC Radio 1 and Radio 3 (now ABC Local Radio). Aired every morning at 8 am (after the", "title": "AM (Australian radio series)" }, { "docid": "1953199", "text": "and \"Talk of the Nation\". Glass wrote, The very first National Public Radio show that I worked on was Joe Frank's. I think I was influenced in a huge way ... Before I saw Joe put together a show, I had never thought about radio as a place where you could tell a certain kind of story. From November 1990 until September 1995, with NPR producer Gary Covino, he co-hosted a weekly local program on Chicago Public Radio called \"The Wild Room\". In 1993, Glass said, I like to think of it as the only show on public radio other", "title": "Ira Glass" }, { "docid": "16142353", "text": "Tubridy (radio show) \"Tubridy\" is a talk radio show, presented by Ryan Tubridy each weekday morning on RTÉ 2fm, from September 2010 until July 2015. Along with \"The Colm Hayes Show\", which succeeded it on the schedules until 2013, \"Tubridy\" is intended as a long-term replacement for its long-running predecessor \"The Gerry Ryan Show\". After finishing \"The Tubridy Show\" on RTÉ Radio 1 on 16 July 2010, Ryan Tubridy began presenting \"Tubridy\" on RTÉ 2fm on 20 August 2010, surprising listeners by starting the programme three days earlier that what was originally scheduled for 23 August. His first guest on", "title": "Tubridy (radio show)" }, { "docid": "18375403", "text": "Mystery Playhouse Mystery Playhouse is an American radio drama hosted by Peter Lorre which aired on the American Forces Network from July 1944–June 1946. The series aired during World War II specifically for the purposes of entertaining the troops serving during the war. \"Mystery Playhouse\" was created by the American Forces Network in 1944 for the entertainment of the troops during World War II. Every week, the series aired rebroadcasts of episodes of many popular radio shows of the time. Some include rebroadcast of \"The Whistler\", \"Mr. and Mrs. North\", \"Inner Sanctum Mystery\", and \"The Adventures of Nero Wolfe\". Peter", "title": "Mystery Playhouse" }, { "docid": "7532879", "text": "AM (Australian radio series) AM, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship current-affairs radio program, is one of Australia's longest-running productions. Its tagline is \"Ensure you are informed.\" \"AM\" was created in 1967 for what were then ABC Radio 1 and Radio 3 (now ABC Local Radio). Aired every morning at 8 am (after the 7.45 am news bulletin), it soon became Australia's most-popular morning radio current-affairs program. Two years later, ABC Radio's evening current-affairs program, \"PM\" was created as a companion program. It is now the ABC's flagship evening current affairs program. \"AM\" was later introduced to ABC Radio 2 (now", "title": "AM (Australian radio series)" }, { "docid": "19370984", "text": "decision which caused some controversy at the time. Chris Serle became the new host and remained so until 1998 when as part of controller James Boyle's changes to Radio 4, it started to be hosted by guest presenters each week, a format which survives to the present day. Since 2008, a special \"Pick of the Year\" episode has been broadcast each December with a guest presenter choosing their BBC radio highlights of the year. Pick of the Week (radio) Pick of the Week is a long-running British radio programme featuring extracts from BBC radio (and originally television) programmes broadcast over", "title": "Pick of the Week (radio)" }, { "docid": "18250113", "text": "PBS Digital Studios PBS Digital Studios is a YouTube channel and network through which PBS distributes original educational web video content. It comprises both original series and partnerships with existing YouTube channels. Most of the series are about science, pop culture, art, food, news, and music, though the channel originally launched with a series of video remixes based on PBS icons such as Mr. Rogers. PBS Digital Studios was founded by Jason Seiken in June 2012. They had their first viral hit with a \"remix\" of autotuned vocals from \"Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood\" titled \"Garden of Your Mind.\" The PBS Digital", "title": "PBS Digital Studios" }, { "docid": "13338456", "text": "Political Animal (radio show) Political Animal is a performance and radio show created by British comedians John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman in which various stand-up comedians perform political material. \"Political Animal\" began at the 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has returned every year since, it was initially co-hosted by Zaltzman and Oliver but since 2006 hosted by Zaltzman alone except for some of the 2011 fringe where Oliver returned. In 2007 \"Political Animal\" also became a radio series on BBC Radio 4. It returned for a second series in 2008, running for 10 episodes. The series took the form of", "title": "Political Animal (radio show)" }, { "docid": "6902524", "text": "third series, he took on the persona of an apparently angry but mediocre anti-establishment comic, often denouncing the government as 'fascists', to the mockery of Lee and Herring. Numerous fictional characters were introduced during the series, many of whom later transferred to television. Lee and Herring (radio series) Lee and Herring was a British radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1994 and 1995, named after the comedy double act who hosted it, Lee and Herring. The show ran for three series and a total of nineteen hour-long episodes. It followed on from their previous Radio 1 series, \"Fist", "title": "Lee and Herring (radio series)" }, { "docid": "6951274", "text": "Radio Radio \"Radio Radio\" (sometimes written \"Radio, Radio\") is a single by Elvis Costello and The Attractions released in the United Kingdom in October 1978. The song had already appeared on the US version of their second album, \"This Year's Model,\" released earlier that year. The song made waves in the USA after Costello's appearance on \"Saturday Night Live\". Originally, Sex Pistols had been invited to perform on 17 December 1977 broadcast (hosted by Miskel Spillman, an elderly woman who won \"SNL\"'s \"Anybody Can Host\" contest), but problems with Sex Pistols' various criminal records made getting visas in time difficult,", "title": "Radio Radio" }, { "docid": "18203759", "text": "The Secret World (radio series) The Secret World is a comedy radio series using impressionists broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Using many of the creative team from the long-running series \"Dead Ringers\", and originating as part of Radio 4's Happy Mondays pilot strand in 2008, the Secret World takes a subtler, more naturalistic approach, using famous figures in various bizarre yet humdrum situations, the comedy arising from the juxtapositions of contrasting characters and situations. Sketches include: The sketches and characters often overlap to create an interwoven narrative during the episode. The series won the Gold award for Best Comedy the", "title": "The Secret World (radio series)" }, { "docid": "6412753", "text": "federal budget. The last program aired on June 21, 2012 and was repeated June 24. Dispatches (radio program) Dispatches was a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio One from 2001 to 2012. The program, which was hosted by Rick MacInnes-Rae, aired documentary reports on international news and feature topics. Its opening music was an excerpt from Mark Knopfler's song \"What It Is.\" Originally a half-hour program, the program expanded to a one-hour format in April 2007, incorporating some features of CBC Radio's cancelled world music series \"Global Village\". On April 10, 2012, the CBC announced it would cancel", "title": "Dispatches (radio program)" }, { "docid": "6412752", "text": "Dispatches (radio program) Dispatches was a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio One from 2001 to 2012. The program, which was hosted by Rick MacInnes-Rae, aired documentary reports on international news and feature topics. Its opening music was an excerpt from Mark Knopfler's song \"What It Is.\" Originally a half-hour program, the program expanded to a one-hour format in April 2007, incorporating some features of CBC Radio's cancelled world music series \"Global Village\". On April 10, 2012, the CBC announced it would cancel the program as part of its budget cuts as a result of the 2012 Canadian", "title": "Dispatches (radio program)" }, { "docid": "16218320", "text": "The Orson Welles Show (radio series) The Orson Welles Show (1941–42), also known as The Orson Welles Theater, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater and the Lady Esther Show (after its sponsor), is a live CBS Radio series produced, directed and hosted by Orson Welles. Broadcast Mondays at 10 p.m. ET, it made its debut September 15, 1941. Its last broadcast was February 2, 1942. Sponsored by Lady Esther cosmetics, \"The Orson Welles Show\" presented dramatic adaptations, poetry, history, music, comedy, and a commentary segment by Welles titled \"Almanac.\" Nineteen broadcasts were produced. Created each week with the same basic", "title": "The Orson Welles Show (radio series)" }, { "docid": "6580285", "text": "created by producer Bill Howell, who was known at the time for his work on \"CBC Playhouse\" and the cult adventure series, \"\". When CBC Radio was revamped and given an expanded budget in 1980, Howell approached the newly appointed head of radio drama, Susan Rubeš, about his idea for a supernatural/horror anthology series. Though not a fan of the horror genre, Rubeš greenlit the production. Bill Howell served as executive producer of \"Nightfall\" at CBC Toronto for the first two seasons. The third season was produced by Don Kowalchuk at CBC Vancouver. \"Nightfall\" featured two hosts during its run.", "title": "Nightfall (radio series)" }, { "docid": "17857535", "text": "that ran for four years. See \"Four Star Playhouse\". The show's title came from the fact that it was built around \"four major film stars, each of whom was featured in turn in the weekly presentations.\" They were Fred MacMurray, Loretta Young, Rosalind Russell and Robert Cummings. As an anthology series, \"Four Star Playhouse\" did not have a standard cast. However, many radio actors and actresses of that time appeared in episodes. They included Elliot Lewis, Shirley Mitchell, Paul Frees, Ross Taylor, Will Wright, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad, Wilms Herbert, Lawrence Dobkin, Betty Moran, Frank Lovejoy, George Neise, Janet Waldo,", "title": "Four Star Playhouse (radio program)" }, { "docid": "19561969", "text": "It's Your Life (radio program) It's Your Life was a documentary radio series created by the Chicago Industrial Health Organization. It aired only one year, 1949, with producer Ben Park leaving to produce a planned health-related television program for the Department of Public Health. The series tuned in on the daily problems of men and women in Chicago, IL, with shows focusing on depression, disability, juvenile delinquency, and the difficulties met by veterans, among other topics. It was one of the first radio programs to use magnetic tape, a then new recording medium that allowed for greater portability, higher fidelity,", "title": "It's Your Life (radio program)" }, { "docid": "10803173", "text": "\"Sails of Silver\", by Steeleye Span. Hour of the Wolf (radio show) Hour of the Wolf is a long-running radio program devoted to speculative fiction. Named after an Ingmar Bergman film of the same title, the program was originally hosted and produced by Margot Adler in 1972. Since 1974 it has been hosted by Jim Freund on WBAI in New York. Freund's guests on the show have included speculative fiction writers such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, Lester Del Rey, Samuel R. Delany, Thomas M. Disch, Joe Haldeman, Frank Herbert, Christopher Lee, Ursula", "title": "Hour of the Wolf (radio show)" }, { "docid": "11982767", "text": "of the Red Death\", and was described by NPR as \"elegantly macabre\". \"National Public Radio Playhouse\" aired the pilot program on October 29, 1996. The \"Generations Radio Theater Presents: Radio Tales\" series aired on National Public Radio affiliate stations from 1996 until 2002. During its broadcast run on National Public Radio, the Radio Tales series was underwritten by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2002, the series moved to XM Satellite Radio’s Sonic Theater channel. Retitled \"Radio Tales\", the series made its XM Satellite Radio premiere on Thanksgiving Day with the holiday program \"O. Henry's Thanksgiving\". The \"Radio Tales\"", "title": "Radio Tales" }, { "docid": "10803171", "text": "Hour of the Wolf (radio show) Hour of the Wolf is a long-running radio program devoted to speculative fiction. Named after an Ingmar Bergman film of the same title, the program was originally hosted and produced by Margot Adler in 1972. Since 1974 it has been hosted by Jim Freund on WBAI in New York. Freund's guests on the show have included speculative fiction writers such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, Lester Del Rey, Samuel R. Delany, Thomas M. Disch, Joe Haldeman, Frank Herbert, Christopher Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Frederik Pohl, Baird", "title": "Hour of the Wolf (radio show)" }, { "docid": "19561970", "text": "and an easier means of editing. With the new opportunities afforded by magnetic tape, It's Your Life was able to create a program that mixed in-studio narration with recordings and interviews made in the field, allowing the opportunity for real people to speak about their problems in an unscripted, if edited, manner, a rarity at the time. It's Your Life is best known today for featuring the future Mr. Wizard, Don Herbert, as its field reporter. It's Your Life (radio program) It's Your Life was a documentary radio series created by the Chicago Industrial Health Organization. It aired only one", "title": "It's Your Life (radio program)" }, { "docid": "13617788", "text": "Marshall and Spencer Pryor. On 6th September 2018 Nation Radio took ownership of Your Radio. All of Your Radio's programming is produced and broadcast from Voice Tracked DJ's from various locations in Scotland. It is no longer a studio based operation. The station's weekday presenters are Derek McIntyre (Breakfast/Mid Morning) , Brian Woolfson (Lunch/Early Afternoon) , Matt Ventisei (Drivetime). Weekend presenters Derek McIntyre, Tracy Cunningham.. All DJ's are shared from Nation Radio Scotland 96.3FM. Local news bulletins air hourly from 6am to 6pm and 6am to 12pm on weekdays. The station's journalists are Stephen McCabe, Tom Haile, Hannah Foster (Based", "title": "Your Radio" }, { "docid": "11591346", "text": "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running) \"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)\" is the third single released from the Foo Fighters' 2007 album \"Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace\". The single was released as a digital-only release in the UK via iTunes. No physical retail singles were released, however promotional singles were released for radio airplay. The B-side is a cover of Paul McCartney & Wings' \"Band on the Run\", which was previously released on \"Radio 1 Established 1967\". Dave Grohl commented on the song, saying \"For this song, it was a working title that stuck, because", "title": "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" }, { "docid": "9440550", "text": "name inspired by the open source and open content movements. The first radio show to \"graduate\" from Rough Cuts is \"Tell Me More\", hosted by journalist Michel Martin. That program began national production in April, 2007. Rough Cuts will also be used to help develop a new morning radio program targeting a younger audience. That program, tentatively titled \"The Bryant Park Project\", seeks to compete with \"Morning Edition\". \"Bryant Park\" may be offered on digital sub-channels of a station's frequency, or as a stream on the station's website. Hosted by Luke Burbank and Alison Stewart, the \"Bryant Park Project\" will", "title": "Rough Cuts (radio series)" }, { "docid": "840645", "text": "same team as had worked on \"Radio Active\", and Angus Deayton, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens, Geoffrey Perkins and Phillip Pope again comprised the main cast. Some of the \"Radio Active\" scripts and/or plot devices originally heard on the radio series were reused for the TV show, though the central setting changed from a local radio station to a satellite television broadcaster, and a number of new features and scenarios which parodied television convention were added. Spoof commercials continued to broadcast, along with parodies of the self-promotions and branding which were a common feature of television stations at this point.", "title": "Radio Active (radio series)" }, { "docid": "13646671", "text": "Science in Action (radio programme) Science in Action is a long-running weekly radio programme produced by the BBC World Service and currently hosted by British journalists Roland Pease and Marnie Chesterton, and scientist and broadcaster Professor Adam Hart. It is broadcast on Thursdays at 18.32 GMT and repeated twice the following day, at 01.32 and 08.32. A programme with the title \"Science in Action\" is believed to have begun life in 1964, when it replaced an earlier series, dating from the 1950s, called \"Science and Industry\". From September 1965 a short-lived series called \"Science in Action\" ran on the Home", "title": "Science in Action (radio programme)" }, { "docid": "5155944", "text": "CBS Radio series \"The Campbell Playhouse\". The cast included Welles (Paul Madvig), Paul Stewart (Ned Beaumont), Ray Collins (Shad O'Rory), Myron McCormick (Senator Henry), Effie Palmer (Mrs. Madvig), Elspeth Eric (Opal Madvig), Elizabeth Morgan (telephone operator), Everett Sloane (Farr), Howard Smith (Jeff), Laura Baxter (Janet Henry) and Edgar Barrier (Rusty). \"The Glass Key\" was adapted as part of the \"Westinghouse Studio One\" television series by screenwriter Worthington Miner and director George Zachary. The TV version starred Donald Briggs, Lawrence Fletcher and Jean Carson and was originally broadcast May 11, 1949. The Glass Key The Glass Key is a novel by", "title": "The Glass Key" }, { "docid": "4476993", "text": "a post he held from late 1945 through 1952. After that, producer-director Irving Cummings hosted the program until it ended in 1955. For its airings on the U.S. Armed Forces Radio Service (for which it was retitled Hollywood Radio Theater), the program was hosted by Don Wilson in the early 1950s. During its years on CBS in Hollywood, \"Lux Radio Theatre\" was broadcast from the CBS Radio Playhouse at 1615 North Vine Street in Hollywood, one block south of the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine. The theater was owned by aviator / industrialist/ film producer Howard Hughes in the", "title": "Lux Radio Theatre" }, { "docid": "20625733", "text": "(socialite). Presenters have included Patricia Routledge, Charles Kennedy, Mark Lawson and Humphrey Carpenter. Radio Lives Radio Lives was a long running BBC Radio 4 biographical series consisting of portraits of great radio figures. Running over seven series from 1990-96, each episode featured a personality who was influential either on the air or behind the scenes, and was presented by someone with a keen interest in their subject. The programmes demonstrated a striking range of subjects as varied as Edward R. Murrow (the voice of Britain for an American radio audience at the height of the London blitz) to Kenneth Williams,", "title": "Radio Lives" }, { "docid": "20625732", "text": "Radio Lives Radio Lives was a long running BBC Radio 4 biographical series consisting of portraits of great radio figures. Running over seven series from 1990-96, each episode featured a personality who was influential either on the air or behind the scenes, and was presented by someone with a keen interest in their subject. The programmes demonstrated a striking range of subjects as varied as Edward R. Murrow (the voice of Britain for an American radio audience at the height of the London blitz) to Kenneth Williams, and William Hardcastle (inaugural presenter of The World at One) to Nancy Spain", "title": "Radio Lives" }, { "docid": "18375404", "text": "Lorre's way of introducing each episode was noted as \"...part plot summary, and part philosophical about the human condition\". These are two typical intros that a viewer could find when watching the series; Audio of \"Mystery Playhouse\" Mystery Playhouse Mystery Playhouse is an American radio drama hosted by Peter Lorre which aired on the American Forces Network from July 1944–June 1946. The series aired during World War II specifically for the purposes of entertaining the troops serving during the war. \"Mystery Playhouse\" was created by the American Forces Network in 1944 for the entertainment of the troops during World War", "title": "Mystery Playhouse" }, { "docid": "8604630", "text": "the stars and \"behind the scenes\" people responsible for the classic shows (also a feature of Chuck's long-running \"Those Were The Days\"). It was at this time that the series expanded to seven shows per week (a format which continues with the Greg Bell version). Illinois native Greg Bell, host and programmer for Sirius XM's Radio Classics channel, became the fourth national host of the series as of October 8, 2007. The longtime \"When Radio Was\" theme music, titled \"Swing and Sway\", has been discontinued with the Bell series. In addition to opening and closing the show, the host introduces", "title": "When Radio Was" }, { "docid": "17208746", "text": "readers of Blank Newspaper in 2018. Frank Murphy (radio) Frank Murphy is known as a radio personality at WNOX in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was formerly on-air at WWST (Star 102.1) and was a producer for high-profile morning shows in Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA. In addition to his radio experience, Frank is a member of Knoxville's long-running improvisational theatre company, Einstein Simplified and a host of Scholars' Bowl on East Tennessee PBS. Murphy was the 2014 Knoxville recipient of the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award. In 2014, he was the Social Media inductee in the Friends of Literacy East", "title": "Frank Murphy (radio)" }, { "docid": "17208728", "text": "Frank Murphy (radio) Frank Murphy is known as a radio personality at WNOX in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was formerly on-air at WWST (Star 102.1) and was a producer for high-profile morning shows in Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA. In addition to his radio experience, Frank is a member of Knoxville's long-running improvisational theatre company, Einstein Simplified and a host of Scholars' Bowl on East Tennessee PBS. Murphy was the 2014 Knoxville recipient of the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award. In 2014, he was the Social Media inductee in the Friends of Literacy East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame. Frank", "title": "Frank Murphy (radio)" }, { "docid": "6580284", "text": "Nightfall (radio series) Nightfall was a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, \"Nightfall\" featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. Some of \"Nightfall\"'s episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio history, running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original tales and adaptations of both classic and obscure short stories. \"Nightfall\" was", "title": "Nightfall (radio series)" }, { "docid": "4262507", "text": "then, producer Robert Maxwell was actively preparing \"Adventures of Superman\" for television. In the 1950s, an Australian version of the series had a different cast with Superman played by Leonard Teale. The Adventures of Superman (radio) The Adventures of Superman is a long-running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951 featuring the DC Comics character Superman. The serial came to radio as a syndicated show on New York City's WOR on February 12, 1940. On Mutual, it was broadcast from August 31, 1942, to February 4, 1949, as a 15-minute serial, running three or, usually, five times a", "title": "The Adventures of Superman (radio)" }, { "docid": "10972440", "text": "PM (Australian radio program) PM is one of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship current-affairs radio programs, and is one of Australia's longest-running productions. It is the sister program to \"AM\". It was first heard 7 July 1969 and is currently hosted by Linda Mottram and broadcast on ABC Radio National and ABC Local Radio. \"PM\" was created in 1969 for what were then ABC Radio 1 and Radio 3 (now ABC Local Radio). Aired every weekday at 6:10 pm (after the 6:00 pm news bulletin), it became a popular afternoon radio current-affairs program. The establishment of the program follows the", "title": "PM (Australian radio program)" }, { "docid": "840634", "text": "otherwise unlinked sketches and songs, but as the show developed, the episodes became more thematically focused, each one lampooning a different broadcasting genre and sometimes even a specific programme such as \"Down Your Way\" (parodied as \"Round Your Parts\"), \"In at the Deep End\" (\"Out of Your Depth\"), \"Ultra Quiz\" (\"Gigantaquiz\"), \"The Radio Programme\" (\"The Radio Radio Programme\") and \"Crimewatch\" (\"Stop That Crime UK\"). The programmes often pitch the \"modern-media\" regular characters against older stereotypes of foreigners and \"establishment types\" such as generals and politicians, though the programme rarely strays into the \"alternative comedy\" vogue of contemporary political comment. However", "title": "Radio Active (radio series)" }, { "docid": "6580290", "text": "Tom Courtenay-Clack<br> Sound Effects: Tom Courtenay-Clack<br> Production Assistants: n/a<br> Producers: Tom Courtenay-Clack Nightfall (radio series) Nightfall was a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, \"Nightfall\" featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. Some of \"Nightfall\"'s episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio history, running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original", "title": "Nightfall (radio series)" }, { "docid": "14199054", "text": "to struggle to find an audience.\" Readers of the British Comedy Guide voted \"Act Your Age\" the \"Worst British Radio Panel Show / Satire 2008\" in the Comedy.co.uk Awards (known at the times as the British Comedy Guide Awards). The BCG said: \"Of those that voted in this category, almost 100% of people selected this as their least favourite 2008 radio panel show. It is perhaps not surprising as it was clear from very early on that \"Act Your Age\" was going to struggle - on the first show, one of the panellists delivered the Dr Who knock-knock joke in", "title": "Act Your Age (radio series)" }, { "docid": "840633", "text": "Radio Active (radio series) Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. The show was based on a fictional radio station (described as \"Britain's first national local radio station\") and the programmes that it might transmit. Initially the radio station concept was used simply as a loose framing device for", "title": "Radio Active (radio series)" }, { "docid": "18194203", "text": "Hollywood Star Playhouse Hollywood Star Playhouse is a radio dramatic anthology series in the United States. It was broadcast April 24, 1950-February 15, 1953, appearing on CBS, ABC and NBC over that span. As the name implies, \"Hollywood Star Playhouse\" featured movie stars, as did a number of other old-time radio programs. A news brief announcing the premiere broadcast noted that the program would feature \"a different top screen personality each week in original stories of mystery and adventure by leading Hollywood writers.\" Those stories were what distinguished this program from others, according to radio historian John Dunning He wrote", "title": "Hollywood Star Playhouse" }, { "docid": "7959461", "text": "Kaleidoscope (UK radio series) Kaleidoscope was a BBC Radio 4 arts programme which ran for 25 years from 1973. It ended with the major schedule changes that occurred in April 1998, when it was replaced by \"Front Row\". When originally launched on 2 April 1973, as part of a re-organisation of the Radio 4 schedules under network controller Tony Whitby, it was intended to be a nightly review of what was new in theatre, books, cinema, painting, architecture, and scientific advance, but the programme had dropped its science coverage by the beginning of May 1974. \"Kaleidoscope\" started out being broadcast", "title": "Kaleidoscope (UK radio series)" }, { "docid": "5857288", "text": "10th birthday on November 18, 2006. The bonus DVD contains some performances from their Totally 10th Birthday Party concert that was held on July 22, 2006 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. A separate DVD containing the full concert performance was also released titled Radio Disney: Party Jams, The Concert. Bonus DVD The Radio Disney Jams: 15th Birthday Edition was released on August 16, 2011. It is a compilation of songs that were frequently played on Radio Disney from 1999 through the time of its release in 2011. Before the album was released, Radio Disney hosted a concert featuring", "title": "Radio Disney Jams series" }, { "docid": "7866251", "text": "becomes a regular cast member from this series onwards), Rosie Cavaliero, Kevin Eldon, Julia Davis, Lee Mack, Louis Vause, Dave Cummings, and Fiona Whitehouse. The seven episode series commenced broadcast on Tuesday 15 March 2011 at 6.30pm. Series 5 began broadcast on 1 May 2013, and consists of 4 episodes Down the Line (radio series) Down the Line is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, which satirises popular radio phone-in shows. The show, hosted by \"Gary Bellamy\" (Rhys Thomas), is semi-improvised and is written and performed in a style of heightened realism. \"Down the Line\" was first", "title": "Down the Line (radio series)" }, { "docid": "5563197", "text": "Chickenman (radio series) Chickenman was an American radio series created by Dick Orkin that spoofs comic book heroes, inspired by the mid-1960s \"Batman\" TV series. The series was created in 1966 on Chicago radio station WCFL, and was then syndicated widely, notably on Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam War. In the series, Benton Harbor, a shoe salesman at a large downtown Midland City department store, spends his weekends striking terrific terror into the hearts of criminals everywhere as that fantastic fowl, Chickenman. Or, at least, that's what he tells everyone. In reality, he mostly hangs around the Police Commissioner's", "title": "Chickenman (radio series)" }, { "docid": "3575261", "text": "Comedy Playhouse Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including \"Steptoe and Son\", \"Meet the Wife\", \"Till Death Us Do Part\", \"All Gas and Gaiters\", \"Up Pompeii!\", \"Not in Front of the Children\", \"Me Mammy\", \"That's Your Funeral\", \"The Liver Birds\", \"Are You Being Served?\" and \"Last of the Summer Wine\", which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010. In March 2014, it was announced that \"Comedy Playhouse\" would make a", "title": "Comedy Playhouse" }, { "docid": "9440551", "text": "be produced at NPR's New York bureau, and is expected to launch in September 2007. Rough Cuts is not the first radio project to involve public participation. Other examples include WGBH's Open Source and the BBC's World Have Your Say . Rough Cuts: Rough Cuts' ongoing productions: Rough Cuts (radio series) Rough Cuts is a blog and podcast published by National Public Radio. The purpose of the project is to invite the public to participate in the development of new radio programs. Traditionally, radio programs would be created behind closed doors, then premiered when they had been considered suitable for", "title": "Rough Cuts (radio series)" }, { "docid": "1851215", "text": "Ideas (radio show) Ideas is a long-running scholarly radio documentary show on CBC Radio One. Co-created by Phyllis Webb and William A. Young, the show premiered in 1965 under the title \"The Best Ideas You'll Hear Tonight\". It is currently hosted by Paul Kennedy and is broadcast between 9:05 and 10:00 P.M. weekday evenings; one episode each week is repeated on Friday afternoons under the title \"Ideas in the Afternoon\". The show describes itself as a radio program on contemporary thought. The subject matter of the shows varies, but music, philosophy, science, religion, and especially history are common topics. The", "title": "Ideas (radio show)" }, { "docid": "9993292", "text": "The Boosh (radio series) The Boosh (released on CD as The Mighty Boosh) is a 2001 radio series, written and performed by The Mighty Boosh (Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, and Rich Fulcher), and originally broadcast on BBC London Live, then BBC Radio 4, and later BBC 7. The Boosh were signed by the BBC soon after the success of \"Autoboosh\" and in October 2001 \"The Boosh\", produced by Danny Wallace, was first broadcast on BBC London Live, then BBC Radio 4, and later BBC 7. This six-part series won the Douglas Adams Award for innovative comedy writing. The set is", "title": "The Boosh (radio series)" }, { "docid": "2468419", "text": "are WSRN's \"Audience of Two\", Garrison Keillor's work on Minnesota Public Radio: \"A Prairie Home Companion\" and \"Comedy College\", and NPR's \"Car Talk\", a comedy show thinly disguised as car advice, and \"Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!\". Shows featuring comedic music are also popular; one of the better known national comedy music programs is the long-running weekly program hosted by Dr. Demento, and several other local stations (mostly college radio, freeform and eclectic formats) have similar programs. Several networks program 24 hours a day of stand-up comedy routines; several channels on the Sirius XM Radio platforms focus on this format,", "title": "Radio comedy" }, { "docid": "10191190", "text": "Crime Does Not Pay (radio series) Crime Does Not Pay was an anthology radio crime drama series based on MGM's short film series which began in 1935 with \"Crime Does Not Pay: Buried Loot\". The shows were transcribed at MGM's New York station, WMGM. Written by Ira Marion and directed by Marx B. Loeb, the radio program aired in New York on WMGM for two years (October 10, 1949-October 10, 1951), including repeats. It moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System for its final run (January 7-December 22, 1952). For the most part, actors who appeared in B-films were featured, but", "title": "Crime Does Not Pay (radio series)" }, { "docid": "13646672", "text": "Service; it was broadcast at 19.30 on Thursdays, later 21.30. In December 1965 it was moved to 14.30 on Fridays. The present weekly World Service series, also called \"Science in Action\", began on Saturday 7 July 1979. Science in Action (radio programme) Science in Action is a long-running weekly radio programme produced by the BBC World Service and currently hosted by British journalists Roland Pease and Marnie Chesterton, and scientist and broadcaster Professor Adam Hart. It is broadcast on Thursdays at 18.32 GMT and repeated twice the following day, at 01.32 and 08.32. A programme with the title \"Science in", "title": "Science in Action (radio programme)" }, { "docid": "5616089", "text": "de Castro would not appear on his program, alternate anchormen like Gerry Baja, Johnson Manabat or Ricky Rosales will occupy the program. The \"Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas Siyete\" portion will be hosted by Failon and an alternate anchorman. Kabayan (radio program) Kabayan (KApangyarihan ng mamamayan, BAlita at talakaYAN) (lit. \"Power of the People, News and Discussion\") is the longest-running radio program hosted by Noli de Castro. The program airs every Mondays to Fridays from 6:00 to 8:00 AM on DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo Since 1986, Kabayan (Kapangyarihan ng Mamamayan, Balita at Talakayan) is the longest-running radio program hosted by Noli", "title": "Kabayan (radio program)" }, { "docid": "11874726", "text": "Sundays. The non-profit version acquired the \"For Your Ears Only\" title in June 2010. The program ended its 32-year run with the September 28, 2014, broadcast, after which the non-profit Internet Archive (archive.org) began posting its broadcasts back to 1982 as an online audio collection. From 2015-2017 Alpern hosted the weekly World Policy On Air podcast for World Policy Institute. Alpern also regularly records news stories of interest to the visually impaired for the Gatewave non-profit. For Your Ears Only (radio program) For Your Ears Only/On Air (formerly \"Newsweek on Air\") was a weekly radio program and podcast previously produced", "title": "For Your Ears Only (radio program)" }, { "docid": "7129578", "text": "where Orwell used to sit through tedious meetings. Room 101 (radio series) Room 101 is a radio comedy series that ran from 1992 to 1994 on BBC Radio 5, before transferring to BBC television. Hosted by Nick Hancock, it was an alternative to the more established and formal \"Desert Island Discs\". Celebrities were invited to discuss their \"least favourite people, places and pop songs\" in order to have them consigned to Room 101. The title refers to the room in George Orwell's \"Nineteen Eighty-Four\" which, for each person, represents the worst fear they can imagine. Appropriately, this is supposedly named", "title": "Room 101 (radio series)" }, { "docid": "7129577", "text": "Room 101 (radio series) Room 101 is a radio comedy series that ran from 1992 to 1994 on BBC Radio 5, before transferring to BBC television. Hosted by Nick Hancock, it was an alternative to the more established and formal \"Desert Island Discs\". Celebrities were invited to discuss their \"least favourite people, places and pop songs\" in order to have them consigned to Room 101. The title refers to the room in George Orwell's \"Nineteen Eighty-Four\" which, for each person, represents the worst fear they can imagine. Appropriately, this is supposedly named after a conference room at BBC Broadcasting House", "title": "Room 101 (radio series)" }, { "docid": "4262490", "text": "The Adventures of Superman (radio) The Adventures of Superman is a long-running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951 featuring the DC Comics character Superman. The serial came to radio as a syndicated show on New York City's WOR on February 12, 1940. On Mutual, it was broadcast from August 31, 1942, to February 4, 1949, as a 15-minute serial, running three or, usually, five times a week. From February 7 to June 24, 1949, it ran as a thrice-weekly half-hour show. The series shifted to ABC Saturday evenings on October 29, 1949, and then returned to afternoons", "title": "The Adventures of Superman (radio)" }, { "docid": "20724948", "text": "House of Glass (radio program) House of Glass is an American old-time radio serial drama. It was broadcast on the Blue Network from April 17, 1935, until December 25, 1935, and revived on NBC from October 23, 1953, until March 12, 1954. Gertrude Berg, created \"House of Glass\" soon after her previous show, \"The Goldbergs\", was canceled by NBC. Berg had two objectives with \"House of Glass\" — \"to show Pepsodent [the former show's sponsor] that she could survive without their money\" and \"to distance herself from Molly Goldberg\".\" \"House of Glass\" centered around Bessie Glass, a Jewish owner of", "title": "House of Glass (radio program)" }, { "docid": "17857534", "text": "names. Other NBC shows developed as a part of that effort included \"Hollywood Calling\", \"Screen Directors Playhouse\", \"Dragnet\", \"Richard Diamond\" and \"Trouble with the Truitts\". Despite the star power of the show's four featured artists, Dunning noted, \"the new NBC lineup just couldn't compete against the old, which CBS stacked into the same time slots on Sunday. Most of the new shows vanished from the air within months, and The Four Star Playhouse was one of them.\" Three years after \"Four Star Playhouse\"'s demise on radio, the same format was used -- with different stars -- for a TV version", "title": "Four Star Playhouse (radio program)" } ]

[ "Roosevelt's Rough Riders" ]

[ { "docid": "1297026", "text": "despite being a cavalry unit they ended up fighting on foot as infantry. Wood's second in command was former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, a man who had pushed for American involvement in the Cuban War of Independence. When Colonel Wood became commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, the Rough Riders then became \"Roosevelt's Rough Riders.\" That term was familiar in 1898, from Buffalo Bill who called his famous western show \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.\" The Rough Riders were mostly made of college athletes, cowboys, ranchers, miners, and other outdoorsmen.", "title": "Rough Riders" } ]

[ { "docid": "11481531", "text": "before it enters an open canal, generating power as a byproduct. The unit operates a Francis turbine generating 4.5 MW on a seasonal base load basis, with a head. It was built in 1994. Buffalo Bill Dam Buffalo Bill Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is named after the famous Wild West figure William \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody, who founded the nearby town of Cody and owned much of the land now covered by the reservoir formed by its construction. The dam is part of the Shoshone Project, successor to", "title": "Buffalo Bill Dam" }, { "docid": "9333550", "text": "Joe\" Hoyt. The 101 Ranch Wild West Show featuring African Americans such as Bill Pickett, the famous bulldogger and his brother Voter Hall who billed as a \"Feejee Indian from Africa\". The Esquivel Brothers from San Antonio. Wild West shows contained as many as 1,200 performers at one time (cowboys, scouts, Indians, military, Mexicans, and men from other heritages), and a large number of many animals including buffalo and Texas Longhorns. Some of the recognizably famous men who took part in the show were Will Rogers, Tom Mix, Pawnee Bill, James Lawson, Bill Pickett, Jess Willard, Mexican Joe, Capt. Adam", "title": "Wild West shows" }, { "docid": "11481520", "text": "Buffalo Bill Dam Buffalo Bill Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is named after the famous Wild West figure William \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody, who founded the nearby town of Cody and owned much of the land now covered by the reservoir formed by its construction. The dam is part of the Shoshone Project, successor to several visionary schemes promoted by Cody to irrigate the Bighorn Basin and turn it from a semi-arid sagebrush-covered plain to productive agricultural land. Known at the time of its construction as Shoshone Dam, it", "title": "Buffalo Bill Dam" }, { "docid": "1344242", "text": "December 15. Many other sequels followed by Buntline, Prentiss Ingraham and others from the 1870s through the early part of the twentieth century. Cody later became world-famous for \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West\", a touring show which traveled around the United States, Great Britain, and Continental Europe. Audiences were enthusiastic about seeing a piece of the American West. Emilio Salgari, a noted Italian writer of adventure stories, met Buffalo Bill when he came to Italy and saw his show; Salgari later featured Cody as a hero in some of his novels. In December 1872, Cody traveled to Chicago to make his", "title": "Buffalo Bill" }, { "docid": "9860984", "text": "were successful, and Wilson sent Hunt a telegram with the now-famous words, \"Count me in with Buffalo.\" The Buffalo Bills were a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960. After a public contest, the team adopted the same name as the AAFC Buffalo Bills, the former All-America Football Conference team in Buffalo. The AAFC Bills franchise was named after the Buffalo Bills, a popular barbershop quartet, whose name was a play on the name of the famed Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody. The franchises are not officially related, other than in name, to each other. After", "title": "History of the Buffalo Bills" }, { "docid": "4229218", "text": "and developer of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, the library supports \"inquiry across many disciplines related to the American West.\" The library has strong collections relating to Buffalo Bill, the Wild West show, Plains Indians, cattle and \"dude\" ranching, the fishing and hunting industries, the oil industry, Yellowstone National Park, and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The work of Wyoming photographers Charles Belden, Stan Kernshaw, Jack Richard, and F. J. Hiscock are foremost among the library's holdings. Researchers and the public are welcome to visit the library by appointment. In 2012 the Center won the National Tour Association's", "title": "Buffalo Bill Center of the West" }, { "docid": "7458765", "text": "to act out the massacre of a peaceful Sioux village by marauding bluecoats. An enraged Cody fires him but is forced to relent when star attraction Annie Oakley takes Sitting Bull's side. Like many of Altman's films, \"Buffalo Bill and the Indians\" is an ensemble piece with an episodic structure. It follows the day to day performances and behind-the-scenes intrigues of Buffalo Bill Cody's famous \"Wild West Show\", a hugely popular 1880s entertainment spectacular that starred the former Indian fighter, scout and buffalo hunter. Altman uses the setting to criticize Old West motifs, presenting the eponymous western hero as a", "title": "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" }, { "docid": "13584410", "text": "The Scout (Buffalo Bill statue) Buffalo Bill - The Scout, a bronze statue of a mounted rider outside the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, was placed in 1924 to commemorate the town's most famous resident and \"de facto\" founder, Buffalo Bill Cody. Originally in open land on the western outskirts of Cody, the statue today stands at the end of Sheridan Avenue, the town's main thoroughfare, as the town has grown to the west. The project was initiated by Cody's niece, Mary Jester Allen, who had established the basis of what would become the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.", "title": "The Scout (Buffalo Bill statue)" }, { "docid": "15504745", "text": "Buffalo Bill Gun The Buffalo Bill Gun was one of the first toys made by the Milton Bradley Company. The toy was based on the popular Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The strenuous life, so widely favored as the century drew to its close, was reflected in many games which Americans played at home. The Milton Bradley Company, like many other game manufacturers, was alert to the trend. As soon as Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show had proved to be popular, Company technicians devised the Buffalo Bill Gun, a wooden model which shot wooden pellets. The Buffalo Bill Gun was", "title": "Buffalo Bill Gun" }, { "docid": "17099403", "text": "Rich and Famous', in which the driveways of President Bill Clinton and actor Brad Pitt featured. Nicholas Parsons also investigated how much a celebrity can get away with. The Sunday Mail newspaper chose the programme as one of their 'Star Choice' television highlights of the day. The following year, Ross was given his own chat show for ITV, simply called 'The Paul Ross Show.' The Very Famous Paul Ross Show The Very Famous Paul Ross Show was a television chat show pilot, presented by Paul Ross. The pilot aired on \"The Family Channel\" on 7 April 1996 at 7:10pm. It", "title": "The Very Famous Paul Ross Show" }, { "docid": "4229210", "text": "a wide-ranging view of the life and times of William F. Cody, as well as of the \"Buffalo Bill\" character he created, which made him the world's most celebrated person of his time. The story of \"Man of the West, Man of the World\" presents an interactive narrative of this complex man. The museum showcases the fame and success Cody attained through his \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West show,\" and addresses his significant influence on the economic and cultural development of the American West. The exhibits also reveal an intimate portrait of this major American figure - his personal successes and", "title": "Buffalo Bill Center of the West" }, { "docid": "10373259", "text": "the Wild West Show. Bobby Bridger also wrote a biography on Buffalo Bill recently published by the University of Texas Press, titled \"Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull: Inventing the Wild West\". Part Three: \"Lakota\": \"Lakota\" begins with the meeting of Nebraska epic poet, John Neihardt, and the Lakota Holy Man, Black Elk, in South Dakota in 1931, of which would bring the famous book \"Black Elk Speaks\". A 'telling of a telling of a telling,' \"Lakota\" presents Black Elk's recollections to Neihardt of the Indian Wars Era (1860–1890), Red Cloud and the Fetterman Massacre, the Battle of Little Big Horn,", "title": "A Ballad of the West" }, { "docid": "11067500", "text": "Jones Bros.' Buffalo Ranch Wild West Jones Bros Buffalo Ranch Wild West Show, and its successor Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Wild West Show, was formed from the old Cole Bros. World Toured Shows (1906–09), owned by Martin Downs. Cole Bros World Toured Shows was not associated with the current Cole Bros. Circus or Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. except by name. Shortly after the 1909 season Martin Downs was kicked by a horse and later died, and his show was put on the auction block in early 1910 by Fiss, Doer, and Carroll, New York horse dealers. The Billboard reported that", "title": "Jones Bros.' Buffalo Ranch Wild West" }, { "docid": "1344252", "text": "would never walk again. She did recover and continued performing later. The incident put the show out of business for a while, and this disruption may have led to its eventual demise. In 1908, Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Bill joined forces and created the \"Two Bills\" show. That show was foreclosed on when it was playing in Denver, Colorado. \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West\" toured Europe eight times, the first four tours between 1887 and 1892, and the last four from 1902 to 1906. The \"Wild West\" first went to London in 1887 as part of the American Exhibition, which coincided", "title": "Buffalo Bill" }, { "docid": "6527078", "text": "Buffalo Volunteer Rifles The Buffalo Volunteer Rifles (BVR) (formerly the Kaffrarian Rifles) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. This unit was formed in East London in 1876, as the \"Buffalo Corps of Rifle Volunteers\", for service in the 9th Frontier War. It disbanded in 1879. (East London is situated on the Buffalo River, hence the name). The unit was re-formed in July 1883 and was named after the region of Kaffraria, the 19th-century", "title": "Buffalo Volunteer Rifles" }, { "docid": "19295853", "text": "and Bill Cosby all sleeping nude in a shared bed. It was released to a polarized response. The wax figures used in the video were later exhibited as a sculpture. The song was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Rap Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. \"Famous\" features a segue from \"braggadocious, bell-ringing hip-hop\" into samples of Sister Nancy's dancehall song \"Bam Bam\" chopped up over the chord progression featured in Nina Simone's \"Do What You Gotta Do\". After the initial release of \"The Life of Pablo\", \"Famous\" was among the several tracks to receive alterations in West's", "title": "Famous (Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "11067506", "text": "states that the Dodson Carnival got the calliope (which may have been the instrument only) pole wagon, stage coach, 4 baggage wagons, blacksmith wagon, two tableaux, 1 stringer wagon, and a bandwagon. J. A. Jones, Harry Hill (Wild West), and Rice & Dore got other equipment. The report also goes on to say that \"outsiders\" got among other things, the ticket wagon, and one tableaux wagon. List of Wild West shows Jones Bros.' Buffalo Ranch Wild West Jones Bros Buffalo Ranch Wild West Show, and its successor Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Wild West Show, was formed from the old Cole", "title": "Jones Bros.' Buffalo Ranch Wild West" }, { "docid": "4229207", "text": "and most comprehensive museum complex of the West. It has been described by \"The New York Times\" as \"among the nation's most remarkable museums.\" The complex can be traced to 1917, when the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association was established after the death of William F. Cody, the original Buffalo Bill. Gradually other elements were added to what started as a historical center. The current seven-acre building has more than 50,000 artifacts and holds five museums. Since 2008, the Center of the West has been part of the Smithsonian Affiliates program, the first museum complex in Wyoming to have this status.", "title": "Buffalo Bill Center of the West" }, { "docid": "1344255", "text": "delegation was received by Pope Leo XIII. Buffalo Bill was disappointed that the condition of the Colosseum did not allow it to be a venue; however, at Verona, the \"Wild West\" did perform in the ancient Roman amphitheater. The tour finished with stops in Austria-Hungary and Germany. In 1891 the show toured cities in Belgium and the Netherlands before returning to Great Britain to close the season. Cody depended on a number of staff to manage arrangements for touring with the large and complex show: in 1891 Major Arizona John Burke was the general manager for the Buffalo Bill Wild", "title": "Buffalo Bill" }, { "docid": "9333540", "text": "different animals. It was the first and prototypical Wild West show lasting until 1915 and featured theatrical reenactments of battle scenes, characteristic western scenes, and even hunts. In 1883, \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West\" was founded in North Platte, Nebraska when Buffalo Bill Cody turned his real life adventure into the first outdoor western show. The show's publicist Arizona John Burke employed innovating techniques at the time, such as celebrity endorsements, press kits, publicity stunts, op-ed articles, billboards and product licensing, that contributed to the success and popularity of the show. \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West\" toured Europe eight times, the first", "title": "Wild West shows" }, { "docid": "19295855", "text": "Life of Pablo\" as being: 'a flatly fantastic piece of music that may be the best thing on the album'. \"Time\" staff named \"Famous\" one of the best songs of the year 2016 and wrote of it that: \"Kanye West is a genius musician and a world-class provocateur, and \"Famous\" is yet another piece of proof those two qualities are inextricably intertwined. He weaves \"The Life of Pablo\"s hardest-knocking beat, chords cribbed from Nina Simone, and Sister Nancy's reggae classic \"Bam Bam\" into a vibrant tapestry, and he uses all of that beauty to crack open his long-simmering spat with", "title": "Famous (Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "9692482", "text": "opened for The Smashing Pumpkins, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, and Snow Patrol. WMMF has been featured on spots in \"Billboard\" and Rolling Stone bands-to-watch lists. The band's name comes from Jerry Lee Lewis's \"What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)\". What Made Milwaukee Famous (band) What Made Milwaukee Famous (WMMF) is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. In 2005, WMMF performed for Austin City Limits with Franz Ferdinand, making them one of the only unsigned bands to play for the show in its 43-year history. In 2006, the band signed with Barsuk Records, which", "title": "What Made Milwaukee Famous (band)" }, { "docid": "9571841", "text": "home. Brown and Bart hired members of the vocal group the Dominions to replace the original Flames. After several other recordings failed to chart, the Famous Flames were in danger of being dropped by Federal in 1958. Johnny Terry gave Brown a ballad that was based on the song \"For Your Precious Love\" by Jerry Butler & The Impressions titled \"Try Me\". The song became the Famous Flames' first number-one R&B hit in early 1959. Following the song's success, Brown suddenly fired the interim group members of the Dominions/Flames, \"Big Bill\" Hollings, J.W. Archer, and Louis Madison. These men, along", "title": "The Famous Flames" }, { "docid": "17099402", "text": "The Very Famous Paul Ross Show The Very Famous Paul Ross Show was a television chat show pilot, presented by Paul Ross. The pilot aired on \"The Family Channel\" on 7 April 1996 at 7:10pm. It ran for just the one episode. The programme was a mixture of chat and entertainment which aimed to deal with all forms of fame. The pilot featured studio interviews with comedians Cannon and Ball, pop group Black Lace and actors Danniella Westbrook, Christopher Quinten and Lynne Perrie. Actor Adam West also gave an exclusive interview. Another feature of the show included 'Driveways of the", "title": "The Very Famous Paul Ross Show" }, { "docid": "18999391", "text": "Duff's Famous Wings Duff's Famous Wings is a restaurant in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. The restaurant was established in 1946 under the name \"Duff's\", referencing its founder, Louise Duffney. In 1985, the restaurant was renamed \"Duff's Famous Wings\" after buffalo wings became its major selling point. Duff's Famous Wings is known throughout Western New York as having good wings and is noted for its rivalry with the Anchor Bar, the bar credited with inventing the chicken wing as a delicacy. In 2014, Duff's partnered with the Buffalo Bills to announce that a version of Duff's Famous Wings", "title": "Duff's Famous Wings" }, { "docid": "9692481", "text": "What Made Milwaukee Famous (band) What Made Milwaukee Famous (WMMF) is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. In 2005, WMMF performed for Austin City Limits with Franz Ferdinand, making them one of the only unsigned bands to play for the show in its 43-year history. In 2006, the band signed with Barsuk Records, which re-released their 2004 debut album, \"Trying to Never Catch Up\". Their second album, \"What Doesn't Kill Us\", was released on March 4, 2008. Since forming, the band has played at the South by Southwest music festival, the Austin City Limits Festival, and Lollapalooza. They have", "title": "What Made Milwaukee Famous (band)" }, { "docid": "4229206", "text": "Buffalo Bill Center of the West The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, formerly known as the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, is a complex of five museums and a research library featuring art and artifacts of the American West located in Cody, Wyoming. The five museums include the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Plains Indians Museum, the Whitney Western Art Museum, the Draper Natural History Museum, and the Cody Firearms Museum. Founded in 1917 by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney to preserve the legacy and vision of Col. William F. \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West is the oldest", "title": "Buffalo Bill Center of the West" }, { "docid": "20885387", "text": "of airedale terriers. Team members included Lassa, Haskell Hill (War Horse). Chim Lingrell (Tomahawk), and Jack Thorpe with Jim Thorpe coaching. The team was reported to have won 53 games and lost 11 against eastern colleges in 1923. World Famous Indians The World Famous Indians were a basketball team that played exhibition games on tour (barnstorming) in the United States during the 1920s. Among their opponents were the Buffalo Silents of Buffalo, New York, a team whose members were deaf and/or mute. The team was based out of LaRue, Ohio. LaRue also hosted the National Football League's Oorang Indians in", "title": "World Famous Indians" }, { "docid": "4229219", "text": "Award for \"favorite museum for groups.\" Buffalo Bill Center of the West The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, formerly known as the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, is a complex of five museums and a research library featuring art and artifacts of the American West located in Cody, Wyoming. The five museums include the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Plains Indians Museum, the Whitney Western Art Museum, the Draper Natural History Museum, and the Cody Firearms Museum. Founded in 1917 by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney to preserve the legacy and vision of Col. William F. \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody, the Buffalo Bill Center", "title": "Buffalo Bill Center of the West" }, { "docid": "9571851", "text": "left the Flames shortly after the group's first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in early 1966, leaving Brown, Byrd, and Bennett. Dissension continued to grow throughout 1966 and 1967, and in 1968 the rest of the members of the Famous Flames decided to go on with their own separate careers, and the group quietly disappeared. In 1968, King released the group's \"Live at the Apollo, Volume II\" but edited out the Famous Flames' introduction, since the group had left Brown by then. The 2003 CD re-release of the album corrected that by restoring The Famous Flames' name credit. Although", "title": "The Famous Flames" }, { "docid": "18999392", "text": "was added to Ralph Wilson Stadium. Duff's was founded in 1946 and has grown to compete with the Anchor Bar with 5 Buffalo-area locations, a Dallas-area location in Southlake, Texas, and 3 locations in Canada. A location in Rochester, NY opened in early 2016, and an Atlanta-area location in Newnan, Georgia opened in the fall of 2016. Duff's Famous Wings Duff's Famous Wings is a restaurant in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. The restaurant was established in 1946 under the name \"Duff's\", referencing its founder, Louise Duffney. In 1985, the restaurant was renamed \"Duff's Famous Wings\" after buffalo", "title": "Duff's Famous Wings" }, { "docid": "7579065", "text": "Daily Show\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s team, \"America (The Book)\", actually included doctored \"naked pictures\" of the nine members of the Supreme Court. Naked Pictures of Famous People Naked Pictures of Famous People: Another Example of Blatantly False Advertising is a collection of essays and short stories written in 1998 by Jon Stewart, who hosted \"The Daily Show\". It was the first book Stewart wrote, followed by \"America (The Book)\", which he co-authored with \"The Daily Show\" staff. \"Naked Pictures\" was a national best seller, known for its biting wit and political satire. It features several different formats for its chapters, from two person", "title": "Naked Pictures of Famous People" }, { "docid": "20656147", "text": "What Made America Famous? \"What Made America Famous?\" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1974 album, Verities & Balderdash. It has also been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums. The song inspired Chapin to write the award nominated Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous. The song shows a man, his girlfriend, and kids living in a rundown home. Eventually, a house fire starts, and they need rescue. It is continually asked in the song if anybody cares. It ends with the firefighters waiting to respond to \"let them sweat", "title": "What Made America Famous?" }, { "docid": "16447348", "text": "the tent shows. These shows had many different kinds of acts that centered around \"cowboys and Indians\". The Wild West shows basically created an \"American folklore\", heroizing the cowboy and exploiting the exoticism of the Native Americans. Buffalo Bill Cody was one of the most famous Wild West show owners. The musical \"Annie Get Your Gun\" was later inspired by his work. The Wild West shows included cheap thrills with gun shows and even animal exhibitions. Unlike the other styles which were obviously spectacle and performance-centric mediums, circuit Chautauqua marketed itself as an educational week for local towns. \"Although Chautauqua", "title": "Tent show" }, { "docid": "3446407", "text": "Exposition. They included the opening of the Burlington Train Station in downtown Omaha. During the Expo, on August 31, 1898, the committee declared \"Cody Day\" in honor of Buffalo Bill Cody. Cody brought his \"world-famous\" Wild West Show back to the Omaha Driving Park where it was formally founded several years earlier. October 12 was \"President's Day\" at the Expo and featured a speech by President William McKinley focused on international affairs and the necessity of not being isolationist. The total attendance was 2,613,508, and the total receipts were $1,924,077. The following year after the Expo some members of its", "title": "Trans-Mississippi Exposition" }, { "docid": "20885386", "text": "World Famous Indians The World Famous Indians were a basketball team that played exhibition games on tour (barnstorming) in the United States during the 1920s. Among their opponents were the Buffalo Silents of Buffalo, New York, a team whose members were deaf and/or mute. The team was based out of LaRue, Ohio. LaRue also hosted the National Football League's Oorang Indians in 1922 and 1923, a traveling team of Native American players that was also led by Jim Thorpe. LaRue was home to Oorang Kennels owner Walter Lingo who sponsored the team to advertise his business selling a select breed", "title": "World Famous Indians" }, { "docid": "11022475", "text": "Buffalo Bill Museum The Buffalo Bill Museum, located in LeClaire, Iowa, is focused on life along the Mississippi River and local history. One exhibit is the Lone Star, a wooden, paddlewheel steam-powered towboat that is housed in a special pier. Local history exhibits include the story of famous people from LeClaire, including American West showman Buffalo Bill Cody, engineer James Buchanan Eads and inventor James Ryan. Professor James J. “Crash” Ryan (1903-1973), a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota was the inventor of the “Flight Recorder” invented in 1953; see U.S. Patent 2,959,459. The aviation recorder was", "title": "Buffalo Bill Museum" }, { "docid": "11067503", "text": "Buffalo Ranch Wild West Show\". This was actually a combination circus and wild west show, and the performance was presented in a tent rather than the usual canvas canopy and open air arena type performance used by most wild west shows. The Kit Carson show had many circus-type acts. For 1911 one train inventory shows a total of 12 cars, 1 advance, 3 stocks, 5 flats, and 3 coaches. Another shows 14 cars, 1 advance, 3 stocks, 6 flats, and 4 coaches. (Both may be right, as it's possible the show enlarged entour.) In 1912 the Kit Carson show was", "title": "Jones Bros.' Buffalo Ranch Wild West" }, { "docid": "13584413", "text": "Whitney would fund the establishment of the Whitney Museum of Western Art at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. The statue's full title is \"Buffalo Bill - The Scout\". The statue was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Scout (Buffalo Bill statue) Buffalo Bill - The Scout, a bronze statue of a mounted rider outside the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, was placed in 1924 to commemorate the town's most famous resident and \"de facto\" founder, Buffalo Bill Cody. Originally in open land on the western outskirts of Cody, the statue today stands at", "title": "The Scout (Buffalo Bill statue)" }, { "docid": "17378315", "text": "with Buffalo Bill and other shows. Often entire families worked together, and the tradition of the Wild Wester community is not unlike that of circus communities. Frank C. Goings, the recruiting agent for Buffalo Bill and other Wild West shows at Pine Ridge, was a Carlisle alumnus and Wild Wester with experience as a performer, interpreter and chaperone. Goings carefully chose the famous chiefs, the best dancers, the best singers, and the best riders; screened for performers willing to be away from home for extended periods of time; and coordinated travel, room and board. Travelling with his wife and children,", "title": "Wild Westing" }, { "docid": "1344244", "text": "released from the group after a few months. Cody founded the \"Buffalo Bill Combination\" in 1874, in which he performed for part of the year, while scouting on the prairies the rest of the year. The troupe toured for ten years. Cody's part typically included a reenactment of an 1876 incident at Warbonnet Creek, where he claimed to have scalped a Cheyenne warrior. In 1883, in the area of North Platte, Nebraska, Cody founded \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West\", a circus-like attraction that toured annually. (Contrary to the popular misconception, the word \"show\" was not a part of the title.) With", "title": "Buffalo Bill" }, { "docid": "10784362", "text": "Hagy died at his home in Arbutus, Maryland in 2007. Hagy is in the Orioles Hall of Fame. On Tuesday, June 17, 2008 the Baltimore Orioles honored \"Wild\" Bill Hagy by handing out honorary #34 T-shirts on their \"T-shirt Tuesday.\" On Saturday, August 9, 2014 the Orioles honored Hagy with a \"Wild Bill\" hat give away. Wild Bill Hagy William Grover \"Wild Bill\" Hagy (June 17, 1939 – August 20, 2007) was an American baseball fan and cab driver from Dundalk, Maryland who led famous \"O-R-I-O-L-E-S\" chants during the late 1970s and early 1980s from section 34 in the upper", "title": "Wild Bill Hagy" }, { "docid": "13897104", "text": "was virtually the same, and the major stunts were re-created verbatum. This included the high fall onto a wooden breakaway platform, and the climactic \"falling facade\" gag. The show is now closed. The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show was a live-action theatrical presentation featuring dangerous-appearing stunts in a scripted presentation along with various mechanical and pyrotechnic special effects. The show was first mounted at Universal Studios Hollywood, opening in 1980. The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show was a live stunt show at Universal Studios Hollywood, based upon a hodgepodge of Universal's", "title": "The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show" }, { "docid": "13897101", "text": "The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show was a live-action theatrical presentation featuring dangerous-appearing stunts in a scripted presentation along with various mechanical and pyrotechnic special effects. The show was first mounted at Universal Studios Hollywood, opening in 1980. The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show was a live stunt show at Universal Studios Hollywood, based upon a hodgepodge of Universal's Western films. Opening in 1980 in the upper lot section of the park, the show featured cowboy-themed actors surviving death-defying stunts, shootings and explosions. The show closed in 2002, leaving the arena", "title": "The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show" }, { "docid": "20656148", "text": "a little\", and the plumber ends up saving everyone in the home. They spend the night in the plumber's home and realize that heroes are people who you'd never suspect, or ever know. The song was inspired when Chapin himself lived in Point Lookout in Long Island during the 1960s. There was a suspicious fire in a low-income residence. Although it is unknown how the actual firefighters responded, he imagined that they responded like in the song. What Made America Famous? \"What Made America Famous?\" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his", "title": "What Made America Famous?" }, { "docid": "3933419", "text": "where he starves her until her skin is loose enough to easily remove. In the first two cases, he leads the victims upstairs, slips nooses around their necks and pushes them from the stairs, strangling them. He then skins parts of their body (a different section on each victim), and then dumps each body into a different river, destroying any trace of evidence. This MO caused the homicide squad to nickname him Buffalo Bill (Buffalo Bill's Wild West show typically claimed that Buffalo Bill Cody had scalped a Cheyenne warrior). One officer quipped it was because he \"skins his humps.\"", "title": "Buffalo Bill (character)" }, { "docid": "8402386", "text": "was $200, payable at once or in monthly installments, and veterans could use the GI Bill. By the 1950s the price was $300, plus an estimated $11.55 for basic oil painting supplies. Famous Artists School Famous Artists School is an art correspondence course institution, in operation since 1948. The school was founded by members of the New York Society of Illustrators, principally Albert Dorne and Norman Rockwell. The Famous Artists School was founded in 1948 in Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A. The idea was conceived by members of the New York Society of Illustrators (SOI), but due to the Society's legal status,", "title": "Famous Artists School" }, { "docid": "6527080", "text": "order to keep pace with the changing political climate in South Africa, the regiment was renamed the \"Buffalo Volunteer Rifles\" in 1999. As of 2014 this regiment is considered to be a \"fully integrated and representative\" army unit. Members have been attached to the United Nations Operation in Burundi and recently a Rifle company returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a six-month spell of active duty as part of MONUSCO. The Buffalo Volunteer Rifles still utilize a British Infantry tradition where officers had a red backing and ranks were blackened out on fatigues. The regiment claims four", "title": "Buffalo Volunteer Rifles" }, { "docid": "15545675", "text": "on the show, named \"Lemon Basket\", was closed after just 5 months. In 2011, various cast members were seen filming for an upcoming reality series. On April 21, 2011, the series was confirmed by VH1. On the same day, cast member Heidi Montag talked about the series on \"On Air with Ryan Seacrest\", saying it \"is about several celebrities coming together and building a restaurant, and working in it, and kind of figuring out the in’s and outs of the restaurant business, and how to be successful in it.\" The contestants will work to launch Famous Food, a Hollywood restaurant,", "title": "Famous Food" }, { "docid": "4229208", "text": "As an Affiliate, the Center of the West has hosted Smithsonian artifacts. It has also recently loaned some of its own vast collections to a Smithsonian exhibition in Washington, D.C. The museums of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West are connected by a unifying \"credo\" (adopted 2010 by the Board of Trustees) that begins, \"We believe in a spirit, definable and intellectually real, called 'The Spirit of the American West.'\" The institution includes the recently reconceived Buffalo Bill Museum, which highlights Western ephemera and historic objects in telling the life story of W. F. \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody. Edward Rothstein", "title": "Buffalo Bill Center of the West" }, { "docid": "14724403", "text": "and samples of their radio show for his surprise hip hop hit, 1982's \"Buffalo Gals\", and the full album follow-up, \"Duck Rock\" (1983). They are credited as the first hip hop group to incorporate Five Percent teachings and slang into their music, and their appearances on \"Duck Rock\" contains the first instances on record - a trait that would become increasingly predominant in the late '80s and '90s. The World Famous Supreme Team released their own hit single \"Hey DJ\" in 1984, which would appear on their only album, \"Rappin’\" (1986). The group reunited with McLaren for the 1990 album,", "title": "The World's Famous Supreme Team" }, { "docid": "1419330", "text": "entertaining concept\". The series \"The Famous Jett Jackson\" and its young cast were nominated for Young Artist Awards, presented by the nonprofit Young Artist Foundation, in several categories in the course of the show's run: The Famous Jett Jackson The Famous Jett Jackson is a joint Canadian and American coming-of-age television series for the Disney Channel. The show is about a boy named Jett Jackson (Lee Thompson Young) who plays a teenage secret agent on a fictional TV show-within-a-show called \"Silverstone\". Jett Jackson previously lived with his actress mother in Los Angeles, but missed his home and his friends. Longing", "title": "The Famous Jett Jackson" }, { "docid": "17724447", "text": "2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The 2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 21, 2013 at Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. The seventeenth annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, it featured the Buffalo Bulls of the Mid-American Conference against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. It began at 3:30 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. San Diego State defeated Buffalo, 49–24. The Bulls accepted their", "title": "2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl" }, { "docid": "17724450", "text": "Long this season. Source: 2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The 2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 21, 2013 at Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. The seventeenth annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, it featured the Buffalo Bulls of the Mid-American Conference against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. It began at 3:30 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. San Diego State defeated Buffalo, 49–24.", "title": "2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl" }, { "docid": "12016439", "text": "The name \"Famous Maroon Band\" was coined in the 1930s after an incident that led to the 40 members of the band being called the \"Famous Forty\". At the time of an A&M vs. Alabama football game, the bands participated in a band contest with the winner taking home a trophy. Unbeknownst to the Alabama band, the A&M band had brand new non-military themed uniforms and after the A&M band performed first to thunderous applause the Alabama band refused to play. The band still has the trophy on display in the band room and the forty members of the band", "title": "Famous Maroon Band" }, { "docid": "2303972", "text": "names have been changed to \"James East\" and \"Artémius Gin\". When Robert Conrad hosted \"Saturday Night Live\" on NBC (January 23, 1982), he appeared in a parody of \"The Wild Wild West\". President Lincoln states his famous quip that, if General U.S. Grant is a drunk, he should send whatever he's drinking to his other less successful generals. Lincoln dispatches West and Gordon (Joe Piscopo) to find out what Grant drinks. They discover that Grant is held captive by Velvet Jones (Eddie Murphy). On July 11, 2017, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 4-disc set of music from the", "title": "The Wild Wild West" }, { "docid": "19295851", "text": "Famous (Kanye West song) \"Famous\" is a song by American rapper Kanye West. It serves as the lead single from his seventh studio album \"The Life of Pablo\" (2016). The song features uncredited vocals from Barbadian singer Rihanna and ad-libs from American hip hop artist Swizz Beatz, and enlists samples of Jamaican singer Sister Nancy, American singer Nina Simone and Italian band Il Rovescio Della Medaglia. The single was serviced to US urban and rhythmic radio stations on April 1, 2016. Upon its release, \"Famous\" was met with both critical acclaim and scrutiny for a controversial lyrical reference to American", "title": "Famous (Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "4229209", "text": "of the \"New York Times\" wrote, The exhibition [on Buffalo Bill] affirms what the center as a whole demonstrates: that behind the mythologizing is something worth cherishing, even if it is flawed, complex and still evolving. The old impulse to demolish the myth has been put aside. Debuting in summer 2012, the Buffalo Bill Museum has been reconceived to present a 21st-century experience for its visitors. The inaugural museum opened in 1927 in a log cabin across from the current location. It was reinstalled in 1986, and it is now part of a five-museum complex. The Buffalo Bill Museum offers", "title": "Buffalo Bill Center of the West" }, { "docid": "2303911", "text": "the same show.\" Ralston said he then created the Civil War characters, the format, the story outline and nine drafts of the pilot script that was the basis for the television series. It was his idea, for example, to have a secret agent named Jim West who would perform secret missions for President Ulysses S. Grant. (Ralston later sued Warner Bros. over the 1999 motion picture \"Wild Wild West\" based on the series.) As indicated by Robert Conrad on his DVD commentary, the show went through several changes in producers in its first season. This was apparently due to conflicts", "title": "The Wild Wild West" }, { "docid": "6527081", "text": "more battle honours, which have not been acknowledged: Buffalo Volunteer Rifles The Buffalo Volunteer Rifles (BVR) (formerly the Kaffrarian Rifles) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. This unit was formed in East London in 1876, as the \"Buffalo Corps of Rifle Volunteers\", for service in the 9th Frontier War. It disbanded in 1879. (East London is situated on the Buffalo River, hence the name). The unit was re-formed in July 1883 and was", "title": "Buffalo Volunteer Rifles" }, { "docid": "19295856", "text": "the biggest pop star on the planet. The court of public opinion won't ever reach a verdict on Taylor [Swift] v. Kanye — did she consent to being mentioned? Did she double-cross Kanye? At least we can all agree that \"Famous\" captures West in all of his complicated, vital glory.\" The track was positioned at number 10 on \"Time\"'s list of 2016's best songs. \"HotNewHipHop\" placed it at number 43 on their list of West's 50 best songs. The song received Grammy nominations for Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Rap Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017, but", "title": "Famous (Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "7192627", "text": "the settling of the West. In an effort to adapt and relive the Wild West, many of the characters, along with Calamity Jane, resort to performing in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show. They exploit and are exploited by their frontier lifestyle, before being defeated by it in the end. \"Buffalo Girls\" was later the basis for the 1995 CBS made-for-TV movie starring Anjelica Huston as Calamity Jane and Melanie Griffith as Dora DuFran. Wild Bill Hickock was played by Sam Elliott, Annie Oakley by Reba McEntire, and Buffalo Bill Cody by Peter Coyote. The film also included Gabriel Byrne,", "title": "Buffalo Girls" }, { "docid": "10784359", "text": "Wild Bill Hagy William Grover \"Wild Bill\" Hagy (June 17, 1939 – August 20, 2007) was an American baseball fan and cab driver from Dundalk, Maryland who led famous \"O-R-I-O-L-E-S\" chants during the late 1970s and early 1980s from section 34 in the upper deck at Memorial Stadium. Hagy grew up in Sparrows Point, Maryland and drove an ambulance, an ice cream truck, and eventually a cab until he retired in 2004. Hagy's chants and persona developed him into an icon associated with the Baltimore Orioles for years. While leading cheers from \"The Roar from 34\" at Memorial Stadium, Wild", "title": "Wild Bill Hagy" }, { "docid": "13897102", "text": "abandoned except for its use during Halloween Horror Nights and Grinchmas. It was finally demolished in 2012. The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show was also opened at Universal Studios Florida on July 4, 1991, in the Amity section of the park. The show was nearly an exact recreation of the show from USH, although the amphitheater was more modern and better appointed. The show closed on September 1, 2003, and was replaced by Fear Factor Live which opened on June 3, 2005. A similar show is still shown at former Universal-owned theme park PortAventura Park. The Wild Wild Wild", "title": "The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show" }, { "docid": "1419322", "text": "The Famous Jett Jackson The Famous Jett Jackson is a joint Canadian and American coming-of-age television series for the Disney Channel. The show is about a boy named Jett Jackson (Lee Thompson Young) who plays a teenage secret agent on a fictional TV show-within-a-show called \"Silverstone\". Jett Jackson previously lived with his actress mother in Los Angeles, but missed his home and his friends. Longing for a relatively normal life, Jett succeeds in getting the production of \"Silverstone\" moved to the fictional Wilsted, North Carolina, thus providing jobs to townspeople while affording Jett the chance to live with his father,", "title": "The Famous Jett Jackson" }, { "docid": "15145660", "text": "Xi’an Famous Foods was named the “#2 Chinese Restaurant in the USA” by Time Out and “Breakout Brand of 2016” by Restaurant News. Following that mention, media outlets such as Business Insider and NBC Asian-American have picked up on Xi’an Famous Foods’ story. Biang! was a scion of the well-known Xi'an Famous Foods brand, which is an expanding chain of specialty Chinese restaurants that specialize in authentic Chinese cuisine from the western Chinese city of Xi'an. While Xi'an Famous Foods is great for fast and casual dining, Biang! was situated in a chic venue with full waiter-service. Biang!'s Full Liquor", "title": "Xi'an Famous Foods" }, { "docid": "18323068", "text": "Branson Famous Branson Famous was an American reality series that premiered on truTV on December 29, 2014 as part of the network's latest programming revamp. It was billed as the first ever \"reality musical\" show. \"Branson Famous\" followed the Mabe Family, stars and owners of the \"Baldknobbers Jamboree\" show, the longest running show in Branson, Missouri, a city world-famous for its live entertainment shows. The youngest of the Mabe siblings, Breanna, runs a gift shop, but wants to make her breakthrough into show business. And to add insult to injury, there's a \"new sexy singer in town\", Heather Gentry. In", "title": "Branson Famous" }, { "docid": "16814997", "text": "Cup. In August 2012, Famous competed for the Lebanese national basketball team in the 2012 William Jones Cup after he was naturalised earlier that year. Jarrid Famous Jarrid Jerome Famous (born July 16, 1988) is an American-Lebanese professional basketball player who last played for the Blackwater Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball at both Westchester Community College and the University of South Florida. After graduating from Blessed Sacrament-St. Gabriel High School, Famous went to Westchester Community College where he averaged 25.2 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game as a sophomore, being named one", "title": "Jarrid Famous" }, { "docid": "5869107", "text": "The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show The Rudy and GoGo World Famous Cartoon Show was a programming block of cartoons for TNT during the mid-1990s. Hosted by \"Rowdy\" Rudy R. Moore (a marionette puppet of a young boy, who looked a little like Howdy Doody), and his pet goat Gogo (a live action nanny goat), the show featured a variety of cartoon short subjects from Turner Entertainment's library, including pre-July 1948 Warner Bros.' \"Looney Tunes\" and \"Merrie Melodies\", MGM cartoons such as \"Tom and Jerry\" and \"Droopy\", and Fleischer/Famous' \"Popeye the Sailor\". Between cartoons, Rudy, Gogo, and an", "title": "The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show" }, { "docid": "14724404", "text": "\"Round the Outside! Round the Outside!\". \"Hey, DJ\" was later sampled on the Mariah Carey song \"Honey\", popularising its use for a new generation. The World's Famous Supreme Team The World's Famous Supreme Team was an American hip hop radio show crew and recording group from the early 1980s. Members included See Divine the Mastermind and Just Allah the Superstar (now known as JazzyJust the Superstar), among others. Their pioneering radio show started in 1979 on WHBI-FM 105.9 broadcasting from Newark, New Jersey, and featured Mr. Magic before he went on to host the first rap show on a major", "title": "The World's Famous Supreme Team" }, { "docid": "1862333", "text": "and thousands of titles were sold. The novels relied on a series of predictable literary formulas appealing to mass tastes and were often written in as little as a few days. The most successful of all dime novels was Edward S. Ellis' \"Seth Jones\" (1860). Ned Buntline's stories glamorized Buffalo Bill Cody and Edward L. Wheeler created \"Deadwood Dick\", \"Hurricane Nell\", and \"Calamity Jane\". Buffalo Bill Cody was the most effective popularizer of the Old West in the U.S. and Europe. He presented the first \"Wild West\" show in 1883, featuring a recreation of famous battles (especially Custer's Last Stand),", "title": "American frontier" }, { "docid": "13897103", "text": "West Stunt Show opened on March 31, 2001, in the Western Town section of Universal Studios Japan. The show closed in 2006 and has since been replaced by \"Wicked\". The Western Area, and with it \"The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show\" and the \"Animal Actors\" show, were revamped to become Land of Oz in 2006. This involved completely re-theming two live shows, one restaurant, and a number of retail facilities. A re-themed version of this show was opened at Wakayama Marina City's Porto Europa Theme Park under the title \"Viking Adventure\". Although featuring Vikings rather than cowboys, the script", "title": "The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show" }, { "docid": "14505175", "text": "Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead The Buffalo Bill Cody Homested is the boyhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody, a government scout and Wild West showman. The homestead is located in the broad valley of the Wapsipinicon River Valley south of McCausland, Iowa, United States, in rural Scott County. The farmhouse was built in 1847 by Isaac Cody, Buffalo Bill's father, of native limestone and contains walnut floors and trim. Isaac and Mary Cody, parents of the legendary Buffalo Bill, moved their family to the homestead from LeClaire, Iowa, where Bill was born and raised. On January 24, 1974 The Cody Homestead", "title": "Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead" }, { "docid": "9252329", "text": "claims the search was illegal and excessive, and violated her constitutional rights. Footage appeared on Jan. 11 on the show included scenes showing police outside Clements’s apartment, police rushing in, and then someone in handcuffs. Clements acknowledged that La Toya Jackson and Jack Osbourne were involved. Armed & Famous Armed & Famous is an American reality television series that premiered January 10, 2007, on CBS. First-run episodes were also aired on VH1 in the United States. After the first episode aired, CBS moved the show into a time slot opposite \"American Idol\" on FOX. After four episodes, the show was", "title": "Armed & Famous" }, { "docid": "6600101", "text": "Jacobson wrote \"lots of great moments pop up in this excellent program. Bart’s rise to fame sparkles via its deft parody of instant — and fleeting — fame, and many wacky bits show up along the way such as Homer’s fear that Bart got turned into a box. [...] This might be Season Five’s best show.\" Patrick Bromley of DVD Verdict gave the episode a grade of A- and Bill Gibron of DVD Talk gave the episode a score of 4 out of 5. Bart Gets Famous \"Bart Gets Famous\" is the twelfth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifth season. It", "title": "Bart Gets Famous" }, { "docid": "1344253", "text": "with the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, requested a private preview of the \"Wild West\" performance; he was impressed enough to arrange a command performance for Queen Victoria. The Queen enjoyed the show and meeting the performers, setting the stage for another command performance on June 20, 1887, for her Jubilee guests. Royalty from all over Europe attended, including the future Kaiser Wilhelm II and the future King George V. These royal encounters provided \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West\" an endorsement and publicity that ensured its success. \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West\" closed its", "title": "Buffalo Bill" }, { "docid": "14724402", "text": "The World's Famous Supreme Team The World's Famous Supreme Team was an American hip hop radio show crew and recording group from the early 1980s. Members included See Divine the Mastermind and Just Allah the Superstar (now known as JazzyJust the Superstar), among others. Their pioneering radio show started in 1979 on WHBI-FM 105.9 broadcasting from Newark, New Jersey, and featured Mr. Magic before he went on to host the first rap show on a major radio station, \"The Rap Attack\" on WBLS. The group rose to international prominence when punk impresario Malcolm McLaren recruited See Devine and Just Allah", "title": "The World's Famous Supreme Team" }, { "docid": "16814990", "text": "Jarrid Famous Jarrid Jerome Famous (born July 16, 1988) is an American-Lebanese professional basketball player who last played for the Blackwater Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball at both Westchester Community College and the University of South Florida. After graduating from Blessed Sacrament-St. Gabriel High School, Famous went to Westchester Community College where he averaged 25.2 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game as a sophomore, being named one of 10 players named to the NJCAA Division I All-American first-team for the 2008-2009 season. After his sophomore season, he transferred to South Florida, where", "title": "Jarrid Famous" }, { "docid": "9571858", "text": "the induction ceremony, Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, said, \"If James Brown was the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, The Famous Flames were the hardest-working \"group\"\". In 1993 , James Brown and The Famous Flames as a \"group\" were awarded the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's \"Lifetime Achievement Award\". by Foundation co-founder Ruth Brown and Bonnie Raitt . in 1998, Famous Flames founder Bobby Byrd received the \"Pioneer Award\" from the same organization. The Famous Flames did appear in the James Brown biopic \"Get on Up\", which was released in U.S. theatres nationwide on August 1, 2014. In May 2012,", "title": "The Famous Flames" }, { "docid": "13594018", "text": "Lyte, Tatyana Ali, Slick Rick, Blaque, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Bow Wow, Puff Daddy, Jermaine Dupri and Eminem. The soundtrack was very successful, peaking at #4 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" 200 and on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and features the hit single \"Wild Wild West\" which went to number one on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The album was certified double platinum a week after its release on June 21, 1999 and also marked the debut of famous artists Lil' Bow Wow, Jill Scott and Kel Spencer. Wild Wild West (soundtrack) Wild Wild West: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture", "title": "Wild Wild West (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "18767064", "text": "who find themselves shooting a reality show\". Erin said, \"I wanted to sell a show about fame and celebrities and wealth and vanity and Hollywood\". And, \"We wanted to make a show that was light and fun, but showed the neuroses that goes on between two people filming a reality show and the strategies and manipulation behind it\". According to Susan Levison, VH1's Executive Vice President of original programming, the goal of the show was \"to present a humorous take on reality TV and the rarified world of Hollywood\". The show follows quasi-famous sisters Sara and Erin Foster around in", "title": "Barely Famous" }, { "docid": "19295854", "text": "March 2016 update of the album; changes included a different mix and slightly altered lyrics. \"Famous\" was well received by music critics. For the \"Chicago Tribune\", Greg Kot called the song \"an example of just how brilliant and infuriating West can be at the same time,\" noting its controversial Taylor Swift-referencing lyric while going on to praise the production and Rihanna's guest vocals. Jayson Greene of \"Pitchfork\" wrote that the controversial lyric \"feels like a piece of bathroom graffiti made to purposefully reignite the most racially-charged rivalry in 21st-century pop.\" \"The Guardian\"'s Alexis Petridis described the song's position on \"The", "title": "Famous (Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "9252325", "text": "Armed & Famous Armed & Famous is an American reality television series that premiered January 10, 2007, on CBS. First-run episodes were also aired on VH1 in the United States. After the first episode aired, CBS moved the show into a time slot opposite \"American Idol\" on FOX. After four episodes, the show was pulled from the network on January 26, 2007 with broadcast rights for the series shifted to VH1. All six episodes of the series aired on VH1, including two previously unaired episodes from the original CBS run. The series follows five celebrities as they train to become", "title": "Armed & Famous" }, { "docid": "13381019", "text": "minutes after the show had finished. This album is a combination of both recordings (mainly the 25th/Saturday night recording as the Friday night show was plagued with technical difficulties). Live at the Famous Spiegeltent Live at the Famous Spiegeltent is the debut album from Melbourne singer and songwriter, Harry James Angus, and was released at concerts around Australia throughout 2008 and 2009. It was recorded on 24 and 25 October, at The Famous Spiegeltent in Melbourne. It was recorded and mixed by Sam Lowe and Andy Hunt of Salt Studios. Track 8, \"Yakini (The Last Gorilla)\", also appears on The", "title": "Live at the Famous Spiegeltent" }, { "docid": "9571856", "text": "of the bands' lead singers or front men. The Famous Flames (Byrd, Bennett, Terry and Stallworth) were inducted in April 2012 alongside other \"backing groups\" such as The Midnighters (Hank Ballard), The Comets (Bill Haley), The Crickets (Buddy Holly), The Blue Caps (Gene Vincent) and The Miracles (Smokey Robinson). Since all these lead singers were actually members of these groups, these were not really \"backing groups\" at all. This was highlighted by Smokey Robinson, who did the induction honors for all of the groups, including his own Miracles, who stated, \"These people do not stand \"behind\" you. They stand \"with\"", "title": "The Famous Flames" }, { "docid": "9677770", "text": "define the celebrity as \"human entertainment\", by which he means a person who provides entertainment by the very process of living. \"The Washington Post\" writer Amy Argetsinger coined the term famesque to define actors, singers, or athletes whose fame is mostly (if not entirely) due to one's physical attractiveness and/or personal life, rather than actual talent and (if any) successful career accomplishments. Argetsinger argued, \"The famesque of 2009 are descended from that dawn-of-TV creation, the Famous for Being Famous. Turn on a talk show or \"Hollywood Squares\" and there'd be Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Charles Nelson Reilly, so", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "9333542", "text": "and the future King George V. \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West\" closed its successful London run in October 1887 after more than 300 performances, with more than 2.5 million tickets sold. The tour made stops in Birmingham and Manchester before returning to the United States in May 1888 for a short summer tour. In 1893, Cody changed the title to \"Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World\" and the show performed at the Chicago World's Fair to a crowd of 18,000. This performance was a huge contributor to the show's popularity. The show never again did", "title": "Wild West shows" }, { "docid": "19811293", "text": "Rich The Kid was released on September 21, 2018. In 2018, prior to the University of California, Irvine's Shocktoberfest music event, the university's Student Services was criticized for allowing Famous Dex to perform at the event, after a 2016 security video revealed Famous Dex \"chasing his girlfriend down a hallway and getting into a physical altercation with her\". Famous Dex was permitted to perform at the event, and while doing so jumped into the crowded audience causing safety barriers to be knocked over by a rush of audience members. The event was shut down as a result. While leaving the", "title": "Famous Dex" }, { "docid": "19295852", "text": "singer Taylor Swift, partially in relation to West's interruption of her 2009 VMA acceptance speech. After West claimed to have obtained Swift's approval over the criticized lyric, Swift denied the claim, criticizing West and denouncing the lyric as \"misogynistic\" in a statement. Several months later, West's wife Kim Kardashian released a video capturing a conversation between Swift and West in which Swift appears to approve the lyric. In June 2016, West released a music video for \"Famous\" depicting wax figures of West, Swift, Kardashian, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Anna Wintour, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner,", "title": "Famous (Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "6464211", "text": "Obama's inaugural parade. 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment is a ceremonial unit of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. It takes its name from the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. The 54th assumes the history of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which preceded it and which fought in the American Civil War. The 54th was made famous through its representation in the 1989 film \"Glory\". The unit was formed on November 21, 2008, and designated the Massachusetts National Guard ceremonial unit, forming an honor guard at military funerals and other state functions. It was invited to march", "title": "54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment" }, { "docid": "6464210", "text": "54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment is a ceremonial unit of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. It takes its name from the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. The 54th assumes the history of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which preceded it and which fought in the American Civil War. The 54th was made famous through its representation in the 1989 film \"Glory\". The unit was formed on November 21, 2008, and designated the Massachusetts National Guard ceremonial unit, forming an honor guard at military funerals and other state functions. It was invited to march in President Barack", "title": "54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment" }, { "docid": "19435194", "text": "a price of $9.99, and subsequently reached No. 5 on the iTunes movie comedy chart. One month after the online release, it was made available worldwide on Netflix starting July 21. The story follows five online sensations as they prepare to attend a live show in which a worldwide audience will vote on which of them wins their own TV show. Internet Famous Internet Famous is a 2016 mockumentary comedy film satirizing the Internet celebrity phenomenon. It was written and directed by Michael Gallagher and Steve Greene, and features several real-life internet celebrities portraying parodies of themselves or general stereotypes.", "title": "Internet Famous" }, { "docid": "14505176", "text": "was entered to the National Register of Historic Places. The Iowa Society of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America owns the furnishings in the 1847 main room and the 1870 bedroom. Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead The Buffalo Bill Cody Homested is the boyhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody, a government scout and Wild West showman. The homestead is located in the broad valley of the Wapsipinicon River Valley south of McCausland, Iowa, United States, in rural Scott County. The farmhouse was built in 1847 by Isaac Cody, Buffalo Bill's father, of native limestone and contains walnut floors", "title": "Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead" }, { "docid": "9333549", "text": "frontier, and were accompanied by one of the few remaining buffalo herds in the worlds. Races were another form of entertainment employed in the Wild West show. Many different races were held, including those between cowboys, Mexicans, and Indians, a 100 yd foot race between Indian and Indian pony, a race between Sioux boys on bareback Indian ponies, races between Mexican thoroughbreds, and even a race between Lady Riders. Over time, various Wild West shows were developed. They included Bee Ho Gray's Wild West, Texas Jack's Wild West, Pawnee Bill's Wild West, Jones Bros.' Buffalo Ranch Wild West and \"Buckskin", "title": "Wild West shows" }, { "docid": "3978255", "text": "place of the usual red grouse. The following year a special version, meant for chilling, was released called Snow Grouse. The packaging features a ptarmigan. The Famous Grouse has focussed its television advertising around the Christmas period since 1996. The Famous Grouse was the primary sponsor of the Perth-based football team St Johnstone between 1986 and 1989 and again between 1991 and 1998. It also sponsored the Scotland national rugby union team from 1990 until 2007, and was 'The Official Spirit of Scottish Rugby' from 2013 for three years. In May 2014, Famous Grouse was named the Official Whisky of", "title": "The Famous Grouse" }, { "docid": "5869112", "text": "wrote to the program and were rewarded by having their names appear on screen as friends of the show. The series ended its run in August, 1997. In fall 1998, TNT stopped showing cartoons altogether and the network started to change its image. The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show The Rudy and GoGo World Famous Cartoon Show was a programming block of cartoons for TNT during the mid-1990s. Hosted by \"Rowdy\" Rudy R. Moore (a marionette puppet of a young boy, who looked a little like Howdy Doody), and his pet goat Gogo (a live action nanny goat),", "title": "The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show" }, { "docid": "12016438", "text": "Famous Maroon Band The Famous Maroon Band is the name of the marching band at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. The Maroon Band plays at all Mississippi State home football games and sends at least a pep band to a majority of the football away games. Typically, the full band also travels to bowl games, the Egg Bowl against the University of Mississippi, and at least one other away game per season. The band was formally established in 1902 at what was then called Mississippi A&M College and was a military band, as was the college at the time.", "title": "Famous Maroon Band" }, { "docid": "18323070", "text": "renewed, a petition was drawn up in effort to have the series renewed. The petition has since been discontinued. In September 2015, Brandon Mabe stated via Facebook when asked about a possible second season rumor that the family is \"still looking for a network.\" As of January 2016 the show is confirmed as \"permanently finished\". Branson Famous Branson Famous was an American reality series that premiered on truTV on December 29, 2014 as part of the network's latest programming revamp. It was billed as the first ever \"reality musical\" show. \"Branson Famous\" followed the Mabe Family, stars and owners of", "title": "Branson Famous" }, { "docid": "10733359", "text": "Mexican Joe Jose Barrera (1876 – 1949) became famous as Wild West showman \"Mexican Joe\". Barrera was reportedly born in Monterrey, Mexico in 1876. In 1897, Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show was the first to hire Jose as a performer. Only fifteen years old at the time, Jose was already an expert equestrian and roper. Because of his accomplished use of the lariat from horseback, Wild West Shows billed him as the greatest trick roper in the world. He toured throughout the United States and Europe with Pawnee Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody, and the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Show. He", "title": "Mexican Joe" } ]

[ "Guilty (disambiguation)", "Guilty (album)", "Guilty (song)", "The Guilty", "Guilty (single)", "Guilty (film)", "Guilty", "Guilty (Album)", "GUILTY", "Guilty (EP)", "The Guilty (film)", "Guilty(album)" ]

[ { "docid": "11135167", "text": "Sollecito pleaded not guilty at a Corte d'Assise on charges of murder, sexual assault, carrying a knife (which Guede had not been charged with), simulating a burglary, and theft of 300 euros, two credit cards, and two mobile phones. There was no charge in relation to Kercher's missing keys to the entry door and her bedroom door, although Guede's trial judgement said he had not stolen anything. There was a separate but concurrent trial of Knox with the same jury as her murder trial in which Knox was accused of falsely denouncing her employer for the murder. Knox's police interrogation", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11135142", "text": "Knox implicated herself and her employer, Patrick Lumumba. Knox and Sollecito were initially accused of murdering Kercher while acting in concert with Lumumba, but Lumumba was soon released, and the known burglar Rudy Guede was arrested, after Guede's bloodstained fingerprints were found on Kercher's possessions. Pre-trial publicity in Italian media (and repeated by other media worldwide) portrayed Knox in a negative light, leading to complaints that the prosecution was using character assassination tactics. A guilty verdict at Knox's initial trial and her 26-year sentence caused international controversy, as U.S. forensic experts thought evidence at the crime scene was incompatible with", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "15296822", "text": "various members of the forensics team. Although the attorney claims that this small amount of DNA is possibly the result of contamination, the investigator replies that, with the exception of the clasp, only a cigarette butt in the kitchen held Sollecito's DNA, stating, \"DNA does not fly around\". Eventually, in December 2009, the jury delivers a verdict of guilty: Knox is sentenced to 26 years in prison, Sollecito to 25 years. Knox's father reassures his daughter that he and her mother will appeal the verdict in a new trial. The film closes with a caption stating that the parents of", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "11135179", "text": "did not constitute evidence they had given a false alibi. Discounting Curatolo's testimony as self-contradictory, the judges observed that he was a heroin addict. Having noted that there was no evidence of any phone calls or texts between Knox or Sollecito and Guede, the judges concluded there was a \"material non-existence\" of evidence to support the guilty verdicts, and that an association among Sollecito, Knox, and Guede to commit the murder was \"far from probable\". The false accusation conviction in relation to her employer was upheld, and Judge Hellman imposed a three-year sentence although this was nominal, being less than", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11135178", "text": "3, 2011, Knox and Sollecito were found not guilty of the murder. In an official statement giving the grounds for the acquittals, Hellmann said Knox had been confused by interviews of \"obsessive duration\" in a language she was still learning, and forensic evidence did not support the idea that Knox and Sollecito had been present at the murder. It was emphasized that Knox's first calls raised the alarm and brought the police to the house, which made the prosecution's assertion that she had been trying to delay discovery of the body untenable. Her and Sollecito's accounts failing to completely match", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "218107", "text": "defendant who risks his fate on the opinions of untrained laymen is almost certainly guilty. Jury trials in multi-cultural countries with a history of ethnic tensions may be problematic, and lead to juries being unduly biased and partial. A major issue in jury trials is the secretive nature of the process. While proponents may say that secrecy allows the jury to remain impartial by protecting it from undue pressure or attention, opponents contend that this prevents there from being a transparent trial. The fact that juries do not often have to give a reason for their verdict is also criticized,", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "11135182", "text": "trial. When the unexamined sample was tested, no DNA belonging to Kercher was found. On January 30, 2014, Knox and Sollecito were found guilty. In their written explanation the judges emphasised Guede's fast-track verdict report was a judicial reference point establishing that he had not acted alone. The Nencini verdict report said there must have been a cleanup to remove traces of Knox from the house while leaving Guede's. The report said that there had been no burglary and the signs of one were staged. It did not consider the possibility of Guede having been responsible for faking a break-in.", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "15296827", "text": "guilty.\" Kercher's family and lawyers, Knox and her family, and Sollecito and his lawyers have all been vocal opponents of the film. Nikki Battiste of ABC News listed 15 points in the film when scenes or lines are fabricated. The film portrays Knox and Sollecito having a picnic in an attempt to establish a relationship. There is no evidence that such a picnic took place, and the weather typical for Italy for the month of October makes the event improbable. The film also shows Knox, Kercher and Guede in attendance at a party featuring drug use. However, both Knox and", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "17299800", "text": "He also called upon the US to \"seriously abide by\" international human rights obligations with regards to its own ethnic minorities. Two days following the conclusion of the trial, one of the jurors (Juror B37) spoke with Anderson Cooper of CNN about her experience as a member of the jury. She said that in an initial vote, three of the jurors had voted to find Zimmerman not guilty, but two had voted to find him guilty of manslaughter and one had voted to find him guilty of second-degree murder: \"there was a couple of them in there that wanted to", "title": "Trial of George Zimmerman" }, { "docid": "11135185", "text": "report on the acquittal, citing \"glaring errors\", \"investigative amnesia\", and \"guilty omissions\", where a five-judge panel said that the prosecutors who won the original murder conviction failed to prove a \"whole truth\" to back up the scenario that Knox and Sollecito killed Kercher. They also stated that there were \"sensational failures\" (\"\") in the investigation, and that the lower court had been guilty of \"culpable omissions\" () in ignoring expert testimony that demonstrated contamination of evidence. After returning to the United States, Knox completed her degree and worked on a book about her case. She was often followed by paparazzi.", "title": "Amanda Knox" } ]

[ { "docid": "11135141", "text": "Amanda Knox Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American woman who spent almost four years in an Italian prison following her conviction for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a fellow exchange student who shared her apartment. In 2015, Knox was definitively acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation. Knox, then aged 20, had called the police after returning to her and Kercher's flat after spending the night with her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and finding Kercher's bedroom door locked and blood in the bathroom. Following an interrogation, the conduct of which is a matter of dispute,", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11135186", "text": "Her family incurred large debts from the years of supporting her in Italy and were left insolvent, the proceeds from \"Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir\" having gone to pay legal fees to her Italian lawyers. Knox has been a reviewer and journalist for the then \"West Seattle Herald\", later subsumed into \"Westside Seattle\", and attended events of the Innocence Project and related organizations. In a 2017 interview, Knox said she was devoting herself to writing and activism for the wrongfully accused. Amanda Knox Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American woman who spent almost four years", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "20256375", "text": "Amanda Knox (film) Amanda Knox is a 2016 American documentary film about Amanda Knox, twice convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2016 and on Netflix on September 30, 2016. Featuring interviews with Amanda Knox, her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, Italian prosecutor Giuliano Mignini, and others involved in the case, the documentary chronicles the murder of Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher and the subsequent investigation, trials and appeals. Her notoriety bolstered by tabloid journalism, Knox was convicted of murder and spent four years in an Italian prison", "title": "Amanda Knox (film)" }, { "docid": "11135144", "text": "be hosting a show, \"The Scarlet Letter Reports\", produced by Vice Media on its service. Amanda Knox grew up in Seattle, Washington, with three younger sisters. Her mother, Edda Mellas, a mathematics teacher, and her father, Curt Knox, a vice president of finance at the local Macy's, divorced when Amanda was a few years old. Her stepfather, Chris Mellas, is an information technology consultant. Knox first travelled to Italy at the age of 15, when she visited Rome, Pisa, the Amalfi Coast, and the ruins of Pompeii on a family holiday. Her interest in the country was increased by the", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "15296816", "text": "the parents and friends of Knox, investigators, prosecutors and legal scholars. The film depicts events that occurred after Amanda Knox moved to Perugia, Italy, in September 2007, as a foreign exchange student attending language classes at the University for Foreigners. Knox shares a flat in a cottage with Meredith Kercher, a British student, and two Italian women, Filomena and Laura. In October, Knox meets Raffaele Sollecito, an Italian student of computer engineering, at a classical music concert, and they start dating. On November 1, Kercher is found stabbed to death in her bedroom. Police question both Knox and Sollecito. Meanwhile,", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "11135168", "text": "was deemed improper and ruled inadmissible for the murder trial but was heard in her nominally separate trial for false denunciation. According to the prosecution, Knox's first call of November 2, to Kercher's English phone, was to ascertain if Kercher's phones had been found, and Sollecito had tried to break in the bedroom door because after he and Knox locked it behind them, they realized they had left something that might incriminate them. Knox's call to her mother in Seattle, a quarter of an hour before the discovery of the body, was said by prosecutors to show Knox was acting", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "20256377", "text": "Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming. Amanda Knox (film) Amanda Knox is a 2016 American documentary film about Amanda Knox, twice convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2016 and on Netflix on September 30, 2016. Featuring interviews with Amanda Knox, her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, Italian prosecutor Giuliano Mignini, and others involved in the case, the documentary chronicles the murder of Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher and the subsequent investigation, trials and appeals. Her notoriety bolstered by tabloid journalism, Knox was convicted of murder", "title": "Amanda Knox (film)" }, { "docid": "15296814", "text": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (also known as The Amanda Knox Story) is a 2011 American true crime television film. It stars Hayden Panettiere as Amanda Knox, Paolo Romio as Raffaele Sollecito, Djibril Kébé as Rudy Guede and Amanda Fernando Stevens as Meredith Kercher, and first aired on the Lifetime network on February 21, 2011. Set between 2007 and 2009, \"Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy\" is based on the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, and the subsequent trials of the suspects, Guede, Knox and Sollecito. It was", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "11135145", "text": "book \"Under the Tuscan Sun\", which her mother gave to her. Knox graduated in 2005 from the Seattle Preparatory School and studied linguistics at the University of Washington, where in 2007 she made the university's dean's list. She worked at part-time jobs to fund an academic year in Italy. Relatives described the 20-year-old Knox as outgoing but unwary. Her stepfather had strong reservations about her going to Italy that year, as he felt she was still too naïve. Perugia, the city where Kercher was murdered in her home, is known for its universities and large student population. There had reportedly", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11122696", "text": "The story ends here, and does not move into the occurrences after they leave the house. Scholars have stated that themes covered in Susan Glaspell's \"A Jury of Her Peers\" explore the concepts of good and bad, law vs justice, and the world of men vs the world of women. Scholar Leonard Mustazza has stated that in the story Glaspell explores the concept of good and bad in her writing by making the detectives out to be typical heroes of justice via them stating that they wouldn't rest until they find the murderer of John Wright. J. Madison Davis has", "title": "A Jury of Her Peers" }, { "docid": "11135170", "text": "which it was torn. \"How can you touch the hook without touching the cloth?\", Bongiorno asked. The back strap of the bra had multiple traces of DNA belonging to Guede. According to the prosecution's reconstruction, Knox had attacked Kercher in her bedroom, repeatedly banged her head against a wall, forcefully held her face, and tried to strangle her. Guede, Knox and Sollecito had removed Kercher's jeans, and held her on her hands and knees while Guede had sexually abused her. Knox had cut Kercher with a knife before inflicting the fatal stab wound; then faked a burglary. The judge pointedly", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "15296833", "text": "judges (magistrates), and 6 lay judges (members chosen from citizens): in reality he ruled as single judge (as judge for the preliminary hearing). Moreover, the preliminary hearing was also held without the presence of journalists and general audience. The trial regarding Knox and Sollecito is represented as held in front of a Court composed of 9 judges (3 magistrates and 6 lay judges): actually the Italian legal system does not contemplate this composition. The trial was held in front a \"Corte d'Assise\", composed of a panel of two professional judges and six lay judges. Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "11122697", "text": "commented on the same concept, noting that while the women's actions were not conventionally good, the cruelty inflicted by John Wright and the sheriff's choice to ignore this cruelty justifies their actions and silence. Mustazza has commented on the topic of law versus justice, noting that the male characters were focused on following the law while the female characters were trying to pursue justice. He further wrote that the men's behaviors showed the differences between the characters, as as they didn't acknowledge the abuse the wife suffered and instead criticized her housekeeping skills. A Jury of Her Peers \"A Jury", "title": "A Jury of Her Peers" }, { "docid": "11135156", "text": "back to the house she shared with Kercher on the morning the body was discovered. She was not provided with legal counsel, as Italian law only mandates the appointment of a lawyer for someone suspected of a crime. On the night of November 5, Knox voluntarily went to the police station, although what followed is a matter of dispute. At her trial Knox testified that she had spent hours maintaining her original story, that she had been with Sollecito at his flat all night and had no knowledge of the murder, but a group of police would not believe her.", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11135180", "text": "Knox had already served. She was immediately released, and returned to her Seattle home.) Knox wrote a letter to Corrado Maria Daclon, Secretary General of the Italy–USA Foundation, the day after regaining her freedom: On March 26, 2013, Italy's highest court, the Supreme Court of Cassation set aside the acquittals of the Hellmann second level trial on the grounds that it had gone beyond the remit of a \"Corte d'Assise d'Appello\" by not ordering new DNA tests and failing to give weight to circumstantial evidence in context such as Knox's accusation of the bar owner in the disputed interviews. A", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "15296828", "text": "Guede have stated they were not friends, and the Italian police have stated that there was no communication between them. In addition, the film depicts Kercher confronting Knox about not doing her fair share of house cleaning. In reality, Kercher's friends testified that she was too reserved to confront Knox about this issue. In the film, Knox informs her mother that she has been questioned for 13 hours. Knox was interrogated for almost 50 hours in the days prior to her arrest. The film depicts Knox, through the account of a roommate, telling the roommate that Kercher had suffered because", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "11122691", "text": "A Jury of Her Peers \"A Jury of Her Peers\", written in 1917, is a short story by Susan Glaspell, loosely based on the 1900 murder of John Hossack (not the famed abolitionist), which Glaspell covered while working as a journalist for the Des Moines Daily News. It is seen as an example of early feminist literature because two female characters are able to solve a mystery that the male characters cannot. They are aided by their knowledge of women's psychology. Glaspell originally wrote the story as a one-act play entitled \"Trifles\" for the Provincetown Players in 1916. The story", "title": "A Jury of Her Peers" }, { "docid": "11135143", "text": "her involvement. A prolonged legal process, including a successful prosecution appeal against her acquittal at a second-level trial, continued after Knox was freed in 2011. On March 27, 2015, Italy's highest court definitively exonerated Knox and Sollecito. However, Knox's conviction for committing \"calunnia\" (calumny) against Lamumba was upheld by all courts. On January 14, 2016, Knox was acquitted of \"calunnia\" for saying she had been struck by policewomen during the interrogation. Knox subsequently became an author, an activist, and a journalist. Her memoir, \"Waiting to be Heard\", became a best seller. In December 2017, Facebook Watch announced that Knox would", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11135174", "text": "Knox, and an Italian jurist remarked: \"This is the simplest and fairest criminal trial one could possibly think of in terms of evidence.\" In the United States, the verdict was widely viewed as a miscarriage of justice. American lawyers expressed concern about pre-trial publicity, and statements excluded from the murder case being allowed for a contemporaneous civil suit heard by the same jury. Knox's defense attorneys were seen as, by American standards, passive in the face of the prosecution's use of character assassination. Although acknowledging that Knox might have been a person of interest for American police in similar circumstances,", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "8465368", "text": "How to find out a True Friend How to find out a True Friend is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in \"Sicilianische Märchen\". Andrew Lang included it in \"The Crimson Fairy Book\". A childless king and queen pledged to St. James that if they had a son, he would make a pilgrimage on his eighteenth birthday. They had a son. When he was twelve, his father died. When his eighteenth birthday grew near, the queen grieved over the thought of not seeing him for a year; she tried to put her son off, but when his consolations", "title": "How to find out a True Friend" }, { "docid": "11921160", "text": "The Jury of Fate The Jury of Fate is a lost 1917 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning. Mabel Taliaferro plays a brother and sister dual role in the film, which is set in Canada. As described in a film magazine, Henri Labordie (Tavernier) is the father of twins. Jeanne (Taliaferro) is sweet and winsome while her brother Jaques (Taliaferro), pampered by her father, is ill-tempered. When Jaques dies through his own caddishness, Jeanne, to spare her father from the shock, clips off her hair and dons boys clothing so that her father will think that it was", "title": "The Jury of Fate" }, { "docid": "11122695", "text": "Minnie used to love to sing and her husband took that away from her. But now finding her bird is dead, with a broken neck (with the implication that the husband killed it) it is evident Mrs. Wright killed her husband. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters use their knowledge and experience as two \"midwestern rural women\" to understand Mrs. Wright's suffering when the only living thing around her has died. The women find justification in Mrs. Wright’s actions and go about hiding what they find from the men. In the end, their obstruction of evidence will seemingly prevent a conviction.", "title": "A Jury of Her Peers" }, { "docid": "11921161", "text": "her and not Jaques who drowned in a stream. When Labordie dies, Jeanne's deception ends when she goes to Montreal to fulfill an ancient pact, and there she finds happiness. Like many American films of the time, \"The Jury of Fate\" was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors cut the scene showing a woman in travail prior to the birth of a baby, a closeup of a half-breed choking a man over a railing, and shortened a scene with a man on the floor showing blood. The Jury of Fate The", "title": "The Jury of Fate" }, { "docid": "10525999", "text": "the revelation that Fey Sommers was her real mother. As Marc walks in and sees a fat Amanda and opens a drawer full of what Marc call Amanda's \"friends with the creamy center\" (even Wilhelmina calls her \"Betty\") he suggests that they pay a visit to Scarsdale, as they try to get the real answer about how close her parents were to the late editor. When they arrive, Amanda is shocked to see her \"parents\" in their pajamas in the daytime...and having company, another couple also in their pajamas, coming from the bedroom! It turns out that the Tanens are", "title": "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back" }, { "docid": "218106", "text": "jurors. The positive belief about jury trials in the UK and the U.S. contrasts with popular belief in many other nations, in which it is considered bizarre and risky for a person's fate to be put into the hands of untrained laymen. Consider Japan, for instance, which used to have optional jury trials for capital or other serious crimes between 1928 and 1943. The defendant could freely choose whether to have a jury or trial by judges, and the decisions of the jury were non-binding. During the Tojo regime this was suspended, arguably stemming from the popular belief that any", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "218126", "text": "District Court by a judge alone is the prerogative of the Secretary for Justice.\" Chiang issued a statement at the time saying \"she was disappointed with the judgment because she has been deprived of a jury trial, an opportunity to be judged by her fellow citizens and the constitutional benefit protected by the Basic Law\". In civil cases in the Court of First Instance jury trials are available for defamation, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution or seduction unless the court orders otherwise. A jury can return a majority verdict in a civil case. The first case decided by an English jury", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "8465373", "text": "but the daughter lay in her cradle as if dead. The old man returned, revealed he was St. James of Lizia, and restored the girl. How to find out a True Friend How to find out a True Friend is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in \"Sicilianische Märchen\". Andrew Lang included it in \"The Crimson Fairy Book\". A childless king and queen pledged to St. James that if they had a son, he would make a pilgrimage on his eighteenth birthday. They had a son. When he was twelve, his father died. When his eighteenth birthday grew", "title": "How to find out a True Friend" }, { "docid": "15296815", "text": "written by Wendy Battles, who has worked on scripts for the American television series \"\" and \"Law & Order\", and filmed in Rome, after officials refused to grant the production team permission to shoot in Perugia. The film contains a re-enactment of the murder. In Italy, the television film has been transmitted on Canale 5, on December 3, 2012, after Amanda Knox sent a team of lawyers to Mediaset, to prevent the airing. After its first broadcast, the film was followed by a one-hour documentary, \"Beyond the Headlines: Amanda Knox\", which examines the Italian judicial system and includes interviews with", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "11135153", "text": "nothing taken, and the emergency was that Kercher's door was locked, she was not answering calls to her phone, and there were bloodstains. Police telecommunications investigators arrived to inquire about an abandoned phone, which was in fact Kercher's Italian unit. Romanelli arrived and took over, explaining the situation to the police who were informed about Kercher's English phone, which had been handed in as a result of its ringing when Knox called it. On discovering Kercher's English phone had been found dumped, Romanelli demanded that the policemen force Kercher's bedroom door open, but they did not think the circumstances warranted", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11122692", "text": "was adapted into an episode of the 1950s TV series \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\". It was also adapted into a 30-minute film by Sally Heckel in 1980. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. \"A Jury of Her Peers\" is about the discovery of and subsequent investigation of John Wright's murder. The story begins on a cold, windy day in fictional Dickson County (representing Dickinson County, Iowa) with Martha Hale being abruptly called to ride to a crime scene. In the buggy is Lewis Hale, her husband, Sheriff Peters, the county sheriff, and Mrs.", "title": "A Jury of Her Peers" }, { "docid": "15296829", "text": "her \"throat was slit\". This leads the prosecution to suspect Knox. Knox did not mention Kercher's throat being cut: in response to a question concerning whether Kercher had suffered, Knox stated, according to the witness, \"Of course she suffered. She fucking bled to death.\" The film indicates that police had found Kercher's DNA on the tip of the blade of a knife. Kercher's DNA was found on the dull side of the blade. In the film, the prosecutor accuses Knox and Sollecito of returning to the murder scene hours later and cutting Kercher's bra from her body and moving the", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "15296818", "text": "the time of the murder, and that he had not \"thought about the contradictions\" in his alibi. Police ask Knox to explain a text message that has been found on her cell phone. The officers claim that Knox had left the message for her employer, pub owner Patrick Lumumba, on the night of the murder to tell him she would meet him later. Several hours later, Knox states that she had met Lumumba in a local square, that they had gone to the cottage with Kercher, and that Lumumba had entered Kercher's room before her death. Knox, Sollecito and Lumumba", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "11135175", "text": "journalist Nina Burleigh, who had spent months in Perugia during the trial while researching a book on the case, said the conviction had not been based on solid proof, and there had been resentment at the Knox family that amounted to \"anti-Americanism\". A number of US experts spoke out against DNA evidence used by the prosecution. According to consultant Gregory Hampikian, the Italian forensic police could not replicate the key result, claimed to have successfully identified DNA at levels below those an American laboratory would attempt to analyse, and never supplied validation of their methods. Knox was indicted in 2010", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "15296832", "text": "as a \"sexually suggestive\" manner, and waving to the reporters. Knox was generally brought in through the rear entrance of the courthouse to avoid the press, and the courthouse does not have a red carpet. Additionally, Knox did not, in Battiste's view, dress in a provocative manner and did not wave to the media. The film portrays Knox and Sollecito sitting near each other and sharing shifty looks during the trial, when in reality they sat farther apart. In the film, judge Micheli reads the ruling of the sentence as President of a Court composed by himself, two other professional", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "11135148", "text": "Her flatmates were Kercher (a fellow exchange student) and two Italian women in their late twenties. Kercher and Knox moved in on September 10 and 20, 2007, respectively, meeting each other for the first time. Knox was employed part-time at a bar, Le Chic, which was owned by a Congolese man, Diya Patrick Lumumba. She told flatmates that she was going to quit because he was not paying her; Lumumba denied this. Kercher's English women friends saw relatively little of Knox, who preferred to mix with Italians. The walk-out semi-basement of the house was rented by young Italian men with", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11135149", "text": "whom both Kercher and Knox were friendly. One, Giacomo, spent time in the girls' flat due to a shared interest in music. Returning home at 2 am one night in mid-October, Knox, Kercher, Giacomo, and another basement resident met a basketball court acquaintance of the Italians, Rudy Guede. Guede attached himself to the group and asked about Knox. He was invited into the basement by the Italians; Knox and then Kercher came down to join them. At 4:30 am Kercher left, saying she was going to bed, and Knox followed her out. Guede spent the rest of the night in", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "16787304", "text": "According to the song, Zappa feels the best way to win a girl over is to show that you are less intelligent than her. His reasoning for this is that women do not care for smart men, but instead a romantic. This parallels the stereotypical belief that men prefer unintelligent women. 7\" A.\"Find Her Finer\" - 3:18 B.\"Zoot Allures\" - 4:18 Find Her Finer \"Find Her Finer\" is a 1976 single by Frank Zappa from the album \"Zoot Allures\". The song was recorded with Zappa's lips extremely close to the microphone, creating an intimate sound. Roy Estrada provided falsetto vocals", "title": "Find Her Finer" }, { "docid": "11135158", "text": "'come on, come on' and – slap – another one\". Knox said she had requested a lawyer but was told it would make things worse for her, and that she would go to jail for 30 years; she also said she was not allowed access to food, water, or the bathroom. Ficarra and policewoman Lorena Zugarini testified that during the interview Knox was given access to food, water, hot drinks, and the lavatory. They further said Knox was asked about a lawyer but did not have one, was not hit at any time, and interviewed \"firmly but politely\". Under pressure,", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "15247801", "text": "later became her best friend, advised her that her life is still worth living, and suicide would not solve the problems she was facing in life. Jin Yu then decided from then on to be in control of the direction her life would take but not at the expense of her family and ambition. She finally managed to take control of the destiny of her life but not without facing some of the most horrendous challenges life has imposed on her. Jin Yu's story ends as how it has begun, i.e. at a Cantonese opera travelling troupe stage but this", "title": "Destiny in Her Hands" }, { "docid": "13999730", "text": "life, in contrast to the foolishness of the surrounding scenes. Like both of the tenor's arias in \"Trial by Jury\", tenor arias in later Savoy operas were set in 6/8 time so frequently that Anna Russell, in her 1953 parody, \"How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera\", exclaimed, \"the tenor ... according to tradition, \"must\" sing an aria in 6/8 time, usually accompanying himself on a stringed instrument\". In \"Trial by Jury\" hypocrisy is revealed as the characters' motivations are held up to satire, and Gilbert mocks the underlying absurdity of the judicial procedures. As Gilbert scholar Andrew", "title": "Trial by Jury" }, { "docid": "11135151", "text": "his flat, a five-minute walk from Via della Pergola 7. November 1 was a public holiday, and the Italians living in the house were away. Kercher was alone in the house when she returned at 9 pm that evening. Just after midday on November 2, Knox called Kercher's English phone, which Kercher kept in her jeans and could always be reached on, but the call was not answered. Knox then called Romanelli, one of the two Italian trainee lawyers she and Kercher shared the apartment with, and in a mixture of Italian and English said she was worried something had", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "10526000", "text": "swingers, even after telling Amanda that they don't keep secrets from her. But before Amanda decides to give up, Marc steps up and tells them that Amanda knows about Fey being Amanda's mother. The Tanens tell Amanda that she was adopted because Fey didn't want to damage her career and felt that Amanda would have a better life with another family, plus the Tanens couldn't have children (Mr. Tanen has lethargic sperm). Having learned this, Amanda and Marc decide to look for the other piece of the puzzle...Amanda's father. As they arrive back to the Meade Building, the two are", "title": "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back" }, { "docid": "18308137", "text": "John Rogove believes that the sex industry actually reduces freedom, by transforming its actors from people into commodities. Eliana Dockterman, writing for \"TIME,\" doubted that Knox could truly find her pornography career empowering. According to Dockterman, Knox \"doesn't know how to process her newfound fame\" and her decision \"will likely haunt [her] for the rest of her college and professional career.\" A representative for Duke University issued a statement saying that while they would not comment on specific cases, the college's community standard did not have any restrictions concerning off-campus employment. Of Knox's allegations that campus police did not take", "title": "Belle Knox" }, { "docid": "18974819", "text": "of pure chivalry, we would have her protected from such amiable mediocrities as \"The Law in Her Hands,\" which now occupies the screen at the Palace. Neither she nor the many other members of the Warner-First National stock company employed in the film can give substance to a narrative which, despite any amount of ingenious fabrication, could hardly aspire to be more than a congenial triviality.\" The Law in Her Hands The Law in Her Hands is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Clemens and written by George Bricker and Luci Ward. The film stars Margaret Lindsay and", "title": "The Law in Her Hands" }, { "docid": "8868057", "text": "jury trial is of little, if any, value. There is also a built-in problem with the summary jury trial's nature as an adversarial proceeding. Since it is likely that one party will \"win\" the summary trial and one party will \"lose,\" the parties may find themselves with a slightly different balance of power after the trial but overall as far apart as ever. The party that \"wins\" the summary jury trial is unlikely to gain very much motivation to settle and might even become less willing to settle. Summary jury trial Summary jury trial is an alternative dispute resolution technique,", "title": "Summary jury trial" }, { "docid": "15247798", "text": "for a performance. Jin Yu's mother was devastated to find out her firstborn daughter was born with broken lines on both of her palms. She had wanted to abandon Jin Yu but an opera performer who found her at the backstage had advised her to instead bring up her daughter as best as she could. Life proved to be incredibly a long and hard journey for Jin Yu as she experienced indescribable hardships and challenges in life right into her adult life. Adding more misery to her life were the births of her three younger brothers and one younger sister,", "title": "Destiny in Her Hands" }, { "docid": "218125", "text": "Korea\". Many complex commercial cases are prosecuted in the District Court rather than before a jury in the High Court. In 2009, Lily Chiang, former chairwoman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, lost an application to have her case transferred from the District Court to the High Court for a jury trial. Justice Wright in the Court of First Instance held that there was no absolute right to a trial by jury and that the \"decision as to whether an indictable offence be tried in the Court of First Instance by a judge and jury or in the", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "8868050", "text": "trial, the court will empanel a jury. In a number of cases, courts have seated the juries without explaining that they will only be advisory in nature and that the verdict is non-binding. This obviously has the beneficial effect of producing a jury that is as close as possible to being a \"real\" jury. The attorneys present arguments and summaries but usually call no witnesses. In theory, this dry run gives an indication how a jury is going to deal with the case. Occasionally, the opposite problem occurs and a party refuses to participate in the summary jury trial process.", "title": "Summary jury trial" }, { "docid": "218175", "text": "a defendant waive a jury trial for criminal cases. However, most states give the defendant the absolute right to waive a jury trial, and it has become commonplace to find such a waiver in routine contracts as a 2004 \"Wall Street Journal\" Article states: \"For years, in an effort to avoid the slow-moving wheels of the U.S. judicial system, many American companies have forced their customers and employees to agree to settle disputes outside of the courts, through private arbitration... but the rising cost of arbitration proceedings has led some companies to decide they might be better off in the", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "15247799", "text": "where her mother favoured them over her as the eldest child in the family. Jin Yu was denied the basic right to education although she was an above average an conscientious student, she had to stop schooling and was forced to work in a factory at the age of 15 to support her family due severe poverty. After she got married to a colleague working at the same factory, she later discovered that she has the talent for writing and she decided to venture into it to earn extra income to support herself and her family. However, her husband was", "title": "Destiny in Her Hands" }, { "docid": "14605370", "text": "a female's perspective. Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands \"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands\" is a song written by Don Goodman, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy and first recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released in February 1982 as the second single from his album \"Inside Out\". Greenwood's version peaked at number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart. A cover was released by Reba McEntire in November 1995 as the second single from her album \"Starting Over\". McEntire's version reached number 9 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles", "title": "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" }, { "docid": "14605367", "text": "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands \"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands\" is a song written by Don Goodman, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy and first recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released in February 1982 as the second single from his album \"Inside Out\". Greenwood's version peaked at number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart. A cover was released by Reba McEntire in November 1995 as the second single from her album \"Starting Over\". McEntire's version reached number 9 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart", "title": "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" }, { "docid": "10073977", "text": "Rose Knox Rose Knox (\"née\" Markward; November 18, 1857 – September 27, 1950) was an American businesswoman, who ran the Knox Gelatin Factory in Johnstown, New York, United States, after her husband died. She won wide respect as one of the leading businesswomen of her time. Knox was one of three girls born to David and Amanda Markward of Mansfield, Ohio. In the late 1870s, Rose and her family moved to Gloversville, New York, where she lived until 1896. Rose met her husband, Charles Briggs Knox, in 1881: they married on February 15, 1883. Together Rose and Charles had three", "title": "Rose Knox" }, { "docid": "11122694", "text": "tendencies he struggles to avoid throughout. The story begins with Mr. Hale venturing to Mr. Wright's house to convince Wright to get a telephone. Upon entering the house, he finds Mrs. Wright in a delirious state and comes to learn that Mr. Wright has allegedly been strangled. The women's curious nature and very peculiar attention to minute details allows them to find evidence of Mrs. Wright's guilt and of her provocations and motives. Meanwhile, the men are unable to procure any evidence. The women find the one usable piece of evidence: the dead bird in the box. It's stated that", "title": "A Jury of Her Peers" }, { "docid": "218169", "text": "jury trial; rather, it preserves the right to jury trial in the federal courts that existed in 1791 at common law. In this context, common law means the legal environment the United States inherited from England. In England in 1791, civil actions were divided into actions at law and actions in equity. Actions at law had a right to a jury, actions in equity did not. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 2 says \"[t]here is one form of action—the civil action\", which abolishes the legal/equity distinction. Today, in actions that would have been \"at law\" in 1791, there is", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "18974815", "text": "The Law in Her Hands The Law in Her Hands is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Clemens and written by George Bricker and Luci Ward. The film stars Margaret Lindsay and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 16, 1936. The film's working title was \"Lawyer Woman\". Mary and Dorothy open their own law practice, but after months of rising debt and falling income, they start representing members of the organized crime. Two waitresses working in New York, Mary Wentworth (Margaret Lindsay) and Dorothy Davis (Glenda Farrell), pass their bar exam and become lawyers.", "title": "The Law in Her Hands" }, { "docid": "218095", "text": "III, \"by the law of the land\" had been substituted \"by due process of law\", which in those times was a trial by twelve peers. The Magna Carta of 1215 further secured trial by jury by stating that During the mid-14th century, persons who had sat on the Presenting Jury (i.e., in modern parlance, the grand jury) were forbidden to sit on the trial jury for that crime. 25 Edward III stat 5., c3 (1353). Medieval juries were self-informing, in that individuals were chosen as jurors because they either knew the parties and the facts, or they had the duty", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "16787303", "text": "Find Her Finer \"Find Her Finer\" is a 1976 single by Frank Zappa from the album \"Zoot Allures\". The song was recorded with Zappa's lips extremely close to the microphone, creating an intimate sound. Roy Estrada provided falsetto vocals to create a comic effect to the song. It was intended to be the lead single for \"Zoot Allures\", but failed to chart, unlike its other single \"Disco Boy\". A live and sped up jazz version can also be found on the album \"The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life\". It was played in concert in 1976 and 1988.", "title": "Find Her Finer" }, { "docid": "11135150", "text": "the basement. Knox recalled a second night out with Kercher and Giacomo in which Guede joined them and was allowed into the basement. He was never invited into the women's apartment. Three weeks before her death Kercher went with Knox to the EuroChocolate festival. On October 20, Kercher became romantically involved with Giacomo, after going to a nightclub with him as part of a small group that included Knox. Guede visited the basement later that day. On October 25, Kercher and Knox went to a concert where Knox met Raffaele Sollecito, a 23-year-old student. She began spending her time at", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11135159", "text": "Knox falsely stated that she had been in the house when Kercher was killed, and that she thought the murderer was Lumumba (who Knox knew had been serving customers at his bar all that night). Knox, Sollecito, and Lumumba were taken into custody and charged with the murder. Her first meeting with her legal counsel was on November 11. Chiacchiera, who thought the arrests were premature, dropped out of the investigation soon afterward, leaving Napoleoni in charge of a major investigation for the first time in her career. Customers who Lumumba had been serving at his bar on the night", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "218117", "text": "or more. The Criminal Code also provides for the right to a jury trial for most indictable offences, including those punishable by less than five years' imprisonment, though the right is only constitutionally enshrined for those offences punishable by five years' imprisonment or more. Generally, it is the accused person who is entitled to elect whether their trial will proceed by judge alone or by judge and jury; however, for the most severe criminal offences—murder, treason, alarming Her Majesty, intimidating Parliament, inciting to mutiny, sedition, and piracy—trial by jury is mandatory unless the prosecution consents to trial by judge alone.", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "11135166", "text": "the door, because they thought Kercher would not have opened the cottage door to him (although she knew he was an acquaintance of her boyfriend Giacomo). In his original account, Guede had said that Kercher's confrontation with her killer had started at the entry door to the cottage. One legal commentator on the case thought that insufficient consideration had been given to the possibility that Guede had called at the house on some pretext while Kercher was alone there, murdered her after she opened the door to him, and faked a burglary to cover his tracks. In 2009, Knox and", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "8868053", "text": "examination of the verdict and the reasons why the jurors reached it. When the parties believe that they understand how their evidence fared in the minds of the jury, they meet and once more attempt to hammer out their differences. Note that at this stage, the proceeding devolves to a rather traditional negotiation session. The major advantages of the summary jury trial are simply the savings for all concerned if it is successful in prompting a settlement. If the parties reach a settlement, they may save time in conducting discovery and presenting motions and, of course, in conducting the trial.", "title": "Summary jury trial" }, { "docid": "19700838", "text": "Amanda Sourry Judith Amanda Sourry (born 16 July 1963) is a Unilever senior executive, and a former Chairman of Unilever UK & Ireland. She was born Judith Amanda Knox in Northallerton, now the county town of North Yorkshire, then in the North Riding of Yorkshire. She went to Dame Allan's School, Newcastle upon Tyne in Fenham. She went to the University of Cambridge from 1981-85, gaining an MA in Modern and Medieval Languages (French, German and Italian). In her year abroad she went to the Loire Valley in France. She joined Unilever as a graduate trainee brand manager. From May", "title": "Amanda Sourry" }, { "docid": "218105", "text": "of nine African-American teenagers accused of raping two White American women on a train in 1931, for which they were indicted by an all-white jury, the acquittal of two white men Roy Bryant and J. W. Milan by an all-white jury for the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 (they admitted killing him in a magazine interview a year later), and the 1992 trial in the Rodney King case in California, in which white police officers were acquitted of excessive force in the violent beating of a black man by a jury consisting mostly of whites without any black", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "6106078", "text": "close friends and Amanda was deeply grief-stricken and saddened to lose her teacher. Amanda refused to give up the piece of the stone Rebecca had given to her because it was all she had left of her. Although, she did give it to Methos as a show of support when he travelled to be at the bedside of his dying lover. 800 years ago, Amanda found a 10-year-old Immortal boy named Kenny and taught him about The Game and how to survive it. Being killed so young, he will forever live as a child, thus learns fast that his main", "title": "Amanda (Highlander)" }, { "docid": "15247802", "text": "time she was married to a man as her second husband who shared her passion for script writing and performing in the Cantonese opera. Destiny in Her Hands Destiny in Her Hands (断掌的女人) is a Malaysian/Singaporean television drama series and the 21st co-production of MediaCorp TV and ntv7. It is also the first production by MediaCorp Studios Malaysia Sdn Bhd. It stars Jeanette Aw, Steve Yap & Ernest Chong as casts of this series. The ntv7 anniversary blockbuster was scheduled to air from every Monday to Thursday, at 10:00pm on Malaysia's ntv7. This drama will be broadcast on Mediacorp Channel", "title": "Destiny in Her Hands" }, { "docid": "11122693", "text": "Peters, the sheriff's wife. She rushes out to join them in the buggy, and the group sets off. They arrive at the crime scene: the Wrights' lonesome-looking house. Immediately Mrs. Hale exhibits a feeling of guilt for not visiting her friend Minnie Foster since she married and became Mrs. Wright (the dead man's wife) twenty years prior. Once the whole group is safely inside the house, Mr. Hale is asked to describe to the county attorney what he had seen and experienced the day prior. Despite the serious circumstances, he delivers his story in a long-winded and poorly thought-out manner,", "title": "A Jury of Her Peers" }, { "docid": "19111895", "text": "How to Find a Husband How to Find a Husband is a Kenyan comedy-drama television series that made its debut on 3 March 2015. It stars Lizz Njagah, Sarah Hassan and Mumbi Maina. It is a story that mainly features romance as its primary theme. Abigail, Carol and Jackie are three middle-class Kenyan women traversing the entrepreneurial and social scenes of Nairobi. Abigail (Lizz Njagah) is an assertive woman who owns her own business but is susceptible to insecurities from her tumultuous past, involving heartache and a search for the right man. Her cousin Jackie (Mumbi Maina) is a more", "title": "How to Find a Husband" }, { "docid": "218171", "text": "rescission, and specific performance were all equitable remedies, and thus up to the judge's discretion, not a jury. In \"Beacon Theaters, Inc. v. Westover\", , the US Supreme Court discussed the right to a jury, holding that when both equitable and legal claims are brought, the right to a jury trial still exists for the legal claim, which would be decided by a jury before the judge ruled on the equitable claim. There is not a United States constitutional right under the Seventh Amendment to a jury trial in state courts, but in practice, almost every state except Louisiana, which", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "218150", "text": "the register of voters. In the past an unanimous verdict was required. This has been changed so that, if the jury fails to agree after a given period, at the discretion of the judge they may reach a verdict by a 10-2 majority. This was designed to make it more difficult for jury tampering to succeed. In 1999 the then Home Secretary Jack Straw introduced a controversial bill to limit the right to trial by jury. This became the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which sought to remove the right to trial by jury for cases involving jury tampering or complex", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "1835957", "text": "Theatre Company, was launched in Chicago in October 2007. The third, a puppet musical titled \"Manos – The Hands of Felt\", was performed by Puppet This in Seattle in April 2011. After raising funds with a Kickstarter campaign in May 2013, \"Manos – The Hands of Felt\" was performed again in Seattle by Vox Fabuli Puppets in August 2013 and filmed for DVD release. The fourth, by Capital I Productions, took place in Portland, Oregon in April 2013. In March 2008, the \"How I Met Your Mother\" episode \"Ten Sessions\" featured main character Ted Mosby arguing that \"Manos\" is the", "title": "Manos: The Hands of Fate" }, { "docid": "11135152", "text": "happened to Kercher, as on going to Via della Pergola 7 apartment earlier that morning Knox had noticed an open front door, bloodstains (including a footprint) in the bathroom, and Kercher's bedroom door locked. Knox and Sollecito then went to Via della Pergola 7, and on getting no answer from Kercher unsuccessfully tried to break in the bedroom door, leaving it noticeably damaged. At 12:47 pm, Knox called her mother and was told to contact the police as an emergency. Sollecito called the Carabinieri, getting through at 12:51 PM. He was recorded telling them there had been a break-in with", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "11135160", "text": "of the murder gave him a complete alibi. After bloodstained fingerprints of Rudy Guede were found on bedding under Kercher's body, Guede was brought from Germany where he had fled. Guede, Knox, and Sollecito were then charged with committing the murder together. On November 30, a panel of three judges endorsed the charges, and ordered Knox and Sollecito held in detention pending a trial. In a formal interview with Mignini, Knox said she had been brainwashed by police interrogators into accusing Lumumba and implicating herself. Knox became the subject of unprecedented pre-trial media coverage drawing on unattributed leaks from the", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "1835936", "text": "final cut. Rather than using double-system recording, all sound effects and dialogue were dubbed later in post-production, done by only a handful of people, including Warren, Tom Neyman, Reynolds, Jennings and Warren's wife, Norma. Later during production, Warren renamed the film \"Manos: The Hands of Fate\". The word \"manos\" is Spanish for \"hands\", meaning that the title literally translates to the tautological \"Hands: The Hands of Fate\". Warren's small crew became so bemused by his amateurishness and irascibility that they derisively called the film \"Mangos: The Cans of Fruit\" behind his back. During filming, Warren knew that presenting Diane Mahree", "title": "Manos: The Hands of Fate" }, { "docid": "11698909", "text": "eldest child of novelist Thomas Mann) and the couple were briefly romantically involved. After the war Knox stayed in Germany reporting from the Nuremberg trials. In 1935, with Wilson and Keppel, she had danced at the Berlin Wintergarten theatre before an audience that included Hermann Göring, commander of the Luftwaffe. The act was condemned by Joseph Goebbels as indecent. As a journalist in Nuremberg she covered Göring’s trial, but her reputation suffered after she chose to ignore a tip-off that Göring had committed suicide in his cell. The following year, in July 1947, an article Knox wrote for the \"London", "title": "Betty Knox" }, { "docid": "1885233", "text": "brought by Sir Jean de Carrouges against squire Jacques Le Gris, whom he accused of raping his wife Marguerite when Carrouges was in Paris conducting business. After lengthy hearings at the Parlement de Paris, with Amid LeGris claiming that he had not committed the crime and Marguerite being with child, it was decided that guilt could not be decided through a standard jury trial, and a judicial duel was ordered. The duel put four lives in the hands of fate. Those four lives being Jacques LeGris, the accused, Jean de Carrouges, the accuser, Marguerite, the alleged victim and the unborn", "title": "Trial by combat" }, { "docid": "218110", "text": "trial shall be held in the State where the offence was committed, and if the offence was not committed within any State the trial shall be held at such place or places as the Parliament prescribes.\" The first trials by civilian juries of 12 in the colony of New South Wales were held in 1824, following a decision of the NSW Supreme Court on 14 October 1824. The NSW Constitution Act of 1828 effectively terminated trial by jury for criminal matters. Jury trials for criminal matters revived with the passing of the Jury Trials Amending Act of 1833 (NSW) (2", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "13999736", "text": "where most authors had very little influence on how their plays and libretti were staged. Andrew Crowther places \"Trial by Jury\" at the centre of Gilbert's development as a librettist. He notes that in some of Gilbert's early libretti, such as \"Topsyturveydom\" (1874), the songs simply emphasise the dialogue. In others, such as \"Thespis\" (1871), some songs are relatively disconnected from both the story and characterisation, such as \"I once knew a chap\" or \"Little maid of Arcadee\", which simply convey a moral lesson. In \"Trial by Jury\", however, each song carries the plot forward and adds depth to the", "title": "Trial by Jury" }, { "docid": "8868052", "text": "caused some controversy. In the \"Hume\" case, the court flatly denied a request by both parties for a summary jury trial on the grounds that it did not have authority to require citizens to serve on a \"mock\" jury. Usually, this has not been a problem. In the eyes of the layperson, the summary jury trial proceeds much like a regular trial. The jury is selected by \"voir dire\" without being told that its verdict is non-binding. The clients must attend from the opening statements through summary presentations of evidence and closing arguments. After the verdict, the parties begin an", "title": "Summary jury trial" }, { "docid": "11135155", "text": "killer. The police were not told the extent of Kercher's relationship with Giacomo in initial interviews. On December 4, the same day Chiacchiera was quoted as saying that someone known to Kercher and let into the house by her might be responsible for her murder, Guede is believed to have left Perugia. Over the following days Knox was repeatedly interviewed, ostensibly as someone who might become a witness. She told police that on November 1, she received a text from Patrick Lumumba advising that her evening waitressing shift was cancelled, and she had stayed over at Sollecito's apartment, only going", "title": "Amanda Knox" }, { "docid": "1835922", "text": "Manos: The Hands of Fate Manos: The Hands of Fate (stylized onscreen as \"MANOS\" The Hands of Fate) is a 1966 American independent horror film. It was written, directed, and produced by Harold P. Warren who also starred in the film. It is widely recognized as one of the worst films ever made. In 1993, the television comedy series \"Mystery Science Theater 3000\" (\"MST3K\"), a show based on the premise of comedically mocking B movies, featured \"Manos: The Hands of Fate\", helping the film develop a cult status. The film's plot revolves primarily around a vacationing family who lose their", "title": "Manos: The Hands of Fate" }, { "docid": "218178", "text": "thus: The Judgment on \"Regina v Jones issued by the United Kingdom's Court of Appeal's (Criminal Division)\" states, (in part, in Item 55) \"... the issue has to be determined by looking at the way in which the courts handled the problem under English criminal procedure and by deciding whether, in the result, the appellant can be said to have had a fair hearing.\" Jury trial A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a lawful proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact. It is distinguished from a bench trial in which a judge or", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "5492528", "text": "twice in 2013, but the first bout fell through and the second was cancelled as the result of Lucas sustaining an injury. She eventually decided to have a child, her son Felix, born in July 2014. Amanda and her younger sister Katie (born in 1988) appeared in \"\" (1999) in credited roles. Amanda was the voice of Tey How, the alien controller in the droid control ship. She was credited as Tyger. She can also be seen in Jabba the Hutt's box during the Podrace scene as Diva Funquita. Amanda also appeared in the other two prequels, as did her", "title": "Amanda Lucas (fighter)" }, { "docid": "15247796", "text": "Destiny in Her Hands Destiny in Her Hands (断掌的女人) is a Malaysian/Singaporean television drama series and the 21st co-production of MediaCorp TV and ntv7. It is also the first production by MediaCorp Studios Malaysia Sdn Bhd. It stars Jeanette Aw, Steve Yap & Ernest Chong as casts of this series. The ntv7 anniversary blockbuster was scheduled to air from every Monday to Thursday, at 10:00pm on Malaysia's ntv7. This drama will be broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 8 from April 2012, at 7pm every weeknight. <br> This is the 17th Mediacorp drama to be filmed in HDTV although being aired in", "title": "Destiny in Her Hands" }, { "docid": "1835966", "text": "unexpected death of Tom Neyman, at age eighty. A video game based on the film for iOS systems was released in 2012. A Microsoft Windows port and Android port were later released. Manos: The Hands of Fate Manos: The Hands of Fate (stylized onscreen as \"MANOS\" The Hands of Fate) is a 1966 American independent horror film. It was written, directed, and produced by Harold P. Warren who also starred in the film. It is widely recognized as one of the worst films ever made. In 1993, the television comedy series \"Mystery Science Theater 3000\" (\"MST3K\"), a show based on", "title": "Manos: The Hands of Fate" }, { "docid": "15296825", "text": "killing. So not only have they upset me and my family but they are also now in extreme danger of being sued by the convicted people's lawyers. In Italy you are regarded as still not being completely convicted until you have had two appeals. If these people win their appeals – which I hope they won't – then they could sue the filmmakers.\" Kercher's lawyer, Francesco Maresca, expressed his displeasure at the making of the film: \"It is inopportune as the trial is still ongoing with two further appeals.\" Lawyers for Knox and Sollecito formally demanded that Lifetime abandon the", "title": "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" }, { "docid": "218088", "text": "by the Emminger Reform of 4 January 1924. Between 1948 and 1950 in American-occupied Germany and the Federal Republic of Germany, Bavaria returned to the jury trial as it had existed before the emergency decrees, but they were again abolished by the 1950 Unification Act (\"\") for the Federal Republic. In 1979, the United States tried the East German LOT Flight 165 hijacking suspects in the United States Court for Berlin in West Berlin, which declared the defendants had the right to a jury trial under the United States Constitution, and hence were tried by a West German jury. According", "title": "Jury trial" }, { "docid": "8280381", "text": "Cusak as they discuss their own personal problems with her. When Dr. Bashir discovers that Cusak's supply of triox is more critical than they thought, Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) orders the phaser bank power to be routed to structural stability controls to increase the \"Defiant\"'s speed. They arrive at the planet shortly after Cusak has fallen unconscious, giving them a limited amount of time to find her. After figuring out how to bypass a strange energy field that surrounds the planet with a shuttlecraft, the crew finds the long-decomposed remains of a woman's body deep in a cave, having been", "title": "The Sound of Her Voice" }, { "docid": "18858285", "text": "to empathise. When conducting research for \"Her Story\", Barlow looked at the case regarding the murder of Travis Alexander, which made him consider the manner that female murder suspects are treated in interrogations, stating that they \"tend to be fetishised, more readily turned into archetypes\". This was further proved to Barlow when studying the interviews of Casey Anthony and Amanda Knox; he found that media commentary often ignored the evidence of the investigation, instead focusing on the expressions of the suspects during the interviews. Barlow conducted further research by studying texts about psychology, and the use of language. After conceiving", "title": "Her Story (video game)" } ]

[ "Catcher's mask", "Baseball catcher", "Catcher", "Catcher(baseball)", "Catcher gear", "Personal catcher", "Catcher (baseball)" ]

[ { "docid": "3578582", "text": "commonly used (with the number scorekeepers use) are: pitcher (1), catcher (2), first baseman (3), second baseman (4), third baseman (5), shortstop (6), left fielder (7), center fielder (8), and right fielder (9). Note that, in rare cases, teams may use dramatically differing schemes, such as switching an outfielder for an infielder. The numbering convention was established by Henry Chadwick. The reason the shortstop seems out of order has to do with the way fielders positioned themselves in the early years of the game. Each position is weighted on the defensive spectrum in terms of difficulty. The most difficult position", "title": "Baseball rules" }, { "docid": "2241088", "text": "Pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting", "title": "Pitcher" }, { "docid": "9849432", "text": "football club, an amateur side, decided to turn professional and begin paying players. The baseball branch did not agree, and big names, like Han Urbanus, decided to leave and founded a new club: Amstel Tigers. Other players like Charles Urbanus Jr. (pitcher/shortstop), Jan Hijzelendoorn (pitcher), Paul Smit (catcher) and Don Wedman decided to follow suit, along with almost the entire team. The Dutch Baseball Federation tried to mediate, but the players did not come back. The city of Amsterdam appointed a terrain in the Western part of the city. The Amstel Tigers thought that field would be too far away,", "title": "Baseball in the Netherlands" }, { "docid": "1483410", "text": "could travel increased. Adams had a long playing career with the Knickerbockers: he remained a player with the team until 1860. Unlike the pitcher and catcher, who must start every play in a designated area (the pitcher must be on the pitcher's mound, with one foot in contact with the pitcher's rubber, and the catcher must be behind home plate in the catcher's box) the shortstop and the other fielders can vary their positioning in response to what they anticipate will be the actions of the batter and runner(s) once the play begins. The shortstop ordinarily is positioned near second", "title": "Shortstop" }, { "docid": "8512816", "text": "This is dependent upon the player's primary position as follows: Where P is pitcher, C is catcher, 1B is first baseman, 2B is second baseman, 3B is third baseman, SS is shortstop, OF is outfielder, PO is putouts, A is assists and G is games played. If any factor is less than zero, it is converted to zero, and if any factor is greater than ten, it is converted to ten. The average of factors 1 through 6 is taken, and the result is the player's score. In 2006, Baseball Prospectus developed their own version of speed score in order", "title": "Speed Score" } ]

[ { "docid": "1483407", "text": "Shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. Historically the position was assigned to defensive specialists who were typically poor at batting and were often placed at the bottom of the batting order. Today shortstops are often able to hit well and many are placed at the top of the lineup. In the numbering system used by scorers to record defensive plays, the shortstop is assigned the number 6. More hit balls go to the shortstop than to any other position,", "title": "Shortstop" }, { "docid": "1483416", "text": "not list teams) Source: baseballreference.com Shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. Historically the position was assigned to defensive specialists who were typically poor at batting and were often placed at the bottom of the batting order. Today shortstops are often able to hit well and many are placed at the top of the lineup. In the numbering system used by scorers to record defensive plays, the shortstop is assigned the number 6. More hit balls go to the shortstop", "title": "Shortstop" }, { "docid": "9500999", "text": "HR, K, BB are all familiar from boxscores. If, however, the random number falls into the Out range on either the batter or pitcher card, another FAC must be drawn to determine the type of out. Matching the CHT code with the FAC, the type of out could be determined. The outs used standard baseball scorekeeping (1=Pitcher, 2=Catcher ... 9=Right fielder), matched with codes unique to Statis Pro. These codes were then matched with the out charts to determine the exact result, based on number and position of the runners on base. The codes were as follows (using shortstop as", "title": "Statis Pro Baseball" }, { "docid": "5447198", "text": "Baseball scorekeeping Baseball scorekeeping is the practice of recording the details of a baseball game as it unfolds. Professional baseball leagues hire official scorers to keep an official record of each game (from which a box score can be generated), but many fans keep score as well for their own enjoyment. Scorekeeping is usually done on a printed scorecard and, while official scorers must adhere precisely to one of the few different scorekeeping notations, most fans exercise some amount of creativity and adopt their own symbols and styles. Sportswriter Henry Chadwick is generally credited as the inventor of baseball scorekeeping.", "title": "Baseball scorekeeping" }, { "docid": "5447199", "text": "His basic scorecard and notation have evolved significantly since their advent in the 1870s but they remain the basis for most of what has followed. Some symbols and abbreviations are shared by nearly all scorekeeping systems. For example, the position of each player is indicated by a number: The designated hitter (DH), if used, is marked using a zero (0). Scorecards vary in appearance but almost all share some basic features, including areas for: Usually two scorecards (one for each team) are used to score a game. There is no authoritative set of rules for scorekeeping. The traditional method has", "title": "Baseball scorekeeping" }, { "docid": "5447209", "text": "also marked on the diamond, so that one can see the \"situation\" in which an at-bat took place by simply glancing at the scorecard. Baseball scorekeeping Baseball scorekeeping is the practice of recording the details of a baseball game as it unfolds. Professional baseball leagues hire official scorers to keep an official record of each game (from which a box score can be generated), but many fans keep score as well for their own enjoyment. Scorekeeping is usually done on a printed scorecard and, while official scorers must adhere precisely to one of the few different scorekeeping notations, most fans", "title": "Baseball scorekeeping" }, { "docid": "5447203", "text": "note \"LOB:2\", then at the end of the game calculate a total number of LOB for the game. A more complicated example of scorekeeping is the record of the bottom of the 5th inning: Project Scoresheet was an organization run by volunteers in the 1980s for the purpose of collecting baseball game data and making it freely available to the public (the data collected by Major League Baseball was and still is not freely available). To collect and distribute the data, Project Scoresheet needed a method of keeping score that could be easily input to a computer. This limited the", "title": "Baseball scorekeeping" }, { "docid": "5447201", "text": "example: When a runner advances due to a following batter, it can be noted by the batting position or the uniform number of the batter that advanced the runner. This kind of information is not always included by amateur scorers, and there is a lot of variation in notation. For example: The scorecard on the right describes the August 8, 2000 game between the Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants, played at Pacific Bell Park, in San Francisco. The scorecard describes the following events in the top of the 1st inning: One hard and fast rule of baseball scorekeeping is", "title": "Baseball scorekeeping" }, { "docid": "7835351", "text": "to the standard with its newer Lada Kalina models by dropping required first digit \"2\" and numbering them as 1117, 1118 and 1119 despite having a 1.6 L engine. Automobile model numbering system in the Soviet Union and Russia A standardized automobile model numbering system has been used in the Soviet Union and Russia. Using the modern version of the system it is possible to determine a vehicle's type and engine capacity. The modern version of the numbering system was introduced in the mid-1970s. A similar system is used in the People's Republic of China. The old numbering system was", "title": "Automobile model numbering system in the Soviet Union and Russia" }, { "docid": "5447207", "text": "But while the Project Scoresheet language continues to be the baseball research community's standard for storing play-by-play game data in computers, the scorecards it yields are difficult to read due to the backtracking required to reconstruct a mid-inning play. Hence, despite its historical importance, the system has never gained favor with casual fans. In 2002 Alex Reisner developed a new scorekeeping method that took the language of Project Scoresheet but redefined the way the event boxes on the scorecard worked, virtually eliminating the backtracking required by both Project Scoresheet and the traditional method. The system also makes it easy to", "title": "Baseball scorekeeping" }, { "docid": "1483408", "text": "as there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the ball slightly. Like a second baseman, a shortstop must be agile, for example when performing a 4-6-3 double play. Also, like a third baseman, the shortstop fields balls hit to the left side of the infield, where a strong arm is needed to throw out a batter-runner before they reach the safety of first base. Doc Adams of the Knickerbockers created the concept of the shortstop position, according to baseball historian John Thorn and Baseball Hall of Fame researcher Freddy", "title": "Shortstop" }, { "docid": "8690791", "text": "Position (team sports) Position in team sports refers to the joint arrangement of a team on its field of play during a game and to the standardized place of any individual player in that arrangement. Much instruction, strategy, and reporting is organized by a set of individual player positions that is standard for the sport. Some player positions may be official, others unofficial. For example, baseball rules govern the pitcher by that name, but not the shortstop, where pitcher and shortstop are two of baseball's nine fielding positions. For information about team or player positions in some particular sports, see:", "title": "Position (team sports)" }, { "docid": "8690790", "text": "Position (team sports) Position in team sports refers to the joint arrangement of a team on its field of play during a game and to the standardized place of any individual player in that arrangement. Much instruction, strategy, and reporting is organized by a set of individual player positions that is standard for the sport. Some player positions may be official, others unofficial. For example, baseball rules govern the pitcher by that name, but not the shortstop, where pitcher and shortstop are two of baseball's nine fielding positions. For information about team or player positions in some particular sports, see:", "title": "Position (team sports)" }, { "docid": "7835342", "text": "Automobile model numbering system in the Soviet Union and Russia A standardized automobile model numbering system has been used in the Soviet Union and Russia. Using the modern version of the system it is possible to determine a vehicle's type and engine capacity. The modern version of the numbering system was introduced in the mid-1970s. A similar system is used in the People's Republic of China. The old numbering system was used from 1945 until the new system replaced it later (one model numbered by old system, LAZ-695N bus, is still produced ). According to the old system, the vehicle", "title": "Automobile model numbering system in the Soviet Union and Russia" }, { "docid": "5447208", "text": "reconstruct any mid-inning situation, a difficult task with the other two systems (for this reason it was originally promoted as \"Situational Scorekeeping\"). A Reisner scorecard looks like a cross between a traditional and Project Scoresheet scorecard. It has a diamond (representing the field, as in the traditional system) and a single line for recording action during and after the play (like Project Scoresheet's second and third lines). The diamond in each event box is used to show which bases are occupied by which players at the start of an at-bat. Stolen bases, pickoffs, and other \"before the play\" events are", "title": "Baseball scorekeeping" }, { "docid": "7835347", "text": "2140), or names (like \"Moskvitch Aleko\" for Moskvitch 2141) were in use. However, all exported models anyway had indexes based on the Soviet numbering system, which were used for documentation purposes. By the late-Soviet period, model names were also used domestically along with standardized indexes, like - Lada Sputnik for VAZ-2108, VAZ-2109 and their modifications. VAZ-21063: A vehicle produced by VAZ, with an engine capacity between 1200 cc and 1800 cc (2), which is a passenger vehicle (1), sixth model of the plant (06), this model's third modification (3). GAZ-31029-51: A middle-class (\"3\") passenger (\"1\") vehicle produced by GAZ, with", "title": "Automobile model numbering system in the Soviet Union and Russia" }, { "docid": "9849440", "text": "the other 6 games, including a 19-0 shutout over Greece. Tied for the first seed, they played South Korea, Australia, Cuba and Venezuela in the second round. They won all 4 games, including an outstanding performance against Venezuela, who they defeated 12-2 in 7 innings. In the championship game, they played 25-time champion Cuba. Their manager, Brian Farley, led them to a 2-1 victory. Curt Smith scored for the Dutch team and received MVP honors, while Tom Stuifbergen was declared best pitcher of the tournament. Baseball in the Netherlands Baseball in the Netherlands started in , having been introduced to", "title": "Baseball in the Netherlands" }, { "docid": "19679540", "text": "Train numbering in India In accordance with an Indian Ministry of Railways decision, Indian Railways switched from its previous four-digit numbering system for passenger trains to a five-digit system on December 20, 2010. The first digit of the train number indicates the type of train: If the first digit is \"0\" or \"1\", the second digit indicates the railway zone: If the first digit is \"3\", the second digit indicates: If the first digit is \"4\", the second digit indicates: If the first digit is \"5\", \"6\" or \"7\", the second digit identifies the railway zone where the train is", "title": "Train numbering in India" }, { "docid": "19948112", "text": "Iran route numbering system Iran route numbering system is a network of highways and roads in Iran that is managed by Iran Road Maintenance & Transportation Organization . The network comprises main highways and several major and minor country roads. Probably in the late 1990s, all road numbers were changed. The old system was also a grid, but with only 5 east-west routes (even numbers 2-10) and only 7 north-south routes (odd numbers 1-13). Therefore, the new system is a lot more dense, though there are a few sections that used to have a number which are not numbered anymore.", "title": "Iran route numbering system" }, { "docid": "2888747", "text": "disturb the assignment as it is generally recognized across the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA). 6-1-1 For customers of some telephone companies in Canada and in the U.S., 6-1-1 is the abbreviated dialing telephone number used to report a problem with telephone service, or with a payphone. It is an N11 code of the North American Numbering Plan that are used for special services. While 6-1-1 was in use to call repair service in some areas from as early as the 1930s, other codes were also used, the most common being 114 (with 113 used for information). A decision", "title": "6-1-1" }, { "docid": "3465647", "text": "arab अरब ) is written 1,00,00,00,000. While there are specific terms for numbers larger than 1 crore, these are not commonly used, and most practitioners are not familiar with these. In common parlance, the thousand, lakh, crore terminology repeats for larger numbers. Thus 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) becomes 1 lakh crore, and is written as 10,00,00,00,00,000. The Indian numbering is equal to the western numbering system from ones then tens then hundreds then thousand then ten thousand. After ten thousand, the Indian and the western numbering diverge. According to the Indian numbering system, after ten thousand, the next power of ten", "title": "Indian numbering system" }, { "docid": "11958748", "text": "be balanced by a more straightforwardly descriptive view. The term is used in many fields including biology and management. The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said \"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes", "title": "The purpose of a system is what it does" }, { "docid": "1483414", "text": "base. Depending on the system the shortstop may cut balls from left field heading home; however, this is usually the job of the third baseman. The emphasis on defense makes the position unusually difficult to fill. Historically, a strong shortstop did not have to be a good hitter. Some of the weakest hitters in Major League Baseball have played the position, including Mario Mendoza, for whom George Brett popularized the eponymous Mendoza Line to describe a batting average below .200. Since the 1960s, however, such mediocre hitting has become rarer as teams increasingly demand players with ability to both field", "title": "Shortstop" }, { "docid": "11958746", "text": "The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said \"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment,", "title": "The purpose of a system is what it does" }, { "docid": "5447206", "text": "the batter's activity is considered \"after the play\". The language developed by Project Scoresheet can be used to record trajectories and locations of batted balls and every defensive player who touched the ball, in addition to the basic information recorded by the traditional method. Here are some examples: In the \"before the play\" slot: In \"during the play\" slot: In the \"after the play\" slot: For a complete description of the language and the scorecard please see David Cortesi's documentation. Project Scoresheet addressed a lack of precision in the traditional scorekeeping method, and introduced several new features to the scorecard.", "title": "Baseball scorekeeping" }, { "docid": "16899285", "text": "IBM PC.; special editions of the program were made for use in classrooms. The Apple II version was released on a double-sided 5-1/2 inch disk, while the IBM version was available in either a 3-1/2 or 5-1/2 format. The disks were written using Apple ProDOS. The third in the series after \"Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?\" (1985) and \"Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego?\" (1986), it would be was followed by state-specific video game \"Where in North Dakota Is Carmen Sandiego?\" in February 1989 and \"Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?\" in August of that year. Similar", "title": "Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?" }, { "docid": "2888745", "text": "6-1-1 For customers of some telephone companies in Canada and in the U.S., 6-1-1 is the abbreviated dialing telephone number used to report a problem with telephone service, or with a payphone. It is an N11 code of the North American Numbering Plan that are used for special services. While 6-1-1 was in use to call repair service in some areas from as early as the 1930s, other codes were also used, the most common being 114 (with 113 used for information). A decision to standardize on 6-1-1 (and 4-1-1 for information) nationwide was made in the 1960s, but the", "title": "6-1-1" }, { "docid": "9921923", "text": "Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award The Pitcher of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league for each month of the regular season. The National League started recognizing the award in . The American League followed in . Upon the introduction of each league's award, pitchers became ineligible for the (position players') player of the month award. Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted by parentheses containing the ordinal. The highest number of Pitcher of the Month awards won by a single player is Roger Clemens' 15. He is followed by Greg", "title": "Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award" }, { "docid": "8148253", "text": "released on 20 June 2012. In 2012 Matt works with other dancers, sometimes using a local dance or another dance step. Duration: 4:53 Dancing [2012] Note: 13 cities have 2 segments. #1 & #2 on left side of city means same location; #1 & #2 on right side of city means different locations in the city. \"I always shoot more than I can use. Here's some stuff that didn't make it in.\" Outtakes. Duration 3:45 Dancing Outtakes [2012] Where the Hell is Matt? Where the Hell is Matt? is an Internet phenomenon that features a video of Dancing Matt (Matt", "title": "Where the Hell is Matt?" }, { "docid": "7835343", "text": "model consisted of the manufacturer's name and up to three digits. Each manufacturer received a range of numbers it used to pick model numbers. The ranges were assigned as follows: The modern numbering system, documented as отраслевая нормаль (industry standard) ОН 025270-66, was first introduced in 1966 (but did not become effective immediately, so many vehicles that entered production before the mid-1970s still used the old numbering system; the first vehicle to use it was the all-new VAZ-2101, other plants switched to the new system later: Moskvitch - in 1976, Moskvitch 2140; GAZ - in 1982, GAZ-3102; and so on)", "title": "Automobile model numbering system in the Soviet Union and Russia" }, { "docid": "3465650", "text": "one million million. There are various systems of numeration found in various ancient Vedic literatures of India. The following table gives one such system used in the Tamil ancient numbering system. Indian numbering system The Indian numbering system is used in the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and in Burma. The terms \"lakh\" (100,000 or 1,00,000 in the Indian system) and \"crore\" (10,000,000 or 1,00,00,000 in the Indian system) are used in Indian English to express large numbers. For example, in India 150,000 rupees becomes 1.5 lakh rupees, written as 1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000, while", "title": "Indian numbering system" }, { "docid": "9921924", "text": "Maddux (10), Pedro Martínez (8), Randy Johnson (8), and Johan Santana (8). Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award The Pitcher of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league for each month of the regular season. The National League started recognizing the award in . The American League followed in . Upon the introduction of each league's award, pitchers became ineligible for the (position players') player of the month award. Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted by parentheses containing the ordinal. The highest number of Pitcher of the Month awards won by", "title": "Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award" }, { "docid": "17958189", "text": "computers at the time could not work with the alphabet directly. The identification number () is the third and current national identification number in Iceland. National identification numbering in Iceland National identification numbering in Iceland was established in 1953 when the birth number system was implemented. In 1959, the name number system was implemented and used parallel to the birth number. The third and present system is the identification number which replaced both previous systems. The birth number () was the first national identification number in Iceland. It was composed of 6 numbers but was later extended to 8 numbers.", "title": "National identification numbering in Iceland" }, { "docid": "7633871", "text": "Although it is named the \"universal numbering system\", it is also called the \"American system\" as it is commonly used in the United States. The uppercase letters \"A\" through \"T\" are used for primary teeth and the numbers 1 - 32 are used for permanent teeth. The tooth designated \"1\" is the maxillary right third molar (\"wisdom tooth\") and the count continues along the upper teeth to the left side. Then the count begins at the mandibular left third molar, designated number 17, and continues along the bottom teeth to the right side. Each tooth has a unique number or", "title": "Universal Numbering System" }, { "docid": "7633872", "text": "letter, allowing for easier use on keyboards. Permanent teeth and their assigned numbers (Universal Tooth Numbering System) Upper right Upper left Lower left Lower right Universal Numbering System The Universal Numbering System is a dental notation system for associating information to a specific tooth, and is commonly used in the United States. In Europe, a different International Standard (DIN EN) ISO 3950:2016 is more widely used. Dental charts are normally arranged from the viewpoint of a dental practitioner facing a patient. The patient's right side appears on the left side of the chart, and the patient's left side appears on", "title": "Universal Numbering System" }, { "docid": "11248076", "text": "some of the tracks (\"Beauty\" and \"Chest of Drawers\") are conversations with Brian Eno. All songs written by Daniel Lanois unless otherwise noted. \"Where Will I Be\" is a new version of a song which had been previously released on Emmylou Harris' album \"Wrecking Ball\" in 1995. \"Lovechild\" and \"Sacred And Secular\" tracks incorporates, respectively, the pedal steel guitar melody used in \"Carla\", on Belladonna album, and the pedal steel guitar melody used in \"Transmitter\", on Shine album. Here Is What Is Here Is What Is is the fifth studio album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It", "title": "Here Is What Is" }, { "docid": "7605770", "text": "show compared to \"World\". As a result, the grand prize for a winning pilot capturing Carmen was a computer system instead of a trip. If the contestant did not win in the trail of time, he/she received a set of encyclopedias and a stereo system. Pilots on all levels received the ACME Time Net Mission Pack, which consisted of: a baseball cap, a T-shirt, a \"Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?\" board game, a \"Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?\" board game, a \"Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego\" board game, a plastic watch, an Encyclopædia Britannica World Atlas,", "title": "Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV show)" }, { "docid": "9686491", "text": "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in \"Folktales of Greece\". It is Aarne-Thompson type 875 and has many Greek and Slavic variants, generally revolving about the exchange of clever answers. This type of tale is the commonest European tale dealing with witty exchanges. In ballad form, the clever answers to the riddles, and the winning of a husband by them, are found in Child ballad 1, \"Riddles Wisely Expounded\". A brother argue over how they should split their land, some", "title": "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?" }, { "docid": "3815857", "text": "Bob Stanley (baseball) Robert William \"Bob\" Stanley (born November 10, 1954) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox. He is currently the pitching coach for the Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. He is perhaps best known for his wild pitch that allowed the tying run to score in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Stanley attended Kearny High School in Kearny, New Jersey where he earned All-star honors as a pitcher-shortstop and pitched a perfect game in the N.J. championship tourney in 1973. Stanley was a first-round", "title": "Bob Stanley (baseball)" }, { "docid": "11208896", "text": "WADP Numbering System The WADP Numbering System (WNS) is a project referencing postal stamps issued in the world since 1 January 2002. It is monitored by the World Association for the Development of Philately (WADP) and the Universal Postal Union. Its inventory is made possible by the declarations of the postal administrations participating to the project. Its publication appeared on a website where visitors can look for an issue by country, date, topic or key words. The WNS goals are to give stamp buyers and collectors a stamp catalogue of all official issues and to fight illegal stamps printed without", "title": "WADP Numbering System" }, { "docid": "17958188", "text": "National identification numbering in Iceland National identification numbering in Iceland was established in 1953 when the birth number system was implemented. In 1959, the name number system was implemented and used parallel to the birth number. The third and present system is the identification number which replaced both previous systems. The birth number () was the first national identification number in Iceland. It was composed of 6 numbers but was later extended to 8 numbers. The name number () was the second national identification number in Iceland. It was based on the individual's name and thus allowed alphabetical ordering since", "title": "National identification numbering in Iceland" }, { "docid": "16899280", "text": "Sandiego games they'd played. Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? is a game produced by Broderbund and released in 1993 for MS-DOS and 1994 for Macintosh. The game, for both children and adults, teaches players about the solar system. Even though the game was not a \"deluxe\" edition, its title was stylised as Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition. In the time before the company was acquired by The Learning Company, Carmen Sandiego games were generally divided into four eras: CGA (1985/6), VGA enhanced, (1989/1992), high-res VGA (1992-4), and CD-ROM (1995 onwards).", "title": "Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?" }, { "docid": "16899271", "text": "Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? is a game produced by Broderbund and released in 1993 for MS-DOS and 1994 for Macintosh. The game, for both children and adults, teaches players about the solar system. Even though the game was not a \"deluxe\" edition, its title was stylised as Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition. In the time before the company was acquired by The Learning Company, Carmen Sandiego games were generally divided into four eras: CGA (1985/6), VGA enhanced, (1989/1992), high-res VGA (1992-4), and CD-ROM (1995 onwards). This game falls within", "title": "Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?" }, { "docid": "6567704", "text": "Unified numbering system The unified numbering system (UNS) is an alloy designation system widely accepted in North America. It consists of a prefix letter and five digits designating a material composition. For example, a prefix of S indicates stainless steel alloys, C indicates copper, brass, or bronze alloys, T indicates tool steels, and so on. The first 3 digits often match older 3-digit numbering systems, while the last 2 digits indicate more modern variations. For example, Copper Alloy No. 377 (forging brass) in the original 3-digit system became C37700 in the UNS System. The UNS is managed jointly by the", "title": "Unified numbering system" }, { "docid": "19739162", "text": "Wagon numbering system in India A new wagon numbering system was adopted in Indian Railways in \"2003\". Wagons are allocated 11 digits, making it easy for identification and computerization of a wagon's information. The first two digits indicate \"Type of Wagon,\" the third and fourth digits indicate \"Owning Railway,\" the fifth and sixth digits indicate \"Year of Manufacture,\" the seventh through tenth digits indicate \"Individual Wagon Number,\" and the last digit is a \"Check digit.\" These two digits indicate \"Type of Wagon\". Code allotted is from 10 to 29 Code allotted is from 30 to 39 Code allotted is from", "title": "Wagon numbering system in India" }, { "docid": "6125205", "text": "West Yorkshire using the real life villages of Marsden, Golcar, Slaithwaite and Meltham for many of the external shots. The first series was mostly filmed in Slaithwaite, with some exterior shots filmed in the village of Baildon, but from series 2 onwards, Marsden was used as the principal filming location. DVDs of the series in the UK are listed below, released by Network DVD. So far Series 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been released. Where the Heart Is (UK TV series) Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite.", "title": "Where the Heart Is (UK TV series)" }, { "docid": "13391674", "text": "continue looking for a fit. This means NMF is not used in a 1C – 1D sequence (which is Walsh bidding), is not used when opening a 5-card major (where we use the 2/1 game force) or a no-trump opening (where we use Stayman and other conventions). In OK Bridge 2/1, NMF is used to: Be careful what other articles you read about NMF: it is a popular convention in several bidding systems but has different use and meaning among the systems. In our system here, NMF is limited and specialized. Since 1 clubs will often be opened in 2/1,", "title": "OKbridge 2/1" }, { "docid": "8966218", "text": "songs by John Lydon, Keith Levene, and Martin Atkins except * by John Lydon and Martin Atkins Five songs on \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" are re-recordings of tracks which originally appeared on \"Commercial Zone\": \"Bad Life\" (originally titled \"Mad Max\"), \"This Is Not a Love Song\" (originally titled \"Love Song\"), \"Solitaire\" (entitled \"Young Brits\" on the second pressing of \"Commercial Zone\"), \"The Order of Death\" (originally titled \"The Slab\"), and \"Where Are You?\" (originally titled \"Lou Reed Part 2\"). Four songs from \"Commercial Zone\", \"Bad Night\", \"Lou Reed Part 1\", \"Blue Water\" and \"Miller Hi-Life\",", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "7007337", "text": "in cyclic sequence numbering schemes, and was used in OSPF version 1 for this reason. Later work showed that this was not the case, like in the ARPANET sequence bug, and OSPF version 2 replaced it with a linear numbering space, with special rules for what happens when the sequence numbers reach the end of the numbering space. Lollipop sequence numbering Lollipop sequence numbering is a numbering scheme used in routing protocols. In this numbering scheme, sequence numbers start at a negative value, increase until they reach zero, then cycle through a finite set of positive numbers indefinitely. When a", "title": "Lollipop sequence numbering" }, { "docid": "7633870", "text": "Universal Numbering System The Universal Numbering System is a dental notation system for associating information to a specific tooth, and is commonly used in the United States. In Europe, a different International Standard (DIN EN) ISO 3950:2016 is more widely used. Dental charts are normally arranged from the viewpoint of a dental practitioner facing a patient. The patient's right side appears on the left side of the chart, and the patient's left side appears on the right side of the chart. The labels \"right\" and \"left\" on the charts in this article correspond to the patient's right and left, respectively.", "title": "Universal Numbering System" }, { "docid": "7605762", "text": "informants. The show replaced \"Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?\", and was recorded entirely at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York City. Before the show begins, the viewing audience sees Carmen Sandiego in her V.I.L.E. headquarters (In Season 1, Carmen appears in a Fourth wall type of narration; whereas in Season 2, a surveillance nano-probe films Carmen's lair unnoticed) complaining to herself and plotting to steal the historical \"seed\" of her complaint. Carmen then summons one of her V.I.L.E. henchmen and henchwomen and tells him/her what to steal and where to go. (In Season One, she shines an", "title": "Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV show)" }, { "docid": "17459268", "text": "based on a popular television series. Carmen Sandiego has stolen the rings of Saturn, and it is the mission of the audience, each an Official Gumshoe of the Acme Detective Agency, to track Carmen down as she eludes her pursuers. The Planetarium's Head Gumshoe uses video effects, computer animations, NASA footage, and All Sky ship interiors to encourage class participation in the search to bring Carmen to justice. (55 mm.)\". The show is for grades 2-6. Children under 3 and museum members were admitted free. A live actor plays the role of Wanda Ketchum (i.e. 'wander catch em'). The financial", "title": "Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego?" }, { "docid": "7683625", "text": "Relief pitcher Goose Gossage, active from 1972-1994, also admitted to using amphetamines during his playing career, in a 2013 interview with Ken Davidoff. In the same interview, Gossage voiced the opinion that amphetamines are not \"a performance-enhancing drug\", though he admitted that using them was illegal at the time. During the Pittsburgh drug trials in 1985, several players testified about the use of amphetamines in baseball. Shortstop Dale Berra admitted that he had used \"greenies\" while playing for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and the AAA Portland Beavers, and stated that while in Pittsburgh between 1979 and 1984 he had been", "title": "Doping in baseball" }, { "docid": "19739169", "text": "Transition coupler (CBC with additional side buffers and screw coupling) <br>N :- Air-braked <br>M :- (suffix) Military Wagon numbering system in India A new wagon numbering system was adopted in Indian Railways in \"2003\". Wagons are allocated 11 digits, making it easy for identification and computerization of a wagon's information. The first two digits indicate \"Type of Wagon,\" the third and fourth digits indicate \"Owning Railway,\" the fifth and sixth digits indicate \"Year of Manufacture,\" the seventh through tenth digits indicate \"Individual Wagon Number,\" and the last digit is a \"Check digit.\" These two digits indicate \"Type of Wagon\". Code", "title": "Wagon numbering system in India" }, { "docid": "2397574", "text": "The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are is the debut studio album by hip-hop group the 2 Live Crew. It was released in 1986 on Luke Records to a great deal of controversy and promptly was certified gold by the RIAA. It includes the hits \"We Want Some Pussy\", \"Throw the 'D'\", and \"Cuttin' It Up\". Bob Rosenberg, a south Florida DJ who would later form the dance-pop group Will to Power, remixed and edited the song \"Beat Box\". In Florida, it was deemed obscene, and one store clerk was charged", "title": "The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are" }, { "docid": "14662102", "text": "Nancy Warren (baseball) Nancy Warren (June 13, 1921 – June 1, 2001) was a pitcher and infielder who played from through for six different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 130 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. \"Hank\" was a nickname she picked up as a youth. A native of Springfield, Ohio, Nancy Warren used to play baseball with her four brothers in their home's backyard at an early age. She joined her first organized fastpitch softball team after turning 14, juggling positions on the field as a pitcher and at shortstop. She later played", "title": "Nancy Warren (baseball)" }, { "docid": "2487025", "text": "control allegedly illegal stamps, the Universal Postal Union introduced the WADP Numbering System (WNS) for new issues by UPU members. Stamp numbering system Philatelists' traditional method of identifying postage stamps uniquely has long been to number each country's stamps consecutively; Norway #1 is the 4-skilling blue stamp issued in 1855, and so forth. However, this seemingly straightforward numbering system runs into immediate difficulties, which have been solved in different ways by different stamp catalogs. The difficulties are as follows: Although the definition of \"country\" may seem obvious, there are occupations of one country by another, stamp issued by areas in", "title": "Stamp numbering system" }, { "docid": "3465646", "text": "Indian numbering system The Indian numbering system is used in the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and in Burma. The terms \"lakh\" (100,000 or 1,00,000 in the Indian system) and \"crore\" (10,000,000 or 1,00,00,000 in the Indian system) are used in Indian English to express large numbers. For example, in India 150,000 rupees becomes 1.5 lakh rupees, written as 1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000, while 30,000,000 (thirty million) rupees becomes 3 crore rupees, written as 3,00,00,000 with commas at the thousand, \"lakh\", and \"crore\" levels, and 1,000,000,000 (one billion) rupees (one hundred crore rupees or one", "title": "Indian numbering system" }, { "docid": "2397575", "text": "with felony \"corruption of a minor\" for selling it to a 14-year-old girl. The clerk was later acquitted. The following year, the album reached number 24 on the \"Billboard\" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 128 on the \"Billboard\" 200. Notes The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are is the debut studio album by hip-hop group the 2 Live Crew. It was released in 1986 on Luke Records to a great deal of controversy and promptly was certified gold by the RIAA. It includes the hits \"We Want Some Pussy\", \"Throw", "title": "The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are" }, { "docid": "3465649", "text": "system groups the rightmost three digits together (until the hundreds place), and thereafter groups by sets of two digits. One trillion would thus be written as 10,00,00,00,00,000 or one lakh crore (or 10 kharab). This makes the number convenient to read using thousand, lakh, crore terminology. Thus: This accords with the Indian numbering system, which has units for thousands, hundreds of thousands, tens of millions, etc. GghbnhThe table below follows the short scale usage of one billion being one thousand million. In India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, following former British usage, the long scale was used, with one billion equivalent to", "title": "Indian numbering system" }, { "docid": "3721015", "text": "there are fewer positions a left-handed player can occupy, and if that player is not fast, the outfield may not be a good fit. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the first baseman is assigned the number 3. Second base is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. Second base is typically defended by the second baseman and the shortstop. Second base is also known as the keystone sack. A runner on second base is", "title": "Baseball field" }, { "docid": "9406947", "text": "That Happens Will Happen Today\". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "11838918", "text": "The question of the album's title was answered on the back of the original sleeve, \"This is Beat!!\" Side 1 Side 2 Frebe Side 1 Frebe Side 2 U.S. CD What Is Beat? What Is Beat? – The Best of The Beat is a greatest hits album by the ska band The Beat released in 1983. The original vinyl release included an additional \"free album\" of extended remixes entitled Frebe. Several songs had previously only been released as singles and B-sides. These include \"Too Nice to Talk To\", \"March of the Swivelheads\" and \"Psychedelic Rockers\". In the UK these also", "title": "What Is Beat?" }, { "docid": "9406939", "text": "What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as \"murahaleen\" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "19651632", "text": "Luis Castillo (pitcher) Luis Miguel Castillo (born December 12, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). Castillo signed with the San Francisco Giants as an international free agent in December 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the DSL Giants and spent the whole season there, going 1-3 with a 3.31 ERA in 54.1 relief innings pitched. In 2013, he returned there, going 0-1 with a 0.64 ERA in 27 relief appearances, and in 2014, he played for the Augusta GreenJackets where he pitched to a 2-2 record and", "title": "Luis Castillo (pitcher)" }, { "docid": "11893667", "text": "release, the song re-entered the official UK singles charts at 40, eventually peaking at 35. The music video for \"Where Is the Love?\" was shot in East Los Angeles and features The Black Eyed Peas and various other people, including various young children, asking the world where the love really is. In the video, will.i.am and Taboo act as a soul music road duo who use music to tell people what is wrong with the world, Fergie appears as a peacemaker who places stickers with question marks on them all over the place to ask people where the love is", "title": "Where Is the Love?" }, { "docid": "5321393", "text": "of change. If you are allergic to these processes, you abandon history and take cover in the social sciences. Today anthropology, sociology, etc, flourish. History is sick. But then our society too is sick\". Carr deplored the rise of Structuralism. Carr wrote there was the structuralist approach, which Carr called a \"horizontal\" way of understanding history \"which analyses a society in terms of the functional or structural inter-relation of its parts\". Against it, there was what Carr called the \"vertical\" approach \"which analyses it [society] in terms of where it has come from and where it is going\". Through Carr", "title": "What Is History?" }, { "docid": "16899300", "text": "deprotected version onto a 3-1/2 disk, via a method they printed in the magazine. Similarly, a reviewer in Issue #76 of the magazine lamented that the game was so \"excellent\" that it was a shame Broderbund placed copy protection on it. In 1989 the game won a Software Publishers Association Excellence in Software Award for Best Social Studies/Science Program and Best Home Learning Program. Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? is a 1988 European geography-based educational video game in the detective mystery franchise \"Carmen Sandiego\". It was originally published by Broderbund in 1988 for", "title": "Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?" }, { "docid": "10441489", "text": "their Triple-A team in Omaha. He then underwent reconstructive elbow surgery, and missed the 2008 season. He signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Chicago White Sox in January . Ryan Braun (pitcher) Ryan Zachary Braun (born July 29, 1980) is a Canadian right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is 6' 1\" and weighs 215 lbs. Though he was born in Canada, Braun grew up in California, and played college baseball at the Wake Forest University 1999-2002 and University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2003. He made his major league debut on September 2,", "title": "Ryan Braun (pitcher)" }, { "docid": "10441488", "text": "Ryan Braun (pitcher) Ryan Zachary Braun (born July 29, 1980) is a Canadian right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is 6' 1\" and weighs 215 lbs. Though he was born in Canada, Braun grew up in California, and played college baseball at the Wake Forest University 1999-2002 and University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2003. He made his major league debut on September 2, . His first MLB strikeout was David Ortiz. He made 9 appearances during the 2006 season, and had a 6.75 ERA. In , he had a 6.64 ERA. In March , the Royals optioned him to", "title": "Ryan Braun (pitcher)" }, { "docid": "12398147", "text": "Terry Burrows (baseball) Terry Dale Burrows (born November 28, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is 6 foot 1, 185 pounds, and batted and threw left-handed. Burrows attended McNeese State University, where he played college baseball for the Cowboys. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the seventh round of the 1990 amateur draft. Terry played four years in Major League Baseball, two with the Rangers (–), and one each with the Milwaukee Brewers () and San Diego Padres (). In 50 career games pitched, Burrows had a 2–2 record with an ERA of 6.42. He", "title": "Terry Burrows (baseball)" }, { "docid": "3185790", "text": "Bay Rays in 2008 and was assigned to their Single-A affiliate, the Vero Beach Devil Rays, where in six starts, he went 2–1 with a 1.04 ERA. In a three-year career, Hernández posted a 9–8 record with 136 strikeouts and a 4.54 ERA in 172.2 innings. ESPN, or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League) Carlos Hernández (pitcher) Carlos Henrique Hernández (; born April 22, 1980) is a retired starting pitcher in professional baseball. Carlos is also the son of legendary Indian Professional Baseball League Pitcher Enrique Humberto Hernández. He played for the Houston Astros from 2001 to 2002 and", "title": "Carlos Hernández (pitcher)" }, { "docid": "8355194", "text": "Where the Hell Are We and What Day Is It... This Is Static-X Where The Hell Are We And What Day Is It... This Is Static-X is a rockumentary DVD that was set to be released in 2001 by industrial metal band Static-X. It features behind-the-scenes and live footage, along with all of Static-X's music videos (at the time) and an audio-only concert. Due to the live footage being recorded at \"Ozzfest\", Sharon Osbourne threatened to sue the band if the DVD was released. Therefore, it was prevented from ever hitting store shelves. It is very hard to find and", "title": "Where the Hell Are We and What Day Is It... This Is Static-X" }, { "docid": "8355195", "text": "roughly only 500 copies are in existence. Where the Hell Are We and What Day Is It... This Is Static-X Where The Hell Are We And What Day Is It... This Is Static-X is a rockumentary DVD that was set to be released in 2001 by industrial metal band Static-X. It features behind-the-scenes and live footage, along with all of Static-X's music videos (at the time) and an audio-only concert. Due to the live footage being recorded at \"Ozzfest\", Sharon Osbourne threatened to sue the band if the DVD was released. Therefore, it was prevented from ever hitting store shelves.", "title": "Where the Hell Are We and What Day Is It... This Is Static-X" }, { "docid": "3685988", "text": "at 1 or 2, where a street sign gives the name of the relevant area — these streets have repeating numbers. In semi-rural and rural areas, where houses and farms are widely spaced, a numbering system based on tens of metres or (less commonly) metres has been devised. Thus a farm from the start of the road, on the right-hand side would be numbered 230. Ballarat Central, Victoria uses the US system of increasing house numbers by 100 after a major cross street. Streets are designated North or South depending upon their relative position to Sturt Street. In Japan and", "title": "House numbering" }, { "docid": "20850266", "text": "numbers such as \"211-1\" are assigned. If a new station is added between stations of, for example, number 08 and 09, branch numbers such as \"08-1\" are assigned in order not to change the existing station numbers, especially in western Japan. The same method is used by city buses and highway interchanges in Japan. As an exception, JR West takes the approach to assign decimal numbers like \"08.5\". Meanwhile, there are cases where the station numbers are shifted and renumbered. Station Numbering Station Numbering (; \"eki nanbaringu\" ) is a sign system used by some railway companies in Japan, which", "title": "Station Numbering" }, { "docid": "9381572", "text": "Eddie O'Brien (baseball) Edward Joseph O'Brien (December 11, 1930 – February 21, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, outfielder and pitcher. He played his entire five-year baseball career for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1953, 1955–58). His twin brother, Johnny, is a former second baseman and pitcher. O'Brien attended Saint Mary's High School in South Amboy, now Cardinal McCarrick High School, where he has been inducted into the school's sports hall of fame. He attended Seattle University, where he played on the basketball team for the Chieftains (along with his brother Johnny) and participated in a stunning 84–81 upset over", "title": "Eddie O'Brien (baseball)" }, { "docid": "19739165", "text": "of step 3 to get S4= 3×S1+S2 <br>\"Step 5 \": Round this total up to the next multiple of 10. <br>\"Step 6 \": The check digit is the number required to the added to round up to the next multiple of 10 An example for the calculation, <br>Let the wagon number is 31101695215 <br>\"Step 1 :\" S1 = C2 + C4 + C6 + C8 + C10 = 1+0+6+5+1 = 13 <br>\"Step 2 :\" 3 × S1 = 39 <br>\"Step 3 :\" S2 = C1+ C3 + C5 + C7 + C9 = 3+1+1+9+2 = 16 <br>\"Step 4 :\" S4=", "title": "Wagon numbering system in India" }, { "docid": "19204823", "text": "Chad Green (pitcher) Chad Keith Green (born May 24, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Yankees in 2016 as a starting pitcher, and became a relief pitcher in 2017. Green was born in Greenville, South Carolina. His parents are Howard and Sheena Green. He has a twin brother (Chase; who played shortstop for Southern Illinois University), an older sister (Lynsie), and an older brother (Blake). Green was a three-time All-Conference selection, a two-time All-Area honoree and was an All-State selection as a", "title": "Chad Green (pitcher)" }, { "docid": "257516", "text": "International Numbering System for Food Additives The International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) is a European-based naming system for food additives, aimed at providing a short designation of what may be a lengthy actual name. It is defined by Codex Alimentarius, the international food standards organisation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). The information is published in the document \"Class Names and the International Numbering System for Food Additives\", first published in 1989, with revisions in 2008 and 2011. The INS is an open list, \"subject to the", "title": "International Numbering System for Food Additives" }, { "docid": "11208897", "text": "the postal administrations' consent. Since 2002, some developing countries succeeded to reduce their philatelic program and officially denounce illegal stamps via the UPU. When declared, each isolated stamp with a graphic difference (in the design, denomination, color or dimensions) is given a WNS number : WADP Numbering System The WADP Numbering System (WNS) is a project referencing postal stamps issued in the world since 1 January 2002. It is monitored by the World Association for the Development of Philately (WADP) and the Universal Postal Union. Its inventory is made possible by the declarations of the postal administrations participating to the", "title": "WADP Numbering System" }, { "docid": "9849426", "text": "the balls didn't have seams. Clubs were forced to mend cracked bats with screws or whatever other materials were handy. After World War II, the Americans helped Europe rebuild with the Marshall Plan. They also sent baseball materials to the Netherlands including uniforms, bats, balls, etc. Teams like OVVO from Amsterdam and HHC from Haarlem played in red uniforms. Many games were played against military teams. In their own league, the Dutch could hold their own, but not against the better skilled Americans. Han Urbanus, was the best Dutch pitcher in these days. Getting a hit against him guaranteed a", "title": "Baseball in the Netherlands" }, { "docid": "7965609", "text": "first child, an 8-pound, 14-ounce boy named C.J. The next day, Sampson pitched 6 innings, giving up 7 hits, allowing 1 run and struck out Barry Bonds in a 2-1 victory. Before the game the umpires made him take off his hospital wristband. Chris Sampson Christopher Keith Sampson (born May 23, 1978) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. Sampson is 6'0\". Sampson attended Texas Tech University, where he played for the Red Raiders. Sampson originally began his professional baseball career in the late 1990s as a shortstop. After batting .239, and hitting only one home run during", "title": "Chris Sampson" }, { "docid": "19679543", "text": "unique. However, on the Delhi Suburban Railway the fourth digit (\"4NXPX\") indicates the following: Train numbering in India In accordance with an Indian Ministry of Railways decision, Indian Railways switched from its previous four-digit numbering system for passenger trains to a five-digit system on December 20, 2010. The first digit of the train number indicates the type of train: If the first digit is \"0\" or \"1\", the second digit indicates the railway zone: If the first digit is \"3\", the second digit indicates: If the first digit is \"4\", the second digit indicates: If the first digit is \"5\",", "title": "Train numbering in India" }, { "docid": "12715771", "text": "The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book \"A Bend in the River\". \"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.\" French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage", "title": "The World Is What It Is" }, { "docid": "2487019", "text": "Stamp numbering system Philatelists' traditional method of identifying postage stamps uniquely has long been to number each country's stamps consecutively; Norway #1 is the 4-skilling blue stamp issued in 1855, and so forth. However, this seemingly straightforward numbering system runs into immediate difficulties, which have been solved in different ways by different stamp catalogs. The difficulties are as follows: Although the definition of \"country\" may seem obvious, there are occupations of one country by another, stamp issued by areas in rebellion, reunifications, and regions that have issued their own stamps for one reason or another. A classic example is Germany;", "title": "Stamp numbering system" }, { "docid": "17459272", "text": "interactive way of discovering all kinds of interesting facts about our solar system. And the announcers and hosts of the Planetarium really get into the spirit of the quest. You don’t just get a bunch of awesome facts thrown at you\". Matt Alspaugh, show operator for the planetrium shows at Unitarian Universalism gave a uniquely< mixed review, saying: \"I’ve tried to recall what it was about this show that caused me to hate it so much. It was this kind of low-brow, cartoonish, punny, show wedged in between the hard science stuff I loved. The kids love it though, and", "title": "Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego?" }, { "docid": "3458975", "text": "Bobby Wallace (baseball) Roderick John \"Bobby\" Wallace (November 4, 1873 – November 3, 1960) was a Major League Baseball infielder, pitcher, manager, umpire, and scout. Wallace was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his major league debut in as a starting pitcher with the Cleveland Spiders. After a 12–14 record in , Wallace played outfield and pitcher in . In , Wallace was an everyday player as he became the team's full-time third baseman, batted .335 and drove in 112 runs. In , Wallace moved to the St. Louis Perfectos (renamed the Cardinals in ) and changed position to shortstop.", "title": "Bobby Wallace (baseball)" }, { "docid": "2250421", "text": "hyphen, e.g. Krommenie-Assendelft. Currently only six stations are designated Centraal. They are: Amsterdam Centraal, Arnhem Centraal, Den Haag Centraal, Leiden Centraal, Rotterdam Centraal, and Utrecht Centraal. Not the platforms, but the tracks are numbered. In Dutch communication, NS refers to \"spoor 1\" (\"track 1\"), etc. while in English communication, NS refers to \"platform 1\" where \"track 1\" is meant (hence all island platforms have two numbers). Tracks without platform access, used for through traffic, also have a number. This number is not indicated, but it shows indirectly by the fact that in the numbering of the accessible tracks a number", "title": "Railway stations in the Netherlands" }, { "docid": "18948031", "text": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third, consciousness is a transient quality, not a permanent quality. By itself, the soul is without consciousness; consciousness is produced in the soul only when it is conjoined with certain other entities. Hiriyanna,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "16884289", "text": "schools have embraced Carmen Sandiego as an educational geography product filled with lively animation, high quality sound, and superb graphics...New technology has given us the opportunity to create a new generation of Carmen Sandiego software in which the quality of animation is as sophisticated as what children are used to seeing in movies and television. We feel the enhancements we've introduced to game play may set a new standard for educational software.\" One of these improvements was that the game, along with the rebooted version of Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego, \"use film clips of actress Lynne Thigpen", "title": "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996 video game)" }, { "docid": "3465648", "text": "is one lakh, then ten lakh, then one crore, then ten crore, and so on. According to the Western numbering system, after ten thousand, the next power of ten is referred to as one hundred thousand, then one million, then ten million, then one hundred million, and so on. The two numbering systems are not functionally different — 10,000 (Indian system) = 10,000 (Western system) — but they assign different names to the same number. The Indian numbering system uses separators differently from the international norm. Instead of grouping digits by threes as in the international system, the Indian numbering", "title": "Indian numbering system" }, { "docid": "18647959", "text": "American pitcher Gene Bacque of the Hanshin Tigers compiled a 29-9 record with a 1.89 ERA, becoming the first non-Japanese player to receive the Eiji Sawamura Award. Bacque won Game 2 of the Japan Series that year, but lost Game 6 to Stanka 1-0. Former Chicago Cubs major league ballplayer George Altman played professional baseball in Japan from 1968 through 1975, for the Lotte Orions and the Hanshin Tigers, where he had a .309 batting average with 205 home runs. In 1971 former Los Angeles Dodgers player Johnny Werhas played for the Taiyo Whales. In the first trade between a", "title": "American expatriate baseball players in Japan" }, { "docid": "18948032", "text": "commenting on this point, notes: Hiriyanna expresses his perplexity in reviewing the Nyaya-Vaisesika view of consciousness, and then comes out with a comment equating this view with the Charvaka view of consciousness: What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "18112841", "text": "Angels on June 6, 2015. He signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on August 19, 2015. Smith signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers in December 2015. He was released on June 6, 2016. Chad Smith (baseball) Chad Dennis Smith (born October 2, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics. Smith attended Thousand Oaks High School, in Thousand Oaks, California, where he had an 8–1 win–loss record with a 2.00 earned run average (ERA), striking out 65 batters in 60", "title": "Chad Smith (baseball)" } ]

[ "President George Washington", "Georg Waschingdon", "Geo. Washington", "Washington President", "G Washington", "First President of the United States", "George Washington", "Early life of George Washington", "George Washington's early life", "G:o Washington", "Georeg washington", "George washignton", "George Washingtin", "George Washington between the wars", "George washinton", "George Washington's", "G washington", "Geogre Washington", "G. Washington", "American Fabius", "Goerge washington", "Geoge washington", "George washington between the wars", "George Washinton", "George Weashington", "1st President of the United States", "George Washington's teeth", "Washington, George", "Geo washington", "General Washington", "Indispensable Man", "The first U.S President", "General George Washington", "Georgewashington", "1st US President", "George washingtom", "George washington", "President Washington" ]

[ { "docid": "2711639", "text": "prominent theatres can be purchased. The lobby is furnished with polished nickel-bronze cornices and rockwood stone. The grand clock, a 4000-lb bronze, was built by the Goldsmith's Company of London originally for the 1893 World Columbia Exposition in Chicago, but was purchased by the Waldorf owners. Its base is octagonal, with eight commemorative plaques of presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Harrison, and Grover Cleveland, and Queen Victoria and Benjamin Franklin. A shield once belonging to the Waldorf was moved to the Alexis restaurant on W. Franklin Street in 1984. Several boutiques surround the lobby,", "title": "Waldorf Astoria New York" }, { "docid": "14651691", "text": "history. Engraved portrayals of U.S. presidents were the only designs found on U.S. postage from 1847 until 1869, with the one exception of Benjamin Franklin, whose historical stature was comparable to that of a president, although his appearance was also an acknowledgement of his role as the first U. S. Postmaster General. During this period, the U.S. Post Office issued various postage stamps bearing the depictions of George Washington foremost, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln, the last of whom first appeared in 1866, one year after his death. After twenty-two years of issuing stamps with only", "title": "Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps" }, { "docid": "2946973", "text": "could report that \"The American People, Volume 1\" had power to match its scope. It does not. As a work of sustained passion, it is formidable. As a work of art, it is very modest indeed. The tone is talky and digressive; few real characters emerge; one feels lashed to the mast after only 50 pages or so.\" In the book, Kramer writes that in addition to Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Mark Twain, Herman Melville, and Richard Nixon were gay. In 1997, Kramer approached Yale University, to bequeath several million", "title": "Larry Kramer" }, { "docid": "14651696", "text": "Among the most definitive is George Washington, whose engraving (along with that of Benjamin Franklin) appeared on the released by the U.S. Post Office, on July 1 of 1847. Thomas Jefferson first appeared on U.S. postage in March 1856, nine years after the first issues were released. Fifteen years of stamp issuance would pass before Andrew Jackson would appear on a U.S. postage stamp. However, by this time, Jackson had already been presented on two Confederate stamps (both 2-cent values), making him the only U.S. president introduced to postage by the Confederacy rather than the U.S. Post Office. Abraham Lincoln", "title": "Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps" }, { "docid": "14651700", "text": "postage issues would follow in the following decades. Indeed, in virtually every U.S. definitive stamp series offered between 1851 and 1932, Washington appeared on the normal letter-rate value (the only exception being the short-lived 1869 pictorial issue); other presidents, statesmen and famous Americans were confined to the less commonly used denominations. Since the first U.S. postage stamp was issued by the U.S. Post Office, there have been more examples of George Washington appearing on U.S. postage than all other American presidents combined, including Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and even the frequently honored Benjamin Franklin (who was not president).", "title": "Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps" }, { "docid": "1762203", "text": "and figurines are frequently displayed in the Oval Office. Abraham Lincoln has been the most common subject, in works by sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Gutzon Borglum, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Leo Cherne and others. In recent administrations, traditional busts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin have given way to heads of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman or Dwight Eisenhower. Western bronzes by Frederic Remington have been frequent choices: Harry S. Truman displayed \"Fired On\"; Lyndon Johnson displayed \"The Bronco Buster\", as did Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Presidents Reagan and", "title": "Oval Office" }, { "docid": "46963", "text": "a trade school that became the Franklin Institute of Boston, and the whole fund was later dedicated to supporting this institute. Benjamin Franklin is a prominent figure in American history comparable to Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, and as such he has been honored on U.S. postage stamps many times. The image of Franklin, the first Postmaster General of the United States, occurs on the face of U.S. postage more than any other notable American save that of George Washington. Franklin appeared on the first U.S. postage stamp (displayed above) issued in 1847. From 1908 through 1923 the U.S. Post Office", "title": "Benjamin Franklin" }, { "docid": "5071751", "text": "in the categories of communication ability, integrity and crisis management; and most poorly for his relationship with Congress, transparency and accountability. A 2015 poll administered by the American Political Science Association (APSA) among political scientists specializing in the American presidency had Abraham Lincoln in the top spot, with George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson making the top 10. APSA conducted a repeat of this poll in 2018, with Donald Trump appearing for the first time, in last position. Within each column: Note: click the", "title": "Historical rankings of presidents of the United States" }, { "docid": "9162785", "text": "Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Niles, Ohio native William McKinley. Other checks were signed by Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, Ernest Hemingway, and Susan B. Anthony, among others. The most notable check was one written by Lincoln to \"self\" for $800 dated April 13, 1865, the day before his assassination. The checks are estimated to be worth over $75,000 today. Huntington acquired the checks in 1983 when it purchased Union Commerce Bank and received several boxes of old documents, but weren't discovered until 2011 when a Huntington employee was looking through the documents.", "title": "Huntington Bancshares" }, { "docid": "15954560", "text": "lot property to the university. Ulysses S. Grant School (Washington, D.C.) The Ulysses S. Grant School is an historic high school, the home of the School Without Walls (Washington, D.C.) It is located at 2130 G Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The Late Victorian building was designed by John B. Brady in 1882, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On February 13, 2006 the D.C. City Council and the George Washington University Board of Trustees approved a deal for $12 million to renovate and expand the school building, in exchange for transfer", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant School (Washington, D.C.)" }, { "docid": "15954559", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant School (Washington, D.C.) The Ulysses S. Grant School is an historic high school, the home of the School Without Walls (Washington, D.C.) It is located at 2130 G Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The Late Victorian building was designed by John B. Brady in 1882, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On February 13, 2006 the D.C. City Council and the George Washington University Board of Trustees approved a deal for $12 million to renovate and expand the school building, in exchange for transfer of the school's rear parking", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant School (Washington, D.C.)" } ]

[ { "docid": "12287524", "text": "or \"\"bill\"\" (e.g. \"\"two bills\"\" being $200). The $50 note is occasionally called a \"\"yardstick\"\" or a \"\"grant\"\" (after President Ulysses S. Grant, pictured on the obverse). The $20 note is referred to as a \"\"double sawbuck\"\", \"\"Jackson\"\" (after Andrew Jackson), or \"double eagle\". The $10 note is referred to as a \"\"sawbuck\"\", \"\"ten-spot\"\" or \"\"Hamilton\"\" (after Alexander Hamilton). The $5 note as \"\"Lincoln\"\", \"\"fin\"\", \"\"fiver\"\" or \"\"five-spot\"\". The infrequently-used $2 note is sometimes called \"\"deuce\"\", \"\"Tom\"\", or \"\"Jefferson\"\" (after Thomas Jefferson). The $1 note as a \"\"single\"\" or \"\"buck\"\". The dollar has also been referred to as a \"\"bone\"\"", "title": "United States dollar" }, { "docid": "433967", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877, Commanding General of the Army, soldier, international statesman, and author. During the American Civil War Grant led the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy with the supervision of President Abraham Lincoln. During the Reconstruction Era President Grant led the Republicans in their efforts to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism, racism, and slavery. From early childhood in Ohio, Grant was a skilled equestrian who had a talent for taming horses.", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "5960810", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant Memorial The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant. It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue), below the west front of the United States Capitol. Its sculpture of Grant on horseback faces west, overlooking the Capitol Reflecting Pool and facing toward the Lincoln Memorial, which honors Grant's wartime president, Abraham Lincoln. Grant's statue rests on a pedestal decorated with bronze reliefs of the infantry; flanking pedestals hold", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant Memorial" }, { "docid": "16246716", "text": "Abraham Lincoln (Healy) Abraham Lincoln is an 1869 oil-on-canvas painting by George Peter Alexander Healy of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. In the painting, Lincoln is observed alone, leaning forward, with his elbow on his knee and his head resting on his hand. The pose is taken from Healy's 1868 painting, \"The Peacemakers\", which depicts the historic March 28, 1865, strategy session by the Union high command, composed of William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, David Dixon Porter, and Lincoln, aboard the steamboat the \"River Queen\" during the final days of the American Civil War. Lincoln", "title": "Abraham Lincoln (Healy)" }, { "docid": "17817049", "text": "Abraham Lincoln (Flannery) Abraham Lincoln is a marble sculpture of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln by Irish artist Lot Flannery, located in front of the old District of Columbia City Hall in Washington, D.C., United States. It was installed several blocks from Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated. Dedicated in 1868 on the third anniversary of Lincoln's death, dignitaries at the unveiling ceremony included President Andrew Johnson and Generals Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman and Winfield Scott Hancock. The statue has been removed and rededicated twice. The first rededication was in 1923 following an outpouring of support from citizens and", "title": "Abraham Lincoln (Flannery)" }, { "docid": "6223067", "text": "Independence Hall. Former president Abraham Lincoln also quoted Franklin to his host when he visited Salt Lake City in 1881. Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. Following the War of Secession, Thomas Jefferson's status as a Virginian (and more substantively, his insistence on a weak central government) tarnished his memory considerably in the United States. Northern Founding Fathers such as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton were viewed much more favorably. Despite his contributions to the Federalist papers with Alexander Hamilton, James Madison later developed anti-Federalist sentiments and allied himself with Hamilton's archrival, Thomas Jefferson.", "title": "Historical characters in the Southern Victory Series" }, { "docid": "17540637", "text": "Democratic candidate James Buchanan, saying he was really voting against Fremont, the Republican candidate. In 1860, he favored the Democratic presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas over Abraham Lincoln, and Lincoln over the alternate Democratic candidate, John C. Breckinridge. Lacking the residency requirements in Illinois at the time, he could not vote. By August 1863, during the Civil War, after the fall of Vicksburg, Grant's political sympathies fully coincided with the Radical Republicans' aggressive prosecution of the war and for the abolition of slavery. Early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant The early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant", "title": "Early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "5960817", "text": "missing or been stolen over the years. The layer of green corrosion on the memorial's bronze was removed to return it to its original brown color. Ulysses S. Grant Memorial The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant. It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue), below the west front of the United States Capitol. Its sculpture of Grant on horseback faces west, overlooking the Capitol Reflecting Pool and facing toward", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant Memorial" }, { "docid": "14267392", "text": "Jefferson Franklin Jackson House The Jefferson Franklin Jackson House, commonly known as the Jackson-Community House, is a historic Italianate-style house in Montgomery, Alabama. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 21, 1978 and to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1984. The two-story frame house was built by Jefferson Franklin Jackson in 1853. Jackson served as a United States Attorney for northern and central Alabama. He died during the Civil War years. His wife subsequently remarried to Thomas H. Watts, Governor of Alabama from 1863 to 1865. Descendants of the family", "title": "Jefferson Franklin Jackson House" }, { "docid": "6174848", "text": "They had one child named George Grant. In 1953, Grant IV appeared on Groucho Marx's \"You Bet Your Life\", where the consolation question was usually \"Who is buried in Grant's tomb?\". Grant died at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, from lung failure caused by leukemia. Grant is buried at Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego) alongside his father. His cousin was Major General Ulysses S. Grant III, the son of Major General Frederick Dent Grant. Ulysses S. Grant IV Ulysses S. Grant IV (May 23, 1893 – March 11, 1977) was the son of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. and", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant IV" }, { "docid": "492998", "text": "in state militias (James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt), one in the Army National Guard (Harry S. Truman) and one (George W. Bush) served in the Air National Guard. A member of the NG, often called a \"guardsman,\" is a person who has signed an Enlistment Contract and has subscribed to an Enlistment Oath, is still alive, or has not yet been discharged. The subscription to the oath (typically a", "title": "United States National Guard" }, { "docid": "4479620", "text": "Jefferson–Jackson Day Jefferson–Jackson Day is the annual fundraising celebration (dinner) held by Democratic Party organizations in the United States. It is named for Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson; the Party says they are its founders. During presidential election campaigns, key dinners are important venues for candidates to attend. It is usually held in February or March around the same time as the Republican Party's equivalent Lincoln Day, Reagan Day, or Lincoln–Reagan Day dinners. The Iowa dinner is held in November so as to precede the state's caucuses for the Democratic presidential nomination. Into the 1960s, state and local Democratic", "title": "Jefferson–Jackson Day" }, { "docid": "12951520", "text": "First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant The first inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as the 18th President of the United States took place on March 4, 1869. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Ulysses S. Grant as President and the only term of Schuyler Colfax as Vice President. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the Oath of office. Andrew Johnson did not attend the inaugural ceremonies, as President-elect Grant refused to sit with him in the carriage going to it. Instead, he was in the White House signing last-minute legislation. Grant's 1869 inaugural parade was", "title": "First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "14628595", "text": "Alexander H. Conner Alexander Hamilton Conner (August 5, 1831 – May 29, 1891) was a United States politician and legislator. Born in Hamilton County, Indiana, Conner was the son of William Conner, a pioneer and politician. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1855. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1856. In 1860, Conner took part in the Republican Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln. Conner was a newspaper publisher and was appointed postmaster for Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Conner Governor of Idaho Territory, but he declined the office. After dealing with", "title": "Alexander H. Conner" }, { "docid": "6174799", "text": "father-in-law. His cousin was Ulysses S. Grant IV, the son of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. Source: \"U.S. Army Register\", 1946. Ulysses S. Grant III Ulysses Simpson Grant III (July 4, 1881August 29, 1968) was a United States Army officer and planner. He was the son of Frederick Dent Grant, and the grandson of General of the Army and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was born in Chicago, as a grandson of President and General Ulysses S. Grant and educated in Austria, where his father was an American diplomat. He attended Columbia University until 1898 when he received an appointment", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant III" }, { "docid": "433976", "text": "son, Grant appeared to be an agnostic. He inherited some of Hannah's Methodist piety and quiet nature. Grant was largely apolitical before the war but wrote, \"If I had ever had any political sympathies they would have been with the Whigs. I was raised in that school.\" Grant's father wrote to Representative Thomas L. Hamer requesting that he nominate Ulysses to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York. When a spot opened in March 1839, Hamer nominated the 16-year-old Grant. He mistakenly wrote down \"Ulysses S. Grant\", which became his adopted name because West Point could", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "3253765", "text": "Grant and Lincoln parks is Alexander Hamilton; the Lincoln Park statue was sculpted by John Angel. Just as there is an in Grant Park, there is a massive memorial to Ulysses S. Grant in Lincoln Park overlooking Cannon Drive. The sculpture was created in 1891 by Louis Rebisso. The statue of Hans Christian Andersen by Johannes Gelert (1896) on Stockton Drive near Webster Avenue provides a tribute to the Danish storyteller. The Eugene Field Memorial (1922) designed by Edward McCartan remembers the \"Chicago Daily News\" columnist and poet who wrote \"Little Boy Blue\" and \"Winken, Blinken, and Nod.\" William Ordway", "title": "Lincoln Park" }, { "docid": "434127", "text": "of Grant's birth in 2022. The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site near St. Louis, and several other sites in Ohio and Illinois memorialize Grant's life. The U.S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site in Moreau, New York, preserves the house in which he completed his memoirs and died. There are smaller memorials in Chicago's Lincoln Park and Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. Named in his honor are Grant Park, as well as several counties in western and midwestern states. On June 3, 1891, a bronze statue of Grant by Danish sculptor Johannes Gelert was dedicated at Grant Park in Galena, Illinois. From", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "434128", "text": "1890 to 1940, part of what is now Kings Canyon National Park was called \"General Grant National Park\", named for the General Grant sequoia. In May 2012, the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation, on the institute's fiftieth anniversary, selected Mississippi State University as the permanent location for Ulysses S. Grant's presidential library. Historian John Y. Simon edited Grant's letters into a 32-volume scholarly edition published by Southern Illinois University Press. Grant's image has appeared on the front of the United States fifty-dollar bill since 1913. In 1921, the \"Ulysses S. Grant Centenary Association\" was founded with the goal of coordinating special", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "14267394", "text": "used to host meetings of the Women's Political Council. They were the first group to officially call for a boycott of the racially segregated Montgomery bus system, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Jefferson Franklin Jackson House The Jefferson Franklin Jackson House, commonly known as the Jackson-Community House, is a historic Italianate-style house in Montgomery, Alabama. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 21, 1978 and to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1984. The two-story frame house was built by Jefferson Franklin Jackson in 1853. Jackson served as a United", "title": "Jefferson Franklin Jackson House" }, { "docid": "14179780", "text": "died suddenly. Grant initially offered the seat to Senator Roscoe Conkling, who declined, as did Senator Timothy Howe. Grant made three attempts to fill vacancies: Grant vetoed more bills than any of his predecessors with 93 vetoes during the 41st through 44th Congresses. 45 were regular vetoes, and 48 of them were pocket vetoes. Grant had 4 vetoes overridden by Congress. Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant began on March 4, 1869, when Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1877. Grant took office", "title": "Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "6174845", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant IV Ulysses S. Grant IV (May 23, 1893 – March 11, 1977) was the son of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. and the grandson of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and United States Senator Jerome B. Chaffee of Colorado. He was an American geologist and paleontologist known for his work on the fossil mollusks of the California Pacific Coast. He was born at his father's farm, Merryweather Farm, in Salem Center, Westchester County, New York. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to San Diego, California. Grant studied geology at", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant IV" }, { "docid": "6174786", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant III Ulysses Simpson Grant III (July 4, 1881August 29, 1968) was a United States Army officer and planner. He was the son of Frederick Dent Grant, and the grandson of General of the Army and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was born in Chicago, as a grandson of President and General Ulysses S. Grant and educated in Austria, where his father was an American diplomat. He attended Columbia University until 1898 when he received an appointment to West Point. He graduated sixth in his class in 1903 (Douglas MacArthur graduated first in that class). After his", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant III" }, { "docid": "7893236", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant Home The Ulysses S. Grant Home in Galena, Illinois is the former home of Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War general and later 18th President of the United States. The home was designed by William Dennison and constructed in 1859 - 1860. The home was given to Grant by residents of Galena in 1865 as thanks for his war service, and has been maintained as a memorial to Grant since 1904. The house was designed in the Italianate style by William Dennison. Typical of buildings done in that style, the home featured well defined rectangular shapes, a", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant Home" }, { "docid": "434129", "text": "observances and erecting monuments in recognition of Grant's historical role. The venture was financed by the minting of 10,000 gold dollars (depicted below) and 250,000 half dollars. The coins were minted and issued in 1922, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Grant's birth. Grant has also appeared on several U.S. postage stamps, the first one issued in 1890, five years after his death. Biographical, political, and financial Military Primary sources Historiography Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877, Commanding", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "9729458", "text": "American Portraits American Portraits was an anthology radio program which aired on NBC from 1938 to 1951. Premiering February 5, 1938, with the life of Andrew Jackson, the show featured dramatic biographical profiles of such famed figures as Walt Whitman (February 25, 1938), Mark Twain (on April 23, 1938), Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Graham McNamee narrated, Raymond Scudder scripted and Joseph Hauntie was the music conductor. One episode covered the life of Louis Agassiz, the Swiss-born naturalist, physician and professor who studied glaciers, birds and animals and founded a museum of natural history. A", "title": "American Portraits" }, { "docid": "14197758", "text": "War book, \"Brother Again Brother: The Lost Civil War Diary of Lt. Edmund Halsey\" (Citadel Press, 1997), was followed by the dual biography of the Civil War’s leaders, \"Two American Presidents: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, 1861-1865\" (Citadel, 1999), a finalist for the Lincoln Prize. Chadwick’s newest books are \"1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See\" (Sourcebooks, 2008), about the causes of the Civil War. \"I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation\" (Wiley, 2009), about the slaying of a Founding Father", "title": "Bruce Chadwick" }, { "docid": "3692394", "text": "Gold Crew took the submarine to Holy Loch, and \"Ulysses S. Grant\" operated on deterrent patrols out of Holy Loch for the remainder of her career. \"Ulysses S. Grant\" was decommissioned on 12 June 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton was completed on 23 October 1993. \"Ulysses S. Grant\"s ship's bell is stored at the submarine base at Bremerton, where it has been used in retirement ceremonies. USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) USS \"Ulysses S. Grant\" (SSBN-631), a fleet ballistic missile submarine,", "title": "USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631)" }, { "docid": "5784698", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Downtown St. Louis, Missouri within the municipality of Grantwood Village. The site, also known as White Haven, commemorates the life, military career, and Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. Five historic structures are preserved at the site including the childhood home of Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant. White Haven was a plantation worked by slaves at the time Grant was married to his wife in 1848 and remained so until the end", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site" }, { "docid": "4132244", "text": "Committee. He reversed his views on black suffrage, withdrawing his support for it. After losing the Gubernatorial election in 1869, Hamilton served as the leader of Tax-Payers' Convention in 1871. Andrew Jackson Hamilton died in Austin, Texas on April 11, 1875 of tuberculosis. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery. Retrieved on 2009-03-23 Andrew Jackson Hamilton Andrew Jackson Hamilton (January 28, 1815 – April 11, 1875) was a United States politician during the third quarter of the 19th century. He was a lawyer, state representative, military governor of Texas, as well as the 11th Governor of Texas during Reconstruction. Hamilton was", "title": "Andrew Jackson Hamilton" }, { "docid": "5802232", "text": "traveled in California. He was a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Grant died at age 77 at the Sandberg Lodge on the Ridge Route north of Los Angeles while on a road trip. He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in San Diego. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. Ulysses Simpson \"Buck\" Grant Jr. (July 22, 1852 – September 25, 1929) was an American attorney and entrepreneur. He was the second son of President Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was born in Bethel, Ohio on July 22, 1852. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1870, Harvard University", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant Jr." }, { "docid": "5802227", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant Jr. Ulysses Simpson \"Buck\" Grant Jr. (July 22, 1852 – September 25, 1929) was an American attorney and entrepreneur. He was the second son of President Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was born in Bethel, Ohio on July 22, 1852. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1870, Harvard University in 1874, and Columbia Law School in 1876. He served as personal secretary to his father while he was president and as Assistant United States Attorney in New York. Grant then worked in private practice and became wealthy. He partnered in a banking and brokerage firm with Ferdinand", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant Jr." }, { "docid": "17577395", "text": "whiskey. Also rumored, was that in 1872 the Ring had secretly funded the Republican Presidential campaign. In an effort of reform and to clean up corruption, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Benjamin Bristow, as U.S. Secretary of Treasury in 1874, who immediately discovered millions of dollars were being depleted from the U.S. Treasury. Under orders from President Grant, in May 1875, Sec. Bristow struck hard at the Ring, nationally shutting down distilleries, arresting hundreds involved in the ring having obtained over 350 indictments. The Ring through Bristow's vigorous raids had been effectively shut down. In April 1875, President Grant appointed", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration reforms" }, { "docid": "15373", "text": "from Gettysburg, and the continued passivity of the Army of the Potomac, persuaded Lincoln that a change in command was needed. General Ulysses S. Grant's victories at the Battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign impressed Lincoln and made Grant a strong candidate to head the Union Army. Responding to criticism of Grant after Shiloh, Lincoln had said, \"I can't spare this man. He fights.\" With Grant in command, Lincoln felt the Union Army could relentlessly pursue a series of coordinated offensives in multiple theaters, and have a top commander who agreed on the use of black troops. Nevertheless,", "title": "Abraham Lincoln" }, { "docid": "14179770", "text": "president. It is an argument full of significance for how we see the course of American political history ... Scaturro's work ... should prompt a reassessment of the entire progressive-New Deal Tradition.\" In the 21st Century, Grant's reputation and ranking had significantly increased, that followed a series of positive biographies written by noted historians, that included Jean Edward Smith, \"Grant\", H.W. Brands, \"The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace\" and most recently Ronald C. White, \"American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant\". Historian Joan Waugh said Grant took steps where a few other presidents", "title": "Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "7893238", "text": "are given by interpreters dressed in period costumes. Information is given about Grant's activities during the Civil War up through his presidency. An adjacent building houses exhibits about Grant and the history of the home. The Grant Home was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, upon that program's inception. The Grant House also lies within the Galena Historic District, designated in 1969. The district has more than 1,000 contributing properties. Ulysses S. Grant Home The Ulysses S. Grant Home in Galena, Illinois is the", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant Home" }, { "docid": "18125825", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant (Wister biography) Ulysses S. Grant is a 1900 book by Owen Wister. It is a biography of Ulysses S. Grant. It was written for the Beacon Biographies Series published by Small, Maynard & Company. Wister took on the book at the urging of his friend M. A. De Wolfe Howe. In particular, Wister's biography focus upon the remarkable contrast between Grant's life up to his thirty ninth year and the transition between a relatively uneventful and undistinguished life in a provincial town to the achievement of the status of one of the most significant military generals and", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant (Wister biography)" }, { "docid": "14179608", "text": "Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant began on March 4, 1869, when Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1877. Grant took office in the aftermath of the Civil War, and he presided over much of the Reconstruction Era. A Republican, Grant became president after defeating Democrat Horatio Seymour in the 1868 presidential election. He was reelected in 1872 in a landslide victory, overcoming a split in the Republican Party that resulted in the formation of the Liberal Republicans, which nominated Horace Greeley to", "title": "Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "17575870", "text": "North America. His wife, Julia Grant, was also interred in Grant's Tomb following her death in 1902. Grant is also honored by the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial at the base of Capitol Hill in Washington. Post-presidency of Ulysses S. Grant After eight years in the presidential office during Reconstruction, Ulysses S. Grant looked forward to retirement from public life. When his second term in office ended in 1877, Grant had gained weight, while he desired to travel the world and visit his daughter in Scotland. Grant began his post-presidential life with a two-year tour that took him and his wife", "title": "Post-presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "14179750", "text": "mine. The Crédit Mobilier scandal's origins were during the presidential Administrations of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, however, political congressional infighting during the Grant Administration exposed the scandal. In a speech in 1875 to a veteran's meeting, Grant called for a Constitutional amendment that would mandate free public schools and prohibit the use of public money for sectarian schools. He was echoing nativist sentiments that were strong in his Republican Party. Tyler Anbinder says, \"Grant was not an obsessive nativist. He expressed his resentment of immigrants and animus toward Catholicism only rarely. But these sentiments reveal themselves frequently enough in", "title": "Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "3692390", "text": "USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) USS \"Ulysses S. Grant\" (SSBN-631), a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), American Civil War general and the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877). The contract to build \"Ulysses S. Grant\" was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 20 July 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 18 August 1962. She was launched on 2 November 1963, sponsored by Mrs. David W. Griffiths, the great-granddaughter of President Grant, and", "title": "USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631)" }, { "docid": "9729459", "text": "West Point anniversary program was presented March 19, 1938. \"Harriet Beecher Stowe\" dramatized the life of the author of \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\". American Portraits American Portraits was an anthology radio program which aired on NBC from 1938 to 1951. Premiering February 5, 1938, with the life of Andrew Jackson, the show featured dramatic biographical profiles of such famed figures as Walt Whitman (February 25, 1938), Mark Twain (on April 23, 1938), Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Graham McNamee narrated, Raymond Scudder scripted and Joseph Hauntie was the music conductor. One episode covered the life of", "title": "American Portraits" }, { "docid": "17945204", "text": "Grant Military accounts Grant's world tour Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States (1869–1877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military, secession and the war, which ended with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox Court House. As president, Grant led the Radical Republicans in their effort to eliminate vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery, protect African American citizenship, and pursued Reconstruction in the former", "title": "Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "17945200", "text": "Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States (1869–1877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military, secession and the war, which ended with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox Court House. As president, Grant led the Radical Republicans in their effort to eliminate vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery, protect African American citizenship, and pursued Reconstruction in the former Confederate states. In foreign policy, Grant", "title": "Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "17817054", "text": "20% of Washington's population, attended the dedication. Dignitaries at the dedication included President Andrew Johnson, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William Tecumseh Sherman, and General Winfield Scott Hancock. Supreme Court Justices and members of Congress were not in attendance because Johnson's impeachment trial was taking place. A Masonic ceremony, along with music and prayers, took place at the dedication before the main speech by Major General Benjamin Brown French. Following the speech, Washington mayor Richard Wallach introduced Johnson, who uncovered the statue. The crowd cheered, followed by more music and finally a benediction. In 1919, the memorial was dismantled and", "title": "Abraham Lincoln (Flannery)" }, { "docid": "4792963", "text": "James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. Theodore Roosevelt's campaign headquarters for his unsuccessful campaign for mayor in 1886, and his likewise failed campaign for governor in 1898 were located in the hotel. The hotel, which was noted for its \"Amen Corner\" where Republican political boss Thomas Collier Platt held court in the 1890s, was closed and demolished in 1908. It is reported that patrons of the hotel's bar spent $7.000 on drinks on its last day of operation. A plaque on", "title": "Madison Square and Madison Square Park" }, { "docid": "5479497", "text": "control the supply of a new drug called \"Pop\", a combination of ecstasy and cocaine. Four of the leaders call themselves Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson and Grant. The overall leader is called Benjamin, who takes ironic pride in the fact that Benjamin Franklin was never President. Whitting sends Reed to a drug den in Harlem run by Lincoln (Phil Morris). Lincoln leads Reed to Hamilton (Richard Yearwood), who tells him the Yakuza have declared war on the Presidents, and Jackson is on his way to kill the Yakuza's leader, Kobi (Jeanne Mori). Reed saves Kobi from a drive-by shooting, and kills", "title": "True Crime: New York City" }, { "docid": "13500873", "text": "leadership of Association President Logan Hay, Paul M. Angle became the Association's first executive secretary. Paul Angle, Benjamin Thomas, Harry Pratt established the association's programs of research and publication. Its semi-annual \"Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association\" is the only journal devoted exclusively to the history and legacies of Abraham Lincoln. The association also publishes a quarterly newsletter, \"For the People\". Historian David Herbert Donald said \"The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association is the most important periodical in the field of Lincoln studies. As a Lincoln biographer, I rely on it heavily for both ideas and information.\" The eight-volume", "title": "Abraham Lincoln Association" }, { "docid": "2734055", "text": "Despite this, a states-rights-based defense of slavery persisted amongst Southerners until the American Civil War; conversely, Northerners explored nullification of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Abraham Lincoln kept a portrait of Andrew Jackson above his desk at the War Department during efforts to defend the Constitution as understood by a national majority of people and states at that time. In the mid-19th Century during the administrations of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, the United States suffered a tragic passage through the Civil War and Reconstruction. An important survey of the philosophical and legal underpinnings of \"States", "title": "History of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "15278", "text": "Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was a descendant of Samuel Lincoln, an Englishman who migrated from Hingham, Norfolk, to its namesake of Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638. Samuel's grandson and great-grandson began the family's western migration, which passed through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Lincoln's paternal grandfather and namesake, Captain Abraham Lincoln, moved the family from Virginia to Jefferson County, Kentucky, in the 1780s. Captain Lincoln was killed in an Indian raid in 1786. His children, including eight-year-old Thomas, the future president's father, witnessed the attack. After his father's murder, Thomas was left to make his own way on the", "title": "Abraham Lincoln" }, { "docid": "15162058", "text": "in the West and East that battled Confederate armies, inflicted more casualties, a total of 190,760 Confederate versus 153,643 Union, a difference of 37,118. Even today, many historians, scholars, and even ordinary Americans remember Grant more fondly as \"General Grant\" than \"President Grant\". Grant served under nine Presidents. Western Campaigns and Battles of Ulysses S. Grant Eastern Campaigns and Battles of Ulysses S. Grant Totals Western and Eastern Campaigns and Battles of Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War Ulysses S. Grant was the most acclaimed Union general during the American Civil War and was twice", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "7730401", "text": "S. Nolen, and Assistant Editor Louie P. Gallo completed the project in order to contextualize the memoirs for the modern reader. Grant's memoirs are in the public domain and available in PDF and other formats online: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused mainly on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, and completed as he was dying of cancer in 1885. The two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death.", "title": "Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "433997", "text": "vote because he was not yet a legal resident of Illinois, but he favored Democrat Stephen A. Douglas over the eventual winner, Abraham Lincoln, and Lincoln over the Southern Democrat, John C. Breckinridge. He was torn between his increasingly anti-slavery views and the fact that his wife remained a staunch Democrat. On April 12, 1861, the American Civil War began when Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The news came as a shock in Galena, and Grant shared his neighbors' concern about the war. On April 15, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. On April 16, Grant attended", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "434051", "text": "while he recommended the \"proper treatment\" of Native Americans and encouraged their \"civilization and ultimate citizenship\". Grant's cabinet appointments were made without senatorial approval and sparked both criticism and approval. Grant chose two close friends for important posts: Elihu B. Washburne for Secretary of State and John A. Rawlins as Secretary of War. Washburne was replaced by conservative New York statesman Hamilton Fish. Rawlins died in office after serving only a few months, replaced by William W. Belknap of Iowa. For Treasurer he appointed Alexander T. Stewart who was found ineligible and replaced by Representative George S. Boutwell, a Massachusetts", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "7730383", "text": "Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused mainly on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, and completed as he was dying of cancer in 1885. The two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death. Twain created a unique marketing system designed to reach millions of veterans with a patriotic appeal just as Grant's death was being mourned. Ten thousand agents canvassed the North, following a script that Twain had devised;", "title": "Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "17577402", "text": "Bristow, who successfully prosecuted and shut down the Whiskey Ring in 1875, was not out right dismissed by Grant. Rather, Bristow resigned on his own under pressure from Grant in 1876, since Bristow had discovered Grant's private secretary Orville Babcock was involved in the Whiskey Ring corruption. Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration reforms During Ulysses S. Grant's two terms as President of the United States (1869–1877) there were several executive branch investigations, prosecutions, and reforms carried-out by President Grant, Congress, and several members of his Cabinet, in the wake of several revelation of fraudulent activities within the administration. Grant's cabinet", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration reforms" }, { "docid": "15706635", "text": "as a diplomat in the United States and is still regarded as the longest serving ambassador of Germany in the U.S. During his time in Washington, he maintained good contacts with many politicians, including several presidents and government ministers. In the quarter century of service, Gerolt saw Presidents James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses Grant. Millard Fillmore was the only incumbent U.S. president, who visited Germany in the 19th century. In 1855, he met with Alexander von Humboldt and King Friedrich Wilhelm IV together in Berlin. In this period", "title": "Friedrich von Gerolt" }, { "docid": "8159413", "text": "entrance, are marble statues of General Ulysses S. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln statue was a commissioned by Congress and designed by Vinnie Ream. The statue of Grant was a gift to Congress by the Grand Army of the Republic. Located in the southwest portion of the Rotunda is a statue of Alexander Hamilton. The main difference between lying in state and lying in honor is the designated guard of honor that keeps watch over the casket. When a person lies in state, a guard of honor from the United States Armed Forces watches over the casket; when", "title": "United States Capitol rotunda" }, { "docid": "20231484", "text": "the middle. Historical reputation of Ulysses S. Grant Hundreds of historians and biographers have written biographies and historical accounts about the life of Ulysses S. Grant and his performance in military and presidential affairs. Very few presidential reputations have shifted as dramatically as Grant's. From the time Grant was hailed across the North as the winning general in the American Civil War his military reputation has held up fairly well. He was roundly credited as the General who \"saved the Union,\" and although he has been the subject of some criticism over the years, this reputation largely stands intact. His", "title": "Historical reputation of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "20231456", "text": "Historical reputation of Ulysses S. Grant Hundreds of historians and biographers have written biographies and historical accounts about the life of Ulysses S. Grant and his performance in military and presidential affairs. Very few presidential reputations have shifted as dramatically as Grant's. From the time Grant was hailed across the North as the winning general in the American Civil War his military reputation has held up fairly well. He was roundly credited as the General who \"saved the Union,\" and although he has been the subject of some criticism over the years, this reputation largely stands intact. His presidential reputation", "title": "Historical reputation of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "3692393", "text": "command of Commander Michael P. McBride, took \"Ulysses S. Grant\" through a non-firing second-half DASO. During that period, the Gold Crew enjoyed a luxury for a \"boomer\" crew, a swim call in the Caribbean. On 7 April 1987, two crewmen of \"Ulysses S. Grant\" were swept off the submarine's deck during heavy seas 3 mile off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. One was rescued but was pronounced dead upon rescue. The other remains presumed \"lost at sea\". In 1989, after the Blue Crew turned \"Ulysses S. Grant\" over to the Gold Crew while she was moored alongside the submarine tender , the", "title": "USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631)" }, { "docid": "3692392", "text": "Poseidon ballistic missiles at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington, \"Ulysses S. Grant\" was deployed to Holy Loch, Scotland in 1970, and operated in the European area until September 1977. In the mid-1980s, \"Ulysses S. Grant\" underwent a refueling overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Kittery, Maine. After the overhaul period, the Blue Crew completed what was called \"The best DASO (Demonstration and Shakedown Operation) in 10 years,\" which concluded with the firing of a test missile on 31 July 1987. \"Ulysses S. Grant\" then returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, where the Gold Crew, under the", "title": "USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631)" }, { "docid": "12951557", "text": "Second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant The second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States was held on Tuesday, March 4, 1873. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second four-year term of Ulysses S. Grant as President and the only term of Henry Wilson as Vice President. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the presidential oath of office. This was one of the coldest inaugurations in US history, and the inaugural ball ended early when the food froze. Wilson died into this term, and the office remained vacant for the balance of it. (Prior to", "title": "Second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "4132238", "text": "Andrew Jackson Hamilton Andrew Jackson Hamilton (January 28, 1815 – April 11, 1875) was a United States politician during the third quarter of the 19th century. He was a lawyer, state representative, military governor of Texas, as well as the 11th Governor of Texas during Reconstruction. Hamilton was born in Huntsville, Alabama on January 28, 1815. His education began in Alabama where he went to law school and was eventually admitted to the bar in Talladega, Alabama. In order to join his older brother Morgan, Hamilton moved to Texas late in 1846 and opened his own law practice in La", "title": "Andrew Jackson Hamilton" }, { "docid": "5784712", "text": "development of a Grant-themed amusement park in 1913 by Albert Wenzlick, a St. Louis real estate developer. The house was maintained by Wenzlick and his son until the latter's death in 1979. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. In 1989, White Haven became a part of the National Park Service, and is currently one of more than 400 sites managed by that agency. The current superintendent is Timothy S. Good. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is a", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site" }, { "docid": "433968", "text": "He graduated from West Point in 1843 and served with distinction in the Mexican–American War. Upon his return, Grant married Julia Dent, and together they had four children. In 1854, Grant abruptly resigned from the army. He and his family struggled financially in civilian life for seven years. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Grant joined the Union Army and rapidly rose in rank to general. Grant was persistent in his pursuit of the Confederate enemy, winning major battles and gaining Union control of the Mississippi River. In March 1864, President Abraham Lincoln promoted Grant to Lieutenant General,", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "434030", "text": "by John S. Mosby's irregular Confederate cavalry, Grant recommended rounding up their families for imprisonment as hostages at Fort McHenry. After Grant's abortive attempt to capture Petersburg, Lincoln supported Grant in his decision to continue. Because of the high casualties, Lincoln arrived at Grant's headquarters at City Point on June 21 to assess the state of Grant's army, meeting with Grant and Admiral Porter. By the time Lincoln departed his appreciation for Grant had grown. At Petersburg, Grant approved a plan to blow up part of the enemy trenches from an underground tunnel. The explosion created a crater, into which", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "20397986", "text": "the touring party. While in Manchester Grant gave a memorable speech to workers who came to see him, impressed by Ulysses' moving oration on human rights. Arriving in London, Grant was guest of the Prince of Wales at Epsom Downs Racecourse, meeting with the Duke of Wellington. Sunday, Grant attended the \"devine service\" at Westminster Abbey. On June 18, Grant had breakfast with authors Matthew Arnold, Anthony Trollope, and Robert Browning. Controversy ensued when Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli believed that Grant was officially just a commoner. Grant's appointed minister to London and former Attorney General, Edwards Pierrepont, now under the", "title": "World tour of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "5669876", "text": "The Galt House was acclaimed as Louisville's best hotel. Many noted people stayed at the original Galt House, including Jefferson Davis, Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. During the Civil War, the Galt House was utilized for meetings of Union generals. In September 1862, it was the scene of an unusual murder, when General Jefferson C. Davis (not to be confused with Confederate President Jefferson Davis) shot Union General William \"Bull\" Nelson after a dispute. According to a historical marker for the original Galt House, in March 1864, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman met at", "title": "Galt House" }, { "docid": "17540609", "text": "parents. Growing up in a middle-class family, supported by his father's tanneries, he sought a different career in the military. He was appointed to West Point by Ohio Congressman Thomas L. Hamer. It was Hamer who had given Grant the name \"Ulysses S. Grant\" when Grant entered West Point as a plebe in 1839. After four years at West Point, he was stationed in Missouri, where he met his future wife, Julia Dent. In 1846, Grant served in the Mexican–American War, where he was brevetted for bravery. There he fought in Mexico and learned under two commanders, Zachary Taylor and", "title": "Early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "17577362", "text": "Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration reforms During Ulysses S. Grant's two terms as President of the United States (1869–1877) there were several executive branch investigations, prosecutions, and reforms carried-out by President Grant, Congress, and several members of his Cabinet, in the wake of several revelation of fraudulent activities within the administration. Grant's cabinet fluctuated between talented individuals or reformers and those involved with political patronage or party corruption. Some notable reforming cabinet members were persons who had outstanding abilities and made many positive contributions to the administration. These reformers resisted the Republican Party's demands for patronage to select efficient civil", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration reforms" }, { "docid": "8619349", "text": "John Adams Jackson. During the last two years of the American Civil War, he moved to Washington, D.C. and modeled 24 portrait medallions of President Abraham Lincoln, his Cabinet, and generals and admirals. The Union League of Philadelphia purchased most of the medallions. In 1867 Simmons received an honorary A.M. from Bates College and from Colby. Simmons went to live in Rome in 1868, but returned several times. Among his portrait busts are those of David D. Porter, James G. Blaine, Francis Wayland, and Ulysses S. Grant (1886). He is said to have made a female statue of \"The Wanderer\",", "title": "Franklin Simmons" }, { "docid": "10124977", "text": "War, Lincoln cycled through numerous military commanders during the war, finally settling on General Ulysses S. Grant, who had led the Union to several victories in the Western Theater. Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed about millions of slaves in Confederate-held territory, and established emancipation as a Union war goal. In 1865, Lincoln was instrumental in the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which made slavery unconstitutional. Lincoln also presided over the passage of important domestic legislation, including the first of the Homestead Acts, the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862, and the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. He ran for re-election in", "title": "Presidency of Abraham Lincoln" }, { "docid": "11903219", "text": "emphasize Elihu Washburne and his Civil War-era friendships with Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. The rooms are furnished to reflect the mid-19th-century life of a well-to-do midwestern professional. The U.S. National Register of Historic Places added the Washburne House to its listings on July 5, 1973. The 1970s Illinois Historic Sites Survey noted the Washburne House for its importance architecturally as well as for its association with Elihu Washburne. The Washburne House also lies within the Galena Historic District, designated in 1969, the district has more than 1,000 contributing properties. Elihu Benjamin Washburne House The Elihu Benjamin Washburne House,", "title": "Elihu Benjamin Washburne House" }, { "docid": "15162053", "text": "Army surrendered to Grant. There, Grant offered generous terms that did much to ease tensions between the armies and preserve some semblance of Southern pride, which was needed to reunite the warring sides. Within a few weeks, the American Civil War was over, though minor actions continued until Kirby Smith surrendered his forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department on June 2, 1865. Ulysses S. Grant was a very popular man in the United States after the American Civil War. After President Lincoln was assassinated in April, 1865, Grant became America's first four-star general and would aid Congress, led by the Radicals,", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "20398042", "text": "to enjoy the financial relief of his family or the popularity of his only book. Grant died on July 23, 1885. World tour of Ulysses S. Grant The world tour of Ulysses S. Grant began in May 1877, only a couple of months after Grant's second presidential term had ended. After serving as a general during the Civil War, and as president for two consecutive terms during the turbulent Reconstruction Era, Grant was ready for a vacation from the years of stress that war and politics had brought him. Now in his later fifties, Grant looked forward to the tour", "title": "World tour of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "17575848", "text": "Post-presidency of Ulysses S. Grant After eight years in the presidential office during Reconstruction, Ulysses S. Grant looked forward to retirement from public life. When his second term in office ended in 1877, Grant had gained weight, while he desired to travel the world and visit his daughter in Scotland. Grant began his post-presidential life with a two-year tour that took him and his wife and entourage around the world. On returning, Grant was welcomed home with an adoration unknown since the end of the Civil War, and he began to consider running for a third term as president in", "title": "Post-presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "9642726", "text": "Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Ohio Hamilton Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, 614 people lived in the township. Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: No municipalities are located in Hamilton Township. Hamilton Township was organized in 1816, and named after Alexander Hamilton. Statewide, other Hamilton Townships are located in Franklin, Lawrence, and Warren counties. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January", "title": "Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Ohio" }, { "docid": "12951527", "text": "12 to 1 o'clock, invoking Divine blessings on the incoming Administration, all Christian denominations uniting.\" \"A salute was fired and the public buildings and the principal streets of the city were decorated with flags to-day, in honor of the inauguration of GRANT.\" \"Grant's Inaugural address was circulated here at 3:30 pm today. It was sought for and read with avidity to suffrage is regarded as obscure; otherwise the address gives general satisfaction.\" First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant The first inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as the 18th President of the United States took place on March 4, 1869. The", "title": "First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "19133387", "text": "Franklin (1857-1938) was a British merchant banker and senior partner of A. Keyser & Co. His other son Leonard Benjamin Franklin (1862–1944) was a barrister, banker and Liberal Party politician. His daughter Beatrice Franklin married Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, the Liberal politician who was party leader from 1931–35. Franklin died in 1909. Upon his death, he left an estate valued at GBP£511,000. Ellis Abraham Franklin Ellis Abraham Franklin (5 October 1822 – 11 May 1909) was a British merchant banker. He was the son of Abraham Franklin (1784-1854), a silversmith and licensed navy agent, who started in Portsmouth, then", "title": "Ellis Abraham Franklin" }, { "docid": "434118", "text": "the top of Mount McGregor, offered by a family friend. Grant finished his memoir and died only a few days later. Grant's memoirs treat his early life and time in the Mexican–American War briefly and are inclusive of his life up to the end of the Civil War. The \"Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant\" was a critical and commercial success. Julia Grant received about $450,000 in royalties (). Grant's successful autobiography pioneered a method for ex-presidents and veterans to earn money. The memoir has been highly regarded by the public, military historians, and literary critics. Grant portrayed himself in", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "4479622", "text": "both are great men and for a time embodied the spirit of the Democratic Party, they now fail to represent the breadth of change that has affected the Democratic Party and its current membership. Jefferson–Jackson Day Jefferson–Jackson Day is the annual fundraising celebration (dinner) held by Democratic Party organizations in the United States. It is named for Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson; the Party says they are its founders. During presidential election campaigns, key dinners are important venues for candidates to attend. It is usually held in February or March around the same time as the Republican Party's equivalent", "title": "Jefferson–Jackson Day" }, { "docid": "11875493", "text": "the Washington area was his role as a founder of what is today Gallaudet University. Presidents John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison worshiped at “Old First.” Sunderland performed the marriage ceremony of President Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom at the White House. Orators of the day who spoke from the church’s pulpit included Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Henry Ward Beecher, and T. DeWitt Talmage, who later became pastor of First Presbyterian Church and then editor of the \"[Christian Herald]\" magazine. In addition to Sunderland, who served", "title": "National Presbyterian Church" }, { "docid": "17945203", "text": "his communications and annual messages to Congress are recommended readings. In May 2012, on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation, Mississippi State University was selected as the permanent location for Ulysses S. Grant's Presidential Library. Historian John Y. Simon edited Grant's letters into a 32-volume scholarly edition published by Southern Illinois University Press. Early biographers (and memoirs of close associates) Inaugural Addresses State of the Union Addresses Executive orders Proclamations Special Messages Civil Service Commission Civil Rights Act of 1875 Veto Messages Treaty of Washington 1871 Indian Appropriations Act 1871 Papers of Ulysses S.", "title": "Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "20397974", "text": "World tour of Ulysses S. Grant The world tour of Ulysses S. Grant began in May 1877, only a couple of months after Grant's second presidential term had ended. After serving as a general during the Civil War, and as president for two consecutive terms during the turbulent Reconstruction Era, Grant was ready for a vacation from the years of stress that war and politics had brought him. Now in his later fifties, Grant looked forward to the tour with great enthusiasm. With his wife Julia they embarked on a long-anticipated tour, which would develop into an around the world", "title": "World tour of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "434024", "text": "met weekly with Lincoln and Stanton in Washington. After protest from Halleck, Grant scrapped a risky invasion plan of North Carolina, and adopted a plan of five coordinated Union offensives on five fronts, so Confederate armies could not shift troops along interior lines. Grant and Meade would make a direct frontal attack on Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, while Sherman, whom Grant named chief of the western armies, was to destroy Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee and take Atlanta. Major General Benjamin Butler would advance on Lee from the southeast, up the James River, while Major General", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "434126", "text": "at the end of the war and after.\" While historian Charles W. Calhoun noted Grant's presidential successes, he questioned whether Grant's revived reputation among scholars has been found in the \"popular consciousness.\" Several memorials honor Grant. In addition to his mausoleum – Grant's Tomb in New York City – there is the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial at the foot of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Created by sculptor Henry Merwin Shrady and architect Edward Pearce Casey, and dedicated in 1922, it overlooks the Capitol Reflecting Pool. In 2015, restoration work began, which is expected to be completed before the bicentennial", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "17540608", "text": "Early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant The early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) tells the story of the future general's ancestry, birth, and early career in and out of the United States army from 1822 to 1861. Grant was born in Ohio in 1822. Grant was educated in both private and public schools or academies and was later known to be an avid reader. Grant was raised a Methodist, but uncommon for his times, he was not baptized or forced to attend church by his", "title": "Early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "3038753", "text": "George S. Boutwell George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th Governor of Massachusetts, a Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Abraham Lincoln. He was a leader in the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Boutwell, an abolitionist, is primarily known for his leadership in the formation of the Republican Party, and his championship of African American citizenship and suffrage rights during Reconstruction. As U.S. Representative, he was instrumental", "title": "George S. Boutwell" } ]

[ "T Ros", "Feddy Roosevelt", "26th President of the United States", "Trust Buster", "The Cowboy President", "Teddy roosevelt", "Theodore Roosavelt", "President Theodore Roosevelt", "Theodor roosevelt", "Teddy Rose", "Teddy Roosevelt", "Theodore roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt", "Teodoro Roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt Administration", "Teddy Roosvelt", "Teddy Rosevelt", "Roosevelt, Theodore", "Teddy Roosevelt foreign policy", "T Roosevelt", "Cowboy of the Dakotas", "Teddy Roose", "Theodore Roosevelt" ]

[ { "docid": "13876943", "text": "committee feared being labeled naïve for accepting a young politician's promises at face value\", stating that \"no one could deny that 'the international climate' had suddenly improved, and that Mr. Obama was the main reason...'We want to embrace the message that he stands for.\" Obama was the fourth U.S. President to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, after Theodore Roosevelt (1906) and Woodrow Wilson (1919)—both of whom received the award during their terms—and Jimmy Carter (2002), who received the award 21 years after leaving office. In addition, then-sitting Vice President Charles Dawes was a co-winner with Austen Chamberlain (1925), and", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009500", "text": "support human rights defenders around the world and have intervened with heads of state on their behalf. In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work \"to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development\" through The Carter Center. Three sitting presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Barack Obama, have received the prize; Carter is unique in receiving the award for his actions after leaving the presidency. He is, along with Martin Luther King, Jr., one of two native Georgians to receive the Nobel. 2002 Nobel", "title": "2002 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876939", "text": "In a 36-minute speech, he discussed the tensions between war and peace and the idea of a \"just war\" saying, \"perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am the Commander-in-Chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars.\" Obama is the fourth President of the United States to have won the Nobel Peace Prize (after Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter, with Carter's honor happening after leaving office). The winner is selected by the Nobel Committee from nominations submitted by committee members and others. Nominations for", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284468", "text": "award ceremony and banquet, which begins with the laureates arriving in Stockholm and normally ends with the Nobel banquet), but this is not mandatory. The laureate is only obliged to give the lecture within six months of receiving the prize. Some have happened even later. For example, US President Theodore Roosevelt received the Peace Prize in 1906 but gave his lecture in 1910, after his term in office. The lectures are organized by the same association which selected the laureates. It was announced on 30 May 2012 that the Nobel Foundation had awarded the contract for the production of the", "title": "Nobel Prize" } ]

[ { "docid": "13876968", "text": "global level and global peace make him the appropriate recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize,\" said Siamak Hirai, a spokesman for Karzai. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the decision was ridiculous, saying, \"The Nobel prize for peace? Obama should have won the 'Nobel Prize for escalating violence and killing civilians.\" Indonesia's, Masdar Mas'udi, deputy head of the Islamic organisation Nahdlatul Ulama, praised Obama's policy towards his country as confirmation of his worthiness as a Nobel laureate. \"I think it's appropriate because he is the only American president who has reached out to us in peace,\" he said. \"On the issues", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876938", "text": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his \"extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people\". The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of nuclear nonproliferation and a \"new climate\" in international relations fostered by Obama, especially in reaching out to the Muslim world. The Nobel Committee's decision drew mixed reactions from US commentators and editorial writers across the political spectrum, as well as from the rest of the world. Obama accepted the prize in Oslo on December 10, 2009.", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876967", "text": "committee for a \"hideous display of cynical politics\". Stuart Rees, director of the Sydney Peace Foundation in Australia, questioned the award. \"Perhaps the Nobel organisation wants to give him a magic wand. I think the guy is full of promise, but I don't think the promise has been realised yet particularly in regards the Middle East.\" In Asia and the Middle East: Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said that Obama was the \"appropriate\" person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. \"His hard work and his new vision on global relations, his will and efforts for creating friendly and good relations at", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876971", "text": "your approach celebrates our common humanity.\" Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who was touted as a possible Nobel laureate, said Obama deserved the honor. In 2011 Bolivian President Evo Morales and Russian Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky condemned the award calling it hypocritical in light of US policy during the Libyan Civil War. After the death of Anwar al-Awlaki and his son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki by CIA predator drones in Yemen, Nasser al-Awlaki, the father and grandfather of Anwar and Abdulrahman respectively, released an audio message condemning the killings: President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace prize in person at the", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876970", "text": "\"As President Hugo Chávez said at the United Nations, (the Obama administration) is a government that has raised expectations and hopes in many people in the world, amid great contradictions.\" In Africa, the news of the Obama Nobel Peace Prize was positively received. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki issued a statement saying that the prize was a \"recognition of the contribution [Obama is] making for the well being of humanity.\" In South Africa, President Jacob Zuma used \"Ubuntu\"—the Zulu term for \"the importance of community\"—in his congratulatory message, saying that the U.S. president's \"leadership reflects the true spirit of Ubuntu because", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876959", "text": "There have been a number of calls for Obama to either return the award or to have the Nobel Committee recall it, most recently in 2013. In April 2013 a petition was begun asking the Nobel Committee to rescind the Peace Prize. The petition garnered 10,000 signatures in its first day and nearly 20,000 by the end of its first week. Nobel laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore called the award \"extremely well deserved\". Obama received congratulations and kind words from other elected officials, such as from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former rival, Senator John McCain, who", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "4622929", "text": "nine months into Obama's first term as president, received criticism that it was undeserved, premature and politically motivated. Obama himself said that he felt \"surprised\" by the win and did not consider himself worthy of the award, but nonetheless accepted it. Obama's peace prize was called a \"stunning surprise\" by \"The New York Times\". Much of the surprise arose from the fact that nominations for the award had been due by 1 February 2009, only 12 days after Obama took office. In an October 2011 interview, Thorbjørn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, was asked whether Obama had lived", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "18328937", "text": "Kailash Satyarthi, was not among the commonly cited favourites. 2014 Nobel Peace Prize The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai \"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education\". Satyarthi is from India, the seventh person from his country to win a Nobel Prize and the second to win the Peace Prize after Mother Teresa, while Yousafzai is a Muslim from Pakistan, the second Nobel Prize winner from her country after Abdus Salam, the forty-seventh woman to win the", "title": "2014 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009494", "text": "change. Her husband, Javad Tavassolian, was an advisor to President Khatami. The decision of the Nobel committee surprised some observers worldwide. Pope John Paul II had been predicted to win the Peace Prize amid speculation that he was nearing death. Some observers viewed Ebadi's selection as a calculated and political one along the lines of the selection of Lech Wałęsa and Mikhail Gorbachev, among others, for the award. Furthermore, they suggested that Ebadi's activities were not directly related to the goals of the prize as originally expressed by Alfred Nobel. She presented a book entitled \"Democracy, human rights, and Islam", "title": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876976", "text": "special gift is to make them seem achievable by appealing to our higher nature.\" It was also received well by columnists in \"The Washington Post\". Abroad, British historian Simon Schama said of the speech that \"in its seriousness, bravery and clarity, [it] was on a par with FDR and Churchill\" and \"summoned the spirit of Cicero\". 2009 Nobel Peace Prize The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his \"extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people\". The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18328934", "text": "2014 Nobel Peace Prize The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai \"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education\". Satyarthi is from India, the seventh person from his country to win a Nobel Prize and the second to win the Peace Prize after Mother Teresa, while Yousafzai is a Muslim from Pakistan, the second Nobel Prize winner from her country after Abdus Salam, the forty-seventh woman to win the Nobel Prize, and at the age of 17 years,", "title": "2014 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876969", "text": "of race, religion, skin colour, he has an open attitude.\" Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Indian President Pratibha Patil and Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres sent congratulatory messages to Obama, but Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters that \"the decision was taken hastily and the award was [too] early.\" In Latin America, former Cuban President Fidel Castro called the award \"positive\" and said the prize should be seen as a criticism to the \"genocidal policy\" carried out by past U.S. presidents. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro said the award was a surprise and perhaps premature.", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "19069234", "text": "Zarif for the Iran nuclear deal, Pope Francis for his assistance in the United States–Cuban Thaw, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla leader Timoleón Jiménez for the peace process in the Colombian conflict, and Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege who treats victims of sexual violence and has been nominated for this before. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. For the 2015 award, the members were: 2015 Nobel Peace Prize The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for \"its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in", "title": "2015 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "19774580", "text": "Syria chief amongst them – they can sometimes provide the necessary momentum to see it through.\" The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee: 2016 Nobel Peace Prize The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos \"for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people.\" The conflict is the longest running war, and last remaining guerrilla struggle, in the Americas. The Nobel Peace Prize", "title": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "19774573", "text": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos \"for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people.\" The conflict is the longest running war, and last remaining guerrilla struggle, in the Americas. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who have \"done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and", "title": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976527", "text": "lifted millions out of poverty\", and said he hoped \"any differences on this decision will not detract from advancement of the human rights agenda globally or the high prestige and inspirational power of the award\". President of the United States Barack Obama lauded Liu's eloquence and courage, while his government called for his immediate release. The European Union and member governments praised the decision, and also called on China to release Liu. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso stated that \"the decision of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee is a strong message of support to all those around the world", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14993597", "text": "in Norway who saluted him in on 10 December in Oslo, by waving the flags of Albania and Kosovo. 2008 Nobel Peace Prize The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President of Finland (1994–2000) Martti Ahtisaari \"for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts\". The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate was announced on the press conference in Oslo, Norway on October 10, 2008. The committee's decision was heavily criticized in Serbia, because of Ahtisaari's role in the Kosovo status process (the Government of Serbia rejects Ahtisaari's plan because it would", "title": "2008 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302515", "text": "the final decision has not been made until the last meeting before the official announcement at the beginning of October. The Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee presents the Nobel Peace Prize in the presence of the King of Norway on 10 December each year (the anniversary of Nobel's death). The Peace Prize is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm. The Nobel laureate receives a diploma, a medal, and a document confirming the prize amount. , the prize was worth 10 million SEK (about US$1.5 million). Since 1990, the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony is held at Oslo City", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15976451", "text": "or governments except six attended the ceremony. French President François Hollande and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel attended. David Cameron and five other EU heads of state have not attended, Cameron sending his deputy Nick Clegg in his stead. 2012 Nobel Peace Prize The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union (EU) \"for over six decades [having] contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe\" by a unanimous decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The decision highlighted the reconciliation of France and Germany, stating that \"over a seventy-year period, Germany and", "title": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14993596", "text": "2008 Nobel Peace Prize The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President of Finland (1994–2000) Martti Ahtisaari \"for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts\". The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate was announced on the press conference in Oslo, Norway on October 10, 2008. The committee's decision was heavily criticized in Serbia, because of Ahtisaari's role in the Kosovo status process (the Government of Serbia rejects Ahtisaari's plan because it would allegedly guarantee the \"de facto\" independence of Kosovo). On the other hand, committee's decision was praised by Albanians living", "title": "2008 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284476", "text": "in 1994 for their efforts in making peace between Israel and Palestine. Immediately after the award was announced, one of the five Norwegian Nobel Committee members denounced Arafat as a terrorist and resigned. Additional misgivings about Arafat were widely expressed in various newspapers. Another controversial Peace Prize was that awarded to Barack Obama in 2009. Nominations had closed only eleven days after Obama took office as President of the United States, but the actual evaluation occurred over the next eight months. Obama himself stated that he did not feel deserving of the award, or worthy of the company it would", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "15924040", "text": "2011 Nobel Peace Prize The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to three female political activists. Two African and one Asian female were awarded for their persistence in obtaining equal rights for women. The joint laureated were: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni politician Tawakkul Karman \"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work\". In announcing the award on 7 October 2011, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjørn Jagland, stressed the link between women's rights, peace and democracy. The winner is", "title": "2011 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "8111043", "text": "the winner was an American student. In 2009, the prize went to Mor Tzaban, a high school student from Netivot, Israel. In 2012, the first prize winner was another Israeli teenager, Yuval Katzenelson of Kiryat Gat, who presented a paper entitled \"Kinetic energy of inert gas in a regenerative system of activated carbon.\" The Israeli delegation won 14 more prizes in the competition: 9 Israelis students won second prize, one won third prize and one won fourth prize. First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics The First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual international competition in research", "title": "First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics" }, { "docid": "15924042", "text": "criticised the award, accusing Sirleaf of being \"a warmonger\". 2011 Nobel Peace Prize The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to three female political activists. Two African and one Asian female were awarded for their persistence in obtaining equal rights for women. The joint laureated were: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni politician Tawakkul Karman \"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work\". In announcing the award on 7 October 2011, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjørn Jagland, stressed the link", "title": "2011 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976481", "text": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned Chinese human rights activist \"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China\". The laureate, once an eminent scholar, was reportedly little-known inside the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the time of the award due to official censorship; he partook in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and was a co-author of the Charter 08 manifesto, for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison on 25 December 2009. Liu, who was backed by former Czech president Václav Havel and anti-apartheid activist", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009496", "text": "Iranian state media waited hours to report the Nobel committee's decision—and then only as the last item on the radio news update. Reformist officials are said to have \"generally welcomed the award\", but \"come under attack for doing so.\" Reformist president Mohammad Khatami did not officially congratulate Ms. Ebadi and stated that although the scientific Nobels are important, the Peace Prize is \"not very important\" and was awarded to Ebadi on the basis of \"totally political criteria\". Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the only official to initially congratulate Ebadi, defended the president saying \"abusing the President's words about Ms. Ebadi", "title": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302522", "text": "and 23 organizations. Sixteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has won twice (1954 and 1981). Lê Đức Thọ is the only person who refused to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: \")\" is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14994014", "text": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank \"for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below\". Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Grameen Bank, for their efforts to create economic and social development. In the prize announcement The Norwegian Nobel Committee mentioned: Yunus was the first Bangladeshi to ever get a Nobel Prize. After receiving the news of the important award, Yunus announced that he would use part of his share of the $1.4 million award money to create a company to", "title": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14994015", "text": "make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor; while the rest would go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was a vocal advocate for the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Yunus. He expressed this in \"Rolling Stone\" magazine as well as in his autobiography \"My Life.\" In a speech given at University of California, Berkeley in 2002, President Clinton described Yunus as \"a man who long ago should have won the Nobel Prize [and] I’ll keep saying that until they finally give it to him.\" Conversely, The Economist stated explicitly", "title": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302521", "text": "omission in our 106-year history is undoubtedly that Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace prize. Gandhi could do without the Nobel Peace prize, whether Nobel committee can do without Gandhi is the question\". In 1948, following Gandhi's death, the Nobel Committee declined to award a prize on the ground that \"there was no suitable living candidate\" that year. Later, when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was \"in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi\". , the Peace Prize has been awarded to 104 individuals", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14994017", "text": "50 honorary doctorate degrees from universities across 20 countries, and 113 international awards from 26 different countries including state honours from 10 countries. Bangladesh government brought out a commemorative stamp to honour his Nobel Award. 2006 Nobel Peace Prize The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank \"for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below\". Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Grameen Bank, for their efforts to create economic and social development. In the prize announcement The Norwegian Nobel Committee mentioned: Yunus was the first Bangladeshi", "title": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20374571", "text": "began to recognize nuclear disarmament efforts In the award presentation speech on December 10, 2017, Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen recalled that \"twelve Peace Prizes have been awarded, in whole or in part,\" to honor \"efforts against the proliferation of nuclear weapons and for nuclear disarmament,\" and included 2009 Nobelist Barack Obama. 2017 Nobel Peace Prize The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) \"for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition on", "title": "2017 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876958", "text": "Nobel Peace Prize is a \"premature canonization\" and an \"embarrassment to the Nobel process.\" \"Slate magazine\" blogger Mickey Kaus, \"New York Times\" columnist David Brooks and former U.N. ambassador John Bolton amongst others, called for Obama to not accept the award; pundit Michael Crowley argued that it was a \"mixed blessing\". Subsequent to the award many Americans now consider that Obama did not deserve it in the light of following events. Opponents of the award cite the expansion of the War on Terror and the large increase in the number of drone strikes carried out under Obama, specifically in Pakistan.", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876955", "text": "a disservice and a potential liability.\" An editorial in \"The Washington Post\" began, \"It's an odd Nobel Peace Prize that almost makes you embarrassed for the honoree\", and compared the Nobel Committee's statement that Obama had \"created a new climate in international politics\" to a recent satirical skit on television. A \"Los Angeles Times\" editorial said the committee \"didn't just embarrass Obama, it diminished the credibility of the prize itself\". Thomas L. Friedman of \"The New York Times\" wrote, \"It dismays me that the most important prize in the world has been devalued in this way\". Much of the commentary", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "8111039", "text": "First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics The First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual international competition in research projects in physics. It originated and is based in Poland. All the secondary high school students regardless of the country, type of the school, sex, nationality etc. are eligible for the competition. The only conditions are that the school cannot be considered as a university college and the age of the participants should not exceed 20 years on March 31 (every year March 31 is the deadline for submitting the competition papers). There are no restrictions concerning the", "title": "First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics" }, { "docid": "14302509", "text": "for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\". Alfred Nobel's will further specified that the prize be awarded by a committee of five people chosen by the Norwegian Parliament. Nobel died in 1896 and he did not leave an explanation for choosing peace as a prize category. As he was a trained chemical engineer, the categories for chemistry and physics were obvious choices. The reasoning behind the peace prize is less clear. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, his friendship with Bertha von Suttner, a peace activist and later recipient of", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20908410", "text": "hope that this recognition will help Nadia and Yazidis endeavours to bring justice, peace, and coexistence\", tweeted the non-governmental organization Yazda. Hussam Abdullah of the Yazidi Organization for Documentation said \"this win represents the international recognition of the genocide that was committed by Daesh,\" referring to the Sinjar massacre in August 2014. Among various remarks from the United Nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said: \"By honouring these defenders of human dignity, this prize also recognizes countless victims around the world who have too often been stigmatized, hidden and forgotten. This is their award, too... Let us honour these new Nobel", "title": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302511", "text": "at the time of Nobel's death. The Norwegian Nobel Committee speculates that Nobel may have considered Norway better suited to awarding the prize, as it did not have the same militaristic traditions as Sweden. It also notes that at the end of the 19th century, the Norwegian parliament had become closely involved in the Inter-Parliamentary Union's efforts to resolve conflicts through mediation and arbitration. The Norwegian Parliament appoints the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Each year, the Norwegian Nobel Committee specifically invites qualified people to submit nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. The statutes of", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14993804", "text": "scientist who was involved with AR4 or earlier IPCC reports in this way: 'X contributed to the reports of the IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.'\" It stated that it had not sent the certificates to \"contributing authors, expert reviewers and focal points.\" 2007 Nobel Peace Prize The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore \"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract", "title": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284467", "text": "Peace Prize banquet is held in Norway at the Oslo Grand Hotel after the award ceremony. Apart from the laureate, guests include the President of the Storting, the Swedish prime minister, and, since 2006, the King and Queen of Norway. In total, about 250 guests attend. According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, each laureate is required to give a public lecture on a subject related to the topic of their prize. The Nobel lecture as a rhetorical genre took decades to reach its current format. These lectures normally occur during Nobel Week (the week leading up to the", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "14302507", "text": "Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: \")\" is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have \"done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\". As per Alfred Nobel's will, the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009497", "text": "is tantamount to abusing the prize bestowed on her for political considerations\". 2003 Nobel Peace Prize The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Shirin Ebadi for \"her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially the rights of women and children, in Iran and the Muslim world in general\". On 10 October 2003, Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children. The selection committee praised her as a \"courageous person\" who \"has never heeded the threat to her own safety\". Now she travels abroad", "title": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "18328936", "text": "alone. This was mentioned by Thorbjørn Jagland in his handover ceremony speech. The Nobel Prize Committee announced that it had received a record number of 278 different nominations for the Peace Prize, up from 259 in 2013. 47 of these nominations were for organizations. Prior to the announcement, many news media speculated about who would win this year, providing lists of favourites. Often cited were Pope Francis, Ban Ki-moon, Chelsea Manning, Denis Mukwege, Edward Snowden, José Mujica, the \"Novaya Gazeta\" newspaper, and the so-called Japanese people who conserve Article 9, together with the eventual winner Malala Yousafzai. The other winner,", "title": "2014 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302508", "text": "five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway. Since 1990, the prize is awarded on 10 December in Oslo City Hall each year. The prize was formerly awarded in the Atrium of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law (1947–1989), the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1905–1946), and the Parliament (1901–1904). Due to its political nature, the Nobel Peace Prize has, for most of its history, been the subject of controversies. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who in the preceding year \"shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations,", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "19069232", "text": "2015 Nobel Peace Prize The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for \"its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011\". The National Dialogue Quartet was formed in 2013 and comprises four organizations in Tunisian civil society: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who have \"done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\". Tunisian singer/songwriter Emel Mathlouthi sang Kelmti", "title": "2015 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20908402", "text": "A more peaceful world can only be achieved if women and their fundamental rights and security are recognised and protected in war.\" Mukwege is the first Congolese and Murad the seventeenth woman and first Iraqi to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Each delivered a Nobel lecture on December 10 at Oslo City Hall as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Award ceremony, which took place among main events scheduled during the December 9–11 \"Nobel days in Oslo.\" Denis Mukwege is a gynecologist specializing in the treatment of women victimized by sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and", "title": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876949", "text": "Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, and the American Indian College Fund. $100,000 was donated to Africare, and the Central Asia Institute. Obama's winning of the peace prize was largely unanticipated and called a \"stunning surprise\" by \"The New York Times\", though major oddsmaker Centrebet had in fact put him at 7–1 odds of winning, with Piedad Córdoba and Sima Samar at 6–1 and Morgan Tsvangirai at 7–1. In a \"USA Today\" / Gallup Poll conducted October 16–19, 61% of American adults polled responded that they thought Obama did not deserve to win the prize, while 34% responded that he did;", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876952", "text": "the prize\" while in \"CounterPunch\", political journalist Alexander Cockburn said that, in historical context of other former U.S. Presidents winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the award to Obama \"represents a radical break in tradition, since he's only had slightly less than nine months to discharge his imperial duties.\" Peter Beinart of the Daily Beast called the decision a \"farce\", while Noam Chomsky said : \"In defense of the committee, we might say that the achievement of doing nothing to advance peace places Obama on a considerably higher moral plane than some of the earlier recipients\". Many were critical of the", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20908409", "text": "executive director Kenneth Roth calling it a \"long awaited Nobel recognition\", Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland calling it \"the best Nobel Prize in a long time\", and the government of Iraq expressing \"deepest respect\" for Murad. The only Yazidi in Iraq's Parliament, Vian Dakhil wrote in a statement that Murad \"proved to the whole world that the will of life and peace is above the savagery of terrorism and hard-liner ideas,\" and Iraqi President Barham Salih tweeted that \"Nadia's honor reflects the world's recognition of the Yazidis tragedy, and all victims of terrorism in Iraq.\" \"We", "title": "2018 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009493", "text": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Shirin Ebadi for \"her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially the rights of women and children, in Iran and the Muslim world in general\". On 10 October 2003, Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children. The selection committee praised her as a \"courageous person\" who \"has never heeded the threat to her own safety\". Now she travels abroad lecturing in the West. She is against a policy of forced regime", "title": "2003 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14302512", "text": "the Nobel Foundation specify categories of individuals who are eligible to make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. These nominators are: Nominations must usually be submitted to the Committee by the beginning of February in the award year. Nominations by committee members can be submitted up to the date of the first Committee meeting after this deadline. In 2009, a record 205 nominations were received, but the record was broken again in 2010 with 237 nominations; in 2011, the record was broken once again with 241 nominations. The statutes of the Nobel Foundation do not allow information about nominations, considerations,", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009502", "text": "2001 Nobel Peace Prize The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations and Kofi Annan for \"their work for a better organized and more peaceful world\". In 2001, its centennial year, the Nobel Committee decided that the Peace Prize was to be divided between the United Nations (UN) and Kofi Annan. Annan was awarded the Peace Prize for having revitalized the UN and for having given priority to human rights. The Nobel Committee also recognized his commitment to the struggle to contain the spreading of the HIV virus in Africa and his declared opposition to international terrorism.", "title": "2001 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15009501", "text": "2001 Nobel Peace Prize The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations and Kofi Annan for \"their work for a better organized and more peaceful world\". In 2001, its centennial year, the Nobel Committee decided that the Peace Prize was to be divided between the United Nations (UN) and Kofi Annan. Annan was awarded the Peace Prize for having revitalized the UN and for having given priority to human rights. The Nobel Committee also recognized his commitment to the struggle to contain the spreading of the HIV virus in Africa and his declared opposition to international terrorism.", "title": "2001 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976531", "text": "borne repeated imprisonment ... and [call] on the government of China to cease censoring media and internet reporting of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo and to cease its campaign of defamation against Liu Xiaobo.\" The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded by accusing US lawmakers of possessing an \"arrogant and unreasonable attitude\" and \"lacking respect for China's judicial sovereignty.\" Ahead of the award ceremony, Barack Obama said \"Mr Liu Xiaobo is far more deserving of this award than I was ... [He] reminds us that human dignity also depends upon the advance of democracy, open society, and", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13219503", "text": "same vacillation when he spoke about freedom.\" In a speech on 18 November 1998, Khatami said: \"the right to political activity and existence in Iran [is reserved for those] who have faith in Islam and the leadership.\" Despite the fact that President Khatami declared himself a supporter of free expression and human rights, he responded to Iranian Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize by waiting several days and then tempering his congratulations by saying “The Nobel prize for peace is not that important, as it is usually bestowed on political considerations.\" The Islamic Republic did not allow a single Sunni mosque", "title": "Controversies surrounding President Mohammad Khatami" }, { "docid": "20374562", "text": "and all weapons of mass destruction.\" The UN's top disarmament official Izumi Nakamitsu in a statement said that the 2017 Peace Prize \"recognizes once again the vital and indispensable role of civil society in advancing our common aspirations peace, security and a world free of nuclear weapons.\" Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev in a statement said the award designation was \"a very good decision\" and signified that \"a world without nuclear weapons—there cannot be any other goal!\", also recalling a joint statement with then US President Ronald Reagan at the 1986 Reykjavik Summit that \"a nuclear war cannot be", "title": "2017 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "6770057", "text": "two men became friends, and Congressman Leggett continued to be inspired by the faithful Christians in Korea. Inspired by the success of the United States Peace Corps initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the two co-founded the World Peace Corp Mission as a civilian organization emulating the spirit of that program. Two awards are given - the Main Prize and the Top Honor Prize. The first Top Honor Prize was awarded to former U.S. President Ronald Reagan for \"Winning the star wars against the Russia and the UAS National stability\". The prize is not awarded every year; the next", "title": "World Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "322388", "text": "and Russia and was lauded as an elder statesman. Jimmy Carter has become a global human rights campaigner, international arbiter, and election monitor, as well as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Bill Clinton has also worked as an informal ambassador, most recently in the negotiations that led to the release of two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, from North Korea. Clinton has also been active politically since his presidential term ended, working with his wife Hillary on her 2008 and 2016 presidential bids and President Obama on his 2012 reelection campaign. As of there are four", "title": "President of the United States" }, { "docid": "13876945", "text": "Obama stated, \"I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments but rather an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.\" \"Throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes,\" Obama said. \"And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action — a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century.\" He said those common challenges included the goal", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "12717139", "text": "following: promote social justice, build societal foundations, and inspire the human spirit. Each year, US$125,000 in prize money is awarded across three categories: Main, Youth and Imprisoned Artist. Winners were announced in an award ceremony and concert at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, South Africa on 19 November 2011. Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi recorded a special message congratulating Imprisoned Artist Prize winner Win Maw. Judges for the 2011 Freedom to Create Prize included: 2010 Freedom to Create Prize winner and Sudanese theatre producer Ali Mahdi Nouri; Thai filmmaker Apichatpong", "title": "Freedom to Create Prize" }, { "docid": "14976499", "text": "among the public in China, as more than 75 percent of respondents had no idea who the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize was.\" The \"Beijing Daily\" published an editorial on the day of the award ceremony entitled \"Why not give the peace prize to Julian Assange?\". It suggested that Assange, the head of WikiLeaks, was not awarded the prize because he could not \"become a tool for Western forces in attacking countries with different ideologies ... even if this tool is serving out a prison sentence for violating the law.\" Following the announcement on 8 October 2010, Xinhua relayed", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20610822", "text": "use of bushes in the portrait. President Barack Obama (painting) President Barack Obama is a 2018 portrait of Barack Obama by the artist Kehinde Wiley for the National Portrait Gallery. In October 2017, it was announced that Wiley had been chosen by Barack Obama to paint an official portrait of the former president to appear in Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery \"America's Presidents\" exhibition. The painting depicts Obama sitting in a chair seemingly floating among foliage. The foliage is described by the author as \"chrysanthemums (the official flower of Chicago), jasmine (symbolic of Hawaii where the president spent most of his", "title": "President Barack Obama (painting)" }, { "docid": "20610818", "text": "President Barack Obama (painting) President Barack Obama is a 2018 portrait of Barack Obama by the artist Kehinde Wiley for the National Portrait Gallery. In October 2017, it was announced that Wiley had been chosen by Barack Obama to paint an official portrait of the former president to appear in Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery \"America's Presidents\" exhibition. The painting depicts Obama sitting in a chair seemingly floating among foliage. The foliage is described by the author as \"chrysanthemums (the official flower of Chicago), jasmine (symbolic of Hawaii where the president spent most of his childhood) and African blue lilies (alluding", "title": "President Barack Obama (painting)" }, { "docid": "13876966", "text": "message of congratulations to President Obama. Hope that the prize would assist Obama's efforts toward nuclear disarmament was also a part of congratulatory statements from Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi said the Vatican \"appreciated\" the nomination. Kosovar President Fatmir Sejdiu congratulated Obama by saying, \"This award is testimony to your success as a leader of a free country aimed at creating a safer and more peaceful world.\" In Australia, former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that the selection was \"a political decision of gross stupidity\", laying the blame on the selection", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976484", "text": "of the 65 invited (the People's Republic of China and 19 other nations declined invitations). China's official news agency, Xinhua, attacked the West for its \"Cold-War or even colonial mentality\" and for daring to \"regard themselves as the judge, the teacher [who] assume that they can forever distort the fact and block the truth by using political maneuvers.\" Strong rhetoric and denunciations of the West continued from official sources until after the ceremony. Liu was the first person of Chinese nationality to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the first to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15000932", "text": "2005 Nobel Peace Prize The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei \"for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way\". United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was delighted that the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to the UN nuclear watchdog and its head ElBaradei. \"The secretary-general congratulates him and the entire staff of the agency, past and present, on their contributions to global peace,\" a spokesman for Annan said.", "title": "2005 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "20385806", "text": "The First President The First President () is a 2011 Chinese biographical film directed by Wang Caitao, produced by Han Sanping, and starring Qiu Xinzhi, Nie Mei, Liu Jing, Han Geng, Tian Liang, Johnny Zhang, Xiong Naijin and He Jie. The film is about the life of Sun Yat-sen, founding father of Kuomintang and president of the Republic of China. In 1912, Sun Yat-sen was elected provisional president of the Republic of China. Yuan Shikai, a warlord leaded up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor Puyi, and became president of the Republic of China. At this time, Sun", "title": "The First President" }, { "docid": "284438", "text": "Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize (, ; Swedish definite form, singular: \"Nobelpriset\"; ) is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel established the five Nobel prizes in 1895. The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901. In 1968, Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, established the \"Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel\", which, although not being a Nobel Prize, has become informally known as", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "14302516", "text": "Hall. From 1947 to 1989, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony was held in the Atrium of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law, a few hundred metres from Oslo City Hall. Between 1905 and 1946, the ceremony took place at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. From 1901 to 1904, the ceremony took place in the \"Storting\" (Parliament). It has been expressed that the Peace Prize has been awarded in politically motivated ways for more recent or immediate achievements, or with the intention of encouraging future achievements. Some commentators have suggested that to award a peace prize on the basis of unquantifiable", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "4622930", "text": "up to the prize, and replied: In 2015, Geir Lundestad, director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute (who sat in on the committee's meetings but did not have a vote), wrote in his memoir, \"Secretary of Peace\", that he regretted giving the prize to Obama. The committee \"thought it would strengthen Obama and it didn't have this effect\", Lundestad told the \"Associated Press\", though he fell short of calling the award a mistake. \"In hindsight, we could say that the argument of giving Obama a helping hand was only partially correct,\" Lundestad wrote. Critics also argued that the award was a", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "14994016", "text": "that Yunus was a poor choice for the award, stating: \"...the Nobel committee could have made a braver, more difficult, choice by declaring that there would be no recipient at all.\" He is one of only seven persons to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal. Other notable awards include the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984, the World Food Prize, the International Simon Bolivar Prize (1996), the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord and the Sydney Peace Prize in 1998, and the Seoul Peace Prize in 2006. Additionally, Yunus has been awarded", "title": "2006 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "6450074", "text": "Nobel Peace Prize Concert The Nobel Peace Prize Concert (Norwegian and Swedish: \")\" has been held annually since 1994 on 11 December, to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony on 10 December takes place in Oslo City Hall, while the concert has been held at Oslo Spektrum, with the attendance of the laureate and other prominent guests. The Concert is broadcast to a global audience and reaches up to 350 million households in 100 countries. In 2015 a new distributor was announced and after 20 years at Oslo Spektrum, a change of concert venue was announced. The", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize Concert" }, { "docid": "19774575", "text": "son in the pre-dawn of the day of the announcement. In his first public statement he declared, \"This honourable distinction is not for me, it is for all the victims of the conflict. Together we will win the most important prize of all: PEACE.\" In the days following he also announced that the 8 million SEK prize (approximately 2.7 billion Colombian pesos) would be donated to support victims of the conflict. 376 candidates received nominations for this year's prize included 228 individuals and 148 organizations - the largest ever number of nominees, the previous record being 278 in 2014. Notable", "title": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976554", "text": "Concert to commemorate the 2010 prize was held on 11 December, the night following the award ceremony, as is the tradition. It was hosted by Denzel Washington and Anne Hathaway. The roster of confirmed performers announced before the award included Herbie Hancock, Florence and the Machine, Colbie Caillat, Elvis Costello. Those who were confirmed later included Barry Manilow, Jamiroquai, A. R. Rahman, India.Arie, Robyn and Sivert Høyem. 2010 Nobel Peace Prize The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned Chinese human rights activist \"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China\". The laureate, once an", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "6450084", "text": "Silje Nordnes Artists for alternative concert: Nobel Peace Prize Concert The Nobel Peace Prize Concert (Norwegian and Swedish: \")\" has been held annually since 1994 on 11 December, to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony on 10 December takes place in Oslo City Hall, while the concert has been held at Oslo Spektrum, with the attendance of the laureate and other prominent guests. The Concert is broadcast to a global audience and reaches up to 350 million households in 100 countries. In 2015 a new distributor was announced and after 20 years at Oslo Spektrum, a change", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize Concert" }, { "docid": "14302510", "text": "the prize, profoundly influenced his decision to include peace as a category. Some Nobel scholars suggest it was Nobel's way to compensate for developing destructive forces. His inventions included dynamite and ballistite, both of which were used violently during his lifetime. Ballistite was used in war and the Irish Republican Brotherhood, an Irish nationalist organization, carried out dynamite attacks in the 1880s. Nobel was also instrumental in turning Bofors from an iron and steel producer into an armaments company. It is unclear why Nobel wished the Peace Prize to be administered in Norway, which was ruled in union with Sweden", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284456", "text": "did not award any prizes. In 1944, the Nobel Foundation, together with the three members in exile, made sure that nominations were submitted for the Peace Prize and that the prize could be awarded once again. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) celebrated its 300th anniversary by donating a large sum of money to the Nobel Foundation to be used to set up a prize in honor of Nobel. The following year, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded for the first time. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences became responsible for", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "19774577", "text": "nominated. In a press release statement, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said that this year's prize \"pays tribute to the audacity and perseverance of President Santos and all those who seek to build peace every day, step by step to heal the wounds of the country, in their families and communities.\" Media coverage characterised the announcement as a surprise since the national referendum on October 2 was narrowly defeated. Initial reports also expressed surprise that the prize was not awarded jointly with FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño, Santos' main negotiating partner. Londoño, under the name Timoleon Jimenez, tweeted his reaction to the", "title": "2016 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15000934", "text": "be enough to feed the entire world and that, if we hope to escape self-destruction, then nuclear weapons should have no place in our collective conscience, and no role in our security. 2005 Nobel Peace Prize The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei \"for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way\". United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was delighted that the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to the", "title": "2005 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976497", "text": "Foreign Office as saying, \"the politicization of the Nobel Peace Prize for the purposes of interference in the domestic affairs of states is not only contrary to the recognized principles of inter-State conduct, but also a negation of the underlying spirit conceived by the founder of the Prize.\" In what was described by Chinese media–watchers as a surprise because of its historical professionalism, \"China Youth Daily\" published an article containing Beijing students' expressions of anger and disbelief over the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu. The journal employed the traditional hard-liner phrase \"people with ulterior motives\" (别有用心的人)—directed", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "628725", "text": "receive a diploma, a medal and a document confirming the prize amount. Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics () is a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions for mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The first Nobel Prize in Physics was", "title": "Nobel Prize in Physics" }, { "docid": "628713", "text": "Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics () is a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions for mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to physicist Wilhelm Röntgen in recognition of the extraordinary services he", "title": "Nobel Prize in Physics" }, { "docid": "15976450", "text": "stop the payment of the SEK 8 million prize money. During the announcement, committee chairman Thorbjørn Jagland was asked whether Helmut Kohl or any of the current EU officials would be present to accept the prize on the EU's behalf. Jagland said the EU will have to decide who would accept the prize. The EU decided that the prize would be accepted by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz. Van Rompuy and Barroso held the acceptance speeches. Most EU heads of states", "title": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14993802", "text": "work and application.\" In Oslo on 10 December 2007, the presentation was made with a speech by Ole Danbolt Mjøs as Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and followed by Nobel Lectures given by Rajendra K. Pachauri, representing the IPCC, and Al Gore. In his lecture, Pachauri thanked those contributing to the IPCC: The IPCC presented scientists who had \"contributed substantially to the preparation of IPCC reports\" with personalized certificates for \"contributing to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC\". The certificates, which name the individual and feature a reproduction of the Nobel Peace Prize", "title": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "16638979", "text": "in that country [Syria] and end the suffering of its people.\" United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the organisation's work. \"USA Today\" quoted a London-based Syrian opposition activist who doubted Syrian people would be celebrating the award. Similarly, a spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition labelled the prize \"ironic\". Pakistani politician Imran Khan called on the USA and Russia to destroy their own chemical weapons. 2013 Nobel Peace Prize The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, for their \"extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons\". The award citation indicated the organization", "title": "2013 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "14976515", "text": "engines for \"Liu Xiaobo\" in Chinese without attaching the words \"Peace Prize,\" gave information about Liu. Yet most sites found \"Liu\" plus \"Peace Prize\" yield only the official foreign ministry response. CNN reported that any mention of \"Nobel Prize\" on microblogging sites was censored. One person claimed that his SIM card was deactivated after he sent a text message to a relative about the Nobel Peace Prize. Accustomed to circumventing Chinese internet censorship, bloggers and forum-users used variants of Liu's name and posted subtle or cryptic messages to express their elation about the award or sarcasm towards the state. The", "title": "2010 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "7655374", "text": "the post became much more focused on communications. Two of Clinton's counselors, David Gergen and Paul Begala, later became CNN political analysts. During the administration of George W. Bush, the Counselor oversaw the Communications, Media Affairs, Speechwriting, and Press Offices. Under the Obama Administration, the position was initially abolished and the duties of the office transferred to three senior advisors: David Axelrod, Pete Rouse, and Valerie Jarrett, who also held the title Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison. On January 6, 2011, President Obama appointed Rouse as Counselor to the President where he was responsible for", "title": "Counselor to the President" }, { "docid": "16638973", "text": "2013 Nobel Peace Prize The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, for their \"extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons\". The award citation indicated the organization was awarded the prize, because they “have defined the use of chemical weapons as taboo under international law. Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons.” The committee criticized Russia and the United States for not meeting the extended deadline for destruction of its chemical weapons, and", "title": "2013 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "9057368", "text": "International Children's Peace Prize The International Children’s Peace Prize is awarded annually to a child who has made a significant contribution to advocating children's rights and improving the situation of vulnerable children such as orphans, child labourers and children with HIV/AIDS. The prize is an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation, an international children's aid and advocacy organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. KidsRights should not be confused with the group which grants the Nobel Peace Prize. The first Children's Peace Prize was launched in November 2005 during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome, an annual meeting of", "title": "International Children's Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "15976449", "text": "the European Union. The 1984, 1976 and 1980 laureates stated in an open letter to the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden, that in their view the EU stood for \"... security based on military force and waging wars rather than insisting on the need for an alternative approach\" and that \"... the Norwegian Nobel Committee has redefined and reshaped the prize in a way that is not in accordance with the law\". The International Peace Bureau, which won the prize in 1910, and several peace activists, writers and lawyers also signed the letter. The signatories demanded that the Nobel Foundation", "title": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "4623009", "text": "so after the DNA findings were published, fearing that they would be endorsing findings that had not yet survived significant scrutiny. In 1936, the Nobel Foundation offended Adolf Hitler when it awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize to Carl von Ossietzky, a German writer who publicly opposed Hitler and Nazism. (The prize was awarded the following year.) Hitler reacted by issuing a decree on 31 January 1937 that forbade German nationals to accept any Nobel Prize. Awarding the peace prize to Ossietzky was itself considered controversial. While Fascism had few supporters outside Italy, Spain, and Germany, those who did not", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "4623023", "text": "Prize for Art and Science was Hitler's alternative to the Nobel Prize. The Ig Nobel Prize is an American parody of the Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize controversies After his death in 1896, the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prizes. Nobel's will specified that annual prizes are to be awarded for service to humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. Similarly, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is awarded along with the Nobel Prizes. Since the first award in 1901, the prizes have occasionally engendered", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "15976438", "text": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union (EU) \"for over six decades [having] contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe\" by a unanimous decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The decision highlighted the reconciliation of France and Germany, stating that \"over a seventy-year period, Germany and France had fought three wars. Today war between Germany and France is unthinkable. This shows how, through well-aimed efforts and by building up mutual confidence, historical enemies can become close partners.\" The decision also highlighted the EU's contribution to", "title": "2012 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "284480", "text": "Geir Lundestad, Secretary of Norwegian Nobel Committee in 2006, said, \"The greatest omission in our 106 year history is undoubtedly that Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace prize. Gandhi could do without the Nobel Peace prize. Whether Nobel committee can do without Gandhi is the question\". In 1948, the year of Gandhi's death, the Nobel Committee declined to award a prize on the grounds that \"there was no suitable living candidate\" that year. Later, when the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was \"in part a tribute", "title": "Nobel Prize" }, { "docid": "13876960", "text": "said, \"As Americans, we're proud when our president receives an award of that prestigious category\". RNC chairman Michael Steele discussed his disapproval of the award in a fund-raising letter, writing, \"the Democrats and their international leftist allies want America made subservient to the agenda of global redistribution and control.\" In 2015, Geir Lundestad, the non-voting Director of the Nobel Institute and secretary for the Nobel Committee at the time of the award, published a memoir, \"Secretary of Peace\". In it, he wrote \"In hindsight, we could say that the argument of giving Obama a helping hand was only partially correct.", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" }, { "docid": "13876964", "text": "of the most militarized country in the world, which has taken the human family against its will to war, will be rightly seen by many people around the world as a reward for his country's aggression and domination.\" Lech Wałęsa, (1983) cofounder of the Solidarity trade union, and former president of Poland said the award was premature. \"He has not yet made a real input.\" The 14th Dalai Lama congratulated Obama. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the Nobel Committee's choice. \"We are entering an era of renewed multilateralism [...] President Obama embodies the new spirit of dialogue and engagement", "title": "2009 Nobel Peace Prize" } ]

[ "Germany, Italy" ]

[ { "docid": "7529824", "text": "Military history of the United States during World War II The military history of the United States in World War II covers the war against Germany, Italy, and Japan, starting with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. During the first two years of World War II, the United States had maintained formal neutrality as made official in the Quarantine Speech delivered by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, while supplying Britain, the Soviet Union, and China with war materiel through the Lend-Lease Act which was signed into law on 11 March 1941, as well as deploying the", "title": "Military history of the United States during World War II" }, { "docid": "7529955", "text": "Empire and Chinese forces in Burma and suffered many casualties. On 10 August 1944 the Marauders were consolidated into the 475th Infantry. The U.S. also had an adviser to Chiang Kai-shek and Joseph Stillwell. Units of the Tenth Air Force, Fourteenth Air Force, and Twentieth Air Force of the USAAF also served in the theatre, including the previously mentioned \"Flying Tigers\". Military history of the United States during World War II The military history of the United States in World War II covers the war against Germany, Italy, and Japan, starting with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.", "title": "Military history of the United States during World War II" } ]

[ { "docid": "17587141", "text": "in a state of war with the United States of America. Accept, Mr. Charge d'Affaires, the expression of my high consideration. December 11, 1941. RIBBENTROP. Notes Bibliography German declaration of war against the United States On 11 December 1941, four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States declaration of war against the Japanese Empire, Nazi Germany declared war against the United States, in response to what was claimed to be a series of provocations by the United States government when the US was still officially neutral during World War II. The decision to declare war", "title": "German declaration of war against the United States" }, { "docid": "17587118", "text": "German declaration of war against the United States On 11 December 1941, four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States declaration of war against the Japanese Empire, Nazi Germany declared war against the United States, in response to what was claimed to be a series of provocations by the United States government when the US was still officially neutral during World War II. The decision to declare war was made by Adolf Hitler, apparently offhand, almost without consultation. Later that day, the United States declared war on Germany. The course of relations between Germany and", "title": "German declaration of war against the United States" }, { "docid": "18301994", "text": "Italian declaration of war on the United States On December 11, 1941, Italy declared war on the United States in response to that country's declaration of war upon the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor four days earlier. Germany also declared war on the U.S. the same day. The US immediately responded by declaring war on Germany and Italy, thus thrusting the United States in fighting two major fronts across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in World War II. On December 7, 1941, 353 aircraft of the Empire of Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl", "title": "Italian declaration of war on the United States" }, { "docid": "14740063", "text": "comments and took refuge in a telephone booth until United States Capitol Police cleared the cloakroom. Two days later, a similar war declaration against Germany and Italy came to vote; Rankin abstained. Nine other women voted in favor of the declaration of war. Roosevelt signed the declaration at 4:10 p.m the same day. The power to declare war is assigned exclusively to Congress in the United States Constitution, making it an open question whether his signature was technically necessary. However, his signature was symbolically powerful and resolved any doubts. United States declaration of war on Japan On December 8, 1941,", "title": "United States declaration of war on Japan" }, { "docid": "10750463", "text": "up to the Aegean Coast, including the islands of Thasos and Samothrace. Bulgaria did not participate in the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, and did not break diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. In December 1941, after Germany declared war on the United States, Bulgaria followed the German lead. On December 13, 1941, Bulgaria broke diplomatic relations and declared war on the United States. The United States did not immediately declare war on Bulgaria, however. Only in June 1942, did President Roosevelt call for a declaration of War. On June 2, 1942, President Roosevelt sent the", "title": "Bulgaria–United States relations" }, { "docid": "13923707", "text": "1941 in the United States Events from the year 1941 in the United States. At the end of this year, the United States officially enters World War II by declaring war on the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Baseball fans across the nation witnessed not one, but two of the most amazing individual efforts and achievements the game has ever known. The two measures recorded during the 1941 campaign both stand to this day and are regarded by practically all, even the most casual of fans, to be unattainable in the game today. 1941 saw the", "title": "1941 in the United States" }, { "docid": "17798179", "text": "to declare war on America in order to end all of the restrictions on fighting the U.S. Navy. Murray and Millet wrote that Raeder's views on the desirability of starting a war with the United States were \"astonishing\" because neither he nor anybody else in the \"Seekriegsleitung\" saw fit during July–December 1941 to commission studies on what would be the strategic consequences of war with the United States. On 17 September 1941, Raeder told Hitler that he believed that it was only American support that allowed Britain to continue the war and that the \"Kriegsmarine\" could defeat the United States", "title": "Erich Raeder during World War II" }, { "docid": "12146732", "text": "Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941 The Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941 was an encounter between Adolf Hitler and the highest-ranking officials of the Nazi Party. Almost all important party leaders were present to hear Hitler declare the ongoing destruction of the Jewish race, yet it remains less known than the later Wannsee Conference. The announcement Hitler made on 12 December to the \"Reichsleiter\" and \"Gauleiter\" refers to an earlier statement he had made on 30 January 1939: With the entry of Japan and the United States into the Second World War on 7 December 1941 and", "title": "Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941" }, { "docid": "18301998", "text": "say to you, and you will understand, that it is a privilege to fight with them. Today, the Tripartite Pact, with the plenitude of its forces and its moral and material resources, is a formidable instrument for the war and a certainty for victory. Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win. Italian declaration of war on the United States On December 11, 1941, Italy declared war on the United States in response to that country's declaration of war upon", "title": "Italian declaration of war on the United States" }, { "docid": "11233190", "text": "as a pretext for imperialism. In response, the U.S. imposed an oil embargo on Japan in August 1941 to stop aiding their aggression in Asia and to contain Japanese actions such as their war crimes in Nanking. Japan saw this as a hostile and provocative act, and retaliated with the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the declarations of war on the US and the British Empire. Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire The declaration of war by the Empire of Japan on the United States and the British Empire was published on December 8,", "title": "Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire" }, { "docid": "11061333", "text": "no alternative; in any case, had an acceptable settlement of differences been reached, the Carrier Striking Task Force could have been called back. On December 11, 1941, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United States, and the United States reciprocated, formally entering the war in Europe. German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini were under no obligation to declare war on the United States under the mutual defense terms of the Tripartite Pact until the US counterattacked Japan. However, relations between the European Axis Powers and the United States had deteriorated since 1937. On December", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "17587137", "text": "he gained renewed confidence in a victorious outcome to the war. His generals suffered from the same land-locked hallucination: his entire headquarters staff gave themselves up to 'an ecstasy of rejoicing'; the few who saw further 'became even lonelier'. Naval officers saw no more clearly than the generals. On December 11, 1941, American \"Chargé d'Affaires\" Leland B. Morris, the highest ranking American diplomat in Germany, was summoned to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop's office where Ribbentrop read Morris the formal declaration. The text was: MR. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES: The Government of the United States having violated in the most flagrant manner", "title": "German declaration of war against the United States" }, { "docid": "11233188", "text": "Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire The declaration of war by the Empire of Japan on the United States and the British Empire was published on December 8, 1941 (Japan time; December 7 in the United States), after Japanese forces had executed an attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor and attacks on British forces in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The declaration of war was printed on the front page of all Japanese newspapers' evening editions on December 8. The document was subsequently printed again on the eighth day of", "title": "Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire" }, { "docid": "11631844", "text": "foreign policy including relations with the United States. In the 21st century, both countries have become close allies in the global \"war on terror\". Morocco was among the first Arab and Islamic states to denounce the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States and declare solidarity with the American people in fighting terrorism. After the September 11 attacks, Morocco has been instrumental in supporting the United States. For example, King Mohammed VI presided over a mass service in support of the victims of the September 11 attacks. Additionally, security cooperation between the two countries is well developed. King", "title": "Morocco–United States relations" }, { "docid": "14651740", "text": "in 1878, and from Cincinnati Law School in 1880. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. First known by the slogan \"he kept us out of the war\", Wilson was finally pressured into asking Congress to declare war on Germany who was attacking U.S. vessels at high sea. Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1923. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was once an influential newspaper", "title": "Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps" }, { "docid": "20309318", "text": "on engines, an alternate version of sinking due Romanian mine is also dismissed. Russian sources blame the loss to a German He-59 seaplane or to the Bulgarian seaplane Ar-196. Action of 6 December 1941 The Action of 6 December 1941 was a confrontation between the Bulgarian and Soviet navies in the Black Sea during World War II, taking place near the Bulgarian coast at Cape Emine. When the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union commenced in June 1941, Bulgaria did not declare war on the Soviet Union, nor did it make any contribution to the land invasion. The country however", "title": "Action of 6 December 1941" }, { "docid": "13923709", "text": "average for the season is not the single season record for baseball, no player has hit .400 or better since. 1941 in the United States Events from the year 1941 in the United States. At the end of this year, the United States officially enters World War II by declaring war on the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Baseball fans across the nation witnessed not one, but two of the most amazing individual efforts and achievements the game has ever known. The two measures recorded during the 1941 campaign both stand to this day and are", "title": "1941 in the United States" }, { "docid": "20309315", "text": "Action of 6 December 1941 The Action of 6 December 1941 was a confrontation between the Bulgarian and Soviet navies in the Black Sea during World War II, taking place near the Bulgarian coast at Cape Emine. When the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union commenced in June 1941, Bulgaria did not declare war on the Soviet Union, nor did it make any contribution to the land invasion. The country however did offer naval support to the Axis, allowing Axis warships to use Bulgarian ports and even used three of its torpedo boats (including \"Drazki\") to escort Romanian warships as", "title": "Action of 6 December 1941" }, { "docid": "3358935", "text": "war, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor with the aim of destroying the main American battle fleet at anchor. At the same time, other Japanese forces attacked the U.S.-held Philippines and the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The USA and the United Kingdom to declare war upon Japan the next day. Four days later the U.S was brought into the European war when on December 11, 1941, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United States. Hitler chose to declare that the Tripartite Pact required that Germany follow Japan's declaration of war; although American", "title": "Causes of World War II" }, { "docid": "14740061", "text": "as required by diplomatic traditions. The United Kingdom declared war on Japan nine hours before the US did, partially due to Japanese attacks on the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong; and partially due to Winston Churchill's promise to declare war \"within the hour\" of a Japanese attack on the United States. President Roosevelt formally requested the declaration in his Infamy Speech, addressed to a joint session of Congress and the nation at 12:30 p.m. on December 8. The declaration was quickly brought to a vote; it passed the Senate, and then passed the House at 1:10 p.m.", "title": "United States declaration of war on Japan" }, { "docid": "3400502", "text": "cadet or midshipman at the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy or the U.S. Coast Guard Academy between 3 September 1945 and any date in 1946, receiving the medal without having been a veteran of World War II. The reason for this late date is that President Harry S. Truman did not declare an official end of hostilities until the last day of 1946. As every member of the United States Armed Forces who served from December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946 was eligible for the medal, there were over 12 million eligible recipients, making the World War", "title": "World War II Victory Medal (United States)" }, { "docid": "14740058", "text": "United States declaration of war on Japan On December 8, 1941, the United States Congress declared war () on the Empire of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day. It was formulated an hour after the \"Infamy Speech\" of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Japan had sent a message to the United States to its embassy in Washington earlier, but because of problems at the embassy in decoding the very long message – the high-security level assigned to the declaration meant that only personnel with very high clearances could decode it, which slowed", "title": "United States declaration of war on Japan" }, { "docid": "7529913", "text": "Congress on 8 December 1941. The motion passed with only one vote against it, in both chambers. Just three days later, on 11 December 1941 Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States, and had already remarked on the evening of the date of the Japanese attack that \"We can't lose the war at all. We now have an ally which has never been conquered in 3,000 years\". Within hours of Pearl Harbor Japanese air forces from Formosa destroyed much of the U.S. Far East Air Force, based near Manila. The Japanese army invaded and trapped the American and Filipino", "title": "Military history of the United States during World War II" }, { "docid": "2164842", "text": "it was located when the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor caused the United States to declare war. The formation proceeded almost immediately to San Jose, California, arriving 11 December 1941 to help protect the west coast and allay civilian fears of invasion. The 53rd Infantry Regiment was removed from the 7th Division and replaced with the 159th Infantry Regiment, newly deployed from the California Army National Guard. For the early parts of the war, the division participated mainly in construction and training roles. Subordinate units also practiced boat loading at the Monterey Wharf and amphibious assault techniques at the Salinas", "title": "7th Infantry Division (United States)" }, { "docid": "2606410", "text": "Declaration of war by the United States A declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation and another. The document Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications gives an extensive listing and summary of statutes which are automatically engaged upon the US declaring war. For the United States, of the Constitution says \"Congress shall have power to ... declare War.\" However, that passage provides no specific format for what form legislation must have in order to be", "title": "Declaration of war by the United States" }, { "docid": "14740188", "text": "United States declaration of war upon Bulgaria On June 5, 1942, the United States Congress declared war upon Bulgaria. Bulgaria was neutral during 1939-1941, but on March 1, 1941, Bulgaria signed the Tripartite Pact and officially joined the Axis bloc. Following this, the Bulgarian government declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States on December 13, 1941. The United States officially declared war on Bulgaria on June 5, 1942. The capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, and other Bulgarian cities, were bombed by Allied aircraft in 1943 and 1944. , the declarations of war against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania are", "title": "United States declaration of war upon Bulgaria" }, { "docid": "4457447", "text": "first American-caused casualties occurred on 7 December 1941 when the attacked and sank a Japanese midget submarine near the entrance to Pearl Harbor prior to the commencement of the Japanese air attack upon Hawaii later that day. As a result of the attack on Hawaii, America declared war on Japan on 8 December 1941. Germany and Italy declared war on the United States three days later. The first planned offensive action by the United States in World War II came in January 1942 when the aircraft carrier attacked Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands. First engagement of neutral United States", "title": "First engagement of neutral United States in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "2606415", "text": "the five wars in which the United States has formally declared war against eleven foreign nations. The only country against which the United States has declared war more than once is Germany, against which the United States has declared war twice (though a case could be made for Hungary as a successor state to Austria-Hungary). In World War II, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Germany and Italy, led respectively by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, declared war on the United States, and the U.S. Congress responded in kind. In other instances, the United States has engaged", "title": "Declaration of war by the United States" }, { "docid": "5484091", "text": "component was formally activated in February 1941. It was legally considered the successor to the National Army. The Army of the United States saw a major expansion following the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. On 13 December 1941, legislation provided that personnel inducted into the United States Army under the terms of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 were, both retroactively and from that date on, considered to be serving in the Army of the United States. The first commissioned officers serving in the Army of the United States were appointed from the Regular Army. The", "title": "Army of the United States" }, { "docid": "18301995", "text": "Harbor and inflicted mass destruction to American life and property, beginning a war between Japan and the United States. On December 8, 1941, the U.S. declared war upon Japan in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Three days later, Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, made his declaration first - from the balcony over the Piazza Venezia in Rome - pledging the \"powers of the pact of steel\" were determined to win. Then Adolf Hitler made his announcement at the Reichstag in Berlin saying he had tried to avoid direct conflict with the U.S. but, under the Tripartite Pact signed", "title": "Italian declaration of war on the United States" }, { "docid": "13923118", "text": "were the same.\" A review posted on \"TVFanatic\" says:\"The question is whether it worked. We're going to go with a definitive yes ... and no.\" I Saw What I Saw \"I Saw What I Saw\" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 108th episode overall. It was written by Peter William Harper and directed by Allison Liddi-Brown. The episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on October 22, 2009. The episode begins \"in medias res\", depicting events following a whodunit style,", "title": "I Saw What I Saw" }, { "docid": "7529844", "text": "The USS \"Reuben James\" was sunk by \"U-552\" on 31 October 1941. On 11 December 1941, Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany , the same day that the United States declared war on Germany and Italy. The established grand strategy of the Allies was to defeat Germany and its allies in Europe first, and then focus could shift towards Japan in the Pacific. This was because two of the Allied capitals (London and Moscow) could be directly threatened by Germany, but none of the major Allied capitals were threatened by Japan. Germany was the United Kingdom's primary threat, especially after the", "title": "Military history of the United States during World War II" }, { "docid": "13923111", "text": "I Saw What I Saw \"I Saw What I Saw\" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 108th episode overall. It was written by Peter William Harper and directed by Allison Liddi-Brown. The episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on October 22, 2009. The episode begins \"in medias res\", depicting events following a whodunit style, exposing them from alternating points of view in a fast-paced way. Katherine Heigl (Dr. Izzie Stevens) was absent from the episode, due to her hiatus", "title": "I Saw What I Saw" }, { "docid": "14138904", "text": "just as German U-boats started sinking American merchant ships in the North Atlantic. Wilson then asked Congress for \"a war to end all wars\" that would \"make the world safe for democracy\", and Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917. On December 7, 1917, the U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary. U.S. troops began arriving on the Western Front in large numbers in 1918. After the war began in 1914, the United States proclaimed a policy of neutrality despite president Woodrow Wilson's antipathies against Germany. Early in the war, the United States started to favor the British", "title": "United States in World War I" }, { "docid": "11633631", "text": "United States established bilateral relations through a legation in Budapest established in 1921. The first American ambassador to Hungary (Theodore Brentano) was appointed on February 10, 1922. Diplomatic relations were interrupted at the outbreak of World War II. Hungary severed relations with the U.S. on December 11, 1941, when the United States declared war on Germany. Two days later, on December 13, Hungary declared war on the United States. The embassy was closed and diplomatic personnel returned to the U.S. Normal bilateral relations between Hungary and the U.S. were resumed in December 1945 when a U.S. ambassador was appointed and", "title": "Hungary–United States relations" }, { "docid": "4712591", "text": "attacking German submarines. In November, in response to the October 31, 1941 sinking of , the Neutrality Act was partly repealed to protect U.S. military aid to Britain. 1941–1945: World War II: On December 8, 1941, the United States declared war against Japan in response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. On December 11, Germany and Italy declared war against the United States. 1945: China: In October 50,000 U.S. Marines were sent to North China to assist Chinese Nationalist authorities in disarming and repatriating the Japanese in China and in controlling ports, railroads, and airfields. This was in addition to", "title": "Timeline of United States military operations" }, { "docid": "13923115", "text": "report. The episode was written by William Harper and directed by Allison Liddi-Brown. David Greenspan edited the episode and Donald Lee Harris served as production designer. Featured music included [...]. The episode received positive reviews among television critics, and it outperformed the previous episode in terms of viewership. \"I Saw What I Saw\" was originally broadcast on October 22, 2009 in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The episode was viewed by a total of 15.40 million people, up 1.61% from the previous episode \"Invasion\", which garnered 13.79 million viewers. In terms of viewership, \"I Saw What", "title": "I Saw What I Saw" }, { "docid": "14736560", "text": "it was signed by House Speaker, Champ Clark. About nine hours later, at 12:14 p.m., it was signed by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. Less than an hour after that, when President Wilson signed it at 1:11 p.m., the United States was officially at war against the German Empire. Notes Sources United States declaration of war on Germany (1917) On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked a special joint session of the United States Congress for a declaration of war against the German Empire. Congress responded with the declaration on April 6. WHEREAS, The Imperial German Government has committed", "title": "United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)" }, { "docid": "9013303", "text": "1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.\" On December 8, Congress voted almost unanimously to declare war against Japan. On December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, which responded in kind. Roosevelt portrayed the war as a crusade against the aggressive dictatorships that threatened peace and democracy throughout the world. In late December 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt met at the Arcadia Conference, which established a joint strategy between the U.S. and Britain.", "title": "Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "5500619", "text": "to declare war on Germany on 10 September 1939. Because of Cuba's geographical position at the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, Havana's role as the principal trading port in the West Indies, and the country's natural resources, Cuba was an important participant in the American Theater of World War II, and subsequently one of the greatest beneficiaries of the United States' Lend-Lease program. Cuba declared war on the Axis powers in December 1941, making it one of the first Latin American countries to enter the conflict, and by the war's end in 1945 its military had developed a reputation", "title": "Allies of World War II" }, { "docid": "16093731", "text": "possibility of real-world despair.\" \"What We Saw from the Cheap Seats\" has thus far debuted on at least nine national album charts. In the United States, the album debuted at No. 3, with sales of 42,000, a slight decrease from the opening of her previous album. The album has sold 174,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016. All songs written by Spektor except where noted. All credits for tracks one through eleven are listed in the album's booklet. What We Saw from the Cheap Seats What We Saw from the Cheap Seats is the sixth studio album", "title": "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" }, { "docid": "3400501", "text": "and 31 December 1946. On 8 August 1946, the separate Merchant Marine World War II Victory Medal was established for members of the United States Merchant Marine who served during World War II. The medal is awarded for service between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946, both dates inclusive. The National Personnel Records Center has reported some cases of service members receiving the award for simply a few days of service. As the Second World War ended on 2 September 1945, there may be cases of service members who had enlisted, entered officer candidate school, or had been a", "title": "World War II Victory Medal (United States)" }, { "docid": "14717129", "text": "US and the German governments until after Hitler's rise to power. On July 11, 1928, the US government served a note of continuation regarding the treaty to the Secretariat of the League of Nations. Following Hitler's rise to power, relations were worsening, and on June 3, 1935, a new agreement was signed between the US and German governments, which limited the operation of article 7 of the treaty, dealing with freedom of commercial activities by national of both countries. On December 11, 1941, Hitler declared war on the United States, and all treaties between the two countries became inoperative. The", "title": "Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Relations between Germany and the United States of America" }, { "docid": "14734048", "text": "United States declaration of war upon Spain On 25 April 1898, the United States Congress declared war upon Spain. The ensuing Spanish–American War resulted in a decisive victory for the United States, and arguably served as a transitional period for both nations. Spain saw its days of empire fade, as the United States saw the prospect of overseas empire emerge. The war was ended by the Treaty of Paris signed on December 10 that same year. The Spanish–American War originated out of the Cuban War of Independence, launched in February 1895. For decades the United States had watched political developments", "title": "United States declaration of war upon Spain" }, { "docid": "1651455", "text": "Task Force 11 Task Force 11 (TF 11 or alternately Commander Task Force 11, CTF 11) is a designation that has been used by the United States armed forces for two separate units. During World War II, Task Force 11 was a United States Navy aircraft carrier task force in the Pacific theater. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Destroyer Squadron 1 was attached to the Task Force under Vice Admiral Wilson Brown, made up of with cruisers , and . On 14 December 1941, after delays due to bad weather, the task force cleared Pearl Harbor", "title": "Task Force 11" }, { "docid": "17377468", "text": "War II began, the Venezuelan military was badly in need of modernization, and the United States was eager to help in return for Venezuela's support in the war. However, the United States was concerned about a possible enemy attack on Venezuela, in order to disrupt oil production, if it did openly join the Allied cause and declare war. As result, the Venezuelan government broke relations with the Axis powers on December 31, 1941, but it did not declare war until February 15, 1945, when the threat of an attack against the oil was gone. Therefore, the Venezuelan military never met", "title": "Venezuela during World War II" }, { "docid": "13550892", "text": "What I Saw and How I Lied What I Saw and How I Lied is a novel for young adults written by Judy Blundell and published by Scholastic in 2008. It won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature. \"What I Saw and How I Lied\" is historical fiction set in the United States after World War II. Scholastic recommends it for age 13+. The audiobook edition, narrated by Caitlin Greer, appeared on the Young Adult Library Services Association Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list in 2011. WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED, a film noir", "title": "What I Saw and How I Lied" }, { "docid": "17989319", "text": "I Declare War (band) I Declare War is an American deathcore band from Seattle, Washington. The band was founded in 2005. The original line up consisted of: Johnathan Huber (Vocals), Evan Hughes (Guitar), Jake Paulson (Guitar), Randy Carpenter (Drums), and Zack Ring (Bass). In 2006 the group released their first album, the independently released \"What You Deserve\" and began touring soon after. In 2007 the band released their second album and first on a record label, \"Amidst the Bloodshed\" on the now defunct Compton Records. During a tour in the same year, the group came in contact with fellow deathcore", "title": "I Declare War (band)" }, { "docid": "15031584", "text": "on 28 April 1941. By November 1941 the Office of the Under Secretary of War (OUSW) employed 1,136 people, of whom 257 were military officers and the remainder civilians. The position of the Under Secretary of War was held by the following: United States Under Secretary of War The Under Secretary of War was a position created by an act of 16 December 1940 (54 Stat. 1224). At the same time, section 5a of the National Defense Act (1920) was amended to allow the United States Secretary of War to assign his responsibilities for procurement to any of his subordinates.", "title": "United States Under Secretary of War" }, { "docid": "11633803", "text": "Benjamin Harrison agreed to pay a $25,000 indemnity to the victims' families, Congress tried unsuccessfully to intervene, accusing him of \"unconstitutional executive usurpation of Congressional powers\". Since Mussolini's rise to power the United States applauded him on his early achievements, including helping with relations between the two countries. Relations deteriorated after Italy invaded Ethiopia. This was about the time the United States started practicing isolationism. From 1941 to 1943 Italy as a whole was at war with the United States, although the United States never saw Italy as an enemy but its leader Benito Mussolini. From 1943 till the end", "title": "Italy–United States relations" }, { "docid": "11061341", "text": "of war with Japan exists and has existed in Canada as and from the 7th day of December 1941. Now, therefore, we do hereby declare and proclaim that a state of war with Japan exists and has existed as and from the seventh day of December 1941. Of all which our loving subjects and all others whom these presents may concern are hereby required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly. Canada remained focused on the European theatre, like the United States, and following VE Day was still in the process of transitioning its military force for a campaign", "title": "Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "17587138", "text": "and in ever increasing measure all rules of neutrality in favor of the adversaries of Germany and having continually been guilty of the most severe provocations toward Germany ever since the outbreak of the European war, provoked by the British declaration of war against Germany on September 3, 1939, has finally resorted to open military acts of aggression. On September 11, 1941, the President of the United States publicly declared that he had ordered the American Navy and Air Force to shoot on sight at any German war vessel. In his speech of October 27, 1941, he once more expressly", "title": "German declaration of war against the United States" }, { "docid": "17798177", "text": "no \"incidents\" with the United States until the war with the Soviet Union was over. In July 1941, when the U.S Marines took over the occupation of Iceland, Raeder advised Hitler that Germany should declare war on the United States as a reply. On 9 July 1941, during a meeting with Hitler, Raeder said he had enough of the Americans, and after this latest act of American \"aggression\" as he called the occupation of Iceland, demanded that Germany declare war on the United States. Though Hitler rejected Raeder's advice, Raeder spent the entire second half of 1941 persistently pressing for", "title": "Erich Raeder during World War II" }, { "docid": "14070997", "text": "Federal service on 16 September 1940 and started training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The regiment then moved to Camp Barkeley, Texas in February 1941 and conducted maneuvers in Louisiana. After the United States declared war on 8 December 1941, the unit was detached from the 45th Division and was sent to Panama to reinforce the defenses of the Panama Canal Zone arriving 2 January 1942. The regiment was relieved of assignment to the 45th on 11 February 1942 and became a separate infantry regiment. This was done as the \"square\" divisions of the US Army were reorganized as triangular divisions.", "title": "158th Infantry Regiment (United States)" }, { "docid": "13297623", "text": "materials and other supplies to nations whose defense was considered vital to the defense of the United States. It began with the passage by Congress of the Lend-lease act (PL 77-11) on 11 March 1941. Initially, the main recipient was Great Britain; the Soviet Union began receiving supplies (paid for in gold) in June 1941 outside of Lend-lease, and was included in the Lend-lease agreement in November 1941. By the end of the war, most of the Allied countries had been declared eligible for Lend-lease aid, although not all received it. By the time the program was ended by President", "title": "United States foreign aid" }, { "docid": "12146733", "text": "the resulting declaration of war on the US by Nazi Germany on 11 December, the war, especially in regard to the above statement, had become truly a \"World War\". Hitler announced this declaration of war on 11 December in the German \"Reichstag\", a speech also broadcast on radio. On 12 December 1941, he had a meeting with the most important Nazi leaders. On the afternoon of 12 December, Hitler ordered the leading members of the Nazi Party to a meeting in his private rooms at the Reich Chancellery. Because the meeting took place in private rooms rather than Hitler's office,", "title": "Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941" }, { "docid": "7529847", "text": "would then become an unconquerable fortress in Europe. The wound inflicted on the United States by Japan at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, did not result in a change in U.S. policy. Prime Minister Winston Churchill hastened to Washington shortly after Pearl Harbor for the Arcadia Conference to ensure that the Americans didn't have second thoughts about Europe First. The two countries reaffirmed that, \"notwithstanding the entry of Japan into the War, our view remains that Germany is still the prime enemy. And her defeat is the key to victory. Once Germany is defeated the collapse of Italy and", "title": "Military history of the United States during World War II" }, { "docid": "14138926", "text": "and was replaced by a Russian Provisional Government. This helped overcome Wilson's reluctance to having the US fight alongside a country ruled by an absolutist monarch. Pleased by the Provisional Government's pro-war stance, the US accorded the new government diplomatic recognition on March 9, 1917. Although the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, it did not initially declare war on the other Central Powers, a state of affairs that Woodrow Wilson described as an \"embarrassing obstacle\" in his State of the Union speech. Congress declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire on December 7, 1917, but never", "title": "United States in World War I" }, { "docid": "13544205", "text": "Lykes\" career are reported in secondary sources, but some time after the United States entered World War II in December 1941, the ship was armed with one , two , and eight guns, and a Naval Armed Guard detachment to man them. Information on most of \"Louise Lykes\" wartime activities is also absent from secondary sources, but she is recorded as sailing in Convoy UGF 2 from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Casablanca in November 1942 with 21 other merchant vessels, and the return convoy, GUF 2, which returned to Hampton Roads on 11 December. Both convoys were escorted across the", "title": "SS Louise Lykes (1941)" }, { "docid": "8712722", "text": "2 of that year, created a Second Assistant Secretary position in the War Department variously called \"Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation,\" \"Assistant Secretary of War for Air,\" or \"Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics.\" Those holding the office, with an eight-year vacancy between 1933 and 1941, were F. Trubee Davison (1926-1933), Robert A. Lovett (1941-1945), and Stuart Symington (1946-1947). United States Assistant Secretary of War The United States Assistant Secretary of War was the second-ranking official within the American Department of War from 1861 to 1867, from 1882 to 1883, and from 1890 to 1940. According to the Military", "title": "United States Assistant Secretary of War" }, { "docid": "6412892", "text": "rail roads, gave rise to international travel by large numbers of people. Countries such as Czarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire maintained passport requirements. After World War I, many European countries retained their passport requirements. Foreign passport requirements undercut the absence of a passport requirement for Americans exiting the country, under United States law, between 1921 and 1941. The contemporary period of required passports for Americans under United States law began on November 29, 1941. A 1978 amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 made it unlawful to enter or depart the United States without an issued passport", "title": "United States passport" }, { "docid": "139032", "text": "Four Freedoms The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941. In an address known as the (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people \"everywhere in the world\" ought to enjoy: Roosevelt delivered his speech 11 months before the surprise Japanese attack on U.S. forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that caused the United States to declare war on Japan, December 8, 1941. The State of the Union speech before Congress was largely about the national security of the United States and the threat", "title": "Four Freedoms" }, { "docid": "7529845", "text": "Fall of France in 1940, which saw Germany overrun most of the countries of Western Europe, leaving the United Kingdom alone to combat Germany. Germany's planned invasion of the UK, Operation Sea Lion, was averted by its failure to establish air superiority in the Battle of Britain. At the same time, war with Japan in East Asia seemed increasingly likely. Although the U.S. was not yet at war with either Germany or Japan, it met with the UK on several occasions to formulate joint strategies. In the 29 March 1941 report of the ABC-1 conference, the Americans and British agreed", "title": "Military history of the United States during World War II" }, { "docid": "8610374", "text": "USS Melville (AD-2) USS \"Melville\" (AD-2) was a United States Navy destroyer tender that saw service in both World Wars. Laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, on 11 November 1913, she was launched on 2 March 1913, sponsored by Miss Helen W. Neel, granddaughter of Rear Admiral George W. Melville; and was first commissioned on 3 December 1915, Comdr. Henry Bertram Price in command. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, \"Melville\" reported to Newport, in January 1916. On 11 May 1917, a month after the United States entered World War I, the destroyer tender got", "title": "USS Melville (AD-2)" }, { "docid": "17381152", "text": "Finland sought protection and support from the Britain and Sweden without success. Finland drew closer to Germany, first with the intent of enlisting German support as a counterweight to thwart continuing Soviet pressure, and later to help regain lost territories. Finland declared war against the Soviet Union on 25 June 1941 in what is called the Continuation War. To meet Stalin's demands, Britain reluctantly declared war on Finland on 6 December 1941, although no other military operations followed. War was never declared between Finland and the United States, though relations were severed between the two countries in 1944 as a", "title": "Diplomatic history of World War II" }, { "docid": "19618690", "text": "United States declaration of war on Austria-Hungary The 1917 United States declaration of war on Austria-Hungary, officially House Joint Resolution 169, was a resolution adopted by the United States Congress declaring that a state of war existed between the United States of America and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It followed, by eight months, the earlier declaration of war against Germany that had brought the United States into World War I. Enacted on December 7, 1917 and coming into effect the same day, it was officially terminated in 1921, three years after the effective capitulation of Austria-Hungary. On April 6, 1917 the", "title": "United States declaration of war on Austria-Hungary" }, { "docid": "1435597", "text": "are white lines 3/16 inch (.48 cm) in width and whose radial lines are white 1/8 inch (.32 cm) in width, was approved on 3 December 1918. The triangles thus outlined in white are flag blue. The pentagon represents the number of the Corps, while blue and white are the colors associated with Corps flags. After Nazi Germany declared war on the United States on 11 December 1941, the corps deployed (January 1942) the first American soldiers to the European Theater of Operations, United States Army. That initial deployment was known as the U.S. Army Northern Ireland Force or MAGNET.", "title": "V Corps (United States)" }, { "docid": "13945107", "text": "2: \"Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses\" Part 3: \"Personality, Character, and Intelligence\" What the Dog Saw What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures is the fourth book released by author Malcolm Gladwell, on October 20, 2009. The book is a compilation of the journalist's articles published in \"The New Yorker\". Gladwell initially covered business and science in \"The Washington Post\" before joining the staff at \"The New Yorker\" in 1997. Each of the articles first appeared in \"The New Yorker\" and was handpicked by Gladwell. The stories share a common theme, namely that Gladwell tries to show us the world through", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "14736557", "text": "United States declaration of war on Germany (1917) On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked a special joint session of the United States Congress for a declaration of war against the German Empire. Congress responded with the declaration on April 6. WHEREAS, The Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of war against the people of the United States of America; therefore, be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government, which has thus been", "title": "United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)" }, { "docid": "9704712", "text": "sums were allocated for economic support and development. On the whole the Roosevelt policy was a political success, except in Argentina, which tolerated German influence, and refused to follow Washington's lead until the war was practically over. After the United States declared war on Germany in December 1941, the Federal Bureau of Investigation drafted a list of Germans in fifteen Latin American countries it suspected of subversive activities and demanded their eviction to the U.S. for detention. In response, several countries expelled a total of 4,058 Germans to the U.S. Some 10% to 15% of them were Nazi party members,", "title": "Latin America–United States relations" }, { "docid": "7132619", "text": "of refugees from Germany to the U.S. was relatively small during the 1930s, many intellectuals did escape and resettled in the United States. Many were Jewish. Catholic universities were strengthened by the arrival of German Catholic intellectuals in exile, such as Waldemar Gurian at Notre Dame. Hollywood edited films for Nazi Germany. As Second World War began in September 1939, the U.S. was officially neutral until December 11, 1941 when Germany declared war on the U.S. Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy strongly favored Britain (and France) over Germany in 1939–41. The United States played a central role in the defeat of", "title": "Germany–United States relations" }, { "docid": "1964085", "text": "countries continued to deteriorate. American public opinion overwhelmingly favored China and denounced Japan. The United States formally declared war on Japan in December 1941 following the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The Roosevelt administration gave massive amounts of aid to Chiang's beleaguered government, now headquartered in Chungking. Madame Chiang Kai-shek, who had been educated in the United States, addressed the US Congress and toured the country to rally support for China. Congress amended the Chinese Exclusion Act and Roosevelt moved to end the unequal treaties by establishing the Treaty for Relinquishment of Extraterritorial Rights in China. However, the perception", "title": "China–United States relations" }, { "docid": "7943032", "text": "Turkey–United States relations Turkey–United States relations in the post-World War II period evolved from the Second Cairo Conference in December 1943 and Turkey's entrance into World War II on the side of the Allies in February 1945. Later that year, Turkey became a charter member of the United Nations. Difficulties faced by Greece after the war in quelling a communist rebellion, along with demands by the Soviet Union for military bases in the Turkish Straits, prompted the United States to declare the Truman Doctrine in 1947. The doctrine enunciated American intentions to guarantee the security of Turkey and Greece, and", "title": "Turkey–United States relations" }, { "docid": "139049", "text": "reproduced as postage stamps by the United States Post Office in 1943, in 1946, and in 1994, the centenary of Rockwell's birth. Four Freedoms The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941. In an address known as the (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people \"everywhere in the world\" ought to enjoy: Roosevelt delivered his speech 11 months before the surprise Japanese attack on U.S. forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that caused the United States to declare war on Japan, December 8,", "title": "Four Freedoms" }, { "docid": "1919341", "text": "deep isolationism, rejecting international conferences, and focusing moment mostly on reciprocal tariff agreements with smaller countries of Latin America. President Roosevelt tried to avoid repeating what he saw as Woodrow Wilson's mistakes in World War I. He often made exactly the opposite decision. Wilson called for neutrality in thought and deed, while Roosevelt made it clear his administration strongly favored Britain and China. Unlike the loans in World War I, the United States made large-scale grants of military and economic aid to the Allies through Lend-Lease, with little expectation of repayment. Wilson did not greatly expand war production before the", "title": "History of the United States (1918–1945)" }, { "docid": "10237080", "text": "The War on Democracy The War on Democracy is a 2007 documentary film directed by the British filmmakers Christopher Martin and John Pilger, who also wrote the narration. Focusing on the political situations in nations of Latin America, the film criticizes both the United States' intervention in foreign countries' domestic politics and its \"War on Terrorism\". The film was first released in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2007. The film was produced over a two-year period. Carl Deal, chief archivist on the Michael Moore films \"Fahrenheit 9/11\" and \"Bowling for Columbine,\" provided the archive footage used in the film.", "title": "The War on Democracy" }, { "docid": "19602576", "text": "officer, and 2,219 enlisted men. The Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 marked the entry of the United States in the Second World War. On 11 December 1941, 22 officers and 700 enlisted men of the 169th were transferred to the 102nd Regiment, who were detached from the 43rd Infantry Division. At Camp Shelby, Mississippi, the 169th received 900 new recruits on 21 February 1942 and began training them right away. Another 900 raw recruits were received on 22 May 1942. On 30 September 1942, the 169th Infantry Regiment left San Francisco, California and sailed to New Zealand", "title": "169th Infantry Regiment (United States)" }, { "docid": "7801525", "text": "about 200 houses of prostitution shortly thereafter. The National Venereal Disease Control Act, which became effective July 1, 1938, authorized the appropriation of federal funds to assist the states in combating venereal diseases. Appropriations under this act were doubled after the United States entered the war. The May Act,3 which became effective with its signature by the President, July 11, 1941, armed the federal government with authority to suppress commercialized vice in the neighborhood of military camps and naval establishments in the United States. The May Act, which became law in June 1941, intended to prevent prostitution on restricted zones", "title": "Prostitution in the United States" }, { "docid": "17587120", "text": "already engaged in a \"de facto\" war with German U-Boats. Roosevelt's desire to help the UK, despite the objections of the influential US isolationist lobby, and legal impediments imposed by Congress which prevented direct involvement in the war, brought the US to push hard against the traditional boundaries of neutrality. On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an attack on the US naval and army base on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, beginning a war between Japan and the United States. Japan had not informed its ally, Germany, in advance of the attack, although the Japanese ambassador had informed", "title": "German declaration of war against the United States" }, { "docid": "3518973", "text": "coalition of enemies. To that end, the Joint Planning Board developed a new series of war plans, the \"Rainbow\" plans—the term being a play on the multiple \"color\" plans that had been drawn up previously. The assumptions and plans for Rainbow 5 were discussed extensively in the Plan Dog memo, which concluded ultimately that the United States would adhere to a Europe first strategy in World War II. Plans for Rainbow Five were published by the press in early December 1941. According to the public intelligence site, Global Security, the following plans are known to have existed: United States color-coded", "title": "United States color-coded war plans" }, { "docid": "10750445", "text": "on Bulgaria and Germany's other allies. \"The New York Times\" accused Bulgaria of joining forces with the 'devil' and providing information to Germany. President Wilson drafted a statement to Congress in December 1917 which said \"I... recommend that Congress immediately declare the United States in a state of war with Austria-Hungary, with Turkey and with Bulgaria\". The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and American philanthropist Cleveland Dodge, head of the board of Robert College, wrote to Wilson asking him not to declare war on Bulgaria, saying that it would have no effect on the war, but would harm", "title": "Bulgaria–United States relations" }, { "docid": "17989323", "text": "Hansen. Later on yet again due to heavy touring Hansen and Bradford would leave and enters Yusef Johnson. In 2014, this new lineup released its first album together, \"We Are Violent People by Nature\", which would be I Declare War’s fifth full-length album and would reach #13 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. In 2016, 'Songs for the Sick' was released. An Instrumental version of the album was also made available. Current members Past members Timeline Albums EPs I Declare War (band) I Declare War is an American deathcore band from Seattle, Washington. The band was founded in 2005. The original", "title": "I Declare War (band)" }, { "docid": "5164999", "text": "United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), stood up in March 1941 as the \"Truman Committee,\" is the oldest subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (formerly the Committee on Government Operations). The Truman Committee (itself successor to the Nye Committee 1934–1936) stood up from March 1941 to 1948, the Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments took over two key aspects of the Truman Committee. First, Investigations Subcommittee took the Truman Committee's investigation of war contracts and procurement of the Hughes XF-11", "title": "United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations" }, { "docid": "14410483", "text": "World War I ended on November 11, 1918, the passport requirement lingered until March 3, 1921. There was an absence of a passport requirement under United States law between 1921 and 1941. World War II (1939–1945) again led to passport requirements under the Travel Control Act of 1918. A 1978 amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 made it illegal to enter or depart the United States without an issued passport even in peacetime. Note that the amendment does permit the President to make exceptions; historically, these exceptions have been used to permit travel to certain countries (particularly", "title": "Freedom of movement under United States law" }, { "docid": "7943079", "text": "the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in Washington, D.C. and growing Turkish-Russian security cooperation. Turkey–United States relations Turkey–United States relations in the post-World War II period evolved from the Second Cairo Conference in December 1943 and Turkey's entrance into World War II on the side of the Allies in February 1945. Later that year, Turkey became a charter member of the United Nations. Difficulties faced by Greece after the war in quelling a communist rebellion, along with demands by the Soviet Union for military bases in the Turkish Straits, prompted the United States to declare the Truman Doctrine in 1947. The doctrine", "title": "Turkey–United States relations" }, { "docid": "3459903", "text": "on their uniforms. The December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Germany's declaration of war against the United States gave the United States the leverage it needed, however, to force Morínigo to commit himself publicly to the Allied cause. Morínigo officially severed diplomatic relations with the Axis countries in 1942, although he did not declare war against Germany until February 1945. Nonetheless, Morínigo continued to maintain close relations with the heavily German-influenced Argentine military throughout the war and provided a haven for Axis spies and agents. The outbreak of World War II eased Morínigo's task of ruling Paraguay while", "title": "Higinio Morínigo" }, { "docid": "9592051", "text": "declare principles that stand above every earthly power—the equality of each person before God, and the responsibility of government to secure the rights of all.\" In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared December 15 to be Bill of Rights Day, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. In 1991, the Virginia copy of the Bill of Rights toured the country in honor of its bicentennial, visiting the capitals of all fifty states. United States Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights in the United States is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.", "title": "United States Bill of Rights" }, { "docid": "5500609", "text": "war on Japan, and Japan's allies Germany and Italy declared war on the US, bringing the US into World War II. On 8 December 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Congress declared war on Japan at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was followed by Germany and Italy declaring war on the United States on 11 December, bringing the country into the European theatre. The US-led Allied forces in the Pacific theatre against Japanese forces from 1941 to 1945. From 1943 to 1945, the US-led and coordinated the Western Allies' war effort in Europe", "title": "Allies of World War II" }, { "docid": "4472597", "text": "and the Netherlands, many countries in South East Asia and the Pacific began to prepare for the possibility of war. By December 1941, the combined defense forces in the Philippines were organized into the US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), which eventually included the Philippine Army's 1st Regular Division, 2nd (Constabulary) Division, and 10 mobilized reserve divisions, and the United States Army's Philippine Department. General Douglas MacArthur was recalled from retirement by the U.S. War Department and named commander of USAFFE on 26 July 1941. MacArthur had retired in 1937 after two years as Military Advisor to the", "title": "Philippines Campaign (1941–42)" }, { "docid": "14253780", "text": "Tens of millions of parents took war jobs or joined voluntary organizations such as the Red Cross. This involvement changed the course of the war and directly affected daily life, education, and family structures of children in the United States. The home front saw a systematic mobilization of the entire population and the entire economy to produce the soldiers, food supplies, munitions, and money needed to win the war. Although the United States entered the war in 1917, there had been very little planning, or even recognition of the problems that the British and other Allies had to solve on", "title": "Effect of World War I on children in the United States" }, { "docid": "14253800", "text": "were forced to leave in order to serve in World War I. Women showed their importance in society, which fueled many women's rights movements post–World War I. The girls who were in school during World War I were also learning about the importance of nationalism, and saw their mothers fulfilling traditionally male-dominated roles. This desire for nationalism and exposure to wider opportunities helped to enable these girls to grow up and become involved in securing rights for themselves. Effect of World War I on children in the United States Though the United States was in combat for only a matter", "title": "Effect of World War I on children in the United States" }, { "docid": "5546894", "text": "Presidential Unit Citation (United States) The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the Uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II). The unit must display such gallantry, determination, and \"esprit de corps\" in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions so as to set it apart from and above other units participating in", "title": "Presidential Unit Citation (United States)" }, { "docid": "703961", "text": "Empire of Japan. Congress obliged his request less than an hour later. On December 11, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, even though the Tripartite Pact did not require it. Congress issued a declaration of war against Germany and Italy later that same day. The UK actually declared war on Japan nine hours before the U.S. did, partially due to Japanese attacks on Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong, and partially due to Winston Churchill's promise to declare war \"within the hour\" of a Japanese attack on the United States. The attack was an initial shock to all", "title": "Attack on Pearl Harbor" }, { "docid": "15938271", "text": "San Julián Air Base San Julián Air Base or Base Aérea San Julián is a military air base located approximately southwest of the city of Guane a municipality in the province of Pinar del Río in Cuba. The provincial capital, Pinar del Río is located to the northeast approximately with the capital of Havana also to the northeast . The 23.Regimiento de Caza operating Russian Mig-23ML aircraft On December 9, 1941, Cuba declared war on the Empire of Japan. On December 11, 1941, Cuba and the United States of America, Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Nicaragua declare war", "title": "San Julián Air Base" }, { "docid": "11632362", "text": "Finland–United States relations Finland – United States relations are bilateral relations between Finland and the United States. According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 48% of Finnish people approve of U.S. leadership, with 34% disapproving and 18% uncertain. Following the Finnish declaration of independence on December 6, 1917, the U.S. government was among the first to recognize it. Diplomatic relations between the two governments were established in 1920 at a legation level. During the Second World War, as the Finnish government cooperated with the Axis Powers, relations were maintained nevertheless. The U.S. government resisted Soviet pressures to declare war", "title": "Finland–United States relations" }, { "docid": "11985596", "text": "overboard, saving the lives of many of his fellow crewmen. On December 7, 1941, when the Empire of Japan attacked the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, many sailors with Hispanic surnames were among those who perished. When the United States officially entered World War II, Hispanic Americans were among the many American citizens who joined the ranks of the navy as volunteers or through the draft. Of the Hispanics who served actively in the European and Pacific Theatres of war, five would eventually earn the rank of rear admiral and above. In 1941, Commander Luis de Florez played", "title": "Hispanics in the United States Navy" }, { "docid": "4276681", "text": "in World War I. The US Navy did not have a large part in this war, with action mainly being confined to escorting convoys later in the war and sending a division of battleships to reinforce the British Grand Fleet. However, there were those in the submarine service who saw what the Germans had done with their U-boats and took careful note. Doctrine in the inter-war years emphasized the submarine as a scout for the battle fleet, and also extreme caution in command. Both these axioms were proven wrong after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The submarine", "title": "Submarines in the United States Navy" }, { "docid": "17467390", "text": "I Declare War (film) I Declare War is a 2012 Canadian action comedy-drama film written and co-directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson. The film, about a group of friends who get together for a game of capture the flag that escalates into violence, was an Official Selection in the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was given a limited release in U.S. theatres on August 30, 2013. Co-director Jason Lapeyre wrote the script ten years earlier and based it on his childhood experiences of playing war with a bunch of people saying, \"Almost everything that happens in this script", "title": "I Declare War (film)" } ]

[ "Lambeau Field", "New City Stadium", "Lambeau Leap", "Lambeau", "Lambeau leap", "Lambeau field", "Lambo Field", "The Frozen Tundra" ]

[ { "docid": "11299729", "text": "1933 Green Bay Packers season The 1933 Green Bay Packers season was their 15th season overall and their 13th season in the National Football League (NFL). This was the first year of divisional play and Green Bay competed in the Western Division. The club posted a 5–7–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, the first losing season in team history. Beginning this season, the Packers began playing some home game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Borchert Field to draw additional revenue, starting October 1, 1933, against the New York Giants. \"at East Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin\" \"at East Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin\"", "title": "1933 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8915752", "text": "and more and more opponents asking for their games against the Packers to be played at County Stadium in Milwaukee, the NFL told the Packers that if they wanted to stay in Green Bay, they had to build a new stadium. The Packers and the city of Green Bay complied, building a brand-new 32,000-seat stadium, naming it New City Stadium. The new stadium was dedicated in a game against the Chicago Bears, with many celebrities attending, including actor James Arness, NFL commissioner Bert Bell, vice president (and future U.S. president) Richard Nixon, and Bears coach George Halas. The Packers won", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "11348482", "text": "1957 Green Bay Packers season The 1957 Green Bay Packers season was their 39th season overall and their 37th season in the National Football League. After an opening win, the club posted a 3–9 record under fourth-year head coach Lisle Blackbourn and finished last in the Western Conference. It was Blackbourn's final season at Green Bay, who was replaced by Ray McLean in January 1958 for just one year, succeeded by Vince Lombardi in 1959. The 1957 season also marked the Packers' move from City Stadium to new City Stadium, which was opened with a win over the Chicago Bears", "title": "1957 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11299793", "text": "folding. 1934 Green Bay Packers season The 1934 Green Bay Packers season was their 16th season overall and their 14th season in the National Football League (NFL). The club posted a 7–6–0 record under coach Curly Lambeau. The Packers played their Milwaukee, Wisconsin home games at Wisconsin State Fair Park. During this season, a fan fell from the stands at old City Stadium and sued the Packers and won a $5,000 verdict. This caused the insurance company to go out of business and the Packers entered receivership. Green Bay business men raised $15,000 in new capital to prevent the team", "title": "1934 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11299792", "text": "1934 Green Bay Packers season The 1934 Green Bay Packers season was their 16th season overall and their 14th season in the National Football League (NFL). The club posted a 7–6–0 record under coach Curly Lambeau. The Packers played their Milwaukee, Wisconsin home games at Wisconsin State Fair Park. During this season, a fan fell from the stands at old City Stadium and sued the Packers and won a $5,000 verdict. This caused the insurance company to go out of business and the Packers entered receivership. Green Bay business men raised $15,000 in new capital to prevent the team from", "title": "1934 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "162776", "text": "the warning track. By 1994, improvements and seating expansions at Lambeau, along with the Brewers preparing to campaign for their new stadium prompted the Packers to play their full slate in Green Bay for the first time in 62 years. Former season ticketholders for the Milwaukee package continue to receive preference for one pre-season and the second and fifth regular-season games at Lambeau Field each season, along with playoff games through a lottery under the \"Gold Package\" plan. The Packers have three practice facilities across the street from Lambeau Field: the Don Hutson Center, an indoor facility; Ray Nitschke Field,", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "11346622", "text": "played in Green Bay on December 26. With backup quarterbacks playing for both teams, the Packers tied the Colts late and won in overtime, 13–10. Green Bay then met the defending champion Cleveland Browns (11–3) in the NFL championship game, also at Green Bay. The Packers won, 23–12, for their ninth NFL title and third under Lombardi. It was the last NFL championship game before the advent of the Super Bowl and the first of three consecutive league titles for Green Bay. Known as \"New City Stadium\" for its first eight seasons, the Packers' venue in Green Bay was renamed", "title": "1965 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11346623", "text": "Lambeau Field in August 1965 in memory of Packers founder, player, and long-time head coach, Curly Lambeau, who had died two months earlier. 1965 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was their 47th season overall and their 45th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 10–3–1 record under seventh-year head coach Vince Lombardi, earning a tie for first place in the Western Conference with the Baltimore Colts. In the final regular season game at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, a late touchdown by the 49ers caused a tie and dropped Green Bay into a", "title": "1965 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9642005", "text": "2007 Green Bay Packers season The 2007 Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 89th overall and 87th season in the National Football League. The Packers finished the regular season with an impressive 13–3 record. They received a bye for the first round of the playoffs, won their divisional round playoff game, and lost in the NFC Championship game to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants. This was the last season for quarterback Brett Favre as a Green Bay Packer. This season also marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Packers' home stadium of Lambeau Field.", "title": "2007 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8915739", "text": "fact, for decades, the Packers played four (one pre-season, three regular-season) home games each year in Milwaukee, first at the State Fair Park fairgrounds, then at Milwaukee County Stadium. The Packers did not move their entire home schedule to Green Bay until 1995. The reason for ending the series of Milwaukee games, according to team president Robert Harlan, was the larger capacity of Lambeau Field and the availability of luxury boxes, which were not available at Milwaukee County Stadium. County Stadium's replacement, Miller Park, then being planned, was always intended to be a baseball-only stadium instead of a multipurpose stadium;", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "3348694", "text": "of the field have been erected. Before the 2008 renovations, it was often referred to as East Stadium or Old City Stadium. The 100th Green Bay East–West football game was played at City Stadium in 2005. About 8,000 people watched the historic event. The final score was Green Bay East 56, Green Bay West 8. As an observance of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Lambeau Field, the Packers held practice at City Stadium on July 31, 2007. In the summer of 2008, City Stadium was renovated with a new press box, new bleachers on the home side of", "title": "City Stadium (Green Bay)" }, { "docid": "9910044", "text": "an endowment fund exceeding US$32 million. Judge Robert J. Parins, who was the president of the Green Bay Packers from 1982 to 1989, founded the Green Bay Packers Foundation in 1986. His desire was for the Foundation to be the charitable arm of the Packers organization and to ensure the team maintained strong community outreach. The Foundation has maintained a close relationship with the Packers organization since its founding. The Packers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is led by a 10-person Board of Trustees drawn from the Green Bay Packers Board", "title": "Green Bay Packers Foundation" }, { "docid": "162698", "text": "Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919, and is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States. Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957. The Packers are the last of the \"small town teams\" which were common in the NFL during the league's early days of", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "8915826", "text": "played at the Georgia Dome. History of the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team that has played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921. The team was founded in 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun, and for the next two years played against local teams in Wisconsin and Michigan. In 1921, the Packers joined the \"American Professional Football Association\", the precursor to the (NFL) with Curly Lambeau as their coach. After falling into financial trouble, the Green Bay Football Corporation, now known as Green Bay Packers, Inc., was formed", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "8915741", "text": "to change the beneficiary from the Sullivan-Wallen Post to the Green Bay Packers Foundation. In 1950, the Packers held a stock sale to again raise money to support the team. In 1956, area voters approved the construction of a new stadium, owned by the city. As with its predecessor, the new field was named City Stadium, but after the death of founder Lambeau in 1965, on September 11, 1965, the stadium was renamed Lambeau Field. Another stock sale occurred late in 1997 and early in 1998. It added 105,989 new shareholders and raised over $24 million, money used for the", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "8915730", "text": "History of the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team that has played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921. The team was founded in 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun, and for the next two years played against local teams in Wisconsin and Michigan. In 1921, the Packers joined the \"American Professional Football Association\", the precursor to the (NFL) with Curly Lambeau as their coach. After falling into financial trouble, the Green Bay Football Corporation, now known as Green Bay Packers, Inc., was formed in 1923. The Packers became", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "11346517", "text": "January 22, 2011. 1941 Green Bay Packers season The 1941 Green Bay Packers season was their 23rd season overall and their 21st season in the National Football League. The club posted a 10–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a tie for first place in the Western Conference with the Chicago Bears. The Packers and Bears played a one-game playoff in Chicago to determine who would play in the NFL Championship Game. The Packers lost 33–14 to the Bears, in the first post-season game ever played between the archrivals. The second post-season game came 70 years later, in the NFC", "title": "1941 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11346516", "text": "1941 Green Bay Packers season The 1941 Green Bay Packers season was their 23rd season overall and their 21st season in the National Football League. The club posted a 10–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning a tie for first place in the Western Conference with the Chicago Bears. The Packers and Bears played a one-game playoff in Chicago to determine who would play in the NFL Championship Game. The Packers lost 33–14 to the Bears, in the first post-season game ever played between the archrivals. The second post-season game came 70 years later, in the NFC Championship game on", "title": "1941 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "19121007", "text": "met during the regular season in Green Bay. The remainder of the Packers' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 7. Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. No game. Green Bay had their bye week on Week 4. The Packers wore their throwback uniforms for this game. The Dallas defense forced four Green Bay turnovers. It was the first time since 2008, and second time in Cowboys history, that Dallas had won at Lambeau. This was the Packers first loss wearing throwback uniforms. For the first time since 1989, the Packers wore their white jerseys at a home", "title": "2016 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9258542", "text": "again. These regular season games between the Packers and Walker occurred in three different cities: Green Bay, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee. On November 5, 1989, the Packers beat the Bears 14–13, but not without controversy. Don Majkowski led the Packers to a comeback and a game-winning touchdown pass to Sterling Sharpe with less than a minute left to play. Initially the play was called a touchdown, but line judge Jim Quirk had called a penalty on Majkowski for being beyond the line of scrimmage when he threw the pass. With a nervous and tense crowd at Lambeau Field, the call went", "title": "1989 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8725557", "text": "the loss and was placed on injured reserve, thus ending his season. The Packers only recorded 120 total yards of offense and five total first downs. On the other side, the Patriots recorded 360 yards of total offense with 22 first downs. With the loss, the Packers' record dropped to 4–6. The loss marked the first time the Packers were shut out at Lambeau Field twice in a season. In week 12, the Packers traveled to Qwest Field to play the Seattle Seahawks. It was the Packers' second Monday Night Football game of the season. Green Bay held the lead", "title": "2006 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "12844551", "text": "yards for a touchdown. With the win, Green Bay improved to 7–4. Donald Driver (7 receptions, 142 yards, 1 TD) was named Fox's winner of the 2009 Galloping Gobbler Award. During the 37–36 win, Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger threw for 503 passing yards. In doing so he became just the 10th quarterback since 1950 to throw for 500 or more yards in a game and the first Steeler to do so. \"at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin Entering the playoffs as the NFC's No. 5 seed, the Packers began their postseason run at the University of Phoenix Stadium for the NFC", "title": "2009 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9680292", "text": "2002 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was their 84th season overall and their 82nd in the National Football League. The Packers achieved a 12–4 record in the regular season, before losing in the 2003 NFL Wild Card playoffs round to Michael Vick's Atlanta Falcons at Lambeau Field. This marked the first time in NFL history that the Packers had lost at home in the playoffs. In 2001, the Packers achieved the franchise's best record since 1997, finishing 12–4 and advancing the divisional round of the playoffs. There the Packers lost to the eventual NFC champion St.", "title": "2002 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "162780", "text": "Wolf was inducted, as the most recent Packers contributor to be honored. In nearly nine decades of Packers football, the Packers have formally retired six numbers. All six Packers are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and their numbers and names are displayed on the green facade of Lambeau Field's north endzone as well as in the Lambeau Field Atrium. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Interim head coaches The Packers are unique in having their market area cover two media markets, both Green Bay and Milwaukee. NFL blackout restrictions for the team apply within both areas. However, Packers games have not been blacked", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "11279985", "text": "1919 Green Bay Packers season The 1919 Green Bay Packers season was their first season of competitive football. The club was formed by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun with help from the Indian Packing Company. The club posted a 10–1 record against other teams in Wisconsin and Michigan. According to traditional accounts, Curly Lambeau, a standout high school football player, made Knute Rockne's varsity Notre Dame team in his freshman year, only to resign after a severe case of tonsillitis. Still wanting to play football, a casual conversation with George Calhoun, editor of the Press-Gazette, in the Summer of 1919", "title": "1919 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "12844540", "text": "\"at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin Coming off their road win over the Browns, the Packers went home for the highly anticipated Week 8 divisional rematch with the Minnesota Vikings, as former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre made his return to face his former team. The Packers got the game off to quick start in the first quarter as kicker Mason Crosby made a 37-yard field goal, but the Vikings responded with running back Adrian Peterson's 1-yard touchdown run. Things got worse for Green Bay in the second quarter as Favre completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to tight end", "title": "2009 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11348483", "text": "in week one on September 29. It was renamed Lambeau Field in August 1965 in memory of Packers founder, player, and long-time head coach, Curly Lambeau, who had died two months earlier. 1957 Green Bay Packers season The 1957 Green Bay Packers season was their 39th season overall and their 37th season in the National Football League. After an opening win, the club posted a 3–9 record under fourth-year head coach Lisle Blackbourn and finished last in the Western Conference. It was Blackbourn's final season at Green Bay, who was replaced by Ray McLean in January 1958 for just one", "title": "1957 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11279816", "text": "1929 Green Bay Packers season The 1929 Green Bay Packers season was their 11th season overall and their ninth season in the National Football League. The club posted an undefeated 12–0–1 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a first-place finish and the Packers' first National Football League Championship. A victory celebration of 20,000 fans greeted them upon their return to Green Bay from their final game in Chicago. Before the start of the season, the Packers signed three future Hall of Famers: Johnny \"Blood\" McNally, Cal Hubbard, and Mike Michalske, who along with Lambeau led the Packers to the", "title": "1929 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11279817", "text": "top of the league. Green Bay's current throwback uniform is based on the ones worn in 1929 in respect of the season that the Packers won their first championship. 1929 Green Bay Packers season The 1929 Green Bay Packers season was their 11th season overall and their ninth season in the National Football League. The club posted an undefeated 12–0–1 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a first-place finish and the Packers' first National Football League Championship. A victory celebration of 20,000 fans greeted them upon their return to Green Bay from their final game in Chicago. Before the", "title": "1929 Green Bay Packers season" } ]

[ { "docid": "11299730", "text": "\"at Borchert Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin\" \"at East Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin\" \"at East Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin\" \"at Wrigley Field, Chicago\" \"at East Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin\" \"at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois\" \"at Universal Stadium, Portsmouth, Ohio\" \"at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts\" \"at Polo Grounds, Manhattan, New York\" \"at Baker Bowl, Philadelphia\" \"at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois\" 1933 Green Bay Packers season The 1933 Green Bay Packers season was their 15th season overall and their 13th season in the National Football League (NFL). This was the first year of divisional play and Green Bay competed in the Western Division. The", "title": "1933 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8915812", "text": "Atlanta fans by having a 28-14 lead at halftime, with Tramon Williams returning an interception for a touchdown in the final seconds of the first half. The Packers scored on the opening drive of the second half and the Falcons never recovered, as Green Bay rolled to a 48–21 win, sending the Packers to the NFC Championship game. The NFC Championship game would be against the Bears in Chicago, in what was considered by almost everyone the biggest game ever in the Packers-Bears 90-year-old rivalry. The game was only the second ever postseason meeting between the two storied rivals and", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "7406019", "text": "Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame was the first hall of fame built to honor a single professional American football team. William L. Brault, a Green Bay restaurateur and Packers fan, founded the Hall of Fame in 1966. According to Brault, he got the idea after visitors to Green Bay would repeatedly ask about the Packers' storied history. Sensing opportunity, Brault went to Packers head coach Vince Lombardi, suggesting a \"Hall of Fame\" should be made to educate tourists about the Packers and their history. Lombardi gave Brault his approval, and according to", "title": "Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame" }, { "docid": "3348690", "text": "City Stadium (Green Bay) City Stadium is an American football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on the north side of the Green Bay East High School property. It was the home of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL from 1925 through 1956. Renovated and downsized, City Stadium remains the home of East High. Prior to 1925, the Packers played home games at nearby Hagemeister Park (the site of East High School itself) and Bellevue Park. The horseshoe-shaped stadium was made of wood and originally did not have any toilet facilities. It stood behind East High School and next to", "title": "City Stadium (Green Bay)" }, { "docid": "9642007", "text": "excited by his decision and look forward to a successful 2007 campaign.\" This would be, however, Brett Favre's last season with the Packers. The 2007 NFL Draft occurred on April 28–29. The Packers picked 16th overall, selecting defensive tackle Justin Harrell in the first round. Reportedly, the Packers were in talks with Oakland Raiders wide receiver Randy Moss at the behest of Brett Favre. If the Packers had made the move to acquire the 30-year-old wide receiver, the trade would no doubt have been a controversial one, as Moss has a long and storied history with the Green Bay franchise.", "title": "2007 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11346621", "text": "1965 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was their 47th season overall and their 45th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 10–3–1 record under seventh-year head coach Vince Lombardi, earning a tie for first place in the Western Conference with the Baltimore Colts. In the final regular season game at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, a late touchdown by the 49ers caused a tie and dropped Green Bay into a tie with the Colts. Although the Packers defeated Baltimore twice during the regular season, the rules at the time required a tiebreaker playoff,", "title": "1965 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9702971", "text": "1994 Green Bay Packers season The 1994 Green Bay Packers season was the team's 76th season overall and their 74th in the National Football League. The Packers posted a 9–7 record for their third straight winning season. 1994 marked the first of 8 seasons in which Packers' quarterback Brett Favre would throw more than 30 touchdown passes. It also marked the second season in which he started all 16 games for the Packers, starting a record-breaking starting streak which would continue throughout his career. This was the final season that the Packers played at Milwaukee County Stadium; they played home", "title": "1994 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "16977583", "text": "on the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football. This was the Packers' last game at the Metrodome, for the Minnesota Vikings would play at TCF Bank Stadium for the following two seasons. On the opening kickoff, Cordarrelle Patterson returned the kick 109 yards for a TD. Green Bay responded with a 14 play, 7:24 minute drive that ended with an 11-yard TD pass to Jordy Nelson. After the Vikings punt, the Packers led a 17-play, 8:24-minute drive that ended with a 30-yard field goal. After the Vikings responded with a 36-yard field goal, Aaron Rodgers zipped a 76-yard TD pass", "title": "2013 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11286852", "text": "The Packers' next division title came 23 years later, in 1995. In February , running back (and punter) Donny Anderson was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for MacArthur Lane. Hall of fame quarterback Bart Starr retired as a player in July; he was the quarterbacks coach and play caller in 1972. (He then pursued business interests and was a color analyst for CBS, then became Green Bay's head coach after the 1974 season.) Green Bay met the NFC East champion Washington Redskins (11–3) in the divisional playoffs on Christmas Eve at RFK Stadium. The Packers practiced the week before", "title": "1972 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11353708", "text": "1952 Green Bay Packers season The 1952 Green Bay Packers season was their 34th season overall and their 32nd season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–6 record under third-year head coach Gene Ronzani for a fourth-place finish in the National Conference in 1952. After climbing to a 6–3 record, the Packers lost their final three games, but the .500 record was their best since 1947. The Packers played their Milwaukee home games in Marquette Stadium during this season only, after using Wisconsin State Fair Park from 1934 through 1951. The new County Stadium became the venue", "title": "1952 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11286983", "text": "in-season coaching change in Packers history, until 2018. This season also marked the first season that the Packers played at the recently completed Milwaukee County Stadium. 1953 Green Bay Packers season The 1953 Green Bay Packers season was their 35th season overall and their 33rd in the National Football League. The club posted a 2–9–1 record under head coach Gene Ronzani and interim co-coaches Ray McLean, and Hugh Devore, and finished last in the newly named Western Conference. Fourth-year head coach Ronzani led the team for the first ten games, but resigned after a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day loss, his", "title": "1953 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11346577", "text": "missed the November 19 game in Green Bay against the Rams, but was flown from Fort Riley to Detroit for the November 23 Thanksgiving Day game against the Lions at Tiger Stadium. Hornung kicked a field goal and two extra points in the 17–9 victory. All times are CENTRAL time All times are CENTRAL time Passing Rushing Receiving Kicking Punting Kick Return Punt Return Interception Team 1961 Green Bay Packers season The 1961 Green Bay Packers season was their 43rd season overall and their 41st season in the National Football League. The club posted an 11–3 record under coach Vince", "title": "1961 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "18356894", "text": "Keenan Allen. The two teams traded points in the second half, with the Chargers able to keep pace with the Packers. In the last play of the game, Packers rookie cornerback Damarious Randall has deflected what could have been a game-tying touchdown pass from San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers. Rivers became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 500 yards in a game and lose the game. With the win, the Packers entered their bye week at 6–0. It is also the second time the Packers started 6–0 after the 2011 season. No game. Green Bay had", "title": "2015 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11286877", "text": "match. 1969 Green Bay Packers season The 1969 Green Bay Packers season was their 51st season overall and their 49th season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–6 record under coach Phil Bengtson, earning them a 3rd-place finish in the Central division. Without the disciplined guidance of Vince Lombardi steering the Packers for the first time in a decade, Green Bay started the season strong at 5–2, but stumbled down the stretch. Plagued by injuries and inconsistent play, the team clawed their way to their 10th winning season in the last 11 years. Regardless of the winning", "title": "1969 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11286874", "text": "1969 Green Bay Packers season The 1969 Green Bay Packers season was their 51st season overall and their 49th season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–6 record under coach Phil Bengtson, earning them a 3rd-place finish in the Central division. Without the disciplined guidance of Vince Lombardi steering the Packers for the first time in a decade, Green Bay started the season strong at 5–2, but stumbled down the stretch. Plagued by injuries and inconsistent play, the team clawed their way to their 10th winning season in the last 11 years. Regardless of the winning record,", "title": "1969 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "15209703", "text": "and a passer rating of 132.1. With the win, Green Bay began their season 1–0 while New Orleans dropped to 0–1 to start their season. The Green Bay Packers hung on to beat the Carolina Panthers, 30–23, in front of 73,167 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC. QB Aaron Rodgers completed 19 of 30 passes for 308 yards and 2 touchdowns, FB John Kuhn rushed for another, and K Mason Crosby converted 3 of 3 field goals (37, 19, 34) in the win for the Packers. The Packers improved to 2–0 on the season in their quest to", "title": "2011 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11847711", "text": "and a show with Bob Hope at the Resch Center. The squad was active under this name until 1977. In 1977, the squad was again renamed to the Green Bay Sideliners. The squad was the last professional squad to cheer for the Packers, having been disbanded in 1988. The Packers had the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (UWGB) cheerleaders cheer after they no longer had professional cheerleaders. The team currently uses college cheerleading squads, with the UWGB squad (coed) and St. Norbert's (all girl) cheering at each home game. Green Bay Packers cheerleaders Several Green Bay Packers cheerleading squads have performed", "title": "Green Bay Packers cheerleaders" }, { "docid": "11280089", "text": "That year the city built stands on one side of the field. This was the first time the Packers were able to charge an admission. The Packers played ten home games in the 1920 season winning nine times and tying once. In the first year of professional Thanksgiving Football, the Packers played and defeated the Stambaugh Miners, 14–0, in Green Bay. This would be the first of only two occasions when the Packers would play at home on Thanksgiving, out of 33 total Thanksgiving games. Over the offseason, Green Bay added eight players to the roster and lost six. In", "title": "1920 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "14178520", "text": "win, the Packers improved to 6–3. In the Packers last game ever against the Vikings with Brett Favre under center, the Packers blew out the Vikings in a 31-3 victory. Aaron Rodgers completed 22/31 passes for 301 yards, with 4 touchdown passes, no interception, and a season high passer rating of 141.3. Green Bay lost to Detroit for the first time in 11 games against the Lions. Also at the end of the 1st half, Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion and wouldn't play the next week. In week 16, the Green Bay Packers dominated the New York Giants winning 45-17", "title": "2010 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11847705", "text": "Green Bay Packers cheerleaders Several Green Bay Packers cheerleading squads have performed in Green Bay Packers' history. The Packers became one of the first professional football teams to have a cheerleading squad, having first used cheerleaders in 1931. The squad performed for 57 years under three separate names. In 1988, it was decided that the team would cease having a professional squad cheer for them. Since 1988, the team uses collegiate squads in a limited role to cheer during home games. The cheerleaders squads have cheered for the National Football League team at home games in Green Bay and Milwaukee,", "title": "Green Bay Packers cheerleaders" }, { "docid": "9910043", "text": "Green Bay Packers Foundation The Green Bay Packers Foundation is a charitable organization based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Established in 1986, the Foundation's original purpose was to ensure continued charitable donations by the Green Bay Packers football team. Although it is legally a separate entity from the Packers, a Board of Trustees consisting of 10 members of the Green Bay Packers Board of Directors leads the Foundation. It receives most of its funding from the team. The Foundation provides grant opportunities to Wisconsin-based 501(c)(3) organizations for community improvement projects. , the Foundation has donated more than US$9.8 million and maintains", "title": "Green Bay Packers Foundation" }, { "docid": "162721", "text": "New England Patriots 35–21 to win their 12th world championship. Desmond Howard was named MVP of the game for his kickoff return for a touchdown that ended the Patriots' bid for a comeback. Then-Packers president Bob Harlan credited Wolf, Holmgren, Favre, and White for ultimately changing the fortunes of the organization and turning the Green Bay Packers into a model NFL franchise. A 2007 panel of football experts at ESPN ranked the 1996 Packers the 6th-greatest team ever to play in the Super Bowl. The following season the Packers recorded another 13–3 record and won their second consecutive NFC championship.", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "12844543", "text": "time since 2005. \"at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida Hoping to rebound from their home loss to the Vikings, the Packers flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 9 duel with the throwback-cladded Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who were looking for their first win of the season. In the first quarter, Green Bay struck first as quarterback Aaron Rodgers hooked up with wide receiver James Jones on a 74-yard touchdown pass. The Buccaneers would respond with quarterback Josh Freeman's 6-yard touchdown pass to running back Derrick Ward, yet the Packers regained the lead with a 2-yard touchdown run from running", "title": "2009 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "20468595", "text": "Cardinals since 1949. Hours after the game, Head Coach Mike McCarthy was fired by the Packers. 2018 Green Bay Packers season The 2018 season is the Green Bay Packers' 98th season in the National Football League, their 100th overall and their 13th and final season under head coach Mike McCarthy. After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and losing quarterback Aaron Rodgers to injury, the Packers are aiming to improve their 7–9 record from last season. For the first time since 2007, Jordy Nelson did not play for the Packers as he signed with the Oakland Raiders", "title": "2018 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "162791", "text": "Bears. In the season 8 finale, Red declined to move to Florida after Steven Hyde bought him season tickets. In 2015, six members of the Packers—David Bakhtiari; Don Barclay; T.J. Lang; Clay Matthews; Jordan Rodgers and Josh Sitton—made an appearance as an a cappella group in the musical comedy \"Pitch Perfect 2\". Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL,", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "9079128", "text": "2003 Green Bay Packers season The 2003 Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 85th season overall and their 83rd in the National Football League. This season finished with an overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the 2004 playoffs, after the Packers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round in overtime off an interception return for a touchdown by Al Harris. The season may be most notable for Brett Favre's Monday night performance against the Oakland Raiders the night after his father had died. The Packers won the division on the last play", "title": "2003 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "20468592", "text": "2018 Green Bay Packers season The 2018 season is the Green Bay Packers' 98th season in the National Football League, their 100th overall and their 13th and final season under head coach Mike McCarthy. After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and losing quarterback Aaron Rodgers to injury, the Packers are aiming to improve their 7–9 record from last season. For the first time since 2007, Jordy Nelson did not play for the Packers as he signed with the Oakland Raiders via free agency during the offseason. On January 7, 2018, Brian Gutekunst was named the new", "title": "2018 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9680294", "text": "brilliant play of quarterback Brett Favre and power running game of Ahman Green. The Packers maintained a commanding division lead throughout the year, winning the NFC North by a six-game margin. Green Bay became the first team to win the newly rechristened division, formerly known as the NFC Central. It was the Packers’ first division title since 1997, and the team would win the NFC North for three consecutive seasons. For the first time in years, it appeared that the Packers had a legitimate chance of reaching the Super Bowl. With one game left, Green Bay was 12–3, and a", "title": "2002 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "18544996", "text": "benefiting education, civic affairs, health services, human services and youth-related programs. At the team's 1997 annual stockholders meeting, the foundation was designated, in place of a Sullivan-Wallen Post soldiers memorial, as recipient of any residual assets upon the team's sale or dissolution. Green Bay Packers, Inc. Green Bay Packers, Inc. is the official name of the publicly held nonprofit corporation that owns the Green Bay Packers football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The Packers are the only publicly owned franchise in the NFL. Rather than being the property of an individual, partnership, or corporate entity, they are held", "title": "Green Bay Packers, Inc." }, { "docid": "162749", "text": "falling to 7–4. On December 3, against the Detroit Lions, the Packers quickly fell to a 20–0 deficit going into halftime. Green Bay started to make a comeback in the second half thanks to a touchdown by Davante Adams and a 27-yard touchdown run by Aaron Rodgers to bring the game within two points at 23–21. The Packers then got the ball back in their possession with 23 seconds left in the game. While attempting a \"lateral\" play, Rodgers was sacked with no time remaining but then a flag was thrown for a facemask penalty on Detroit. The Packers now", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "11286935", "text": "first for the Packers in ten seasons, and their only playoff win from 1968 to 1992. The strike prevented both games of the Bears–Packers rivalry from being played this year, making the Lions–Packers rivalry the longest-running annual series in the league. It also led to Milwaukee becoming the Packers primary home by happenstance, as three of their four regular season home games were played at Milwaukee County Stadium. Green Bay quarterback Lynn Dickey threw for 260 yards and 4 touchdowns en route to a 41–16 win. The Packers scored four touchdowns on four consecutive possessions. It was their first playoff", "title": "1982 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8915740", "text": "County Stadium was closed and demolished in 2001, with Miller Park opening around the same time. Based on the original \"Articles of Incorporation for the (then) Green Bay Football Corporation\" put into place in 1923, if the Packers franchise was sold, after the payment of all expenses, any remaining monies would go to the Sullivan-Wallen Post of the American Legion in order to build \"a proper soldier's memorial.\" This stipulation was enacted to ensure the club remained in Green Bay and that there could never be any financial enhancement for the shareholders. At the November 1997 annual meeting, shareholders voted", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "9688592", "text": "game; it came in this drive and when he was downed he appeared to fumble the ball but was ruled down by contact; on the next play Young's pass fell incomplete and was initially ruled intercepted. With eight seconds to go Young from the Packers 25 dropped back, momentarily stumbled, then launched the ball where it was caught in the endzone by Terrell Owens, who had dropped several catches during the game. 1998 Green Bay Packers season The 1998 Green Bay Packers season was their 80th season overall and their 78th in the National Football League. It ended with a", "title": "1998 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "162761", "text": "president Dominic Olejniczak appeared. The team created the Green Bay Packers Foundation in December 1986. It assists in a wide variety of activities and programs benefiting education, civic affairs, health services, human services and youth-related programs. At the team's 1997 annual stockholders meeting the foundation was designated in place of a Sullivan-Wallen Post soldiers memorial as recipient of any residual assets upon the team's sale or dissolution. The Packers have an exceptionally loyal fan base. Regardless of team performance, every game played in Green Bay has been sold out since 1960. Despite the Packers having by far the smallest local", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "8915761", "text": "13–1 season. This included a rematch with the Eagles in Franklin Field. Green Bay avenged the 1960 championship game by snuffing their opponent 49-0 in a game widely referred to as \"Lombardi's Revenge\". It would be the last Packers victory in Philadelphia until 2010. They reached the championship game again, this time in Yankee Stadium. The Packers faced the Giants in a much more brutal championship game than the previous year, but the Packers prevailed on the surprising foot of Jerry Kramer and the determined running of Jim Taylor. They ground down the Giants 16–7 and Titletown U.S.A. reigned supreme.", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "8915751", "text": "and Gene Ronzani resigned with two games left in the season. Verne Llewellyn took over as GM in 1954 and Lisle Blackbourn of Marquette University was hired as head coach, but the Packers won four games that season. A 6-6 record in 1955 again put the team in postseason contention, but a loss to the Bears sent them home. The Packers fell back to 4-8 in 1956, a season most noteworthy for the drafting of University of Alabama QB Bart Starr. By then, the status of the Packers' staying in Green Bay was becoming unstable. With City Stadium greatly outdated,", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "162752", "text": "Falcons in the NFC Championship Game, 44–21. The Green Bay Packers began the 2017 regular season with a 4–2 record. On October 15, during a week 6 game against the Minnesota Vikings, Aaron Rodgers was driven to the ground by Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr after throwing a pass. Rodgers suffered a broken collarbone during the play, and the Packers placed him on injured reserve on October 20, with the stipulation that he could return in eight weeks (in accordance with NFL rules), especially if the injury healed quickly and the Packers were still in playoff contention. Rodgers did indeed return", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "162777", "text": "an outdoor field with artificial FieldTurf; and Clarke Hinkle Field, an outdoor field with natural grass. This is a partial list of the Packers' last five completed seasons. For the full season-by-season franchise results, see List of Green Bay Packers seasons. \"Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.\" Overall record 34 wins, 22 losses The Packers have been league champions a record 13 times, topping their nearest rival, the Chicago Bears, by four. The first three were decided by league standing, the next six by the NFL Title Game, and", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "9910045", "text": "of Directors. The Trustees review the yearly grant applications and decide how much money is to be provided to each applicant. Even though the Foundation is legally a separate entity and not part of the Green Bay Packers organization, it closely follows the goals of the Packers. It is the primary instrument the team uses for charitable giving. This is reinforced by the fact the Green Bay Packers are the primary financial contributor to the Foundation. , the Foundation has amassed an endowment fund totaling over $32 million. The Foundation also has a unique role if the Green Bay Packers", "title": "Green Bay Packers Foundation" }, { "docid": "18544990", "text": "Green Bay Packers, Inc. Green Bay Packers, Inc. is the official name of the publicly held nonprofit corporation that owns the Green Bay Packers football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The Packers are the only publicly owned franchise in the NFL. Rather than being the property of an individual, partnership, or corporate entity, they are held as of 2016 by 360,760 stockholders. No one is allowed to hold more than 200,000 shares, which represents approximately four percent of the 5,011,558 shares currently outstanding. It is this broad-based community support and non-profit structure which has kept the team in", "title": "Green Bay Packers, Inc." }, { "docid": "9215505", "text": "1996 Green Bay Packers season The 1996 Green Bay Packers season was their 78th season overall and their 76th in the National Football League, which culminated with the franchise winning its third Super Bowl and league-record 12th NFL Championship. The Packers posted a league-best 13–3 regular season won-loss record, going 8–0 at home and 5–3 on the road. It was the first time since 1962 that the club went undefeated at home. Additionally, the Packers had the NFL's highest-scoring offense (456) and allowed the fewest points on defense (210). Green Bay was the first team to accomplish both feats in", "title": "1996 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "15209721", "text": "San Diego Chargers, 45–38, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA. San Diego received the opening kickoff and QB Philip Rivers navigated the Chargers down the field and found WR Vincent Jackson for a 23-yard touchdown early in the first quarter. Then Packers QB Aaron Rodgers took the field and did the same finishing the 8 play, 63-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass to TE Jermichael Finley to tie the score 7–7. Then the Green Bay defense went to work. On consecutive drives the Packer defense picked off Rivers and returned it for touchdowns, the first a 40 yarder", "title": "2011 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8915809", "text": "the Packers. Next came a difficult road battle with the 8-2 Atlanta Falcons, in which the Packers lost a close one 20-17. After routing San Francisco, the Packers headed to Detroit. What looked like an easy win proved anything but when Rodgers was knocked out with a concussion during a quarterback sneak and replaced by Matt Flynn. The latter was unable to get anything going as Green Bay lost a defensive struggle 7-3, falling to the Lions for the first time since 2005. Rodgers was then ruled out for the Week 15 game at New England. Despite dire predictions, the", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "11286721", "text": "and the roads were impossible to navigate preventing many fans from attending. This gave the game the dubious distinction of having over 36,000 \"no-shows\", the most in Packers history. The game itself saw the Packers dominate the Buccaneers en route to a 21–0 victory. The Packers offense gained 512 total yards to the Buccaneers' 65. During the game, Packers defensive end Alphonso Carreker sacked Buccaneers quarterback Steve Young a team record four times. The Following were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1985; 1985 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was their", "title": "1985 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "19820615", "text": "the game with expert field position and forced Brett Hundley to make mistakes. He threw two interceptions to Harrison Smith. The Packers were shut out twice at home in the same season for the first time since 2006, and their record dropped to 7–8. The Packers were swept by the Lions for the first time since 1991. With this loss, Green Bay lost 3 straight games to close out a disappointing season with a 7-9 record, their first losing season since 2008. 2017 Green Bay Packers season The 2017 Green Bay Packers season was their 99th season overall, 97th season", "title": "2017 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "18356903", "text": "in order to win the division, but their hopes died late in the fourth quarter as Aaron Rodgers attempted another hail mary play that ended up being tipped by the Vikings defense, allowing Minnesota to win the division title for the first time since 2009 and preventing Green Bay from winning the division title for the fifth straight season. This was also the first time in franchise history that the Packers would go 0-3 at home against their division. This loss dropped the Packers to 10–6, splitting the season series with Minnesota, 1–1. The Packers would play in Washington for", "title": "2015 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11847706", "text": "Wisconsin. They occasionally represent the team at various functions, although since 1988 they have had a limited role compared to other professional cheer squads in the National Football League The Packers became one of the first professional football teams to have cheerleaders in 1931 when they used the Green Bay East and West high schools' squads on the sidelines for several games. Packers coach Vince Lombardi notified Mary Jane Sorgel that he wanted her to organize a professional cheerleading squad. Lombardi wasn't clear about exactly what he wanted, but he was clear about what he didn't want. \"We weren't the", "title": "Green Bay Packers cheerleaders" }, { "docid": "7402649", "text": "Green Bay Packers records This article details statistics relating to the Green Bay Packers. While the team was founded in 1919, they did not compete in the National Football League until 1921, when the league was at the time known as the American Professional Football Association. Throughout their history, the Packers have won 13 NFL Championships (including four Super Bowls), more than any other team; in addition, they are the only team to win three consecutive league championships, having accomplished that feat twice (1929–31 and 1965–67). The Packers have also won three NFC title games, along with two NFL titles", "title": "Green Bay Packers records" }, { "docid": "8915811", "text": "hosted the rival Bears for the final game of the season. The Packers won the defensive struggle 10-3, sealing the Packers' playoff berth. In the wild card round, the Packers had to travel to Philadelphia to play the hot Eagles, led by Michael Vick. Rodgers threw for 3 touchdowns and rookie halfback James Starks had a 100+ yard running game. Tramon Williams had an interception in the closing minutes sealing a Packer victory, 21–16. The next game was against the Falcons in Atlanta. Atlanta was the number-1 seed and was favored to beat Green Bay, but the Packers shocked the", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "9258544", "text": "only two losses for the 49ers, and the last before the 49ers finished out the season 8–0, including a 55–10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV. In that game, the Packers matched their win total from the previous season (4–12). Although regarded at the time as a fluke, Green Bay would proceed to win 13 of the next 15 contests with San Francisco over the next 21 seasons. 1989 Green Bay Packers season The 1989 Green Bay Packers season was their 71st overall and their 69th in the National Football League. The Packers posted a 10–6 record,", "title": "1989 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "16977612", "text": "2nd down, Brandon Marshall dropped Cutler's pass at the 27-yard line. On 3rd down with 10 seconds remaining, Cutler attempted another Hail-Mary pass intended for Brandon Marshall, but it was intercepted by Sam Shields as time expired. With the 33-28 win, the Green Bay Packers (8-7-1) won their 3rd consecutive NFC North Championship and enter the 2013–14 NFC playoffs as the 4th seed. The Packers became the only NFC team that clinched their division in the previous season to do so again this season. 2013 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 95th season overall,", "title": "2013 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8725575", "text": "from the previous year. In 2006 Packer great Reggie White was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was the lone inductee to the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame 2006 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 88th season overall and their 86th in the National Football League. This season resulted in an 8–8 record. After the firing of Mike Sherman, the Packers hired Mike McCarthy as their head coach. McCarthy helped improved the Packers from 4–12 the previous year to a .500 win average in 2006. The Packers failed to make", "title": "2006 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11847710", "text": "1970 squad member Anne Maedke described their routine, \"The Golden Girls did skits, dance routines -- twirling and tumbling and acrobatic type things -- in one-piece sequined swimsuits and high-heeled boots during breaks.\" The Golden Girls cheered during the Ice Bowl. The Golden Girls were honored by the team with a permanent installation at the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in May 2007. In 1973, the Green Bay Packers changed the name of the squad back to the Green Bay Packerettes and recruited Matzke back as their leader. The Packerettes performed at other events such as nursing homes, parades,", "title": "Green Bay Packers cheerleaders" }, { "docid": "11847708", "text": "general terms, the poll disclosed there were as many fans who expressed opposition to the return of the cheerleaders as there were those in favor of restoring them. On that basis, we felt the appropriate decision at this time would be to continue without them.\" College cheerleaders now cheer on the sidelines for the team. The Green Bay Packers cheer squad was first named the Green Bay Packerettes and was organized by Bernie Matzke. She formed a squad of baton twirlers at the request of Wilbur Burke who ran Green Bay Packers Lumberjack band. The squad under this name was", "title": "Green Bay Packers cheerleaders" }, { "docid": "11286976", "text": "Bay over the Buccaneers, the 8-5-1 Packers still had a shot at a NFC Central Title. However, the team would lose both of their final games, closing out with a 31-14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams and at 8-7-1 finished in a first place tie . The Packers lost the tie breaker to the Minnesota Vikings, by tying (10 - 10 ) and losing to the Vikings ( 7 - 21) and missed the playoffs. 1978 Green Bay Packers season The 1978 Green Bay Packers season was their 60th season overall and their 58th season in the National Football", "title": "1978 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9910048", "text": "the Foundation's mission. In 2018, the Packers Foundation awarded $1.25 million worth of grants to five organizations that work in the areas of art, athletics, and education; this was the highest total awarded in a single year in the Foundation's history. The yearly amount of charitable giving has risen significantly since 2014, totaling about $3.5 million. In comparison, from 1986 to 2013, the amount of charitable giving was $6.3 million. In total, the Foundation has provided $9.8 million in grants since its formation. Green Bay Packers Foundation The Green Bay Packers Foundation is a charitable organization based in Green Bay,", "title": "Green Bay Packers Foundation" }, { "docid": "11393545", "text": "Kevin Smith. On the first play of the Packers next drive, Rodgers connected with WR Donald Driver deep down the right sideline for a 71-yard touchdown pass. With the win, the Packers finished the season with a 6–10 record. The Packers 2009 Pro Bowl selections were announced on December 16 at 3pm CST on a special NFL Total Access 2009 NFL Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network. Notes: The following is a list of players that were named to the Associated Press 2008 All-Pro Team. In 2008, the following players were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of", "title": "2008 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "19820595", "text": "10. The Packers' preliminary regular season schedule was announced on April 20. Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. The Packers' offense struggled for the first half against the Seahawks. On the Packers' first drive, Aaron Rodgers threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, but an illegal block in the back penalty negated the score. Before that play Rodgers had gone his previous 251 regular season pass attempts without an interception, a career high. The Packers' defense held Seattle in check but trailed 3–0 at halftime. In the third quarter, Mike Daniels forced a fumble that Green Bay", "title": "2017 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "16977610", "text": "Matt Forte. On 3rd and goal, Cutler threw a 5-yard TD pass to Brandon Marshall to take a 28-20 lead at the start of the 4th quarter. However, Green Bay quickly struck back with a 6-yard TD run by Eddie Lacy to make it 27-28 with 11:38 remaining in the 4th quarter. After fair-catching a punt at the Green Bay 13 with 6:24 remaining, Green Bay steadily drove to the Chicago 48 in 14 plays, converting two 4th downs in the process. The Packers found themselves on 4th down & 8 with 43 seconds remaining. On the play, Aaron Rodgers", "title": "2013 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9258538", "text": "1989 Green Bay Packers season The 1989 Green Bay Packers season was their 71st overall and their 69th in the National Football League. The Packers posted a 10–6 record, their best since 1972, but failed to make the playoffs. The team was often referred to as the \"Cardiac Pack\" due to several close-game wins. The 1989 Packers hold the NFL record for most one-point victories in a season with four. The team was coached by Lindy Infante and led by quarterback Don Majkowski, who attained his nickname \"The Majik Man.\" The Green Bay Packers selected Tony Mandarich with their first", "title": "1989 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11286820", "text": "1974 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was their 56th season overall and their 54th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6–8 record under fourth-year head coach Dan Devine, a consecutive third-place finish in the NFC Central division. The Packers lost their last three games, all to non-playoff teams. With a year remaining on his five-year contract, Devine resigned a day after the last game of the regular season and returned to college football at Notre Dame, following the sudden retirement of Ara Parseghian. Devine was succeeded as head coach at Green Bay", "title": "1974 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11285419", "text": "1992 Green Bay Packers season The 1992 Green Bay Packers season was their 74th season overall and their 72nd in the National Football League. The club posted a 9–7 record under new coach Mike Holmgren, earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central division. 1992 saw the emergence of QB Brett Favre and the start of the Packers' success of the 1990s. In the second game of the 1992 season, the Packers played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers were leading 17–0 at half time when head coach Mike Holmgren benched starting quarterback Don Majkowski and Favre played the", "title": "1992 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "18356898", "text": "at home. The Packers broke their three-game losing streak with a victory in Minnesota. Green Bay held Minnesota to two scores, including a 47-yard pass from Teddy Bridgewater to Kyle Rudolph for the game's first touchdown. The Vikings' extra point try went wide, and after three Green Bay field goals, the Packers closed out the first half with a TD pass from Rodgers to Cobb to take a 10-point lead. Adrian Peterson scored in the third quarter to bring the Vikings within six points of the Packers, but Green Bay got it back with a long pass from Rodgers to", "title": "2015 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11346575", "text": "1961 Green Bay Packers season The 1961 Green Bay Packers season was their 43rd season overall and their 41st season in the National Football League. The club posted an 11–3 record under coach Vince Lombardi, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Conference and ending a fifteen-year playoff drought. The Packers ended the season by defeating the New York Giants 37–0 in the NFL Championship Game, the first title game ever played in Green Bay. This was the Packers 7th NFL league championship. The 1961 season was the first in which the Packers wore their trademark capital \"G\" logo", "title": "1961 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9383203", "text": "at 8–2–1, with three games remaining, as the second-place Chicago Bears fell to 5–6. With the rotational system (in place until ), they had home field advantage for the playoffs in 1967, with the first round (conference) scheduled at Milwaukee against the Coastal division champion. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Los Angeles Rams 28–7 on December 23, 1967, at Milwaukee County Stadium, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Rams scored the first points of the game on a 29-yard pass from Roman Gabriel. The Packers scored the next four touchdowns, including two touchdown runs by Travis Williams. With the win the", "title": "1967 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "7402650", "text": "before the AFL and NFL consolidated. This amounts to 15 title game victories in the Packer trophy case and 18 titles overall. These lists are accurate through the 2017 season. Green Bay Packers records This article details statistics relating to the Green Bay Packers. While the team was founded in 1919, they did not compete in the National Football League until 1921, when the league was at the time known as the American Professional Football Association. Throughout their history, the Packers have won 13 NFL Championships (including four Super Bowls), more than any other team; in addition, they are the", "title": "Green Bay Packers records" }, { "docid": "15209724", "text": "San Diego wasted no time as under a minute later Rivers found Jackson for the third time and suddenly it was 45–38 with over six minutes to play. That was the final score as the Packers Charlie Peprah made his second interception to seal the victory for Green Bay. Rodgers finished the day 21/26 for 247 yards with 4 touchdowns and no interceptions for Green Bay. Rivers finished 26/46 for 385 yards with 4 touchdowns but 3 big interceptions for San Diego. With the win Green Bay improves to 8–0 at the midway of the season and host division rival", "title": "2011 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11286876", "text": "running backs Calvin Hill and Ron Johnson, quarterback Terry Hanratty, and defensive lineman Dave Foley, Ted Hendricks and Fred Dryer were still available. The selection of Moore was made by Phil Bengtson. The Packers Personnel Director Pat Peppler and Lombardi both disagreed with the selection. After the draft, Lombardi announced that he was leaving the club to coach the Washington Redskins. On August 30, a crowd of 85,532 fans viewed a doubleheader at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. In the first contest, the Chicago Bears played the AFL’s Buffalo Bills, while the Cleveland Browns hosted the Green Bay Packers in the second", "title": "1969 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11286720", "text": "1985 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was their 67th season overall and their 65th in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–8 record under coach Forrest Gregg, the same record from the previous year. The Packers earned a second-place finish in the NFC Central division. The team finished with an 8–8 record for the third consecutive season. The club was 5–3 at home and 3–5 on the road. This divisional matchup with Tampa Bay would come to be known as the Snow Bowl in Packers' history. By kickoff, twelves inches of snow had fallen", "title": "1985 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9702973", "text": "2nd place in the NFC Central division, 1 game behind the 10–6 Warren Moon-led Minnesota Vikings. Via a better head-to-head record versus the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears and a better conference record versus the New York Giants, Green Bay clinched the first wild card spot in the NFC. The Packers kicked off the season at home against their division rival, the Minnesota Vikings, and came away with a 16–10 victory to improve to 1–0. 1994 Green Bay Packers season The 1994 Green Bay Packers season was the team's 76th season overall and their 74th in the National Football", "title": "1994 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "11353768", "text": "1964 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was their 46th season overall and their 44th season in the National Football League. The club was led by sixth-year head coach Vince Lombardi, and tied for second place in the Western Conference at 8–5–1. The Packers opened the season in Green Bay with a promising win over the rival Chicago Bears, the defending NFL champions. They then lost four of six, including three home games, and were 3–4 midway through the season, falling twice to the Baltimore Colts. The first three losses were by a total of five points,", "title": "1964 Green Bay Packers season" } ]

[ "Religion in Delaware", "Alcohol law of Delaware", "Delaware alcohol law", "Delaware", "Three lower counties", "Alcohol laws of Delaware", "The Small Wonder", "Delaware (State)", "Alcohol laws in Delaware", "Sports in Delaware", "Delaware alcohol laws", "Del.", "Delawarean", "DelawarE", "Delaware, United States", "Transportation in Delaware", "US-DE", "Education in Delaware", "Government of Delaware", "The Blue Hen State", "Alcohol law in Delaware", "Deleware (state)", "Geography of Delaware", "Delaware, U.S.", "State of Delaware", "Economy of Delaware", "Culture of Delaware", "Delaware (U.S. state)", "Delaware (state)", "Transport in Delaware", "Delaware trivia", "Demographics of Delaware", "The First State", "Climate of Delaware", "Deleware", "1st State" ]

[ { "docid": "2272551", "text": "Article Seven of the United States Constitution Article Seven of the United States Constitution sets the number of state ratifications necessary in order for the Constitution to take effect and prescribes the method through which the states may ratify it. Under the terms of Article VII, constitutional ratification conventions were held in each of the thirteen states, with the ratification of nine states required for the Constitution take effect. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, doing so on December 7, 1787. On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, ensuring that", "title": "Article Seven of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "2272555", "text": "treated as a foreign government, it ratified the Constitution by the narrowest margin (two votes). Article Seven of the United States Constitution Article Seven of the United States Constitution sets the number of state ratifications necessary in order for the Constitution to take effect and prescribes the method through which the states may ratify it. Under the terms of Article VII, constitutional ratification conventions were held in each of the thirteen states, with the ratification of nine states required for the Constitution take effect. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, doing so on December 7, 1787. On", "title": "Article Seven of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "2734033", "text": "Confederation. Massachusetts' Rufus King assessed the Convention as a creature of the states, independent of the Articles Congress, submitting its proposal to Congress only to satisfy forms. Though amendments were debated, they were all defeated. On September 28, 1787, the Articles Congress resolved \"unanimously\" to transmit the Constitution to state legislatures for submitting to a ratification convention according to the Constitutional procedure. Several states enlarged the numbers qualified just for electing ratification delegates. In doing so, they went beyond the Constitution's provision for the most voters for the state legislature. Delaware, on December 7, 1787, became the first State to", "title": "History of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "6779345", "text": "Paris on September 3, 1783. The chief dignitary of the meeting was George Washington, and a portrait was made of Washington during the meeting. On December 18, 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the Constitution. On November 20, 1789, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to ratify the Bill of Rights. New Jersey played a principal role in creating the structure of the new United States Government. When Virginia delegates came up with the Virginia Plan, which called for representation in government proportional to the population of each state, the smaller states refused, fearing", "title": "New Jersey in the American Revolution" }, { "docid": "11801825", "text": "Delaware does not use leading zeros on its plates, so serials are composed of a variable number of digits. Delaware does not use leading zeros on its plates, so serials are composed of a variable number of digits. Vehicle registration plates of Delaware The U.S. state of Delaware first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1909, when the state began to issue plates. All license plates issued since 1942 can still be used with current stickers. Authorized reproductions of porcelain enamel license plates can be obtained through", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Delaware" }, { "docid": "11801823", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Delaware The U.S. state of Delaware first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1909, when the state began to issue plates. All license plates issued since 1942 can still be used with current stickers. Authorized reproductions of porcelain enamel license plates can be obtained through a private vendor, provided they fall within the state's guidelines. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Delaware" }, { "docid": "6848677", "text": "the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783. On December 18, 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the Constitution, and on November 20, 1789, New Jersey became the first state in the Nation to ratify the Bill of Rights. The second version of the New Jersey State Constitution was written in 1844. The constitution provided the right of suffrage only to white males, removing it from women and black men. Some of the important components of the second State Constitution include the separation of the powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The new constitution also", "title": "Politics of New Jersey" }, { "docid": "11804210", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Rhode Island The U.S. state of Rhode Island first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1904. Politicians have distributed low-numbered license plates since 1904 (when the first black and white porcelain plates were issued by the state) as a way to reward supporters or associates. Such plates have become a status symbol, similar to the culture surrounding low-numbered plates in Delaware. State officials made Rhode Island one of the few states to allow the owner to transfer license plates to other family members in their will. Additionally, an official", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Rhode Island" }, { "docid": "14957547", "text": "has been ratified by more than half of the State Legislatures, as required under Clause (2) of the said article. On 12 August 2016, Assam became the first state to ratify the bill, when the Assam Legislative Assembly unanimously approved it. State Legislatures that ratified the amendment are listed below: One Hundred and First Amendment of the Constitution of India The One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment Bill of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, introduced a national Goods and Services Tax in India from 1 July 2017. The GST", "title": "One Hundred and First Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "2724748", "text": "except that it shall also bear a fringe of gold, surrounding the edge of the flag and the pole upon which the governor's flag is carried shall have mounted thereon a model of a blue hen's fighting cock. Flag of Delaware The flag of Delaware consists of a buff-colored diamond on a field of colonial blue, with the coat of arms of the state of Delaware inside the diamond. Below the diamond, the date December 7, 1787, declares the day on which Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. The colors of the flag reflect the", "title": "Flag of Delaware" }, { "docid": "13922952", "text": "Green in 1776, and it was the site of the mustering of a Continental Army regiment during the Revolution. When the proximity of the British navy threatened New Castle, the state changed its capital city to Dover in 1777, and a State House was built just off the Green in 1787. At a tavern which once stood on the Green, a convention ratified the Constitution on December 7, 1787, making Delaware the first state. The Green is owned by the city of Dover, with the National Park Service owning a conservation easement. It is approximately 40 miles south of the", "title": "First State National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "100372", "text": "December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and has since been known as \"The First State\". The state was named after the Delaware River, which in turn derived its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618) who was the ruling governor of the Colony of Virginia at the time Europeans first explored the river. The Delaware Indians, a name used by Europeans for Lenape people indigenous to the Delaware Valley, also derive their name from the same source. The surname \"de La Warr\" comes from Sussex and is", "title": "Delaware" } ]

[ { "docid": "2272553", "text": "13 states between December 7, 1787 and May 29, 1790 as follows: In 1787 and 1788, following the Constitutional Convention, a great debate took place throughout the United States over the Constitution that had been proposed. The supporters of the Constitution began the ratification campaign in those states where there was little or no controversy, postponing until later the more difficult ones. On July 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, thus establishing it as the new framework of governance for the United States. Though officially enacted, four states, Virginia, New York, North Carolina and", "title": "Article Seven of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "2734034", "text": "ratify the new Constitution, with its vote being unanimous. Pennsylvania ratified on December 12, 1787, by a vote of 46 to 23 (66.67%). New Jersey ratified on December 19, 1787, and Georgia on January 2, 1788, both unanimously. The requirement of ratification by nine states, set by Article Seven of the Constitution, was met when New Hampshire voted to ratify, on June 21, 1788. In New York, fully two thirds of the convention delegates were at first opposed to the Constitution. Hamilton led the Federalist campaign, which included the fast-paced appearance of \"The Federalist Papers\" in New York newspapers. An", "title": "History of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "14121025", "text": "They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys of Sudan (2005) is a book co-authored with Judy A. Bernstein. It's the autobiographical story of brothers Benson Deng and Alephonsion Deng, and their cousin Benjamin Ajak. It describes their ordeal during the Second Sudanese Civil War as they flee as refugees across Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya before they make it to a refugee camp in Kenya. There they sign up to take part in the Lost Boys of Sudan program and resettle in America. 1994 nb", "title": "They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky" }, { "docid": "14121024", "text": "They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys of Sudan (2005) is a book co-authored with Judy A. Bernstein. It's the autobiographical story of brothers Benson Deng and Alephonsion Deng, and their cousin Benjamin Ajak. It describes their ordeal during the Second Sudanese Civil War as they flee as refugees across Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya before they make it to a refugee camp in Kenya. There they sign up to take part in the Lost Boys of Sudan program and resettle in America. 1994 nb", "title": "They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky" }, { "docid": "19501861", "text": "Women on US stamps The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp. Queen Isabella helped support Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage, and 1893 marked the end of a year-long celebration of the 400th anniversary of that voyage. The first US stamp honoring an American woman honored Martha Washington, and was issued in 1902. In 1907, Pocahontas became the first Native American woman (and the first Native American) to be honored on a US stamp. In 1978, Harriet Tubman became the first African-American woman to be honored on a", "title": "Women on US stamps" }, { "docid": "19501863", "text": "Postage Stamps Women on US stamps The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp. Queen Isabella helped support Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage, and 1893 marked the end of a year-long celebration of the 400th anniversary of that voyage. The first US stamp honoring an American woman honored Martha Washington, and was issued in 1902. In 1907, Pocahontas became the first Native American woman (and the first Native American) to be honored on a US stamp. In 1978, Harriet Tubman became the first African-American woman to be honored", "title": "Women on US stamps" }, { "docid": "785704", "text": "eventually became part of the United States Constitution, effective May 5, 1992, completing a record-setting ratification period of 202 years, 7 months, and 10 days. Several states raised the issue of Congressional salaries as they debated whether to ratify the Constitution. The North Carolina ratifying convention proposed several amendments to the Constitution including the following: \"The laws ascertaining the compensation of senators and representatives, for their services, shall be postponed in their operation until after the election of representatives immediately succeeding the passing thereof; that excepted which shall first be passed on the subject.\" Virginia's ratifying convention recommended the identical", "title": "Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "11804175", "text": "with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first Oregon license plate that complied with these standards. All plates from 1955 until present are still valid, provided they are displayed on the vehicle to which they were originally issued. There are also special plates available for special interest vehicles, antique vehicles, veterans, and various service clubs. Vehicle registration plates of Oregon The U.S. state of Oregon first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1911, when the state began to issue plates. No slogans were", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Oregon" }, { "docid": "11804256", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Washington (state) The U.S. state of Washington first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1915, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The first Washington license plate that complied with these", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Washington (state)" }, { "docid": "5643579", "text": "Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top\". The album received positive reviews from publications such as AllMusic and Pitchfork Media, which cemented the band's place in recent American music. Robert Christgau of \"The Village Voice\" gave the album a two-star honorable mention rating and remarked: \"Not a bad trick—tension-and-release that never lets go.\" The Yeah Yeah Yeahs covered the song \"Mr. Your on Fire Mr.\", which was released as a B-side of their single \"Pin\". They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top They Threw Us All in a Trench", "title": "They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top" }, { "docid": "9164177", "text": "tradesmen, compensating them with IOU's of uncertain value. By the end of the war, over $90 million in state debt was outstanding. Much of the state and national fiscal disorder, exacerbated by an economic crisis in urban commercial centers, remained unresolved at the time the \"Report\" was issued. With ratification of the US Constitution in 1787, Congress became empowered to impose import duties and levy taxes to raise revenue to honor these financial obligations. The national debt of the United States, according to the \"Report\", included $40 million in domestic debt as well as a foreign debt $12 million, both", "title": "First Report on the Public Credit" }, { "docid": "20057637", "text": "Trippin' on Us \"Trippin' on Us\" is the debut single released by Canadian country music singer Lindsay Ell. The song was written by Ell with David Fanning and Vicky McGehee. \"Trippin' on Us\" was released to digital retailers through Stoney Creek Records on November 5, 2013. It was serviced to American country radio on December 16, 2013 and was the most-added single that week. Billy Dukes of \"Taste of Country\" wrote that \"Trippin' on Us\" lets Ell \"shine as a singer and storyteller,\" and that her unassuming but confident delivery \"gives depth to a simple love story.\" \"Trippin' on Us\"", "title": "Trippin' on Us" }, { "docid": "20473518", "text": "The Toys That Made Us The Toys That Made Us is an American television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss. The first four episodes of the series began streaming on Netflix on December 22, 2017, and the next four were released in May 25, 2018. The 8-episode documentary series, as it was originally touted, focuses on the history of important toy lines. The first four episodes focus on the Star Wars, He-Man, Barbie and G.I. Joe toy lines with subsequent episodes featuring LEGO, Transformers, Hello Kitty, and Star Trek, which aired on May 25, 2018. On July 19, 2018, it was", "title": "The Toys That Made Us" }, { "docid": "20057639", "text": "by Roman White, the video tells the love story of Ell and a \"tall, dark, and handsome\" love interest. Trippin' on Us \"Trippin' on Us\" is the debut single released by Canadian country music singer Lindsay Ell. The song was written by Ell with David Fanning and Vicky McGehee. \"Trippin' on Us\" was released to digital retailers through Stoney Creek Records on November 5, 2013. It was serviced to American country radio on December 16, 2013 and was the most-added single that week. Billy Dukes of \"Taste of Country\" wrote that \"Trippin' on Us\" lets Ell \"shine as a singer", "title": "Trippin' on Us" }, { "docid": "19850776", "text": "On Us released a public service announcement titled \"The One Thing\". The announcement focused on consent when engaging in sexual acts. They also stated that this PSA would be released to more than 20,000 media outlets nationwide. On February 28, 2016, Lady Gaga took sexual abuse survivors on stage during her Oscar performance for It's On Us. It's On Us reported 37,401 new pledges and the hashtag #itsonus reached 348.67 million impressions. One of their most popular forms of social reach is through YouTube videos. The campaigns has created numerous videos with celebrities advocating against sexual assault. Joe Biden and", "title": "It's On Us" }, { "docid": "11801877", "text": "stars). These prototype plates are common enough to be easily found among license plate collectors. Alaska offers a variety of optional plates that motorists may display upon the payment of an additional fee as well as non-passenger plate types that are displayed on vehicles for specialized uses. Vehicle registration plates of Alaska Alaska first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1921, while still an organized incorporated territory of the United States. It was admitted to the Union as the 49th state in January 1959. State law requires two license plates, one on the", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Alaska" }, { "docid": "11801847", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Illinois The U.S. state of Illinois first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1907. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1911, when the state began to issue plates. Plates were issued annually until 1978. Automobile owners in Illinois were first required to register their vehicles with the Secretary of State's office in 1907, paying a one-time registration fee of $2. Registrants were issued a numbered aluminum disc to place on their dashboard, but they had to provide their own license plates. Annual registration commenced in 1909. The state began to", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Illinois" }, { "docid": "11804285", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Wyoming The U.S. state of Wyoming first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1913. Plates are issued and regulated by the Wyoming Department of Transportation through its Motor Vehicle Services division. Wyoming license plates have included an image of a Bucking Horse and Rider since 1936. Wyoming state law usually requires front and rear license plates. However, on July 1, 2015, a new law took effect that allowed custom and antique vehicles to display only rear plates, as well as vehicles that were originally manufactured without a plate bracket", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Wyoming" }, { "docid": "8606857", "text": "The Joke's on Us The Joke's on Us is a Canadian game show that aired from 1983 to 1984. It was hosted by Monty Hall, joined by Sylvie Garant as assistant very early on in the run, with Sandy Hoyt as the show's announcer. Taped at Showline Milton Stage in Toronto, Ontario in association with the Global Television Network, the show was created and produced by two American game show veterans, Willie Stein and Nat Ligerman. Each episode featured a rotating panel of four comedians, which included such famous personalities of the day as Alan Thicke, Nipsey Russell, Arte Johnson", "title": "The Joke's on Us" }, { "docid": "11804257", "text": "standards was a modification of the 1954 plate, introduced in January 1956. Vehicle registration plates of Washington (state) The U.S. state of Washington first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1915, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Washington (state)" }, { "docid": "19850774", "text": "On Us campaign was put into motion with the intent of ending sexual assault on college campuses. On this release date, they also published a YouTube video with many famous celebrities taking a stand against sexual assault. Each year, It's On Us selects student leaders across the country to serve as part of the It's On Us National Student Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee is in its third year. The \"Campus Crime Statistics Act\" was passed in 1990 forcing public campuses to share information regarding crime and their efforts to improve the safety within and around campus. Its On Us", "title": "It's On Us" }, { "docid": "17898617", "text": "Committee to Ratify the Massachusetts State Equal Rights Amendment Founded in 1975, the Committee to Ratify the Massachusetts State Equal Rights Amendment sought to replace the Massachusetts State ERA Coalition and carry out the mission of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. The Committee to Ratify the Massachusetts State Equal Rights Amendment replaced the Massachusetts State ERA Coalition because, as a coalition, the organization could not legally raise funds for any cause. The campaign created by the Committee ended with success at the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. The Committee then became the ERA Implementation Project, which lobbied for reconciliation", "title": "Committee to Ratify the Massachusetts State Equal Rights Amendment" }, { "docid": "428202", "text": "their state conventions both ratify the Constitution and call for the addition of a bill of rights. The U.S. Constitution was eventually ratified by all thirteen states. In the 1st United States Congress, following the state legislatures' request, James Madison proposed twenty constitutional amendments, and his proposed draft of the First Amendment read as follows: The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed. The people shall not be", "title": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "9667828", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Georgia (U.S. state) The U.S. state of Georgia first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1910. Since then, the state has issued a variety of license plate designs, including different designs for passenger, non-passenger, and, more recently, specialty or optional plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width,", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Georgia (U.S. state)" }, { "docid": "2272552", "text": "the Constitution would take effect. Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the Constitution under Article VII, doing so on May 29, 1790. On September 20, 1787, three days after its adoption by the Constitutional Convention, the drafted Constitution was submitted to the Congress of the Confederation for its endorsement. After eight days of debate, the opposing sides came to the first of many compromises that would define the ratification process. The Confederation Congress voted to release the proposed Constitution to the states for their consideration, but neither endorsed nor opposed its ratification. The Constitution was ratified by the", "title": "Article Seven of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "20473519", "text": "announced at San Diego Comic-Con that the show had been picked up for a third season, with episodes featuring Power Rangers, Wrestling, My Little Pony, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Toys That Made Us The Toys That Made Us is an American television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss. The first four episodes of the series began streaming on Netflix on December 22, 2017, and the next four were released in May 25, 2018. The 8-episode documentary series, as it was originally touted, focuses on the history of important toy lines. The first four episodes focus on the Star Wars,", "title": "The Toys That Made Us" }, { "docid": "11168753", "text": "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) \"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)\" is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Released on December 26, 1972 on Motown's Soul Records imprint as S 35098, it became one of their biggest hit singles to date, and was also the last single the group released prior to them leaving Motown for Buddah Records in February 1973. By 1972, Gladys Knight & The Pips had spent six and a half years with Motown Records, having signed with the label in", "title": "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" }, { "docid": "16981819", "text": "long and bad times will pass x\" A lyric video to accompany the release of \"Let Us Move On\" was first released onto YouTube on 18 December 2012 at a total length of four minutes and twenty-one seconds. Credits adapted from \"Girl Who Got Away\" album liner notes. The song peaked at number 24 on the South Korea Gaon International Chart. Let Us Move On \"Let Us Move On\" is a song by English singer Dido. It features the vocals from American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The song was released in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2012 as a promotional", "title": "Let Us Move On" }, { "docid": "5274020", "text": "display only one. In Nevada, all motor vehicles, with the exception of motorcycles and trailers, are issued two license plates. According to state law, most standard passenger vehicles issued two plates are required to display them on both the front and rear bumpers of the vehicle. Display of the front license plate, however, is optional for vehicles that either were not designed to have a front plate, or the manufacturer did not provide a plate bracket or other means for front display of a license plate. As a result, the law to display both the front and rear plates is", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of the United States" }, { "docid": "5514664", "text": "the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, there were many other conventions of the states (some called by Congress, but most called by the states themselves) where the delegates operated within the scope of their commissions. Further, at many Conventions, States have directly controlled their delegates. In the New Hampshire Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, delegates were sent with instructions to vote against the Constitution. When they were convinced that the voters had been mistaken, the delegates returned to their constituents to convince them and request new instructions, allowing the Convention to represent the true voice of the people. Similarly, in the", "title": "Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "18875342", "text": "the Sons of Confederate Veterans logo, which incorporates the square Confederate battle flag. In 1998, a North Carolina appellate court upheld the issuance of such license plates in the case \"Sons of Confederate v. DMV\", noting: \"We are aware of the sensitivity of many of our citizens to the display of the Confederate flag. Whether the display of the Confederate flag on state-issued license plates represents sound public policy is not an issue presented to this Court in this case. That is an issue for our General Assembly.\" In 2015, the dispute over Texas vanity plates that would have displayed", "title": "Modern display of the Confederate flag" }, { "docid": "8606862", "text": "Chuck Barris game shows. The series was repeated on Global later in the 1980s, followed by a run on DejaView from 2002 to 2004, and later aired on GameTV from 2007 to 2010. The Joke's on Us The Joke's on Us is a Canadian game show that aired from 1983 to 1984. It was hosted by Monty Hall, joined by Sylvie Garant as assistant very early on in the run, with Sandy Hoyt as the show's announcer. Taped at Showline Milton Stage in Toronto, Ontario in association with the Global Television Network, the show was created and produced by two", "title": "The Joke's on Us" }, { "docid": "19501862", "text": "US stamp. In 2001, Frida Kahlo became the first Hispanic woman to be honored on a US stamp, though she was Mexican not American. Groups of women have also been honored on US stamps, for example Gold Star Mothers (1948) and \"Women In Our Armed Services\" (1952). There are also generic, unnamed women who appear on US stamps, such as a woman marching with men for the National Recovery Act (1933). US stamps have also depicted female goddesses and allegories, such as personifications of liberty. \"This list can be expanded with women stamps from here\" Women Subjects on United States", "title": "Women on US stamps" }, { "docid": "11804179", "text": "had the \"T\" stickers but were not issued yet to vehicles at the time of the change, Pennsylvania gave car dealerships and notaries plain white stickers to cover up the \"T\" tags so that the plates could still be used. Pennsylvania offers many optional \"special organizational\" license plates. Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania The U.S. state of Pennsylvania first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1903. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1906, when the state began to issue plates. Only rear license plates are required on all vehicles in Pennsylvania, except on press", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "18961456", "text": "and attended Appalachian State University. He is of Puerto Rican descent. He started piano lessons at the age of 7, and started singing when he was in a garage band in high school. Us the Duo Us the Duo is an American folk pop duo consisting of husband-and-wife Michael and Carissa Alvarado. The duo met in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 2011 on the set of an AJ Rafael music video. They married in 2012. In 2013, the duo started uploading six-second cover versions of popular songs to their Vine account, where they amassed over 4.8 million followers as", "title": "Us the Duo" }, { "docid": "10151752", "text": "The State of Us The State of Us is a four-part mockumentary which was broadcast on Irish television channel RTÉ One on Sunday nights at 21:40. It stars Risteárd Cooper, well known in Ireland for his part in the \"Après Match\" sketches. It was created and written by Cooper and Gerard Stembridge and focuses on the clash between politicians and the media. It is filmed mostly in and around RTÉ Television Centre in Montrose. The first episode was broadcast on Sunday 22 April 2007. Each episode focuses on a key Irish issue, with topics covered including the transport crisis, the", "title": "The State of Us" }, { "docid": "11802028", "text": "passenger plates in New Hampshire featured a two-letter code indicating the county in which the vehicle was registered, as follows: In addition, XA-XN were used on interim plates issued to new registrants between December 1977 and December 1978, while the serial AC 000 was and still is used on sample plates. Vehicle registration plates of New Hampshire The U.S. state of New Hampshire first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1905. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of New Hampshire" }, { "docid": "428508", "text": "to ratification (\"Anti-Federalism\") was partly based on the Constitution's lack of adequate guarantees for civil liberties. Supporters of the Constitution in states where popular sentiment was against ratification (including Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York) successfully proposed that their state conventions both ratify the Constitution and call for the addition of a bill of rights. One charge of the Anti-Federalists was that giving the U.S. Supreme Court jurisdiction \"both as to law and fact\" would allow it to deny the findings of jury trials in civil cases. Responding to these concerns, five state ratification conventions recommended a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the", "title": "Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "5643578", "text": "They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top is the first album by dance-punk band Liars. The album was first released in October 2001 by Gern Blandsten Records and later re-released in 2002 by English label Blast First. It displays the band in its original line-up with singer Angus Andrew, guitarist Aaron Hemphill, bassist Pat Noecker (currently in These Are Powers), and drummer Ron Albertson. Underworld's album \"Beaucoup Fish\" (1999) was credited by Angus Andrew as the foremost influential album on \"They", "title": "They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top" }, { "docid": "11804176", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania The U.S. state of Pennsylvania first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1903. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1906, when the state began to issue plates. Only rear license plates are required on all vehicles in Pennsylvania, except on press photographer and official-use vehicles. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "11801629", "text": "discontinued on passenger plates in 1972, and on truck plates in 1975. From 1976 until sometime after 1996, the county of issuance was displayed on a sticker at the top of the plate. Cibola County was created in 1981, after the codes had been discontinued. Vehicle registration plates of New Mexico The U.S. state of New Mexico first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1912. New Mexico is the only state that specifies \"USA\" on its license plates, so as to avoid confusion with the country Mexico, which it borders to the southwest.", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "11801627", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of New Mexico The U.S. state of New Mexico first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1912. New Mexico is the only state that specifies \"USA\" on its license plates, so as to avoid confusion with the country Mexico, which it borders to the southwest. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "11804245", "text": "that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The first Virginia license plate that complied with these standards was issued eight years beforehand, in 1948. No slogans were used on passenger plates during the period covered by this subsection. Virginia offers over 200 optional license plates. Most can be personalized for an additional fee. Vehicle registration plates of Virginia The U.S. state of Virginia first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1906. Plates are currently issued by the", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Virginia" }, { "docid": "19627090", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1960 Most of the fifty states of the US plus many of its territories and the District of Columbia issued license plates for registered vehicles for the calendar year 1960. In 1960, most states and territories issued plates that were valid for one year only and plates dated 1960 usually expired before December 31, though the expiration dates varied from state to state. A few states, such as New York, issued plates that could be renewed for at least one more year, subject to the payment to do so and the addition", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1960" }, { "docid": "8996130", "text": "If They Could See Us Now \"If They Could See Us Now...!\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\", first screened on 25 December 2001 as the first part of the early 2000s Christmas trilogy and the sixteenth Christmas special. It was the BBC's most viewed television programme of the decade. In the episode, the Trotters lose their fortune and Del goes on a game show to try to regain it. The episode opens with Del Boy and Rodney explaining their latest holiday to a barrister. While at a Monaco resort, Rodney feels guilty about not", "title": "If They Could See Us Now" }, { "docid": "10151768", "text": "knocked to the floor by a stray microphone where he lies moaning until Pat emerges from the dressing room. Pat steps over George and leaves RTÉ with Tom, telling his assistant that he should not allow anyone to undermine him before demanding that he open the door. The State of Us The State of Us is a four-part mockumentary which was broadcast on Irish television channel RTÉ One on Sunday nights at 21:40. It stars Risteárd Cooper, well known in Ireland for his part in the \"Après Match\" sketches. It was created and written by Cooper and Gerard Stembridge and", "title": "The State of Us" }, { "docid": "19627092", "text": "and other specialized vehicles often were issued smaller-sized tags. Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1960 Most of the fifty states of the US plus many of its territories and the District of Columbia issued license plates for registered vehicles for the calendar year 1960. In 1960, most states and territories issued plates that were valid for one year only and plates dated 1960 usually expired before December 31, though the expiration dates varied from state to state. A few states, such as New York, issued plates that could be renewed for at least one more year, subject", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1960" }, { "docid": "11801596", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Missouri The U.S. state of Missouri first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1907. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1911, when the state began to issue plates. Front and rear plates are required on all vehicles except for motorcycles. Until its closure in 2004, all plates were manufactured at the Missouri State Penitentiary. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Missouri" }, { "docid": "15926417", "text": "have decided the solution based on statistics. I know of no other case in which the public substantially believes what has been reported in the tabloids. I know of no other case in which the mainline media have let the tabloids take the lead and then reported on their reporting. And I know of no other case in which largely respectable television programs have so tried to outdo each other in sensationalism.\" The Cases That Haunt Us The Cases That Haunt Us is a non-fiction book written by John E. Douglas, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation profiler and investigative", "title": "The Cases That Haunt Us" }, { "docid": "11168764", "text": "Out\", and has included the song in many live performances from the beginning of her singing career. Country artist Linda Davis covered the song on her 1995 album \"Some Things Were Meant to Be\". The German DJ, DJ Koze, sampled the chorus in the single “Pick Up” (released in 2018). Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) \"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)\" is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Released on December 26, 1972 on Motown's Soul Records imprint as S 35098, it became one", "title": "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" }, { "docid": "6529131", "text": "They Will Kill Us All (Without Mercy) \"They Will Kill Us All (Without Mercy)\" is a song by the Los Angeles-based punk rock band The Bronx, released as the first single from their 2003 debut album \"The Bronx\". It was their first single to chart, reaching #65 on the UK Singles Chart. While the album was released by Ferret Music and the band's own label White Drugs, the singles for all of their albums have been released exclusively in the United Kingdom, through Wichita Recordings. The single was released on both compact disc and 7-inch vinyl, the latter pressed on", "title": "They Will Kill Us All (Without Mercy)" }, { "docid": "19850778", "text": "of this organization include: Kerry Washington, Zoe Saldana, Nina Dobrev, Matt McGorry, John Cho, Jon Hamm, Connie Britton, and others. They have an extensive list of collegiate supporters, such as universities, fraternities and sororities. For It's On Us week 2016, according to a Twitter poll of Ole Miss Students, \"43 percent of Ole Miss students are well aware of the university-provided resources available to victims of sexual assault, compared to the 25 percent who say they are not\". It's On Us \"It's On Us\" (to stop sexual assault) is a social movement created by Barack Obama and White House Council", "title": "It's On Us" }, { "docid": "11804234", "text": "width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1954 (dated 1955) issue was the first Utah license plate that complied with these standards. Utah currently offers over 60 optional license plates. With the exception of the Amateur Radio Operator plate, all use the same serial format – originally 1234A (with a high of 4285U), now A123B. Vehicle registration plates of Utah The U.S. state of Utah first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1909. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1915, when the state began to issue plates. Plates are currently issued by the Utah State", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Utah" }, { "docid": "11802026", "text": "mounting holes. The 1956 (expired June 30, 1957) issue was the first Nevada license plate that fully complied with these standards: the 1955 (expired June 30, 1956) issue was 6 inches in height by 12 inches in width, but had non-standard mounting holes. No slogans were used on passenger plates during the period covered by this subsection. Vehicle registration plates of Nevada The U.S. state of Nevada first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1913. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1916, when the state began to issue plates. Plates are currently issued by", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Nevada" }, { "docid": "11804212", "text": "that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1956 (dated 1957) issue was the first Rhode Island license plate that complied with these standards. Vehicle registration plates of Rhode Island The U.S. state of Rhode Island first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1904. Politicians have distributed low-numbered license plates since 1904 (when the first black and white porcelain plates were issued by the state) as a way to reward supporters or associates. Such plates have become", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Rhode Island" }, { "docid": "7580314", "text": "privacy and forbidding commenting on a patient whom the individual psychiatrist has not personally examined. The United States Court of Appeals affirmed the award and the Supreme Courts denied a petition for \"certiorari\" (review); Justices Black and Justice Douglas joined a dissenting opinion, rather unusual at the time (1970) on orders denying “cert.” Fact (US magazine) Fact Magazine was an American quarterly publication that commented on controversial topics. It was in circulation between January 1964 and August 1967. Edited by Ralph Ginzburg and Warren Boroson, the magazine was notable for having been sued by Barry Goldwater over a 1964 issue", "title": "Fact (US magazine)" }, { "docid": "7580313", "text": "Fact (US magazine) Fact Magazine was an American quarterly publication that commented on controversial topics. It was in circulation between January 1964 and August 1967. Edited by Ralph Ginzburg and Warren Boroson, the magazine was notable for having been sued by Barry Goldwater over a 1964 issue entitled \"The Unconscious of a Conservative: A special Issue on the Mind of Barry Goldwater\". In \"Goldwater v. Ginzburg\", a federal jury awarded Goldwater $1 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages, to punish Ginzburg and the magazine for being reckless. The American Psychiatric Association then issued the Goldwater rule reaffirming medical", "title": "Fact (US magazine)" }, { "docid": "19850775", "text": "brings awareness to the information and numbers shared in these reports. It's On Us has utilized multiple social media platforms to increase awareness for sexual assault including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, etc. The hashtag #itsonus is used to create awareness about the campaign to stop sexual assault. In the year end summary report for 2015, It's On Us stated that, \"students have launched... campaigns at over 300 schools and hosted more than 650 events\". They also stated that, \"since the launch... almost 220,000 people have taken the pledge.\" They also have gained 90 partners over the duration. In 2015, It's", "title": "It's On Us" }, { "docid": "18269952", "text": "The War That Changed Us The War That Changed Us is a 4-episode Australian television documentary series presenting the true stories of six Australians in World War I. The series, produced by Electric Pictures, was first shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on four consecutive Sunday evenings commencing on 19 August 2014. Australia entered World War I in August 1914, one hundred years earlier. The series follows the range of experiences of the following real-life people: These people were chosen because there was a substantial amount of material they had written. Archie Barwick and Kit McNaughton kept diaries. Pompey Elliott", "title": "The War That Changed Us" }, { "docid": "11804174", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Oregon The U.S. state of Oregon first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1911, when the state began to issue plates. No slogans were used on passenger plates during the period covered by this subsection. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width,", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Oregon" }, { "docid": "11801850", "text": "license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1956 (dated 1957) issue was the first Illinois license plate that fully complied with these standards: the 1955 (dated 1956) issue was 6 inches in height by 12 inches in width, but had non-standard mounting holes. Vehicle registration plates of Illinois The U.S. state of Illinois first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1907. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1911, when the state began to issue plates. Plates were issued annually until 1978. Automobile", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Illinois" }, { "docid": "20057638", "text": "entered the Canada Country airplay chart in December 2013 and reached a peak position of 14 on the chart dated March 8, 2014. The song also debuted and peaked at number 95 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated March 8, 2014. As of 2017, it remains Ell's only Hot 100 hit. In the United States, \"Trippin' on Us\" debuted at number 58 on the \"Billboard\" Country Airplay chart dated January 25, 2014. It reached a peak position of 46 on the chart dated March 8, 2014. The official music video for \"Trippin' on Us\" premiered February 23, 2014. Directed", "title": "Trippin' on Us" }, { "docid": "10065100", "text": "Today the Sun's on Us \"Today the Sun's on Us\" is a song by the English recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor from her third studio album \"Trip the Light Fantastic\" (2007). It was written by Ellis-Bextor alongside Steve Robson and Nina Woodford, while production was helmed by Jeremy Wheatley and Brio Taliaferro. A pop ballad, it contains electric and bass guitar; its melancholic lyrics address living the \"good times\". The track served as the third single from the album, and was released on 6 August 2007 as a CD single. Critical response to \"Today the Sun's on Us\" was mixed—some appreciated", "title": "Today the Sun's on Us" }, { "docid": "2997569", "text": "Commerce. Postel died that month, leaving his domain administration responsibilities with ISI. In December 2000, these responsibilities were transferred to Network Solutions, which had recently been acquired by Verisign. On October 26, 2001, Neustar was awarded the contract to administer .us. On April 24, 2002, second-level domains under .us became available for registration. One of the first .us domain hacks, icio.us, was registered on May 3, 2002, for the creation of the subdomain del.icio.us. A moratorium was placed on additional delegations of locality-based namespaces, and Neustar became the default delegate for undelegated localities. Neustar's contract was renewed by the National", "title": ".us" }, { "docid": "11804217", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Tennessee The U.S. state of Tennessee first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1915, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1956 (dated 1957) issue was the first Tennessee license", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Tennessee" }, { "docid": "11801916", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Michigan The U.S. state of Michigan first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1910, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first Michigan license", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Michigan" }, { "docid": "11801862", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Iowa The U.S. state of Iowa first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1904. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1911, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first Iowa license", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Iowa" }, { "docid": "6499202", "text": "Choose Life license plates Choose Life license plates are specialty license plates available in 32 states in the United States that express an anti-abortion message. The plates are the concept of Choose Life, Inc., an anti-abortion advocacy group based in Ocala, Florida. It was founded in 1997 by Randy Harris, a commissioner of Marion County, after he got an idea (when he noticed an environmental plate on the car in front of him, while stuck in traffic) to use specialty license plates as a way to raise funds for crisis pregnancy centers which are nonprofit organizations established to counsel women", "title": "Choose Life license plates" }, { "docid": "15871569", "text": "provide a thoughtful and balanced corrective to critics on the left who believe that our present economic troubles demonstrate the fundamental failure of the liberal democratic capitalist ideas on which American society is built, and the critics on the right who believe that only a return to 19th-century small government policies can save us.\" That Used to Be Us That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back is a non-fiction book written by Thomas Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning \"New York Times\" columnist and author, with Michael Mandelbaum, a", "title": "That Used to Be Us" }, { "docid": "6499203", "text": "against receiving abortions. Crisis pregnancy centers have been known to provide false medical information. The plates feature the phrase \"Choose Life\", a slogan used by the anti-abortion movement, and a child art-like drawing of two children. In 1997, Choose Life, Inc. collected the 10,000 signatures and US$30,000 required under Florida law at the time to submit an application for a new specialty plate, and State Senator Tom Lee sponsored a bill in support of the tag's creation. The bill passed both houses of the Florida Legislature in early 1998, but was vetoed by then-Governor Lawton Chiles, who stated that license", "title": "Choose Life license plates" }, { "docid": "8996138", "text": "on the show. However, Del thinks that it is Mickey Pearce winding him up and tells him to give all the prize money to charity. The episode ends as Del triumphantly proclaims \"We're the Trotters, and we're back!\" The episode ends with a dedication to the memory of Buster Merryfield and Kenneth MacDonald following the end credits. If They Could See Us Now \"If They Could See Us Now...!\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\", first screened on 25 December 2001 as the first part of the early 2000s Christmas trilogy and the sixteenth Christmas", "title": "If They Could See Us Now" }, { "docid": "16981818", "text": "Let Us Move On \"Let Us Move On\" is a song by English singer Dido. It features the vocals from American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The song was released in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2012 as a promotional single from her fourth studio album \"Girl Who Got Away\" (2013). The song was written by Kendrick Lamar, Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Jeff Bhasker and Pat Reynolds. This song was also featured on Aimee Lagos's film \"No Good Deed\", starring Taraji P. Henson and Idris Elba. On Twitter Dido talked about the meaning of the song saying \"Just that life is", "title": "Let Us Move On" }, { "docid": "5274005", "text": "which the city of Sacramento issued license plates on battery-powered digital displays, for an extra fee. The registration number is displayed on an electronic paper screen that can theoretically update itself to display different messages. The license plate itself is also equipped with a beacon that can be tracked in case the car associated with the plate is stolen. License plates originally were not embossed, but were merely flat plates in various forms, typically rectangular. In the 1930s the states found that the plates could be easily forged, and subsequently began embossing plates to thwart counterfeiting. In 1956, the U.S.", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of the United States" }, { "docid": "16873813", "text": "spot on the UK Singles Chart. This became the band's first ever number-one single in the United Kingdom. For every one copy that Timberlake's \"Mirrors\" sold, The Saturdays sold two more copies of \"What About Us\". \"What About Us\" sold 114,000 copies in the first week of release, making it, at the time, the fastest selling single of 2013. The track sold 40,000 copies more than Timberlake, who was pushed back to number-two on the UK Singles Charts. The band said they were thrilled to be the UK's number-one with \"What About Us\". They went on to thanking their fans", "title": "What About Us (The Saturdays song)" }, { "docid": "11804233", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Utah The U.S. state of Utah first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1909. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1915, when the state began to issue plates. Plates are currently issued by the Utah State Tax Commission Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Utah" }, { "docid": "11804232", "text": "first Texas license plate that complied with these standards was a modification of the 1955 plate, introduced towards the end of that year. Vehicle registration plates of Texas The U.S. state of Texas first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1907. Registrants provided their own license plates for display, with serial numbers assigned by their county of residence, until the state began to issue plates in 1917. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Texas" }, { "docid": "11804214", "text": "South Dakota license plate that complied with these standards. Vehicle registration plates of South Dakota The U.S. state of South Dakota first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1913, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of South Dakota" }, { "docid": "11804138", "text": "North Carolina license plate that complied with these standards. Vehicle registration plates of North Carolina The U.S. state of North Carolina first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1907. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1913, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of North Carolina" }, { "docid": "11801874", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Alaska Alaska first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1921, while still an organized incorporated territory of the United States. It was admitted to the Union as the 49th state in January 1959. State law requires two license plates, one on the front and one on the rear, to be displayed on a motor vehicle, with the exception of motorcycles and trailers. Only the rear plate is required to be stickered. No slogans were used on passenger plates during the period covered by this subsection. In 1956, the United", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Alaska" }, { "docid": "12536867", "text": "Head\". The single was officially confirmed by band member Nicky Byrne during an \"X Factor\" interview, which later appeared on the band's official website. \"Us Against the World\" was also dedicated to Westlife's fans worldwide to mark their continuous support. The band gave their first live performance of \"Us Against The World\" on the TV special \"The Westlife Show – Live\", which was broadcast on December 15, 2007. In the Philippines, both the song and music video premiered on 3 July 2008, the band's anniversary date. \"Digital Spy\"s Alex Fletcher rated the album and said: \"Westlife have claimed that 'Us", "title": "Us Against the World (Westlife song)" }, { "docid": "11801917", "text": "plate that complied with these standards. The Michigan Secretary of State has for many years issued specialized themed vanity license plates, e.g. \"Save Our Lights\" with White Shoal Light, the block \"M\" of the University of Michigan, or \"Sparty\" from Michigan State University. These are available for an extra fee. Vehicle registration plates of Michigan The U.S. state of Michigan first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1910, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Michigan" }, { "docid": "5298856", "text": "mounting holes. The first Mississippi license plate that complied with these standards was issued 22 years beforehand, in 1934. Vehicle registration plates of Mississippi The U.S. state of Mississippi first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1912. Since then, the state has gone through a variety of license plate designs and currently has several different designs for passenger, non-passenger, and optional-issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Mississippi" }, { "docid": "5397496", "text": "Switzerland, France, Belgium and Sweden, in these countries the song became a top five hit and stayed in their respective charts for a minimum of 21 weeks. The song reached the top of the charts for three weeks in Germany and stayed a full 30 weeks in the survey. It is the longest consecutive chart run of a Michael Jackson song in the German charts. The lyrical controversy surrounding \"They Don't Care About Us\" brought partial commercial disappointment in the US; radio stations were reluctant to play the song. It peaked at number 30 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100", "title": "They Don't Care About Us" }, { "docid": "5274001", "text": "or AB-12345 formats. Other formats include those that incorporate a county coding system or a month of expiration into the plate number. Non-passenger vehicle plates tend to have a separate design, including a special numbering format. In the United States, many states distinguish their license plates through distinctive color schemes and logos, which persist over time. For example, the cowboy logo often associated with the state of Wyoming has appeared on that state's license plates continuously since 1936. Some early Tennessee plates were produced in a parallelogram shape approximating that of the state. Vermont license plates have frequently featured a", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of the United States" }, { "docid": "6499209", "text": "Five states currently offer license plates with a pro-choice theme: Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Choose Life license plates Choose Life license plates are specialty license plates available in 32 states in the United States that express an anti-abortion message. The plates are the concept of Choose Life, Inc., an anti-abortion advocacy group based in Ocala, Florida. It was founded in 1997 by Randy Harris, a commissioner of Marion County, after he got an idea (when he noticed an environmental plate on the car in front of him, while stuck in traffic) to use specialty license plates as a", "title": "Choose Life license plates" }, { "docid": "11786950", "text": "Vehicle registration plates of Maryland The U.S. state of Maryland first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1904. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1910, when the state began to issue plates. In 1956, the United States, Canada and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1956 (expired March 31, 1957) issue was the first", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Maryland" }, { "docid": "11786364", "text": "plates were introduced in the fall of 2010. They share a common serial format – 12AB – and were the first NJ plates to be issued with screened, rather than embossed, serials. Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey The U.S. state of New Jersey first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1903. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1908, when the state began to issue plates. Plates are currently issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Passenger plates were issued in pairs 1908 to present except for 1944, 1945, and 1946. New plates", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey" }, { "docid": "11119910", "text": "month tags from January to October. These are all found on the top left corner of an Indiana plate based on the first three letters of the last name of the owner. Note: Business owned vehicles have black tags that expire 1-31 regardless of name. Vehicle registration plates of Indiana The U.S. state of Indiana first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until July 1, 1913, when the state began to issue plates. Plates are currently issued by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). In 1956, the", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Indiana" } ]

[ "FarmVille (MSN)", "Farmville 2", "FarmVille 2", "FarmVille", "Poodle Skirt Pegacorn", "Spring Dress Pegacorn", "Farmville animals", "Farm Town (video game)", "Calla Lily Pegacorn", "Farmville", "Soap Suds Pegacorn", "FarmVille English Countryside", "FarmVille (Facebook)", "Chevron Pegacorn", "Perky Pegacorn", "Flower Child Pegacorn" ]

[ { "docid": "14733749", "text": "Developers offering Facebook Credits include Zynga (FarmVille, FrontierVille), CrowdStar (Happy Aquarium, HelloCity), and PopCap Games (Bejeweled Blitz) as well as Playdom, Playfish, RockYou, and 6waves. In September 2010, it was announced that Facebook Credits would become the exclusive payment method for all games developed by Zynga and hosted on Facebook. Zynga is the number one Facebook application developer and was expected to earn $500 million in 2010 from virtual goods. It was announced in April 2011 that Facebook users will be able to use Credits to purchase vouchers that can be redeemed for real goods and services by using the", "title": "Facebook Credits" }, { "docid": "15665848", "text": "game had accumulated over 65 million players, with over 16 million added in its first week alone. It was one of the fastest growing Facebook games of all time and was the fifth most-used Facebook application in less than a month of release. Starting on September 9, 2011, \"The Sims Social\" temporarily became the second-most popular Facebook game. After two months at #2, its decline dropped its ranking, with unfixed glitches and errors and lack of content updates that other top games (like FarmVille) maintain largely to blame. After The Sims Social has been launched, Playfish had given The Sims", "title": "The Sims Social" }, { "docid": "13145561", "text": "on Facebook to reach 10 million daily active users. A little over 6 months later, in February 2010, Farmville had over 80 million players. On November 23, 2009, FarmVille.com went live as Zynga's first stand-alone game. On May 18, 2010, Facebook and Zynga entered into a five-year relationship to expand the use of Facebook Credits in Zynga's games. In December 2010, Zynga's game \"CityVille\" surpassed \"FarmVille\" as its most popular game with over 61 million monthly active users and a base of over 16 million daily active users. Zynga filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise", "title": "Zynga" }, { "docid": "15553800", "text": "their friends to advertisers and internet tracking companies, which is a violation of Facebook's privacy policy. The Wall Street Journal analyzed the ten most popular Facebook apps, including Zynga's FarmVille with 57 million users, and Zynga's Mafia Wars with 21.9 million users, and found that they were transmitting Facebook user IDs to data aggregators. Every online move leaves cyber footprints that are rapidly becoming fodder for research without people ever realizing it. Using social media for academic research is accelerating and raising ethical concerns along the way, as vast amounts of information collected by private companies — including Google, Microsoft,", "title": "Privacy concerns with social networking services" } ]

[ { "docid": "8979485", "text": "which translates as \"A lion is a lion, whether it's a female or a male\", reflecting the organization's feminist ideology. Facebook's role in the American political process was demonstrated in January 2008, shortly before the New Hampshire primary, when Facebook teamed up with ABC and Saint Anselm College to allow users to give live feedback about the \"back to back\" January 5 Republican and Democratic debates. Facebook users took part in debate groups on specific topics, voter registration, and message questions. Over a million people installed the Facebook application \"US Politics on Facebook\" in order to take part, and the", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979410", "text": "was granted a patent on certain aspects of its News Feed. The patent covers News Feeds in which links are provided so that one user can participate in the same activity of another user. The patent may encourage Facebook to pursue action against websites that violate its patent, which may potentially include websites such as Twitter. One of the most popular applications on Facebook is the Photos application, where users can upload albums and photos. Facebook allows users to upload an unlimited number of photos, compared with other image hosting services such as Photobucket and Flickr, which apply limits to", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782698", "text": "over a million users. In October 2009, Facebook redesigned the news feed so that the user could view all types of things that their friends were involved with. In a statement, they said, ... your applications [stories] generate can show up in both views. The best way for your stories to appear in the News Feed filter is to create stories that are highly engaging, as high quality, interesting stories are most likely to garner likes and comments by the user's friends. This redesign was explained as: News Feed will focus on popular content, determined by an algorithm based on", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "11428598", "text": "first time. Many Facebook application developers have attempted to create viral applications. Stanford University even offered a class in the Fall of <time>2007</time>, entitled Computer Science (CS) 377W: \"Create Engaging Web Applications Using Metrics and Learning on Facebook\". Numerous applications created by the class were highly successful, and ranked amongst the top Facebook applications, with some achieving over 3.5 million users in a month. In 2011, \"The Guardian\" expressed concerns that users publishing content through a third party provider are exposed to losing their web positioning if their service is removed; and the open graph could force connecting web presence", "title": "Facebook Platform" }, { "docid": "14832187", "text": "Bump (application) Bump! is a discontinued iOS and Android mobile app that enables smartphone users to transfer contact information, photos and files between devices. In 2011, it was #8 on Apple's list of all-time most popular free iPhone apps, and by February 2013 it had been downloaded 125 million times. Its developer, Bump Technologies, shut down the service and discontinued the app on January 31, 2014, after being acquired by Google for Google Photos and Android Camera. Bump sends contact information, photos and files to another device over the internet. Before activating the transfer, each user confirms what he or", "title": "Bump (application)" }, { "docid": "15215230", "text": "be illegal by standards of Thailand. However, Facebook only deleted 178 of the items, leaving 131 post still on Facebook. Thai authorities stated if they find any illegal content in the remaining 131 post they will would ban all 14.8 million users from Facebook, instead of taking legal action. All posts ended up being removed from Facebook, preventing the shut down of Facebook in Thailand. Vietnam Facebook users total about 52 million and is a vital tool for their day to day use. However, the government is not accountable to the people which causes abuse of censorship in Vietnam. Censorship", "title": "Censorship of Facebook" }, { "docid": "14709720", "text": "smartphone instant messaging application for $19 billion in a mix of stock and cash. The acquisition is the most ever paid for a venture-capital backed startup. Facebook filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on February 1, 2012. The preliminary prospectus stated that the company was seeking to raise $5 billion. The document announced that the company had 845 million active monthly users and its website featured 2.7 billion daily likes and comments. After the IPO, Zuckerberg will retain a 22% ownership share in Facebook and will own 57% of the voting shares. Underwriters valued the shares at $38 each,", "title": "History of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979486", "text": "application measured users' responses to specific comments made by the debating candidates. This debate showed the broader community what many young students had already experienced: Facebook as a popular and powerful new way to interact and voice opinions. A poll by CBS News, UWIRE and \"The Chronicle of Higher Education\" claimed to illustrate how the \"Facebook effect\" has affected youth voting rates, support by youth of political candidates, and general involvement by the youth population in the 2008 election. The new social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, made use first of the personal computer and the Internet, and after", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "16608355", "text": "in its Help Center, there is no way to log out of the Facebook Messenger application. Instead, users can choose between different availability statuses, including \"Appear as inactive\", \"Switch accounts\", and \"Turn off notifications\". Media outlets have reported on a workaround, by pressing a \"Clear data\" option in the application's menu in Settings on Android devices, which returns the user to the log-in screen. After being separated from the main Facebook app, Facebook Messenger had 600 million users in April 2015. This grew to 900 million in June 2016, 1 billion in July 2016, and 1.2 billion in April 2017.", "title": "Facebook Messenger" }, { "docid": "11805892", "text": "downloaded free app of all time on the App Store, while rival SoundHound had the top paid iPad app. Early adopters of the free application are still allowed unlimited tagging. GetJar, an app store for Android, Blackberry and Symbian, added Shazam in November 2010. In January 2011, Shazam and Spotify announced a partnership for iOS and Android to help users identify music with Shazam and listen to tracks through Spotify. While Shazam already had Facebook and Twitter share buttons, deeper Facebook integration was released in March 2011. With Shazam Friends users can see what their Facebook friends have tagged, listen", "title": "Shazam (application)" }, { "docid": "8979390", "text": "of the Double Irish arrangement which allows it to pay just about 2–3% corporation tax on all international revenue. In 2010, Facebook opened its fourth office, in Hyderabad and the first in Asia. Facebook, which in 2010 had more than 750 million active users globally including over 23 million in India, announced that its Hyderabad center would house online advertising and developer support teams and provide round-the-clock, multilingual support to the social networking site's users and advertisers globally. With this, Facebook joins other giants like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, IBM and Computer Associates that have already set up shop. In", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "20639007", "text": "Times reported that dataset has included information on 50 million Facebook users. Facebook later confirmed that it actually had data on up to 87 million users, with 70.6 million of those people from the United States. Within the United States, Facebook estimated that California was the most affected U.S. state, with 6.7 million impacted users, followed by Texas, with 5.6 million, and Florida, with 4.3 million. While Cambridge Analytica says it only collected 30 million Facebook user profiles, Facebook estimated that the number was around 87 million profiles. Facebook sent a message to those users believed to be affected, saying", "title": "Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal" }, { "docid": "14709707", "text": "over 350 million users accessed Facebook through their mobile phones, accounting for 33% of all Facebook traffic. On March 12, 2012, Yahoo filed suit in a U.S. federal court against Facebook weeks before the scheduled Facebook initial public offering. In its court filing, Yahoo said that Facebook had infringed on ten of its patents covering advertising, privacy controls and social networking. Yahoo had threatened to sue Facebook a month before the filing, insisting that the social network license its patents. A spokesperson for Facebook issued a statement saying \"We're disappointed that Yahoo, a long-time business partner of Facebook and a", "title": "History of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979370", "text": "the close of trading on December 20\". Facebook announced Q4 2013 earnings of $523 million (20 cents per share), an increase of $64 million from the previous year, as well as 945 million mobile users. The company celebrated its 10th anniversary during the week of February 3, 2014. In each of the first three months of 2014, over one billion users logged into their Facebook account on a mobile device. As part of the company's second quarter results, Facebook announced in late July 2014 that mobile accounted for 62% of its advertising revenue, which is an increase of 21% from", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "12595057", "text": "In the first quarter of 2008 (lil) Green Patch users raised over $15,000 in donations which was enough to save more than of rainforest. The application was then among the 15 most popular Facebook applications with 350,000 active users. In June, 2008 it was one of the top ten most installed applications with more than 5,217,180 installations and 521,718 active users a day. By October 2008, the app had raised $91,000 for the Nature Conservancy., and by December 2008 the number of users was reported at 6.3 million and the application was ranked as one of the five most popular", "title": "(Lil) Green Patch" }, { "docid": "10782547", "text": "online event which took place on May 31, 2010 (coinciding with Memorial Day), in which Facebook users stated that they would quit the social network due to privacy concerns. It was estimated that 2% of Facebook users coming from the United States would delete their accounts. However, only 33,000 (roughly 0.0066% of its roughly 500 million members at the time) users quit the site. The number one reason for users to quit Facebook was privacy concerns (48%), being followed by a general dissatisfaction with Facebook (14%), negative aspects regarding Facebook friends (13%), and the feeling of getting addicted to Facebook", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979417", "text": "apps in August 2011. Over the years, Facebook has released new apps on a variety of different operating systems, launched a dedicated website interface, and separated the messaging functionality from the main Facebook app, requiring users to download the standalone apps. Facebook Messenger lets Facebook users send messages to each other. Complementing regular conversations, Messenger lets users make voice calls and video calls both in one-to-one interactions and in group conversations. Its Android app has integrated support for SMS and \"Chat Heads\", which are round profile photo icons appearing on-screen regardless of what app is open, while both apps support", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "11428595", "text": "Log in with Facebook, like OpenID, is a set of authentication APIs from Facebook that developers can use to help their users connect and share with such users' Facebook friends (on and off Facebook) and increase engagement for their website or application. When so used, Facebook members can log on to third-party websites, applications, mobile devices and gaming systems with their Facebook identity and, while logged in, can connect with friends via these media and post information and updates to their Facebook profile. Originally unveiled during Facebook’s developer conference, F8, in <time datetime=\"2008-07\">July 2008</time>, Log in with Facebook became generally", "title": "Facebook Platform" }, { "docid": "8979411", "text": "the number of photos that a user is allowed to upload. During the first years, Facebook users were limited to 60 photos per album. As of May 2009, this limit has been increased to 200 photos per album. Privacy settings can be set for individual albums, limiting the groups of users that can see an album. For example, the privacy of an album can be set so that only the user's friends can see the album, while the privacy of another album can be set so that all Facebook users can see it. Another feature of the Photos application is", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979448", "text": "WhatsApp subdivision for ripping off key features of its messaging app. According to BlackBerry, it invented the core concepts in mobile messaging app which were copied by Facebook and its subsidiaries. According to the Facebook Deputy General Counsel, Paul Grewal, BlackBerry abandoned its effort to innovate and it is now looking to tax the innovation of others. On June 7, 2018, chief privacy officer Erin Egan noted that a software bug had resulted in about 14 million Facebook users having their default sharing setting for all new posts set to \"public\". Facebook issued a notification to users which were exposed", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782683", "text": "from Palestinian Autonomy, Khalil Shreateh, found a bug that allowed him to post material to other users' Facebook Walls. Users are not supposed to have the ability to post material to the Facebook Walls of other users unless they are approved friends of those users that they have posted material to. To prove that he was telling the truth, Shreateh posted material to Sarah Goodin's wall, a friend of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Following this, Shreateh contacted Facebook's security team with the proof that his bug was real, explaining in detail what was going on. Facebook has a bounty program", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "10327874", "text": "Khosla Ventures, Bob Pittman as well as various other investors. iLike had a free Facebook application which allowed users to play clips of music they like on their profile, show concerts they are going to and play a music trivia quiz. The application had great success after its release, making it one of the most popular applications on the Facebook Platform. As of November 2007, iLike had more than 15 million users. With the launch of Facebook Pages, iLike created pages for bands. A similar feature was also available for the Bebo network. In April 2009, iLike renamed this application", "title": "ILike" }, { "docid": "13971122", "text": "Hotlist Hotlist is a geo-social networking aggregator that enables users to coordinate plans with friends and discover what will be happening at millions of popular venues all over the world. Hotlist's web platform and iPhone app are the only Location-based services that emphasize plans. The service aggregates data from across the web in order to show users which places will be trending nearby. Users can take \"virtual peeks\" into venues in advance to see Facebook profile photos of the expected crowds, details on upcoming events, male:female ratios, and which of their Facebook friends plan to attend. The site and application", "title": "Hotlist" }, { "docid": "14709706", "text": "a new concept called company pages was planned. In October 2008, Facebook announced that it would set up its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. In 2010, Facebook began to invite users to become beta testers after passing a question-and-answer-based selection process, and a set of Facebook Engineering Puzzles where users would solve computational problems which gave them an opportunity to be hired by Facebook. As of February 2011, Facebook had become the largest online photo host, being cited by Facebook application and online photo aggregator Pixable as expecting to have 100 billion photos by summer 2011. As of October 2011,", "title": "History of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979356", "text": "international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Almost a year later, in September 2009, Facebook said that it had turned cash flow positive for the first time. A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook the most used social networking service by worldwide monthly active users. \"Entertainment Weekly\" included the site on its end-of-the-decade \"best-of\" list saying, \"How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a rousing game of Scrabulous before Facebook?\" Traffic to Facebook increased steadily after 2009. The company announced 500 million users in July 2010, and according to its data, half", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "17466288", "text": "very few links. (Wenger's open source code is available on GitHub, and this enabled other sites to copy the concept, such as degreesofwikipedia.com.) A Facebook platform application named \"Six Degrees\" was developed by Karl Bunyan, which calculates the degrees of separation between different people. It had over 5.8 million users, as seen from the group's page. The average separation for all users of the application is 5.73 degrees, whereas the maximum degree of separation is 12. The application has a \"Search for Connections\" window to input any name of a Facebook user, to which it then shows the chain of", "title": "Six degrees of separation" }, { "docid": "10782697", "text": "try to detect fake profile using automated means, in one such work machine learning techniques are used to detect fake users. In September 2008, Facebook permanently moved its users to what they termed the \"New Facebook\" or Facebook 3.0. This version contained several different features and a complete layout redesign. Between July and September, users had been given the option to use the new Facebook in place of the original design, or to return to the old design. Facebook's decision to migrate their users was met with some controversy in their community. Several groups started opposing the decision, some with", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979437", "text": "billion visitors per month, . SimilarWeb, Quantcast, and Compete.com all rank the website 2nd in the U.S. in traffic. The website is the most popular for uploading photos, cumulatively with 50 billion uploaded. In 2010, Sophos's \"Security Threat Report 2010\" polled over 500 firms, 60% of which responded that they believed Facebook was the social network that \"posed the biggest threat to security\", well ahead of MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Facebook is the most popular social networking site in several English-speaking countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. However, Facebook still receives limited adoption in countries such", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782679", "text": "purposes such as sharing a link to your posted images or for their own commercials and advertisements. As Dijck argues in his book that, \"the more users know about what happens to their personal data, the more inclined they are to raise objections.\" This created a battle between Facebook and Facebook users described as the \"battle for information control.\" Facebook users have become aware of Facebook’s intentions and people now see Facebook \"as serving the interests of companies rather than its users.\" In response to Facebook selling user information to third parties, concerned users have resorted to the method of", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979382", "text": "2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. Most of Facebook's revenue comes from advertising. Facebook generally has a lower clickthrough rate (CTR) for advertisements than most major websites. According to BusinessWeek.com, banner advertisements on Facebook have generally received one-fifth the number of clicks compared to those on the Web as a whole, although specific comparisons can reveal a much larger disparity. For example, while Google users click on the first advertisement for search results an average of 8% of the time (80,000 clicks for every one million searches), Facebook's users click on advertisements an", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979474", "text": "also generating positive externalities. Thus, mobile phone manufactures and carriers have been beneficiaries of Facebook's spillover effect. Three distinct areas have been found to add the most economic impact: platform competition, the marketing place, and user behavior data. Facebook's daily active users have increased 18% year-over-year and burgeoning from 1 million users in 2004, to over 1.9 billion in 2017. Facebook began to reduce its carbon impact after being publicly criticised by Greenpeace for its long-term reliance on coal power and consequently high carbon footprint. By the end of 2016, Facebook's total revenue earnings were $27.638 billion, gross profit was", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979416", "text": "June 2010. After extensive testing and years of questions from the public about whether it had an intention to incorporate a \"Dislike\" button, Facebook officially rolled out \"Reactions\" to users worldwide on February 24, 2016, letting users long-press on the like button for an option to use one of five pre-defined emotions, including \"Love\", \"Haha\", \"Wow\", \"Sad\", or \"Angry\". Reactions were also extended to comments in May 2017. Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application. Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the company revamped its messaging service in 2010, and subsequently released standalone iOS and Android", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782562", "text": "Research and Alexandr Kogan, related to Cambridge Analytica, was able in 2014 to harvest personal data of up to 87 million Facebook users without their consent, by exploiting their friendship connection to the users who sold their data via the app. Following the revelations of the breach, several public figures, including industrialist Elon Musk and WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton, announced that they were deleting their Facebook accounts, using the hashtag \"#deletefacebook\". Facebook was also criticized for allowing the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign to analyze and target select users by providing the campaign with friendship connections of users who signed", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782576", "text": "location privacy. Facebook has been criticized for making people envious and unhappy due to the constant exposure to positive yet unrepresentative highlights of their peers. Such highlights include, but are not limited to, journal posts, videos, and photos that depict or reference such positive or otherwise outstanding activities, experiences, and facts. This effect is caused mainly by the fact that most users of Facebook usually only display the positive aspects of their lives while excluding the negative, though it is also strongly connected to inequality and the disparities between social groups as Facebook is open to users from all classes", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979363", "text": "both launched investigations. It was believed that adjustments to earnings estimates were communicated to the underwriters by a Facebook financial officer, who used the information to cash out on their positions while leaving the general public with overpriced shares. By the end of May 2012, Facebook's stock lost over a quarter of its starting value, which led \"The Wall Street Journal\" to label the IPO a \"fiasco\". Zuckerberg announced to the media at the start of October 2012 that Facebook had passed the monthly active users mark of one billion. The company's data also revealed 600 million mobile users, 219", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782687", "text": "research on a five-year-old laptop that looks like it is half broken. It's something that might help him out in a big way.\" Facebook representatives have since responded, \"We will not change our practice of refusing to pay rewards to researchers who have tested vulnerabilities against real users.\" Facebook representatives also claimed they'd paid out over $1 million to individuals who have discovered bugs in the past. In 2010, Prineville, Oregon, was chosen as the site for Facebook's new data center. However, the center has been met with criticism from environmental groups such as Greenpeace because the power utility company", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782588", "text": "emotions: \"At the time of the experiment, Facebook did not state in the Data Use Policy that user data would be used for research purposes. Facebook also failed to inform users that their personal information would be shared with researchers.\" Beyond the ethical concerns, other scholars criticized the methods and reporting of the study's findings. John Grohol, writing for Psych Central, argued that despite its title and claims of \"emotional contagion,\" this study did not look at emotions at all. Instead, its authors used an application (called \"Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count\" or LIWC 2007) that simply counted positive and", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "15379027", "text": "The Facebook Effect The Facebook Effect is a book by David Kirkpatrick and published by Simon & Schuster. It describes the history of Facebook and its social implications. The Facebook Effect is a book by David Kirkpatrick and published by Simon & Schuster. It describes the history of Facebook and its social implications. The book was shortlisted for the 2010 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. In The Facebook Effect, David Kirkpatrick narrates a history of how Facebook was from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users, and how Mark Zuckerberg stayed", "title": "The Facebook Effect" }, { "docid": "17226121", "text": "Aviv, Israel. In October 2012, Joel Gascoigne reported that \"1.5-2% of users are on the paid plan, so we’re currently on a $800,000 annual run rate\". In May 2013, the company’s base shifted back to the United States, after the co-founders’ visa predicaments were resolved. Buffer allows users to schedule posts sent through the application to the user’s social media accounts. This feature can schedule and send posts to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Google+. There are various default time slots in the application, which are based on the times during the day when social media users are most", "title": "Buffer (application)" }, { "docid": "20453775", "text": "Watch became available internationally to all users of the social network worldwide. For short-form videos, Facebook originally had a budget of roughly $10,000-$40,000 per episode, though renewal contracts have placed the budget in the $50,000-$70,000 range. Long-form TV-length series have budgets between $250,000 to over $1 million. \"The Wall Street Journal\" reported in September 2017 that the company was willing to spend up to $1 billion on original video content through 2018. Facebook keeps 45% of ad-break revenue for content shown on Facebook Watch, while its content-producing partners receive 55% of ad revenue. In January 2017, the company announced that", "title": "Facebook Watch" }, { "docid": "8979450", "text": "things about how you use Facebook, even if you're not logged in, that we keep track of to make sure you're not abusing the systems.\" Zuckerberg also stated that he was not familiar with the term \"shadow profile\", though he did confirm that Facebook gathers data on individuals who have not signed up for Facebook accounts. In March 2018, whistleblowers revealed that personal information from over 87 million Facebook users was sold to Cambridge Analytica, a political data analysis firm that had worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The data was collected using an app created by Global Science Research.", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782551", "text": "all users within the European Union and that he will \"investigate the complaints using his full legal powers if necessary\". The complaints were filed in Ireland because all users who are not residents of the United States or Canada have a contract with \"Facebook Ireland Ltd\", located in Dublin, Ireland. Under European law Facebook Ireland is the \"data controller\" for facebook.com, and therefore, facebook.com is governed by European data protection laws. Facebook Ireland Ltd. was established by Facebook Inc. to avoid US taxes (see Double Irish arrangement). The group 'europe-v-facebook.org' made access requests at Facebook Ireland and received up to", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "17226128", "text": "pictures for social media within 30 seconds. Buffer (application) Buffer is a software application for the web and mobile, designed to manage accounts in social networks, by providing the means for a user to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Linkedin, as well as analyze their results and engage with their community. Buffer is also the name of the company that creates this software. The application was designed by a group of European expats in San Francisco, most notably Joel Gascoigne and Leo Widrich. Gascoigne is currently the CEO of Buffer. By December 2017, the team had reached 69", "title": "Buffer (application)" }, { "docid": "17226117", "text": "Buffer (application) Buffer is a software application for the web and mobile, designed to manage accounts in social networks, by providing the means for a user to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Linkedin, as well as analyze their results and engage with their community. Buffer is also the name of the company that creates this software. The application was designed by a group of European expats in San Francisco, most notably Joel Gascoigne and Leo Widrich. Gascoigne is currently the CEO of Buffer. By December 2017, the team had reached 69 people working remotely from 50 cities in", "title": "Buffer (application)" }, { "docid": "10782637", "text": "election results. In October 2009, an unspecified number of Facebook users were unable to access their accounts for over three weeks. Facebook has been criticized heavily for 'tracking' users, even when logged out of the site. Australian technologist Nik Cubrilovic discovered that when a user logs out of Facebook, the cookies from that login are still kept in the browser, allowing Facebook to track users on websites that include \"social widgets\" distributed by the social network. Facebook has denied the claims, saying they have 'no interest' in tracking users or their activity. They also promised after the discovery of the", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979449", "text": "to this issue. A Facebook spokesperson said the notification is the start of new proactive and transparent way for the company to handle issues going forward. \"Shadow profile\" has become a catch all term for data that is outside the scope of a user's official profile or voluntarily shared content. This includes data that Facebook collects on non-users that may be collected by the Facebook analytics Pixel or location data from a mobile phone. During his 2018 Congressional testimony, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that while users have control over data collection for advertising purposes, \"On security, there may be specific", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "20221846", "text": "the Facebook owned Instagram, was created and as of June 2017, had 250 million active users. Mark Zuckerberg states, “It is important to release products that people are familiar with, but (Facebook Stories) is going to have the first mainstream augmented reality platform”. In a campaign to get more Facebook users to use Facebook Stories, “Facebook is turning friends into ghosts who aren’t using stories. So, instead of the blank space that used to be there above the news feed, Facebook will show grayed-out icons of some frequently contacted friends, regardless of whether they’ve ever posted to their Facebook story", "title": "Facebook Stories" }, { "docid": "8979423", "text": "who can see a user's profile can also view that user's Wall. In July 2007, Facebook began allowing users to post attachments to the Wall, whereas the Wall was previously limited to textual content only. Facebook also differs from Myspace in the form of advertising used. Facebook uses advertising in the form of banner ads, referral marketing, and games. Myspace, on the other hand, uses Google and AdSense. There is also a difference in the userbase of each site. MySpace, initially, was much more popular with high school students, while Facebook was more popular among college students. A study by", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "17206468", "text": "the bottom of the application menu screen. In December 2013, Facebook released an update to Home, which added a more traditional home screen. Home has not been updated since, and is no longer available in the Google Play Store. Facebook Home Facebook Home was a user interface layer for Android smartphones. Developed by Facebook, the software was designed to be a drop-in replacement for the device's existing home screen (\"launcher\"). It provided a replacement home screen that allowed users to easily view and post content on Facebook along with launching apps, a replacement lock screen that displayed notifications from Facebook", "title": "Facebook Home" }, { "docid": "10782677", "text": "with OpenID. Facebook’s strategy of making revenue through advertising has created a lot of controversy for its users as some argue that it is \"a bit creepy… but it is also brilliant.\" Some Facebook users have raised privacy concerns because they do not like that Facebook sells user’s information to third parties. In 2012, users sued Facebook for using their pictures and information on a Facebook advertisement. Facebook gathers user information by keeping track of pages users have \"Liked\" and through the interactions users have with their connections. They then create value of the gathered data by selling it. In", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "17206463", "text": "a limited selection of devices from HTC and Samsung Electronicsincluding the HTC First, a new smartphone pre-loaded with the software. Facebook is no longer supporting or providing updates for Facebook home. Citing that many users use smartphones for social networking services such as Facebook, its designers aimed to create an alternative user environment that would emphasize interacting with the device through people instead of apps. The \"Cover Feed\" served as the replacement home screen while using Facebook Home; it was used to view updates posted by others on Facebook in a full screen environment and access an application launcher. The", "title": "Facebook Home" }, { "docid": "17466290", "text": "has been conducting an experiment and everyone with a Facebook account can take part in it. According to the research page, this research has the potential of resolving the still unresolved theory of six degrees of separation. Facebook's data team released two papers in November 2011 which document that amongst all Facebook users at the time of research (721 million users with 69 billion friendship links) there is an average distance of 4.74. Probabilistic algorithms were applied on statistical metadata to verify the accuracy of the measurements. It was also found that 99.91% of Facebook users were interconnected, forming a", "title": "Six degrees of separation" }, { "docid": "17037787", "text": "Highlight (application) Highlight is a social networking application for iOS and Android created by Paul Davison. The application finds nearby users and shows things they have in common with a user. The application received a large update which introduced Android support on November 20, 2012. On April 30, 2015, the developers announced a change of focus towards social networking via photo-sharing through their Roll app. Highlight has been criticized for its disclosing of private information to strangers. Highlight requires a connection to both users' Facebook accounts and their location. The difference between Highlight and other services like Foursquare is that", "title": "Highlight (application)" }, { "docid": "10782585", "text": "their behavior. For instance, in \"A 61-Million-Person Experiment in Social Influence And Political Mobilization,\" during the 2010 elections, Facebook users were given the opportunity to \"tell your friends you voted\" by clicking on an \"I voted\" button. Users were 2% more likely to click the button if it was associated with friends who had already voted. Much more controversially, a 2014 study of \"Emotional Contagion Through Social Networks\" manipulated the balance of positive and negative messages seen by 689,000 Facebook users. The researchers concluded that they had found \"some of the first experimental evidence to support the controversial claims that", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "11249951", "text": "firms that filed the case would get a fee, likely to be $3–$4 million, but the average Facebook user would receive no monetary award. Facebook notified its users about the court order. Facebook received intense criticism because of Beacon. The case was ended by a permanent termination of the system and an establishment of a Privacy Foundation. Before Beacon terminated, 19 people against Beacon organized a class action lawsuit. Settling the case, Facebook finally paid $9.5 million in total to resolve the privacy concerns around its users. It established a non-profit foundation called Digital Trust Foundation with $6.5 million, aiming", "title": "Facebook Beacon" }, { "docid": "8979435", "text": "were mobile users, 1.71 billion users in July 2016, 1.94 billion users in March 2017, and ultimately 2 billion users in June 2017. Early in 2015, it was reported that teenagers preferred competing web sites such as Instagram and Snapchat. The estimated number of teens leaving Facebook was a million per year. In November 2015, after skepticism about the accuracy of its \"monthly active users\" measurement, Facebook changed its definition of an \"active user\", now defining it as a logged-in member who visits the Facebook site through the web browser or mobile app, or uses the Facebook Messenger app, in", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782548", "text": "(6%). Facebook quitters were found to be more concerned about privacy, more addicted to the Internet, and more conscientious. Facebook enabled an automatic facial recognition feature in June 2011, called \"Tag Suggestions\", a product of a research project named \"DeepFace\". The feature compares newly uploaded photographs to those of the uploader's Facebook friends, in order to suggest photo tags. \"National Journal Daily\" claims \"Facebook is facing new scrutiny over its decision to automatically turn on a new facial recognition feature aimed at helping users identify their friends in photos\". Facebook has defended the feature, saying users can disable it. Facebook", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979389", "text": "and stock. In November 2016 Facebook acquired CrowdTangle, a social analytics company that tracks how content spreads online. CrowdTangle confirmed the acquisition in a message on their website, but the company has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal. In early 2011, Facebook announced plans to move to its new headquarters, the former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park. All users outside of the US and Canada have a contract with Facebook's Irish subsidiary \"Facebook Ireland Limited\". This allows Facebook to avoid US taxes for all users in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America. Facebook is making use", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "17037788", "text": "it shares information continuously. Highlight (application) Highlight is a social networking application for iOS and Android created by Paul Davison. The application finds nearby users and shows things they have in common with a user. The application received a large update which introduced Android support on November 20, 2012. On April 30, 2015, the developers announced a change of focus towards social networking via photo-sharing through their Roll app. Highlight has been criticized for its disclosing of private information to strangers. Highlight requires a connection to both users' Facebook accounts and their location. The difference between Highlight and other services", "title": "Highlight (application)" }, { "docid": "14733748", "text": "of 2010, it was expected that Facebook users would purchase Credits to pay for the majority of virtual goods sold on the social network. In March 2011, Facebook created an official subsidiary to handle payments: Facebook Payments Inc. In June 2012, Facebook announced it would no longer use its own money system, Facebook Credits. Users with credits will see them converted into their own currencies. Facebook Credits was officially removed from Facebook in September 2013. Currently, over 150 developers use Facebook Credits in more than 650 Facebook games and applications, which represents over 70% of virtual goods purchased on Facebook.", "title": "Facebook Credits" }, { "docid": "10782638", "text": "cookies that they would remove them, saying they will no longer have them on the site. A group of users in the United States have sued Facebook for breaching privacy laws. As of December 2015, to comply with a court order citing violations of the European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications—which requires users to consent to tracking and storage of data by websites, Facebook no longer allows users in Belgium to view any content on the service, even public pages, without being registered and logged in. In June 2012, Facebook removed all existing email addresses from user profiles,", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979434", "text": "July 2010 announcement, half of the site's membership used Facebook daily, for an average of 34 minutes, while 150 million users accessed the site by mobile. A company representative called the milestone a \"quiet revolution.\" Mark Zuckerberg announced to the media at the start of October 2012 that Facebook had passed the monthly active users mark of one billion. The company's data also revealed 600 million mobile users, 219 billion photo uploads, and 140 billion friend connections. This continued to grow, reaching 1.19 billion monthly active users in October 2013, 1.44 billion users in April 2015, of which 1.25 billion", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "9010809", "text": "Shellac's \"At Action Park\" album later that year. \"XVI\" is an alternate version of the song \"Pull the Cup\", also on \"At Action Park\". Both songs were recorded in Todd Trainer's loft apartment, as documented by a photographic print included with the single. The liner notes detail every musical instrument and every piece of recording equipment used on the single. The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger is the third release by Shellac. The title is a parodic reference to the album \"The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird\" by Six Finger Satellite,", "title": "The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger" }, { "docid": "8979427", "text": "Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect in May. In the lead-up to its implementation, Facebook also changed its terms of service and privacy policy to specify that users within the European Union are served by Facebook Ireland, Ltd., while users outside of the EU are served by Facebook Inc., which is subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Previously, all users outside of Canada and the United States were served by Facebook Ireland, Ltd., which would make an additional 1.5 billion users subject to EU law in their use of Facebook than legally needed. In the aftermath of the breach, Facebook withdrew", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782531", "text": "actually published in their respective Mini-Feeds. Some Facebook members still feel that the ability to opt out of the entire News Feed and Mini-Feed system is necessary, as evidenced by a statement from the \"Students Against Facebook News Feed\" group, which peaked at over 740,000 members in 2006. Reacting to users' concerns, Facebook developed new privacy features to give users some control over information about them that was broadcast by the News Feed. According to subsequent news articles, members have widely regarded the additional privacy options as an acceptable compromise. In May 2010, Facebook added privacy controls and streamlined its", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "11428593", "text": "of other graph objects including profile links and stream updates for connected users. OpenGraph tags in HTML5 might look like this: Facebook uses iframes to allow third-party developers to create applications that are hosted separately from Facebook, but operate within a Facebook session and are accessed through a user's profile. Since iframes essentially nest independent websites within a Facebook session, their content is distinct from Facebook formatting. Facebook originally used 'Facebook Markup Language (FBML)' to allow Facebook Application developers to customize the \"look and feel\" of their applications, to a limited extent. FBML is a specification of how to encode", "title": "Facebook Platform" }, { "docid": "17041068", "text": "was made available to all users using the U.S. English version of Facebook. In December 2014, Facebook changed its search features, dropping partnership with Bing, and eliminating most of the search patterns. The feature was developed under former Google employees Lars Rasmussen and Tom Stocky. The Graph Search Features was launched in Beta January 2013 as a limited preview for some English users in the United States. Company reports indicate that the service launched to between tens and hundreds of thousands of users. The feature has been released only to limited users, with a slow expansion planned. Facebook announced plans", "title": "Facebook Graph Search" }, { "docid": "8979429", "text": "exposing the data of 50 million users. The data breach started July 2017 created by a change to a Facebook video uploading feature, but wasn't discovered until September 16, 2018. The attackers are said to have exploited a vulnerability in the \"view as\" profile feature to gain illegal access to users' accounts. Facebook said that users affected by the exploit would be notified and logged out of their accounts. In October 2018 a Texas woman sued Facebook, claiming she had been recruited into the sex trade at the age of 15 by a man who \"friended\" her on the social", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782594", "text": "being moved due to the May 2018 EU GDPR regulations. In November 2018, the \"Irish Times\" reported that Facebook routed over €18.7 billion of revenues through Ireland (almost half all global revenues), on which it paid €38 million of Irish corporation tax. In May 2011, emails were sent to journalists and bloggers making critical allegations about Google's privacy policies; however, it was later discovered that the anti-Google campaign, conducted by PR giant Burson-Marsteller, was paid for by Facebook in what CNN referred to as \"a new level skullduggery\" and which \"Daily Beast\" called a \"clumsy smear\". While taking responsibility for", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782563", "text": "up for an application. However, users signing up for the application were aware that their data, but not the data of their friends, was going to a political party. In an effort to surveil the personal lives of current, or prospective, employees, some employers have asked employees to disclose their Facebook login information. This has resulted in the passing of a bill in New Jersey making it illegal for employers to ask potential or current employees for access to their Facebook accounts. Although, the U.S government has yet to pass a national law protecting prospective employees and their social networking", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "11756511", "text": "the largest markets for the social network located in the Middle East. Facebook and WhatsApp are the popular social networking sites used in Saudi Arabia. 97% of the users who live in Saudi Arabia use Facebook as 81% of them use WhatsApp. The Facebook and the WhatsApp provide the platform through which the users can express their ideas and thoughts, and people of Saudi Arabia use these platforms to communicate and stay interlinked with each other. The Saudi Arabians with the help of these platforms get more freedom of speech. Facebook has about 12 million users all over the world,", "title": "Media of Saudi Arabia" }, { "docid": "10782587", "text": "research companies do to test different products, and that was what it was. It was poorly communicated and for that communication we apologize. We never meant to upset you.\" Shortly thereafter, on July 3, 2014, USA Today reported that the privacy watchdog group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) had filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission claiming that Facebook had broken the law when it conducted the study on the emotions of its users without their knowledge or consent. In its complaint, EPIC alleged that Facebook had deceived it users by secretly conducting a psychological experiment on their", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "15009613", "text": "Federal privacy litigation. The class that the plaintiffs represented were all Facebook users who visited Beacon affiliate sites, a class of about 3.6 million users. One of the law firms involved was also behind the lawsuits involving digital rights management on the Amazon Kindle, Spore, and the Sony rootkit. The Beacon affiliated companies were Blockbuster Inc., Fandango.com Inc, Hotwire Inc, STA Travel Inc, Overstock.com Inc, Zappos.com Inc, and GameFly Inc. The motion was brought individually on behalf of all Facebook users that had been affected by this service, and used it without their knowledge between November and December 2007. The", "title": "Lane v. Facebook, Inc." }, { "docid": "10782574", "text": "user takes the bait resulting in the phishers gaining access to the Facebook user's account . Soon afterwards, the user's other friends will start getting phishing messages from what appears to be from the Facebook user. The point of the post is to get the Facebook user to visit a website with viruses and malware. In September 2018, a software bug meant that photos that had been uploaded to Facebook accounts, but that had not been \"published\" (and which therefore should have remained private between the user and Facebook), were exposed to app developers. Approximately 6.8m users and 1500 third-party", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782554", "text": "very significant, detailed and intense undertaking that will stretch over four or five days.\" In December 2011 the DPC published a first report on Facebook. This report was not legally binding but suggested changes that Facebook should undertake until July 2012. The DPC is planning to do a review about Facebook's progress in July 2012. In spring 2012, Facebook had to undertake many changes (e.g., having an extended download tool that should allow users to exercise the European right to access to all stored information or an update of the worldwide privacy policy). These changes were seen as not sufficient", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "20453773", "text": "billion in budget for content through 2018. Facebook monetizes videos through mid-roll advertising breaks, and plans to test pre-roll advertising in 2018. On August 30, 2018, Facebook Watch became available internationally to all users of the social network worldwide. On August 9, 2017, Facebook announced that it would be launching its own video on demand service. During the same announcement it was stated that the new service would be called Facebook Watch. The video on demand service was launched for a small group of U.S. users a day later, with a rollout to all U.S. users beginning at the end", "title": "Facebook Watch" }, { "docid": "11428587", "text": "Facebook changed the way in which the popularity of applications is measured, to give attention to the more engaging applications, following criticism that ranking applications only by the number of people who had installed the application was giving an advantage to the highly viral, yet useless applications. Tech blog Valleywag has criticized Facebook Applications, labeling them a \"cornucopia of uselessness.\" Others have called for limiting third-party applications so the Facebook user experience is not degraded. Applications that have been created on the Platform include chess, which both allow users to play games with their friends. In such games, a user's", "title": "Facebook Platform" }, { "docid": "8979465", "text": "and conspiracy theories. InfoWars appears to thrive on Facebook, with more than 6.8 million interactions and with videos earning more than 92 million views over a year. In comparison, the reputable conservative outlet \"National Review\" only got 2.78 million interactions and video views of 11 million over the same period, despite both outlets having similarly sized Facebook followings. Facebook defended its actions in regards to InfoWars, saying \"we just don't think banning Pages for sharing conspiracy theories or false news is the right way to go.\" Specific posts and videos that violate community standards can be removed on Facebook. Facebook", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "15553822", "text": "Rotenberg said \"Facebook is trying to blur the line between public and private information. And the request for permission does not make clear to the user why the information is needed or how it will be used.\" Breakup Notifier is an example of a Facebook \"cyberstalking\" app that has recently been taken down. Essentially, the application notifies users when a person breaks up with their partner through Facebook, allowing users to instantly become aware of their friend's romantic activities. The concept became very popular, with the site attracting 700,000 visits in the first 36 hours; people downloaded the app 40,000", "title": "Privacy concerns with social networking services" }, { "docid": "8979455", "text": "messages history that were stored to Facebook database. Unlike Android, Apple limited the privilege of the apps who try to gather personal information from the iOS devices. In May 2018, several Android users in California filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook for invading their privacy by unauthorized access in storing personal contact data (especially call and text message history) without users' consent. In early March 2018, The Observer reported that a \"political consultancy\" known as Cambridge Analytica had been provided access to the personal data of about 50 million Americans by Facebook. On March 21, 2018, Facebook founder Mark", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782537", "text": "breaches of the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). University of Ottawa law students Lisa Feinberg, Harley Finkelstein, and Jordan Eric Plener, initiated the \"minefield of privacy invasion\" suit. Facebook's Chris Kelly contradicted the claims, saying that: \"We've reviewed the complaint and found it has serious factual errors—most notably its neglect of the fact that almost all Facebook data is willingly shared by users.\" Assistant Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham released a report of her findings on July 16, 2009. In it, she found that several of CIPPIC's complaints were well-founded. Facebook agreed to comply with some, but", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "17196472", "text": "Instagram boasted 500 million daily active users of its self-promotion, selfie-sharing app and 800 million monthly active users. Snapchat reports 178 million daily active users of its service. As of July 2017, in order of popularity, the four most popular social networking services are Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Snapchat. Initially popular with young people, selfies gained wider popularity over time. Life and business coach Jennifer Lee, in January 2011, was the first person to coin it as a hashtag on Instagram. By the end of 2012, \"Time\" magazine considered selfie one of the \"top 10 buzzwords\" of that year;", "title": "Selfie" }, { "docid": "8979405", "text": "Message Systems to deliver the enormous volume of emails it sends to its users every day. On July 20, 2008, Facebook introduced \"Facebook Beta\", a significant redesign of its user interface on selected networks. The Mini-Feed and Wall were consolidated, profiles were separated into tabbed sections, and an effort was made to create a cleaner look. After initially giving users a choice to switch, Facebook began migrating all users to the new version starting in September 2008. On December 11, 2008, it was announced that Facebook was testing a simpler signup process. Each registered user on Facebook gets their own", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "9010808", "text": "The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger is the third release by Shellac. The title is a parodic reference to the album \"The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird\" by Six Finger Satellite, and was originally the title of an article on Shellac that appeared in the magazine Alternative Press after the release of the band's earlier singles. It is a two song 7\" released in 1994 on Drag City. It was Shellac's first non-Touch and Go release. The first song \"The Admiral\" is an instrumental version of a song that appeared on", "title": "The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger" }, { "docid": "10782543", "text": "from the University of British Columbia that users had to clear their own accounts by manually deleting all of the content including wall posts, friends, and groups. \"The New York Times\" noted the issue and raised a concern that emails and other private user data remain indefinitely on Facebook's servers. Facebook subsequently began allowing users to permanently delete their accounts in 2010. Facebook's Privacy Policy now states, \"When you delete an account, it is permanently deleted from Facebook.\" A notable ancillary effect of social-networking websites is the ability for participants to mourn publicly for a deceased individual. On Facebook, friends", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "11428591", "text": "users' consent. Most of the partnerships remained in place as of 2018, when the partnerships were first publicly reported. The Graph API is the core of Facebook Platform, enabling developers to read from and write data into Facebook. The Graph API presents a simple, consistent view of the Facebook social graph, uniformly representing objects in the graph (e.g., people, photos, events, and pages) and the connections between them (e.g., friend relationships, shared content, and photo tags). Facebook authentication enables developers’ applications to interact with the Graph API on behalf of Facebook users, and it provides a single-sign on mechanism across", "title": "Facebook Platform" }, { "docid": "11428588", "text": "moves are saved on the website, allowing the next move to be made at any time rather than immediately after the previous move. By <time datetime=\"2007-11-03\">November 3, 2007</time>, seven thousand applications had been developed on the Facebook Platform, with another hundred created every day. By the second annual f8 developers conference on <time datetime=\"2008-07-23\">July 23, 2008</time>, the number of applications had grown to 33,000, and the number of registered developers had exceeded 400,000. Within a few months of launching the Facebook Platform, issues arose regarding \"application spam\", which involves Facebook applications \"spamming\" users to request it be installed. Facebook integration", "title": "Facebook Platform" }, { "docid": "10782642", "text": "of perception that conservatives are not treated neutrally on Facebook alternative social media platforms have been established. This perception has led to a reduction of trust in Facebook, and reduction of usage by those who consider themselves to be conservative. In October, 2018, Facebook and Facebook Messenger is said to be blocking urls to minds.com, a social network website that is a competitor of Facebook. Users have complained that Facebook marks links to Facebook's competitor as \"insecure\" and have to fill a captcha to share it with other users. In 2015, Facebook was accused of banning rival network Tsu.co in", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "18964727", "text": "The Most Popular Girls in School The Most Popular Girls in School (abbreviated MPGIS) is an American stop-motion animated comedy web series that debuted on YouTube on May 1, 2012. Created by Mark Cope and Carlo Moss, the series animates Barbie, Ken and other fashion dolls, usually with customized costumes and hairstyles, as various characters. \"MPGIS\" follows the exploits of a fictional high school cheerleading team in Overland Park, Kansas and their friends, family and enemies. \"Variety\" described the series as \"\"Mean Girls\" meets \"South Park\"\". The first episode has been viewed over nine million times, and many episodes have", "title": "The Most Popular Girls in School" }, { "docid": "12372227", "text": "the reaction to his 1968 \"Omnibus\" episode on popular music called \"All My Loving\" which presented the music of the 1960s with no reference to the musical forms that preceded it. Around 1973, Palmer conceived of a 16-part documentary about American popular music which, after considerable shopping around, he convinced Bernard Delfont of EMI to bankroll. He proceeded to film over 300 interviews in approximately one million feet of film and was given access to archival footage of the same length. Instead of writing a script, he enlisted the help of a dozen or so subject matter experts who wrote", "title": "All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music" }, { "docid": "8979453", "text": "blame onto a third party. Nick Thompson of \"Wired\" and CBS News pointed out that Cambridge Analytica obtained all the personal data without having to \"breach\" Facebook, and that \"It didn't work because somebody hacked in and broke stuff, it worked because Facebook has built the craziest most invasive advertising model in the history of the world and someone took advantage of it.\" On March 23, 2018, The English High Court granted an application by the Information Commissioner's Office for a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's London offices ending a standoff between Facebook's data team and the Information Commissioner over", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "8979445", "text": "by themselves, Facebook has come under scrutiny for the amount of freedom it gives users, including copyright and intellectual property infringement, hate speech, incitement of rape and terrorism, fake news, and crimes, murders and violent incidents live-streamed through its Facebook Live functionality. Facebook worked on special censorship software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in Communist-controlled China. The company has also been subject to multiple litigation cases over the years, with its most prominent case concerning allegations that CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke an oral contract with Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra to build the then-named \"HarvardConnection\" social", "title": "Facebook" }, { "docid": "10782670", "text": "refers to the license that Facebook has to one's \"name, likeness, and image\" to use in promotions and external advertising. The new terms of use deleted the phrase that states the license would \"automatically expire\" if a user chose to remove content. By omitting this line, Facebook license extends to adopt users' content perpetually and irrevocably years after the content has been deleted. Many users of Facebook voiced opinions against the changes to the Facebook Terms of Use, leading to an Internet-wide debate over the ownership of content. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) prepared a formal complaint with the", "title": "Criticism of Facebook" }, { "docid": "11428596", "text": "available in <time datetime=\"2008-12\">December 2008</time>. According to an article from The New York Times, \"Some say the services are representative of surprising new thinking in Silicon Valley. Instead of trying to hoard information about their users, the Internet companies (including Facebook, Google, MySpace and Twitter) all share at least some of that data so people do not have to enter the same identifying information again and again on different sites.\" Log in with Facebook cannot be used by users in locations that cannot access Facebook, even if the third-party site is otherwise accessible from that location. According to Facebook, users", "title": "Facebook Platform" }, { "docid": "20526402", "text": "Hooch (application) Hooch is a location-based subscription drinks mobile app that provides users one alcoholic beverage per day redeemable at a number of bars and lounges based off the user’s location. The app is most commonly used as a marketing tool but has branched out to provide data and events services to the restaurant and nightlife industry, making it more of a general social media application. Hooch app allows user authentication through Facebook profiles. Hooch co-founder Aleksey Kernes conceived of the idea of Hooch while working as a doorman at Hotel Chantelle. Kernes wanted to reward loyal customers with drink", "title": "Hooch (application)" }, { "docid": "15009603", "text": "Lane v. Facebook, Inc. Lane v. Facebook was a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California regarding internet privacy and social media. In December 2007, Facebook launched Beacon, which resulted in users' private information being posted on Facebook without consent. Facebook ended up terminating the Beacon program, and created a $9.5 million fund for privacy and security. There was no money awarded to Facebook users that were affected negatively by the Beacon program. Plaintiff Sean Lane represented the class of Facebook users who had visited Beacon sites. In 2007, he purchased an intended", "title": "Lane v. Facebook, Inc." } ]

[ "Torontonians", "City of Toronto, Ontario", "Issues in Toronto, Ontario", "Toronto, ON", "Toronto (Canada)", "Toronto, On", "The big tee oh", "Toronto, Ontario Part 2", "Torontonian", "Trawna", "Tornonto, Ont.", "Issues of Toronto", "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Torotno", "Toronto Municipality, Ontario", "Toronto Canada", "Torontorian", "Toronto Division", "Toronto, ontario Part 2", "Toronto", "Toronto (Ont.)", "The big to", "Tdot", "Toironto", "Toronto List of MPs and MPPs", "List of Toronto MPs and MPPs", "Toronto, Canada", "Highways within Greater Toronto Area", "Toronto, Ontario.", "The weather in Toronto", "List of City of Toronto Issues", "Accordion City", "City of Toronto", "Toronto, Canada.", "Toronto, Ont.", "Toronto, CA", "UN/LOCODE:CATOR", "Toronto Ontario", "Toronto (ON)", "History of crime in Toronto", "Toronto, Ontario" ]

[ { "docid": "10289229", "text": "were scorned even by an underfunded candidate, Enza Anderson. By October, city officials were considering what they'd present the next year, with unicorns, air hockey tables, and UFOs on their list. In 2011, there was a similar snowman project, benefiting Starlight Children's Foundation Canada. Expectations for the auction were to raise $25,000 on some moose. Moose in the City Moose in the City was a year 2000 project by the City of Toronto in which 326 life-sized moose sculptures were placed throughout the city and decorated by local artists. McDonald's Canada founder and senior chairman George Cohon conceived of moose", "title": "Moose in the City" }, { "docid": "10820723", "text": "Temperature in Canada The following tables show the average maximum and minimum temperatures of Canada of various cities across Canada, based on the climate period from 1981-2010 for the months of January and July (generally the lowest and highest average temperature months, but not in every case). The major Canadian city that falls outside the continental climate schema is Vancouver, which experiences an oceanic climate with a marked summer dry season. Of the eight largest Canadian cities, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto have the warmest summers, Winnipeg the coldest winters, while Vancouver's winters are far milder than any other large city", "title": "Temperature in Canada" }, { "docid": "1986942", "text": "Ontario is the most populous and second largest province in Canada. Southern Ontario is home to the Nation's capital, Ottawa and Canada's largest city, Toronto, which is the provincial capital and one of the most multicultural cities in the world. The forests and numerous lakes of Central Ontario and Northern Ontario also provide popular hiking and camping destinations. Sites of interest in Ottawa Sites of interest in Toronto Other sites of interest in Ontario Quebec, a majority francophone province, is a major tourist draw. Quebec City is a taste of old France in the new world and a UNESCO World", "title": "Tourism in Canada" }, { "docid": "7148614", "text": "Canadian oil industry, its rival city Calgary (population 1.44 million) is the main oil company head office and financial centre, with more than 960 senior and junior oil company offices. Calgary also has regional offices of all six major Canadian banks, some 4,300 petroleum, energy and related service companies, and 1,300 financial service companies, helping make it the second largest head office city in Canada after Toronto. Saskatchewan is Canada's second largest oil-producing province after Alberta, producing about 13.5% of Canada's petroleum in 2015. This included light crude oil, heavy crude oil, and natural-gas condensate. Most of its production is", "title": "Petroleum industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "11248075", "text": "Here Is What Is Here Is What Is is the fifth studio album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It was first released in December 2007 as a high-quality download, and later released on CD on March 18, 2008. The album is the result of the same project that led to the 2007 documentary \"Here Is What Is\" that premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival in September. The movie documents the aesthetics and creative process behind Lanois' approach to music making and recording. The album has been presented as a direct soundtrack to this film, and", "title": "Here Is What Is" }, { "docid": "12816434", "text": "an auto production plant by General Motors in nearby Oshawa, where it produced Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Oaklands and by Studebaker Canada Ltd. which produced cars in Hamilton from 1946 to 1966. Steel for the production of these cars came from the nearby mills of Stelco and Dofasco in Hamilton and gasoline, from refineries in Sarnia. The familiar, Canadian Tire, began operations there in 1922 and has become one of Canada's largest retailers. The Trans-Canada Airway was extended to Toronto in 1939. The founding of what would become the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1922 and the establishment of the CBC radio", "title": "History of cities in Canada" }, { "docid": "4218387", "text": "However, anti-semitism is less of a concern in Canada than it is in most countries with significant Jewish populations. The League for Human Rights of B'nai B'rith monitors the incidents and prepares an annual audit of these events. Politically, the major Jewish Canadian organizations are the Centre for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA) and the more conservative B'nai Brith Canada which both claim to be the voice of the Jewish community. The United Jewish People's Order, once the largest Jewish fraternal organization in Canada, is a left-leaning secular group established in 1927 with current chapters in Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg and", "title": "History of the Jews in Canada" }, { "docid": "6306460", "text": "in Edmonton. Canada is an active member of two largest ballroom dance associations, WDSF (national branch called Canada DanceSport) and WDC. It hosts such noticeable annual dance competitions as Snowball Classic and La Classique du Quebec. Canadian dancers made prominent world level results. Dance in Canada A large variety of dance companies exist in Canada. Native Canadian dancing takes place at pow wows. Some Ballet companies include the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada (which is based in Toronto), Ballet Jörgen Canada (also based in Toronto), Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (based in Montreal), the Alberta Ballet (based in", "title": "Dance in Canada" }, { "docid": "12134911", "text": "park in Canada. The park system has 20 major parks and of trails. The city also maintains of grass fields for sports and leisure. Ottawa has around of parkland for every 1000 residents. This compares to only per 1000 people in Toronto and per 1000 people in Montreal. For an international comparison London, England, the city with the largest number of total parks in the world, has of parks per 1000 people and a total of about . The City of Whitehorse, Yukon encompasses some 41,900 hectares. In the 2010 Official Community Plan, the city created five new regional parks", "title": "Urban parks in Canada" }, { "docid": "2972954", "text": "Hebrew, other than religious ceremonies, while there is a decline in the Yiddish language. Most of Canada's Jews live in Ontario and Quebec, with Toronto being the largest Jewish population centre. In 2009, anti-Semitic incidents jumped fivefold, Hindus in Canada generally come from one of four groups. The first is primarily made up of Indian immigrants who began arriving in British Columbia about 100 years ago and continue to immigrate today (Hindus from all over India immigrate to Canada today, but the largest Indian subgroups are the Gujaratis and Punjabis). The second major group of Hindus immigrated from Sri Lanka,", "title": "Religion in Canada" }, { "docid": "9133579", "text": "Toronto consulate much like what had happened at the Vancouver consulate. At the Toronto consulate, Sikhs who had left Punjab and India for Canada, burned the Indian National Flag. This flag burning also sparked up unification between separatists of Islam and Sikh faiths, with participants from each faith attending each other's rallies against the Indian Government. Toronto Metropolitan Police Officers were recorded saying that the unity brought in Canada at this time was miraculous. 2500 Sikhs had marched in the city of Calgary following the march at the Toronto consulate. Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating", "title": "Sikhism in Canada" }, { "docid": "2458911", "text": "of Parliament (Ontario: 121, Quebec: 78) out of a total of 338. The southern portions of the two provinces — particularly the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor — are the most urbanized and industrialized areas of Canada, containing the country's two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal, and the national capital, Ottawa. Central Canada Central Canada (sometimes the Central provinces) is a region consisting of Canada's two largest and most populous provinces: Ontario and Quebec. Geographically, they are not at the centre of the country but instead toward the east. Due to their high populations, Ontario and Quebec have traditionally held a significant", "title": "Central Canada" }, { "docid": "1986950", "text": "destinations in Canada. Attractions in Nunavut include: Tourism in Canada Canada has a large domestic and foreign tourism industry. The second largest country in the world, Canada's incredible geographical variety is a significant tourist attractor. Much of the country's tourism is centred in the following (busiest) regions: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver/Whistler, Niagara Falls, Vancouver Island, Calgary/Canadian Rockies, British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and the national capital region Ottawa. The large cities are known for their culture, diversity, as well as the many national parks and historic sites. In 2012, over 16 million tourists arrived in Canada, bringing US$17.4 billion in international tourism", "title": "Tourism in Canada" } ]

[ { "docid": "7728613", "text": "of \"What Is Life\" on his 2005 tribute CD \"Something for George\". \"What Is Life\" was performed live at George Fest 2014 by \"Weird Al\" Yankovic. The recording is available on YouTube. The following musicians are believed to have played on \"What Is Life\": What Is Life \"What Is Life\" is a song by the English musician George Harrison, released on his 1970 triple album \"All Things Must Pass\". In many countries, it was issued as the second single from the album, in February 1971, becoming a top-ten hit in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, and topping singles charts", "title": "What Is Life" }, { "docid": "9406947", "text": "That Happens Will Happen Today\". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "9406939", "text": "What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as \"murahaleen\" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "6038034", "text": "What Is Love \"What Is Love\" is a song recorded by Trinidadian-German Eurodance artist Haddaway for his debut album, \"The Album\". The song is recognizable by its refrain \"What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me... no more.\" It was a massive hit in Europe, becoming a number-one hit in at least 13 countries and reaching number two in Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Outside Europe, the song was moderately successful, reaching number 11 in the United States, number 12 in Australia, number 17 in Canada, and number 48 in New Zealand. \"What Is Love\" was written", "title": "What Is Love" }, { "docid": "7728581", "text": "What Is Life \"What Is Life\" is a song by the English musician George Harrison, released on his 1970 triple album \"All Things Must Pass\". In many countries, it was issued as the second single from the album, in February 1971, becoming a top-ten hit in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, and topping singles charts in Australia and Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, \"What Is Life\" appeared as the B-side to \"My Sweet Lord\", which was the best-selling single there of 1971. Harrison's backing musicians on the song include Eric Clapton and the entire Delaney & Bonnie Friends band,", "title": "What Is Life" }, { "docid": "15468557", "text": "Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at Number 4. It also reached number 1 on the \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart in Canada. What Is Truth \"What Is Truth\" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash released in February 1970. Generally viewed as a protest song, a rarity in country music at the time, the simple criticism of the Vietnam War, and war in general, as well as the stereotypical view of many politically liberal hippies made the song a major crossover hit. The song peaked at number 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles. It also became Cash's 12th", "title": "What Is Truth" }, { "docid": "1986943", "text": "Heritage site. Montreal, the second largest francophone city in the world, has several tourist attractions. Sites of interest in Montreal Sites of interest in Quebec City Other sites of interest in Quebec New Brunswick is renowned for its sandy beaches especially along the Northumberland Strait which in summer has the warmest water north of Virginia. Saint John, The largest city in New Brunswick and the oldest Incorporated in Canada at the mouth of the Saint John River. Steeped with history from Irish immigration to a great fire in the 19th century. The port city has numerous Victorian houses and 18th-", "title": "Tourism in Canada" }, { "docid": "12768274", "text": "namadicus\" may have been the largest land mammal ever, based on extensive research of fragmentary leg bone fossils from one individual, with a maximum estimated size of 22 tonnes. The Permian era \"Cotylorhynchus\", from what is now the southern United States, probably was the largest of all synapsids (most of which became extinct 250 million years ago), at and 2 tonnes. The largest carnivorous synapsid was \"Anteosaurus\" from what is now South Africa during Middle Permian era. \"Anteosaurus\" was long, and weighed about . The largest living reptile, a representative of the order Crocodilia, is the saltwater crocodile (\"Crocodylus porosus\")", "title": "Largest organisms" }, { "docid": "9406942", "text": "writes: \"Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art.\" The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "18948031", "text": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third, consciousness is a transient quality, not a permanent quality. By itself, the soul is without consciousness; consciousness is produced in the soul only when it is conjoined with certain other entities. Hiriyanna,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "18948032", "text": "commenting on this point, notes: Hiriyanna expresses his perplexity in reviewing the Nyaya-Vaisesika view of consciousness, and then comes out with a comment equating this view with the Charvaka view of consciousness: What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "10358938", "text": "What the World Needs Now Is Love \"What the World Needs Now Is Love\" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year. In Canada, the song reached number one. Co-songwriter Burt Bacharach revealed in his 2014 autobiography that this song had among the most difficult", "title": "What the World Needs Now Is Love" }, { "docid": "19463760", "text": "This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour The This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour was the third solo concert tour by American singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani, in support of her third solo studio album, \"This Is What the Truth Feels Like\" (2016). It began on July 12, 2016, in Mansfield, Massachusetts at the Xfinity Center and continued throughout North America before concluding on October 16, 2016, in Inglewood, California at The Forum. The tour was officially revealed in late April 2016 with twenty-seven dates in the USA and Canada. Stefani will tour together with Eve, with whom she", "title": "This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour" }, { "docid": "19322949", "text": "outside the top 10. The following week, \"This Is What the Truth Feels Like\" dipped 54 positions, the week's largest drop. In Australia, the album debuted at number six, becoming her third consecutive top-ten solo album. \"This Is What the Truth Feels Like\" was the week's second highest debut, and was present for two weeks before departing the chart. On France's SNEP albums chart, it entered at number 44, becoming her lowest debut behind \"The Sweet Escape\"s peak at number 33. The album fared moderately well on Switzerland's Hitparade, where it became her second highest performing album, peaking at number", "title": "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" }, { "docid": "6152993", "text": "Canada as the basis for census divisions or census subdivisions. Municipal elections usually elect a mayor and city council and often also a school board. Some locations may also elect other bodies, such as Vancouver, which elects its own parks board. Some municipalities will also hold referenda or ballot initiatives at the same time, usually relating to spending projects or tax changes. Elections for city councils are held through either a ward system or at-large system, depending on the location. Vancouver is the largest city in Canada to use the at-large system, while most other larger cities use wards. Most", "title": "Municipal elections in Canada" }, { "docid": "4350291", "text": "City of Canada Bay The City of Canada Bay is a local government area in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The city was formed on 1 December 2000, following the merger of Concord and Drummoyne councils. The city covers an area of and as at the had a resident population of . The city is ultimately named after Canada Bay, a bay on the Parramatta River. The Mayor of the City of Canada Bay Council is Cr. Angelo Tsirekas, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Suburbs in the City of Canada Bay are: Some of", "title": "City of Canada Bay" }, { "docid": "10424358", "text": "the music videos for Xzibit's songs \"Paparazzi\" and \"The Foundation\". The music video peaked at 1 during 6 weeks at BET's \"Rap City\". 12\" Promo What U See Is What U Get \"What U See Is What U Get\" is the first single from Xzibit's second album, \"40 Dayz & 40 Nightz\". In its first week the song peaked at #50 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, being Xzibit's highest charting single. It peaked at #3 on Hot Rap Singles, his highest on that chart. A music video directed by Gregory Dark was filmed in Los Angeles. The deceptively simplistic premise", "title": "What U See Is What U Get" }, { "docid": "12715771", "text": "The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book \"A Bend in the River\". \"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.\" French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage", "title": "The World Is What It Is" }, { "docid": "12768290", "text": ". Some moths and butterflies have much larger areas than the heaviest beetles, but weigh a fraction as much. The longest insects are the stick insects, see below. Representatives of the extinct dragonfly-like order Protodonata such as the Carboniferous \"Meganeura monyi\" of what is now France and the Permian \"Meganeuropsis permiana\" of what is now North America are the largest insect species yet known to have existed. These creatures had a wingspan of some and a mass of over , making them about the size of a crow. The largest living fungus may be a honey fungus of the species", "title": "Largest organisms" }, { "docid": "13745715", "text": "Nuclear industry in Canada Nuclear industry in Canada is an active business and research sector, producing about 15% of its electricity in nuclear power plants of domestic design. Canada is the world's largest exporter of uranium, and has the world's second largest proven reserves. Canada also exports nuclear technology within the terms of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, to which it is a signatory, and is the world's largest producer of radioactive medical isotopes. The Nuclear industry (as distinct from the uranium industry) in Canada dates back to 1942 when a joint British-Canadian laboratory was set up in Montreal, Quebec, under", "title": "Nuclear industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "4350296", "text": "the merger proposal stalled. In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers. City of Canada Bay The City of Canada Bay is a local government area in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The city was formed on 1 December 2000, following the merger of Concord and Drummoyne councils. The city covers an area of and as at the had a resident population of . The city is ultimately named after Canada Bay, a bay on", "title": "City of Canada Bay" }, { "docid": "1986938", "text": "is home to the largest branch of the Western Development Museum, which houses important artefacts and recreations of the early settlement of the Canadian prairies. The prairie province also has the most golf courses and water bodies per capita of any other province. Statistically the warmest summers with the most sunlight hours in Canada occur in Saskatoon. Natural attractions include Cypress Provincial Park, the Great Sand Hills, Scottie the Dinosaur (the largest intact Tyrannosaurus Rex found in North America). Saskatoon also has many famous attractions, such as the Remai Modern Art Gallery located on the river bank, and the city", "title": "Tourism in Canada" }, { "docid": "17193709", "text": "of his \"American Hymnsong Suite\" (2003) for concert band. In 1966, the United Methodist \"Book of Hymns\" became the first standard hymnal to incorporate \"What Wondrous Love Is This\". \"What Wondrous Love Is This\" is now a widely known hymn and is included in many major hymnals, including the \"Baptist Hymnal\", \"Book of Praise\" (Presbyterian), \"Chalice Hymnal\" (Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)), \"Common Praise\" (Anglican), \"The Hymnal 1982\" (Episcopalian), \"Lutheran Book of Worship\", \"New Century Hymnal\" (United Church of Christ), \"Presbyterian Hymnal\", \"Voices United\" (United Church of Canada), \"The Worshipping Church\" (interdenominational), \"Worship\" (Roman Catholic), and \"Singing the Living Tradition\"", "title": "What Wondrous Love Is This" }, { "docid": "7728597", "text": "the first ex-Beatle to have two top-ten hits in the United States.<ref name=\"Mapes/Billboard\">Jillian Mapes, \"George Harrison's 10 Biggest Billboard Hits\", billboard.com, 29 November 2011 (retrieved 4 June 2014).</ref> The single was a success internationally, climbing to number 1 in Switzerland and on Australia's \"Go-Set\" National Top 60, and reaching the top three elsewhere in Europe and in Canada.<ref name=\"Tsosrt/GH singles\">\"George Harrison (Song artist 225)\", Tsort pages (retrieved 16 October 2012).</ref> In Britain, where Harrison had resisted issuing a single from \"All Things Must Pass\" until midway through January, \"What Is Life\" appeared on the B-side to \"My Sweet Lord\" –", "title": "What Is Life" }, { "docid": "9133600", "text": "Canada, Abbotsford had the highest Sikh percentage in 2011. Gur Sikh Temple is located in Abbotsford. It was the oldest Sikh gurdwara building in North America that is still standing. In 1975 the Khalsa Diwan Society of Abbotsford separated from the parent organization in Vancouver, as the title of the Abbotsford gurdwara was transferred to the separated entity. The Abbotsford Sikhs wanted to have local control over their gurdwara. The largest concentration of Sikhs in the Greater Vancouver area is in the City of Surrey in the census agglomeration's southeastern sector, forming 22.6% of the population. The City of Abbotsford", "title": "Sikhism in Canada" }, { "docid": "12715772", "text": "in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the \"New York Times Book Review\" as one of the \"Times\"' \"10 Best Books of 2008\". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in", "title": "The World Is What It Is" }, { "docid": "2175202", "text": "\"Ho ho ho\". The H0- prefix is an anomaly: the 0 indicates a very small, rural village, but H is used to designate Montreal, the second-largest city in Canada. As such, the H0- prefix is almost completely empty. H0M, assigned to the international Akwesasne tribal reserve on the Canada-US border, is the only other H0- postal code in active use. In 2013, Santa was dragged into the ongoing Arctic sovereignty debate to support Canadian territorial claims extending to the North Pole. In response to attacks from Conservative MP Paul Calandra, parliamentary secretary to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, at", "title": "Postal codes in Canada" }, { "docid": "9686491", "text": "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in \"Folktales of Greece\". It is Aarne-Thompson type 875 and has many Greek and Slavic variants, generally revolving about the exchange of clever answers. This type of tale is the commonest European tale dealing with witty exchanges. In ballad form, the clever answers to the riddles, and the winning of a husband by them, are found in Child ballad 1, \"Riddles Wisely Expounded\". A brother argue over how they should split their land, some", "title": "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?" }, { "docid": "9406944", "text": "\"we really hadn’t decided whether I was just helping Valentino write his own book, or if I was writing a book about him.\" Valentino points out that, \"I thought I might want to write my own book, but I learned that I was not ready to do this. I was still taking classes in basic writing at Georgia Perimeter College.\" Dave Eggers discusses the difficulties in writing a book of this nature: \"For a long while there, we continued doing interviews, and I gathered the material. But all along, I really didn’t know exactly what form it would finally take—whether", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "7148594", "text": "Petroleum industry in Canada Petroleum production in Canada is a major industry which is important to the economy of North America. Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world and is the world's fifth largest oil producer and fourth largest oil exporter. In 2015 it produced an average of of crude oil and equivalent. Of that amount, 61% was upgraded and non-upgraded bitumen from oil sands, and the remainder light crude oil, heavy crude oil and natural-gas condensate. Most of Canadian petroleum production is exported, approximately in 2015, with almost all of the exports going to the United", "title": "Petroleum industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "13564275", "text": "Automotive industry in Canada The automotive industry in Canada consists primarily of assembly plants of foreign automakers, most with headquarters in the United States or Japan, along with hundreds of manufacturers of automotive parts and systems. Canada is currently the ninth-largest auto producer in the world, and fourth largest auto exporter by value, producing 2.4 million vehicles and exporting $48.8 billion worth of vehicles in 2016. Canada's highest rankings ever was second largest producer in the world between 1918 and 1923 and third after World War II. The first large-scale production of automobiles in Canada took place in Walkerville, Ontario,", "title": "Automotive industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "2438238", "text": "MuslimFest and the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference, the largest Islamic event in Canada. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada acts as an Ahmadi Muslim representative. It has about 50 Local Chapters scattered across Canada, concentrating mainly in southern Ontario. The community has good relations with the government and helps in humanitarian causes. Baitun Nur is the largest mosque in Canada. In a 2016 Environics poll, 83% of Muslims were \"very proud\" to be Canadian, compared with 73% of non-Muslim Canadians who said the same thing. Canadian Muslims reported \"Canada's freedom and democracy\" as the greatest source of pride, and \"multiculturalism", "title": "Islam in Canada" }, { "docid": "15296997", "text": "World's largest palace The title of the \"world's largest palace\" is difficult to award, and controversial, as different countries use different standards to claim that their palace is the largest in the world. The title of \"world's largest palace by area enclosed within the palace's fortified walls\" is held by China's Forbidden City complex in Beijing, which covers an area of 728,000 square meters (180 acres). The 980 buildings of the Forbidden City have a combined floor space of and contain 9,999 rooms (It was because that ancient Chinese thought the yuhuang god has 10000 rooms, they made 9999 and", "title": "World's largest palace" }, { "docid": "9686494", "text": "owner. She called out which was the rightful owner, and the king said she had meddled and must go home. She asked him to eat one last meal with her, and then she drugged it. When he was asleep, she put him in the carriage and went home. When the king woke, she told him she was entitled to him, because she valued him most of everything in the castle. The king took her back to the castle and gave her the right to judge all his affairs. What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest", "title": "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?" }, { "docid": "4218393", "text": "largest Israeli diaspora groups with an estimate of 30,000 people. A small proportion of Israeli Jews who come to Canada are Ethiopian Jews. Jewish Canadian population by province and territory in Canada in 2011 according to Statistics Canada and United Jewish Federations of Canada Hebrew () is the liturgical and historical language of the Jews and Judaism and also the language of Jewish Israeli expatriates living in Canada. Yiddish () is the historical and cultural language of Ashkenazi Jews, who make up the majority of the Canadian Jewry and was widely spoken within the Canadian Jewish community up to the", "title": "History of the Jews in Canada" }, { "docid": "14219946", "text": "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) \"What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)\" is a song written by Bob McDill and Paul Harrison and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in February 1988 as the lead single from the album, \"The Heart of It All\". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's fifteenth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. \"What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)\" debuted on the U.S. \"Billboard\"", "title": "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" }, { "docid": "14219947", "text": "Hot Country Singles for the week of March 12, 1988. What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) \"What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)\" is a song written by Bob McDill and Paul Harrison and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in February 1988 as the lead single from the album, \"The Heart of It All\". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's fifteenth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. \"What She Is", "title": "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" }, { "docid": "2985767", "text": "was built from Saint John through Maine USA to Montreal. However, Montreal businessmen preferred Portland USA even though the Saint John River Valley, with no rail line, was a shorter route from Quebec. So Canadian Prairie wheat was shipped four months of the year through the port of Portland, Maine, USA. Saint John has dwindled from being the fifth-largest city in Canada at Confederation to the fourth largest city in Atlantic Canada now and 32nd largest city in Canada. Den Otter (1997) challenges popular assumptions that Canada built transcontinental railways because it feared the annexationist schemes of aggressive Americans. Instead", "title": "Economic history of Canada" }, { "docid": "9686492", "text": "of which was good and some bad. The king set riddles to them: whoever guessed the riddles would get good land. The first riddle was what was the fastest thing in the world. The stupid brother's daughter told him what to say; his brother guessed a bird or a horse, and the stupid brother said the mind. The second riddle was what was the heaviest thing in the world; the clever brother guessed stone or iron, and the stupid brother repeated his daughter's answer: fire because no one could lift it. The third was what was the most important thing", "title": "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?" }, { "docid": "19322935", "text": "radio stations on May 23, 2016, and peaked at number 34 on the Adult Top 40 chart in the US, becoming her third consecutive entry from the parent album. As had been done with \"Make Me Like You\", a \"Misery\" three-track remix EP was released on June 24. To further promote the album, Stefani announced on April 18, 2016, that she would embark on her third solo concert tour, the This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour, visiting 28 venues the United States and Canada, beginning July 12, 2016. American rapper Eve toured with the singer as a guest", "title": "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" }, { "docid": "12193110", "text": "light during this period. The year 1876 saw Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone. Bell (a Scot by birth) had a family home in Canada at the time, but conducted much of his work in a rented laboratory in Boston. Experiments in trans-oceanic wireless communication were being conducted by Guglielmo Marconi in Newfoundland and Cape Breton. In the US, Canadian Reginald Fessenden conducted investigations into what is now called FM broadcasting. Canadian Frederick Creed invented the teleprinter in 1902. As stated on its Wikipedia page, \"Brantford [Ontario] is sometimes known by the nickname \"The Telephone City\" as former city resident", "title": "Invention in Canada" }, { "docid": "11552085", "text": "World's largest weather vane According to the Guinness World Records, the world's largest weather vane is located in Jerez, Spain. According to the explore north website a challenger for the title of world's largest weather vane is located in Whitehorse, Yukon. The weather vane is a retired Douglas DC-3 atop a swiveling support. Located beside the Whitehorse airport the weather vane is used mainly by pilots to determine wind direction. This weather vane only requires a 5 km/hour wind to rotate. Other claimants to the title are located in: Westlock, Alberta, Canada: The Canadian Tractor Museum is home to the", "title": "World's largest weather vane" }, { "docid": "13564278", "text": "General Motors, Honda, and Toyota. An Edmonton, Alberta local ride-sharing company, TappCar, uses a fleet of BYD e6 pure-electric vehicles to serve the Edmonton region and the Edmonton International Airport. Canadian Automakers: Foreign automakers that have plants in Canada: Foreign automakers that had plants in Canada: Defunct Canadian Automakers & Brands: Automotive industry in Canada The automotive industry in Canada consists primarily of assembly plants of foreign automakers, most with headquarters in the United States or Japan, along with hundreds of manufacturers of automotive parts and systems. Canada is currently the ninth-largest auto producer in the world, and fourth largest", "title": "Automotive industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "12676875", "text": "each of them having its own hierarchy with dioceses and parishes. According to 2011 census data, Greek Orthodox community constitutes the largest Eastern Orthodox community in Canada, with 220,255 adherents. It is followed by other communities: Russian Orthodox (25,245), Ukrainian Orthodox (23,845), Serbian Orthodox (22,780), Romanian Orthodox (7,090), Macedonian Orthodox (4,945), Bulgarian Orthodox (1,765), Antiochian Orthodox (1,220) and several other minor communities within Eastern Orthodoxy. Adherents of Oriental Orthodox Christianity in Canada also belong to several ethnic communities and ecclesiastical jurisdictions. According to 2011 census data, Coptic Orthodox community constitutes the largest Oriental Orthodox community in Canada, with 16,255 adherents.", "title": "Christianity in Canada" }, { "docid": "13094188", "text": "Renewable energy in Canada The majority of the energy supply in Canada is generated by renewable technologies. The country generates the majority of its electricity from hydroelectric dams (59% in 2006). Wind power is a fast growing sector of the energy market. Globally, Canada was the 6th largest producer of wind power in 2011. Canada has built many photovoltaic power plants, mainly in Ontario, with one in Sarnia being the largest in the world at the time of construction. A 15-megawatt tidal plant sits at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and uses the daily tides of the Bay of Fundy. Politicians have", "title": "Renewable energy in Canada" }, { "docid": "1868324", "text": "Church's uncertain future\") An article by Charles Lewis, published on May 14, 2011, set out what Lewis sees as the issues that beset the United Church: the church's \"big tent\" approach to believers, accepting even atheists as members; and lack of doctrinal orthodoxy. United Church of Canada The United Church of Canada () is a mainline denomination and the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada, and the largest Canadian Christian denomination after the Catholic Church. In 2011, Statistics Canada reported approximately 2 million people identifying as adherents. The United Church was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Protestant", "title": "United Church of Canada" }, { "docid": "19479117", "text": "among artists to 73). \"This Is What You Came For\" became Rihanna's 25th and Harris's fourth number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs Chart, where it became the first song since 2013's \"Wake Me Up\" to stay at number one for two weeks. As of October 2016, the single has sold 1.2 million copies in the United States. \"This Is What You Came For\" debuted at number one on the Scottish Singles Chart, and peaked at number one in Australia, Canada and Ireland. The song also reached the top 10 in Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,", "title": "This Is What You Came For" }, { "docid": "9355449", "text": "be prolific oil reservoirs, and exploration concentrated on the search for similar structures. A series of major discoveries followed, and the industry began to appreciate the diversity of geological structures in the province that could contain oil. Early reef discoveries included Redwater in 1948, Golden Spike in 1949, Wizard Lake, Fenn Big Valley and Bonnie Glen in 1951 and Westerose in 1952. In 1953, Mobil Oil made a discovery near Drayton Valley, in a sandstone formation. By 1956, more than 1,500 development wells dotted what became the Pembina oil field (the largest field in western Canada) with hardly a dry", "title": "History of the petroleum industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "4218392", "text": "of Latin America with Argentina being home to the largest Jewish community in Latin America and the third one in the Americas after the United States and Canada itself. However, the weight of French Jewish emigration must be balanced, as it represents between 2,000 and 3,000 people in total per year (Vs a community of ~500,000 people in France) and only a percentage of this couple of thousands go to Canada. Also, there is a vibrant population of Israeli Jews who emigrate to Canada to study and work. The Israeli Canadian community is growing and it is one of the", "title": "History of the Jews in Canada" }, { "docid": "7148612", "text": "provincial or international borders are regulated by the National Energy Board. Major pipelines carrying oil from Alberta to markets in other provinces and US states include: There are four oil refineries in Alberta with a combined capacity of over of crude oil. Most of these are located on what is known as Refinery Row in Strathcona County near Edmonton, Alberta, which supplies products to most of Western Canada. In addition to refined products such as gasoline and diesel fuel, the refineries and upgraders also produce off-gases, which are used as feedstock by nearby petrochemical plants. Two of the largest producers", "title": "Petroleum industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "17271693", "text": "on 17 March 2013. The video also has a guest appearance from Ron Jeremy. As of September 2017, it has received over 84 million views. \"This Is What It Feels Like\" was covered by Canadian country music artist Jason Benoit and released through Sky Hit Records, under license to Sony Music Canada, as Benoit's debut single on 10 September 2013. His rendition reached number 46 on the \"Billboard\" Canada Country chart. It received positive reviews for Benoit's \"strong vocal performance\" was also included on the compilation album, \"Country Heat 2014\". An official lyric video was uploaded to Benoit's Vevo channel", "title": "This Is What It Feels Like" }, { "docid": "15509488", "text": "(What Is) Love? \"(What Is) Love?\" is a song recorded by American entertainer Jennifer Lopez. Originally entitled \"What Is Love?\", the song appeared on the soundtrack to \"The Back-up Plan\" (2010), a film in which Lopez stars. The song was later included on Lopez's seventh studio album \"Love?\" (2011), as the album's title track. \"(What Is) Love?\" is a midtempo electropop song written by Diana \"Wynter\" Gordon, with the song's producer Emile \"D'Mile\" Dernst II. The song is about \"not knowing what love is,\" according to Gordon. A remix of \"(What Is) Love?\", entitled \"What Is Love? Part II\", was", "title": "(What Is) Love?" }, { "docid": "2972946", "text": "census data, Coptic Orthodox community constitutes the largest Oriental Orthodox community in Canada, with 16,255 adherents. It is followed by other communities: Armenian Orthodox (13,730), Ethiopian Orthodox (3,025), Syriac Orthodox (3,060) and several other minor communities within Oriental Orthodoxy. Four years after Canada's founding in 1867, the 1871 Canadian Census found 13 Muslims among the population. Today, Islam is the second largest religion in Canada, practised by 3.2% of the total population. The first Canadian mosque was constructed in Edmonton in 1938, when there were approximately 700 Muslims in the country. This building is now part of the museum at", "title": "Religion in Canada" }, { "docid": "11248076", "text": "some of the tracks (\"Beauty\" and \"Chest of Drawers\") are conversations with Brian Eno. All songs written by Daniel Lanois unless otherwise noted. \"Where Will I Be\" is a new version of a song which had been previously released on Emmylou Harris' album \"Wrecking Ball\" in 1995. \"Lovechild\" and \"Sacred And Secular\" tracks incorporates, respectively, the pedal steel guitar melody used in \"Carla\", on Belladonna album, and the pedal steel guitar melody used in \"Transmitter\", on Shine album. Here Is What Is Here Is What Is is the fifth studio album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It", "title": "Here Is What Is" }, { "docid": "8848018", "text": "Missionary Fellowship of Alberta\" joined in 1963 and the \"Convention of Regular Baptist Churches of British Columbia\" (founded 1927) also joined in 1965. Known as \"The Fellowship\", it claims to be the largest evangelical group in Canada, with at least 500 member churches in Canada from coast to coast. A Regular Baptist church in British Columbia joined a Southern Baptist Convention affiliate in 1953. The first SBC association was formed in 1955 and there are now 233 churches, in most provinces and territories, with the largest concentration in western Canada. The following are the major groupings of Baptists in Canada,", "title": "Baptists in Canada" }, { "docid": "13152803", "text": "the provincial governments, who hold all unclaimed land in their jurisdiction. Over 90% of the sprawling boreal forest of Canada is provincial Crown land. Provincial lands account for 60% of the area of the province of Alberta, 94% of the land in British Columbia, 95% of Newfoundland and Labrador, and 48% of New Brunswick. The largest single landowner in Canada by far, and by extension one of the world's largest, is the Government of Canada. The bulk of the federal government's lands are in the vast northern territories where Crown lands are vested in the federal, rather than territorial, government.", "title": "Land ownership in Canada" }, { "docid": "13564277", "text": "by 1923, into the second-largest in the world, although it was still made up of relatively inefficient plants producing many models behind a high tariff wall. High consumer prices and production inefficiencies characterized the Canadian auto industry prior to the signing of the Canada–United States Automotive Products Agreement. The 1964 Automotive Products Trade Agreement or \"Auto Pact\" represents the single most important factor in making the Canadian automotive industry what it is today. Key features of the Auto Pact were the 1:1 production-to-sales ratio and Canadian Value Added requirements. As of 2015 major car companies that operate are Fiat-Chrysler, Ford,", "title": "Automotive industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "6031823", "text": "Saint-Roch, Quebec City Saint-Roch is a downtown neighbourhood in the borough of La Cité in Quebec City, Canada. Once a working-class quarter, some of its parts have been redeveloped in recent years.. Saint-Roch was first settled in 1620 by the Recollects, who built a small church dedicated to Saint Roch. Today the Église Saint-Roch is the largest in Quebec City. Later, a few houses were built near what is now the Gare du Palais. In the first half of the 19th century, Saint-Roch was a shipbuilding site. Later, the district saw the development of retail and manufacturing activity. From the", "title": "Saint-Roch, Quebec City" }, { "docid": "9133601", "text": "which lies east of the census agglomeration's boundary, has the next-largest concentration of Sikhs in British Columbia, at 13.4% of the population (with 16.3% self-identifying of the total city population as East Indian, and 2.3% as Punjabi). Since 2009, Sikh members of the Canadian Forces (CF) have attended the annual Sikh Remembrance Day service which is held at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario. This cemetery holds the only military grave in Canada belonging to a Sikh soldier, Private Buckham Singh who fought in World War I. In 2012, NCdt Tejvinder Toor, OCdt Saajandeep Sarai & OCdt Sarabjot Anand", "title": "Sikhism in Canada" }, { "docid": "3476582", "text": "Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) () is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 111,570 baptized members in 519 congregations, with the second largest, the Lutheran Church–Canada, having 56,620 baptized members. Together with the LCC and the Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations, it is one of only three all-Canadian Lutheran denominations. It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Canadian Council of Churches, and the World Council of Churches. According to the 2011 Canadian census, a larger number of 478,185 adherents identify as Lutheran. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada came into being", "title": "Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada" }, { "docid": "7258183", "text": "World's Largest Buffalo The \"World's Largest Buffalo Monument\" is a sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown, North Dakota at the Frontier Village. It is visible from Interstate 94, overlooking the city from above the James River valley. The statue is a significant tourist draw for Jamestown and the source of its nickname, \"The Buffalo City\". The sculpture is tall and long and weighs . It was constructed with stucco and cement around a steel beam frame shaped with wire mesh. The sculpture is complete in many respects of detail. It is sculptured after a male bison in mid-stride", "title": "World's Largest Buffalo" }, { "docid": "2932291", "text": "Soccer in Canada Soccer in Canada is the most popular sport in terms of participation rate. According to FIFA's Big Count, 2,695,712 people played in Canada in 2006. Professional soccer in Canada is played in Major League Soccer, the United Soccer League, and the upcoming Canadian Premier League. Canada also has many semi-professional and amateur soccer leagues. Canada's men's and women's national soccer teams are ranked 79th and 5th respectively in the FIFA World Rankings, as of September 3, 2018. Soccer is played in Canada according to the rules of association football. What is called soccer in Canada today was", "title": "Soccer in Canada" }, { "docid": "5749371", "text": "an ocean liner for Canada; because of his nautical experience, Corbett returns to the \"Victorious\" to accept a commission as sub-lieutenant from the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. What Happened to the Corbetts What Happened to the Corbetts (US title: Ordeal) is a novel by Nevil Shute, a fictional depiction of the effect of aerial bombing on the British city of Southampton, a major maritime centre. It was written in 1938, and published in April 1939 by William Heinemann Ltd, when the outbreak of World War II was already a very likely development. The novel addresses the issues of the aftermath", "title": "What Happened to the Corbetts" }, { "docid": "3607825", "text": "copies worldwide, one of their best-selling albums. \"Look What the Cat Dragged In\" was certified gold in 1987 and 3x multi-platinum in 1990 by the RIAA. It has also been certified silver by the BPI and platinum in Canada. \"Look What Cat Dragged In\" is featured at No. 2 in \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time. Described by \"Revolver Magazine\" as \"oversexed, under-thought, and relentlessly fun\", the album's style is often described as \"glam metal\" and was strongly influenced by East-Coast bands like Aerosmith and Kiss and It is a sound dominated by", "title": "Look What the Cat Dragged In" }, { "docid": "2966094", "text": "in Tolstoy and his problems: essays. London: Grant Richards. pp. 66–101. Maude, Aylmer (1901b). “\"What is Art?\" - Tolstoy’s Theory of Art”, in Tolstoy and his problems: essays. London: Grant Richards. pp. 102–127. Noyes, George (1918). Tolstoy. London: Duffield. Pevear, Richard (1995). \"Preface\" in Tolstoy, Leo (1995 [1897]). \"What is Art?\" (Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky). London: Penguin. Simmons, Ernest (1973). \"What is Art?\", in Tolstoy. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 175–189. What Is Art? What is Art? ( \"Chto takoye iskusstvo?\") is a book by Leo Tolstoy. It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first", "title": "What Is Art?" }, { "docid": "5321401", "text": "and were instead products of their own places and times, which in turn decided what \"facts of the past\" they determined into \"facts of history\". British historian Richard J. Evans said \"What Is History?\" caused a revolution in British historiography in the 1960s. Australian historian Keith Windschuttle, a critic of Carr, said \"What Is History?\" is one of the most influential books written about historiography, and that very few historians working in the English language since the 1960s had not read it. What Is History? What Is History? is a study that was written by the English historian E. H.", "title": "What Is History?" }, { "docid": "8966216", "text": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get is a 1984 album by Public Image Ltd. It is the band's fourth official studio album and includes the single \"Bad Life\" and a re-recorded version of a \"This Is Not a Love Song\", which had been a No. 5 UK and international hit when released as a single in 1983. An early version of the album was released in 1983 by founding PiL guitarist Keith Levene as \"Commercial Zone\". The album was then re-recorded after Levene's departure from the", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "12173628", "text": "Peace River in British Columbia will have a capacity of 1100 MW in 2024. Keeyask on the Nelson River, Manitoba is under construction and expecting completion of a 695 MW station in 2019. A View of Canadian Hydroelectric Generation Markets - 2016 Hydroelectricity in Canada Canada is the world's second largest producer of hydroelectricity after China. In 2014, Canada consumed the equivalent of 85.7 megatonnes worth of oil of hydroelectricity, 9.8% of worldwide hydroelectric consumption. Further, hydroelectricity accounted for 25.7% of Canada's total energy consumption (37.3% of non-oil sources). It is the third-most consumed energy in Canada behind oil and", "title": "Hydroelectricity in Canada" }, { "docid": "10157826", "text": "What What (In the Butt) \"What What (In the Butt)\" is a viral video created by Andrew Swant and Bobby Ciraldo for the song of the same name by Samwell. It is known for its numerous camp references to homosexuality and anal sex. The lyrics of the song, a production of Mike Stasny, mostly revolve around the title. The video was made in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and uploaded on Valentine's Day 2007 to YouTube. As of March 2016, the video had over 60 million views. On 5 March 2007, with regard to the Christian imagery in the video, Samwell said, in", "title": "What What (In the Butt)" }, { "docid": "7526859", "text": "The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story is a compilation album by British electronic music duo The KLF, comprising six versions of their techno track \"What Time Is Love?\". By 1989 (see 1989 in music), the popularity of the \"Pure Trance Original\" of \"What Time Is Love?\" in European clubs had reportedly spawned eighteen unauthorised cover versions and sound-alikes. In a novel move, some of these were collated by The Orb's Alex Paterson at The KLF's behest, and released as a compilation album entitled \"The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story\", which was sold commercially for", "title": "The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story" }, { "docid": "8966222", "text": "in the film. The album was seen as a step down from the band's efforts. Pitchfork Media named the album \"maligned but salvageable\". Allmusic said the album as \"the most tentative and least powerful of PiL's recordings.\" This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get is a 1984 album by Public Image Ltd. It is the band's fourth official studio album and includes the single \"Bad Life\" and a re-recorded version of a \"This Is Not a Love Song\", which had been a No. 5 UK and international", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "2972943", "text": "served by about 8,000 priests. It was the first European faith in what is now Canada, arriving in 1497 when John Cabot landed on Newfoundland and raised the Venetian and Papal banners, claiming the land for his sponsor King Henry VII of England, while recognizing the religious authority of the Roman Catholic Church. The entire Catholic Church in Canada is placed under the Primate of Canada which corresponds to the Archdiocese of Quebec and is bishop, the Primate of Canada. Actually, Gérald Cyprien Lacroix is the Primate of Canada. The Pope is represented in Canada by the Apostolic Nunciature in", "title": "Religion in Canada" }, { "docid": "7148608", "text": "deposits give Canada the world's third largest oil reserves, which are rivaled only by similar but even larger oil reserves in Venezuela, and conventional oil reserves in Saudi Arabia. Although Alberta has already produced over 90% of its conventional crude oil reserves, it has produced only 5% of its oil sands, and its remaining oil sands reserves represent 98% of Canada's established oil reserves. In addition to being the world's largest producer of oil sands bitumen in the world, Alberta is the largest producer of conventional crude oil, synthetic crude, natural gas and natural gas liquids products in Canada. Alberta's", "title": "Petroleum industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "8966221", "text": "He then flew over to London and presented them to Richard Branson as the finished new PiL album for Virgin Records: \"Commercial Zone\". For his part, John Lydon decided to completely abandon the tapes and re-record the whole album from scratch with session musicians. This new version of \"Commercial Zone\" became \"This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get\" in 1984. \"The Order of Death\" is a reference to the film \"Copkiller\", also known as \"The Order of Death\". The line \"This is what you want... This is what you get\", which gives title to the album, appears", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "4732540", "text": "in the prairie provinces. The Canadian Football League's annual championship, the Grey Cup, is one of the country's largest annual sports events. While other sports have a larger spectator base, Association football, known in Canada as \"soccer\" in both English and French, has the most registered players of any team sport in Canada. Professional teams exist in many cities in Canada. Statistics Canada reports that the top ten sports that Canadians participate in are golf, ice hockey, swimming, soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, skiing (downhill and alpine), cycling and tennis. As a country with a generally cool climate, Canada has enjoyed", "title": "Sports in Canada" }, { "docid": "8966219", "text": "were not re-recorded for \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" (although a remixed version of \"Blue Water\" was included as the B-side on the \"This Is Not a Love Song\" 12\" single). Songs on \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" which did not appear in any form on \"Commercial Zone\" are \"Tie Me to the Length of That\", \"The Pardon\" and \"1981\", and are the only songs on the album which do not credit Keith Levene as a co-writer. PiL was supposed to score the soundtrack for the 1983 suspense film \"Copkiller\", starring Harvey", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "2972948", "text": "In the 2011 National Housing Survey, Muslims constituted 3.2% of the population making them largest religious adherents after Christianity. Islam is the fastest growing religion in Canada. Sunni Islam is followed by the majority while there are significant numbers of Shia Muslims. Ahmadiyya also has a significant proportion with more than 25,000 Ahmadis living in Canada. There are also non-denominational Muslims In 2007, the CBC introduced a popular television sitcom called \"Little Mosque on the Prairie\", a contemporary reflection and critical commentary on attitudes towards Islam in Canada. In 2008, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, visited the Baitun", "title": "Religion in Canada" }, { "docid": "15166735", "text": "within Canada: those formed by the various aboriginal First Nations, that of francophone Quebecers, that of the anglophones who identify with English Canadian culture, and perhaps that of the Acadians. Nationalisms in Canada There has historically been, and continues to be, several rival nationalisms in Canada. Canadians have differing cultural and political identifications which often overlap. Loyalty towards Canada is tempered by strong regional and ethnic identities, and an affinity toward a common North American culture shared with the United States. The largest and most-apparent differences are between English and French Canada, with the federal government recognizing the Québécois as", "title": "Nationalisms in Canada" }, { "docid": "15166720", "text": "Nationalisms in Canada There has historically been, and continues to be, several rival nationalisms in Canada. Canadians have differing cultural and political identifications which often overlap. Loyalty towards Canada is tempered by strong regional and ethnic identities, and an affinity toward a common North American culture shared with the United States. The largest and most-apparent differences are between English and French Canada, with the federal government recognizing the Québécois as \"a nation within a united Canada\". Among the provinces, Newfoundlanders also have a strong sense of national identity, having had a period of separate nationhood before joining the Canadian Confederation.", "title": "Nationalisms in Canada" }, { "docid": "12173620", "text": "Hydroelectricity in Canada Canada is the world's second largest producer of hydroelectricity after China. In 2014, Canada consumed the equivalent of 85.7 megatonnes worth of oil of hydroelectricity, 9.8% of worldwide hydroelectric consumption. Further, hydroelectricity accounted for 25.7% of Canada's total energy consumption (37.3% of non-oil sources). It is the third-most consumed energy in Canada behind oil and natural gas (30.9% and 28.1% of total consumption, respectively). Some provinces and territories, such as British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Yukon produce over 90% of their electricity from Hydro. All of the dams with large reservoirs were completed before", "title": "Hydroelectricity in Canada" }, { "docid": "9355475", "text": "facilities. Taken together, these developments helped Canada create one of the world's largest and most complex petroleum industries. www.geohelp.net/world.html History of the petroleum industry in Canada The Canadian petroleum industry arose in parallel with that of the United States. Because of Canada's unique geography, geology, resources and patterns of settlement, however, it developed in different ways. The evolution of the petroleum sector has been a key factor in the history of Canada, and helps illustrate how the country became quite distinct from her neighbour to the south. Although the conventional oil and gas industry in western Canada is mature, the", "title": "History of the petroleum industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "15767607", "text": "Canada's ecological, social and economic stage. With Canada having the world's longest coastline, as well as the world's largest freshwater system and tidal range, aquaculture is an obvious choice for Canada. Many different types of fish are farmed in Canada which helps to implement ecological sustainability among many different types of fish such as Atlantic Salmon, Arctic Char, Mussels, oysters and Rainbow Trout. A recent review of literature related to aquaculture in Canada concludes that there is need for a national strategic plan to increase aquaculture production and to simplify the regulatory framework to reduce uncertainties and delays that have", "title": "Aquaculture in Canada" }, { "docid": "2447768", "text": "other eparchies and 2 exarchates in Canada: A few Eastern particular church communities are pastorally served from the United States: Saint Joseph is Patron Saint of Canada. Catholic Church in Canada The Catholic Church in Canada is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope. , it has the largest number of adherents to a Christian denomination and a religion in Canada, with 38.7% of Canadians (12.81 million) baptized as Catholics. There are 73 dioceses and about 7,000 priests in Canada. Catholicism arrived in the territory later known as Canada in 1497, when John Cabot", "title": "Catholic Church in Canada" }, { "docid": "17751306", "text": "car sales in the country in 2014. British Columbia is the only place in the country where it is legal to drive a low-speed vehicle (LSV) electric car on public roads, although it also requires low speed warning marking and flashing lights. Quebec is allowing LSVs in a three-year pilot project. These cars will not be allowed on the highway, but will be allowed on city streets. In January 2009, Hydro-Québec and Mitsubishi signed an agreement to test 50 i-MiEV, at the time, the largest pilot test of electric cars in Canada ever. The test's goal was to allow a", "title": "Plug-in electric vehicles in Canada" }, { "docid": "2966075", "text": "What Is Art? What is Art? ( \"Chto takoye iskusstvo?\") is a book by Leo Tolstoy. It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first published in English due to difficulties with the Russian censors. Tolstoy cites the time, effort, public funds, and public respect spent on art and artists as well as the imprecision of general opinions on art as reason for writing the book. In his words, \"it is difficult to say what is meant by art, and especially what is good, useful art, art for the sake of which we might condone such sacrifices as are being", "title": "What Is Art?" }, { "docid": "12192999", "text": "Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. However government policy with respect to what might be described \"pure\" science has been ambiguous. Early in the twenieth century the government funded the construction of one of the largest astronomical telescopes in the world. Other \"big science\" projects such as those listed here have also been funded over the last one hundred years. However, when the overall funding for this type of activity during the past century is considered there has been a notable lag when Canada's efforts are compared to those of other countries. A number of Nobel Prizes were awarded", "title": "Natural scientific research in Canada" }, { "docid": "16714823", "text": "Eastside to the north, the remnant of old Japantown to the northeast, and the residential neighbourhood of Strathcona to the east. The approximate street borders of Chinatown's official area as designated by the City of Vancouver are the alley between Pender Street and Hastings, Georgia, Gore, and Taylor Streets, The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest in Canada and second in age only to San Francisco's in North America, with its beginnings in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858. Its history goes back to the mid nineteenth century. It", "title": "Chinatowns in Canada" } ]

[ "Free Willy", "Free willy", "Fee willy", "Free Willey", "Free Willie", "Free Willie (Due South)" ]

[ { "docid": "2412914", "text": "animals that are in captivity.\" In 2010 the film \"\" was released. In 2013 a New York Times video, \"The Whale Who Would Not Be Freed\", included interviews about Keiko's only partly successful return to the ocean. Keiko (orca) Keiko (earlier Siggi and Kago), ( September 24, 1976 – December 12, 2003), was a male orca who portrayed Willy in the 1993 film \"Free Willy\". He was eventually freed in Iceland, in July 2002, but did not fully adapt to the wild and died in December 2003 in Norway. Keiko was captured near Reyðarfjörður, Iceland in 1979 and sold to", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412900", "text": "Keiko (orca) Keiko (earlier Siggi and Kago), ( September 24, 1976 – December 12, 2003), was a male orca who portrayed Willy in the 1993 film \"Free Willy\". He was eventually freed in Iceland, in July 2002, but did not fully adapt to the wild and died in December 2003 in Norway. Keiko was captured near Reyðarfjörður, Iceland in 1979 and sold to the Icelandic aquarium in Hafnarfjörður. At the time, he was named Siggi, with the name Kago given at a later date. In 1982, the orca was sold to Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. At this new", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "12884885", "text": "Keiko (song) Keiko is a special single by Lucerito, dedicated to the orca Keiko that starred in the first of the three Free Willy movies. When the whale was sold to the Reino Aventura (now Six Flags México), the label of Lucerito decided to release this single due to the fame of the whale. Reino Aventura (\"Adventure Kingdom\" in English) was a park located in Tlalpan in Mexico City. It opened to the public in March 1982 as the biggest amusement park in Latin America. Keiko was purchased from Marineland in Ontario, Canada, and was one of the new attractions", "title": "Keiko (song)" }, { "docid": "12884886", "text": "aimed to improve the park. To promote the whale and the park, the park administration made a contract with Musart Records, which released a special single with two songs about the whale. Musart Records had the best selling teen singer to carry out this agreement, Lucerito. Keiko (song) Keiko is a special single by Lucerito, dedicated to the orca Keiko that starred in the first of the three Free Willy movies. When the whale was sold to the Reino Aventura (now Six Flags México), the label of Lucerito decided to release this single due to the fame of the whale.", "title": "Keiko (song)" }, { "docid": "16401806", "text": "Keiko: The Untold Story Keiko: The Untold story is a 2010 documentary film about Keiko, the Orca best known for starring in the film \"Free Willy\" and its two sequels. It was directed and produced by Theresa Demarest. The film made the official selection list of many film festivals, including the Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival, the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival and the Denver Film Festival. In August 2013 a HD version of the film entitled Keiko: The Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy (HD) premiered at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood during the 20th Anniversary", "title": "Keiko: The Untold Story" }, { "docid": "2412906", "text": "the C-17 Globemaster aircraft suffered a landing gear failure causing over $1 million in damage, though Keiko was unharmed. His day-to-day care became the responsibility of the Free Willy-Keiko Foundation with management assistance from the Ocean Futures Society. He was initially housed in a pen in the Klettsvik Bay where he underwent training designed to prepare him for his eventual release, including supervised swims in the open ocean. Ocean Futures left the Keiko project in late 2001. The Free Willy-Keiko Foundation and The Humane Society of the United States re-established management of the project at that time until Keiko's death", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412903", "text": "of the \"Free Willy-Keiko Foundation\" in February 1995. With donations from the foundation and millions of school children, the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Oregon was given over $7 million to construct facilities to return him to health with the hope of eventually returning him to the wild. Reino Aventura donated Keiko to the Foundation. UPS provided ground transportation to the nearby Newport Municipal Airport in a specialized container. Before he left the amusement park in Mexico, Keiko performed for the public for the last time. Weighing about 7,700 pounds (3493 kg), he was transported by air in a C-130", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "16401807", "text": "Celebration Benefit for the Free Willy Keiko Foundation. The World Premiere of the film included a Blue Carpet Ceremony with the stars and director of both Free Willy and the documentary. Keiko: The Untold Story Keiko: The Untold story is a 2010 documentary film about Keiko, the Orca best known for starring in the film \"Free Willy\" and its two sequels. It was directed and produced by Theresa Demarest. The film made the official selection list of many film festivals, including the Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival, the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival and the Denver Film Festival. In", "title": "Keiko: The Untold Story" }, { "docid": "2412911", "text": "confirms the failure of the project according to the same scientific study. Reasons cited for Keiko's failure to adapt include his early age at capture, the long history of captivity, prolonged lack of contact with conspecifics, and strong bonds with humans. In spite of those comments, David Phillips, executive director of the Free Willy-Keiko Foundation, praised the release project: \"We took the hardest candidate and took him from near death in Mexico to swimming with wild whales in Norway\". \"Keiko had five years with the sights and sounds of natural seawater. I think it was a great success in terms", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412902", "text": "He was found by movie scouts at the run-down park and became the star of \"Free Willy\" in 1993. The publicity from his role in the popular film led to an effort by Warner Bros. Studio to find him a better home. (This was essential because the pool for the now 21-foot-long orca was only 22 feet deep, 65 feet wide and 114 feet long (), and the water temperature was often too warm.) Some of the content was filmed at Reino Aventura and the rest in Mexico City. Donations from Warner Brothers and Craig McCaw led to the establishment", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "15693083", "text": "a half-way house for people who are in the process of reintegrating into society). An attempt to release a captive orca back into the wild has only been conducted once – resulting in a partial success for Keiko, the star in the movie \"Free Willy\". The Canadian and United States governments have also successfully released and reintegrated a rescued orca named A73, or Springer, a situation which bore certain similarities to that of Morgan. Springer, like Morgan, was found alone, many miles from where her family pod is resident and in an emaciated condition. After being kept in a sea", "title": "Morgan (orca)" }, { "docid": "224791", "text": "itself in several high-profile efforts surrounding individuals. Following the success of the 1993 film \"Free Willy\", the movie's captive star Keiko was returned to the coast of his native Iceland in 1998. The director of the International Marine Mammal Project for the Earth Island Institute, David Phillips, led the efforts to return Keiko to the Iceland waters. In 2002, the orphan Springer was discovered in Puget Sound, Washington. She became the first whale to be successfully reintegrated into a wild pod after human intervention, crystallizing decades of research into the vocal behavior and social structure of the region's killer whales.", "title": "Killer whale" }, { "docid": "11126244", "text": "contributions, or a total of $66,667 USD. NMFS invited five non-profit organizations to form the \"Orphaned Orca Fund\" (OOF) to raise the matching funds for the Prescott grants—Orca Alliance, Project SeaWolf, People for Puget Sound, The Whale Museum and Orca Conservancy. Free Willy-Keiko Foundation/Earth Island Institute and Friends of the San Juans would soon join OOF. The new coalition immediately passed a Motion that stated that \"no funds raised by OOF can be used to remove A73 to a marine facility.\" The next day, Project SeaWolf, recognizing that continued cooperation with the Vancouver Aquarium and the use of a temporary", "title": "Springer (killer whale)" }, { "docid": "3591231", "text": "Oregon Coast Aquarium The Oregon Coast Aquarium is an aquarium in Newport in the US state of Oregon. Opened in 1992, the facility sits on along Yaquina Bay near the Pacific Ocean. The aquarium was home to Keiko, the orca who starred in the movie \"Free Willy\", from January 1996 until September 9, 1998, when he was shipped to Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. \"USA Today\" considers the Oregon Coast Aquarium world-class and \"Coastal Living\" magazine ranks it among the top ten aquariums in North America. Newport business leaders proposed building an aquarium beginning in the early 1980s. They proposed a $7 million", "title": "Oregon Coast Aquarium" }, { "docid": "5271902", "text": "skin lesions indicative of poor health. He was then sold for $350,000 to Reino Aventura (now named Six Flags México), an amusement park in Mexico City, in 1985. Keiko was the star of the movie \"Free Willy\" in 1993. After a time at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, (early 1996 to late 1998) Keiko was returned to a sea pen in Iceland in and was released to the ocean in July 2002. He swam to Norway, eventually settling in the Taknes fjord in November 2002, where he was not catching fish and had little contact with wild Orcas; until his death,", "title": "Marineland of Canada" } ]

[ { "docid": "2412908", "text": "fed during his 900-mile (1500 km) journey to Norway from Iceland. Keiko occasionally approached groups of wild killer whales, but remained on the periphery, at distances of 100–300 meters, with his head pointing toward the closest orca. Keiko died in Taknes Bay, Norway, while swimming in the fjords on December 12, 2003, at about 27 years of age. Pneumonia was determined as his probable cause of death. Most sources conclude that the project to free Keiko was a failure because this whale failed to adapt to life in the wild. In Norway, Keiko had little contact with other orcas and", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412901", "text": "facility, the whale first started performing for the public and developed skin lesions indicative of poor health and was also bullied by older orcas. Keiko was then sold to Reino Aventura (now named Six Flags Mexico), an amusement park in Mexico City, in 1985. There, he was given the name \"Keiko\", a feminine Japanese name that means \"lucky one\" or \"blessed child\". He arrived in Mexico via an off-duty mail cargo plane from the Northwest Territories. At the time, the orca was only 10 feet long and was housed at the Mexican facility in a tank intended for smaller dolphins.", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412909", "text": "was not fishing; for months before his death, the whale was being fed daily. A report in \"The Guardian\" describes the freed orca's life in Taknes Bay as follows: \"... until his death Keiko was, rather than frolicking freely in his fjord, being taken for 'walks' by caretakers in a small boat at least three times a week. ... It took more than 60 failed attempts to reunite Keiko with free orcas before he followed a group where, spotting a fishing vessel off the Norwegian coast, he followed it into the fjords that would prove his final resting place.\" Another", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412907", "text": "in 2003. Keiko was fully free by the summer of 2002 and departed Icelandic waters in early August following some killer whales but not integrated with the pod. (His journey was tracked via the signal from a VHF tag attached to the dorsal fin.) About a month later, he arrived in Norway's Skålvik Fjord, apparently seeking contact with human beings and allowing children to ride on his back. His caretakers relocated to Norway and continued to conduct boat-follows with Keiko for the next 15 months. On the basis of girth measurements and blood tests, it was assumed that Keiko had", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412912", "text": "of Keiko, his well-being, and the whole world that wanted to do the right thing.\" Others also claim that the release was a success. In fact, \"The Huffington Post\" called it a \"phenomenal success ... giving him years of health and freedom\". The total cost of freeing Keiko was about US$20 million. The lead author of the study published by \"Marine Mammal Science\" said this in an interview: \"You can't just let these animals out into the wild. You have to take the responsibility, and that might cost a lot of money. The fortune spent on Keiko might have been", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412904", "text": "Hercules donated by UPS; during the flight, the orca was in a 30 foot long transfer tank filled with sea water and cooled occasionally with ice cubes. On arrival in Oregon in 1996, Keiko was housed in a massive, new () concrete enclosure containing seawater, his first experience with this medium. His weight had increased significantly by June 1997, to 9,620 pounds (4364 kg). The plan to return him to the wild was a topic of much controversy. Some felt his years of captivity made such a return impossible. Researchers in a scientific study later said attempts to return him", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "2412905", "text": "to the wild were unsuccessful, but that monitoring him with radio and satellite tags was part of \"a contingency plan for return to human care,\" which secured \"the long-term well-being of the animal.\" Others considered his release misguided. The Norwegian pro-whaling politician Steinar Bastesen made international news for his statement that Keiko should instead be killed and the meat sent to Africa as foreign aid. Nevertheless, the process of preparing Keiko for the wild began on September 9, 1998, when he was flown to Klettsvík, a bay on the island of Heimaey in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Upon landing at Vestmannaeyjar Airport,", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "5557368", "text": "Keiko Ihara Keiko Ihara (井原 慶子, \"Ihara Keiko\") (born July 4, 1973) is a Japanese race car driver. She was a former race queen, a model who appears in a swimsuit or other fashionable apparel at race circuits, before deciding to become a racing driver. She is one of the few Japanese women nationals to race internationally at a high level. Her best finishes in the British Formula Three Championship are two 8th places finishes in 2005, which helped her to a final championship standing position of 16th with 12 points. In the 2006 series, she finished in 17th and", "title": "Keiko Ihara" }, { "docid": "9372876", "text": "Keiko Matsuzaka Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku. Keiko played the \"Madonna\" role in the 1981 film \"Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō,\" the 27th in the \"Otoko wa Tsurai yo\" series. The producers called on her again for that role in \"Torajirō no Endan,\" the 46th of the 49 installments (1993). Keiko also appeared in \"Legend of the Eight Samurai\" (1983), \"Shin Izakaya Yūrei\" (1996), \"Dr. Akagi\"", "title": "Keiko Matsuzaka" }, { "docid": "16618114", "text": "and won a team bronze medal in 1964; her best individual achievement was a fourth place on the floor in 1956. In retirement she taught at Japan's Sports Science University and served as director of the Japanese Gymnastics Association. In 2002, she became the first Japanese woman to be inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda (田中-池田 敬子, born Keiko Tanaka on November 11, 1933) is the first Japanese female gymnast to win a world title, which she accomplished on the balance beam in 1954 (by becoming first Asian female gymnast who win a world", "title": "Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda" }, { "docid": "5302992", "text": "in New York City on December 17, 2003, to benefit the program. With Cosmos With Kazu Matsui With others Keiko Matsui , is a Japanese keyboardist and composer, specializing in smooth jazz and New-age music. Keiko Matsui was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her mother, Emiko, took her to her first piano lesson in the June following her fifth birthday. Japanese tradition holds that a child who is introduced to lessons at this time will continue in those studies for a long time. The tradition held true for Matsui, who studied piano throughout her school years. Though her early training focused", "title": "Keiko Matsui" }, { "docid": "5557369", "text": "last position in the Championship Class, with 4 points. Ihara joined the Gulf Racing Middle East to compete at the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Jean-Denis Délétraz and Fabien Giroix as codrivers. In 2013, she raced two rounds for Gulf Racing Middle East and four with OAK Racing, both in the LMP2 class. The driver won the Fuji round of the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series for Oak Racing, together with Ho-Pin Tung and David Cheng. Season still in progress. † – Charity race guest. Keiko Ihara Keiko Ihara (井原 慶子, \"Ihara Keiko\") (born July 4,", "title": "Keiko Ihara" }, { "docid": "3296444", "text": "participated in two live tapings of the podcast \"Gilmore Guys\", as well as a live performance by Lane Kim's band Hep Alien. In September 2015, Agena launched \"Drunk Monk Podcast\" with fellow improv comedian Will S. Choi, wherein they watch every episode of the television series, \"Monk\", while consuming alcohol. Agena plays a high school teacher in the Netflix series \"13 Reasons Why\". Keiko Agena Christine Keiko Agena (born October 3, 1973) is an American actress. Agena, a Japanese-American, was born in Honolulu, and began acting at the age of 10. She attended Mid-Pacific Institute preparatory school in O‘ahu, and", "title": "Keiko Agena" }, { "docid": "2412910", "text": "reliable source states, \"He was seen diving among the wild orcas only once, on 30 July 2002. And after physical contact at the surface, Keiko swam away, seeking out human company on the tracking boat\". A very thorough scientific study published in the journal \"Marine Mammal Science\" (July 2009) confirms that he was seen on the periphery of some wild groups but was never seen to be socially integrated with such whales. In summary, \"He never integrated into a wild pod ... and could not break his need for human contact.\" His return to humans for food and for company", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "3296441", "text": "Keiko Agena Christine Keiko Agena (born October 3, 1973) is an American actress. Agena, a Japanese-American, was born in Honolulu, and began acting at the age of 10. She attended Mid-Pacific Institute preparatory school in O‘ahu, and Whitman College for one year as a drama major. Agena married Shin Kawasaki in a helicopter over Las Vegas, Nevada on December 19, 2005. Agena is probably best known for her role in \"Gilmore Girls\", where she played Lane Kim, a Korean-American teenager who is the best friend of Rory Gilmore, one of the lead characters. Agena played this role despite being significantly", "title": "Keiko Agena" }, { "docid": "3591234", "text": "7, 1996, Keiko the killer whale arrived on a United Parcel Service C-130 cargo plane, with freight expenses donated by the company. This move from Reino Aventura, an amusement park in Mexico City, came after fund raising by environmentalists and school children to build a $7.8 million habitat for the movie star in Oregon. Keiko was moved to Iceland in 1998 in an attempt to return him to the wild. For 2012, the aquarium had 450,000 visitors and earned $850,000 on about $7.3 million in revenues. The Oregon Coast Aquarium's collection focuses on the flora and fauna native to the", "title": "Oregon Coast Aquarium" }, { "docid": "4360919", "text": "uses the YM-6100 Marimba made by Yamaha. Her music is mainly published by Xebec Music Publishing and Schott, Japan. J. Michele Edwards. \"Keiko Abe\", \"Grove Music Online\", ed. L. Macy (accessed February 14, 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access). Rebecca Kite. \"Keiko Abe, A Virtuosic Life: Her Musical Career and the Development of the Concert Marimba\", published 2007, GP Percussion TRAPS Magazine interview, Spring 2007: Keiko Abe Abe began playing the xylophone while in elementary school in Tokyo, Japan, studying under Eiichi Asabuki. At age 13, she won an NHK talent contest and began performing professionally on live radio. She attended Tokyo", "title": "Keiko Abe" }, { "docid": "7160658", "text": "Keiko Fuji Fuji was born in Iwate Prefecture, where her father was a rōkyoku singer. Her mother was a blind shamisen player or \"goze\". As a child, Fuji sometimes accompanied her parents and sang with them when they were on tour. Her song \"Keiko no Yume wa Yoru Hiraku\" (Keiko's version of \"Yume wa Yoru Hiraku\") won the \"mass popularity award\" at the Japan Record Award in 1970. By this song, she took part in the 21st \"Kōhaku Uta Gassen\". Fuji lent her voice in the anime television series \"Wandering Sun\", acting as main character Nozomi who is also a", "title": "Keiko Fuji" }, { "docid": "14627542", "text": "Keiko Holmes Keiko was born in Kiwa-cho, Kumano, Mie Prefecture, Japan in 1948. She travelled to Tokyo to study, and there met Paul Holmes, a visiting business man from England. They married and then moved to London with their sons Daniel and Christopher in 1979. Paul was killed in an air accident in 1984 while on a business trip. They had been together for 15 years. Through Paul, Keiko had converted to Christianity. During their time in Japan, while living in Mie the couple had come across a memorial stone laid for 16 British army soldiers. The soldiers had died", "title": "Keiko Holmes" }, { "docid": "9372878", "text": "Taiga drama \"Genroku Taiheiki\" featured Keiko as Aguri (Yōzen'in), the wife and later widow of Asano Naganori in the dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. She then appeared in \"Kusa Moeru\" in the same time slot in 1979, and portrayed Sada (Kawakami Sadayakko), the lead role in the 1985 Taiga drama \"Haru no Hatō.\" Having portrayed Aguri, Keiko also played Riku, the wife of Oishi Yoshio, in \"Chūshingura Yōzen'in no Inbō,\" broadcast on January 2, 2007. She played Taira no Tokiko in the 2005 NHK Taiga drama Yoshitsune. She has made numerous other television appearances in series and", "title": "Keiko Matsuzaka" }, { "docid": "18651072", "text": "Japan for promoting cooperation and exchange between Japan and the United States in the areas of science and technology. Ozato is married and has said that her husband is a valued scientific ally. She has also spoken of the support her mother, \"a traditional Japanese housewife with no scientific education\", that gave her choice of career. Keiko Ozato Keiko Ozato is a Japanese American geneticist whose research has focused on gene regulation in the developing immune system; She is best known for her contributions to immunogenetics and epigenetics in isolating the IRF8 transcription factor that aids humans in fighting off", "title": "Keiko Ozato" }, { "docid": "18651068", "text": "Keiko Ozato Keiko Ozato is a Japanese American geneticist whose research has focused on gene regulation in the developing immune system; She is best known for her contributions to immunogenetics and epigenetics in isolating the IRF8 transcription factor that aids humans in fighting off disease and for identifying the BRD4 protein that regulates cellular and viral genes that can invoke epigenetic memory. She is Senior Investigator at the Section on Molecular Genetics of Immunity at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and a professor", "title": "Keiko Ozato" }, { "docid": "5271903", "text": "Keiko was fed daily by the Keiko Project group. Keiko died of pneumonia in December 2003. In 1986, an unidentified trainer was taken to the hospital after he fell off the park's male killer whale, Kandu 7 and was dragged by his leg around the pool during a trick. In 2001, Marineland added walruses to the marine mammals it kept. The first walrus was \"Sonja\", from the Moscow Zoo. It was joined by \"Zeus\" and \"Apollo\" two months later and \"Pandora\", \"Buttercup\" and \"Buddy\" in 2002. Marineland brought over \"Smooshi\" and \"Azul\" in 2004. In 2003, Marineland opened the \"Arctic", "title": "Marineland of Canada" }, { "docid": "7704492", "text": "written by Miyuki Nakajima. Occasionally, Pink Lady reunite and Kei sings with her partner Mitsuyo \"Mie\" Nemoto. was also a judge on the original Iron Chef Japan,in episode Anglerfish Keiko Masuda Keiko Masuda (増田 恵子 \"Masuda Keiko\", born September 2, 1957 in Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She is better known by her nickname Kei, and was one half of Pink Lady, the top idol group in Japan in the 1970s. In the United States, they are known for their self-titled TV program. After Pink Lady broke up in 1981, she continued to perform in various", "title": "Keiko Masuda" }, { "docid": "7704491", "text": "Keiko Masuda Keiko Masuda (増田 恵子 \"Masuda Keiko\", born September 2, 1957 in Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She is better known by her nickname Kei, and was one half of Pink Lady, the top idol group in Japan in the 1970s. In the United States, they are known for their self-titled TV program. After Pink Lady broke up in 1981, she continued to perform in various entertainment activities. Her best selling solo single was \"Suzume\" (すずめ, lit. Sparrow), which sold 267,000 copies according to Oricon, and placed itself in the Top Ten. The single was", "title": "Keiko Masuda" }, { "docid": "3793706", "text": "Keiko Bonk Keiko Cecilia Bonk (born 1954) is an American artist, musician and politician from Hawaii. Bonk co-founded the Hawaii Green Party and was the first person in North America elected to a partisan level office as a member of the Green Party of the United States. Born July 13, 1954 in Honolulu, her mother was Fumie Matsuoka and father was William Bonk, an archeologist who died in 2008. Her father was active in the progressive wing of the Hawaii Democratic Party, until he publicly resigned his position as an adviser to the governor, and then finally his membership in", "title": "Keiko Bonk" }, { "docid": "3793711", "text": "as the Green Party candidate for Hawaii House of Representatives, 20th district. The incumbent in that district is a Democrat, Calvin Say, and was reelected. Keiko Bonk Keiko Cecilia Bonk (born 1954) is an American artist, musician and politician from Hawaii. Bonk co-founded the Hawaii Green Party and was the first person in North America elected to a partisan level office as a member of the Green Party of the United States. Born July 13, 1954 in Honolulu, her mother was Fumie Matsuoka and father was William Bonk, an archeologist who died in 2008. Her father was active in the", "title": "Keiko Bonk" }, { "docid": "20006944", "text": "Keiko Fukazawa Keiko Fukazawa (born 1955 in Niigata, Niigata, Japan) is an Issei (first generation) Japanese ceramicist and professor. She is known for her whimsical yet poignant sculptures that often incorporate traditional Asian motifs, while also addressing cultural and social issues. Fukazawa's recent work is incorporates graffiti-like styles that reference violence and modern issues such as globalization, consumerism, and capitalism. Her \"functional, though impractical...interpretations of traditional forms serve as a personal vehicle of expression to integrate her heritage with her American environment.\" She states \"I want to share something as an immigrant artist.\" After moving to the United States to", "title": "Keiko Fukazawa" }, { "docid": "7524229", "text": "against her. On 10 October 2018, Fujimori was detained by police as part of an investigation surrounding the Odebrecht scandal and money laundering allegations that involved her 2011 presidential campaign. She was later released from detention on 17 October 2018 following an appeal. However, a new request for detention by the prosecutor was enforced and on 31 October 2018, Fujimori was sentenced to 36 months in pretrial detention. Keiko Fujimori Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi (; born 25 May 1975) is a Peruvian politician. She is the daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi and served as First", "title": "Keiko Fujimori" }, { "docid": "3186406", "text": "Guardian Sailor Moon\" (2003-4), \"Mop Girl\" (lead role) (2007), \"Homeroom on the Beachside\" (2008), \"Buzzer Beat\" (2009), and \"Moon Lovers\" (2010). She married Daigo on 11 January 2016. Keiko Kitagawa Kitagawa was born on August 22, 1986 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and has a younger brother. She grew up in Kobe, and lost many friends in the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. As a child, she wanted to be a doctor, but by the time she reached high school she was uncertain as to whether she could do that, and not sure what to do in the future. At around", "title": "Keiko Kitagawa" }, { "docid": "7524217", "text": "has been mentioned as being involved in the Odebrecht scandal and on 31 of October 2018, after seven days of considering the positions of Prosecutor José Domingo Pérez and Keiko Fujimori's defense team, Judge Richard Concepción Carhuancho sentenced her to 36 months of preventive prison, as part of an investigation of her alleged role as leader of a criminal organization within her political party \"Fuerza Popular\", and money laundering allegations of at least one million dollars involving Odebrecht, surrounding her 2011 presidential campaign. Keiko Fujimori graduated from the Peruvian Catholic School (Recoleta Academy of the Sacred Hearts) in 1992; her", "title": "Keiko Fujimori" }, { "docid": "18854083", "text": "Keiko Minami Keiko Minami was born in the Imizu District of Toyama Prefecture in 1911. She was orphaned at a young age and expressed an early interest in the arts. She painted and wrote poetry in high school, and studied the art of children's stories under the Japanese novelist and poet Sakae Tsuboi. She attended the School of Fine Arts Tokyo (東京美術学校), now called the Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝術大学), from 1927 until 1929. Her artistic style was influenced by such artists as Paul Klee, Yōzō Hamaguchi, Johnny Friedlaender, Yoshio Mori, and Japanese print artists. After the war, Minami", "title": "Keiko Minami" }, { "docid": "18854085", "text": "At this time Minami entered into an exclusive contract with German art dealer Heinz Berggruen. She moved to San Francisco with her husband in 1982 and eventually, in 1996, after forty years abroad, returned to Japan where she died in 2004. Keiko Minami Keiko Minami was born in the Imizu District of Toyama Prefecture in 1911. She was orphaned at a young age and expressed an early interest in the arts. She painted and wrote poetry in high school, and studied the art of children's stories under the Japanese novelist and poet Sakae Tsuboi. She attended the School of Fine", "title": "Keiko Minami" }, { "docid": "20942312", "text": "festering inside me, and to create peace for myself”. In her last lecture before retirement, Katsukata shared a personal message with her students, reflecting on the experiences of Okinawan women living in the Kanto area. She specifically referred to the rape of a twelve year old girl by three U.S. servicemen in 1995 that had a deep impact on her. A local newspaper, Okinawa Shinpou, reported that Katsukata gave courage to women in Okinawa by her words. = Published works = = References = = External links = Keiko Katsukata Keiko Katsukata (born 1947) is an Okinawan researcher. She was", "title": "Keiko Katsukata" }, { "docid": "12217348", "text": "recent work has been to produce large scale, site specific installations constructed from multiple small scale glass items. \"Memory of Place\" funded by The Arts Council of England and Scottish Arts Council at York St. Mary's, Castlegate, York is an example of this approach. Collaborated with Si Applied on the Cutting Edge, Sheaf Square, Sheffield, UK sculpture on Sheaf Square, Sheffield, UK. A stainless steel sculpture, 90 m long and 5 m at its highest, completed in 2006. Keiko Mukaide Keiko Mukaide (; born 1954 in Tokyo) is a Japanese artist who lives and works in the UK. She studied", "title": "Keiko Mukaide" }, { "docid": "17137429", "text": "sides of the aisle. Keiko Orrall Keiko Matsudo Orrall is an American politician who is currently a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 12th Bristol district. Her district includes Berkley, Ward 3 - Precinct B and Ward 4 in Taunton, Lakeville, and Precincts 2, 4 and 5 of Middleborough. On February 13, 2018, she announced that she would not seek reelection and instead run for Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In doing so, she became the first Asian-American woman to seek constitutional office in Massachusetts. Orrall is the granddaughter of Japanese, Irish, and German immigrants.", "title": "Keiko Orrall" }, { "docid": "17137425", "text": "Keiko Orrall Keiko Matsudo Orrall is an American politician who is currently a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 12th Bristol district. Her district includes Berkley, Ward 3 - Precinct B and Ward 4 in Taunton, Lakeville, and Precincts 2, 4 and 5 of Middleborough. On February 13, 2018, she announced that she would not seek reelection and instead run for Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In doing so, she became the first Asian-American woman to seek constitutional office in Massachusetts. Orrall is the granddaughter of Japanese, Irish, and German immigrants. Two of her uncles", "title": "Keiko Orrall" }, { "docid": "20942307", "text": "Keiko Katsukata Keiko Katsukata (born 1947) is an Okinawan researcher. She was a professor at Waseda University, and the former director of the institute for Ryukyuan and Okinawan studies. Katsukata was born in Uruma City in Okinawa Prefecture. Katsukata received the 24th the Okinawa Bunka Kyokai Award (Zenchu Nakahara Award) in 2002. She specializes in Contemporary American Literature, Gender studies, Okinawan Studies and Ethnicity Studies. = Timeline = = Academic focus = Katsukata’s academic interests rooted from American literature, especially works by minority groups, Native American and black authors, which led her to women’s literature. She was so fascinated by", "title": "Keiko Katsukata" }, { "docid": "16618113", "text": "Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda (田中-池田 敬子, born Keiko Tanaka on November 11, 1933) is the first Japanese female gymnast to win a world title, which she accomplished on the balance beam in 1954 (by becoming first Asian female gymnast who win a world gold medal). For 63 years, she remained the only Japanese female gymnast who won a world gold medal - until Mai Murakami won the floor exercise at the 2017 World Championships. Tanaka-Ikeda won seven more medals at the world championships in 1958–1966. She also competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events", "title": "Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda" }, { "docid": "5302987", "text": "Keiko Matsui , is a Japanese keyboardist and composer, specializing in smooth jazz and New-age music. Keiko Matsui was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her mother, Emiko, took her to her first piano lesson in the June following her fifth birthday. Japanese tradition holds that a child who is introduced to lessons at this time will continue in those studies for a long time. The tradition held true for Matsui, who studied piano throughout her school years. Though her early training focused on classical music, in junior high school she developed an interest in jazz and began composing her own music.", "title": "Keiko Matsui" }, { "docid": "14627548", "text": "and pain inflicted by her country men during the war. Holmes also has visited Malaysia, the Netherlands, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, United States, Canada and India holding meetings and lecturing at universities. Keiko Holmes Keiko was born in Kiwa-cho, Kumano, Mie Prefecture, Japan in 1948. She travelled to Tokyo to study, and there met Paul Holmes, a visiting business man from England. They married and then moved to London with their sons Daniel and Christopher in 1979. Paul was killed in an air accident in 1984 while on a business trip. They had been together for 15 years.", "title": "Keiko Holmes" }, { "docid": "4499926", "text": "Keiko Utoku Keiko made first debut with chorus part in band B.B.Queens then joined with J-pop female band Mi-Ke from 1991 to 1993, before starting a solo career. As a child, Utoku listened to a lot of music, including music made by Momoe Yamaguchi. She has written and sung many songs, such as \"Wasurenagusa\", and Sonic the Hedgehog fans remember her for her vocal work in the original version of the Sonic CD video game's opening and closing themes in Japan and Europe, \"Sonic – You Can Do Anything\" and \"Cosmic Eternity – Believe In Yourself\" in 1993. At recent", "title": "Keiko Utoku" }, { "docid": "20006949", "text": "use the material freely... I really enjoy the inconsistencies and mysteries of clay and glaze... My interest now is in making environmental pieces using both figurative and abstract expression. Fukazawa has received the following awards: Fukazawa has been represented in the following museum collections: Fukazawa's solo exhibitions around the United States include: Fukazawa's work has been included in the following group exhibitions: Keiko Fukazawa Keiko Fukazawa (born 1955 in Niigata, Niigata, Japan) is an Issei (first generation) Japanese ceramicist and professor. She is known for her whimsical yet poignant sculptures that often incorporate traditional Asian motifs, while also addressing cultural", "title": "Keiko Fukazawa" }, { "docid": "4499927", "text": "dates, she has released 15 singles, 5 digital singles, 4 studio albums, 1 mini and 2 best albums. Keiko Utoku Keiko made first debut with chorus part in band B.B.Queens then joined with J-pop female band Mi-Ke from 1991 to 1993, before starting a solo career. As a child, Utoku listened to a lot of music, including music made by Momoe Yamaguchi. She has written and sung many songs, such as \"Wasurenagusa\", and Sonic the Hedgehog fans remember her for her vocal work in the original version of the Sonic CD video game's opening and closing themes in Japan and", "title": "Keiko Utoku" }, { "docid": "14248426", "text": "Keiko Terada Terada's trademark for many years was a fake rose tattoo she wore above her right breast. She was inspired by Bette Midler's film \"The Rose\", in which Midler played a Janis Joplin-like character. She maintained over the years a relevant presence in both Japanese TV and Radio, both alone and as member of other bands. She is now member of the reformed Show-Ya and of the special group Nishidera Minoru. Keiko Terada started singing professionally in 1981 and founded in 1982 the band Show-Ya, with keyboard player Miki Nakamura. The band enjoyed popularity in the late 80s in", "title": "Keiko Terada" }, { "docid": "7524216", "text": "Keiko Fujimori Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi (; born 25 May 1975) is a Peruvian politician. She is the daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi and served as First Lady from 1994 to 2000, becoming the youngest First Lady in the history of the Americas. She then became a member of the Peruvian legislature. Fujimori leads the right-wing party Fuerza Popular and was their presidential candidate in the 2011 election runoff and the 2016 election runoff, losing both times, the 2016 election being a very close call, with the final count difference of less than 0.25%. Fujimori", "title": "Keiko Fujimori" }, { "docid": "7160662", "text": "her apartment building. Police said that her slippers were found at the end of her balcony, with no suicide note found. For U3 discography see Hikaru Utada discography Keiko Fuji Fuji was born in Iwate Prefecture, where her father was a rōkyoku singer. Her mother was a blind shamisen player or \"goze\". As a child, Fuji sometimes accompanied her parents and sang with them when they were on tour. Her song \"Keiko no Yume wa Yoru Hiraku\" (Keiko's version of \"Yume wa Yoru Hiraku\") won the \"mass popularity award\" at the Japan Record Award in 1970. By this song, she", "title": "Keiko Fuji" }, { "docid": "9985928", "text": "mainly concerning feminism, warfare and education. She contributed the piece \"The sun and the shadow\" to the 1984 anthology \"\", edited by Robin Morgan. She ran for the governor of Tokyo in 2003 as an independent candidate and lost. Keiko Higuchi As an activist she has been known as feminist, but since the 1980s active on warfare around aged people and their families. She is the Representative Secretary General of a Japan-based NPO, Women's Association for the Better Aging Society (WABAS). She was graduated at Faculty of Letters in University of Tokyo in 1956. While she was officially at the", "title": "Keiko Higuchi" }, { "docid": "12217347", "text": "Keiko Mukaide Keiko Mukaide (; born 1954 in Tokyo) is a Japanese artist who lives and works in the UK. She studied glass at the Royal College of Art in London and was awarded a research fellowship from the Edinburgh College of Art. She has works in many public and private collections in the UK and was shortlisted for the 1998 Jerwood Prize for applied art. Her art work employs a number of glass making techniques, casting and fusing glass in a kiln, manipulating glass in a blowing studio and even gluing shards of dichroic glass to wire nets. Her", "title": "Keiko Mukaide" }, { "docid": "15142713", "text": "Keiko Fujiie Keiko Fujiie, born in 1963 in Kyoto, is a composer whose music is frequently performed both in Japan and internationally. She is best known for guitar compositions, many of them for the distinguished Japanese guitarist (also her husband) Kazuhito Yamashita, and organizes the guitar quintet that bears his name. She has twice won the Otaka Prize. After graduating at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, she completed her postgraduate studies at the same institution. Support from the Asian Cultural Council resulted in a residency in New York for several months in 1992-93, where she returned", "title": "Keiko Fujiie" }, { "docid": "15142719", "text": "Kazuhito Yamashita. Selected works include: Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including: Keiko Fujiie Keiko Fujiie, born in 1963 in Kyoto, is a composer whose music is frequently performed both in Japan and internationally. She is best known for guitar compositions, many of them for the distinguished Japanese guitarist (also her husband) Kazuhito Yamashita, and organizes the guitar quintet that bears his name. She has twice won the Otaka Prize. After graduating at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, she completed her postgraduate studies at the same institution. Support from the Asian Cultural Council", "title": "Keiko Fujiie" }, { "docid": "7524228", "text": "that Keiko Fujimori had two supporters and their families who were involved with the Mossack Fonseca firm. Jorge Yoshiyama, who was named in the scandal, denied his involvement. Media reports indicated that a key secretary-general of Fujimori, Joaquin Ramirez, was under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for alleged money laundering. Keiko Fujimori was reported to be investigated for Odebrecht bribery for future events in case her party would seize power. Marcelo Odebrecht has admitted his role in her presidential campaign in 2016, among many other politicians from the competitor parties, but she has denied all the allegations made", "title": "Keiko Fujimori" }, { "docid": "13592031", "text": "a section on marine ecosystems, introducing visitors to the habitat and ecology of whales. Additional exhibits describe the cetacean species in the North Atlantic and their natural history, strandings, whale watching and past/present Icelandic whaling. Further information can be found on dolphins with emphasis on the most common species in Icelandic waters. Special attention is given to orcas, including the most famous Icelandic orca, Keiko. Two documentaries about whaling and the conflict between whaling and whale watching are offered to give visitors an introduction to the issue. The museum’s upper floor contains the “whale gallery” with authentic skeletons of 9", "title": "Húsavík Whale Museum" }, { "docid": "12970068", "text": "served six months in prison. On 16 June 2010, Kichinosuke committed suicide by jumping off her apartment in Shinjuku. She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80. She has appeared in more than 160 movies since 1949: Keiko Awaji Notable highlights of her career were an appearance in Akira Kurosawa's \"Stray Dog\", and a role as Kimiko in \"The Bridges at Toko-Ri\", in which she appeared alongside William Holden and Mickey Rooney. Her first husband was Filipino musician and actor Rodrigo \"Bimbo\" Danao; they had two children together. Their eldest is actor Etsuo Shima. Her", "title": "Keiko Awaji" }, { "docid": "8098755", "text": "to Manga. Keiko Takemiya Takemiya cites her influences as being shonen manga, the work of Shotaro Ishinomori, films, and documentaries. In 1972, after publishing \"Sora ga Suki!\", Takemiya travelled to Europe so that she could find out more about life there as research for Kaze to Ki no Uta. After that, she travelled to different parts of Europe on an almost annual basis. Among her most noted works are the manga \"Toward the Terra\" and \"Kaze to Ki no Uta\", which are noted for being pioneering series of the 1970s and 1980s. She received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for", "title": "Keiko Takemiya" }, { "docid": "8098752", "text": "Keiko Takemiya Takemiya cites her influences as being shonen manga, the work of Shotaro Ishinomori, films, and documentaries. In 1972, after publishing \"Sora ga Suki!\", Takemiya travelled to Europe so that she could find out more about life there as research for Kaze to Ki no Uta. After that, she travelled to different parts of Europe on an almost annual basis. Among her most noted works are the manga \"Toward the Terra\" and \"Kaze to Ki no Uta\", which are noted for being pioneering series of the 1970s and 1980s. She received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga", "title": "Keiko Takemiya" }, { "docid": "3793710", "text": "partner even before they married in 1998. After moving to Honolulu, Bonk was chosen as Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural Center in Honolulu in 2003. She was fired in February 2005 by its board of directors citing \"philosophical differences\". Bonk went on to become the campaign coordinator of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Network. She promoted congress' investigation into corruption in Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council, the government advisory council responsible for management of the pacific fishery. Bonk worked as the Executive Director of the Hawaii branch of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI). In 2012 Keiko Bonk was nominated", "title": "Keiko Bonk" }, { "docid": "3307937", "text": "Kodokan promoted Fukuda to the rank of 9th \"dan\"—the first time it had awarded this rank to a woman. On July 28, 2011, the promotion board of USA Judo awarded Fukuda the rank of 10th \"dan\", an action which was followed by the USJF's promotion board on September 10, 2011. Fukuda continued to teach judo three times each week, host the annual Fukuda Invitational Kata Championships, and teach at the annual Joshi Judo Camp until her death, at the age of 99, in San Francisco, California. She established the Keiko Fukuda Judo Scholarship to encourage and enable women to continue", "title": "Keiko Fukuda" }, { "docid": "11172410", "text": "Keiko Chiba After graduating from Chuo University in 1971, where she studied law, she became a lawyer in 1982. She belongs to the Yokohama Bar Association. As a lawyer, she was involved in a lawsuit filed by local residents over noise pollution caused by jets taking off and landing at the U.S. Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture. She also worked to protect the rights of women and seniors. Throughout her activity as lawyer, Chiba developed a relationship with Japan Socialist Party. In 1986 she was nominated as the official candidate of the party and elected to the House", "title": "Keiko Chiba" }, { "docid": "3186400", "text": "Keiko Kitagawa Kitagawa was born on August 22, 1986 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and has a younger brother. She grew up in Kobe, and lost many friends in the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. As a child, she wanted to be a doctor, but by the time she reached high school she was uncertain as to whether she could do that, and not sure what to do in the future. At around this time, she was scouted by a talent agency, and she decided to try the entertainment world. Her parents were initially opposed, but they gave their permission, on", "title": "Keiko Kitagawa" }, { "docid": "14627543", "text": "in the local area called Iruka, now called Kiwa-cho, while working as prisoners in a copper mine. The local people had created the memorial and had written the names of the soldiers on the memorial. The Ikura mine was different from many others because the British soldiers worked side by side with Japanese miners. When Keiko returned to Mie for a trip after Paul's death, she went back to the memorial site and was surprised to see that it had been improved into a memorial garden with a marble headstone and kept beautifully decorated with flowers. The soldiers' names had", "title": "Keiko Holmes" }, { "docid": "3307929", "text": "Keiko Fukuda Fukuda was born on April 12, 1913, in Tokyo. Her father died when she was very young. As a youth, she learned the arts of calligraphy, flower arrangement, and the tea ceremony; typical pursuits for a woman in Japan at that time. Despite her conventional upbringing, Fukuda felt close to judo through memories of her grandfather, and one day went with her mother to watch a judo training session. A few months later, she decided to begin training for herself. Her mother and brother supported this decision, but her uncle was opposed to the idea. Her mother and", "title": "Keiko Fukuda" }, { "docid": "3307938", "text": "their formal training in the art. Apart from teaching in the USA, she also taught in Australia, Canada, France, Norway and the Philippines. Fukuda's personal motto was: \"\"Tsuyoku, Yasashiku, Utsukushiku\"\" (in English: \"\"Be strong, be gentle, be beautiful, in mind, body, and spirit\"\"). Fukuda died at her home in San Francisco on February 9, 2013. Keiko Fukuda Fukuda was born on April 12, 1913, in Tokyo. Her father died when she was very young. As a youth, she learned the arts of calligraphy, flower arrangement, and the tea ceremony; typical pursuits for a woman in Japan at that time. Despite", "title": "Keiko Fukuda" }, { "docid": "15142717", "text": "in the year 733 AD. She composed this poetry on seeing her son off at Naniwa-kyō port, calling to a skein of cranes in the sky to ask to warm the traveler whenever there was a layer of frost on the field. Fujiie has made three CDs with the Kazuhito Yamashita Family Quintet and has been invited along with them to many music festivals such as the Rome International Guitar Festival in 2004, the Cordoba Guitar Festival in 2007 and 2011, the Open Guitar Festival 2011 in the Czech Republic and others. Keiko also composes for orchestra and choir and", "title": "Keiko Fujiie" }, { "docid": "2412913", "text": "better invested in conservation programs to protect whales and their habitat ... But that's not as appealing as the adventures of a single whale\". An alternative to freeing orcas after long-term captivity, is the use of a \"sanctuary\" or \"oceanic enclosure\" (sea pen), according to Lori Marino, Ph.D. of the Whale Sanctuary Project. \"They can’t be released, but their quality of life can be improved by orders of magnitude\", Marino said in a 2016 interview where she agreed that the cost would be high ($15 to $20 million). \"It’s a solemn responsibility, and it’s the best we can do for", "title": "Keiko (orca)" }, { "docid": "9985927", "text": "Keiko Higuchi As an activist she has been known as feminist, but since the 1980s active on warfare around aged people and their families. She is the Representative Secretary General of a Japan-based NPO, Women's Association for the Better Aging Society (WABAS). She was graduated at Faculty of Letters in University of Tokyo in 1956. While she was officially at the seminar of Aesthetics and Art History, she studied journalism in the Institute of Newspaper Researches, an institute of the university. She worked for Jiji Press, Gakken and Canon respectively. Since 1971 she has been a freelance writer and critic,", "title": "Keiko Higuchi" }, { "docid": "11126234", "text": "on KING 5 News (NBC Seattle), \"but we would rather bear that heartbreak than to know she's enduring it alone in a concrete tank.\". Other activists like Howard Garrett of the Whidbey Island, Washington-based Orca Network also argued against rescuing Springer, and favored the federal government authorizing a \"Social Approach,\" the introduction of regular human companionship for the orca, to put divers in the water with her to address the orca's social needs until she left Puget Sound. The Oregon Coast Aquarium (OCA) in Newport, Oregon where the orca Keiko was kept prior to his translocation to Iceland, offered its", "title": "Springer (killer whale)" }, { "docid": "7524222", "text": "the most severe crimes. During 2009, Keiko Fujimori began the collection of signatures in order to create her own political party, Fuerza 2011. In March 2010, the National Jury of Elections formally recognized the political party after more than one million signatures were collected, a number that surpassed the requirement by 854,000 signatures. Opinion polls granted her high possibilities to win the presidential elections in 2011; she was leading in presidential election polls as of July 2010. Fujimori hired former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani as an advisor. As of July 2010, Fujimori was noncommittal about whether she would", "title": "Keiko Fujimori" }, { "docid": "16463418", "text": "Iceberg (orca) Iceberg is the name of an all-white, mature male orca (killer whale) that was filmed and photographed in 2010 off the north-east coast of Russia. He is one of the first adult all-white orca bulls discovered in the wild. Researchers attached to the Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP), co-founded and co-directed by Alexander M. Burdin and Erich Hoyt, first spotted the orca when its six-foot (two-metre) dorsal fin broke the surface near the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea in August 2010. He was living in a pod with 12 other orcas, and given the size of", "title": "Iceberg (orca)" }, { "docid": "17928110", "text": "Keiko Tsuji , is a Japanese teacher, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2014 and represented Japan in Miss Universe 2014. Tsuji is a student of Japanese literature at a Japanese college, an artist in Nagasaki and a teacher of art origami in Japan. Tsuji was crowned Miss Nagasaki 2014 and became eligible to compete at the Miss Universe Japan pageant in 2014. Tsuji was crowned Miss Universe Japan represented Nagasaki together with Toru Higa who was crowned as Mister Japan 2014 from Okinawa. The event was held at the Chinzanso Hotel, Tokyo, on March", "title": "Keiko Tsuji" }, { "docid": "12970067", "text": "Keiko Awaji Notable highlights of her career were an appearance in Akira Kurosawa's \"Stray Dog\", and a role as Kimiko in \"The Bridges at Toko-Ri\", in which she appeared alongside William Holden and Mickey Rooney. Her first husband was Filipino musician and actor Rodrigo \"Bimbo\" Danao; they had two children together. Their eldest is actor Etsuo Shima. Her second husband was Japanese actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke, but they divorced in 1987. Their eldest son, Akihiro, died in a car crash in 1990. In 2004, their youngest son, Kichinosuke Yorozuya (Satoshi Ida), was arrested for breaking into her home, for which he", "title": "Keiko Awaji" }, { "docid": "5373925", "text": "also marked the final appearance within the series for Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien and the only appearance of Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien. The episode received a Nielsen Rating of 13.5 percent, and received a mixed response from critics. The scene with Keiko and Miles O'Brien was praised, while the Ferengi were seen in both positive and negative lights. Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), Ensign Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes) and Keiko O'Brien (Rosalind Chao) are returning to the \"Enterprise\" from the planet Marlonia, but a transporter accident results in them changing into 12-year-old children. Although the four still", "title": "Rascals (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" }, { "docid": "14047324", "text": "Rocky, Keiko and Elvis. An eccentric character, her relationship with Rocky remains fairly close over the years and despite her affair with Elvis, her rising fame and the birth of Venus, Rocky's baby. Throughout Milagros's decline, Keiko is the one encouraging Rocky to remain in contact with her family on the West Coast. Francisco and Luz: Rocky's father and older sister, both of whom remained in the Philippines. Luz lost her mother's favor when she sided with her father and Francisco lost Milagros when he flaunted his mistress in public. Zeke Akamine: the sad Hawaiian landlord Milagros keeps wrapped around", "title": "The Gangster of Love" }, { "docid": "17928111", "text": "18, 2014. Tsuji competed at Miss Universe 2014 in Miami, Florida, United States. She was unplaced on the final night. Keiko Tsuji , is a Japanese teacher, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2014 and represented Japan in Miss Universe 2014. Tsuji is a student of Japanese literature at a Japanese college, an artist in Nagasaki and a teacher of art origami in Japan. Tsuji was crowned Miss Nagasaki 2014 and became eligible to compete at the Miss Universe Japan pageant in 2014. Tsuji was crowned Miss Universe Japan represented Nagasaki together with Toru Higa", "title": "Keiko Tsuji" }, { "docid": "14248430", "text": "88\" in 2004. Terada continued to perform on her own until 2005, when Show-Ya reformed with the original line-up and has been lead singer of the band ever since, releasing a new studio album in 2012. In 2008 Terada formed a parallel band called Nishidera Minoru, with Loudness singer Minoru Niihara and Masafumi Nishida. This new band released an album and organized the HARD NA YAON 2009 festival in Japan. Keiko Terada Terada's trademark for many years was a fake rose tattoo she wore above her right breast. She was inspired by Bette Midler's film \"The Rose\", in which Midler", "title": "Keiko Terada" }, { "docid": "4360915", "text": "Keiko Abe Abe began playing the xylophone while in elementary school in Tokyo, Japan, studying under Eiichi Asabuki. At age 13, she won an NHK talent contest and began performing professionally on live radio. She attended Tokyo Gakugei University where she completed a bachelor's and master's degree in music education. She began working in the Nippon Columbia, NHK and other recording studios while in college. In 1962, she and two friends (who were also students of Asabuki) founded the Xebec Marimba Trio, performing popular music, arrangements of folk songs and some of Abe's arrangements. They recorded more than seven albums", "title": "Keiko Abe" }, { "docid": "11172414", "text": "as justice minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan in June 2010. Chiba lost her seat in the House of Councillors on 11 July 2010, but Prime Minister Naoto Kan had kept her as the Minister of Justice until September. Her successor to the position was Minoru Yanagida, who was appointed by Prime Minister Kan. Keiko Chiba After graduating from Chuo University in 1971, where she studied law, she became a lawyer in 1982. She belongs to the Yokohama Bar Association. As a lawyer, she was involved in a lawsuit filed by local residents over noise pollution caused", "title": "Keiko Chiba" }, { "docid": "7524220", "text": "a student, from April 1994 to November 2000, she assumed the administration of (Foundation for the Children of Peru), and created Fundación Peruana Cardioinfantil (Peruvian Foundation for Infant Cardiology), which she presided over from 1996 to 2006, and dedicated her activities to help low-income families nationwide. She summoned the Peruvian business community to contribute to her social projects. Keiko Fujimori participated in several international assemblies, such as the Summit of Spouses of Heads of States and Government of the Americas in Canada and Chile, and the \"Cumbre Regional para la Infancia\" (Regional Summit for Infancy) in Colombia. As a congresswoman", "title": "Keiko Fujimori" }, { "docid": "4360916", "text": "between 1962 and 1966. During this period she had her own show on Japanese television, instructing schoolchildren in xylophone playing, as well as a radio show called \"Good Morning Marimba\". She also began her recording career, putting out 13 albums in a five-year span. In 1963, the Yamaha Corporation sought Japanese marimba players to assist in the design of their new instruments; Keiko Abe was chosen for her original and clear ideas of the marimba sound and design, particularly her concept of how the marimba should be able to blend in ensembles, for example, moving away from the inconsistencies and", "title": "Keiko Abe" }, { "docid": "11126238", "text": "intervention. Another orca, Keiko, had been released into the wild in 2002 after spending most of his life in captivity, but lived alone until his death in Norway in 2003. Scientists considered the possibility that Springer had been rejected by her pod (although resident orcas had never been known to do this). Springer's pod might respond to her reappearance by a physical attack. Also, the increasing habituation with humans and vessels could jeopardize a successful return to the wild and humans could be endangered by Springer's close contacts with small boats. Springer's uncertain health was also a concern; Canadian officials", "title": "Springer (killer whale)" }, { "docid": "17137426", "text": "served in the 442nd Infantry Regiment of the US Army during World War II and were awarded Purple Hearts. Orrall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and is one of five children. She graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. While attending Smith, she met her husband, Norman, who was studying at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Keiko and Norman have 2 grown children and currently reside in Lakeville, MA. Before being elected to the Massachusetts legislature, Orrall worked as a public school teacher and had served on the Lakeville (MA) Finance Committee. In June", "title": "Keiko Orrall" }, { "docid": "5302989", "text": "album during the same year. Her album \"Soul Quest\" (2013) reached No. 6 on the jazz chart. When United States President George W. Bush visited Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's residence on February 18, 2002, Keiko Matsui was invited to the reception and met both men and members of their administrations. Matsui blends Western and Eastern music. She has a very spiritual view of composing music, feeling out each composition as though it were, in her words, \"coming to me from another space, another dimension,\" and \"catching notes from the silence and then simply placing them together\". Matsui sees music", "title": "Keiko Matsui" }, { "docid": "18047665", "text": "Granny (orca) Granny (born c. 1911, presumed dead between October–December 2016), also known as J2, was an orca (killer whale). She was estimated by some whale researchers to have been 105 years old, but her age is a source of dispute, with other studies putting her at age 65-80. If she was 105, she would have been the oldest known orca at the time of her death. A member of the endangered southern resident killer whale population, Granny lived in the northeast Pacific Ocean and coastal bays of Washington state and British Columbia. Granny was estimated to have been born", "title": "Granny (orca)" }, { "docid": "5589515", "text": "human, what he wants isn't necessarily what he should have.\" Nolan confesses to Bedford that he empathizes with the whale, as his own wife and unborn child had previously been killed in a car crash caused by a drunk driver. Nolan promises Bedford not to fight the whale, but the orca attacks his sea-front house, containing an injured crew member of Nolan's, Annie (Bo Derek) within it. The house starts slipping into the sea and the whale bites Annie's left leg off. Nolan decides to fight the orca, although with Novak dead and Annie maimed and unable to help, Nolan", "title": "Orca (film)" }, { "docid": "9372879", "text": "specials, \"jidaigeki,\" contemporary dramas, and variety shows. Recently she is portrayed \"Ikushima\" in the 2008 NHK Taiga Drama Atsuhime. Matsuzaka has represented a variety of products and companies in television commercials. These include Nippon Menard Cosmetic Co., Nissin Foods, Yutoku Pharmaceutical Industries, Nissan Sunny, Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Kleenex, and Ōtsuka Foods. Matsuzaka has also appeared on the Cursed Kleenex commercial. Among her other works are songs released in 1979 and 2002, and a book of photographs of her, also in 2002. Keiko Matsuzaka Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active", "title": "Keiko Matsuzaka" } ]

[ "Kegel (disambiguation)", "Kegel" ]

[ { "docid": "2452683", "text": "Kegel first published his ideas in 1948. He was Assistant Professor of Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Arnold Kegel Arnold Henry Kegel (born February 1894; death date variously reported as 1972; March 1, 1972; and 1976) was an American gynecologist who invented the Kegel perineometer (an instrument for measuring the strength of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles) and Kegel exercises (squeezing of the muscles of the pelvic floor) as non-surgical treatment of \"genital relaxation\". Today pelvic floor exercises are widely held as first-line treatment for urinary stress incontinence and any type of female incontinence", "title": "Arnold Kegel" }, { "docid": "2452682", "text": "Arnold Kegel Arnold Henry Kegel (born February 1894; death date variously reported as 1972; March 1, 1972; and 1976) was an American gynecologist who invented the Kegel perineometer (an instrument for measuring the strength of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles) and Kegel exercises (squeezing of the muscles of the pelvic floor) as non-surgical treatment of \"genital relaxation\". Today pelvic floor exercises are widely held as first-line treatment for urinary stress incontinence and any type of female incontinence and female genital prolapse, with evidence supporting its use from systematic reviews of randomized trials in the Cochrane Library amongst others.", "title": "Arnold Kegel" }, { "docid": "7592563", "text": "Mass Index (BMI) over 25 and at least 10 episodes of urinary incontinence per week. With exercise and restricted diet they had a 70% or greater reduction in overall incontinence episodes. One of the most common treatment recommendations includes exercising the muscles of the pelvis. Kegel exercises to strengthen or retrain pelvic floor muscles and sphincter muscles can reduce stress leakage. Patients younger than 60 years old benefit the most. The patient should do at least 24 daily contractions for at least 6 weeks. It is possible to assess pelvic floor muscle strength using a Kegel perineometer. Bladder training is", "title": "Stress incontinence" }, { "docid": "1520945", "text": "as both a monotherapy and as an adjunct to medications for symptom reduction. Exercising the muscles of the pelvis such as with Kegel exercises are a first line treatment for women with stress incontinence. Efforts to increase the time between urination, known as bladder training, is recommended in those with urge incontinence. Both these may be used in those with mixed incontinence. Small vaginal cones of increasing weight may be used to help with exercise. They seem to be better than no active treatment in women with stress urinary incontinence, and have similar effects to training of pelvic floor muscles", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "3171568", "text": "vagina. The causes of pelvic organ prolapse are not unlike those that also contribute to urinary incontinence. These include inappropriate (asymmetrical, excessive, insufficient) muscle tone and asymmetries caused by trauma to the pelvis. Age, pregnancy, family history, and hormonal status all contribute to the development of pelvic organ prolapse. The vagina is suspended by attachments to the perineum, pelvic side wall and sacrum via attachments that include collagen, elastin, and smooth muscle. Surgery can be performed to repair pelvic floor muscles. The pelvic floor muscles can be strengthened with Kegel exercises. Disorders of the posterior pelvic floor include rectal prolapse,", "title": "Pelvic floor" }, { "docid": "3171569", "text": "rectocele, perineal hernia, and a number of functional disorders including anismus. Constipation due to any of these disorders is called \"functional constipation\" and is identifiable by clinical diagnostic criteria. Pelvic floor exercise (PFE), also known as Kegel exercises, may improve the tone and function of the pelvic floor muscles, which is of particular benefit for women (and less commonly men) who experience stress urinary incontinence. However, compliance with PFE programs often is poor, PFE generally is ineffective for urinary incontinence unless performed with biofeedback and trained supervision, and in severe cases it may have no benefit. Pelvic floor muscle tone", "title": "Pelvic floor" }, { "docid": "13585772", "text": "in Franklin. The center addresses issues like pelvic pain and incontinence, conditions encountered by about 40 percent of women who have children. The Center for Pelvic Health is a referral center and works with patients’ primary care physicians for treatment. In addition to surgical procedures (including the use of the da Vinci Surgical System), physicians can also treat some conditions with non-invasive procedures, such as Kegel exercises. The Center for Pelvic Health was launched when Dr. Barry Jarnagin, Dr. Jennifer Tatalovich and nurse practitioner Vanessa Hardy affiliated their practice with Saint Thomas Health Services. FRANKLIN OFFICE<br> Center for Pelvic Health<br>", "title": "Center for Pelvic Health" }, { "docid": "3514951", "text": "which the anterior wall of the rectum protrudes into the posterior wall of the vagina, require posterior colporrhaphy. The condition is widespread, affecting up to 50 percent of women at some point in their lifetime. About 11 percent of women will undergo surgery for urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse by age 80. 30 percent of those undergoing surgery will have at least two surgeries in trying to correct the problem. Some conditions are reversible, with pelvic floor exercises, or Kegel exercises recommended to strengthen the area muscles. Devices and probes are also available over the counter which purport to", "title": "Pelvic floor dysfunction" }, { "docid": "13174137", "text": "Perineometer A Kegel perineometer or vaginal manometer is an instrument for measuring the strength of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles. Arnold Kegel (1894–1981) was the gynecologist who invented the Kegel perineometer (used for measuring vaginal air pressure) and Kegel exercises (squeezing of the muscles of the pelvic floor). This followed the observation that muscles of the pelvic floor inevitably weakened following the trauma of childbirth. Ascertaining the air pressure inside the vagina by insertion of a perineometer, while requesting the woman to squeeze as hard as possible, indicates whether or not she would benefit from strengthening the vaginal", "title": "Perineometer" }, { "docid": "2447783", "text": "women with urinary incontinence. There is tentative evidence that biofeedback may give added benefit when used with pelvic floor muscle training. After a prostatectomy there is no clear evidence that teaching pelvic floor exercises alters the risk of urinary incontinence in men. The symptoms of prolapse and its severity can be decreased with pelvic floor exercises. Effectiveness can be improved with feedback on how to do the exercises. The aim of Kegel exercises is to improve muscle tone by strengthening the pubococcygeus muscles of the pelvic floor. Kegel is a popular prescribed exercise for pregnant women to prepare the pelvic", "title": "Kegel exercise" }, { "docid": "203493", "text": "Pelvic floor dysfunction is a fairly new area of specialty for physical therapists worldwide. The goal of therapy is to relax and lengthen the pelvic floor muscles, rather than to tighten and/or strengthen them as is the goal of therapy for patients with urinary incontinence. Thus, traditional exercises such as Kegel exercises, which are used to strengthen pelvic muscles, can provoke pain and additional muscle tension. A specially trained physical therapist can provide direct, hands on evaluation of the muscles, both externally and internally. Surgery is rarely used for IC/BPS. Surgical intervention is very unpredictable, and is considered a treatment", "title": "Interstitial cystitis" }, { "docid": "2005562", "text": "1947 to treat urinary incontinence (urine leakage) in women whose pelvic floor muscles are weakened during pregnancy and childbirth. The perineometer, which is inserted into the vagina to monitor pelvic floor muscle contraction, satisfies all the requirements of a biofeedback device and enhances the effectiveness of popular Kegel exercises. Contradicting this, a 2013 randomized controlled trial found no benefit of adding biofeedback to pelvic floor muscle exercise in stress urinary incontinence. In another randomized controlled trial the addition of biofeedback to the training of pelvic floor muscles for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, improved pelvic floor muscle function, reduced", "title": "Biofeedback" }, { "docid": "2447781", "text": "Kegel exercise Kegel exercise, also known as pelvic floor exercise, consists of repeatedly contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor, now sometimes colloquially referred to as the \"Kegel muscles\". The exercise can be performed multiple times each day, for several minutes at a time, for one to three months, to begin to have an effect. Kegel exercises can make the pelvic floor muscles stronger. These are the muscles that hold up the bladder and help keep it from leaking. Exercises are usually done to reduce urinary stress incontinence (especially after childbirth) and reduce premature ejaculation", "title": "Kegel exercise" }, { "docid": "2447782", "text": "in men. Several tools exist to help with these exercises, although various studies debate the relative effectiveness of different tools versus traditional exercises. They were first described in 1948 by American gynecologist Arnold Kegel. Factors such as pregnancy, childbirth, aging, being overweight, and abdominal surgery such as cesarean section, often result in the weakening of the pelvic muscles. This can be assessed by either digital examination of vaginal pressure or using a Kegel perineometer. Kegel exercises are useful in regaining pelvic floor muscle strength in such cases. Pelvic floor exercises (muscle training) can be included in conservative treatment approaches for", "title": "Kegel exercise" }, { "docid": "13174138", "text": "muscles using the Kegel exercises. More modern electromyograph (EMG) perineometers, which measure electrical activity in the pelvic floor muscles, may be more effective in this purpose. Assessment of pelvic floor strength during gynaecological examination may help to identify women with fascial defects of the pelvic floor, as well as those at risk of genital prolapse or urinary incontinence. Both the Kegel perineometer and a digital examination are effective and concordant in their results in this assessment. Perineometer A Kegel perineometer or vaginal manometer is an instrument for measuring the strength of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles. Arnold Kegel", "title": "Perineometer" }, { "docid": "2447785", "text": "can strengthen the Kegel muscles. The action of slowing or stopping the flow of urine may be used as a test of correct pelvic floor exercise technique. It is now known that the components of levator ani (the pelvic diaphragm), namely pubococcygeus, puborectalis and ileococcygeus, contract and relax as one muscle. Hence, pelvic floor exercises involve the entire levator ani rather than pubococcygeus alone. Pelvic floor exercises may be of benefit in cases of fecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse conditions e.g. rectal prolapse. Some devices have been marketed to women exercise their pelvic floor muscle and improve the muscle", "title": "Kegel exercise" }, { "docid": "7224148", "text": "Post-void dribbling Post-void dribbling or post-micturition dribbling occurs when urine remaining in the urethra after voiding the bladder slowly leaks out after urination. A common and usually benign complaint, it may be a symptom of urethral diverticulum, prostatitis and other medical problems. Men who experience dribbling, especially after prostate cancer surgery, will choose to wear incontinence pads to stay dry. Also known as guards for men, these incontinence pads conform to the male body. Some of the most popular male guards are from TENA, Depend, and Prevail. Simple ways to prevent dribbling include: strengthening pelvic muscles with Kegel exercises, changing", "title": "Post-void dribbling" }, { "docid": "2447787", "text": "to consumers as improving sex or orgasms, increasing \"energy\", \"balancing hormones\", and as having other health or lifestyle benefits. There is no evidence for any of these claims, and many of them are pseudoscience. Kegel exercise Kegel exercise, also known as pelvic floor exercise, consists of repeatedly contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor, now sometimes colloquially referred to as the \"Kegel muscles\". The exercise can be performed multiple times each day, for several minutes at a time, for one to three months, to begin to have an effect. Kegel exercises can make the pelvic", "title": "Kegel exercise" }, { "docid": "17560183", "text": "Treatments for overactive bladder Treatments for overactive bladder are therapies used to treat overactive bladder or related conditions, such as urinary incontinence and frequent urination. Drugs are commonly prescribed for this. Other non-drug treatments are also used. Studies have shown that few people get complete relief from overactive bladder drugs and that all available drugs are no more than moderately effective. A typical person with overactive bladder may urinate 12 times per day. Medication may reduce this number by 2-3 and reduce urinary incontinence events by 1-2 per day. Oxybutynin is sometimes used in combination with Kegel exercises and Functional", "title": "Treatments for overactive bladder" } ]

[ { "docid": "14428182", "text": "Bladder retraining, Urinary Catheterization of Men and Women, Fecal Incontinence, Incontinence and Odor Control, Overactive bladder For Women: Incontinence and Childbirth, Pelvic organ prolapse, Surgical Treatment for Female stress urinary incontinence, Non-Surgical Treatment for Female stress urinary incontinence (includes instructions for Pelvic Muscle Exercises) For Men: Male stress incontinence, enlarged prostate, Incontinence: What Every Man Should Know (includes instructions for Pelvic Muscle Exercises) NAFC also publishes the \"Resource Guide – A comprehensive directory of products and services for bladder and bowel control\" and its companion booklet, \"DISCOVERIES.\" Consumers and patients can help support NAFC through a Quality Care Donation. Health", "title": "National Association For Continence" }, { "docid": "3514944", "text": "Pelvic floor dysfunction Pelvic floor dysfunction is an umbrella term for a variety of disorders that occur when pelvic floor muscles and ligaments are impaired. Symptoms include pelvic pain, pressure, pain during sex, incontinence, incomplete emptying, and visible organ protrusion. Tissues surrounding the pelvic organs may have increased or decreased sensitivity or irritation resulting in pelvic pain. Underlying causes of pelvic pain are often difficult to determine. The condition affects up to 50% of women who have given birth. Pelvic floor dysfunction may include any of a group of clinical conditions that includes urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse,", "title": "Pelvic floor dysfunction" }, { "docid": "17761262", "text": "seek help because they were embarrassed or thought it was a normal condition. Athletic incontinence Athletic incontinence (athletic leakage, athletic leaks, exercise-induced urinary incontinence) is the specific form of urinary incontinence that results from engaging in high-impact or strenuous activities. Unlike stress incontinence, which is defined as the loss of small amounts of urine associated with sneezing, laughing or exercising, athletic incontinence occurs exclusively during exercise. Athletic incontinence is generally thought to be the result of decreased structural support of the pelvic floor due to increased abdominal pressure during high-impact exercise. As such exercises that build and develop the pelvic", "title": "Athletic incontinence" }, { "docid": "1520946", "text": "or electrostimulation. Biofeedback uses measuring devices to help the patient become aware of his or her body's functioning. By using electronic devices or diaries to track when the bladder and urethral muscles contract, the patient can gain control over these muscles. Biofeedback can be used with pelvic muscle exercises and electrical stimulation to relieve stress and urge incontinence. Time voiding while urinating and bladder training are techniques that use biofeedback. In time voiding, the patient fills in a chart of voiding and leaking. From the patterns that appear in the chart, the patient can plan to empty his or her", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "13585771", "text": "Center for Pelvic Health The Center for Pelvic Health is a specialized service line of Saint Thomas Health Services with three offices in Middle Tennessee. The center focuses on treating pelvic health and urogynecological conditions in women, including urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, sexual dysfunction and pelvic floor disorders. The first office, opened in 2007, is located in Franklin, Tennessee. In August 2009, the center opened a satellite office in Nashville, located on the Baptist Hospital campus. Additionally, the center has added an office location in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In November 2007, Saint Thomas Health Services opened The Center for Pelvic Health", "title": "Center for Pelvic Health" }, { "docid": "17761260", "text": "Athletic incontinence Athletic incontinence (athletic leakage, athletic leaks, exercise-induced urinary incontinence) is the specific form of urinary incontinence that results from engaging in high-impact or strenuous activities. Unlike stress incontinence, which is defined as the loss of small amounts of urine associated with sneezing, laughing or exercising, athletic incontinence occurs exclusively during exercise. Athletic incontinence is generally thought to be the result of decreased structural support of the pelvic floor due to increased abdominal pressure during high-impact exercise. As such exercises that build and develop the pelvic floor may be an important step to counteracting athletic incontinence. In addition to", "title": "Athletic incontinence" }, { "docid": "1520947", "text": "bladder before he or she would otherwise leak. Biofeedback and muscle conditioning, known as bladder training, can alter the bladder's schedule for storing and emptying urine. These techniques are effective for urge and overflow incontinence A 2013 randomized controlled trial found no benefit of adding biofeedback to pelvic floor muscle exercise in stress urinary incontinence, but observing improvements in both groups. In another randomized controlled trial the addition of biofeedback to the training of pelvic floor muscles for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, improved pelvic floor muscle function, reduced urinary symptoms, and improved of the quality of life. Preoperative", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "13585773", "text": "4601 Carothers Parkway, Suite 350<br> Franklin, TN 37067 NASHVILLE OFFICE<br> Center for Pelvic Health<br> 300 20th Avenue North, Suite 601<br> Nashville, TN 37203 MURFREESBORO OFFICE<br> Center for Pelvic Health<br> 1800 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 400<br> Murfreesboro, TN 37129 A subspecialty within obstetrics and gynecology, urogynecology focuses on disorders of the female pelvic floor, such as pelvic organ prolapse (bulging out of the uterus and/or vagina), urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and constipation. Urogynecologists complete a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, followed by fellowship training, where they spend several years focusing only on these disorders. Center for Pelvic Health The Center for", "title": "Center for Pelvic Health" }, { "docid": "1521054", "text": "not technically part of the pelvic floor muscle group, but the EAS is a voluntary, striated muscle which therefore can be strengthened in a similar manner. It has not been established whether pelvic floor exercises can be distinguished from anal sphincter exercises in practice by the people doing them. This kind of exercise is more commonly used to treat urinary incontinence, for which there is a sound evidence base for effectiveness. More rarely are they used in FI. The effect of anal sphincter exercises are variously stated as an increase in the strength, speed or endurance of voluntary contraction (EAS).", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "1520943", "text": "bladder muscles. Other tests include: Patients are often asked to keep a diary for a day or more, up to a week, to record the pattern of voiding, noting times and the amounts of urine produced. Research projects that assess the efficacy of anti-incontinence therapies often quantify the extent of urinary incontinence. The methods include the 1-h pad test, measuring leakage volume; using a voiding diary, counting the number of incontinence episodes (leakage episodes) per day; and assessing of the strength of pelvic floor muscles, measuring the maximum vaginal squeeze pressure. Yearly screening is recommended for women by the Women's", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "1520948", "text": "pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) in men undergoing radical prostatectomy was not effective in reducing urinary incontinence. Alternative exercises have been studied for stress urinary incontinence in women. Evidence was insufficient to support the use of Paula method, abdominal muscle training, Pilates, Tai Chi, breathing exercises, postural training, and generalized fitness. Individuals who continue to experience urinary incontinence need to find a management solution that matches their individual situation. The use of mechanical devices has not been well studied in women as of 2014. A number of medications exist to treat incontinence including: fesoterodine, tolterodine and oxybutynin. While a number", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "3514952", "text": "increase pelvic floor tone by stimulating muscle contractions with electrical impulses. Pelvic floor dysfunction Pelvic floor dysfunction is an umbrella term for a variety of disorders that occur when pelvic floor muscles and ligaments are impaired. Symptoms include pelvic pain, pressure, pain during sex, incontinence, incomplete emptying, and visible organ protrusion. Tissues surrounding the pelvic organs may have increased or decreased sensitivity or irritation resulting in pelvic pain. Underlying causes of pelvic pain are often difficult to determine. The condition affects up to 50% of women who have given birth. Pelvic floor dysfunction may include any of a group of", "title": "Pelvic floor dysfunction" }, { "docid": "1520953", "text": "One reason why women are more affected is the weakening of pelvic floor muscles by pregnancy. Men tend to experience incontinence less often than women, and the structure of the male urinary tract accounts for this difference. It is common with prostate cancer treatments. Both women and men can become incontinent from neurologic injury, congenital defects, strokes, multiple sclerosis, and physical problems associated with aging. While urinary incontinence affects older men more often than younger men, the onset of incontinence can happen at any age. Estimates in the mid-2000s suggested that 17 percent of men over age 60, an estimated", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "7592568", "text": "is called \"intravaginal slingplasty\" (IVS). The procedure of choice for stress urinary incontinence in females is what is called a sling procedure. A sling implant usually consists of a synthetic mesh material in the shape of a narrow ribbon but sometimes a biomaterial (bovine or porcine) or the patients own tissue that is placed under the urethra through one vaginal incision and two small abdominal incisions. The idea is to replace the deficient pelvic floor muscles and provide a backboard of support under the urethra. Transvaginal mesh has recently come under scrutiny, as patients allege long-term harm and suffering as", "title": "Stress incontinence" }, { "docid": "16297859", "text": "distraction of the apophyseal joints. The goals of performing these exercises were to reduce pain and provide lower trunk stability by actively developing the \"abdominal, gluteus maximus, and hamstring muscles as well as...\" passively stretching the hip flexors and lower back (sacrospinalis) muscles. Williams said: \"The exercises outlined will accomplish a proper balance between the flexor and the extensor groups of postural muscles...\". Williams suggested that a posterior pelvic-tilt position was necessary to obtain best results. Both flexion and extension exercises have been shown to help mitigate back pain and has been demonstrated to accomplish the following: a) significantly increase", "title": "Williams Flexion Exercises" }, { "docid": "1520941", "text": "automatically relax when the detrusor contracts to let the urine into the urethra. A third group of muscles below the bladder (pelvic floor muscles) can contract to keep urine back. A baby's bladder fills to a set point, then automatically contracts and empties. As the child gets older, the nervous system develops. The child's brain begins to get messages from the filling bladder and begins to send messages to the bladder to keep it from automatically emptying until the child decides it is the time and place to void. Failures in this control mechanism result in incontinence. Reasons for this", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "1521053", "text": "anal irrigation. Biofeedback (the use of equipment to record or amplify and then feed back activities of the body) is a commonly used and researched treatment, but the benefits are uncertain. Biofeedback therapy varies in the way it is delivered, but it is unknown if one type has benefits over another. The role of pelvic floor exercises and anal sphincter exercises in FI is poorly determined. While there may be some benefit they appear less useful than implanted sacral nerve stimulators. These exercises aim to increase the strength of the pelvic floor muscles (mainly levator ani). The anal sphincters are", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "20092595", "text": "Pelvic lift Pelvic lift (also known as pelvic tilt) is an exercise to strengthen the lower back, glute muscles, lower abdominal muscles, and maintain hip muscle balance. It does not require weights, although they can be placed on the stomach. There are four steps in the exercise. The pelvic floor is a “broad sling of muscles, ligaments and sheet-like tissues that stretch from your pubic bone at the front of your body, to the base of your spine at the back”. The pelvic floor is resistant to stretch and weight as it bounces back. However, after carrying weight for long", "title": "Pelvic lift" }, { "docid": "3171567", "text": "as part of the urinary and anal sphincters. It facilitates birth by resisting the descent of the presenting part, causing the fetus to rotate forwards to navigate through the pelvic girdle. It helps maintain optimal intra-abdominal pressure. The pelvic floor is subject to clinically relevant changes that can result in: Pelvic floor dysfunction can result after treatment for gynegological cancers. Damage to the pelvic floor not only contributes to urinary incontinence but can lead to pelvic organ prolapse. Pelvic organ prolapse occurs in women when pelvic organs (e.g. the vagina, bladder, rectum, or uterus) protrude into or outside of the", "title": "Pelvic floor" }, { "docid": "1520944", "text": "Preventive Services Initiative Treatment options range from conservative treatment, behavior management, bladder retraining, pelvic floor therapy, collecting devices (for men), fixer-occluder devices for incontinence (in men), medications and surgery. The success of treatment depends on the correct diagnoses. Weight loss is recommended in those who are obese. Behavioral therapy involves the use of both suppressive techniques (distraction, relaxation) and learning to avoid foods that may worsen urinary incontinence. This may involve avoiding or limiting consumption of caffeine and alcohol. Behavioral therapy is not curative for urinary incontinence, but it can improve a person's quality of life. Behavioral therapy has benefits", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "18860216", "text": "appearance ... what this piece is now.\" The same correspondent did find some flaws in the overly pronounced muscles of the victor's thigh and the lack of definition of muscle in the legs of the defeated man, but felt that despite this \"The Combat\" was \"one of the finest and most masterly works that ever graced the walls of the Royal Academy.\" \"The London Magazine\" was similarly effusive about the painting, admiring Etty's ability to fuse his own imagination with themes derived from the Elgin Marbles and from the Venetian Old Masters, and commenting that \"it is always gratifying to", "title": "The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished" }, { "docid": "3514945", "text": "sensory and emptying abnormalities of the lower urinary tract, defecatory dysfunction, sexual dysfunction and several chronic pain syndromes, including vulvodynia. The three most common and definable conditions encountered clinically are urinary incontinence, anal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Mechanistically, the causes of pelvic floor dysfunction are two-fold: widening of the pelvic floor hiatus and descent of pelvic floor below the pubococcygeal line, with specific organ prolapse graded relative to the hiatus. Associations include obesity, menopause, pregnancy and childbirth. Some women may be more likely to developing pelvic floor dysfunction because of an inherited deficiency in their collagen type. Some women", "title": "Pelvic floor dysfunction" }, { "docid": "3514946", "text": "may have congenitally weak connective tissue and fascia and are therefore at risk of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. By definition, \"postpartum\" pelvic floor dysfunction only affects women who have given birth, though pregnancy rather than birth or birth method is thought to be the cause. A study of 184 first-time mothers who delivered by Caesarean section and 100 who delivered vaginally found that there was no significant difference in the prevalence of symptoms 10 months following delivery, suggesting that pregnancy is the cause of incontinence for many women irrespective of their mode of delivery. The study also", "title": "Pelvic floor dysfunction" }, { "docid": "20624803", "text": "Pelvic fin Pelvic fins are paired fins located on the ventral surface of fish. The paired pelvic fins are homologous to the hindlimbs of tetrapods. In actinopterygians, the pelvic fin consists of two endochondrally-derived bony girdles attached to bony radials. Dermal fin rays (lepidotrichia) are positioned distally from the radials. There are three pairs of muscles each on the dorsal and ventral side of the pelvic fin girdle that abduct and adduct the fin from the body. Pelvic fin structures can be extremely specialized in actinopterygians. Gobiids and lumpsuckers modify their pelvic fins into a sucker disk that allow them", "title": "Pelvic fin" }, { "docid": "7592560", "text": "Stress incontinence Stress incontinence, also known as stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or effort incontinence is a form of urinary incontinence. It is due to insufficient strength of the closure of the bladder. It is the loss of small amounts of urine associated with coughing, laughing, sneezing, exercising or other movements that increase intra-abdominal pressure and thus increase pressure on the bladder. The urethra is supported by fascia of the pelvic floor. If this support is insufficient, the urethra can move downward at times of increased abdominal pressure, allowing urine to pass. Most lab results such as urine analysis, cystometry and", "title": "Stress incontinence" }, { "docid": "14609295", "text": "The Steampunk Album That Cannot Be Named for Legal Reasons The Steampunk Album That Cannot Be Named for Legal Reasons, originally known as Now That's What I Call Steampunk! Volume 1, is the first album by the English steampunk band The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing. The album was released by Leather Apron on CD and digital download and as a limited edition set containing one track on a phonographic wax cylinder. It is the first time a musical track has been released commercially as a wax cylinder in Britain since 1922. The album was renamed in", "title": "The Steampunk Album That Cannot Be Named for Legal Reasons" }, { "docid": "1521055", "text": "Electrical stimulation can also be applied to the anal sphincters and pelvic floor muscles, inducing muscle contraction without traditional exercises (similar to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, TENS). The evidence supporting its use is limited, and any benefit is tentative. In light of the above, intra-anal electrical stimulation (using an anal probe as electrode) appears to be more efficacious than intra-vaginal (using a vaginal probe as electrode). Rarely, skin reactions may occur where the electrodes are placed, but these issues typically resolve when the stimulation is stopped. Surgically implanted sacral nerve stimulation may be more effective than exercises, and electrical stimulation", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "1520935", "text": "Urinary incontinence Urinary incontinence (UI), also known as involuntary urination, is any uncontrolled leakage of urine. It is a common and distressing problem, which may have a large impact on quality of life. It has been identified as an important issue in geriatric health care. The term enuresis is often used to refer to urinary incontinence primarily in children, such as nocturnal enuresis (bed wetting). Pelvic surgery, pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause are major risk factors. Urinary incontinence is often a result of an underlying medical condition but is under-reported to medical practitioners. There are four main types of incontinence: Treatments", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "9909107", "text": "fruits,\" a person would have to attend to the following: Steiner suggested that a special group of general exercises should accompany all meditational practices as a measure of protection against possible negative influences caused by the meditation in the life of the individual. These six exercises are: The initial three exercises are intended to enable a person to attain self-discipline in thinking, willing and feeling. Exercises developed in anthroposophy include: Rudolf Steiner's exercises for spiritual development Rudolf Steiner developed exercises aimed at cultivating new cognitive faculties he believed would be appropriate to contemporary individual and cultural development. According to Steiner's", "title": "Rudolf Steiner's exercises for spiritual development" }, { "docid": "20092596", "text": "periods of time, it can become stretched. Additionally, weight on the pelvic floor can weaken its resistance and contribute to its loss of shape over time. Performing this exercise routinely can strengthen glutes, abs, and lower back muscles. As a result, doctors may recommend pelvic lifts to reduce lower back pain, improve posture, and improve bladder control. Pelvic lift Pelvic lift (also known as pelvic tilt) is an exercise to strengthen the lower back, glute muscles, lower abdominal muscles, and maintain hip muscle balance. It does not require weights, although they can be placed on the stomach. There are four", "title": "Pelvic lift" }, { "docid": "6956242", "text": "apart. Hip adduction occurs when the femur moves back to the midline. Many muscles contribute to these movements: Hips muscles also play a role in maintaining the standing posture. These muscles work in an integrated system with muscles of the shoulder, neck, core, lower leg, and supporting muscles of the spine, to provide the ability to stand with good posture. These muscles include the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus which abduct the thigh, prevent swaying of hips, stabilize pelvic region while keeping hips level, and shift an individual’s weight in order to adjust body placement to increase one's overall body", "title": "Muscles of the hip" }, { "docid": "1520937", "text": "problems have mixed urinary incontinence. After menopause, estrogen production decreases and in some women urethral tissue will demonstrate atrophy with the tissue of the urethra becoming weaker and thinner. Stress urinary incontinence is caused by loss of support of the urethra which is usually a consequence of damage to pelvic support structures as a result of childbirth. It is characterized by leaking of small amounts of urine with activities which increase abdominal pressure such as coughing, sneezing and lifting. Additionally, frequent exercise in high-impact activities can cause athletic incontinence to develop. Urge urinary incontinence is caused by uninhibited contractions of", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "20624804", "text": "to adhere to the substrate or climb structures, such as waterfalls. In priapiumfish, males have modified their pelvic structures into a spiny copulatory device that grasps the female during mating. In actinopterygian steady state swimming, the pelvic fins are actively controlled and used to provide powered corrective forces. Careful timing of the pelvic fin movement during whole-body movements allows the pelvic fins to generate forces that dampen the forces from the entire body, therefore stabilizing the fish. For maneuvers, electromyogram data shows that pelvic fin muscles are activated after the start of the maneuver, indicating that the fins are used", "title": "Pelvic fin" }, { "docid": "1520936", "text": "include surgery, pelvic floor muscle training, bladder training, and electrical stimulation. The benefit of medications is small and long term safety is unclear. It is more common in older women. Urinary incontinence results from both urologic and non-urologic causes. Urologic causes can be classified as either bladder or urethral dysfunction and may include detrusor overactivity, poor bladder compliance, urethral hypermobility or intrinsic sphincter deficiency. Non-urologic causes may include infection, medication or drugs, psychological factors, polyuria, stool impaction, and restricted mobility. The most common types of urinary incontinence in women are stress urinary incontinence and urge urinary incontinence. Women with both", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "1521024", "text": "involve the anal canal as well as the rectum, when proctitis, anal fistula formation and diminished function of internal and external sphincter occur. Irradiation may occur during radiotherapy, e.g. for prostate cancer. Many people with FI have a generalized weakness of the pelvic floor, especially puborectalis. A weakened puborectalis leads to widening of the anorectal angle, and impaired barrier to stool in the rectum entering the anal canal, and this is associated with incontinence to solids. Abnormal descent of the pelvic floor can also be a sign of pelvic floor weakness. Abnormal descent manifests as descending perineum syndrome (>4 cm", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "10503930", "text": "of Physicians (ACP) issued a guideline recommending against performing this examination to screen for conditions in asymptomatic, nonpregnant, adult women. (The guideline did not consider pap smears.) The ACP said that there was no evidence of benefit in support of the examination, but there was evidence of harm, including distress and unnecessary surgery. This was a strong recommendation, based on moderate-quality evidence. Pelvic exams are an occasion for gynecologists to recognize issues like incontinence and sexual dysfunction, and discuss patient concerns. The pelvic exam begins with an explanation of the procedure. The woman is asked to put on an examination", "title": "Pelvic examination" }, { "docid": "9909105", "text": "Rudolf Steiner's exercises for spiritual development Rudolf Steiner developed exercises aimed at cultivating new cognitive faculties he believed would be appropriate to contemporary individual and cultural development. According to Steiner's view of history, in earlier periods people were capable of direct spiritual perceptions, or clairvoyance, but not yet of rational thought; more recently, rationality has been developed at the cost of spiritual perception, leading to the alienation characteristic of modernity. Steiner proposed that humanity now has the task of synthesizing the rational and contemplative/spiritual components of cognition, whereby spiritual perception would be awakened through intensifying thinking. A central principle of", "title": "Rudolf Steiner's exercises for spiritual development" }, { "docid": "1521044", "text": "with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence\" and organic causes of encopresis along with FI. FI can also be classified according to gender, since the cause in females may be different from males, for example it may develop following radical prostatectomy in males, whereas females may develop FI as an immediate or delayed consequence of damage whilst giving birth. Pelvic anatomy is also different according to gender, with a wider pelvic outlet in females. Several severity scales exist. The Cleveland Clinic (Wexner) fecal incontinence score takes into account five parameters that are scored on a scale from zero (absent)", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "14438085", "text": "muscles, resulting in incomplete emptying of the bladder, or a blocked urethra can cause this type of incontinence. Autonomic neuropathy from diabetes or other diseases (e.g. Multiple sclerosis) can decrease neural signals from the bladder (allowing for overfilling) and may also decrease the expulsion of urine by the detrusor muscle (allowing for urinary retention). Additionally, tumors and kidney stones can block the urethra. Spinal cord injuries or nervous system disorders are additional causes of overflow incontinence. In men, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) may also restrict the flow of urine. Overflow incontinence is rare in women, although sometimes it is caused", "title": "Overflow incontinence" }, { "docid": "6585557", "text": "necessarily the cause of) lower back pain, difficulty with some movements that naturally require the gluteal muscles, such as rising from the seated position, and climbing stairs. Any exercise that works and/or stretches the buttocks is suitable, for example lunges, hip thrusts, climbing stairs, fencing, bicycling, rowing, squats, arabesque, aerobics, and various specific exercises for the bottom. Weight training exercises which are known to significantly strengthen the gluteal muscles include the squat, deadlift, leg press, any other movements involving external hip rotation and hip extension. Gluteal muscles The gluteal muscles are a group of three muscles which make up the", "title": "Gluteal muscles" }, { "docid": "7269225", "text": "Ralph Pomeroy (gynecologist) Ralph Hayward Pomeroy (January 12, 1867 in New York City – August 22, 1925) was an American gynecologist who became posthumously famous for the female sterilization procedure that he had developed and now carries his name as the Pomeroy tubal ligation. Pomeroy went to Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut and graduated from the Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. He became an associate professor at the same institution in 1912, and was one of the founders of the Williamsburg Hospital, Brooklyn. He was elected President of the Kings County Medical Society in 1916. Pomeroy developed his technique of", "title": "Ralph Pomeroy (gynecologist)" }, { "docid": "20805966", "text": "mechanism of the effects of HIFEM on fat tissue is not well understood and requires further research. Opposed to that, no change in adipose tissue has been reported after application of HIFEM on buttocks and the pelvic floor. It was suggested that this is primarily caused by different metabolic nature of adipocytes in different human body areas, however such claim requires further investigation. In urology and gynecology, the HIFEM technology is used to treat urinary incontinence through non-invasive strengthening of the pelvic floor muscles. In treating incontinence HIFEM magnetic field is specifically designed to focus on strengthening the muscles of", "title": "High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic Field" }, { "docid": "7613440", "text": "arteries, veins, muscles, and nerves. These structures coexist in a crowded space, and disorders of one pelvic component may impact upon another; for example, constipation may overload the rectum and compress the urinary bladder, or childbirth might damage the pudendal nerves and later lead to anal weakness. The pelvis has an anteroinferior, a posterior, and two lateral pelvic walls; and an inferior pelvic wall, also called the pelvic floor. The parietal peritoneum is attached here and to the abdominal wall. The lesser pelvis (or \"true pelvis\") is the space enclosed by the pelvic girdle and below the pelvic brim: between", "title": "Pelvic cavity" }, { "docid": "16116217", "text": "Were You Hoping For?\" was released on September 27, 2011, by Hunt's independent record label Godless Hotspot in a joint venture with Nashville-based distributor Thirty Tigers. It was distributed by RED Distribution. Thirty Tigers reached out to Hunt during 2009 and offered their distribution and marketing services to him pending the album's completion. He subsequently assembled a marketing team and Godless Hotspot. \"What Were You Hoping For?\" was executive-produced by music manager and executive Randy Jackson, who originally helped Hunt get his first major-label record contract in 2003. The album's cover is a photograph taken by Hunt in North Hollywood", "title": "What Were You Hoping For?" }, { "docid": "20805967", "text": "the pelvic floor, through specific designed magnetic pulse patterns. Many patients affected by urinary incontinence are unable to contract pelvic floor muscles selectively, and application of HIFEM can help with muscle strengthening and re-education independent of the brain function. HIFEM induces deep pelvic floor muscle stimulation and restoration of the neuromuscular control. To regain continence, regular pelvic floor muscles exercising is recommended. Normally, 300-500 contractions of the pelvic floor muscles should be performed to begin to develop a new motor pattern, whereas 3,000-5,000 contractions are required to erase and correct poor motor pattern. HIFEM technology can induce thousands of pelvic", "title": "High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic Field" }, { "docid": "10642337", "text": "for ligament weakness. In case the muscles around the joint do not function, the patient will experience pain and weakness when performing everyday activities. This type often occurs after giving birth to a child weighing 3000 grams or more, in cases of hypermobility, and sometimes after an accident involving the pelvis. Type 2 is the most common form of pelvic instability. Treatment is based on learning how to use the muscles around the pelvis more efficiently. Pelvic type 3:The ligaments do not support the joint sufficiently. This is a serious situation whereby the muscles around the joint are unable to", "title": "Pelvic girdle pain" }, { "docid": "444776", "text": "and menopause often contribute to stress urinary incontinence. If a woman has weak pelvic floor muscle support and tissue damage from childbirth or pelvic surgery, a lack of estrogen can further weaken the pelvic muscles and contribute to stress urinary incontinence. Pelvic organ prolapse, such as a rectocele or cystocele, is characterized by the descent of pelvic organs from their normal positions to impinge upon the vagina. A reduction in estrogen does not cause rectocele, cystocele or uterine prolapse, but childbirth and weakness in pelvic support structures can. Prolapse may also occur when the pelvic floor becomes injured during a", "title": "Vagina" }, { "docid": "14428180", "text": "National Association For Continence National Association For Continence (NAFC) is a national, private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence, voiding dysfunction, and related pelvic floor disorders. NAFC's purpose is to be the leading source for public education and advocacy about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management alternatives for incontinence. NAFC's objectives are to destigmatize incontinence, to promote preventive measures, to motivate individuals to seek treatment, and to provide collaborative advocacy and service for those who are affected by this problem. To achieve its objectives, NAFC offers publications and services, such as: brochures", "title": "National Association For Continence" }, { "docid": "14428183", "text": "Professionals can become members of NAFC to receive various membership benefits, including being listed in NAFC's Find An Expert database. Read more about membership benefits on NAFC's website. National Association For Continence National Association For Continence (NAFC) is a national, private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence, voiding dysfunction, and related pelvic floor disorders. NAFC's purpose is to be the leading source for public education and advocacy about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management alternatives for incontinence. NAFC's objectives are to destigmatize incontinence, to promote preventive measures, to motivate individuals to seek", "title": "National Association For Continence" }, { "docid": "1521062", "text": "1873 and anterior sphincter repair in 1875. During the mid 20th Century, several operations were developed for instances where the sphincters were intact but weakened. Muscle transpositions using the gluteus maximus or the gracilis were devised, but did not become used widely until later. End-to-end sphincteroplasty is shown to have a high failure rate in 1940. In 1971 Parks and McPartlin first describe an overlapping sphincteroplasty procedure. Biofeedback is first introduced in 1974. In 1975, Parks describes post anal repair, a technique to reinforce the pelvic floor and EAS to treat idiopathic cases. Endoanal ultrasound is invented in 1991, which", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "19269852", "text": "market offer consumers options which are increasingly like normal underwear. These companies have developed highly absorbent fabrics that combine several moisture-trapping fabric layers to achieve a similar absorbent result to traditional pads. This new-style incontinence underwear looks and feels like normal underwear so it can be washed and reused, whilst being discrete. This offers the user economic and environmental savings. The use of fabric textiles in these new incontinence products also means that it is now possible to make fashionable incontinence underwear. Incontinence underwear products are generally designed to cater for light bladder leakage (LBL), and as such have lower", "title": "Incontinence underwear" }, { "docid": "1520939", "text": "pressure falls and bladder pressure rises. The body stores urine — water and wastes removed by the kidneys — in the urinary bladder, a balloon-like organ. The bladder connects to the urethra, the tube through which urine leaves the body. During urination, detrusor muscles in the wall of the bladder contract, forcing urine out of the bladder and into the urethra. At the same time, sphincter muscles surrounding the urethra relax, letting urine pass out of the body. Incontinence will occur if the bladder muscles suddenly contract (detrusor muscle) or muscles surrounding the urethra suddenly relax (sphincter muscles). Urination, or", "title": "Urinary incontinence" }, { "docid": "7058313", "text": "Open chain exercises are postulated to be advantageous in rehabilitation settings because they can be easily manipulated to selectively target specific muscles, or specific heads of certain muscles, more effectively than their closed chain counterparts, at different phases of contraction. Open kinetic chain exercises Open chain exercises (OKC) are exercises that are performed where the hand or foot is free to move. The opposite of OKC are closed kinetic chain exercises (CKC). Both are effective for strengthening and rehabilitation objectives. Closed-chain exercises tend to offer more \"functional\" athletic benefits because of their ability to recruit more muscle groups and require", "title": "Open kinetic chain exercises" }, { "docid": "1521047", "text": "bowel sphincter, lavage refers to retrograde rectal irrigation). Conservative measures include dietary modification, drug treatment, retrograde anal irrigation, biofeedback retraining anal sphincter exercises. Incontinence products refer to devices such as anal plugs and perineal pads and garments such as diapers/nappies. Perineal pads are efficient and acceptable for only minor incontinence. If all other measures are ineffective removing the entire colon may be an option. Dietary modification may be important for successful management. Both diarrhea and constipation can contribute to different cases, so dietary advice must be tailored to address the underlying cause or it may be ineffective or counter productive.", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "5774706", "text": "Incontinence pad An incontinence pad is a small, impermeable multi-layered sheet with high absorbency that is used in the incontinence and health-care industries as a precaution against urinary incontinence. It is generally made of cotton if washable or paper if disposable. The term may be used to refer to what are also known as \"incontinence diapers\" or \"incontinence nappies\". Incontinence pads are usually placed in an undergarment or on a bed or chair under a person. Incontinence pads are manufactured in light and heavy grades which offer a range of absorbencies, often referred to as a 'working capacity', which refers", "title": "Incontinence pad" }, { "docid": "16116225", "text": "Heatseekers Albums, which is a weekly music chart that ranks top-selling albums by new or developing acts, defined as those who have never appeared in the top 100 of the \"Billboard\" 200 or in the top 10 of \"Billboard\"s component charts. The album also reached number 50 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. All songs were written, arranged, and produced by Van Hunt. Credits for \"What Were You Hoping For?\" adapted from Allmusic. What Were You Hoping For? What Were You Hoping For? is the third studio album by American recording artist Van Hunt, released September 27, 2011, on his", "title": "What Were You Hoping For?" }, { "docid": "662898", "text": "while diseases of the urinary tract are treated by urologists. Gynecologists may also treat female urinary incontinence. Diseases of other bodily systems also have a direct effect on urogenital function. For instance it has been shown that protein released by the kidneys in diabetes mellitus sensitises the kidney to the damaging effects of hypertension. Diabetes also can have a direct effect in urination due to peripheral neuropathies which occur in some individuals with poorly controlled diabetes. Urinary incontinence can result from a weakening of the pelvic floor muscles caused by factors such as pregnancy, childbirth, aging and being overweight. Pelvic", "title": "Urinary system" }, { "docid": "1521026", "text": "and incontinence. Increased pudendal nerve terminal motor latency may indicate pelvic floor weakness. The various types of pelvic organ prolapse (e.g. external rectal prolapse, mucosal prolapse and internal rectal intussusception & solitary rectal ulcer syndrome) may also cause coexisting obstructed defecation. The rectum needs to be of a sufficient volume to store stool until defecation. The rectal walls need to be \"compliant\" i.e. able to distend to an extent to accommodate stool. Rectal sensation is required to detect the presence, nature and amount of rectal contents. The rectum must also be able to evacuate its contents fully. There must also", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "20240528", "text": "\"Exercises\" are \"experiments.\" The song names were originally numbered titles without descriptions. However, after six tracks for the EP were completed, he struggled to remember \"which [track]s were which\" and found a \"visual element\" in each song. Thus, he added an adjective to each title to give the listener an idea of what they were hearing. The opener of \"Exercises,\" \"'Exercise #1 (Entry),\" centers around a piano played in a time signature that has a sad tone throughout the track's entire length. Around the piano are a set of Vangelis-style synthesized drones and arpeggios that change their vibe from sad", "title": "Exercises (EP)" }, { "docid": "7684091", "text": "of the vagina falls, carrying with it the bladder and the urethra, and thus contributing to urinary incontinence. Tendinous arch of pelvic fascia At the level of a line extending from the lower part of the pubic symphysis to the spine of the ischium is a thickened whitish band in this upper layer of the diaphragmatic part of the pelvic fascia. It is termed the tendinous arch or white line of the pelvic fascia, and marks the line of attachment of the special fascia (pars endopelvina fasciæ pelvis) which is associated with the pelvic viscera. It joins the fascia of", "title": "Tendinous arch of pelvic fascia" }, { "docid": "10642336", "text": "or pulling. The symptoms (and their severity) experienced by women with PGP vary, but include: The severity and instability of the pelvis can be measured on a three level scale. Pelvic type 1:The pelvic ligaments support the pelvis sufficiently. Even when the muscles are used incorrectly, no complaints will occur when performing everyday activities. This is the most common situation in persons who have never been pregnant, who have never been in an accident, and who are not hypermobile.\" Pelvic type 2:The ligaments alone do not support the joint sufficiently. A coordinated use of muscles around the joint will compensate", "title": "Pelvic girdle pain" }, { "docid": "16729904", "text": "the person's anal canal in order to record the pressures exerted by the pelvic floor muscles. These pressures are visually fed back to the patient via a monitor who can regain the normal coordinated movement of the muscles after a few sessions. Some researchers have suggested that anismus is an over-diagnosed condition, since the standard investigations or digital rectal examination and anorectal manometry were shown to cause paradoxical sphincter contraction in healthy controls, who did not have constipation or incontinence. Due to the invasive and perhaps uncomfortable nature of these investigations, the pelvic floor musculature is thought to behave differently", "title": "Anismus" }, { "docid": "16116191", "text": "\"What Were You Hoping For?\" received rave reviews from music critics, who praised its musical direction, Hunt's performance, and his songwriting. However, it received some backlash from Hunt's fanbase for its stylistic departure from his past work. The album produced one single, \"Eyes Like Pearls\", and performed modestly on music charts, reaching number 50 on the \"Billboard\" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Hunt promoted \"What You Were Hoping For?\" with a national tour that spanned September to October 2011, and featured session band members Ruth Price and Peter Dyer. In 2006, Hunt released his second album \"On the Jungle Floor\" to critical", "title": "What Were You Hoping For?" }, { "docid": "8566943", "text": "of combat loading were developed in World War II, and contributed greatly to the success of Allied amphibious campaigns. While combat loading usually took place in forward bases, the Western Task Force for the landings in North Africa was combat loaded at the Army's Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation which was called on again for the Sicily force. Joint exercises in 1941 resulted in a decision that the Navy would be responsible for providing the transports for joint operations against enemy resistance. As the war progressed specialized types of ships were developed for the United States Navy, generally termed combat", "title": "Combat loading" }, { "docid": "16116224", "text": "an album full of songs they will enjoy for 15 or 20 years. I'm a man that grows, progresses and matures, I want to grow [musically] with the people who want to go with me on that journey ... An artist should put out work that the culture should inspire to as opposed to trying to meet the culture, that's backwards to me. I don't just sit down and worry about what people will like, my job is to express myself as honest as I possibly can.\" \"What You Were Hoping For?\" peaked at number 19 on the \"Billboard\" Top", "title": "What Were You Hoping For?" }, { "docid": "1521025", "text": "perineal descent). This syndrome initially gives constipation, and later FI. The pelvic floor is innervated by the pudendal nerve and the S3 and S4 branches of the pelvic plexus. With recurrent straining, e.g. during difficult labour or long term constipation, then stretch injury can damage the nerves supplying levator ani. The pudendal nerve is especially vulnerable to irreversible damage, (stretch induced pudendal neuropathy) which can occur with a 12% stretch. If the pelvic floor muscles lose their innervation, they cease to contract and their muscle fibres are in time replaced by fibrous tissue, which is associated with pelvic floor weakness", "title": "Fecal incontinence" }, { "docid": "18860218", "text": "\"too uniformly feeble in character and meretricious in effect to entitle them to any very decided praise\", the painting proved Etty \"capable of maintaining a much higher station in art than we had been led to expect.\" An anonymous reviewer in the first issue of the short-lived \"The Parthenon\" magazine admired \"The Combat\" greatly, in particular the right foot of the female figure: The foot in question was not universally admired by critics; the anonymous correspondent for \"The London Magazine\", who was otherwise effusive in his praise for \"The Combat\", felt that said foot \"looks too much as if painted", "title": "The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished" }, { "docid": "3171565", "text": "Some regard them as a part of the external anal sphincter. The iliococcygeus, the most posterior part of the levator ani, is often poorly developed. The coccygeus, situated behind the levator ani and frequently tendinous as much as muscular, extends from the ischial spine to the lateral margin of the sacrum and coccyx. The pelvic cavity of the true pelvis has the pelvic floor as its inferior border (and the pelvic brim as its superior border). The perineum has the pelvic floor as its superior border. Some sources do not consider \"pelvic floor\" and \"pelvic diaphragm\" to be identical, with", "title": "Pelvic floor" }, { "docid": "16116199", "text": "in 2008. Two songs from those sessions, \"Moving Targets\" and \"Eyes Like Pearls\", were included on \"What Were You Hoping For?\". After setting up his own label in 2009, Hunt began a new process for \"What Were You Hoping For?\", writing and recording songs for 10 months. In an interview for the \"Chicago Tribune\", he said of his expectations for the album's recording: \"I really wasn't sure what it would wind up being sonically. I love Bach cello suites, I love punk music, I love old blues, negro spiritual quartets, Muddy Waters' 'You Need Love.' There is a simplicity but", "title": "What Were You Hoping For?" }, { "docid": "14535388", "text": "For Them That Trespass For Them That Trespass is a 1949 British crime film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett and Stephen Murray. It is an adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Ernest Raymond Promising writer Christopher Drew conceals his relationship with a murdered woman in order to protect his career, even though this results in an innocent man going to prison for the killing. The upper-class Drew decides he needs some first-hand experience to invigorate his work, so he explores the seedier areas of town in search of inspiration. Much to", "title": "For Them That Trespass" }, { "docid": "14535390", "text": "though more than 40 years after.\" For Them That Trespass For Them That Trespass is a 1949 British crime film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett and Stephen Murray. It is an adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Ernest Raymond Promising writer Christopher Drew conceals his relationship with a murdered woman in order to protect his career, even though this results in an innocent man going to prison for the killing. The upper-class Drew decides he needs some first-hand experience to invigorate his work, so he explores the seedier areas of town", "title": "For Them That Trespass" }, { "docid": "13218586", "text": "in 1874. William Goodell (gynecologist) William Goodell (October 17, 1829 – October 27, 1894) was an eminent American gynecologist from Philadelphia, best remembered for first describing what is now referred to as Goodell's sign. William Goodell was born in Malta, the son of missionary William Goodell, and studied at William's College, Massachusetts and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating in 1854. He worked in Constantinople until 1861. He then worked in general practice in West Chester until he was appointed Lecturer on Obstetric Diseases of Women at the University of Pennsylvania in 1870, and then Clinical Professor in Diseases of Women", "title": "William Goodell (gynecologist)" }, { "docid": "13218585", "text": "William Goodell (gynecologist) William Goodell (October 17, 1829 – October 27, 1894) was an eminent American gynecologist from Philadelphia, best remembered for first describing what is now referred to as Goodell's sign. William Goodell was born in Malta, the son of missionary William Goodell, and studied at William's College, Massachusetts and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating in 1854. He worked in Constantinople until 1861. He then worked in general practice in West Chester until he was appointed Lecturer on Obstetric Diseases of Women at the University of Pennsylvania in 1870, and then Clinical Professor in Diseases of Women and Children", "title": "William Goodell (gynecologist)" }, { "docid": "8537784", "text": "deep transverse perineal muscle of the opposite side. The deep transverse perineal muscle is innervated by the pudendal nerve. The function of the muscle is fixation of the perineal body (central tendon of perineum), support of the pelvic floor, expulsion of semen in males and last drops of urine in both sexes. The deep transverse perineal muscle lies in the same plane as the urethral sphincter and formerly the two muscles were described together as the constrictor urethrae. Transverse perineal muscles The transverse perineal muscles (transversus perinei) are the superficial and the deep transverse perineal muscles. The superficial transverse perineal", "title": "Transverse perineal muscles" }, { "docid": "16116189", "text": "What Were You Hoping For? What Were You Hoping For? is the third studio album by American recording artist Van Hunt, released September 27, 2011, on his independent label Godless Hotspot in a joint venture with distributor Thirty Tigers. It is the follow-up to Hunt's 2006 album \"On the Jungle Floor\" and follows a period of label conflict and mainstream obscurity for Hunt. Recording sessions for the album took place primarily at Santa Fe Tracking Station in Los Angeles, where Hunt applied a minimalist recording approach and worked with a backing band comprising drummer Ruth Price, percussionist Melissa Mattey, and", "title": "What Were You Hoping For?" }, { "docid": "20056084", "text": "What To Do About Them What to Do About Them is a 1992 EP by Boston indie rock band Swirlies. It was Swirlies' first release for Taang! Records and documents the band's early material recorded in 1991 and 1992. The album is mostly made up of songs selected from the their three previous 7\" records, as well as previously unreleased material. Swirlies recorded the songs on \"What to Do About Them\" in multiple sessions on three different recording formats: Three songs were taken from the group's \"Didn't Understand\" single, recorded on 8-track reel-to-reel in guitarist Damon Tutunjian's Mission Hill apartment", "title": "What To Do About Them" }, { "docid": "20240540", "text": "repeat listen\" because its tracks \"feel like they’ve become sentient, curious to know where they are and what they’re doing here. Remixes don’t do that; witch house hasn’t quite, either.\" Worthington felt that the influences of synthesizer music by acts such Emeralds, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Tim Hecker used on \"Exercises\" were \"obvious\" but praised the record for how it used these influences to \"condense them into short sharp and melodic pieces.\" Arwa Haider wrote in her review for \"Metro\" that the EP's \"eight tracks appear subtle and unstrained, yet \"Exercises\" is carefully studded with so many beautiful details that", "title": "Exercises (EP)" }, { "docid": "17337481", "text": "alcohol use, for instance, in order to achieve the required focus of attention. Frenkel exercises Frenkel exercises are a set of exercises developed by Professor Heinrich Sebastian Frenkel to treat ataxia, in particular cerebellar ataxia. They are a system of slow repetitious exercises. They increase in difficulty over the time of the program. The patient watches his hand or arm movements (for example) and corrects them as needed. Although the technique is simple, needs virtually no exercise equipment, and can be done on one's own, concentration and some degree of perseverance is required. Research has shown that 20,000 to 30,000", "title": "Frenkel exercises" }, { "docid": "16116204", "text": "recorded basic tracks, and Hunt approached Peter Dyer to create a backing soundscape for the tracks. \"What Were You Hoping For?\" was later mixed by Melissa Mattey. Hunt has cited its minimalist recording process as his \"most hands off approach ... thus far on an album\", calling the approach \"musically adept but also stringently unique. People might describe it as futuristic.\" Expanding on his previous work's blend of R&B and rock music forms, \"What Were You Hoping For?\" incorporates hard rock, lively funk, sparse ballads, and elements of soul, punk rock, and progressive rock. The music has a loose feel,", "title": "What Were You Hoping For?" }, { "docid": "8417769", "text": "the trunk and legs helps to recognize the effect a pelvic fracture has on someone. The pubic bone, the ischium and the ilium make up the pelvic girdle, fused together as one unit. They attach to both sides of the spine and circle around to create a ring and sockets to place hip joints. Attachment to the spine is important to direct force into the trunk from the legs as movement occurs, extending to one’s back. This requires the pelvis to be strong enough to withstand pressure and energy. Various muscles play important roles in pelvic stability. Because of the", "title": "Pelvic fracture" }, { "docid": "17337475", "text": "Frenkel exercises Frenkel exercises are a set of exercises developed by Professor Heinrich Sebastian Frenkel to treat ataxia, in particular cerebellar ataxia. They are a system of slow repetitious exercises. They increase in difficulty over the time of the program. The patient watches his hand or arm movements (for example) and corrects them as needed. Although the technique is simple, needs virtually no exercise equipment, and can be done on one's own, concentration and some degree of perseverance is required. Research has shown that 20,000 to 30,000 repetitions may be required to produce results. A simple calculation will show that", "title": "Frenkel exercises" } ]

[ "Remonstratory", "Protest movements", "Protested", "Remonstrating", "Remonstrators", "Political protest", "Remonstrater", "Remonstrates", "Protest group", "Protest action", "Protester", "Remonstrated", "Remonstratively", "Protestingly", "Protestors", "Remonstrations", "Protestedly", "Remonstrance (disambiguation)", "Protestor", "Protesters", "Protest movement", "Political protests", "The Protestor", "Art activism", "Protesting", "Remonstrative", "Remonstration", "Protest methods", "Remonstrance", "Online campaign", "Remonstrate", "Protests", "Remonstrativeness", "Remonstrator", "Protest", "Protestingness", "Demonstation", "Remonstraters", "Protestedness", "National protest", "Protestory" ]

[ { "docid": "1659023", "text": "(1969), \"The American Soldier\" (2003), \"You\" (2006), \"The Protester\" (2011) represented on the cover by a woman, and \"Ebola fighters\" (2014). Although the title on the magazine remained \"Man of The Year\" for both the 1956 \"Hungarian Freedom Fighter\" and the 1966 \"Twenty-five and Under\" editions which both featured a woman standing behind a man, and \"Men of the Year\" on the 1960 \"U.S. Scientists\" edition which exclusively featured men on its cover. It was not until the 1969 edition on \"The Middle Americans\" did the title embrace \"Man and Woman of the Year\". Despite the name, the title is", "title": "Time Person of the Year" } ]

[ { "docid": "1659032", "text": "title was given to Bill Clinton and Ken Starr, which led to outrage from the fans of Foley who mistakenly believed the winner of the poll would be the winner of the title. In 2006, the poll winner by a wide margin was Hugo Chávez, with 35% of the votes. The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came in second. \"Time\" again ignored those results, not mentioning them in the announcement of the Person of the Year. \"Time\" continues to annually run an online poll for the \"People's Choice\", but stresses the decision on whom the magazine recognizes is not made", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659019", "text": "Time Person of the Year Person of the Year (called Man of the Year or Woman of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine \"Time\" that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that \"for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year\". The tradition of selecting a \"Man of the Year\" began in 1927, with \"Time\" editors contemplating the news makers of the years. The idea was also an attempt to remedy the editorial embarrassment earlier that year of not", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659025", "text": "award or prize, simply based on many previous selections of admirable people. However, \"Time\" magazine points out that controversial figures such as Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), Nikita Khrushchev (1957) and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) have also been granted the title for their impacts. As a result of the public backlash it received from the United States for naming Khomeini as Man of the Year in 1979, \"Time\" has since shied away from using figures who are controversial in the United States for commercial reasons, fearing reductions in sales or advertising revenue. \"Time\"s Person of the Year 2001,", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659033", "text": "by the poll, but by the magazine's editors. Time Person of the Year Person of the Year (called Man of the Year or Woman of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine \"Time\" that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that \"for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year\". The tradition of selecting a \"Man of the Year\" began in 1927, with \"Time\" editors contemplating the news makers of the years. The idea was also an attempt to remedy", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659031", "text": "he had refused. \"Time\" denied that they had made any such promises or conditions to Trump, who was named a runner-up. \"Time\" magazine also holds an online poll for the readers to vote for who they believe to be the \"Person of the Year\". While many mistakenly believe the winner of the poll to be the \"Person of the Year\", the title, as mentioned above, is decided by the editors of \"Time\". In the first online poll held in 1998, wrestler and activist Mick Foley won with over 50% of the votes. Foley was removed from the poll, and the", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659029", "text": "documentary \"Fahrenheit 9/11\" became the highest-grossing documentary of all time the same year Gibson's \"The Passion of the Christ\" became a box-office success and also caused significant controversy. Moore said in an interview \"I got a call right after the '04 election from an editor from \"Time\" Magazine. He said,' \"Time\" Magazine has picked you and Mel Gibson to be \"Time\"s Person of the Year to put on the cover, Right and Left, Mel and Mike. The only thing you have to do is pose for a picture with each other. And do an interview together.' I said 'OK.' They", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "11339797", "text": "You (Time Person of the Year) \"You\" were chosen in 2006 as \"Time\" magazine's Person of the Year. The magazine set out to recognize the millions of people who anonymously contribute user-generated content to wikis and other websites such as Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, and the multitudes of other websites featuring user contribution. While the status had been given before to inanimate objects, with the personal computer being the \"Machine of the Year\" for 1982, as well as collections of people or an abstract representative of a movement, the choice of \"You\" attracted criticism from commentators in publications such as", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "11339798", "text": "\"The Atlantic\" for being too much of a pop culture gimmick. A \"New York Daily News\" article named the 2006 award as one of the ten most controversial \"Person of the Year\" moments in the history of \"Time\". However, the news-magazine experienced generally successful sales. While most earlier choices for \"Person of the Year\" have been historically important individuals, many of them infamous rather than internationally popular (Adolf Hitler was 1938's \"Man of the Year\", and Ayatollah Khomeini won in 1979), a few were inanimate. The personal computer was the \"Machine of the Year\" for 1982, while the \"Endangered Earth\"", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "1659028", "text": "elephant Dumbo from the Disney movie of the same name was selected to be \"Mammal of the Year\", and a cover was created showing Dumbo in a formal portrait style. However, the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 pre-empted the cover. The U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt was named Man of the Year for a record third time, although Dumbo's Mammal of the Year profile still appeared on the inside pages of the magazine. Film-maker Michael Moore claims that director Mel Gibson cost him the opportunity to be Person of the Year alongside Gibson in 2004. Moore's controversial political", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "11339803", "text": "listing 'Time Person of the Year, 2006' in Twitter bios, a reference to the gimmicky selection of 'You' that year?\" Additionally, the decision raised some criticism as it was described as ideological and even hypocritically political. Some weeks before the announcement, \"Time\" decided to ask the users in a poll, \"Who Should Be Person of the Year?\" After several weeks, the poll winner by a wide margin was Hugo Chávez, the leader of Venezuela, with 35% of the votes. The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came in second. \"Time\" decided to ignore those results and did not mention them in", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "11339804", "text": "the announcement of their \"Person of the Year\". Its critics underlined that \"Time\" ignores its digital democracy among its readers. \"Time\" supporters argue that an online poll is not representative as it has no scientific value. The hyperlink to the online poll results has been removed. A 2014 \"New York Daily News\" article, which named the \"You\" naming as one of the ten most controversial \"Person of the Year\" moments in the history of \"Time\", also remarked that \"2006 had its fair share of newsmakers\" while highlighting both \"Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\". You (Time Person", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "1659020", "text": "having aviator Charles Lindbergh on its cover following his historic trans-Atlantic flight. By the end of the year, it was decided that a cover story featuring Lindbergh as the Man of the Year would serve both purposes. Since the list began, every serving President of the United States has been a Man or Person of the Year at least once with the exceptions of Calvin Coolidge (in office at time of the first issue), Herbert Hoover (the subsequent U.S. President), and Gerald Ford. Most were named Man or Person of the Year either the year they were elected or while", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "14984427", "text": "\"Times\" in the Oromo language of Ethiopia and its style was to mirror the American TIME news magazine which also publishes its annual \"Person of the Year\" selections. Yeroo newspaper has stopped publication in Ethiopia after only a few months but its website version \"Jimma Times\" continues to operate online. Though many other Ethiopian media outlets make their own annual selections, Jimma Times's independent selection is the only one that often features interviews of the nominees and special report articles on the work of the winner(s). The winner for the award during Ethiopian calendar year 2001 was the peace activist,", "title": "Ethiopian Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659024", "text": "not just granted to individuals. Pairs of people such as married couples and political opponents, classes of people, and inanimate objects have all been selected for the special year-end issue. In 1949, Winston Churchill was named \"Man of the Half-Century\", and the last issue of 1989 named Mikhail Gorbachev as \"Man of the Decade\". The December 31, 1999 issue of \"Time\" named Albert Einstein the \"Person of the Century\". Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi were chosen as runners-up. Despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary, the designation is often regarded as an honor, and spoken of as an", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659030", "text": "call Mel up, he agrees. They set the date and time in LA. I'm to fly there. He's flying from Australia. Something happens when he gets home... Next thing, Mel calls up and says, 'I'm not doing it. I've thought it over and it is not the right thing to do.' So they put Bush on the cover.\" On November 24, 2017, U.S. president Donald Trump posted on the social media network Twitter that \"Time\" editors had told him he would \"probably\" be named Person of the Year for a second time, conditional on an interview and photo shoot which", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "11339800", "text": "floated in November as a possible winner. Readers' opinions were canvassed online. The final decision was made by managing editor Richard Stengel. The decision was announced in \"Time\" December 13, 2006 issue. The cover of the magazine featured an iMac computer monitor with a reflective mylar pane appearing as the window of a YouTube-like video player, intended to reflect as online content the visage of whoever picks up the magazine. The time remaining indicator in the image indicates a total duration of \"20:06,\" a visual pun connecting this ubiquitous bit of interface design to the year in which it gained", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "1659027", "text": "candidate than Albert Einstein. The selections were ultimately based on what the magazine describes as who they believed had a stronger influence on history and who represented either the year or the century the most. According to \"Time\", Rudolph Giuliani was selected for symbolizing the American response to the September 11th attacks, and Albert Einstein selected for representing a century of scientific exploration and wonder. Another controversial choice was the 2006 selection of \"You\", representing most if not all people for advancing the information age by using the Internet (via e.g. blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and Wikipedia). In 1941, the fictional", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659026", "text": "immediately following the September 11, 2001 attacks, was New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The stated rules of selection, the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the year's news, made Osama bin Laden the more likely choice that year. The issue that declared Giuliani the Person of the Year included an article that mentioned \"Time's\" earlier decision to select the Ayatollah Khomeini and the 1999 rejection of Hitler as \"Person of the Century\". The article seemed to imply that Osama bin Laden \"was\" a stronger candidate than Giuliani, as Adolf Hitler was a stronger", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659021", "text": "they were in office; the only one to be given the title before being elected is Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1944 as Supreme Commander of the Allied Invasion Force, eight years before his election. He subsequently received the title again in 1959, while in office. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only person to have received the title three times, first as president-elect (1932) and later as the incumbent president (1934 and 1941). In 1999, the title was changed to Person of the Year. Women who have been selected for recognition after the renaming include \"The Whistleblowers\" (Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley,", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "11339801", "text": "ascendancy in \"Time\" view. Stories on the new user-driven media dynamic were provided by NBC editor Brian Williams and \"Time\" magazine editors Lev Grossman and Richard Stengel. As Grossman describes, \"It's about the many wrestling power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes.\" The choice was criticized for being a short-sighted gimmick which ignored the existence of many prominent individuals that had shaped the events of the past year. Pundit Paul Kedrosky called it an \"incredible cop-out\", and he also speculated", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "3422897", "text": "to 27 March 1951), or to any person who completed a Ranger Course conducted by the Ranger Training Command at Fort Benning, Georgia. The Ranger Tab is one of four permanent individual skill/marksmanship tabs (as compared to a badge) authorized for wear by the U.S. Army. In order of precedence on the uniform, they are the President's Hundred Tab, the Special Forces Tab, the Ranger Tab, and the Sapper Tab. Only three may be worn at one time. Ranger tab The Ranger Tab is a service school military decoration of the United States Army signifying completion of the 61-day-long Ranger", "title": "Ranger tab" }, { "docid": "15963002", "text": "used in commercials for companies such as Mercedes-Benz and Bruno Banani. The duo's 1994 album \"Hip Jazz\" was named 'CD of the Month' by German magazine \"Der Wiener\". After interest in reissuing their material, the duo held a press conference in November 2011. The musicians announced a \"temporary reunion\" with a tour limited to 10 concerts, and the release of the 3CD best-of album \"Two Thumbs Up\" in 2012. In April 2012, at a festival on occasion of Hellmut Hattler's 60th birthday, Tab Two performed for the first time since 1999. The recordings were released as the 6-track album \"Live", "title": "Tab Two" }, { "docid": "14984426", "text": "Ethiopian Person of the Year Ethiopian Person of the Year is an annual issue of the Ethiopian news portal Jimma Times, formerly Yeroo private newspaper, which names and profiles person(s) who was (were) the most influential on events and had the most impact on Ethiopian people during the previous Ethiopian calendar year. Jimma Times's tradition of selecting the \"Ethiopian Person of the Year\" honor began during the new Ethiopian millennium (year 2000) when the multi-Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele was selected. It established the multi-language (Afaan Oromo, Amharic &English) private newspaper Yeroo the following year. The word Yeroo means \"Time\" or", "title": "Ethiopian Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "11365817", "text": "Person of the Year Person of the Year or Man of the Year is an award given to an individual by any type of organization. Most often, it is given by a newspaper or other news outlet to annually recognize a public person. Such awards have typically been awarded to one person, near or after the end of a calendar year. The awardee is usually someone widely known via a news media's audience. A local newspaper typically gives a Person of the Year award to a local individual. However, prominent Person of the Year awards have been given to persons", "title": "Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "430569", "text": "make it once\". In 2017, \"Time\" named The Silence Breakers, women and men who came forward with personal stories of sexual harassment, as Person of the Year. In recent years, \"Time\" has assembled an annual list of the 100 most influential people of the year. Originally, they had made a list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. These issues usually have the front cover filled with pictures of people from the list and devote a substantial amount of space within the magazine to the 100 articles about each person on the list. In some cases, over", "title": "Time (magazine)" }, { "docid": "12045670", "text": "MusiCares Person of the Year The MusiCares Person of the Year is an award presented annually by MusiCares (the charity arm of The Recording Academy), the same organization that distributes the Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the music industry and dedication to philanthropy. The award's name reflects the non-profit health care organization known as MusiCares, established by the academy \"to provide health and medical assistance to needy musicians\". Chosen by the MusiCares Foundation, award recipients are honored during \"Grammy week\" (a string of galas just prior to the annual Grammy Awards ceremony) with an \"all-star\"", "title": "MusiCares Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "11339799", "text": "was the \"Planet of the Year\" for 1988. Collections of people as well as a symbolic representative of multiple individuals had also won the award before; for example, \"U.S. Scientists\" were named \"Men of the Year\" in 1960. Similar media awards had already recognized the growing significance of online community and user-generated content: \"You!\" were ranked first in \"Business 2.0\" list of \"50 people who matter now\" in July 2006; while ABC News had listed bloggers as \"People of the Year\" for 2006. In accordance with \"Time\" annual process, different bureaus suggested different candidates. \"You\", or \"the YouTube guys\", was", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "2241221", "text": "Tab key The tab key (abbreviation of tabulator key or tabular key) on a keyboard is used to advance the cursor to the next tab stop. The word \"tab\" derives from the word \"tabulate\", which means \"to arrange data in a tabular, or table, form.\" When a person wanted to type a table (of numbers or text) on a typewriter, there was a lot of time-consuming and repetitive use of the space bar and backspace key. To simplify this, a horizontal bar was placed in the mechanism called the tabulator rack. Pressing the tab key would advance the carriage to", "title": "Tab key" }, { "docid": "11365820", "text": "fundraising volunteers locally and nationally in the U.S. each year, terming each dollar raised during a 10-week period to be a vote. Notable examples include: Person of the Year Person of the Year or Man of the Year is an award given to an individual by any type of organization. Most often, it is given by a newspaper or other news outlet to annually recognize a public person. Such awards have typically been awarded to one person, near or after the end of a calendar year. The awardee is usually someone widely known via a news media's audience. A local", "title": "Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "430567", "text": "1994 issue. In 2007, \"Time\" engineered a style overhaul of the magazine. Among other changes, the magazine reduced the red cover border to promote featured stories, enlarged column titles, reduced the number of featured stories, increased white space around articles, and accompanied opinion pieces with photographs of the writers. The changes have met both criticism and praise. \"Time\"s most famous feature throughout its history has been the annual \"Person of the Year\" (formerly \"Man of the Year\") cover story, in which \"Time\" recognizes the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest impact on news headlines over the", "title": "Time (magazine)" }, { "docid": "14341672", "text": "Time Out (magazine) Time Out is a British travel magazine published by Time Out Group. \"Time Out\" started its publication in 1968 and has expanded its editorial recommendations to 108 cities worldwide. In 2012, the magazine became a free publication with a weekly readership of over 307,000. \"Time Out\"s global market presence includes partnerships with Nokia and mobile apps for iOS and Android operating systems. It was the recipient of the International Consumer Magazine of the Year award in both 2010 and 2011 and the renamed International Consumer Media Brand of the Year in 2013 and 2014. \"Time Out\" was", "title": "Time Out (magazine)" }, { "docid": "11365819", "text": "not a member and may have no association with the awarding organization. A local award's selection process can be seen to be politically influenced, as dramatized in a \"Parks and Recreation\" television show episode. Variations on the theme include \"Business Person of the Year\", or \"Small Business Person of the Year\", or \"Entrepreneur of the Year\", commonly awarded by local chambers of commerce or other economic boosters. \"Woman of the Year\" awards are also given. Junior League chapters have long given \"Woman of the Year\" awards. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society gives \"Man & Woman of the Year\" awards to", "title": "Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "14131961", "text": "up by all of the U.K's tabloid newspapers and by ITV's \"This Morning\". A week in 2014 \"The Tab\" dubbed \"The week \"The Tab\" dominated Fleet Street\". In February 2017, \"The Tab Cambridge\" broke a story about a student member of the Cambridge Conservative Association burning a £20 note in front of a homeless person. The story was covered by \"The Guardian\", \"The Sun\" and \"The Daily Telegraph.\" In April 2010, an April Fools' Day story alleging that Cambridge had stripped Nick Griffin of his degree was picked up by \"The Sun\". On April Fools' Day 2014 a Cambridge story", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "11339802", "text": "that the selection marked \"some sort of near-term market top for user-generated content\". Commentator Kevin Friedl noted that the award and cover design recalled the mirror viewed by the protagonist, the Dude, of \"The Big Lebowski\", via which the viewer's reflection was framed as \"Time\" \"Man of the Year\". In December 2012, journalist David A. Graham wrote for \"The Atlantic\" that he thought \"Time\" had shown \"a pattern of lackluster choices\" and the overall promotional nature of the process shouldn't be treated as news, rather simply viewed as marketing. He remarked, \"Is anyone out there \"not\" sick of people ironically", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "14131953", "text": "of the vote. In early 2010, \"The Tab\" ran an April Fools' Day hoax claiming Griffin had been stripped of his degree. This was subsequently reported by \"The Sun\" who believed the claims to be genuine. In November 2010, \"The Tab\" released documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act detailing recent disciplinary procedures enacted across the University. Details from the documents released were then reported by national newspapers, including \"The Daily Telegraph\". In June 2011, \"The Tab\" published a pilot print edition of 5,000 copies in May Week and another Freshers' Week edition in October 2011. This tradition continued", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "15963001", "text": "Tab Two Tab Two is a German acid jazz or \"hip jazz\" band formed in 1991. 'Tab' stands for Trumpet and Bass. The band consists of Hellmut Hattler and Joo Kraus. Bassist Hattler and trumpeter Kraus had played together since 1987, for some of that time as members of Kraan. They began composing together and started Tab Two in 1991. Combining acoustic instruments and electronics, their music was referred to as \"hip jazz\". They signed for Virgin Records in Europe, and later Polydor, JVC Victor in Japan, and released eight albums together before splitting up in 1999. Their music was", "title": "Tab Two" }, { "docid": "3754868", "text": "by a panel of Master Chief Petty Officers, led by the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (MCPOCG). The decoration is a one time only award and there are no devices authorized for multiple presentations. The Coast Guard Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year was previously called the \"NERA Outstanding Enlisted CG Reservist Award\". This award was based on the Outstanding Airman of the Year Ribbon, which is awarded by the United States Air Force. The United States Army, United States Navy, and United States Marine Corps have no award equivalent to the Enlisted Person of the Year", "title": "Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon" }, { "docid": "2985658", "text": "linking saccharin with cancer in humans. Tab's popularity declined after the Coca-Cola company's introduction of Diet Coke in 1982, though it remained the best-selling diet soda of that year. Coca-Cola continues to produce Tab in the United States, though in considerably smaller quantities than its more popular mainstay beverages, such as Coca-Cola and Diet Coke. According to the company, three million cases of Tab were made in 2011, and the beverage has retained a cult following over the years. In 2006, a Tab-branded energy drink was released, though it utilizes a different formula from the standard cola. Tab was created", "title": "Tab (drink)" }, { "docid": "19745074", "text": "In April 2016, DJ Tab was honoured and listed on \"Deluxe Magazine\"'s \"Emerging30\", a list of 30 under-30 individuals who have redefined their respective fields. In 2018, he was recognized at the 2018 Stifel Bank & Trust Black Tie Community Award where he was the Arts & Entertainment Recipient winner. DJ Tab Trumaine Barnett-Epps (born September 19, 1987), professionally known as DJ Tab, is an American hip hop DJ, record producer and entrepreneur. With nearly 15 mixtapes over the course of his music career, he has worked with notable acts including DJ Khaled, Chris Brown, Bow Wow and J-Kwon. In", "title": "DJ Tab" }, { "docid": "14131952", "text": "your rooms\". \"The Tab\" was initially funded entirely by its three founders, although it now funds itself through advertising and other investment. At its inception, \"Tab Totty\", a \"Page 3\"-esque feature, featured photographs of scantily clad Cambridge University (male and female) students in provocative poses. The feature was widely criticised, and Cambridge University's Women's Officer stated, \"We can do better as a university\". The subsequent controversy was picked up by several mainstream British newspapers, and made international headlines. In 2009, the site's readers voted British National Party leader Nick Griffin \"The worst person ever to attend Cambridge University\" with 44%", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "4646552", "text": "for the second time, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year. 2013 saw Benoit win the Blues Music Awards Contemporary Blues Male Artist for the second year in a row. Benoit became owner of Tab Benoit's Lagniappe Music Cafe, situated in the downtown district of Houma, Louisiana. Benoit has also been involved in conservation efforts on behalf of Louisiana wetlands. He is the founder of 'Voice of the Wetlands,' an organization promoting awareness of the receding coastal wetlands of Louisiana. In 2010, Tab Benoit received the Governor's Award - Conservationist of the Year for 2009 by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Tab", "title": "Tab Benoit" }, { "docid": "14131959", "text": "scoops for \"The Tab\" include Malia Obama's decision to go to Harvard University, the publication of the memes that got 12 incoming freshmen kicked out of Harvard, and the story of married Louisiana politician Mike Yenni seducing a 17-year-old boy, who went on to study at Brown University. In December 2012, the Bristol title revealed a ban on female speakers at the university's Christian Union. In January 2013, \"The Tab Exeter\" broke a story about staff in the University of Exeter student bar recording a couple having sex that they had seen on their CCTV, during the Safer Sex Ball.", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "3754869", "text": "Ribbon, although do maintain similar programs for yearly recognition of outstanding enlisted personnel. Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon The Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon is a decoration of the United States Coast Guard which was established in 1999, though retroactive to 1994, by order of the Commandant of the Coast Guard. The Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon is annually awarded to two members of the Coast Guard, paygrade E-2 through E-6; the Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year (EPOY) and the Coast Guard Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year (REPOY). The selection based on a display", "title": "Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon" }, { "docid": "14862619", "text": "Device (HID) bluetooth features so it will not work with bluetooth keyboards, mice, etc. However, updates did correct this issue for both carriers. Sprint started offering the Galaxy Tab on 14 November 2010. AT&T began offering the Tab on 21 November 2010, with no contract requirement. The FCC approved a Wi-Fi only version of the Galaxy Tab. Some Best Buy advertisements appear to have been prematurely leaked about the Wi-Fi only version of the Galaxy Tab. Wi-Fi-only model was released on 11 April 2011. A week after its release, Samsung announced that they had sold 600,000 units. On the 4", "title": "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0" }, { "docid": "10737198", "text": "Kerasiotes as a board member. Tab's circulation, at the time, was given at 163,000. Following a tough year economically, Tab in 1991 sent a letter to its subscribers asking for a voluntary donation of US$10 to keep the newspapers, and community events they sponsored, afloat. Late in 1992, Cummings, Pergament and Yousoufian sold out for an undisclosed price to Fidelity Investments. Cummings and Pergament stayed on as heads of Tab Communications, which formed a semi-autonomous division of Community Newspaper Company. The deal raised CNC's weekly circulation to 550,000. Tab Communications was dissolved in early 1996, when CNC realigned its operating", "title": "Tab Communications" }, { "docid": "14984428", "text": "founder of the first private bank Awash and leading politician Bulcha Demeksa while the CEO and founder of Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Dr. Eleni Gebre-Medhin won the honor in 2002. \"* Ethiopian calendar year 2000 refers to western calendar years of 2007 and 2008.\" Ethiopian Person of the Year Ethiopian Person of the Year is an annual issue of the Ethiopian news portal Jimma Times, formerly Yeroo private newspaper, which names and profiles person(s) who was (were) the most influential on events and had the most impact on Ethiopian people during the previous Ethiopian calendar year. Jimma Times's tradition of selecting", "title": "Ethiopian Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "14862973", "text": "Serrat was honored on November 19, 2014. Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians originating from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Panama, Italy, and the United States. Each year is linked to an article about the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony of that year. Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the Latin music industry and dedication to", "title": "Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "3754867", "text": "Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon The Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon is a decoration of the United States Coast Guard which was established in 1999, though retroactive to 1994, by order of the Commandant of the Coast Guard. The Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon is annually awarded to two members of the Coast Guard, paygrade E-2 through E-6; the Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year (EPOY) and the Coast Guard Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year (REPOY). The selection based on a display of pride, professionalism, and dedication to Coast Guard core values, and is made", "title": "Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon" }, { "docid": "1659022", "text": "and Sherron Watkins in 2002), Melinda Gates (jointly with Bill Gates and Bono, in 2005), Angela Merkel in 2015 and \"The Silence Breakers\" in 2017. Prior to 1999, four women were granted the title as individuals: three as \"Woman of the Year\"—Wallis Simpson (1936), Queen Elizabeth II (1952), and Corazon Aquino (1986)—and one as half of the \"Man and Wife of the Year\", Soong Mei-ling (1937). \"American Women\" were recognized as a group in 1975. Other classes of people recognized comprise both men and women, such as \"Hungarian Freedom Fighters\" (1956), \"U.S. Scientists\" (1960), \"The Inheritors\" (1966), \"The Middle Americans\"", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "14862972", "text": "for founding Semjase, an orphanage for approximately 120 children. Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo received the 2010 award for founding Operalia, The World Opera Competition (an annual international voice competition), for raising millions of dollars through benefit concerts for disaster victims, for helping to establish a hospital in Lerma, Mexico State, and for additional goodwill efforts. Shakira was honored as Person of the Year on November 9, 2011. She also won the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for \"Sale El Sol\". Caetano Veloso was honored on November 14, 2012. Miguel Bosé was honored on November 20, 2013. Joan Manuel", "title": "Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "3422896", "text": "the United States Army Infantry School may award the Ranger Tab to any person who successfully completed a Ranger Course conducted by that school. The Commander, United States Army Human Resources Command, may award the Ranger Tab to any person who was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge while serving during World War II as a member of a Ranger Battalion (1st Battalion – 6th Battalion inclusive) or in the 5307th Composite Unit, Provisional (Merrill's Marauders), to any person who was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge while serving during the Korean War with the Eighth Army Ranger Company (11 October 1950", "title": "Ranger tab" }, { "docid": "9759095", "text": "homosexual men and commentary on liberalism in Canada. The \"Gazette\" took this as recognition from a US magazine that Canadians are distinct from Americans. There has never been a woman selected as Canadian Newsmaker of the Year. Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (Time) The Canadian Newsmaker of the Year is a designation awarded by the Canadian edition of \"Time\" magazine. It comes with a written piece reflecting the magazine's staff's opinion on which Canadian or Canadians have had the most impact on the news, either positively or negatively. The honour has also been known by the title Canada's Newsmaker, or", "title": "Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (Time)" }, { "docid": "14131962", "text": "alleged that Prince William had received a third class degree. In October 2016, a group of University of Nottingham students dressed as a rollercoaster were reported by \"The Tab\" to be impersonating The Smiler rollercoaster crash of June 2015. This article was picked up by the national press including the BBC, ITV and \"Metro\". \"The Tab\" reporter, Joseph Archer, admitted to the \"Daily Mail\" that he had 'not spoken to the group to ask what their costume was about' as the bar they were in was 'very busy', a statement that the group of students said was wrong. \"The Tab\"", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "14862969", "text": "Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the Latin music industry and dedication to philanthropy. Award recipients are honored during \"Latin Grammy Week\", a string of galas just prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. The award was first presented to Cuban American musician and producer Emilio Estefan in 2000 for increasing public awareness of Latin music. Eight years later his wife, singer Gloria", "title": "Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "12939771", "text": "films for a half hour performance either before the film came on, or as a vaudeville act between films. Show Boat was one Broadway hit that was reduced to a truncated tab show running in movie theaters in the early 1930s. Third, tab shows were closely related to the early, non-stripper versions of burlesque. The girls were 'clean' and did not have bare legs. By the 1920s, \"tab show\" was sometimes used to avoid the negative, low-brow connotations of \"burlesque\". There are two suggestions for the origin of the word \"tab\". It is often said to be derived from \"tabloid\",", "title": "Tab show" }, { "docid": "14131954", "text": "in the following years. In Autumn 2012, \"The Tab\" expanded to twelve other British universities. Backed by external investment, Rivlin and Marangos-Gilks aim to build a mass circulation online paper for students across the country. The news site has held journalism training events in association with \"The Daily Telegraph.\" \"The Tab\" opened its first American bureau in Brooklyn in July 2015. \"The Tab\"'s first scoop to make the national papers came four days before it launched its first sub-site – a video of a UVA hockey player chugging a beer on the ice which they broke on their Facebook page", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "14131956", "text": "of CEO and Joshi Herrmann, a former Tab Cambridge editor who had been working at the \"Evening Standard\", was appointed as Editor in Chief. Grace Vielma became UK Editor. They have since expanded their team at their London office to 33 In September 2017 News Corp was the main investor of a total of $6m (£4.6m) of new funding raised by Tab Media. In return for its investment News Corp has taken a minority stake in it and Emma Tucker, deputy editor of \"The Times,\" will sit on its board of directors. \"Babe\" is a spinoff aimed at young women.", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "14131951", "text": "to their student teams, as well as writing for the site on a regular basis. In September 2017 News Corp was the main investor of a total of $6m (£4.6m) of new funding raised by Tab Media. In return for its investment News Corp has taken a minority stake in it and Emma Tucker, deputy editor of \"The Times,\" will sit on its board of directors. \"The Tab\" was launched in 2009 by Cambridge students Jack Rivlin, George Marangos-Gilks and Taymoor Atighetchi. The website was marketed as \"Cambridge University's Online Tabloid\" promising to \"provide fast news and entertainment direct to", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "2985660", "text": "influenced by the possible play on words, and shortened to \"Tab\" during development. Packaging designer Robert Sidney Dickens gave the name the capitalization pattern (\"TaB\") used in the logo as well as creating a new bottle design for the soft drink. For a time in the 1970s, Coca-Cola introduced six variety flavors of Tab (all of which were also sugar-free): Root Beer, Lemon-Lime, Ginger Ale, Black Cherry, Strawberry, and Orange. A caffeine-free version of the original Tab flavor was introduced in 1983, alongside caffeine-free versions of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke. Tab Clear, a caramel color-free version of Tab, was released", "title": "Tab (drink)" }, { "docid": "15889245", "text": "in September 2011 at the IFA in Berlin. It is, together with its cheaper sibling Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, the direct successor of the original Galaxy Tab. On 4 January 2012, Samsung announced in Singapore the launch for February 2012 at a price of S$898 (US$695). The Galaxy Tab 7.7 WiFi was on sale in Australia on 13 January 2012, with prices approximately A$550. The release was not advertised and only a few stores have stock. After Apple had secured another injunction against Samsung tablet computers in Germany, Samsung had to pull the Tab 7.7 from their booth including everything", "title": "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" }, { "docid": "20942650", "text": "purchased by them. By 2011, GateHouse had gotten completely rid of the \"@cnc.com\" domain and the CNC branding as a whole when it opted to replace it for \"WickedLocal.com\", the current website and branding for the \"Brookline TAB.\" The \"TAB\" suffix of the \"Brookline TAB\" refers to the advertisement heavy content of the newspaper. Within local news, the newspaper covers various sections including sports, entertainment, business, lifestyle and community events. In addition, it has a market place for items such as cars, homes and jobs. The online version of the newspaper also includes various blogs such as the community blog,", "title": "Brookline TAB" }, { "docid": "10737194", "text": "to us.\" Later that year, however, observers had kudos for the \"Cambridge Tab\", citing its eye-catching headlines and devotion to issue-based journalism as separating it from the 137-year-old \"Cambridge Chronicle\". One reader said he preferred the \"Tab\" because \"I want to know what's going on behind the scenes in politics. I'm not so interested in who was born or who died or what's on the school lunch menu.\" Pergament continued to stress the importance of local coverage in a 1986 story about free local weekly papers in \"Time\": \"The key to our success is that we're relentlessly local,\" he said.", "title": "Tab Communications" }, { "docid": "11225702", "text": "were previously not scheduled. TAB Trackside 1 broadcasts racing from all codes, both domestic and international, alongside specialist shows. TAB Trackside 2 broadcasts racing from all codes, alongside simulcasts of TAB Trackside Radio weekday mornings from 6am. In 2011, it live simulcast Fill the Basin, a February 2011 Christchurch earthquake fundraiser cricket match, with Canterbury Television. The channels area available on the Sky Television DHS encrypted satellite services (062 Trackside 1, 063 Trackside 2) and Vodafone InHome TV service in Wellington and Christchurch (062 Trackside 1, 063 Trackside 2). TAB Trackside Together, the outlets provide full coordinated coverage of all", "title": "TAB Trackside" }, { "docid": "14131950", "text": "The Tab The Tab is a youth news site published by Tab Media Ltd. It was launched at the University of Cambridge and has since expanded to over 80 universities in the United Kingdom and United States. The name originates from both an abbreviation for 'tabloid' and a nickname applied to Cambridge students (from 'Cantabs'). \"The Tab\"s network consists of a national site and an individual sub-site for each university. Local campus-based stories are produced by students, with a student editorial team for each sub-site. Professional editors in \"The Tab\"s offices in Shoreditch and Williamsburg offer guidance and editorial insight", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "8098551", "text": "Hundred Tab is one of four permanent individual skill/marksmanship tabs (as compared to a badge) authorized for wear by the U.S. Army. In order of precedence on the uniform, they are the President's Hundred Tab, the Special Forces Tab, the Ranger Tab, and the Sapper Tab. Only three may be worn at one time. President's Hundred Tab The President's Hundred Tab/Brassard is a badge awarded by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) to the 100 top-scoring military and civilian shooters in the President's Pistol and President's Rifle Matches. The tab is authorized for wear on military uniforms of the U.S. Army,", "title": "President's Hundred Tab" }, { "docid": "430566", "text": "The next change in border was in the September 19, 2011, issue, commemorating the 10th anniversary of September 11 attacks with a metallic silver border. Another silver border was used in the December 31, 2012, issue, noting Barack Obama's selection as Person of the Year. The most recent change was the November 28 / December 5, 2016 issue, featuring a silver border covering the Most Influential Photos of All Time. Former president Richard Nixon has been among the most frequently-featured on the front page of Time, having appeared 55 times from the August 25, 1952 issue to the May 2,", "title": "Time (magazine)" }, { "docid": "2985664", "text": "million cases of Tab that year (in contrast to the 885 million of Diet Coke). John Sicher, editor of \"Beverage Digest\", commented in 2013: The product is also available in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Southern African Customs Union, Norway (Under the name Tab X-Tra), and Spain. Tab was available in Australia in the 1960s to 1980s. It was also sold in the United Kingdom from the late 1970s to mid 1990s. Tab (drink) Tab (stylized as TaB) is a diet cola soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company, introduced in 1963. Coca-Cola's first diet drink, Tab was notably popular", "title": "Tab (drink)" }, { "docid": "2842892", "text": "produced by Glaser, J. J. Abrams and Zachary Quinto. Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning writer Doug Wright is attached to create the screenplay. In 1950, Hunter was arrested for disorderly conduct. The arrest was publicized in September 1955 in an innuendo-laced article by the tabloid magazine \"Confidential\", which stated that Hunter had been arrested at a \"'limp-wristed pajama party'\". Hunter's autobiography, \"Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star\" (2005) (co-written with Eddie Muller), became a \"New York Times\" bestseller, as did the paperback edition in 2007. The book was nominated for several awards. It re-entered \"The New York", "title": "Tab Hunter" }, { "docid": "3717527", "text": "uniform, they are the President's Hundred Tab, the Ranger Tab, the Special Forces Tab, and the Sapper Tab. Only three may be worn at one time (not including tabs that are part of the shoulder sleeve insignia such as Airborne or Mountain). Sapper Tab The Sapper Tab is a military badge of the United States Army which was authorized on June 28, 2004 by the Army Chief of Staff, General Peter Schoomaker. To be awarded the Sapper Tab, a service member may or may not hold the military occupation specialty code (MOS) designation as a Combat Engineer (Sapper), but must", "title": "Sapper Tab" }, { "docid": "11225701", "text": "2008. In October 2009, TAB introduced a second channel - TAB TV - to accommodate live racing from Hong Kong and Singapore. In October 2013 it changed the TVNZ metadata on the Freeview satellite service to unlock access to Trackside TV, keeping TAB TV as a pay-TV channel. On 14 April 2014, it ceased operations on Freeview, becoming only available to Sky subscribers. In August 2014, Trackside TV and TAB TV were relaunched as TAB Trackside 1 and TAB Trackside 2, extending racing coverage from all codes and enabling up to 5000 additional races to be broadcast each year that", "title": "TAB Trackside" }, { "docid": "3424000", "text": "on the green beret while support personnel wear it on the maroon beret. The Special Forces Tab is one of four permanent individual skill/marksmanship tabs (as compared to a badge) authorized for wear by the U.S. Army. In order of precedence on the uniform, they are the President's Hundred Tab, the Ranger Tab, the Special Forces Tab, and the Sapper Tab. Only three may be worn at one time. Special Forces Tab The Special Forces Tab is a service school qualification tab of the United States Army, awarded to any soldier completing either the Special Forces Qualification Course, or the", "title": "Special Forces Tab" }, { "docid": "9768663", "text": "one equal to or above 50x the value of the price paid for the chance) remain in that particular game at a given time. Pull-tab A pull-tab is a gambling ticket that is sold as a means to play a pull-tab game. Other name for the game include Break-Opens, Nevada Tickets, Cherry Bells, Lucky 7s, Pickle Cards, Instant Bingo, Bowl Games, or Popp-Opens. Physical pull-tab tickets are multi-layered paper tickets containing symbols hidden behind perforated tabs. The object of the ticket is to open the perforated windows on the ticket and reveal a winning combination. The winning pull-tab ticket is", "title": "Pull-tab" }, { "docid": "430549", "text": "news magazine. The print edition has a readership of 26 million, 20 million of whom are based in the United States. In mid-2012, its circulation was over three million, which had lowered to two million by late 2017. Richard Stengel was the managing editor from May 2006 to October 2013, when he joined the U.S. State Department. Nancy Gibbs was the managing editor from September 2013 until September 2017. She was succeeded by Edward Felsenthal, who had been \"Time\"'s digital editor. \"Time\" magazine was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, making it the first weekly news magazine", "title": "Time (magazine)" }, { "docid": "12621030", "text": "The Tab Hunter Show The Tab Hunter Show is an American sitcom starring Tab Hunter. The series ran new episodes on NBC from September 18, 1960, to April 30, 1961; rebroadcasts then aired from May until September 17. It was Hunter's first recurring role in a TV series, although he had appeared on a medium numerous times. Hunter stars as Paul Morgan, a 29-year-old cartoonist whose comic strip \"Bachelor at Large\" profiles his amorous adventures around Malibu Beach, California. The program also starred Jerome Cowan as Hunter's boss; John Larsen, the owner of Comics, Inc.; Richard Erdman as his best", "title": "The Tab Hunter Show" }, { "docid": "17050961", "text": "2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) announced that a new 4G LTE-Enabled Samsung Galaxy Tab features access to Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Network and a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera will be available The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus was the direct successor to the original Galaxy Tab. This model had the same resolution as its predecessor at 1024 x 600, but used a PLS panel. It came with Android 3.2 Honeycomb pre-installed as well as including newer, more powerful hardware. During IFA 2011 in Berlin, Samsung announced the new Galaxy Tab", "title": "Samsung Galaxy Tab series" }, { "docid": "11365818", "text": "well beyond the scope of a given news market, to animals (Secretariat), to two or more persons in the event of a tie, and to groups of persons whose membership is not clear (Ebola fighters). Also the award is presented annually by some organizations but may be a one-off or occasional event for others. The award can be facetious or serious. The chosen person is usually someone who has been notably influential or prominent during the year and could also be a hero or villain. Unlike most awards, it is externally oriented; the award is given to someone who is", "title": "Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "14131964", "text": "would receive many benefits, including: \"Getting your stories read by thousands of readers across the world\". \"babe\" has since established a small team of staff writers and editors at its Brooklyn office. The Tab The Tab is a youth news site published by Tab Media Ltd. It was launched at the University of Cambridge and has since expanded to over 80 universities in the United Kingdom and United States. The name originates from both an abbreviation for 'tabloid' and a nickname applied to Cambridge students (from 'Cantabs'). \"The Tab\"s network consists of a national site and an individual sub-site for", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "832836", "text": "of the novel. In 1941 the Pulitzer Prize committee for letters unanimously recommended \"For Whom the Bell Tolls\" be awarded the prize for that year. The Pulitzer Board agreed. However, Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University \"ex officio\" head of the Pulitzer board at that time, found the novel offensive and persuaded the board to reverse its determination; no award was given for letters that year. The novel takes place in late May 1937 during the second year of the Spanish Civil War. References made to Valladolid, Segovia, El Escorial and Madrid suggest the novel takes place within the", "title": "For Whom the Bell Tolls" }, { "docid": "9759092", "text": "Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (Time) The Canadian Newsmaker of the Year is a designation awarded by the Canadian edition of \"Time\" magazine. It comes with a written piece reflecting the magazine's staff's opinion on which Canadian or Canadians have had the most impact on the news, either positively or negatively. The honour has also been known by the title Canada's Newsmaker, or by titles such as \"Headliners\" and simply \"Newsmakers\" which were shared with non-Canadians. However, the exact phrase \"Canadian Newsmaker of the Year\" has been used by \"Time\". This selection is not to be confused with the Canadian", "title": "Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (Time)" }, { "docid": "3930318", "text": "a printhouse there. \"Ignác Pallós\" founded a steam brick and tile factory which employed the labor of Tab and the surroundings every year from autumn until spring. The first newspaper of the town started in 1909 under the name \"Tab és Vidéke\" (). In 1913 the \"Otthon Coffeehouse\" started to project movies. A credit institute was founded. The sporting association of Tab was formed in 1914. In the First World War 754 people from Tab served as soldier. After the war the nuns of the \"Szociális Missziótársulat\" started beside religious and moral lessons for the younger and older generations also", "title": "Tab, Hungary" }, { "docid": "10189251", "text": "RTÉ Sports Person of the Year The RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Award is the titular award of the RTÉ Sports Awards ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the Irish sportsperson (from the island of Ireland) judged to have achieved the most that year. The winner was originally chosen by a special panel of RTÉ journalists and editorial staff, but was selected by a public vote from a pre-determined shortlist in 2016. The first Irish sports award ceremony took place in 1985, and was closely modelled on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Three", "title": "RTÉ Sports Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "16340844", "text": "West Virginian of the Year West Virginian of the Year is an annual selection by the editorial board of the Charleston Gazette (the combined board of that paper and the Charleston Daily Mail between 1961 and 1991) of the individual who best shows the \"spirit of West Virginia\". The winner can either be a native West Virginian who achieved after leaving the state, or a person living in the state for achievements in the state. The winner is announced in the last Sunday edition of the Charleston Gazette-Mail. It is considered similar to the Time Magazine person of the year", "title": "West Virginian of the Year" }, { "docid": "15963003", "text": "at the Roxy\", for download only. In February 2013, Tab Two announced the release of the 3-CD set \"...Zzzipp! extended\". The album consists of the remastered live recordings from the 2000 album \"...Zzzipp!\" plus an additional track of a rehearsal with the audience, and a bonus CD with seven tracks from the 2012 tour. In 2013 they played two concerts as Tab Two & Friends, with former guest singer Sandie Wollasch again, and for the first time with a real band, Oli Rubow on drums and Ralf Schmid on keyboards. Tab Two Tab Two is a German acid jazz or", "title": "Tab Two" }, { "docid": "3964927", "text": "of the series, Sherman was the only major figure of the war who had written a first-person account. Afterwards, the works that Grant, Sheridan, and McClellan contributed to \"The Century\" led to books by each of those generals. As a result of the Civil War recollections, the number of subscribers to the magazine jumped to 250,000, a then unprecedented number for a magazine of its kind. Edward Weeks wrote that even by 1950 no \"quality magazine\" had ever had as many subscribers as \"The Century\" did in the 1880s, even though by that time the reading public had tripled in", "title": "The Century Magazine" }, { "docid": "10189253", "text": "award. Counting them separately, there have been twenty-seven winners of the award. Five of these have been Northern Irish. The most recent award was made in 2017 to James McClean. This table lists the total number of awards won by each nationality. The winner is in bold. RTÉ Sports Person of the Year The RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Award is the titular award of the RTÉ Sports Awards ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the Irish sportsperson (from the island of Ireland) judged to have achieved the most that year. The winner was originally chosen", "title": "RTÉ Sports Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "2241230", "text": "simply became a form of data compression. Despite five characters being ½″ and the typical paragraph indentation at that time, the horizontal tab size of 8 evolved because as a power of two it was easier to calculate with the limited digital electronics available. Vertical tab was rarely supported on these terminals. In contrast to the \"de facto\" 8 character standard, some IDEs use a default horizontal tab size of 4 characters. Tab-separated values (TSV) are a common de facto standard for exporting and importing database or spreadsheet field values. Text divided into fields delimited by tabs can often be", "title": "Tab key" }, { "docid": "14131960", "text": "Starting in September 2013, \"The Tab\" pioneered a campaign that got student unions across the UK to ban Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, after Edinburgh University Students' Association boycotted it. Later in the year, the site published an exclusive story after DJ Tim Westwood was caught unleashing a torrent of sexist jibes at Leicester's Student Union. In February 2016 \"The Tab\"s Reading edition interviewed Amber-May Ellis, a student at the University of Reading and a reality TV star, who got a tattoo of homeless Ian Beale on her thigh. In under 24 hours the story had gone viral, it was picked", "title": "The Tab" }, { "docid": "3930315", "text": "Tab. There were occasionally fights between the Hungarian and Turkish forces. Ferenc Nádasdy and \"György Zrínyi\" with the papal garrisons attacked once the \"Agha of Törökkoppány\" and chased the Turks away for a short time. After the Liberation of Buda in 1689 Tab became part of the Habsburg Empire. Several noble families (e.g. \"Fajszky\", \"Mérey\", \"Lengyel\", \"Nyitray\", \"Gussits\", \"Nagy de Felsőbükk\", \"Révay\" etc.) who had previously lands here reclaimed them, therefore they moved into the villages near Tab. It is known from the census of 1715 that Tab welcomed Hungarians, Germans and Slovaks from 1712 on in larger numbers. Tab", "title": "Tab, Hungary" }, { "docid": "6716468", "text": "selling points--its clearness.\" In July 2004, in an unrelated article, BBC Business News made a mention of how \"colourless versions\" of Coke \"have not been hugely successful\". Some have even referred to Tab Clear's marketing as a \"born to die\" campaign. In his 2011 book, \"Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry\", Stephen Denny published an interview with former Coca-Cola Chief Marketing Officer Sergio Zyman that stated the formation and subsequent failure of Tab Clear was a deliberate move to destroy Crystal Pepsi, capitalizing on the public's lack of understanding of Pepsi's heavily marketed product. Tab", "title": "Tab Clear" }, { "docid": "430573", "text": "of Osama bin Laden. \"Time for Kids\" is a division magazine of \"Time\" that is especially published for children and is mainly distributed in classrooms. \"TFK\" contains some national news, a \"Cartoon of the Week\", and a variety of articles concerning popular culture. An annual issue concerning the environment is distributed near the end of the U.S. school term. The publication rarely exceeds ten pages front and back. Time LightBox is a photography blog created and curated by Time's photo department, that was launched in 2011. In 2011 \"Life\" picked LightBox for its Photo Blog Awards. In 1940, William Saroyan", "title": "Time (magazine)" }, { "docid": "20942649", "text": "Greater Boston which was first based in Newton, Massachusetts before it was moved to neighboring town Needham. Tab Communications Inc. was bought along with its 14 newspapers in 1992 by Fidelity Investments following a rough economic year. During this time, Tab Communications was serving as a partially autonomous division of Community Newspaper Company, or CNC, which was founded by Fidelity, until it was disbanded by the corporation into two other sectors in 1996. Fidelity proceeded to sell CNC to the \"Boston Herald\" in 2001 before it became the largest component of its current owner, GateHouse Media, in 2006, upon being", "title": "Brookline TAB" }, { "docid": "3422895", "text": "soldier's military career. U.S. Marines presented with the Ranger Tab are not authorized to wear it on their uniforms. U.S. Airmen presented with the Ranger Tab are authorized to wear it on their uniforms pursuant to AFI 36-2903 (Dress and Appearance). The tab must be worn in a properly presented way on the upper crest of the left sleeve. , about 300 airmen have successfully completed the Army Ranger School and have been awarded the Ranger Tab. In the Canadian Army, personnel who have attained the Ranger Tab are permitted to wear it on their green tunics. The Commandant of", "title": "Ranger tab" }, { "docid": "15889244", "text": "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 is a tablet computer of a series of Android-based tablet computer produced by Samsung, introduced on 1 September 2011 at IFA in Berlin. Related models are the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0. It belongs to the second generation of the Samsung Galaxy Tab series, which consists of two 10.1\" models, an 8.9\", a 7.0\" and a 7.7\" model. The 7.7 is the thinnest tablet Samsung has made in the 7\" range. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 has been shown to the public", "title": "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" }, { "docid": "6716465", "text": "own clear cola, Tab Clear, at the end of the year. In late December 1992, Coca-Cola Co. president Doug Ivester told a gathering of New York reporters that Tab Clear was being positioned as part of the \"mainstream of diet soft drinks\" and was \"not a new-age beverage\". He declared: Tab Clear went international only two weeks after its introduction in the United States. The clear cola with \"a mouthful of flavor\" was introduced at a news conference in London on January 18, 1993. The product was made available to the British public from early February that year with a", "title": "Tab Clear" }, { "docid": "12984299", "text": "Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award The Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award (TMQDA) is an annual Time Magazine-sponsored award, in partnership with Ally Financial, honoring new-car dealers in America who exhibit exceptional performance in their dealerships and perform distinguished community service. It is the automobile industry's most prestigious and coveted award for car dealerships. Dealers are nominated by members of the Automotive Trade Association Executives (ATAE). Finalists and winners are chosen by a panel of faculty members from the University of Michigan's Tauber Institute for Global Operations. The \"TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year\" award is presented at the annual National", "title": "Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award" }, { "docid": "12984300", "text": "Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention. Source: Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award The Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award (TMQDA) is an annual Time Magazine-sponsored award, in partnership with Ally Financial, honoring new-car dealers in America who exhibit exceptional performance in their dealerships and perform distinguished community service. It is the automobile industry's most prestigious and coveted award for car dealerships. Dealers are nominated by members of the Automotive Trade Association Executives (ATAE). Finalists and winners are chosen by a panel of faculty members from the University of Michigan's Tauber Institute for Global Operations. The \"TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year\" award", "title": "Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award" }, { "docid": "3930313", "text": "Tab, Hungary Tab () is a town in Somogy County, Hungary and the seat of Tab District. It is situated approximately 175 km South West of Budapest and 22 km from Lake Balaton. Tab was first mentions as \"villa Thob\" in an official document from 1211. In 1320 the settlement belonged to a church dedicated to Saint Peter. Between 1285 and 1386 it was in the hands of the \"Ugali\" family under the name \"Thob\". Their surname had been eternalized by the medieval village of \"Ugajpuszta\" which is now part of Tab. Later the settlement belonged to \"István Rozgonyi\", the", "title": "Tab, Hungary" }, { "docid": "16147912", "text": "2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, presented on 22 December, was the 58th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a 10-person shortlist. Other awards presented include team, coach, and young personality of the year. The shortlist of ten sportspeople, which was drawn up by \"a range of sports experts from newspapers and magazines across the", "title": "2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "3930319", "text": "handcraft, housekeeping and nursing courses. In 1928 the \"Népművelő Testvérek Társasága\" continued their work. They established a kindergarten and a folk house. A new journal was founded under the name \"Népapostol\" in 1930 which existed until 1933. There were three primary schools: a Catholic, a Lutheran and a Jewish. In the Second World War a huge number of Polish refugees arrived to Tab. In March 1944 a ghetto was formed for the Jewish residents of Tab. The Soviets arrived on December 2, 1944. Tab, Hungary Tab () is a town in Somogy County, Hungary and the seat of Tab District.", "title": "Tab, Hungary" } ]

[ "San Diego (Calif.)", "San Diego, Ca", "San diego", "San Diego California", "America's Finest City", "City of San Diego", "San Diego, California", "San diego, CA", "Bell Junior High School", "San deigo", "San diego beaches", "San Diego, CA", "San Diego, California, U.S.", "San Diego", "The weather in San Diego", "San Diegan (passenger train)", "San Diego, Calif.", "Crime in San Diego", "San Diego (CA)", "San Deigo, California", "Pill Hill, San Diego, California", "San Deigo", "Sandiego", "San diego, ca", "Urban Communities of San Diego", "Dan Diego", "San Diego, United States", "San Diego, California, U.S.A.", "Venturan", "Sandy Eggo", "San Diegan", "UN/LOCODE:USSAN", "San Diego, California, US", "San Diego, California, USA", "San Diego CA", "San Diego, USA" ]

[ { "docid": "931473", "text": "Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area of Southern California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. It is the 39th most populous city in the United States and the 7th most populous in California. Long Beach is the second-largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the third largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego. Long Beach is a charter city. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the", "title": "Long Beach, California" } ]

[ { "docid": "17951739", "text": "Angeles. American Jewish University is located in Bel Air, Los Angeles. History of the Jews in Los Angeles History of the Jews in Los Angeles — the history of Judaism and the Jews in Los Angeles, Southern California. Los Angeles has the second largest Jewish population in the U.S., second only to New York City, and has the fifth largest Jewish population of any city in the world. In 1841 Jacob Frankfort arrived in the Mexican Pueblo de Los Ángeles in Alta California. He was the city's first Jew. When California was admitted to the Union in 1850, The U.S.", "title": "History of the Jews in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "17951720", "text": "History of the Jews in Los Angeles History of the Jews in Los Angeles — the history of Judaism and the Jews in Los Angeles, Southern California. Los Angeles has the second largest Jewish population in the U.S., second only to New York City, and has the fifth largest Jewish population of any city in the world. In 1841 Jacob Frankfort arrived in the Mexican Pueblo de Los Ángeles in Alta California. He was the city's first Jew. When California was admitted to the Union in 1850, The U.S. Census recorded that there were eight Jews living in Los Angeles.", "title": "History of the Jews in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "5996156", "text": "Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is a state-chartered public agency. Established in 1938, HACLA provides the largest stock of affordable housing in the city Los Angeles, California and is one of the nation's oldest public housing authorities. Its funds come from five main sources: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's annual operating subsidy, HUD's annual Capital Fund, Section 8 administrative fees, rent from public housing residents, and other program and capital grants from various sources. In July 1983, Mayor Tom Bradley disbanded the housing authority", "title": "Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "5996157", "text": "commission following allegations of mismanagement both by internal sources and by the \"Los Angeles Times\". The City Council took control. After months of dispute, including former commissioners rallying housing project residents to support them, the new commission took control the following January with reduced powers. The larger location sites are: Nickerson Gardens is the largest family large public housing development in Los Angeles with 1,066 units. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is a state-chartered public agency. Established in 1938, HACLA provides the largest stock of affordable housing", "title": "Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "9963895", "text": "their plants. These are also symbolized in the colors of the flag of Los Angeles. The fruit are on a field or, bordered with a 77-bead rosary, which presents Spanish missions in California. The arms are quarterly: Seal of the City of Los Angeles The Seal of the City of Los Angeles is, since 1905, the official seal of the City of Los Angeles, a city located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The escutcheon is encircled by the legal name of the city (City of Los Angeles) and year founded (1781). It was adopted on", "title": "Seal of the City of Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "9963894", "text": "Seal of the City of Los Angeles The Seal of the City of Los Angeles is, since 1905, the official seal of the City of Los Angeles, a city located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The escutcheon is encircled by the legal name of the city (City of Los Angeles) and year founded (1781). It was adopted on March 27, 1905, via Ordinance 10,834. The heraldic blazon of the coat of arms, as declared in the 1905 ordinance, is: Inside the ribbon, flanking the escutcheon, are grapes, olives, and oranges, major crops of California, on", "title": "Seal of the City of Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "12355627", "text": "About 15,000 Louisiana Creole persons of Acadian and Cajun background from Louisiana and the U.S. Gulf coast, many live in south-central L.A. alone. In the 1980 and 1990 Census, Bosnians established themselves in fairly large numbers in L.A. before the breakup of the former Yugoslavia and Bosnian Civil War of the 1990s. However, Yugoslav immigration was present in Los Angeles and Southern California (i.e. San Pedro, Los Angeles) since the turn of the 20th century. Salvadoran Americans are the second largest Hispanic population in Los Angeles, a city which holds the largest Salvadoran population outside of El Salvador and the", "title": "Demographics of Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "17833188", "text": "to better fit into the Mexican community, along with adopting aspects of Mexican culture. Some Salvadorans in Los Angeles insist on using Salvadoran Spanish. The Oscar Romero Charter Middle School opened in 2007. The school, named after Óscar Romero, teaches Salvadoran children about their heritage. Salvadoran Day is celebrated in Los Angeles each summer. Many pupusa restaurants operate in Los Angeles. History of the Central Americans in Los Angeles The City of Los Angeles includes a prominent Central American population. As of 2010 it is the second largest Latino and Hispanic ethnic group in Los Angeles after Mexican-Americans. The largest", "title": "History of the Central Americans in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "8318977", "text": "History of the National Football League in Los Angeles Professional American football, especially its established top level, the National Football League (NFL), has had a long and complicated history in Los Angeles, which is the center of the second-largest media market in the United States. Los Angeles was the first city on the West Coast of the United States to host an NFL team of its own, when the former Cleveland Rams relocated to Los Angeles in 1946 and played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (\"The Coliseum\") from 1946 until 1979. The Rams, after moving to suburban Anaheim, California", "title": "History of the National Football League in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "249030", "text": "Los Angeles Los Angeles (; ), officially the City of Los Angeles and known colloquially by its initials L.A., is the most-populous city in California. It is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City, and the largest and most populous city in the Western United States. With an estimated population of four million, Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. Nicknamed the \"City of Angels\" partly because of its name's Spanish meaning, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood and the entertainment industry, and sprawling metropolis.", "title": "Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "485728", "text": "3.9%. For Fall 2015, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) had a graduate acceptance rate of 27.6%. The university has a significant impact in the Los Angeles economy. It is the fifth largest employer in the county (after Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the federal government and the City of Los Angeles) and the seventh largest in the region. The UCLA trademark \"is the exclusive property of the Regents of the University of California\", but it is managed, protected, and licensed through UCLA Trademarks and Licensing, a division of the Associated Students", "title": "University of California, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "17368207", "text": "also controlled all movie halls and held full film distribution rights. The city also got the nickname of \"Emerald City of Los Angeles\". Los Angeles Port became the second busiest deep water port and the banking sector became very large. As the emergent economy, fueled by oil and Hollywood real estate boomed, though with a growth fluctuation during 1924-25, one third of the homes in Los Angeles were privately owned by home owners, unlike other major cities in the US where the housing was largely rented. During the process of development of the city the largest fossil area was found", "title": "Los Angeles in the 1920s" }, { "docid": "11675217", "text": "Also, Los Angeles boasts one of the busiest major airports in the world: LAX, also the Port of Los Angeles is the largest maritime port in the United States, and North America, and is the 4th largest in the world. Los Angeles is the largest city in California, and the second largest in the U.S., and is the world's capital for entertainment. Many factors make Los Angeles an important place on the global stage. The Los Angeles customs district is the largest in the U.S. in terms of international trade capital and volume. In demographic terms, Los Angeles is arguably", "title": "Los Angeles Consular Corps" }, { "docid": "17833182", "text": "History of the Central Americans in Los Angeles The City of Los Angeles includes a prominent Central American population. As of 2010 it is the second largest Latino and Hispanic ethnic group in Los Angeles after Mexican-Americans. The largest Central American groups were Guatemalans, Hondurans and Salvadorans. The first Central Americans arrived in the 1940s. In the 1970s the population of Central Americans were evenly distributed between the national origins and was relatively small. David E. Lopez, Eric Popkin, and Edward Telles, authors of \"Central Americans: At the Bottom: Struggling to Get Ahead\", stated that the Central American groups with", "title": "History of the Central Americans in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "4760004", "text": "Los Angeles California Temple The Los Angeles California Temple (formerly the Los Angeles Temple), the tenth operating and the second-largest temple operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), is on Santa Monica Boulevard in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. When it was dedicated in 1956, it was the largest of the church's temples, though it has since been surpassed by the Salt Lake Temple due to later expansions. The temple serves 39 stakes in Los Angeles, Ventura, Kern, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. The grounds include a visitors' center,", "title": "Los Angeles California Temple" }, { "docid": "4760012", "text": "Angeles Temple features murals on the walls of its progressive-style ordinance rooms, including the celestial room. The only other temple with celestial room murals is the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple. Los Angeles California Temple The Los Angeles California Temple (formerly the Los Angeles Temple), the tenth operating and the second-largest temple operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), is on Santa Monica Boulevard in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. When it was dedicated in 1956, it was the largest of the church's temples, though it has since been surpassed by the", "title": "Los Angeles California Temple" }, { "docid": "18137105", "text": "the 1920s and again in the World War II era (1941–45). The city's original barrios were located in the eastern half of the city and the unincorporated community of East Los Angeles. The trend of \"Hispanization\" began in 1970, then accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s with immigration from Mexico and Central America (especially El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala). These immigrants settled in the city's eastern and southern neighborhoods. Salvadoran Americans are the second largest Hispanic population in Los Angeles, a city which holds the largest Salvadoran population outside of El Salvador and the Salvadoran diaspora living abroad and overseas.", "title": "Ethnic groups in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "4375370", "text": "Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) serves the residents of the City of Los Angeles. The system holds more than six million volumes, and with over 18 million residents in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, it serves the largest population of any publicly funded library system in the United States. The system is overseen by a Board of Library Commissioners with five members appointed by the mayor of Los Angeles in staggered terms in accordance with the city charter. Library cards are free to California residents. Circulating books, zines, periodicals, computer access and audiovisual materials", "title": "Los Angeles Public Library" }, { "docid": "249080", "text": "the fifth-busiest port in the world and the most significant port in the Western Hemisphere and is vital to trade within the Pacific Rim. The Los Angeles–Long Beach metropolitan area has a gross metropolitan product of $866 billion (), making it the third-largest economic metropolitan area in the world, after Tokyo and New York. Los Angeles has been classified an \"Alpha world city\" according to a 2012 study by a group at Loughborough University. The largest employers in the city were, in descending order, the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and University of California, Los Angeles.", "title": "Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "2244852", "text": "Los Angeles metropolitan area The Los Angeles metropolitan area, also known as Metropolitan Los Angeles or the Southland, is the 30th largest metropolitan area in the world and the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It is the 3rd largest city by GDP in the world with a $1 trillion+ economy. It is entirely located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The tallest building in the Los Angeles metropolitan area is the Wilshire Grand Center at 1,100 feet (335.3 m) in Downtown Los Angeles. The metropolitan area is defined by the Office of Management and", "title": "Los Angeles metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "2244894", "text": "means shaking was felt. Los Angeles metropolitan area The Los Angeles metropolitan area, also known as Metropolitan Los Angeles or the Southland, is the 30th largest metropolitan area in the world and the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It is the 3rd largest city by GDP in the world with a $1 trillion+ economy. It is entirely located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The tallest building in the Los Angeles metropolitan area is the Wilshire Grand Center at 1,100 feet (335.3 m) in Downtown Los Angeles. The metropolitan area is defined by the", "title": "Los Angeles metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "5513974", "text": "Los Angeles City Controller The Los Angeles City Controller is an official in the government of the city of Los Angeles, California. The City Controller is the paymaster and chief accounting officer of the city. Along with the Mayor and the City Attorney, the City Controller is chosen by popular vote every four years. The position began in 1878 as the Los Angeles City Auditor and in the early days included secretarial duties for the Los Angeles Common Council as part of the job. Upon the re-election of John S. Myers in 1925, when the city approved a new charter,", "title": "Los Angeles City Controller" }, { "docid": "17368205", "text": "movie productions. A dramatic change took place over the decade, and in 1929, with the Great Depression, the city became a hub of Mexican immigrants and blacks, resulting in some of expansion and encroachment of the San Fernando Valley to its north and to the San Pedro Harbor in the south. The population was a cosmopolitan mixture of Caucasians, Protestants, Blacks (then the second largest group after Baltimore), Jews, Armenians, Italians, and Russians. Internal mass migration also took place when 2 million Americans migrated to California, of which 1.2 million settled in Los Angeles. There were no slums in spite", "title": "Los Angeles in the 1920s" }, { "docid": "8319045", "text": "book is the LA Bulldogs. History of the National Football League in Los Angeles Professional American football, especially its established top level, the National Football League (NFL), has had a long and complicated history in Los Angeles, which is the center of the second-largest media market in the United States. Los Angeles was the first city on the West Coast of the United States to host an NFL team of its own, when the former Cleveland Rams relocated to Los Angeles in 1946 and played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (\"The Coliseum\") from 1946 until 1979. The Rams, after", "title": "History of the National Football League in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "17939048", "text": "History of the Armenian Americans in Los Angeles The Los Angeles metropolitan area has a significant Armenian American population. As of 1990 this single area holds the largest population of Armenians in the world outside of Armenia. Anny P. Bakalian, author of \"Armenian-Americans: From Being to Feeling Armenian\", wrote that \"Los Angeles has become a sort of Mecca for traditional Armenianness.\" Since 1965 and as of 1993, the majority of immigration of ethnic Armenians from Iran or the former Soviet Union have gone to the Los Angeles area. The first Armenian families began to settle in the Los Angeles area", "title": "History of the Armenian Americans in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "5513975", "text": "the name of the position was changed to City Controller. In 2000, another update to the city charter added the power and responsibility of conducting \"performance audits\" of departmental effectiveness. Los Angeles City Controller The Los Angeles City Controller is an official in the government of the city of Los Angeles, California. The City Controller is the paymaster and chief accounting officer of the city. Along with the Mayor and the City Attorney, the City Controller is chosen by popular vote every four years. The position began in 1878 as the Los Angeles City Auditor and in the early days", "title": "Los Angeles City Controller" }, { "docid": "4179340", "text": "that are far more familiar as one of the building's most distinguishing exterior features. The Mayor Tom Bradley Room, as this large interior space is named, is used for ceremonies and other special occasions. The Los Angeles Dodgers will wear a commemorative uniform patch during the 2018 season celebrating 60 years in the city depicting a logo of Los Angeles City Hall. The building has been featured in the following popular movies and television shows: Los Angeles City Hall Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and", "title": "Los Angeles City Hall" }, { "docid": "5353145", "text": "Los Angeles City College Los Angeles City College (LACC) is a public community college in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. A part of the Los Angeles Community College District, it is located on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard. LACC offers university transferable courses. The college also offers the Theater Academy, a block program for students pursuing acting, technical side of theater, or costume design. LACC occupies the former campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The LACC campus was originally a farm outside Los Angeles, owned by Dennis Sullivan. It is one of nine", "title": "Los Angeles City College" }, { "docid": "17839926", "text": "city and the unincorporated community of East Los Angeles. The trend of \"Hispanization\" began in 1970, then accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s with immigration from Mexico and Central America (especially El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala). These immigrants settled in the city's eastern and southern neighborhoods. By 2000, South Los Angeles was a majority Latino area, displacing most previous African-American and Asian-American residents. The city is often said to have the largest Mexican population outside Mexico and has the largest Spanish-speaking population outside Latin America or Spain. As of 2007, estimates of the number of residents originally from the Mexican", "title": "History of the Mexican Americans in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "4179335", "text": "Los Angeles City Hall Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. It is located in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles in the city block bounded by Main, Temple, First, and Spring streets. The building was designed by John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr., and was completed in 1928. Dedication ceremonies were held on April 26, 1928. It has 32 floors and, at high,", "title": "Los Angeles City Hall" }, { "docid": "9618918", "text": "they occur, so that individuals, organizations and citizens can make their own decisions based on the facts. City News LA is published every week in the Los Angeles area and its website is maintained daily, with coverage available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. City News Los Angeles City News Los Angeles (CNLA) is a weekly newspaper created in 2001 to serve the LGBT community of Los Angeles, California. According to the official website: City News LA is a news organization which covers the issues facing the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community of Los Angeles. It", "title": "City News Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "5353147", "text": "Los Angeles Junior College with over 1,300 students and 54 teachers. The campus changed its name to Los Angeles City College in 1938. Los Angeles City College Los Angeles City College (LACC) is a public community college in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. A part of the Los Angeles Community College District, it is located on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard. LACC offers university transferable courses. The college also offers the Theater Academy, a block program for students pursuing acting, technical side of theater, or costume design. LACC occupies the former campus of the University of", "title": "Los Angeles City College" }, { "docid": "17951729", "text": "or developing many Los Angeles business and cultural institutions, including the entertainment, fashion, and real estate industries. Following the 2013 mayoral election, city councilman Eric Garcetti became the city's first elected Jewish mayor. He had previously served as the council president. As of 1996 most immigrants from Israel to Los Angeles are Jews who are Hebrew-speakers. As of 2008 the Los Angeles area had the largest Persian Jewish population in the U.S., at 50,000. The Beverly Hills Unified School District, the established Jewish community, and security attracted Iranian Jews to Beverly Hills, and a commercial area of the city became", "title": "History of the Jews in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "9618917", "text": "City News Los Angeles City News Los Angeles (CNLA) is a weekly newspaper created in 2001 to serve the LGBT community of Los Angeles, California. According to the official website: City News LA is a news organization which covers the issues facing the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community of Los Angeles. It is a multi-media news agency, as well as a print news organization, reporting on topics ranging from financial markets to hate crimes and political news. The LGBT community relies on City News LA journalists to provide accurate, clearly sourced accounts of events as they occur, wherever", "title": "City News Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "249079", "text": "healthcare, and transportation. In the 2017 Global Financial Centres Index, Los Angeles was ranked as having the 19th most competitive financial center in the world, and sixth most competitive in United States (after New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C.). Two of the six major film studios, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, are located within the city limits, their locations being part of the so-called \"Thirty-Mile Zone\" of entertainment headquarters in Southern California. Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in the western United States. The contiguous ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together comprise", "title": "Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "16192514", "text": "whole situation, embittered toward the NFL. That sentiment was best expressed by Fred Dryer, who at the time said \"I hate these people (the organization and its owner) for what they did, taking the Rams logo with them when they moved to St. Louis. That logo belonged to Southern California.\" Steve Rosenbloom, the general manager of the team during Carroll Rosenbloom's tenure, opined that teams come and go, but for a team to leave Los Angeles—the second largest media market in America—for St. Louis (approximately the 18th-largest) was simply irresponsible and foolish, in spite of the notoriously fickle support of", "title": "History of the Los Angeles Rams" }, { "docid": "13901506", "text": "operates the Harbor Gateway-Harbor City Branch Library. Harbor City, Los Angeles Harbor City is a highly diverse neighborhood within the Los Angeles Harbor Region of Los Angeles, California, with a population upward of 36,000 people. Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile Harbor City was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro. The area includes two high schools and seven other schools, as well as the Ken Malloy Harbor Regional and two other parks. There is a Kaiser Permanente Hospital", "title": "Harbor City, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "11675219", "text": "commercial offices: Los Angeles Consular Corps The Los Angeles Consular Corps is an informal organization representing 105 consulates located in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles has the second largest consular community in the world, after New York City. New York City is home to the United Nations, which means that every country has a formal presence in New York. Therefore, Los Angeles is particularly unique because it is neither a national capital (or even a state capital), nor headquarters for a major international organization such as the UN, nor a major financial center (such as Sydney, Shanghai, and Frankfurt) and", "title": "Los Angeles Consular Corps" }, { "docid": "11675215", "text": "Los Angeles Consular Corps The Los Angeles Consular Corps is an informal organization representing 105 consulates located in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles has the second largest consular community in the world, after New York City. New York City is home to the United Nations, which means that every country has a formal presence in New York. Therefore, Los Angeles is particularly unique because it is neither a national capital (or even a state capital), nor headquarters for a major international organization such as the UN, nor a major financial center (such as Sydney, Shanghai, and Frankfurt) and still has", "title": "Los Angeles Consular Corps" }, { "docid": "14530392", "text": "Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in the U.S. state of California and the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. During the 2016–2017 school year, LAUSD served around 734,641 students, including 107,142 students at independent charter schools and 69,867 adult students. During the same school year, it had 26,556 teachers and 33,635 other employees. It is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County, after the county", "title": "Los Angeles Unified School District" }, { "docid": "10218653", "text": "Los Angeles Airport Police The Los Angeles Airport Police Division (sometimes referred to as \"LAWAPD\" or LAXPD\") is the largest police agency in the United States dedicated exclusively to 24-hour airport activities. LAXPD is the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County, with more than 1,100 law enforcement, security and staff. It also has the largest civilian Airport security force in the nation. LAX Police is a division of Los Angeles Department of Airports, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the city department that owns and operates two airports in Southern California: Los Angeles International, and Van Nuys (general", "title": "Los Angeles Airport Police" }, { "docid": "2539797", "text": "City is located in the new 18th District covering most of the Eastern San Fernando Valley, California state Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian and U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman. Studio City, Los Angeles Studio City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer Mack Sennett in 1927, now known as CBS Studio Center. Originally known as Laurelwood, the area Studio City occupies was formerly part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. This land changed hands several times during the late 19th", "title": "Studio City, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "5908943", "text": "Mid-City, Los Angeles Mid-City is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. Attractions include restaurants and a post office named for singer Ray Charles, who had his recording studio in Mid-City. The neighborhood hosts eleven public and private schools. The Crenshaw/LAX Line from north-south is proposed to serve this area. The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation has posted Mid-City signage to mark the area. City installed signs are at the following intersections (from east to west): Hoover Street and Washington Boulevard, Vermont Avenue and Pico Boulevard, Western Avenue and Pico Boulevard, Normandie Avenue and the Santa Monica Freeway,", "title": "Mid-City, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "13901497", "text": "Harbor City, Los Angeles Harbor City is a highly diverse neighborhood within the Los Angeles Harbor Region of Los Angeles, California, with a population upward of 36,000 people. Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile Harbor City was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro. The area includes two high schools and seven other schools, as well as the Ken Malloy Harbor Regional and two other parks. There is a Kaiser Permanente Hospital as well. Harbor City's percentage of high", "title": "Harbor City, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "3450641", "text": "over 200 Second City revues in Canada and the United States. Alexander expanded The Second City TV & Film Division with offices in Los Angeles and Toronto. , the Second City has been awarded thirty-seven Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards, which have recognized them for Best Revue five times, the first being \"Paradigm Lost\" (1997). The revue’s director, Mick Napier, is one of several directors recognized by the Jeffs, a list that includes founder Bernard Sahlins (for 1983’s \"Exit, Pursued by a Bear\") and improv guru Del Close (1981’s \"Miro, Miro on the Wall\"). Sixteen alumni have received Jeff Awards for", "title": "The Second City" }, { "docid": "6609952", "text": "sponsorships is its sponsorship of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League which includes the naming rights to the team headquarters and practice facility City National Arena. It previously sponsored the LA Galaxy amongst other sports teams The Bank is also the Official Bank of the Los Angeles Clippers as well as the main sponsor of The Tony Awards City National Bank (California) City National Bank (CNB) is a bank holding company headquartered at City National Plaza in Los Angeles, California. CNB is a subsidiary of the Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada and it is the 37th largest", "title": "City National Bank (California)" }, { "docid": "18127835", "text": "CIF Los Angeles City Section The CIF Los Angeles City Section (CIF-LA) is the governing body of high school athletics for public schools in the city of Los Angeles and some surrounding communities. All of these schools were once associated with the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is one of ten sections that constitute the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). Official governance for high school sports in this area began in 1913, when the Southern California Interscholastic Athletic Council (SCIAC) was formed. Previous to that, some individual leagues dated back to the 1890s. The High School Athletic Association of Southern", "title": "CIF Los Angeles City Section" }, { "docid": "18127827", "text": "CIF Los Angeles City Section The CIF Los Angeles City Section (CIF-LA) is the governing body of high school athletics for public schools in the city of Los Angeles and some surrounding communities. All of these schools were once associated with the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is one of ten sections that constitute the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). Official governance for high school sports in this area began in 1913, when the Southern California Interscholastic Athletic Council (SCIAC) was formed. Previous to that, some individual leagues dated back to the 1890s. The High School Athletic Association of Southern", "title": "CIF Los Angeles City Section" }, { "docid": "10778000", "text": "also been called the \"New Jersey of downtown LA,\" though residents don't actually refer to it as such. City West, Los Angeles City West, also known as Central City West, is a name sometimes given to refer to the eastern edge of the neighborhood of Westlake in Los Angeles, California. The term is often used by residents, newspapers, and developers, as part of an attempt to include the area immediately west of the 110 Freeway as a part of Downtown Los Angeles. Although City West is occasionally considered either part of or an outlying area of Westlake or Echo Park,", "title": "City West, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "10777999", "text": "City West, Los Angeles City West, also known as Central City West, is a name sometimes given to refer to the eastern edge of the neighborhood of Westlake in Los Angeles, California. The term is often used by residents, newspapers, and developers, as part of an attempt to include the area immediately west of the 110 Freeway as a part of Downtown Los Angeles. Although City West is occasionally considered either part of or an outlying area of Westlake or Echo Park, its high-rise skyline mimics the adjacent Downtown Financial District more than any other surrounding neighborhood. The area has", "title": "City West, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "249031", "text": "Los Angeles is located in a large basin bounded by the Pacific Ocean on one side and by mountains as high as on the others. The city proper, which covers about , is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country. Los Angeles is the principal city of the Los Angeles metropolitan area; with a population of 13.1 million residents it is the second largest in the United States after that of New York City. It is part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area, also the second most populous in the nation with", "title": "Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "2537718", "text": "Panorama City, Los Angeles Panorama City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It has a generally young age range as well as the highest population density in the Valley. Ethnically, more than half the population was born abroad, a higher percentage than Los Angeles as a whole. Known as the valley's first planned community following a transition from agriculture to a post-World War II housing boom, it has produced several notable residents. Today it is a mixture of single-family homes and low-rise apartment buildings. Panorama City has three high schools, two", "title": "Panorama City, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "4059560", "text": "food has the largest foothold in Los Angeles after Mexican cuisine. Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai restaurants are extremely common place. Japanese food in particular is a staple of Los Angeles' haute cuisine scene with places like Urasawa in Beverly Hills, Nobu in Malibu and Koi in Hollywood. The city of Torrance, with its huge Asian-American population, seems to have the largest concentration of Asian restaurants while the city of Glendale, has the among highest concentration of Persian restaurants in the country. California-styled cuisine is considered to be highly influenced by Asian seafood, as well as by Mediterranean cooking. Even", "title": "Culture of Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "14418148", "text": "$24,074. Forty percent of children live in poverty. Sixteen percent of residents have no education beyond the sixth grade and 46 percent have no high school diploma; 17 percent have a bachelor's degree or higher. The average household size is 2.9 persons. Thirty percent of the population is under 20 years, while 11 percent is over 60. Thirteen men and two women have represented this district. This is the largest number of people to have represented any City Council district. Los Angeles City Council District 13 Los Angeles City Council District 13 is one of the 15 districts of the", "title": "Los Angeles City Council District 13" }, { "docid": "15878823", "text": "President of the Los Angeles City Council This is a list of presidents of the Los Angeles City Council. Not only does the officer preside over meetings of the council, but he or she also makes assignments to City Council committees and handles parliamentary duties like ruling motions in or out of order. The president automatically become acting mayor when the mayor is out of the state. The president is elected at the first meeting of the new council term, beginning on July 1 of every odd-numbered year. Normally this meeting is called to order by the City Clerk for", "title": "President of the Los Angeles City Council" }, { "docid": "841489", "text": "Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles (), is the most populous county in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of the U.S. state of California in the United States, with more than 10 million inhabitants . As such, it is the largest non-state level government entity in the United States. Its population is larger than that of 41 individual U.S. states. It is the third-largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a Nominal GDP of over $700 billion — larger than the GDPs of Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Norway and Taiwan. It has 88 incorporated", "title": "Los Angeles County, California" }, { "docid": "12496356", "text": "Los Angeles City School District The Los Angeles City School District was a school district that served Los Angeles, California, and some adjoining areas between 1870 and 1961. The district was formed on May 2, 1870, with the same boundaries as the city of Los Angeles. In 1890 the Los Angeles City High School District was formed to serve high school students. The Los Angeles City School District and various other feeder elementary school districts served elementary and junior high students. The elementary school district annexed various elementary school districts during its existence. The annexations include: The district disappeared on", "title": "Los Angeles City School District" }, { "docid": "919915", "text": "Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population of Pasadena was 142,647, in 2017, making it the 183rd-largest city in the United States. Pasadena is the ninth-largest city in Los Angeles County. Pasadena was incorporated on June 19, 1886, becoming one of the first cities to be incorporated in what is now Los Angeles County, following the city of Los Angeles (April 4, 1850). It is one of the primary cultural centers of the San Gabriel Valley. The city is known for", "title": "Pasadena, California" }, { "docid": "17958734", "text": "Iranian Education Foundation donated money to the district. \"Shirin in Love\" depicts a woman of Iranian origins living in Los Angeles. History of the Iranian Americans in Los Angeles Los Angeles (and Southern California in general) is home to a large Iranian-American community. With population estimates between 300,000 and half a million, Southern California boasts the largest concentration of Iranians in the world, outside of Iran. Iranian immigrants began arriving in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. As the 1979 Iranian Revolution unfolded, large numbers of Iranians fled Iran. Many of them settled in Los Angeles. Many Iranian", "title": "History of the Iranian Americans in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "17958715", "text": "History of the Iranian Americans in Los Angeles Los Angeles (and Southern California in general) is home to a large Iranian-American community. With population estimates between 300,000 and half a million, Southern California boasts the largest concentration of Iranians in the world, outside of Iran. Iranian immigrants began arriving in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. As the 1979 Iranian Revolution unfolded, large numbers of Iranians fled Iran. Many of them settled in Los Angeles. Many Iranian immigrants, including Muslims, Christians, and Jews, originated from the upper classes. Los Angeles was ideal for Iranians because it reminded them", "title": "History of the Iranian Americans in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "2537726", "text": "opened in 1963. Mission Community Hospital is a private, for-profit hospital owned by Deanco Healthcare located on Roscoe Blvd. serving the neighborhood. Mission Community Hospital features a basic adult Emergency Room, surgical services, an inpatient psychiatric hospital, and inpatient medical services. Panorama City, Los Angeles Panorama City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It has a generally young age range as well as the highest population density in the Valley. Ethnically, more than half the population was born abroad, a higher percentage than Los Angeles as a whole. Known as the", "title": "Panorama City, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "9494908", "text": "Media in Los Angeles The media of Los Angeles are influential and include some of the most important production facilities in the world. As part of the \"Creative Capital of the World\", it is a major global center for media and entertainment. In addition to being the home of Hollywood, the center of the motion picture industry, the Los Angeles area is the second largest media market in North America (after New York City). Many of the nation's media conglomerates either have their primary headquarters (like The Walt Disney Company) or their West Coast operations (like NBCUniversal) based in the", "title": "Media in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "1328674", "text": "Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) provides firefighting, rescue and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. The LAFD is responsible for approximately 4 million people who live in the agency's jurisdiction. The Los Angeles Fire Department was founded in 1886 and is one of the largest municipal fire departments in the United States, after the New York City Fire Department and the Chicago Fire Department. The department may be unofficially referred to as the \"Los Angeles City Fire Department\" or \"LA City Fire\" to distinguish it from the Los Angeles", "title": "Los Angeles Fire Department" }, { "docid": "8319012", "text": "Sports Network to discuss a possibility of football in L.A. Goodell said that he wouldn't like any team to relocate to the city. The commissioner said that if L.A. were to get a team, the league would have to expand to 34 teams. With no other non-NFL markets in the United States anywhere close to Los Angeles in size (the second-largest media market without an NFL team is Orlando, Florida, ranked #18, and even that market is within 75 miles of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), adding two expansion teams simultaneously in Los Angeles was one solution that had been explored.", "title": "History of the National Football League in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "3807802", "text": "hours and 00 minutes. City of Los Angeles (train) The City of Los Angeles was a streamlined passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California via Omaha, Nebraska, and Ogden, Utah. Between Omaha and Los Angeles it ran on the Union Pacific Railroad; east of Omaha it ran on the Chicago and North Western Railway until October 1955 and on the Milwaukee Road thereafter. The train had number 103 westbound and number 104 eastbound. This train was the top-of-the-line for UP, which marketed it as a competitor to the \"Super Chief\", a streamlined passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka", "title": "City of Los Angeles (train)" }, { "docid": "3807796", "text": "City of Los Angeles (train) The City of Los Angeles was a streamlined passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California via Omaha, Nebraska, and Ogden, Utah. Between Omaha and Los Angeles it ran on the Union Pacific Railroad; east of Omaha it ran on the Chicago and North Western Railway until October 1955 and on the Milwaukee Road thereafter. The train had number 103 westbound and number 104 eastbound. This train was the top-of-the-line for UP, which marketed it as a competitor to the \"Super Chief\", a streamlined passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway,", "title": "City of Los Angeles (train)" }, { "docid": "249081", "text": "The University of Southern California (USC) is the city's fourth largest employer and the largest private sector employer. , Los Angeles is home to three Fortune 500 companies: AECOM, CBRE Group, and Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Los Angeles is often billed as the \"Creative Capital of the World\", because one in every six of its residents works in a creative industry and there are more artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, dancers and musicians living and working in Los Angeles than any other city at any time in history. The city's Hollywood neighborhood has become recognized as the center of the", "title": "Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "3450651", "text": "comedy stage. The Second City The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise, best known as the first ever on-going improvisational theater troupe based in Chicago. It also has programs that run out of Toronto and Los Angeles. The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959, and has since become one of the most influential and prolific comedy theatres in the world. The Second City has produced television programs in both Canada and the United States, including \"SCTV\", \"Saturday Night Live\" (\"SNL\"), \"Second City Presents\", and \"Next Comedy Legend\". Since its debut, the Second City has consistently been a", "title": "The Second City" }, { "docid": "3450632", "text": "The Second City The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise, best known as the first ever on-going improvisational theater troupe based in Chicago. It also has programs that run out of Toronto and Los Angeles. The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959, and has since become one of the most influential and prolific comedy theatres in the world. The Second City has produced television programs in both Canada and the United States, including \"SCTV\", \"Saturday Night Live\" (\"SNL\"), \"Second City Presents\", and \"Next Comedy Legend\". Since its debut, the Second City has consistently been a starting point", "title": "The Second City" }, { "docid": "5743033", "text": "persons. Los Angeles Department of Transportation The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as LADOT, is a municipal agency that oversees transportation planning, design, construction, maintenance and operations within the City of Los Angeles. LADOT was created by city ordinance, and is run by a general manager appointed by the Mayor of Los Angeles, under the oversight of a citizens' commission also appointed by the mayor. LADOT is best known for providing public transportation to the City of Los Angeles. It currently operates the second-largest fleet in Los Angeles County next to Metro. It consist of over 300", "title": "Los Angeles Department of Transportation" }, { "docid": "5743028", "text": "Los Angeles Department of Transportation The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as LADOT, is a municipal agency that oversees transportation planning, design, construction, maintenance and operations within the City of Los Angeles. LADOT was created by city ordinance, and is run by a general manager appointed by the Mayor of Los Angeles, under the oversight of a citizens' commission also appointed by the mayor. LADOT is best known for providing public transportation to the City of Los Angeles. It currently operates the second-largest fleet in Los Angeles County next to Metro. It consist of over 300 vehicles,", "title": "Los Angeles Department of Transportation" }, { "docid": "18137117", "text": "Latin American Indian groups) are a low-percentage, yet notable part of the population. Los Angeles is thought to have the largest Urban Indian community in the United States (est. above 100,000-about 2% or higher upwards to 5% of the city population) who belong to over 100 tribal nations. There are between 2,000 and 25,000 members of the Cherokee Nation based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in the city and county respectively. There is the local Chumash tribe whose homeland encompasses the Los Angeles Basin and Central Coast of California. Native Americans in Los Angeles, like throughout the country, are referred to an", "title": "Ethnic groups in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "4375389", "text": "many neighborhoods. Eight of the larger branches are designated \"regional branches\": Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) serves the residents of the City of Los Angeles. The system holds more than six million volumes, and with over 18 million residents in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, it serves the largest population of any publicly funded library system in the United States. The system is overseen by a Board of Library Commissioners with five members appointed by the mayor of Los Angeles in staggered terms in accordance with the city charter. Library cards are free to", "title": "Los Angeles Public Library" }, { "docid": "12753111", "text": "being deleted, in addition to a lot of plot lines not being resolved. All scenes were restored for the mini-series DVD release. The Great Los Angeles Earthquake The Great Los Angeles Earthquake is a 1990 television film about a massive earthquake that strikes Los Angeles, California. The movie stars Joanna Kerns in the movie's lead role, seismologist Clare Winslow, who tries to warn city leaders of the possibility that a powerful earthquake may strike southern California. The movie begins with a small tremor occurring in the hills outside Los Angeles near a United States Geological Survey (USGS) research post which", "title": "The Great Los Angeles Earthquake" }, { "docid": "2206267", "text": "Wilmington, Los Angeles Wilmington is a neighborhood in the Los Angeles Harbor Region area of Los Angeles, California, covering 9.14 square miles. Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States, this neighborhood has a high percentage of Latino and foreign-born residents. It is the site of Los Angeles Harbor College, Banning High School, and ten other primary and secondary schools. Wilmington has six parks. Wilmington dates its history back to a 1784 Spanish land grant. It became a separate city in 1863, and it joined the city of Los Angeles in 1909.", "title": "Wilmington, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "2539789", "text": "Studio City, Los Angeles Studio City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer Mack Sennett in 1927, now known as CBS Studio Center. Originally known as Laurelwood, the area Studio City occupies was formerly part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. This land changed hands several times during the late 19th Century and was eventually owned by James Boon Lankershim (1850–1931), and eight other developers who organized the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company. In 1899, however,", "title": "Studio City, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "2539796", "text": "unstaffed park, is in Studio City. In addition, Studio City has the Studio City Mini-Park, an unstaffed pocket park. Studio City is part of the city of Los Angeles and sits entirely within City Council District 2, which is represented by Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian. Studio City is represented to the city of Los Angeles by the Studio City Neighborhood Council, one of 90 such Neighborhood Councils in the city created and funded by the city of Los Angeles. The area is also represented by Los Angeles County District 3 Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, State Senator Robert Hertzberg, Studio", "title": "Studio City, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "242114", "text": "Dodger fan. The Dodgers set the world record for the largest attendance for a single baseball game during an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox on March 28, 2008 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in honor of the Dodgers 50th anniversary, with 115,300 fans in attendance. All proceeds from the game benefited the official charity of the Dodgers, ThinkCure! which supports cancer research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and City of Hope. Primarily Dodgers fans are from their own location in southern California and also parts of southern Nevada; however there are also strong pockets of Dodger support", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "15878824", "text": "the election of the president, after which a president pro tempore is chosen. Next to the mayor, the president and president pro tem of the council are generally considered the most powerful officials in municipal government. The president serves as mayor in the absence of the chief executive [the mayor], and the pro tem fills the top position in the absence of both. Two-year terms beginning on July 1 of the years shown below President of the Los Angeles City Council This is a list of presidents of the Los Angeles City Council. Not only does the officer preside over", "title": "President of the Los Angeles City Council" }, { "docid": "66762", "text": "California California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.5 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second-most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County; its largest county by area, San Bernardino County; and its second", "title": "California" }, { "docid": "6780644", "text": "Los Angeles City Marshal The Los Angeles City Marshal was the chief law enforcement officer of Los Angeles in the city's early years. The City Marshal was an office created in 1850 upon the city's incorporation. The title was City Marshal, Tax and Licence Collector. The title of Chief of Police was added in 1871. In 1876 the position of City Marshal was eliminated. Jacob F. Gerkens as the first officer to hold the new title of Chief of Police. J.J. Carrillo continued as Tax and Licence Collector in 1876 - 1877. The second City Marshal, Jack Whaling, was shot", "title": "Los Angeles City Marshal" }, { "docid": "15189196", "text": "Los Angeles City Council District 5 Los Angeles City Council District 5 is one of the 15 districts of the Los Angeles City Council. Paul Koretz is the current council member. District 5 represents Los Angeles communities in the Westside, central-eastern Santa Monica Mountains, and central-southern San Fernando Valley. The district covers all or a portion of the following communities and neighborhoods: Bel Air, Beverly Crest, Beverly Grove, Beverlywood, California Country Club, Carthay Circle, Century City, Cheviot Hills, Comstock Hills, western Fairfax District, Holmby Hills, Melrose, Palms, Pico-Robertson, Roscomare, Westwood, UCLA, and Westside Village. Encino and Oak Forest Canyon. For", "title": "Los Angeles City Council District 5" }, { "docid": "12496357", "text": "July 1, 1961, when it and the Palos Verdes School District merged and became a unified school district, the Los Angeles Unified School District. The annexation left the Topanga School District and the Las Vergenes Union School District as separate remnants of the high school district, renamed to the West County Union High School District. Los Angeles City School District The Los Angeles City School District was a school district that served Los Angeles, California, and some adjoining areas between 1870 and 1961. The district was formed on May 2, 1870, with the same boundaries as the city of Los", "title": "Los Angeles City School District" }, { "docid": "3794544", "text": "July 5, 1921 Election: June 7, 1921 / Term: July 1921 to July 1923 Election: June 5, 1923 / Term: July 1923 to July 1925 Regular terms begin on July 1 of odd-numbered years until 2017 and on the second Monday in December of even-numbered years starting with 2020. Los Angeles City Council The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles. The council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The president of the council and the president pro tempore are chosen by the council at the first", "title": "Los Angeles City Council" }, { "docid": "3794540", "text": "Los Angeles City Council The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles. The council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The president of the council and the president pro tempore are chosen by the council at the first regular meeting of the term (after June 30 in odd-numbered years until 2017 and the second Monday of December in even-numbered years beginning in 2020). An assistant president pro tempore is appointed by the President. As of 2015, council members receive an annual salary of $184,610 per year, which", "title": "Los Angeles City Council" }, { "docid": "12266315", "text": "History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department The History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department began with its founding in 1850 as the first professional police force in the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has become the seventh largest law enforcement agency in the United States. Since 1996, it has also been the largest sheriff's department in the world. Following the organization of the State of California into counties, the Sheriff's Department of Los Angeles County was formed in April, 1850. Elections for the office of Sheriff were held annually until 1882, when the", "title": "History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department" }, { "docid": "4179338", "text": "pyramid at the top of the building is an airplane beacon named in honor of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, cf Lindbergh Beacon. Circa 1939, there was an art gallery, in Room 351 on the third floor, that exhibited paintings by California artists. The building was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1976. In 1998 the building was closed during a total $135 million refurbishment which also included upgrading it so it could withstand a magnitude 8.2 earthquake including permitting it to sway in a quake. Prior to the completion of the current structure, the L.A. City Council utilized various", "title": "Los Angeles City Hall" }, { "docid": "249077", "text": "Center, McCarty Memorial Christian Church, and First Congregational Church. The Los Angeles California Temple, the second largest temple operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is on Santa Monica Boulevard in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Dedicated in 1956, it was the first LDS temple built in California and it was the largest in the world when completed. The Hollywood region of Los Angeles also has several significant headquarters, churches, and the Celebrity Center of Scientology. Because of Los Angeles's large multi-ethnic population, a wide variety of faiths are practiced, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism,", "title": "Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "18137108", "text": "Downey has become a renowned Latino majority community in Southern California, and the majority of residents moved in were middle or upper-middle class, and second and third generation Mexican-Americans. In 2018, Los Angeles city and county each are reportedly 45 percent Hispanic/Latino, with 30-31% of each places are of Mexican descent. The plurality of recent Latin American immigrants are indigenous, rather than mestizo. The Mexican embassy consulate in Los Angeles has documents provided in 12 indigenous languages. Chiapas is the largest source of recent immigration in Mexico, while Central Americans crossed into Chiapas in order to get to the USA.", "title": "Ethnic groups in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "12496320", "text": "after the dissolution of the 1890 high school district. Los Angeles City High School District Los Angeles City High School District (known in its last year as West County Union High School District) was a school district that served high school-aged residents of western Los Angeles County, California from 1890 to 1962. At times the district included Beverly Hills and Culver City. The district formed in 1890; it served students of the Los Angeles High School while the Los Angeles City School District and various other elementary school districts served elementary and junior high school students. The high school district", "title": "Los Angeles City High School District" }, { "docid": "12496314", "text": "Los Angeles City High School District Los Angeles City High School District (known in its last year as West County Union High School District) was a school district that served high school-aged residents of western Los Angeles County, California from 1890 to 1962. At times the district included Beverly Hills and Culver City. The district formed in 1890; it served students of the Los Angeles High School while the Los Angeles City School District and various other elementary school districts served elementary and junior high school students. The high school district expanded its territory by annexing other high school districts", "title": "Los Angeles City High School District" }, { "docid": "14424979", "text": "It was still the only Valley district. 1971: The 1st District was the largest geographic area in the city, about 76 square miles, which was a sixth the total area of Los Angeles. It included Arleta, Lake View Terrace, Mission Hills, Pacoima, Shadow Hills, Sunland-Tujunga, Sun Valley and Sylmar. 1987: After the death of incumbent Howard Finn, the district was transferred to Northeast Los Angeles and Northwest Los Angeles, in order to provide an additional seat for representing the increased Hispanic population in L.A. As of the 2000 Census, there were 222,165 people residing in the district. The population density", "title": "Los Angeles City Council District 1" }, { "docid": "249097", "text": "for the Arts. The Los Angeles Public Library system operates 72 public libraries in the city. Enclaves of unincorporated areas are served by branches of the County of Los Angeles Public Library, many of which are within walking distance to residents. The Los Angeles metro area is the second-largest broadcast designated market area in the U.S. (after New York) with 5,431,140 homes (4.956% of the U.S.), which is served by a wide variety of local AM and FM radio and television stations. Los Angeles and New York City are the only two media markets to have seven VHF allocations assigned", "title": "Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "1008263", "text": "a artificial lake. Growth fell well short of his expectations. Today, a vast grid of crumbling paved roads which define residential blocks extend well beyond the developed area of the city. Satellite photos underscore its claim to being California's 3rd largest geographic city, 34th largest in the US (by 2010 it had fallen to 40th largest in the US). California City was incorporated on December 10, 1965. This could be considered an example of a failed planned city. Although areas of California City have not developed as expected, California City has grown from 3,200 people in 1985 to over 14,000", "title": "California City, California" }, { "docid": "10560965", "text": "State Normal School (now San José State University) in downtown Los Angeles to train teachers for the growing population of Southern California. The Los Angeles branch of the California State Normal School opened on August 29, 1882, on what is now the site of the Central Library of the Los Angeles Public Library system. The new facility included an elementary school where teachers-in-training could practice their teaching technique on real children. In 1887, the branch campus became independent and changed its name to Los Angeles State Normal School. In 1914, the school moved to a new campus on Vermont Avenue", "title": "History of the University of California, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "13355002", "text": "The Manor (Los Angeles) The Manor, also known as Spelling Manor, is a mansion located in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, across the street from Holmby Park. Constructed in 1988 for television producer Aaron Spelling, it is the largest home in Los Angeles County. It is currently owned by British heiress Petra Stunt, daughter of Formula One racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone. Stunt purchased the home in 2011 for $85 million after it had been on the market for two years with an asking price of $150 million, making it the most expensive residential real estate listing in", "title": "The Manor (Los Angeles)" }, { "docid": "13355011", "text": "In February 2017, it was reported that singer Beyoncé and her husband Hip-hop mogul Jay Z had secretly visited the property. The Manor (Los Angeles) The Manor, also known as Spelling Manor, is a mansion located in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, across the street from Holmby Park. Constructed in 1988 for television producer Aaron Spelling, it is the largest home in Los Angeles County. It is currently owned by British heiress Petra Stunt, daughter of Formula One racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone. Stunt purchased the home in 2011 for $85 million after it had been on the", "title": "The Manor (Los Angeles)" }, { "docid": "7646493", "text": "The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles is an independent, nonprofit community weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of greater Los Angeles, published by TRIBE Media Corp. \"The Journal\" was established in 1985. As of 2016 it had a verified circulation of 50,000 and an estimated readership of 150,000; it is the largest Jewish weekly outside New York City. TRIBE Media Corp. also produces the monthly \"TRIBE\" magazine, distributed in Santa Barbara, Malibu, Conejo, Simi and West San Fernando Valleys. Though independently incorporated, the paper was initially distributed in part by the Jewish", "title": "The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "5725095", "text": "Central Los Angeles Central Los Angeles is a 57.87-square-mile (149.88 km²) region of Los Angeles County, California, comprising twenty-three neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles, as well as Griffith Park, the city's largest public park. According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the \"Los Angeles Times,\" the Central Los Angeles region consists of: In the 2000 census, Central Los Angeles had 836,638 residents in its 57.87 square miles (149.88 km²), including the uninhabited Griffith and Elysian parks, which amounted to 14,458 people per square mile. The densest neighborhood was Koreatown, and the least dense was Elysian Park. The four", "title": "Central Los Angeles" } ]

[ "Promulent", "The Circus (Simpsons TV ad)", "The Simpsons.com", "Kromulent", "Simpsons jokes", "No Teasing", "Made-up words in the simpsons", "The Simpsons Clue", "Simpsons words", "Culturally significant words and phrases from The Simpsons", "The Bully (The Simpsons TV ad)", "The Dog Biscuit", "List of neologisms and phrases on The Simpsons", "Recurring jokes in The Simpsons", "Recurring jokes on the simpsons", "Simpsons TV show", "Culturally significance phrases from The Simpsons", "Jokes on the simpsons", "Made-up words in The Simpsons", "The simsons", "The Flanders (tv show)", "List of neologisms in The Simpsons", "Quijibo", "The Simpsons", "Bart's Karate Lesson", "The Raid (Simpsons TV ad)", "List of The Simpsons TV ads", "The Simpsons Board Games", "The Pacifier (Simpsons TV ad)", "TheSimpsons", "Los simpsons", "Good vs. Evil (Simpsons TV ad)", "The SImpsons", "Simspons", "Criticism of The Simpsons", "Simpsons neologism", "Critisms of the declining quality of The Simpsons", "500 Easy Pieces", "Jokes in the Simpsons", "List of The Simpsons TV ads by product", "The Simpsons' impact on television", "Los Simpson", "Madeup words in The Simpsons", "Simpson (Fox)", "Bart's Nightmare (Simpsons TV ad)", "Simpsons TV ads", "Running gags in The Simpsons", "The Beach (Simpsons TV ad)", "Made up words simpsons", "The Simpsons Catch Phrases", "List of the Simpson characters in advertisements", "Why You Little!", "The simppsons", "Plastic Underwear", "The simpsons", "Simpsons, The", "Bart's Homework", "List of made-up words in The Simpsons", "The Simpsons (TV series)", "Simpsons World", "Reccuring jokes on the simpsons", "Quigibo", "Why You Little", "Made-up words on The Simpsons", "Culturally significant phrases from The Simpsons", "Simpson Stamps", "The Simpson's", "The Simpsons World", "List of The Simpsons television advertisements", "Maggie's Party", "List of advertisements featuring The Simpsons characters", "The Simspons", "Culturally significant neologisms from The Simpsons", "The Simpsons Baseball", "TV Simpsons", "Neologisms on The Simpsons", "Neologisms in The Simpsons", "The Simpson", "The simpsons jokes", "Simpsons", "The Last Butterfinger", "Criticisms of the declining quality of The Simpsons", "Smell Your Breath", "Los Simpsons", "Thr Simpsons", "List of neologisms on The Simpsons", "Itchy & Scratchy's %22500 Easy Pieces%22", "A to Z (Simpsons TV ad)" ]

[ { "docid": "743040", "text": "the show, but voice artist Frank Welker has also voiced him. Santa's Little Helper has become a popular character following his appearances on \"The Simpsons\". He ranked 27th in Animal Planet's 2003 television special \"50 Greatest TV Animals\" that was based on popularity, name recognition, and the longevity of the shows. He has also been featured in merchandise relating to \"The Simpsons\", such as video games, board games, and comics. Santa's Little Helper is a greyhound that appears on the animated television series \"The Simpsons\" and is the pet dog of the Simpson family. He can often be seen on", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743067", "text": "of \"TV Guide\". This issue was released with 24 different covers, all featuring different characters from \"The Simpsons\". Santa's Little Helper Santa's Little Helper is a recurring character in the American animated television series \"The Simpsons\". He is the pet greyhound of the Simpson family. The dog was introduced in the first episode of the show, the 1989 Christmas special \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\", in which his owner abandons him for finishing last in a greyhound race. Homer Simpson and his son Bart, who are at the race track in hope of winning some money for Christmas presents,", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743038", "text": "Santa's Little Helper Santa's Little Helper is a recurring character in the American animated television series \"The Simpsons\". He is the pet greyhound of the Simpson family. The dog was introduced in the first episode of the show, the 1989 Christmas special \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\", in which his owner abandons him for finishing last in a greyhound race. Homer Simpson and his son Bart, who are at the race track in hope of winning some money for Christmas presents, see this and decide to adopt the dog. Santa's Little Helper has since appeared frequently on \"The Simpsons\",", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743051", "text": "event; however, their plan fails and a drunk shark that's discovered at the event becomes the new mascot instead. Santa's Little Helper gladly returns to the Simpson family. Santa's Little Helper's initial appearance on \"The Simpsons\" was in the first episode of the series, \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\", which aired on Dec. 17, 1989. Since then, he has become a recurring character. \"The Simpsons\" creator Matt Groening told \"TV Guide\" in 2000 that \"we [the staff] painted ourselves into a corner with our Christmas episode. Once we wrote the dog into the show, we were stuck with him.\"", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743055", "text": "greyhound's lack of intelligence. In an article that compared \"The Simpsons\" to the animated series \"Family Guy\", Todd Camp of the \"Fort Worth Star-Telegram\" noted that \"though Santa's Little Helper may be the only Simpson who's dumber than Homer, the Griffins' pooch <nowiki>[</nowiki>Brian Griffin<nowiki>]</nowiki> is the brainiest member of the household\". In 1991, Copley News Service's Alison Ashton described Santa's Little Helper as a \"sweet and stupid dog\". Tom Coombe of \"The Morning Call\" wrote in 2002 that \"fans of \"The Simpsons\" will tell you that the cartoon family's dog [...] is often dumb, disobedient and skittish. Fans of the", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743047", "text": "their old pet. Bart eventually gives Santa's Little Helper away instead of Laddie when repo men take back everything he fraudulently purchased. Feeling guilty about this disloyalty and bored with his too perfect new dog, Bart tries to get him back. When he finally finds him, Santa's Little Helper is serving as a seeing-eye dog for a blind man, but eventually decides to return to the family. In \"Stop or My Dog Will Shoot\" (season 18, 2007), Santa's Little Helper becomes a local hero after finding a lost Homer, and the Simpsons decide to enroll him in the Animal Police", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743064", "text": "of whom, admittedly, have strong speech impediments, he doesn’t talk or wisecrack or engage in shenanigans. His abilities and powers begin and end with masticating, defecating, and regular napping. You know, just like a real dog. Consequently, episodes devoted to Santa’s Little Helper tend to be a little on the sleepy side, even the \"Simpsons\" Christmas special that launched the series.\" Since his first appearance on \"The Simpsons\", Santa's Little Helper has appeared in merchandise relating to the show. On the board art of \"The Simpsons Clue\", a 2000 board game by USAopoly based on \"Clue\", he is shown drinking", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743042", "text": "dog's Christmas-inspired name to be a sign. However, the greyhound finishes last. As Homer and Bart leave the track, they watch the dog's owner abandon him for losing the race. Bart pleads with Homer to keep the dog as a pet and he agrees after it affectionately licks him on the cheek. When Bart and Homer return home, Santa's Little Helper is assumed by the rest of the family to be a Christmas present. In various episodes, Santa's Little Helper can be seen chewing on newspapers and other objects in the Simpsons' household, destroying furniture, and digging holes in the", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743056", "text": "real-life breed will paint a different picture — of dogs that are peaceful, affectionate, [and] not given to drooling, panting\". Some ideas for episodes featuring Santa's Little Helper come from reality. The plot of \"Dog of Death\" was based on Swartzwelder's experiences with his own dog, which had also suffered from bloat. However, unlike the events in the episode, Swartzwelder's dog did not receive treatment as the operation was too expensive and the dog was too old. \"The Gold Coast Bulletin\"s Ryan Ellem commented in 2005 that the Simpson family's dilemma with the cost of the veterinary procedure is a", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743046", "text": "of their sacrifices and starts treating him badly, causing him to run away. He ends up in the possession of Mr. Burns, who trains him to become a vicious attack dog. Several days later, Bart stumbles upon the trained Santa's Little Helper and is attacked, but the greyhound eventually recognizes his old friend and stops. In \"The Canine Mutiny\" (season eight, 1997), Bart uses a fake charge card to buy a well-trained rough collie named Laddie from a mail-order catalog. Laddie learns many tricks that Santa's Little Helper is completely unable to perform, and the Simpson family nearly forgets about", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743052", "text": "The name \"Santa's Little Helper\" was chosen because, according to writer Al Jean in the same \"TV Guide\" article, \"we needed a name that would inspire Homer to bet on him, an omen, a Christmas name since he was betting on Christmas Eve. But, at that point, nobody was thinking long-term. We weren't considering what might happen in ten years, when we've got to use this name.\" Although \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\" was the first episode of the series to air on TV, it was the eighth episode produced by the staff. It was chosen to air first", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743062", "text": "and Tiger (50th). According to a writer for McClatchy News Service, the rankings were \"determined by popularity, name recognition and how long the show lasted.\" Among fans and critics, Santa's Little Helper has been mostly well received. He ranked seventh in a 2008 poll by \"Dog Whisperer\"s Cesar Millan that determined the \"best-loved television dog of all time.\" Lassie ranked first in the poll. In addition, he was voted the tenth favorite \"Simpsons\" character by readers of \"Simpsons Comics\" in the United Kingdom in 2010. In a list of their top twelve favorite dogs from cartoons, comics, and animation, writers", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743041", "text": "the show in minor appearances, although there have been some episodes that feature him heavily, including the first episode of \"The Simpsons\". In that episode, \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\" (season one, 1989), Homer discovers that he has no money to buy Christmas presents for the family. Desperate for a miracle, he and Bart go to the greyhound racing track on Christmas Eve in hopes of winning some money. Although Homer has inside information on which dog is the most likely to win, he instead bets on a last-minute entry, Santa's Little Helper (here despite being brown), believing the", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743065", "text": "Duff Beer that has been spilled on the floor. In another board game published by USAopoly called \"The Simpsons Monopoly\", based on \"Monopoly\" and released in 2001, the dog is featured as one of the six pewter playing pieces. Santa's Little Helper has also appeared in issues of \"Simpsons Comics\", in the 2007 film \"The Simpsons Movie\", and in video games based on \"The Simpsons\" such as \"Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror\" and \"The Simpsons Game\". In addition, the dog has been made into action figures by McFarlane Toys, action figures by Playmates Toys in the World of", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743048", "text": "Academy. However, his new crime-fighting job makes him jaded and one day at home he bites Bart. The Simpsons must therefore send the dog away to live with officer Lou. However, he gets to return after saving Bart from a toxic smoke cloud at school and then leaving the police force. In \"How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?\" (season 22, 2010), after Santa's Little Helper devours a pigeon with a broken leg that Bart was nursing, Bart gets mad at the dog and is unable to forgive him. The Simpsons therefore give him away to an ostrich farm.", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "6619168", "text": "Dog of Death \"Dog of Death\" is the 19th episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 12, 1992. In the episode, Santa's Little Helper falls ill and the Simpson family must make budget cuts to pay for his operation. Although the dog's life is saved, the family begins to feel the strain of their sacrifices and starts treating him badly, causing him to run away. Santa's Little Helper ends up in the possession of Mr. Burns, who trains him to become a vicious attack dog. Several days later,", "title": "Dog of Death" }, { "docid": "6255793", "text": "Bart's Dog Gets an \"F\" \"Bart's Dog Gets an \"F\"\" is the sixteenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 7, 1991. In this episode, the Simpson family's dog, Santa's Little Helper, manages to infuriate Homer and Marge by destroying Homer's new shoes, ruining a family heirloom, and devouring Homer's cookie. As a result Homer considers giving him away while Bart is forced to train Santa's Little Helper at an obedience school so that the family will not have to give him away. At first, the dog is", "title": "Bart's Dog Gets an \"F\"" }, { "docid": "743044", "text": "barrier, allowing the dog to understand Bart's commands, and consequently pass the obedience school. Santa's Little Helper has fathered several puppies. In \"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds\" (season six, 1995), he runs away to the dog racing track where he mates with a female hound named She's the Fastest. She later gives birth to 25 puppies and when the Simpsons cannot take care of them any longer, they decide to sell them; however, Mr. Burns steals the puppies and decides to make a tuxedo out of them. Before he does this, however, he becomes emotionally touched by them. This convinces", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743053", "text": "because there were animation problems with the others. Jean told the \"Houston Chronicle\" in 2001 that after the first episode was broadcast and \"the next seven didn't have the dog, people wondered why.\" He also said in 2003 that the staff enjoyed the first episodes that centered on him, particularly \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\", which is the reason that more episodes about him were written. Writer John Swartzwelder has noted that the staff members of the show write the character Homer in the same way that they write Santa's Little Helper: \"Both are loyal. Both have the same", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "7483914", "text": "two months before the launch of the new Fox network and the original \"The Simpsons\" shorts as part of \"The Tracy Ullman Show\", \"Family Dog\" eventually was lumped into a category of failed primetime animated series produced for the \"Big Three\" networks to compete with \"The Simpsons\", alongside ABC's \"Capitol Critters\" and CBS's own \"Fish Police\". Every program was canceled after only a few weeks. CBS burned off \"Family Dog\" in six weeks in the summer of 1993. When the show debuted, it was roundly panned for its crude scripts and cheap production values, both of drastically lesser quality than", "title": "Family Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16842970", "text": "Helper, the family dog, eating his homework. \"I didn't know dogs actually did that\", he says, and finds his teacher equally incredulous since he had used that excuse before. In a later episode, when the dog goes to work for the police, Bart must eat his own homework for the excuse to work. When Mrs. Krabappel begins dating Ned Flanders, the Simpsons' neighbor, at the end of the 2011 season, she sees Santa's Little Helper in the Simpsons' yard and asks if he is the dog who has eaten Bart's homework so many times. Bart's attempts to demonstrate this and", "title": "The dog ate my homework" }, { "docid": "6619174", "text": "Santa's Little Helper, as they enjoyed the previous ones, particularly season one's \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\", in which the Simpson family receives him. Reardon commented that one of the hardest feats with the episode was to make Santa's Little Helper not express any human expressions, as the staff preferred animals on the show to behave exactly the way they do in real life. The plot of \"Dog of Death\" was based on an experience Swartzwelder had with his own dog that also suffered from bloat. However, unlike the events in the episode, Swartzwelder's dog did not receive treatment", "title": "Dog of Death" }, { "docid": "6619173", "text": "the disgusting things they said about their dog, and Bart goes from house to house asking if anyone has seen him. When he arrives at Mr. Burns' mansion, Santa's Little Helper, along with other vicious dogs, tries to attack him. However, when remembering all the good times they had, Santa's Little Helper snaps out of his brainwashed state and protects Bart from the dog pack, before returning to the Simpson family, who shower him with love. \"Dog of Death\" was written by long-time writer John Swartzwelder and directed by Jim Reardon. The producers decided to create another episode centered on", "title": "Dog of Death" }, { "docid": "4984147", "text": "eventually stops at the school. There, he points the tank's cannon into the sky and shoots down a Major League Baseball satellite; inside are detailed documents on everybody's behaviors. Mark McGwire appears, distracts the citizens with a long home run, and hides the evidence under his cap. Marge takes Bart off Focusyn for good and puts him back on Ritalin. Major League Baseball, however, still spies on the Simpson family due to an autographed bat McGwire gave Bart that has a hidden camera. \"Brother's Little Helper\", which was originally called \"Bart a Go Go\", was written by staff writer George", "title": "Brother's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "18468285", "text": "Wiggum, enroll him in the Springfield Animal Police Academy, where he is teamed with Lou, managing to help fight crime in Springfield. Santa's Little Helper catches Snake Jailbird who is taken to court, but freed on a technicality. This makes Santa's Little Helper jaded, and when he returns home, he bites Bart on the leg out of frustration. Considering the fact that the pressure from the fight against crime is what led to the dog's actions on Bart, the Simpsons send the dog away to live with Lou. As a replacement, Marge buys Bart a reticulated python, which he names", "title": "Stop! Or My Dog Will Shoot" } ]

[ { "docid": "7483916", "text": "like a dog catcher and a cat. Family Dog (TV series) Family Dog is an American animated television series that aired from June 23 to July 28, 1993 on CBS. Created by Brad Bird, the series was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog. It first appeared as an episode of the TV show \"Amazing Stories\", then was expanded into a series of its own. In the original \"Amazing Stories\" episode, which aired in the show's second season in 1987, a dog named Jonah (a Bull Terrier simply called \"the dog\") is", "title": "Family Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "7483907", "text": "Family Dog (TV series) Family Dog is an American animated television series that aired from June 23 to July 28, 1993 on CBS. Created by Brad Bird, the series was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog. It first appeared as an episode of the TV show \"Amazing Stories\", then was expanded into a series of its own. In the original \"Amazing Stories\" episode, which aired in the show's second season in 1987, a dog named Jonah (a Bull Terrier simply called \"the dog\") is the main character, portrayed in three stories:", "title": "Family Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "743061", "text": "and Maggie are—heck, most Americans probably recognize their pets, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II\". McHugh wrote in \"Dog\" that while Master McGrath was the most famous greyhound of the 19th century, \"the most popular greyhound a hundred years later\" is Santa's Little Helper. In the television special \"50 Greatest TV Animals\" that was hosted by Mario Lopez and aired on Animal Planet in 2003, the dog ranked 27th. Other dogs featured on the list were Lassie (first), Eddie (fifth), Snoopy (sixth), Scooby-Doo (13th), Rin Tin Tin (14th), Max (20th), Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog (24th), Buck (29th), Chipper (44th),", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "20558016", "text": "Isabelle, Andy Jones, Julia Chan, Patricia Isaac, Stephen Oliver Oates and Mary Walsh. The series was originally pitched to the CBC as a drama, but Hynes was convinced by producer Sherry White to retool it as a comedy. Little Dog (TV series) Little Dog is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on CBC Television on March 1, 2018. The series stars Joel Thomas Hynes as Tommy \"Little Dog\" Ross, a boxer who is offered the chance to redeem himself in a rematch against Rico \"Havoc\" St. George (Dwain Murphy), several years after forfeiting their first bout by walking away", "title": "Little Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20558015", "text": "Little Dog (TV series) Little Dog is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on CBC Television on March 1, 2018. The series stars Joel Thomas Hynes as Tommy \"Little Dog\" Ross, a boxer who is offered the chance to redeem himself in a rematch against Rico \"Havoc\" St. George (Dwain Murphy), several years after forfeiting their first bout by walking away mid-match. The series was inspired in part by Hynes' own experience as an amateur boxer, after he had to drop out of a planned match due to a rib fracture. The cast will also include Ger Ryan, Katharine", "title": "Little Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "743066", "text": "Springfield series, and plush toys. Santa's Little Helper has made an impact on real life in that an espresso-based drink has been named after him at the award-winning restaurant and bar Bambara in Salt Lake City's Hotel Monaco. Bartender Ethan Moore told \"The Salt Lake Tribune\" in 2004 that it is \"one of the most popular holiday drinks\" at Bambara. In addition, a dog walking and pet sitting company in New York City, called \"Santa's Little Helper Dog Walking and Pet Sitting\", has been named after him. The greyhound has also appeared by himself on the cover of the issue", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743060", "text": "reason he stopped performing as Santa's Little Helper was because \"The producers thought... 'Hmmm, Dan barks pretty good, and we are already paying him and he seems to like doing the dog thing... why do we need to pay Welker who comes in here, spends less than an hour, eats all the doughnuts, refuses to come to rehearsals... let's just give the damn dog to Dan!'\" Santa's Little Helper has become a well-known dog because of his appearances in the series. A writer for \"The Grand Rapids Press\" wrote in 2002 that \"we all know who Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743043", "text": "backyard. In \"Bart's Dog Gets an F\" (season two, 1991), he manages to infuriate the entire family by destroying valued items in the home. As a result, Homer and Marge want to get rid of the dog, but Bart and Lisa convince them that he can be trained at an obedience school. Santa's Little Helper does not do well there as Bart is unwilling to use a choke chain suggested by the instructor. The night before the final exam, Bart and Santa's Little Helper play, thinking it will be their last few hours together. This bonding breaks down the communication", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743058", "text": "prompted satires of contemporary dog culture, from Barbara Woodhouse's authoritarian training methods [in \"Bart's Dog Gets an F\"] to Lassie's flawless service to the status quo [in \"The Canine Mutiny\"].\" Although cast member Dan Castellaneta occasionally voiced Santa's Little Helper for bit parts, American voice artist Frank Welker most often provided the sounds of the dog and other animals on the show from \"Bart's Dog Gets an F\", which aired on March 7, 1991, to \"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily\", which aired on October 1, 1995. He said on his official website in 2007 that he liked portraying Santa's Little Helper because", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "20881842", "text": "Santa's Little Helper (EP) Santa's Little Helper is the debut extended play and first Christmas release by Australian country music singer Jasmine Rae. The EP includes two original tracks and three covers and was released in November 2012. On 21 November 2012, Rae released a video for the lead single \"Santa's Helper\" with Rae explaining \"Many Christmas songs are asking Santa to bring us love on Christmas Day. Others ask him to bring world peace and similar aspirations. This song is about asking Santa for a job!\" Upon released Rae said \"Growing up, we kept our Christmas CDs in the", "title": "Santa's Little Helper (EP)" }, { "docid": "743063", "text": "for \"The Tampa Tribune\" listed Santa's Little Helper at number six, writing: \"We admire his upbeat nature even after having his legs broken by Mr. Burns and being abandoned by Bart for another dog, Laddie.\" He also ranked 75th on Retrocrush author Robert Berry's list of \"The 100 Greatest Dogs of Pop Culture History\" in 2006. The character has attracted some criticism too, though. While reviewing the episode \"Bart's Dog Gets an F\" in 2010, Nathan Rabin of \"The A.V. Club\" wrote: \"As cartoon dogs go, Santa’s Little Helper is spectacularly unspectacular. In a realm of aggressively anthropomorphic canines, some", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743045", "text": "him to never wear fur again and instead raise the puppies to be world-class racing dogs. Santa's Little Helper sires another litter of puppies with Dr. Hibbert's poodle in the episode \"Today I Am a Clown\" (season 15, 2003). These puppies are given away to townspeople. The dog has been neglected or treated unfavorably by the family in some episodes. In \"Dog of Death\" (season three, 1992), he nearly dies of bloat and they decide to make budget cuts in order to pay for the required operation. Although the dog's life is saved, the family begins to feel the strain", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "7294328", "text": "Satan's Little Helper Satan's' Little Helper is an American comedy horror film directed and written by Jeff Lieberman. The film stars Alexander Brickel as Dougie, a nine year old boy video gamer. On Halloween, Dougie meets a serial killer and unknowingly assists him in his murders. The film, which combines black comedy with horror, is Lieberman's first film as director in 17 years, since 1988's \"Remote Control\". \"Satan's Little Helper\" was praised by reviewers for its satire, elements of comedy and characterization. Douglas 'Dougie' Whooly is a nine-year-old boy obsessed with a video game, in which he plays Satan's little", "title": "Satan's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "743039", "text": "and is the center of the plots of several episodes. During the course of the show, he has fathered litters of puppies, passed obedience school, had surgery for bloat, replaced Duffman as the mascot for Duff Beer, and been trained as a police dog at Springfield's Animal Police Academy. Some of the episodes that focus on Santa's Little Helper have been inspired by popular culture or real experiences that staff members of the show have gone through. Although cartoon animals are often anthropomorphized, Santa's Little Helper generally exhibits canine behavior. Cast member Dan Castellaneta currently provides the dog's sounds on", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "7294335", "text": "unique and daring achievement\", describing it as \"a satiric commentary on the influence of videogames and fiction, the distinction between fantasy and reality for a child, and the danger and power of Halloween – all in a movie filled with blood, guts and black humour.\" \"Satan's Little Helper\" was listed on \"Rolling Stone\"'s 13 Terrifying Horror Movies You Can't Unsee. Satan's Little Helper Satan's' Little Helper is an American comedy horror film directed and written by Jeff Lieberman. The film stars Alexander Brickel as Dougie, a nine year old boy video gamer. On Halloween, Dougie meets a serial killer and", "title": "Satan's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "19064483", "text": "Santa’s Little Helper, but Eleanor, using an obscure North Pole law, challenges him to the position with the winner being decided through a rigorous obstacle course. Dax loses and Eleanor is named Santa’s Little Helper. Dax returns home, having stolen a magic bell that can make wishes come true and plans to use it to save the Youth Center. Santa intercedes and halts his attempts at using magic, so Dax gives a rousing speech to rally the community and save the Youth Center from a wrecking ball and capture the director who really stole the money from it. Santa places", "title": "Santa's Little Helper (film)" }, { "docid": "10111646", "text": "and the \"Bad Dog\" of the show is named Berkeley, a likely reference to Berkeley Systems, the creators of After Dark. The show was paired with another series called \"Monster Farm\". Teletoon air dates in parentheses: Bad Dog (TV series) Bad Dog is a Canadian-American animated series produced by CinéGroupe and Saban Entertainment for the Teletoon and Fox Family Channel networks, first airing on Teletoon on March 1, 1999. The cartoon focused on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. The show's gimmick was that, whenever Berkeley was told that he was a bad dog, he would freeze and pretend", "title": "Bad Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16681826", "text": "family resided in Chicago prior to the presidency), the family in the series has four children (two male and two female, whereas Barack and Michelle Obama have only two children, both female) and that the family's dog is a Golden Retriever (as opposed to a Portuguese Water Dog). On April 4, 2013, Centric acquired the cable syndication rights to all past and future episodes of \"The First Family\", along with \"Mr. Box Office\", with both series expected to begin airing on the channel starting April 19, 2013. The First Family (TV series) The First Family is an American sitcom that", "title": "The First Family (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10111645", "text": "Bad Dog (TV series) Bad Dog is a Canadian-American animated series produced by CinéGroupe and Saban Entertainment for the Teletoon and Fox Family Channel networks, first airing on Teletoon on March 1, 1999. The cartoon focused on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. The show's gimmick was that, whenever Berkeley was told that he was a bad dog, he would freeze and pretend to be dead until someone told him he was a good dog. This would happen in every episode. The show was inspired by the \"After Dark\" screensaver \"Bad Dog\". The two dogs have a similar appearance,", "title": "Bad Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19064480", "text": "Santa's Little Helper (film) Santa's Little Helper is an American comedy film starring The Miz, Paige, AnnaLynne McCord and Maryse Ouellet. The film was directed by Gil Junger. The film was released direct-to-DVD and digital on November 17, 2015. Dax (The Miz) is a greedy, materialistic corporate hatchet-man, who we first see while closing down a community youth center just days before Christmas. Dax is subsequently fired in a corporate powerplay and, as he has been living beyond his means, loses his girlfriend, car and will soon be evicted from his house. Meanwhile at the North Pole, Santa Claus (Eric", "title": "Santa's Little Helper (film)" }, { "docid": "2790290", "text": "Little House on the Prairie (TV series) Little House on the Prairie (known as Little House: A New Beginning in its final season) is an American western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, Karen Grassle, and Melissa Sue Anderson, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show is an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of \"Little House\" books. Television producer and NBC executive Ed Friendly became aware of the story in the early 1970s. He asked Michael Landon to direct the pilot movie. Landon agreed on", "title": "Little House on the Prairie (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19064481", "text": "Keenleyside) is looking to replace Santa’s Little Helper, the second-in-command. Eleanor (Paige), the daughter of the outgoing Ho-Ho-Ho believes the job should be hers, but Santa, believing the North Pole could use a human influence, tasks Billie (AnnaLynne McCord) with reviewing Dax as a possible candidate. Billie is a kindly elf who is shunned by many of her elfin brethren because of a genetic defect that gives her round ears. Billie gives Dax a series of difficult and embarrassing tasks to test his character, occasionally bailing him out with North Pole magic, while not revealing that it is Santa who", "title": "Santa's Little Helper (film)" }, { "docid": "7483915", "text": "the episode which had spawned the series. The entire series was later released as a Laserdisc box-set, and various episodes of the show were released on VHS around the same time. All 10 episodes of the series have been released as a laserdisc box set, and a few episodes have also been released on VHS. The show was adapted into a Super NES video game about the life of an everyday family dog. The player has to go three places such as the home where the dog lives, a dog pound and the woods to defeat stereotypical obstacles and enemies", "title": "Family Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "743057", "text": "realistic dilemma faced by many families who own dogs. Other episode ideas come from popular culture. For example, Santa's Little Helper fathering 25 puppies in \"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds\" is a parody of the Disney film \"One Hundred and One Dalmatians\", and Mr. Burns' technique of brainwashing him into an attack dog in \"Dog of Death\" parodies \"A Clockwork Orange\". Susan McHugh, who teaches theories of animals, literature, and culture at the University of New England, wrote in her 2004 book \"Dog\" that, \"remaining loyal to his unlikely saviours, the boy Bart and his father Homer, this greyhound has", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "17676095", "text": "Dog House (TV series) Dog House is a Canadian comedy television series broadcast by YTV in the 1990-91 season. During a car accident, a police detective's mind is swapped with the mind of Digby, his St Bernard dog partner on duty. Helen Underwood (Shelley Peterson), the officer's widowed sister-in-law, takes custody of Digby where he joins her children Annabelle (Valentina Cardinalli), Richie (Jaimz Woolvett) and Timmy (Jonathan Shapiro). Now inhabiting Digby's body, the detective is able to talk with the family. Former Ontario premier David Peterson, whose wife portrayed series character Helen Underwood, appeared in a guest role on the", "title": "Dog House (TV series)" }, { "docid": "3104877", "text": "Santa Barbara (TV series) Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families featured on the soap were the rival Lockridge family, and the more modest Andrade and Perkins families. The serial was produced by Dobson Productions and New World Television, which also served as distributor for the show in international markets. \"Santa Barbara\" was New World Television's first series. Due to the buyout of New World by the original", "title": "Santa Barbara (TV series)" }, { "docid": "17676096", "text": "series as a school janitor. David Hiltbrand of \"People\" panned the series, noting \"[t]he humor is very forced. This pooch of a show arrived neutered.\" Tony Atherton of the \"Ottawa Citizen\" also derided the series as \"a classically lame-brained TV situation without redeeming values\". Greg Quill of the \"Toronto Star\" \"contains not a whit of original thought nor anything resembling a line worthy of a giggle\". On 19 April 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment released \"Dog House - The Complete Series\" on DVD in Region 1. Dog House (TV series) Dog House is a Canadian comedy television series broadcast by YTV", "title": "Dog House (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18518813", "text": "What Is Love (TV series) What Is Love () is a 2012 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series. The television drama was produced by Bethel Video Productions Ltd, starring Wu Kang-jen and Jade Chou. The shooting began on April 9, 2012, and first aired on July 20, 2012 on TTV. Thirty-two-year-old Li Yi Hua (Jade Chou) is longing for a romantic relationship and wants to marry a good man. Along comes Bai Zong You (Chris Wu), who breaks women's hearts with one-night stands. Bai Zong You sets his sights on wooing Li Yi Hua next. What she doesn't know is that she", "title": "What Is Love (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6619172", "text": "is joyous that their dog is well again, but soon begins to feel the strain of their sacrifices. As a result, the morale of the family suffers and they take their annoyance out on Santa's Little Helper. Feeling unwanted, he runs away from home and goes off on an adventure, only to be captured, taken to the dog pound, and adopted by Mr. Burns, who trains him to be one of his vicious attack hounds. After a long brainwashing process, consisting of the Ludovico technique, Santa's Little Helper is turned into a bloodthirsty killer. The family begins to regret all", "title": "Dog of Death" }, { "docid": "18518818", "text": "and stayed at the same spot, with the exception of its third episode, until it reached the third spot on its last episode, with a total average of 0.54. Its drama competitors were CTV's \"Confucius\", FTV's \"Independent Heroes\", and SETTV's \"Rainy Night Flower\" and \"Father's Wish\". The viewers' survey was conducted by AGB Nielsen. What Is Love (TV series) What Is Love () is a 2012 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series. The television drama was produced by Bethel Video Productions Ltd, starring Wu Kang-jen and Jade Chou. The shooting began on April 9, 2012, and first aired on July 20, 2012", "title": "What Is Love (TV series)" }, { "docid": "743059", "text": "the dog was a \"sympathetic\" character. Welker has been praised by staff members for his performances on the show. David Mirkin has noted that \"he can do anything, and it fits perfectly. You forget you're listening to a guy, and he's a pleasure to work with.\" Groening has commented that he was \"unbelievably good\" at doing animal noises. After 1995, Castellaneta voiced Santa's Little Helper on his own while Welker performed other animal noises until his full departure in 2002, when he was denied a pay raise. In the \"questions and answers\" section on his website, Welker revealed that the", "title": "Santa's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "19064484", "text": "Eleanor on the naughty list for her poor sportsmanship during the competition, thus disqualifying her from the position, and reveals it was Billie he was testing for the position of Santa’s Little Helper all along. Dax and Billie then share a passionate kiss under a magical snowfall. Santa's Little Helper (film) Santa's Little Helper is an American comedy film starring The Miz, Paige, AnnaLynne McCord and Maryse Ouellet. The film was directed by Gil Junger. The film was released direct-to-DVD and digital on November 17, 2015. Dax (The Miz) is a greedy, materialistic corporate hatchet-man, who we first see while", "title": "Santa's Little Helper (film)" }, { "docid": "15067345", "text": "BBC Alba. The rights to the series are still owned, and controlled by Russell Neale Dever, in collaboration with Ian Harding. The distribution rights are controlled by \"Foothill Entertainment\", Santa Barbara, United States. it was shown repeatedly on CiTV in 2001. Little Monsters (TV series) Little Monsters is a British animated children's television that ran from 1998 on BBC1 Plymouth and CBBC then repeats on CiTV in 2001, being co–produced by Collingwood O'Hare, Ealing Studios, Contender Entertainment Group and Pacifier Pictures Limited (a joint venture between \"Flicks Films\", \"VGi Entertainment\", CBBC and GMTV). The show was based on the books", "title": "Little Monsters (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19572406", "text": "Downward Dog (TV series) Downward Dog is an American comedy television series broadcast on ABC from May 17 to June 27, 2017. In September 2015, ABC placed a pilot order for the series, which was based on a web series by Animal Media Group. On May 12, 2016, ABC picked up the series for the 2016–17 season as a mid-season replacement. The series premiered on May 17, 2017, before starting its Tuesday run on May 23, 2017. \"Downward Dog\" was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On June 24, 2017, ABC canceled the series after one season of eight episodes. The series'", "title": "Downward Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "7483909", "text": "terror.\" The burglars hit the house yet again and flee from the now-aggressive dog, but return to their hideout to discover him still clamped to one thief's arm with his teeth. A policeman investigating the robberies raids the house and is immediately attacked by the dog. The burglars decide to use Jonah in their heists, earning them (and the dog) fame as the \"Dog Gang.\" Jonah finally turns on the criminals, causing an auto accident in which they hit a police car and are busted. Jonah is returned to the Binford family, who now consider him their hero. In a", "title": "Family Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "9242979", "text": "Beware of Dog (TV series) Beware of Dog is an American sitcom that was aired on Animal Planet. While it had two episodes broadcast consecutively on August 13, 2002, this was the only time that the series made it to the air. The program focuses on a bearded collie named Jack (played by Chip, voiced by Park Bench), whose \"Look Who's Talking\"-style narration provided his perspective of his newly adopted family. Carolyn Dunn and Richard Waugh portrayed Mary and Bill Poole, parents of Mark (Gage Knox) and Jessica (Alex Appel). The pilot showed how Jack feigned an injury in a", "title": "Beware of Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10699856", "text": "Little Princess (TV series) Little Princess is a British children's television series created by The Illuminated Film Company. Directed by Edward Foster, it debuted in the United Kingdom in 2006 and is currently shown in the UK as part of Channel 5's \"Milkshake!\" and – as \"Y Dywysoges Fach\" – in the children's programming strand \"Cyw\" on the Welsh language channel S4C. In English, the stories are narrated by Julian Clary, who also provides the voice of the cat Puss. Jane Horrocks provides the voice of the Little Princess. The series is based on the original books by Tony Ross", "title": "Little Princess (TV series)" }, { "docid": "4984142", "text": "Brother's Little Helper \"Brother's Little Helper\" is the second episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> 11th season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1999. In the episode, Bart floods the school gymnasium and the schoolyard, which prompts the school's principal Seymour Skinner to diagnose Bart with ADHD. Bart is prescribed a psychostimulant drug called Focusyn (a parody of Ritalin), and initially starts paying more attention to his studies. After a while however, Bart starts turning psychotic and is convinced that Major League Baseball is watching over the people of Springfield. The episode was directed", "title": "Brother's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "8314560", "text": "Mother's Little Helper \"Mother's Little Helper\" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track to the United Kingdom version of their 1966 album \"Aftermath\". It was released as a single in the United States and peaked at number eight on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart in 1966. The B-side \"Lady Jane\" peaked at number 24. The song deals with the sudden popularity of prescribed calming drugs among housewives, and the potential hazards of overdose or addiction. The drug in question is variously assumed to be meprobamate (Miltown) or diazepam", "title": "Mother's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "4984162", "text": "replies, \"Looks like it. Run and get daddy's exorcism tongs.\" About the word, Mark Peters and Daniel O' Brien of Cracked.com wrote \"We'd be lying if we said we didn't go out to every Christian-themed general store in the country hoping to acquire our very own set of exorcism tongs the day this episode aired.\" Brother's Little Helper \"Brother's Little Helper\" is the second episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> 11th season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1999. In the episode, Bart floods the school gymnasium and the schoolyard, which prompts the school's", "title": "Brother's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "19867305", "text": "Little People (TV series) Little People is an animated TV show based on the Fisher-Price toy line of the same name, produced by HIT Entertainment, and broadcast on Sprout International the show was pickup by Cartoonito and Tiny Pop (UK), Piwi+, Super RTL, Rai YoYo, MiniMini+, RTL Nederland, Discovery Kids (Latin America), E-TV (South Africa), TV Cultura (Brazil), Canal Panda (Portugal), Televisa (Mexico), and Family Jr. (Canada). It premiered on Sprout on March 7, 2016. It has been renewed for a second season, set to air sometime in 2018. The show was placed into pre-production in June 2014 for a", "title": "Little People (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19572408", "text": "the series has a score of 71 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". However, the series was canceled after the first season. Downward Dog (TV series) Downward Dog is an American comedy television series broadcast on ABC from May 17 to June 27, 2017. In September 2015, ABC placed a pilot order for the series, which was based on a web series by Animal Media Group. On May 12, 2016, ABC picked up the series for the 2016–17 season as a mid-season replacement. The series premiered on May 17, 2017, before starting its Tuesday run", "title": "Downward Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "8314562", "text": "of the song being the idea of Bill Wyman, who also contributed a powerful and distinctive bass riff. Mother's Little Helper \"Mother's Little Helper\" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track to the United Kingdom version of their 1966 album \"Aftermath\". It was released as a single in the United States and peaked at number eight on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart in 1966. The B-side \"Lady Jane\" peaked at number 24. The song deals with the sudden popularity of prescribed calming drugs among housewives, and the potential", "title": "Mother's Little Helper" }, { "docid": "19804033", "text": "The Dog Ate My Homework (TV series) The Dog Ate My Homework is a British children's panel show hosted by Iain Stirling and stars Chris Lawrence as Mr Smash and Ian West, previously Stephanie Fulton, as The Dog. The series previously starred Susan Morrison as a Dinner Lady and a School Nurse. The show is produced by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC that began on 17 January 2014. A panel of two celebrities (usually comedians or CBBC stars) and a child doing various games and tasks. Series 2 began on 23 January 2015, a Christmas special aired on 16 December", "title": "The Dog Ate My Homework (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13516582", "text": "2000, as \"Dog And Duck - The Best Of Friends\". Dog and Duck (TV series) Dog and Duck is a British preschool children's television show that was broadcast on CITV between 2000 and 2003. Dog and Duck was produced by United Productions, later part of the UNM Group (United News & Media) for Meridian. The show centres on the characters of Dog and Duck, two toys who came alive when their owners were not looking. Other characters in the series included Piano, Tele and Elephant. The show featured a young Carrie Hope Fletcher as Jenny. The series was produced by", "title": "Dog and Duck (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10576998", "text": "a motion picture star, director, and writer. Portions of \"Hot Dog\" were also seen on a local KNBC children's program in Los Angeles, \"That's Cat\", which debuted in 1976. In 1971 the Individual topic segments were sold to schools on 16mm film. Hot Dog (TV series) Hot Dog is a Saturday morning documentary series for children, seen on NBC from September 12, 1970 to September 4, 1971. Created by Frank Buxton and co-produced by Buxton and Lee Mendelson, the program was notable for its hosts – Jo Anne Worley, comedian Jonathan Winters and writer and actor Woody Allen. The pilot,", "title": "Hot Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19950529", "text": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time) \"Mother's Little Helper\" is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on April 9, 2017. In this episode, Gideon's past with the Black Fairy and his vengeance towards his grandmother is revealed, as Gideon blackmails Emma into defeating the Black Fairy in order to return Hook back to Storybrooke. Meanwhile Hook teams up with Blackbeard to find a way to return, only to end up back in Neverland, whilst Regina turns to an imprisoned Isaac when Henry's powers as the Author", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "10576996", "text": "Hot Dog (TV series) Hot Dog is a Saturday morning documentary series for children, seen on NBC from September 12, 1970 to September 4, 1971. Created by Frank Buxton and co-produced by Buxton and Lee Mendelson, the program was notable for its hosts – Jo Anne Worley, comedian Jonathan Winters and writer and actor Woody Allen. The pilot, televised on March 28, 1970, starred Worley, Allen and Tom Smothers, who was replaced with Winters when the show became a series. Based on Buxton's travels as a comedian (and later, as host of the ABC series, \"Discovery\"), which took him on", "title": "Hot Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13516580", "text": "Dog and Duck (TV series) Dog and Duck is a British preschool children's television show that was broadcast on CITV between 2000 and 2003. Dog and Duck was produced by United Productions, later part of the UNM Group (United News & Media) for Meridian. The show centres on the characters of Dog and Duck, two toys who came alive when their owners were not looking. Other characters in the series included Piano, Tele and Elephant. The show featured a young Carrie Hope Fletcher as Jenny. The series was produced by Tracey Mulcrone and directed by Bob Harvey, with animation from", "title": "Dog and Duck (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20881843", "text": "same box as our Christmas tree for 11 months of the year. So when December came around, it was a really special experience for my brother and me to unpack the CDs and put them on as we all decorated the house.\" adding \"It was, and still is, a really magical time at our place\". In an interview with Kelly Fuller on ABC radio, Rae told she's always wanted to make a Christmas album. Santa's Little Helper (EP) Santa's Little Helper is the debut extended play and first Christmas release by Australian country music singer Jasmine Rae. The EP includes", "title": "Santa's Little Helper (EP)" }, { "docid": "10699857", "text": "and follows the success of Ross's 1986 book 'I Want My Potty', which was also turned into a 5-minute short film. Great Uncle Walter is voiced by Brian Blessed and General, Prime Minister, Gardener, and Chef are all voiced by Colin McFarlane. The show is also broadcast in, amongst other countries: Series 4 will air in 2018. Little Princess (TV series) Little Princess is a British children's television series created by The Illuminated Film Company. Directed by Edward Foster, it debuted in the United Kingdom in 2006 and is currently shown in the UK as part of Channel 5's \"Milkshake!\"", "title": "Little Princess (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20703080", "text": "had the potential to recur should the production receive a series order. On April 11, 2018, it was reported that Hayden Szeto had been cast in the pilot. On October 7, 2018, the series held a panel at the annual New York Comic Con moderated by \"Rolling Stone\"s Alan Sepinwall and featuring co-creators Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, along with fellow executive producer Paul Simms. Before the panel began, the first episode of the series was screened for the audience. What We Do in the Shadows (TV series) What We Do in the Shadows is an upcoming American comedy television", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19546251", "text": "Little Roy (TV series) Little Roy is an Irish children's television show, filmed in Dublin, Ireland, which is broadcast by TRTÉ and RTÉ TWO In Ireland, CBBC and CBeebies in the United Kingdom and ABC Kids in Australia. It began and also airs on CBeebies. The show centres on the title character Roy O'Brien, the 5-year-old animated son of a live-action family. The series is a prequel of \"Roy\", another British-Irish television show which ran from 1 July 2009 to 7 April 2015. Creator of \"Roy\", Alan Shannon, is the series director. The show follows the everyday life of five-year-old", "title": "Little Roy (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19804035", "text": "all appeared multiple times as one of the guest panelists on the show. 11 appearances 9 appearances 7 appearances 6 appearances 5 appearances 4 appearances 3 appearances 2 appearances Susan Calman, Dan Wright and Dodge T. Dog are the only panelists to have featured in every series. However, none of them featured in the stand-alone Christmas special. The following have all made a single appearance as one of the guest panellists on the show: The Dog Ate My Homework (TV series) The Dog Ate My Homework is a British children's panel show hosted by Iain Stirling and stars Chris Lawrence", "title": "The Dog Ate My Homework (TV series)" }, { "docid": "12706193", "text": "John Goodman as George Wolfsbottom, and Jenna Elfman as Dorothy the Cow. The film also serves as the series finale. Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Clifford the Big Red Dog is an American educational animated children's television series, based upon Norman Bridwell's children's book series of the same name. Produced by Scholastic Productions, it originally aired on PBS Kids from September 4, 2000 to February 25, 2003. The UK version (where it was dubbed with British voice actors replacing the original American soundtrack) originally aired on BBC 2 on 1 April 2002. John Ritter voiced Clifford in all", "title": "Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "12706186", "text": "Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Clifford the Big Red Dog is an American educational animated children's television series, based upon Norman Bridwell's children's book series of the same name. Produced by Scholastic Productions, it originally aired on PBS Kids from September 4, 2000 to February 25, 2003. The UK version (where it was dubbed with British voice actors replacing the original American soundtrack) originally aired on BBC 2 on 1 April 2002. John Ritter voiced Clifford in all episodes. This was originally done by Brent Titcomb in the 1988 direct-to-video series. Generally speaking, Ritter's schedule dictated the production", "title": "Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "2790318", "text": "townspeoples' singing on the English audio of the last scene of the final movie, \"The Last Farewell.\" In October 2012, Sony Pictures announced that a film based on the series's pilot is under development, with Scott Rudin as the producer. However, the film was later on turnaround to Paramount Pictures in 2016, where the film resumed development. It has Sean Durkin as the director and Abi Morgan as the screenwriter, although Rudin is still the film’s producer. No actors have been selected or joined the cast yet. Little House on the Prairie (TV series) Little House on the Prairie (known", "title": "Little House on the Prairie (TV series)" }, { "docid": "7111343", "text": "for \"Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series\" for his role as Johnny Johansson. Michael Yarmush won the 1998 Young Artist Award for \"Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actor\" and was nominated for a YoungStar Award for \"Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series\" the same year. My Life as a Dog (TV series) My Life as a Dog is a contemporary, half-hour Canadian TV series that aired in 1996 and ran for 22 episodes. It was based on the 1985 Swedish movie of the same name and", "title": "My Life as a Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "9242981", "text": "press. Animal Planet cancelled the series before the scheduled airing of the third episode. As of now, the remaining episodes remain unaired. \"Beware of Dog\" was directed by Richard Martin, who also served in that position for the motion pictures \"Matinee\" and \"\". Rob Gilmer (\"Out of Time\") was the screenwriter. The executive producers were Don Enright, Elizabeth Mozden, and Les Alexander. Beware of Dog (TV series) Beware of Dog is an American sitcom that was aired on Animal Planet. While it had two episodes broadcast consecutively on August 13, 2002, this was the only time that the series made", "title": "Beware of Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "11747149", "text": "International Airport in Sacramento, California. Muffin, the dog who plays the title character of Poco, also appeared in the television series CHiPs, in the Season 1, Episode 3 episode entitled \"Dog Gone.\" Poco... Little Dog Lost Poco... Little Dog Lost is a 1977 American independent family adventure drama film about a young girl, Kim (Michelle Ashburn), and her dog, Poco. Early in the film, both Kim and her mother are injured in a car accident. An emergency medical crew arrives to help them and bring them to the hospital. But Kim's dog, Poco, gets spooked during the commotion and runs", "title": "Poco... Little Dog Lost" }, { "docid": "10444818", "text": "Davies, who made 2006's \"Bleak House\" one of the best TV shows of the year, crafts another superb script, with characters and incidents squeezing out the sides, just the thing to satisfy close observers, which anyone joining this maxi mini-series should be. Costumes, sets, and actors, a broad lot of those super-skilled, terrifically trained Brits, make for sumptuous viewing . . . You pretty much know what to expect when \"Masterpiece\" visits the 19th century. But \"Little Dorrit\" stands at the high end of a very lofty list of period-piece achievement. It's big entertainment.\" In her review in \"The New", "title": "Little Dorrit (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10947935", "text": "Little Angels (TV series) Little Angels is a Bafta-nominated British reality television show which ran for three series on BBC Three (2004–2006). The series, in the docu-soap genre, aimed to show parents how to overcome common behavioural problems in their children, using a team of experts who observed and gave advice. The format of each programme involved experts monitoring the behaviour of the family and the children, before discussing with the parents the real underlying causes of the problem, which frequently involved the parents themselves. The experts then discussed a course of action with the parents, later coaching them on", "title": "Little Angels (TV series)" }, { "docid": "5889239", "text": "Seven Little Monsters (TV series) (Maurice Sendak's) Seven Little Monsters, or (Maurice Sendak's) 7 Little Monsters, is a Canadian children's television program about a family of seven monsters and their mother. The series, based on the book by the same name, was created by Maurice Sendak and directed by Neil Affleck, Lynn Reist, and Glenn Sylvestor. Each monster is named after a different number from one to seven, and each has unique physical characteristics. The series was aired on PBS Kids stations, most notably WNET, as part of the \"PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch\" from 2000–2003, and made an individual PBS", "title": "Seven Little Monsters (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6619176", "text": "Orange\", including the way Santa's Little Helper's eyes are held open while he is forced to watch a film featuring dog abuse, such as dogs being physically assaulted and getting their heads slammed by falling toilet lids. Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth symphony is heard during the sequence. In another scene, the dog Lassie is referenced when Santa's Little Helper rescues a child from a burning building. Homer claims that Santa's Little Helper will be going to Doggie Heaven, while Richard Nixon's dog Checkers and Adolf Hitler's dog Blondi will be going to Doggie Hell. The doctor who performs the surgery", "title": "Dog of Death" }, { "docid": "2790317", "text": "last one produced. None of the available releases of the series contain \"Little House Years\", which was a three-hour Thanksgiving special aired during Season 6 that largely consisted of flashback clips. While the re-releases are substantially better than what was previously available, there are a handful of episodes that still were released in edited form or contain other problems. The most significant of these, affecting all formats of the remastered releases, include over 3 minutes missing from the Season 7 episode, \"Divorce, Walnut Grove Style,\" almost 4 minutes missing from Season 9's \"Home Again,\" and extremely low volume of the", "title": "Little House on the Prairie (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6619188", "text": "\"Herald Sun\" named this episode's chalkboard gag, \"I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge\", the third-best chalkboard gag in the show's history. While reviewing the episode in 2011, Nathan Rabin of \"The A.V. Club\" noted, \"perhaps because he’s a fucking dog, Santa’s Little Helper is never developed as fully as the other characters, so the requisite episode-ending orgy of sentimentality when Santa's Little Helper is joyously reunited with Bart feels a little cheap and unearned.\" Dog of Death \"Dog of Death\" is the 19th episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the", "title": "Dog of Death" }, { "docid": "15851856", "text": "Family Fortunes (Irish TV series) Alan Hughes' Family Fortunes is an Irish television game show, based on the American game show \"Family Feud\". Hosted by Alan Hughes it airs on TV3 on Saturday nights at 9pm. Starting 24 March, the show took a break to accommodate TV3 simultaneous broadcas Two family teams, each with five members, would be asked to guess the results of surveys, in which 100 people would be asked open ended questions (e.g. \"we asked 100 people to name something associated with the country Iceland\" or \"we asked 100 people to name a breed of dog\"). Each", "title": "Family Fortunes (Irish TV series)" }, { "docid": "6255796", "text": "eaten his cookie, which Homer had bought earlier, he demands that the family get rid of the dog and laughs at the children when Marge agrees with him, but the children, terrified that Homer will take away their pet, promise their dad that they will train their dog to prevent future circumstances. Santa's Little Helper does not do well at the obedience school as Bart is reluctant to use a choke chain suggested by the school's instructor Emily Winthrop. The night before the final exam, Bart and Santa's Little Helper play, thinking it will be their last few hours together.", "title": "Bart's Dog Gets an \"F\"" }, { "docid": "18529532", "text": "his \"Little Angel\". Unpleasant and fierce oldest daughter Xu You Ai, soft spoken middle daughter Xu You Qing who is also a single mother, spoiled youngest daughter Xu You Meng who has a spending problem and You Ai's best friend Zhang Yin Yin who is blunt and opinionated. The 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards Ceremony were held on December 22, 2013 at Sanlih's headquarters and broadcasting studios at No. 159, Section 1, Jiuzong Rd, Neihu District Taipei City, Taiwan. Love Family (TV series) Love Family () is a 2013 till 2014 Taiwanese romance, family, comedy television series produced by Sanlih E-Television.", "title": "Love Family (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20384388", "text": "Myung was initially offered the role of Kim Min-joon. Mad Dog (TV series) Mad Dog () is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Ji-tae, Woo Do-hwan, and Ryu Hwa-young. It aired on KBS2, from October 11, 2017 to November 30, 2017 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes. Choi Kang-woo, a former police and leader of Taeyang Insurance's investigators team, decides to create his own investigation team, after an airplane crash that took the life of his wife and son. He then meet Kim Min-joon, a genius former swindler whose brother was also a victim of", "title": "Mad Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20384387", "text": "Mad Dog (TV series) Mad Dog () is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Ji-tae, Woo Do-hwan, and Ryu Hwa-young. It aired on KBS2, from October 11, 2017 to November 30, 2017 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes. Choi Kang-woo, a former police and leader of Taeyang Insurance's investigators team, decides to create his own investigation team, after an airplane crash that took the life of his wife and son. He then meet Kim Min-joon, a genius former swindler whose brother was also a victim of the crash, thus begin their rivalry and cooperation. Gong", "title": "Mad Dog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "17514521", "text": "of uncertainty about a closing sequence that packed more action into ten minutes than the previous three hours and 50 minutes.\" Ben Walsh of \"The Independent\" gave it four out of five stars and said \"David Threlfall excels as the retired detective who can't let this case go, and, up until the bonkers and gothic last 10 minutes, this is beautifully paced TV.\" \"What Remains\" was longlisted for the drama category of the National Television Awards. Acorn Media UK released the series on DVD on 7 October 2013. What Remains (TV series) What Remains is a British television drama series", "title": "What Remains (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10016189", "text": "Little Women (1981 TV series) Little Women, also known as or , is a 1981 Japanese animated television series adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's \"Little Women\". The series is directed by Kazuya Miyazaki (a veteran Toei director whose credits included \"Cutie Honey\" and \"UFO Robo Grendizer\" among others) and produced by Toei Animation for the Kokusai Eiga-sha (Movie International) company. The series was produced as a follow-up to a TV special based on Alcott's novel the previous year by the same animation studio. The TV series character designs differ slightly from those of the TV special; Jo, for example, while", "title": "Little Women (1981 TV series)" }, { "docid": "2439983", "text": "Princess Collection: The series has not yet been officially released on DVD. However, four episodes were released as part of the \"Disney Princess\" DVD releases. As of August 24, all 31 episodes of the series is available for purchase on iTunes in two volumes. From the series, was made into a spin-off as segment of the \"Marsupilami\" series, starring Sebastian the crab, which is located outside the sea after the wedding between Ariel and Eric in the film. The Little Mermaid (TV series) Disney's The Little Mermaid is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based", "title": "The Little Mermaid (TV series)" }, { "docid": "2790291", "text": "the condition that he could also play Charles Ingalls. The regular series was preceded by a two-hour pilot movie, which first aired on March 30, 1974. The series premiered on the NBC network on September 11, 1974, and last aired on May 10, 1982. During the 1982–83 television season, with the departure of Landon and Grassle, the series was broadcast with the new title \"Little House: A New Beginning\". In 1997, \"TV Guide\" ranked the two-part episode \"I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away\" at 97 on its 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list. A film adaptation of the", "title": "Little House on the Prairie (TV series)" } ]

[ "Manufacture of cotton", "Absorbent cotton", "Bomull", "Processing of Cotton", "Cotton fiber", "Cotton Boll", "Cotton cloth", "Cotton picking", "Indian Cotton", "Cotton industry", "Cotton linter", "Cotton", "Cotton Fabric", "Cottons", "Cotton wool" ]

[ { "docid": "13232322", "text": "Boll Weevil (song) \"Boll Weevil\" is a traditional blues song, also known by similar titles such as \"Boweavil\" or \"Boll Weevil Blues\". Although many songs about the boll weevil were recorded by blues musicians during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, this one has become well known, thanks to Lead Belly's rendition of it as recorded by folklorist Alan Lomax in 1934. A 1961 adaptation by Brook Benton became a pop hit, reaching number two on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The lyrics deal with the boll weevil \"(Anthonomus grandis)\", a beetle, which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, that migrated into", "title": "Boll Weevil (song)" }, { "docid": "1465577", "text": "Weevil. Boll weevil The boll weevil (\"Anthonomus grandis\") is a beetle which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central Mexico, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American South. During the late 20th century, it became a serious pest in South America as well. Since 1978, the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in the U.S. allowed full-scale cultivation to resume in many regions. The adult insect has a long snout, is", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "6068799", "text": "Boll Weevil Monument The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the boll weevil, for its profound influence on the area's agriculture and economy. Hailing the beetle as a \"herald of prosperity,\" it stands as the world's first monument built to honor an agricultural pest. The Monument consists of a statue of a woman holding a pedestal with a boll weevil perched on top. The boll weevil (\"Anthonomus grandis\"), sometimes referred to as the \"Mexican cotton boll", "title": "Boll Weevil Monument" }, { "docid": "1465566", "text": "Boll weevil The boll weevil (\"Anthonomus grandis\") is a beetle which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central Mexico, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American South. During the late 20th century, it became a serious pest in South America as well. Since 1978, the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in the U.S. allowed full-scale cultivation to resume in many regions. The adult insect has a long snout, is grayish", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "88909", "text": "beetle\". The story concludes with the comment that the beetles were used as toys by young boys, and that the head was removed and worn as a pendant. About 75% of beetle species are phytophagous in both the larval and adult stages. Many feed on economically important plants and stored plant products, including trees, cereals, tobacco, and dried fruits. Some, such as the boll weevil, which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, can cause extremely serious damage to agriculture. The boll weevil crossed the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas, to enter the United States from Mexico around 1892, and had", "title": "Beetle" }, { "docid": "5406441", "text": "Boll Weevil (restaurant) Boll Weevil was a casual dining chain of hamburger restaurants located in San Diego, California, United States. Boll Weevil was founded in 1966 by Fred and Lorraine Halleman. The original location was adjacent to the upscale Cotton Patch steakhouse, with the Boll Weevil name referring to a smaller restaurant spawned from a cotton patch. Both were located in San Diego on Midway Drive, near Barnett Ave and Pacific Highway in Point Loma. In the first Boll Weevil restaurant, beef left over from the trimmings of prime steak prepared at the Cotton Patch steakhouse were used to prepare", "title": "Boll Weevil (restaurant)" }, { "docid": "1465576", "text": "that their economy had been overly dependent on cotton, and that mixed farming and manufacturing were better alternatives. The boll weevil is the mascot for the University of Arkansas at Monticello and is listed on several \"silliest\" or \"weirdest\" mascots of all time. It was also the mascot of a short-lived minor league baseball team, the Temple Boll Weevils, which were alternatively called the \"Cotton Bugs.\" \"Boll Weevil\" is a traditional blues song which reached #2 on the Billboard chart in 1961. In the original 1980s \"Transformers\" cartoon series, Decepticon character Bombshell's alternative form is loosely based on the Boll", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "9714551", "text": "than one million acres still under treatment in Texas. Since its migration from Mexico in the late 19th century, the boll weevil had been the single most destructive cotton pest in the United States, and possibly the most destructive agricultural pest in the United States. The cost of its crop depredations has been estimated at $300 million per year. The control measures used have included a wide range of pesticides, including calcium arsenate, DDT, toxaphene, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, malathion, and parathion. In 1958, the National Cotton Council garnered the Congressional support to create the USDA Boll Weevil Research Lab.", "title": "Boll Weevil Eradication Program" }, { "docid": "5406442", "text": "burgers. Because of the success of the chain of Boll Weevil restaurants, the Cotton Patch eventually closed. Entrepreneur Fred Halleman assisted in establishing 20 Boll Weevil restaurants across the country. On September 15, 2008, the company-owned restaurants were closed down as the parent company entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy. A few independently owned franchise stores remain open. As of July 2017, the website representing the remaining locations (which are independently owned) lists five stores still operating. Boll Weevil restaurants were decorated in a style reminiscent of the American Old West, and also featured pool tables and video games. While discussing Hodad's,", "title": "Boll Weevil (restaurant)" }, { "docid": "1465572", "text": "weevil entered the United States, insecticides have always remained the main control methods. In the 1980s, entomologists at Texas A&M University pointed to the spread of another invasive pest, the red imported fire ant, as a factor in the weevils' population decline in some areas. Other avenues of control that have been explored include weevil-resistant strains of cotton, the parasitic wasp \"Catolaccus grandis\", the fungus \"Beauveria bassiana\", and the Chilo iridescent virus. Genetically engineered Bt cotton is not protected from the boll weevil. Although it was possible to control the boll weevil, to do so was costly in terms of", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "9714558", "text": "in addition to reducing pesticide use in the US, the fumigation of exported U.S. cotton bales with methyl bromide has also been significantly reduced. Fewer pesticide applications enable other insects to survive, including those that naturally prey on the boll weevil. Boll Weevil Eradication Program The Boll Weevil Eradication Program is a program sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that has sought to eradicate the boll weevil in the cotton-growing areas of the United States. It is one of the world's most successful implementations of integrated pest management. The program has enabled cotton farmers to reduce their", "title": "Boll Weevil Eradication Program" }, { "docid": "1465570", "text": "has cost U.S. cotton producers about $13 billion, and in recent times about $300 million per year. The boll weevil contributed to the economic woes of Southern farmers during the 1920s, a situation exacerbated by the Great Depression in the 1930s. The boll weevil appeared in Venezuela in 1949 and in Colombia in 1950. The Amazon Rainforest was thought to present a barrier to its further spread, but it was detected in Brazil in 1983, and an estimated 90% of the cotton farms in Brazil are now infested. During the 1990s, the weevil spread to Paraguay and Argentina. The International", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "1465571", "text": "Cotton Advisory Committee has proposed a control program similar to that used in the U.S. During early years of the weevil's presence, growers sought relatively warm soils and early-ripening cultivars. Following World War II, the development of new pesticides such as DDT enabled U.S. farmers again to grow cotton as an economic crop. DDT was initially extremely effective, but U.S. weevil populations developed resistance by the mid-1950s. Methyl parathion, malathion, and pyrethroids were subsequently used, but environmental and resistance concerns arose as they had with DDT, and control strategies changed. While many control methods have been investigated since the boll", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "9714550", "text": "Boll Weevil Eradication Program The Boll Weevil Eradication Program is a program sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that has sought to eradicate the boll weevil in the cotton-growing areas of the United States. It is one of the world's most successful implementations of integrated pest management. The program has enabled cotton farmers to reduce their use of pesticides by between 40 and 100 percent, and increase their yields by at least 10%, since its inception in the 1970s. By the autumn of 2009, eradication was finished in all US cotton regions with the exception of less", "title": "Boll Weevil Eradication Program" }, { "docid": "1465569", "text": "levels. Other limitations on boll weevil populations include extreme heat and drought. Its natural predators include fire ants, insects, spiders, birds, and a parasitic wasp, \"Catolaccus grandis\". The insects sometimes emerge from diapause before cotton buds are available. The insect crossed the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas, to enter the United States from Mexico in 1892 and reached southeastern Alabama in 1909. By the mid-1920s, it had entered all cotton-growing regions in the U.S., travelling 40 to 160 miles per year. It remains the most destructive cotton pest in North America. Since the boll weevil entered the United States, it", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "2204970", "text": "Weevil Weevils are certain beetles, namely the ones belonging to the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than , and herbivorous. About 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, with most of them in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name \"weevil\", such as the biscuit weevil (\"Stegobium paniceum\"), which belongs to the family Ptinidae. Many weevils are considered pests because of their ability to damage and kill crops. The grain or wheat weevil (\"Sitophilus granarius\") damages stored grain. The boll weevil (\"Anthonomus grandis\") attacks cotton", "title": "Weevil" }, { "docid": "13232323", "text": "the U.S. from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, causing severe devastation to the industry. The song is known to be \"at least a century old.\" Perhaps as early as 1908, blues pioneer Charley Patton wrote a song called \"\"Mississippi Boweevil Blues\"\" and recorded it in July 1929 (as \"The Masked Marvel\") for Paramount Records. Some of the lyrics are similar to \"Boll Weevil,\" describing the first time and \"the next time\" the narrator saw the boll weevil and making reference to the weevil's family and home. \"Mother of the", "title": "Boll Weevil (song)" }, { "docid": "88830", "text": "effective camouflage. Beetles are prominent in human culture, from the sacred scarabs of ancient Egypt to beetlewing art and use as pets or fighting insects for entertainment and gambling. Many beetle groups are brightly and attractively coloured making them objects of collection and decorative displays. Over 300 species are used as food, mostly as larvae; species widely consumed include mealworms and rhinoceros beetle larvae. However, the major impact of beetles on human life is as agricultural, forestry, and horticultural pests. Serious pests include the boll weevil of cotton, the Colorado potato beetle, the coconut hispine beetle, and the mountain pine", "title": "Beetle" }, { "docid": "1465574", "text": "all cotton-growing states with the exception of Texas, and most of this state is free of boll weevils. Problems along the southern border with Mexico have delayed eradication in the extreme southern portions of this state. Follow-up programs are in place in all cotton-growing states to prevent the reintroduction of the pest. These monitoring programs rely on pheromone-baited traps for detection. The boll weevil eradication program, although slow and costly, has paid off for cotton growers in reduced pesticide costs. This program and the screwworm program of the 1950s are among the biggest and most successful insect control programs in", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "88910", "text": "reached southeastern Alabama by 1915. By the mid-1920s, it had entered all cotton-growing regions in the US, traveling per year. It remains the most destructive cotton pest in North America. Mississippi State University has estimated, since the boll weevil entered the United States, it has cost cotton producers about $13 billion, and in recent times about $300 million per year. The bark beetle, elm leaf beetle and the Asian longhorned beetle (\"Anoplophora glabripennis\") are among the species that attack elm trees. Bark beetles (Scolytidae) carry Dutch elm disease as they move from infected breeding sites to healthy trees. The disease", "title": "Beetle" }, { "docid": "4239512", "text": "1950s, during the Eisenhower administration, but the term did not gain currency until the 1980s, when it was revived by Representative Charles W. Stenholm of Texas. The group adopted the name of the boll weevil, a pest destructive to cotton crops, because of the difficultly of eradicating the weevil and the pest's Southern habitat. Nonetheless, a bloc of conservative Democrats, mostly Southerners, remained in the United States Congress throughout the 1970s and 1980s (the Conservative Coalition). These included Democratic House members as conservative as Larry McDonald, who was also a leader in the John Birch Society. During the administration of", "title": "Boll weevil (politics)" }, { "docid": "1465567", "text": "color, and is usually less than 6 mm long. Adult weevils overwinter in well-drained areas in or near cotton fields,and farms after diapause. They emerge and enter cotton fields from early spring through midsummer, with peak emergence in late spring, and feed on immature cotton bolls. The boll weevil lays its eggs inside buds and ripening bolls (fruits) of the cotton plants. The female can lay up to 200 eggs over a 10- to 12-day period. The oviposition leaves wounds on the exterior of the flower bud. The eggs hatch in 3 to 5 days within the cotton squares (larger", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "9714556", "text": "those fields where weevils are detected. This phase begins in late spring and continues until the first killing frost. The final phase of the program involves monitoring and trapping at a density of one trap per , with spot spraying as required. The program has become more high-tech in recent years, employing GPS mapping technology and bar code readers that transmit trap data electronically. In portions of its range, the program has been bolstered by the spread of the red imported fire ant, which attacks the larvae and pupae of the boll weevil. At one time, cotton growers applied more", "title": "Boll Weevil Eradication Program" }, { "docid": "6068800", "text": "weevil\" was indigenous to Mexico, but appeared in Alabama in 1915. By 1918 farmers were losing whole cotton. H. M. Sessions saw this as an opportunity to convert the area to peanut farming. In 1916 he convinced C. W. Baston, an indebted farmer, to back his venture. The first crop paid off their debts and was bought by farmers seeking to change to peanut farming. Cotton was grown again, but farmers learned to diversify their crops, a practice which brought new money to Coffee County. Bon Fleming, a local businessman, came up with the idea to build a statue and", "title": "Boll Weevil Monument" }, { "docid": "1672655", "text": "setting but beneficial, domesticated or acceptable in another. Animals are called pests when they cause damage to agriculture by feeding on crops or parasitising livestock, such as codling moth on apples, or boll weevil on cotton. An animal could also be a pest when it causes damage to a wild ecosystem or carries germs within human habitats. Examples of these include those organisms which vector human disease, such as rats and fleas which carry the plague disease, mosquitoes which vector malaria, and ticks which carry Lyme disease. A species can be a pest in one setting but beneficial or domesticated", "title": "Pest (organism)" }, { "docid": "7494598", "text": "to debris after being bitten by a venomous water snake. Saltwater inundation was particularly damaging to rice, while strong winds blew down corn and heavy rains flooded cotton fields; these were the main crop losses attributed to Audrey. In Louisiana, preliminary estimates of crop damage reached $5 million. Forests were also heavily impacted, with an estimated of timber lost primarily in the parishes of Jeff Davis, Allen, Evangeline, and LaSalle. Poisoning efforts that had begun prior to Audrey's arrival to mitigate a boll weevil infestation were disrupted, leading to resurgence in boll weevils following the hurricane. The highest rainfall associated", "title": "Hurricane Audrey" }, { "docid": "16148195", "text": "Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football The Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Arkansas at Monticello located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The team competes in the NCAA Division II and are members of the Great American Conference. Arkansas–Monticello's first football team was fielded in 1913. The team plays its home games at Willis \"Convoy\" Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium in Monticello, Arkansas. The Boll Weevils are coached by Hud Jackson. As of May 2018, there is a total of one Boll Weevil listed on team rosters in the NFL, CFL, and AFL.", "title": "Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football" }, { "docid": "16148194", "text": "Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football The Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Arkansas at Monticello located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The team competes in the NCAA Division II and are members of the Great American Conference. Arkansas–Monticello's first football team was fielded in 1913. The team plays its home games at Willis \"Convoy\" Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium in Monticello, Arkansas. The Boll Weevils are coached by Hud Jackson. As of May 2018, there is a total of one Boll Weevil listed on team rosters in the NFL, CFL, and AFL.", "title": "Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football" }, { "docid": "5279285", "text": "in Greensboro, Alabama are among those that can be visited by tourists today. Many descendants of freed slaves continued to work as sharecroppers and laborers after emancipation, but many migrated among the counties, moved to cities, or left the state for other opportunities. Around 1910–20, the infestation of the cotton crop by the boll weevil destroyed much of the crops and plantation system, but the lingering effects of a cotton economy remain evident. To escape lynchings and social oppression, and after the boll weevil and increased mechanization of agriculture, thousands of African Americans left Alabama to go to industrial cities", "title": "Black Belt (region of Alabama)" }, { "docid": "1465573", "text": "insecticide costs. The goal of many cotton entomologists was to eventually eradicate the pest from U. S. cotton. In 1978, a large-scale test was begun in eastern North Carolina and in Southampton County, Virginia, to determine the feasibility of eradication. Based on the success of this test, area-wide programs were begun in the 1980s to eradicate the insect from whole regions. These are based on cooperative effort by all growers together with the assistance of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program has been successful in eradicating boll weevils from", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "15704926", "text": "insects that entered the United States from Mexico in 1892, created 100 years of problems for the U.S. cotton industry. Many consider the boll weevil almost as important as the Civil War as an agent of change in the South, forcing economic and social changes. In total, the boll weevil is estimated to have caused $22 billion in damages. In the late 1950s, the U.S. cotton industry faced economic problems, and eradication of the boll weevil was prioritized. The Agricultural Research Service built the Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, which came up with detection traps and pheromone lures. The program was", "title": "History of cotton" }, { "docid": "8349261", "text": "Spotted cucumber beetle The spotted cucumber beetle (\"Diabrotica undecimpunctata\") is a species of cucumber beetle that is native to North America. The beetle is also a major agricultural pest insect in North America. In the adult form, it eats and damages leaves of many crops, including cucumbers, soybeans, cotton, beans, and many others. In the larval form, which is known as the southern corn rootworm, it tunnels through the roots of young plants, stunting or killing them. These native pests have a wide range of host plants, but will readily infest a field of crop plants, most notoriously corn. Adult", "title": "Spotted cucumber beetle" }, { "docid": "7774599", "text": "Grandisol Grandisol is a natural organic compound with the molecular formula CHO. It is a monoterpene containing a cyclobutane ring, an alcohol group, an alkene group and two chiral centers (one of which is quaternary). Grandisol is a pheromone primarily important as the sex attractant of the cotton boll weevil (\"Anthonomus grandis\"), from which it gets its name. It is also a pheromone for other related insects. The cotton boll weevil is an agricultural pest that can cause significant economic damage if not controlled. Grandisol is the major constituent of the mixture known as grandlure, which is used to protect", "title": "Grandisol" }, { "docid": "2204971", "text": "crops; it lays its eggs inside cotton balls and the larvae eat their way out. Other weevils are used for biological control of invasive plants. Some weevils have the ability to fly, such as the rice weevil. One species of weevil, \"Austroplatypus incompertus\", exhibits eusociality, one of the few insects outside the Hymenoptera and the Isoptera to do so. Because so many species exist in such diversity, the higher classification of weevils is in a state of flux. They are generally divided into two major divisions, the Orthoceri or primitive weevils, and the Gonatoceri or true weevils (Curculionidae). E. C.", "title": "Weevil" } ]

[ { "docid": "6068804", "text": "display at Enterprise's Depot Museum, a few hundred feet away at 106 Railroad Street. There is a security camera nearby that monitors the monument for further vandalism. Boll Weevil Monument The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the boll weevil, for its profound influence on the area's agriculture and economy. Hailing the beetle as a \"herald of prosperity,\" it stands as the world's first monument built to honor an agricultural pest. The Monument consists of a", "title": "Boll Weevil Monument" }, { "docid": "6068802", "text": "the center of a fountain, which is surrounded by a wrought-iron railing. The monument stands more than tall. At the base of the monument appears the following inscription: \"In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity this monument was erected by the citizens of Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama.\" The original statue of the woman, excluding the fountain and boll weevil, was built in Italy for approximately $1,800. The boll weevil was not added until thirty years later, when Luther Baker thought the Boll Weevil Monument should have a boll weevil on", "title": "Boll Weevil Monument" }, { "docid": "13232329", "text": "boll weevils reply, \"We ain't gonna do ya much harm\". The chorus of \"we're lookin' for a home\" was sung by Benton and the Mike Stewart Singers. \"Boll Weevil Song\" is an adaption of the traditional blues song written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart. It was the B-side of Cochran's Liberty Records hit single \"Somethin' Else\" and released in July 1959. Boll Weevil (song) \"Boll Weevil\" is a traditional blues song, also known by similar titles such as \"Boweavil\" or \"Boll Weevil Blues\". Although many songs about the boll weevil were recorded by blues musicians during the 1920s, 1930s", "title": "Boll Weevil (song)" }, { "docid": "5406443", "text": "OB Rag editor Frank Gormlie criticized the food served at Boll-Weevil's as being too greasy. \"San Diego Reader\" editor Ben Kers included Boll Weevil in his list of \"fourteen more things you’ll never see in San Diego again\". He said that while there are still a few restaurants baring the name, he felt that the food was no longer the same as it once was. Boll Weevil (restaurant) Boll Weevil was a casual dining chain of hamburger restaurants located in San Diego, California, United States. Boll Weevil was founded in 1966 by Fred and Lorraine Halleman. The original location was", "title": "Boll Weevil (restaurant)" }, { "docid": "1465575", "text": "history. The Library of Congress American Memory Project contains a number of oral history materials on the boll weevil's impact. A 2009 study found \"that as the weevil traversed the American South [in the period 1892-1932], it seriously disrupted local economies, significantly reduced the value of land (at this time still the most important asset in the American South), and triggered substantial intraregional population movements.\" The boll weevil infestation has been credited with bringing about economic diversification in the Southern US, including the expansion of peanut cropping. The citizens of Enterprise, Alabama, erected the Boll Weevil Monument in 1919, perceiving", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "13232325", "text": "Blues (Tanner's title) are listed in Russell. In both Jaybird Coleman's \"Boll Weevil,\" from the late 1920s, and Blind Willie McTell's, from the 1930s, we find the element of a dialogue between the boll weevil and a farmer. W.A. Lindsey & Alvin Condor's \"Boll Weevil\" recorded February 24, 1928 contains these same elements. But the first version to include all the hallmarks of the song is Lead Belly's, first recorded by Lomax on October 15, 1934 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Lead Belly re-recorded the song a number of times between 1934 and his death in 1949, with slightly different lyrics. Fats", "title": "Boll Weevil (song)" }, { "docid": "6068803", "text": "it. He made the boll weevil and mounted it atop the statue. The boll weevil, and sometimes even the entire monument, has been repeatedly stolen throughout the years. Each time it was found and repaired by the city of Enterprise until July 11, 1998. On that day vandals ripped the boll weevil out of the statue's hands and permanently damaged the statue. City leaders were going to repair the original statue and put it back, but it proved too difficult and costly. A polymer-resin replica was erected in its place in downtown Enterprise in 1998, and the original is on", "title": "Boll Weevil Monument" }, { "docid": "13232324", "text": "Blues\" Ma Rainey recorded a song called \"Bo-Weavil Blues\" in Chicago in December 1923, and Bessie Smith covered it in 1924, but the song had little in common with Lead Belly's \"Boll Weevil\" aside from the subject matter. A version recorded by the Old Time Country musician Gid Tanner in 1924 (see Country Music Records A Discography, 1921 -1942, Tony Russell, Oxford University Press, 2004) is extremely similar to Lead Belly's both in the tune and the dialog lyrics. It can be accessed at this link: https://www.myspace.com/gidtanner/music/songs?filter=featured#! At least two other early Country versions of Boll Weevil or Boll Weevil", "title": "Boll Weevil (song)" }, { "docid": "13232326", "text": "Domino's \"Bo Weevil\" song portrays a performance of the Bo Weevil song at celebration on a farm. The following is a list of versions of the song by other artists. The 1961 recording by American R&B singer Brook Benton was released as \"The Boll Weevil Song\" in an adaptation by Benton and frequent musical collaborator Clyde Otis. Considered a novelty record, it was produced by Shelby Singleton and appeared on an album called \"The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits\". Benton's recording was a hit single during the summer of 1961 and became the highest-charting single of his", "title": "Boll Weevil (song)" }, { "docid": "1465568", "text": "buds before flowering), feed for 8 to 10 days, and finally pupate. The pupal stage lasts another 5 to 7 days. The lifecycle from egg to adult spans about three weeks during the summer. Under optimal conditions, 8 to 10 generations per season may occur. Boll weevils begin to die at temperatures at or below −5 °C (23 °F). Research at the University of Missouri indicates they cannot survive more than an hour at −15 °C (5 °F). The insulation offered by leaf litter, crop residues, and snow may enable the beetle to survive when air temperatures drop to these", "title": "Boll weevil" }, { "docid": "19670638", "text": "The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits is a studio album released by Brook Benton in 1961 on Mercury LP record MG 20641 (mono) and SR 60641 (stereo). The album appeared on Billboard's album charts in 1961 for thirteen weeks, reaching position number 70. The orchestrations were done by Stan Applebaum, who also conducted the orchestra on the sessions. Following the significant popularity of Benton's hit The Boll Weevil Song, Mercury quickly arranged sessions which largely rely on American Caucasian folk music for material, although Benton took composition credit", "title": "The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits" }, { "docid": "4239514", "text": "in the House, including some younger or newer members as well as the remaining boll weevils who refused to bow to pressure to switch parties, organized themselves as the \"Blue Dogs\" in the early 1990s. A different bloc of Democrats also emerged in the 1990s, under the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), espousing conservative pro-business views on economic issues and moderate views on social issues. Boll weevil (politics) Boll weevils was an American political term used in the mid- and late-20th century to describe conservative Southern Democrats. During and after the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, conservative Southern Democrats were part", "title": "Boll weevil (politics)" }, { "docid": "9714552", "text": "In 1959 J. R. Brazzel and L. D. Newsom published a paper outlining the winter dormancy (diapause) behavior of the boll weevil. Brazzel published the results of his first diapause control insecticide treatment trial in 1959, finding that methyl parathion treatments in the fall significantly reduced the overwintering population, especially when combined with plowing of the stalks into the ground. More sophisticated trapping and monitoring devices were developed over the next decade. Further progress was made when the male boll weevil pheromone was identified in the 1960s; the insects could be lured into traps baited with this pheromone, further reducing", "title": "Boll Weevil Eradication Program" }, { "docid": "4239510", "text": "Boll weevil (politics) Boll weevils was an American political term used in the mid- and late-20th century to describe conservative Southern Democrats. During and after the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, conservative Southern Democrats were part of the coalition generally in support of Roosevelt's New Deal and Harry Truman's Fair Deal economic policies, but were opposed to desegregation and the American civil rights movement. On several occasions between 1948 and 1968, prominent conservative Southern Democrats broke from the Democrats to run a third party campaign for President on a platform of states' rights: Strom Thurmond in 1948, Harry F. Byrd", "title": "Boll weevil (politics)" }, { "docid": "14773796", "text": "possible indication of infestation is grain, when placed in water, floating to the surface. Ragged holes in individual grains, similar to damage caused by the rice weevil and granary weevil, may indicate infestation. In large stores of grain, an increase in temperature may be detected. The most obvious sign of infestation is the emergence of adults. One study recorded, 5 weeks after infestation, the emergence of 100 adults per kg per day. Maize weevil The maize weevil (\"Sitophilus zeamais\"), known in the United States as the greater rice weevil, is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. It can", "title": "Maize weevil" }, { "docid": "6068801", "text": "helped to finance the cost. As a tribute to how something disastrous can be a catalyst for change, and a reminder of how the people of Enterprise adjusted in the face of adversity, the monument was dedicated on December 11, 1919 at the intersection of College and Main Street, the heart of the town's business district. The monument depicts a female figure in a flowing gown with arms stretched above her head She raises high a trophy topped by an enlarged-scale boll weevil. The statue stands atop an ornately detailed base which supports two round streetlamps. The base stands in", "title": "Boll Weevil Monument" }, { "docid": "19670639", "text": "for most the songs. The result is a mix of R&B and pop. Allmusic reviews the album favorably, but reviewer Greg Adams wishes the rest of the album had the \"fire\" contained in the title track. The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits is a studio album released by Brook Benton in 1961 on Mercury LP record MG 20641 (mono) and SR 60641 (stereo). The album appeared on Billboard's album charts in 1961 for thirteen weeks, reaching position number 70. The orchestrations were done by Stan Applebaum, who also", "title": "The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits" }, { "docid": "13232328", "text": "the time was \"Tossin' and Turnin'\" by rock and roll singer Bobby Lewis, and Benton's song was not considered rock and roll by the magazine, \"The Boll Weevil Song\" holds the distinction of being the first number-one song on the \"Billboard\" Easy Listening chart. In the UK, the song reached a peak position of number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 40 for eight weeks during the summer of 1961. The majority of the song's lyrics are spoken by Benton, as in when the farmer inquires, \"Say, why'd you pick my farm?\", to which the", "title": "Boll Weevil (song)" }, { "docid": "4239511", "text": "in 1960, and George Wallace in 1968. In the 1964 presidential election, five states in the Deep South (then a Democratic stronghold) voted for Republican Barry Goldwater over Southern Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson, partly due to Johnson's support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Goldwater's opposition to it. After 1968, with desegregation a settled issue, the Republican Party began a strategy of trying to win conservative Southerners away from the Democrats and into the Republican Party (see Southern strategy and silent majority). Representative Howard W. Smith of Virginia took up the boll weevil as a symbol in the", "title": "Boll weevil (politics)" }, { "docid": "13232327", "text": "career on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, where the singer had eight Top 10 hits between 1959 and 1970. \"The Boll Weevil Song\" spent three weeks at number two on the Hot 100 chart. On the R&B chart, where Benton had enjoyed even greater success, the song also reached number two. On the week ending July 17, 1961, \"Billboard\" Magazine debuted the \"Easy Listening chart\" (renamed the Adult Contemporary chart in 1979). This separate chart was created to list songs that the magazine deemed were not rock and roll records. Since the number-one song on the Hot 100 chart at", "title": "Boll Weevil (song)" }, { "docid": "14773790", "text": "Maize weevil The maize weevil (\"Sitophilus zeamais\"), known in the United States as the greater rice weevil, is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. It can be found in numerous tropical areas around the world, and in the United States, and is a major pest of maize. This species attacks both standing crops and stored cereal products, including wheat, rice, sorghum, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, peas, and cottonseed. The maize weevil also infests other types of stored, processed cereal products such as pasta, cassava, and various coarse, milled grains. It has even been known to attack fruit while", "title": "Maize weevil" }, { "docid": "6258128", "text": "is to immerse them in water. If they float to the surface, it is a good indication of infestation. Even if identified early, disposal may be the only effective solution. Deltamethrin powder (WP) is another solution to weevil infestation in grains. Wheat weevil The wheat weevil (\"Sitophilus granarius\"), also known as the grain weevil or granary weevil, occurs all over the world and is a common pest in many places. It can cause significant damage to harvested stored grains and may drastically decrease crop yields. The females lay many eggs and the larvae eat the inside of the grain kernels.", "title": "Wheat weevil" }, { "docid": "6258123", "text": "Wheat weevil The wheat weevil (\"Sitophilus granarius\"), also known as the grain weevil or granary weevil, occurs all over the world and is a common pest in many places. It can cause significant damage to harvested stored grains and may drastically decrease crop yields. The females lay many eggs and the larvae eat the inside of the grain kernels. Adult wheat weevils are about long with elongated snouts and chewing mouth parts. Depending on the grain kernels, the size of the weevil varies. In small grains, such as millet or grain sorghum, they are small in size, but are larger", "title": "Wheat weevil" }, { "docid": "4277225", "text": "Bark beetle A bark beetle is one of about 220 genera with 6,000 species of beetles in the subfamily Scolytinae. Traditionally, this was considered a distinct family Scolytidae, but is now understood to be very specialized members of the \"true weevil\" family (Curculionidae). Well-known species are members of the type genus \"Scolytus\", namely the European elm bark beetle \"S. multistriatus\" and the large elm bark beetle \"S. scolytus\", which like the American elm bark beetle \"Hylurgopinus rufipes\", transmit Dutch elm disease fungi (\"Ophiostoma\"). The mountain pine beetle \"Dendroctonus ponderosae\", southern pine beetle \"Dendroctonus frontalis\", and their near relatives are major", "title": "Bark beetle" }, { "docid": "4239513", "text": "Ronald Reagan, the term \"boll weevils\" was applied to this bloc of conservative Democrats, who consistently voted for Reagan administration policies, such as tax cuts, increases in military spending, and deregulation. The boll weevils were contrasted with the \"gypsy moth Republicans\"—moderate Republicans from the Northeast and Midwest who opposed many Reagan economic policies. Most of the boll weevils eventually retired from politics, or in the case of some, such as Senators Strom Thurmond, Phil Gramm and Richard Shelby, switched parties and joined the Republicans. Since 1988, the term \"boll weevils\" has fallen out of favor. A bloc of conservative Democrats", "title": "Boll weevil (politics)" }, { "docid": "10418646", "text": "(\"Mycosphaerella dendroides\"), and pecan scab (\"Cladosporium effusum\"). Mockernut hickory is host to anthracnose (\"Gnomonia caryae\"). Nuts of all hickory species are susceptible to attack by the hickory nut weevil (\"Curculio caryae\"). Another weevil (\"Conotrachelus aratus\") attacks young shoots and leaf petioles. The \"Curculio\" species are the most damaging and can destroy 65 percent of the hickory nut crop. Hickory shuckworms also damage nuts. The bark beetle (\"Scolytus quadrispinosus\") attacks mockernut hickory, especially in drought years and where hickory species are growing rapidly. The hickory spiral borer (\"Argilus arcuatus torquatus\") and the pecan carpenterworm (\"Cossula magnifica\") are also serious insect enemies", "title": "Carya tomentosa" }, { "docid": "5935476", "text": "and far between. Research into nematode and other biological control agents continues today. Another possibility is the planting of trap crops (crops that the beetles prefer) around the perimeter of the main crop. The trap crop can then be treated with insecticide, reducing overall pesticide use. Some research indicates that striped cucumber beetle damage can be reduced by the use of vermicompost fertilizer compared to inorganic fertilizer. Researchers suggest that the mechanism by which vermicompost reduces beetle damage is due to an increase in phenolic compounds in plants grown with vermicompost. The application of \"Paecilomyces fumosoroseus\" to a trap crop", "title": "Striped cucumber beetle" }, { "docid": "14660290", "text": "Evidence for this pattern of storage, cryptic choice, and male behavior also exists in the flour beetle \"Tribolium castaneum\". Muscle contraction as a means of moving spermatozoa through the reproductive system into and out of the storage structures has been examined in Diptera, Orthoptera, and Lepidoptera as well as in the species \"Rhodnius prolixus\" and the boll weevil. In \"R. prolixus\", rhythmic peristaltic contractions of the oviduct cause contractions of the bursa copulatrix and spermatheca movement. This movement of the spermatheca results in spermatozoa migration into the spermathecal duct and into the spermatheca reservoir. In the boll weevil, contractions are", "title": "Female sperm storage" }, { "docid": "10013981", "text": "Valley in Fiordland. Mitochondrial DNA suggests that during the Pleistocene ice ages giraffe weevils were only found in the remnant forests of Northland, and have expanded southward during this current interglacial. They are found in native forest, mainly at lower altitudes. Their larvae inhabit at least 17 species of native trees, including lacebark, pigeonwood, rewarewa, tawa, pukatea and rimu, but are especially common on karaka and mahoe. New Zealand giraffe weevil The New Zealand giraffe weevil, Lasiorhynchus barbicornis, is a distinctive straight-snouted weevil in the subfamily Brentinae, endemic to New Zealand. \"L. barbicornis\" is New Zealand's longest beetle, and shows", "title": "New Zealand giraffe weevil" }, { "docid": "17675648", "text": "season of the walnut twig beetle. Gatherings of the beetle in sections of the walnut tree are known as galleries. The outward appearance of the walnut above these galleries seemed normal except for small beetle entrance holes. In later stages of decline, beetle entrance holes and galleries were found scattered every 2 to 5 centimeters, essentially crippling the tree. The walnut twig beetle is commonly associated with the fungus \"Geosmithia morbida\" that causes damage ranging from discoloration in some species of walnuts to mortality in others. \"Thousand cankers disease\" was given its name because of the magnitude of galleries and", "title": "Walnut twig beetle" }, { "docid": "88920", "text": "historically used the weevil \"Rhynchophorus ferrugineus\" as a musical instrument by letting the human mouth serve as a variable resonance chamber for the wing vibrations of the live adult beetle. Some species of beetle are kept as pets, for example diving beetles (Dytiscidae) may be kept in a domestic fresh water tank. In Japan the practice of keeping horned rhinoceros beetles (Dynastinae) and stag beetles (Lucanidae) is particularly popular amongst young boys. Such is the popularity in Japan that vending machines dispensing live beetles were developed in 1999, each holding up to 100 stag beetles. Beetle collecting became extremely popular", "title": "Beetle" }, { "docid": "12243007", "text": "and to fruit that other animals or insects have already damaged. In most small gardens, the adult beetles are minor pests that do little damage; however, they can swarm on soft or damaged fruit and have been known to eat an entire garden grape or fig crop. They are not considered to be an important pest because they do not damage lawns as larvae and trees as much as June beetles or Japanese beetles. Figeater beetle Cotinis mutabilis, also known as the figeater beetle (also green fruit beetle or fig beetle), is a member of the scarab beetle family. It", "title": "Figeater beetle" }, { "docid": "2768273", "text": "regions (Xyleborus glabratus, Euwallacea fornicatus). Beetle species that readily colonize lumber, such as sawlogs, green lumber, and stave-bolts, often cause region-specific economic loss from the pinhole and stained-wood defects caused by their brood galleries. In Northern USA and Canada, conifer logs are attractive to \"Trypodendron lineatum\" (Oliv.) during the spring swarming flight (Dyer 1967). Previous studies showed that short log sections become attractive more rapidly than corresponding long logs. Ambrosia beetle Ambrosia beetles are beetles of the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), which live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. The beetles excavate tunnels in dead or stressed", "title": "Ambrosia beetle" }, { "docid": "88836", "text": "appear alongside the first rove beetles (Staphylinidae), which closely resemble recent species. Some entomologists are sceptical that such early insects are so closely related to present-day species, arguing that this is extremely unlikely; for example, the structure of the metepisternum suggests that the Obrienidae could be Archostemata, not weevils at all, despite fossils with weevil-like snouts. In 2009, a fossil beetle was described from the Pennsylvanian of Mazon Creek, Illinois, pushing the origin of the beetles to an earlier date, . Fossils from this time have been found in Asia and Europe, for instance in the red slate fossil beds", "title": "Beetle" }, { "docid": "88887", "text": "a division of labour into reproductive and non-reproductive groups. Few organisms outside Hymenoptera exhibit this behavior; the only beetle to do so is the weevil \"Austroplatypus incompertus\". This Australian species lives in horizontal networks of tunnels, in the heartwood of \"Eucalyptus\" trees. It is one of more than 300 species of wood-boring Ambrosia beetles which distribute the spores of ambrosia fungi. The fungi grow in the beetles' tunnels, providing food for the beetles and their larvae; female offspring remain in the tunnels and maintain the fungal growth, probably never reproducing. Cooperative brood care is also found in the bess beetles", "title": "Beetle" }, { "docid": "88894", "text": "spray as a jet that can be aimed accurately at predators. Large ground-dwelling beetles such as Carabidae, the rhinoceros beetle and the longhorn beetles defend themselves using strong mandibles, or heavily sclerotised (armored) spines or horns to deter or fight off predators. Many species of weevil that feed out in the open on leaves of plants react to attack by employing a drop-off reflex. Some combine it with thanatosis, in which they close up their appendages and \"play dead\". The click beetles (Elateridae) can suddenly catapult themselves out of danger by releasing the energy stored by a click mechanism, which", "title": "Beetle" }, { "docid": "15546239", "text": "should be debarked when distinct larval galleries with small larvae are found. Another method is clearcutting, removing sections of trees at the first signs of infestation. Pheromone traps can be used. Removal of attractive material, such as logs with bark, weakened trees, and windthrow, may help prevent outbreaks. European spruce bark beetle The European spruce bark beetle (\"Ips typographus\"), is a species of beetle in the weevil subfamily Scolytinae, the bark beetles, and is found from Europe to Asia Minor and some parts of Africa. Adults are usually long, cylindrical and robust, black or brownish-black. Elytral declivity is slightly shiny,", "title": "European spruce bark beetle" }, { "docid": "15546229", "text": "European spruce bark beetle The European spruce bark beetle (\"Ips typographus\"), is a species of beetle in the weevil subfamily Scolytinae, the bark beetles, and is found from Europe to Asia Minor and some parts of Africa. Adults are usually long, cylindrical and robust, black or brownish-black. Elytral declivity is slightly shiny, with 4 teeth on each margin side. The third tooth is the biggest and club like on its top. The egg is yellowish-white. The larva is white and legless. The pupa is also white. Bark beetles are so named because they reproduce in the inner bark, living and", "title": "European spruce bark beetle" }, { "docid": "6395547", "text": "Adults may also be controlled using the fungus \"Beauveria bassiana\", which is a biocontrol. Vine weevil Black vine weevil (\"Otiorhynchus sulcatus\") is an insect native to Europe but common in North America as well. It is a pest of many garden plants. The adult weevil is matte black with fused wing covers, and is unable to fly. It feeds at night on the outer edges of leaves, causing the leaves to have a notched margin. Broadleaved evergreen plants such as \"Camellia\", \"Rhododendron\", \"Euonymus\" and \"Bergenia\" are particularly prone to damage, although a wide range of different garden plants is susceptible", "title": "Vine weevil" }, { "docid": "10013971", "text": "New Zealand giraffe weevil The New Zealand giraffe weevil, Lasiorhynchus barbicornis, is a distinctive straight-snouted weevil in the subfamily Brentinae, endemic to New Zealand. \"L. barbicornis\" is New Zealand's longest beetle, and shows extreme sexual dimorphism: males measure up to 90 mm, and females 50 mm, although there is an extreme range of body sizes in both sexes. In males the elongated snout (or rostrum) can be nearly as long as the body. Male giraffe weevils use this long rostrum to battle over females, although small males can avoid conflict and 'sneak' in to mate with females, sometimes under the", "title": "New Zealand giraffe weevil" }, { "docid": "2768267", "text": "Ambrosia beetle Ambrosia beetles are beetles of the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), which live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. The beetles excavate tunnels in dead or stressed trees in which they cultivate fungal gardens, their sole source of nutrition. After landing on a suitable tree, an ambrosia beetle excavates a tunnel in which it releases spores of its fungal symbiont. The fungus penetrates the plant's xylem tissue, extracts nutrients from it, and concentrates the nutrients on and near the surface of the beetle gallery. Ambrosia fungi are typically poor wood degraders, and instead utilize less demanding", "title": "Ambrosia beetle" }, { "docid": "2204973", "text": "from Marvaldi \"et al.\", and was achieved using phylogenetic analyses. The accepted families are the primitive weevils, Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Belidae, Brentidae, Caridae, and Nemonychidae, and the true weevils Curculionidae. Most other weevil families were demoted to subfamilies or tribes. Weevil species radiation was shown to follow steps in plant evolution upon which the weevils feed; they can vary in color from black to light brown. Some of the features used to distinguish weevil families are: \"Rhopalapion longirostre\" exhibits an extreme case of sexual dimorphism. The female rostrum is twice as long and its surface is smoother than in the male.", "title": "Weevil" }, { "docid": "19228304", "text": "on that Island. To assist with their establishment the weevils were placed inside cages situated in West Bay containing tree species the weevils are known to consume. Turbott's weevil are protected under Schedule 7 of The 1953 Wildlife Act, making it an offense to hunt, kill or possess a specimen. Turbott's weevil Turbott's weevil (\"Anagotus turbotti\") is a weevil that is endemic to New Zealand. It has been found on the Hen and Chicken Islands, the Poor Knights Islands and the Three Kings Islands. New Zealand entomologist Donald Spiller first described and named this species in 1942, based on two", "title": "Turbott's weevil" }, { "docid": "16738636", "text": "Flax weevil The flax weevil (\"Anagotus fairburni\") is a large flightless weevil. It was discovered by E. Fairburn in 1931 on D'Urville Island. The weevil is known to live on New Zealand flax (\"Phormium tenax\"), feeding on leaves, where it produces a characteristic feeding notch. The weevil is a large, nocturnal, flightless weevil ranging in length from 20 to 25mm. Although considered a coastal species, the flax weevil has been found in the Tararua Range on Phormium cookianum, a mountain flax. It is possible that other remnant populations survive in other mountain ranges. However, due to predation by mammals, it", "title": "Flax weevil" }, { "docid": "19228301", "text": "Turbott's weevil Turbott's weevil (\"Anagotus turbotti\") is a weevil that is endemic to New Zealand. It has been found on the Hen and Chicken Islands, the Poor Knights Islands and the Three Kings Islands. New Zealand entomologist Donald Spiller first described and named this species in 1942, based on two specimens collected by E. G. Turbott from the Poor Knights Islands, in November 1940. \"Anagotus turbotti\" was named in honour of its collector. Turbott's weevil is one of the largest and most colourful of New Zealand's endemic weevils. This species is flightless and ranges in length from 18-25mm. It has", "title": "Turbott's weevil" }, { "docid": "5935472", "text": "Striped cucumber beetle The striped cucumber beetle (\"Acalymma vittatum\") is a beetle of the family Chrysomelidae and a serious pest of cucurbit crops in both larval and adult stages. It is replaced in the west by \"Acalymma trivittatum\", a duller species often with greyish or pale white elytra rather than yellow. The striped cucumber beetle is a small beetle approximately half a centimeters in length, and characterized by brown-yellow elytra completely covering the abdomen and longitudinally transversed by three thick black stripes. It superficially resembles the western corn rootworm (\"Diabrotica virgifera\"), another serious crop pest. However, the ventral abdominal surface", "title": "Striped cucumber beetle" }, { "docid": "13568628", "text": "genus. Naupactus (weevil) Naupactus is a genus of beetles in the weevil family Curculionidae, the true weevils. They are known commonly as whitefringed beetles. Many species of the genus are considered pests, both as larvae and as adults. The genus is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from Mexico to Argentina; the highest species diversity is in Brazil. Several species have been introduced to the United States and New Zealand. Some \"Naupactus\" have fully developed wings, while others have rudimentary or absent wings and are flightless. The females have flexible ovipositors with which they deposit eggs in cracks", "title": "Naupactus (weevil)" }, { "docid": "13568626", "text": "Naupactus (weevil) Naupactus is a genus of beetles in the weevil family Curculionidae, the true weevils. They are known commonly as whitefringed beetles. Many species of the genus are considered pests, both as larvae and as adults. The genus is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from Mexico to Argentina; the highest species diversity is in Brazil. Several species have been introduced to the United States and New Zealand. Some \"Naupactus\" have fully developed wings, while others have rudimentary or absent wings and are flightless. The females have flexible ovipositors with which they deposit eggs in cracks and", "title": "Naupactus (weevil)" }, { "docid": "18917832", "text": "the first adult feeding spots are noticed on host leaves. A rule of thumb is to apply the insecticide when feeding damage accumulates to 10% or more throughout foliage. Since the spring adults feed and move during April to early June, a second application may be needed. Systemics are used to combat larvae. It is best to apply systemics when the eggs have just been laid or while larval mines are green in color. Yellow-poplar weevil The yellow-poplar weevil, scientific classification Odontopus calceatus, is a type of weevil which occurs in much of the eastern and southeastern United States. Its", "title": "Yellow-poplar weevil" }, { "docid": "15321574", "text": "\"Platyptilia carduidactyla\", the bumble flower beetle \"Euphoria inda\", and the stem borer weevil \"Lixus pervestitus\". Large sections of several thistle populations have been damaged by one or more of these insects. The non-native flower head weevil \"Rhinocyllus conicus\" has the potential to damage the thistle; it was purposely introduced to North America in an attempt to control various species of invasive thistles which are noxious weeds, including musk thistle. The weevil was never released in New Mexico because of its potential to attack the native thistle; unfortunately, it has moved into the area on its own. So far its distribution", "title": "Cirsium vinaceum" }, { "docid": "88911", "text": "has devastated elm trees across Europe and North America. Some species of beetle have evolved immunity to insecticides. For example, the Colorado potato beetle, \"Leptinotarsa decemlineata\", is a destructive pest of potato plants. Its hosts include other members of the Solanaceae, such as nightshade, tomato, eggplant and capsicum, as well as the potato. Different populations have between them developed resistance to all major classes of insecticide. The Colorado potato beetle was evaluated as a tool of entomological warfare during World War II, the idea being to use the beetle and its larvae to damage the crops of enemy nations. Germany", "title": "Beetle" }, { "docid": "18355593", "text": "Callosobruchus chinensis Callosobruchus chinensis is a common species of beetle found in the bean weevil subfamily, and is known to be a pest to many stored legumes. Although it is commonly known as the adzuki bean weevil it is in fact not a true weevil, belonging instead to the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. Other common names include the pulse beetle, Chinese bruchid and cowpea bruchid. This species has a very similar lifestyle and habitat to \"Callosobruchus maculatus\" and their identities are often mistaken for each other. This beetle is a common pest targeting many different species of stored legumes and", "title": "Callosobruchus chinensis" }, { "docid": "8992948", "text": "Weevil (Torchwood) Weevils are a fictional extraterrestrial species from the British science fiction television series \"Torchwood\", first appearing in the episode \"Everything Changes\" (2006). As Jack Harkness explains in that episode, the name \"Weevil\" is applied to them by Torchwood, but as communication with them is limited, the true name of their race is not known. The behind-the-scenes documentary series, \"Torchwood Declassified\", describes them as the \"resident alien of the show\". Torchwood Three has a captive Weevil which Owen studies. Jack first considered the name Barbara, but \"It didn't seem right\" so they named it Janet. Weevils are thought to", "title": "Weevil (Torchwood)" }, { "docid": "8992956", "text": "\"The Pandorica Opens\" (2010). They appear alongside a number of alien species from the \"Doctor Who\" universe who unite to apprehend the Doctor. Weevil (Torchwood) Weevils are a fictional extraterrestrial species from the British science fiction television series \"Torchwood\", first appearing in the episode \"Everything Changes\" (2006). As Jack Harkness explains in that episode, the name \"Weevil\" is applied to them by Torchwood, but as communication with them is limited, the true name of their race is not known. The behind-the-scenes documentary series, \"Torchwood Declassified\", describes them as the \"resident alien of the show\". Torchwood Three has a captive Weevil", "title": "Weevil (Torchwood)" }, { "docid": "6395544", "text": "Vine weevil Black vine weevil (\"Otiorhynchus sulcatus\") is an insect native to Europe but common in North America as well. It is a pest of many garden plants. The adult weevil is matte black with fused wing covers, and is unable to fly. It feeds at night on the outer edges of leaves, causing the leaves to have a notched margin. Broadleaved evergreen plants such as \"Camellia\", \"Rhododendron\", \"Euonymus\" and \"Bergenia\" are particularly prone to damage, although a wide range of different garden plants is susceptible to attack. Female weevils have the ability to reproduce parthenogenetically with fertilisation of eggs", "title": "Vine weevil" }, { "docid": "8245455", "text": "Grapevine beetle The grapevine beetle, \"Pelidnota punctata\", also known as the spotted June beetle or the spotted pelidnota, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae (Scarab beetles), situated in the subfamily Rutelinae. Grapevine beetles are common in the north and central United States and Eastern Canada, but do relatively little damage to their host plants. The beetles fly at a fast speed, usually in a curving flight. The adult beetle is approximately 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) long, but can reach 3 cm (1.2 in) occasionally. Its pattern is off-yellow or auburn red, with three black spots running down", "title": "Grapevine beetle" }, { "docid": "1410611", "text": "Japanese beetle The Japanese beetle (\"Popillia japonica\") is a species of scarab beetle. The adult measures in length and in width, has iridescent copper-colored elytra and a green thorax and head. It is not very destructive in Japan, where it is controlled by natural predators, but in North America, it is a noted pest of about 300 species of plants including rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, birch trees, linden trees, and others. The adult beetles damage plants by skeletonizing the foliage, that is, consuming only the leaf material between the veins, and may also feed on fruit on", "title": "Japanese beetle" }, { "docid": "11519232", "text": "on the roots. The larvae and adults are dually responsible for damage to the plant. The adult defoliates plants which are often already weakened by larval damage at the roots. This two-pronged attack is quite successful in preventing ragwort growth and development. The beetles have prevented entire populations of ragwort from reaching flowering stage at several monitored sites. The beetle is not choosy between species in the genera in which it feeds from, and recent studies with the beetle have shown \"that selection pressure by specialist herbivores is not likely a driving force in evolutionary diversification\" of the plants which", "title": "Tansy ragwort flea beetle" }, { "docid": "5381013", "text": "Varied carpet beetle The varied carpet beetle (\"Anthrenus verbasci\") is a 3 mm-long beetle belonging to the family Dermestidae. They are a common species, often considered a pest of domestic houses and, particularly, natural history museums, where the larvae may damage natural fibers and can damage carpets, furniture, clothing, and insect collections. \"A. verbasci\" was also the first insect to be shown to have an annual behavioral rhythm and to date remains a classic example of circannual cycles in animals. Adult \"A. verbasci\" range in length from . The body is rounded, almost spherical. The elytra and pronotum are covered", "title": "Varied carpet beetle" }, { "docid": "20327122", "text": "seeds are produced in great quantities and are readily distributed by animals and human activity. Of the 76 natural enemies garlic mustard has in its native range, several have been tested for use as potential biological control agents. Five weevil species from the genus \"Ceutorhynchus\" and one flea beetle were selected as candidates during preliminary testing. Since that time, the United States' employees studying these candidates narrowed the list. The monophagous weevil \"C. scrobicollis\", studied since 2002, was officially recommended for introduction into the US in 2012 but the TAG group blocked its introduction, requesting further research be conducted. As", "title": "Garlic mustard as an invasive species" }, { "docid": "5068556", "text": "Giraffe weevil The giraffe weevil (\"Trachelophorus giraffa\") is a weevil endemic to Madagascar. It derives its name from an extended neck much like that of the common giraffe. The giraffe weevil is sexually dimorphic, with the neck of the male typically being 2 to 3 times the length of that of the female. Most of the body is black with distinctive red elytra covering the flying wings. The total body length of the males is just under an inch (2.5 cm), among the longest for any attelabid species. The extended neck is an adaptation that assists in nest building and", "title": "Giraffe weevil" }, { "docid": "15750013", "text": "to have been brought there in air cargo. Asiatic rhinoceros beetle The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, coconut rhinoceros beetle or coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, (\"Oryctes rhinoceros\") is a species of rhinoceros beetle belonging to the Scarabaeidae family. \"O. rhinoceros\" attacks the developing fronds of Raffia, coconut, oil, and other palms in tropical Asia and a number of Pacific islands. Damaged fronds show typical triangular cuts. The beetle kills the palms (particularly newly planted ones) when the growing point is destroyed during feeding. The larvae do not damage crops, but instead grow in dead, decaying trunks and other organic matter. In 1964,", "title": "Asiatic rhinoceros beetle" }, { "docid": "15750011", "text": "Asiatic rhinoceros beetle The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, coconut rhinoceros beetle or coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, (\"Oryctes rhinoceros\") is a species of rhinoceros beetle belonging to the Scarabaeidae family. \"O. rhinoceros\" attacks the developing fronds of Raffia, coconut, oil, and other palms in tropical Asia and a number of Pacific islands. Damaged fronds show typical triangular cuts. The beetle kills the palms (particularly newly planted ones) when the growing point is destroyed during feeding. The larvae do not damage crops, but instead grow in dead, decaying trunks and other organic matter. In 1964, accidental introduction in some countries, and the perceived", "title": "Asiatic rhinoceros beetle" }, { "docid": "4729309", "text": "3-segmented clubs, while cigarette beetles have serrated antennae (notched like teeth of a saw). The drugstore beetle also has grooves running longitudinally along the elytra, whereas the cigarette beetle is smooth. The drugstore beetle's larvae are small, white grubs, that can be distinguished from the grubs of the cigarette beetle by their shorter hair. The female can lay up to 75 eggs at once, and the larval period lasts up to several months depending on the food source. It is the larvae that are responsible for most of the damage that this species can cause. The drugstore beetle lives in", "title": "Drugstore beetle" }, { "docid": "990602", "text": "Coffee County. Facing economic ruin, the nearly bankrupt area farmers were forced to diversify, planting peanuts and other crops in an effort to lessen the damage and recoup some of the losses inflicted upon them by the invading insect. Two years later, Coffee County was the leading producer of peanuts in the United States. Enterprise was able not only to stave off disaster, but its economy was renewed by the thriving new crop base. In appreciation, the people of Enterprise erected a monument in the city center to what the monument describes as their \"herald of prosperity\"; the boll weevil.", "title": "Enterprise, Alabama" }, { "docid": "17440368", "text": "nightshade, bell pepper, mulberry, pea, beet, okra, onion, and lettuce. The beetle causes the most serious damage to plants when the adult defoliates them and the larva attacks the roots, especially in seedlings. The larva is very damaging to the root tuber of the sweet potato. It riddles the tuber with holes which expand as the root grows, turning into craters. Such root damage reduces plant growth and fruit production, and it makes the crop less marketable. Another consequence of beetle damage to plants is viral and bacterial infection. Even if the actual damage is minor, the injury can facilitate", "title": "Diabrotica balteata" } ]

[ "T Ros", "Feddy Roosevelt", "26th President of the United States", "Trust Buster", "The Cowboy President", "Teddy roosevelt", "Theodore Roosavelt", "President Theodore Roosevelt", "Theodor roosevelt", "Teddy Rose", "Teddy Roosevelt", "Theodore roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt", "Teodoro Roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt Administration", "Teddy Roosvelt", "Teddy Rosevelt", "Roosevelt, Theodore", "Teddy Roosevelt foreign policy", "T Roosevelt", "Cowboy of the Dakotas", "Teddy Roose", "Theodore Roosevelt" ]

[ { "docid": "5252724", "text": "in 1910, and was renamed to honor President Theodore Roosevelt in 1932. The forest has a total area of 813,799 acres (1,271.56 sq mi, or 3,293.33 km²). Several volunteer groups work with the US Forest Service to help manage the Roosevelt National Forest, including the Poudre Wilderness Volunteers. There are six officially designated wilderness areas lying within Roosevelt National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Four of them extend into neighboring National Forests, and one of these also onto National Park Service land (as indicated). https://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/cs/main/!ut/p/z0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zijQwgwNHCwN_DI8zPwBcqYKBfkO2oCADIwpjI/?pname=Arapaho%2F&ss=110210&pnavid=null&navid=091000000000000&ttype=main& Roosevelt National Forest The Roosevelt National Forest is a National", "title": "Roosevelt National Forest" }, { "docid": "12350012", "text": "National Monument by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. Pinnacles National Forest Pinnacles National Forest was a United States National Forest in California. It was established as the Pinnacles Forest Reserve under the authority of the U.S. Forest Service by Presidential proclamation on July 18, 1906 with . It became a national forest on March 4, 1907 when all U.S. national forest reserves were redesignated as national forests by act of U.S. Congress. On July 1, 1908, Pinnacles was added to Monterey National Forest by executive order, and the name was discontinued. The lands currently exist in Los Padres National Forest and", "title": "Pinnacles National Forest" }, { "docid": "13574013", "text": "the agency. By the end of his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt, in partnership with Gifford Pinchot, had successfully increased the number of national parks as well as added area to existing forest reserves. The legacy of his actions as president at the turn of the twentieth century include estimated 230 million acres of land as public lands, through his aforementioned establishment of the United States Forest Service as well as dozens of national forests, national parks, and bird reserves, in addition to 4 game preserves. This legacy, though establishing what many consider the root of modern conservationism, remained within the hands", "title": "Conservation in the United States" }, { "docid": "11880246", "text": "monuments, the first four national game preserves and the first 24 reclamation, or federal irrigation, projects; the national forests alone consisted of of land by the end of his term in 1909. Because of the nature of the timing of the proclamations, and from President Roosevelt`s own comment, these forest preserves/national forests created in March, 1907 are sometimes referred to as the \"midnight forests\". Midnight forests Midnight forests was a nickname given to the forests created by President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt near the end of his term as president. In early 1891, Congress was reconsidering provisions in", "title": "Midnight forests" }, { "docid": "8826846", "text": "be traded or sold to allow the Forest Service to acquire privately held land within the boundaries of other national forests in the state. Choctawhatchee National Forest Choctawhatchee National Forest is a United States National Forest established by President Theodore Roosevelt on November 27, 1908. The supervisory headquarters was established at DeFuniak Springs and moved to Pensacola in September 1910. It remained there until 1936 when it was relocated to Tallahassee. The Choctawhatchee's two districts (Easy Bay-Camp Pinchot and Niceville) were separated by what is now State Road 85. National defense needs prompted Congress to transfer the national forest to", "title": "Choctawhatchee National Forest" }, { "docid": "12340405", "text": "the Palouse Ranger District of the St. Joe National Forest and is still considered part of the St. Joe National Forest. However, it has been administered by the Clearwater National Forest since the 1973 administrative merger of the Kaniksu National Forest, Coeur d'Alene, and St. Joe National Forests into the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. Palouse National Forest The Palouse Forest Reserve and after March 4, 1907, the Palouse National Forest was established by Presidential Proclamation (34 U.S. Statutes at Large 3293) on March 2, 1907 and was one of President Theodore Roosevelt's Midnight forests, created before the federal law banning", "title": "Palouse National Forest" }, { "docid": "6279871", "text": "biking, and all-terrain vehicle use, including two National Recreation Trails. The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 gave the President the authority to establish forest reserves in the U.S. Department of the Interior. After passage of the Transfer Act of 1905, forest reserves became part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the newly created U.S. Forest Service. Sawtooth National Forest was created as the Sawtooth Forest Reserve in the Department of Agriculture by proclamation of President Theodore Roosevelt on May 29, 1905. The forest's initial area was , and it was named after the Sawtooth Mountains in the northwestern part", "title": "Sawtooth National Forest" }, { "docid": "3290655", "text": "Ranger District was part of the lands withdrawn from the public domain in 1893 and included in the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve. President Theodore Roosevelt created the Grand Canyon Game Preserve in 1906. The game preserve which includes of the Kaibab National Forest, is \"set a side for the protection of game animals and birds,\" and is \"to be recognized as a breeding place therefore.\" in 1908, the Forest Reserve north of the Grand Canyon, including the game preserve, was renamed Kaibab National Forest. In 1919, National Park was created from the forest service lands surrounding the Grand Canyon. In", "title": "Kaibab National Forest" } ]

[ { "docid": "132049", "text": "and placed 230 million acres (360,000 mi² or 930,000 km²) under federal protection. Roosevelt set aside more Federal land for national parks and nature preserves than all of his predecessors combined. Roosevelt established the United States Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks, and signed the 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new U.S. National Monuments. He also established the first 51 Bird Reserves, four Game Preserves, and 150 National Forests, including Shoshone National Forest, the nation's first. The area of the United States that he placed under public protection totals approximately . Gifford", "title": "Environmental movement in the United States" }, { "docid": "560659", "text": "construction of dams to irrigate small farms and placed 230 million acres (360,000 mi or 930,000 km) under federal protection. Roosevelt set aside more federal land for national parks and nature preserves than all of his predecessors combined. Roosevelt established the United States Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five national parks, and signed the year 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new national monuments. He also established the first 51 bird reserves, four game preserves, and 150 national forests, including Shoshone National Forest, the nation's first. The area of the United States that he placed", "title": "Conservation movement" }, { "docid": "413827", "text": "Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks, and signed the 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new U.S. National Monuments. He also established the first 51 bird reserves, four game preserves, and 150 National Forests. The area of the United States that he placed under public protection totals approximately . Roosevelt extensively used executive orders on a number of occasions to protect forest and wildlife lands during his tenure as President. By the end of his second term in office, Roosevelt used executive orders to establish 150 million acres of reserved forestry land. Roosevelt", "title": "Theodore Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "11880245", "text": "for Roosevelt to proclaim twenty-one new forest preserves and to enlarge eleven existing ones, of about , which he did on March 1–2, 1907. After having done so, Roosevelt then signed the Agricultural Appropriations Act, which included the now-irrelevant amendment. \"Roosevelt later gleefully recalled how opposing interests 'turned handsprings in their wrath' over the setting aside of these 'midnight reserves' --a stroke described by a Forest Service historian as 'the last flamboyant act of the conservation movement.'\" During his administration, President Roosevelt set aside 150 national forests, the first 51 federal bird reservations, five national parks, the first 18 national", "title": "Midnight forests" }, { "docid": "12307863", "text": "signed into law the creation of five National Parks, and signed the 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new United States National Monuments. He also established the first 51 Bird Reserves, four Game Preserves, and 150 National Forests, including Shoshone National Forest, the nation's first. Around 1909, Rungius gave up illustrating to pursue a career as a full-time easel painter. His illustrations, however, stayed in circulation long after, playing a large role in spreading information about ethical hunting. In early twentieth-century North America, there were few major zoos and photography was still in its infancy, so illustrations from", "title": "Carl Rungius" }, { "docid": "19552035", "text": "Mapinguari national parks, Balata-Tufari, Humaitá and Iquiri national forests, and the Lago do Capanã-Grande, Rio Ituxi, Médio Purus and Lago do Cuniã extractive reserves extractive reserves. The management plan was approved on 10 July 2013. Humaitá National Forest The Humaitá National Forest () is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The Humaitá National Forest is in the Humaitá municipality of the state of Amazonas. It covers an area of . The forest is bounded by the border with Rondônia to the south, the Madeira River to the west and the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230) to the north. The", "title": "Humaitá National Forest" }, { "docid": "17772228", "text": "Buffalo, Namadgi and Snowy River national parks; the Avon Wilderness Park, and the Bimberi, Scabby Range and Tidbinbilla nature reserves. Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves The Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves is a group of eleven protected areas consisting of national parks, nature reserves and one wilderness park located in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria and which was listed as a \"place\" on the Australian National Heritage List on 7 November 2008 under the \"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\". The listing which covers an area of , contains the vast majority of", "title": "Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves" }, { "docid": "12350011", "text": "Pinnacles National Forest Pinnacles National Forest was a United States National Forest in California. It was established as the Pinnacles Forest Reserve under the authority of the U.S. Forest Service by Presidential proclamation on July 18, 1906 with . It became a national forest on March 4, 1907 when all U.S. national forest reserves were redesignated as national forests by act of U.S. Congress. On July 1, 1908, Pinnacles was added to Monterey National Forest by executive order, and the name was discontinued. The lands currently exist in Los Padres National Forest and in Pinnacles National Park, proclaimed as Pinnacles", "title": "Pinnacles National Forest" }, { "docid": "5973512", "text": "not created until 1905, less than a month before Congress approved the Transfer Act, which took the reserves away from the General Land Office and the Department of Interior. Instead, the newly created U.S. Forest Service managed the lands under the Department of Agriculture. The reserves then became the National Forests. In 1908 Lassen absorbed portions of Diamond Mountain National Forest and exchanged lands with Plumas National Forest and Shasta National Forest. Lassen National Park was carved from the Lassen National Forest in 1916, when Congress approved the creation of the National Park Service, administered by the Interior department. Lassen", "title": "Lassen National Forest" }, { "docid": "4736683", "text": "allowed for him to \"declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic and scientific interest that are situated upon lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be National Monuments.\" Under this act he created up to 18 national monuments. During his presidency, Roosevelt established 51 Federal Bird Reservations, 4 National Game Preserves, 150 National Forests, and 5 National Parks. Overall he protected over 200 million acres of land. Ecology became a central part of the World's politics as early as 1971, UNESCO launched a research program called \"Man", "title": "History of ecology" }, { "docid": "19546704", "text": "are the Abufari Biological Reserve, Cuniã Ecological Station, Nascentes do Lago Jari and Mapinguari national parks, Balata-Tufari, Humaitá and Iquiri national forests, and the Lago do Capanã-Grande, Rio Ituxi, Médio Purus and Lago do Cuniã extractive reserves. An advisory council for the Iquiri forest was created on 26 October 2012. Iquiri National Forest Iquiri National Forest () is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is a sustainable use conservation unit, so harvesting of forest resources such as timber is allowed in accordance with a management plan. The Iquiri National Forest has an area of . It", "title": "Iquiri National Forest" }, { "docid": "17772227", "text": "Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves The Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves is a group of eleven protected areas consisting of national parks, nature reserves and one wilderness park located in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria and which was listed as a \"place\" on the Australian National Heritage List on 7 November 2008 under the \"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\". The listing which covers an area of , contains the vast majority of alpine and sub-alpine environments in Australia. The listing includes the following protected areas - Alpine, Baw Baw, Brindabella, Kosciuszko, Mount", "title": "Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves" }, { "docid": "1586001", "text": "of nature as national parks. At the time national forests, called forest reserves at first, were being created throughout the American West, under the utilitarian \"conservation-through-use\" view of Gifford Pinchot. Muir came to be known as a \"preservationist\". He wanted nature preserved under the more protected status of national parks. But during the 1890s there was more public support for creating national forests than national parks. During that decade, Muir and his supporters were only able to protect one national forest as a national park. When the Pacific Forest Reserve was created in 1893, Muir quickly persuaded the newly formed", "title": "Mount Rainier National Park" }, { "docid": "12240522", "text": "best known national parks. This is a partial list, containing only the best known nature reserves. National parks and nature reserves of Israel National parks of Israel are declared historic sites or nature reserves, which are mostly operated and maintained by the National Nature and Parks Authority. As of 2015, Israel maintains more than 400 nature reserves that protect 2,500 species of indigenous wild plants, 20 species of fish, 400 species of birds and 70 species of mammals. Some parks are located at archaeological sites such as Tel Megiddo, Beit She'an, Ashkelon and Kursi. Others, such as the Alexander stream,", "title": "National parks and nature reserves of Israel" }, { "docid": "12350022", "text": "name was changed to Los Padres National Forest. Santa Barbara National Forest Santa Barbara National Forest was established as the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve by the General Land Office in California on December 22, 1903 with by consolidation of Pine Mountain and Zaka Lake and Santa Ynez Forest Reserves. It included areas of the San Rafael Mountains and Santa Ynez Mountains. After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a U.S. National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1910, San Luis National Forest was added. On August 18, 1919 Monterey National", "title": "Santa Barbara National Forest" }, { "docid": "1404348", "text": "amount went directly into communities within 60 miles of a NPS unit. The National Park Service uses over 20 different titles for the park units it manages, including \"national park\" and \"national monument\". National Parks preserve nationally and globally significant scenic areas and nature reserves. National Monuments preserve a single unique cultural or natural feature. Devils Tower National Monument was the first in 1906. National Historic Sites protect a significant cultural resource that is not a complicated site. Examples of these types of parks include Ford's Theatre National Historic Site and William Howard Taft National Historic Site. National Historical Parks", "title": "National Park Service" }, { "docid": "12430725", "text": "Albright had been seeking the creation of separate agency to manage the National Parks and Monuments. On June 10, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6166 which consolidated all National Parks and National Monuments, National Military Parks, the eleven National Cemeteries, National Memorials, and the National Capital Parks into a single National Park System. The National Park Service was directed to oversee all of these areas. There were three significant results of this action: National Capital Parks are the oldest parks in the National Park System. These parks began with the founding of the District of Columbia in", "title": "History of the National Park Service" }, { "docid": "12350021", "text": "Santa Barbara National Forest Santa Barbara National Forest was established as the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve by the General Land Office in California on December 22, 1903 with by consolidation of Pine Mountain and Zaka Lake and Santa Ynez Forest Reserves. It included areas of the San Rafael Mountains and Santa Ynez Mountains. After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a U.S. National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1910, San Luis National Forest was added. On August 18, 1919 Monterey National Forest was added. On December 3, 1936 the", "title": "Santa Barbara National Forest" }, { "docid": "3631803", "text": "fisher, and mountain goat. In 2012, Nez Perce National Forest and Clearwater National Forest were administratively combined as Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, with headquarters in Kamiah, Idaho. There are local ranger district offices in Elk City, Grangeville, Kooskia, and White Bird. Nez Perce was established on July 1, 1908 by the U.S. Forest Service with from parts of Bitterroot National Forest and Weiser National Forest. On October 29, 1934 part of Selway National Forest was added. There are four officially designated wilderness areas within Nez Perce National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Three of these", "title": "Nez Perce National Forest" }, { "docid": "10596140", "text": "National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales) The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales) - the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia. The NSW NPWS was established in 1967 when the Fauna Protection Panel and Reserves Branch of the Lands Department were amalgamated under Lands Minister Hon. Tom Lewis AO. Lewis also establish the charity, National Parks Foundation to assist the NPWS raise funds for conservation. The first Director of the NPWS was Sam P. Weems of the US National Park Service. Duties performed", "title": "National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)" }, { "docid": "5671154", "text": "After forest reserves were renamed national forests in 1908, Boise National Forest was split from Sawtooth National Forest into an independent national forest. On April 1, 1944, the entirety of what was then Payette National Forest was transferred to Boise National Forest, and simultaneously Weiser and Idaho national forests were combined to reestablish the present-day Payette National Forest, which is to the north of Boise National Forest. In 1933 the Boise Basin Experimental Forest was created on of the forest near Idaho City to study the management of ponderosa pine. The Lucky Peak Nursery was established in 1959 to produce", "title": "Boise National Forest" }, { "docid": "12240520", "text": "which was the first declared nature reserve in Israel. In 1963 the Knesset approved the \"National parks and nature reserves act\" (חוק הגנים הלאומיים ושמורות הטבע), whose legislation process had already began in 1956. As a result, two authorities were established: the National Parks Authority and the Nature Reserves Authority. In 1998 the two authorities were merged into one body - Israel Nature and Parks Authority. The last observation of an Arabian leopard took place in the northern Arabah area in 2010/11. It is possibly extinct in the country. In Israel the distinction between national parks and nature reserves is", "title": "National parks and nature reserves of Israel" }, { "docid": "12240516", "text": "National parks and nature reserves of Israel National parks of Israel are declared historic sites or nature reserves, which are mostly operated and maintained by the National Nature and Parks Authority. As of 2015, Israel maintains more than 400 nature reserves that protect 2,500 species of indigenous wild plants, 20 species of fish, 400 species of birds and 70 species of mammals. Some parks are located at archaeological sites such as Tel Megiddo, Beit She'an, Ashkelon and Kursi. Others, such as the Alexander stream, Mount Carmel National Park or Hurshat Tal focus on nature and the preservation of local flora", "title": "National parks and nature reserves of Israel" }, { "docid": "5325727", "text": "Pinchot, head of the US Division of Forestry. Local reaction was hostile—citizens of Williams, Arizona held a mass protest, and the \"Williams News\" editorialized that the reserve \"virtually destroys Coconino County.\" In 1905, the Forest Reserves were transferred to the Department of Agriculture. Some 21 million acres (85,000 km) of public lands, almost one-eighth of the area of Arizona and New Mexico, were now to be administered by the new Forest Service. In 1908, the Coconino National Forest was established from parts of the Tonto, Black Mesa, Grand Canyon, and entire San Francisco Mountains National Forests. Coconino National Forest The", "title": "Coconino National Forest" }, { "docid": "7840839", "text": "the Handbook of Texas Online—George Oxford Miller and Delena Tull, Texas Parks and Campgrounds: North, East, and Coastal Texas (Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1984). Sam Houston National Forest The Sam Houston National Forest, one of four National Forests in Texas, is located 50 miles north of Houston. The forest is administered together with the other three United States National Forests and two National Grasslands located entirely in Texas, from common offices in Lufkin, Texas. The units include Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, and Sam Houston National Forests, plus Caddo National Grassland and Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland. There are local ranger", "title": "Sam Houston National Forest" }, { "docid": "5668666", "text": "Lolo National Forest Lolo National Forest is a national forest located in western Montana, United States with the western boundary being the state of Idaho. The forest spans 2 million acres (8,000 km) and includes four wilderness areas; the Scapegoat and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness are partially within the forest while the Welcome Creek and Rattlesnake Wildernesses are solely in Lolo National Forest. The forest was created in 1906 from 4 different previous forests which were combined for administrative purposes. Lolo National Forest is west of the Continental divide and has a biodiversity influenced by both continental and maritime weather creating", "title": "Lolo National Forest" }, { "docid": "6279873", "text": "River Forest Reserve on November 5, 1906. The names of the forest reserves were changed to national forests on March 4, 1907. Formed from the consolidation of Cassia and Raft River National Forests, the Minidoka National Forest was created on July 1, 1908, and then added to Sawtooth National Forest on July 1, 1953. In 1936, Senator James Pope, a one-term Democrat from Idaho, introduced the first legislation to establish a national park in the Sawtooths. Under his proposal, the park would have been approximately in length and wide. The rest of Idaho's congressional delegation did not support the proposal,", "title": "Sawtooth National Forest" }, { "docid": "12339408", "text": "civilian administration, with the first ranger station in the nation established at Wapiti on the Shoshone River. Artist and rancher Abraham Archibald Anderson was named as the first Special Superintendent of Forest Reserves. On January 9, 1903 lands of the first Absaroka and Teton Forest Reserves were added, and on March 4, 1907 it became Yellowstone National Forest. In 1905 all federal forests were transferred to the U.S. Forest Service. On July 1, 1908 as part of a major reorganization, the forest was divided into Targhee, Teton, Wyoming, Bonneville, Absaroka, Shoshone and Beartooth National Forests, and the name was discontinued.", "title": "Yellowstone National Forest" }, { "docid": "5325716", "text": "an 1,800 square mile (4,700 km) volcanic field that contains more than 600 volcanic features. The Coconino National Forest encompasses a large portion of the volcanic field and so the forest landscape around Flagstaff is dotted with tree-covered cinder cones, lava flows, and underground lava tubes (such as Lava River Cave). The Flagstaff District surrounds two United States National Monuments near Flagstaff, Walnut Canyon National Monument and Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument the latter of which preserves the youngest cinder cone in the San Francisco Volcanic Field, Sunset Crater. The forest borders another National Monument, Wupatki National Monument on its", "title": "Coconino National Forest" }, { "docid": "3538646", "text": "about four times the average area of typical California National Forests. Originally it embraced parts of eight counties from Tuolumne on the north to Kern on the south and Mono and Inyo on the east. Initially its name was descriptive, but later when the Sierra was divided into different units this was no longer the case. President Harrison proclaimed the Sierra Forest Reserve on February 14, 1893. Four years later the south half became a separate unit and was named Sierra South during the \"forest reserves\" era. This designation was dropped after the administrative transition to the National Forests on", "title": "Sierra National Forest" }, { "docid": "8129824", "text": "National Parks Act (Canada) The Canada National Parks Act, \"An Act respecting the national parks of Canada\" (the \"Act\") is a Canadian federal law that regulates protection of natural areas of national significance. The \"Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks Act\" was passed in 1927, followed by the first \"National Parks Act\" in 1930. The current \"Canada National Parks Act\" was assented on October 20, 2000 and has been amended since. The \"Act\" enables Parks Canada to designate and maintain national parks and national park reserves. Within these, additional wildland areas may be designated. Natural resources in protected areas are dedicated", "title": "National Parks Act (Canada)" }, { "docid": "8639642", "text": "Sumter National Forest The Sumter National Forest is one of two forests in South Carolina that are managed together by the United States Forest Service, the other being the Francis Marion National Forest. The Sumter National Forest consists of which are divided into several non-contiguous sections in western South Carolina. Overall, in descending order of land area the forest is located in parts of Oconee, Union, Newberry, McCormick, Edgefield, Abbeville, Laurens, Chester, Fairfield, Greenwood, and Saluda counties. Forest headquarters of both South Carolina forests are located together in the state's capital city of Columbia. In July, 1936, President Franklin D.", "title": "Sumter National Forest" }, { "docid": "1404325", "text": "employs approximately 27,000 employees who oversee units, of which 60 are designated national parks. National parks and national monuments in the United States were originally individually managed under the auspices of the Department of the Interior. The movement for an independent agency to oversee these federal lands was spearheaded by business magnate and conservationist Stephen Mather, as well as J. Horace McFarland. With the help of journalist Robert Sterling Yard, Mather ran a publicity campaign for the Department of the Interior. They wrote numerous articles that praised the scenic and historic qualities of the parks and their possibilities for educational,", "title": "National Park Service" }, { "docid": "3206775", "text": "shorter-lived species like black cherry, which readily germinated on the bare sunny ground. Cherry, red maple, black birch, and sugar maple became common species in the understory. Today many of the Eastern National Forests are primarily second-growth and different in character from National Forests in the West created from huge reserves of largely virgin forest. In the Allegheny National Forest, the trees are roughly the same age because they started growing about the same time and the Forest Service continues to manage the land through a silvicultural system known as even-aged management—a practice very closely related to clearcutting. An old-growth", "title": "Allegheny National Forest" }, { "docid": "3287693", "text": "Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests are two United States National Forests which run along the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains in east-central Arizona and into the U.S. state of New Mexico. Both forests are managed as one unit by USDA Forest Service from the forests Supervisors Office in Springerville, Arizona. Apache-Sitgreaves has over 400 species of wildlife. With its high elevation and cool summer breezes it is a popular weekend destination from the hot desert for Phoenix, Arizona residents. The forest is divided into 5 Ranger Districts (Clifton, Alpine, Springerville, Lakeside, and Black Mesa) that span almost", "title": "Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests" }, { "docid": "6191664", "text": "Service: National Capital Parks The National Capital Parks is an official unit of the National Park System of the United States. It encompasses a variety of federally owned properties in and around the District of Columbia including memorials, monuments, parks, interiors of traffic circles and squares, triangles formed by irregular intersections, and other open spaces. In 1790, Congress, through the Residence Act, authorized President George Washington to procure an area along the Potomac River to locate a new capital for the nation. In 1791, President Washington appointed Pierre Charles L'Enfant to design what would become the City of Washington under", "title": "National Capital Parks" }, { "docid": "1404331", "text": "situation. In response, Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane challenged him to lobby for creating a new agency, the National Park Service, to manage all national parks and some national monuments. Mather was successful with the ratification of the National Park Service Organic Act in 1916. Later, the agency was given authority over other protected areas, many with varying designations as Congress created them. The National Park \"System\" (NPS) includes all properties managed by the National Park \"Service\" (also, confusingly, \"NPS\"). The title or designation of a unit need not include the term \"park\"; indeed, most do not. The", "title": "National Park Service" }, { "docid": "7721025", "text": "resources, protected wilderness areas, and popular recreation and winter sports areas. The forest headquarters is located in Alamogordo, N.M. with local offices in Carlsbad, Cloudcroft, and Ruidoso. The modern Lincoln National Forest traces its origins to several different forest reserves and national forests designated in the 1902-1908 period. These included the Lincoln Forest Preserve, a 545,256 acre area established July 26, 1902 around Capitan and Lincoln, the 78,480 acre Gallinas Forest Preserve established on November 5, 1906 in the Gallinas Mountains west of Gallinas, the Guadalupe National Forest, established April 19, 1907 in the mountains along the Texas border, and", "title": "Lincoln National Forest" }, { "docid": "12240517", "text": "and fauna. Several parks and nature reserves have camping options, such as tent grounds and bungalows, open to small groups and individual campers. Some of them are located in the Israeli-occupied territories of the Golan Heights and the West Bank. In 2011, the most popular national parks were Yarkon National Park, Caesarea, Ein Gedi and Tel Dan. During the 19th century, the region had a sparse population of between 275,000 and 475,000. Waves of immigration expanded local population needs. Forests were cut down to supply coal for heating, industry and the Turkish railway. The Asiatic lion became extinct in the", "title": "National parks and nature reserves of Israel" }, { "docid": "5325712", "text": "Coconino National Forest The Coconino National Forest is a 1.856-million acre (751,000 ha) United States National Forest located in northern Arizona in the vicinity of Flagstaff. Originally established in 1898 as the \"San Francisco Mountains National Forest Reserve\", the area was designated a U.S. National Forest in 1908 when the San Francisco Mountains National Forest Reserve was merged with lands from other surrounding forest reserves to create the Coconino National Forest. Today, the Coconino National Forest contains diverse landscapes, including deserts, ponderosa pine forests, flatlands, mesas, alpine tundra, and ancient volcanic peaks. The forest surrounds the towns of Sedona and", "title": "Coconino National Forest" }, { "docid": "530581", "text": "all of the United States National Grasslands, and around half of the United States National Recreation Areas. There are two distinctly different types of forests within the National Forest system. Land management of these areas focuses on conservation, timber harvesting, livestock grazing, watershed protection, wildlife, and recreation. Unlike national parks and other federal lands managed by the National Park Service, extraction of natural resources from national forests is permitted, and in many cases encouraged. However, the first-designated wilderness areas, and some of the largest, are on National Forest lands. There are management decision conflicts between conservationists and environmentalists, and natural", "title": "United States National Forest" }, { "docid": "1404335", "text": "the action by signing the act into law. The exception, under the Antiquities Act, allows the president to designate and protect areas as National Monuments by executive order. Regardless of the method used, all parks are to be of national importance. A potential park should meet all four of the following standards: Wilderness areas are covered by the US National Wilderness Preservation System, which protects federally managed lands that are of a pristine condition, established by the Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577) in 1964. The National Wilderness Preservation System originally created hundreds of wilderness zones within already protected federally administered", "title": "National Park Service" }, { "docid": "16534385", "text": "National parks of Rwanda The national parks of Rwanda are protected ecosystems and wildlife reserves located within the borders of Rwanda in east central Africa. In 2012, these protected natural zones include the Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park and Nyungwe Forest. Maintenance of the national park system, as well as tourism infrastructure and promotion of the parks, is managed by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) with assistance from government ministries. Each park protects a distinct ecosystem and variety of species. Bordering Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, into which the Virungas volcanic mountain chain extends, Volcanoes National Park is", "title": "National parks of Rwanda" }, { "docid": "12430713", "text": "History of the National Park Service Since 1872 the United States National Park System has grown from a single, public reservation called Yellowstone National Park to embrace over 450 natural, historical, recreational, and cultural areas throughout the United States, its territories, and island possessions. These areas include a diverse varieties of areas —National Parks, National Monuments, National Memorials, National Military Parks, National Historic Sites, National Parkways, National Recreation Areas, National Seashores, National Scenic Riverways, National Scenic Trails, and others. The national park idea has been credited to the artist George Catlin. In 1832 he traveled the northern Great Plains of", "title": "History of the National Park Service" }, { "docid": "9864988", "text": ", representing 68.9% of the combined Apache-Sitgreaves total area. There are local ranger district offices in Alpine, Clifton, and Springerville. (Springerville is also the headquarters of the combined Apache-Sigreaves.) The are four wilderness areas within Apache National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System: Apache National Forest Apache National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona and New Mexico on July 1, 1908 with from portions of Black Mesa National Forest. In 1974 the entire forest was administratively combined with Sitgreaves National Forest to create Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The area of the former Apache", "title": "Apache National Forest" }, { "docid": "5671094", "text": "to the U.S. Forest Service in 1906, and was designated by the government as a National Forest. On April 8, 1932 the entire Jefferson National Forest was added, which itself comprised the former Little Belt, Crazy Mountain, Snowy Mountains, Little Rockies and Highwood Mountains National Forests. Finally, on July 1, 1945, part of Absaroka National Forest was added as the last portion of this forest. The Helena and Lewis and Clark National forests consolidated their administrations in 2014. Lewis and Clark National Forest Lewis and Clark National Forest is located in west central Montana, United States. Spanning , the forest", "title": "Lewis and Clark National Forest" }, { "docid": "5174990", "text": "of them are partially in neighboring National Forests, and one of these also onto National Park Service land (as indicated). Most of the movie \"Red Dawn\" is set in Arapaho National Forest. Arapaho National Forest Arapaho National Forest is a National Forest located in north-central Colorado, United States. The facility is managed jointly with the Roosevelt National Forest and the Pawnee National Grassland from the United States Forest Service office in Fort Collins, Colorado. It has a wildlife refuge which manages a protection for all birds and mammals. The combined facility of 1,730,603 acres (2,704.07 sq mi, or 7,420.35 km²)", "title": "Arapaho National Forest" }, { "docid": "8639646", "text": "Southeastern mixed forests. The Andrew Pickens ranger district has Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests. Sumter national Forest offers a wide variety of activities such as hiking, backpacking, canoeing, horse back riding, mountain biking, motorcycle and ATV riding, target shooting, camping and fishing. Sumter National Forest The Sumter National Forest is one of two forests in South Carolina that are managed together by the United States Forest Service, the other being the Francis Marion National Forest. The Sumter National Forest consists of which are divided into several non-contiguous sections in western South Carolina. Overall, in descending order of land area the forest is", "title": "Sumter National Forest" }, { "docid": "5974853", "text": "land to create National Forests in Texas. In 1935, acquisition began on the Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Sabine and Angelina National Forests. There are two officially designated wilderness areas lying within Angelina National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Angelina National Forest Angelina National Forest is a United States National Forest, one of four located in Texas. The Angelina National Forest is located in East Texas in parts of San Augustine, Angelina, Jasper and Nacogdoches counties. It is managed together with the three other National Forests in Texas (Davy Crockett, Sabine, and Sam Houston) from Forest", "title": "Angelina National Forest" }, { "docid": "975297", "text": "South East Forests National Park The South East Forests National Park is a national park located in between the Monaro and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. The national park is situated southwest of Sydney. It features high quality old growth eucalyptus forest and remnant patches of temperate rainforest. The park was created in 1997 by the amalgamation of Genoa, Tantawangalo, Bemboka, Yowaka and Coolangubra National Parks, all of which had been gazetted in 1994. Genoa National Park in turn was the result of the amalgamation of Nalbaugh and Nungatta National Parks, which had been established in 1972", "title": "South East Forests National Park" }, { "docid": "975293", "text": "South East Forests National Park The South East Forests National Park is a national park located in between the Monaro and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. The national park is situated southwest of Sydney. It features high quality old growth eucalyptus forest and remnant patches of temperate rainforest. The park was created in 1997 by the amalgamation of Genoa, Tantawangalo, Bemboka, Yowaka and Coolangubra National Parks, all of which had been gazetted in 1994. Genoa National Park in turn was the result of the amalgamation of Nalbaugh and Nungatta National Parks, which had been established in 1972", "title": "South East Forests National Park" }, { "docid": "19542552", "text": "National Institute for Space Research (INPE}. The national forest is in a region that contains 12 sustainable use conservation areas and 6 fully protected areas. The fully protected areas, which cover , are the Amazônia, Jamanxim, Rio Novo and Serra do Pardo national parks, the Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve and the Terra do Meio Ecological Station. The sustainable use areas include the Tapajós environmental protection area and the Altamira, Amaná, Jamanxim, Trairão, Itaituba I, Itaituba II and Tapajós national forests, covering a total of . Jamanxim National Forest The Jamanxim National Forest () is a national forest", "title": "Jamanxim National Forest" }, { "docid": "8129826", "text": "basic visitor facilities and park administration. New parks are established by the Parliament of Canada either on federally-controlled public lands or where the federal government has management rights in agreement with provincial governments. Long-term management plans have to be developed within five years of parks establishment. National Parks Act (Canada) The Canada National Parks Act, \"An Act respecting the national parks of Canada\" (the \"Act\") is a Canadian federal law that regulates protection of natural areas of national significance. The \"Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks Act\" was passed in 1927, followed by the first \"National Parks Act\" in 1930. The", "title": "National Parks Act (Canada)" }, { "docid": "4638177", "text": "George Washington and Jefferson National Forests The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests are U.S. National Forests that combine to form one of the largest areas of public land in the Eastern United States. They cover of land in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Approximately of the forest are remote and undeveloped and have been designated as wilderness areas, which eliminates future development. George Washington National Forest was established on May 16, 1918 as the Shenandoah National Forest. The forest was renamed after the first President on June 28, 1932. Natural Bridge National Forest was added", "title": "George Washington and Jefferson National Forests" }, { "docid": "5973513", "text": "Peak already enjoyed protection as a National Monument, set aside by Roosevelt in 1907. The uneasy relationship between the US Forest Service and the National Park Service continued for several decades, perhaps culminating in 1931 when Congress forbade Lassen National Park from expanding its boundaries. Earlier, in 1906, Gifford Pinchot, Chief Forester in the Department of Agriculture, sought to move the national parks into the forest service. Pinchot was thwarted by Congressman John F. Lacey, an ardent preservationist. Pinchot's goal was to subject the Parks to logging and other aspects of his \"scientific management philosophy\". Later, in 1939, Interior Secretary", "title": "Lassen National Forest" }, { "docid": "5974851", "text": "Angelina National Forest Angelina National Forest is a United States National Forest, one of four located in Texas. The Angelina National Forest is located in East Texas in parts of San Augustine, Angelina, Jasper and Nacogdoches counties. It is managed together with the three other National Forests in Texas (Davy Crockett, Sabine, and Sam Houston) from Forest Service offices in Lufkin, Texas. There are local district offices located in Zavalla. The forest lies in the Neches River Basin and on the north and south shores of Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Longleaf pine is the predominant cover type in the southern portion", "title": "Angelina National Forest" }, { "docid": "13257635", "text": "programs.[13] ACMNP has had three different Executive Directors. Rev. Warren Ost directed the ministry from its founding until he retired in 1996. Ost helped expand A Christian Ministry in the National Parks into more than 25 national parks, national monuments, recreation areas, and national forests before his death in 1997. Ost is survived by his wife, Nancy Ost, who has been an active participant in the ministry since its inception.[14] Rev. Richard P. Camp, Jr., became the ministry's second director in 1996, after a 22-year career as Chaplain at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During Rev. Camp's", "title": "A Christian Ministry in the National Parks" }, { "docid": "4770756", "text": "National System of Conservation Areas National System of Conservation Areas or SINAC, (—SINAC), is part of the Ministry of Environment and Energy or MINAE of Costa Rica. It is the administrator for the nation's national parks, conservation areas, and other protected natural areas. Created in 1994, it combined previously three separate organisations that had previously managed laws relating to national parks, wildlife, and forestry. SINAC oversees over 160 protected areas, of which 26 are designated National Parks. Other areas are designated wildlife refuges, biological reserves, national monuments, forest reserves, national wetlands, and protected zones. The entire country of 12,596,690 acres", "title": "National System of Conservation Areas" }, { "docid": "8536153", "text": "Forest headquarters are located in Monte Vista, Colorado. There are local ranger district offices in Del Norte, La Jara, and Saguache. There are four officially designated wilderness areas lying within Rio Grande National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. All of them extend partially into neighboring National Forests, and one of these also onto National Park Service land (as indicated). Rio Grande National Forest Rio Grande National Forest is a 1.86 million-acre (7,530 km²) U.S. National Forest located in southwestern Colorado. The forest encompasses the San Luis Valley, which is the world's largest agricultural alpine valley,", "title": "Rio Grande National Forest" }, { "docid": "7537912", "text": "monuments. National parks began to be designated in the second half of the 19th century, and national monuments in the early part of the 20th century. Each park or monument was managed individually or, alternately in some cases, by the United States Army, each with varying degrees of success. Beginning in 1911, Smoot and Representative John E. Raker of California had submitted bills to establish the National Park Service to oversee the management of all these holdings. The bills were opposed by the director of the U.S. Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot, and his supporters. The Forest Service believed that a", "title": "National Park Service Organic Act" }, { "docid": "4811043", "text": "Tuskegee National Forest The Tuskegee National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Macon County, Alabama, just north of Tuskegee and west of Auburn. The topography is level to moderately sloping, with broad ridges with stream terraces and broad floodplains. Tuskegee National Forest is the smallest national forest in the U.S. (and one of only six that is contained entirely within a single county), but supports many outdoor activities. The forest is headquartered in Montgomery, as are all four of Alabama's National Forests. The other National Forests in the state are Conecuh, Talladega and William B. Bankhead. There are", "title": "Tuskegee National Forest" }, { "docid": "12338191", "text": "Fergus and Golden Valley Counties. A Wilderness Study Area has been designated in the Big Snowies. Snowy Mountains National Forest Snowy Mountains National Forest was established as the Snowy Mountains Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Montana on November 5, 1906 with . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was combined with Little Belt, Snowy Mountains and Little Rockies National Forests to establish Jefferson National Forest (Montana) and the name was discontinued. The forest is part of the Jefferson Division of Lewis and Clark National Forest. The Big", "title": "Snowy Mountains National Forest" }, { "docid": "7972399", "text": "Animas, Park, Costilla, and Summit counties. San Isabel National Forest is co-managed by the Forest Service together with Pike National Forest, Cimarron National Grassland, and Comanche National Grassland from offices in Pueblo. There are local ranger district offices located in Cañon City, Leadville, and Salida. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within San Isabel National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Four of them extend into neighboring National Forests, and of these, one also onto land under management of the National Park Service. Another one extends onto land of the United States Fish and", "title": "San Isabel National Forest" }, { "docid": "12338190", "text": "Snowy Mountains National Forest Snowy Mountains National Forest was established as the Snowy Mountains Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Montana on November 5, 1906 with . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was combined with Little Belt, Snowy Mountains and Little Rockies National Forests to establish Jefferson National Forest (Montana) and the name was discontinued. The forest is part of the Jefferson Division of Lewis and Clark National Forest. The Big Snowy Mountains and part of the Little Snowy Mountains are included in the unit, primarily in", "title": "Snowy Mountains National Forest" }, { "docid": "3484762", "text": "regulated. There are eleven official wilderness areas in Cherokee National Forest, which are all part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Three of these extend into neighboring National Forests (and also into neighboring states, where the forest changes names): Cherokee National Forest The Cherokee National Forest is a large National Forest created on June 14, 1920 and managed by the U.S. Forest Service and encompassing some . The Cherokee National Forest headquarters are located in Cleveland, Tennessee. The Cherokee National Forest mostly lies within eastern Tennessee, along the border with North Carolina, and comprises nearly the entire border area except", "title": "Cherokee National Forest" }, { "docid": "12334780", "text": "Sitgreaves National Forest Sitgreaves National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona on July 1, 1908 with from portions of Black Mesa and Tonto National Forests. In 1974 entire forest was administratively combined with Apache National Forest to create Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The Sitgreaves National Forest is located in the southern parts of Navajo, Coconino, and Apache counties. It had an area of 818,749 acres (3,313.4 km²) as of 30 September 2008. There are local ranger district offices in Lakeside and Overgaard. The forest was named after Lorenzo Sitgreaves (d. May 14, 1888). Sitgreaves was a lieutenant", "title": "Sitgreaves National Forest" }, { "docid": "5998225", "text": "cougar, marten, beaver, bobcat, river otter, mink, and wolverine. Bird species include wild turkey, grouse, ravens, blue jays, bald eagle, osprey, golden eagle, California quails, and numerous types of owls. The forest headquarters is located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. There are local ranger district offices located in Avery and St. Maries. St. Joe National Forest The St. Joe National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in the Idaho panhandle and is one of three forests that are aggregated into the Idaho Panhandle National Forests (the other two are the Coeur d'Alene and Kaniksu National Forests). In descending order of", "title": "St. Joe National Forest" }, { "docid": "12334781", "text": "who made the first topographical mission across Arizona in 1851. Sitgreaves National Forest Sitgreaves National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona on July 1, 1908 with from portions of Black Mesa and Tonto National Forests. In 1974 entire forest was administratively combined with Apache National Forest to create Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The Sitgreaves National Forest is located in the southern parts of Navajo, Coconino, and Apache counties. It had an area of 818,749 acres (3,313.4 km²) as of 30 September 2008. There are local ranger district offices in Lakeside and Overgaard. The forest was named after", "title": "Sitgreaves National Forest" }, { "docid": "8200768", "text": "Forest Service, part of the United States Department of Agriculture. The forest is managed together with the other three North Carolina National Forests (Croatan, Pisgah, and Uwharrie) from common headquarters in Asheville, North Carolina. Nantahala National Forest is the largest of the four national forests in North Carolina, lying in the mountains and valleys of western North Carolina. The terrain varies in elevation from at Lone Bald in Jackson County, to in Cherokee County along the Hiwassee River below the Appalachian Dam. It is the home of many western NC waterfalls. The last part of the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway", "title": "Nantahala National Forest" }, { "docid": "5974666", "text": "part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Two of them lie mostly in other National Forests or on Bureau of Land Management land. Six Rivers National Forest Six Rivers National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in the northwestern corner of California. It was established on June 3, 1947 by U.S. President Harry S. Truman from portions of Klamath, Siskiyou and Trinity National Forests. Its over one million acres (4,000 km) of land contain a variety of ecosystems and of old growth forest. It lies in parts of four counties; in descending order of forestland area they are Del", "title": "Six Rivers National Forest" }, { "docid": "8204027", "text": "National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Cache National Forest Cache National Forest is a 533,840-acre area of National Forest System land in Idaho and Utah which was established on July 1, 1908 by the U.S. Forest Service. The majority of its area is in Utah, and was initially created when the Bear River National Forest was disbanded. On July 1, 1915, all of Pocatello National Forest was added. In 1973 the Idaho portion was transferred to the administration of Caribou National Forest, while the Utah portion was combined administratively with Wasatch National Forest, creating the", "title": "Cache National Forest" }, { "docid": "5973499", "text": "Service employees, each advocated setting aside some forest areas as wilderness off-limits to mining, logging, road construction and grazing. The first primitive area was created in 1924 in New Mexico and is now named the Aldo Leopold Wilderness. But creation of primitive areas did not become a forest agency policy until 1929. Externally, the National Park Service, sought to expand parks from existing public lands, primarily national forest lands. The Forest Service responded by creating primitive areas. Initially these new wilderness areas received no special protections other than the official designation. Caribou Primitive area became a likely candidate for primitive", "title": "Lassen National Forest" }, { "docid": "19897444", "text": "Tengjhih National Forest Recreation Area The Tengjhih National Forest Recreation Area () is a forest in Baoshan Village, Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The forest is administered by the 70th, 71st and 72nd offices of the Forest Administration Agency. The forests spreads over an area of 770 hectares with height ranges from 500 to 1,804 meters. The mean average temperature inside the forest is 18-21ºC. The forests consists of Chinese firs, maples, cherry trees, plum trees etc. Various activities can be done in the forest, such as jungle trekking, hiking, mount climbing, bird watching etc. The forest is equipped with log", "title": "Tengjhih National Forest Recreation Area" }, { "docid": "3538647", "text": "March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, the Sequoia National Forest, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks were established from this south portion of Sierra National Forest. Eastern portions of Sierra National Forest became the Inyo and Toiyabe National Forests; northern portions were used for Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest. The first timber sale on a California National Forest took place in the Sierra NF by the General Land Office in 1899. Sierra National Forest covers, in descending order of forestland area, the eastern portions of Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa counties, adjacent to the southern part of", "title": "Sierra National Forest" }, { "docid": "10596141", "text": "by the NSW NPWS include: A significant restructuring of NPWS began in 2016. National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales) The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales) - the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia. The NSW NPWS was established in 1967 when the Fauna Protection Panel and Reserves Branch of the Lands Department were amalgamated under Lands Minister Hon. Tom Lewis AO. Lewis also establish the charity, National Parks Foundation to assist the NPWS raise funds for conservation. The first Director of the", "title": "National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)" }, { "docid": "19551730", "text": ", Gleba Tufari with and Gleba Jacaré with . On 8 May 2008 a fourth area was added, Area 4 with . The advisory council was formed on 14 December 2010. An ordinance of 9 January 2012 provided for a consistent and integrated approach to preparing management plans for the conservation units in the BR-319 area of influence. These are the Abufari Biological Reserve, Cuniã Ecological Station, Nascentes do Lago Jari and Mapinguari national parks, Balata-Tufari, Humaitá and Iquiri national forests, and the Lago do Capanã-Grande, Rio Ituxi, Médio Purus and Lago do Cuniã extractive reserves. Balata-Tufari National Forest The", "title": "Balata-Tufari National Forest" }, { "docid": "8204025", "text": "Cache National Forest Cache National Forest is a 533,840-acre area of National Forest System land in Idaho and Utah which was established on July 1, 1908 by the U.S. Forest Service. The majority of its area is in Utah, and was initially created when the Bear River National Forest was disbanded. On July 1, 1915, all of Pocatello National Forest was added. In 1973 the Idaho portion was transferred to the administration of Caribou National Forest, while the Utah portion was combined administratively with Wasatch National Forest, creating the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. In descending order of forestland area, the Cache", "title": "Cache National Forest" }, { "docid": "19540915", "text": "resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. Law 12678 of 25 June 2012 amended the limits of the Amazônia, Campos Amazônicos and Mapinguari national parks, the Itaituba I, Itaituba II and Crepori national forests and the Tapajós Environmental Protection Area. All were reduced in size except the Campos Amazônicos. Itaituba I was reduced by . The national forest is in a region that contains 12 sustainable use conservation areas and 6 fully protected areas. The fully protected areas, which cover , are the Amazônia, Jamanxim, Rio Novo and Serra do Pardo national parks,", "title": "Itaituba I National Forest" }, { "docid": "18375453", "text": "Article L. 62 was renumbered Article L. 3211-5 of the CGPPP. But the renumbering was accompanied by a significant change. The new Article L. 3211-5 provides: Under the Forest Code, the National Forests Office (NFB) manages state forests. Management is made under a \"contract of objectives and performance\" between the state and the NFB, which organizes details of national forest policy. Following the Grenelle Environment a dual general purpose is to \"Produce more wood, while better preserving the biodiversity\". This sentence does not apply to the management of national forests, but to objective of sable harvesting. Each forest has a", "title": "National forest (France)" }, { "docid": "2753965", "text": "Manistee National Forest The Manistee National Forest is a national forest located in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It has a total area of . It was established in 1938, and combined with the Huron National Forest in 1945 for administrative purposes, creating the Huron-Manistee National Forests. However, they are two separate forest units, as they are not connected. The area is popular for hiking, fishing, camping, boating, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and hunting. The North Country Trail passes through it, and connects with the 11-mile Manistee River Trail to form a 23-mile loop. The highest point in the lower peninsula,", "title": "Manistee National Forest" }, { "docid": "19540655", "text": "the Amazônia, Jamanxim, Rio Novo and Serra do Pardo national parks, the Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve and the Terra do Meio Ecological Station. The sustainable use areas include the Tapajós environmental protection area and the Altamira, Amaná, Jamanxim, Trairão, Itaituba I, Itaituba II and Tapajós national forests, covering a total of . Altamira National Forest Altamira National Forest ( is a national forest in the state of Pará Brazil. The Altamira National Forest is in the Amazon biome. It has an area of . It covers parts of the municipalities of Altamira, Itaituba and Trairão in the", "title": "Altamira National Forest" }, { "docid": "5974067", "text": "their territory in this area. In 1905 federal forests were transferred to the U.S. Forest Service, and on March 4, 1907 they became National Forests. On July 1, 1908 Warner Mountains National Forest was added to Modoc. The South Warner Wilderness lies within the forest. Forest headquarters are located in Alturas, California. There are local ranger district offices located in Adin, Alturas, Cedarville, and Tulelake. Modoc National Forest The Modoc National Forest is a national forest in northeastern California. The Modoc National Forest protects parts of Modoc (82.9% of acreage), Lassen (9.4%), and Siskiyou (7.7%) counties. Most of the forest", "title": "Modoc National Forest" }, { "docid": "8824378", "text": "89 species of nesting birds (Partridge, spoonbill, swan, teal, bustard, etc.). Ag-Gol national park is designed to protect the marshy ecological systems, as the nesting and wintering places of migratory and water birds. Ag-Gol has been incorporated into the list of UNESCO's convention \"On internationally important marshy areas as the residing places of birds\" Hirkan National Park is located in the Lenkoran Lowland and the Talysh Mountains, and is 99% covered by forests in a primarily mountainous region, and is strictly protected. Hirkan National Park preserves relict and endemic plants species of Tertiary period. Forests of Hirkan account for 150", "title": "National parks of Azerbaijan" }, { "docid": "13787367", "text": ", are the Amazônia, Jamanxim, Rio Novo and Serra do Pardo national parks, the Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve and the Terra do Meio Ecological Station. The sustainable use areas include the Tapajós environmental protection area and the Altamira, Amaná, Jamanxim, Trairão, Itaituba I, Itaituba II and Tapajós national forests, covering a total of . Tapajós National Forest The Tapajós National Forest () is a Brazilian national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. It supports sustainable exploitation of the natural resources in an area of Amazon rainforest. The Tapajós National Forest has an area of . It", "title": "Tapajós National Forest" }, { "docid": "17791532", "text": "National Agency for National Parks The National Agency for National Parks (French: \"Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux\") is the authority in Gabon charged with overseeing the national park system and with protecting their resources and wildlife. The agency coordinate research activities, license concessionaires, promote tourism and have police powers. On 30 August 2002, the President Omar Bongo created 13 national parks containing , almost 11% of the total land area of the country. In addition, these parks include of marine territory. The National Council for National Parks (CNPN) was an interdepartmental body created to establish the National Parks. In 2007", "title": "National Agency for National Parks" }, { "docid": "12511411", "text": "National Forest Corporation (Chile) The National Forest Corporation or CONAF (Corporación Nacional Forestal) is a Chilean private, non-profit organization, through which the Chilean state contributes to the development and sustainable management of the country's forest resources. CONAF is overseen and funded by the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile. It administers the forest policies of Chile and promotes the development of the sector with sustainable forest management. CONAF is also the governing body of all the national parks of Chile, including those without forests or major vegetation, such as Llullaillaco National Park and others in the Atacama Desert. CONAF was created", "title": "National Forest Corporation (Chile)" }, { "docid": "12511416", "text": "work in land, water or air. National Forest Corporation (Chile) The National Forest Corporation or CONAF (Corporación Nacional Forestal) is a Chilean private, non-profit organization, through which the Chilean state contributes to the development and sustainable management of the country's forest resources. CONAF is overseen and funded by the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile. It administers the forest policies of Chile and promotes the development of the sector with sustainable forest management. CONAF is also the governing body of all the national parks of Chile, including those without forests or major vegetation, such as Llullaillaco National Park and others in", "title": "National Forest Corporation (Chile)" }, { "docid": "12332894", "text": "National Natural Landmark adjacent to the campground and the old Jesse Elliott Ranger Station. Slim Buttes National Forest Slim Buttes National Forest was established by the General Land Office as Slim Buttes Forest Reserve in South Dakota on March 5, 1904 with . After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it was absorbed by Sioux National Forest and the name was discontinued. The forest today comprises the Slim Buttes unit of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National Forest, southeast of", "title": "Slim Buttes National Forest" }, { "docid": "6191662", "text": "of the Civil War fortifications, which allowed acquisition of additional property to provide an interconnecting roadway as a parkway ring around the city. This is known today as the Fort Circle Parks. Although the roadway was never built, the property remains today in Federal hands. In 1933, title and control of parklands in the District was transferred to the National Park Service, creating a new unit of the National Park System called the ‘’’National Capital Parks’’’. No legislation explicitly created the National Capital Parks. Rather, it was created as a result of an Executive Order which, among other things, abolished", "title": "National Capital Parks" }, { "docid": "6191659", "text": "National Capital Parks The National Capital Parks is an official unit of the National Park System of the United States. It encompasses a variety of federally owned properties in and around the District of Columbia including memorials, monuments, parks, interiors of traffic circles and squares, triangles formed by irregular intersections, and other open spaces. In 1790, Congress, through the Residence Act, authorized President George Washington to procure an area along the Potomac River to locate a new capital for the nation. In 1791, President Washington appointed Pierre Charles L'Enfant to design what would become the City of Washington under the", "title": "National Capital Parks" }, { "docid": "5325623", "text": "Chugach National Forest The Chugach National Forest is a United States National Forest in south central Alaska. Covering portions of Prince William Sound, the Kenai Peninsula and the Copper River Delta, it was formed in 1907 from part of a larger forest reserve. The Chugach includes extensive shorelines, glaciers, forests and rivers, much of which is untouched by roads or trails. It hosts numerous bird, mammal and marine species, including extensive shorebird habitat and a bald eagle population larger than the contiguous 48 states combined. Human industry in the forest includes extensive tourism and some mining and oil and gas", "title": "Chugach National Forest" }, { "docid": "9198154", "text": "Uwharrie National Forest Uwharrie National Forest ( ) is a federally designated national forest region located primarily in Montgomery County, but also extending into Randolph and Davidson counties in south central North Carolina. It is the smallest of the four National Forests in North Carolina, with a total area of . About 79% of its acreage is in Montgomery County. The forest is managed together with the other three North Carolina National Forests (Croatan, Nantahala, and Pisgah) from common headquarters in Asheville, North Carolina. However, it does have a local ranger district office in Troy, North Carolina. There is one", "title": "Uwharrie National Forest" } ]

[ "Egg toddy", "Egg Toddy", "Eggnog", "Egg milk punch", "Eggnob", "Egg Nog", "Eggnog latte", "Egg nog", "Eggflip", "Egg nogg", "Nogs", "Egg-milk punch", "Egg nogs", "Eggnogs", "Egg-nog" ]

[ { "docid": "6080181", "text": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" is a novelty Christmas song. Written by Randy Brooks, the song was originally performed by the husband-and-wife duo of Elmo and Patsy Trigg Shropshire in 1979. In the lyrics, a grandmother is celebrating at a Christmas Eve party with her family when, while off her medication and drunk on spiked eggnog, she staggers outside into a snowstorm against the pleas of everyone in the room. She is found the next day, trampled; Santa Claus and his reindeer are determined to be the culprit when \"incriminating Claus", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080196", "text": "give a license/To a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves\". Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" is a novelty Christmas song. Written by Randy Brooks, the song was originally performed by the husband-and-wife duo of Elmo and Patsy Trigg Shropshire in 1979. In the lyrics, a grandmother is celebrating at a Christmas Eve party with her family when, while off her medication and drunk on spiked eggnog, she staggers outside into a snowstorm against the pleas of everyone in the room. She is found the next day, trampled; Santa", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "1989319", "text": "a Christmas novelty song and it was originally recorded by then husband-wife recording duo Elmo Shropshire and his wife Patsy in 1979, called \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\". It tells the tragic-comic story of a family grandmother who meets her end on Christmas Eve. After having drunk too much eggnog and forgetting to take her medicine, she staggers out of her family's house late Christmas Eve. She is mauled over by Santa Claus' entourage, and found dead at the scene the next morning. \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" is perhaps the only hit Christmas novelty song", "title": "Novelty song" } ]

[ { "docid": "9297672", "text": "cake instead of her own recipe, with the result that Santa hits her again as he is trying to fly back to the North Pole. Grandpa and Jake pick her up; this time Grandma did not suffer amnesia. Santa's sleigh takes off into the night with him saying the Spanish phrase for \"Merry Christmas\": \"Feliz Navidad\". Warner Home Video released \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" to VHS on October 31, 2000 and to DVD on October 16, 2001. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a Canadian–American animated Christmas", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "6080189", "text": "other acts. Z100 Portland Morning Zoo made a New Kids on the Block-bashing parody of the song for Christmas 1989, entitled \"New Kids Got Run Over by a Reindeer\". A parody \"Grandpa Got Run Over by a Beer Truck\" was released by Da Yoopers in 1993. Radio personality Bob Rivers recorded his own topical parody titled \"Osama Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" on the 2002 \"White Trash Christmas\" album. Cledus T. Judd in 1996 released a parody called \"Grandpa Got Run Over by a John Deere\" as a sequel to \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" and as", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080190", "text": "well did a cover of the song in 2002. Stan Boreson sings a Norwegian-American version, \"Lena Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" on his Christmas album, \"Stan Boreson Fractures Christmas\". 2 Live Jews released a parody titled \"Moisha Got Run Over by a Wheelchair\" on their 1998 album \"Christmas Jews\". Others include \"Grandma Got Molested at the Airport\" by Donny Aldridge, also sung by Dick Mango; and \"Grandma Got Dismembered by a Chainsaw\". Edison Media Research and Pinnacle Media Worldwide independently survey radio listeners on which Christmas songs they like and dislike. In both surveys, results of which were reported", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9297664", "text": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a Canadian–American animated Christmas special, directed by Phil Roman. The special first aired October 31, 2000 on The WB. Despite this film's Christmas theme, the date for its original airing was Halloween. It has subsequently aired on The CW (the successor to The WB), Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Freeform during Advent. Since Warner Home Video distributed this special, Warner Bros. owns the copyrights. The title and plot are based on the novelty song of the same name. The show begins by introducing Jake Spankenheimer,", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "6080191", "text": "in 2007, the only song that reached the top of both liked and disliked lists was \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.\" Its \"loved\" ratings in the Edison and Pinnacle polls were relatively high—47 and 32 percent, respectively—but so were the \"hate\" or \"dislike\" ratings—17 and 22 percent. A major Washington, D.C. radio station, WASH (97.1 FM), dropped the song from its playlist. \"It was too polarizing,\" says Bill Hess, program director. \"It wasn't strong, except with a few people, and it had a lot of negatives.\" The song also gained notoriety at Davenport, Iowa radio station WLLR in", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080193", "text": "his bluegrass group year-round. \"A lot of younger people say it's not really Christmas until they hear it.\" The 2000 animated television program \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" portrays the events depicted in the song, though made for children; the cartoon is toned down a bit, so that Grandma survives. Moreover, Santa is actually innocent of the crime, which was instead masterminded by scheming relative Cousin Mel, who is mentioned briefly in the song but made into a gold-digging villainness in the special. Elmo Shropshire narrates the special and voices Grandpa. The special is a staple of Cartoon", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080194", "text": "Network's holiday programming and airs every holiday season on The CW (The special originally aired on the WB Network every holiday season until the 2006 merger with UPN to form The CW, where it continues to air today). In the 2015 episode of the television show \"Scorpion\", titled \"Dam Breakthrough\", three of the main characters sing part of this song, while inhaling helium. The promotional music video for Elmo & Patsy's \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" was released in the mid-1980s, and aired on MTV for at least 18 years. The video could also be seen on VH1,", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080187", "text": "In 1984, with the song now a big hit nationally, CBS Records was interested in re-issuing both the 1982 Oink 45 re-recording, and the 1982 Oink LP. Soon after, Epic Records acquired the rights to both, from Elmo and Patsy. The Epic #04703 45 opted to replace the Oink 45's B-side, \"Christmas\", with a track from the LP, (\"Percy, the Puny Poinsettia\"). Epic's 1984 re-release of the 1982 Oink LP was a straight re-issue, on Epic #39931. By the end of 1984, it was reported that sales of \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" were, by record label: Oink:", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080195", "text": "CMT, TNN, GAC, and VH1 Classic during the holiday season, as well as on Spike's official website and YouTube. Elmo Shropshire played Grandpa and Grandma while Patsy played Cousin Mel. While the family matriarch was run over by Santa Claus's reindeer, she has survived the accident (unlike in the actual song) and thus reappears toward the end of the video, alive and very much well, but somewhat fazed by the trampling. While being escorted inside the house by two policemen, she finally speaks the cautionary last line of the last verse as though commenting on Santa's driving: \"They should NEVER", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9297670", "text": "disappearance, and along with Quincy, follows her to a cabin in the woods where she and I.M. Slime are keeping Grandma out of sight. They rescue Grandma, and find Santa's letter explaining what happened that Cousin Mel had found at the site of Grandma's accident—and also the vial of the ingredient Cousin Mel added to Grandma's fruit cake that Christmas Eve night, which had the effect of \"reindeer-nip\" that reindeer are strongly attracted to. They then manage to restore Grandma's memory by feeding her some of her own fruit cake, and rush to the courthouse to prove that Cousin Mel", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "6080183", "text": "such in the lyrics, is an attractive and much younger woman in the music video and animated film). The upshot is a warning to the listener to be aware, because \"a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves\" should never receive a driver's license. In the music video, in which Elmo plays both Grandma and Grandpa while Patsy plays Cousin Mel, Grandma survives the attack and makes a triumphant return through the chimney. According to Brooks, he played the song while sitting in with Elmo and Patsy at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe in December 1978, and after the", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9297667", "text": "and his reindeer fly overhead, suddenly out of control, crash into her. Jake witnesses the accident, but the family refuse to believe him. The next morning, however, Grandma is missing, and the police find an imprint of her in the snow, along with her belongings. Cousin Mel also finds a letter that she quickly hides from the others. Nine months pass without Grandma and the store's business drops; during this time, Cousin Mel comes up with a new plan to sell the store to Austin, by tricking Grandpa into giving her his power of attorney. However, when Jake objects, Austin", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "9297668", "text": "agrees to give him another week in order to find Grandma before going through with the deal. Adamant in his belief that Santa ran over her, Jake emails Santa, and soon Quincy, Santa's head elf, comes to take Jake to the North Pole. It turns out that Santa had taken Grandma back to the North Pole for medical treatment. Unfortunately she since has amnesia, and until receiving Jake's e-mail Santa been unsure of who she was. As Jake explains the situation, Santa, Quincy and the amnesiac Grandma agree to go with him to stop the deal. When they arrive in", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "9297671", "text": "has been behind everything that happened to Grandma. Confronted with the evidence, Cousin Mel is forced to confess everything she did. She even confesses that she hates the true meaning of Christmas and how everyone share and cares. She is then placed under arrest for obstructing justice and \"almost ruining Christmas\" and the judge lets Santa go after finally discovering the truth. Austin approaches Grandma again, this time offering to franchise her store throughout the country, having seen how much she and Jake care about their family and business. The show ends with Grandma accidentally picking up the tainted fruit", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "9297669", "text": "Cityville, however, Cousin Mel and her attorney, I.M. Slime, quickly tricked Grandma into going with them. After Santa explains to Austin what happened, Jake and Quincy discover that Grandma has gone missing again. Cousin Mel then use the opportunity to accuse Santa of being behind her disappearance, and he is put on trial for kidnapping, leaving the scene of an accident and \"sleighicular negligence\". The two then plot to sue him, deducing that someone who can pay for billions of presents must be incredibly wealthy. Three months later, Jake suspects that Cousin Mel may have been involved in Grandma's second", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "6080184", "text": "show they had him make a cassette of the song for them to learn. A year later, they were selling 45s of the song from the stage, with Elmo himself appearing in drag on the album cover as \"Grandma\". The song was originally self-released in San Francisco by the Shropshires in 1979 on their own record label (on \"Elmo 'n' Patsy\" #2984), with the B-side titled \"Christmas\". Initial copies appeared on a cream-colored label, with a sketch of a pig clearly visible, at left. Once initial copies had sold out, later-pressed #2984 cream-colored 45 label copies retained the same pig", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9297666", "text": "as does his grandmother, though most of his family is not as excited about it. Jake and his sister, Daphne, argue over Santa Claus' existence, as Jake's parents gently try to break the news to him that Santa is not real. Meanwhile, Cousin Mel comes up with a plan to sabotage Grandma's famous fruitcake recipe, secretly add an extra ingredient with hopes that they won't sell, forcing Grandma to sell the store to Austin. Grandma, who hasn't taken her medication that evening, then takes the fruit cake with her when she leaves the house on Christmas Eve night, but Santa", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "9297665", "text": "along with his family, most notably his Grandma, who owns a small general store in the town of Cityville. The store happens to be the only piece of property not owned by Austin Bucks, the wealthiest man in town, whose CEO corporation specializes in making Christmas easier and less involved for the town's busy residents. Grandma, however, tells Austin that his method of trying to make Christmas easier is not really for the best and refuses to sell the store. This runs afoul of the gold-digging Cousin Mel, who plans to sell the store anyway. Jake loves the holiday season,", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "docid": "6080192", "text": "1985 when a disc jockey played the song 27 times back-to-back during the morning show before station management was able to stop him. The disc jockey, who was suspended, was reportedly depressed and upset that a co-worker had left employment at the station to work out-of-state. Shropshire claims it is \"a beloved holiday favorite.\" The video of the song was \"a holiday staple on MTV for many seasons.\" It has been \"incorporated into talking toys and a musical greeting card.\" \"My royalties are four or five times what they were\" 20 years ago, claims Elmo, who performs the song with", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "20798017", "text": "the women featured on the blog are generally old enough to be grandmothers, although not all of them had children. Although many famous researchers are included, the blog posts also feature women who worked at lower-level teaching and laboratory assistant positions in STEM. Grandma Got STEM Grandma Got STEM is a blog by Rachel Levy, a mathematician at Harvey Mudd College, about earlier generations of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Levy founded the blog in March 2013, and by June 2013 had already accumulated 100 posts to it. The blog is aimed at a general audience. Its", "title": "Grandma Got STEM" }, { "docid": "20798016", "text": "Grandma Got STEM Grandma Got STEM is a blog by Rachel Levy, a mathematician at Harvey Mudd College, about earlier generations of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Levy founded the blog in March 2013, and by June 2013 had already accumulated 100 posts to it. The blog is aimed at a general audience. Its entries include pictures and stories about women who worked in STEM fields, and are intended to counter stereotypes of older women as being technologically inept, as well as to inspire future generations of women in STEM. As the name of the blog suggests,", "title": "Grandma Got STEM" }, { "docid": "6080186", "text": "the country singles charts. In 1982, the duo both re-recorded and re-released the song as a single, again as Oink #2984. But this time, Oink chose to handle all nationwide product distribution themselves, ending the old NSD-Soundwaves agreement. Re-recorded Oink #2984 45 copies appeared on a white label, not a cream-colored label, however. That is the easiest way (aside from listening to the 45 itself) to differentiate between the original, 1979 Oink #2984 recording and its now-much-more familiar, 1982 re-recording. An entire LP, named after their hit song, was also recorded in 1982, and was initially released as Oink #8223.", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080182", "text": "marks\" are found on Grandma's back. The second and third verses describe the Christmas gathering where \"all the family's dressed in black\" and the family wonders if all the Christmas gifts they bought for her should be returned (the consensus is a firm yes). Christmas dinner otherwise goes on as normal, with a centerpiece of roast goose, figgy pudding for dessert, and \"blue and silver candles\" to match Grandma's hairpiece; the newly widowed Grandpa seems completely unfazed by his wife's demise and spends the holiday \"watching football, drinking beer and playing cards with Cousin Mel\" (who, while not stated as", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080188", "text": "50,000 45s sold; Soundwaves: 175,000 45s sold; Epic: 150,000 45s sold and 90,000 LPs sold. The Epic Records version charted at #64 on the country charts in 1998 and #48 in 1999. The original version was released in the United Kingdom on Stiff Records (BUY 99) in 1980. It did not chart. Other releases by the original artist(s) would follow: A sequel, titled \"Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off of Santa\", in which Grandpa gets lawyers to fight Santa in court, was released by Elmo Shropshire on his album \"Dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas\" (1992). The song has been recorded by", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6080185", "text": "sketch, but decided to both move the sketch, and add the word \"Oink\", to the top of the 45's label. Meanwhile, the duo's names were moved to the bottom of the label, below the song title. By the early 1980s, the song was becoming a seasonal hit, first on country stations and then on Top 40 stations. Oink Records, still based in Windsor, California, continued distribution of the 45 rpm record in the western U.S., with \"Nationwide Sound Distributors\" (NSD) of Nashville, Tennessee pressing and distributing the song on its Soundwaves Records in the eastern U.S., peaking at #92 on", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" }, { "docid": "14100619", "text": "Grandma Harp \"Grandma Harp\" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in March 1972 as the second single from the album \"Let Me Tell You About a Song\". \"Grandma Harp\" was Merle Haggard and The Strangers 12th No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart in May 1972, staying atop the chart for two weeks, and spending a total 14 weeks in the top 40. The song is a reflection of a young man's grandmother - the family matriarch and title character, Zone Villines (aka \"Grandma Harp\"),", "title": "Grandma Harp" }, { "docid": "14100620", "text": "who was born in Newton County, Arkansas, and lived for 90 years. The protagonist (who sings the song in first person) says that her life story can be told in only a few short lines, but reflects on how Grandma Harp (along with Grandpa, whom she married in 1901) was a rock that held the family together. Grandma Harp \"Grandma Harp\" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in March 1972 as the second single from the album \"Let Me Tell You About a Song\". \"Grandma Harp\" was", "title": "Grandma Harp" }, { "docid": "14668189", "text": "Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! is the debut studio album by American pop and country artist Brenda Lee. The album was released on August 3, 1959 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album was Brenda Lee's only studio album released during the 1950s. \"Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!\" was recorded in two separate sessions in January 1959 at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio. The sessions took place on January 4 and January 26. The album consisted of twelve separate tracks of material, many of which were cover", "title": "Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!" }, { "docid": "14668191", "text": "of five stars, without an official review provided. Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! is the debut studio album by American pop and country artist Brenda Lee. The album was released on August 3, 1959 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album was Brenda Lee's only studio album released during the 1950s. \"Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!\" was recorded in two separate sessions in January 1959 at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio. The sessions took place on January 4 and January 26. The album consisted of twelve separate", "title": "Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!" }, { "docid": "12479441", "text": "Helping Grandma Helping Grandma is a 1931 \"Our Gang\" short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 103rd (15th talking episode) \"Our Gang\" short that was released. An older woman owns a small grocery store and the gang helps her run it by waiting on customers, delivering groceries, and keeping her company. They call her Grandma, though she is not any one kid's grandmother but everyone's grandma. She loves the gang and the gang loves her. A chain store company wants to buy her store for more than market value while a swindler also wants to buy", "title": "Helping Grandma" }, { "docid": "14441024", "text": "before the story of \"Move And You're Dead\" is aired. Whilst Grandma was intended to debut in \"Move And You're Dead\" and had not been filmed in any of the original footage for the preceding eight episodes, the continuity error occurred when the early episodes had to be extended from their original 25 minute form and new material filmed to pad the episodes out includes Grandma. Grandma featured briefly in the film, \"Thunderbird 6\", but has no dialogue. She does not appear in the 2004 live action film at all, instead being replaced by a new character called Onaha, who", "title": "Grandma Tracy" }, { "docid": "20849723", "text": "Grandma (Unique album) Grandma is the debut studio album by Filipino singer-songwriter Unique. It was released on August 13, 2018, by O/C Records. On May 5, 2018, frontman Unique Salonga had officially departed from IV of Spades, seeking to pursue \"personal endeavors\", much to the dismay of fans. On July 13, Unique released his first solo track, \"Midnight Sky\", accompanied by a black-and-white music video. This coincided with the release of IV of Spades's new single \"In My Prison\", the band's first after Unique's departure. With Callalily vocalist Kean Cipriano co-producing, Unique self-produced \"Grandma\". Emil Dela Rosa mixed and mastered", "title": "Grandma (Unique album)" }, { "docid": "16760673", "text": "the opening title sequence and theme song. The series is often abruptly interrupted by parody commercial breaks. A PSA starring a Dead Grandma cast member is also featured after the end credits of every episode. Dead Grandma combines live action with an animated sky and cloud background. The production took place over the course of two weekends in March & April 2010. Filming locations included Art Center College of Design, Pasadena City College, Cafe 50's, Big Mama's Rib Shack and various locations in Pasadena and Studio City. The series was mentored by television and film director Jeremiah Chechick. The writers", "title": "Dead Grandma" }, { "docid": "9400850", "text": "There's No One Quite Like Grandma \"There's No One Quite Like Grandma\" was a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart, by the Stockport-based primary school choir St Winifred's School Choir from 27 December 1980 to 3 January 1981. It was written by Gordon Lorenz. The song was a Christmas number-one single in both the UK and Ireland. In the UK, it demoted John Lennon's last single, \"(Just Like) Starting Over,\" to number two. After two weeks at number one, a previous Lennon song, \"Imagine,\" replaced it. This was a posthumous release as Lennon had been killed three weeks prior.", "title": "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" }, { "docid": "19356662", "text": "talks to the child and its disturbingly cold insensitive behavior. The cybernetic grandma is portrayed by the mechanically accurate and formally perfect voice and language of Czech actress Otýlie Benšíková. At the end of the movie, the little child is rescued by its true biological grandma, who turns off the cybernetic one and takes care of it. Martin Flašar//Jan Novák, Jiří Trnka A Jejich Kybernetická Babička//Doi: 10.5817/Mb2013-1-7//Musicologica Brunensia 48, 2013, 1 The Cybernetic Grandma The Cybernetic Grandma (Czech: Kybernetická babička) is a 1962 Czechoslovakian stop motion puppet cartoon. It is a surreal science fiction-horror animation film, showing a dystopian situation", "title": "The Cybernetic Grandma" }, { "docid": "14441025", "text": "was Kyrano's wife and Tin-Tin's mother. Grandma returned in the 2015 remake Thunderbirds Are Go, portrayed by Sandra Dickinson; in the new show, she was one of only three people to know of the Hood (the others being Jeff and Kayo). She has a noticeably different personality: she is noticeably tougher than her original counterpart, has taken over the role of head of the family following her son’s disappearance, and is a terrible cook. In Season 2, she reveals her real name is Sally. Grandma Tracy Grandma Tracy is a fictional character in the television series \"Thunderbirds\". She was voiced", "title": "Grandma Tracy" }, { "docid": "12479447", "text": "her over the phone and she socks the guy so hard he falls across the room. After he threatens Grandma by saying \"I'll get you!\"' Wheezer hits him on the head with a hammer. This episode was heavily edited on the Little Rascals television prints beginning in 1971. Scenes with Stymie tasting the store items were all cut out due to perceptions of racism toward African Americans. Most, but not all of the deleted scenes were reinstated on the TV prints shown on AMC from 2001–2003 and on MeTV in 2016. Helping Grandma Helping Grandma is a 1931 \"Our Gang\"", "title": "Helping Grandma" }, { "docid": "12479446", "text": "then calls the kids hoodlums and tells them the store is his and he is the boss and they must leave. Grandma refuses to let him throw them out. The chain store officials arrive and the swindler states that the store now belongs to him. He shows them the paper she signed but it was blank; the real contract of sale was not signed. The swindler then accuses Grandma of tricking him. The officials repeat their phone bid, saying they will give Grandma $1,500. more than the original price agreed upon; Grandma realizes that the swindler had pretended to be", "title": "Helping Grandma" }, { "docid": "990130", "text": "was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants and Daughters of the American Revolution. Her 100th birthday was proclaimed \"Grandma Moses Day\" by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. \"LIFE\" magazine celebrated her birthday by featuring her on its September 19, 1960, cover. The children's book \"Grandma Moses Story Book\" was published in 1961. Grandma Moses died at age 101 on December 13, 1961 at the Health Center in Hoosick Falls, New York. She is buried there at the Maple Grove Cemetery. President John F. Kennedy memorialized her: \"The death of Grandma Moses removed a beloved figure from American life.", "title": "Grandma Moses" }, { "docid": "13796549", "text": "Grandma Lee Lee Strong (born May 29, 1934), better known by her stage name Grandma Lee, is an American stand-up comedian and was a contestant on the fourth season of \"America's Got Talent\". She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1934. After graduating from Otterbein College in Ohio, she married a career Marine, Ben Strong. The couple moved around the world as he fulfilled his military duties, raising four children along the way. They were living in Homestead, Florida in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew destroyed their home. They moved to Jacksonville, where, in 1995, her husband died of cancer.", "title": "Grandma Lee" }, { "docid": "13796551", "text": "can do clean or edgy.” Grandma Lee Lee Strong (born May 29, 1934), better known by her stage name Grandma Lee, is an American stand-up comedian and was a contestant on the fourth season of \"America's Got Talent\". She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1934. After graduating from Otterbein College in Ohio, she married a career Marine, Ben Strong. The couple moved around the world as he fulfilled his military duties, raising four children along the way. They were living in Homestead, Florida in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew destroyed their home. They moved to Jacksonville, where, in 1995,", "title": "Grandma Lee" }, { "docid": "12462860", "text": "Ask Grandma Ask Grandma is a 1925 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 39th \"Our Gang\" short subject released. Mickey's overprotective mother is trying to raise her son as a gentleman by dressing him like a sissy and enrolling him in dance school. Mickey takes things particularly hard when he sees the gang playing with a toy airplane. The only family member who sympathizes with Mickey's plight is his Grandma, who knows that he is harboring a serious crush on precocious Mary. Grandma encourages Mickey to pursue Mary and agrees to cover for", "title": "Ask Grandma" }, { "docid": "14441019", "text": "Grandma Tracy Grandma Tracy is a fictional character in the television series \"Thunderbirds\". She was voiced by Christine Finn. Little is known about Grandma Tracy's past, and her real name is never mentioned on screen with all the characters, even sometimes her son Jeff, calling her \"Grandma\". As a young girl, her grandmother took her round London and she travelled on the London Underground, a fact that would prove useful later for International Rescue (\"Vault Of Death\"). She was married to a Kansas wheat farmer but was widowed some time before International Rescue begun and helped Jeff bring up his", "title": "Grandma Tracy" }, { "docid": "14441021", "text": "moved, the bomb would detonate. She and Alan are rescued by her grandsons, allowing Grandma to see first hand the work that her family did, and she moved into the Tracy home (\"Move And You're Dead\"). As the family matriarch, Grandma keeps her family together, offering wisdom and advice for her family and the others in the household such as Tin-Tin. It is Grandma who is instrumental in keeping Alan and Tin-Tin together when one of Tin-Tin's old flames pays a visit (\"End Of The Road\"). Together with Kyrano and sometimes Tin-Tin, Grandma takes care of the domestic chores in", "title": "Grandma Tracy" }, { "docid": "19356661", "text": "The Cybernetic Grandma The Cybernetic Grandma (Czech: Kybernetická babička) is a 1962 Czechoslovakian stop motion puppet cartoon. It is a surreal science fiction-horror animation film, showing a dystopian situation where machines tend humans into a cybernetic lifestyle. The story is seen through the eyes of a little child who is led by his grandmother to enter an underground world. There it witnesses many strange events and ends up being cared for by a cybernatic grandma looking like a hybrid between a robotic wheelchair and a giant moth. The film shows a contradiction between the kind and sweet way the machine", "title": "The Cybernetic Grandma" }, { "docid": "16760676", "text": "campy 1950's-60's television series. The song was written by Will Kindrick and performed, arranged and recorded by the Brea California based a cappella group, \"Soundstage\". A benefit fundraiser concert was held July 30, 2010 on the roof top of the Fox Theater in Pomona CA to raise proceeds for the series. The show featured musical acts GOGO13, Digital Unicorn and Eyes Lips Eyes. Dead Grandma Dead Grandma is a 10-episode comedy Web series created by Will Kindrick. It is written by Kindrick, Courtney Branning, Matt Heder and is produced by Mummy Space Island Productions. The series follows the life of", "title": "Dead Grandma" }, { "docid": "12462861", "text": "him when he sneaks away to visit her. Neighborhood bully Johnny — who also has eyes for Mary — looks for someone to slug and picks on Joe. Mickey sees this and the two face off. Mickey gets the worst of it until Grandma rallies him on, resulting in Johnny getting pretty well socked. His father comes to his rescue to help in beating up Mickey just as Grandma gets into the fight. Mickey's mother, having witnessed her son in action, comes to realize that Mickey should be a \"regular boy\" moving forward. Ask Grandma Ask Grandma is a 1925", "title": "Ask Grandma" }, { "docid": "20053823", "text": "by Annie Stamell and YouTube celebrity Eva Gutowski both of whom were expected to executive produce alongside Jill Condon, Adam Wescott, and Scott Fisher with Condon also serving as the series' showrunner. Alongside the initial series announcement, it was confirmed that the series would star Eva Gutowski. On November 1, 2016, it was announced that Rhea Perlman had been cast in the role of the titular Grandma. Me and My Grandma Me and My Grandma is an American comedy web television series created by Eva Gutowski and Annie Stamell that premiered on March 22, 2017 on YouTube Red. The series", "title": "Me and My Grandma" }, { "docid": "6987020", "text": "look at the heartfelt expectations of Cora's zany mother, the show-bizzy grandma-to-be. Cora and Bud then join her mother in an inexplicable and madcap scheme to kidnap Cora's grandfather, who is stricken with Alzheimer's, from his nursing home and take him back to his hometown of Whitewright, Texas. The story then concludes with the birth of Cora's child. Delusions of Grandma Delusions of Grandma is a novel by actress and author Carrie Fisher that was published in 1993. Like most of Fisher's books, this novel is semi-autobiographical and fictionalizes events seemingly from her real life. The book is about Cora", "title": "Delusions of Grandma" }, { "docid": "16760672", "text": "Dead Grandma Dead Grandma is a 10-episode comedy Web series created by Will Kindrick. It is written by Kindrick, Courtney Branning, Matt Heder and is produced by Mummy Space Island Productions. The series follows the life of a hapless young college student Andy (Matt Heder), whose grandma (Beverly Welsh) comes back from the dead to help him find love. The series is hosted by Jon Heder who begins each episode with a campy intro reminiscent of the openings of nostalgic shows such as Masterpiece Theater and The Wonderful World of Disney. Each episode follows a two-act structure split up by", "title": "Dead Grandma" }, { "docid": "8254412", "text": "Grandma (comic strip) Grandma was a comic strip by Charles Kuhn that ran from 1947 to 1969. He usually signed the strip \"Chas. Kuhn\". \"Grandma\" began April 14, 1947. It was originally distributed by Duke Richardson's Indianapolis-based syndicate, Richardson Feature Service. A year later, \"Grandma\" was picked up by King Features Syndicate, which distributed it from June 28, 1948, until 1969. The Sunday page began November 20, 1949. Kuhn used it to introduce an innovative, interactive device; a single panel in the middle tier was displayed minus colors, so that young readers could use crayons to complete the coloring. It", "title": "Grandma (comic strip)" }, { "docid": "4236350", "text": "The Grandma The Grandma () is a novella written by Czech writer Božena Němcová in 1855. It is her most popular work and is regarded as a classic piece of Czech literature. This most frequently read book of the Czech nation was published more than 300 times in the Czech language alone and translated into 21 other languages. The book describes, in an idealized form, the childhood of Němcová. The plot weaves together a remembrance of the agrarian calendar and customs of the neighborhood with the love stories of several women, which reveal more of the history and customs of", "title": "The Grandma" }, { "docid": "4236352", "text": "from her point of view. The Grandma The Grandma () is a novella written by Czech writer Božena Němcová in 1855. It is her most popular work and is regarded as a classic piece of Czech literature. This most frequently read book of the Czech nation was published more than 300 times in the Czech language alone and translated into 21 other languages. The book describes, in an idealized form, the childhood of Němcová. The plot weaves together a remembrance of the agrarian calendar and customs of the neighborhood with the love stories of several women, which reveal more of", "title": "The Grandma" }, { "docid": "8254414", "text": "many \"Grandma\" strips; she sometimes reverted to a second childhood and played with the toys herself. Kuhn's other main interest was fishing. At the 1958 Chicago convention of the Grandmothers Club of America, Charles and Lois Kuhn were named Foster Grandparents of the Year. In addition to a plaque from the National Grandmother and Grandfather awards committee, actress Jane Darwell presented the Kuhns with their awards: miniature gold rocking chairs with red plush seats. Grandma (comic strip) Grandma was a comic strip by Charles Kuhn that ran from 1947 to 1969. He usually signed the strip \"Chas. Kuhn\". \"Grandma\" began", "title": "Grandma (comic strip)" }, { "docid": "990113", "text": "Grandma Moses Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), known by her nickname Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is often cited as an example of an individual who successfully began a career in the arts at an advanced age. Her works have been shown and sold in the United States and abroad and have been marketed on greeting cards and other merchandise. Moses' paintings are displayed in the collections of many museums. \"Sugaring Off\" was sold for US $1.2 million in 2006. Moses", "title": "Grandma Moses" }, { "docid": "18594912", "text": "Grandma (film) Grandma is a 2015 American comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by Paul Weitz. It stars Lily Tomlin as Elle, a lesbian poet and widow whose teenage granddaughter (played by Julia Garner) visits her to ask for money for an abortion. Over the space of a day, they visit numerous people from Elle's past to call in favors in an effort to raise the money. Weitz wrote the script with Tomlin in mind after working with her on the 2013 film \"Admission\". After she agreed to star, they edited the script together. Most of the other cast members", "title": "Grandma (film)" }, { "docid": "18594930", "text": "the summary: \"it stars Lily Tomlin, and that's all you really need to know\". Grandma (film) Grandma is a 2015 American comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by Paul Weitz. It stars Lily Tomlin as Elle, a lesbian poet and widow whose teenage granddaughter (played by Julia Garner) visits her to ask for money for an abortion. Over the space of a day, they visit numerous people from Elle's past to call in favors in an effort to raise the money. Weitz wrote the script with Tomlin in mind after working with her on the 2013 film \"Admission\". After she", "title": "Grandma (film)" }, { "docid": "5890154", "text": "Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, also known as Bottle Village, is an art environment, located in Simi Valley, California. It was created by Tressa \"Grandma\" Prisbrey (1896–1988) from the 1950s to the 1970s. Prisbey built a \"village\" of shrines, walkways, sculptures, and buildings from recycled items and discards from the local landfill. Bottle Village has been designated as a historical landmark by the City of Simi Valley, County of Ventura, and State of California (California Historical Landmark No. 939. It was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Bottle Village closed in 1984", "title": "Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village" }, { "docid": "20849724", "text": "the album with Billy Reyes at the House of Billy Gaga Studios. \"Cha-Ching!\" was one of the first songs to be recorded and utilized heavy synths, percussion tracks, and vocal stacks. Among the first tracks as well was \"Midnight Sky\" which used a Shure sm57 and an AKG C414 XLS for mics. The song is one of the more minimalist in the album, alongside \"Apoy ng Kandila\". The tracks \"Jules\" and \"Goodnight Prayer\" were mixed to mimic the panning effects of records during the early days of stereo. Grandma (Unique album) Grandma is the debut studio album by Filipino singer-songwriter", "title": "Grandma (Unique album)" }, { "docid": "18594926", "text": "a total of $7,087,452. \"Grandma\" was first released on DVD, Blu-ray and video on demand on February 9, 2016. The DVD and Blu-ray include an audio commentary with Weitz, Tomlin, Garner and Elliott, as well as a 21-minute interview with Weitz, Tomlin and Elliott. The Blu-ray version includes an additional 25-minute behind the scenes featurette. \"Grandma\" received a score of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 162 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's consensus reads, \"Boasting a stellar performance from Lily Tomlin and some powerfully empathetic work from writer-director Paul Weitz, \"Grandma\" is a dramedy that shouldn't", "title": "Grandma (film)" }, { "docid": "990127", "text": "Her paintings were exhibited throughout Europe and the United States over the next 20 years. Otto Kallir established the Grandma Moses Properties, Inc. for her. The paintings of Grandma Moses were used to publicize American holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and Mother's Day. During the 1950s, her exhibitions broke attendance records around the world. Art historian Judith Stein noted: \"A cultural icon, the spry, productive nonagenarian was continually cited as an inspiration for housewives, widows and retirees.\" Her paintings were reproduced on Hallmark greeting cards, tiles, fabrics, and ceramics. They were also used to market products, like coffee, lipstick, cigarettes, and", "title": "Grandma Moses" }, { "docid": "8254413", "text": "was captioned \"Color this one, kids!\" or \"Here's one to color, kids!\" By 1952, the strip ran internationally in 240 newspapers. The strip depicted humorous events in the life of a friendly, fun-loving woman known to her friends and neighbors only as Grandma. As comics historian Don Markstein described the character: Kuhn sometimes used \"Grandma\" to publicize Goodwill Industries in Indianapolis. He was so totally absorbed by and devoted to his strip that when he was asked about hobbies, he answered, \"\"Grandma\" and creating toys for the kids.\" Toys belonging to the neighborhood kids were also a key topic in", "title": "Grandma (comic strip)" }, { "docid": "4958398", "text": "Grandma Gatewood Emma Rowena Gatewood, better known as Grandma Gatewood (October 25, 1887–June 4, 1973), was an extreme hiker and ultra-light hiking pioneer who was the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail from Mount Oglethorpe in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine solo, and in one season. Gatewood was born to a farm family of 15 children in Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio. At the age of 19 she married 27 year-old P. C. Gatewood, a college educated primary school teacher, and later tobacco farmer, with whom she had 11 children. She had 24 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and one", "title": "Grandma Gatewood" }, { "docid": "14668190", "text": "versions of previously recorded songs. The opening track entitled \"Some of These Days\", written by Shelton Brooks, was originally composed in 1910 and the second track entitled \"Baby Face\" was first recorded in 1926. The album was originally released on an LP record, which contained six songs on each side of the record. The album has never been reissued on compact disc in the United States, but was released on a compact disc in the United Kingdom. Four decades later, \"Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!\" was reviewed by \"Allmusic\" (launched in 1991) and received three and a half out", "title": "Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!" }, { "docid": "6904028", "text": "Old Grandma Hardcore Barbara St. Hilaire, better known by her nickname Old Grandma Hardcore is an American citizen from Mantua, Ohio. She has become best known for her interest in video games and her excessive preoccupation with them even at her \"high\" age of 71. She has admitted to playing about 10 hours-a-day. She has a frequently viewed blog named \"Old Grandma Hardcore\" where she gives tips and hints to certain games, among other things. Her 24-year-old grandson, Timothy helps her with her website. In December 2005, she was hired by MTV as their \"senior\" video game correspondent and host", "title": "Old Grandma Hardcore" }, { "docid": "19584019", "text": "Let's Eat Grandma Let's Eat Grandma are a British pop group formed in 2013 by childhood friends Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth. They released their debut studio album \"I, Gemini\" in 2016 through Transgressive Records. Their second studio album, \"I'm All Ears\", was released in 2018 to widespread acclaim. Let's Eat Grandma describe their music as \"experimental sludge pop\". Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth were both raised in Norwich, a city in East Anglia. They originally met in reception class when they were four, and began making music together at 13. They originally began creating music as a playtime activity,", "title": "Let's Eat Grandma" }, { "docid": "9400851", "text": "Another song that \"There's No One Quite Like Grandma\" prevented from reaching number one was \"Stop the Cavalry\" by Jona Lewie, which has since become a Christmas favourite in the UK but finished at number three on the Christmas chart. More recently, the song was used within the one-off Channel 4 comedy by Peter Kay called \"Britain's Got the Pop Factor...\", which had Sally Lindsay, who was in the original choir of the song, in a cameo role. Furthermore, an extract of the song is always used in the \"Granny Brainiac\" segment in Series 3 of Sky One TV show", "title": "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" }, { "docid": "6987018", "text": "Delusions of Grandma Delusions of Grandma is a novel by actress and author Carrie Fisher that was published in 1993. Like most of Fisher's books, this novel is semi-autobiographical and fictionalizes events seemingly from her real life. The book is about Cora Sharpe, a Hollywood screenwriter who is eight-and-a-half months pregnant by her boyfriend, an attorney named Ray, a relationship that has gone wrong. Concerned that she will not survive labor, Cora begins to write long letters to her unborn child. As she writes, she begins to recall the events that led to her current situation. Her relationship with Ray", "title": "Delusions of Grandma" }, { "docid": "990125", "text": "their meaning. The unrest and the neurotic insecurity of the present day make us inclined to enjoy the simple and affirmative outlook of Grandma Moses.\" During a visit to Hoosick Falls in 1938, Louis J. Caldor, an art collector who worked as an engineer in the state of New York, discovered paintings made by Moses in the window of a drug store. He bought their supply and ten more from her Eagle Bridge house for $3 or $5 each. The next year, three Grandma Moses paintings were included in New York's Museum of Modern Art exhibition entitled \"Contemporary Unknown American", "title": "Grandma Moses" }, { "docid": "990131", "text": "The directness and vividness of her paintings restored a primitive freshness to our perception of the American scene. Both her work and her life helped our nation renew its pioneer heritage and recall its roots in the countryside and on the frontier. All Americans mourn her loss.\" After her death, her work was exhibited in several large traveling exhibitions in the United States and abroad. Some of the public collections of her work are: Some of her works are: Grandma Moses Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), known by her nickname Grandma Moses, was an", "title": "Grandma Moses" }, { "docid": "14441022", "text": "the Tracy house, though she can sometimes be confused by all the technological gadgetry, getting tracking bugs mixed into her apple pie at one point (\"Day Of Disaster\"), though she is able to work a nuclear oven (\"Give Or Take A Million\"). Although not an active part of International Rescue, Grandma still plays a role when need be. She has been known to help her grandsons put together what equipment they need (\"Sun Probe\") and it is her who comes up with a solution for a rescue mission in the Bank of England when everyone else is stuck (\"Vault Of", "title": "Grandma Tracy" }, { "docid": "4958405", "text": "she was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame. Emma Gatewood is the subject of a project at Eden Valley Enterprises. \"Trail Magic\", a 60-minute documentary by Put-in-Bay filmmaker Peter Huston, is about Emma Gatewood. In 2018 the \"New York Times\" published a belated obituary for her as part of its \"Overlooked\" series about \"remarkable people whose deaths went unreported in The Times\". Grandma Gatewood Emma Rowena Gatewood, better known as Grandma Gatewood (October 25, 1887–June 4, 1973), was an extreme hiker and ultra-light hiking pioneer who was the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail from Mount Oglethorpe", "title": "Grandma Gatewood" }, { "docid": "9400852", "text": "\"\". In October 2009, the song was re-recorded by 14 members of the original choir. It was released in the UK in November 2009 as part of food company Innocent Drinks' \"Big Knit\" campaign, to raise money for Age Concern. The song was covered by Leilah and Jeordie (daughters of Melanie Safka) in 1981, and this version charted on the Canadian singles chart at No. 27 in January 1982. There's No One Quite Like Grandma \"There's No One Quite Like Grandma\" was a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart, by the Stockport-based primary school choir St Winifred's School Choir", "title": "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" }, { "docid": "5890172", "text": "1990 \"Ageless\", the Woman's Building, Los Angeles, CA 1992 \"Reflections of Bottle Village\", Simi Valley Cultural Center, Simi Valley, CA 1995 \"Visions from the Left Coast\" Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA 1996–1999 \"Recycled-Reseen\" Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico (traveling) 2000 Outsider Art window display, Hennessy + Ingalls, Santa Monica, CA Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, also known as Bottle Village, is an art environment, located in Simi Valley, California. It was created by Tressa \"Grandma\" Prisbrey (1896–1988) from the 1950s to the 1970s. Prisbey built a \"village\" of shrines, walkways,", "title": "Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village" }, { "docid": "5890158", "text": "first bottle house by hand. This is when Bottle Village began to take form. Grandma Prisbrey mentioned she did not begin this project to gain attention but as an outpost as well as a place to keep all of her things. She was very much a collector as well as a recycler. She was interested in the fact that everything has a purpose and is special and unique and that is exactly what she brings to bottle village. Not just in the visuals but the overall feeling you receive from being present. The Village was very much established by 1961", "title": "Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village" }, { "docid": "990120", "text": "moved to a farm in Eagle Bridge, New York at her husband's urging. When Thomas Moses was about 67 years of age in 1927, he died of a heart attack, after which Anna's son Forrest helped her operate the farm. Anna Moses never married again. She retired and moved to a daughter's home in 1936. Anna Mary was known as either \"Mother Moses\" or \"Grandma Moses,\" and although she first exhibited as \"Mrs. Moses,\" the press dubbed her \"Grandma Moses,\" and the nickname stuck. As a young wife and mother, Moses was creative in her home; for example, in 1918", "title": "Grandma Moses" }, { "docid": "990114", "text": "appeared on magazine covers, television, and in a documentary of her life. She wrote an autobiography (\"My Life's History\"), won numerous awards, and was awarded two honorary doctoral degrees. The \"New York Times\" said of her: \"The simple realism, nostalgic atmosphere and luminous color with which Grandma Moses portrayed simple farm life and rural countryside won her a wide following. She was able to capture the excitement of winter's first snow, Thanksgiving preparations and the new, young green of oncoming spring... In person, Grandma Moses charmed wherever she went. A tiny, lively woman with mischievous gray eyes and a quick", "title": "Grandma Moses" }, { "docid": "18594929", "text": "wonder that is \"Grandma\" can be summed up in two words: Lily Tomlin.\" Peter Travers of \"Rolling Stone\" described the film as \"a Tomlin tour de force\" and wrote that \"Tomlin, the sorceress, leaves you dazzled and devastated.\" The \"San Francisco Chronicle\"s David Lewis cited \"Grandma\" as a career-high performance for Tomlin, describing her work as \"funny, acerbic, touching – and ultimately, exhilarating\". Richard Roeper of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" wrote of Tomlin, \"nearly every moment in this movie is all hers\", predicting award nominations for her performance. In a review of the film for \"The Boston Globe\", Ty Burr offered", "title": "Grandma (film)" }, { "docid": "14441023", "text": "Death\"). She also attends filming of the Ned Cook Show episode in which he thanks International Rescue for saving him (\"Terror In New York City\"). Throughout her years, Grandma has never visited a stately home but hopes to do so, especially after meeting Lady Penelope (\"The Mighty Atom\"). Grandma's chronology is somewhat confusing in the series, in that she does not move to Tracy Island until \"Move And You're Dead\" (production episode #9), despite being mentioned in \"Sun probe\" (production episode #4) and featuring in production episodes #5,#6,#7 and #8. In original broadcast order, Grandma appears in even more episodes", "title": "Grandma Tracy" }, { "docid": "5453710", "text": "arrested. Afterwards, everyone goes their separate ways: Ashtray and Dashiki marry and enjoy their lives, Loc Dog becomes a host and introduces himself with extreme profanity, Preach and his crush settle down and perform sexual intercourse, Crazy Legs becomes a dancer as he had dreamed of, and Grandma is, as Ashtray puts it, \"still Grandma\" (showing her smoking marijuana). \"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood\" collected $8,112,884 from 1,010 theatres its opening weekend, opening at #2 at the box office, averaging $8,032 per theatre. By the end of its theatrical run, the", "title": "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" }, { "docid": "6702878", "text": "had gone off. The video was edited with Yankovic by Darren Bramen, with final edits and effects by John Peterson. In the late 1980s, the song was a staple on MTV during the holiday season. The song has been well received. Julio Diaz of the \"Pensacola News Journal\" wrote \"While 'Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer' got old decades ago, this is one musical dose of sick holiday humor that hasn't lost its novelty.\" He went on to compliment the music video as well, calling it \"a lot of fun\". Joey Green, in his book \"Weird and Wonderful Christmas\",", "title": "Christmas at Ground Zero" }, { "docid": "20053822", "text": "Me and My Grandma Me and My Grandma is an American comedy web television series created by Eva Gutowski and Annie Stamell that premiered on March 22, 2017 on YouTube Red. The series stars Gutowski and Rhea Perlman and is executive produced by Stamell, Gutowski, Adam Wescott, Scott Fisher, and Jill Condon. College graduate Janey and her grandmother move to Hollywood together and attempt to forge acting careers. On August 5, 2016, it was announced that YouTube had given the production a series order for a first season set to premiere in 2017 on YouTube Red. The series was created", "title": "Me and My Grandma" }, { "docid": "19584021", "text": "some graffiti the girls saw while walking around town in Norwich. The album was released by Transgressive Records on 17 June 2016, and received positive reviews in \"NME\", \"The Guardian\", \"Pitchfork\", and \"Q\". Their second studio album \"I'm All Ears\" was released 29 June 2018, and was preceded by the singles \"Hot Pink\", \"Falling Into Me\", \"It's Not Just Me\" and \"Ava\". \"I'm All Ears\" has received widespread acclaim from music critics. Let's Eat Grandma Let's Eat Grandma are a British pop group formed in 2013 by childhood friends Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth. They released their debut studio album", "title": "Let's Eat Grandma" }, { "docid": "6904029", "text": "for the show \"The G-Hole\". On 2006-09-09 Old Granny Hardcore won the Nintendo World Store's \"Coolest Grandparent of the year\" \"Brain Age\" contest. In August 2006 she was featured on \"Attack of the Show\" covering \"Women and Gaming\". She is known for her constant use of swearing while playing games. She is also known for having a very large collection of Xbox live arcade games. Old Grandma Hardcore Barbara St. Hilaire, better known by her nickname Old Grandma Hardcore is an American citizen from Mantua, Ohio. She has become best known for her interest in video games and her excessive", "title": "Old Grandma Hardcore" }, { "docid": "18594918", "text": "way home, Elle giggles and rejoices at memories of her partner Violet. Before reaching home, she makes a short stop at Olivia's house to apologize for saying their relationship meant nothing. Afterwards, Elle walks down the sidewalk, laughing on her way home. Numerous commentators have labelled \"Grandma\" a feminist film. \"Bustle\" writer Rachel Simon commented on the unusual fact that the film centers on two women – a septuagenarian lesbian and a pregnant teenager seeking an abortion – and features a supporting cast of characters including \"another lesbian, a trans woman, and a single mom who got pregnant using a", "title": "Grandma (film)" }, { "docid": "3421666", "text": "sometimes debated. Some derby names are obscene, and this attracts controversy among other skaters. Copying of derby names has attracted legal and sociological analysis as an example of indigenous development of property rights. New players are encouraged to check derby names against an international roster to ensure they are not already in use. The names of roller derby events are also sardonic and convoluted—for example, Night of the Rolling Dead (Night of the Living Dead), Knocktoberfest (Oktoberfest), Spanksgiving (Thanksgiving), Seasons Beatings (Seasons Greetings), Grandma Got Run Over By a Rollergirl (Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer), Cinco de May-hem", "title": "Roller derby" }, { "docid": "12479442", "text": "it for next to nothing. The gang thinks both parties want to practically steal the store away from her. The swindler stops in and tries talking Grandma into selling her store immediately for $1,500. She balks at the low price, and then goes downtown to run some errands leaving the gang in charge. Among her instructions is to tell anyone who calls on the telephone to call back later. Chain store officials then stop by and Jackie, Farina and Chubby try to scare them away from buying the store, telling them among other things that \"You couldn't sell many chains", "title": "Helping Grandma" }, { "docid": "17707728", "text": "small, brown breeding bird survey fencepost marks the trailhead. Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area featuring the undeveloped, pristine 44-acre Grandma Lake, which lies in a depression formed during the last glacial period. The lake is ringed by a large, open sphagnum bog mat. The bog mat is surrounded by a coniferous swamp of tamarack (\"Larix laricina\") and black spruce (\"Picea mariana\"). The bog mat supports a plant community that is considered diverse and unusual, with several rare species present, including: bog arrow-grass (\"Triglochin", "title": "Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area" }, { "docid": "17707726", "text": "Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area featuring the undeveloped, pristine 44-acre Grandma Lake, which lies in a depression formed during the last glacial period. The lake is ringed by a large, open sphagnum bog mat. The bog mat is surrounded by a coniferous swamp of tamarack (\"Larix laricina\") and black spruce (\"Picea mariana\"). The bog mat supports a plant community that is considered diverse and unusual, with several rare species present, including: bog arrow-grass (\"Triglochin maritima\"), dragon's mouth orchid (\"Arethusa bulbosa\"), livid sedge (\"Carex", "title": "Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area" }, { "docid": "4236351", "text": "that area. The main action of the novel seems to take place during the first one or two years after the Grandma has come to live at the Old Bleachery with her daughter's family, to help manage the household. The father is frequently absent due to his job as equerry to the local noblewoman, which takes him away to Vienna during the winter. The principal action of the story is to tell the intertwining tales of Viktorka, Kristla, and the Countess. The author is identified with Barunka, the eldest daughter of the Prošek family; however, the novel is not told", "title": "The Grandma" }, { "docid": "5890164", "text": "dolls. Grandma Prisbrey mentioned every day she would go into that house and dress up some of the dolls. \"Anyone can do something with a million dollars. Look at Disney,\" Prisbrey once said. \"But it takes more than money to make something out of nothing, and look at the fun I have doing it.\" When visitors would come to Bottle Village when Grandma Prisbrey was still alive, she would first take them on a tour but then end in her meditation room where she would allow them to meditate as well as listen to her sing different songs. She would", "title": "Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village" }, { "docid": "18594921", "text": "\"heartening to see a film that tackles unintended pregnancy and abortion in a humorous and sensitive way\". Paul Weitz conceived the idea for the story of \"Grandma\" long before he began writing the script. He never completed the story until he had met and worked with Tomlin on the 2013 film \"Admission,\" saying that \"After meeting Lily, the voice and the character really clicked, I had thought about it for years, so I had a lot of it worked out in my head, and then I just went to a coffee shop and wrote it longhand.\" He said that, as", "title": "Grandma (film)" }, { "docid": "9171921", "text": "a Bostonian group of psychics. Several actors in cinematic renditions of \"The Statement of Randolph Carter\" have portrayed Harley Warren, the most notable of them being John Rhys-Davies in \"\". The H.P. Lovecraft Historical society did a song entitled \"Harley Got Devoured by the Undead\", a parody of \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\". Harley Warren Harley Warren is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft, based on his friend Samuel Loveman (1887–1976). Lovecraft had a dream about Loveman, which inspired him to write the short story \"The Statement of Randolph Carter\" in 1919. In the story, Warren", "title": "Harley Warren" }, { "docid": "18594919", "text": "sperm donor\". Writer-director Paul Weitz said that he wanted to explore different eras of women's history through the three generations of Elle's family. While Elle was a fighter for women's equality, he saw Judy (a successful businesswoman) as \"a product of it\". He said that Sage, who is largely ignorant of the feminist movement, represented the \"erasure of women's history in the minds of young people now\". \"Variety\" critic Scott Foundas described \"Grandma\" as \"an unforced but unmistakably political survey of three generations of independent womanhood in America\". The film has also been described as pro-choice because of its portrayal", "title": "Grandma (film)" }, { "docid": "1355697", "text": "Mathis' \"Do You Hear What I Hear?\" and Harry Simeone Chorale's \"Little Drummer Boy\". The Pinnacle Media Worldwide survey divided its listeners into music-type categories: Among the most-hated Christmas songs, according to Edison Media Research's 2007 survey, are Barbra Streisand's \"Jingle Bells?\", the Jackson 5's \"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town\", Elmo & Patsy's \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\", and \"O Holy Night\" as performed by cartoon characters from Comedy Central's \"South Park\". The \"most-hated Christmastime recording\" is a rendition of \"Jingle Bells\" by Don Charles's Singing Dogs, a revolutionary novelty song originally released in 1955, and re-released", "title": "Christmas music" }, { "docid": "3787403", "text": "series on the Global Television Network in conjunction with Ulster Television in Ireland. Although most of their music focuses on the band's Irish roots, in the early 1980s, The Irish Rovers recorded an unknown novelty Christmas song written by Randy Brooks. Record producer Jack Richardson produced The Rovers' album, \"It Was A Night Like This.\" The single release of \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" rose to the top 20 in Canada within a week of airplay. Exposure of the music on television also added to the popularity of their music. In 1980, their crossover hit recording of Tom", "title": "The Irish Rovers" }, { "docid": "18594928", "text": "new era in gay cinema\" and felt that the story was \"schematic but heartfelt\". Brian Moylan of \"The Guardian\" gave the film three out of five stars and wrote, \"Possibly the greatest thing about \"Grandma\" is that it passes the Bechdel test with flying colours, better than any film I've seen recently.\" \"Slant Magazine\"s R. Kurt Osenlund, on the other hand, felt that the plot was contrived and unfulfilling, and described the film as having \"about as many ambitions as it does delusions\". Tomlin has been widely praised for the strength of her performance. A. O. Scott wrote that \"the", "title": "Grandma (film)" } ]

[ "Federal Reserve chairman", "Fed Chief", "Chairman of the fed", "Fed Chairmanship", "Fed Chairman", "Fed chair", "Federal Reserve Chairman", "List of Chairmen of the Federal Reserve", "Federal Reserve Board Chairman", "Chairman of the Federal Reserve", "Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board", "Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve", "Director of the Federal Reserve", "Fed Chair", "List of Chair of the Federal Reserve", "Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System", "Federal Reserve Board chairman", "Chairman of the federal reserve", "Fed chief", "Chair of the Federal Reserve", "Chairman of the Fed", "Fed chairman", "List of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve", "Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve" ]

[ { "docid": "5051493", "text": "Ben Bernanke Ben Shalom Bernanke ( ; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served two terms as Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014. During his tenure as chair, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the late-2000s financial crisis. Before becoming Federal Reserve chair, Bernanke was a tenured professor at Princeton University and chaired the department of economics there from 1996 to September 2002, when he went on public service leave. From August 5, 2002 until June 21, 2005, he was a member", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051509", "text": "the possibility of a filibuster. On a second vote to confirm, the 30 dissents came from 11 Democrats, 18 Republicans and one independent. Bernanke was succeeded as Chair of the Federal Reserve by Janet Yellen, the first woman to hold the position. Yellen was nominated on October 9, 2013, by President Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 6, 2014. Bernanke has been subjected to criticism concerning the late-2000s financial crisis. According to \"The New York Times\", Bernanke \"has been attacked for failing to foresee the financial crisis, for bailing out Wall Street, and, most recently, for", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051513", "text": "which show Bernanke overruled recommendations from his staff in bailing out AIG. The columnist says this raises questions as to whether or not the decision to bail out AIG was necessary. Senators from both parties who support Bernanke say his actions averted worse problems and outweigh whatever responsibility he may have for the financial crisis. The crisis in 2008 also made then-Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke create a pseudonym, Edward Quince. According to the Wall Street Journal, the false name was evidence in a class-action lawsuit against the government by shareholders of AIG, which had been given a Fed-backed bailout", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051507", "text": "Bernanke oversaw some unorthodox measures. Under his guidance, the Fed lowered its funds interest rate from 5.25% to 0.0% within less than a year. When this was considered insufficient to abate the liquidity crisis, the Fed initiated Quantitative Easing, creating $1.3 trillion from November 2008 to June 2010 and using the created money to buy financial assets from banks and from the government. On August 25, 2009, President Obama announced he would nominate Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. In a short statement on Martha's Vineyard, with Bernanke standing at his side, Obama said Bernanke's", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051495", "text": "Bernanke was confirmed for a second term as chairman on January 28, 2010, after being renominated by President Barack Obama, who later referred to him as \"the epitome of calm.\" His second term ended January 31, 2014, when he was succeeded by Janet Yellen on February 3, 2014. Bernanke wrote about his time as chairman of the Federal Reserve in his 2015 book, \"The Courage to Act,\" in which he revealed that the world's economy came close to collapse in 2007 and 2008. Bernanke asserts that it was only the novel efforts of the Fed (cooperating with other agencies and", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051517", "text": "lower interest rates to zero. Anna Schwartz, however, was highly critical of Bernanke and wrote an opinion piece in \"The New York Times\" advising Obama against his reappointment as chair of the Federal Reserve. Bernanke focused less on the role of the Federal Reserve and more on the role of private banks and financial institutions. Bernanke found that the financial disruptions of 1930–33 reduced the efficiency of the credit allocation process; and that the resulting higher cost and reduced availability of credit acted to depress aggregate demand, identifying an effect he called the financial accelerator. When faced with a mild", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051523", "text": "Wall Street's in mid-2006. Back then, he resisted calls for further interest rate increases because he thought the economy might be weakening.\" In a speech at the American Economics Association conference in January 2014, Bernanke reflected on his tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve. He expressed his hope that economic growth was building momentum and stated that he was confident that the central bank would be able to withdraw its support smoothly. In an October 2014 speech, Bernanke disclosed that he was unsuccessful in efforts to refinance his home. He suggested that lenders \"may have gone a little bit", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "12788355", "text": "Bernanke doctrine The Bernanke doctrine refers to measures, identified by Ben Bernanke while Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve, that the Federal Reserve can use in conducting monetary policy to combat deflation. In 2002, when the word \"deflation\" began appearing in the business news, Bernanke, then a governor on the Board of the Federal Reserve, gave a speech about deflation entitled \"Deflation: Making Sure \"It\" Doesn't Happen Here.\" In that speech, he assessed the causes and effects of deflation in the modern economy. Bernanke states: \"\"The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation", "title": "Bernanke doctrine" }, { "docid": "5051494", "text": "of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, proposed the Bernanke Doctrine, and first discussed \"the Great Moderation\" — the theory that traditional business cycles have declined in volatility in recent decades through structural changes that have occurred in the international economy, particularly increases in the economic stability of developing nations, diminishing the influence of macroeconomic (monetary and fiscal) policy. Bernanke then served as chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers before President Bush nominated him to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the United States Federal Reserve. His first term began February 1, 2006.", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051505", "text": "as Fed chairman the next year. He held the post until January 2006. On February 1, 2006, Bernanke began a fourteen-year term as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and a four-year term as chairman (after having been nominated by President Bush in late 2005). By virtue of the chairmanship, he sat on the Financial Stability Oversight Board that oversees the Troubled Asset Relief Program. He also served as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System's principal monetary policy making body. His first months as chairman of the Federal Reserve System were marked by difficulties", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "9002384", "text": "would eventually become the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to apply to Harvard. He helped assuage the Bernanke family, who were concerned that Ben would \"lose his Jewish identity\" if he went to Harvard, that \"there were Jews in Boston.\" Manning has been on the faculty at MIT since 1974. Manning's 1983 book, \"\", depicts the life and career of Ernest Everett Just, who was born in Charleston, South Carolina and went on to become a world-famous biologist. Manning won several awards for the book and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography. Manning was also inducted into", "title": "Kenneth Manning" } ]

[ { "docid": "5051499", "text": "in his local synagogue. Although he keeps his beliefs private, his friend Mark Gertler, chairman of New York University's economics department, says they are \"embedded in who he (Bernanke) is\". The Bernanke family was concerned that Ben would \"lose his Jewish identity\" if he went to Harvard. Fellow Dillon native Kenneth Manning, who would eventually become a professor of the history of sciences at MIT, assured the family \"there are Jews in Boston\". Once Bernanke was at Harvard for his freshman year, Manning took him to Brookline for Rosh Hashanah services. Bernanke was educated at East Elementary, J.V. Martin Junior", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051526", "text": "even if actual implementation of the plan might have to wait until the economic outlook improves. His remarks were most likely intended for the federal government's executive and legislative branches, since entitlement reform is a fiscal exercise that will be accomplished by the Congress and the President rather than a monetary task falling within the implementation powers of the Federal Reserve. Bernanke also pointed out that deficit reduction will necessarily consist of either raising taxes, cutting entitlement payments and other government spending, or some combination of both. Ben Bernanke Ben Shalom Bernanke ( ; born December 13, 1953) is an", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051501", "text": "received a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979 after completing and defending his dissertation, \"Long-Term Commitments, Dynamic Optimization, and the Business Cycle\". Bernanke's thesis adviser was the future governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, and his readers included Irwin S. Bernstein, Rüdiger Dornbusch, Robert Solow, and Peter Diamond of MIT and Dale Jorgenson of Harvard. Bernanke met his wife, Anna, a schoolteacher, on a blind date. She was a student at Wellesley College, and he was in graduate school at MIT. The Bernankes have two children. He is an ardent fan of", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051503", "text": "1985, was a visiting professor at New York University and went on to become a tenured professor at Princeton University in the Department of Economics. He chaired that department from 1996 until September 2002, when he went on public service leave. He resigned his position at Princeton July 1, 2005. Bernanke served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2002 to 2005. In one of his first speeches as a Governor, entitled \"Deflation: Making Sure It Doesn't Happen Here\", he outlined what has been referred to as the Bernanke Doctrine. As a member", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051500", "text": "High, and Dillon High School, where he was class valedictorian and played saxophone in the marching band. Since Dillon High School did not offer calculus at the time, Bernanke taught it to himself. Bernanke scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and was a National Merit Scholar. He also was a contestant in the 1965 National Spelling Bee. Bernanke attended Harvard University in 1971, where he lived in Winthrop House, as did the future CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, and graduated with an A.B. degree, and later with an A.M. in economics \"summa cum laude\" in 1975. He", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051502", "text": "the Washington Nationals baseball team, and frequently attends games at Nationals Park. When Bernanke left Stanford to accept a position at Princeton, he and his family moved to Montgomery Township, New Jersey in 1985, where Bernanke's children attended the local public schools. Bernanke served for six years as a member of the board of education of the Montgomery Township School District. In 2009 The Wall Street Journal reported that Bernanke was a victim of identity theft, a spreading crime the Federal Reserve has for years issued warnings about. Bernanke taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 1979 until", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051498", "text": "New York in the 1940s. Bernanke's mother gave up her job as a schoolteacher when her son was born and worked at the family drugstore. Ben Bernanke also worked there sometimes. As a teenager, Bernanke worked construction on a new hospital and waited tables at a restaurant at nearby South of the Border, a roadside attraction in his hometown of Dillon, before leaving for college. To support himself throughout college, he worked during the summers at South of the Border. As a teenager in the 1960s in the small town of Dillon, Bernanke used to help roll the Torah scrolls", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051524", "text": "too far on mortgage credit conditions\". Since February 2014, Bernanke has been employed as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. On April 16, 2015, it was announced publicly that Bernanke will work with Citadel, the $25 billion hedge fund founded by billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, as a senior adviser. In the same month it was revealed that Bernanke would also join Pimco as a senior advisor. In his 2015 book, \"The Courage to Act\", Bernanke revealed that he was no longer a Republican, having \"lost patience with Republicans' susceptibility to the know-nothing-ism", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051511", "text": "\"Materially Adverse Change\" (MAC) clause, Paulson immediately called Lewis to a meeting in Washington. At the meeting, which allegedly took place on December 21, 2008, Paulson told Lewis that he and the board would be replaced if they invoked the MAC clause and additionally not to reveal the extent of the losses to shareholders. Paulson stated to Cuomo's office that he was directed by Bernanke to threaten Lewis in this manner. Congressional hearings into these allegations were conducted on June 25, 2009, with Bernanke testifying that he did not bully Ken Lewis. Under intense questioning by members of Congress, Bernanke", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051519", "text": "maintain market liquidity. Control of the money supply implies that the government can always avoid deflation by simply issuing more money. He said \"The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at no cost.\" He referred to a statement made by Milton Friedman about using a \"helicopter drop\" of money into the economy to fight deflation. Bernanke's critics have since referred to him as \"Helicopter Ben\" or to his \"helicopter printing press.\" In a footnote to his speech, Bernanke noted that", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051508", "text": "background, temperament, courage and creativity helped to prevent another Great Depression in 2008. When Senate Banking Committee hearings on his nomination began on December 3, 2009, several senators from both parties indicated they would not support a second term. However, Bernanke was confirmed for a second term as chairman on January 28, 2010, by a 70–30 vote of the full Senate, the narrowest margin, at the time, for any occupant of the position. (For the roll-call vote, see Obama confirmations, 2010.) The Senate first voted 77–23 to end debate, Bernanke winning more than the 60 approval votes needed to overcome", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051520", "text": "\"people know that inflation erodes the real value of the government's debt and, therefore, that it is in the interest of the government to create some inflation.\" For example, while Greenspan publicly supported President Clinton's deficit reduction plan and the Bush tax cuts, Bernanke, when questioned about taxation policy, said that it was none of his business, his exclusive remit being monetary policy, and said that fiscal policy and wider society related issues were what politicians were for and got elected for. But Bernanke has been identified by \"The Wall Street Journal\" and a close colleague as a \"libertarian-Republican\" in", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051521", "text": "the mold of Alan Greenspan. In 2005 Bernanke coined the term saving glut, the idea that relatively high level of worldwide savings was holding down interest rates and financing the current account deficits of the United States. (Alternative reasons include relatively low worldwide investment coupled with low U.S. savings.) As the recession began to deepen in 2007, many economists urged Bernanke (and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee) to lower the federal funds rate below what it had done. For example, Larry Summers, later named Director of the White House's National Economic Council under President Obama, wrote in", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "11256246", "text": "Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society (or The Coop, pronounced as a single syllable) is a Cambridge, Massachusetts retail cooperative for the Harvard University and MIT campuses. The general public is encouraged to freely enter and make purchases in all the Coop stores, but membership discounts and certain other benefits are restricted to Coop members. , there are three store locations at Harvard, and two at MIT. The main store is located in the heart of Harvard Square, across the street from the Harvard subway station headhouse. The Coop was founded as the Harvard Cooperative in 1882 to supply", "title": "Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society" }, { "docid": "5051497", "text": "a child from his maternal grandfather, Harold Friedman, a professional hazzan (service leader), shochet, and Hebrew teacher. Bernanke's father and uncle owned and managed a drugstore they purchased from Bernanke's paternal grandfather, Jonas Bernanke. Jonas Bernanke was born in Boryslav, Austria-Hungary (today part of Ukraine), on January 23, 1891. He immigrated to the United States from Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary (today part of Poland) and arrived at Ellis Island, aged 30, on June 30, 1921, with his wife Pauline, aged 25. On the ship's manifest, Jonas's occupation is listed as \"clerk\" and Pauline's as \"doctor med\". The family moved to Dillon from", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "11256249", "text": "with an automatic additional discount of 10% at the registers, for Coop members in good standing. The Coop stores are managed by Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, under supervision of a 23-person Board of Directors including 11 students elected by the student membership. Faculty, alumni, or officers of MIT or Harvard fill 11 seats, and the Coop's president serves \"ex officio\". In 2014, the MIT branch announced that it is the first campus bookstore in the US to accept bitcoin payments. Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society (or The Coop, pronounced as a single syllable) is a Cambridge, Massachusetts", "title": "Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society" }, { "docid": "7364656", "text": "understanding of engineering, physical sciences, and the biological sciences, complemented with hands-on experience in the clinic or in industry; and they become conversant with the underlying quantitative and molecular aspects of medicine and biomedical science. Within the division, more than 300 graduate students work with eminent faculty and affiliated faculty members from throughout the MIT and Harvard communities. HST is also the home of the Laboratory of Computational Physiology (LCP) which hosts the MIMIC II database and PhysioNet. HST is a part of MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and 1 of 5 societies at Harvard Medical School. Harvard–MIT", "title": "Harvard–MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology" }, { "docid": "5051504", "text": "of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System on February 20, 2004, Bernanke gave a speech in which he postulated that we are in a new era called the Great Moderation, where modern macroeconomic policy has decreased the volatility of the business cycle to the point that it should no longer be a central issue in economics. In June 2005, Bernanke was named chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, and resigned as Fed Governor. The appointment was largely viewed as a test run to ascertain if Bernanke could be Bush's pick to succeed Greenspan", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051510", "text": "injecting an additional $600 billion into the banking system to give the slow recovery a boost.\" In a letter to Congress from then-New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo dated April 23, 2009, Bernanke was mentioned along with former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in allegations of fraud concerning the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America. The letter alleged that the extent of the losses at Merrill Lynch were not disclosed to Bank of America by Bernanke and Paulson. When Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis informed Paulson that Bank of America was exiting the merger by invoking the", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "17512432", "text": "At this time some of the earliest local computer networks, which contained statistical software and computing resources, were established; in addition, associates began transitioning the facility's holdings from tape to more modern media. In the early 1990s associates of the Harvard Data Center played a major role in a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that established a research training program in political economy for various educational institutions. Later on, in 1996, facility associates entered into an agreement with MIT to extend services to MIT users, thus changing the name to the Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC). In 1999 HMDC associates were", "title": "Harvard-MIT Data Center" }, { "docid": "17512430", "text": "Harvard-MIT Data Center The Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC) provides multi-disciplinary information technology support for social science research and education at Harvard and MIT. Established in the early 1960s the HMDC was meant to be the original data center for political and social science at Harvard University, and over time it has evolved into an information technology service provider that transcends many educational fields. The HMDC offers the following services: In the early 1960s the HMDC, originally known as the Government Data Center, was established as part of a national movement for all universities to collect, consolidate, and share social science", "title": "Harvard-MIT Data Center" }, { "docid": "9777583", "text": "to HMMT February. The results of HMMT November can be seen below: HMMT is currently sponsored by the MIT Mathematics Department, Optiver, D.E. Shaw & Co, the Harvard Mathematics Department, Flow Traders, the Susquehanna International Group, and Jane Street Capital. Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) is an annual high school math competition that started in 1998. The location of the tournament, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alternates between Harvard University (November tournament) and MIT (February tournament). The contest is written and staffed almost entirely by Harvard and MIT students. HMMT February is attended by teams of eight students each.", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "5051496", "text": "agencies of foreign governments) that prevented an economic catastrophe greater than the Great Depression. Bernanke was born in Augusta, Georgia, and was raised on East Jefferson Street in Dillon, South Carolina. His father Philip was a pharmacist and part-time theater manager. His mother Edna was an elementary school teacher. Bernanke has two younger siblings. His brother, Seth, is a lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina. His sister, Sharon, is a longtime administrator at Berklee College of Music in Boston. The Bernankes were one of the few Jewish families in Dillon and attended Ohav Shalom, a local synagogue; Bernanke learned Hebrew as", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "17512434", "text": "the HMDC continues to serve the social science community by providing technology support for research, education, and administration. Harvard-MIT Data Center The Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC) provides multi-disciplinary information technology support for social science research and education at Harvard and MIT. Established in the early 1960s the HMDC was meant to be the original data center for political and social science at Harvard University, and over time it has evolved into an information technology service provider that transcends many educational fields. The HMDC offers the following services: In the early 1960s the HMDC, originally known as the Government Data Center,", "title": "Harvard-MIT Data Center" }, { "docid": "7364655", "text": "Harvard–MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology The Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, or HST, is one of the oldest and largest biomedical engineering and physician-scientist training programs in the United States. It was founded in 1970 and is the longest-standing functional collaboration between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). HST's interdisciplinary educational program brings engineering as well as the physical and biological sciences from the scientist's bench to the patient's bedside. Conversely, it brings clinical insight from the patient's bedside to the laboratory bench. In this way, HST students are trained to have deep", "title": "Harvard–MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology" }, { "docid": "5051515", "text": "covering both microeconomics and macroeconomics, coauthored with Robert H. Frank. Bernanke was the Director of the Monetary Economics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the editor of the American Economic Review. He is among the 50 most published economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. Bernanke is particularly interested in the economic and political causes of the Great Depression, on which he has published numerous academic journal articles. Before Bernanke's work, the dominant monetarist theory of the Great Depression was Milton Friedman's view that it had been largely caused by the Federal Reserve's having reduced the money", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "9777574", "text": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) is an annual high school math competition that started in 1998. The location of the tournament, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alternates between Harvard University (November tournament) and MIT (February tournament). The contest is written and staffed almost entirely by Harvard and MIT students. HMMT February is attended by teams of eight students each. Teams can represent a single school, or a regional math team as large as a state. In recent years, teams have represented over 20 states, as well as Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. HMMT February consists of three rounds:", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "7347000", "text": "the most cherished symbols of an MIT education that is recognized worldwide. The Graduate Student ring, or \"Grad Rat\", is redesigned every five years when the production contract expires. The Grad Rat was essentially unchanged for 73 years until its first major redesign in 2003. Unlike the undergraduate ring, the Grad Rat design (starting with the 2003 design) is personalized according to the department in which the graduate student resides and to the degree to be received (i.e., PhD, ScD, SM, etc.). The \"third\" new Grad Rat design was unveiled in Fall 2013 with some controversial elements, such as the", "title": "MIT class ring" }, { "docid": "8642612", "text": "Men at Birth Men at Birth is an award-winning book from Australian writer David Vernon. The book is an edited anthology of birth experiences, written by men. The experiences described are diverse, ranging from caesarean births and VBAC births, to births that take place at home and in a birth centre or labour ward. Steve Biddulph stated: The book has caused some controversy with its view that men who are poorly prepared for birth should not attend the birth of their child, as it may make the birth more difficult for the woman. On 13 December 2007 \"Men at Birth\"", "title": "Men at Birth" }, { "docid": "5051506", "text": "communicating with the media. An advocate of more transparent Fed policy and clearer statements than Greenspan had made, he had to back away from his initial idea of stating clearer inflation goals as such statements tended to affect the stock market. Maria Bartiromo disclosed on CNBC comments from their private conversation at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. She reported that Bernanke said investors had misinterpreted his comments as indicating that he was \"dovish\" on inflation. He was sharply criticized for making public statements about Fed direction, which he said was a \"lapse in judgment.\" As the \"Great Recession\" deepened,", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051525", "text": "of the far right. ... I view myself now as a moderate independent, and I think that's where I'll stay.\" Bernanke favors reducing the U.S. budget deficit, particularly by reforming the Social Security and Medicare entitlement programs. During a speech delivered on April 7, 2010, he warned that the U.S. must soon develop a \"credible\" plan to address the pending funding crisis faced by \"entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare\" or \"in the longer run we will have neither financial stability nor healthy economic growth.\" Bernanke said that formulation of such a plan would help the economy now,", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "20933303", "text": "instructor at Carnegie Mellon University, before taking a tenured-track position in the fall at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. After moving to New York, Grad joined the full-time faculty as a Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in 1981. She was the first woman to hold a tenure-track, full-time position teaching painting in MassArt’s Fine Arts 2D Department. Grad taught advanced drawing, painting, and an “Art in Boston” course that took students to local galleries and artist studios. She also served as the department’s Chairman (1997-2000) and Painting Coordinator (2011-2014). Grad retired as Professor Emerita", "title": "Barbara Grad" }, { "docid": "1818553", "text": "Cambridge University Liberal Club in 1968. After graduation, he worked as a researcher on the Cambridge Growth Project with future Nobel Laureate Richard Stone and Terry Barker at the University of Cambridge. He then taught at the University of Birmingham and was a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT where he shared an office with then Assistant Professor Ben Bernanke. From October 1984 he was Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics where he founded the Financial Markets Group. In 1981, he was one of the 364 economists who signed a letter to \"The Times\" condemning Geoffrey Howe's", "title": "Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury" }, { "docid": "9958433", "text": "applied mathematics (AB and as a secondary field). At the graduate level, the division offers SM, ME, and PhD options covering interdisciplinary research areas including applied mathematics, applied physics, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computational science and engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, environmental science and engineering, and mechanical engineering. In addition, graduate students may pursue collaborative options: Engineering and Physical Biology (with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences); Science, Technology and Management (joint with HBS); Medical Engineering and Medical Physics; (Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology); and Systems Biology (with Harvard Medical School). Faculty number approximately eighty (73 FTEs) who account", "title": "Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" }, { "docid": "5051516", "text": "supply and has on several occasions argued that one of the biggest mistakes made during the period was to raise interest rates too early. In a speech on Milton Friedman's ninetieth birthday (November 8, 2002), Bernanke said: \"Let me end my talk by abusing slightly my status as an official representative of the Federal Reserve. I would like to say to Milton and Anna [Schwartz, Friedman's coauthor]: Regarding the Great Depression, you're right. We did it. We're very sorry. But thanks to you, we won't do it again.\" Bernanke has cited Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz in his decision to", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5788875", "text": "Michael A. Cusumano Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the former editor-in-chief and chairman of the \"MIT Sloan Management Review\". Cusumano earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, his PhD from Harvard University, and completed a postdoc at Harvard Business School. He is a widely cited scholar in business strategy and information technology. Cusumano also sits on the advisory board of H5, a firm specializing in electronic discovery for legal cases. He also holds Board position at Swipesumo Technologies Pvt Ltd, a payment processing company based in", "title": "Michael A. Cusumano" }, { "docid": "5051514", "text": "when it was near collapse. One of Mr. Quince's emails reads, \"We think they are days from failure. They think it is a temporary problem. This disconnect is dangerous.\" Upon the revelation of the Quince pseudonym during the Starr v. United States trial, \"The New York Times\" created a cocktail inspired by Mr. Bernanke's chosen alias: the \"Rye & Quince.\" Bernanke has given several lectures at the London School of Economics on monetary theory and policy. He has written two textbooks: an intermediate-level macroeconomics textbook coauthored with Andrew Abel (and also Dean Croushore in later editions) and an introductory textbook,", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "16093731", "text": "possibility of real-world despair.\" \"What We Saw from the Cheap Seats\" has thus far debuted on at least nine national album charts. In the United States, the album debuted at No. 3, with sales of 42,000, a slight decrease from the opening of her previous album. The album has sold 174,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016. All songs written by Spektor except where noted. All credits for tracks one through eleven are listed in the album's booklet. What We Saw from the Cheap Seats What We Saw from the Cheap Seats is the sixth studio album", "title": "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" }, { "docid": "12788361", "text": "[t]his class of assets offers huge scope for Fed operations because the quantity of foreign assets eligible for purchase by the Fed is several times the stock of U.S. government debt.\"\" 7) Buy industries throughout the U.S. economy with \"newly created money\". In essence, the Federal Reserve acquires equity stakes in banks and financial institutions. In this \"private-asset option,\" the Treasury could issue trillions in debt and the Fed would acquire it, still using newly created money. Bernanke doctrine The Bernanke doctrine refers to measures, identified by Ben Bernanke while Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States", "title": "Bernanke doctrine" }, { "docid": "14214547", "text": "as himself. When Andre (Leon G. Thomas III) reveals that he will be hosting a party at Thompson's house, Rex the puppet sings part of the \"What Up with That\" theme song. In addition to these sketches, Diondre Cole, the backup dancer, and the saxophonist appeared in the monologue of the April 17, 2010 episode hosted by Ryan Phillippe, where he questions why MacGruber has a movie while he does not. What Up with That \"What Up with That?\" is a recurring sketch on the NBC television series \"Saturday Night Live\" which first aired in 2009. It stars Kenan Thompson", "title": "What Up with That" }, { "docid": "16093726", "text": "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats What We Saw from the Cheap Seats is the sixth studio album by American alternative singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. On November 21, 2011, Spektor posted on her Facebook page that the album had been recorded with Mike Elizondo in Los Angeles during the summer of 2011. It was released on May 29, 2012. The album is a collection of new material along with the very first studio recordings of several of Spektor's older live songs. At the time of the album's release, \"Jessica\" was the only entirely new song. \"How\" and \"The Party\" had", "title": "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" }, { "docid": "7631369", "text": "production, machine processing of speech, language processing, voice disorders/laryngeal physiology, and vestibular physiology. There are about 50 faculty members in the SHBT program, most of which hold appointments at MIT or Harvard Medical School. The main laboratories are at MIT, Harvard, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Boston University, and Northeastern University. Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology The Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology PhD program in the Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology is an interdisciplinary training program designed to produce the next generation of pioneers in basic", "title": "Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology" }, { "docid": "16023699", "text": "boxer to legally enter Malaysia after being invited to participate in the AXN Asia reality show, \"The Challenger Muaythai\" featuring various Muay Thai fighters from different countries. Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim nation, officially bans Israelis from entering the country. When he arrived at Kuala Lumpur airport, Grad was detained for 25 hours, but was finally allowed to enter the country following the intervention of the Malaysian Minister of Sports. During his first bout, the show’s producers asked him to carry the Russian flag after his place of birth. He refused and stated that he would rather return home, after which", "title": "Ilya Grad" }, { "docid": "2617947", "text": "Technology and a subsequent year studying at Harvard Law School. He worked as a staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisers from 1982–83, foreshadowing his later position as chairman of that organization. After leaving the Council, he earned his PhD in economics from MIT in 1984 under the supervision of Stanley Fischer. He returned to Harvard Law for a year but, having completed his PhD and realizing he was better at economics, he left to teach at MIT for a year and then became an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University in 1985. He was promoted to full", "title": "Greg Mankiw" }, { "docid": "19274168", "text": "accepted to MIT. Though she graduated from MIT in only three years, she did not enter with any previous college credits. Pasterski was initially denied December 2009 for early admission. March 2010, she was waitlisted to MIT, but unfortunately rejected from Harvard a month later. A Harvard Nobel Laureate offered her a lab position at Harvard Physics for Professor Lene Hau. With the help of 2 Nobel Laureates, a “Guggenheim Medal winner, a Secretary of the Air Force, and MITei’s Peggy Udden, she was admitted to MIT of the waitlist, and offered admission into their grad program. One day after,", "title": "Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski" }, { "docid": "13003879", "text": "received his BS in 1982 in electrical engineering, from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He later went to study in Japan and obtained his M.S. in electrical engineering and PhD (highest honors) in bioelectrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He did his postdoctoral study at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in United States. After working as a Research Scientist at MIT, he later joined the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where He was named a University Scholar by the university president. In January 2004, He became the Professor of", "title": "Bin He" }, { "docid": "164906", "text": "such central portions of the web of beliefs would have immense, ramifying consequences, and affect many other beliefs. It is better to alter auxiliary beliefs around the edges of the web of beliefs (considered to be sense beliefs, rather than main beliefs) in the face of new evidence unfriendly to one's central principles. Thus, while one might agree that there is no belief one can hold come what may, there are some for which there is ample practical ground to \"hold more stubbornly at least\". Hold come what may Hold come what may is a phrase popularized by logician Willard", "title": "Hold come what may" }, { "docid": "5051512", "text": "said, \"I never said anything about firing the board and the management [of Bank of America].\" In further testimony, Bernanke said the Fed did nothing illegal or unethical in its efforts to convince Bank of America not to end the merger. Lewis told the panel that authorities expressed \"strong views\" but said he would not characterize their stance as improper. According to a January 26, 2010, column in \"The Huffington Post\", a whistleblower has disclosed documents providing troubling details' of Bernanke's role in the AIG bailout\". Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky said on CNBC that he had seen documents", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "15436777", "text": "part was a favorite of Lake's because it represented a change of pace for her (\"it's a comedy, rather what Carole Lombard used to do\") and she liked working with George Marshall, calling him \"splendid... he's lots of fun, acts out the scenes himself,\" she said. Hold That Blonde Hold That Blonde is a 1945 American comedy film directed by George Marshall. It stars Eddie Bracken and Veronica Lake. Bracken plays a kleptomaniac who unwittingly becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves, including a beautiful woman, Sally, whom he promptly falls in love with, initially unaware of her true", "title": "Hold That Blonde" }, { "docid": "5051518", "text": "downturn, banks are likely to significantly cut back lending and other risky ventures. This further hurts the economy, creating a vicious cycle and potentially turning a mild recession into a major depression. Economist Brad DeLong, who had previously advocated his own theory for the Great Depression, notes that the current financial crisis has raised the pertinence of Bernanke's theory. In 2002, following coverage of concerns about deflation in the business news, Bernanke gave a speech about the topic. In that speech, he mentioned that the government in a fiat money system owns the physical means of creating money and to", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "9478209", "text": "performs at a variety of other on-campus events. It released its first album titled Syncopasian in 2011. The \"MIT International Review\" (\"MITIR\") is an interdisciplinary journal of international affairs published by MIT. The aim of the publication is to \"foster solution-oriented discourse about international problems. This periodic publication reports on results from recent and ongoing Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) projects. \"Ergo\" was a student-run newspaper, based at MIT, but distributed and staffed by people from other colleges in the Boston area as well, primarily Harvard University and Boston University. It was started in 1969 as a conservative-libertarian alternative to", "title": "Traditions and student activities at MIT" }, { "docid": "16659762", "text": "2012–13 FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad season The 2012–13 season is FK Sloboda 3rd season in First League of the Republika Srpska. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2012–13 season. Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. \"For recent transfers, see List of Bosnian football transfers summer 2012 and List of Bosnian football transfers winter 2012–13\" Darko Nestorović Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad will participate in the 2nd Republika Srpska Cup starting in the Round of 32. Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad", "title": "2012–13 FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad season" }, { "docid": "8321645", "text": "Tal Ben-Shahar Tal Ben-Shahar (Hebrew: טל בן-שחר, also known as Tal David Ben-Shachar) born 1970, is an American and Israeli teacher, and writer in the areas of positive psychology and leadership. As a lecturer at Harvard University, Ben-Shahar created the most popular course in Harvard's history. He has subsequently written several best-selling books and in 2011 co-founded Potentialife with Angus Ridgway, a company that provides leadership programs based on the science of behavioral change to organisations, schools and sports organisations globally. Ben-Shahar received his PhD in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University. His dissertation, completed in 2004, was titled \"Restoring Self-Esteem's", "title": "Tal Ben-Shahar" }, { "docid": "11256248", "text": "program of talks and book signings focussed on local authors, but also including speakers from around the world. Only students, faculty, alumni and employees of MIT, Harvard, and the personnel of the hospitals affiliated with the Harvard Medical School are eligible to join. Membership cost $1 annually in 1882, and this fee has not been increased. Members may also purchase a Coop Diary, a little black combination pocket diary, academic year calendar, and address book. The Coop traditionally has disbursed its annual profits as a rebate to members in October of each year. , the rebate program has been replaced", "title": "Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society" }, { "docid": "8642613", "text": "was the winner of the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards for Best Non-fiction Book of the Year. The award was made by Jon Stanhope. Men at Birth Men at Birth is an award-winning book from Australian writer David Vernon. The book is an edited anthology of birth experiences, written by men. The experiences described are diverse, ranging from caesarean births and VBAC births, to births that take place at home and in a birth centre or labour ward. Steve Biddulph stated: The book has caused some controversy with its view that men who are poorly prepared for birth should not", "title": "Men at Birth" }, { "docid": "9478200", "text": "topics include: offensive sexual references; mocking the MIT administration; lambasting Harvard University, Wellesley College, Simmons College and other colleges in the region; excruciatingly hilarious science puns; and disgusting sexual references. The concert is usually about 2½ hours long, with a mixture of skits, songs, and general hilarity. The MIT/Wellesley Toons are a cross-campus, co-ed college a cappella singing group. Founded in 1990, the group takes its members from both the undergraduate and graduate students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the undergraduates of Wellesley College. The group performs several times each year at free concerts on both campuses, as", "title": "Traditions and student activities at MIT" }, { "docid": "9958428", "text": "the arrangement with MIT was cancelled due to a decision by the State Judicial Court, so Harvard University President Abbott Lawrence Lowell moved to establish the Harvard Engineering School independently instead. In 1934, the School began offering graduate-level and professional programs in engineering. During World War II, Harvard participated in the V-12 Navy College Training Program to provide training for commissioned officers. In 1942 the undergraduate Department of Engineering Sciences changed to the Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics to reflect an increased emphasis on applied physics. President James Bryant Conant created what was known as \"Conant's Arsenal\", a", "title": "Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" }, { "docid": "9478174", "text": "Eddington Medal winner for theoretical astrophysics, and Edward Farhi, winner of numerous MIT teaching awards. A De Lorean DMC-12, the car featured in the \"Back to the Future\" trilogy, was also on display, near the \"landing pad\" located at the exact coordinates advertised. The convention inspired a full-length musical entitled \"The Time Travelers Convention\", in which three college students, who all want to change their pasts, hold a convention in the hopes that they will be able to borrow an attendee's time machine. Although the school in the musical is not MIT, MIT is mentioned twice, once by name and", "title": "Traditions and student activities at MIT" }, { "docid": "9478196", "text": "Majestic Theatre in Boston, competing against the Tufts Beelzebubs, Brandeis VoiceMale, and the Harvard Low Keys. \"Natural\" features cover songs performed and recorded by the '04–05 and '05–06 members of the MIT Logarhythms. The tracks were recorded at MIT at the Logarhythms' studio. Tracks were subsequently mixed by producer John Clark. \"Part-Time Lover\" soloist Chris Vu won a 2007 CARA award as Best Male Collegiate Soloist. \"Such Great Heights\" received a 2007 CARA nomination for Best Male Collegiate Song. \"Soundproof\" features cover songs performed and recorded by the '02–03 and '03–04 members of the MIT Logarhythms. The tracks were recorded", "title": "Traditions and student activities at MIT" }, { "docid": "9777581", "text": "contests. The contest organizers state that, \"HMMT, arguably one of the most difficult math competitions in the United States, is geared toward students who can comfortably and confidently solve 6 to 8 problems correctly on the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME).\" As with most high school competitions, knowledge of calculus is not required; however, calculus may be necessary to solve a select few of the more difficult problems on the Individual Rounds. The results of HMMT February can be seen below: HMMT November has been held since 2008, alternately at MIT and Harvard, for teams of six students. Students are", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "13923116", "text": "I Saw\" ranked first for the night, beating out CBS's \"Survivor\", \"The Mentalist\", and \"\". In addition to placing at the top of the night for viewership, its 5.6/14 Nielsen rating ranked first in its 9:00 Eastern time-slot and the entire night, for both the rating and share percentages of the key 18–49 demographic, beating out \"Survivor\", NBC's \"The Office\" and \"30 Rock\", and ABC's \"Flash Forward\". In comparison to the previous episode's rating, \"I Saw What I Saw\" showed an increase, with the former garnering a 5.0/13 rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. \"BuddyTV\" gave a largely positive review saying,", "title": "I Saw What I Saw" }, { "docid": "6906021", "text": "Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT (revised edition, 2011) () is a book which presents a historical catalog of some of the best-known MIT hacks (technically sophisticated practical jokes) as well as a series of essays reflecting on the cultural significance of hacks. MIT is one of the most selective university in the United States, with a long-standing hacker tradition. \"Nightwork\" combines \"The Journal of the Institute for Hacks, TomFoolery, and Pranks at MIT\" (J. IHTFP) with \"Is This The Way To Baker House?\" and new elements. The", "title": "Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT" }, { "docid": "9777578", "text": "prior to the tournament. Some of these events include a dinner and social for students and coaches, and Mini-Events such as math talks about famous problems and math-related games. The top 50 competitors at HMMT February are also invited to compete in the Harvard MIT Invitational Competition (HMIC) which is a five-question four-hour proof contest started in 2013. The grading scheme for this has changed in the two years that it has been running but the problems both years have been quite difficult with competitors fully solving three problems being extremely highly ranked. HMMT February uses a unique scoring algorithm", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "17359400", "text": "with that fiscal policy. According to Stiglitz, Obama's decision to stick with both Ben Bernanke and Larry Summers, is sufficient proof for the president's refusal to alter the course. However, not all of Stiglitz's criticism is aimed at the White House, as he also attacks the Federal Reserve under the leadership of first Alan Greenspan and then Ben Bernanke. Moreover, he mentions the danger of economic interconnectedness and globalization, stating that by \"purchasing enormous amounts of U.S. debt in the form of T-bills and treasury issuances, the Chinese have helped to maintain artificially low interest rates and the accompanying American", "title": "Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy" }, { "docid": "16659763", "text": "will participate in the 1st Republika Srpska Cup starting in the Round of 32. 2012–13 FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad season The 2012–13 season is FK Sloboda 3rd season in First League of the Republika Srpska. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2012–13 season. Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. \"For recent transfers, see List of Bosnian football transfers summer 2012 and List of Bosnian football transfers winter 2012–13\" Darko Nestorović Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad will participate in", "title": "2012–13 FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad season" }, { "docid": "1770138", "text": "Engineering, the MIT School of Science, and the MIT Department of Economics. A special joint degree program with the School of Engineering is the Leaders for Global Operations program, where students concurrently complete an MBA and a Master of Science in Engineering. MIT also collaborates extensively with Harvard University, and students at each institution often pursue simultaneous degrees at the other. MIT Sloan students can freely cross-register for courses at Harvard Business School, and vice versa—the only leading business schools to have such an agreement. As a result, a number of courses have been created at each institution that regularly", "title": "MIT Sloan School of Management" }, { "docid": "16023702", "text": "for jeering him and informed him that they thought he had won the fight. In April 2012, \"Shalom Life\" ranked him Number 1 on its list of “the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish men in the world.” Ilya Grad Ilya Grad is an Israeli Muay Thai boxing champion. His current professional record stands at 35 wins with 16 knockouts, 13 losses and no draws. In 2010 he was considered one of the eight best amateur Muai Thai boxers in the world. In February 2012, Grad won the WCK international title in China, In January 2013 the I-1", "title": "Ilya Grad" }, { "docid": "4620911", "text": "seem to vary from the rest of the cast, as most often, she appears during her off hours, mostly to antagonize Ben. She loves to annoy Ben, and tried to take his job when Ben faked his death. Eddie is not part of the main crew, but rather an employee that transports the supplies from the warehouse to the restaurant. He is portrayed as a simpleton, but rather showed some signs of intelligence when he got 100% on all of his provincial exams without cheating. He often replies \"____? I'm super good at _____\" whenever anyone mentions something they have", "title": "Fries with That?" }, { "docid": "4361369", "text": "to drive the sheik's chariot, as he intends to defeat Messala and humiliate him before the Roman Empire. Balthasar and his daughter Iras are sitting at a fountain in the stadium. Messala's chariot nearly hits them, but Judah intervenes. Balthasar thanks Ben-Hur and presents him with a gift. Judah heads to Sheik Ilderim's tent. The servant Malluch accompanies him, and they talk about the Christ; Malluch relates Balthasar's story of the magi. They realize that Judah saved the man who saw the Christ soon after his birth. Simonides, his daughter Esther, and Malluch talk together, and conclude that Judah is", "title": "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" }, { "docid": "16023697", "text": "Ilya Grad Ilya Grad is an Israeli Muay Thai boxing champion. His current professional record stands at 35 wins with 16 knockouts, 13 losses and no draws. In 2010 he was considered one of the eight best amateur Muai Thai boxers in the world. In February 2012, Grad won the WCK international title in China, In January 2013 the I-1 WMC world professional title in Hong Kong and in April WMC title in Singapore. Grad also made history by being the first known Israeli boxer to enter Malaysia under his Israeli passport. Grad attributes much of his success to martial", "title": "Ilya Grad" }, { "docid": "33783", "text": "title-cards, while Stanley Corkin complains that Griffith \"masks his idea of fact in the rhetoric of high art and free expression\" and creates film which \"erodes the very ideal\" of liberty which he asserts. For many years, \"The Birth of a Nation\" was poorly represented in home media and restorations. This stemmed from several factors, one of which was the fact that Griffith and others had frequently reworked the film, leaving no definitive version. According to the silent film website \"Brenton Film\", many home media releases of the film consisted of \"poor quality DVDs with different edits, scores, running speeds", "title": "The Birth of a Nation" }, { "docid": "6906022", "text": "\"author\" of \"Nightwork\" is listed as \"Institute Historian T. F. Peterson\", which is a reference to the MIT cultural acronym IHTFP. Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT (revised edition, 2011) () is a book which presents a historical catalog of some of the best-known MIT hacks (technically sophisticated practical jokes) as well as a series of essays reflecting on the cultural significance of hacks. MIT is one of the most selective university in the United States, with a long-standing hacker tradition. \"Nightwork\" combines \"The Journal of the Institute", "title": "Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT" }, { "docid": "11958748", "text": "be balanced by a more straightforwardly descriptive view. The term is used in many fields including biology and management. The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said \"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes", "title": "The purpose of a system is what it does" }, { "docid": "11958746", "text": "The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said \"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment,", "title": "The purpose of a system is what it does" }, { "docid": "8723439", "text": "a soap opera actor, made a soap opera out of the whole thing when Ant and Dec kept getting his name wrong. This was evident when he got back up and snapped at Dec after lying on the floor, after Dec appeared to have killed him with a gun. Slap Bang with Ant & Dec Slap Bang with Ant & Dec is a television programme that was shown in the United Kingdom on ITV in 2001. It was presented by Ant & Dec. The show ran for 6 episodes (shown weekly, on Saturdays). The title is \"Slap Bang\" because, as", "title": "Slap Bang with Ant & Dec" }, { "docid": "9958426", "text": "University) to declare in 1854: While the School initially thrived, by the latter decades of the 19th century the institution faced increasing competition from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, founded in 1861) and was constrained by the uncertain views about its role and status by the long-serving Harvard President Charles William Eliot. Eliot was involved in at least five unsuccessful attempts to absorb his former employer (MIT) into Harvard. As a result of such uncertainty, the Lawrence Scientific School became less of an independent entity, losing its influence and students to other parts of College and University. In 1891 industrialist", "title": "Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" }, { "docid": "16294041", "text": "Grad, Grad Grad (; formerly \"Gornja Lendava\", ) is a village in the Municipality of Grad in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality and is the largest and oldest settlement in the Goričko region. Grad was first mentioned in written sources as \"Lyndwa\", and later as \"Gornja Lendava\" (literally 'upper Lendava', contrasting with \"Dolnja Lendava\", literally 'lower Lendava'). The name of the settlement was changed from \"Gornja Lendava\" to \"Grad\" in 1952. Grad means 'castle' in Slovene and refers to the castle dating from the late 12th century strategically situated on a hill", "title": "Grad, Grad" }, { "docid": "13550892", "text": "What I Saw and How I Lied What I Saw and How I Lied is a novel for young adults written by Judy Blundell and published by Scholastic in 2008. It won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature. \"What I Saw and How I Lied\" is historical fiction set in the United States after World War II. Scholastic recommends it for age 13+. The audiobook edition, narrated by Caitlin Greer, appeared on the Young Adult Library Services Association Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list in 2011. WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED, a film noir", "title": "What I Saw and How I Lied" }, { "docid": "9478161", "text": "universities would designate as \"Physics 101\" is, at MIT, \"8.01.\" For brevity, course number designations are pronounced without the decimal point and by replacing \"oh\" for zero (unless zero is the last number). Thus, \"8.01\" is pronounced \"eight oh one\", \"2.009\" is pronounced \"two double oh nine\", and \"5.60\" would be pronounced \"five sixty\". The \"Smoot\" is a traditional unit of measuring length on the Harvard Bridge, which despite its name, connects MIT to Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, across the Charles River. Independent Activities Period is a four-week-long inter-semester \"term\" offering hundreds of optional classes, lectures, demonstrations, and other activities", "title": "Traditions and student activities at MIT" }, { "docid": "5788876", "text": "India. He became a Vice President of the Tokyo University of Science. Michael A. Cusumano Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the former editor-in-chief and chairman of the \"MIT Sloan Management Review\". Cusumano earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, his PhD from Harvard University, and completed a postdoc at Harvard Business School. He is a widely cited scholar in business strategy and information technology. Cusumano also sits on the advisory board of H5, a firm specializing in electronic discovery for legal cases. He also holds Board", "title": "Michael A. Cusumano" }, { "docid": "8199787", "text": "Aleksander Grad Aleksander Grad (born 1 May 1962 in Łosiniec, Tomaszów Lubelski County) is a Polish politician. He graduated from the Industrial Geodesy Department at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 13 680 votes in 15 Tarnów district as a candidate on the Civic Platform list. He has been the Minister of State Treasury since November 2007. He was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005. Currently he is a head of the PGE PEJ1 (Polish energy company with some links to maybe projected in long future", "title": "Aleksander Grad" }, { "docid": "19085598", "text": "Harvard University in 1985. From Harvard, she won the SOM National Traveling Fellowship. Kennedy was an associate professor at Harvard University's Graduate school of Design from 1991 to 1995. She is currently the Professor of the Practice of Architecture at MIT, the first woman to hold that position. Kennedy is the principal and founder of Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA) in Boston. KVA was founded in 1990. When the firm started, it was just her and her partner, Juan Frano Violich, who she met in graduate school. The firm is still small, with about 13 members. In 1993, Kennedy created", "title": "Sheila Kennedy (architect)" }, { "docid": "16650082", "text": "a weather balloon labeled \"MIT\" at the 50-yard line at the Harvard/Yale football game in 1982. Pranks at the two institutions are seen as a way to relax from the stress of the notoriously rigorous academics of each. Both Caltech and MIT have a set of pranking ethics, stating that pranks should be reversible and not cause permanent damage, and emphasize creativity and originality. In recent years, pranking has been officially encouraged by Tom Mannion, Caltech's Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Life. \"The grand old days of pranking have gone away at Caltech, and that's what we", "title": "Caltech–MIT rivalry" }, { "docid": "9777582", "text": "required to come from the United States to participate, and no student may compete in both November and February in a given school year. The tournament is similar in style to HMMT February, and is organized by the same Harvard and MIT students. Instead of three topic tests, HMMT November has two Individual Rounds: a General Test (ten questions from Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics) and a Theme Test (ten questions, many of which are tied together by a common theme). Additionally, the Team Round is entirely short answer, instead of proof-based. HMMT November is considered to be an easier alternative", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "7538099", "text": "hackers as \"unimaginative\" or \"boring\". Often the target of a hack is an abstract concept (e.g. bureaucracy or \"political correctness\", or entropy), and the prank may or may not be aimed at any specific individual. Even when an individual is targeted (e.g. the \"disappearing office\" of newly arrived MIT President Charles Vest), the jest is good-natured, often eliciting admiration rather than anger from the \"victim\". Writers for the third-party, independent Internet prankster site \"Zug\" once compared humorous responses at MIT and Harvard, by posting similar banners over main entrances to their respective campuses which proclaimed \"Institute of Nowlege\". Regarding Harvard,", "title": "Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology" }, { "docid": "13923447", "text": "found her out instead. Outraged by what she thinks are insults aimed at her family, she breaks up with him. Aunt Lucy recognizes Tommy and sets her niece straight. June shows up at Tommy's workplace and gives him a hard time, pretending to be a potential customer. When she leaves, Tommy sees her get into a delivery van with her employer's name on it. Realizing the truth, he goes to her workplace and returns the favor, forcing her to model dress after dress. In the end though, they decide to restart their relationship afresh. Hold That Kiss Hold That Kiss", "title": "Hold That Kiss" }, { "docid": "15429706", "text": "a landscape of moral bankruptcy and debauched beauty, a memorable portrait of a city at a critical moment in history.\" The volume is divided into nine sections: What I Saw, The Jewish Quarter, Displaced Persons, Traffic, Berlin Under Construction, Bourgeoisie and Bohemians, Berlin's Pleasure Industry, An Apolitical Observer Goes to the Reichstag, and Look Back in Anger. What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933 What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933 is a book of reportage by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth from the era of the Weimar Republic. The selection of pieces from Roth's large journalistic output was made", "title": "What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933" }, { "docid": "10945153", "text": "What She Does Best What She Does Best is a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1988. It was her only album with Mercury records. Notable due to featuring her last charting single, \"What She Does Best\" did not chart and was commercially unsuccessful. It would be her last album for four years, as Anderson went into a brief retirement and officially retired from releasing singles. The singles from this disc were \"Under the Boardwalk\" (a cover version of The Drifters' hit), \"What He Does Best\", and \"How Many Hearts\". \"Under the Boardwalk\" reached No. 24; the", "title": "What She Does Best" }, { "docid": "13945105", "text": "the difference between early and late bloomers to criminal profiling. \"What the Dog Saw\" was met with mainly positive reviews. It received profiles in many high-profile publications, including the \"New York Times\", \"The Guardian\", \"Time Magazine\", \"The Los Angeles Times\" and \"The Independent\". In particular, Gladwell was praised for his writing and storytelling, and reviewers looked upon the essay format positively, with \"The Guardian\" stating \"one virtue of What the Dog Saw is that the pieces are perfectly crafted: they achieve their purpose more effectively when they aren't stretched out.\" \"What The Dog Saw\" was criticized for its use of", "title": "What the Dog Saw" } ]

[ "Geographic south pole", "Ceremonial South Pole", "Terrestrial South Pole", "The South Pole", "90 degrees south", "90th parallel south", "South Terrestrial Pole", "South Pole", "Southpole", "Latitude 90 degrees S", "Geographic South Pole", "South pole" ]

[ { "docid": "354774", "text": "Ikuallaq's DNA to that of other European members of Amundsen's crew. Works by Amundsen Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (; ; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. As the leader of the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12, which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911, he was a key figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. In 1926, he was the first leader for the air expedition to the North Pole, making him the first person, without dispute, to reach both poles. He is also", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354747", "text": "Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (; ; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. As the leader of the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12, which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911, he was a key figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. In 1926, he was the first leader for the air expedition to the North Pole, making him the first person, without dispute, to reach both poles. He is also known as having the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage (1903–06) in the", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "10129758", "text": "It shares the park with Eliza Chappell Elementary School and Amundsen's sports stadium, Jorndt Field. The school was named after Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole. His expedition reached the pole on December 14, 1911. Designed by architect Paul Gerhardt, Roald Amundsen School opened on November 10, 1930, two years after the explorer died in a rescue mission to the North Pole. Amundsen was not a high school when it opened, but a junior high. The Amundsen building also played host to branches of other schools, including a branch of McPherson", "title": "Amundsen High School" }, { "docid": "14650725", "text": "He was the first to reach the South Pole, December 14, 1911. Amundsen Coast Amundsen Coast is that portion of the coast to the south of the Ross Ice Shelf lying between Morris Peak, on the east side of Liv Glacier, and the west side of the Scott Glacier. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who led his own expedition in 1910–12 to the Antarctic. Setting up a base at Framheim at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, he sledged southward across the shelf and discovered a route up", "title": "Amundsen Coast" }, { "docid": "1726756", "text": "operational season from October to February. In recent years the winter-time population has been around 50 people. The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Scientific Station is the southernmost habitation on Earth. It is continuously inhabited. Its name honors Roald Amundsen, whose Norwegian expedition reached the Geographic South Pole in December 1911, and Robert F. Scott, whose British expedition of five men reached the South Pole about one month later (in January 1912) in a race to become the first person ever to reach the South Pole. All of Scott's expedition perished during the journey back towards the coast, while all of Amundsen's", "title": "Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station" }, { "docid": "354758", "text": "Axel Heiberg Glacier, they arrived at the edge of the Polar Plateau on 21 November after a four-day climb. On 14 December 1911, the team of five, with 16 dogs, arrived at the Pole (90° 0′ S). They arrived 33–34 days before Scott's group. Amundsen named their South Pole camp \"Polheim,\" meaning \"Home on the Pole.\" Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VII's Plateau. They left a small tent and letter stating their accomplishment, in case they did not return safely to Framheim. The team returned to Framheim on 25 January 1912, with 11 surviving dogs. They made", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "15764819", "text": "him. Also in 1909, Admiral Robert E. Peary was the first to reach the North Pole. When he returned, Admiral Peary presented to Burroughs Wellcome specimens of Tabloid products that he had carried with him to the North Pole. Several years later, the Norwegian Captain Roald Amundsen and the Englishman Captain Robert Scott raced to become the first to reach the South Pole. Both expeditions started almost simultaneously but it was Amundsen who reached the pole first on December 14, 1911. Both men carried Tabloid outfits with them. On foot, by ship and also in the air, Burroughs Wellcome’s first", "title": "Pac-Kit First Aid Kits" }, { "docid": "6122757", "text": "February 1958. It was named by Mawson after Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who was first to reach the South Pole. Amundsen Bay Amundsen Bay, also known as Ice Bay, is a long embayment wide, close west of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. The bay was seen as a large pack-filled recession in the coastline by Sir Douglas Mawson on January 14, 1930. Seen by Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in charge of a Norwegian expedition during an airplane flight on January 15 and subsequently mapped nearer its true position by the Norwegians. The bay was mapped in detail by", "title": "Amundsen Bay" }, { "docid": "13907632", "text": "reached – 112 statute miles from the Pole – before being forced to turn back. The first humans to reach the South Pole were Norwegian Roald Amundsen and his party on December 14, 1911. Amundsen named his camp Polheim and the entire plateau surrounding the Pole \"King Haakon VII Vidde\" in honour of King Haakon VII of Norway. Robert Falcon Scott had also returned to Antarctica with his second expedition, the Terra Nova Expedition, in a race against Amundsen to the Pole. Scott and four other men reached the South Pole on January 17, 1912, thirty-four days after Amundsen. On", "title": "Major explorations after the Age of Discovery" }, { "docid": "354759", "text": "their way off the continent and to Hobart, Australia, where Amundsen publicly announced his success on 7 March 1912. He telegraphed news to backers. Amundsen's expedition benefited from his careful preparation, good equipment, appropriate clothing, a simple primary task, an understanding of dogs and their handling, and the effective use of skis. In contrast to the misfortunes of Scott's team, Amundsen's trek proved relatively smooth and uneventful. In Amundsen's own words: Amundsen wrote about the expedition in \"The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram,' 1910–12\" (1912). In 1918, an expedition Amundsen began with a", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354755", "text": "Pole as a result of two different expeditions, he decided to reroute to Antarctica. He was not clear about his intentions, and the Englishman Robert F. Scott and the Norwegian supporters felt misled. Scott was planning his own expedition to the South Pole that year. Using the ship \"Fram\" (\"Forward\"), earlier used by Fridtjof Nansen, Amundsen left Oslo for the south on 3 June 1910. At Madeira, Amundsen alerted his men that they would be heading to Antarctica, and sent a telegram to Scott, notifying him simply: \"BEG TO INFORM YOU FRAM PROCEEDING ANTARCTIC--AMUNDSEN.\" Nearly six months later, the expedition", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "11794589", "text": "Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions Between December 1911 and January 1912, both Roald Amundsen (leading his South Pole expedition) and Robert Falcon Scott (leading the Terra Nova Expedition) reached the South Pole within a month of each other. But while Scott and his four companions died on the return journey, Amundsen's party managed to reach the geographic south pole first and subsequently return to their base camp at Framheim without loss of life, suggesting that they were better prepared for the expedition. The contrasting fates of the two teams seeking the same prize at the same time invites", "title": "Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions" }, { "docid": "4144067", "text": "Karljohansvern, the naval base in Horten during 1909 when Roald Amundsen asked him to go north with him on his forthcoming North Pole expedition. Amundsen later secretly changed his plans. Wisting went to sea believing they were heading for the North Pole. Instead he learned that they were going south to pick up the race with Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole. On 14 December 1911 along with Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland and Sverre Hassel, Wisting planted the Norwegian flag on the Geographic South Pole, the first explorers to have reached that point. From 1918 to 1925 Wisting", "title": "Oscar Wisting" }, { "docid": "12368948", "text": "addition, Shackleton and three other members of his expedition made several firsts in December 1908 – February 1909: they were the first humans to traverse the Ross Ice Shelf, the first to traverse the Transantarctic Mountains (via the Beardmore Glacier), and the first to set foot on the South Polar Plateau. An expedition led by Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen from the ship \"Fram\" became the first to reach the geographic South Pole on 14 December 1911, using a route from the Bay of Whales and up the Axel Heiberg Glacier. One month later, the doomed Scott Expedition reached the", "title": "Antarctica" }, { "docid": "618469", "text": "Two expeditions set off in 1910 to attain this goal; a party led by Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen from the ship \"Fram\" and Robert Falcon Scott's British group from the \"Terra Nova\". Amundsen succeeded in reaching the Pole on 14 December 1911 using a route from the Bay of Whales to the polar plateau via the Axel Heiberg Glacier. Scott and his four companions reached the South Pole via the Beardmore route on 17 January 1912, 33 days after Amundsen. All five died on the return journey from the Pole, through a combination of starvation and cold. The Amundsen–Scott", "title": "History of Antarctica" }, { "docid": "2056800", "text": "Amundsen (crater) Amundsen is a large lunar impact crater located near the south pole of the Moon, named after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It lies along the southern lunar limb, and so is viewed from the side by an observer on the Earth. To the northwest is the crater Scott, a formation of similar dimensions that is named for another Antarctic explorer. Nobile is attached to the western rim. The rim of Amundsen is slightly distended along the southern edge, and the terraced inner surface is wider at that point than elsewhere along the outer wall. The crater overlaps", "title": "Amundsen (crater)" }, { "docid": "11794626", "text": "I have felt that we have overshot our mark. No-one is to blame and I hope no attempt will be made to suggest that we had lacked support.\" (Farewell letter to Sir Edgar Speyer, cited from Karen May 2012.) Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions Between December 1911 and January 1912, both Roald Amundsen (leading his South Pole expedition) and Robert Falcon Scott (leading the Terra Nova Expedition) reached the South Pole within a month of each other. But while Scott and his four companions died on the return journey, Amundsen's party managed to reach the geographic south pole", "title": "Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions" }, { "docid": "11384863", "text": "Amundsen's South Pole expedition The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base, and later knew that Scott and his four companions had died on their return journey. Amundsen's initial plans had focused on the Arctic and the conquest of the North Pole by means of an extended drift in an icebound", "title": "Amundsen's South Pole expedition" }, { "docid": "13561913", "text": "of Scott, Edward A. Wilson, Henry R. Bowers, Edgar Evans and Oates remained to walk the last to the Pole. On 18 January 1912, 79 days after starting their journey, they finally reached the Pole only to discover a tent that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his four-man team had left behind at their Polheim camp after beating them in the race to be first to the Pole. Inside the tent was a note from Amundsen informing them that his party had reached the South Pole on 14 December 1911, beating Scott's party by 35 days. Scott's party faced extremely", "title": "Lawrence Oates" }, { "docid": "12773970", "text": "men to reach the Geographic South Pole were the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and his party on December 14, 1911. Amundsen named his camp Polheim and the entire plateau surrounding the Pole \"King Haakon VII Vidde\" in honour of King Haakon VII of Norway. Robert Falcon Scott returned to Antarctica with his second expedition, the Terra Nova Expedition, initially unaware of Amundsen's secretive expedition. Scott and four other men reached the South Pole on January 17, 1912, thirty-four days after Amundsen. On the return trip, Scott and his four companions all died of starvation and extreme cold. In 1914 Ernest Shackleton's", "title": "South Pole" }, { "docid": "1726752", "text": "Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole, the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at an elevation of 2,835 metres (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). It is named in honor of Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Englishman Robert F. Scott, who led separate teams that raced to become the first to the South Pole in the early 1900s.", "title": "Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station" }, { "docid": "13631113", "text": "by Christen Christensen and his son Lars. The first two Norwegian expeditions were carried out by sealing ships in 1892–93 and 1893–94. While they were primarily sent for exploring, sealing, and whaling possibilities, they also performed scientific research. Further Norwegian expeditions were mounted into the first decades of the 20th century. The Antarctic Plateau was claimed for Norway by Roald Amundsen as the King Haakon VII Plateau when his expedition was the first to reach South Pole on 14 December 1911. It was mapped as a circular territory comprising the plateau around the South Pole, including all the land above", "title": "Queen Maud Land" }, { "docid": "17641450", "text": "most known Viking explorers, including Leif Ericson, Erik the Red, Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir and Garðar Svavarsson. The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole in December 1911, five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Photographs from the two expedition and replicas of equipment used by the explorers are among the items on display. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base. Scott and his four companions died on their return journey.", "title": "The Exploration Museum" }, { "docid": "4617254", "text": "Polheim Polheim (\"Home at the Pole\") was Roald Amundsen's name for his camp (the first ever) at the South Pole. He arrived there on December 14, 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel. At the first estimated position of the South Pole, Amundsen declared \"\"So we plant you, dear flag, on the South Pole, and give the plain on which it lies the name King Haakon VII's Plateau.\"\" Both the Norwegian and \"Fram's\" flag were planted. Due to the historical disputes over the claims of polar explorers prior to", "title": "Polheim" }, { "docid": "4144127", "text": "Helmer Hanssen participated in Roald Amundsen's successful search for the Northwest Passage, as second mate on board the ship \"Gjøa\". On the expedition he learned from the Inuit how to drive sled dogs. In 1910 he headed south with Amundsen to conquer the South Pole, this time as an expert dog driver. He was also in charge of navigation, carrying the master compass on his sledge. He was one of the first five people to reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911, along with Roald Amundsen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel. During their stay at the South", "title": "Helmer Hanssen" }, { "docid": "1726789", "text": "The zone identifier in the IANA time zone database is Antarctica/South Pole. Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole, the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at an elevation of 2,835 metres (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). It is named in honor of Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Englishman Robert F. Scott, who led separate teams that raced", "title": "Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station" }, { "docid": "3444914", "text": "and gained control of the Canadian Shield. Many coureurs des bois accepted British rule and continued to use the sled dog. The French term became \"Mush!\" in English. During the Klondike Gold Rush, many prospectors came in the Yukon with sled dogs. This \"Last Great Gold Rush\" has been immortalized by American author Jack London in \"The Call of the Wild\". Sled-dog became the common mode of transportation in Yukon and in the new US Territory of Alaska. In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen used sled dogs in a race to become the first person to reach the South Pole.", "title": "Mushing" }, { "docid": "13907631", "text": "injury and death. The Norwegian Roald Amundsen reached the Pole in December 1911, following a race with the Englishman Robert Falcon Scott. The first attempt to find a route to the South Pole was made by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on the Discovery Expedition of 1901–04. Scott, accompanied by Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson, set out with the aim of traveling as far south as possible, and on 31 December 1902, reached . Shackleton later returned to Antarctica as leader of the Nimrod Expedition in a bid to reach the Pole. On 9 January 1909, with three companions, he", "title": "Major explorations after the Age of Discovery" }, { "docid": "15062099", "text": "expedition. Mohn Basin The Mohn Basin () is a major depression in the surface near the edge of the Antarctic polar plateau. It extends southward from the western limit of the Quarles Range for about and includes the névé area adjacent to the heads of the Bowman, Devils, Amundsen and Scott glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The feature was encountered in December 1911 by the South Pole party of the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Norwegian meteorologist Henrik Mohn, the author of the meteorological report of", "title": "Mohn Basin" }, { "docid": "15062098", "text": "Mohn Basin The Mohn Basin () is a major depression in the surface near the edge of the Antarctic polar plateau. It extends southward from the western limit of the Quarles Range for about and includes the névé area adjacent to the heads of the Bowman, Devils, Amundsen and Scott glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The feature was encountered in December 1911 by the South Pole party of the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Norwegian meteorologist Henrik Mohn, the author of the meteorological report of this", "title": "Mohn Basin" }, { "docid": "9884830", "text": "at the University of Cambridge. Because explorer Frederick Cook's story of reaching the North Pole in 1908 is generally rejected, the elimination of Peary and Byrd leaves fourth North Pole claimant Roald Amundsen as first there in 1926 in the airship \"Norge\" (Norwegian for Norway). Having attained the South Pole in 1911, Amundsen thus became the first to reach each geographical pole of the earth, as proposed in Rawlins's 1973 book. There was drama at Johns Hopkins University in America on 18/10/2018. A security guard and some Police are mentioned. Dennis Rawlins Dennis Rawlins (born 1937) is an American astronomer", "title": "Dennis Rawlins" }, { "docid": "5832598", "text": "Nils Olav Brigadier Sir Nils Olav is a king penguin who resides in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. The name 'Nils Olav' and associated ranks have been passed down through three king penguins since 1972 – the current holder is Nils Olav III. Norway whose explorer Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911 presented Edinburgh Zoo with its first king penguin at its opening in 1913. When the Norwegian King's Guard visited the Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1961 for a drill display, a lieutenant called", "title": "Nils Olav" }, { "docid": "4144071", "text": "South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the \"Fram\" 1910–1912\". Oscar Wisting Oscar Adolf Wisting (6 June 1871 – 5 December 1936) was a Norwegian Naval officer and polar explorer. Together with Roald Amundsen he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. Oscar Wisting was born in Larvik, in Vestfold county, Norway. He was the son of Ola Martin Olsen Wisting (1843-1927) and Abigael Helene Andersen (1843-85). He became the eldest of 13 children. His father ran a trucking business. At the age of sixteen, he went to sea and in 1892", "title": "Oscar Wisting" }, { "docid": "11230793", "text": "and plunges them into the icy waters, they signal for help and are picked up by a passing airship. Penguins, seals, and Arctic birds wave goodbye. The explorers return in triumph to the Aero Club, where they bow to all assembled. Although the film's story is treated in a vein of fantasy, it took much of its inspiration from current affairs. Robert E. Peary and his team had set foot on the North Pole on 6 April 1909, and Roald Amundsen had made it to the South Pole on 14 December 1911, four months before Méliès started filming. The claims", "title": "The Conquest of the Pole" }, { "docid": "12773966", "text": "from the Geographic South Pole, and consists of a metallic sphere on a short bamboo pole, surrounded by the flags of the original Antarctic Treaty signatory states. Amundsen's Tent: The tent was erected by the Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen on its arrival on 14 December 1911. It is currently buried beneath the snow and ice in the vicinity of the Pole. It has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 80), following a proposal by Norway to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. The precise location of the tent is unknown, but based on calculations of the rate", "title": "South Pole" }, { "docid": "9564927", "text": "The Last Place on Earth The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven-part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book \"Scott and Amundsen\" by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F. Scott (played by Martin Shaw) and his Norwegian rival in polar exploration, Roald Amundsen (played by Sverre Anker Ousdal) in their attempts to reach the South Pole. The series ran for seven episodes and starred a wide range of UK and Norwegian character actors as well as featuring some famous names, such as Max von Sydow, Alexander", "title": "The Last Place on Earth" }, { "docid": "5175465", "text": "flying there on a small aeroplane fitted with skis. The North Pole scene was filmed in May 1992, after the rest of the series had been shot, as weather conditions were more suitable then as the ice was too fragile the previous year. From there, he heads to Greenland, then the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, where the towns of Ny Ålesund and Longyearbyen are located. From there he sails across the Barents Sea on a supply ship to the Norwegian port city of Tromsø, where he visits a statue of Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole.", "title": "Pole to Pole" }, { "docid": "4144217", "text": "with Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen , Olav Bjaaland and Oscar Wisting were the first to reach the South Pole. For his participation in the expedition, he was awarded the South Pole Medal (\"Sydpolsmedaljen\"), the Royal Norwegian award instituted by King Haakon VII in 1912 to reward participants in Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition. Hassel was constable of the Maritime Military Corps in 1904 before he was hired as an assistant at the customs authorities in Kristiansand. In 1922, Hassel became customs inspector and office manager in Grimstad. Sverre Hassel died in 1928 during a visit to Amundsen's home in Svartskog. Roald", "title": "Sverre Hassel" }, { "docid": "9530252", "text": "this. A cairn erected by Prestrud's group at Scott Nunataks, Alexandra Mountains () on 3 December 1911 is considered a historic site of Antarctica. For his participation in the expedition, Kristian Prestrud was awarded the South Pole Medal (\"Sydpolsmedaljen\"), a Royal Norwegian award instituted by King Haakon VII in 1912 to reward participants in Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition. In 1926, Prestrud was appointed assistant port of Kristiansand, but died the following year in 1927 at Kristiansand, Norway . Roald Amundsen wrote about the expedition in \"Sydpolen\" published in two volumes in 1912-1913. The work was translated into English by", "title": "Kristian Prestrud" }, { "docid": "4152018", "text": "had reached a point just 97 nautical miles from the South Pole. Shackleton named this plateau the \"King Edward VII Plateau\" in honor of the King of the United Kingdom. In December 1911, while returning from the first journey to the South Pole, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen decided to name this plateau the \"Haakon VII Plateau\" in honor of the newly elected King Haakon VII of Norway. The Antarctic Plateau was first observed and photographed from the air in 1929 from a Ford Trimotor airplane carrying four men on the first flight to the South Pole and back to", "title": "Antarctic Plateau" }, { "docid": "1726786", "text": "visiting the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, as part of a tourist group, when he fell ill and was evacuated, first to McMurdo Station and from there to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he was reported to be in stable condition. Aldrin's visit at age 86 makes him the oldest person to ever reach the South Pole. In the summer of 2016–17 Anthony Bourdain filmed part of an episode of his television show \"\" at the station. Science and life at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station is documented in Dr. John Bird’s award-winning book, \"One Day, One Night: Portraits of the", "title": "Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station" }, { "docid": "11799084", "text": "Mount Prestrud Mount Prestrud () is an Antarctic peak over 2,400 m which rises from the southwestern part of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and rudely positioned by the South Pole Party under Roald Amundsen. Amundsen named one of them for Lieutenant Kristian Prestrud, first officer of the \"Fram\" and leader of the Norwegian expedition's Eastern Sledge Party to the Scott Nunataks. The peak described was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S.", "title": "Mount Prestrud" } ]

[ { "docid": "19838715", "text": "MS Roald Amundsen MS \"Roald Amundsen\" is an upcoming new hybrid powered Hurtigruten (Norwegian Coastal Express) expedition cruise ship. She will be built by Kleven Yards of Norway and is expected to be launched in 2018. She and her sistership will be the first hybrid powered ships in the Hurtigruten fleet. Roald Amundsen was launched on February 17, 2018. In late February 2018, Hurtigruten announced that the company wouldn't take delivery of Roald Amundsen until 2019 because of amid problems at the shipyard. In 2019, the ship will offer expedition sailings along Norway’s coast. Besides, MS \"Roald Amundsen\" will become", "title": "MS Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "19838716", "text": "the first hybrid ship to sail the Northwest Passage. MS Roald Amundsen MS \"Roald Amundsen\" is an upcoming new hybrid powered Hurtigruten (Norwegian Coastal Express) expedition cruise ship. She will be built by Kleven Yards of Norway and is expected to be launched in 2018. She and her sistership will be the first hybrid powered ships in the Hurtigruten fleet. Roald Amundsen was launched on February 17, 2018. In late February 2018, Hurtigruten announced that the company wouldn't take delivery of Roald Amundsen until 2019 because of amid problems at the shipyard. In 2019, the ship will offer expedition sailings", "title": "MS Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "17428229", "text": "tall ship by Sail Training International. Roald Amundsen (ship) Roald Amundsen (often abbreviated Roald; named in honor of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen), originally named Vilm, is a German steel-ship built on the Elbe River in 1952. Having worked in different areas, she was refitted in 1992 to 1993 as a brig (two-masted square-rigged sailing ship) and now serves as a sail training ship. During summer, she usually operates in the Baltic Sea, and usually embarks for journeys to farther destinations for winter, including several trans-Atlantic crossings. \"Roald Amundsen\" has a length overall of , a length of hull of", "title": "Roald Amundsen (ship)" }, { "docid": "17428221", "text": "Roald Amundsen (ship) Roald Amundsen (often abbreviated Roald; named in honor of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen), originally named Vilm, is a German steel-ship built on the Elbe River in 1952. Having worked in different areas, she was refitted in 1992 to 1993 as a brig (two-masted square-rigged sailing ship) and now serves as a sail training ship. During summer, she usually operates in the Baltic Sea, and usually embarks for journeys to farther destinations for winter, including several trans-Atlantic crossings. \"Roald Amundsen\" has a length overall of , a length of hull of and a waterline length of .", "title": "Roald Amundsen (ship)" }, { "docid": "354748", "text": "Arctic. In June 1928, while taking part in a rescue mission for the airship \"Italia\", the plane in which he was a passenger disappeared. Amundsen was born to a family of Norwegian shipowners and captains in Borge, between the towns Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg. His parents were Jens Amundsen and Hanna Sahlqvist. Roald was the fourth son in the family. His mother wanted him to avoid the family maritime trade and encouraged him to become a doctor, a promise that Amundsen kept until his mother died when he was aged 21. He promptly quit university for a life at sea. Amundsen", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "17428226", "text": "which comprised the refitting of this ship as well as other sailing ships and . In 1993, the ship was put to its new use under the name of \"Roald Amundsen\". It was chartered by the newly founded sail training club \"LebenLernen auf Segelschiffen e.V.\" (short: LLaS; German: learning to live on sailing ships). After a short intermezzo with another sail-training club, \"Segelschiff Fritjof Nansen e.V.\", in 1993, \"Roald Amundsen\" has since been chartered by the LLaS and used for sail training. \"Roald Amundsen\" now operates all year around as a sail training vessel with voyages lasting between one and", "title": "Roald Amundsen (ship)" }, { "docid": "354756", "text": "arrived at the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf (then known as \"the Great Ice Barrier\"), at a large inlet called the Bay of Whales, on 14 January 1911. Amundsen established his base camp there, calling it \"Framheim.\" Amundsen eschewed the heavy wool clothing worn on earlier Antarctic attempts in favour of adopting Inuit-style furred skins. Using skis and dog sleds for transportation, Amundsen and his men created supply depots at 80°, 81° and 82° South on the Barrier, along a line directly south to the Pole. Amundsen also planned to kill some of his dogs on the way", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "17428222", "text": "The vessel has a beam of and a maximum draft of . \"Roald\"s masts reach a height of and are rigged with 18 sails with a total area of . The vessel has a displacement of 480 tons and has a tonnage of . \"Roald Amundsen\" has an 8-cylinder Buckau-Wolff diesel engine rated at . The vessel is equipped with two generators, one of , the other of . The ship can carry 180 tons of ballast. \"Roald Amundsen\" has crew of 17 with up to 31 trainees embarked. The hull of the ship was built at the shipyard \"Roßlauer", "title": "Roald Amundsen (ship)" }, { "docid": "658548", "text": "children include \"James and the Giant Peach\", \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", \"Matilda\", \"The Witches\", \"Fantastic Mr Fox\", \"The BFG\", \"The Twits\" and \"George's Marvellous Medicine\". His adult works include \"Tales of the Unexpected\". Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (\"née\" Hesselberg). Dahl's father had emigrated to the UK from Sarpsborg in Norway, and settled in Cardiff in the 1880s. His mother came over and married his father in 1911. Dahl was named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. His first", "title": "Roald Dahl" }, { "docid": "17428228", "text": "voyage in 2010, \"Roald Amundsen\" visited the Great Lakes and there met with the US brig ; the two brigs formed an unofficial friendship, and as of 2013, \"Roald Amundsen\" still flies a flag of \"Niagara\" at some occasions such as the Tall Ship Parade at Kiel Week. Another friendship, based on their respective crews on board for Kiel Week, has been formed with the German wooden schooner \"Amphitrite\"; both ships have established a tradition of berthing next to each other during the event. The ship has participated in the Tall Ships' Races and is rated as a Class A", "title": "Roald Amundsen (ship)" }, { "docid": "354754", "text": "and signed it \"Your loyal subject, Roald Amundsen.\" The crew returned to Oslo in November 1906, after almost 3.5 years abroad. It took until 1972 to have the \"Gjøa\" returned to Norway. After a 45-day trip from San Francisco on a bulk carrier, the \"Gjøa\" was placed in her current location on land, outside the Fram Museum in Oslo. Amundsen next planned to take an expedition to the North Pole and explore the Arctic Basin. Finding it difficult to raise funds, when he heard in 1909 that the Americans Frederick Cook and Robert Peary had claimed to reach the North", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "11150501", "text": "Per-Willy Amundsen Per-Willy Trudvang Amundsen (born 21 January 1971) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Justice from December 2016 to January 2018. He previously served as state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from 2013, and represented Troms in the Norwegian parliament from 2005 until 2013. Amundsen was born in Harstad to construction and real estate chief Per Roald Amundsen (born 1949) and health secretary Wenche Berit Trudvang (born 1949). He attended Kanebogen elementary school, finishing in 1984, before enrolling in Harstad Secondary school, graduating in 1987. He later", "title": "Per-Willy Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354771", "text": "crashed in fog in the Barents Sea, and that Amundsen and his crew were killed in the crash, or died shortly afterward. The search for Amundsen and team was called off in September 1928 by the Norwegian Government and the bodies were never found. In 2004 and in late August 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy used the unmanned submarine \"Hugin 1000\" to search for the wreckage of Amundsen's plane. The searches focused on a area of the sea floor, and were documented by the German production company ContextTV. They found nothing from the Amundsen flight. A number of places have", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "2859086", "text": "post 1957–58 IGY period. Amundsen Sea The Amundsen Sea, an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica, lies between Cape Flying Fish (the northwestern tip of Thurston Island) to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west. Cape Flying Fish marks the boundary between the Amundsen Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea. West of Cape Dart there is no named marginal sea of the Southern Ocean between the Amundsen and Ross Seas. The Norwegian expedition of 1928–1929 under Captain Nils Larsen named the body of water for the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen", "title": "Amundsen Sea" }, { "docid": "2859078", "text": "Amundsen Sea The Amundsen Sea, an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica, lies between Cape Flying Fish (the northwestern tip of Thurston Island) to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west. Cape Flying Fish marks the boundary between the Amundsen Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea. West of Cape Dart there is no named marginal sea of the Southern Ocean between the Amundsen and Ross Seas. The Norwegian expedition of 1928–1929 under Captain Nils Larsen named the body of water for the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen while exploring this area", "title": "Amundsen Sea" }, { "docid": "3612630", "text": "in July during a normal year, with some areas in the far eastern and northern part of the gulf only breaking up in August. Beluga whales, seals, Arctic char, cod, and even salmon use the waters of the gulf. Sockeye and pink salmon appeared for the first time in nearby waters between 1999 and 2001. Amundsen Gulf Amundsen Gulf is a gulf located in the Northwest Territories, Canada, between Banks Island and Victoria Island and the mainland. It is approximately in length and about across where it meets the Beaufort Sea. The Amundsen Gulf was explored by Norwegian explorer Roald", "title": "Amundsen Gulf" }, { "docid": "354757", "text": "and use them as a source for fresh meat. A small group, including Hjalmar Johansen, Kristian Prestrud and Jørgen Stubberud, set out on 8 September 1911, but had to abandon their trek due to extreme temperatures. The painful retreat caused a quarrel within the group, and Amundsen sent Johansen and the other two men to explore King Edward VII Land. A second attempt, with a team made up of Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, Oscar Wisting, and Amundsen, departed base camp on 19 October 1911. They took four sledges and 52 dogs. Using a route along the previously unknown", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "3612628", "text": "Amundsen Gulf Amundsen Gulf is a gulf located in the Northwest Territories, Canada, between Banks Island and Victoria Island and the mainland. It is approximately in length and about across where it meets the Beaufort Sea. The Amundsen Gulf was explored by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen between 1903 and 1906. The gulf is at the western end of the famous Northwest Passage, a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. Few people live along the shores of the gulf, but there are a few towns and communities, including Sachs Harbour, Ulukhaktok, and Paulatuk. Heading north in the gulf one", "title": "Amundsen Gulf" }, { "docid": "354766", "text": "Pole failed, too. Amundsen and Oskar Omdal, of the Royal Norwegian Navy, tried to fly from Wainwright, Alaska, to Spitsbergen across the North Pole. When their aircraft was damaged, they abandoned the journey. To raise additional funds, Amundsen traveled around the United States in 1924 on a lecture tour. Although he was unable to reach the North Pole, the scientific results of the expedition, mainly the work of Sverdrup, have proven to be of considerable value. Many of these carefully collected scientific data were lost during the ill-fated journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, two crew members sent on", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "11794610", "text": "had travelled nearly in the same area, during the same time period and same temperatures, using a dog team. Scott also blamed \"a prolonged blizzard\". But while there is evidence to support the low temperatures, there is only evidence for a \"normal\" two- to four-day blizzard, and not the ten days that Scott claims. During depot laying in February 1911, Roald Amundsen had his first (and last) of his route marked like a Norwegian ski course using marker flags initially every eight miles. He added to this by using food containers painted black, resulting in a marker every mile. From", "title": "Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions" }, { "docid": "14650724", "text": "Amundsen Coast Amundsen Coast is that portion of the coast to the south of the Ross Ice Shelf lying between Morris Peak, on the east side of Liv Glacier, and the west side of the Scott Glacier. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who led his own expedition in 1910–12 to the Antarctic. Setting up a base at Framheim at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, he sledged southward across the shelf and discovered a route up the Axel Heiberg Glacier along this coast to reach the polar plateau.", "title": "Amundsen Coast" }, { "docid": "4068455", "text": "Roald Amundsen by Laurence Gould, leader of the Byrd AE geological party which sledged past the mouth of the glacier in December 1929. Amundsen Glacier Amundsen Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, about 6 to 10 km (4 to 6 mi) wide and 128 km (80 mi) long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the south and west of Nilsen Plateau, and descending through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf just west of the MacDonald Nunataks. The tributary Blackwall Glacier flows northwest along the northeast side of Hansen Spur to", "title": "Amundsen Glacier" }, { "docid": "16509452", "text": "resigned on 10 May 2012, Fredrikstad appointed Amundsen as head coach until the end of the season. Trond Amundsen Trond Amundsen (born 30 March 1971) is a Norwegian football coach. He is the head coach of Fredrikstad FK after the resignation of Tom Freddy Aune earlier in 2012. Amundsen was head coach of Løv-Ham from 2007 to 2009, and had a short spell as head coach of Kongsvinger. Amundsen worked as coach at Santos FC's under-21 team, before he moved to the Norwegian club Kongsvinger where he became a part of the coaching team. In 2007 Amundsen became head coach", "title": "Trond Amundsen" }, { "docid": "17428227", "text": "three weeks. Her home port is Eckernförde, a harbour city in Schleswig-Holstein near Kiel in northern Germany. Summer months are spent with voyages on the Baltic Sea from Denmark to Baltic countries or the North Sea. Winters are spent in warmer regions. \"Roald Amundsen\" has repeatedly crossed the Atlantic Ocean, bound for South American ports in Brazil and French Guiana (1998), for tall ships events in North America (2000, 2010), and for the Caribbean (2001, 2011/12, 2012/13). Further destinations include Iceland (1995), England and Ireland (2006), the Mediterranean (2006/07, 2007/08), the Canary Islands (1995), and others. During her North American", "title": "Roald Amundsen (ship)" }, { "docid": "354770", "text": "first men to have reached both geographical poles, by ground or by air. Amundsen disappeared with five crew on 18 June 1928 while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic. His team included Norwegian pilot Leif Dietrichson, French pilot René Guilbaud, and three more Frenchmen. They were seeking missing members of Nobile's crew, whose new airship \"Italia\" had crashed while returning from the North Pole. Afterward, a wing-float and bottom gasoline tank from Amundsen's French Latham 47 flying boat, which had been adapted as a replacement wing-float, were found near the Tromsø coast. It is believed that the plane", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "355656", "text": "Roald Hoffmann Roald Hoffmann (born Roald Safran; July 18, 1937) is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has also published plays and poetry. He is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Emeritus, at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. Hoffmann was born in Złoczów, Poland (since 1945 Ukraine), to a Polish-Jewish family, and was named in honor of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. His parents were Clara (Rosen), a teacher, and Hillel Safran, a civil engineer. After Germany invaded Poland and occupied the town, his family was placed in a", "title": "Roald Hoffmann" }, { "docid": "354767", "text": "a mission by Amundsen. The scientific materials were later retrieved by Russian scientist Nikolay Urvantsev from where they had been abandoned on the shores of the Kara Sea. In 1925, accompanied by Lincoln Ellsworth, pilot Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, and three other team members, Amundsen took two Dornier Do J flying boats, the N-24 and N-25, to 87° 44′ north. It was the northernmost latitude reached by plane up to that time. The aircraft landed a few miles apart without radio contact, yet the crews managed to reunite. The N-24 was damaged. Amundsen and his crew worked for more than three weeks", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "16509450", "text": "Trond Amundsen Trond Amundsen (born 30 March 1971) is a Norwegian football coach. He is the head coach of Fredrikstad FK after the resignation of Tom Freddy Aune earlier in 2012. Amundsen was head coach of Løv-Ham from 2007 to 2009, and had a short spell as head coach of Kongsvinger. Amundsen worked as coach at Santos FC's under-21 team, before he moved to the Norwegian club Kongsvinger where he became a part of the coaching team. In 2007 Amundsen became head coach of the second tier club Løv-Ham, and after two years at the club, he signed a contract", "title": "Trond Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354764", "text": "western Bering Strait. She finally became free and the expedition sailed south, reaching Seattle, Washington, in the US Pacific Northwest in 1921 for repairs. Amundsen returned to Norway, needing to put his finances in order. He took with him two young indigenous girls, the adopted four-year-old Kakonita and her companion Camilla. When Amundsen went bankrupt two years later, however, he sent the girls to be cared for by Camilla's father, who lived in eastern Russia. In June 1922, Amundsen returned to \"Maud\", which had been sailed to Nome. He decided to shift from the planned naval expedition to aerial ones,", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354753", "text": "miles (800 km) away, Eagle City, Alaska, had a telegraph station; Amundsen traveled there (and back) overland to wire a success message (collect) on 5 December 1905. His team reached Nome in 1906. Because the water along the route was sometimes as shallow as , a larger ship could not have made the voyage. At this time, Amundsen learned that Norway had formally become independent of Sweden and had a new king. The explorer sent the new King Haakon VII news that his traversing the Northwest Passage \"was a great achievement for Norway\". He said he hoped to do more", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "18813659", "text": "west. During the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 he had to leave China for Darjeeling, but in 1903 he returned and then worked in Yunnan for the British and Foreign Bible Society until 1911. From 1918/19 to 1924 he served in China for the last time for the Mission Covenant Church of Norway. He died in Larvik. A species of rhododendron is named after him: \"Rhododendron amundsenianum\". Edvard Amundsen Edvard Amundsen (January 27, 1873 – December 21, 1928) was a Norwegian Lutheran missionary in China and Tibet. He is also remembered as an explorer and Titeban specialist. Amundsen was born in", "title": "Edvard Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354749", "text": "had hidden a lifelong desire inspired by Fridtjof Nansen's crossing of Greenland in 1888 and Franklin's lost expedition. He decided on a life of intense exploration of wilderness places. Amundsen joined the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–99) as first mate. This expedition, led by Adrien de Gerlache using the ship the RV \"Belgica\", became the first expedition to overwinter in Antarctica. The \"Belgica\", whether by mistake or design, became locked in the sea ice at 70°30′S off Alexander Island, west of the Antarctic Peninsula. The crew endured a winter for which they were poorly prepared. By Amundsen's own estimation, the doctor", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "19277185", "text": "(DTA) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and installed by Kings Bay in science village of Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard island. The inauguration took place on30 April 2009. The CCT is an important point of reference for the study of the energy balance at the surface, and the processes of interaction and exchange between the various components of the climate system. The structure is dedicated to the Arctic expeditions of Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Italian Umberto Nobile explorers. Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower The Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower (CCT) is a 34-meter research tower installed in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway, for", "title": "Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower" }, { "docid": "7091671", "text": "death in 1939. Olaf Amundsen Olaf Amundsen (13 May 1876–12 December 1939) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Liberal Party. Amundsen was elected to the Parliament of Norway for the parliamentary terms 1910-1912 and 1913-1918. From 1918-1921, he was a , the leader of the Fosen District Court in Trøndelag. He then became the Minister of Justice in the second government of Otto Blehr. The government was in office from 1921 to 1923, but Amundsen resigned his post on 24 August 1922 when he was named to the post of County Governor of Nordland county. He held the", "title": "Olaf Amundsen" }, { "docid": "7091670", "text": "Olaf Amundsen Olaf Amundsen (13 May 1876–12 December 1939) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Liberal Party. Amundsen was elected to the Parliament of Norway for the parliamentary terms 1910-1912 and 1913-1918. From 1918-1921, he was a , the leader of the Fosen District Court in Trøndelag. He then became the Minister of Justice in the second government of Otto Blehr. The government was in office from 1921 to 1923, but Amundsen resigned his post on 24 August 1922 when he was named to the post of County Governor of Nordland county. He held the governorship until his", "title": "Olaf Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354773", "text": "that their father Luke Ikuallaq (b. 1904) told them on his deathbed that he was the son of Amundsen. Konona said that their father Ikuallaq was left out on the ice to die after his birth, as his European ancestry made him illegitimate to the Inuit, threatening their community. His Inuit grandparents saved him. In 2012, Y-DNA analysis, with the families' permission, showed that Ikuallaq (and his sons) was not a match to the direct male line of Amundsen. Not all descendants claiming European ancestry have been tested for a match to Amundsen, nor has there been a comparison of", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "16522135", "text": "after the great achievements of Roald Amundsen in 1911–1912. Andersen was the second Norwegian to visit the Pole after the Amundsen expedition. An American expedition which reached the Pole a week before him honored his achievements by naming a mountain escarpment Andersen Escarpment after him. During the fieldworks for his Master's thesis \"Om isens tilbaketrekking i området mellom Lysefjorden og Jøsenfjorden i Ryfylke\" (On the glacial retreat in the area between the Lysefjorden and Jøsenfjorden in Ryfylke), with Werner Werenskiold as advisor, he found among other things that Trollgaren was a moraine, and that it was formed in the early", "title": "Bjørn G. Andersen" }, { "docid": "20613980", "text": "Visit to Ireland Medal 1911 King George V’s Visit Police Commemoration Medal 1911 (Ireland), more commonly referred to as the Visit to Ireland Medal 1911, was awarded to those members of the Irish Police Forces on duty during the various engagements of King George V’s visit to Ireland in 1911. King George V made his coronation year visit to Ireland in July 1911. Staying in Dublin, he drove in state through the city in an open carriage as well as attending a number of official ceremonies to celebrate his recent coronation. Following the precedent created by Queen Victoria's and Edward", "title": "Visit to Ireland Medal 1911" }, { "docid": "354772", "text": "been named after Amundsen: Several ships are named after him: Other tributes include: Some Inuit people in Gjøa Haven with European ancestry have claimed to be descendants of Amundsen (or one of his six crew, whose names have not remained as well known), from the period of their extended winter stay on King Williams Island from 1903 to 1905. Accounts by members of the expedition told of their relations with Inuit women, and historians have speculated that Amundsen might also have taken a partner, although he wrote a warning against this. Specifically, half brothers Bob Konona and Paul Ikuallaq say", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "4144066", "text": "Oscar Wisting Oscar Adolf Wisting (6 June 1871 – 5 December 1936) was a Norwegian Naval officer and polar explorer. Together with Roald Amundsen he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. Oscar Wisting was born in Larvik, in Vestfold county, Norway. He was the son of Ola Martin Olsen Wisting (1843-1927) and Abigael Helene Andersen (1843-85). He became the eldest of 13 children. His father ran a trucking business. At the age of sixteen, he went to sea and in 1892 joined the Royal Norwegian Navy. He was working as a naval gunner at", "title": "Oscar Wisting" }, { "docid": "20613982", "text": "to London and were on duty at King George V’s coronation in June 1911 and received the Police Coronation Medal with the \"Royal Irish Constabulary\" reverse. The medal is silver for all ranks, 1.4 inches (36 mm) in diameter with a ring suspension for the ribbon. It follows the design of the King George V Police Coronation Medal, save for the inscription on the reverse and the ribbon. Visit to Ireland Medal 1911 King George V’s Visit Police Commemoration Medal 1911 (Ireland), more commonly referred to as the Visit to Ireland Medal 1911, was awarded to those members of the", "title": "Visit to Ireland Medal 1911" }, { "docid": "354768", "text": "to clean up an airstrip to take off from ice. They shovelled 600 tons of ice while consuming only one pound (400 g) of daily food rations. In the end, six crew members were packed into the N-25. In a remarkable feat, Riiser-Larsen took off, and they barely became airborne over the cracking ice. They returned triumphant when everyone thought they had been lost forever. In 1926, Amundsen and 15 other men (including Ellsworth, Riiser-Larsen, Oscar Wisting, and the Italian air crew led by aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile) made the first crossing of the Arctic in the airship \"Norge,\" designed", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "16795042", "text": "Amundsen Basin The Amundsen Basin, with depths up to 4.4 km, is the deepest abyssal plain in the Arctic Ocean. The Amundsen Basin is embraced by the Lomonosov Ridge (from to ) and the Gakkel Ridge (from to ). It is named after the polar researcher Roald Amundsen. Together with the Nansen Basin, the Amundsen Basin is often summarized as Eurasian Basin. The Russian-American cooperation Nansen and Amundsen Basin Observational System (NABOS) aims \"to provide a quantitative observationally based assessment of circulation, water mass transformations, and transformation mechanisms in the Eurasian and Canadian Basins of the Arctic Ocean\". The Amundsen", "title": "Amundsen Basin" }, { "docid": "354750", "text": "for the expedition, the American Frederick Cook, probably saved the crew from scurvy by hunting for animals and feeding the crew fresh meat. In cases where citrus fruits are lacking, fresh meat from animals that make their own vitamin C (which most do) contains enough of the vitamin to prevent scurvy, and even partly treat it. This was an important lesson for Amundsen's future expeditions. In 1903, Amundsen led the first expedition to successfully traverse Canada's Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He planned a small expedition of six men in a 45-ton fishing vessel, \"Gjøa,\" in order", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "13988608", "text": "the Northwest Passage in the 1903-06 Arctic expedition of Roald Amundsen. In 2009, the Norwegian Maritime Museum and the Fram Museum signed an agreement for the Fram Museum to take over the exhibition of the \"Gjøa\". It is currently displayed in a separate building at Fram Museum. Norwegian Maritime Museum The Norwegian Maritime Museum () is located at Bygdøynesveien on the Bygdøy peninsula, on the western side of Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Maritime Museum is situated near several other museums, including the Fram Museum; the Kon-Tiki Museum; the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History; and the Viking Ship Museum. The Norwegian", "title": "Norwegian Maritime Museum" }, { "docid": "15256353", "text": "Karl Amundsen Karl Amundsen (10 November 1873 – ??) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour and Communist parties. He was born at Sjøndem in Brandval as a son of Amund Johannesen and Karen Hansdatter. He took carpenter education in Kristiania, and worked as such until 1911. He had moved to Løiten and was the manager of the district welfare fund there from 1911. He chaired the county branch of the Labour Party, and was elected to the executive committee of Løiten municipal council. He was then elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1912 from the constituency \"Søndre Hedemarken\".", "title": "Karl Amundsen" }, { "docid": "16795043", "text": "Basin formed during the Cenozoic Era from seafloor spreading. Amundsen Basin The Amundsen Basin, with depths up to 4.4 km, is the deepest abyssal plain in the Arctic Ocean. The Amundsen Basin is embraced by the Lomonosov Ridge (from to ) and the Gakkel Ridge (from to ). It is named after the polar researcher Roald Amundsen. Together with the Nansen Basin, the Amundsen Basin is often summarized as Eurasian Basin. The Russian-American cooperation Nansen and Amundsen Basin Observational System (NABOS) aims \"to provide a quantitative observationally based assessment of circulation, water mass transformations, and transformation mechanisms in the Eurasian", "title": "Amundsen Basin" }, { "docid": "18813658", "text": "Edvard Amundsen Edvard Amundsen (January 27, 1873 – December 21, 1928) was a Norwegian Lutheran missionary in China and Tibet. He is also remembered as an explorer and Titeban specialist. Amundsen was born in Lille Kirkeholmen in the Municipality of Sannidal. In 1896, together with Theo Sørensen, he traveled to Darjeeling and Kalimpong as a missionary for the China Inland Mission, where he studied Tibetan religion and customs. Unlike Sørensen, after their language studies he was able to travel from there to Lhasa. Later the two of them went to Dartsedo in the foothills of the Tibetan plateau to the", "title": "Edvard Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354763", "text": "they found that the ice was not frozen solid in the Bering Strait, and it could not be crossed. They sent a telegram from Anadyr to signal their location. After two winters frozen in the ice, without having achieved the goal of drifting over the North Pole, Amundsen decided to go to Nome to repair the ship and buy provisions. Several of the crew ashore there, including Hanssen, did not return on time to the ship. Amundsen considered Hanssen to be in breach of contract, and dismissed him from the crew. During the third winter, \"Maud\" was frozen in the", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "15256355", "text": "as a deputy. Amundsen is also known for conjuring up the name of the newspaper \"Demokraten\". He was also a board member of the newspaper. He was a board member of \"Hamar Arbeiderblad\" from 1930 to 1932. Karl Amundsen Karl Amundsen (10 November 1873 – ??) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour and Communist parties. He was born at Sjøndem in Brandval as a son of Amund Johannesen and Karen Hansdatter. He took carpenter education in Kristiania, and worked as such until 1911. He had moved to Løiten and was the manager of the district welfare fund there from", "title": "Karl Amundsen" }, { "docid": "13399411", "text": "worst player was Odd Greanland teammates Fernando de Ornelas and Zbyněk Pospěch In February 2009, Jan Tore Amundsen signed a contract with Notodden FK and signed than on 16. December 2009 for FK Tønsberg. Jan Tore Amundsen Jan Tore Amundsen (born 12 April 1983 in Kongsvinger) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Ullensaker/Kisa IL. Jan Tore Amundsen came to Odd Grenland from Urædd before the 2002 season. In April 2005 he got his first match for Norway national under-21 football team against Slovakia. In his second match he scored a goal against Belarus after only 6 minutes His only", "title": "Jan Tore Amundsen" }, { "docid": "18269773", "text": "Arne Amundsen Arne Amundsen (7 August 1952 – 6 September 2014) was a Norwegian football goalkeeper who spent the bulk of his career at Lillestrøm SK. He also played for Lyn and Strømmen. He was nicknamed \"Maler'n\" (\"The Painter\") because he worked as a housepainter outside football. Amundsen made his top level debut for Lyn in 1972. He joined Lillestrøm ahead of the 1977 season. At Lillestrøm, Amundsen won the Norwegian First Division (first tier) twice, and played in the Norwegian Cup final six times, winning the competition four times. He left Lillestrøm at the end of the 1987 season", "title": "Arne Amundsen" }, { "docid": "3407470", "text": "the Norwegian sculptor Per Ung was installed outside Brann Stadion in 1995. In 2008, a large area outside the two new stands at Brann Stadion was named \"Kniksens plass\" after Roald Jensen. This also became SK Brann's new address. In Roald Jensen's honour, the Kniksen award is given to Norwegian football players after each football season. The award is handed out by Norsk Toppfotball, and has been awarded annually since 1990. There are separate awards for best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, striker, manager, and referee. It is recognized as Norwegian football's most prestigious award. Roald Jensen Roald Jensen (11 January 1943", "title": "Roald Jensen" }, { "docid": "354761", "text": "was to sail along the coast of Siberia and go into the ice farther to the north and east than Nansen had. In contrast to Amundsen's earlier expeditions, this was expected to yield more material for academic research, and he carried the geophysicist Harald Sverdrup on board. The voyage was to the northeasterly direction over the Kara Sea. Amundsen planned to freeze the \"Maud\" into the polar ice cap and drift towards the North Pole (as Nansen had done with the \"Fram\"), and he did so off Cape Chelyuskin. But, the ice became so thick that the ship was unable", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354751", "text": "to have flexibility. His ship had relatively shallow draft. His technique was to use a small ship and hug the coast. Amundsen had the ship outfitted with a small 13 horsepower single-screw paraffin engine. They traveled via Baffin Bay, the Parry Channel and then south through Peel Sound, James Ross Strait, Simpson Strait and Rae Strait. They spent two winters (1903–04 and 1904–05) at King William Island in the harbor of what is today Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada. During this time, Amundsen and the crew learned from the local Netsilik Inuit people about Arctic survival skills, which he found invaluable", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "354769", "text": "by Nobile. They left Spitsbergen on 11 May 1926, and they landed in Alaska two days later. The three previous claims to have arrived at the North Pole: Frederick Cook in 1908; Robert Peary in 1909; and Richard E. Byrd in 1926 (just a few days before the \"Norge\") are all disputed, as being either of dubious accuracy or outright fraud. If their claims are false, the crew of the \"Norge\" would be the first explorers verified to have reached the North Pole. If the \"Norge\" expedition was the first to the North Pole, Amundsen and Oscar Wisting were the", "title": "Roald Amundsen" }, { "docid": "4420878", "text": "John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and underwent the 10-month conversion of \"Sir John Franklin\" at a shipyard in Les Mechins, Quebec. There, part of the vessel's storage holds transformed into laboratory space. The refit included the addition of a moon pool, which enables scientists to lower scientific instruments from inside the hull without cutting a hole in the ice, multi-beam sonar, the replacement of heating and electrical systems, and installation of state-of-the-art scientific equipment. The vessel was recommissioned into the Canadian Coast Guard as \"Amundsen\", named in honour of Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, on 26 August 2003. \"Amundsen\"s sponsor was Lily", "title": "CCGS Amundsen" }, { "docid": "4021001", "text": "Axel Heiberg Glacier The Axel Heiberg Glacier in Antarctica is a valley glacier, long, descending from the high elevations of the Antarctic Plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf (nearly at sea level) between the Herbert Range and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen in the Queen Maud Mountains. This huge glacier was discovered in November 1911 by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Axel Heiberg, a Norwegian businessman and patron of science who contributed to numerous Norwegian polar expeditions. Amundsen used this glacier as his route up onto the polar plateau during his successful expedition to the", "title": "Axel Heiberg Glacier" } ]

[ "Jd.", "J.D.", "JD", "JD (disambiguation)", "J-d", "J.d.", "Jd", "J.D. (disambiguation)", "J D", "J-D" ]

[ { "docid": "8680591", "text": "teaching, instead of part-time practitioners. Many prominent international academics were invited to study at the School, and many Australians were given the opportunity to study abroad. In 2007 MLS accepted its last cohort of LLB students. From 2008 the only degree offered by MLS qualifying for legal practice is the graduate-entry JD. This change to an entirely graduate law school is consistent with University-wide changes occurring under Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis's Melbourne Model, although MLS does offer some subjects to the University's undergraduate students (known as 'breadth' subjects). Applications are assessed on two criteria: academic results in all previous tertiary study", "title": "Melbourne Law School" }, { "docid": "8978255", "text": "on Legal Education voted to grant Barry University, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law full accreditation. The School of Law offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. The program consists of 90 semester-hours of study in areas that are essential to the understanding and practice of law. As of 2015, \"US News & World Report\" does not rank Barry University School of Law. US News & World Report ranks the top 150 law schools in the United States. In 2010, 20.8% of students were employed at graduation, which \"US News\" classifies as \"low\". According to \"Business Insider\", based on data provided", "title": "Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law" }, { "docid": "8862899", "text": "produced 24 Rhodes Scholars and several Gates Scholars. Sydney Law School has approximately 1,700 LLB and JD students; 1,500 postgraduate coursework students; and 100 postgraduate research students. There are now 24 chairs, including the Challis Professors of Law, Jurisprudence and International Law. In 2010, the School replaced its graduate-entry Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree with the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. The LL.B. degree remains as part of an undergraduate double degree program. The law school was inaugurated in 1855 and established by the \"Act to Incorporate and Endow the University of Sydney 1850 (NSW)\" and an 1855 University Senate by-law,", "title": "Sydney Law School" }, { "docid": "3372231", "text": "of the class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation (excluding solo practitioners). Loyola's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 36.8%, indicating the percentage of the class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. Loyola claims 13.37% of its graduates were employed in \"JD Advantage\" jobs, but the school does not define \"JD Advantage.\" In 2009, Loyola reported that 95.1% of its students were employed within 9 months after graduation. However, Loyola does not disclose what percentage of its graduates work part-time or", "title": "Loyola Law School" }, { "docid": "1919997", "text": "The accelerated program will not replace the existing four-year JD/MBA joint degree program. Interested students will be able to choose between the two programs. A joint degree can prove to be beneficial to law students' career objectives. To enable interested students to achieve this goal, the law school may approve a joint degree with any of the following of Columbia's graduate or professional schools: Additionally, in recent years, students have successfully petitioned the law school's Rules Committee for permission to create a joint degree program with schools that have agreed to grant advanced standing toward their master's degree for work", "title": "Columbia Law School" }, { "docid": "12326132", "text": "Peking University School of Transnational Law The Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL or PKUSTL) () is located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The school started in the fall of 2008 as a part of the Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University. It is the first law school to offer a traditional western-style Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree (in English) alongside a Chinese-style Juris Master (J.M.) degree (in Mandarin). The program is four years and graduates receive both the Chinese Juris Master's degree and, by special authorization by the Chinese government, a J.D. degree. STL also offers a 3-year J.D. degree", "title": "Peking University School of Transnational Law" }, { "docid": "7372858", "text": "form the Los Angeles Law Students Association to discuss the concept of a formal law school. Their efforts resulted in the incorporation of the Los Angeles Law School in 1898. The first law degree was awarded in 1901 to Gavin W. Craig. 2002 saw the beginning of the USC Law Graduate and International Programs. It is an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school since 1924. It joined the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1907. USC Gould awards the J.D., LL.M., and M.C.L. law degrees. It currently has about 600 J.D. students (200 per year) and a graduate", "title": "USC Gould School of Law" }, { "docid": "8983095", "text": "St. Mary's University School of Law St. Mary's University School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of St. Mary's University. The law school is located in San Antonio, Texas, USA and is the only Catholic law school in the American Southwest. The University is a private Catholic university. The School of Law has an enrollment of about 770 students, pursuing Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M.), or Master of Jurisprudence (M.Jur.) degrees. St. Mary's is the first law school in Texas to offer the M.Jur., a graduate degree in the study of law for students not", "title": "St. Mary's University School of Law" }, { "docid": "5438968", "text": "for students with child or elder care responsibilities. Established in 1974, Southwestern founded the first two-year J.D. course of study offered at an American Bar Association-approved law school. SCALE (Southwestern's Conceptual Approach to Legal Education) is a unique, accelerated J.D. program. Its intensive schedule is intended prepare students for the rigors of practicing law. Low student-faculty ratio in the classroom promotes cooperative teaching and intellectual discussion among classmates. The program has a limited enrollment. Southwestern has joined forces with the Drucker Graduate School of Management to create dual-degree programs. Students at Southwestern and the Drucker School, part of Claremont Graduate", "title": "Southwestern Law School" }, { "docid": "12326135", "text": "Moot Court Competition. STL participates in Law Without Walls program. STL has several student organizations, including Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF), Society of Women in Law, The Journal of Transnational Law, etc. Peking University School of Transnational Law The Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL or PKUSTL) () is located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The school started in the fall of 2008 as a part of the Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University. It is the first law school to offer a traditional western-style Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree (in English) alongside a Chinese-style Juris Master (J.M.) degree (in Mandarin).", "title": "Peking University School of Transnational Law" }, { "docid": "8564545", "text": "JM/MBA), the Candler School of Theology (JD/MTS and JD/MDiv), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (JD/PhD), the Rollins School of Public Health (JD/MPH), the Emory Center for Ethics (JD/MA in Bioethics), and joint JD and Master of Laws degree (JD/LLM) through Emory School of Law. In partnership with Central European University, Emory also provides an LLM program for students with a U.S. law degree seeking advanced training in international commercial law and international politics. Emory also has a separate LLM program for qualified foreign professionals seeking training in international and comparative law. Emory Law's Juris Master is a 30-credit", "title": "Emory University School of Law" }, { "docid": "9472153", "text": "1910: by 1930 almost all medical schools required a previous liberal arts degree before starting the M.D. course. Law degrees were introduced in the US by the College of William & Mary in 1792, with its \"Batchellor of Law\" (sic) (L.B.) degree. This was followed by the \"Graduate of Law\" at the University of Virginia in 1829, which became the first American LL.B. in 1840. The J.D. was introduced by the University of Chicago in 1902, with the same curriculum as the LL.B. but requiring a previous B.A. or B.S. for entry. The J.D. spread, but encountered opposition, and Harvard,", "title": "Professional degree" }, { "docid": "8862907", "text": "Juris Doctor (J.D.) for graduate-entry. The law school also offers higher-research degrees, namely the Masters of Criminology by Research, the Master of Laws by Research, the Doctor of Juridical Science, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Law. In addition to this, the law school offers postgraduate coursework degrees such as the Master of Laws by coursework, and diplomas and non-degree study in specialist areas of law and government for both law and non-law graduates. Sydney Law School has an arrangement with the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford under which high achieving Sydney students who are accepted into", "title": "Sydney Law School" }, { "docid": "8732495", "text": "circumstances. Students with an international undergraduate degree in law may be eligible to transfer some of their credits and complete a J.D. degree in two years or less. Gonzaga University School of Law also offers a Two-Year Accelerated Juris Doctor program designed for students who are self-motivated, diligent, and industrious. Accelerated JD students are still required to take 90 semester hours of credit in order to graduate but may do so in twenty-four calendar months—taking full loads during summers. . For students interested in a more general interdisciplinary course of study, the School of Law offers four joint degree programs", "title": "Gonzaga University School of Law" }, { "docid": "15451249", "text": "and a double degree programme combining the law degree programme with one of SMU's existing non-law programmes: accountancy, business, economics, information systems, or social sciences; students can also do a second major. In addition to the LLB, the school offers a full-time two- to three-year graduate Juris Doctor (JD) programme as well as a Master of Laws (LLM) programme. The Dual LLM in Commercial Law, which confers LLM degrees from Queen Mary University of London and SMU, was launched in 2015. The school took in around 120 students between 2007 and 2013. The intake after 2014 rose to more than", "title": "SMU School of Law" }, { "docid": "6321884", "text": "Seattle University School of Law Seattle University School of Law (formerly the University of Puget Sound School of Law) in Seattle, Washington is a professional graduate school affiliated with Seattle University, the Northwest's largest independent university. The School is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Alumni of Seattle University School of Law practice in all 50 U.S. states and 18 foreign countries. The law school offers degree programs for Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M) and Master of Studies in Law (MLS). According to Seattle University School of", "title": "Seattle University School of Law" }, { "docid": "4921365", "text": "Juris Doctor (J.D.). The J.D. degree was first conferred on the school year 1990-1991 graduates. The Ateneo was the first law school in the Philippines to offer the J.D. in lieu of the Bachelor of Laws degree, which is still what most law schools in the Philippines offer today. The Ateneo JD program covers the different aspects of legal study required for admission to the practice of law. Among the key subjects are constitutional and political law, civil law, criminal law, remedial law, commercial law, international law, tax law, and legal ethics. There is a particular emphasis on legal and", "title": "Ateneo Law School" }, { "docid": "4211827", "text": "University of Minnesota Law School The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees: a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Science in Patent Law (M.S.P.L.), and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). The J.D. program offers a number of concentration opportunities, as well as dual and joint degree options with other graduate and professional schools of the university. Founded in 1888, the University of Minnesota Law School is consistently ranked among the best law schools in America, and", "title": "University of Minnesota Law School" }, { "docid": "4211811", "text": "University of Minnesota Law School The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees: a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Science in Patent Law (M.S.P.L.), and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). The J.D. program offers a number of concentration opportunities, as well as dual and joint degree options with other graduate and professional schools of the university. Founded in 1888, the University of Minnesota Law School is consistently ranked among the best law schools in America, and", "title": "University of Minnesota Law School" } ]

[ { "docid": "2225409", "text": "the term does not usually refer to medical school (whose students are called \"medical students\"), and only occasionally refers to law school or business school; these are often collectively termed professional schools. Graduate students in the humanities, sciences and social sciences often receive funding from the school (e.g., fellowships or scholarships) and/or a teaching assistant position or other job; in the profession-oriented grad programs, students are less likely to get funding, and the fees are typically much higher. Although graduate school programs are distinct from undergraduate degree programs, graduate instruction (in the US, Australia and other countries) is often offered", "title": "Graduate school" }, { "docid": "8622843", "text": "laws. It has the following requirements for admission: The Graduate School of Law has the following degree programs: PLM Graduate School of Law The Graduate School of Law of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila is one of the eight graduate schools of the university. It was launched on July 7, 2004 at the Manila Hotel, with Atty. Ernesto L. Pineda as its first dean. Currently, former Supreme Court's Second Division Chairman Justice Angelina G. Sandoval-Gutierrez sits as the dean of the Graduate School of Law. The Graduate School of Law is open to qualified lawyers, whether in the private", "title": "PLM Graduate School of Law" }, { "docid": "12703749", "text": "Riga Graduate School of Law The Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) () in Riga, Latvia is a private law school in the Baltic region offering Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral studies. It was established in 1998 through an international agreement between the Governments of Sweden and Latvia and the Soros Foundation. RGSL offers post graduate degree programmes in International and European Law, in Law and Finance, all taught exclusively in English. The programmes are taught on site by an international faculty of resident and visiting professors, lecturers and practitioners from Europe and the USA. Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL)", "title": "Riga Graduate School of Law" }, { "docid": "8622842", "text": "PLM Graduate School of Law The Graduate School of Law of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila is one of the eight graduate schools of the university. It was launched on July 7, 2004 at the Manila Hotel, with Atty. Ernesto L. Pineda as its first dean. Currently, former Supreme Court's Second Division Chairman Justice Angelina G. Sandoval-Gutierrez sits as the dean of the Graduate School of Law. The Graduate School of Law is open to qualified lawyers, whether in the private service or in the government. The degree programs cover emphases on major concerns of private, public and remedial", "title": "PLM Graduate School of Law" }, { "docid": "16721779", "text": "student life, student housing, and graduate opportunities for university leavers through the \"Lifestyle\", \"Student Housing\", \"Survival Guide\" and \"After Uni\" sections. The creator of \"What Degree? Which University?\" is David Handley, who is also the founding director of international sculpture exhibition, \"Sculpture by the Sea\". Handley first conceptualised \"What Degree? Which University?\" whilst studying his final year of Law at the University of Sydney. In 1988, \"What Degree? Which University?\" initially took form through university seminars held at the University of Sydney, allowing prospective students to compare degree options by hearing current and former students of undergraduate degree programs discuss", "title": "What Degree? Which University?" }, { "docid": "2225406", "text": "Graduate school A graduate school (sometimes shortened as grad school) is a school that awards advanced academic degrees (i.e. master's and doctoral degrees) with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate (bachelor's) degree with a high grade point average. A distinction is typically made between graduate schools (where courses of study vary in the degree to which they provide training for a particular profession) and professional schools, which offer specialized advanced degrees in professional fields such as medicine, nursing, business, engineering, speech-language pathology, or law. The distinction between graduate schools and professional schools is not absolute,", "title": "Graduate school" }, { "docid": "12703758", "text": "Alberta iela, an important street for Art Nouveau architecture. The premises were donated to the Law School by the Soros Foundation in 1998 and were officially inaugurated by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and the President of the Republic of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, in 2001. The Law School shares its courtyard, main auditorium, cafeteria and library with the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga). The Law School's address is Strēlnieku iela 4k-2, Rīga, LV-1010. Riga Graduate School of Law The Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) () in Riga, Latvia is a private law school in the Baltic", "title": "Riga Graduate School of Law" }, { "docid": "6556118", "text": "http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ The Chinese University of Hong Kong - http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ The University of Hong Kong - https://www.hku.hk/ In Iran, the legal education has been influenced both by civil law and Islamic Shari'ah law. Like many countries, after high school, one can enter the law school. The first law degree is LL.B. It takes about four years to get LL.B. The first graduate program in law is LL.M. It takes about two to three years to earn an LL.M. The LL.M. is a mix of course work in a specific field of law and a dissertation. The Ph.D. in law is the", "title": "Law school" }, { "docid": "2225448", "text": "be spent on research, and many point out that there is a vicious circle in the academic labor economy. Institutions that rely on cheap graduate student labor have no need to create expensive professorships, so graduate students who have taught extensively in graduate school can find it immensely difficult to get a teaching job when they have obtained their degree. Many institutions depend heavily on graduate student teaching: a 2003 report by agitators for a graduate student union at Yale, for instance, claims that \"70% of undergraduate teaching contact hours at Yale are performed by transient teachers: graduate teachers, adjunct", "title": "Graduate school" }, { "docid": "9495897", "text": "used a similar form of the Arms. The School teaches the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) for graduates who wish to qualify as a lawyer without a law degree. The diploma has a strong reputation, and boasts an array of visiting lecturers, many of whom are leading academics in legal education. The School also offers the Graduate Entry LLB (Hons); a senior status law degree which allows non-law graduates to achieve an LLB law degree in just two years rather than the usual three. The School also offers an undergraduate LLB three year degree. The City Law Society is a", "title": "City Law School" }, { "docid": "15505183", "text": "Penn State Graduate School Penn State Graduate School is the university organization in charge of the admission, matriculation and graduation of all graduate students (with the exception of professional students in the College of Medicine and The Dickinson School of Law). In addition to its administrative functions, the Graduate School serves as a main unit that promotes and provides professional development for students to supplement the efforts of graduate programs and colleges. The Graduate School is also in charge of reviewing the quality of graduate degree programs and helping with university-wide strategic planning for graduate education efforts and initiatives. Seed", "title": "Penn State Graduate School" }, { "docid": "15505189", "text": "In addition, Dr. Adair also manages the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. Penn State Graduate School Penn State Graduate School is the university organization in charge of the admission, matriculation and graduation of all graduate students (with the exception of professional students in the College of Medicine and The Dickinson School of Law). In addition to its administrative functions, the Graduate School serves as a main unit that promotes and provides professional development for students to supplement the efforts of graduate programs and colleges. The Graduate School is also in charge of reviewing the quality of graduate degree programs and helping", "title": "Penn State Graduate School" }, { "docid": "2607315", "text": "Yale Law School's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 8.4%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. The mean salary for a class of 2014 graduate 10 months after graduation was $109,102. The law school was ranked # 17 of all law schools nationwide by the \"National Law Journal\" in terms of sending the highest percentage of 2015 graduates to the largest 100 law firms in the US (23.58%). The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and", "title": "Yale Law School" }, { "docid": "13341559", "text": "Bonn Graduate School of Economics The Bonn Graduate School of Economics, commonly referred to as BGSE, is the graduate school of the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Law and Economics of the University of Bonn. The BGSE is one of the leading research institutions in the field of economics in Germany. The school offers a master program in economics (2 years) and a doctoral program with an integrated master degree (2 years + 3 years). Students who want to pursue a doctoral degree can specialize in economic research within the master program and then continue with the dissertation", "title": "Bonn Graduate School of Economics" }, { "docid": "7056269", "text": "Graduate Diploma in Law The Graduate Diploma in Law/Common Professional Examination (GDL/CPE) is a postgraduate law course in England and Wales that is taken by non-law graduates (graduates who have a degree in a discipline that is not law or not a qualifying law degree for legal practice) wishing to become either a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales. The course thus allows non-law students to convert to law after university (exceptions exist for non-graduates depending on circumstances); it is also commonly known as a \"law conversion course\". Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the course is designed as", "title": "Graduate Diploma in Law" }, { "docid": "10596765", "text": "before completing the PhD. Some specialized master's degree programs and professional degrees are not conferred by TGS, but by respective professional schools at NU: Feinberg School of Medicine, Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, School of Communication, School of Law and School of Education & Social Policy. Decisions on whether a master's degree resides within TGS or another school at Northwestern are made in consultation with the respective schools. The Graduate School offers combined dual degree programs with bachelor’s programs in two of the Northwestern undergraduate schools:", "title": "Northwestern University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "6487401", "text": "but interested in pursuing coursework at the graduate level, may apply for admission as a non-degree student. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences receives approximately 2,500 applications and admits approximately 250 new students annually. Each department has its own set of requirements and faculty committees within our various departments make admission decisions. The admissions office visits over thirty graduate school fairs and events across the country every fall. Numerous dual degree options are offered in cooperation with the Carroll School of Management, the Boston College Law School, the Lynch School of Education, and the Graduate School of Social Work.", "title": "Boston College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences" }, { "docid": "7814028", "text": "Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law The Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law (GDEHKL) is a Hong Kong graduate diploma programme that allows students that did not take law as an undergraduate degree (i.e. \"non-law students\") to \"convert\" to law, before going onto a professional qualification course and ultimately legal training. The GDEHKL is a localised mutation of the Common Professional Examination of England and Wales (CPE), or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). It is jointly offered by the University of Hong Kong's School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) as the course operator, and", "title": "Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law" }, { "docid": "2624244", "text": "and Sciences, the non-professional degree programs of the professional schools of divinity, law, business, environment and earth sciences, the basic science departments of the School of Medicine, and certain professionally oriented graduate programs as well. The Graduate School enrolls approximately 2,220 students. At Duke, the graduate faculty (currently numbering 1,000) consists of all members of the university faculty who have been so designated by their respective departments or schools and approved by the dean of the Graduate School. Originally called the 'Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, in February 1968 the Duke University Board of Trustees changed the name to", "title": "Graduate School of Duke University" }, { "docid": "2598224", "text": "the MBA program. Stanford Graduate School of Business is renowned to have produced a remarkable number of successful business leaders and entrepreneurs, many among the world's wealthiest, from its alumni base. Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB or GSB) is the graduate business school of Stanford University in Stanford, California. Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the MSx Program (MS in Management for mid-career executives) and a Ph.D. program, along with joint degrees with other schools at Stanford including Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law", "title": "Stanford Graduate School of Business" }, { "docid": "13636551", "text": "degree may elect to take a specialisation in one of several of the School's strengths, including International commercial law and European Union law. The School also offers a dual degree with ESSEC Business School in France and The Global School of Law in Lisbon. The School offers a full-time graduate research programme leading to the award of the PhD in law. The School has 80 doctoral researchers. The School has hosted the annual International Graduate Legal Research Conference since 2007. The Graduate Legal Research Society arranges educational and social events for the doctoral researcher community and liaises with school management", "title": "The Dickson Poon School of Law" }, { "docid": "6556119", "text": "highest law degree offered by some law schools. It takes about 5–7 years depending on the school as well as the students. See Legal education#Japan. Law degree programs are considered graduate programs in the Philippines. As such, admission to law schools requires the completion of a bachelor's degree, with a sufficient number of credits or units in certain subject areas. Graduation from a Philippine law school constitutes the primary eligibility requirement for the Philippine Bar Examination, the national licensure examination for practicing lawyers in the country. The bar examination is administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines during the", "title": "Law school" }, { "docid": "13810767", "text": "reviews\"; however, this was down significantly from the previous episode's 89 and Bonnie Covel of About.com noted that \" 'What Kate Does' brought us a bit of negativity. In general, fans just didn't like the episode\". \"What Kate Does\" was largely considered to be a step down from the season premiere in pacing, revelations and writing; Mike Hale of \"The New York Times\" described the episode as \"contemplative\", \"anticlimactic\" and \"subdued\" and the flash sideways as \"kind of boring and seemingly pointless.\" Chris Carabott of IGN, who gave the episode a score of 7.3 summed up that \" 'What Kate", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "2598213", "text": "Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB or GSB) is the graduate business school of Stanford University in Stanford, California. Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the MSx Program (MS in Management for mid-career executives) and a Ph.D. program, along with joint degrees with other schools at Stanford including Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law and Medicine. The school was founded in 1925 when trustee Herbert Hoover formed a committee of Wallace Alexander, George Rolph, Paul Shoup, Thomas Gregory, and Milton Esberg to secure the needed", "title": "Stanford Graduate School of Business" }, { "docid": "20050328", "text": "Respect Graduate School Respect Graduate School is a private Islamic graduate school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school opened in 2015 and is currently focused on offering a Master of Arts in Islamic Studies (MAIS) degree. The MAIS degree program at Respect Graduate School (RGS) is unique from others in that it offers two tracks of study for students. For instance, students may choose from either the Academic or the Professional track of the program to complete their study. The academic track of the MAIS program is designed for students who aim to continue their education onto the Ph.D. level", "title": "Respect Graduate School" }, { "docid": "6163275", "text": "the opportunity to get involved in over 25 different projects each year, reaching various underserved and at-risk populations locally, nationally, and abroad. The school also offers several official joint-degree programs (in, among other things, business, public health and marine affairs), including seven LL.M. programs for post-graduate-level law study. The \"Academic Achievement Program\" provide participating students additional tools to succeed in law school. Other special programs at the law school include four Summer Abroad Programs, one each in England and Spain and two involving multiple European nations (Greece, Italy, and England) and (Greece, Italy, and Spain). The University of Miami School", "title": "University of Miami School of Law" }, { "docid": "17210805", "text": "computational science. Degrees conferred upon graduates include Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Engineering, Master of Education, Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), and several graduate certificate options. While Marquette does offer other post-baccalaureate degree programs, such as Doctor of Dental Surgery and Doctor of Physical Therapy programs, several of these degrees are managed and conferred upon graduates by separate schools and colleges, including the College of Health Sciences and School of Dentistry. The areas of studies at Marquette University's Graduate School are: Marquette University as a", "title": "Marquette University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "13185678", "text": "Graduate Research Fellowship. The Graduate School currently offers 110 graduate and professional degree programs in 66 fields of study. Included in this total are 37 doctoral, 65 master's, and one educational specialist program. Clemson University Graduate School The Graduate School at Clemson University currently offers 110 graduate degree programs in 66 fields of study. Included in this total are 37 doctoral, 65 master's, and one educational specialist program. Clemson University was founded in 1889, and the Graduate School was formally recognized in 1964. Since the inception of the Graduate School, approximately 25,000 graduate degrees have been awarded. Clemson has approximately", "title": "Clemson University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "6556110", "text": "and further training at Public Prosecutor Educational and Training Center), other legal-related work and Advocate. To become an Advocate, Law Graduate should attend an Advocate Special Course (1–2 months) and pass the Bar exam. The title Advocate can be obtained after a graduate passes the Bar exam and fulfill several obligation and requirements created by the Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI), and is a prerequisite for practicing trial law in Indonesia. List of some School of Law in Indonesia In India, legal education has been traditionally offered as a three-year graduate degree. However, the structure has been changed since 1987. Law", "title": "Law school" }, { "docid": "14179495", "text": "corporation in good standing. The primary purpose of KEI is “business activity related to online education.” Currently, KEISIE International University, Inc. does not have any accreditation that is recognized by the US Department of Education. Currently, KEISIE International University is Accredited by CIAC, an International organization offering accreditation services to private institutions of higher education. KEISIE International University, Inc. currently offers a variety of masters and doctoral degree programs, as well as English language teaching certification. Courses and instruction are delivered online through the ATutor learning content management system. KEISIE Graduate School of International Education KEISIE International University, Inc., is", "title": "KEISIE Graduate School of International Education" }, { "docid": "10860539", "text": "The school is currently the second largest graduate school at Georgetown, behind the Georgetown University Law Center. The school offers 46 programs in 34 departments. Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is the oldest graduate school in the United States, and is one of four graduate schools at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States. The graduate program first was founded in 1820, when Georgetown College graduates expressed the desire for continued studies. The school offered its first graduate degree in 1821. The school existed independently from 1855 until the end", "title": "Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences" }, { "docid": "15167602", "text": "SIUE Graduate School Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is a post-graduate academic unit of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) located in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. It offers 48 master’s degree programs, 2 specialist degrees, 17 post-baccalaureate and post-masters certificates, doctoral programs in Education Administration and Nursing Practice, and three cooperative Doctor of Philosophy programs with SIU Carbondale. Graduate students who have been accepted into a graduate program as degree-seeking students are eligible to apply for graduate assistantships to work as research or teaching assistants. SIUE also has number of fellowship, grant, and award programs available to its graduate students.", "title": "SIUE Graduate School" }, { "docid": "2352280", "text": "experience, and prior graduate study. About three quarters of the members of each entering class have one or more years of prior work experience and over a quarter have another graduate degree. In 2015, Stanford Law had an acceptance rate of 11.3%, the second-lowest of any law school in the country. The school also accepts a small number of transfers each year. According to ABA Required Disclosures, Stanford Law School had an average bar passage rate of 90% in 2014 and an average bar passage rate of 92% in 2013. In 2013, 90% of Stanford Law graduates taking the California", "title": "Stanford Law School" }, { "docid": "11985813", "text": "Graduate School now claims some 19,000 alumni. Vanderbilt University Graduate School The Graduate School manages many of the advanced degree programs of Vanderbilt University, a major research university located in Nashville, Tennessee. While the Graduate School exists as a standalone institution within Vanderbilt, it awards degrees in conjunction with Vanderbilt's other constituent colleges (\"e.g.\", the College of Arts and Science or the School of Engineering). Since its founding in 1873, Vanderbilt has offered \"work in the liberal arts and sciences beyond the baccalaureate degree\", and the university awarded its first graduate degrees (master's degrees in Greek, Latin, and English and", "title": "Vanderbilt University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "15167604", "text": "Center; and the Center for STEM Research, Education, and Outreach. SIUE researchers are also responsible for developing innovative community outreach initiatives through and for the East St. Louis Center. SIUE Graduate School Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is a post-graduate academic unit of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) located in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. It offers 48 master’s degree programs, 2 specialist degrees, 17 post-baccalaureate and post-masters certificates, doctoral programs in Education Administration and Nursing Practice, and three cooperative Doctor of Philosophy programs with SIU Carbondale. Graduate students who have been accepted into a graduate program as degree-seeking students", "title": "SIUE Graduate School" }, { "docid": "2225407", "text": "as various professional schools offer graduate degrees and vice versa. Many universities award graduate degrees; a graduate school is not necessarily a separate institution. While the term \"graduate school\" is typical in the United States and often used elsewhere (e.g. Canada), \"postgraduate education\" is also used in English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan and the UK) to refer to the spectrum of education beyond a bachelor's degree. Those attending graduate schools are called \"graduate students\" (in both American and British English), or often in British English as \"postgraduate students\" and, colloquially, \"postgraduates\" and \"postgrads\". Degrees awarded", "title": "Graduate school" }, { "docid": "2170252", "text": "did not require even a high school diploma. In 1917, two years of undergraduate education were required for admission, and in 1924, it became a graduate degree program. The department was renamed the Cornell Law School in 1925. In 1890, George Washington Fields graduated, one of the first law-school-graduates of color in the United States. In 1893, Cornell had its first female graduate, Mary Kennedy Brown. Future Governor, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States, Charles Evans Hughes, was a professor of law at Cornell from 1891–1893, and after returning to legal practice he continued to teach", "title": "Cornell Law School" }, { "docid": "9100517", "text": "he is a respected physicist and a holder of Ph.D. in Physics degree. At present, the Graduate School offers degree programs in Business, Teacher Education, Public Administration, Library Science and Environmental Science. \"Further Information: UERMMMC\" University of the East Graduate School The University of the East Graduate School offers degree programs in Business, Teacher Education, Public Administration, Library Science, Environmental Science and Medicine. The Graduate School of University of the East first started with the organization of the Graduate School of Business followed later by the Graduate School of Education. The Graduate School of Business was organized in 1948 in", "title": "University of the East Graduate School" }, { "docid": "3372038", "text": "the doctor of laws (D.Law). Dual degree programs are offered with the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work (J.D./M.S.W. and M.J./M.S.W.), Department of Political Science (J.D./M.A.), Graduate School of Education (J.D./M.A. in International Comparative Law and Education) and the Graduate School of Business (J.D./M.B.A.). Loyola offers a master of laws and master of jurisprudence in rule of law for development at the University's John Felice Rome Center in Italy. Loyola offers seven online degree programs and online certificate programs in school discipline reform and privacy law. Like most U.S. law schools, Loyola imposes a grade curve. Loyola's curve has", "title": "Loyola University Chicago School of Law" }, { "docid": "15505188", "text": "graduate degree programs, including 121 doctorate, 110 academic master’s and 73 professional master’s degree programs. Regina Vasilatos-Younken, (Professor of Endocrine Physiology and Nutrition, Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition, Penn State) is senior associate dean of The Graduate School. Dr. Vasilatos-Younken is responsible for operations and planning at the Graduate School. Suzanne C. Adair, (Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Policy, Penn State) is assistant dean of the Graduate School. Dr. Adair is in charge of the Office of Graduate Educational Equity Programs and management of graduate student concerns and all programming directly related to graduate students, including enrichment and professional development activities.", "title": "Penn State Graduate School" }, { "docid": "9100513", "text": "University of the East Graduate School The University of the East Graduate School offers degree programs in Business, Teacher Education, Public Administration, Library Science, Environmental Science and Medicine. The Graduate School of University of the East first started with the organization of the Graduate School of Business followed later by the Graduate School of Education. The Graduate School of Business was organized in 1948 in response to the clamor of accounting graduates of UE for a graduate degree. The first program offered was a one-year master's degree course in accounting which was later superseded by two-year programs in Master in", "title": "University of the East Graduate School" }, { "docid": "1569222", "text": "was discontinued in the early 2000s as per the Bologna process, with some exceptions such as law school or medical school. The bachelor's degree, called \"Laurea triennale\" (\"three-year degree\") or simply \"Laurea\", takes three years to complete (note that Italian students graduate from high school at age 19) and grants access to graduate degrees (known as \"\"). In order to graduate, students must earn 180 credits (ECTS) and write a thesis for which students have to elaborate on an argument under the supervision of a professor (generally from three to eight ECTS). Graduation marks go from 66 to 110. According", "title": "Bachelor's degree" }, { "docid": "2225451", "text": "to grade exams and papers and, if the strike lasts until the end of the academic term, also refuse to turn in final grades. Another form of job action is known as \"work-to-rule\", in which graduate student instructors work exactly as many hours as they are paid for and no more. Graduate school A graduate school (sometimes shortened as grad school) is a school that awards advanced academic degrees (i.e. master's and doctoral degrees) with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate (bachelor's) degree with a high grade point average. A distinction is typically made between", "title": "Graduate school" }, { "docid": "11985812", "text": "Vanderbilt University Graduate School The Graduate School manages many of the advanced degree programs of Vanderbilt University, a major research university located in Nashville, Tennessee. While the Graduate School exists as a standalone institution within Vanderbilt, it awards degrees in conjunction with Vanderbilt's other constituent colleges (\"e.g.\", the College of Arts and Science or the School of Engineering). Since its founding in 1873, Vanderbilt has offered \"work in the liberal arts and sciences beyond the baccalaureate degree\", and the university awarded its first graduate degrees (master's degrees in Greek, Latin, and English and a doctorate in chemistry) in 1879. The", "title": "Vanderbilt University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "5867631", "text": "serve or be served with great dignity. The Minnesota-based Adler Graduate School and the Chicago-based Adler School of Professional Psychology are independent of one another and institutionally unaffiliated. Adler Graduate School Adler Graduate School is a non-profit educational institution located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States, that offers a Master of Arts Degree in Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy. The six areas of emphasis are Adlerian Studies, Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Licensed Professional Counseling/Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling), School Counseling, Co-Occurring Disorders, and Art Therapy. The school offers certificate programs in Adlerian Studies, and Co-Occurring Disorders. Adler Graduate School", "title": "Adler Graduate School" }, { "docid": "12801689", "text": "Get Me a Lawyer \"Get Me a Lawyer\" (also known as \"Pilot\") is the pilot episode of the legal drama series \"Damages\", which first aired on July 24, 2007 on FX in the United States. It was written by series creators/executive producers Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman, and was directed by producer Allen Coulter. In the episode, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) is recruited to Hewes and Associates, a law firm headed by Patty Hewes (Glenn Close), where she is assigned to the \"Frobisher case\". Billionaire Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) is being sued by", "title": "Get Me a Lawyer" }, { "docid": "18109690", "text": "What Will Happen to Us What Will Happen to Us () is a 2004 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Giovanni Veronesi. In Rome three friends end to give the exams in last year of grammar high school, and grant a lovely summer holiday in Greece, on the island of Santorini. Matteo is a young problematic and indifferent, which is hoping for a ransom of his controversial personality through love. Manuel is a gruff guy who hates his father, and hopes for a better future for himself, because he does not want to work at the pet store with her", "title": "What Will Happen to Us" }, { "docid": "17779971", "text": "Jarvis. The song was released as a single officially in June 1967. \"What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)\" reached a peak of number five on the \"Billboard Magazine\" Hot Country Singles chart later that year. The single became Davis' first top-ten country hit in three years since 1964's \"Gonna Get Along Without You Now\" reached number eight. Additionally, \"What Does It Take\" was Davis' first entry onto the \"Billboard\" Bubbling Under Hot 100 since 1965, reaching a peak of twenty-one. The song was eventually released onto a studio album of the same name. What Does", "title": "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" }, { "docid": "10203190", "text": "activates students and professionals across a range of disciplines, industries and sectors to bridge the gap between commerce and the common good. MBA The Presidio Graduate School Masters of Business Administration degree is a 60-credit program with 15 required courses and one elective. The MBA curriculum is centered on three fundamental concepts that the school believes defines competency in sustainable management. MPA The Presidio Graduate School Masters of Public Administration degree is a 60-credit program with 15 required courses and one elective. The MPA curriculum is centered on three fundamental concepts that the school believes defines competency in sustainable management.", "title": "Presidio Graduate School" }, { "docid": "1944931", "text": "university in Malta and is recognized in the Swiss canton where it operates, but is not recognized by the Swiss University Conference, the main regulatory body for universities in Switzerland. In the US, the State of Texas includes the European Graduate School on its published list of institutions that issue \"fraudulent or substandard degrees\" and notes that it is illegal to use an EGS degree to obtain employment within the state. Teaching is mostly remote, with required attendance for short periods at the school; ad hoc meetings in various cities also take place. Notable faculty members have included Giorgio Agamben,", "title": "European Graduate School" }, { "docid": "15296676", "text": "What Happened to Us \"What Happened to Us\" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring English recording artist Jay Sean. It was written by Sean, Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg, Jeremy Skaller, Rob Larow, Khaled Rohaim and Israel Cruz. \"What Happened to Us\" was leaked online in October 2010, and was released on 10 March 2011, as the third single from Mauboy's second studio album, \"Get 'Em Girls\" (2010). The song received positive reviews from critics. A remix of \"What Happened to Us\" made by production team OFM, was released on 11 April 2011. A different version of", "title": "What Happened to Us" }, { "docid": "2225425", "text": "They often coordinate the supervision and training of candidates for doctorates. While most graduate programs will have a similar list of general admission requirements, the importance placed on each type of requirement can vary drastically between graduate schools, departments within schools, and even programs within departments. The best way to determine how a graduate program will weigh admission materials is to ask the person in charge of graduate admissions at the particular program being applied to. Admission to graduate school requires a bachelor's degree. High grades in one's field of study are important—grades outside the field less so. The Graduate", "title": "Graduate school" }, { "docid": "7654306", "text": "San Francisco Law School San Francisco Law School is a private, for-profit law school in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1909, the law school became non-profit in 1941 and moved to its iconic location on Haight Street in 1968. The law school offers a four-year part-time evening program leading to a Juris Doctor degree. In July 2010, the law school completed a merger to become a graduate school of Alliant International University, which was in turn acquired by Bertelsmann. The law school retained its name, however relocated to the university's main San Francisco campus on Beach Street. The Law School's", "title": "San Francisco Law School" }, { "docid": "13185676", "text": "Clemson University Graduate School The Graduate School at Clemson University currently offers 110 graduate degree programs in 66 fields of study. Included in this total are 37 doctoral, 65 master's, and one educational specialist program. Clemson University was founded in 1889, and the Graduate School was formally recognized in 1964. Since the inception of the Graduate School, approximately 25,000 graduate degrees have been awarded. Clemson has approximately 4,588 enrolled graduate students. The University-including the Graduate School-is academically divided into seven colleges: Architecture, Arts and Humanities; Business; Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences; Engineering, Computing and Applied Science; Science; Education; and Agriculture,", "title": "Clemson University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "16660633", "text": "ITM Law School ITM Law School (also known as ITML or ITMLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of ITM University. It is a specialised law school offering courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is situated in HUDA Sector 23A-Gurgaon, India. ITML is built on the five-year law degree model proposed and implemented by the Bar Council of India. It is a member of the International Association of Law Schools(IALS), USA and also has a chapter of the International Law Students Association (ILSA), USA. ITML was established in 2010 under the leadership of Prof. S. Shantha Kumar (also", "title": "ITM Law School" }, { "docid": "4879762", "text": "a law school, and all Princeton graduates who are lawyers will have received their legal training elsewhere. Since Princeton is a large university, many people and even lawyers may be surprised to learn that it does not have a law school. Indeed, James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, was a Princeton University graduate and a lawyer; however, Madison attended Princeton before the university's short-lived attempt at a law school, during a time when law schools in North America were rare and most lawyers earned their credentials through a period of apprenticeship. At a press conference of law school deans", "title": "Princeton Law School" }, { "docid": "12622781", "text": "Arizona Territory. The Normal School was charged with providing \"instruction of persons, both male and female, in the art of teaching, and in all the various branches that pertain to a good common school education; also, to give instruction in the mechanical arts and in husbandry and agricultural chemistry, in the fundamental law of the United States, and in what regards the rights and duties of citizens.\" An effort by the alumni association changed the name of the institution to Tempe State Teachers College in 1925, and offered its first graduate degree, the Masters in Education, in 1937. Although courses", "title": "Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education" }, { "docid": "20866945", "text": "matters affecting graduate students, and to provide financial and organizational support for social events that involve graduate students.\" There are also a wide array of social, cultural, and academic student organizations for graduate students. Princeton University Graduate School The Graduate School of Princeton University is the main graduate school of Princeton University. Founded in 1869, the School is responsible for the majority of Princeton's master's and doctoral degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. The school offers Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MS), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in 42 disciplines. It also", "title": "Princeton University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "7654309", "text": "2015 California Bar passage rate for San Francisco Law School's first-time test takers was 7%, with 2 out of 27 takers passing the exam. San Francisco Law School San Francisco Law School is a private, for-profit law school in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1909, the law school became non-profit in 1941 and moved to its iconic location on Haight Street in 1968. The law school offers a four-year part-time evening program leading to a Juris Doctor degree. In July 2010, the law school completed a merger to become a graduate school of Alliant International University, which was in turn", "title": "San Francisco Law School" }, { "docid": "11571088", "text": "That's What You Get \"That's What You Get\" is a song by American rock band Paramore from their second studio album, \"Riot!\" (2007). It is the second Australian single, third American single and the fourth UK single. The song was released to modern rock radio on March 25 and to contemporary hit radio on April 22 in the US. \"That's What You Get\" was released digitally as an extended play in April 2008 and physically as a CD single in May 2008. The song is featured as a playable track in the video game \"Rock Band 2\". The song was", "title": "That's What You Get" }, { "docid": "5867629", "text": "Adler Graduate School Adler Graduate School is a non-profit educational institution located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States, that offers a Master of Arts Degree in Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy. The six areas of emphasis are Adlerian Studies, Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Licensed Professional Counseling/Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling), School Counseling, Co-Occurring Disorders, and Art Therapy. The school offers certificate programs in Adlerian Studies, and Co-Occurring Disorders. Adler Graduate School also offers Post-Master's coursework for Licensure in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (LPC or LPCC only), Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT only), School Counseling (Licensed School Counselor only), and", "title": "Adler Graduate School" }, { "docid": "18739295", "text": "for those graduating into high unemployment and close to the bottom of the earnings distribution, a law degree still typically provided greater benefits than it cost. The second Simkovic & McIntyre study also found that current unemployment does not predict future unemployment in 3 or 4 years when those currently entering law school would graduate. Subsequent research by McIntyre and Simkovic investigated variability in earnings for law graduates by college major and race. These studies found that law degrees tend to benefit humanities majors more than STEM majors and tend to benefit whites more than unrepresented minorities. However, the benefits", "title": "Post-law school employment in the United States" }, { "docid": "5887052", "text": "Cornell University Graduate School The Cornell University Graduate School confers most professional and research master's degrees and doctoral degrees in various fields of study for the university. The departments under which instruction and research take place are housed in Cornell's other schools and colleges. The administrative offices for the Graduate School are located in Caldwell Hall, on the Ag Quad. For decades, the Graduate School was housed in Sage Hall which also included social areas and dormitory rooms for graduate students. The Graduate School does not have a faculty. Instead, it organizes the faculty of other colleges into \"fields\" representing", "title": "Cornell University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "9495890", "text": "next to the university's main campus on Northampton Square. It offers education at all levels of legal qualification, including a three-year undergraduate Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme, a two-year Graduate Entry LLB degree programme, a one-year Masters of Law (LLM) and the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) course (formerly known as the Common Professional Examination). This latter programme enjoys a nationwide reputation as one of Britain's elite qualifying diploma courses for non-law graduates. The School also teaches the Legal Practice Course (LPC) for would-be solicitors. In 2007, it received the highest grading from the Law Society of England and Wales", "title": "City Law School" }, { "docid": "1498910", "text": "News & World Report\" began publishing rankings. The law school emphasizes cross-disciplinary education, through courses, certificates, and joint/dual degree programs with the other graduate and professional schools on the Penn campus, such as the Wharton School. Over a third of students identify as persons of color, and 12% of students enrolled with an advanced degree. The law school offers an extensive curriculum and hosts various student groups, research centers and activities. Students publish the \"University of Pennsylvania Law Review\", the oldest law journal in the country. Students also publish \"The Regulatory Review\", a regulatory news, analysis, and commentary that publishes", "title": "University of Pennsylvania Law School" }, { "docid": "14889015", "text": "Ogletree, former visiting professor at School of Transnational Law and Jesse Climenko, professor at Harvard Law School. Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School The Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (PKU Shenzhen) is a public research university established as a satellite graduate school of Peking University in 2001 via a joint venture with the Shenzhen Municipal Government. It is situated inside the University Town of Shenzhen, along with the graduate schools of Tsinghua University and the Harbin Institute of Technology. The present chancellor of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School is Dr. Wu Yundong. Peking University Shenzhen is a fully residential university. Peking", "title": "Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School" }, { "docid": "7814031", "text": "it is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognize any qualification to which this course may lead. Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law The Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law (GDEHKL) is a Hong Kong graduate diploma programme that allows students that did not take law as an undergraduate degree (i.e. \"non-law students\") to \"convert\" to law, before going onto a professional qualification course and ultimately legal training. The GDEHKL is a localised mutation of the Common Professional Examination of England and Wales (CPE), or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). It is jointly offered", "title": "Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law" }, { "docid": "2827091", "text": "The foundations of the first universities in Europe were the glossators of the 11th century, which were schools of law. The first European university, that of Bologna, was founded as a school of law by four famous legal scholars in the 12th century who were students of the glossator school in that city. It is from this history that it is said that the first academic title of doctor applied to scholars of law. The degree and title were not applied to scholars of other disciplines until the 13th century. And at the University of Bologna from its founding in", "title": "Law degree" }, { "docid": "10321458", "text": "Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) at Maastricht University is a public policy school. It offers a master's degree in public policy and human development and a doctoral degree in public policy and policy analysis, and conducts multi-disciplinary research in topics relating to economics, political science, international relations, and sociology. The School is the United Nations' first public policy graduate school, and one of the few public policy schools in Europe. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017 placed social sciences in Maastricht University 65th in the world. Its MSc in Public Policy and", "title": "Maastricht Graduate School of Governance" }, { "docid": "15947474", "text": "Ghana School of Law The Ghana School of Law (GSL) is an educational institution in Ghana for training lawyers. The school is the only one that provides training for law graduates in the Barrister at Law program. The Professional Law Course is designed for Law Graduates who have obtained an LLB degree and have passed the entrance examination. On completion of this course the graduate is qualified to practice law in Ghana. Until the Ghana School of Law was established in 1958, all lawyers in Ghana were trained abroad, almost always at the Inns of Court in England. By convention", "title": "Ghana School of Law" }, { "docid": "12214588", "text": "Bar Examiners and does not require the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). The CBE requires prospective law students to complete a minimum of two years of approved college work or its equivalent before entering law school. This requirement is generally met by receiving an Associate of Arts (AA) degree, Associate of Science (AS) degree or by having completed at least 60 semester (90 quarter) units of college work applicable to a Bachelor's degree at a regionally accredited or approved school recognized by the CBE, with an average grade at least equal to that required for graduation. As allowed by the", "title": "California Southern Law School" }, { "docid": "17210807", "text": "98th and history was 110th. Marquette University Graduate School The Graduate School is one of the primary colleges at Marquette University, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The college oversees an array of liberal arts, interdisciplinary, and applied and physical sciences programs at the graduate level, offering master's and doctoral degrees as well as graduate certificates. The Graduate School's offices are housed within Holthusen Hall, near the center of Marquette's campus. The Graduate School offers 38 graduate programs across 20 degree types, primarily in liberal arts-related fields like the natural sciences, social and cultural sciences, philosophy and theology, but also in fields", "title": "Marquette University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "17210804", "text": "Marquette University Graduate School The Graduate School is one of the primary colleges at Marquette University, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The college oversees an array of liberal arts, interdisciplinary, and applied and physical sciences programs at the graduate level, offering master's and doctoral degrees as well as graduate certificates. The Graduate School's offices are housed within Holthusen Hall, near the center of Marquette's campus. The Graduate School offers 38 graduate programs across 20 degree types, primarily in liberal arts-related fields like the natural sciences, social and cultural sciences, philosophy and theology, but also in fields like neuroscience, dispute resolution and", "title": "Marquette University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "10203192", "text": "Graduate School has approximately 150 full-time and part-time students from across the United States and the World, 56% of whom are women (citation needed). The school also currently maintains a 6/1 student to faculty ratio. Many students work full-time while pursuing their degree in addition to participating in the many students clubs. All Presidio Graduate School MBA students are automatically members of the school’s Net Impact club, which holds gold chapter status. Presidio Graduate School graduates are working with companies and organizations in a variety of industries, municipalities, and NGOs, helping lead their efforts to be more socially and environmentally", "title": "Presidio Graduate School" }, { "docid": "8441684", "text": "of 2015 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. Struggling graduates of Valparaiso Law School were featured in a New York Times article in June 2016. One Valparaiso Law School graduate worked in the clothing department of a retail store, and another graduate discussed his grim job prospects. The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Valparaiso for the 2014-2015 academic year is $53,862. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $196,217. Valparaiso engages in the", "title": "Valparaiso University School of Law" }, { "docid": "15908846", "text": "Business faculty teach the majority of the courses, joined by research faculty from The Institute of Economics, Zagreb. Graduates receive a Bologna compliant degree from IGBS Zagreb, in addition to a M.Sc. degree in Strategic Management from Kelley School of Business. IGBS Zagreb graduates can obtain further specialization through on‐line M.Sc. Programs at Kelley School of Business (Kelley Direct programs). Tracks available are: Global Supply Chain, or Finance. Graduates receive a M.Sc. degree in Finance or Global Supply Chain from Kelley School of Business. International Graduate Business School Zagreb International Graduate Business School (IGBS) Zagreb is designed to meet the", "title": "International Graduate Business School Zagreb" }, { "docid": "6363533", "text": "of a community includes the study of such aspects of social life as government, education, science, law, the arts, health care, business, and the professions or vocations associated with them. The structures of the various institutions are scrutinized using concepts and techniques derived from the social and behavioral sciences. The goal is to combine the study of religion with the study of society in order to provide information for resolving social problems within the human community. Omega Graduate School offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Integration of Religion and Society. The program consists of seven week-long intensive residencies", "title": "Omega Graduate School" }, { "docid": "8386918", "text": "School offered more than 230 graduate programs to over 7,000 enrolled students and conferred 2,271 degrees. Seventy years after conferring the first two Ph.D. degrees, the Graduate School awarded 420 doctoral degrees, nearly half going to women. As of August 2017, the University of Georgia Graduate School offered 327 graduate degree programs: 115 doctoral, 140 master’s, 15 education specialist, 46 interdisciplinary and 11 online degree programs. The Doctor of Philosophy is offered in 86 disciplines, the Master of Arts in 35 disciplines, and the Master of Science in 50 disciplines. Professional doctoral degrees are offered in education, music, and public", "title": "University of Georgia Graduate School" }, { "docid": "4549818", "text": "additional $17,270 for out-of-state residents. 59% of the student body received grants and scholarships. The school does not award scholarships that may be reduced or eliminated based on law school academic performance other than failure to maintain good academic standing. University at Buffalo Law School Founded in 1887, the University at Buffalo School of Law (also known as UB Law, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, or SUNY Buffalo Law School) is a graduate professional school at the University at Buffalo. It is the State University of New York (SUNY) system's only law school. \"U.S. News &", "title": "University at Buffalo Law School" }, { "docid": "5887053", "text": "distinct subject areas. Students apply for admission to a specific field, although once admitted, students are not limited to that field when selecting courses or faculty to serve of the committee supervising the student's research. The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell Law School, and Cornell Veterinary School also confer graduate degrees, but not PhD degrees. The Weill Cornell Medical School and the Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program have authority to confer PhD degrees independent of the Graduate School. At one time, Cornell established a Graduate School of Aerospace Engineering and a Graduate School of Nutrition that were independent of", "title": "Cornell University Graduate School" }, { "docid": "9666443", "text": "the country by \"U.S. News & World Report\" 's 2016 edition of \"America's Best Graduate Schools.\" The University of Oregon is known for possessing the nation's first public law school to establish an environmental law program (ENR). The ENR Program is ranked 6th in the country by \"U.S. News & World Report\" for the 2012–13 academic year. The program includes a master's of law degree (LL.M.) option. The law school also houses a prominent Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center, which provides courses both to law students and to graduate students interested in Conflict and Dispute Resolution. The ADR program is ranked", "title": "University of Oregon School of Law" } ]

[ "Set foot on the moon" ]

[ { "docid": "179641", "text": "Harrison Schmitt Harrison Hagan \"Jack\" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person to have walked on the Moon. He is also the last living crew member of Apollo 17. In December 1972, as one of the crew on board Apollo 17, Schmitt became the first member of NASA's first scientist-astronaut group to fly in space. As Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions, he also became the twelfth and second-youngest person to set foot on the Moon, and the", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "10033034", "text": "Augmenting the archival audio and video are contemporary interviews with some surviving Apollo era astronauts, including Al Bean, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, John Young, David Scott, Charlie Duke, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. The former astronauts have the only speaking roles in the movie, although occasional supplementary information is presented on screen with text and archival television footage presents the words of journalists such as Jules Bergman and Walter Cronkite. The only surviving moon walker at the time not to participate was Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the Moon. The documentary shares its name with a", "title": "In the Shadow of the Moon (film)" }, { "docid": "16138764", "text": "image to life thus making it more meaningful to the viewer.” Cantwell made countless trips back and forth across the Atlantic, travelling extensively throughout the United States to meet and converse with the Apollo astronauts, with many of whom he developed a special rapport that would enable him to understand the “men behind the mission”. Amazingly, he was able to persuade all but one of the twelve men who set foot on the moon to inscribe the images, including Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Gene Cernan, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt, amongst others. Only Neil Armstrong refused (for years he has", "title": "The Leslie Cantwell Collection" } ]

[ { "docid": "2047495", "text": "Gene Cernan Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon. Since he re-entered the lunar module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he is the last person to have walked on the Moon. Cernan traveled into space three times; as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966, as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969, and as commander of Apollo 17 in December", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "2047515", "text": "Pilot Harrison Schmitt's recollections, were used by the band Public Service Broadcasting for the song \"Tomorrow\", the final track of their 2015 album \"The Race for Space\". Gene Cernan Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon. Since he re-entered the lunar module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he is the last person to have walked on the Moon. Cernan traveled into space three", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "8966022", "text": "song in a medley on his album \"101 Gang Songs\" (1961) A few bars of \"The Fountain in the Park\" were sung on the Moon by NASA Astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan on the Apollo 17 mission. Schmitt started by singing \"I was strolling on the Moon one day...\" when Cernan joined in. Cernan kept with the original \"merry month of May\", however, while Schmitt sang \"December\", which was the actual date at the time. After a brief debate, Schmitt resumed, singing \"When much to my surprise, a pair of bonny eyes...\" until he could no longer remember the", "title": "The Fountain in the Park" }, { "docid": "20332", "text": "the Apollo 17 mission, courtesy of NASA and Captain Eugene Cernan. The song \"Tomorrow\" by Public Service Broadcasting also includes audio of Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt from the mission. Apollo 17 Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, with a crew made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, it was the last use of Apollo hardware for its original purpose; after Apollo 17, extra Apollo spacecraft were used in", "title": "Apollo 17" }, { "docid": "179656", "text": "astronauts featured in the documentary \"In the Shadow of the Moon\". He also contributed to the book \"NASA's Scientist-Astronauts\" by David Shayler and Colin Burgess. Harrison Schmitt Harrison Hagan \"Jack\" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person to have walked on the Moon. He is also the last living crew member of Apollo 17. In December 1972, as one of the crew on board Apollo 17, Schmitt became the first member of NASA's first scientist-astronaut group to fly in space. As", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "179646", "text": "cancelled in September 1970, the community of lunar geologists supporting Apollo felt so strongly about the need to land a professional geologist on the Moon, that they pressured NASA to reassign Schmitt to a remaining flight. As a result, Schmitt was assigned in August 1971 to fly on the last mission, Apollo 17, replacing Joe Engle as Lunar Module Pilot. Schmitt landed on the Moon with commander Gene Cernan in December 1972. Schmitt claims to have taken the photograph of the Earth known as \"The Blue Marble\", possibly one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence. NASA officially", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "19825132", "text": "sung on the Moon by NASA Astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan on the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. Schmitt started by singing \"I was strolling on the Moon one day...\" when Cernan joined in. Cernan kept with the original \"merry month of May\", however, while Schmitt sang \"December\", which was the actual date at the time. After a brief debate, Schmitt resumed, singing \"When much to my surprise, a pair of bonny eyes...\" until he could no longer remember the lyrics and began vocalizing the notes instead. Moments later, Capsule Communicator Robert A. Parker cut in from Houston, saying \"sorry", "title": "Music in space" }, { "docid": "16879875", "text": "Lunar basalt 70017 The Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moon rock gathered in 1972 by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the Apollo 17 mission near their Apollo lunar lander from the valley of Taurus-Littrow on the moon and divided into 1.1 gram pieces. Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moon basalt that was last collected by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the last manned Moon landing, Apollo 17. After gathering the basalt rock from the surface of the Moon the two astronauts made a speech referring to \"the children of the world\". They wished that parts of", "title": "Lunar basalt 70017" }, { "docid": "16879878", "text": "angular shaped stone are rough and jagged. Lunar basalt 70017 The Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moon rock gathered in 1972 by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the Apollo 17 mission near their Apollo lunar lander from the valley of Taurus-Littrow on the moon and divided into 1.1 gram pieces. Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moon basalt that was last collected by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the last manned Moon landing, Apollo 17. After gathering the basalt rock from the surface of the Moon the two astronauts made a speech referring to \"the children of", "title": "Lunar basalt 70017" }, { "docid": "20326", "text": "represented in Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, at the time. A plaque located on the LM, commemorating the achievements made during the Apollo program, was then unveiled. Before reentering the LM for the final time, Gene Cernan expressed his thoughts: Cernan then followed Schmitt into the LM after spending approximately seven hours and 15 minutes outside during the mission's final lunar excursion. Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt successfully lifted off from the lunar surface in the ascent stage of the LM on December 14, at 5:55 pm EST. After a successful rendezvous and docking with Ron Evans in the", "title": "Apollo 17" }, { "docid": "179642", "text": "second-to-last person to step off of the Moon (he boarded the Lunar Module shortly before commander Eugene Cernan). Schmitt also remains the first and only professional scientist to have flown beyond low Earth orbit and to have visited the Moon. He was influential within the community of geologists supporting the Apollo program and, before starting his own preparations for an Apollo mission, had been one of the scientists training those Apollo astronauts chosen to visit the lunar surface. Schmitt resigned from NASA in August 1975 in order to run for election to the United States Senate as a member from", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "7562", "text": "a total of over 20 hours EVA. Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo program, landing in the Taurus–Littrow region in December 1972. Eugene Cernan commanded Ronald E. Evans and NASA's first scientist-astronaut, geologist Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt. Schmitt was originally scheduled for Apollo 18, but the lunar geological community lobbied for his inclusion on the final lunar landing. Cernan and Schmitt stayed on the surface for just over three days and spent just over 23 hours of total EVA. Source: \"Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference\" (Orloff 2004) The Apollo program returned over of lunar rocks and", "title": "Apollo program" }, { "docid": "2047503", "text": "19 in September 1970, pressure from the scientific community to shift Harrison Schmitt, the sole professional geologist in the active Apollo roster of astronauts, to the crew of Apollo 17, the final scheduled Apollo mission, mounted. In August 1971, NASA named Schmitt as the lunar module pilot for Apollo 17, which meant the original LM pilot Joe Engle never had the opportunity to walk on the Moon. Cernan fought to keep his crew together; given the choice of flying with Schmitt as LMP or seeing his entire crew removed from Apollo 17, Cernan chose to fly with Schmitt. Cernan eventually", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "179647", "text": "credits the image to the entire Apollo 17 crew. While on the Moon's surface, Schmitt — the only geologist in the astronaut corps — collected the rock sample designated Troctolite 76535, which has been called \"without doubt the most interesting sample returned from the Moon\". Among other distinctions, it is the central piece of evidence suggesting that the Moon once possessed an active magnetic field. As he returned to the Lunar Module before Cernan, Schmitt is the next-to-last person to have walked on the Moon's surface. After the completion of Apollo 17, Schmitt played an active role in documenting the", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "2981334", "text": "19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 7 and Apollo 11 flights, and as backup Command Module Pilot for Apollo 14. Evans' only space flight was as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 17, the last scheduled U.S. manned mission to the Moon. He was accompanied by Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. While Cernan and Schmitt landed and worked on the Moon in the Taurus–Littrow valley, Evans remained in lunar orbit on board the Command Module \"America\", completing assigned work tasks which required visual geological observations, hand-held", "title": "Ronald Evans (astronaut)" }, { "docid": "7353616", "text": "Tracy's Rock Tracy's Rock, known as Split Rock or the Station 6 Boulder in the scientific literature, is a large boulder visited by the Apollo 17 crew on December 13, 1972 at their Taurus-Littrow landing site. \"Tracy's Rock\" is its popular name. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt and mission commander Eugene A. Cernan spent considerable time studying the rock and its vicinity at station 6 during their third Extravehicular Activity (EVA-3). At about 165:33:38, Cernan took a series of photos from higher up the hill. In this photomontage, Schmitt is standing to the left of the rock and the Lunar Roving", "title": "Tracy's Rock" }, { "docid": "2047504", "text": "came to have a positive evaluation of Schmitt's abilities; he concluded that Schmitt was an outstanding LM pilot while Engle—notwithstanding his outstanding record as an aircraft test pilot—was merely an adequate one. Cernan's role as commander of Apollo 17 closed out the Apollo program's lunar exploration mission with a number of record-setting achievements. During the three days of Apollo 17's surface activity (Dec. 11-14, 1972), Cernan and Schmitt performed three EVAs for a total of about 22 hours of exploration of the Taurus–Littrow valley. Their first EVA alone was more than three times the length astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "2047505", "text": "Aldrin spent outside the LM on Apollo 11. During this time Cernan and Schmitt covered more than using the Lunar Rover and spent a great deal of time collecting geologic samples (including a record 34 kilograms (75 lb) of samples, the most of any Apollo mission) that would shed light on the Moon's early history. Cernan piloted the rover on its final sortie, recording a maximum speed of , giving him the unofficial lunar land speed record. As Cernan prepared to climb the ladder for the final time, he spoke these words, currently the last spoken by a human being", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "20295", "text": "Apollo 17 Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, with a crew made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, it was the last use of Apollo hardware for its original purpose; after Apollo 17, extra Apollo spacecraft were used in the Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz programs. Apollo 17 was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the final manned launch of a Saturn V rocket. It was a \"J-type mission\" which included three", "title": "Apollo 17" }, { "docid": "2981330", "text": "Ronald Evans (astronaut) Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990), (Capt, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, also one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Evans was selected as an astronaut by NASA as part of Astronaut Group 5 in 1966 and made his first and only flight into space as Command Module Pilot aboard Apollo 17 in 1972, the last manned mission to the Moon to date, with Commander Eugene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt. During the flight, he orbited", "title": "Ronald Evans (astronaut)" }, { "docid": "7353618", "text": "Station 6 boulder \"Tracy's Rock\". Tracy is Gene Cernan's daughter, who was nine years old at the time of the mission. Tracy's Rock Tracy's Rock, known as Split Rock or the Station 6 Boulder in the scientific literature, is a large boulder visited by the Apollo 17 crew on December 13, 1972 at their Taurus-Littrow landing site. \"Tracy's Rock\" is its popular name. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt and mission commander Eugene A. Cernan spent considerable time studying the rock and its vicinity at station 6 during their third Extravehicular Activity (EVA-3). At about 165:33:38, Cernan took a series of photos", "title": "Tracy's Rock" }, { "docid": "20319", "text": "system engine on the CSM ignited to slow down the CSM/LM stack into lunar orbit. Following orbit insertion and orbital stabilization, the crew began preparations for landing in the Taurus-Littrow valley. After separating from the CSM, the LM \"Challenger\" and its crew of two, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, adjusted their orbit and began preparations for the descent to Taurus-Littrow. While Cernan and Schmitt prepared for landing, Command Module Pilot Ron Evans remained in orbit to take observations, perform experiments and await the return of his crew-mates a few days later. Soon after completing their preparations for landing, Cernan and", "title": "Apollo 17" }, { "docid": "2047496", "text": "1972, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan was also a backup crew member of the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions. Cernan was born on March 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois; he was the son of Rose (née Cihlar) and Andrew Cernan. His father was of Slovak descent and his mother was of Czech ancestry. Cernan grew up in the Illinois towns Bellwood and Maywood. He was a Boy Scout and earned the rank of Second Class. After attending McKinley Elementary School in Bellwood and graduating from Proviso East High School in Maywood in 1952, he studied", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "179648", "text": "Apollo geologic results and also took on the task of organizing NASA's Energy Program Office. On August 30, 1975, Schmitt resigned from NASA to seek election as a Republican to the United States Senate representing New Mexico in the 1976 election. Schmitt campaigned for fourteen months, and his campaign focused on the future. In the Republican primary, held on June 1, 1976, Schmitt defeated Eugene Peirce. In the election, Schmitt opposed two-term Democratic incumbent Joseph Montoya. He defeated Montoya 57% to 42%. He served one term and, notably, was the ranking Republican member of the Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee.", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "123541", "text": "were performed among six Apollo crews, including Charles \"Pete\" Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, and Harrison \"Jack\" Schmitt. Cernan was the last Apollo astronaut to step off the surface of the Moon. Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden made an EVA on August 5, 1971, on the return trip from the Moon, to retrieve a film and data recording canister from the Service Module. He was assisted by Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin standing up in the Command Module hatch. This procedure was repeated by Ken Mattingly", "title": "Extravehicular activity" }, { "docid": "4480204", "text": "followed by two US tours in February 2005. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" was released on February 22 through independent label Equal Vision Records. Following a couple of US tours in April and May 2005, \"Car Underwater\" was released as a radio single. The group performed on the Warped Tour, before touring across the US in September and November. Later in November, a music video was released for \"The Truth About Heaven\", followed by a UK tour in December. In early 2006, the group went on a three-month headlining US tour, before appearing on Warped Tour again. \"What", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "179652", "text": "\"most celebrated\" candidate for New Mexico energy secretary. Schmitt wrote a book entitled \"Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space\" in 2006. He lives in Silver City, New Mexico, and spends some of his summer at his northern Minnesota lake cabin. Schmitt is also involved in several civic projects, including the improvement of the Senator Harrison H. Schmitt Big Sky Hang Glider Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Schmitt's view on climate change diverges from the frequently reported scientific consensus, as he emphasizes natural over human factors as driving climate. Schmitt has expressed the", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "20298", "text": "lunar orbit. Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and former X-15 pilot Joe Engle were assigned to the backup crew of Apollo 14. Engle flew sixteen X-15 flights, three of which exceeded the border of space. Following the rotation pattern that a backup crew would fly as the prime crew three missions later, Cernan, Evans, and Engle would have flown Apollo 17. Harrison Schmitt served on the backup crew of Apollo 15 and, following the crew rotation cycle, was slated to fly as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 18. However, Apollo 18 was cancelled in September 1970. Following this decision, the scientific", "title": "Apollo 17" }, { "docid": "18692635", "text": "Richard Nixon gave presentation samples of Moon rock brought back by Apollo 11 as gifts to 135 countries and 50 US states. The Apollo 17 lunar sample display consists of a Moon rock fragment from a lava Moon stone identified as lunar basalt 70017, the recipient's flag and two small metal plates attached with descriptive messages, all inside a wooden commemorative plaque. Near the end of their third and final moonwalk, and what would be the last moonwalk of the Apollo program, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt \"picked up a very significant rock, typical of what we", "title": "Lunar sample displays" }, { "docid": "4498115", "text": "Cernan Earth and Space Center The Cernan Earth and Space Center is a public planetarium on the campus of Triton College in the Chicago suburb of River Grove. It is named for astronaut Eugene Cernan, who flew aboard the Gemini 9 and Apollo 10 missions and, as commander of Apollo 17, was the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the moon. The Cernan Center's 93-seat dome theater houses a Konica-Minolta Super MediaGlobe II fulldome digital projector, a Voyager V-17OWC laser projection system, and numerous auxiliary projectors. Using this equipment, the Cernan Center presents a wide range of programs to", "title": "Cernan Earth and Space Center" }, { "docid": "2047507", "text": "In 1976, Cernan retired from the Navy with the rank of captain and went from NASA into private business, becoming Executive Vice President of Coral Petroleum Inc. before starting his own company, The Cernan Corporation, in 1981. From 1987 he was a contributor to ABC News and the weekly segment of its \"Good Morning America\" program titled \"Breakthrough\", which covered health, science, and medicine. In 1999, with co-author Donald A. Davis, he published his memoir \"The Last Man on the Moon,\" which is about his naval and NASA career. He is featured in the space exploration documentary \"In the Shadow", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "4660376", "text": "have landed on the Moon. This was accomplished with two US pilot-astronauts flying a Lunar Module on each of six NASA missions across a 41-month period starting on 20 July 1969 UTC, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on Apollo 11, and ending on 14 December 1972 UTC with Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt on Apollo 17. Cernan was the last to step off the lunar surface. All Apollo lunar missions had a third crew member who remained on board the Command Module. The last three missions had a rover for increased mobility. In order to go to the Moon,", "title": "Moon landing" }, { "docid": "4480206", "text": "This resulted in the group performing alongside Taking Back Sunday, Piebald and Thursday, among others. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" was recorded between August and October 2004 at Water Music and The Machine Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. Producer duties were handled by Machine. Frontman Ben Jorgensen recorded his rhythm part first, followed by drums, then guitarist PJ Decicco tracked his lead parts and additional rhythm parts, ending with the bass lines. Decicco said that Machine felt that the bass needed to be recorded last because it goes out of tune quicker \"so he has more of a", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "16879901", "text": "the landing of Apollo 17 on the Moon, which was memorialised by astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt when they talked directly to the \"youth ambassadors\" from the surface of the Moon. Matthews was able to see astronaut Neil Armstrong personally at the luxury hotel in Orlando, Florida. He also got quite acquainted with Armstrong's daughter and became lifetime pen pals with her. The program directors promised each \"youth ambassador\" a lunar sample from the Apollo 17 mission. In 1973 Matthews was sent the Canadian \"goodwill moon rock\" encased in a clear Lucite ball about the size of", "title": "Canada lunar sample displays" }, { "docid": "179649", "text": "He sought a second term in 1982, facing state Attorney General Jeff Bingaman. Bingaman attacked Schmitt for not paying enough attention to local matters; his campaign slogan asked, \"What on Earth has he done for you lately?\" This, combined with the deep recession, proved too much for Schmitt to overcome; he was defeated, 54% to 46%. Following his Senate term, Schmitt has been a consultant in business, geology, space, and public policy. Schmitt is an adjunct professor of engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and has long been a proponent of lunar resource utilization. In 1997 he proposed the", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "18389396", "text": "Lara (lunar crater) Lara is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, during EVA 2. Geology Station 3 of the mission is located on the northeast rim of Lara. Lara is located in the 'light mantle' which is almost certainly an avalanche deposit from the South Massif. To the south of Lara is Nansen crater and Geology Station 2. To the northeast is Shorty crater and Geology Station 4. The crater was named by the astronauts after the heroine of the novel", "title": "Lara (lunar crater)" }, { "docid": "18389397", "text": "Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. Lara (lunar crater) Lara is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, during EVA 2. Geology Station 3 of the mission is located on the northeast rim of Lara. Lara is located in the 'light mantle' which is almost certainly an avalanche deposit from the South Massif. To the south of Lara is Nansen crater and Geology Station 2. To the northeast is Shorty crater and Geology Station 4. The crater was named by the astronauts after", "title": "Lara (lunar crater)" }, { "docid": "17072940", "text": "Shorty (crater) Shorty is a feature on Earth's Moon, a likely volcanic crater in the Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. It is the location of the famous \"orange soil\". It is about in diameter and up to deep. To the east of Shorty are Victory, Camelot, and the Apollo 17 landing site. To the southeast is Brontë. To the southwest are Lara and Nansen. The crater was named after the character \"Shorty\" in Richard Brautigan's \"Trout Fishing in America\", as well as to honor the genre of the", "title": "Shorty (crater)" }, { "docid": "18389392", "text": "Van Serg (crater) Van Serg is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, during EVA 3. Van Serg was designated Geology Station 9. To the northwest is Shakespeare and to the northeast are Cochise and Geology Station 8 at the base of the Sculptured Hills. To the south is Sherlock, and to the southwest are the Apollo 17 landing site and the large crater Camelot. The crater was named by the astronauts after Harvard University geology professor Hugh McKinstry, who, according to", "title": "Van Serg (crater)" }, { "docid": "17072941", "text": "short story with particular reference to J. D. Salinger. Shorty (crater) Shorty is a feature on Earth's Moon, a likely volcanic crater in the Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. It is the location of the famous \"orange soil\". It is about in diameter and up to deep. To the east of Shorty are Victory, Camelot, and the Apollo 17 landing site. To the southeast is Brontë. To the southwest are Lara and Nansen. The crater was named after the character \"Shorty\" in Richard Brautigan's \"Trout Fishing in America\",", "title": "Shorty (crater)" }, { "docid": "18389394", "text": "Nansen-Apollo (crater) Nansen-Apollo is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley, at the base of the South Massif. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. The astronauts referred to it simply as Nansen during the mission. Geology Station 2 of the mission was located at Nansen. Nansen is located in the 'light mantle' which is almost certainly an avalanche deposit from the South Massif. To the north of Nansen is Lara crater and Geology Station 3. To the northeast is Shorty and Geology Station 4. About 5 km to", "title": "Nansen-Apollo (crater)" }, { "docid": "18389395", "text": "the east are Mackin and Hess craters. The crater was named by the astronauts after Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer. Nansen-Apollo (crater) Nansen-Apollo is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley, at the base of the South Massif. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. The astronauts referred to it simply as Nansen during the mission. Geology Station 2 of the mission was located at Nansen. Nansen is located in the 'light mantle' which is almost certainly an avalanche deposit from the South Massif. To the north of Nansen", "title": "Nansen-Apollo (crater)" }, { "docid": "18392786", "text": "part of the reason is that the IAU recognizes the larger lunar crater Henry. The crater was named by the astronauts after the Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator. Henry (Apollo lunar crater) Henry is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley, located at the foot of the Sculptured Hills. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed to the southwest of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. Henry is northwest of Shakespeare and Van Serg, and west of Cochise. It is south of Geology Station 6 of the Apollo 17 mission. The crater's name is currently", "title": "Henry (Apollo lunar crater)" }, { "docid": "18392785", "text": "Henry (Apollo lunar crater) Henry is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley, located at the foot of the Sculptured Hills. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed to the southwest of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. Henry is northwest of Shakespeare and Van Serg, and west of Cochise. It is south of Geology Station 6 of the Apollo 17 mission. The crater's name is currently informal and not recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), although nearly all the other features within the Taurus–Littrow valley that were named by the astronauts are. Possibly", "title": "Henry (Apollo lunar crater)" }, { "docid": "15623389", "text": "general to do so in the Second World War. He became a prisoner of war. Following his capture, Schmitt was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (5 February 1942). He was held in Canada until 1946, when he was transferred to Britain, but was not released until 1948. After the victory of Israeli forces in the war of 1948, the Arab League recruited Schmitt to train a pan-Arab army. While living in Cairo, he used the pseudonym/codename \"Mr. Goldstein\". Schmitt became disaffected with what he saw as machinations against him by some Egyptian generals, which he denounced in", "title": "Artur Schmitt" }, { "docid": "2047510", "text": "Musk to commemorate the first successful SpaceX cargo mission to the ISS in 2012. Eventually, Cernan was won over and signed the photograph; \"As I told him these stories of heroic entrepreneurship, I could see his mind turning.\" Jurvetson wrote; \"He found a reconciliation: 'I never read any of this in the news. Why doesn't the press report on this?'\" In 2016, Cernan appeared in the documentary \"The Last Man on the Moon,\" made by British filmmaker Mark Craig and based on Cernan's 1999 memoir of the same title. The film received the Texas Independent Film Award from Houston Film", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "14762008", "text": "lunar rovers in the Taurus–Littrow lunar valley, that will search for the Lunar Roving Vehicle left there by NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. The rovers are being developed by German automobile manufacturer Audi. The prototype rover is called \"Asimov Jr. R3\", while the two flight rovers are named \"Audi Lunar Quattro\". ALINA lander will also perform communications relay between the rovers and Earth, using technology based on Infineon chips, Nokia, and Vodafone's 4G LTE network. The lander and rovers may carry commercial payloads or scientific instruments for a fee. The only", "title": "PTScientists" }, { "docid": "2047502", "text": "Cernan turned down the opportunity to walk on the Moon as Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 16, preferring to risk missing a flight for the opportunity to command his own mission. Cernan moved back into the Apollo rotation as commander of the backup crew of Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Joe Engle for Apollo 14, putting him in position through normal crew rotation to command his own crew on Apollo 17. Escalating budget cutbacks for NASA, however, brought the number of future lunar missions into question. After the cancellation of Apollo 15 in its original H class profile and Apollo", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "20300", "text": "backup crew of Apollo 14) would become prime crew of the mission. NASA Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton ultimately assigned the backup crew of Apollo 14 (Cernan and Evans), along with Schmitt, to the prime crew of Apollo 17. The Apollo 15 prime crew received the backup assignment since this was to be the last lunar mission and the backup crew would not rotate to another mission. However, when the Apollo 15 postage stamp incident became public in early 1972 the crew was reprimanded by NASA and the United States Air Force (they were active duty officers). Director", "title": "Apollo 17" }, { "docid": "20622103", "text": "of Washington, and finally a Fulbright Fellowship at the Max-Planck-Institüt für Kernphysik in Heidelberg, Germany. In December of 1972, Taylor was offered to be in the “back room” of Johnson Space Center during the Apollo 17 mission where he had the opportunity to directly advise astronauts on their extravehicular activities on the Moon. Subsequently, Taylor became very close friends with Harrison Schmitt, the last man to step on the lunar surface and the sole geologist to ever reach the Moon. The two would collaborate throughout their careers with Schmitt playing an influential role in helping Taylor develop the Department of", "title": "Larry Taylor (geochemist)" }, { "docid": "9495089", "text": "Jeff Alm Jeffrey Lawrence Alm (March 31, 1968 – December 14, 1993) was an American football player who played defensive tackle for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League. According to a witness, Alm and his best friend, Sean P. Lynch, had dinner at a Houston-area steakhouse on December 13, 1993. At 2:45 a.m. Central Standard Time the following day, Alm's Cadillac lost control heading south on Interstate 610 southbound at the 59 north exit ramp and Lynch was thrown out of the car, because the convertible top was down, to his death. Alm had been speeding and lost", "title": "Jeff Alm" }, { "docid": "12735571", "text": "April 2010. Alm remained as assistant manager during caretaker Björn Wesström's stay and later appointed Alex Miller's stay. When Miller and AIK during mutual consent split up, Alm later on was appointed as AIK's new manager in December 2010. Novaković rejoined the team staff as assistant manager together with Swärd. Alm became a successful coach for AIK and ended on the second place in both 2011 and 2013 in the Allsvenskan. Alm was linked with a job at the vacant job at Brøndby IF in May 2016, but was instead presented as the new manager of Vejle Boldklub 2 months", "title": "Andreas Alm" }, { "docid": "4060916", "text": "What the Deaf Man Heard What the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 \"Hallmark Hall of Fame\" television movie that aired on CBS television on November 23, 1997. It concerns Sammy, a man who pretends to be deaf and mute, when in reality he can hear and speak perfectly well. The movie starred Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones. Georgia, 1945. During a stop on a bus trip, Sammy Ayers (Frankie Muniz), a boy and his mother Helen (Bernadette Peters) ventures into a bar, while Sammy sleeps on the bus. Helen is murdered as the bus leaves. At the last", "title": "What the Deaf Man Heard" }, { "docid": "16880215", "text": "sample displays were also distributed to all the other states of the United States and all the countries (at the time) of the world. The New York Apollo 17 lunar sample display commemorative style plaque, measuring 10 by 14 inches, consists of one \"moon rock\" particle specimen that was cut from lunar basalt 70017 and a New York state flag. The basalt 70017 was collected by Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan at the end of their third and final moonwalk. Once the lunar basalt 70017 was brought back to earth from the moon, the basalt moon rock", "title": "New York lunar sample displays" }, { "docid": "4480222", "text": "surprise but will certainly entertain\". According to \"Now\" writer Jered Stuffco, Equal Vision was \"banking heavily\" on the band to accumulate strong sales, and based on the group's \"poster-boy image, melodramatic harmonies and tight emo riffage,\" he felt they might succeed. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" peaked at number 101 on the \"Billboard\" 200, as well as charting at number 1 on the Heatseekers Albums chart and number 8 on the Independent Albums chart. By July 2007 the album had sold 200,000 copies. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of \"What to Do When You Are Dead\", the band", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "14867034", "text": "location. Several million years after the formation of the Serenitatis basin, lavas began to upwell from the Moon's interior, filling the basin and forming what is now known as Mare Serenitatis. As a result of these lavas, rock and soil samples from the area that were collected by Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt gave insight to the natural history and geologic timeline of the Moon. Somewhere between 100 and 200 million years after the Serenitatis basin and Taurus–Littrow formed, the lavas that began to seep through the lunar crust began to flood the low-lying areas. These lava", "title": "Taurus–Littrow" }, { "docid": "6187569", "text": "To Get You into My Life\", \"And Your Bird Can Sing\" and \"Mother Nature's Son\". You Know What to Do \"You Know What to Do\" was one of the first songs written and recorded by George Harrison with the Beatles. It was recorded on 3 June 1964 but remained unreleased until its inclusion on the band's 1995 outtakes compilation \"Anthology 1\". During a photographic assignment on the morning of 3 June 1964, Ringo Starr was taken ill with tonsillitis and pharyngitis, 24 hours before the Beatles were due to leave for a six-country tour. The recording session booked for that", "title": "You Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "17630091", "text": "Helix ALM Helix ALM, formerly called TestTrack, is application lifecycle management (ALM) software developed by Perforce. The software allows developers to manage requirements, defects, issues and testing during software development. Helix ALM's precursor, TestTrack Pro, was developed by Seapine Software, and first shipped in 1996. In November 2016, Perforce acquired Seapine, and rebranded the software as Helix ALM. The software tracks software development processes including feature requests and requirements to design revisions and actual changes in the code. It keeps track of what tests were done, what was tested, who performed the test and when, on what platform, under which", "title": "Helix ALM" }, { "docid": "9495092", "text": "Joseph A. Jachimczyk, Chief Medical Examiner for Harris County, the barbiturate level was within therapeutic range. Jeff Alm Jeffrey Lawrence Alm (March 31, 1968 – December 14, 1993) was an American football player who played defensive tackle for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League. According to a witness, Alm and his best friend, Sean P. Lynch, had dinner at a Houston-area steakhouse on December 13, 1993. At 2:45 a.m. Central Standard Time the following day, Alm's Cadillac lost control heading south on Interstate 610 southbound at the 59 north exit ramp and Lynch was thrown out of the", "title": "Jeff Alm" }, { "docid": "4480224", "text": "Aberback of NorthJersey.com noted that the album placed the band on the \"indie-rock map and continues to resonate heavily with fans 10 years later\". Jorgensen later called the album a \"diary entry. Without that, I think a lot of people when [their] lives go on they forget what they went through at a certain point in time so for me that’s the biggest markers for me to remember where I was at the point in my life.\" Personnel per booklet. Armor for Sleep Production Citations Sources What to Do When You Are Dead What to Do When You Are Dead", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "242344", "text": "been possible.\" The LRVs experienced some minor problems. The rear fender extension on the Apollo 16 LRV was lost during the mission's second extra-vehicular activity (EVA) at station 8 when John Young bumped into it while going to assist Charles Duke. The dust thrown up from the wheel covered the crew, the console, and the communications equipment. High battery temperatures and resulting high power consumption ensued. No repair attempt was mentioned. The fender extension on the Apollo 17 LRV broke when accidentally bumped by Eugene Cernan with a hammer handle. Cernan and Schmitt taped the extension back in place, but", "title": "Lunar Roving Vehicle" }, { "docid": "2047513", "text": "the Apollo 17 launch—paid tribute to Cernan as a \"delightful, wonderful, great hero\". Cernan was featured in the Discovery Channel's documentary miniseries \"\", talking about his involvement and missions as an astronaut. In the 1998 Primetime Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries \"From the Earth to the Moon\", he was portrayed by Daniel Hugh Kelly. A popular belief is that Cernan wrote his daughter's initials on a rock on the Moon. The story, and Cernan's relationship with his daughter, was later adapted into \"Tracy's Song\" by pop-rock band No More Kings. The story is inaccurate; Cernan did not write his daughter's initials", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "4480203", "text": "What to Do When You Are Dead What to Do When You Are Dead is the second studio album by American rock band Armor for Sleep. Following the completion of two songs written from the perspective of being dead, vocalist/guitarist Ben Jorgensen created a whole story from this viewpoint. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" is a concept album, with each song telling the story of the protagonist's suicide as well as his journey through the afterlife. Recording took place between August and October 2004 with producer Machine. A rough mix of \"Car Underwater\" was made available in November,", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "17837888", "text": "Label: Harrison Street Records Label: Harrison Street Records Label: Harrison Street Records Label: Harrison Street Records Label: Harrison Street Records Label: Harrison Street Records Michelle lives in Marin County, California and has been married to Henry Schmitt since 1984. She has two sons, Eric (born 1987) and Alexander (born 1988). She also has a daughter-in-law, Kim Schmitt, married to Eric and a granddaughter (born 2015) as well as a son-in-law, Todd Stallings-Schmitt, married to Alex. Michelle Schmitt Michelle Schmitt (born in Detroit, Michigan) is a singer-songwriter living and working in San Francisco, California. Schmitt began playing guitar and writing songs", "title": "Michelle Schmitt" }, { "docid": "17879169", "text": "What Became of Jack and Jill? What Became of Jack and Jill? is a 1972 British horror movie. It was part of an abandoned attempt by Amicus Pictures to compete with Hammer Studios by breaking into the grindhouse market. Studio executives were ultimately too disturbed by the final product to release it under the Amicus name, and they sold the film to 20th Century Fox. The film is notable for being the final big-screen appearance of Vanessa Howard, for whom the movie was a last-ditch effort to make her into a scream queen. Johnnie Tallent is a callous young mod", "title": "What Became of Jack and Jill?" }, { "docid": "7411726", "text": "robot lunar rover to land on the Moon was the Soviet vessel Lunokhod 1 on November 17, 1970, as part of the Lunokhod programme. To date, the last human to stand on the Moon was Eugene Cernan, who as part of the mission Apollo 17, walked on the Moon in December 1972. \"See also:\" A full list of lunar Apollo astronauts. Moon rock samples were brought back to Earth by three Luna missions (Luna 16, 20, and 24) and the Apollo missions 11 through 17 (except Apollo 13, which aborted its planned lunar landing). From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s", "title": "Exploration of the Moon" }, { "docid": "179645", "text": "the landing missions, he participated in the examination and evaluation of the returned lunar samples and helped the crews with the scientific aspects of their mission reports. Schmitt spent considerable time becoming proficient in the CSM and LM systems. In March 1970 he became the first of the scientist-astronauts to be assigned to space flight, joining Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (Commander) and Vance Brand (Command Module Pilot) on the Apollo 15 backup crew. The flight rotation put these three in line to fly as prime crew on the third following mission, Apollo 18. When Apollo flights 18 and 19 were", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "12626697", "text": "After the two merged it was in 1996 when he was elected as senior vice president. Then in 1997 he was promoted to executive vice president and in April 1999 promoted to principal operating officer. In 2004 he was promoted to chief executive officer. One year later in 2005 Alm became the president of Coca Cola Enterprises. Since 2001, Alm has been a part of the board of directors for Coca-Cola Enterprises. He retired from the company on January 1, 2006 and join Kimberly-Clark since February 22, 2006. John R. Alm John R. Alm (born 1945) was a former president", "title": "John R. Alm" }, { "docid": "179654", "text": "that year on the Fox Business Network, saying \"[t]he CO scare is a red herring\". In a 2009 interview with conspiracy theorist and talk-radio host Alex Jones, Schmitt asserted a link between Soviet Communism and the American environmental movement: \"I think the whole trend really began with the fall of the Soviet Union. Because the great champion of the opponents of liberty, namely communism, had to find some other place to go and they basically went into the environmental movement.\" At the Heartland Institute's sixth International Conference on Climate Change Schmitt said that climate change was a stalking horse for", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "5380774", "text": "which he said looked like cinder cones. This observation would become one of the main reasons for going there on Apollo 17. It would turn out that one of these 'cinder cones' was just an impact crater, when visited by Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on \"17\" and that what in fact he was seeing were young craters with dark ejecta blankets. Evidence did emerge for volcanic activity at Shorty when orange soil was found there. This was composed of orange glass beads which were sprayed while molten from a fumarole or \"fire fountain\" 3.64 billion years ago. During the", "title": "Solo operations of Apollo 15" }, { "docid": "2047498", "text": "at Whiting Field, Baron Field, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, and Naval Air Station Memphis. Following flight training on the T-28 Trojan, T-33 Shooting Star, and F9F Panther, Cernan became a Naval Aviator, flying FJ-4 Fury and A-4 Skyhawk jets in Attack Squadrons 126 and 113. Upon completion of his assignment in Miramar, California, he finished his education in 1963 at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School with a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. During his naval career, Cernan logged more than 5,000 hours of flying time, including 4,800 hours in jet aircraft. Cernan also made 200 landings on", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "179655", "text": "National Socialism. Schmitt co-authored a May 8, 2013 \"Wall Street Journal\" opinion column with William Happer, contending that increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are not significantly correlated with global warming, attributing the \"single-minded demonization of this natural and essential atmospheric gas\" to advocates of government control of energy production. Noting a positive relationship between crop resistance to drought and increasing carbon dioxide levels, the authors argued, \"Contrary to what some would have us believe, increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will benefit the increasing population on the planet by increasing agricultural productivity.\" Schmitt is one of the", "title": "Harrison Schmitt" }, { "docid": "2624739", "text": "and Canada on March 13, 2009. The Last House on the Left (1972 film) The Last House on the Left is a 1972 American exploitation horror film written, edited, and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. The film stars Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David A. Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, and Marc Sheffler. The plot revolves around two teenage girls who are taken into the woods and tortured by a gang of murderous thugs. The story is inspired by the 1960 Swedish film \"The Virgin Spring\", directed by Ingmar Bergman, which in turn is based on", "title": "The Last House on the Left (1972 film)" }, { "docid": "12331436", "text": "6, 1992, Bishop Schmitt retired. Bishop Schmitt died in De Pere, Wisconsin. Mark Francis Schmitt Mark Francis Schmitt (February 14, 1923 – December 14, 2011) served as the tenth Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, in Marquette, Michigan. Born in Algoma, Wisconsin, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 22, 1948, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. On April 30, 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed Schmitt, titular bishop of \"Ceanannus Mór\" and auxiliary bishop of the Green Bay Diocese; he was consecrated on June 24, 1970. On March 21, 1978, Pope", "title": "Mark Francis Schmitt" }, { "docid": "2624700", "text": "The Last House on the Left (1972 film) The Last House on the Left is a 1972 American exploitation horror film written, edited, and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. The film stars Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David A. Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, and Marc Sheffler. The plot revolves around two teenage girls who are taken into the woods and tortured by a gang of murderous thugs. The story is inspired by the 1960 Swedish film \"The Virgin Spring\", directed by Ingmar Bergman, which in turn is based on a Swedish ballad, \"Töres döttrar i", "title": "The Last House on the Left (1972 film)" }, { "docid": "20885095", "text": "The Last Day (1972 film) The Last Day () is a 1972 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Ulyanov. The screen version of the play of the same name by Boris Vasilyev. On his last working day, the outgoing district plenipotentiary, junior police lieutenant Semyon Mitrofanovich Kovalyov, as usual, bypasses the site and solves the accumulated problems. Among the usual cases, parsing and talking with drunkards, he finds time for the neighbor girl Alla, who fell under the influence of the leader of the thieves' gang. Seeing her in the company of a young man, similar in description to a", "title": "The Last Day (1972 film)" }, { "docid": "4480223", "text": "performed a series of shows in September, October and December 2015, during which they performed the album in its entirety. In 2015, Maria Sherman of Fuse.tv wrote that the album set the blueprint for \"future pop-punk bands to explore concept records in very real ways\". Calling it \"impressive at the time, this band from the suburbs [wrote] a power pop-punk record with a linear, intricate narrative\". AXS contributor Tarynn Law wrote that \"the instantly relateable tracks that filled \"What To Do When You Are Dead\" soundtracked the teenage angst of kids all around the country for years to come\". Brian", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "15212825", "text": "\"Quicken Loans Turns Success into a Philosophy.\" \"The Huffington Post.\" Schmitt, J.(December 2010)\"Detroit 2.0 Is It Enough To Get Them To Stay.\" \"The Huffington Post.\" Schmitt, J. (October 2010) \"Tenure is for Wimps: An Untenured Professor (re)Contemplates Life.\" \"The Huffington Post.\" Schmitt, J. (May 2010) \"Download Illegally: It's the Right Thing to Do.\" \"The Huffington Post.\" Schmitt, J. (June 2010) \"Radio Gives Payola a Facelift to Stay Afloat.\" \"The Huffington Post.\" Schmitt, J. (June 2010) \"Droid Does Apps: Verizon Does Us All.\" \"The Huffington Post.\" Schmitt, J. (June 2010) \"Gluten-Free Made Me Smarter.\" \"The Huffington Post\" Schmitt, J. (2008) \"Like", "title": "Jason Schmitt" }, { "docid": "6187567", "text": "Paul McCartney did \"It's for You\", a song which was written specifically for Cilla Black to sing. The tape of the session was subsequently misfiled, but was rediscovered in 1993. Harrison's first contribution to the Beatles' output was \"Don't Bother Me\", recorded in September 1963. His next contribution was not until \"I Need You\", recorded in February 1965. Asked about this gap in 1964, and referring obliquely to \"You Know What to Do\", George Martin explained that Harrison \"got discouraged some time ago when none of us liked something that he had written\". The song is in the key of", "title": "You Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "7019175", "text": "The Last Man on Earth (1924 film) The Last Man on Earth is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by John G. Blystone, starring Earle Foxe and produced by Fox Film Corporation and loosely based on Mary Shelley's 1826 novel \"The Last Man\". The film was remade as the semi-musical comedy \"It's Great to Be Alive\" (1933), and influenced the sci-fi novel \"Mr. Adam\" (1946). In the year 1950, a plague known as \"masculitis\" has killed every fertile man on Earth over the age of 14. Womankind takes over the world and a woman becomes President of the United", "title": "The Last Man on Earth (1924 film)" }, { "docid": "12331435", "text": "Mark Francis Schmitt Mark Francis Schmitt (February 14, 1923 – December 14, 2011) served as the tenth Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, in Marquette, Michigan. Born in Algoma, Wisconsin, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 22, 1948, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. On April 30, 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed Schmitt, titular bishop of \"Ceanannus Mór\" and auxiliary bishop of the Green Bay Diocese; he was consecrated on June 24, 1970. On March 21, 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed Bishop Schmitt to the Diocese of Marquette. On October", "title": "Mark Francis Schmitt" }, { "docid": "4480214", "text": "music and lyrics into the record's concept. The booklet was created by Rob Dobi, with art direction from Jorgensen and Asterik Studio, which also designed the booklet. Dave Hill contributed photography. \"Spin\" writer Will Hermes noted the album booklet's Hipgnosis-styled layout as being \"an important part\" of the album. Jorgensen revealed that one of the reasons Armor for Sleep signed to Equal Vision was the label's inclination to satisfy the group's creative vision. On November 11, 2004, \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" was announced for release and a rough mix of \"Car Underwater\" was made available for streaming.", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "8939423", "text": "start a space programme. In 1967, Abdus Salam was succeeded by Air Commdore Władysław Turowicz, as he was made administrator of SUPARCO. Air Commdore Turowicz led the foundation of research activities and rocketry development in SUPARCO to the field of aeronautic sciences. The Doppler Radar Station (Islamabad Mission Control Center) was also established in the country as a part of a global network. In 1973, American Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt paid a state visit to Karachi amid great fanfare, to see the SUPARCO's headquarters. During the early 1970s, the Islamabad Ionospheric Station within Quaid-e-Azam", "title": "Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission" }, { "docid": "6187565", "text": "You Know What to Do \"You Know What to Do\" was one of the first songs written and recorded by George Harrison with the Beatles. It was recorded on 3 June 1964 but remained unreleased until its inclusion on the band's 1995 outtakes compilation \"Anthology 1\". During a photographic assignment on the morning of 3 June 1964, Ringo Starr was taken ill with tonsillitis and pharyngitis, 24 hours before the Beatles were due to leave for a six-country tour. The recording session booked for that day was originally intended to produce a fourteenth song for the band's \"A Hard Day's", "title": "You Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "12735572", "text": "later. After a disappointing season, finishing on the 9th place, Alm confirmed on 30 May 2017, that he wouldn't continue as the head coach of Vejle. Alm was appointed as the head coach of BK Häcken on 8 December 2017, which is his second stint as coach in Allsvenskan. Andreas Alm Andreas Alm (born 19 June 1973, in Gällivare but grew up in Eskilstuna) is a Swedish football coach in charge of BK Häcken and a former football player. He formerly managed AIK and is also a former player for the club. During his active career he played for the", "title": "Andreas Alm" }, { "docid": "2047499", "text": "aircraft carriers. In October 1963, NASA selected Cernan as one of the third group of astronauts to participate in the Gemini and Apollo space programs. Cernan was originally selected with Thomas Stafford as backup pilot for Gemini 9. When the prime crew of Elliot See and Charles Bassett was killed in the crash of NASA T-38A \"901\" (USAF serial 63-8181) at Lambert Field on February 28, 1966, the backup crew became the prime crew—the first time in NASA history this happened. Gemini 9A encountered a number of problems; the original target vehicle exploded during launch and the planned docking with", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "15623385", "text": "Artur Schmitt Artur Schmitt (20 July 1888 – 15 January 1972) was a highly decorated German soldier during World War I and World War II. While serving as a General with the \"Afrikakorps\" during World War II, Schmitt was awarded the \"Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes\" (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross), which was usually awarded to recognise extreme bravery, or successful military leadership. Schmitt was born at Albersweiler in what was then the Bavarian Rhine District. He was educated at the \"Humanistische Gymnasium\" at Landau in der Pfalz. In 1907 he joined the Bavarian Army, as an officer cadet with", "title": "Artur Schmitt" }, { "docid": "242348", "text": "Moon, one on Apollo 15 by astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin, one on Apollo 16 by John Young and Charles Duke, and one on Apollo 17 by Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. The mission commander served as the driver, occupying the left-hand seat of each LRV. Features are available in papers by Morea, Baker, and Kudish. The Lunar Roving Vehicle had a mass of , and was designed to hold a payload of . This resulted in weights in the approximately one-sixth g on the lunar surface of empty and fully loaded. The frame was long with a wheelbase", "title": "Lunar Roving Vehicle" }, { "docid": "2047497", "text": "at Purdue University, where he became a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. After his sophomore year, he accepted a partial Navy ROTC scholarship that required him to serve aboard between his junior and senior years. In 1956, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering; his final GPA was 5.1 out of 6.0. Cernan's hobbies included love for horses, sports, hunting, fishing, and aviation. Cernan was commissioned a U.S. Navy Ensign through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at Purdue, and was initially stationed on the USS Saipan. Cernan changed to active duty and attended flying training", "title": "Gene Cernan" }, { "docid": "17514848", "text": "1972 studio album \"See All Her Faces\". Yellowman covered it for \"King Yellowman\" (1984). \"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do\" is sampled in \"Upgrade U\" by Beyoncé and Jay-Z, from Beyoncé's album \"B'Day\" (2006) and in \"No Homo Outro\", a track from \"Turtleneck & Chain\" (2011) by The Lonely Island. Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do \"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do\" is a single by American recording artist Betty Wright from her debut studio album \"My First Time Around\" (1968). It was written by Willie Clarke and Clarence Reid, and released in 1968 by Alston Records.", "title": "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" }, { "docid": "15623391", "text": "film \"Exil Nazi: La Promesse De L Orient\" (\"Nazi Exiles: The Promise of the Orient\"), by the French-German filmmaker Géraldine Schwarz. Artur Schmitt Artur Schmitt (20 July 1888 – 15 January 1972) was a highly decorated German soldier during World War I and World War II. While serving as a General with the \"Afrikakorps\" during World War II, Schmitt was awarded the \"Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes\" (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross), which was usually awarded to recognise extreme bravery, or successful military leadership. Schmitt was born at Albersweiler in what was then the Bavarian Rhine District. He was educated", "title": "Artur Schmitt" }, { "docid": "8147835", "text": "and music are wedded together. Authors Roy Carr and Tony Tyler note about the song that \"artful and sensitive production elevate what was originally a piece of inconsequential whimsy into what can only be described as High Pop\", also describing the song as \"likeable\" and \"hummable\". Author Chris Ingham described the song as \"superior pop\". The song was also included on the numerous greatest hits compilations, including 1987's \"All the Best!\" and 2001's \"\". However, it was not included on the 1978 Wings compilation, \"Wings Greatest\". Listen to What the Man Said \"Listen to What the Man Said\" is a", "title": "Listen to What the Man Said" }, { "docid": "4480218", "text": "the Warped Tour. A music video for \"Remember to Feel Real\" was posted on YouTube on June 6. A remix of the track was included on the \"Snakes on a Plane\" soundtrack, released in August. AllMusic reviewer John D. Luerssen wrote that \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" \"ups the punk/emo ante\" with \"fabulously\" composed songs, as well as a yearning to tackle the \"norms of a movement that has grown increasingly stale\". He described Jorgensen as going \"dark\" and toying with \"his inner Aaron Lewis\", frontman for Staind. Luerssen described the band's choice of working with Machine as", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "15835662", "text": "eliminated the need for the thermal protection shroud. The flag which had hung in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center through all the prior Apollo landings was flown to the Moon for the final mission, Apollo 17. This flag measured 20% wider and higher than the others, therefore it required a long horizontal pole. Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt carried a second, identical flag to the Moon and back, and presented it to flight controller Gene Kranz after the flight, to replace the one left on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin reported that the Apollo 11", "title": "Lunar Flag Assembly" }, { "docid": "12626696", "text": "John R. Alm John R. Alm (born 1945) was a former president and chief executive officer for Coca-Cola Enterprises. Alm obtained a bachelor's degree in accounting at the University at Buffalo. Although the University has a contract with Pepsi, there is one Coca-Cola vending machine on campus in honor of Alm. It was in 1980 when Alm was hired by the Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group as senior vice president and chief financial officer. 11 years later, in 1991, the Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group merged with Coca-Cola Enterprises where Alm became vice president and kept his job as chief financial officer.", "title": "John R. Alm" }, { "docid": "2639514", "text": "</nowiki>The Fokker F-27s were replaced by a third DC-9-15 also from KLM and ALM became an all-jet passenger airline for a short time. During this time (Aug 1972) a Douglas DC-6B was purchased for the cargo routes. Windward Islands' WINAIR was acquired, with its fleet of turboprop, STOL capable de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (series 300 aircraft), by the Antillean government. It became apparent that on the short flights to Aruba and Bonaire the DC-9 jet was not cost effective. A temporary solution was found in the shape of two Twin Otter 100 series. For a while, ALM Twin", "title": "ALM Antillean Airlines" }, { "docid": "242343", "text": "The rovers were designed with a top speed of about , although Eugene Cernan recorded a maximum speed of , giving him the (unofficial) lunar land-speed record. The LRV was developed in only 17 months and performed all its functions on the Moon with no major anomalies. Scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 said, \"The Lunar Rover proved to be the reliable, safe and flexible lunar exploration vehicle we expected it to be. Without it, the major scientific discoveries of Apollo 15, 16, and 17 would not have been possible; and our current understanding of lunar evolution would not have", "title": "Lunar Roving Vehicle" } ]

[ "San Diego (Calif.)", "San Diego, Ca", "San diego", "San Diego California", "America's Finest City", "City of San Diego", "San Diego, California", "San diego, CA", "Bell Junior High School", "San deigo", "San diego beaches", "San Diego, CA", "San Diego, California, U.S.", "San Diego", "The weather in San Diego", "San Diegan (passenger train)", "San Diego, Calif.", "Crime in San Diego", "San Diego (CA)", "San Deigo, California", "Pill Hill, San Diego, California", "San Deigo", "Sandiego", "San diego, ca", "Urban Communities of San Diego", "Dan Diego", "San Diego, United States", "San Diego, California, U.S.A.", "Venturan", "Sandy Eggo", "San Diegan", "UN/LOCODE:USSAN", "San Diego, California, US", "San Diego, California, USA", "San Diego CA", "San Diego, USA" ]

[ { "docid": "3383204", "text": "The Real World: San Diego (2004 season) The Real World: San Diego is the fourteenth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the fourth season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in California after \"\". The season featured a total of eight cast members over the course of the season, as one cast member was replaced after she", "title": "The Real World: San Diego (2004 season)" }, { "docid": "15666727", "text": "The Real World: San Diego (2011 season) The Real World: San Diego is the twenty-sixth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the sixth season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in California after \"\". The season featured a cast seven people who lived in a house located in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla. It is", "title": "The Real World: San Diego (2011 season)" }, { "docid": "3383216", "text": "at the age of 25. Challenges in bold indicate the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge. The Real World: San Diego (2004 season) The Real World: San Diego is the fourteenth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the fourth season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in California after \"\". The season featured a total of", "title": "The Real World: San Diego (2004 season)" }, { "docid": "15666728", "text": "the sixth season to take place in a city that had hosted a previous season, as the show's was set in San Diego in 2004. It is also the fifth season to be located in California. San Diego was first reported as the location for the 26th season by the website Vevmo on June 7, 2011. Production began from June to September 9, 2011 and the season premiered on September 28 of that year, consisting of 12 episodes. Most seasons of \"The Real World\", beginning with its , have included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to", "title": "The Real World: San Diego (2011 season)" }, { "docid": "3383205", "text": "voluntarily left the show. The season was filmed from August 16 to December 14, 2003. The season premiered on January 6, 2004 and consisted of 26 episodes. This was the first of two seasons to be filmed in San Diego. In 2011, the show made a return in the twenty-sixth season, \"\". The premiere was watched by approximately 4 million viewers. Almost every season of \"The Real World\", beginning with its , has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since", "title": "The Real World: San Diego (2004 season)" } ]

[ { "docid": "9202538", "text": "and was attended by the contestants who were in the Inner Circle until the season finale. The special was hosted by Lindsay Brien from \"\" and Mark Long from \"\". Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the fifth season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). The season is directly subsequent to \"Extreme Challenge\". \"Battle of the Seasons\" premiered in early 2002 and took place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In each episode, the cast competed in a challenge,", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons" }, { "docid": "9202535", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the fifth season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). The season is directly subsequent to \"Extreme Challenge\". \"Battle of the Seasons\" premiered in early 2002 and took place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In each episode, the cast competed in a challenge, and the top three \"Real World\" and top three \"Road Rules\" teams would become the \"Inner Circle\" and have the power to vote off teams. The \"Inner Circle\" was determined", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons" }, { "docid": "12715771", "text": "The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book \"A Bend in the River\". \"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.\" French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage", "title": "The World Is What It Is" }, { "docid": "11957627", "text": "that documents the evolution of the series over the years. Prior to the beginning of the season Jon Murray, co-creator of \"The Real World\", and Chairman and President of Bunim-Murray Productions, explained the choice of Brooklyn: \"The Brooklyn season, like the Hollywood season, will focus on what people loved about 'The Real World' when it launched in 1992 - genuine people, meaningful conflict and powerful stories...We're thrilled that MTV is allowing 'The Real World' turn 21!\" Cast member Chet Cannon remarked on the city that was his home for three months, \"Brooklyn is usually spoken of as more a place", "title": "The Real World: Brooklyn" }, { "docid": "9202636", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2 Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2 is the 11th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). The season is directly subsequent to \"\". \"The Gauntlet II\" marked T. J. Lavin's first time presenting the series, regularly hosting the program from this season forward. Prior seasons only used temporary hosts. The season is the second in the \"Gauntlet\" series, with the original \"\" airing in 2003–2004 and \"\" following in 2008. \"The Gauntlet II\" aired in late 2005 and into 2006 with", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2" }, { "docid": "10763132", "text": "club iO WEST. The previous nineteen seasons were aired as half-hour episodes. This season is the first to be aired as 13 one-hour episodes, a move that is credited as helping MTV rank as the #1 network in the Wednesday 10pm - 11pm time slot among people age 12-34. MTV continued with this format with the following seasons. MTV has also supplemented the airings with The Real World Dailies, an online series of unaired production footage launched in mid-April 2008 that, as of May 13, 2008, amassed 3 million hits by nearly 400,000 unique visitors. A \"Real World: Hollywood\" marathon", "title": "The Real World: Hollywood" }, { "docid": "9202661", "text": "the Duel is eliminated from the game and is sent home. At the end of the season, there will be four contestants left — two of each gender. For each gender, the first-place finishers will each win $150,000. The reunion special, \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel Ain't Over 'til the Reunion\", was aired live after the season finale on January 18, 2007 and was hosted by VJ Susie Castillo. Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel is the 13th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel" }, { "docid": "14500928", "text": "them few favors.\" Laurie Petricka of Roughstock stated the song \"allows the group to showcase their unique blend of classic country with just the right touch of modern style.\" Shawn Robbins directed the song's music video. \"The World Is Ours Tonight\" debuted at number 51 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart in March 2010. It spent nine weeks on the chart, it was a minor Top 40 peaking at number 37 becoming their third Top 40. The World Is Ours Tonight \"The World Is Ours Tonight\" is a song recorded by country music group Gloriana for the 2010 Winter", "title": "The World Is Ours Tonight" }, { "docid": "12715772", "text": "in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the \"New York Times Book Review\" as one of the \"Times\"' \"10 Best Books of 2008\". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in", "title": "The World Is What It Is" }, { "docid": "5095199", "text": "13 until June 21, 2002. The season premiered on September 17 of that year, consisted of 28 episodes, which along with the season, is the highest number to date. This was the first of three seasons of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in Las Vegas. In 2011, the show made a return to the city in the twenty-fifth season, and in 2016, set its thirty-first season, \"\", in Downtown Las Vegas. Due to the popularity of the season, MTV ordered the spin-off miniseries \"\" that reunited the cast to live in the same Palms Hotel and Casino suite they", "title": "The Real World: Las Vegas (2002 season)" }, { "docid": "16680044", "text": "cast members keeping pets while living in the season residence, this is the first season of the show in which a non-human is listed as a cast member at MTV.com and credited in the title sequence, a Chihuahua/Jack Russell mix named Daisy. \"The Real World's\" sister show, \"Road Rules\", included a dog as part of the cast of its season. Cast members on prior \"Real World\" seasons have had pets in the house that were not credited as part of the cast. \"The Real World: Portland Reunion\" aired on June 12, 2013, following the season finale. It was hosted by", "title": "The Real World: Portland" }, { "docid": "14442252", "text": "MTV What the Hack! MTV What the Hack! is a TV show that airs on MTV India. The first season of the show premiered on MTV India on 18 October 2009 and concluded on 7 February 2010. The show talks about interesting things that people can do with computers, the Internet, and technology. It is hosted by Ankit Fadia and VJ Jose, and airs on Saturdays at 8:20 PM. According to the MTV India website, MTV has got Ankit Fadia to give viewers everything from tips, tricks to cheat codes that will help make peoples life on the World Wide", "title": "MTV What the Hack!" }, { "docid": "14500927", "text": "The World Is Ours Tonight \"The World Is Ours Tonight\" is a song recorded by country music group Gloriana for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Written by Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins and the band's producer, Matt Serletic, it was issued as a single in March 2010. All proceeds from the single went to Team USA. The song debuted on the country music charts in March 2010, peaking at #37. It was also added to a March 2010 reissue of the band's self-titled debut album. Blake Boldt of Engine 145 gave the song a \"thumbs-down\" rating, saying that Matt Serletic's production \"do[es]", "title": "The World Is Ours Tonight" }, { "docid": "14894041", "text": "to be excellent exposure for the city and the NFO is always happy to assist any MTV production that visits our state.\" Motocross racer Carey Hart has a guest appearance in Episode 3. Most seasons of \"The Real World\", beginning with its , have included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the \"Back to New York\" season. In this season, the cast interns with a charity called the Athlete Recovery Fund, doing weekly assignments, such as working at motorbike events.", "title": "The Real World: Las Vegas (2011 season)" }, { "docid": "10253532", "text": "The Real World: Sydney The Real World: Sydney is the nineteenth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season to be filmed in Australia. The season featured a total of eight cast members over the course of the season, as one cast member was replaced after she voluntarily left the show. It is the third of four seasons of \"The Real World\" to be filmed entirely outside", "title": "The Real World: Sydney" }, { "docid": "3582099", "text": "The Real World: Paris The Real World: Paris is the thirteenth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season to be filmed in France. The season featured seven people living in a four-story château and was the second of four seasons of \"The Real World\" to be filmed entirely outside of the United States after \"\" in 1995, and before \"\" in 2007, and \"\" in 2009.", "title": "The Real World: Paris" }, { "docid": "12375977", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island is the 16th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). Like previous seasons of \"The Challenge\", \"The Island\" featured cast members from various past seasons of \"The Real World\" and \"Road Rules\", of which \"The Challenge\" was a spin-off, competing along with several cast members from the \"\" challenge. This season featured the contestants \"stranded\" on an island off the coast of Panama, where the cast competed for a buried treasure chest filled with $300,000 USD in", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island" }, { "docid": "9202657", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel is the 13th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). \"The Duel\" took place in Búzios, Brazil, with former cast members from MTV series \"The Real World\" and \"Road Rules\" competing, along with several cast members from the previous \"Challenge\", \".\" The host of \"The Duel\" was T. J. Lavin. The season differed from previous \"Challenge\" seasons in that no teams were assigned, as it was every man and woman for themselves. The surviving male and female", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel" }, { "docid": "1434473", "text": "behind only \"Goldfinger.\" The song also appeared in two \"best of 1999\" polls: #87 in 89X's \"Top 89 Songs of 1999\" and No. 100 in Q101's \"Top 101 of 1999\". \"The World Is Not Enough\" premiered on 19 November 1999 in the United States and on 26 November 1999 in the United Kingdom. Its world premiere was 8 November 1999 at the Fox Bruin Theater, Los Angeles, USA. At that time MGM signed a marketing partnership with MTV, primarily for American youths, who were assumed to have considered Bond as \"an old-fashioned secret service agent\". As a result, MTV broadcast", "title": "The World Is Not Enough" }, { "docid": "12375982", "text": "order they were presented) Johanna, Paula, Kenny, Derrick, Johnny, Evelyn, Ryan, Jenn, KellyAnne and Robin. A promo from the upcoming \"\" season is shown, thus ending the reunion. Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island is the 16th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). Like previous seasons of \"The Challenge\", \"The Island\" featured cast members from various past seasons of \"The Real World\" and \"Road Rules\", of which \"The Challenge\" was a spin-off, competing along with several cast members from the \"\" challenge.", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island" }, { "docid": "11957631", "text": "marked the second time a pier was used as a season residence for the cast after 1998's \"\". This was the first season of \"Real World\" to feature a cast of eight roommates living together. The cast included a trans woman, Katelynn Cusanelli, a first for the series. The cast was photographed publicly for the first time at a Semi Precious Weapons Fashion Week party at the Manhattan club Rebel in early September 2008. \"The Real World: Brooklyn Reunion\" premiered on April 1, 2009, following the premiere of the season finale. The program, hosted by Maria Menounos, featured all eight", "title": "The Real World: Brooklyn" }, { "docid": "12503773", "text": "renewed for a third season. \"The City\"s first season commenced airing on December 29, 2008, one week after the fourth-season finale of \"The Hills\". The series continued to air on Monday evenings until its midseason finale on March 16, 2009, at which point it had aired thirteen episodes. Rather than ordering an official second season, MTV included an additional ten episodes to the first season. The extension premiered on September 29, 2009, where it was moved to the Tuesday night timeslot, and concluded on December 1, 2009. The second season premiered on April 27, 2010, after the sixth-season premiere of", "title": "The City (2008 TV series)" }, { "docid": "10763142", "text": "with a 6.1 rating, a 39% increase over the previous year. The season made MTV the #1 network for the Wednesday 10pm - 11pm time slot among people 12-34, exceeding even broadcast networks for the same demographic. As of May 13, 2008, the season reached 44 million viewers, 23 million of which are in the network's 12-34 target demographic core. The Real World: Hollywood The Real World: Hollywood is the twentieth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as", "title": "The Real World: Hollywood" }, { "docid": "4065583", "text": "The Real World: London The Real World: London is the fourth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the United Kingdom. The season featured seven people and is the first of four seasons of \"The Real World\" to be filmed entirely outside of the United States, being followed by \"\" in 2003, \"\" in 2007, \"\" in 2009.", "title": "The Real World: London" }, { "docid": "3727583", "text": "season of \"Real World\" whose entire cast has at one time or another competed in MTV's spin-off reality series \"The Real World/Road Rules Challenge\". The Real World: Boston The Real World: Boston is the sixth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the New England region of the United States, specifically in Massachusetts. The season featured seven people", "title": "The Real World: Boston" }, { "docid": "16589309", "text": "The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\". Although sharing the same name as the show's 5th season, \"\", unlike other sequel seasons is not distinguished as part \"II\" as the Season has a completely different format as well as different rules. The season took place in Bodrum, Turkey and Swakopmund, Namibia. Former casts from select seasons of MTV's \"The Real World\" and \"The Challenge\" competed with the hopes of winning a piece of the $250,000 grand prize. This is the first season since", "title": "The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons" }, { "docid": "11957626", "text": "it is also the third season to take place in a city that had hosted a previous season, as the show's and were set in New York in 1992 and 2001. The season was aired as 13 one-hour episodes. MTV announced the location in May 2008. Filming began August 14, 2008, and concluded November 24, 2008. The series premiered January 7, 2009, and garnered an 18% increase in ratings over the previous season with 2.3 million viewers. The premiere was made available on iTunes on January 8. On January 4, MTV aired a special called \"The Real World: Secrets Revealed\"", "title": "The Real World: Brooklyn" }, { "docid": "18279067", "text": "Kipner offered the song to Morrison while working with him on Morrison's debut album. According to MTV, Morrison only discovered Allen's involvement with the song after it had been selected as the second single and Allen tweeted that he had a song on Morrison's record. The two met on the set of \"Glee\" the week \"Still Got Tonight\" was released. \"Still Got Tonight\" was one of three promotional countdown singles made available to iTunes prior to the release of \"Matthew Morrison\". It was later released to digital retailers through The Island Def Jam Music Group on April 26, 2011 as", "title": "Still Got Tonight" }, { "docid": "4065558", "text": "debut airing of the season finale. The money from the benefit was used to form the Pedro Zamora Memorial Fund. His best friend and roommate, Judd Winick, began to lecture on HIV/AIDS and safe sex for him, and did so for three years. The 1995 reunion show, \"The Real World Reunion\", which assembled the casts from the first four seasons of \"The Real World\", was marked by antagonism between Puck and his former castmates. Though some members of the audience and the other seasons' casts expressed interest or fascination with Puck and his antics, his confrontation with his former roommate,", "title": "The Real World: San Francisco" }, { "docid": "13478537", "text": "season on June 10, 2009. Filming began on July 2, 2009 and completed on October 12, 2009. The season's December 30, 2009 premiere was watched by 1.9 million viewers. The March 31, 2010 season finale was watched by 1.1 million viewers, the record low at the time for a season finale of \"The Real World\". The finale was immediately followed with a reunion special, \"The Real World: Washington D.C. Reunion\". Overall the season averaged 1.5 million viewers a week and consisted of 14 episodes. According to MTV's President of Programming, Tony DiSanto, \"The charged atmosphere of Washington D.C., the center", "title": "The Real World: D.C." }, { "docid": "9202537", "text": "\"Inner Circle\" and voted off whichever pair they wanted. The individual winning pair of each challenge would earn an \"additional prize.\" After five pairs from each team were voted off, the final three \"Real World\" teams and final three \"Road Rules\" teams would compete against each other in a series of challenges before the final race, which would earn the winning teams $300,000 for themselves, $50,000 per teammate. Hosts: Eric Nies from \"\" and Mark Long from \"\" The reunion special, \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge Battle of the Seasons: Inside the Inner Circle\", was aired live on May 27, 2002", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons" }, { "docid": "5904913", "text": "living in a SoHo loft from February 16 to May 18, 1992, The series premiered May 21 of that year. This is the first of three seasons to be filmed in New York City. In 2001, the show returned to the city in its tenth season, \"\", and in 2008, set its twenty-first season, \"\", in the borough of Brooklyn. As the first season of one of the first series in what is now considered the reality television genre, \"The Real World: New York\" is sometimes credited with pioneering some of the conventions of the genre, including bringing together a", "title": "The Real World: New York" }, { "docid": "7376263", "text": "including the introduction of new \"internet style\" skits. The show now sometimes features live musical performances by a variety of artists of different genres and success levels, though is decidedly committed to being a 26-minute show on what the hosts do and think. \"MTV Live\" was broadcast from the Masonic Temple in Toronto, and aired Monday through Thursday at 6 pm and 11 pm ET. \"MTV Live\"'s on-air hosts came from a wide range of backgrounds. The hosts were: \"MTV Live\" was launched on March 21, 2006 with Daryn Jones helping to introduce the hosts. A number of personalities from", "title": "MTV Live (Canadian TV series)" }, { "docid": "13478542", "text": "two seasons, the cast includes eight members. Local bars that were used as frequent hangouts for cast members included Halo, located in nearby Logan Circle; Town Danceboutique, located in Shaw; and The Russia House, located one block west of the cast's house. The cast also attended local sporting events, such as a D.C. United soccer games at RFK Stadium. \"The Real World: Washington D.C. Reunion\" premiered on March 31, 2010, following the season finale. It was hosted by Maria Menounos, and featured the entire cast, as they discussed the various aspects of their relationships during filming, and their lives after", "title": "The Real World: D.C." }, { "docid": "11957625", "text": "The Real World: Brooklyn The Real World: Brooklyn is the twenty-first season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the fourth season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, specifically in New York City after \"\". The season featured eight people who lived on Pier 41 in Red Hook. Although it is the only season to set in the borough of Brooklyn,", "title": "The Real World: Brooklyn" }, { "docid": "18002465", "text": "\"The Air Is on Fire\" is pretty simple sonically, which gives it a universal tone. It's not about cutting-edge techniques or never-heard-before concoctions. It's about using sound to tell a wordless story and evoke undefined emotions. On those counts, it succeeds thoroughly.\" All personnel credits adapted from \"The Air Is on Fire\"s album notes. The Air Is on Fire (album) The Air Is on Fire is a soundtrack album by the American director and musician David Lynch. It was released on March 15, 2007 on Strange World Music. The soundtrack was composed by Lynch and collaborator Dean Hurley and accompanied", "title": "The Air Is on Fire (album)" }, { "docid": "9202534", "text": "challenge. Instead, various alumni provided audio clues. The reunion special, \"Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge: Cease Fire\", was aired after the season finale and was attended by the entire cast and was hosted by Melissa Howard from \"The Real World: New Orleans\" and Mark Long from \"\". Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge is the 4th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). The season is directly subsequent to \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000\". \"Extreme Challenge\" is the first season that adorned the show with", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge" }, { "docid": "17796025", "text": "The World Is Still Beautiful Nike, the fourth princess of the Rain Dukedom, possesses the power to call forth the rain. She travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for the sake of her country, despite her own reluctance. She soon discovers that the King, who conquered the world in only three years after his ascendance to the throne, is still a child. Furthermore, for trivial reasons, he has demanded that Nike call forth the rain, and when she refuses, he has her thrown in jail. The story follows the two who, while at first are a", "title": "The World Is Still Beautiful" }, { "docid": "6919587", "text": "The City Is Alive Tonight...Live in Baltimore The City Is Alive Tonight...Live In Baltimore is a live album by Dog Fashion Disco released on January 25, 2005. It was recorded at Fletcher's, a club in Baltimore, MD, on June 14, 2004. It also contains the bonus DVD, DFD-Day, a recording of the day of the show, the show itself, the party afterwards, and the next morning. The songs \"Worm in a Dog's Heart\", \"Rapist Eyes\", \"G Eye Joe\" & \"Breed\", however, are not present in the DVD, only in the CD. DFD-DAY was directed by Justin McConnell, and partially inspired", "title": "The City Is Alive Tonight...Live in Baltimore" }, { "docid": "6919588", "text": "the production of the feature documentary Working Class Rock Star. The album was re-released in 2006 through Rotten Records. All songs except \"Breed\" written by Dog Fashion Disco. \"Breed\" is credited as words by Kurt Cobain and music by Nirvana. The City Is Alive Tonight...Live in Baltimore The City Is Alive Tonight...Live In Baltimore is a live album by Dog Fashion Disco released on January 25, 2005. It was recorded at Fletcher's, a club in Baltimore, MD, on June 14, 2004. It also contains the bonus DVD, DFD-Day, a recording of the day of the show, the show itself, the", "title": "The City Is Alive Tonight...Live in Baltimore" }, { "docid": "9820431", "text": "shooting hand held in streets. At the time people did not believe that you could shoot a high quality TV show with a small handheld camera. Doc style and make it work. The season was edited into three 22-minute episodes that were never intended to air on MTV. The pilot was intended to sell MTV executives on the idea of \"The Real World\". The series, although filmed in the course of three days, followed the isolation of \"Adam\", the naiveté of \"Amy\", the flirtation of \"Peter\" and \"Tracy\", a party the cast had in the loft, and a blind date", "title": "The Real World: Pilot" }, { "docid": "12959454", "text": "The Real World: Cancun The Real World: Cancun is the twenty-second season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in Mexico. The season featured eight people who lived in a hotel converted into a suite. It is the fourth season of \"The Real World\" to be set outside the United States, after \"\" in 1995, \"\" in 2003, and \"\"", "title": "The Real World: Cancun" }, { "docid": "16038092", "text": "Tonight Is the Night (song) \"Tonight Is the Night\" is the official debut single by Outasight and was released on Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Cook Classics and is featured on his debut album \"Nights Like These\". The US national television debut of the song was on November 3, 2011 on the FOX network, during the week two results show on the American \"The X Factor\" in its inaugural season. Outasight also performed it at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, Canada. A music video was released, directed by Dori Oskowitz. As of August 2012, it has", "title": "Tonight Is the Night (song)" }, { "docid": "10763130", "text": "The Real World: Hollywood The Real World: Hollywood is the twentieth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the fifth season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in California, after \"\". The season features a total of nine cast members over the course of the season, as one cast member is evicted and replaced, and another is replaced", "title": "The Real World: Hollywood" }, { "docid": "5639687", "text": "The World Tonight The World Tonight is a British current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10pm news. It features news, analysis and comment on domestic and world issues. Ritula Shah is currently the main presenter, usually presenting the first three days of the week. The programme utilises other BBC broadcasters including David Eades, Carolyn Quinn, James Coomarasamy, Roger Hearing, Samira Ahmed and Felicity Evans to regularly present on Thursdays, Fridays and in Shah's absence. Between 1989 and 2012, the main presenter was Robin Lustig. \"The World", "title": "The World Tonight" }, { "docid": "16680039", "text": "The Real World: Portland The Real World: Portland is the twenty-eighth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the seventh season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in Oregon, and is also the second season to be filmed in the Pacific Northwest after \"\". The season featured a total of eight cast members over the course of the", "title": "The Real World: Portland" }, { "docid": "5639692", "text": "used a roster of broadcasters to host at other times. The World Tonight The World Tonight is a British current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10pm news. It features news, analysis and comment on domestic and world issues. Ritula Shah is currently the main presenter, usually presenting the first three days of the week. The programme utilises other BBC broadcasters including David Eades, Carolyn Quinn, James Coomarasamy, Roger Hearing, Samira Ahmed and Felicity Evans to regularly present on Thursdays, Fridays and in Shah's absence. Between 1989", "title": "The World Tonight" }, { "docid": "14442253", "text": "Web a whole lot simpler. Internet users email their problems to MTV India and Ankit gives them the solution. When MTV India dropped Music Television from its name and logo, this show was one of the new shows that was introduced and was positioned as a web show that aired on television and also on the MTV India website. All episodes of \"MTV What the Hack!\" can be watched on the MTV India Videos Page or on the official web page of the show or on YouTube. MTV What the Hack! MTV What the Hack! is a TV show that", "title": "MTV What the Hack!" }, { "docid": "19532373", "text": "the MTV app, and concluded with the season finale on January 4, 2017, consisting of 12 episodes. Most seasons of \"Real World\" have a phone room so the cast members can make calls. On this season, the production crew provided the cast members smartphones so they could take their own pictures, have calls, and send text messages to families, one another, and close friends. This is the first time cast have been given personal communication devices since the cast of the were given two-way pagers. During shooting, the cast lived at the Ballou Wright Building located at 1517 12th Avenue", "title": "Real World Seattle: Bad Blood" }, { "docid": "20043864", "text": "Auditions and Roadies Journey [Episode 1 – 26] Finale Shweta Mehta -Winner <br> Baseer Ali -Runner-up MTV Roadies (season 14) MTV Roadies Rising is the fourteenth season of Indian reality show MTV Roadies. The show is hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca. It started airing on MTV India from February 25, 2017. The audition episodes were aired from 25 February 2017.The audition was done by the four aspiring gang leaders - Rannvijay Singh, Nikhil Chinappa, Neha Dhupia and Prince Narula and cricketer Harbhajan Singh is to play a crucial part. Later Nikhil Chinapa replaced Karan Kundra as gang leader after the auditions.", "title": "MTV Roadies (season 14)" }, { "docid": "9202509", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge (season) Real World/Road Rules Challenge is the 2nd season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the show's ). The season marked the first time in which \"\"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"\" would be used as the show's main title (by the , however, the program would be renamed yet again simply to \"The Challenge\"). In addition, it's one of two seasons absent of a subtitle (though the other, season 3, did have the year of its production as part of its title), a trend that wouldn't truly emerge until the", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge (season)" }, { "docid": "9202536", "text": "by a cumulative score that would be tallied on a leader board. The final six teams would compete for a final prize worth $300,000. This is the first edition of \"Battle of the Seasons\" series, with the second \"\", following in 2012 with a completely different format. This season of \"The Challenge\" features a new format. Separated into teams of \"Real World\" and \"Road Rules\", each cast member is paired off with a castmate from their original season. Each mission gave points based on finish. After each mission, the players with the most points cumulative from each team became the", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons" }, { "docid": "10253533", "text": "of the United States after \"\" in 1995, \"\" in 2003, and before \"\" in 2009. Production lasted from February to May 26, 2007 and premiered on August 8 of that year, consisting of 24 episodes. Most seasons of \"The Real World\", beginning with the , have included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season. The Sydney cast was assigned to work for Contiki Tours, a vacation travel package planning company, creating a Sydney tour", "title": "The Real World: Sydney" }, { "docid": "14122026", "text": "The Real World: New Orleans (2010 season) The Real World: New Orleans is the twenty-fourth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the third season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in West South Central States region of the United States, specifically in Louisiana. The season featured eight people who lived in a house in Uptown New Orleans. It is the fourth season to take place in a", "title": "The Real World: New Orleans (2010 season)" }, { "docid": "18511731", "text": "this vast arena feels like a New York basement sweatbox.\" She also performed the song at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. On May 30, 2015, Minaj performed the song on the iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party 2015 in Las Vegas. On July 24, 2015, Minaj performed the song on \"Good Morning America\"s Summer Concert Series. Minaj also opened the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of \"Trini Dem Girls\", followed by a performance of \"The Night Is Still Young\" and \"Bad Blood\" with Taylor Swift. The Night Is Still Young (Nicki Minaj song) \"The Night Is Still Young\" is", "title": "The Night Is Still Young (Nicki Minaj song)" }, { "docid": "3372707", "text": "The Real World: New Orleans (2000 season) The Real World: New Orleans is the ninth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the first season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in West South Central States region of the United States, specifically in Louisiana. The season featured seven people who lived in a remodeled Civil War-era mansion, called \"The Belfort\", in the Garden District, New Orleans and is", "title": "The Real World: New Orleans (2000 season)" }, { "docid": "3115436", "text": "several European territories, reaching No. 1 in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. It peaked at No. 19 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in the United States, and was later certified Gold by the RIAA, representing 500,000 copies sold. The song's music video, directed by Stuart Orme, received heavy play on MTV when the new cable music video channel launched in August 1981. \"In the Air Tonight\" remains one of Collins' best-known hits, often cited as his signature song, and is especially famous for his drum break towards the end, which has been described as \"the sleekest, most melodramatic drum break", "title": "In the Air Tonight" }, { "docid": "18024734", "text": "season finale, and was aired on June 3, 2010. It was followed by a three-part reunion that aired on June 10, June 14 and June 14, 2010 and a \"Lost Footage\" episode on June 24, 2010, which marked the conclusion of the season. Andrew Hoegl, Barrie Bernstein, Lisa Shannon, Pam Healy and Andy Cohen are recognized as the series' executive producers; it is produced by Ricochet and is distributed by Shed Media. After the airing of the first part of the reunion on June 10, 2010, The first spin-off to \"The Real Housewives of New York City\" season three, titled", "title": "The Real Housewives of New York City (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19322900", "text": "No Doubt's seventh studio album. She told MTV News: \"At this point I'm thinking about both, I can do both. [...] And it's just an amazing time; so many opportunities. I'm going into the studio tonight with Pharrell [Williams], I'm going to be writing and also just seeing what comes along my way. I've been recording a few things.\" In the same month, Stefani's manager Irving Azoff confirmed she was finishing the record with Williams, as well as planning to perform its lead single live on \"The Voice\". Interscope Records chairman John Janick also revealed that producer Benny Blanco would", "title": "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" }, { "docid": "13701122", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins Real World Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins is the 18th season of the MTV reality television game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). The Ruins took place in Phuket, Thailand, with cast members from \"The Real World\", \"Road Rules\" and \"The Challenge\" competing. This season was played in the format of two teams — Champions and Challengers; players on the Champions team had won at least one previous challenge, while players on the Challengers team had never won a challenge. This is the last season to use \"Real", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins" }, { "docid": "16710347", "text": "stylistically, with the Gary gangsta's fleeter flow often flipping into double time and embellishing Jeezy's economic and guttural voice to smart effect. But too often Gibbs still sounds like a rapper yet to find the voice he's comfortable with. As singular in subject matter as Jeezy's trap raps can be, he always sounds like he believes what he's spitting, even when he's one-upping Kanye by claiming to use \"Louis Vuitton toilet paper.\"\" The Real Is Back 2 The Real Is Back 2 is the eleventh mixtape by American rapper Jeezy, it was released on September 3, 2011. The Mixtape features", "title": "The Real Is Back 2" }, { "docid": "4065552", "text": "The Real World: San Francisco The Real World: San Francisco is the third season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the second season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in California after \"\". The season featured a total of eight cast members over the course of the season, as one cast member was evicted and replaced. This is", "title": "The Real World: San Francisco" }, { "docid": "16330592", "text": "The Real World: St. Thomas The Real World: St. Thomas is the twenty-seventh season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Caribbean, and the second season set in the United States to be filmed outside of the contiguous United States after \"\". The season featured a cast of seven people who lived in a house on Hassel Island.", "title": "The Real World: St. Thomas" }, { "docid": "13078657", "text": "The Air Is on Fire The Air Is on Fire was a retrospective on the art work of artist and filmmaker David Lynch using themes from his childhood, adolescent, and adult life. It ran from the February 24 to May 27, 2007 at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. The exhibition was also presented in 2009 in Moscow, Russia, updated with a series of lithographs made in 2007–8. The exhibition was later shown at Gl Strand in Copenhagen, Denmark from September 26, 2010 to January 16, 2011. The soundscape accompanying the exhibition was released as a CD in", "title": "The Air Is on Fire" }, { "docid": "3372716", "text": "2010. The Real World: New Orleans (2000 season) The Real World: New Orleans is the ninth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the first season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in West South Central States region of the United States, specifically in Louisiana. The season featured seven people who lived in a remodeled Civil War-era mansion, called \"The Belfort\", in the Garden District, New Orleans and", "title": "The Real World: New Orleans (2000 season)" }, { "docid": "5904912", "text": "The Real World: New York The Real World (retrospectively referred to as The Real World: New York, to distinguish it from subsequent installments of the series) is the first season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It was created by producers Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. The cast consisted of seven people, ranging in age from 19 to 26, most of whom were already living in New York City when the series taped. The cast was filmed", "title": "The Real World: New York" }, { "docid": "5095202", "text": "in the suite on New Year's Eve 2004. Most seasons of \"The Real World\", beginning with the , have included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season. The Las Vegas housemates had various jobs throughout the season involving the Palms Casino and Resort in which they lived, including promotional work for the night club, Rain in the Desert, cocktail waiting, and go-go dancing. After the cast left the \"Real World\" suite, six of them, except", "title": "The Real World: Las Vegas (2002 season)" }, { "docid": "3371190", "text": "The Real World: Seattle The Real World: Seattle is the seventh season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the third season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Pacific States region, specifically in Washington and is also the first season to be filmed in the Pacific Northwest. The season featured seven people who lived on Pier 70 of Seattle, Washington's Elliott Bay. The season premiered on June", "title": "The Real World: Seattle" }, { "docid": "14894039", "text": "The Real World: Las Vegas (2011 season) The Real World: Las Vegas is the twenty-fifth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the third season to be filmed in the Mountain States region of the United States, specifically in Nevada. The season featured a total of eight cast members over the course of the season, as one cast member was evicted and replaced. It is the fifth season to", "title": "The Real World: Las Vegas (2011 season)" }, { "docid": "3115453", "text": "UK Single Release (Martin H) Sleeve includes a black and white 12 page cartoon storyboard drawn by Collins' brother Clive Collins. (catalogue 2292-57672-2) A cover of the song appears on the Nonpoint album \"Recoil\" and in the film \"Miami Vice\" (2006), and a video was made to promote the track using clips from the film. Nonpoint's version was also used in teasers for the fifth season of \"Dexter\" in 2010. The song was also covered by American metal band In This Moment for their 2017 album \"Ritual\". In the Air Tonight \"In the Air Tonight\" is the debut solo single", "title": "In the Air Tonight" }, { "docid": "5095205", "text": "on July 11, 2007. The Real World: Las Vegas (2002 season) The Real World: Las Vegas is the twelfth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the first season to be filmed in the Mountain States region of the United States, specifically in Nevada. The season featured seven people who lived in a converted penthouse suite on the 28th floor of the Las Vegas Palms Casino and Resort, which", "title": "The Real World: Las Vegas (2002 season)" }, { "docid": "5735704", "text": "The Real World: Key West The Real World: Key West is the seventeenth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the second season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the South Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in Florida after \"\". The season featured seven people and was shot in the Key Haven neighborhood of Key West, Florida from August to December 2005. It premiered", "title": "The Real World: Key West" }, { "docid": "10635111", "text": "Australian song on Australian radio for 2008. \"Perfect\" was used in the Seven Network's promotion for Bionic Woman, and was released as the second single on 26 April 2008. \"Start It\" has been chosen by the Australian Football League (AFL) to be their theme song in 2008. Amorosi's tastes became a bit heavier and more soulful, finding inspiration from 60's rock legends such as Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. \"As an entertainer and as a person, I am always searching for what is real,\" Vanessa Amorosi explains why her album is titled \"Somewhere in the Real World\". Amorosi says: \"I", "title": "Somewhere in the Real World" }, { "docid": "16038094", "text": "\"Tonight Is the Night\" is being played, renowned \"icon\" artists appear, namely (in order of appearance) Michael Jackson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Ray Charles, Britney Spears, Kanye West, and Mariah Carey. The final shot goes back to the new aspiring artist while \"who's next?\" slogan is splashed on the screen. The ad ends with the catch phrase: \"Where there's Pepsi, there's music\". Tonight Is the Night (song) \"Tonight Is the Night\" is the official debut single by Outasight and was released on Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Cook Classics and is featured on his debut album \"Nights Like These\". The", "title": "Tonight Is the Night (song)" }, { "docid": "5095198", "text": "The Real World: Las Vegas (2002 season) The Real World: Las Vegas is the twelfth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the first season to be filmed in the Mountain States region of the United States, specifically in Nevada. The season featured seven people who lived in a converted penthouse suite on the 28th floor of the Las Vegas Palms Casino and Resort, which production started from February", "title": "The Real World: Las Vegas (2002 season)" }, { "docid": "13478536", "text": "The Real World: D.C. The Real World: D.C., (occasionally known as The Real World: Washington D.C.), is the twenty-third season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the fifth season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The season featured eight people who lived in a house in Dupont Circle. Washington, D.C. was officially announced as the location for the newest", "title": "The Real World: D.C." }, { "docid": "10358944", "text": "\"Hot Shots!\", \"Happy Gilmore\", and \"Forrest Gump\". In the Danish zodiac porn comedy \"I Jomfruens tegn\" (1973), an extended version is used for the hardcore underwater orgy that ends the film. What the World Needs Now Is Love \"What the World Needs Now Is Love\" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the", "title": "What the World Needs Now Is Love" }, { "docid": "9202644", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat is the 12th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). \"Fresh Meat\" is a season that made history on \"The Challenge\" by being the first season to include previously unknown contestants as part of the cast. Previous to \"Fresh Meat\", all seasons functioned solely by the program's trademark: strictly using contestants that were previously cast on past seasons of \"The Real World\" or \"Road Rules\". To date, \"Fresh Meat's\" most notable debuting contestants who've both continued on", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat" }, { "docid": "5714436", "text": "The Real World: Miami The Real World: Miami is the fifth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the first season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the South Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in Florida. The season featured seven people who lived in a house on Rivo Alto Island and was the first season filmed in the United States outside of New York", "title": "The Real World: Miami" }, { "docid": "3782000", "text": "The Real World: Philadelphia The Real World: Philadelphia is the fifteenth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the third season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in Pennsylvania. The season featured seven people who lived in a three-story building, which production began filming from April 30 to August 20, 2004. The season premiered on September 7 of", "title": "The Real World: Philadelphia" }, { "docid": "17796026", "text": "married couple only in name, gradually begin to establish an emotional bond with one another. The opening theme is \"BEAUTIFUL WORLD\" by Joanna Koike, while the ending theme \"PROMISE\" and the insert song performed by Rena Maeda. \"Farewell Rain\" in episode 12, sung by Nike's grandmother is performed by Chisa Yokoyama. The World Is Still Beautiful Nike, the fourth princess of the Rain Dukedom, possesses the power to call forth the rain. She travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for the sake of her country, despite her own reluctance. She soon discovers that the King, who", "title": "The World Is Still Beautiful" }, { "docid": "10358938", "text": "What the World Needs Now Is Love \"What the World Needs Now Is Love\" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year. In Canada, the song reached number one. Co-songwriter Burt Bacharach revealed in his 2014 autobiography that this song had among the most difficult", "title": "What the World Needs Now Is Love" }, { "docid": "3727578", "text": "The Real World: Boston The Real World: Boston is the sixth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the New England region of the United States, specifically in Massachusetts. The season featured seven people who lived in a converted historic firehouse at 127 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, which is located right off of Charles Street and was", "title": "The Real World: Boston" }, { "docid": "11399339", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III is the 15th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). Being the third in \"The Gauntlet\" series, \"The Gauntlet III\" marked the show's 2nd trilogy (\"Inferno III\" is the first), continuing on from \"\" (7th season) and \"\" (11th season). The season was filmed in Riviera Nayarita, Mexico, with former cast members from \"The Real World\" and \"Road Rules\" competing, along with several cast members from the \"\" challenge. This season was in the format", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III" }, { "docid": "17812408", "text": "Incarnation Camp Incarnation Camp is a nonprofit, traditional year-round camp, retreat and education center located in Essex, Connecticut. The camp was established in 1886. It is the oldest, co-ed, continually operated camp in the USA. Each year Incarnation hosts thousands of children and adults from across the US and around the world. In 1886, the Church of the Incarnation in Manhattan, located on Madison Ave. and 35th Street, New York City, rented a farmhouse in Mohegan Lake from R. Horne as part of a “fresh air” program sponsored by the \"New York Tribune\". Children from the tenements of New York’s", "title": "Incarnation Camp" }, { "docid": "3368872", "text": "The Real World: Hawaii The Real World: Hawaii is the eighth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the fourth season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, and the first season set in the United States to be filmed outside of the contiguous United States. The season featured seven people who lived in a modern beach house in Honolulu,", "title": "The Real World: Hawaii" }, { "docid": "13478546", "text": "lives in Denver, was voted as the winner of Women's Health's America's Next Fitness Star in August 2014, and will be featured in a series of fitness DVDs. The Real World: D.C. The Real World: D.C., (occasionally known as The Real World: Washington D.C.), is the twenty-third season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the fifth season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the Mid-Atlantic States region", "title": "The Real World: D.C." }, { "docid": "5367446", "text": "The Real World: Chicago The Real World: Chicago is the eleventh season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the first season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in the East North Central States region of the United States, specifically in Illinois. The season featured seven people who lived in a converted bookstore/coffeehouse in the Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, which production started from June 28 until November 3, 2001.", "title": "The Real World: Chicago" }, { "docid": "12586071", "text": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II is the 17th season of the MTV reality game show, \"The Challenge\" (at the time known as \"Real World/Road Rules Challenge\"). \"The Duel II\" is the sequel to the show's 13th season, \"\". It took place in Queenstown, New Zealand, with former cast members from MTV's \"The Real World\" and \"Road Rules\" competing along with several cast members from the \"\" challenge. The cast departed for Queenstown, New Zealand on October 27, 2008 and filming ran through early December. This season premiered on Wednesday, April 8,", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II" }, { "docid": "4065589", "text": "Namesake\", \"The Human Stain\", and \"The Last Kiss\". In 2004 she married actor Gabriel Macht. On August 20, 2007 she gave birth to a daughter, Geraldine Macht, in Los Angeles. Sharon Gitau works as a singer, songwriter, composer and producer. The Real World: London The Real World: London is the fourth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season of \"The Real World\" to be filmed in", "title": "The Real World: London" }, { "docid": "10763136", "text": "The property was purchased in August 2006 for $66 million USD by Molasky Pacific, LLC, who intend to redevelop it to attract other residential and office tenants. According to MTV, this season of \"The Real World\" was the first to incorporate environmentally friendly household and lifestyle choices, including a solar-heated swimming pool that uses salt to reduce the need for chemical treatment, Energy Star appliances, bamboo flooring, recycled glass counters, some sustainable furniture, energy efficient lighting, a computer powered by an exercise bicycle, paperless toilets, a smart stove, an air conditioner system that provides water for an outdoor vegetable garden,", "title": "The Real World: Hollywood" }, { "docid": "5186038", "text": "The Real World: Austin The Real World: Austin is the sixteenth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the second season to be filmed in the West South Central States region of the United States, specifically in Texas. The season featured seven people who lived in a converted warehouse, which production started from January to May 2005. Consisting of 24 episodes, the season premiered on June 21 later that", "title": "The Real World: Austin" }, { "docid": "16680041", "text": "the last season of \"The Real World\" to use the cast narration \"\"This is the true story...of seven strangers...\"\" in the opening title sequence, before a new format was implemented beginning with the . Most seasons of \"The Real World\" since the have included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season. However, no group assignment is given to the cast this season; the castmates are free to apply for jobs that production had pre-approved at", "title": "The Real World: Portland" }, { "docid": "6937928", "text": "kiddie program. Love Is on the Air Love is on the Air is a 1937 American film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Ronald Reagan (in his film debut), June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton and Willard Parker. It was the first of three remakes of the 1933 Paul Muni picture \"Hi, Nellie\". (The later ones were \"You Can't Escape Forever\" (1942), with George Brent, and \"House Across the Street\" (1949), with Wayne Morris.) Reckless radio commentator Andy McCaine (Ronald Reagan) gets into trouble when he attacks a corrupt city government, and his boss forces him to host", "title": "Love Is on the Air" }, { "docid": "6937927", "text": "Love Is on the Air Love is on the Air is a 1937 American film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Ronald Reagan (in his film debut), June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton and Willard Parker. It was the first of three remakes of the 1933 Paul Muni picture \"Hi, Nellie\". (The later ones were \"You Can't Escape Forever\" (1942), with George Brent, and \"House Across the Street\" (1949), with Wayne Morris.) Reckless radio commentator Andy McCaine (Ronald Reagan) gets into trouble when he attacks a corrupt city government, and his boss forces him to host an innocuous", "title": "Love Is on the Air" } ]

[ "Abraham van Helsing", "Van helsing", "Doctor Abraham Van Helsing", "Dr Abraham Van Helsing", "Van Helsing", "The Adventures of Young Van Helsing", "Abraham Van Helsing", "The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter", "Professor Abraham Van Helsing", "Lorrimar Van Helsing" ]

[ { "docid": "100189", "text": "Dracula Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. \"Dracula\" has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel, and invasion literature. The novel has spawned numerous theatrical,", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "8413002", "text": "The Fury of Dracula The Fury of Dracula is a board game designed by Stephen Hand and published by Games Workshop in 1987. Fantasy Flight Games released an updated version in 2006 as Fury of Dracula, and a third edition in 2015 by the same name. The game takes place in Europe during 1898, eight years after the events in Bram Stoker’s novel, \"Dracula\". One player takes the role of Count Dracula while the remaining players take the roles of Hunters Abraham Van Helsing, Dr John Seward and Lord Godalming. Fantasy Flight Games added Mina Harker as a fourth hunter", "title": "The Fury of Dracula" }, { "docid": "4170982", "text": "Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000 (also known internationally as Dracula 2001) is a 2000 American vampire horror film co-written and directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Joel Soisson and Wes Craven, and starring Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Jennifer Esposito. The plot follows Dracula, who arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 21st century and seeks out Mary Heller, a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing. \"Dracula 2000\", the promotional title of which is \"Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000\", builds upon Bram Stoker's original 1897 novel \"Dracula\", with Count Dracula resurrected in", "title": "Dracula 2000" }, { "docid": "2194687", "text": "Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker. \"Dracula\" grossed $215 million on a $40 million budget. Rotten Tomatoes's consensus cited \"some terrific performances\", but Reeves' work has been widely criticized. It was nominated for four Academy Awards and won three for Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing, and Best Makeup. Its score was composed", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "9425908", "text": "dormant long enough for Van Helsing to pierce his heart with a long spear. They leave him there. Before the portrait of a living warrior Dracula, with Lucy's lookalike in the background, a text scrolls across the screen, about a warlord who lived in the area of Hungary known as Transylvania, and how it was said he had found a way to conquer death—a legend no one has ever disproven. The lord's name is DRACULA. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film) Dracula is a 1973 British television film adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\" written by Richard Matheson and directed", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "9415400", "text": "novel, there’s something a bit dated and stodgy about it\". \"Count Dracula\" was released to DVD by BBC Video in 2007. Count Dracula (1977 film) Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Produced by the BBC (in the then standard video/film hybrid format), it first aired on BBC 2 on 22 December 1977. It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book. Directed by Philip Saville, it stars Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula and Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing. Lucy Westenra's sister Mina bids farewell to her", "title": "Count Dracula (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "9415387", "text": "Count Dracula (1977 film) Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Produced by the BBC (in the then standard video/film hybrid format), it first aired on BBC 2 on 22 December 1977. It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book. Directed by Philip Saville, it stars Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula and Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing. Lucy Westenra's sister Mina bids farewell to her fiancé Jonathan Harker, who is leaving for a business trip. Harker, a solicitor, is travelling to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania", "title": "Count Dracula (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "12073501", "text": "imbued with special abilities to help succeed in the adventure. Collecting blood rubies helps to develop magical powers. Casting spells will help defeat the challenges along the way. The game's vampire hunter enemies are very reminiscent of the costume design in the \"Van Helsing\" movie. Dracula Twins Dracula Twins is a Microsoft Windows platformer published and developed by Swedish developer-publisher Legendo Entertainment. The game, which features two-dimensional movement through a vivid and cartoonish three-dimensional environment, borrows its title and certain references from the classic Bram Stoker novel \"Dracula\". In the game, Dracula has been captured by Doctor Lifelust and his", "title": "Dracula Twins" }, { "docid": "5590949", "text": "... To call this film shit is an insult to fragrant brown logs everywhere.\" Dracula 3000 Dracula 3000, also titled Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness, is a television horror movie released in 2004 that brings Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Count Dracula into outer space in the distant 30th century. Despite its name, it is not a direct sequel to \"Dracula 2000\". In the year 3000, the space salvage ship \"Mother III\" happens upon the derelict transport \"Demeter\". Captain Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew board the abandoned ship. They explore the bridge and find the corpse of the \"Demeter's\"", "title": "Dracula 3000" }, { "docid": "5590941", "text": "Dracula 3000 Dracula 3000, also titled Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness, is a television horror movie released in 2004 that brings Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Count Dracula into outer space in the distant 30th century. Despite its name, it is not a direct sequel to \"Dracula 2000\". In the year 3000, the space salvage ship \"Mother III\" happens upon the derelict transport \"Demeter\". Captain Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew board the abandoned ship. They explore the bridge and find the corpse of the \"Demeter's\" captain, (Udo Kier) tied to a chair and clutching a crucifix. Despite the misgivings", "title": "Dracula 3000" }, { "docid": "3120682", "text": "Dracula (1958 film) Dracula is a 1958 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster based on Bram Stoker's novel of the same name. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, this original also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. In the U.S. the film was retitled Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion with the earlier \"Dracula\" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, and the film was released in the U.S. in 1958 on a double feature", "title": "Dracula (1958 film)" }, { "docid": "6709148", "text": "feel a growing need to save Dracula from destruction. Unable to fight her desire for the Count any longer she invites the vampire into the house (\"If I Could Fly\"). Dracula enters and puts Harker in a trance before seducing Mina. The two share a moment of passion before Dracula cuts open his chest and lets Mina taste his blood, intending to turn her into a vampire (\"The Seduction (There's Always A Tomorrow\")). The vampire hunters return and confront Dracula, causing him to flee (\"It's Over\"). Using hypnosis, Van Helsing gets Mina, who is now telepathically connected to Dracula, to", "title": "Dracula, the Musical" }, { "docid": "1674391", "text": "the \"sympathetic vampire\", who loathes his condition but is a slave to it. Bram Stoker, yet another Irish writer, was the author of seminal horror work \"Dracula\" and featured as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula, with the vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing his arch-enemy. \"Dracula\" has been attributed to a number of literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, gothic novel and invasion literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant London-based \"consulting detective\", famous for his intellectual prowess, skilful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Holmes' archenemy Professor", "title": "Genre fiction" }, { "docid": "6743796", "text": "that Count Dracula is a vampire. Dracula turns his attention to Mina and begins corrupting her as well. Van Helsing suddenly has a stroke and remains in a wheelchair. Dracula visits the weakened man, mocking his attempts to destroy him. Quincey, Harker and Seward track Dracula to the abandoned abbey, but he has fled to Transylvania with the aid of a traveling Gypsy band. As Count Dracula's Gypsy servants take him back to his castle, he is trailed by Harker and Quincey. After battling the Gypsies, the two heroes find Dracula's coffin and set it on fire. Dracula, unable to", "title": "Count Dracula (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "9416213", "text": "has a state of fasting as well as a state of feeding. Dracula does state to Mina, however, that exerting his abilities causes a desire to feed. Count Dracula is depicted as the \"King Vampire\", and can control other vampires. To punish Mina and the party for their efforts against him, Dracula bites her on at least three occasions. He also forces her to drink his blood; this act curses her with the effects of vampirism and gives him a telepathic link to her thoughts. However, hypnotism was only able to be done before dawn. Van Helsing refers to the", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "5370570", "text": "The Baron runs outside and his brides make their escape. Van Helsing takes Marianne up into the mill, then out via the huge sails, which he moves to form the shadow of a gigantic cross over Meinster. Van Helsing goes to ground level to make sure he's dead, then comforts Marianne as the mill burns. Hammer commissioned Jimmy Sangster to write a sequel script, \"Disciple of Dracula\", with Count Dracula only making a cameo and the rest of the film about an acolyte of the vampire. This script was rewritten by Peter Bryan to remove references to Dracula, although Van", "title": "The Brides of Dracula" } ]

[ { "docid": "9416231", "text": "expression is crossed out, however, and replaced by \"Hungarian yoke\" (as appearing in the printed version), which matches the historical perspective of the Wallachians. This has been interpreted by some to mean that Stoker opted for the Wallachian, not the Szekler interpretation, thus lending more consistency to the Romanian identity of his Count: although not identical with Vlad III, the Vampire is portrayed as one of the \"Dracula race\". Count Dracula Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel \"Dracula\". He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "9416187", "text": "Count Dracula Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel \"Dracula\". He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. He is also depicted in the novel to be the origin of werewolf legends. Some aspects of the character are believed to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian Prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Dracula. Other character aspects have been added or altered in subsequent popular fictional works. The character has subsequently appeared frequently in popular culture, from films to animated media", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "5838966", "text": "chaos and bloodshed whenever the opportunity presents itself. There is also a fourth bride mentioned in the novel, Jana, but who is ultimately killed by her and Dracula's son Alucard shortly after her resurrection as a vampire. Brides of Dracula The Brides of Dracula are characters in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\". They are three seductive female vampire \"sisters\" who reside with Count Dracula in his castle in Transylvania, where they entrance men with their beauty and charm, and then proceed to feed upon them. Dracula provides them with victims to devour, mainly infants and children. Like Dracula, they are", "title": "Brides of Dracula" }, { "docid": "5838928", "text": "Brides of Dracula The Brides of Dracula are characters in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\". They are three seductive female vampire \"sisters\" who reside with Count Dracula in his castle in Transylvania, where they entrance men with their beauty and charm, and then proceed to feed upon them. Dracula provides them with victims to devour, mainly infants and children. Like Dracula, they are the living dead, repulsed by religious objects. In chapter three of the novel, two are described as having dark hair, and the other as blonde. In the novel the three vampire women are not individually named. Collectively,", "title": "Brides of Dracula" }, { "docid": "15046257", "text": "numerous movies like \"Blood of Dracula's Castle\" (1969) (with John Carradine as the butler and Alexander D'Arcy as Count Dracula) and other Dracula-based films. There are video games called \"Dracula's Castle\" (Game Pac Adventure), \"Escape Dracula's Castle\" (Fun Flash Games),\"Restore Dracula's Castle\" and \"Devil's Castle Dracula\" (\"Akumajō Dracula\"); the latter is best known to the west as \"Castlevania\". A prosecco produced by a descendant of the Bassarab dynasty bears the name Castle of Dracula. Castle Dracula Castle Dracula is the fictitious Transylvanian residence of Count Dracula, the vampire antagonist in Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel \"Dracula\". In Stoker's narrative, Castle", "title": "Castle Dracula" }, { "docid": "2858081", "text": "addressed in the final three issues of \"Nightstalkers\". These included the fates of Dracula's bride Domini, their son Janus, and vampire-hunter Taj Nital. Dracula took the title role in the miniseries \"Dracula: Lord of the Undead\". Two more four-issue miniseries followed. \"Stoker's Dracula\" continued and concluded the adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel \"Dracula\" by writer Roy Thomas and artist Dick Giordano, which had begun in \"Dracula Lives\" 30 years prior. Another \"Tomb of Dracula\" miniseries followed found Blade joined a new team of vampire hunters to prevent Dracula achieving godhood. \"Apocalypse vs. Dracula\" featured Dracula battling Apocalypse, an", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9484245", "text": "popular and mass culture. There are several locations associated with Dracula and Bram Stoker related tourism in Ireland, Britain, and Romania. Dracula in popular culture The character of Count Dracula from the 1897 novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker, has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the Count as a villain, while others have named him in their titles, such as \"Dracula's Daughter\", \"The Brides of Dracula\", and \"Dracula's Dog\". \"Dracula\" has enjoyed enormous popularity since its publication and has spawned an extraordinary vampire subculture in the second half of the 20th century. More than 200 films", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "9484208", "text": "Dracula in popular culture The character of Count Dracula from the 1897 novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker, has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the Count as a villain, while others have named him in their titles, such as \"Dracula's Daughter\", \"The Brides of Dracula\", and \"Dracula's Dog\". \"Dracula\" has enjoyed enormous popularity since its publication and has spawned an extraordinary vampire subculture in the second half of the 20th century. More than 200 films have been made that feature Count Dracula, a number second only to Sherlock Holmes. At the center of this subculture is", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "9425902", "text": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film) Dracula is a 1973 British television film adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\" written by Richard Matheson and directed by \"Dark Shadows\" creator Dan Curtis, with Jack Palance in the title role. It was the second collaboration for Curtis and Palance after the 1968 TV film \"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\". \"Bistritz, Hungary May 1897\": natives in Transylvania seem afraid when they learn solicitor Jonathan Harker is going to Castle Dracula. Jonathan finds the Count abrupt and impatient to get things done. Dracula reacts very strongly to a photograph of", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "5800506", "text": "vampire fans. Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game) Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1993 video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Game Boy, Master System, Genesis, Sega CD, Game Gear, MS-DOS and Amiga games consoles. Based on the 1992 movie of the same name which in turn is based on the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker, each version of the game was essentially identical (except for the Sega CD, Amiga and MS-DOS versions). The Amiga version was released in 1994 for North America and Europe. A CD-ROM version for DOS was released in 1995. Each console has a", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)" }, { "docid": "100237", "text": "over the years, and many films have used the character as a villain, while others have named him in their titles, including \"Dracula's Daughter\" and \"The Brides of Dracula\". As of 2009, an estimated 217 films feature Dracula in a major role, a number second only to Sherlock Holmes (223 films). A large number of these appearances are not adaptations of Stoker's novel, but merely feature the character in an unrelated story. Dracula Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy.", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "2194717", "text": "list of \"Hollywood's Most Powerful Vampires\", as well as \"The Guardian\"s \"10 best screen vampires\". In honor of Syfy's 25th anniversary in 2017, the channel compiled \"25 greatest\" lists celebrating the last 25 years of all science fiction, fantasy, and horror: Oldman's Dracula was included in \"The 25 Greatest Movie Performances from the Last 25 years\". Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "15046240", "text": "Castle Dracula Castle Dracula is the fictitious Transylvanian residence of Count Dracula, the vampire antagonist in Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel \"Dracula\". In Stoker's narrative, Castle Dracula is the single most important location. The first and the last part of the plot take place here. The inaccessible stronghold, which initially symbolises the vampire's power, finally becomes the scene of his extermination. In the novel's first chapters, the young English solicitor Jonathan Harker, traveling from London via Paris, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Klausenburg and Bistritz, arrives at the Castle after being picked up in the Borgo Pass by a mysterious driver, whom", "title": "Castle Dracula" }, { "docid": "17385504", "text": "Ian Pfister’s portrayal of Renfield, but ultimately criticized the film for leaving “little to the imagination” and claimed it “arguably never should have been conceived”. Gammon gave the film a 2 out of 5. Dracula Reborn Dracula Reborn is a 2012 vampire-themed direct-to-video horror film, directed and written by Patrick McManus, making his feature film directorial debut. Produced by Ray Haboush, the film stars Corey Landis, Victoria Summer, Krash Miller, Stuart Rigby and Keith Reay. It is a modernized, loosely based take on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\", taking place in Los Angeles, California, where a wealthy Count Dracula looks", "title": "Dracula Reborn" }, { "docid": "9416188", "text": "to breakfast cereals. Bram Stoker's novel takes the form of an epistolary tale, in which Count Dracula's characteristics, powers, abilities and weaknesses are narrated by multiple narrators, from different perspectives. Count Dracula is an undead, centuries-old vampire, and a Transylvanian nobleman who claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun. He inhabits a decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains near the Borgo Pass. Unlike the vampires of Eastern European folklore, which are portrayed as repulsive, corpse-like creatures, Dracula wears a veneer of aristocratic charm. In his conversations with Jonathan Harker, he reveals himself as deeply proud of his", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "14025635", "text": "Dracula the Un-dead Dracula the Un-dead is a sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel \"Dracula\". The book was written by Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Previously, Holt had been a direct-to-DVD horror screenwriter, and Stoker a track and field coach. In the novel's afterword, the authors discuss the many alterations made to the original novel's events, due to the many inconsistencies in the original and the desire for the Stoker family to reassert control over Dracula fiction. Twenty-five years have passed since the vampire Count Dracula met his end at the hands of Jonathan Harker and", "title": "Dracula the Un-dead" }, { "docid": "7751010", "text": "Dracula (Marvel Comics) Dracula is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on the vampire Count Dracula from the novel of the same name by author Bram Stoker. A version of Dracula first appears in the Atlas Comics publication, \"Suspense\" #7 (Mar. 1951). The modern Marvel version of Dracula was created by Gerry Conway and Gene Colan in \"Tomb of Dracula\" No. 1 (1972), co-written by Marv Wolfman. Traditionally, the Comics Code Authority prevented Marvel from publishing vampire comics. This was revised in early 1971, when comics were allowed to publish characters", "title": "Dracula (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "17385498", "text": "Dracula Reborn Dracula Reborn is a 2012 vampire-themed direct-to-video horror film, directed and written by Patrick McManus, making his feature film directorial debut. Produced by Ray Haboush, the film stars Corey Landis, Victoria Summer, Krash Miller, Stuart Rigby and Keith Reay. It is a modernized, loosely based take on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\", taking place in Los Angeles, California, where a wealthy Count Dracula looks to purchase an abandoned building and pursue the wife of his realtor, Jonathan Harker. In Los Angeles, California, realtor Jonathan Harker (Corey Landis) proposes the sale of an abandoned building in a gang-dominated neighborhood", "title": "Dracula Reborn" }, { "docid": "12073500", "text": "Dracula Twins Dracula Twins is a Microsoft Windows platformer published and developed by Swedish developer-publisher Legendo Entertainment. The game, which features two-dimensional movement through a vivid and cartoonish three-dimensional environment, borrows its title and certain references from the classic Bram Stoker novel \"Dracula\". In the game, Dracula has been captured by Doctor Lifelust and his horde of vampire hunters who has a sinister plan to create a serum that lets him live forever. Dracula's twin vampire twerps, Drac and Dracana are on a mission to save daddy Dracula from the clutches of the vampire hunter. Each of the twins is", "title": "Dracula Twins" }, { "docid": "14025657", "text": "is asked of readers of the original in having to forgo old beliefs of who and what Dracula is. It’s best to just enjoy it for what it is: another vampire story for October\". Winnipeg Free Press reviewer Kenneth MacKendrick called it \"tempting enough to read and bad enough to be controversial, striking a balance between sensationalism and mediocrity\". Dracula the Un-dead Dracula the Un-dead is a sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel \"Dracula\". The book was written by Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Previously, Holt had been a direct-to-DVD horror screenwriter, and Stoker a track", "title": "Dracula the Un-dead" }, { "docid": "11972778", "text": "The Revenge of Dracula The Revenge of Dracula is a horror novel by British writer Peter Tremayne (pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis). It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1978 by Bailey Brothers & Swinfen. The first United States edition was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978 in an edition of 1,250 copies which were signed by the author and the illustrator, Dan Green. It is the second book in Tremayne's \"Dracula Lives\" trilogy. The novel concerns the story of Count Dracula in England and is set before the events in Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\".", "title": "The Revenge of Dracula" }, { "docid": "11972777", "text": "The Revenge of Dracula The Revenge of Dracula is a horror novel by British writer Peter Tremayne (pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis). It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1978 by Bailey Brothers & Swinfen. The first United States edition was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978 in an edition of 1,250 copies which were signed by the author and the illustrator, Dan Green. It is the second book in Tremayne's \"Dracula Lives\" trilogy. The novel concerns the story of Count Dracula in England and is set before the events in Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\".", "title": "The Revenge of Dracula" }, { "docid": "14443243", "text": "Dracula the Undead (novel) Dracula the Undead is a sequel written to Bram Stoker's classic novel \"Dracula\", written by Freda Warrington. The book was commissioned by Penguin Books as a sequel to Stoker's original novel for the centenary of the latter's first publication. It takes place seven years after the original. It was originally published in 1997, and was brought back to print in 2009. It is seven years since a stake was driven through the heart of the infamous Count Dracula. Seven years which have not eradicated the terrible memories for Jonathan and Mina Harker, who now have a", "title": "Dracula the Undead (novel)" }, { "docid": "6743789", "text": "Count Dracula (1970 film) Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht, lit. \"Nights, When Dracula Awakes\"), released in Italy as Il conte Dracula, in Spain as El Conde Drácula and in France as Les Nuits de Dracula, is a 1969 Spanish-Italian-German-British horror film (released in 1970), directed by Jesús Franco and starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski. It was based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Although \"Count Dracula\" stars Christopher Lee in the title role, it is not a Hammer production like his other Dracula films, being produced instead by Harry Alan Towers. Klaus Kinski, who", "title": "Count Dracula (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "6709133", "text": "Dracula, the Musical Dracula, the Musical is a musical based on the original Victorian novel by Bram Stoker. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. It had its regional premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California, in 2001, playing to 115% capacity, earning the highest paid capacity for any world premiere production in the playhouse's history. It then premiered on Broadway in 2004, starring Tom Hewitt as the frightening vampire Count and Melissa Errico as the woman he loves, Mina Harker. A brief nude scene in which Dracula seduces", "title": "Dracula, the Musical" }, { "docid": "5800498", "text": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game) Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1993 video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Game Boy, Master System, Genesis, Sega CD, Game Gear, MS-DOS and Amiga games consoles. Based on the 1992 movie of the same name which in turn is based on the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker, each version of the game was essentially identical (except for the Sega CD, Amiga and MS-DOS versions). The Amiga version was released in 1994 for North America and Europe. A CD-ROM version for DOS was released in 1995. Each console has a different styled", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)" }, { "docid": "6743800", "text": "this film. \"Count Dracula\" was released on DVD in 2007 by Dark Sky Films. Special features include an interview with director Jesús Franco, a reading from Bram Stoker's \"Dracula\" novel by Christopher Lee, and a text essay on the life of actress Soledad Miranda. The DVD has come under criticism for omitting the scene in which a distraught mother pleads for her baby's life at the door of Dracula's castle. The DVD also uses the Italian credits for the film but with the French title card Les Nuits de Dracula. Count Dracula (1970 film) Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula", "title": "Count Dracula (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "1589351", "text": "transform into Hyde also exist. Several \"warms\" are also said to have the vampire powers of precognition and telepathy, or the ability to perform acts of genuine magic. However, for the most part, vampires are the center-stage of Newman's paranormal setting. Anno Dracula series The \"Anno Dracula\" series by Kim Newman—named after \"Anno Dracula\" (1992), the series' first novel—is a work of fantasy depicting an alternate history in which the heroes of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" fail to stop Count Dracula's conquest of Great Britain, resulting in a world where vampires are common and increasingly dominant in society. While Dracula", "title": "Anno Dracula series" }, { "docid": "6743790", "text": "would play Dracula himself nine years later in \"Nosferatu the Vampyre\", is also featured in the film as Renfield. \"Count Dracula\" was advertised as the most faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. Among other details, it was the first film version of the novel in which Dracula begins as an old man and becomes younger as he feeds upon fresh blood. Jonathan Harker, a lawyer traveling from London to Transylvania to secure property for Count Dracula, arrives at Bistritz to stay for the night. There, he is warned by a concerned lady against continuing his journey the following day. Harker", "title": "Count Dracula (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "9484232", "text": "Historian\" follows several historians whose research has led them too close to Dracula as they hunt the vampire across Europe. Meg Cabot's 2010 novel \"Insatiable\" has a main character named Meena Harper who has a relationship with Dracula's son, Lucien. In the book series \"Vampire Hunter D\", which takes place 10,000 years in the future, D's adversary Count Magnus discovers that D is the son of Dracula, who is referred to as \"the Sacred Ancestor\" in the series. Freda Warrington's \"Dracula the Undead\" is an unofficial sequel to \"Dracula\". Will Hill's \"Department 19\" is about Jamie Carpenter, a descendant of", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "17292984", "text": "is not canon with \"Dark Universe\". Dracula Untold Dracula Untold is a 2014 American dark fantasy action horror film directed by Gary Shore in his feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Rather than using the storyline of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\", the film creates an origin story for its title character, Count Dracula; in this version, Dracula is Vlad the Impaler. Luke Evans portrays the title character, and Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Art Parkinson, and Charles Dance appear in supporting roles. Principal photography began in Northern Ireland on August 5, 2013. Universal Pictures released", "title": "Dracula Untold" }, { "docid": "17292952", "text": "Dracula Untold Dracula Untold is a 2014 American dark fantasy action horror film directed by Gary Shore in his feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Rather than using the storyline of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\", the film creates an origin story for its title character, Count Dracula; in this version, Dracula is Vlad the Impaler. Luke Evans portrays the title character, and Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Art Parkinson, and Charles Dance appear in supporting roles. Principal photography began in Northern Ireland on August 5, 2013. Universal Pictures released the film in regular and IMAX", "title": "Dracula Untold" }, { "docid": "3870302", "text": "Dracula (1931 English-language film) Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire-horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. Produced by Universal, the screenplay is based on the 1924 stage play \"Dracula\" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is loosely based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Renfield (Dwight Frye) is a solicitor traveling to Count Dracula's (Bela Lugosi) castle in Transylvania on a business matter. The people in the local village fear that vampires inhabit the castle and warn Renfield not to go there. Renfield refuses to stay at the", "title": "Dracula (1931 English-language film)" }, { "docid": "3870331", "text": "the film was also released. In 1931, some theaters had not yet been wired for sound and during this transition period, many studios released alternative silent versions with intertitles. Dracula (1931 English-language film) Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire-horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. Produced by Universal, the screenplay is based on the 1924 stage play \"Dracula\" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is loosely based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Renfield (Dwight Frye) is a solicitor traveling to Count Dracula's (Bela Lugosi) castle in Transylvania", "title": "Dracula (1931 English-language film)" }, { "docid": "8413009", "text": "be beneficial or detrimental. In addition, the Hunter suffers penalties in combat against Dracula. Being bitten a second time results in the hunter becoming a vampire; he is eliminated from the game and given to the Dracula player as a generic vampire encounter. (In the second edition, being bitten twice no longer eliminates the character from the game; they are sent to the Hospital of St Joseph and St Mary to recover.) In addition, the character Mina Harker begins with a Bite Token (received in the novel) and as such these \"bitten only\" events are usable from the very beginning", "title": "The Fury of Dracula" }, { "docid": "15131792", "text": "told Mina that if she killed him she would turn into a vampire and he would live within her because she had tasted his blood, but if Jonathan kills him they will never be together again. Mina finishes off Dracula. Dracula: the Musical Dracula: the Musical is a Swedish musical based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker produced in 2010. It was originally a theatre production meant for ten performances but due to the massive popularity extra performances were added and the musical was turned into a film, given a limited release on DVD. The film was put together", "title": "Dracula: the Musical" }, { "docid": "8413020", "text": "on Bram Stoker's famous novel, \"The Fury of Dracula\" is a breakthrough title that introduced cooperative and deductive elements to the adventure board game subgenre, while managing to retain the feeling of breathless excitement that players seek in an adventure game.\" The Fury of Dracula The Fury of Dracula is a board game designed by Stephen Hand and published by Games Workshop in 1987. Fantasy Flight Games released an updated version in 2006 as Fury of Dracula, and a third edition in 2015 by the same name. The game takes place in Europe during 1898, eight years after the events", "title": "The Fury of Dracula" }, { "docid": "100236", "text": "on the role of Dracula in \"Count Dracula\", a 1970 Spanish-Italian-German coproduction notable for its adherence to the plot of the original novel. Playing the part of Renfield in that version was Klaus Kinski, who later played Dracula himself in 1979's \"Nosferatu the Vampyre\". In 1977, the BBC made \"Count Dracula\", a 155-minute adaptation for television starring Louis Jourdan. Later film adaptations include John Badham's 1979 \"Dracula\", starring Frank Langella and inspired by the 1977 Broadway revival of the Deane/Hamilton play, and Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\", starring Gary Oldman. The character of Count Dracula has remained popular", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "100207", "text": "Vlad III Dracula. Later he also claimed that he had a nightmare, caused by eating too much crab meat, about a \"vampire king\" rising from his grave. Although it is a widely known vampire novel, \"Dracula\" was not the first. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published \"The Bride of Corinth\" in 1797. (“From my grave to wander I am forc’d Still to seek The God’s long-sever’d link, Still to love the bridegroom I have lost, And the life-blood of his heart to drink;) Later Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 \"Carmilla\", about a lesbian vampire could have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, or \"Varney", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "2858070", "text": "The Tomb of Dracula The Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces. On rare occasions, Dracula would work with these vampire hunters against a common threat or battle other supernatural threats on his own, but more often than not, he was the antagonist rather than protagonist. In addition to his supernatural battles in this series, Marvel's Dracula often served as a supervillain to other characters in the Marvel Universe, battling the", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "2858087", "text": "miniseries published in 1998. The miniseries was published by Dark Horse Comics and was not officially associated with Marvel's Dracula series. A trade paperback collection was published in 2005. The Tomb of Dracula The Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces. On rare occasions, Dracula would work with these vampire hunters against a common threat or battle other supernatural threats on his own, but more often than not, he was the", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9484237", "text": "legend. While the story is based on the historical 15th century ruler of Wallachia, it also draws inspiration from the vampire legends that surround the Wallachian Prince. Gabrielle Estres’ novel \"Captive\" retraces the life of Vlad Țepeș, the Wallachian ruler who inspired Bram Stoker's \"Dracula\". The book combines historical facts and contemporary 15th century pamphlets with the vampire lore created by Stoker. A version of Dracula (who hates the name and is known as Vlad Tepesh) appears first as a supporting character in the \"Night Huntress\" series by Jeaniene Frost, then in a more central role as the protagonist's love", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "14443244", "text": "young son. To lay their memories to rest they return to Transylvania, and can find no trace of the horrific events. But, beneath the earth, Dracula's soul lies in limbo, waiting for the Lifeblood that will revive him. Dracula the Undead (novel) Dracula the Undead is a sequel written to Bram Stoker's classic novel \"Dracula\", written by Freda Warrington. The book was commissioned by Penguin Books as a sequel to Stoker's original novel for the centenary of the latter's first publication. It takes place seven years after the original. It was originally published in 1997, and was brought back to", "title": "Dracula the Undead (novel)" }, { "docid": "5888160", "text": "of Dracula\". The French title, \"Dracula vit toujours à Londres\", remains closer to what was initially planned, as it can be translated by \"Dracula is Still Living in London\". In the United States, the film was distributed in 1979 by Dynamite Films in a heavily edited version titled Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride. The film itself is a mixture of horror, science fiction and a spy thriller, with a screenplay by Don Houghton, a veteran of BBC's \"Doctor Who\". The original score was composed by television composer John Cacavas. It wrapped on 3 January 1973 – 15 years to", "title": "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9577867", "text": "Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (alternately titled Dracula: The Dark Prince and Dark Prince: Legend of Dracula) is a horror-war television film, which premiered in the United States on the USA Network on Halloween, October 31, 2000. It is about Vlad III Dracula, \"the Impaler\", the historical figure who gave Bram Stoker's Dracula his name. \"Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula\" tells the story of Vlad Dracula, the historical figure who gave Bram Stoker's Dracula his name. Vlad is a dispossessed noble and a patriot who fights the occupation forces", "title": "Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9415397", "text": "of space and time and money. Something of a hole in the middle though, like a vampire after remedial treatment.\" She was less positive about the casting and performance of Louis Jourdan, however, which she felt \"emphasised the lover at the expense of the demon. It makes a change. Though, I would say, for the worst.\" Film historian Stuart Galbraith IV said that \"\"Count Dracula\" remains one of the best-ever adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel\" despite a \"couple of missteps\", remarking that \"the cast is excellent\", in particular praising the performances of Frank Finlay and Louis Jourdan, whom he calls", "title": "Count Dracula (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "17809187", "text": "comic \"The Tomb of Dracula\", the continuities of the two titles occasionally overlapped, with storylines weaving between the two. Most of the time, however, the stories in \"Dracula Lives!\" were standalone Dracula tales by various creative teams. Later issues of \"Dracula Lives!\" featured a serialized adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel, written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Dick Giordano. Copyrighted as simply \"Dracula Lives!\" and commonly known by its trademarked cover title, \"Dracula Lives!\", the magazine ran 13 issues from 1973 to 1975. With sister titles including \"Monsters Unleashed\", \"Tales of the Zombie\" and \"Vampire Tales\", it was", "title": "Dracula Lives!" }, { "docid": "9416224", "text": "shared his personal past with the historical Transylvanian-born Voivode Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Țepeș. Following the publication of \"In Search of Dracula\" by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972, this supposed connection attracted much popular attention. This work argued that Bram Stoker based his Dracula on Vlad the Impaler. Historically, the name \"Dracula\" is the given name of Vlad Țepeș' family, a name derived from a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg (king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "2194716", "text": "by Eiko Ishioka created a new image for the Count and for the first time freed him from the black cape and evening wear the character had become associated with since Bela Lugosi's portrayal in 1931. The film was also a landmark in vampire horror as it is the only \"Dracula\" adaptation to win Oscars. The film appeared in \"Entertainment Weekly\"s \"5 best vampire movies\", \"Forbes\"s \"Top 10 Best Vampire Movies Of All Time\", \"Esquire\"s \"20 Best Vampire Movies\", and \"Sexiest Horror Movies Ever Made\". and \"IndieWire\"'s \"The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time\". Oldman's Dracula featured in \"Forbes\"s", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "100229", "text": "and wolves and night\". In 2009, an official sequel was published, written by Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker will write a prequel to \"Dracula\" titled \"Dracul\". An interpretation of the missing 101 pages of the original novel, it was pieced together from Bram Stoker's editorial notes, artifacts, and journals. The story of \"Dracula\" has been the basis for numerous films and plays. Stoker himself wrote the first theatrical adaptation, which was presented at the Lyceum Theatre on 18 May 1897 under the title \"Dracula, or The Undead\" shortly before the", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "5382439", "text": "Scars of Dracula Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn. Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: the Count is introduced as an \"icily charming host;\" he has command over nature; and he is seen scaling the walls of his castle. It also gives Lee more to do and say than any other Hammer Dracula film except its first, 1958's \"Dracula\". This", "title": "Scars of Dracula" }, { "docid": "2858079", "text": "the two titles occasionally overlapped, with storylines weaving between the two. Most of the time the stories in \"Dracula Lives!\" were stand-alone tales, including a serialized adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel, in 10- to 12-page installments written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Dick Giordano. \"Tomb of Dracula\" was supplemented by a \"Giant-Size\" companion quarterly that ran for five issues in the mid-1970s. Artist John Byrne’s first story for Marvel Comics, \"Dark Asylum\", was published in \"Giant-Size Dracula\" #5 (June 1975). The color title \"Tomb of Dracula\" was succeeded by another black-and-white magazine, also called \"Tomb of Dracula\",", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9626165", "text": "pinball across the playfield and the player would be required to knock it loose from the magnet's grasp to start the mode. A licensed digital version of the table had been released for \"The Pinball Arcade\" to end its third season of DLC for several platforms. Category:Works based on Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula (pinball) Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1993 pinball machine released by Williams. It is based in the 1992 film \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\". The game was characterized by its unusual blood-red DMD display (most other games at the time used orange for their color) as well as a", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (pinball)" }, { "docid": "2194713", "text": "original \"Dracula\" novel by Bram Stoker in paperback. Grey, gothic statue heads (as seen on the original film poster) adorned the front cover of the book against a grey stone background. \"Dracula\" was first released to DVD in 1999 and again as a Superbit DVD in 2001. The DVD included several extra features: filmographies, the original theatrical trailer, a documentary (\"Dracula: The Man, The Myth, The Legend\"), costume designs and DVD trailers. The superbit version did not contain any extra features. A two-disc \"Collector's Edition\" DVD and Blu-ray was released in 2007. Special features include an introduction and audio commentary", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "9416205", "text": "When angered, the Count showed his true bestial nature, his blue eyes flaming red. As the novel progresses, Dracula is described as taking on a more and more youthful appearance. After Harker strikes him with a shovel, he is left with a scar on his forehead which he bears throughout the course of the novel. Dracula also possesses great wealth, and has Gypsies in his homeland who are loyal to him as servants and protectors. Count Dracula is portrayed in the novel using many different supernatural abilities, and is believed to have gained his abilities through dealings with the Devil.", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "8413016", "text": "case of vampires, increase the Vampire track by two, bringing him closer to winning the game. The second edition adds the Resolve system to the Hunters. Every time the Day/Night track advances to a new day, in addition to Dracula gaining a Vampire track point, the Hunters gain 1 Resolve point. Resolve can be spent to reveal Dracula's oldest location, allow an individual hunter to take an extra turn, or heal a single hunter. The second edition also clearly states there should be punishment for cheating by the Dracula player, whether intentionally or accidentally. The suggested punishment is a clearing", "title": "The Fury of Dracula" }, { "docid": "1589326", "text": "Anno Dracula series The \"Anno Dracula\" series by Kim Newman—named after \"Anno Dracula\" (1992), the series' first novel—is a work of fantasy depicting an alternate history in which the heroes of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" fail to stop Count Dracula's conquest of Great Britain, resulting in a world where vampires are common and increasingly dominant in society. While Dracula is a central figure in the events of the series, he is a minor character in the books themselves, and usually appears in only a few climactic pages of each book. While many of the characters from Newman's Diogenes Club stories", "title": "Anno Dracula series" }, { "docid": "2858082", "text": "immortal foe of the superhero team the X-Men, in Victorian London. Mina is the mother of Quincy, and the wife of Count Dracula. She died in a great battle, but she was turned into a vampire by her beloved husband Count Dracula. She acts like a human rather than a vampire. She is the Queen of Romania. Some of the nudity was removed from the fourth volume. Publisher Dan Buckley explained, \"That wasn't because we were going to bookstores, or because we were exclusively going to hobby shops. It probably had more with where we were at from a ratings", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9484239", "text": "the \"\" setting, he is the founder of the 'Ordo Dracul', a secretive organisation to which the player's characters may claim membership. Both games draw much from the novel \"Dracula\" and vampire legends in general. In the \"Castlevania\" series (known as \"Akumajo Dracula\" (Demon Castle Dracula) in Japan), Count Vlad Ţepeş Dracula, as he is known in the series, is the ultimate source of evil that the others must confront, after adventuring through Dracula's castle. The other aspect in relations to the Count is his son, Adrian Fahrenheit Ţepeş, commonly known as \"Alucard\", who has dedicated his life to ensure", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "5382452", "text": "finally came to pass with \"Scars of Dracula,\" a garish live-action cartoon.\" John Kenneth Muir in \"Horror Films of the 1970s\" called the film \"a by-the-numbers sequel that amply demonstrates why the studio's audience was shrinking as the 1960s became the 1970s.\" Scars of Dracula Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn. Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: the Count is", "title": "Scars of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9464017", "text": "Dracula (miniseries) Dracula, also known as Dracula's Curse, is a 2002 Italian 2 part TV-miniseries written and directed by Roger Young and starring Patrick Bergin, Giancarlo Giannini and Stefania Rocca. It is based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Bram Stoker, though it updates the events of the novel to the present day. At a ballroom of a hospital charity party in Budapest, the successful American lawyer Jonathan Harker (Hardy Krüger Jr.) suddenly proposes to his girlfriend Mina (Stefania Rocca). He wants to marry her within the week. Their friends Lucy (Muriel Baumeister), Quincy (Alessio Boni) and", "title": "Dracula (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "9415399", "text": "Stage to Screen\", David J. Skal calls \"Count Dracula\" \"the most careful adaptation of the novel to date, and the most successful.\" Brett Cullum of \"DVD Verdict\" said the special effects were this version's \"biggest downfall\" and that it was \"perhaps the least visually interesting\" \"Dracula\" adaptation, though he offered a mostly positive review, remarking that there is \"plenty to admire in the production\", in particular the \"sublime acting\". MaryAnn Johanson of FlickFilosopher.com was less positive, writing: \"Maybe it had more of an impact in the 70s ... but today, while it remains a stylishly surreal reinterpretation of Bram Stoker’s", "title": "Count Dracula (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "11085756", "text": "Young Dracula and Young Monsters Young Dracula and Young Monsters is a children's fantasy novel by Michael Lawrence. It is an omnibus edition of the books \"Young Dracula\" (2002) and \"Young Monsters\" (2003). \"Young Dracula\", loosely based on the premise explored in Bram Stoker's horror novel \"Dracula\", follows the light-hearted adventures of Count Dracula's children. The novel inspired the CBBC children's drama series \"Young Dracula\". \"Young Monsters\" is set at the Dr Ffelix Ffurter School for Young Monsters, which has real monsters for pupils and teachers. The book is published by Barrington Stoke, which specializes in books for undeveloped readers.", "title": "Young Dracula and Young Monsters" }, { "docid": "11085755", "text": "Young Dracula and Young Monsters Young Dracula and Young Monsters is a children's fantasy novel by Michael Lawrence. It is an omnibus edition of the books \"Young Dracula\" (2002) and \"Young Monsters\" (2003). \"Young Dracula\", loosely based on the premise explored in Bram Stoker's horror novel \"Dracula\", follows the light-hearted adventures of Count Dracula's children. The novel inspired the CBBC children's drama series \"Young Dracula\". \"Young Monsters\" is set at the Dr Ffelix Ffurter School for Young Monsters, which has real monsters for pupils and teachers. The book is published by Barrington Stoke, which specializes in books for undeveloped readers.", "title": "Young Dracula and Young Monsters" }, { "docid": "9413492", "text": "Dracula (Mystery and Imagination) \"Dracula\" is a video-taped television play adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\", part of the series \"Mystery and Imagination\" (Season 4, Episode 3). Denholm Elliott (who later co-starred with fellow-Dracula Jack Palance in \"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\") played Count Dracula with Susan George as Lucy Weston (another alumn of another version of \"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\"). The drama begins in an asylum in Whitby, England. A mysterious patient escapes from his cell and intrudes upon a small party hosted by Dr. Seward, referring to the guest of honor—Count Dracula—as \"Master.\"", "title": "Dracula (Mystery and Imagination)" }, { "docid": "1687326", "text": "name of the film when Dafoe asked, \"Who's Ed?\"; the actor thought the title was \"Burn Ed to Light\". The film was produced by Nicolas Cage's Saturn Films. Members of the online community \"The HollyWood Stock Exchange\" were able to donate a small sum towards the film's production in exchange for listing their names on the DVD release of the film as \"virtual producers\". Of the film's cast, three actors had previously appeared in vampire films: Kier played Count Dracula in \"Blood for Dracula\" (1974) and Dragonetti in \"Blade\" (1998), Elwes played Arthur Holmwood in \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\" (1992), and", "title": "Shadow of the Vampire" }, { "docid": "9626164", "text": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (pinball) Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1993 pinball machine released by Williams. It is based in the 1992 film \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\". The game was characterized by its unusual blood-red DMD display (most other games at the time used orange for their color) as well as a \"Multi-Multi-Ball\" mode, where up to three different multiball variations could be active at the same time, with each successive active mode providing a jackpot multiplier of up to 3x. It also featured a unique variation on the usual multiball mode known as \"Mist Multiball,\" where a magnet would drag a", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (pinball)" }, { "docid": "2194689", "text": "the chapel's stone cross with his sword and drinks the blood that pours out of it. In 1897, newly qualified solicitor Jonathan Harker takes the Transylvanian Count Dracula as a client from his colleague Renfield, who has gone insane. Jonathan travels to Transylvania to arrange Dracula's real estate acquisitions in London, including Carfax Abbey. Jonathan meets Dracula, who discovers a picture of Harker's fiancée, Mina and believes that she is the reincarnation of Elisabeta. Dracula leaves Jonathan to be attacked and fed upon by his brides, while he sails to England with boxes of his native Transylvanian soil, taking up", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "47034", "text": "well known. The first authorised film version of \"Dracula\" did not come about until almost a decade later when Universal Studios released Tod Browning's \"Dracula\" starring Bela Lugosi. Canadian writer Dacre Stoker, a great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker, decided to write \"a sequel that bore the Stoker name\" to \"reestablish creative control over\" the original novel, with encouragement from screenwriter Ian Holt, because of the Stokers' frustrating history with \"Dracula's\" copyright. In 2009, \"Dracula: The Un-Dead\" was released, written by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Both writers \"based [their work] on Bram Stoker's own handwritten notes for characters and plot threads", "title": "Bram Stoker" }, { "docid": "12641761", "text": "itself is an unofficial sequel to Bram Stoker's \"Dracula\"; set seven years after the end of the novel, Jonathan Harker finds that he must once again do battle with the evil Count Dracula in an effort to save his wife, Mina. A third game, with an unrelated storyline, followed in 2008, \"\". A loose sequel to \"Path of the Dragon\" was released in a two-part form in 2013; \"\" and \"\". \"Dracula: The Last Sanctuary\" was most widely reviewed for the PC, where it received mixed reviews, with critics praising the graphics, but criticising the nature of some of the", "title": "Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary" }, { "docid": "9413497", "text": "Harker and Seward's efforts. Differences between novel and adaptation: Dracula (Mystery and Imagination) \"Dracula\" is a video-taped television play adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\", part of the series \"Mystery and Imagination\" (Season 4, Episode 3). Denholm Elliott (who later co-starred with fellow-Dracula Jack Palance in \"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\") played Count Dracula with Susan George as Lucy Weston (another alumn of another version of \"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\"). The drama begins in an asylum in Whitby, England. A mysterious patient escapes from his cell and intrudes upon a small party hosted by Dr.", "title": "Dracula (Mystery and Imagination)" }, { "docid": "8171779", "text": "ends, taking us along for a feverish theme-park ride.\" The film was also well-received as a \"Dracula\" adaptation. Matt Brunson wrote that \"Not since Francis Coppola's sharp take on \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\" has there been a vampire flick as deliriously off the wall as Guy Maddin's\" and Horror.com's Staci Layne wrote that \"This is a fresh and surreally beautiful balletic interpretation of Bram Stoker's immortal novel, like nothing I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of Dracula movies!).\" Rosenbaum noted that even though [Maddin claims] he was bored by the Stoker novel, he was intrigued by the elements involving", "title": "Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary" }, { "docid": "5800499", "text": "genre game based on the film, and in most games the single player character is Jonathan Harker, who is one of the main protagonists of the Dracula film, and the original novel by Bram Stoker, which the film was based on. Bram Stoker's Dracula for the Game Boy is a 1993 video game that bears a closer resemblance to platform games such as \"Super Mario Land\" than horror films. The player controls a young lawyer named Jonathan Harker. Harker must free himself from Dracula's capture, follow him to London, and end his reign of terror. It was voted to be", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)" }, { "docid": "6762048", "text": "Taste the Blood of Dracula Taste the Blood of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, and was directed by Peter Sasdy based upon a script by Anthony Hinds. The film was released as a double bill alongside fellow Hammer production \"Crescendo\". It was the fifth entry in Hammer's Dracula series, and the fourth to feature Christopher Lee as the titular vampire. A businessman named Weller is travelling through Eastern Europe when he is thrown from his carriage during a struggle and knocked unconscious. After regaining consciousness, he", "title": "Taste the Blood of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9416223", "text": "Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Christopher Lee, Francis Lederer, Denholm Elliott, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Frank Langella, Klaus Kinski, Gary Oldman, Leslie Nielsen, George Hamilton, David Niven, Charles Macaulay, Keith-Lee Castle, Gerard Butler, Duncan Regehr, Richard Roxburgh, Marc Warren, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Billington, Thomas Kretschmann, Dominic Purcell and Luke Evans. In 2003, Count Dracula, as portrayed by Lugosi in the 1931 film, was named as the 33rd greatest movie villain by the AFI. The character is closely associated with the western cultural archetype of the vampire, and remains a popular Halloween costume. Already in 1958, Cecil Kirtly proposed that Count Dracula", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "5588876", "text": "Buffy vs. Dracula \"Buffy vs. Dracula\" is the fifth-season premiere of the television series \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\". Buffy faces the infamous Count Dracula, who has come to Sunnydale to make her one of his concubines. In the process, he turns Xander into a Renfield of sorts, and Giles becomes enthralled with the three sisters, much like Jonathan Harker in the novel. However, after a brief spell during which Buffy is mesmerized by the Count, she regains her usual composure and defeats him. Unable to sleep, Buffy goes out to patrol the cemetery and after staking a vampire, she returns", "title": "Buffy vs. Dracula" }, { "docid": "11924155", "text": "Dracula (1996 play) Dracula is an adaptation, first published in 1996, by American playwright Steven Dietz of Bram Stoker's novel by the same name. Though it has never run on Broadway, the author lists it among his most financially successful works, and it is frequently performed near Halloween in regional and community theaters. Closely following the plot of the novel, the play chronicles Count Dracula's journey to England, his stalking of two young women, and his pursuit and eventual defeat by the heroines' suitors and their associates. While all of Stoker's major plot points are present in Dietz's adaptation, they", "title": "Dracula (1996 play)" }, { "docid": "11924171", "text": "follow, and the florid language seems stilted. Dracula (1996 play) Dracula is an adaptation, first published in 1996, by American playwright Steven Dietz of Bram Stoker's novel by the same name. Though it has never run on Broadway, the author lists it among his most financially successful works, and it is frequently performed near Halloween in regional and community theaters. Closely following the plot of the novel, the play chronicles Count Dracula's journey to England, his stalking of two young women, and his pursuit and eventual defeat by the heroines' suitors and their associates. While all of Stoker's major plot", "title": "Dracula (1996 play)" }, { "docid": "5838946", "text": "speak her native tongue correctly. In this adaptation the vampire portrayed by Kendrick is clearly modelled on Medusa the Gorgon, and has living snakes coiled through her hair; another appears to be based upon an Arabian princess due to her attire. It is the brunette vampire (portrayed by Kendrick) that is the leader, rather than the blonde (portrayed by Bercu). The three brides are present but silent in the 1973 television adaptation \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\" (starring Jack Palance). Although missing from the silent film \"Nosferatu\", the Brides made silent appearances in the 1931 film \"Dracula\" and the Spanish language version", "title": "Brides of Dracula" }, { "docid": "12704741", "text": "He then gave a score of 7 out of 10. Game Zero Magazine also reviewed the game giving a score of 70 out of 100. Dracula the Undead (video game) Dracula - The Undead is a video game released in 1991 for the Atari Lynx handheld system. The game is loosely based on Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" and features Bram Stoker in the story as the narrator. The player takes on the role of Jonathan Harker as he tries to escape from Dracula's Castle. In the game you wake up with Dracula gone and you can explore the castle by", "title": "Dracula the Undead (video game)" }, { "docid": "20668991", "text": "Dracula (radio drama) \"Dracula\" is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series \"The Mercury Theatre on the Air\". It was performed as an episode of the series on Monday, July 11, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" (1897). \"Dracula\" was the first episode of the CBS Radio series \"The Mercury Theatre on the Air\", which was broadcast at 8 pm ET on Monday, July 11, 1938. Recalling Welles's sound-effects preparations for the series debut", "title": "Dracula (radio drama)" }, { "docid": "12704739", "text": "Dracula the Undead (video game) Dracula - The Undead is a video game released in 1991 for the Atari Lynx handheld system. The game is loosely based on Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" and features Bram Stoker in the story as the narrator. The player takes on the role of Jonathan Harker as he tries to escape from Dracula's Castle. In the game you wake up with Dracula gone and you can explore the castle by moving from room to room. The game controls are a point and click, where you can interact with a certain number items in each room.", "title": "Dracula the Undead (video game)" }, { "docid": "13626507", "text": "Dracula: A Chamber Musical Dracula: A Chamber Musical is a 1997 Canadian musical adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\". The book and lyrics are by Richard Ouzounian and the music and orchestration are by Marek Norman. After premiering at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1997, \"Dracula\" in 1999 became the first Canadian musical to be staged at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. \"Dracula\" was a popular success, enjoying a six-month run. Ouzounian, who was head of creative arts programming for TVOntario, arranged for the musical to be filmed and broadcast in collaboration with CBC Television. The special", "title": "Dracula: A Chamber Musical" }, { "docid": "5838954", "text": "Bloody Red Baron\", the Brides of Dracula are mentioned as including Mata Hari, Lady Marikova (from the novel \"The House of Dracula\" by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes), Lola-Lola (from the film \"The Blue Angel\"), Sadie Thompson, Lemora, and Baron Meinster (from the film \"The Brides of Dracula\"). In the beginning of the second sequel, \"Dracula Cha Cha Cha\", a list of Dracula's official Brides is given. They are: Elisabeta of Transylvania (from \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\"), 1448–1462; Ilona Szilagy (Vlad III's real-life second wife), 1466–1476; Marguerite Chopin of Courtempierre (from \"Vampyr\"), 1709–1711; Queen Victoria, 1886–1888; and Sari Gábor, 1948–1949. The plot surrounds Dracula's", "title": "Brides of Dracula" } ]

[ "Pillsbury", "Pillsbury (disambiguation)" ]

[ { "docid": "9392462", "text": "Pillsbury Bake-Off The Pillsbury Bake-Off is a cooking contest, first run by the Pillsbury Company from 1949–1976, 2013 to 2014, and since 2017 as an annual contest. From 1978 to 2012, the contest was held biennially. There was no contest in 2015 to 2016. The first contest was held in 1949 as the Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest and hosted in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The grand prize was originally $25,000. From 1996 to 2014, the grand prize was $1,000,000. Since 2017, the grand prize is $50,000 plus a kitchen makeover from GE Appliances. The only required ingredient in the", "title": "Pillsbury Bake-Off" }, { "docid": "9392465", "text": "Dip-Stuffed Garlic Rolls Watkins™ Vanilla Award: won by Antoinette Leal of Ridgefield, Connecticut – Very Vanilla Lemon Tarts Reynolds® Baking Magic Award: won by Elizabeth Bennett of Seattle, Washington – Chocolate-Peanut Butter-Filled Pretzels Pillsbury Bake-Off The Pillsbury Bake-Off is a cooking contest, first run by the Pillsbury Company from 1949–1976, 2013 to 2014, and since 2017 as an annual contest. From 1978 to 2012, the contest was held biennially. There was no contest in 2015 to 2016. The first contest was held in 1949 as the Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest and hosted in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The grand", "title": "Pillsbury Bake-Off" }, { "docid": "9392463", "text": "early contests was Pillsbury's BEST Flour. There was no contest in 1965 because the contest was moved from October to February. Occasionally, there has been a male category winner (1978, 1990, 1992, and 2002). The only male champion was Kurt Wait of Redwood City, California, who won in 1996; that year, 14 of the 100 finalists were men. The contest had reverted to an annual contest in 2013 and 2014, after the previous 18 contests were held on the even-numbered years. In 2014, the contest added eight additional \"Sponsor Awards\" for a prize of $5,000 each. Categories and winners included:", "title": "Pillsbury Bake-Off" }, { "docid": "14943419", "text": "\"Junior Bake Off\" format has also been sold to Thailand. Beginning in 2014, the US broadcaster PBS has aired five series of the show under the name \"The Great British Baking Show\". The change of name was necessary due to the fact that \"Bake-Off\" is a registered trademark of Pillsbury in the United States. The fifth British series was broadcast as Season 1 in Winter 2014–2015; the fourth series was then broadcast as Season 2 in Fall 2015, the sixth series was broadcast as Season 3 in Summer 2016, and the seventh series was broadcast as Season 4 in Summer", "title": "The Great British Bake Off" } ]

[ { "docid": "18202976", "text": "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (sometimes shortened to An Extra Slice) is a British television after-show to follow the series \"The Great British Bake Off\". Hosted by Jo Brand, the show features three celebrity panelist to discus the after-events of the week. Originally,the show began airing on BBC Two on 8th August 2014 two days after the premiere episode of the fifth series of the main show, and is filmed at The London Studios. In April 2017, it was announced that the series and Brand would follow \"The Great", "title": "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice" }, { "docid": "16034239", "text": "Junior Bake Off Junior Bake Off is a British TV baking competition series where forty young bakers tackle a series of baking challenges including the art of baking cakes, biscuits, bread and pastries all competing to be crowned \"\"Junior Bake Off\" Champion\", with all their bakes being judged by two leading chefs. It is a spin-off from the main series, \"The Great British Bake Off\" and is broadcast on CBBC. Semi-Finalist Finalist Winner The four finalists are first given a masterclass; in the masterclass they learn how to decorate shortbread and cupcakes to a professional standard. They are then split", "title": "Junior Bake Off" }, { "docid": "8331161", "text": "Long Island Pizza Festival & Bake-Off The Long Island Pizza Festival & Bake-Off is an annual charity event that takes place on Long Island, New York. The event is coordinated and hosted by LongIsland.com a free online news and information resource for Long Island. Long Island pizzerias compete to be named Best Pizza on Long Island in an online voting contest. The finalists are selected to participate in the Bake-Off which takes place at the Pizza Festival held annually during National Pizza Month in October. The Long Island Pizza Festival has been featured on FoodNetwork TV's \"All American Festivals,\" written", "title": "Long Island Pizza Festival & Bake-Off" }, { "docid": "8331163", "text": "help feed the hungry. A portion of the proceeds go to Long Island Cares and Island Harvest, non-profit food organizations based on Long Island, NY. Long Island Pizza Festival & Bake-Off The Long Island Pizza Festival & Bake-Off is an annual charity event that takes place on Long Island, New York. The event is coordinated and hosted by LongIsland.com a free online news and information resource for Long Island. Long Island pizzerias compete to be named Best Pizza on Long Island in an online voting contest. The finalists are selected to participate in the Bake-Off which takes place at the", "title": "Long Island Pizza Festival & Bake-Off" }, { "docid": "16034241", "text": "invited friends and family. A second series began on 11 November 2013 on CBBC. Chef James Martin replaces Hollywood as judge in this series of \"Junior Bake Off\". Semi-Finalist Finalist Winner In this episode the four finalists face the pressure of a professional kitchen, baking in one of the worlds most famous restaurants, Harrods, they must bake to the highest standards in order to impress Mary, James, Pastry Chef Marcus Bore and John Whaite. The two teams have 1 hour 15 minutes to bake 15 Shortbread Tea Fancies and two types of Scones; 10 Fruit and 10 Plain. In this", "title": "Junior Bake Off" }, { "docid": "19436348", "text": "comparing it unfavourably to \"The Great British Bake Off\", suggesting that it had lost the crucial elements that made the original \"Bake Off\" a success. Michael Hogan of \"The Daily Telegraph\" complained that the new show \"bore no resemblance to it whatsoever, thus seemed to be merely piggybacking cynically on the Bake-Off “brand\". He also found two of the judges' accents as well as the scoring system \"impenetrable\", the baking \"bafflingly scientific\" and the teams not \"terribly likeable\". He concluded that \"Creme de la Creme\" \"was nice but dull\", and that as \"a Bake-Off spin-off, it was a soggy-bottomed disaster.", "title": "Bake Off: The Professionals" }, { "docid": "12783017", "text": "The Annual The Annual is a series of compilation albums currently published annually by London-based electronic dance music brand Ministry of Sound. Described as Ministry of Sound's \"flagship\" series, the popular albums feature house, big beat and trance tracks popular in nightclubs, especially those in the United Kingdom. The Ministry of Sound had been releasing DJ mix albums since 1993, their third year of business as a nightclub, starting with the inaugural edition of the \"Session\", mixed by Tony Humphries. As the label increasingly began to release other mix albums, \"The Annual\" was conceived to wrap up the year at", "title": "The Annual" }, { "docid": "12783026", "text": "Music Entertainment Australia. The Annual The Annual is a series of compilation albums currently published annually by London-based electronic dance music brand Ministry of Sound. Described as Ministry of Sound's \"flagship\" series, the popular albums feature house, big beat and trance tracks popular in nightclubs, especially those in the United Kingdom. The Ministry of Sound had been releasing DJ mix albums since 1993, their third year of business as a nightclub, starting with the inaugural edition of the \"Session\", mixed by Tony Humphries. As the label increasingly began to release other mix albums, \"The Annual\" was conceived to wrap up", "title": "The Annual" }, { "docid": "2681678", "text": "appeared on the front cover of every annual since the release of the 1979 book in 1978. The latest version came out 2018 and was dated 2019. The book has retailed at £7.99 since 2009 (released 2008) This information is necessary to identify older annuals which are not dated. If an annual is dated 1940, it would have been published in August 1939. Prices are in shillings and pence with one shilling equal to 5p. The Beano Book The Magic-Beano Book The Beano Book From 1966 all annuals were dated. The Beano Annual The Beano Annual The Beano Annual is", "title": "The Beano Annual" }, { "docid": "14943394", "text": "the programme are the background of the contestants as well as video vignettes on the history of baking. What each baker intends to bake during a particular challenge is illustrated using animated graphics. These graphics have been created by illustrator Tom Hovey since the show's inception in 2010. Series 1 of \"The Great British Bake Off\" saw ten home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour saw the bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline.", "title": "The Great British Bake Off" }, { "docid": "14943385", "text": "The Great British Bake Off The Great British Bake Off (also called Bake Off or GBBO) is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills, with a contestant being eliminated in each round, with the winner being selected from the contestants who reach the finals. The show's first episode was aired on 17 August 2010, with its first four series broadcast on BBC Two, until its growing popularity led the BBC to", "title": "The Great British Bake Off" }, { "docid": "10011802", "text": "the Grand Annual Steeple since 1895. The 2009 event was the 132nd running (the race was not held between 1942 and 1946 and was abandoned in 1971). The winner is notable for not having raced for two years and two days prior to contesting this event. The race record is held by Hoki (1996) at 6min 38.4 sec. Grand Annual The Grand Annual is an Australian Thoroughbred steeplechase for horses that run at Warrnambool, Victoria during its annual May Racing Carnival. The distance is officially listed as \"about\" 5500 metres because many sections of the race are run in open", "title": "Grand Annual" }, { "docid": "18202980", "text": "show, and a comedian. In the final episode of each series judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry normally made an appearance on the panel, along with a comedian. However, in the first episode of the fourth series, Prue Leith made an appearance on the panel, while Hollywood appeared on episode 3. Tom Allen has joined the 2018 series as a regular contributor, reviewing audiences’ bakes. The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (sometimes shortened to An Extra Slice) is a British television after-show to follow the series \"The Great British Bake", "title": "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice" }, { "docid": "20225138", "text": "Bake Off Brasil Bake Off Brasil – Mão na Massa (English: \"Bake Off Brasil – Hands On\"), often referred to as simply Bake Off Brasil or BOB is a Brazilian reality television series based on the BBC baking competition \"The Great British Bake Off\". The series premiered on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 9:30 p.m. (BRT / AMT) on SBT, aiming to find the best amateur baker in Brazil. The series currently has two spin-offs: \"Bake Off SBT\", a special holliday series featuring celebrities from SBT as contestants, and \"Júnior Bake Off Brasil\", which premiered on January 6, 2018. The", "title": "Bake Off Brasil" }, { "docid": "2826074", "text": "page in 1984, the annual cover reflected this by featuring both Korky and Dan until the release of the 1991 book in 1990 – which was the first ever Dandy Annual to not feature Korky on the front cover in any way. He has made several appearances since then, despite the main focus shifting to Dan. In 2006, the original 1939 Monster Comic was reprinted as a facsimile edition in a collector's slipcase. This information is necessary to identify older annuals which are not dated. If an annual is dated 1940, it would have been published in August 1939. Prices", "title": "The Dandy Annual" }, { "docid": "2681676", "text": "The Beano Annual The Beano Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1939, to tie in with the children's comic \"The Beano\". there have been 79 editions. The annuals are traditionally published in July or August, in time for Christmas, and since 1965 they have had the date of the following year on the cover. Before then no date was given. From the annual 1943 to 1950 one the annual was called \"The Magic-Beano Book\", which referred to the short-lived Magic Comic that had ceased publication in 1941 due to the Second", "title": "The Beano Annual" }, { "docid": "15376573", "text": "Cootamundra Annual Classic The Cootamundra Annual Classic, also known as the \"Coota Classic\" or \"Coota Annual\" is a bicycle handicap race starting and finishing in the New South Wales town of Cootamundra. First run in 1955, the race is traditionally held on the last weekend in August. Today it's one of the oldest open road races in New South Wales. The race has run every year since 1955, making it one of oldest races on the Cycling NSW open calendar. Organised by Cootamundra Cycling Club, past winners have include road professional Graeme Brown and 2010 Melbourne to Warrnambool winner Rhys", "title": "Cootamundra Annual Classic" }, { "docid": "2826072", "text": "The Dandy Annual The Dandy Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1938, to tie in with the children's comic \"The Dandy\". there have been 78 editions. The Dandy Annual will still continue to be published, even though the weekly Dandy comic has now ended. The annuals are traditionally published in July or August, in time for Christmas, and since 1965 they have had the date of the following year on the cover. Before then no date was given. From 1938 to 1951 the annual was called The Dandy Monster Comic. The", "title": "The Dandy Annual" }, { "docid": "2826075", "text": "are in shillings and pence with one shilling equal to 5p. The Dandy Monster Comic The Dandy Book From 1966 all books were dated. The Dandy Annual The Dandy Annual The Dandy Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1938, to tie in with the children's comic \"The Dandy\". there have been 78 editions. The Dandy Annual will still continue to be published, even though the weekly Dandy comic has now ended. The annuals are traditionally published in July or August, in time for Christmas, and since 1965 they have had the", "title": "The Dandy Annual" }, { "docid": "18936692", "text": "of 13.4 million viewers peaking at 14.5, the highest overnight total of 2015. The list of ten most-watched television programmes of 2015 was also dominated by \"The Great British Bake Off\", with seven of the year's ten being episodes of The Great British Bake Off. Official episode viewing figures are from BARB. The Great British Bake Off (series 6) The sixth series of \"The Great British Bake Off\" first aired on 5 August 2015, with twelve contestants competing to be crowned the series 6 winner. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presented the show, and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 6)" }, { "docid": "18202977", "text": "British Bake Off\" to Channel 4 in 2017. The after show was announced in July 2014. Comedian Jo Brand was later announced as the host of the series on 24 July 2014. The show returned for a second run, beginning on 7 August 2015, and for a third series on 24 August 2016. A fourth series began on 31 August 2017 on Channel 4. A fifth series began on 31 August 2018, moving to Friday evenings. Brand and three rotating panelists appear on each episode. The panelists are generally a chef or cooking expert, such as Michel Roux Jr. or", "title": "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice" }, { "docid": "20941734", "text": "recap special called \"An Extra Slice\", hosted by Chris Parker, discussing the episode of the week and interviewing contestants who have been eliminated. The Great Kiwi Bake Off The Great Kiwi Bake Off is a New Zealand television baking competition based off \"The Great British Bake Off\" in which 12 amateur bakers compete in a series of baking challenges. The show's first episode was aired on 16 October 2018 on TVNZ 2. The show is hosted by Hayley Sproull and Madeleine Sami, with judges Dean Brettschneider and Sue Fleischl. The show, like other spinoffs of \"The Great British Bake Off\",", "title": "The Great Kiwi Bake Off" }, { "docid": "10343340", "text": "the trade. Its importance today is in the seminal articles that it published that still have reference value: monographs on individuals; articles on various matters of typesetting.” The publication was most substantial (in size and influence) in the 1950s and 1960s. The Penrose Annual The Penrose Annual was a London-based review of graphic arts, printed nearly annually from 1895 to 1982. \"Penrose\" began in 1895 as \"Process Work Yearbook – Penrose's Annual.\" Lund Humphries has printed the publication since 1897 and has been responsible for its content since 1906 until selling Penrose to Northwood Publications Limited, part of the Thompson", "title": "The Penrose Annual" }, { "docid": "10343336", "text": "The Penrose Annual The Penrose Annual was a London-based review of graphic arts, printed nearly annually from 1895 to 1982. \"Penrose\" began in 1895 as \"Process Work Yearbook – Penrose's Annual.\" Lund Humphries has printed the publication since 1897 and has been responsible for its content since 1906 until selling Penrose to Northwood Publications Limited, part of the Thompson Corporation, in 1974. It was edited by William Gamble from 1895 to 1933 then Richard Bertram Fishenden from 1934 to 1957. Fishenden's friend Allan Delafons then took over as editor from the delayed 1958 volume number 52 until the 1962 volume", "title": "The Penrose Annual" }, { "docid": "17507915", "text": "Kelly - Executive Pastry Chef at Dublin's Merrion Hotel - as a judge and the third series began airing on Sunday 25 October 2015 with a repeat showing on Saturday evenings. The winner was Cathy Mac Kenna from Monaghan who beat Emer Hough and Clare Ryan in the Grand Final. In 'The Great Irish Christmas Bake Off' - a one off seasonal special - judges Paul Kelly and Lilly Higgins demonstrated Christmas bakes and makes and there was a Celebrity Bake Off between Pantomime Stars and Presenters. Actor George McMahon and singer Leanne Moore represented Team Panto while Lucy Kennedy", "title": "The Great Irish Bake Off" }, { "docid": "4203094", "text": "\"The Political State of Great Britain\" (38 volumes, 1711–29). Later examples include \"The Statesman's Yearbook\" (since 1864) and the \"Daily Mail Year Book\" (since 1901). Two early German titles are \"Europäischer Geschichtskalender\", founded in 1861 by Heinrich Schulthess and Gottlob Egelhaaf’s \"Historisch-politische Jahresübersicht\" (28 volumes, 1908–1936). In the case of comic books, an annual is considered a separate series for purposes of numbering and collectibility; a particular periodical's \"Annual\" will thus have its own numbering series, or alternately be referred to by the year of its publication (such as \"The Amazing Spider-Man '99 Annual\"). A comic book annual customarily has", "title": "Annual publication" }, { "docid": "1932152", "text": "the earlier volumes, while recent volumes have text taken directly from the files used for the print publication. The online version includes contents tables and indexes to enable users to browse individual volumes. It also allows for keyword searches within the whole text. Since 2011, the publisher has hosted a yearly lecture by a person eminent in one of the fields covered by The Annual Register. The lecture is delivered before an invited audience, at the London headquarters of one of the institutions that nominate members of the Advisory Board. The Annual Register The Annual Register (originally subtitled \"A View", "title": "The Annual Register" }, { "docid": "9000762", "text": "has been to gain wide acceptance of some form of perennial calendar, based on a typically 364-day year. In the world of watchmaking, the first annual calendar indicator introduced for a wristwatch was patented in 1996 by Patek Philippe. Since 1996, the mechanism of an annual calendar was continuously improved. It is now used in watch manufacture by several watchmaking companies. The annual calendar is not a common feature. It can be found in: Breitling (Navitimer Olympus), Bvlgari (Bvlgari Annual Calendar), Ulysse Nardin (Marine Chronograph), Patek Philippe (Ref. 5035, 5135, 5146, 5147, 5396 and 5960), and Zenith (Captain Winsor). Annual", "title": "Annual calendar" }, { "docid": "17047411", "text": "just 16 hours, one being \"traditional\" and the other \"contemporary\". Paul and Mary explore the history of the Great British Wedding Cake, looking at the dramatic changes through the eras; from the Tudors and the Victorians, wartime Britain and the eighties to the present day. Although Paul and Mary judged the results, no individual winner was declared. Official episode viewing figures are from BARB. The Great British Bake Off (series 1) The first series of \"The Great British Bake Off\", first aired on BBC Two on 17 August 2010. Ten home bakers took part in a bake-off to test every", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 1)" }, { "docid": "4271819", "text": "accordance with accounting standards generally accepted in Ireland and with Irish statute comprising the Companies Acts 1963 to 2009... In 1903, U.S. Steel published an annual report whose financial accuracy was certified by Price, WaterHouse & Co. in what is known as the earliest modern corporate annual report. Certain groups such as The True Cost Of Chevron Network have released 'alternative' annual reports as a way to highlight ongoing environmental destruction and/or human rights abuses committed by a particular company. Annual report An annual report is a comprehensive report on a company's activities throughout the preceding year. Annual reports are", "title": "Annual report" }, { "docid": "17047408", "text": "bake 24 miniature cake in 2 1/2 hours. Only two can advance to becoming the winner of the Great British Bake Off. For the final challenge, the 2 finalists were asked to bake 24 miniature tarts, 24 scones, 24 choux buns, and 24 finger sandwiches in 5 hours. Fulham Palace, London After winning the competition, Edd Kimber is able to make his living from baking. He worked in the pastry kitchen at Raymond Blanc's restaurant Le Manoir. He has written three books on baking, \"The Boy Who Bakes\", \"Say It With Cake\", and \"Patisserie Made Simple: From Macaron to Millefeuille", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 1)" }, { "docid": "14943401", "text": "On 30 October 2018, Sheffield University researcher Rahul Mandal, from India, was announced as the winner of \"The Great British Bake Off\" 2018. The runners-up were Ruby Bhogal and Kim-Joy Hewlett. The ninth series is broadcast on Netflix as Collection 6. Periodically, accidents and other errors have influenced the results of a round of judging. Several have had a significant impact on what a baker presents, notably: The early reviews for the first series were mixed. Lucy Mangan of \"The Guardian\" wondered if \"competitive baking [is] a contradiction in terms\" and found the proceedings humourless. Iain Hollingshead of \"The Daily", "title": "The Great British Bake Off" }, { "docid": "14943415", "text": "Sue. This series was seen as having more innuendos than previous ones; some reviewers noted the \"extra pinch of saucy spice\" and \"the increasingly filthy-minded hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins\". The series 3 winner John Whaite however argued that innuendo is part of what made the show a success, whilst judge Paul Hollywood described the innuendos as banter in the spirit of the \"Carry On\" films and is a part of British culture, a view shared by others. The success of \"The Great British Bake Off\" led to the BBC commissioning many other series closely following the format from", "title": "The Great British Bake Off" }, { "docid": "14779465", "text": "Israeli Annual Hebrew Song Chart Israeli annual Hebrew song chart (Hebrew: מצעד הפזמונים העברי השנתי) is an annual Israeli Hebrew song contest, broadcast on radio on Rosh Hashanah every year since 1963. There are two Hebrew song chart contests - one on the radio channel Reshet Gimmel and the other on the radio channel Galgalatz which is operated by the Israel Defense Forces Radio. The aim of these charts is to summarize all weekly charts aired throughout the last year. This charts consists of the most played songs of the year, the first place winner song is announced \"Song of", "title": "Israeli Annual Hebrew Song Chart" }, { "docid": "17507911", "text": "The Great Irish Bake Off The Great Irish Bake Off was an Irish reality TV cooking series. The show is based on the successful BBC show \"The Great British Bake Off\". The show is produced by Sideline Productions for the TV3 Group. It premiered on TV3 Ireland on 19 September 2013, has been broadcast for two seasons with a third season running from Sunday 25 October 2015. Series 1 and 2 were broadcast on Thursday nights from 21:00. Series 3 launched in a Sunday night slot on 25 October 2015 at 21:00. In August 2016, the TV3 Group confirmed the", "title": "The Great Irish Bake Off" }, { "docid": "20941733", "text": "The Great Kiwi Bake Off The Great Kiwi Bake Off is a New Zealand television baking competition based off \"The Great British Bake Off\" in which 12 amateur bakers compete in a series of baking challenges. The show's first episode was aired on 16 October 2018 on TVNZ 2. The show is hosted by Hayley Sproull and Madeleine Sami, with judges Dean Brettschneider and Sue Fleischl. The show, like other spinoffs of \"The Great British Bake Off\", uses a similar style, format, and opening theme song to the British series. Like the British series, the show is followed by a", "title": "The Great Kiwi Bake Off" }, { "docid": "1932151", "text": "Relics, remains and the Romanovs\" (Routledge). \"The Annual Register\" is currently published by ProQuest. The company (then called CSA) bought the title in late 2005 from Keesing's Worldwide. In 2008 the board of judges of the Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA) awarded \"The Annual Register\" the 2008 Best Reference Publication prize for its \"editorial excellence\". The entire archive of \"The Annual Register\" is currently available to subscribers online. This includes every volume published since 1758 and is updated annually when each new volume is completed. Each page has been scanned. Text has been captured through OCR (optical character recognition) for", "title": "The Annual Register" }, { "docid": "18936676", "text": "The Great British Bake Off (series 6) The sixth series of \"The Great British Bake Off\" first aired on 5 August 2015, with twelve contestants competing to be crowned the series 6 winner. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presented the show, and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. The competition was held in the ground of Welford Park, Berkshire for a second year. The series was won by Nadiya Hussain, with Tamal Ray and Ian Cumming finishing as runners-up. Colour key: For the first challenge, the bakers were given two hours to make a Madeira Cake, which was", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 6)" }, { "docid": "19436340", "text": "Bake Off: The Professionals Bake Off: The Professionals (previously Bake Off: Crème de la Crème from 2016–2017) is a British television baking competition featuring teams of professional pastry chefs pit against one another through two different challenges. It is a spin-off from \"The Great British Bake Off\", and its first episode was screened on BBC Two on 29 March 2016. The eight-episode first series of the programme was presented by Tom Kerridge, with Benoit Blin, Cherish Finden and Claire Clark serving as judges. The second series was presented by Angus Deayton, but Claire Clark did not return as a judge.", "title": "Bake Off: The Professionals" }, { "docid": "19436350", "text": "ratings are from BARB. Viewing figures for Channel 4 are total numbers including +1. Bake Off: The Professionals Bake Off: The Professionals (previously Bake Off: Crème de la Crème from 2016–2017) is a British television baking competition featuring teams of professional pastry chefs pit against one another through two different challenges. It is a spin-off from \"The Great British Bake Off\", and its first episode was screened on BBC Two on 29 March 2016. The eight-episode first series of the programme was presented by Tom Kerridge, with Benoit Blin, Cherish Finden and Claire Clark serving as judges. The second series", "title": "Bake Off: The Professionals" }, { "docid": "4064336", "text": "USENIX Annual Technical Conference The USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC) is a conference of computing professions sponsored by the USENIX association. The conference includes computing tutorials, and a single track technical session for presenting refereed research papers, SIG meetings, and BoFs. There have been several notable announcements and talks at USENIX. In 1995, James Gosling announced \"Oak\", which was to become the Java Programming Language. John Ousterhout first presented TCL here, and Usenet was announced here. It is considered one of the most prestigious operating systems venues and has an 'A' rating from the Australian Ranking of ICT Conferences", "title": "USENIX Annual Technical Conference" }, { "docid": "1932134", "text": "The Annual Register The Annual Register (originally subtitled \"A View of the History, Politicks and Literature of the Year ...\") is a long-established reference work, written and published each year, which records and analyses the year's major events, developments and trends throughout the world. It was first written in 1758 under the editorship of Edmund Burke, and has been produced continuously since that date. In its current form the first half of the book comprises articles on each of the world's countries or regions, while the latter half contains articles on international organisations, economics, the environment, science, law, religion, the", "title": "The Annual Register" }, { "docid": "16969378", "text": "The Great Australian Bake Off The Great Australian Bake Off is an Australian television baking series that is based on the BBC baking competition \"The Great British Bake Off.\" The series first premiered on 9 July 2013 on the Nine Network and ran for one season with presenters Shane Jacobson and Anna Gare and judges Dan Lepard and Kerry Vincent. On 1 April 2015 it was announced that the series had been picked up by pay television channel LifeStyle Food and production company FremantleMedia Australia for a second season which premiered on 13 October 2015 with presenters Claire Hooper and", "title": "The Great Australian Bake Off" }, { "docid": "14986179", "text": "Shipwright (annual) Shipwright is a specialist ship-modelling annual published by Conway Publishing. Its full title is \"Shipwright: The International Annual of Maritime History & Ship Modelmaking\". The first edition \"Shipwright 2010\" was published in November 2009, yet its heritage stems back to 1972, when it first appeared in a quarterly format as \"Model Shipwright\". The annual has supplanted its predecessor, which ran for 144 issues, incorporating its style and focus into one yearly publication. It is aimed at all ship-modelling enthusiasts, with an emphasis on those who build their works from scratch. The annual was released in conjunction with an", "title": "Shipwright (annual)" }, { "docid": "12783023", "text": "are used and are always mixed by well-known and underground DJ's. Every Annual since \"The Annual 2002\" have been chart toppers and go either Gold or Platinum and stay on the ARIA Compilation charts and Australian iTunes charts for months on end. \"The Annual II\" remains one of the biggest selling compilation albums of all time in the UK, including quite possibly the biggest selling DJ mix album in the UK. It is listed in the \"Guinness World Records 2001\" as the \"Best Selling Club Dance Compilation\", with 610,000 copies sold by the publication of that book in 2000. \"The", "title": "The Annual" }, { "docid": "15640363", "text": "10th Annual Honda Civic Tour The 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour was a concert tour co-headlined by American pop punk trio Blink-182 and American rock band My Chemical Romance (in what turned out to be their final tour). Joined by supporting acts Matt & Kim, Manchester Orchestra, and Rancid, the tour began from August 5, 2011 and ran until October 8. Sponsored by the Honda Motor Company, the 2011 tour will mark the 10th anniversary of the concert tour, which Blink-182 headlined in its first incarnation. The tour was announced on May 23, 2011. Both bands had gathered at the", "title": "10th Annual Honda Civic Tour" }, { "docid": "12696084", "text": "annual report, most federal states publish their individual annual reports for their regional area of responsibility. Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution The Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution () is an annual report on the activities of far right, far left, and Islamic extremist circles and on espionage activities in Germany. Gathered on the basis of §16 of the , since 1968 the report has been published annually by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior on behalf of its domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution \"()\". While the", "title": "Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution" }, { "docid": "14943421", "text": "available in the United States on Netflix as \"Collection 5\" and a \"Netflix original production\" alongside the four series previously broadcast on PBS. In addition, Netflix added \"The Great British Baking Show: The Beginnings\" which features the British series 3. Current and upcoming versions include: Legend: Episode viewing figures from BARB. The Great British Bake Off The Great British Bake Off (also called Bake Off or GBBO) is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges", "title": "The Great British Bake Off" }, { "docid": "2947833", "text": "name continued, the year changing for each different annual, until the release of the 1978 book. There was then a short break until the next annual was published in 1982 (for '83). From then on the words \"from The Beano\" were printed elsewhere on the cover, the same thing The Bash Street Kids Annual had been doing for a few years earlier. The name has had various suffixes since then, including \"and Gnasher\" on the 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2008 and 2009 books, and \"Book\" on the 1991, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002 editions. The annual permanently changed", "title": "Dennis the Menace Annual" }, { "docid": "14986180", "text": "official online presence, Shipwright Online, intended both as a forum for its readership and an archive of past issues. As \"Baird Maritime\" writes, ‘Basically comprising a series of well-illustrated essays describing a selection of very high quality ship modelling projects, the book includes vignettes of maritime history and an interesting interview with the Director of Britain’s National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.’ The world-wide shipping magazine \"Sea Breezes\" regards the annual as ‘A must have annual for model-making enthusiasts.’ The 2012 \"Shipwright\" annual was published in January 2012. The 2013 \"Shipwright\" annual was published in May 2013. Since its inception, \"Shipwright\"", "title": "Shipwright (annual)" }, { "docid": "17809542", "text": "have featured in the pro show since the inception of the fest. NAALAM, since its inception, has been sponsored by various enthusiastic business houses, both local and national. The most prominent among the sponsors include Itty's, Red FM 93.5, Geojit Financial Services, Heritage Experience Learning, AVT Tea, Emmanual Silks, Josco Jweller's, CRI Pumps we TV, Nippon Toyota, HPL, Rosebowl, Chicking, State Bank of Travancore, Cannon and Hyundai, Cochin Dent Care, Scoops, Marks & Spencer, MTS India, Decathlon. NUALS Arts And Literary Annual Meet NAALAM, or NUALS Arts And Literary Annual Meet, is the cultural fest of National University of Advanced", "title": "NUALS Arts And Literary Annual Meet" }, { "docid": "16969380", "text": "a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Australian Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week saw the bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline. The three finalists were Jonathan Gurfinkel, Maria Vella and Nancy Ho. On 27 August 2013, Nancy Ho was crowned the best amateur baker. Season 2 of \"The Great Australian Bake Off\" will see twelve home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Australian Bake Off's best amateur baker. The 10-part season will premiere on", "title": "The Great Australian Bake Off" }, { "docid": "9613561", "text": "The Cricket Annual The Cricket Annual was a compact cricket annual publication published in 1961 and 1962 and edited by Roy Webber. In 1962 the Playfair titles including \"Playfair Cricket Annual\" were acquired by Dickens Press which had just published \"The Cricket Annual\". In November 1962 Webber died suddenly and the decision was made to combine the two annuals so that in 1963, Dickens published a new style \"Playfair Cricket Annual\", using the same name but basing the size, format and price on \"The Cricket Annual\". \"The Cricket Annual\" was one in a long line of publications starting in 1895,", "title": "The Cricket Annual" }, { "docid": "17507914", "text": "home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Irish Bake Off's best amateur baker. The second series aired in Summer 2014 and was filmed at Tinakilly House, Co Wicklow. Series 3 of \"The Great Irish Bake Off\" returns to Tinakilly House, Co Wicklow and sees twelve home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battle to be crowned The Great Irish Bake Off's best amateur baker. Cork born Lilly Higgins - food blogger, Irish Times Columnist, photographer and author, will join Paul", "title": "The Great Irish Bake Off" }, { "docid": "16279852", "text": "Annual BCI Research Award The Annual BCI Research Award is an annual accolade to recognize excellence in the field of brain-computer interface (BCI) research. The award is open to any person or group in any country. Each year, a different institute known for BCI research is chosen to host the award. This institute selects a jury from established researchers within the BCI community, which selects ten nominees and then a winner. All ten nominees are invited and expected to submit chapters that summarize their submission to the Award, subsequent progress, and future directions. These chapters are then collected in a", "title": "Annual BCI Research Award" }, { "docid": "20039345", "text": "16th Annual Honda Civic Tour The 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour was a concert tour headlined by American rock band OneRepublic. Sponsored by Honda and produced by Marketing Factory, the tour also features Fitz and The Tantrums and James Arthur. The tour began on July 7, 2017 in Kansas City and concluded on September 27, 2017 in Shanghai. The band announced that they would headline the 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour. In an Instagram video, frontman Ryan Tedder stated: Our best memories come from summer tours in the U.S. and the Honda Civic tour has been the benchmark of summer", "title": "16th Annual Honda Civic Tour" }, { "docid": "19667222", "text": "The Great British Bake Off (series 7) The seventh series of \"The Great British Bake Off\" aired from 24 August 2016, with twelve contestants competing to be crowned the series 7 winner. This series was the last to be broadcast on BBC One, as the production company Love Productions opted to move the show to Channel 4. It was also the last series on the show for Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, as they decided to leave as presenters of the show. It is also the last series of the show to feature Mary Berry as a judge. This series", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 7)" }, { "docid": "5236630", "text": "doin's are right Well, you can tell 'em I'll be there I like a barbecue, I like to boil a ham And I vote for bouillabaisse stew (What's that?) I like a weenie bake, steak and a layer cake And you'll get a tummy ache too We'll rent a tent or a teepee Let the town crier cry, \"All's well!\" And if it's RSVP, this is what I'll reply In the cool, cool, cool of the evening Tell 'em we'll be there If you need a pair of freeloaders To fracture your affair I may even give them Pagliacci Now", "title": "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" }, { "docid": "14986181", "text": "has been co-edited by John Bowen C Eng MRNI with Dr Martin Robson. Bowen preserves the long lineage of \"Model Shipwright\", having worked actively on the journal since its creation in 1972, subsequently becoming its editor in 1974 until the final instalment. In the first annual, the editors assert that the change of format from a quarterly journal to an annual has three major benefits. Firstly, rather than serialising longer articles over several issues, these could now be incorporated in entirety into a single volume. Secondly, the new format allowed enhanced size and clarity of images, presented in full colour", "title": "Shipwright (annual)" }, { "docid": "17483341", "text": "The Great British Bake Off (series 4) The fourth series of \"The Great British Bake Off\" began airing on 20 August 2013. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins again presented the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. As with series three, the competition was held at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. 13,000 amateur bakers applied to appear on the programme, and 100 were selected for screen test, with the best 60 advancing to a three-day audition. From these, 13 contestants were chosen this year so the judges could eliminate two people whenever they wanted. The winner", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 4)" }, { "docid": "17507916", "text": "and Martin King from TV3's 'Seven O'Clock Show' were on the Presenters team. The judges crowned Leanne Moore Star Baker. The show averaged over 200,000 viewers per episode and returned for a second series in Summer 2014 and a third in the Autumn of 2015. Series 3 opened with ratings up 25% on the previous year. The Great Irish Bake Off The Great Irish Bake Off was an Irish reality TV cooking series. The show is based on the successful BBC show \"The Great British Bake Off\". The show is produced by Sideline Productions for the TV3 Group. It premiered", "title": "The Great Irish Bake Off" }, { "docid": "19436341", "text": "The third series moved to Channel 4 to join \"The Great British Bake Off\" after the BBC declined to renew the series. The Channel 4 series has been renamed \"Bake Off: The Professionals\", and is hosted by comedian Tom Allen and former contestant on the main series, Liam Charles. The first series was won by the Squires Kitchen Cookery School team led by Mark Tilling, the second by a team of military chefs led by Liam Grime. and the third by the team from London Hilton Park Lane with Emmanuel Bonneau. The series is a competition between teams of professional", "title": "Bake Off: The Professionals" }, { "docid": "12863686", "text": "by 2010. The festival features both emerging talents and established performers. Besides pure classical music, it also includes performances of folk music, classical dance forms, and semi-classical forms such as thumri. The gallery dedicated to the life of Nandan Mehta and the history of festival was opened in Ahmedabad in 2012. Saptak Annual Festival of Music The Saptak Annual Festival of Music is an annual thirteen-day Indian classical music festival held in Ahmedabad, India. It is organised by Saptak School of Music and takes place January first to the thirteenth every year, and is attended by hundreds of people. The", "title": "Saptak Annual Festival of Music" }, { "docid": "1932146", "text": "the book from the modern period. The following list shows which volumes were produced by specific editors. \"The Annual Register\" in its current form aims to provide an authoritative, accurate, and interesting summary of the history of the year. This includes charting the immediate history of individual countries and also covering developments across a broad spectrum of science and the humanities. It aims to maintain \"The Annual Register\"’s traditional role as a well-respected reference work, while also providing an interesting and lively read. \"The Annual Register\" begins with an overview of the year, a thought-provoking essay by an established modern", "title": "The Annual Register" }, { "docid": "16969382", "text": "began in May 2017. It premiered on 18 January 2018, and moved from Lifestyle Food to the main LifeStyle channel. The three finalists were Claudia Anton, Barb Dunn & Dave Yan. On 22 March 2018, Claudia was crowned the best amateur baker. The Great Australian Bake Off The Great Australian Bake Off is an Australian television baking series that is based on the BBC baking competition \"The Great British Bake Off.\" The series first premiered on 9 July 2013 on the Nine Network and ran for one season with presenters Shane Jacobson and Anna Gare and judges Dan Lepard and", "title": "The Great Australian Bake Off" }, { "docid": "17507913", "text": "baker to be eliminated from the competition. Ten contestants were chosen for the first season, twelve were chosen for series 2 and 3. Series 1 of \"The Great Irish Bake Off\" saw twelve home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Irish Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week saw the bakers put through two challenges in a particular discipline. The series final saw Stephen Chisholm win with Maryanne Dalton and Will De Korte as the runners up. Series 2 of \"The Great Irish Bake Off\" saw twelve", "title": "The Great Irish Bake Off" }, { "docid": "2909514", "text": "Diego, California (at its main airport), which has cool summers for the latitude due to prevailing winds off the ocean (so the average annual temperature is below 18°C) but mild winters (average temperature in January, 14°C, and closer to the 18.0°C isotherm that separates tropical and subtropical climates than to the 0°C or −3°C isotherm for the coldest month that separates temperate and continental climates). </ref> Semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate or steppe climate is the climate of a region that receives precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-arid", "title": "Semi-arid climate" }, { "docid": "16246861", "text": "55th Annual Grammy Awards The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the second time by LL Cool J. The \"Pre-Telecast Ceremony\" was streamed live from LA's Nokia Theater at the official Grammy website. Nominations were announced on December 5, 2012 on prime-time television as part of \"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night\", a one-hour special co-hosted by LL Cool J & Taylor Swift and broadcast live on CBS from the", "title": "55th Annual Grammy Awards" }, { "docid": "3764863", "text": "Battle of Annual The Battle of Annual was fought on July 22, 1921, at Annual in Spanish Morocco, between the Spanish Army of Africa and Berber combatants of the Rif region during the Rif War. The Spanish suffered a major military defeat, almost always referred to by the Spanish as the Disaster of Annual, which led to major political crises and a redefinition of Spanish colonial policy toward the Rif. In early 1921 the Spanish Army commenced an offensive into northeastern Morocco from the coastal regions they already held. The advance took place without extended lines of communication being adequately", "title": "Battle of Annual" }, { "docid": "1932135", "text": "arts and sport, together with obituaries, a chronicle of major events and selected documents. In addition to being produced annually in hardback, the book is also published electronically, and its entire 250-year archive is available online from its publisher, ProQuest. \"The Annual Register\" was created in 1758 by the publishers James and Robert Dodsley. On 24 April 1758 the Dodsley brothers signed a contract with Edmund Burke (1729–97) to write and edit the material for \"The Annual Register\", which was conceived as an annual publication which would review the history, politics and literature of the day. Born in Ireland, Burke", "title": "The Annual Register" }, { "docid": "8968976", "text": "the writers who have contributed to several issues. Fulcrum (annual) Fulcrum, An annual of poetry and [aesthetics is a United States literary periodical that has been published since 2002. The magazine is edited by Philip Nikolayev and Katia Kapovich. It appears once a year, and publishes poetry, critical and philosophical essays on poetry, debates and visual art. The magazine is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Well-known contributors to the early issues of \"Fulcrum\" included Pam Brown, Paul Muldoon, John Kinsella, Brian Henry, Allen Fisher, Randolph Healy, Peter Horn, Sheenagh Pugh, August Kleinzahler, George Bilgere, Charles Bernstein, Billy Collins, and Louis Simpson.", "title": "Fulcrum (annual)" }, { "docid": "8968975", "text": "Fulcrum (annual) Fulcrum, An annual of poetry and [aesthetics is a United States literary periodical that has been published since 2002. The magazine is edited by Philip Nikolayev and Katia Kapovich. It appears once a year, and publishes poetry, critical and philosophical essays on poetry, debates and visual art. The magazine is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Well-known contributors to the early issues of \"Fulcrum\" included Pam Brown, Paul Muldoon, John Kinsella, Brian Henry, Allen Fisher, Randolph Healy, Peter Horn, Sheenagh Pugh, August Kleinzahler, George Bilgere, Charles Bernstein, Billy Collins, and Louis Simpson. W. N. Herbert and Glyn Maxwell are among", "title": "Fulcrum (annual)" }, { "docid": "12696083", "text": "Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution The Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution () is an annual report on the activities of far right, far left, and Islamic extremist circles and on espionage activities in Germany. Gathered on the basis of §16 of the , since 1968 the report has been published annually by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior on behalf of its domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution \"()\". While the state-level counterparts, the State Offices for the Protection of the Constitution \"()\" contribute to the federal", "title": "Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution" }, { "docid": "14943388", "text": "\"The Great Pottery Throw Down\". Under the title The Great British Baking Show, \"Bake Off\" has been shown in the United States and Canada. It also has appeared in other countries, and the format has been sold to television producers in many countries around the world, where local versions are made. The baking competition was conceived by producer Anna Beattie after she spoke to a friend who had seen 'bake-offs' in America. Beattie was also inspired by the classic English village fête baking competitions; she said: \"I loved that idea of village fetes and an old-fashioned baking competition with people", "title": "The Great British Bake Off" }, { "docid": "12783019", "text": "before the series stopped using live DJs. The earlier Annuals are held in a high regard, whereas the digitally mixed editions from \"The Annual 2002\" are not as much, with common criticisms being uninspired mixing, track listings and presentation (i.e. including bonus DVDs etc.) From 1995-1999, the individual releases of The Annual were denoted by Roman numerals, from The Annual to The Annual IV. In 1999, the series' titling was reorganized and all following albums were named by year, beginning with The Annual 1999 - Millennium Edition. Starting in 2001, the album was named for the year following the Autumn", "title": "The Annual" }, { "docid": "9138877", "text": "The Chaser Annual The Chaser Annual is an annual publication from The Chaser, published from 2000 to 2009. It was a collection of some of the best stories and cartoons etc. from \"The Chaser\" newspaper over the preceding year. Although it was thought that the last annual was to be produced was the 2005 edition after the cancellation of the Chaser newspaper, the 2007 edition was released in mid-November 2007. The Annual was revived in 2016 as part of the Chaser's Quarterly Journal series in conjunction with Australian satirical website The Shovel. The Annual returned again in 2017 in its", "title": "The Chaser Annual" }, { "docid": "8953910", "text": "of 72 journals in the category \"Biomedical Engineering\". Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering is an academic journal published by Annual Reviews. In publication since 1999, this journal covers the significant developments in the broad field of biomedical engineering. Topics include biomechanics, biomaterials, computational genomics and proteomics, tissue engineering, biomonitoring, health care engineering, drug delivery bioelectrical engineering, biochemical engineering, and biomedical imaging topics. Editor: Martin L. Yarmush (Rutgers University) Associate Editors: James S. Duncan (Yale University) and Martha L. Gray (Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology) According to the \"Journal Citation Reports\", the journal has a 2012", "title": "Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering" }, { "docid": "8953909", "text": "Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering is an academic journal published by Annual Reviews. In publication since 1999, this journal covers the significant developments in the broad field of biomedical engineering. Topics include biomechanics, biomaterials, computational genomics and proteomics, tissue engineering, biomonitoring, health care engineering, drug delivery bioelectrical engineering, biochemical engineering, and biomedical imaging topics. Editor: Martin L. Yarmush (Rutgers University) Associate Editors: James S. Duncan (Yale University) and Martha L. Gray (Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology) According to the \"Journal Citation Reports\", the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 10.946, ranking it 1st out", "title": "Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering" }, { "docid": "16661948", "text": "The Annual NASA Convention The Annual NASA Convention is the annual get together of National Association of Students of Architecture. It is a four-day-long event held towards the end of January and is attended by around 5,000 students. Called \"Annual NASA\" when it was started sixty years ago, the convention has gone on to become an integral part of all architecture colleges not only in India but as well as in the SAARC Nation. The Annual NASA Convention in 2016 was hosted by Gijubhai Chhaganbhai Patel Institute of Architecture (GCPIA), VNSGU, Surat from 1 to 5 February 2016. The overall", "title": "The Annual NASA Convention" }, { "docid": "12783025", "text": "promoted as the follow-up to \"The Annual II\". Note: These refer to the albums released in the UK under the Ministry of Sound label, and not any of the alternate releases from other countries or labels. Note: These albums from \"The Summer Annual - Summer 2000\" to \"The 2008 Annual\" were distributed by EMI Music Group Australasia Pty Ltd. \"The 2009 Annual\" to \"The Annual 2017\" were distributed by Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd under exclusive license from Ministry of Sound Australia & Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd. As of mid-2017 all Australian Annuals are produced and distributed by Sony", "title": "The Annual" }, { "docid": "12783020", "text": "release date instead of the year of release, thus there is no album assigned to 2001 (aside from the Spring 2001 Annual). After the \"Clubbers Guide To ... 2001\" (Mixed By Tall Paul) Ministry of Sound decided not to use big name DJs but to use lesser-known DJs that mix digitally, and not credit who the mixer is on the front cover. This has since been denied once, where CJ Mackintosh, Jazzy M and Marc Hughes mixed \"Fifteen Years\" in 2006, and several times since then such as on \"Live & Remastered\" (though the mixes on this box set were", "title": "The Annual" }, { "docid": "17047439", "text": "hours. For the signature bake, the semi finalists were asked to bake a layered mousse cake in 2 hours, with the judges seeking a light sponge and a rich mousse. For the technical challenge, the bakers were asked to bake 12 identical Iced Fingers. Using Paul's recipe, they were to be filled with cream and jam. For the showstopper, the bakers were asked to bake 3 types of pastries. The bakers had to use the same dough - which must be crisp on the outside and soft on the inside - for all three. In this episode, none of the", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 2)" }, { "docid": "14943417", "text": "outbidding the £15 million offered by the BBC. In January 2017 the BBC waived its rights to keep the program off the air until 2018, and wished the programme \"well for the future\". On 31 October 2017, judge Prue Leith accidentally revealed the winner of Series 8 on Twitter twelve hours before the finale was due to air. This caused uproar among many fans of the show. She quickly deleted the tweet and apologised to the fans who saw it. \"The Great British Bake Off\" was nominated for a Rose d'Or in the Lifestyle section of the 2012 competition and", "title": "The Great British Bake Off" }, { "docid": "16279880", "text": "6th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference 2014, September 16–19, 2014 in Graz, Austria. In 2014, 68 top-level research projects were submitted from all over the world! The jury, chaired by Gernot R. Müller-Putz, carefully scores 10 nominated projects, and then selects the winner for the Annual BCI Research Award 2014. <br>Towards an Auditory Attention BCI <br>Neurofeedback training by motor imagery based-BCI improves neurocognitive areas in elderly people <br>Airborne Ultrasonic Tactile Display BCI <br>Heterogeneous BCI-triggered functional electrical stimulation intervention for the upper-limb rehabilitation of stroke patients <br>Demonstration of a Semi-Autonomous Hybrid Brain-Machine Interface using Human Intracranial EEG, Eye Tracking, and Computer Vision", "title": "Annual BCI Research Award" }, { "docid": "4203101", "text": "1822. Frederic Shoberl was the founding editor of Ackermanns ‘'The Forget-me-not'’ which was an early \"Annual\", a new type of publication in England. Shoberl continued to edit the annual until 1834. A junior annual \"The juvenile Forget-me-not\" was published from 1828. For many years until the near-collapse of the British children's comics market, an annual would be published each year for each of the comic titles published by Thomson and IPC/Fleetway, featuring extra adventures of the comic's current and former characters plus additional material in the form of puzzles, text articles, etc. Annuals were often even published for comics which", "title": "Annual publication" }, { "docid": "9138878", "text": "original form alongside a sold out national stage tour 'The War on 2017'. As of 2009, The Chaser have produced ten annuals. The Chaser Annual The Chaser Annual is an annual publication from The Chaser, published from 2000 to 2009. It was a collection of some of the best stories and cartoons etc. from \"The Chaser\" newspaper over the preceding year. Although it was thought that the last annual was to be produced was the 2005 edition after the cancellation of the Chaser newspaper, the 2007 edition was released in mid-November 2007. The Annual was revived in 2016 as part", "title": "The Chaser Annual" }, { "docid": "14675510", "text": "being \"Quaker Records: Being an Index to \"The Annual Monitor,\" 1813-1892,\" edited by Joseph J. Green (available online - \"see below\") and \"Index 1893-1901\" edited by W. Pumphrey Over the years, the title has varied thus: The \"Quaker records\" Index 1813-1892 by Joseph Green and the following years are available online (at 17 September 2012). Note the year given is the year of publication. The deaths recorded occurred in the previous year: An \"American Annual Monitor\" was published 1858 to 1863. Annual monitor The Annual monitor is a list of British Quakers who died each year, between 1812 and 1919,", "title": "Annual monitor" }, { "docid": "8796023", "text": "The more years the worker has the more days of paid vacation they will have. Consecutive holidays refers to holidays that occur in a group without working days in between. In the late 1990s, the Japanese government passed a law that increased the likelihood of consecutive holidays by moving holidays from fixed days to a relative position in a month, such as the second Monday. Annual leave Annual leave is paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes. Depending on the employer's policies, differing number of days may be offered, and", "title": "Annual leave" }, { "docid": "12783024", "text": "Ibiza Annual\" series began in a large selling #1 album in August 1998, as mixed by Pete Tong and Boy George. As the title suggests it contains songs big in Ibizan DJ sets. The 1999 edition, despite criticism that it didn't make full usage of the songs available, was well received as was the 2000 edition. Editions starting from 2001 were mixed digitally. Seasonal editions began in 2001, starting with \"Spring 2001\" (the first digitally mixed Annual). A chillout annual was also released at the end of 2001, \"The Chillout Annual 2002\". The 1997 album \"Dance Nation 3\" was also", "title": "The Annual" }, { "docid": "11656427", "text": "Annual Review of Anthropology The Annual Review of Anthropology is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1972. It covers significant developments on all aspects of anthropology, including archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and communicative practices, regional studies and international anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. The editors-in-chief are Donald Brenneis (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Karen B. Strier (University of Wisconsin-Madison). The journal was established as \"Biennial Review of Anthropology\" which was published by the Stanford University Press from 1959 to 1971 or 1972. According to the \"Journal Citation Reports\", the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 2.246,", "title": "Annual Review of Anthropology" }, { "docid": "17089479", "text": "56th Annual Grammy Awards The 56th Annual Grammy Awards presentation was held on January 26, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the third time by LL Cool J. The show was moved to January to avoid competing with the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, as was the case in 2010. The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards was October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013. The nominations were announced on December 6, 2013 during a live televised concert on CBS, \"The Grammy Nominations", "title": "56th Annual Grammy Awards" }, { "docid": "12525584", "text": "the use of viticultural practices like canopy management, irrigation, vine training and the use of agrochemicals. The stages of the annual growth cycle usually become observable within the first year of a vine's life. The amount of time spent at each stage of the growth cycle depends on a number of factors-most notably the type of climate (warm or cool) and the characteristics of the grape variety. The grape starts its annual growth cycle in the spring with bud break. In the Northern Hemisphere, this stage begins around March while in the Southern Hemisphere it begins around September when daily", "title": "Annual growth cycle of grapevines" }, { "docid": "9340745", "text": "Playfair Cricket Annual Playfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. It has been published every year since 1948. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current players. It is produced in a \"pocket-sized\" format, being approximately 5×4 in (i.e., about 13×10 cm), so that it is a convenient size for carrying to cricket matches. The front cover of each edition has featured a photograph of a", "title": "Playfair Cricket Annual" }, { "docid": "16279853", "text": "book with a major publisher, which also includes an introduction and conclusion with summary information. The winner of the Annual BCI Research Award also receives $3,000 (1st), $2,000 (2nd), $1,000 (3rd) and a statue at a gala awards ceremony attached to a major conference. g.tec medical engineering GmbH and Guger Technologies OG, companies headquartered in Austria that manufactures BCI products, organize the Award together with international institutions. The jury is instructed to score all projects based on the following criteria: Each year, the Annual BCI Research Award follows a rigorous, structured schedule to encourage the best submissions, ensure the most", "title": "Annual BCI Research Award" }, { "docid": "2947832", "text": "Menace, Gnasher and Gnipper and formerly Gnasher's Tale and Rasher strips in The Beano, although there is some new material. The 2010 and 2011 editions contained all new material based on the updated style seen in the CBBC series. Originally a new annual was published every two years. However, after the 1987 annual was published it was decided to make the annual a yearly publication instead. The next annual was published the following year and the others every year onwards since then. The original title was simply \"Dennis the Menace\" with the year added at the end later on. This", "title": "Dennis the Menace Annual" }, { "docid": "17294987", "text": "57th Annual Grammy Awards The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show was broadcast live by CBS at 5:00 p.m. PST (). Rapper LL Cool J hosted the show for the fourth consecutive time. The Grammy nominations were open for recordings released between October 1, 2013, and September 30, 2014. Breaking from tradition of a prime-time concert approach, the Grammy nominees were announced during an all-day event on December 5, 2014, starting with initial announcements on the \"CBS This Morning\" telecast, followed by updates made through The", "title": "57th Annual Grammy Awards" } ]

[ "Motorcycle sidecar", "Side-car", "Side car", "Sidecars", "Motorcycle combination", "A Sidecar", "Sidecar" ]

[ { "docid": "2004981", "text": "the drink to an American army captain in Paris during World War I and named after the motorcycle sidecar that the captain used. Both MacElhone and Vermiere state the recipe as equal parts cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice, now known as \"the French school\". Later, an \"English school\" of sidecars emerged, as found in the \"Savoy Cocktail Book\" (1930), which call for two parts cognac and one part each of Cointreau and lemon juice. According to Embury, the original sidecar had several ingredients, which were \"refined away\". Embury also states the drink is simply a daiquiri with brandy as its", "title": "Sidecar (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2004979", "text": "Sidecar (cocktail) The sidecar is a cocktail traditionally made with cognac, orange liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Dry Curaçao, or some other triple sec), plus lemon juice. In its ingredients, the drink is perhaps most closely related to the older brandy crusta, which differs both in presentation and in proportions of its components. The exact origin of the sidecar is unclear, but it is thought to have been invented around the end of World War I in either London or Paris. The drink was directly named for the motorcycle attachment. The Ritz Hotel in Paris claims origin of the drink. The", "title": "Sidecar (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2004983", "text": "Recipes\", and \"Drinks As They Are Mixed\" (a revised reprint of Paul E. Lowe's 1904 book). Sidecar (cocktail) The sidecar is a cocktail traditionally made with cognac, orange liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Dry Curaçao, or some other triple sec), plus lemon juice. In its ingredients, the drink is perhaps most closely related to the older brandy crusta, which differs both in presentation and in proportions of its components. The exact origin of the sidecar is unclear, but it is thought to have been invented around the end of World War I in either London or Paris. The drink was directly", "title": "Sidecar (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "18674652", "text": "alternate name for the Between the Sheets, and as a different drink using gin instead of rum and cognac, and adding orange juice to the lemon juice. Between the Sheets (cocktail) The Between the Sheets is a cocktail consisting of white rum, cognac, triple sec, and lemon juice. The origin of the cocktail is usually credited to Harry MacElhone at Harry's New York Bar in Paris in the 1930s as a derivative of the sidecar. However, competing theories exist that claim the cocktail was created at The Berkeley in approximately 1921, or in French brothels as an apéritif for consumption", "title": "Between the Sheets (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "18674651", "text": "Between the Sheets (cocktail) The Between the Sheets is a cocktail consisting of white rum, cognac, triple sec, and lemon juice. The origin of the cocktail is usually credited to Harry MacElhone at Harry's New York Bar in Paris in the 1930s as a derivative of the sidecar. However, competing theories exist that claim the cocktail was created at The Berkeley in approximately 1921, or in French brothels as an apéritif for consumption by the prostitutes. The drink is similar to the sidecar, differing only by using less cognac and adding rum. The Maiden's Prayer is variously known as an", "title": "Between the Sheets (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4364156", "text": "gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Adding carbonated water to this turns it into a gin fizz. It was popular during the 1940s, and Kevin Starr includes it in \"an array of drinks (the gin sour, the whiskey sour, the Gin Rickey, the Tom Collins, the Pink Lady, the Old Fashioned) that now seem period pieces, evocative of another era.\" White Lady (also known as a Delilah, or Chelsea Side-car) is essentially a sidecar made with gin in place of brandy. What makes it different from the simple gin sour is the switching of sugar for triple sec. The cocktail sometimes", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4364155", "text": "Sour (cocktail) A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks. Common examples of sours are the margarita and the sidecar. \"Sours\" belong to one of the old families of original cocktails and are described by Jerry Thomas in his 1862 book \"How to Mix Drinks\". Sours are mixed drinks containing a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener (triple sec, simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice are common). Egg whites are also included in some sours. The gin sour is a traditional mixed cocktail that predates prohibition in the United States. It is a simple combination of", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4364161", "text": "generally not included in this variation. Sour (cocktail) A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks. Common examples of sours are the margarita and the sidecar. \"Sours\" belong to one of the old families of original cocktails and are described by Jerry Thomas in his 1862 book \"How to Mix Drinks\". Sours are mixed drinks containing a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener (triple sec, simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice are common). Egg whites are also included in some sours. The gin sour is a traditional mixed cocktail that predates prohibition in the United States.", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" } ]

[ { "docid": "3769216", "text": "carbonated citrus-flavored soft drink (like Sprite, 7-Up, or Fanta Lemon). Saint Clement's (cocktail) The Saint Clement's is a non-alcoholic cocktail. Though the ingredients may vary, it consists of orange juice mixed with bitter lemon, usually in equal proportions; the name of the drink refers to the English nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons. The drink is therefore named (indirectly) after either St Clement Eastcheap or St Clement Danes, both churches in London. The traditional recipe calls for equal parts orange juice and lemon juice served over ice in a highball glass. There are many variations, in which the lemon juice is", "title": "Saint Clement's (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "3769215", "text": "Saint Clement's (cocktail) The Saint Clement's is a non-alcoholic cocktail. Though the ingredients may vary, it consists of orange juice mixed with bitter lemon, usually in equal proportions; the name of the drink refers to the English nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons. The drink is therefore named (indirectly) after either St Clement Eastcheap or St Clement Danes, both churches in London. The traditional recipe calls for equal parts orange juice and lemon juice served over ice in a highball glass. There are many variations, in which the lemon juice is replaced with a sweeter drink (like lemonade), or even a", "title": "Saint Clement's (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "15821615", "text": "cocktail, with two parts cognac, one part Calvados or equivalent apple brandy, and one part sweet vermouth. The Corpse Reviver #2 is the more popular of the corpse revivers, and consists of equal parts gin, lemon juice, curaçao (commonly Cointreau), Kina Lillet (now usually replaced with Cocchi Americano, as a closer match to Kina Lillet than modern Lillet Blanc), and a dash of absinthe. The dash of absinthe can either be added to the mix before shaking, or added to the cocktail glass and moved around until the glass has been coated with a layer of absinthe to give a", "title": "Corpse Reviver" }, { "docid": "10383981", "text": "Hong Kong cocktail\". Related drinks (or possibly alternative names): Also known in Hong Kong as a \"Gunners\". Malawi shandy, rock shandy, Windermere, Lemon, Lime and Bitters. Gunner (cocktail) A gunner is a cocktail served in more prominent clubs, bars, golf clubs, especially those popular with expats, in Hong Kong and other parts of the Far East and India formerly under British colonial rule. It consists of equal parts ginger beer (or lemonade) and ginger ale with a dash of Angostura bitters and sometimes a measure of lime cordial or lemon juice. It is regarded as a non-alcoholic drink, although Angostura", "title": "Gunner (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "10383980", "text": "Gunner (cocktail) A gunner is a cocktail served in more prominent clubs, bars, golf clubs, especially those popular with expats, in Hong Kong and other parts of the Far East and India formerly under British colonial rule. It consists of equal parts ginger beer (or lemonade) and ginger ale with a dash of Angostura bitters and sometimes a measure of lime cordial or lemon juice. It is regarded as a non-alcoholic drink, although Angostura bitters is 44.7% alcohol by volume. It is noted for its refreshing qualities, especially in warm weather. The gunner has been described as \"the only real", "title": "Gunner (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9795639", "text": "the largest \"Gin and Juice\", a 500 litre paradise cocktail. Paradise (cocktail) The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, and is classified as a \"pre-dinner\" drink, an apéritif. The earliest known in-print recipe for the Paradise Cocktail was written by Harry Craddock in 1930. This cocktail is prepared using gin, apricot brandy (apricot liqueur), and orange juice in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a splash of lemon juice. The Paradise cocktail plays a key part in the 1933 Warner Bros. romantic film \"One Way Passage\" as the drink of the two star-crossed lovers played by Kay Francis and William Powell. On", "title": "Paradise (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "20643847", "text": "lemon, replacing the lemon with lime, or creating a frozen version. Horsefeather (cocktail) A Horsefeather is a whiskey cocktail. It was invented in Lawrence, Kansas in the 1990s. It remains a regional drink in the Kansas City region. The drink is an iteration of the classic cocktail Horse's Neck and is similar to a Moscow Mule. A horsefeather is traditionally rye whiskey or blended whiskey, ginger beer, three dashes of Angostura bitters, and a little lemon juice. A highball glass is filled 3/4 with ice. The ingredients are then poured into the glass and stirred. There are many variations such", "title": "Horsefeather (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4043686", "text": "that it be served in a cocktail glass if served straight, or in a rocks glass if served with ice. The Amaretto Stinger uses a 3-to-1 ratio of amaretto to white crème de menthe, while an Irish Stinger uses equal parts Irish cream liqueur and white crème de menthe. The Mexican Stinger substitutes tequila for brandy. A \"Vodka Stinger\", also known as a White Spider, uses vodka instead of brandy. A White Way Cocktail, which celebrates Broadway theatre, is a Stinger made with gin rather than brandy. Mixologists Oliver Said and James Mellgren cite a cocktail known as the Stinger", "title": "Stinger (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9795638", "text": "Paradise (cocktail) The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, and is classified as a \"pre-dinner\" drink, an apéritif. The earliest known in-print recipe for the Paradise Cocktail was written by Harry Craddock in 1930. This cocktail is prepared using gin, apricot brandy (apricot liqueur), and orange juice in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a splash of lemon juice. The Paradise cocktail plays a key part in the 1933 Warner Bros. romantic film \"One Way Passage\" as the drink of the two star-crossed lovers played by Kay Francis and William Powell. On May 27, 2018, Snoop Dogg set the world record for", "title": "Paradise (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "13384886", "text": "Aviation (cocktail) The Aviation is a classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. Some recipes omit the crème de violette. It is served straight up, in a cocktail glass. The Aviation was created by Hugo Ensslin, head bartender at the Hotel Wallick in New York, in the early twentieth century. The first published recipe for the drink appeared in Ensslin's 1916 \"Recipes for Mixed Drinks\". Ensslin's recipe called for 1½ oz. El Bart gin, ¾ oz. lemon juice, 2 dashes maraschino liqueur, and 2 dashes crème de violette, a violet liqueur which gives the", "title": "Aviation (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "1906324", "text": "According to the recipe in Harry MacElhone's book \"Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails,\" a French 75 is supposed to be served in a highball glass. The Highball glass, which the Tom Collins Cocktail is also served in, would support the theory of French 75 being a variation of the Tom Collins. French 75 (cocktail) French 75 is a cocktail made from gin, Champagne, lemon juice, and sugar. It is also called a 75 Cocktail, or in French simply a \"Soixante Quinze\" (Seventy Five). The drink dates to World War I, and an early form was created in 1915 at the", "title": "French 75 (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "10018082", "text": "rye and even single malt scotch. Some recipes call for lemon juice, lime juice, no juice, grenadine, sour mix and gomme syrup. The Santa Clara Company trademark described their product as \"Compounds of Whisky, Grenadine-Syrup, Rock-Candy Syrup, and Lime-Juice.\" Following the end of prohibition, Locke-Ober reopened its bar using this recipe: Shake the rye whiskey, lemon juice, orange juice and grenadine with ice; then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, if desired. Originally the drink was decorated with a small paper Massachusetts flag. Ward 8 (cocktail) The Ward 8 or Ward Eight is a cocktail", "title": "Ward 8 (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "15432626", "text": "Snowball (cocktail) A Snowball is a mixture of Advocaat and lemonade in approximately equal parts. It may have other ingredients, to taste. It typically contains a squeeze of fresh lime juice, which is shaken with the advocaat before pouring into a glass and topping up with lemonade. If not wanting to make fresh advocaat, which typically consists of 1 egg, 30 ml of simple syrup, and 60 ml of brandy, for the cocktail, then it may be substituted by using a commercial version. In the United Kingdom, it is often sold in both pubs and supermarkets in small bottles of", "title": "Snowball (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "15432627", "text": "approximately (known in the pub trade as \"splits\") and is usually drunk as a \"winter warmer\". Snowball (cocktail) A Snowball is a mixture of Advocaat and lemonade in approximately equal parts. It may have other ingredients, to taste. It typically contains a squeeze of fresh lime juice, which is shaken with the advocaat before pouring into a glass and topping up with lemonade. If not wanting to make fresh advocaat, which typically consists of 1 egg, 30 ml of simple syrup, and 60 ml of brandy, for the cocktail, then it may be substituted by using a commercial version. In", "title": "Snowball (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "8783735", "text": "little champagne, and powdered sugar to taste.\" Sam Meyer of Cocktailians.com puts the quantities at The drink is prepared by stirring sugar and bitters, adding whiskey and liqueur, then pineapple. These are shaken with crushed ice, the mix is strained into a cocktail glass, and then one adds the champagne. Some recipes use cognac or brandy instead of rye whiskey, Bénédictine or other liqueur in lieu of Maraschino, and orange in the place of pineapple. The methods of preparation also vary. Sam Meyer praises the cocktail saying that it's \"a marvelous drink with the spicy rye ... and the sweet", "title": "Prince of Wales (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "398678", "text": "Up Against a Fuzzy Pink Wall\". A screwdriver with two parts vodka, four parts orange juice, and one part Galliano is a Harvey Wallbanger. A screwdriver with equal parts vanilla vodka and Blue Curaçao topped with lemon-lime soda is a \"Sonic Screwdriver\". A shot of vodka with a slice of orange is a Cordless Screwdriver. Screwdriver (cocktail) A screwdriver is a popular alcoholic highball drink made with orange juice and vodka. While the basic drink is simply the two ingredients, there are many variations; the most common one is made with one part vodka, one part of any kind of", "title": "Screwdriver (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9579500", "text": "Keo Five Kings at 40%. Most varieties have a distinctly sweet aftertaste. Cyprus brandy is typically produced by double distillation of xynisteri-based white wines with aging in oak barrels. Cypriot brandy forms the base for the Brandy Sour cocktail, in addition to locally produced lemon cordial, that has been cited as the national drink of Cyprus. Cyprus brandy The production of brandy on Cyprus began in 1871 by ETKO (the oldest surviving distiller on the island) following their importation of a pot still from Cognac in 1868. Data coming from the English explorer Samuel Baker revealed that in 1875 the", "title": "Cyprus brandy" }, { "docid": "4364159", "text": "again. The classic Pisco Sour recipe contains [pisco] brandy (usually an un-aged grape brandy from Perú), fresh lime juice, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, and bitters. It is shaken, strained, and served straight in a cocktail glass then garnished with the bitters (cinnamon can be used). The addition of egg white creates a foamy head when shaken before serving. While pisco sour is flavoured with key lime by default, pisco is combined with other fruit to create mango sour, maracuya (passion fruit) sour, lucuma sour and so forth. Peru has a National Pisco Sour Day (which lasts a", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "16663551", "text": "the basis for moretta. In 2004, AIBES (Associazione Italiana Barman e Sostenitori) recognised moretta as an official cocktail. The hot cocktail is a blend of anise, rum and brandy in roughly equal parts. The type of alcohol used can vary according to personal taste and individual recipes. For example, one variant uses cognac instead of brandy. The liquor is heated with steam, together with sugar and lemon or orange zest, and poured directly into the glass, if possible, in order to dissolve the sugar. Then, warm coffee, preferably espresso, is added slowly, so as not to mix with the liquor.", "title": "Moretta (coffee)" }, { "docid": "9689076", "text": "Greyhound (cocktail) A greyhound is a cocktail consisting of grapefruit juice and either gin or vodka mixed and served over ice. If the rim of the glass has been salted, the drink is instead called a salty dog. The earliest known mention of a cocktail of this description is in bartender and author Harry Craddock's \"Savoy Cocktail Book\" of 1930. Craddock describes his recipe as \"\"...a variation of the Grapefruit Cocktail...\"\", suggesting that such cocktails were already in common use before his book was written. His recipe consists of nothing but gin, grapefruit juice and ice. A recipe for a", "title": "Greyhound (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "20643846", "text": "Horsefeather (cocktail) A Horsefeather is a whiskey cocktail. It was invented in Lawrence, Kansas in the 1990s. It remains a regional drink in the Kansas City region. The drink is an iteration of the classic cocktail Horse's Neck and is similar to a Moscow Mule. A horsefeather is traditionally rye whiskey or blended whiskey, ginger beer, three dashes of Angostura bitters, and a little lemon juice. A highball glass is filled 3/4 with ice. The ingredients are then poured into the glass and stirred. There are many variations such as substituting ginger beer with ginger ale, adding cherries, muddling the", "title": "Horsefeather (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2442856", "text": "at Elite Bars 1903-1933\", published in 1934. <poem> Jigger of Gordon's Gin ( Beefeater) 2 dash Cointreau ( Cointreau) Juice of 1 Lemon ( Lemon Juice) 1 tsp [.5 cl] Raspberry Syrup (homemade) Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. </poem> Made with ingredients that would have been readily available during the period, this identically named cocktail aims for the same effect. If this drink is in fact the source of the modern cosmopolitan, then it would be an adaption of a Daisy rather than a Kamikaze. One version of the creation of this popular drink credits the", "title": "Cosmopolitan (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "12002092", "text": "milk can be improved by adding a small amount of liqueur which may promote sleep as well; alternatively, honey and/or vanilla can improve the flavor. The effectiveness of warm milk for inducing sleep is disputed. Other drinks touted for inducing sleep are hops tea, cherry juice (contains melatonin), coconut water (contains magnesium), banana smoothie, lemon balm tea, decaffeinated green tea (contains theanine), valerian tea, and chamomile tea. Nightcap (drink) A nightcap is a drink taken shortly before bedtime. For example, a small alcoholic drink or glass of warm milk can supposedly promote a good night's sleep. Traditional nightcaps include brandy,", "title": "Nightcap (drink)" }, { "docid": "13662594", "text": "many versions of the drink, it is topped off with champagne or white wine. Some versions call for sugaring the rim of the glass. It can be served on the rocks in a double old-fashioned glass or, especially in the champagne variation, straight up in a champagne coupe or flute or a cocktail glass. Chicago Cocktail The Chicago Cocktail is a brandy-based mixed drink probably named for the city of Chicago, Illinois. It has been documented in numerous cocktail manuals dating back to the 19th century. Chicago restaurant critic John Drury included it in his 1931 guide \"Dining in Chicago\",", "title": "Chicago Cocktail" }, { "docid": "8658264", "text": "crème de menthe. Grasshopper (cocktail) A Grasshopper is a sweet, mint-flavored, after-dinner drink. The name of the drink derives from its green color, which comes from crème de menthe. The drink reputedly originated at Tujague's, a bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1918, and was invented by its owner, Philip Guichet. The drink gained popularity during the 1950s and 1960s throughout the American South. A typical Grasshopper cocktail consists of equal parts green crème de menthe, white crème de cacao, and cream shaken with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass. A \"Vodka\" or \"Flying\"", "title": "Grasshopper (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "8658262", "text": "Grasshopper (cocktail) A Grasshopper is a sweet, mint-flavored, after-dinner drink. The name of the drink derives from its green color, which comes from crème de menthe. The drink reputedly originated at Tujague's, a bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1918, and was invented by its owner, Philip Guichet. The drink gained popularity during the 1950s and 1960s throughout the American South. A typical Grasshopper cocktail consists of equal parts green crème de menthe, white crème de cacao, and cream shaken with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass. A \"Vodka\" or \"Flying\" Grasshopper replaces the", "title": "Grasshopper (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "1752077", "text": "of a shot and a beer are possible; traditional pairings include: Boilermaker (beer cocktail) A boilermaker can refer to two types of beer cocktail. In American terminology, the drink consists of a glass of beer and a shot of whiskey. The beer is either served as a chaser or mixed with the whiskey. When the beer is served as a chaser, the drink is often called simply a shot and a beer. In Philadelphia, it is commonly referred to as a Citywide Special. In Texas, it is known as a Two-Step. In parts of Florida, it is often referred to", "title": "Boilermaker (beer cocktail)" }, { "docid": "8783734", "text": "Prince of Wales (cocktail) Prince of Wales is a cocktail composed by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VII. There are several variations of the cocktail, but what they usually have in common is champagne, angostura bitters on sugar, either rye whiskey or cognac, and a liqueur. Anonymous biography of King Edward, \"The Private Life of King Edward VII\", credits the drink to Prince himself. The cocktail consisted of \"a little rye whisky, crushed ice, a small square of pineapple, a dash of Angostura bitters, a piece of lemon peel, a few drops of Maraschino, a", "title": "Prince of Wales (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "12541685", "text": "placebo effect. Its reputation as a restorative beverage contributes to the popularity of the Bloody Mary in the morning and early afternoon, especially at brunches. The drink is traditionally served over ice in a tall glass, such as a highball, flared pint or hurricane glass. The two critical ingredients, vodka and tomato juice, are relatively simple; however, the drink almost never consists of these two ingredients alone. Among the more common additions to the juice base are salt or celery salt (either mixed in or as a salted rim), cracked pepper, hot sauce (such as Tabasco), citrus juices (especially lemon", "title": "Bloody Mary (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "16332417", "text": "in the Russian Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California that opened in 1969. It was originally served in a cocktail glass. The Lemon Drop was most likely named after lemon drop candy. After its invention, the drink swiftly spread to many San Francisco saloons. In the early 1990s, it was often prepared as a shooter or served in a shot glass. Variations of the drink include lemon drops prepared with blueberries and raspberries, which may use vodkas or other liquors flavored with these respective berries. These drinks may also be served or garnished with these berries, or with lemon. A", "title": "Lemon drop" }, { "docid": "11158724", "text": "cubes. Stir together sugar and 3½ cups water in a large bowl or pot until sugar is dissolved. Add lemon juice, rum, cognac, and brandy and chill, covered, at least 3 hours. Put half-gallon ice block in a punch bowl and pour punch over it. Fish House Punch Fish House Punch is a strong, rum-based punch containing rum, cognac, and peach brandy. The drink is typically served over an ice block in a punch bowl and garnished with lemon slices. This most venerable of American flowing bowls is held to have been first concocted in 1732 at Philadelphia's fishing club,", "title": "Fish House Punch" }, { "docid": "10905515", "text": "that his company ships \"a phenomenal amount\" of brandy to Maine each month. Allen's Coffee Brandy is typically served in a drink consisting of equal parts brandy and milk, over ice, in a pint glass. This has been given many names within Maine, the most common being a \"Sombrero\". Also among them are \"Puss\", \"Allen's and milk\", \"a milk drink\", \"a brandy\", or \"an Allen's.\" Allen's Coffee Brandy can also be mixed with another Maine staple, Moxie, to make the \"Burnt Trailer\" or (with Diet Moxie) a \"Welfare mom\". Allen's came into some legal question when the United States placed", "title": "Allen's Coffee Brandy" }, { "docid": "17977219", "text": "Leaf Brands. An astro pop may be served as a cocktail, mixed drink or shooter. Several recipes exist. Alcoholic beverages used in the drink's preparation can include vodka, raspberry vodka, blueberry vodka, Prosecco (an Italian sparkling white wine), blue curaçao liqueur, Crème de banane and melon liqueur. Drink mixers used in its preparation can include sweet and sour mix, simple syrup and grenadine. Additional ingredients and garnishes can include sugar, raspberries, lemon juice and lemon. A cocktail spoon is sometimes used to aid in layer separation when preparing the drink, in which various beverages are slowly poured over the back", "title": "Astro pop (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "6077949", "text": "Official Cocktail. The drink is mixed by pouring in Tequila, ice, then the juice and, lastly, syrup. The signature look of the drink depends on adding the syrup without mixing with the other ingredients. A spoon may be used to guide the syrup down the glass wall to the bottom of the glass with minimal mixing. Tequila Sunrise (cocktail) The Tequila Sunrise is a cocktail made of tequila, orange juice, and grenadine syrup and served unmixed in a tall glass. The modern drink originates from Sausalito in the early 1970s, after an earlier one created in the 1930s in Phoenix,", "title": "Tequila Sunrise (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "16332413", "text": "Lemon drop A lemon drop is a vodka-based cocktail that has a lemony, sweet and sour flavor, prepared using lemon juice, triple sec and simple syrup. It has been described as a variant of, or as \"a take on\", the Vodka Martini. It is typically prepared and served straight up – chilled with ice and strained. The drink was invented sometime in the 1970s by Norman Jay Hobday, the founder and proprietor of Henry Africa's bar in San Francisco, California. Some variations of the drink exist, such as blueberry and raspberry lemon drops. It is served at some bars and", "title": "Lemon drop" }, { "docid": "11072284", "text": "with lemonade (for a classic, slightly sweeter drink) or soda water (for less sweetness and a more pronounced brandy flavour), and plenty of ice. Brandy Sour (Cyprus) The Brandy Sour is a mixed alcoholic cocktail considered the unofficial national cocktail of Cyprus. While other forms of the Brandy Sour cocktail exist, the Cypriot variety is a distinct mixture, which only shares the basic brandy and lemon flavourings with other variants. Both brandy and lemons are among Cyprus's major exports, and both have distinctive Cypriot characteristics. The Cypriot Brandy Sour style was developed following the introduction of the first blended brandy", "title": "Brandy Sour (Cyprus)" }, { "docid": "1906322", "text": "form and \"French 75\" name in \"Here’s How\", by Judge Jr. (1927), consisting of gin, sugar, lemon juice, and champagne. This recipe was republished with the name French 75 in \"The Savoy Cocktail Book\" (1930), which helped popularize the drink. Some later cocktail books use Cognac instead of gin, such as \"The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks\" by David A. Embury. The French 75 was popularized in America at the Stork Club in New York. It appears in the movie \"Casablanca\" (1942) and is referenced twice in the John Wayne films \"A Man Betrayed\" (1941) and \"Jet Pilot\" (1957). In", "title": "French 75 (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "13384887", "text": "cocktail a pale purple color. Harry Craddock's influential \"Savoy Cocktail Book\" (1930) omitted the crème de violette, calling for a mixture of two-thirds dry gin, one-third lemon juice, and two dashes of maraschino. Many later bartenders have followed Craddock's lead, leaving out the difficult-to-find violet liqueur. Creme Yvette, a violet liqueur made with additional spices, is sometimes substituted for crème de violette. Aviation (cocktail) The Aviation is a classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. Some recipes omit the crème de violette. It is served straight up, in a cocktail glass. The Aviation was", "title": "Aviation (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "20294795", "text": "and strained, not stirred. In 2017, David Hammond from the \"Chicago Tribune\" described a variant called the Doce Vampiro cocktail, which is served at La Sirena Clandestina in Chicago. The blood-red drink is a blend of \"...pisco, tequila, lemon, pineapple, Ramazzotti amaro and chicha morada, a sweet, tart, nonalcoholic Peruvian drink made from purple corn\". Hammond states that the \"...pisco, pineapple and lemon, bright and acidic, are the high notes\", with the \"...tequila, bitter herbaceousness of the Ramazzotti and baking-spice qualities of the chicha morada\" providing the \"[b]ass notes\". Vampiro (cocktail) The Vampiro is a cocktail that includes fruit juice,", "title": "Vampiro (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "3127132", "text": "Cocktail glass A cocktail glass is a stemmed glass with an inverted cone bowl, mainly used to serve straight-up cocktails. The term cocktail glass is often used interchangeably with martini glass, despite them differing slightly. Today, the glass is used to serve a variety of cocktails, such as the Martini and its variations (French Martini, Vodka Martini, Espresso Martini, Appletini), Manhattan, Brandy Alexander, Pisco Sour, Negroni, Cosmopolitan, Gimlet, and the Grasshopper. Invented in the late 19th century, its form derives from the fact that all cocktails are traditionally served chilled and contain an aromatic element. Thus, the stem allows the", "title": "Cocktail glass" }, { "docid": "3127136", "text": "A standard cocktail glass contains , though originally they were around in size. Oversized cocktail glasses, ranging in capacity from to large glasses of or more are available. Cocktail glass A cocktail glass is a stemmed glass with an inverted cone bowl, mainly used to serve straight-up cocktails. The term cocktail glass is often used interchangeably with martini glass, despite them differing slightly. Today, the glass is used to serve a variety of cocktails, such as the Martini and its variations (French Martini, Vodka Martini, Espresso Martini, Appletini), Manhattan, Brandy Alexander, Pisco Sour, Negroni, Cosmopolitan, Gimlet, and the Grasshopper. Invented", "title": "Cocktail glass" }, { "docid": "14083117", "text": "Paloma (cocktail) The paloma (Spanish for \"dove\") is a Patron tequila-based cocktail. This drink is most commonly prepared by mixing tequila with a grapefruit-flavored soda such as Fresca, Squirt, or Jarritos and served on the rocks with a lime wedge. Adding salt to the rim of the glass is also an option. This drink is very easy to prepare, it can even be found in soda cans. This drink is very popular all over Mexico. Alternatively, the grapefruit soda can be replaced with fresh white or red grapefruit juice (\"jugo de toronja\"), club soda (sugar optional), and fresh-squeezed lime juice.", "title": "Paloma (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "14083116", "text": "Paloma (cocktail) The paloma (Spanish for \"dove\") is a Patron tequila-based cocktail. This drink is most commonly prepared by mixing tequila with a grapefruit-flavored soda such as Fresca, Squirt, or Jarritos and served on the rocks with a lime wedge. Adding salt to the rim of the glass is also an option. This drink is very easy to prepare, it can even be found in soda cans. This drink is very popular all over Mexico. Alternatively, the grapefruit soda can be replaced with fresh white or red grapefruit juice (\"jugo de toronja\"), club soda (sugar optional), and fresh-squeezed lime juice.", "title": "Paloma (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "19042926", "text": "the first distilled spirit made in the new world. As there were no glass bottles in the 16th century, the brandy was shipped in ceramic (clay) containers sealed with beeswax. The drink originated in Lima, Perú in 2008; the cocktail gained popularity by the end of 2012, and is now enjoyed in most countries Peruvian pisco and elderflower liquor are available. In a cocktail glass filled with ice, pour in 45ml Pisco, 30ml elderflower liqueur (such as St Germain) and 20ml lime juice. The cocktail should not be confused with the brand of pisco. Although it can be made with", "title": "Don Alfredo (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "13133242", "text": "Last Word (cocktail) The Last Word is a gin-based prohibition-era cocktail originally developed at the Detroit Athletic Club. While the drink eventually fell out of favor, it enjoyed a renewed popularity after being rediscovered by the bartender Murray Stenson in 2004 during his tenure at the Zig Zag Café and becoming a cult hit in the Seattle area. The Last Word consists of equal amounts of gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur and freshly pressed lime juice, which are combined in a shaker with ice. After shaking, the mix is poured through a cocktail strainer (sieve) into the glass so that", "title": "Last Word (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4043684", "text": "came to be consumed like a cocktail. The Stinger was a popular drink during American Prohibition, for crème de menthe could mask the taste of the inferior-quality brandies then available. The Stinger began to lose favor with Americans in the late 1970s, and was not a well-known cocktail in the early 21st century. The Stinger is a duo cocktail, in that it uses only two ingredients: a spirit and a liqueur. The classic Stinger recipe uses three parts brandy and one part white crème de menthe. However, Stinger recipes vary, and some recipes call for equal parts brandy and crème", "title": "Stinger (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "19042927", "text": "any mosto verde pisco, the cocktail was made popular using the Don Alfredo pisco. Don Alfredo (cocktail) Don Alfredo is a popular cocktail of modern Peruvian cuisine. The drink is prepared by mixing Peruvian mosto verde pisco, elderflower infused liquor such as St-Germain and lime juice in a cocktail glass filled with ice. The glass is then topped off with sparkling mineral water. It is usually served over ice in a lowball glass (or sometimes a martini glass or wine glass) and garnished with a spring of mint leaf, basil or a lime peel. Other variants include the Don Alfredo", "title": "Don Alfredo (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "16332414", "text": "restaurants in the United States, and in such establishments in other areas of the world. A lemon drop is a cocktail with a lemony, sweet and sour flavor, whereby the sweet and sour ingredients serve to contrast and balance one another. It is a vodka-based cocktail that is prepared with the addition of lemon juice, triple sec and simple syrup. Plain or citrus-flavored vodka may be used in its preparation, such as citron vodka. Lemon-flavored vodka is also sometimes used. Lemon juice that has been freshly squeezed may be used, which can produce a superior drink compared to using commercially", "title": "Lemon drop" }, { "docid": "9675386", "text": "the egg white. The original recipe is made with grapefruit juice, because of the mixing of recipes you will find many recipes with lemon juice. Notes Fizz (cocktail) A \"fizz\" is a mixed drink variation on the older sours family of cocktail. Its defining features are an acidic juice (such as lemon or lime) and carbonated water. The first printed reference to \"fiz\" is in the 1887 edition of Jerry Thomas's \"Bartender's Guide\", which contains six such recipes. The fizz became widely popular in America between 1900 and the 1940s. Known as a hometown specialty of New Orleans, the gin", "title": "Fizz (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "19042924", "text": "Don Alfredo (cocktail) Don Alfredo is a popular cocktail of modern Peruvian cuisine. The drink is prepared by mixing Peruvian mosto verde pisco, elderflower infused liquor such as St-Germain and lime juice in a cocktail glass filled with ice. The glass is then topped off with sparkling mineral water. It is usually served over ice in a lowball glass (or sometimes a martini glass or wine glass) and garnished with a spring of mint leaf, basil or a lime peel. Other variants include the Don Alfredo Spritz, which adds champagne or cava to the mix, and a plethora of modified", "title": "Don Alfredo (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "1752075", "text": "Boilermaker (beer cocktail) A boilermaker can refer to two types of beer cocktail. In American terminology, the drink consists of a glass of beer and a shot of whiskey. The beer is either served as a chaser or mixed with the whiskey. When the beer is served as a chaser, the drink is often called simply a shot and a beer. In Philadelphia, it is commonly referred to as a Citywide Special. In Texas, it is known as a Two-Step. In parts of Florida, it is often referred to as a Git-Right. The drink originated in Butte, Montana in the", "title": "Boilermaker (beer cocktail)" }, { "docid": "14728652", "text": "invented a few years earlier in London, which has twice as much champagne as orange juice. The Poinsettia is cranberry juice with champagne (sometimes with vodka and/or Cointreau). The Soleil is made with pineapple juice. The Megmosa is a similar type of cocktail, composed of equal parts champagne and grapefruit juice. Mimosa (cocktail) A mimosa cocktail is composed of one part champagne (or other sparkling wine) and one part chilled citrus juice, usually orange juice unless otherwise specified. It is traditionally served in a tall champagne flute at brunch, at weddings, by the pint, or as part of first class", "title": "Mimosa (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "11624337", "text": "Chimayó Cocktail The Chimayó cocktail was created by Arturo Jaramillo, owner of the Rancho de Chimayó restaurant in Chimayó, New Mexico in 1965, the Chimayó Cocktail is a tequila and apple cider based drink. Legend has it that Jaramillo was looking for use for the apples that are plentiful in the Chimayó valley when he stumbled onto what would soon become the signature drink of his restaurant. The Chimayó Cocktail is created by mixing 1½ oz tequila with 1 oz unfiltered apple cider, 1/4 oz fresh lemon juice and 1/4 oz creme de cassis over ice. According to Eric Felten", "title": "Chimayó Cocktail" }, { "docid": "426178", "text": "with lemon slice, cherry and a straw. The Juan Collins is a Collins cocktail made from tequila, lime juice, sugar or some other sweetening agent, and club soda. It is a variation of the original Tom Collins, first memorialized in writing in 1876 by \"the father of American mixology\" Jerry Thomas. This drink typically is served in a Collins glass over ice. Tom Collins The Tom Collins is a cocktail made from gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water. First memorialized in writing in 1876 by Jerry Thomas, the \"father of American mixology\", this drink is typically served in a", "title": "Tom Collins" }, { "docid": "9355831", "text": "Incredible Hulk (cocktail) An Incredible Hulk, Green Eyed Monster, Shrock, or Hip and Hen is a green-colored cocktail made by equal parts (2 fl oz each) of the fruit liqueur Hpnotiq and Hennessy brand cognac poured over ice. It is named for the famously green comic book superhero, the Hulk. The drink was created at a Hpnotiq launch event by a restaurant bartender at Sean Combs' New York City restaurant, Justin's. A Hpnotiq employee (Hpnotiq spokesperson Antonio Harer) noticed many women but few men drinking his company's liquor, because the men considered the blue, fruity drink to be too effeminate.", "title": "Incredible Hulk (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "6077946", "text": "Tequila Sunrise (cocktail) The Tequila Sunrise is a cocktail made of tequila, orange juice, and grenadine syrup and served unmixed in a tall glass. The modern drink originates from Sausalito in the early 1970s, after an earlier one created in the 1930s in Phoenix, near Scottsdale. The cocktail is named for its appearance when served, with gradations of color resembling a sunrise. The original Tequila Sunrise contained tequila, edi de cassis, lime juice and soda water and was served at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, where it was created by Gene Sulit in the 1930s or 1940s. The more popular modern", "title": "Tequila Sunrise (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2113348", "text": "Brandy Alexander A Brandy Alexander is a brandy-based cocktail consisting of cognac, crème de cacao, and cream that became popular during the early 20th century. It is a variation of an earlier, gin-based cocktail called simply an Alexander. There are many rumors about its origins. Some sources say it was created at the time of the London wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles in 1922. Drama critic and Algonquin Round Table member Alexander Woollcott claimed that it was named after him. Other sources say it was named after the Russian tsar Alexander II. The drink was possibly named after", "title": "Brandy Alexander" }, { "docid": "9689079", "text": "rim on the glass and uses vodka sometimes. Dalmatian: has black pepper syrup and vodka. Italian Greyhound: uses Campari and vodka instead of gin. <ref>https://bevvy.co/cocktail/greyhound/whq/variations<ref> Greyhound (cocktail) A greyhound is a cocktail consisting of grapefruit juice and either gin or vodka mixed and served over ice. If the rim of the glass has been salted, the drink is instead called a salty dog. The earliest known mention of a cocktail of this description is in bartender and author Harry Craddock's \"Savoy Cocktail Book\" of 1930. Craddock describes his recipe as \"\"...a variation of the Grapefruit Cocktail...\"\", suggesting that such cocktails", "title": "Greyhound (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "19711930", "text": "don't normally like gin. Bee's Knees (cocktail) A Bees Knees (or Bee's Knees) is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with Gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a lemon twist. The name comes from prohibition-era slang meaning \"the best.\" Like many prohibition-era cocktails, the Bee's Knees was invented as a way to hide the scent and flavor of poor quality homemade spirits, in this case bathtub gin. The addition of honey was considered bizarre by some at the time, since sugar is more usual. The honey sweetens the drink, and may make it", "title": "Bee's Knees (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "19711929", "text": "Bee's Knees (cocktail) A Bees Knees (or Bee's Knees) is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with Gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a lemon twist. The name comes from prohibition-era slang meaning \"the best.\" Like many prohibition-era cocktails, the Bee's Knees was invented as a way to hide the scent and flavor of poor quality homemade spirits, in this case bathtub gin. The addition of honey was considered bizarre by some at the time, since sugar is more usual. The honey sweetens the drink, and may make it palatable to people who", "title": "Bee's Knees (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "7985758", "text": "June bug (cocktail) The June bug or June Bug Annihilator is a tropical cocktail. It consists of a mixture of Midori melon liqueur as base liquor, with modifiers of coconut rum (such as Malibu), Banana liqueur, pineapple juice, and sweet & sour. It is shaken with ice and served long, in a Collins glass, over ice with optional fruit garnish. It is a fresh tasting sweet and tropical drink, with a bright green color. It was first concocted by the Head Bartender at the Grand Rapids, Michigan TGI Friday's, whose nickname was Junebug. It was so popular there that each", "title": "June bug (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "14034346", "text": "grenadine or red currant syrup. Vocaloid Hatsune Miku has a song named after this cocktail, \"Clover Club\", in which she describes the recipe. Clover Club Cocktail The Clover Club Cocktail is a cocktail consisting of gin, lemon juice, raspberry syrup, and an egg white. The egg white is not added for the purpose of giving the drink flavor, but rather acts as an emulsifier. Thus when the drink is shaken a characteristic foamy head is formed. It was first made by Zlatko Roskos a Slovakian bartender in 1997 in Bratislava. The Clover Club Cocktail is a drink that pre-dates Prohibition", "title": "Clover Club Cocktail" }, { "docid": "93633", "text": "on traditional cocktails for inspiration but utilizes novel ingredients and often complex flavors. Lists Devices for producing and imbibing Media Cocktail A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink, which is either a combination of spirits, or one or more spirits along with other ingredients such as fruit juice, lemonade, flavored syrup, or cream. The Oxford Dictionaries define cocktail as \"An alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream\". A cocktail more specifically may mean a beverage with at least three flavors, one of which is alcohol. More specifically still, it", "title": "Cocktail" }, { "docid": "4043685", "text": "de menthe. The mixture was originally stirred, although modern recipes call for it to be shaken with cracked ice. Early recipes required that the Stinger be served straight, but since the end of Prohibition in the United States it became more common for it to be served over crushed ice. Cognac, a type of brandy, was the identified as the basis for the Stinger as early as William \"Cocktail\" Boothby's 1905 supplement to his 1900 book, \"American Bar-Tender\". In the 21st century, cognac was the most commonly used brandy cited by recipes for the Stinger's base liquor. Cocktail guides recommend", "title": "Stinger (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "3746136", "text": "phrase \"Jif real lemon juice\" embossed on the side of the squeeze pack. The Jif plastic containers were originally made from polythene, and were one of the original and first blow moulded containers used for food applications. The plastic containers served to replace glass bottles used to package lemon juice. The plastic container was the brainchild of Edward Hack, and the container's design was undertaken by Bill Pugh, the chief plastics designer at Cascelloid. In its development, Pugh carved a core made of wood, covered it with fresh lemon peel to give it a realistic texture, and then cast a", "title": "Jif (lemon juice)" }, { "docid": "5682501", "text": "were a well-established part of the 20th century culinary repertoire. While cocktail sauce is most associated with the prawn cocktail, it can be served with any shellfish. In America it generally consists of, at a minimum, ketchup or chili sauce mixed with prepared horseradish. Lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco sauce are common additives, often all three. Some restaurants use chili sauce, a spicier tomato-based sauce in place of the ketchup. The common form of cocktail sauce in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, France, Belgium and The Netherlands, usually consists of mayonnaise mixed with a tomato sauce to the same", "title": "Cocktail sauce" }, { "docid": "10347767", "text": "Pink Lady (cocktail) The Pink Lady is a classic gin-based cocktail with a long history. Its pink color is due to adding grenadine. The exact ingredients for the pink lady vary, but all variations have the use of gin, grenadine and egg white in common. In its most basic form the pink lady consists of just these three ingredients. According to the \"Royal Cafe Cocktail Book\" of 1937, it is made with a glass of gin, a tablespoon of grenadine and the white of one egg, shaken and strained into a glass. Often lemon juice is added to the basic", "title": "Pink Lady (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2000245", "text": "Sazerac The Sazerac is a local New Orleans variation of a cognac or whiskey cocktail, named for the \"Sazerac de Forge et Fils\" brand of cognac brandy that served as its original main ingredient. The drink is most traditionally a combination of cognac or rye whiskey, absinthe, Peychaud's Bitters, and sugar, although bourbon whiskey or Herbsaint are sometimes substituted. Some claim it is the oldest known American cocktail, with origins in pre-Civil War New Orleans, although drink historian David Wondrich is among those who dispute this, and American instances of published usage of the word \"cocktail\" to describe a mixture", "title": "Sazerac" }, { "docid": "10377411", "text": "Redheaded slut The redheaded slut is a cocktail made of Jägermeister, peach-flavored schnapps, and cranberry juice. A redheaded slut, also known as a ginger bitch, is typically made as either a mixed drink or a shooter. As a mixed drink the ingredients are generally poured over ice in a small cocktail glass, then stirred. As a shooter, the ingredients are mixed with ice in a cocktail shaker then strained and poured into a shot glass. A very common variation includes equal parts Jägermeister, Schnapps, Crown Royal, and cranberry-flavored vodka. A relatively uncommon variation substitutes Chambord for the cranberry juice, and", "title": "Redheaded slut" }, { "docid": "8424238", "text": "counterpart. After an entrepreneurial Frenchman set up a business to ship fresh white peach purée to both locations, it became a year-round favorite. The Bellini is an IBA Official Cocktail. They also suggest a Puccini, replacing the peach purée with an equal amount of mandarin juice, a Rossini, which uses strawberry purée, or a Tintoretto, which is made with pomegranate juice. The Bellini consists of puréed white peaches and Prosecco, an Italian sparkling wine. Marinating fresh peaches in wine is an Italian tradition. The original recipe was made with a bit of raspberry or cherry juice to give the drink", "title": "Bellini (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "11072282", "text": "Plátres, for the young King Farouk of Egypt, who often stayed at the hotel during his frequent visits to the island. The Brandy Sour was introduced as an alcoholic substitute for iced tea, as a way of disguising the Muslim monarch's preference for Western-style cocktails. The drink subsequently spread to other bars and hotels in the fashionable Platres area, before making its way to the coastal resorts of Limassol, Paphos and Kyrenia, and the capital Nicosia. A typical recipe for a Cypriot Brandy Sour should include: Cocktail brandy produced in Cyprus is typically less strongly flavoured than cognac or armagnac,", "title": "Brandy Sour (Cyprus)" }, { "docid": "4364158", "text": "claims the White Lady (gin, Cointreau, fresh lemon juice). The recipe appears in his \"Savoy Cocktail Book\", published in 1930. Joe Gilmore, former Head Barman at The Savoy, says this was one of Laurel and Hardy's favorite drinks. In John le Carré's 1965 novel \"The Looking Glass War\", British spy and main protagonist Fred Leiser's favorite drink is a White Lady, and he makes several attempts to get other agents to try the cocktail. In Dorothy Sayers' mystery novel \"Have His Carcase\" Lord Peter has a White Lady when he hears about his \"Lady\" Miss Harriet Vane being in trouble", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "12541678", "text": "Bloody Mary (cocktail) A Bloody Mary is a cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and combinations of other spices and flavorings including Worcestershire sauce, hot sauces, garlic, herbs, horseradish, celery, olives, salt, black pepper, lemon juice, lime juice and/or celery salt. In the United States, it is usually consumed in the morning or early afternoon, and is popular as a hangover cure. The Bloody Mary was invented in the 1920s or 1930s; there are various theories as to the origin of the drink, as well as the origin of its name. It has many variants, most notably the Red Snapper, the", "title": "Bloody Mary (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "15133745", "text": "garnishes led to its adoption by the Après-ski set. Lemonade is a popular mixer in many alcoholic beverages, particularly straight spirits. Lemonade is not as sweet as most sodas, which makes it less likely to interfere with the flavor of the spirit. The tartness of the lemon balances the rich flavors of the whiskey. Farnell (cocktail) A Farnell is a cocktail made with Jack Daniel's whiskey or often with whiskey from the High West Distillery mixed with lemonade. The drink is usually served in an old-fashioned glass or a Collins glass with ice, and it is considered a lighter, less", "title": "Farnell (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9821964", "text": "Harry McElhone of the famous Harry's New York Bar in Paris. The Pegu Club is best served in a chilled glass and is considered a hot weather drink. Its taste is reminiscent of grapefruit and some bartenders will garnish it with a twist of grapefruit peel or slice of fresh grapefruit, although it is commonly served with a slice of lime to complement the lime juice in the drink. The Pegu Cocktail has all but disappeared from memory in present-day Myanmar, however there has been a resurgence in awareness and availability due to tourism. A version of the cocktail is", "title": "Pegu Club (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "6161128", "text": "A similar lime juice cocktail using rum instead of vodka or gin is the daiquiri. David A. Embury gave a gimlet recipe (called a Gin Sour) in \"The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks\" (3rd Ed., 1958), calling for an 8:2:1 gin/lime (or lemon) juice/simple syrup ratio plus garnish. Eric Felten essentially repeated this in his \"How's Your Drink\" column in \"The Wall Street Journal\" Weekend Edition of August 4, 2006: William L. Hamilton gave this recipe in his \"Shaken and Stirred\" column in \"The New York Times\" on September 15, 2002: A gimlet served at the Fifty Seven Fifty Seven", "title": "Gimlet (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "20294792", "text": "juice, lime juice and spicy pico de gallo seasoning can be used as a substitute. The Vampiro is popular in Mexico and is the national drink. Mexicans named the cocktail Vampiro (\"vampire\") because the Viuda de Sanchez juice mixer's red colour is reminiscent of blood. Vampiros may be made in a tall glass or an old fashioned glass. Bartenders may first \"rim\" the glass with Kosher Salt, which is done by placing a layer of Kosher Salt on a chopping board, moistening the glass' rim with lime juice or water, and then placing the upside down glass rim onto the", "title": "Vampiro (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "18093304", "text": "Hennchata The Hennchata is a cocktail consisting of Hennessy cognac and Mexican rice horchata agua fresca. It was invented by Vanessa Guizar in San Jose, California. The Hennchata consists of 4 oz horchata plus 1.5 oz (50 ml bottle) of Hennessy V.S. Jorgé Sanchez, owner of CHACHO’S was first to serve the Hennchata in a thick-walled, stemmed chavela glass with the bottle of cognac inverted in a plastic holder clipped to the rim; the brandy bottle empties itself as the level of horchata falls, making the drink more alcoholic as it is consumed. The drink was created by Vanessa Guizar", "title": "Hennchata" }, { "docid": "16303026", "text": "Shrub (drink) In terms of mixed drinks, shrub is the name of two different, but related, acidulated beverages. One type of shrub is a fruit liqueur that was popular in 17th and 18th century England, typically made with rum or brandy mixed with sugar and the juice or rinds of citrus fruit. The word \"shrub\" can also refer to a cocktail or soft drink that was popular during America's colonial era, made by mixing a vinegared syrup with spirits, water, or carbonated water. The term \"shrub\" can also be applied to the sweetened vinegar-based syrup from which the cocktail is", "title": "Shrub (drink)" }, { "docid": "12541686", "text": "or lime), Worcestershire sauce, celery seed, horseradish, clam juice or olive brine, brown sugar or molasses, and/or bitters. Some or all of these ingredients can come pre-mixed with the tomato juice as a single \"Bloody Mary mix\" to which the vodka is added, or the drink may be hand-constructed by the bartender from raw ingredients according to the patron's preference. A common garnish is a celery stalk when served in a tall glass; other common garnishes include olives, , a dill pickle spear, lemon wedges, dried sausage, and/or shrimp (as the taste of the drink is often reminiscent of shrimp", "title": "Bloody Mary (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "1906321", "text": "the 19th century. In the 19th century, the \"Champagne cup\" was a popular cocktail, consisting of champagne, lemon juice, sugar, and ice. Gin was sometimes added, yielding a drink much like the French 75. The drink was first recorded as the 75 in \"Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails\", 1922 edition, by Harry MacElhone, and in the same year in Robert Vermeire's \"Cocktails: How to Mix Them,\" which credits the drink to MacElhone. However, the recipes differed from the current form – MacElhone's version consisted of Calvados, gin, grenadine, and absinthe, while Vermeire added lemon juice. The recipe took its now-classic", "title": "French 75 (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "18544863", "text": "blackberrying in his childhood on the Isle of Wight provided the inspiration for the Bramble. The name of the drink comes from the fact that blackberry bushes are called brambles. Bramble (cocktail) The Bramble is a cocktail created by Dick Bradsell in 1980s London, England. Best described as a spring cocktail, the Bramble brings together dry gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, crème de mûre, and crushed ice. Bradsell also suggests finishing off the cocktail with some fresh red fruits (such as blackberries, cranberries) and a slice of lemon. It closely resembles the popular Gin Fix. The Bramble was created in", "title": "Bramble (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "14034341", "text": "Clover Club Cocktail The Clover Club Cocktail is a cocktail consisting of gin, lemon juice, raspberry syrup, and an egg white. The egg white is not added for the purpose of giving the drink flavor, but rather acts as an emulsifier. Thus when the drink is shaken a characteristic foamy head is formed. It was first made by Zlatko Roskos a Slovakian bartender in 1997 in Bratislava. The Clover Club Cocktail is a drink that pre-dates Prohibition in the United States, and is named for the Philadelphia men's club of the same name, which met in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on", "title": "Clover Club Cocktail" }, { "docid": "1906320", "text": "French 75 (cocktail) French 75 is a cocktail made from gin, Champagne, lemon juice, and sugar. It is also called a 75 Cocktail, or in French simply a \"Soixante Quinze\" (Seventy Five). The drink dates to World War I, and an early form was created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris—later Harry's New York Bar—by barman Harry MacElhone. The combination was said to have such a kick that it felt like being shelled with the powerful French 75mm field gun. The drink with its current name and recipe developed over the 1920s, though similar drinks date to", "title": "French 75 (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "8580322", "text": "wide appeal in those years.\" Rusty Nail (cocktail) A Rusty Nail is made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch whisky. The drink was included in Difford's Guide Top 100 Cocktails. A Rusty Nail can be served in an old-fashioned glass on the rocks, neat, or \"up\" in a stemmed glass. It is most commonly served over ice. A Rusty Nail served without ice is sometimes called a Straight Up Nail. Versions of the drink can be made using any aged spirit, though blended Scotch whisky is traditional. Other variations include: According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, \"the Rusty Nail took a", "title": "Rusty Nail (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "8580319", "text": "Rusty Nail (cocktail) A Rusty Nail is made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch whisky. The drink was included in Difford's Guide Top 100 Cocktails. A Rusty Nail can be served in an old-fashioned glass on the rocks, neat, or \"up\" in a stemmed glass. It is most commonly served over ice. A Rusty Nail served without ice is sometimes called a Straight Up Nail. Versions of the drink can be made using any aged spirit, though blended Scotch whisky is traditional. Other variations include: According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, \"the Rusty Nail took a while to find its proper", "title": "Rusty Nail (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "3127133", "text": "drinker to hold the glass without affecting the temperature of the drink, an important aspect due to the lack of added ice which in other drinks serves to cool the drink, and the wide bowl places the surface of the drink directly under the drinker's nose, ensuring the aromatic element has the desired effect. In the modern day cocktail glasses without stems are common, however, these glasses warm very quickly, a phenomenon the original stem addressed. Although the terms 'cocktail glass' and 'martini glass' are often used interchangeably, the former is slightly smaller, more rounded (in contrast with the latter's", "title": "Cocktail glass" }, { "docid": "12541681", "text": "later claimed to have invented the modern Bloody Mary in 1934 as a refinement to Jessel's drink, at the King Cole Room in New York's St. Regis Hotel, according to the hotel's own history. When Petiot spoke to \"The New Yorker\" magazine in July 1964, he said: The cocktail was claimed as a new cocktail under the name \"Red Hammer\" in \"Life\" magazine in 1942, consisting of tomato juice, vodka, and lemon juice. Less than a month later in the same magazine, an advertisement for French's Worcestershire Sauce suggested that it be added to a virgin \"Tomato Juice Cocktail\" along", "title": "Bloody Mary (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "10491958", "text": "Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. Other trademarked cocktails include: Painkiller (cocktail) A Painkiller is a rum cocktail trademarked by Pusser's Rum Ltd, their signature drink. It is often associated with Tiki establishments. The Painkiller is a blend of Pusser's rum with 4 parts pineapple juice, 1 part cream of coconut and 1 part orange juice, well shaken and served over the rocks with a generous amount of fresh nutmeg on top. It may be made with either two, three or four ounces of Pusser's dark rum. The original Painkiller was created in the 1970s by Daphne Henderson", "title": "Painkiller (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "10491957", "text": "Painkiller (cocktail) A Painkiller is a rum cocktail trademarked by Pusser's Rum Ltd, their signature drink. It is often associated with Tiki establishments. The Painkiller is a blend of Pusser's rum with 4 parts pineapple juice, 1 part cream of coconut and 1 part orange juice, well shaken and served over the rocks with a generous amount of fresh nutmeg on top. It may be made with either two, three or four ounces of Pusser's dark rum. The original Painkiller was created in the 1970s by Daphne Henderson at the Soggy Dollar Bar at White Bay on the island of", "title": "Painkiller (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9814664", "text": "Japanese slipper A Japanese slipper is a drink made from Midori, Cointreau, and lemon juice. It was created in 1984 by Jean-Paul Bourguignon at Mietta's Restaurant in Melbourne. The Japanese Slipper appears in literature as early as The bulletin: Issues 5617-5625 in 1988 \"you might care for one of the other current favorites — a Toblerone, a Japanese Slipper or a Mind Eraser. ... Bailey's, grand marnier) or a Melon Bullet (Midori, Mainstay, cointreau, lemon juice)\" Place a cherry into a cocktail glass. Place crushed ice into cocktail shaker, add Midori, then the Cointreau and lemon juice. Shake well and", "title": "Japanese slipper" }, { "docid": "13283873", "text": "to the shape of the garnish, which is typically curled or twisted longitudinally, or else to the act of twisting the garnish to release fruit oils that infuse the drink. Other techniques include running the twist along the rim of the glass, and \"flaming\" the twist. They are generally about long (although length varies), and thin. Cocktails featuring a twist include Horse's Neck. A lemon twist is also an optional garnish for the Martini, and an orange twist is traditional for the Old Fashioned. Twist (cocktail garnish) A twist is a piece of citrus zest used as a cocktail garnish,", "title": "Twist (cocktail garnish)" } ]

[ "Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son", "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" ]

[ { "docid": "7445760", "text": "the Hills and Far Away\", in which the hero is called Tom. Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son \"Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son\" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19621. Modern versions of the rhyme include: The 'pig' mentioned in the song is almost certainly not a live animal but rather a kind of pastry, often made with an apple filling, smaller than a pie. Another version of the rhyme is: This rhyme is often conflated with a separate and longer rhyme: Both rhymes were first printed separately in a \"Tom", "title": "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" }, { "docid": "6954409", "text": "versions both refer to lovers, while Farquhar's version refers to fleeing overseas to join the army. The tune was provided with another set of lyrics for the British \"Sharpe\" television series of the 1990s, based on Farquhar's version. This version was also recorded by John Tams who played Dan Hagman in the series. The nursery rhyme \"Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son\" mentions a piper who knows only one tune, this one. Early versions of this, known as \"The distracted Jockey's Lamentations\", may have been written (but not included) in Thomas D'Urfey's play The Campaigners (1698): Another nursery rhyme \"Five Little", "title": "Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song)" }, { "docid": "7445758", "text": "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son \"Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son\" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19621. Modern versions of the rhyme include: The 'pig' mentioned in the song is almost certainly not a live animal but rather a kind of pastry, often made with an apple filling, smaller than a pie. Another version of the rhyme is: This rhyme is often conflated with a separate and longer rhyme: Both rhymes were first printed separately in a \"Tom the Piper's Son\", a chapbook produced around 1795 in London, England. The", "title": "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" } ]

[ { "docid": "286984", "text": "private nursery, as an exercise for the children. It has been argued that nursery rhymes set to music aid in a child's development. Research also supports the assertion that music and rhyme increase a child's ability in spatial reasoning, which aid mathematics skills. Citations Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "17997769", "text": "third and final track focuses on Krile and her pet, Azrael. A second drama CD, titled \"Nursery Rhyme Drama CD \"Life is sweet\"\", was released by Rio on June 30, 2006. According to a national ranking of how well bishōjo games sold nationally in Japan, \"Nursery Rhyme\" was the No. 2 best-selling bishōjo game at the time of its release. \"\", released on the same day, took the No. 1 spot. \"Nursery Rhyme\" was the 18th most widely sold game of 2005 on Getchu.com. The opening theme, \"true my heart\", has become an internet meme. This is due to the", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "286972", "text": "Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and most popular rhymes date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The first English collections, \"Tommy Thumb's Song Book\" and a sequel, \"Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book\", were published before 1744. Publisher John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the term Mother", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "2529439", "text": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme) \"Jack and Jill\" (sometimes \"Jack and Gill\", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies this tune and its variations as number 10266. The rhyme dates back at least to the 18th century and exists with different numbers of verses each with a number of variations. Only a few more verses have been added to the rhyme, including a version with a total of 15 stanzas in a chapbook of the 19th century. The dab verse, probably added as part of these extensions, has become a standard", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "12454009", "text": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) \"One for Sorrow\" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies one sees determines if one will have bad luck. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20096. There is considerable variation in the lyrics used. A common modern version follows: The rhyme has its origins in superstitions connected with magpies, considered a bird of ill omen in some cultures, and in Britain, at least as far back as the early sixteenth century. The rhyme was first recorded around 1780 in a note in", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "2529441", "text": "these stanzas were viewed as quatrains with internal rhymes, this would be an example of ballad form, a common form for nursery rhymes. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his \"National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs\" (1870). The Roud Folk Song Index, which catalogues folk songs and their variations by number, classifies the song as 10266. The phrase \"Jack and Jill\" was in use in England as early as the 16th century to indicate a boy and a girl. A comedy with the title \"Jack", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "2529440", "text": "part of the nursery rhyme. Early versions took the form: By the early 20th century this had been modified in some collections, such as L. E. Walter's, \"Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes\" (London, 1919) to: A third verse, sometimes added to the rhyme, was first recorded in a 19th-century chapbook and took Twentieth-century versions of this verse include: As presented above and as presented in the accompanying published images, the rhyme is made up of six-line stanzas with a rhyming scheme of \"aabccb\" and a trochaic rhythm (with the stress falling on the first of a pair of syllables). Alternatively, if", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "17997761", "text": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel) The gameplay in \"Nursery Rhyme\" follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. The game ranked at No. 2 in the national top 50 for best-selling PC games sold in Japan. \"Nursery Rhyme\" has made transitions into other media, such as a light novel and audio dramas. \"Nursery Rhyme\" is a romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Shizuma Hasekura. Much of its gameplay is spent reading the text that appears on", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "17997770", "text": "misheard lyric , which spawned a series of remix parodies on Nico Nico Douga. \"true my heart\"'s melody has also appeared in the Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga videos, as has \"kiss my lips\". Some of the \"Nursery Rhyme\" characters feature in \"Megami Engage!\". Nursery Rhyme (visual novel) The gameplay in \"Nursery Rhyme\" follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. The game ranked at No. 2 in the national top 50 for best-selling PC games sold in Japan. \"Nursery Rhyme\"", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "12454017", "text": "characters. The title of a spooky young adult book by Mary Downing Hahn is \"One for sorrow\". One For Sorrow, Written By Mary Downing Hahn One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) \"One for Sorrow\" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies one sees determines if one will have bad luck. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20096. There is considerable variation in the lyrics used. A common modern version follows: The rhyme has its origins in superstitions connected with magpies, considered a bird of ill omen in some", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "286979", "text": "antiquities (historical), fireside stories, game-rhymes, alphabet-rhymes, riddles, nature-rhymes, places and families, proverbs, superstitions, customs, and nursery songs (lullabies). By the time of Sabine Baring-Gould's \"A Book of Nursery Songs\" (1895), folklore was an academic study, full of comments and footnotes. A professional anthropologist, Andrew Lang (1844–1912) produced \"The Nursery Rhyme Book\" in 1897. The early years of the 20th century are notable for the illustrations to children's books including Caldecott's \"Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book\" (1909) and Arthur Rackham's \"Mother Goose\" (1913). The definitive study of English rhymes remains the work of Iona and Peter Opie. Many nursery rhymes have", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "17997766", "text": "and , a shy and clumsy elf who is aiming to become a teacher. \"Nursery Rhyme\" is the first title developed by Lump of Sugar. The visual novel's scenario was written by Seimei Shibusawa, Daisangen, Eiji Takashima and Fuminori Aki. The character designs and illustrations for the visual novel were drawn by Fumitake Moekibara. The game's music was composed and arranged by a.k.a.dRESS (ave;new). The opening movie was animated by Radiant Impression Prelude. Self-described as a , \"Nursery Rhyme\" was released on November 25, 2005 as a DVD-ROM for Windows PCs. A version playable on FOMA mobile phones was released", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "17997767", "text": "by Moepli on September 8, 2006. A desk accessory package called was released on August 17, 2007. A 111-page book titled \"Nursery Rhyme Visual Guide Book\" was published by Jive on April 24, 2006. The book included content such as computer graphics, story and character explanations, and rough sketches. A 234-page light novel titled , written by Sasa Miyachiruda and published by Softgarage, was released on September 25, 2006 under the Sofgare Novels imprint. The cover art was drawn by Fumitake Moekibara, and the internal illustrations were drawn by Maru-chan. \"Nursery Rhyme\" features music by Saori Sakura, who performs the", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "286982", "text": "the early and mid-20th centuries this was a form of bowdlerisation, concerned with some of the more violent elements of nursery rhymes and led to the formation of organisations like the British 'Society for Nursery Rhyme Reform'. Psychoanalysts such as Bruno Bettelheim strongly criticized this revisionism, on the grounds that it weakened their usefulness to both children and adults as ways of symbolically resolving issues and it has been argued that revised versions may not perform the functions of catharsis for children, or allow them to imaginatively deal with violence and danger. In the late 20th century revisionism of nursery", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "2529445", "text": "theories. Complicated metaphors are often said to exist within the lyrics, as is common with nursery rhyme exegesis. Most explanations post-date the first publication of the rhyme and have no corroborating evidence. These include the suggestion by S. Baring-Gould in the 19th century that the rhyme is related to a narrative in the 13th-century \"Prose Edda\" section \"Gylfaginning\" composed by Icelander Snorri Sturluson. In \"Gylfaginning\", Hjúki and Bil, brother and sister respectively in Norse mythology, were taken up from the earth by the moon (personified as the god Máni) as they were fetching water from the well called Byrgir, bearing", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "286980", "text": "been argued to have hidden meanings and origins. John Bellenden Ker (1765?–1842), for example, wrote four volumes arguing that English nursery rhymes were actually written in 'Low Saxon', a hypothetical early form of Dutch. He then 'translated' them back into English, revealing in particular a strong tendency to anti-clericalism. Many of the ideas about the links between rhymes and historical persons, or events, can be traced back to Katherine Elwes's book \"The Real Personages of Mother Goose\" (1930), in which she linked famous nursery-rhyme characters with real people, on little or no evidence. She assumed that children's songs were a", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "286983", "text": "rhymes became associated with the idea of political correctness. Most attempts to reform nursery rhymes on this basis appear to be either very small scale, light-hearted updating, like Felix Dennis's \"When Jack Sued Jill – Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times\" (2006), or satires written as if from the point of view of political correctness in order to condemn reform. The controversy in Britain in 1986 over changing the language of \"Baa Baa Black Sheep\" because, it was alleged in the popular press, it was seen as racially dubious, was apparently based only on a rewriting of the rhyme in one", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "286975", "text": "poem, similar to \"Thirty days hath September\", numbering the days of the month, was recorded in the 13th century. From the later Middle Ages there are records of short children's rhyming songs, often as marginalia. From the mid-16th century they begin to be recorded in English plays. \"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man\" is one of the oldest surviving English nursery rhymes. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas d'Urfey's play \"The Campaigners\" from 1698. Most nursery rhymes were not written down until the 18th century, when the publishing of children's books began to move from polemic and education", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "2529444", "text": "and brown paper were a home cure used as a method to draw out bruises on the body. Jack is the most common name used in English-language nursery rhymes and represented an archetypal Everyman hero by the 18th century, while Jill or Gill had come to mean a young girl or a sweetheart by the end of the Middle Ages. However, the woodcut that accompanied the first recorded version of the rhyme showed two boys (not a boy and a girl) and used the spelling Gill not Jill. The true origin of the rhyme is unknown, but there are several", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "12454011", "text": "versions that had previously existed. In Neil Gaiman's epic comic book series The Sandman one of the characters recites a variant of this rhyme in which every number is for sorrow (i.e. One for sorrow/ Two for sorrow...) The song by the British pop group Steps is entitled \"One for Sorrow\", taking its title probably from the old English nursery rhyme. In the Counting Crows song \"A Murder of One\", the lyrics contain a modified version of the rhyme. The rhyme is also the origin of the group's name. Also mentioned in book four of \"The Mortal Instruments\", \"City of", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "11359971", "text": "To market, to market \"To market, to market\", \"To market, to market, to buy a fat pig\" or To market, to buy a fat pig is a nursery rhyme which is based upon the traditional rural activity of going to a market or fair where agricultural produce would be bought and sold. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19708. The first complete recorded version of the rhyme appeared in 1805 in \"Songs for the Nursery\" with no reference to a pig: When the rhyme reappeared later in the nineteenth century, it took the now common form: There", "title": "To market, to market" }, { "docid": "17997762", "text": "the screen, which represents the story's narrative and dialogue. The text is accompanied by character sprites, which represent who Shizuma is talking to, over background art. Throughout the game, the player encounters CG artwork at certain points in the story, which take the place of the background art and character sprites. \"Nursery Rhyme\" follows a branching plot line with multiple endings, and depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction. There are five main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "14998076", "text": "by the police but seemingly by all the criminal low-life of the city, all eager to get their hands on the cash. Paco finds himself on the run all through Valencia, from the most elegant quarters with their wide streets and squares in the midst of fiesta time, to the city's most squalid and dangerous slums. The Boy Who Stole a Million The Boy Who Stole a Million is a 1960 British comedy thriller film directed by Charles Crichton. The film was shot on location in the Spanish city of Valencia, with an international cast list. When he learns that", "title": "The Boy Who Stole a Million" }, { "docid": "12833717", "text": "Who Stole the Kishka? Who Stole the Kishka?, originally spelled \"Who Stole the Keeshka?\" is a traditional polka tune, written by Walter Dana (music), and by Walter Solek (lyrics), and recorded and performed by various bands. One popular version was familiar to American radio audiences from a 1963 recording by Grammy award-winning polka artist Frankie Yankovic. According to an obituary for Walt Solek who wrote and recorded the song, \"Keeshka always gets the crowd going at a Polkaholics show as it has since it was recorded in the 1950s with English lyrics!\" The song ends with the pleading refrain \"but", "title": "Who Stole the Kishka?" }, { "docid": "12833718", "text": "please bring back my kishka\". Who Stole the Kishka? Who Stole the Kishka?, originally spelled \"Who Stole the Keeshka?\" is a traditional polka tune, written by Walter Dana (music), and by Walter Solek (lyrics), and recorded and performed by various bands. One popular version was familiar to American radio audiences from a 1963 recording by Grammy award-winning polka artist Frankie Yankovic. According to an obituary for Walt Solek who wrote and recorded the song, \"Keeshka always gets the crowd going at a Polkaholics show as it has since it was recorded in the 1950s with English lyrics!\" The song ends", "title": "Who Stole the Kishka?" }, { "docid": "9673585", "text": "book would be raided again in 1922 to compile a collection of nursery rhymes called \"Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes\" as a companion to \"Appley Dapply\". The book opens with a three-stanza rhyme about Appley Dapply, a mouse who raids cupboards for treats, and is accompanied with three illustrations, one which depicts a little mouse running away from a cupboard with a tray of pies: The following rhyme tells of Peter Rabbit's sister, Cotton-tail, and her implied courtship by a little black rabbit who leaves a gift of carrots at her door. In \"The Tale of Mr. Tod\", Cotton-tail is married", "title": "Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes" }, { "docid": "17997764", "text": "set in a fictional Japan where the existence of magic has been recognized by society, and thus has been the subject of much research. Magic is also applied to everyday life; for example, stuffed toys are able to talk. Users of magic must wear a special ring which controls their powers, and are urged to blend in with society. Despite \"Nursery Rhyme\" being set in the future, Japan's culture is depicted as unchanged for the most part. Many of the characters attend , a prestigious all-girls school which provides its students with magic classes, as well as academic courses. Shōsei", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "17997768", "text": "opening theme, \"true my heart\", and ending theme, \"Dearness\". The original soundtrack was released with the visual novel as a reservation bonus, titled \"Nursery Rhyme Memories original sound track\". A maxi single by Saori Sakura was released on September 3, 2007 containing remixes of the opening theme and another song called \"kiss my lips\". A character song single was released on December 29, 2007 at Comic Market 73. A drama CD was released with the visual novel as a reservation bonus. The first track focuses on the twins Makina and Yukina; the second track focuses on Tita and Rin; the", "title": "Nursery Rhyme (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "2529448", "text": "Marie Antoinette (who came tumbling after), a theory made difficult by the fact that the earliest printing of the rhyme pre-dates those events. However, as the previous paragraph refers to King Charles I being in conflict with Parliament, the phrase \"broke his crown\" could also refer to that King's beheading in 1649. There is also a local belief that the rhyme records events in the village of Kilmersdon in Somerset in 1697 when a local spinster became pregnant; the putative father is said to have died from a rock fall and the woman died in childbirth soon after. Jack and", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "9673588", "text": "been inspired by the mole in Hans Christian Andersen's \"Thumbelina\" or possibly Moley in Kenneth Grahame's \"The Wind in the Willows\". \"Diggory Delvet\" and the last rhyme in the book about a guinea pig are two of the few limericks written for children by someone other than Edward Lear. The sixth rhyme is a single stanza and accompanied by an illustration depicting a pig in a dress sitting in a high-backed chair and peeling potatoes: The seventh and last rhyme is a limerick about an \"amiable guinea-pig\" (the first guinea pig in Potter's work) who brushes his hair back like", "title": "Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes" }, { "docid": "12454013", "text": "all have titles derived from the nursery rime, the first one (published in 1999) being named \"One for Sorrow\". The belief that the number of magpies one sees give an indication of one's future is attributed to a knight of King Arthur's Round Table visiting Constantinople in the first volume - which might be an anachronism. British folk group the Unthanks include the song \"Magpie\" on their 2015 album \"Mount the Air\", with lyrics containing portions of this rhyme. The song is featured in the final scene of the first episode of the third season of \"Detectorists\", backing a time-warp", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "14998075", "text": "The Boy Who Stole a Million The Boy Who Stole a Million is a 1960 British comedy thriller film directed by Charles Crichton. The film was shot on location in the Spanish city of Valencia, with an international cast list. When he learns that his father needs to find 10,000 pesetas to finance repairs to his taxi, or face losing his business and livelihood, naïve young Paco decides to \"borrow\" a million pesetas from the bank where he has a small part-time job after school. He soon gets more than he bargained for when he starts being pursued not only", "title": "The Boy Who Stole a Million" }, { "docid": "16347749", "text": "Rhyme-as-reason effect The rhyme-as-reason effect (or \"Eaton-Rosen\" phenomenon) is a cognitive bias whereupon a saying or aphorism is judged as more accurate or truthful when it is rewritten to rhyme. In experiments, subjects judged variations of sayings which did and did not rhyme, and tended to evaluate those that rhymed as more truthful (controlled for meaning). For example, the statement \"What sobriety conceals, alcohol reveals\" was judged to be more accurate than by different participants who saw \"What sobriety conceals, alcohol unmasks\". The effect could be caused by the \"Keats\" heuristic, according to which a statement's truth is evaluated according", "title": "Rhyme-as-reason effect" }, { "docid": "355235", "text": "Rhyme A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually, the exact same sound) in the final stressed syllables (and any following syllables) of two or more words. Most often, this kind of \"perfect\" rhyming is consciously used for effect in the final positions of lines of poems and songs. Less strictly speaking, a rhyme may also variously refer to other types of similar sounds near the ends of two or more words. Furthermore, the word \"rhyme\" has come to be sometimes used as a shorthand term for any brief poem, such as a rhyming couplet or nursery rhyme. The", "title": "Rhyme" }, { "docid": "7397494", "text": "Nuts in May (rhyme) \"Nuts in May\" is a nursery rhyme often sung as a game with the aim of pairing a boy and girl from within the singers. It has a Roud index number of 6308. Replace \"[name]\" by a boy's and a girl's name from within the group singing and select between him/her according to the gender of the first selected person. Some versions replace the phrase \"On a cold and frosty morning,\" with \"so early in the morning\" The rhyme is first recorded by Alice Gomme in \"The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland\" (1894-8). It", "title": "Nuts in May (rhyme)" }, { "docid": "7397492", "text": "Nuts in May (rhyme) \"Nuts in May\" is a nursery rhyme often sung as a game with the aim of pairing a boy and girl from within the singers. It has a Roud index number of 6308. Replace \"[name]\" by a boy's and a girl's name from within the group singing and select between him/her according to the gender of the first selected person. Some versions replace the phrase \"On a cold and frosty morning,\" with \"so early in the morning\" The rhyme is first recorded by Alice Gomme in \"The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland\" (1894-8). It", "title": "Nuts in May (rhyme)" }, { "docid": "12454012", "text": "Fallen Angels\", by Cassandra Clare. The character Simon reflects on his mother teaching him the rhyme as a child. Ashe Corven recites a version of the rhyme in the 1996 film \"\", with crows in place of magpies. The rhyme is in part 5 of Monday, January 12 in the mystery \"Through the Evil Days\" by Julia Spencer-Fleming when a crow caws once in a tense winter scene, leaving a character who is visualizing a grim outcome to hope for a second caw. The novels in the John, the Lord Chamberlain series of historical mysteries, taking place in Justinian's Constantinople,", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "286978", "text": "Little Star\" which combines the melody of an 18th-century French tune \"Ah vous dirai-je, Maman\" with a 19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor entitled \"The Star\" used as lyrics. Early folk song collectors also often collected (what are now known as) nursery rhymes, including in Scotland Sir Walter Scott and in Germany Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim in \"Des Knaben Wunderhorn\" (1806–1808). The first, and possibly the most important academic collection to focus in this area was James Orchard Halliwell's \"The Nursery Rhymes of England\" (1842) and \"Popular Rhymes and Tales\" in 1849, in which he divided rhymes into", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "2529446", "text": "on their shoulders the cask called Saegr and the pole called Simul. Around 1835, John Bellenden Ker suggested that Jack and Jill were two priests; this was enlarged by Katherine Elwes in 1930 to indicate that Jack represented Cardinal Wolsey (c.1471–1530) and Jill was Bishop Tarbes, who negotiated the marriage of Mary Tudor to the French king in 1514. It has also been suggested that the rhyme records the attempt by King Charles I to reform the taxes on liquid measures. He was blocked by Parliament, so subsequently ordered that the volume of a Jack (1/8 pint) be reduced, but", "title": "Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "355244", "text": "within the European tradition. Much modern poetry avoids traditional rhyme schemes. The earliest surviving evidence of rhyming is the Chinese Shi Jing (ca. 10th century BC). Rhyme is also occasionally used in the Bible. Classical Greek and Latin poetry did not usually rhyme, but rhyme was used very occasionally. For instance, Catullus includes partial rhymes in the poem \"Cui dono lepidum novum libellum\". The ancient Greeks knew rhyme, and rhymes in \"The Wasps\" by Aristophanes are noted by a translator. According to some archaic sources, Irish literature introduced the rhyme to Early Medieval Europe, but that is a disputed claim.", "title": "Rhyme" }, { "docid": "17588590", "text": "Traditional rhyme A traditional rhyme is generally a saying, sometimes a proverb or an idiom, couched in the form of a rhyme and often passed down from generation to generation with no record of its original authorship. Many nursery rhymes may be counted as traditional rhymes. Examples of a traditional rhyme include the historically significant \"Ring Around the Rosie\", the doggerel love poem \"Roses Are Red\", and the wedding rhyme \"Something old, something new\". However, traditional rhymes are not necessarily ancient. As an example, the schoolchildren's rhyme commonly noting the end of a school year, \"no more pencils, no more", "title": "Traditional rhyme" }, { "docid": "13138715", "text": "Nursery Rhymes\", was released in February 1990 to little attention. The group split shortly afterwards. The album did not chart in the UK. \"Missing\" reached #75 in November 1989, \"Ultra Modern Nursery Rhyme\" the second and final single charted at #77 the following year. The album was re-released in 2004 by Cherry Red records with two additional bonus tracks. Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes is the only album released by the short lived group Terry, Blair & Anouchka. Terry, Blair & Anouchka were formed shortly after the dissolution of Terry's previous musical project The Colourfield. All three", "title": "Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes" }, { "docid": "14907707", "text": "edition was also released on the same day. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 78% of users liked this movie, based on 104 user ratings. The DVD version of this movie was ranked #30,660 on the Amazon Bestsellers Rank (in DVD) The special version was ranked #39,011 on the same list. According to this movie's Taiwanese release official site, more audiences did not want to eat the pig as compared to those who voted to eat the pig. School Days with a Pig \"School Days with a Pig\" was first screened at the 21st Tokyo International Film Festival, and it was subsequently", "title": "School Days with a Pig" }, { "docid": "8808517", "text": "they were both designed to boost said groups' popularity. The Two Who Stole the Moon The Two Who Stole the Moon () is a 1962 Polish children's film based on Kornel Makuszyński's 1928 story \"The Two Who Stole the Moon\". The film stars the Kaczyński twins, two of the country's future political leaders. Despite having been known to Polish children for many generations, the film gained renewed fame in the 2000s for starring two of the country's future leaders: Lech Kaczyński, who served as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in a 2010 plane crash, and his identical", "title": "The Two Who Stole the Moon" }, { "docid": "8808514", "text": "The Two Who Stole the Moon The Two Who Stole the Moon () is a 1962 Polish children's film based on Kornel Makuszyński's 1928 story \"The Two Who Stole the Moon\". The film stars the Kaczyński twins, two of the country's future political leaders. Despite having been known to Polish children for many generations, the film gained renewed fame in the 2000s for starring two of the country's future leaders: Lech Kaczyński, who served as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in a 2010 plane crash, and his identical twin brother Jarosław Kaczyński, the Prime Minister of Poland", "title": "The Two Who Stole the Moon" }, { "docid": "8155887", "text": "a succession of pictures of women in uncomfortable-looking clothing, was followed by the tag-line, \"Isn't it nice to live in a time when women aren't being pushed around so much anymore?\" Did You Ever See a Lassie? \"Did You Ever See a Lassie?\" is a folk song, nursery rhyme, and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5040. Modern versions of the lyrics include: The use of the terms \"lassie\" and \"laddie\" mean that this song is often attributed to possible origins in Scotland (by various forms of media; see \"references\" section), but it was first", "title": "Did You Ever See a Lassie?" }, { "docid": "8155884", "text": "Did You Ever See a Lassie? \"Did You Ever See a Lassie?\" is a folk song, nursery rhyme, and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5040. Modern versions of the lyrics include: The use of the terms \"lassie\" and \"laddie\" mean that this song is often attributed to possible origins in Scotland (by various forms of media; see \"references\" section), but it was first collected in the United States in the last decade of the nineteenth century and was not found in Great Britain until the mid-twentieth century. However, it can be surmised that the", "title": "Did You Ever See a Lassie?" }, { "docid": "17588591", "text": "books, no more teacher's dirty looks,\" seems to be found in literature no earlier than the 1930s—though the first reference to it in that decade, in a 1932 magazine article, deems it, \"the old glad song that we hear every spring.\" Traditional rhyme A traditional rhyme is generally a saying, sometimes a proverb or an idiom, couched in the form of a rhyme and often passed down from generation to generation with no record of its original authorship. Many nursery rhymes may be counted as traditional rhymes. Examples of a traditional rhyme include the historically significant \"Ring Around the Rosie\",", "title": "Traditional rhyme" }, { "docid": "3672681", "text": "Rain Rain Go Away \"Rain Rain Go Away\" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19096. There are few versions and variations of this rhyming couplet. The most common modern version is: Similar rhymes can be found in many societies, including ancient Greece. The modern English language rhyme can be dated to at least to the 17th century when James Howell in his collection of proverbs noted: A version very similar to the modern version was noted by John Aubrey in 1687 as used by \"little children\" to \"charme away the", "title": "Rain Rain Go Away" }, { "docid": "11976883", "text": "The Pig Who Saved the World The Pig Who Saved the World is the sequel to \"The Pig Scrolls\", both of which have been written by Paul Shipton. It is set in Ancient Greece and makes references to Greek mythology concerning their gods and heroes. It was first published in 2006. The main character Gryllus, a talking pig, has just finished saving the world from utter chaos when, he decides he wants to become human once more. In order to do this, Gryllus has to set out to find Circe, the witch who turned him into a pig in the", "title": "The Pig Who Saved the World" }, { "docid": "11044273", "text": "with a chance of reaching the site of the attack in time - the hydroelectric plant at Dubh Ardrain. A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away (2001) is Christopher Brookmyre's sixth novel. It features the first appearance of policewoman Angelique de Xavia, who is one of the main characters in \"The Sacred Art of Stealing\" (2002). Anti-terrorist forces are put on alert when it is learned that the notorious international terrorist the Black Spirit plans to perform an attack on an unknown British target. Meanwhile, 30-something Raymond Ash is struggling to", "title": "A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away" }, { "docid": "11044271", "text": "A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away (2001) is Christopher Brookmyre's sixth novel. It features the first appearance of policewoman Angelique de Xavia, who is one of the main characters in \"The Sacred Art of Stealing\" (2002). Anti-terrorist forces are put on alert when it is learned that the notorious international terrorist the Black Spirit plans to perform an attack on an unknown British target. Meanwhile, 30-something Raymond Ash is struggling to cope with the banality of his new life as an English teacher, having sold his video game shop and", "title": "A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away" }, { "docid": "11976884", "text": "first place, and ask her to change him back. Sibyl, the ex-priestess, and Homer, the soon to be an epic poet, come along for the ride. \"The Pig Who Saved the World\" won the Nestlé Bronze Award in 2006. The Pig Who Saved the World The Pig Who Saved the World is the sequel to \"The Pig Scrolls\", both of which have been written by Paul Shipton. It is set in Ancient Greece and makes references to Greek mythology concerning their gods and heroes. It was first published in 2006. The main character Gryllus, a talking pig, has just finished", "title": "The Pig Who Saved the World" }, { "docid": "12454014", "text": "scene with multiple visual clues to the lyrics. The group Death by Chocolate (band) included the song \"Magpie\" on their 2001 Album \"Death By Chocolate\", with lyrics containing the rhyme. Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium's 2011 album \"One for Sorrow\" is named for the rhyme. The album's liner notes contain a variation of the rhyme: \"One for sorrow / two for luck / three for a wedding / four for death / five for silver / six for gold / seven for a secret / not to be told / eight for heaven / nine for hell / ten", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "13627795", "text": "of Hearts was based on Elizabeth of Bohemia. Benham, in his book \"Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets\", notes that French playing cards from the mid-17th century have Judith from the Hebrew Bible as the Queen of Hearts. However, according to W. Gurney Benham, a scholar who researched the history of playing cards: \"The old nursery rhyme about the Knave of Hearts who stole the tarts and was beaten for so doing by the King, seems to be founded on nothing more than the fact that 'hearts' rhymes with 'tarts'.\" The poem's story is", "title": "The Queen of Hearts (poem)" }, { "docid": "16347750", "text": "to aesthetic qualities; or the fluency heuristic, according to which things could be preferred due their ease of cognitive processing. For an example of the persuasive quality of the rhyme-as-reason effect, see \"\"If it doesn't fit, you must acquit\"\" the signature phrase used by Johnnie Cochran to gain acquittal for O.J. Simpson in Simpson's murder trial. Rhyme-as-reason effect The rhyme-as-reason effect (or \"Eaton-Rosen\" phenomenon) is a cognitive bias whereupon a saying or aphorism is judged as more accurate or truthful when it is rewritten to rhyme. In experiments, subjects judged variations of sayings which did and did not rhyme, and", "title": "Rhyme-as-reason effect" }, { "docid": "18122625", "text": "Rhyme Skool with Katrina Kaif Rhyme Skool is a two-part audio CD album of common nursery rhymes narrated by Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif. The album was produced by KM Music Conservatory and the Saregama Production Company. A.R.Rahman supervised the music, which was composed and orchestrated by his students at the KM Music Conservatory. \"Rhyme Skool\" was the first audio CD released by KM Music Conservatory after its launch in 2008. All the scores were recorded, mixed, and mastered at the Audio Media studio in Chennai, where Rahman's main orchestrations were conducted. The album was based on well-known nursery rhymes. The", "title": "Rhyme Skool with Katrina Kaif" }, { "docid": "19915857", "text": "another baby storyline, but it's a way to keep Juliette in the show I suppose, without having to write in her veterinary skills to aid the plot.\" The Grimm Who Stole Christmas \"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas\" is the 7th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series \"Grimm\" and the 73rd episode overall, which premiered on December 5, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Dan E. Fesman and was directed by John Gray. Opening quote: \"I have but to swallow this, and be for the rest of my days persecuted by a", "title": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "18088014", "text": "Smith's \"hopefulness that the indomitable American spirit can turn things around through grass roots efforts akin to the recent Arab Spring should make lobbyists and power brokers in Washington nervous, and that's not a bad thing.\" Who Stole the American Dream? Who Stole the American Dream? is a non-fiction book by the American author and journalist Hedrick Smith published in 2012 by Random House. It describes the consolidation of wealth in the United States, and the dismantling of the middle class. As a result, the American Dream—a national ethos, or a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity", "title": "Who Stole the American Dream?" }, { "docid": "286976", "text": "towards entertainment, but there is evidence for many rhymes existing before this, including \"To market, to market\" and \"Cock a doodle doo\", which date from at least the late 16th century. The first English collections, \"Tommy Thumb's Song Book\" and a sequel, \"Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book\", are both thought to have been published by Mary Cooper in London before 1744, with such songs becoming known as 'Tommy Thumb's songs'. John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the term Mother Goose for nursery rhymes when he published a compilation of English rhymes, \"Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "286973", "text": "Goose for nursery rhymes when he published a compilation of English rhymes, \"Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle\" (London, 1780). The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, intended to help a child sleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. The English term lullaby is thought to come from \"lu, lu\" or \"la la\" sounds made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and \"\" or \"bye bye\", either another lulling sound or a term for good night. Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "19915847", "text": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas \"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas\" is the 7th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series \"Grimm\" and the 73rd episode overall, which premiered on December 5, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Dan E. Fesman and was directed by John Gray. Opening quote: \"I have but to swallow this, and be for the rest of my days persecuted by a legion of goblins, all of my own creation. Humbug, I'll tell you; humbug!\" At a Christmas party, the couple hosting the party have there doorbell rang with", "title": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "16303988", "text": "of students poses a \"drastic danger\" which \"powerless, naive, and unthinking students unquestionably endorse.\" The political scientist Ronnee Schreiber of San Diego State University wrote that the conservative Independent Women's Forum continues to use the book to portray feminists as scheming falsifiers of statistical data. Who Stole Feminism? Who Stole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women is a 1994 book about American feminism by Christina Hoff Sommers, a writer who was at that time a philosophy professor at Clark University. Sommers argues that there is a split between equity feminism and what she terms \"gender feminism\". Sommers contends that equity", "title": "Who Stole Feminism?" }, { "docid": "286981", "text": "peculiar form of coded historical narrative, propaganda or covert protest, and rarely considered that they could have been written simply for entertainment. There have been several attempts, across the world, to revise nursery rhymes (along with fairy tales and popular songs). Even in the late 18th century we can sometimes see how rhymes like \"Little Robin Redbreast\" were cleaned up for a young audience. In the late 19th century the major concern seems to have been violence and crime, which led leading children's publishers in the United States like Jacob Abbot and Samuel Goodrich to 'improve' Mother Goose rhymes. In", "title": "Nursery rhyme" }, { "docid": "16303968", "text": "Who Stole Feminism? Who Stole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women is a 1994 book about American feminism by Christina Hoff Sommers, a writer who was at that time a philosophy professor at Clark University. Sommers argues that there is a split between equity feminism and what she terms \"gender feminism\". Sommers contends that equity feminists seek equal legal rights for women and men, while gender feminists seek to counteract historical inequalities based on gender. Sommers argues that gender feminists have made false claims about issues such as anorexia and domestic battery and exerted a harmful influence on American college", "title": "Who Stole Feminism?" }, { "docid": "18088009", "text": "Who Stole the American Dream? Who Stole the American Dream? is a non-fiction book by the American author and journalist Hedrick Smith published in 2012 by Random House. It describes the consolidation of wealth in the United States, and the dismantling of the middle class. As a result, the American Dream—a national ethos, or a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work—is becoming increasingly unattainable. Although Smith's distinguished journalistic career includes covering the Vietnam War, the Pentagon Papers, and the civil rights movement, serving as", "title": "Who Stole the American Dream?" }, { "docid": "16303986", "text": "Bowl game, went too far in claiming that \"no study shows that Super Bowl Sunday is in any way different from other days in the amount of domestic violence\". Hammer said that Sommers ignored a variety of studies that showed increased domestic violence during the Super Bowl. The anthropologist Melvin Konner wrote that, like Warren Farrell's \"The Myth of Male Power\" (1993), \"Who Stole Feminism?\" is a good antidote to the way in which \"real knowledge about sex roles...tends to get buried in postmodernist rhetoric.\" Anne-Marie Kinahan of Wilfrid Laurier University places \"Who Stole Feminism?\" alongside Rene Denfeld's \"The New", "title": "Who Stole Feminism?" }, { "docid": "20038562", "text": "too neatly, but this story is fine for the undemanding reader who wants an old-fashioned, feel-good saga.\" \"Run Away Home\" has also been reviewed by \"Publishers Weekly\", and \"The Horn Book Magazine\". Run Away Home Run Away Home is a 1997 book by Patricia McKissack. Set in the late 19th century, it is about an African-American girl, Sarah Jane, who finds an Apache boy in the family barn and the subsequent affects on their lives. \"School Library Journal\", in a review of \"Run Away Home\", wrote \"Grabbing readers with wonderful characters, an engaging plot, and vital themes, McKissack weaves a", "title": "Run Away Home" }, { "docid": "355252", "text": "acceptable but quite common. Rhymes are sometimes classified into the categories \"rime pauvre\" (\"poor rhyme\"), \"rime suffisante\" (\"sufficient rhyme\"), \"rime riche\" (\"rich rhyme\") and \"rime richissime\" (\"very rich rhyme\"), according to the number of rhyming sounds in the two words or in the parts of the two verses. For example, to rhyme \"tu\" with \"vu\" would be a poor rhyme (the words have only the vowel in common), to rhyme \"pas\" with \"bras\" a sufficient rhyme (with the vowel and the silent consonant in common), and \"tante\" with \"attente\" a rich rhyme (with the vowel, the onset consonant, and the", "title": "Rhyme" }, { "docid": "10958648", "text": "song was used in The Simpsons episode \"Kamp Krustier\" where Chief Wiggum arrests two kids after they sing it in a group activity. Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? \"Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?\" or the Cookie Jar Song is a sing-along game of children's music. The song is an infinite-loop motif, where each verse directly feeds into the next. The game begins with the children sitting or standing, arranged in an inward-facing circle. The song usually begins with the group leader asking who stole a cookie from an imaginary (or sometimes real) cookie jar,", "title": "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?" }, { "docid": "10958644", "text": "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? \"Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?\" or the Cookie Jar Song is a sing-along game of children's music. The song is an infinite-loop motif, where each verse directly feeds into the next. The game begins with the children sitting or standing, arranged in an inward-facing circle. The song usually begins with the group leader asking who stole a cookie from an imaginary (or sometimes real) cookie jar, followed by the name of one of the children in the circle. The child questions the \"accusation,\" answered by an affirmation from the", "title": "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?" }, { "docid": "12454010", "text": "John Brand's \"Observations on Popular Antiquities\" on Lincolnshire with the lyric: One of the earliest versions to extend this was published, with variations, in Michael Aislabie Denham's \"Proverbs and Popular Saying of the Seasons\" (London, 1846) On occasion, jackdaws, crows and other Corvidae are associated with the rhyme, particularly in America where magpies are less common. A version of the rhyme became familiar to many UK children when it became the theme tune of an ITV children's TV show called \"Magpie\", which ran from 1968 to 1980. The popularity of this version is thought to have displaced the many regional", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "12454015", "text": "for devil's own sell.\" The opening two-part episode of the 2015 season of \"Lewis\" was titled \"One for Sorrow\", and involved a stuffed magpie. Two versions of the rhyme play an important part in Terry Pratchett's novel \"Carpe Jugulum\" (1998), where magpies are considered the eyes of the cunning vampire Count Magpyr. The lyrics to this poem can be found in the artwork, A Flock of Words in Morecambe, amongst other poems about birds. Lyrics from the rhyme are mentioned in Corinne Bailey Rae's song \"Choux Pastry Heart\", from her self-titled debut album, released in 2006. The anthology \"Charmed Destinies\"", "title": "One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)" }, { "docid": "18039547", "text": "The Kids Run Away \"The Kids Run Away\" is the 19th episode of the fourth season of the animated comedy series \"Bob's Burgers\" and the overall 64th episode, and is written by Rich Rinaldi and directed by Boohwan Lim and Kyounghee Lim. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 27, 2014. Bob and Linda take the kids to Dr. Yap's office for a dental checkup. Louise learns that she has a cavity, but is too afraid to get the necessary filling. She flees out the window (ordering Dr. Yap, who is intimidated by her, to wait ten", "title": "The Kids Run Away" }, { "docid": "8964510", "text": "Rhyme Stew Rhyme Stew is a collection of poems for children by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake. In a sense it's a more adult version of \"Revolting Rhymes\". The poems either parody well known fairy tales (\"Dick Whittington and His Cat, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Emperor's New Clothes, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, Aladdin\") nursery rhymes (As I was going to St Ives, Hey Diddle Diddle, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary) or are little stories thought up by Dahl himself. Most of the stories contain slight sexual references. Due to slightly risqué material this book carries a warning", "title": "Rhyme Stew" }, { "docid": "8964511", "text": "that it is unsuitable for \"small people\". Rhyme Stew Rhyme Stew is a collection of poems for children by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake. In a sense it's a more adult version of \"Revolting Rhymes\". The poems either parody well known fairy tales (\"Dick Whittington and His Cat, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Emperor's New Clothes, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, Aladdin\") nursery rhymes (As I was going to St Ives, Hey Diddle Diddle, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary) or are little stories thought up by Dahl himself. Most of the stories contain slight sexual references. Due to slightly", "title": "Rhyme Stew" }, { "docid": "16648816", "text": "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? is a 2011 documentary film, which argues that government deregulation led to the Great Recession. It was directed and produced by Donald Goldmacher and journalist and former CNN Senior National Assignment Editor Frances Causey. Narrated by Thom Hartmann. The documentary is partially based on Jeff Faux's 2006 book \"The Global Class War\". The film traces the roots of the Great Recession to Virginia lawyer Lewis F. Powell, Jr., whose 1971 memo to the United States Chamber of Commerce urged corporate America to become more aggressive in molding politics", "title": "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?" }, { "docid": "16648820", "text": "prevent bailed-out Wall Street from turning the American Dream into a neverending nightmare for folks on Main Street.\" Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? is a 2011 documentary film, which argues that government deregulation led to the Great Recession. It was directed and produced by Donald Goldmacher and journalist and former CNN Senior National Assignment Editor Frances Causey. Narrated by Thom Hartmann. The documentary is partially based on Jeff Faux's 2006 book \"The Global Class War\". The film traces the roots of the Great Recession to Virginia lawyer Lewis F. Powell, Jr., whose 1971", "title": "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?" }, { "docid": "13407683", "text": "of \"State of Lunacy\". Their second album \"Solitary Confinement\" was released in April 2010 featuring Crooked I, Ill Bill and frequent collaborator Reain. For the first time, Rhyme Asylum recruited outside producers. Later in 2010, the group released \"\" on 12\" vinyl. The EP contains eight songs from \"Solitary Confinement\" and was launched at a Dilated Peoples & Rhyme Asylum show in Hamburg, Germany. Rhyme Asylum have performed across the UK and Europe. Rhyme Asylum Rhyme Asylum is a London hip hop group formed in 2002 by MCs Possessed, Psiklone and Skirmish. Leatherface and Plazma (who did not return for", "title": "Rhyme Asylum" }, { "docid": "19607063", "text": "a 0.9 rating among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. This Holiday special is the one with the lowest audience in the series. How the 'A' Stole Christmas \"How the 'A' Stole Christmas\" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season and 108th episode overall of the mystery drama television series \"Pretty Little Liars\", which aired on December 9, 2014, on the cable network ABC Family. The episode was the series' first Christmas special and aired as part of the programming block \"25 Days of Christmas\". It was directed by I. Marlene King and co-written by King and", "title": "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "8886524", "text": "The earliest record we have of the better known rhyme is from \"Nancy Cock's Pretty Song Book\", printed in London about 1780, which had one verse: <poem>Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone.</poem> Similar versions were printed in collections in the late eighteenth century, however, in \"Songs for the Nursery\" printed in 1805, the first signs of violence were evident, ending with: In the 1840s James Orchard Halliwell collected a two", "title": "Taffy was a Welshman" }, { "docid": "7388811", "text": "Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Mother Goose: Rock 'n' Rhyme (also known as Shelley Duvall's Mother Goose: Rock 'n' Rhyme or Shelley Duvall's Rock in Rhymeland) is a 1990 American musical television film that aired on the Disney Channel. Starring Shelley Duvall as Little Bo Peep and Dan Gilroy as Gordon Goose, the son of Mother Goose along with a star-studded supporting cast of various other actors and musicians portraying a wide range of characters, mostly of Mother Goose nursery rhyme fame. It was released for the first time on VHS in June 16, 1998 with the help of Lyrick", "title": "Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme" }, { "docid": "7388809", "text": "Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Mother Goose: Rock 'n' Rhyme (also known as Shelley Duvall's Mother Goose: Rock 'n' Rhyme or Shelley Duvall's Rock in Rhymeland) is a 1990 American musical television film that aired on the Disney Channel. Starring Shelley Duvall as Little Bo Peep and Dan Gilroy as Gordon Goose, the son of Mother Goose along with a star-studded supporting cast of various other actors and musicians portraying a wide range of characters, mostly of Mother Goose nursery rhyme fame. It was released for the first time on VHS in June 16, 1998 with the help of Lyrick", "title": "Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme" }, { "docid": "15223829", "text": "out, as noted by Nicholas Shaxson. It was to be directed by the two British brothers, Marc and Nick Francis, the film makers behind the award-winning film \"Black Gold\". Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World (2011) is a non-fiction book about the secretive role of offshore banks and tax havens in global economic affairs. The book was written by Nicholas Shaxson, a political analyst and associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. It was first published on 6 January 2011. The publication", "title": "Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World" }, { "docid": "6498369", "text": "Who Will I Run To? \"Who Will I Run To?\" is the second single from Pop/R&B singer Kiley Dean's unreleased album \"Simple Girl\" during the third quarter of 2003. The song was written by Mischke and Harvey Mason and was produced by The Underdogs. \"Who Will I Run To?\" did better on the charts than \"Make Me a Song\". The song charted on many Top 40 charts including the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Chart, where it peaked at number 39 on the chart dating December 19, 2003. This, in turn, led countdown shows such as \"American Top 40 with Casey", "title": "Who Will I Run To?" }, { "docid": "6498370", "text": "Kasem\" and the \"Rick Dees Weekly Top 40\" to play the song. In mid-January 2004, a remix was issued to try to save the song's spins as it fell down the charts; it got limited airplay and did not help its overall performance. 1. \"Who Will I Run To?\" - 4:00<br> 2. \"Kiss Me Like That\" - 4:11 Who Will I Run To? \"Who Will I Run To?\" is the second single from Pop/R&B singer Kiley Dean's unreleased album \"Simple Girl\" during the third quarter of 2003. The song was written by Mischke and Harvey Mason and was produced by", "title": "Who Will I Run To?" }, { "docid": "15223828", "text": "Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World (2011) is a non-fiction book about the secretive role of offshore banks and tax havens in global economic affairs. The book was written by Nicholas Shaxson, a political analyst and associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. It was first published on 6 January 2011. The publication is promoted by the Tax Justice Network. Reviews have mostly been positive: A documentary thriller called \"Cashback\" was being produced and due for release in 2012, but didn’t work", "title": "Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World" }, { "docid": "19843929", "text": "culture. In more recent decades, specialized artists have worked within the infant market. Nursery rhymes are activities through which children can learn and play with different melodies. They also introduce children to popular themes that help with early socialization. Many Latin American nursery rhymes are based in the context of the farm or rural life. After the Spanish conquest of the continent, much of the oral tradition derived from religious and superstitious traditions with the goal of introducing children to formative social concepts. One possible method of nursery rhyme classification is that of function. Although it is possible that one", "title": "Spanish nursery rhymes" }, { "docid": "11976894", "text": "The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mini Grey, published by Jonathan Cape in 2006. It won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the U.K. It was also bronze runner up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in ages category 6–8 years.> The title alludes to \"Hey Diddle Diddle\", an English nursery rhyme whose last line is \"And the Dish ran away with the Spoon\". According to the British librarians, the", "title": "The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon" }, { "docid": "9736389", "text": "designed for Russell's talents as \"comedy's poet laureate\". First placed on the schedule at 2:30 PM (1:30 Central), it was beaten by NBC's \"The Doctors\". On December 29, the series moved to 1:30/12:30, which had been the home for \"Let's Make a Deal\" since 1964 (1968 on ABC). \"Rhyme\" inherited the vastly-changed competition at that timeslot from \"Deal\", which now featured 60-minute versions of \"Days of Our Lives\" and \"As the World Turns\", two very popular serials. Needless to say, \"Days\" and \"Turns\" overwhelmed \"Rhyme\" and the series ended its run two days after its first birthday. Its replacement would", "title": "Rhyme and Reason" }, { "docid": "20038561", "text": "Run Away Home Run Away Home is a 1997 book by Patricia McKissack. Set in the late 19th century, it is about an African-American girl, Sarah Jane, who finds an Apache boy in the family barn and the subsequent affects on their lives. \"School Library Journal\", in a review of \"Run Away Home\", wrote \"Grabbing readers with wonderful characters, an engaging plot, and vital themes, McKissack weaves a compelling story of cultural clash, tragedy, accommodation, and ultimate triumph.‘\" while \"BookList\" found it a \"generally fast-paced story flags occasionally when information-heavy dialogue intrudes.\" and concluded \"The happy ending ties things up", "title": "Run Away Home" }, { "docid": "7404385", "text": "Rhyme\" was a small pressing distributed around the country. It received some airplay, but did not break out as a hit and remained in obscurity until thirty years later, when the album began showing up from time to time on cult collectors' lists of 1960s music, with copies appearing on eBay occasionally, and accumulating fans among European and American collectors. The July 2002 issue of Japan's \"Record Collector\" magazine featured \"Twice Upon a Rhyme\" in its roundup of American 1960s \"Psychedelic Movements\". The reviewer, Taro Miyasugi, said, \"It's human mystical pop music... wonderful songs.\" The album is included in Hans", "title": "Twice Upon a Rhyme" }, { "docid": "6627162", "text": "There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe \"There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe\" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19132. Debates over its meaning and origin have largely centered on attempts to match the old woman with historical female figures who have had large families, although King George II (1683–1760) has also been proposed as the rhyme's subject. The most common version of the rhyme is: The earliest printed version in Joseph Ritson's \"Gammer Gurton's Garland\" in 1794 has the coarser last line: Many", "title": "There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" }, { "docid": "15695017", "text": "to make it a story \"about little boys overcoming fear and fighting off the monsters in their closets\". However, he did praise dialogue delivered by Smith and Darvill. Because the episode was originally planned to be in the first half of the series, many of the reviewers mentioned that it was strange that Amy and Rory did not comment upon what had happened previously, such as what had happened to their child. McPherson noted the \"tacked-on\" nursery rhyme foreshadowing the Doctor's death was included, though he thought it was \"unintelligible\" and did not count. Night Terrors (Doctor Who) \"Night Terrors\"", "title": "Night Terrors (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "15583774", "text": "The World According to Paris The World According to Paris is an American reality television series on Oxygen that premiered on June 1, 2011. It was announced on August 13, 2011, that Oxygen did not renew the series for a second season. The series' eight-week run averaged only 293,000 viewers and a 0.2 rating among adults 18-49, making it Oxygen's least-watched series of 2011. \"The World According to Paris\" follows the daily life of Paris Hilton. It was filmed from November 2010, with Hilton's court-ordered community service stemming from her arrest in Las Vegas, Nevada for cocaine possession, to February", "title": "The World According to Paris" }, { "docid": "18122626", "text": "album's official release was held in 2010 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Mumbai. In 2011, the production company launched the second album in the series, \"Rhyme Skool Vol 2\". Students of the KM Conservatory recorded the album under the guidance of guitarist John Anthony, along with Sivamani and A.R. Rahman. Rhyme Skool with Katrina Kaif Rhyme Skool is a two-part audio CD album of common nursery rhymes narrated by Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif. The album was produced by KM Music Conservatory and the Saregama Production Company. A.R.Rahman supervised the music, which was composed and orchestrated by his students at the", "title": "Rhyme Skool with Katrina Kaif" }, { "docid": "8821066", "text": "A Wizard in Rhyme A Wizard in Rhyme is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Christopher Stasheff. The series follows the character of Matthew Mantrell, a Ph.D. student, who is transported to a magical world where poetry is used to cast spells. There his knowledge of poetry, gained through his literature studies, establishes him as a powerful wizard and positions him as \"lord wizard of the realm\". The series consists of eight novels, and is said to have hints of L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. \"A Wizard in Rhyme\" takes place in an alternate history of", "title": "A Wizard in Rhyme" } ]

[ "Promulent", "The Circus (Simpsons TV ad)", "The Simpsons.com", "Kromulent", "Simpsons jokes", "No Teasing", "Made-up words in the simpsons", "The Simpsons Clue", "Simpsons words", "Culturally significant words and phrases from The Simpsons", "The Bully (The Simpsons TV ad)", "The Dog Biscuit", "List of neologisms and phrases on The Simpsons", "Recurring jokes in The Simpsons", "Recurring jokes on the simpsons", "Simpsons TV show", "Culturally significance phrases from The Simpsons", "Jokes on the simpsons", "Made-up words in The Simpsons", "The simsons", "The Flanders (tv show)", "List of neologisms in The Simpsons", "Quijibo", "The Simpsons", "Bart's Karate Lesson", "The Raid (Simpsons TV ad)", "List of The Simpsons TV ads", "The Simpsons Board Games", "The Pacifier (Simpsons TV ad)", "TheSimpsons", "Los simpsons", "Good vs. Evil (Simpsons TV ad)", "The SImpsons", "Simspons", "Criticism of The Simpsons", "Simpsons neologism", "Critisms of the declining quality of The Simpsons", "500 Easy Pieces", "Jokes in the Simpsons", "List of The Simpsons TV ads by product", "The Simpsons' impact on television", "Los Simpson", "Madeup words in The Simpsons", "Simpson (Fox)", "Bart's Nightmare (Simpsons TV ad)", "Simpsons TV ads", "Running gags in The Simpsons", "The Beach (Simpsons TV ad)", "Made up words simpsons", "The Simpsons Catch Phrases", "List of the Simpson characters in advertisements", "Why You Little!", "The simppsons", "Plastic Underwear", "The simpsons", "Simpsons, The", "Bart's Homework", "List of made-up words in The Simpsons", "The Simpsons (TV series)", "Simpsons World", "Reccuring jokes on the simpsons", "Quigibo", "Why You Little", "Made-up words on The Simpsons", "Culturally significant phrases from The Simpsons", "Simpson Stamps", "The Simpson's", "The Simpsons World", "List of The Simpsons television advertisements", "Maggie's Party", "List of advertisements featuring The Simpsons characters", "The Simspons", "Culturally significant neologisms from The Simpsons", "The Simpsons Baseball", "TV Simpsons", "Neologisms on The Simpsons", "Neologisms in The Simpsons", "The Simpson", "The simpsons jokes", "Simpsons", "The Last Butterfinger", "Criticisms of the declining quality of The Simpsons", "Smell Your Breath", "Los Simpsons", "Thr Simpsons", "List of neologisms on The Simpsons", "Itchy & Scratchy's %22500 Easy Pieces%22", "A to Z (Simpsons TV ad)" ]

[ { "docid": "3632495", "text": "Two additional \"Dr. N!Godatu\" cartoons that were prepared for the show never aired. The Simpson family debuted in short animated cartoons on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\", beginning with episode 3 of the first season. The shorts originally were presented on an occasional basis, alternating episodes with \"Dr. N!Godatu\". However, the reaction to the Simpsons shorts was very positive, and after appearing 7 times during season 1, the feature was quickly promoted to full-time status, appearing in every episode of seasons 2–3 before being spun off into their own half-hour series. These shorts, also called \"bumpers\", aired before and after commercial", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632450", "text": "producing three pilots a week. Ullman was the first British woman to be offered her own television sketch show in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The show is also known for producing a series of shorts featuring the Simpson family, which was later adapted into the longest running American scripted primetime television series \"The Simpsons\". \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" garnered Fox its first ever Emmy nomination and win; it was awarded a total of 11. \"Rolling Stone\" ranked \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" as the #25 best sketch comedy show in its \"40 Greatest Sketch-Comedy TV Shows of", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "4540208", "text": "The Simpsons shorts The Simpsons shorts are an American animated TV series of 48 one-minute shorts that ran on the variety television program \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" for three seasons, before the characters spun off into \"The Simpsons\", their own half-hour prime-time show. It features Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The series was created by Matt Groening, who designed the Simpson family and wrote many of the shorts. The shorts first aired on April 19, 1987 starting with \"Good Night\". The final short to air was \"TV Simpsons\", originally airing on May 14, 1989. \"The Simpsons\" later debuted on", "title": "The Simpsons shorts" }, { "docid": "3632502", "text": "native England, the BBC decided to cut six minutes from the show, specifically the Simpsons shorts. \"The BBC said the only thing they didn't like about the show was those weird little animated characters and suggested maybe they could get rid of them because they would never catch on,\" recalled Ullman. Despite their aversion to the cartoon shorts, she attempted to convince the broadcaster to buy the rights to \"The Simpsons\" television series, telling them it would be a mistake not to; Sky ended up buying the show. \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" aired on BBC Two in the UK and", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632503", "text": "ABC in Australia. Re-runs of the show appeared on Lifetime and Comedy Central throughout the 1990s in the United States. To date \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" has never been commercially released through any home media platform. In 2017, in an interview, Tracey Ullman theorized that music clearance issues may be the reason for this. A selection of the Simpsons shorts were released from 1997 through 1999 on \"The Simpsons\" VHS home video releases. The sketch \"Due Dilligence\" featuring actor-comedian Mel Brooks was released as an extra on \"The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged Comedy\" in 2012. The", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632452", "text": "responsible for choreographing all of the show's dance routines. Interstitial cartoon shorts (\"Dr. N!Godatu\", \"The Simpsons\") were featured before and after each commercial break. The show's producers toyed with the format during the show's first season. A variety act was added and then scrapped by the third episode. Ullman began opening the show as herself by episode five; this was dropped altogether by season 3 in favor of an elaborate opening title sequence. The final segment of all four seasons sees Ullman, clad in a pink robe, delivering a closing monologue to the studio audience before ending the show with", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "4540217", "text": "the shorts were divided into three or four parts, but in the third season they were played as a single story. Tracey Ullman later filed a lawsuit, claiming that her show was the source of \"The Simpsons\"' success and therefore should receive a share of the show's profit. Eventually the courts ruled in favor of the network. The Simpsons shorts The Simpsons shorts are an American animated TV series of 48 one-minute shorts that ran on the variety television program \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" for three seasons, before the characters spun off into \"The Simpsons\", their own half-hour prime-time show.", "title": "The Simpsons shorts" }, { "docid": "9646930", "text": "History of The Simpsons \"The Simpsons\" is an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. He conceived of the characters in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office and named them after his own family members, substituting \"Bart\" for his own name. The family debuted as shorts on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show called \"The Simpsons\", which debuted on December 17, 1989. The show was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series", "title": "History of The Simpsons" }, { "docid": "641755", "text": "I’m constantly amazed.\" Ullman opened and closed the show as herself, adding her trademark, \"Go home!,\" which she would shout to the studio audience for the closing. The show was shot on film, a departure from previous variety shows which were routinely shot on tape. Looking to add \"bumpers\" (before and after commercial breaks) to the show, two cartoon shorts were created: \"Dr. N!Godatu\" and \"The Simpsons.\" \"The Simpsons\" would go on to be spun off into its own television series. By the time \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" ended in 1990, the show was awarded ten Emmy Awards; Ullman winning", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "3632494", "text": "was a series of animated shorts created by M.K. Brown, and animated by Klasky-Csupo. It was seen during season 1 only, and was the first cartoon seen on Ullman's show. The shorts followed the somewhat surreal life of Dr. Janice N!Godatu, who calmly and cheerfully addressed the camera as she detailed her latest misadventure. The character was voiced by Julie Payne. The feature appeared in the first two \"Ullman\" episodes, then alternated more-or-less every other week with the \"Simpsons\" shorts (see below). After appearing 6 times, \"Dr. N!Godatu\" was dropped at the conclusion of the first season of Ullman's show.", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "4973477", "text": "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular \"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular\" is the tenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 3, 1995. As the title suggests, it is the 138th episode and the third clip show episode of \"The Simpsons\", after \"\" and \"Another Simpsons Clip Show\". While the \"138th Episode Spectacular\" compiles sequences from episodes throughout the entire series like the previous two, it also shows clips from the original Simpsons shorts from \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" and other previously unaired material. Like the Halloween specials, the", "title": "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" }, { "docid": "13264921", "text": "series airing on the Fox Broadcasting Company. The Simpson family remained the main characters on this new show. \"The Simpsons\" shorts debuted on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" on April 19, 1987 were featured on the first three seasons of the show. By the fourth and last season of \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" the first season of the half-hour show was on the air. In the two first seasons the shorts were divided into three or four parts, but in the third season they were played as a single story. The stories for the shorts were written and storyboarded by Matt", "title": "The Simpsons (franchise)" }, { "docid": "641712", "text": "\"The Tracey Ullman Show\", from 1987 until 1990, which also featured the first appearances of the long-running animated media franchise, \"The Simpsons\". She later produced programmes for HBO, including \"Tracey Takes On...\" (1996–99), for which she garnered numerous awards. Her sketch comedy series, \"Tracey Ullman's State of the Union\", ran from 2008 to 2010 on Showtime. She has also appeared in several feature films. Ullman was the first British woman to be offered her own television sketch show in both the United Kingdom and the United States. In 2016, she returned to British television with the BBC sketch comedy show", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "19258188", "text": "follow and exploit her success in the United States throughout the latter part of the 1980s, Ullman's visibility on the small screen in the UK waned until almost 1990 when the BBC finally picked up \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" which was winding down its four-year run on Fox. The broadcaster made significant edits to the show, eliminating The Simpsons shorts entirely. Ullman had even attempted to persuade the broadcaster to buy \"The Simpsons\" when the characters were spun-off into their own primetime sitcom. In 1992, Ullman returned to British television with the ITV television comedy special, \"Tracey Ullman: A Class", "title": "Tracey Ullman's Show" }, { "docid": "641758", "text": "similar suit against Fox claiming that his contract called for him to receive 7.5% of revenues from \"The Simpsons\", including a portion of merchandise. Despite losing the 1992 suit, Ullman continues to get an annual share of the show's profits. Ullman provided the voices of Emily Winthrop, a British dog trainer, and Mrs. Winfield on \"The Simpsons\" episode \"Bart's Dog Gets an F\" (1991). After \"The Tracey Ullman Show\", Ullman went on to make her big screen starring debut with \"I Love You To Death\" in 1990. That same year she hit the stage with actor Morgan Freeman for Shakespeare", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "641757", "text": "in 1992. The Fox network had paid her $58,000 in royalties for \"The Simpsons\" as well as $3 million for the 3½ seasons her show was on the air. According to an article, as Ullman had continued her professional relationship with former producer Brooks, only the studio and not Brooks was named in the suit. Brooks was allowed to videotape his testimony as he was in the middle of filming \"I'll Do Anything\", in which Ullman appeared. The suit was ultimately dismissed. Ullman wasn't the only one to file a lawsuit; \"Tracey Ullman Show\" executive producer Ken Estin filed a", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "1287096", "text": "comedy program \"The Tracey Ullman Show\", wanted to use a series of animated shorts as bumpers between sketches. He had asked Groening to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts, which Groening initially intended to present as his \"Life in Hell\" series. However, when Groening realized that animating \"Life in Hell\" would require the rescinding of publication rights for his life's work, he chose another approach and formulated his version of a dysfunctional family. The Simpson family first appeared as shorts in \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" on April 19, 1987. Groening submitted only basic sketches to the animators", "title": "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" }, { "docid": "5235171", "text": "on the contemporary \"Family Guy\", debuted and further pushed the envelope. It ran from 1972 to 1974. In 1987, The Simpsons shorts debuted on Fox's \"The Tracey Ullman Show\". The first full-length episode, \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\", debuted on December 17, 1989. It remained the sole mainstream adult-oriented animated sitcom until the late 1990s, which saw the debuts of \"King of the Hill\", \"South Park\", \"Family Guy\" and \"Futurama\". Canadian examples in this genre from the decade include \"Chilly Beach\", \"Odd Job Jack,\" and, most recently, \"Fugget About It\". Adult animation became more popular, premiering shows like \"American", "title": "Animated sitcom" }, { "docid": "9852167", "text": "Good Night (The Simpsons) \"Good Night\" (also known as \"Good Night Simpsons\") is the first of forty-eight Simpsons shorts that appeared on the variety show \"The Tracey Ullman Show\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 19, 1987, during the third episode of \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" and marks the first appearance of the Simpson family — Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie — on television. After three seasons on Tracey Ullman, the shorts would be adapted into the animated show \"The Simpsons\". \"Good Night\" has since been aired on the show in the", "title": "Good Night (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "741400", "text": "Maggie Simpson Margaret \"Maggie\" Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series \"The Simpsons\". She first appeared on television in the \"Tracey Ullman Show\" short \"Good Night\" on April 19, 1987. Maggie was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. She received her first name from Groening's youngest sister. After appearing on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" for three years, the Simpson family was given their own series on the Fox Broadcasting Company which debuted December 17, 1989. Maggie is the youngest child of Homer and Marge,", "title": "Maggie Simpson" }, { "docid": "408027", "text": "his own name. The shorts became a part of \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" on April 19, 1987. After three seasons, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and became Fox's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–90). Since its debut on December 17, 1989, episodes of \"The Simpsons\" have been broadcast. It is the longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running American scripted primetime television series in terms of seasons and number of episodes. \"The Simpsons Movie\", a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 27, 2007, and grossed over", "title": "The Simpsons" }, { "docid": "4540209", "text": "December 17, 1989, as an independent series with the Christmas special \"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\". One marketing study found that only 14 percent of Americans were familiar with the shorts, compared to 85 percent in November 1990 who were familiar with the Simpsons family, 11 months after the full-length show began airing. Only a few of these shorts have been released on DVD. \"Good Night\" was included on \"The Simpsons\" Season 1 DVD. Five of these shorts were later used in the clip-show episode \"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular\" on the half-hour show, which was released on the", "title": "The Simpsons shorts" }, { "docid": "7606142", "text": "ten years after it had completed broadcast on television. The Simpsons (season 18) \"The Simpsons\" eighteenth season aired from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007. The season contained seven hold-over episodes from the season 17 (HABF) production line. Al Jean served as the showrunner, a position he has held since the thirteenth season. The season finale, \"You Kent Always Say What You Want\", was the series' 400th episode. Additionally, the \"Simpsons\" franchise celebrated its 20th anniversary, as it has been on the air since April 1987, beginning with shorts on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\". Season 18 included guest appearances", "title": "The Simpsons (season 18)" }, { "docid": "3632470", "text": "characters that he would be willing to allow Fox to merchandise. Groening said that he did have other characters and would send them over for consideration. \"Well, two, maybe three days after I spoke to Richard, Matt sends us a drawing of the Simpsons exactly as–well, not exactly–almost exactly as they are. Anyhow, everybody said, 'Fine. That's fine. We like them.' And Matt made his deal with Fox.\" Eventually, producers found that Groening's work suited the show better than Brown's and her segments were no longer used. Tracey Ullman was approached to do one of the voices of the Simpsons,", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "13264914", "text": "The Simpsons (franchise) The Simpsons is an American animated comedy franchise whose eponymous family consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The Simpsons were created by cartoonist Matt Groening for a series of animated shorts that debuted on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" on Fox on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into \"The Simpsons\", a half-hour prime time show that was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990). The popularity of \"The Simpsons\" has made it a billion-dollar merchandising and", "title": "The Simpsons (franchise)" } ]

[ { "docid": "3632449", "text": "The Tracey Ullman Show The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television variety show starring Tracey Ullman. It debuted on Fox on April 5, 1987 (the network's second original primetime series to air following \"Married... with Children\") and ran until May 26, 1990. The show was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show blended sketch comedy with musical numbers and dance routines, choreographed by Paula Abdul, along with animated shorts. The format was conceived by creator and executive producer James L. Brooks, who was looking to showcase the show's multitalented star. Brooks likened the show to", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632492", "text": "in 1992 that Fox chairman, Barry Diller was stepping down. \"I thought \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" should have stayed on as long as she wanted to do it.\" Diller had been dragging his feet in renewing the show. Tired of waiting, Ullman decided to pull the plug herself. When Ullman and the show won at the 1990 Emmy Awards, newspaper critics hailed: \"Tracey Ullman Gets Last Laugh.\" Later, Ullman admitted that she would have liked an additional year to try out all the characters she wanted to play. However, she was proud of what they achieved: \"no compromises, no giving", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632501", "text": "up until the end. It also helped the Fox network gain credibility within the industry. \"Married... with Children\", the series which launched the same night as the \"Ullman\" show, was mired in controversy and soon became branded lowbrow humor. The show won 11 a total of Emmy Awards including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program in 1989 and 1990, and Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in 1990. Also in 1989, choreographer Paula Abdul won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for her work on the show. When \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" first appeared in Ullman's", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632496", "text": "breaks during the first and second seasons of the show. They eventually had their own full segments in between the live action segments during season three. Except for a repeat airing of the short \"Simpson Xmas,\" they did not appear in the fourth and final season of \"The Tracey Ullman Show\", as they had their own half-hour TV series by then. All of them were written by Matt Groening and animated at Klasky-Csupo by a team of animators consisting of David Silverman, Wes Archer, and Bill Kopp. \"Tracey Ullman Show\" cast members Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner provide the voices", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632451", "text": "All Time\" list. This was the first sketch comedy show to have a female star on Fox; the second was \"Party Over Here\" in 2015. A typical episode of \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" consists of two or three sketches (or playlets) featuring Tracey Ullman playing an array of characters along with her supporting cast of Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Sam McMurray, Joseph Malone – and, in the case of season three, Anna Levine. The final sketch of the night usually includes a musical or dance number featuring Ullman either solo or with other members of the cast. Paula Abdul was", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632493", "text": "up, always wanting the best.\" Over the course of four seasons, Tracey Ullman played upwards of 100 characters; some were repeated but not on a weekly basis. The show's supporting cast also had their own characters– usually playing opposite Ullman's, but sometimes in solo sketches of their own. The following is a list of recurring characters performed by Tracey Ullman, Dan Castellanta, Julie Kavner, and Sam McMurray. They are listed in order of appearance. \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" regularly featured short animated cartoons as interstitials in the first three seasons. There was no recurring cartoon during season 4. \"Dr. N!Godatu\"", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "4540216", "text": "portable tape deck in a makeshift studio, which consisted of the video engineer suite, above the bleachers on the Ullman show set. While most of the characters' personalities are similar to what they are in the series, Lisa is simply a clone of Bart and did not have a distinct personality until a few episodes into the regular series. The shorts were featured on the first three seasons on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\". By the fourth and last season of \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" the first season of the half-hour show was on the air. In the two first seasons", "title": "The Simpsons shorts" }, { "docid": "19258175", "text": "Tracey Ullman's Show Tracey Ullman's Show is a British sketch comedy television series starring Tracey Ullman. \"Tracey Ullman's Show\" premiered on BBC One on 11 January 2016. The programme marks her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years, and her first original project for British television in twenty-two years. The BBC announced that the programme had been recommissioned for a second series on 5 March 2016. Following a \"best bits\" Christmas special in December 2016, the show's second series premiered on 3 February 2017. It comprises 6 episodes. On 26 May 2017, the BBC announced that it had", "title": "Tracey Ullman's Show" }, { "docid": "7802726", "text": "Tracey Takes On... Tracey Takes On... is an American sketch comedy series starring Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned after the success of the 1993 comedy special \"Tracey Ullman Takes On New York\". Each episode focuses on specific subject in which Ullman and her cast characters comment on or experience through a series of sketches and monologues. Unlike her previous Fox show, \"Tracey Takes On...\" was filmed without a studio audience, on location, single-camera; instead of upwards of a hundred characters, the show focused on a steady rotation of nearly 20. \"I wanted", "title": "Tracey Takes On..." }, { "docid": "12432877", "text": "Tracey Ullman Takes On New York Tracey Ullman Takes On New York is a comedy special starring Tracey Ullman. \"New York\" was Ullman's first project for HBO. The special helped launch the series \"Tracey Takes On...\". Couple, Penny and Gordon Johnson, travel to New York to attend a Broadway show, which happens to be starring Linda Granger. Penny and Gordon get separated from each other in the city, and both experience two different sides of New York: Penny, the good. Gordon, the bad. Penny is even chosen to model for a fashion photographer. After Linda Granger gets hit by a", "title": "Tracey Ullman Takes On New York" }, { "docid": "641753", "text": "show now had its cast. Singer-songwriter George Clinton provided the theme song for the show, \"You're Thinking Right.\" Dancer Paula Abdul, who had not yet found fame as a singer, was hired to choreograph the show's dance numbers. Because the Fox network was new to the world of television production, a bureaucracy had not yet been established. This enabled the show to take risks and the freedom to try things that the major networks would never permit. The series landed an initial twenty-six episode commitment deal, unheard of for a television comedy. \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" debuted on 5 April", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "3632482", "text": "ledge, led to him becoming a series regular. He had worked with acts such as Michael Jackson, Lilly Tomlin and Barbara Mandrell. The show now had its cast. During the 1987–1988 season, Julie Kavner asked to be let out of her contract in order to be able to concentrate on making movies; Kavner had been living in New York while \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" taped in Los Angeles. Actress Anna Levine was subsequently cast with Kavner putting in special appearances. James L. Brooks knew the importance of good writers and quickly assembled a team for the show, most notably, Heide", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632464", "text": "was a small child and kept a mental file on them. She never saw \"Kay\" and imagined what she looked like. It was \"Tracey Ullman Show\" costume designer, Jame Ruhm who suggested a drooping bust and cellulite-covered hips for the character. Ruhm created a costume complete with \"hydraulic pistons.\" \"Tracey is really, really interested in what her characters look like,\" revealed show costume designer, Jane Ruhm. \"She is constantly going around collecting pictures of people and coming to me and saying, 'I want to do a character dressed like this!' I file that in my memory, and then we'll get", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "641766", "text": "influenced her decision to switch networks. Greenblatt was a young development director during her \"Tracey Ullman Show\" days and was enthusiastic to get her over to Showtime. Five episodes were ordered for the first season. \"Tracey Ullman's State of the Union\" debuted on 30 March 2008. The show not only featured original characters, but also celebrity impersonations, something she hadn't done since \"Three of a Kind\". The critical response to \"State of the Union\" was overwhelmingly positive. One critic pointed out a change in Ullman's humour: Ullman commented that the United States is \"now able to laugh at itself more,\"", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "641713", "text": "\"Tracey Ullman's Show\", her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years; this led to the creation of the topical comedy series \"Tracey Breaks the News\" in 2017. Ullman is currently the richest British actress and female comedian and the third richest British comedian overall. Tracey Ullman was born Trace Ullman in Slough, Buckinghamshire, the younger of two daughters, to Dorin (born Cleaver) and Antony John Ullman. Her mother was British, with Roma ancestry, and her father was a Roman Catholic Pole. On the subject of the spelling of her name: \"My real name is Trace Ullman, but I", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "641731", "text": "tried talking her out of it. “When I first met Miss Ullman, I was a TV producer, and I called her into my office in London and I told her that she had a big career in comedy, and she said to me, ‘Well actually, I’m doing a record next week,’ and I said, ‘Now listen here Miss Ullman, if I know anything about show business, is that you shouldn’t get involved with singing. Imagine how stupid I felt about four months later, I’m in London driving around and I hear, ‘And now, the Top of the Pops, Tracey Ullman", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "641763", "text": "the character Kay Clark. Unlike \"The Tracey Ullman Show\", \"Tracey Takes On...\" had a rotating roster of upwards of twenty characters repeated throughout the run of the show. Also, unlike \"The Tracey Ullman Show\", \"Tracey Takes On...\" was a single-camera comedy, shot heavily on location, without a studio audience. Ullman and the show went on to receive a slew of awards including six Emmy Awards, two CableAce Awards, three American Comedy Awards, two GLAAD Media Awards, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999 for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. In 2001, Ullman", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "12423906", "text": "\"I Am What I Am\". The unedited British cut of the special was made available on Hulu in the United States in 2012. The special was nominated for a CableAce Award in 1995 in the category of International Dramatic or Comedy Special or Series/Movie or Miniseries. Tracey Ullman: A Class Act Tracey Ullman: A Class Act is a sketch-comedy special starring Tracey Ullman, along with Michael Palin playing a variety of original characters. It originally aired on ITV; subsequently HBO in the United States on 23 November 1993. \"A Class Act\" skewers the British class system. The show is broken", "title": "Tracey Ullman: A Class Act" }, { "docid": "3632471", "text": "but with her already spending up to three hours in the makeup chair, adding voice-over work wasn't feasible. Fellow cast member, Julie Kavner then agreed to do it. Groening approached Ullman sporadically about doing a guest voice for the shorts, but with her heavy workload, she never had the time. Early reports regarding the show's premise were as follows: the focal point would be Ullman starring in one long 12-minute \"playlet,\" a shorter sketch, some music and a weekly lecture from Harry Shearer. The show would start with no pilot and a 26-episode commitment. The show would be produced by", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632491", "text": "no one ever heard of do a show on a network that didn't exist.\" Brooks stated that \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" was \"the hardest work any of us ever did, and we would have continued forever if she had wanted us to [...] I'm just glad I appreciated it as it was happening and not just in retrospect ... Tracey is one of the most talented people alive.\" The show earned Fox its first-ever Emmy Award, raking up a total of 13 nominations, garnering 4 wins, by the end of its run. Brooks didn't mince words when it was announced", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632476", "text": "to appear in the short-lived sitcom version of the film \"Nothing in Common\" in which he appeared in order to star in the Ullman show. \"Tracey always says, 'You're so lucky, Dan. You can always go back to \"Nothing in Common\".\" joked Castellaneta in an 1988 interview. Describing the show, Castellaneta stated, \"Essentially what dictates it is that there are no parodies and even if it's an unusual situation, Tracey and (execuative producer) Jim Brooks try to keep things as believable and real. You've got to be honest.\" He would continue to stay true to his Second City philosophy when", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "641764", "text": "took a break from her character-based work and created a fashion-based talk show for Oxygen Network, \"Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines\". The series was spun off from her e-commerce clothing store Purple Skirt, which had been launched a few years prior. Interviewees included Arianna Huffington and Charlize Theron. The show lasted for two seasons and ended in 2002. A pilot for a \"Tracey Takes On...\" spin-off, \"Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales\", was produced in 2003 for HBO. The show spotlighted just one character, Ruby Romaine. Ullman made her directorial debut with the show. No series was commissioned and the", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "3632458", "text": "on TV when her talent requires variety? You can't categorize Tracey, so it's silly to come up with a show that attempted to.\" To ensure that she was well-versed in American comedy, Brooks began sending her tapes of American sitcoms and variety shows to watch and study. Ullman also began visiting and spending time at the Museum of Television & Radio. \"After I made [the 1985 film] \"Plenty\", I thought it was sad that everyone left London to go home to Hollywood. Thought I'd join 'em. [...] I thought of myself as a Peter Sellers type. No one does American", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "19258178", "text": "world along with a more topical format. Impersonations of world leaders are now the show's main focus. In late 2014, whilst promoting the film \"Into the Woods\", Tracey Ullman revealed plans to write something new for television in the following year. \"Every five years it comes to me to sort of do what I do again and I throw a load of stuff at the wall, and some of it works and some of it obviously doesn't, but that's the nature of television. I love TV.\" Her American Showtime series, \"Tracey Ullman's State of the Union\" ran for three seasons,", "title": "Tracey Ullman's Show" }, { "docid": "12147100", "text": "Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales is a 2003 HBO comedy special starring Tracey Ullman, a spin-off from Ullman's sketch comedy series \"Tracey Takes On...\". The special, which was originally conceived as a pilot for a possible series, spotlights just one of Ullman's characters – Ruby Romaine, a Hollywood make-up artist in her seventies. Ruby recounts tales of old and present-day Hollywood as celebrities sit in her makeup chair in the on-set hair and makeup trailer. She also reveals details of her personal life, which includes living with her shell shock Vietnam-veteran son Buddy,", "title": "Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales" }, { "docid": "12147098", "text": "Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales is a 2003 HBO comedy special starring Tracey Ullman, a spin-off from Ullman's sketch comedy series \"Tracey Takes On...\". The special, which was originally conceived as a pilot for a possible series, spotlights just one of Ullman's characters – Ruby Romaine, a Hollywood make-up artist in her seventies. Ruby recounts tales of old and present-day Hollywood as celebrities sit in her makeup chair in the on-set hair and makeup trailer. She also reveals details of her personal life, which includes living with her shell shock Vietnam-veteran son Buddy,", "title": "Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales" }, { "docid": "12432879", "text": "On New York\" was nominated for a total of seven Emmy Awards, winning two; nominated for and winning one American Comedy Award; nominated for three CableAce Awards, winning one; nominated for one Directors Guild of America Award; nominated for and winning one Writers Guild of America Award. Wins The special acts as a bonus feature on the DVD set \"Tracey Takes On... Complete Season 1\". It became available on Hulu in the United States in 2012. Tracey Ullman Takes On New York Tracey Ullman Takes On New York is a comedy special starring Tracey Ullman. \"New York\" was Ullman's first", "title": "Tracey Ullman Takes On New York" }, { "docid": "3632479", "text": "nuts about her work. She was the person we most wanted to work with Tracey.\" Actor Sam McMurray read for a guest spot on the show playing William, lover of thirteen-year-old valley girl Francesca's (Ullman) father. McMurray recalling his casting: \"The first Francesca sketch, they said, 'Play the guy not so gay.' And I said 'I disagree.' I had a big mouth then -— still do. I said, 'I think he’s more the woman. I think he's more out there.' So I read and I read it big, and they cast me. It was just a one-off, and then we", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "7802732", "text": "Brooks who helped launch her American career and \"The Tracey Ullman Show\". \"Last year, I was 35 years old, and I thought, 'It's time to do it myself really. I thought, 'I know the premise, I know what I want to do...' I sat at the head of the table and made myself a boss.'\" Production on season 1 of \"Tracey Takes On...\" began in Los Angeles in 1995. Characters created for the former two specials were carried over into series: gay airline steward Trevor Ayliss, conservative British MP wife Virginia Bugge, British magazine editor Janie Pillsworth, Long Island housewife", "title": "Tracey Takes On..." }, { "docid": "641770", "text": "second series 20 October 2017. On 30 August 2018, HBO announced that \"Tracey Ullman's Show\" would return for a third season starting 28 September. In 2017, \"Tracey Ullman's Show\" earned its first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. In 2018, it garnered two additional Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the categories of Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming. On 26 May 2017, the BBC announced that it had ordered a new topical half-hour Tracey Ullman special, \"Tracey Breaks the News\" for BBC One. The show is", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "641742", "text": "how to write funny, then Tracey was a lesson in how to act funny. She was by far the most famous of us, having starred with Lenny Henry in ‘Three of a Kind.’” In April 1984, it was announced that \"Five Faces of Tracey\", described as an 'all film series of five half hours' starring Ullman as one character per episode in one 'self-contained story,' was to be filmed in July of that year written by Ruby Wax and herself. The series never came to fruition. In 1985, Ullman was persuaded by her husband to join him in Los Angeles,", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "7802752", "text": "and Hope Finch. On December 26, 2005, \"Tracey Takes On...\" officially came to DVD via HBO Home Video. The series had been previously scheduled to be released independently but was scrapped once HBO announced that it too was planning to release the series. The second season's opening \"They Don't Know\" lip-syncing title sequence has been removed and replaced with a blank black screen featuring an instrumental of the first season theme song and episode title. The closing credits feature the first season's theme song as well. Extras on the sets include the original HBO pilot \"Tracey Ullman Takes On New", "title": "Tracey Takes On..." }, { "docid": "7802754", "text": "purchase through iTunes and Amazon Video-on-Demand service in the United States in 2009, but are currently unavailable in either store. The episodes were heavily edited; some combined to make up for lost length due to editing. In 2012, the entire series of 65 episodes could be streamed through Hulu. For the first time, all 15 Character Comedies episodes were made available. Tracey Takes On... Tracey Takes On... is an American sketch comedy series starring Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned after the success of the 1993 comedy special \"Tracey Ullman Takes On New", "title": "Tracey Takes On..." }, { "docid": "12423902", "text": "Tracey Ullman: A Class Act Tracey Ullman: A Class Act is a sketch-comedy special starring Tracey Ullman, along with Michael Palin playing a variety of original characters. It originally aired on ITV; subsequently HBO in the United States on 23 November 1993. \"A Class Act\" skewers the British class system. The show is broken up into three sketches. Ullman, accompanied by \"Monty Python\" alum Michael Palin, play the majority of the show's characters. \"A Class Act\" served as the follow-up to her American HBO comedy special \"Tracey Ullman Takes On New York\", which aired a month prior in 1993 The", "title": "Tracey Ullman: A Class Act" }, { "docid": "3632457", "text": "material. \"I saw original talent, and how often does that happen to you?\" \"I started showing [her work] to people like you'd show home movies.\" \"I was just startled by the size of the talent. I got chills.\" Ullman explained to Brooks her situation at CBS and the fact that she was now pregnant. Her convinced her to get out of it and after she had her baby they would do a show together. Brooks felt that a sketch show would best suit her assets (acting, singing, and dancing). \"Why would you do something with Tracey playing a single character", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "641754", "text": "1987. Describing the show proved difficult. Creator Ken Estin dubbed it a \"skitcom\". A variety of diverse original characters were created for her to perform. Extensive makeup, wigs, teeth, and body padding were utilised, sometimes rendering her unrecognisable. One original character created by Ullman back in Britain was uprooted for the series: long-suffering British spinster Kay Clark. A typical episode of \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" consisted of three sketches, one including a song and/or a heavily choreographed dance routine. Brooks was keen on showing off all of Ullman's abilities. \"It’s 'Can you juggle this and keep throwing on more plates?'", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "7802729", "text": "Along with the bid he included a potential programming lineup; listed was a \"Tracey Ullman special.\" Ullman, who had just ended four seasons of her eponymous Fox series, had just given birth to their second child and was quite content staying at home. In September 1991, McKeown was elated when he was informed that his bid was successful; he was subsequently responsible for all of Meridian's comedy programming. Ullman felt a sense of dread - she was now going to have to do that show. \"I was really not prepared to do TV again. I had an extraordinary run at", "title": "Tracey Takes On..." }, { "docid": "641787", "text": "It\" category. In April 2009, it was announced that Ullman would be awarded a Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award the following May. She became the first recipient of the Charlie Chaplin Lifetime Achievement Award for Comedy on 9 May 2009. Tracey Ullman Tracey Ullman (born 30 December 1959) is an English actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author, and businesswoman. She holds dual British and American citizenship. Her earliest appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows \"A Kick Up the Eighties\" (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and \"Three of a Kind\" (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). After", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "5797439", "text": "first series aired on Wednesdays at 8:30pm while the second series aired on Thursdays at 9pm. Girls on Top (TV series) Girls on Top is a British ITV sitcom, broadcast in 1985 and 1986, and made by Witzend for the ITV contractor Central Independent Television. It stars Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracey Ullman, and was written by French, Saunders, and Wax with additional material from Ullman. Despite a poor critical reception, the series was a ratings success. The show focused on four female flatmates and their landlady. It was an attempt at a female version of \"The", "title": "Girls on Top (TV series)" }, { "docid": "12423903", "text": "show introduced Trevor Ayliss, Virginia Bugge, and Janie Pillsworth. Two of Ullman's characters would go on to appear in \"Tracey Ullman Takes On New York\" HBO special, and then all three would appear regularly in the latter, \"Tracey Takes On...\". The special was produced for ITV in the United Kingdom. The show would go on to make its American television debut on HBO in late 1993, after the success of \"Tracey Ullman Takes On New York\". The American cut of the special opens with Ullman explaining the English class system. The show opens aboard \"Class Air\", a British airline that", "title": "Tracey Ullman: A Class Act" }, { "docid": "20211727", "text": "Tracey Breaks the News Tracey Breaks the News is a British topical comedy series starring Tracey Ullman. The programme premiered on BBC One on 27 October 2017, and following a pilot episode that aired on 23 June. After the success of the one-off special, on 13 September 2017, the BBC announced that it had ordered three new episodes of \"Tracey Breaks the News\". Like the pilot, the three new shows would \"tackle topical stories and current issues in a sketch show written and filmed right up to the day of broadcast.\" It was also reported that Ullman would impersonate French", "title": "Tracey Breaks the News" }, { "docid": "641748", "text": "singing, and dancing). \"Why would you do something with Tracey playing a single character on TV when her talent requires variety? You can’t categorize Tracey, so it's silly to come up with a show that attempted to.\" To ensure that she was well-versed in American comedy, Brooks sent her tapes of American sitcoms and variety shows to watch while at home, now pregnant. Ullman refers to it as \"homework.\" She also visited the Museum of Television and Radio, which she would later be inducted into. She had in fact grown up watching American television in the 1970s in England. Two", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "18509652", "text": "Tracey Takes On (book) Tracey Takes On is a book based on the HBO comedy series of the same name, and is authored by its star Tracey Ullman. The majority of the book's material is taken from the first two seasons of the show. Sketches are presented in the form of letters, newspaper articles, diary entries, magazine interviews, questionnaires, and so on. Each character gets its own dedicated font and letterhead. The book relies on official character press photos and screen captures. Like the series, each chapter opens with a story from Ullman in relation to each chapter's subject. Unaired", "title": "Tracey Takes On (book)" }, { "docid": "20402979", "text": "Breaks the News\" is the second special Ullman has done for British television; her first since 1993's \"\", and her fifth overall. The show aired on 23 June. The success of the special led to the order and creation of the series \"Tracey Breaks the News\". After thirty successful years in the United States, British comedian Tracey Ullman returned to the BBC with the sketch comedy series \"Tracey Ullman's Show\". The show features Ullman performing an eclectic cast of characters, some real-life, others totally original. The show's political and celebrity impersonations, such as her take on a devious Judi Dench,", "title": "Tracey Breaks the News (pilot)" }, { "docid": "20211752", "text": "banner \"Tracey Ullman's Show\" to HBO Europe and ITV Choice in Asia as of September 2018. Tracey Breaks the News Tracey Breaks the News is a British topical comedy series starring Tracey Ullman. The programme premiered on BBC One on 27 October 2017, and following a pilot episode that aired on 23 June. After the success of the one-off special, on 13 September 2017, the BBC announced that it had ordered three new episodes of \"Tracey Breaks the News\". Like the pilot, the three new shows would \"tackle topical stories and current issues in a sketch show written and filmed", "title": "Tracey Breaks the News" }, { "docid": "12432878", "text": "bus, Penny is chosen to replace her in the show. \"Tracey Ullman: A Class Act\" character, Janie Pillsworth, now an adult, works as a magazine fashion editor. Pillsworth, who disowned her parents as a young girl, is reunited with them during an interview. Janie, although mortified at first, reconciles with them and decides to put them on the cover of her magazine's next issue. Harry and Fern Rosenthal welcome their daughter's future in-laws to the city. Fern becomes jealous of her future son-in-law's mother, and begins to suspect that she is trying to steal her daughter away from her. \"Takes", "title": "Tracey Ullman Takes On New York" }, { "docid": "13624564", "text": "is in the lead at the end of the round wins the show. As Seen on TV (TV series) As Seen on TV is a BBC television panel game show based around TV trivia. It is produced by Shine TV by arrangement with Unique Broadcasting; the latter is the company owned by Noel Edmonds, who presented the similarly themed show \"Telly Addicts\". It is presented by Steve Jones, with team captains Fern Britton and Jason Manford. The first episode was broadcast on Friday 17 July 2009. It was moved to a Thursday evening slot from its second episode. The teams", "title": "As Seen on TV (TV series)" }, { "docid": "15910474", "text": "On the Spot (2011 TV series) On the Spot is an American weekly syndicated television series that debuted in September 2011. The series is produced and distributed by Bellum Entertainment Group. On the Spot is a weekly syndicated trivia show that asks entertaining questions from different categories including untold history, globetrotting, origins, supernatural, in sickness and in health, myths, now and then, record setters, mad science and bad ideas. Example questions include: Can a cow have an accent? What came first, the color orange or the fruit? As a kid, did Napoleon hate the French? Was the name Google an", "title": "On the Spot (2011 TV series)" }, { "docid": "13624561", "text": "As Seen on TV (TV series) As Seen on TV is a BBC television panel game show based around TV trivia. It is produced by Shine TV by arrangement with Unique Broadcasting; the latter is the company owned by Noel Edmonds, who presented the similarly themed show \"Telly Addicts\". It is presented by Steve Jones, with team captains Fern Britton and Jason Manford. The first episode was broadcast on Friday 17 July 2009. It was moved to a Thursday evening slot from its second episode. The teams are shown six TV programmes which are categories related to TV based questions.", "title": "As Seen on TV (TV series)" }, { "docid": "641762", "text": "to win two Emmy Awards, a CableAce Award, an American Comedy Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award. The success of the special led the network to broach the subject of a \"Takes On\" series. Ullman and her husband liked the idea and set up production on \"Tracey Takes On...\" in Los Angeles in 1995. As with the special \"Takes On New York\", each episode of \"Tracey Takes On...\" centered on a single subject. Characters created for \"A Class Act\" and \"Takes On New York\" were adapted for the HBO series, along with several new characters, as well as", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "7802727", "text": "to do a show where you could get familiar with the characters, where I could express a point of view, where we could get controversial [...] I also didn't want to do a series where I had to do 22 or 26 episodes a year. I have two children and had a husband, and there are other things I'd like to do during the year. Ten shows is a good number, and HBO gives me a great (artistic) freedom,\" said Ullman in 1996. The only character to return from the original \"Tracey Ullman Show\" was Kay Clark, as Ullman was", "title": "Tracey Takes On..." }, { "docid": "641711", "text": "Tracey Ullman Tracey Ullman (born 30 December 1959) is an English actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author, and businesswoman. She holds dual British and American citizenship. Her earliest appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows \"A Kick Up the Eighties\" (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and \"Three of a Kind\" (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). After a brief singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in \"Girls on Top\" with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States where she starred in her own network television comedy series,", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "641773", "text": "the success of the one-off special that aired in June. Like the one-off special, the three new shows will \"tackle topical stories and current issues in a sketch show written and filmed right up to the day of broadcast\". Ullman is expected to impersonate French First Lady Brigitte Macron and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. The programme debuted on 27 October on BBC One. On 15 May 2018, it was formally announced that the show had been picked up for a second series to begin airing the following June on BBC One. In 1987, Ullman filmed a sketch for \"Saturday Night", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "5797435", "text": "Girls on Top (TV series) Girls on Top is a British ITV sitcom, broadcast in 1985 and 1986, and made by Witzend for the ITV contractor Central Independent Television. It stars Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracey Ullman, and was written by French, Saunders, and Wax with additional material from Ullman. Despite a poor critical reception, the series was a ratings success. The show focused on four female flatmates and their landlady. It was an attempt at a female version of \"The Young Ones\", two series of which were made in 1982 and 1984. French and Saunders had", "title": "Girls on Top (TV series)" }, { "docid": "9805528", "text": "Three of a Kind (TV series) Three of a Kind is a British comedy sketch show starring comedians Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield. Three series were made by the BBC between 1981 and 1983. The show bolstered the careers of Ullman and Henry, as well as being an outlet for young writers including Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, Ian Hislop and Nick Revell. Ullman and Henry went on to greater success after the show, with Ullman initially launching a brief but successful pop career in 1983 before starring in the ITV sitcom \"Girls On Top\" in 1985 and", "title": "Three of a Kind (TV series)" }, { "docid": "641745", "text": "full series two weeks later. A script for \"I Love New York\", a show about a \"slightly wacky\" British woman working in New York, was written by \"Saturday Night Live\" writer Anne Beatts. Ullman hated it and the deal deteriorated. Recalling the project, Ullman said, \"We'd just hit on an idea, then some white-haired executive - very, very important - would come in from the race track and say, 'I don't like that idea. I think Tracey should be a caring person. I think there should be a kid in this. Now, I'm just pitching here. I don't know if", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "3632455", "text": "was just about the most extraordinary piece of material I'd seen in a long time.\" He wanted production on a series to begin immediately for her. \"Saturday Night Live\" scribe and creator of CBS's \"Square Pegs\", Anne Beatts was hired to write the pilot. Universal liked the script; Ullman reportedly threw her hands up in the air, hating it. Recalling the project: \"We'd just hit on an idea, then some white-haired executive – very, very important – would come in from the race track and say, 'I don't like that idea. I think Tracey should be a caring person. I", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "11145135", "text": "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union Tracey Ullman's State of the Union is an American sketch-comedy series starring Tracey Ullman. The series was written by Ullman along with Hollywood satirist Bruce Wagner. Gail Parent and Craig DiGregorio acted as contributing writers to the series' first season. On May 17, 2010, it was announced that \"State of the Union\" would not be returning for a fourth season. The series takes a satirical view of the day in the life of America, lampooning political, social, and pop culture, with Ullman impersonating and portraying famous and non-famous characters and celebrities. The series' first", "title": "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union" }, { "docid": "12997623", "text": "Dan Castellaneta. The first chapter of the book details Cartwright's life and career prior to 1987. In the second chapter, Cartwright recalls the day she went to audition for a role in a series of animated shorts on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\". The shorts were about a dysfunctional family and Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the eldest daughter. Upon arriving at the audition, she found the role of her brother Bart to be much more interesting. Matt Groening, creator of the shorts, allowed her to audition for Bart, and gave her the job on the", "title": "My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy" }, { "docid": "3632477", "text": "playing comedy and characters. \"Don't ever do what's expected. Always try to find a different way of doing something. ...Always play to the top of your intelligence. A character should be as smart as you are. And if the character isn't a smart as you are, you can't make a comment about it, you can't make fun of the character.\" Castellaneta felt that audiences could see right through a character that wasn't done honestly and that \"The Tracey Ullman Show\"'s audience were both pretty demanding as well as intelligent. \"They're people who like something different, they're certainly an intelligent audience.", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "3632484", "text": "say, 'What is this, Nazi, Russia?'\" When they won an Emmy, Belson's response was, \"This is my first Emmy in color.\" Sam Simon, like Estin, wrote for \"Taxi\", as well as executive produced the show. Brooks discovered writer Marc Flanagan after watching a piece performed by Meryl Streep and Kevin Klein at a benefit. He asked to speak to the writer and kept him in mind when he worked on the \"Ullman\" show as writer and producer. \"SCTV\" writers Dick Blasucci and Paul Flaherty wrote and co-produced as well. For each show, a table read would take place on Monday", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "641759", "text": "in the Park's production of \"The Taming of the Shrew\"; she then made her Broadway debut with her one-woman show, \"The Big Love\". She had no aspirations to return to the television. In 1991, she had given birth to her second child, Johnny, and her husband was bidding on a television franchise in the South of England. Along with the bid he included a potential television programming lineup. Listed was a Tracey Ullman special. Ullman thought nothing would come of it, but to her horror, she learnt that the bid was successful. The frantic pace of \"The Tracey Ullman Show\"", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "641761", "text": "other accoutrements for the characters; so Ullman felt less panicked. She decided to do a send up of the British class system. All new characters were created and she was joined by Monty Python's Michael Palin for each of the show's sketches. \"\" premiered on 9 January 1993 on ITV. The American cable network HBO became interested in Ullman doing a special for their network with the caveat that she take on a more American subject. She chose New York. The special, \"Tracey Ullman Takes On New York\" debuted on 9 October 1993 and both it and Ullman went on", "title": "Tracey Ullman" }, { "docid": "12634284", "text": "featured in the series that are student films. Shorts in a Bunch Shorts in a Bunch was a Nicktoons variety series. The show first premiered on September 23, 2007 and ended on December 30, 2007 but was canceled due to its decreasing viewers. It was also taken off the air on January 28, 2008. The show is similar to Cartoon Network's \"Sunday Pants\", where which featured original/not original shorts but with the exclusion of live-action segments. The show is currently extinct. Some shorts featured in the series are aired 3-4 per episode. All six pilots are produced by Nickelodeon Animation", "title": "Shorts in a Bunch" }, { "docid": "12634283", "text": "Shorts in a Bunch Shorts in a Bunch was a Nicktoons variety series. The show first premiered on September 23, 2007 and ended on December 30, 2007 but was canceled due to its decreasing viewers. It was also taken off the air on January 28, 2008. The show is similar to Cartoon Network's \"Sunday Pants\", where which featured original/not original shorts but with the exclusion of live-action segments. The show is currently extinct. Some shorts featured in the series are aired 3-4 per episode. All six pilots are produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. This is a list of six shorts", "title": "Shorts in a Bunch" }, { "docid": "19258177", "text": "\"Tracey Ullman's Show\" banner. Each episode offers a glimpse of British life, from dusk till dawn, for many of its inhabitants (the everyday and the very famous). Locals, tourists, even those smuggling themselves into the country are included. A typical episode consists of sketches ranging from one to three minutes with one sketch's storyline acting as the spine of the episode. Each show features an original song penned by Ullman and composer Richard Thomas (\"\"). For series 3, the show shifted from its \"a day in the life\" premise set in Great Britain to the world stage in a post-Brexit", "title": "Tracey Ullman's Show" }, { "docid": "3632453", "text": "her signature catchphrase, \"Go home! Go home!\" and dancing as the credits roll. She chose the phrase \"Go home,\" because she couldn't think of anything clever to end with. Her closing monologue is, \"Oh, you got sore bums. Go home!\" British actress, comedian, singer, and former dancer, Tracey Ullman was encouraged to try and break into American television by her husband, British producer Allan McKeown, who was looking to go into business in the United States. Ullman, who was already a household name in her native England, had already been making the rounds in the US promoting her film and", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "4540211", "text": "producer James L. Brooks was working on the television variety show \"The Tracey Ullman Show\", he decided that he wanted to include short animated wraparounds before and after the commercial breaks. Having seen one of cartoonist Matt Groening's \"Life in Hell\" comic strips, Brooks asked Groening to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts, which Groening initially intended to present as his \"Life in Hell\" series. Groening later realized that animating \"Life in Hell\" would require the rescinding of publication rights for his life's work. He therefore chose another approach while waiting in the lobby of Brooks's office", "title": "The Simpsons shorts" }, { "docid": "20402986", "text": "awakened by a phone call from Arlene Foster with more DUP demands. \"Tracey Breaks the News\" debuted with a total of 2.4 million viewers; it added a further 1.8 million during its encore showing, bringing the total to 4.2 million. Tracey Breaks the News (pilot) \"Tracey Breaks the News\" is a one-off British comedy television special as well as the pilot episode of the series of the same name starring comedian Tracey Ullman, commissioned by the BBC for BBC One. It is thematically inspired by the aftermath 2017 United Kingdom general election, as well as the one year anniversary of", "title": "Tracey Breaks the News (pilot)" }, { "docid": "5797438", "text": "because they relied on her to get the rent paid; usually the show incorporated Candice's latest invented fatal illness, or any other reason to not pay the rent. One episode had Candice convincing everyone she was dating Prince Andrew, while another found her tricking Shelley into starring in a porno movie. Tracey Ullman left after the initial series owing to her first pregnancy. NOTE: these episode descriptions are taken from the sleeve of the DVD release, released by Network Note: The transmission dates reflect those in the London ITV region. Alternative transmissions in other ITV regions are not listed. The", "title": "Girls on Top (TV series)" }, { "docid": "12145267", "text": "Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed is an HBO stand-up special starring actress-comedian Tracey Ullman. The stage show documents Ullman's life, with reenactments of her childhood; her early days as a dancer; her time on the stage; her music stint; and her television career. Many of Ullman's characters are also performed, revealing just who they actually were based on in real life. The characters are performed with no makeup and little costuming. The show filmed at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, where it ran for ten performances. The working title for the show was, Tracey's", "title": "Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed" }, { "docid": "20402978", "text": "Tracey Breaks the News (pilot) \"Tracey Breaks the News\" is a one-off British comedy television special as well as the pilot episode of the series of the same name starring comedian Tracey Ullman, commissioned by the BBC for BBC One. It is thematically inspired by the aftermath 2017 United Kingdom general election, as well as the one year anniversary of the Brexit vote, and was recorded (and expected to air) shortly thereafter. The special is a spin-off of sorts of \"Tracey Ullman's Show\", as many of the characters and impersonations which appeared in that series appear in this special. \"Tracey", "title": "Tracey Breaks the News (pilot)" }, { "docid": "20211728", "text": "First Lady Brigitte Macron and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. On 15 May 2018, it was formally announced that the show had been picked up for a second series, which began airing in June on BBC One. The show has been re-cut and sold internationally under the \"Tracey Ullman's Show\" banner. Tracey Ullman and her roster of characters, including impersonations of world leaders, put their spin on both domestic and global affairs. For years, Ullman made a concerted effort to steer clear of doing straight-up impersonations of celebrities, believing it was delving into \"Saturday Night Live\" territory. She instead opted for", "title": "Tracey Breaks the News" }, { "docid": "3632460", "text": "me to do the things I like to do and can do,\" stated Ullman in 1987. \"I think, literally, the word unique and mean it,\" said James L. Brooks in regards to Ullman's talent. \"We're so obsessed with comparisons. The only one I could even think of that comparing her to is Peter Sellers – he's the only one you can mention. He could do a variety of Americans. And then you have to add that Tracey sings and dances.\" The key to getting Ullman ready for primetime was \"assembling the right people\" according to Brooks. Brooks, along with co-executive", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "12145268", "text": "Best Bits and was being readied for a Broadway run. The show garnered three Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 2005: The special was released on DVD by HBO Home Video on September 5, 2005 in the United States. Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed is an HBO stand-up special starring actress-comedian Tracey Ullman. The stage show documents Ullman's life, with reenactments of her childhood; her early days as a dancer; her time on the stage; her music stint; and her television career. Many of Ullman's characters are also performed, revealing just who they actually were based", "title": "Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed" } ]

[ "Mounthood", "Hood, Mount", "Wy'east", "Mt. Hood", "Mt. Hood, OR", "Mount Hood", "Eliot glacier", "Mt Hood", "Wyeast" ]

[ { "docid": "17383383", "text": "views of the Three Sisters, Mount Washington, Three Fingered Jack, Mount Jefferson and much of the central Oregon Cascades. On clear days, it is possible to see Mount Hood. Carpenter Mountain (Oregon) Carpenter Mountain is a mountain located in Linn County, Oregon in the Willamette National Forest. It is part of the Cascade Range, and is one of the highest and easternmost peaks of the low-lying Western Cascades. A fire lookout on the summit was built in 1934 and has been recently reactivated for use. It marks the northernmost point in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Due to its remoteness", "title": "Carpenter Mountain (Oregon)" }, { "docid": "13765104", "text": "availability, and safety of mountain search and rescue through; The Mountain Rescue Association was established in 1959 at Timberline Lodge at Mount Hood, Oregon making it the oldest Search and Rescue association in the United States. MRA founding members: The AFRCC (then known as the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center); The U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division; The National Park Service; The National Ski Patrol; The American Alpine Club; The Mountaineers; The Hood River Crag Rats, Oregon; The Portland Mountain Rescue Unit, Oregon; The Corvallis Mountain Rescue Unit, Oregon; The Seattle Mountain Rescue Council, Washington; The Everett Mountain Rescue Unit, Washington;", "title": "Mountain rescue in the United States" }, { "docid": "12089341", "text": "cold winter temperatures, a short growing season, and a deep winter snow pack. Herbaceous and shrubby subalpine meadow vegetation and scattered patches of mountain hemlock, subalpine fir, and whitebark pine occur near the timberline. Wet meadows support Brewer's sedge, Holm's sedge, black alpine sedge, tufted hairgrass, and alpine aster. Elsewhere, there is bare rock. The region covers in Washington and in Oregon and contains many of the prominent volcanic peaks of the high Cascades, including Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Mount Bachelor, Diamond Peak, Mount Scott, and Mount McLoughlin. The High Southern Cascades Montane Forest", "title": "Cascades (ecoregion)" } ]

[ { "docid": "17702285", "text": "Bank of the Cascades Center Bank of the Cascades Center is a 4,000-permanent seat indoor arena located in Redmond, Oregon, as part of the Deschutes County Expo Center. It is named for a regional bank which purchased naming rights to the arena's name. Other seating capacities include 5,000 for basketball and up to 7,800 for concerts. In addition to the aforemented events, Bank of the Cascades Center can also accommodate volleyball, motorsports, wrestling, conventions and trade shows. There is over 40,000 square feet of space on the arena floor with an additional 28,250 square feet on the arena concourse. Concession", "title": "Bank of the Cascades Center" }, { "docid": "13443467", "text": "Buckner Mountain Buckner Mountain (sometimes called Mount Buckner) is a tall peak in the North Cascades of Washington state and in the Stephen Mather Wilderness of North Cascades National Park. At in elevation it is the highest in Skagit County and one of about ten of Washington's non-volcanic peaks above 9,000 feet high. It is ranked as the 14th highest peak in the state, and the third highest peak in North Cascades National Park. The mountain has two summits of nearly the same elevation, separated by a ridgeline of a few hundred feet. Sources differ over the exact height of", "title": "Buckner Mountain" }, { "docid": "11074559", "text": "Out of those students, there were 81 first-year students, 158 transfer students, and 249 graduate students. The majority of students are Oregon residents, making up 92 percent of the population with 67 percent of those students coming from Central Oregon. Eight percent of the students come from out-of-state with 28 of those students coming from seven different countries. In Fall 2017, about 25 percent of all OSU-Cascades students were the first in their families to attend college. Only eleven percent of OSU-Cascades students are under age 20. The average age of all OSU-Cascades students is 29 and the average age", "title": "Oregon State University Cascades Campus" }, { "docid": "13224060", "text": "and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Designated wilderness areas in the range include: In British Columbia, protected areas include The following North Cascades peaks are notable for their height (absolute elevation): The following peaks are notable for their topographic prominence: The following peaks are notable for their large, steep rise above local terrain. Peaks are listed in descending order by elevation. The North Cascades are known for having many extremely tall glacial-fed waterfalls; the ten highest measured waterfalls are listed. Many tall waterfalls occur where meltwater from mountain glaciers drop down a headwall, which are common occurrences in the North", "title": "Geography of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "17383381", "text": "Carpenter Mountain (Oregon) Carpenter Mountain is a mountain located in Linn County, Oregon in the Willamette National Forest. It is part of the Cascade Range, and is one of the highest and easternmost peaks of the low-lying Western Cascades. A fire lookout on the summit was built in 1934 and has been recently reactivated for use. It marks the northernmost point in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Due to its remoteness and rough road conditions, the summit is relatively inaccessible compared to most other area mountains with a maintained trail and is mostly hiked by researchers resident in the Experimental", "title": "Carpenter Mountain (Oregon)" }, { "docid": "9336970", "text": "Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon) Mount Scott is a small stratovolcano and a so-called \"parasitic cone\" on the southeast flank of Crater Lake in southern Oregon. It is approximately 420,000 years old. Its summit is the highest point within Crater Lake National Park, and the tenth highest peak in the Oregon Cascades. A small fire lookout tower stands on the summit, at the end of a trail that zigzags approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) up the mountain. The mountain is named for Oregon pioneer Levi Scott, founder of Scottsburg, Oregon. Mount Scott first erupted about 420,000 years ago and is", "title": "Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon)" }, { "docid": "13570322", "text": "<nowiki>*</nowiki> – Also set record at time of completion as tallest building ever built. The height of Lincoln Cathedral is disputed by some, but accepted by most sources. The completion date for the spire is given as 1311 rather than 1300 by some sources. Also the height of the spire of Old St Paul's Cathedral, destroyed by lightning in 1561, is disputed, for example Christopher Wren (1632–1723) judged that an overestimate and gave a height of . The spire of Mole Antonelliana in Turin, completed in 1889, is claimed to have been tall; however, the upper part of the structure", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "9336973", "text": "Diamond Lake are other landmarks that can be seen from the summit. Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon) Mount Scott is a small stratovolcano and a so-called \"parasitic cone\" on the southeast flank of Crater Lake in southern Oregon. It is approximately 420,000 years old. Its summit is the highest point within Crater Lake National Park, and the tenth highest peak in the Oregon Cascades. A small fire lookout tower stands on the summit, at the end of a trail that zigzags approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) up the mountain. The mountain is named for Oregon pioneer Levi Scott, founder of", "title": "Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon)" }, { "docid": "636669", "text": "York, were established in trade and politics before them. The tallest occupied building in Yorkshire is Bridgewater Place in central Leeds, commonly referred to as \"The Dalek.\" Built in 2007, at 361 feet it is the 34th tallest building in the UK. The 37-storey Sky Plaza in Leeds is the world's second-tallest student accommodation building at 338 feet, and the second tallest building in the region, and the UK's 42nd tallest building, built in 2009. The 32-storey St Pauls Tower is now the tallest building in Sheffield at 331 feet. The Royal Hallamshire Hospital at 249 feet is the tallest", "title": "Yorkshire and the Humber" }, { "docid": "11074554", "text": "Oregon State University Cascades Campus Oregon State University - Cascades (OSU-Cascades) is a branch campus of Oregon State University (OSU) located in Bend, Oregon. It is the only university in Central Oregon that offers both baccalaureate and graduate programs. OSU Cascades also offers professional pathways and certificate programs. The 10-acre campus is the first public university to open in Oregon in more than 50 years. The campus plans to expand academically with new degree programs over a 10-year period. OSU-Cascades partners with the Central Oregon Community College and Oregon State University. Students can take lower-division classes at the Central Oregon", "title": "Oregon State University Cascades Campus" }, { "docid": "12089340", "text": "wintergreen. Mountain meadows support sedges, dwarf willows, and tufted hairgrass. The region covers in Oregon and in Washington, running along the spine of the Cascades; an isolated pocket of this ecoregion can be found on Newberry Volcano southeast of Bend. The Cascades Subalpine/Alpine ecoregion is an area of high, glaciated, volcanic peaks rising above subalpine meadows, with cascading streams, glacial cirques, and tarns. Pleistocene glaciation reshaped the mountains above , leaving moraines, glacial lakes, and U-shaped glacial canyons. Glaciers and permanent snowfields still occur on the highest peaks, decreasing from north to south. The vegetation is adapted to high elevations,", "title": "Cascades (ecoregion)" }, { "docid": "9014033", "text": "still underway and, as with El Castillo in Chichen Itza, visitors to the site are now prohibited from climbing the pyramid. The exact height of the Pyramid of the Magician is in dispute and has been reported as tall as 40 metres (131 feet) and as low as 27.6 metres (90.5 feet). The accepted median height is 35 metres (115 feet), with the base measuring approximately 69 by 49 metres (227 by 162 feet). Despite the absence of an exact measurement, the pyramid remains the tallest structure at Uxmal. The Pyramid of the Magician is the most distinctive Mayan structure", "title": "Pyramid of the Magician" }, { "docid": "13570317", "text": "the world's tallest buildings were churches or cathedrals. Later, the Eiffel Tower and, still later, some radio masts and television towers were the world's tallest structures. However, though all of these are \"structures\", some are not \"buildings\" in the sense of being regularly inhabited or occupied. It is in this sense of being regularly inhabited or occupied that the term \"building\" is generally understood to mean when determining what is the world's tallest building. The non-profit international organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), which maintains a set of criteria for determining the height of tall buildings, defines", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "11074563", "text": "plateaus. The city, which started out as a lumber town when it was established in 1905, has become a tourist hub for outdoor recreation enthusiasts and beer-lovers alike, with dozens of hiking/biking trails and breweries. Mt. Bachelor ski resort is also a popular tourist destination, and just 30 minutes from the cascades campus, providing students with easy access to the mountain. The Oregon State Cascades Campus is located a short drive away from Mt. Bachelor, the Factory Outlets, and the Les Schwab Amphitheater. For students who are confined to campus, OSU Cascades offers over 20 student organizations and clubs that", "title": "Oregon State University Cascades Campus" }, { "docid": "13570316", "text": "to be tall, but its true height is not known. For thousands of years, the Great Pyramid in Egypt was the tallest \"structure\" in the world, but the Great Pyramid is not considered a building since it is not habitable. The earliest structures now known to be the tallest in the world were the Egyptian pyramids, with the Great Pyramid of Giza, at an original height of , being the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years, until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1300. From then until the completion of the Washington Monument (capped in 1884)", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "13224061", "text": "Cascades. Many waterfalls, despite their great height, are non-notable as they are not clearly visible and often have low volume. Seahpo Peak Falls, despite its great height at nearly , is an example of one of these waterfalls. A few notable exceptions do occur; Sulphide Creek Falls occurs where meltwaters from two of the largest Mount Shuksan glaciers are forced through a narrow chute over a headwall at the head of Sulphide Valley. Geographical features in the area of the North Cascades National Park can be found in this image map: Geography of the North Cascades The geography of the", "title": "Geography of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "9592933", "text": "Dam, and 400 feet (122 m) over current day Portland, Oregon. The floods' periodic inundation of the lower Columbia River Plateau deposited rich lake sediments, establishing the fertility that supports extensive agriculture in the modern era. They also formed many unusual geological features, such as the channeled scablands of eastern Washington. Mount Mazama, once the tallest mountain in the region at 11,000 feet, had a massive volcanic eruption approximately 5677 B.C. The eruption, estimated to have been 42 times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, reduced Mazama's approximate 11,000 foot (c.3,350 m) height by around half", "title": "History of Oregon" }, { "docid": "11074564", "text": "range from athletics to academics. Because of the location of the school, near Mt. Bachelor and the Three Sisters Wilderness, many clubs focus on outdoor activities provided by these locations. Oregon State University Cascades Campus Oregon State University - Cascades (OSU-Cascades) is a branch campus of Oregon State University (OSU) located in Bend, Oregon. It is the only university in Central Oregon that offers both baccalaureate and graduate programs. OSU Cascades also offers professional pathways and certificate programs. The 10-acre campus is the first public university to open in Oregon in more than 50 years. The campus plans to expand", "title": "Oregon State University Cascades Campus" }, { "docid": "3602717", "text": "Amtrak Cascades The Amtrak \"Cascades\" is a passenger train route in the Pacific Northwest, operated by Amtrak in partnership with the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is named after the Cascade mountain range that the route parallels. The corridor runs from Vancouver, British Columbia, south to Seattle, Washington, continuing south via Portland, Oregon, to Eugene, Oregon. No train travels the entire length of the corridor from Vancouver to Eugene. In the fiscal year 2016, \"Cascades\" was Amtrak's eighth-busiest route with a total annual ridership of 792,481. In fiscal year 2015, farebox", "title": "Amtrak Cascades" }, { "docid": "13138947", "text": "Ecology of the North Cascades The Ecology of the North Cascades is heavily influenced by the high elevation and rain shadow effects of the mountain range. The North Cascades is a section of the Cascade Range from the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River in Washington, United States, to the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers in British Columbia, Canada, where the range is officially called the Cascade Mountains but is usually referred to as the Canadian Cascades. The North Cascades Ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion in the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's classification system. The terrain of the", "title": "Ecology of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "437935", "text": "Cascades and Sierra Nevada is a series of valleys, such as the Central Valley in California and the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Along the coast is a series of low mountain ranges known as the Pacific Coast Ranges. Much of the Pacific Northwest coast is inhabited by some of the densest vegetation outside of the Tropics, and also the tallest trees in the world (the Redwoods). Alaska contains some of the most dramatic and untapped scenery in the country. Tall, prominent mountain ranges rise up sharply from broad, flat tundra plains. On the islands off the south and southwest coast", "title": "Geography of the United States" }, { "docid": "557918", "text": "on the landscape during the Holocene exposed the rocks visible today. Much harder and more durable than the younger volcanic rocks of the southern Cascades, the North Cascades are consequently more rugged, with steep terrain being the norm due to heavy erosion from water and ice. Continued rising in conjunction with erosion from water and ice has created deep valleys and significant vertical relief that is comparable to much taller mountain ranges. The tallest mountain in North Cascades National Park is Goode Mountain at . It lies in a remote backcountry region of the southern section of the park. Nearby", "title": "North Cascades National Park" }, { "docid": "17702287", "text": "used primarily for trade shows. There are two outdoor arenas near the Bank of the Desert Arena, the 3,500-seat Juniper Arena and the 1,500-seat Sagebrush Arena, both used for horse shows and rodeos Bank of the Cascades Center Bank of the Cascades Center is a 4,000-permanent seat indoor arena located in Redmond, Oregon, as part of the Deschutes County Expo Center. It is named for a regional bank which purchased naming rights to the arena's name. Other seating capacities include 5,000 for basketball and up to 7,800 for concerts. In addition to the aforemented events, Bank of the Cascades Center", "title": "Bank of the Cascades Center" }, { "docid": "18889774", "text": "tallest building, Burj Khalifa, is officially 828 meters tall, but its highest usable floor is 585m above ground. Therefore, its vanity height is defined as 244 meters, or 29% of the building's total height. The likely next tallest building, Jeddah Tower (designed by the same architect), will be over 1,000 meters tall but its highest floor is 630m above ground. The top 370m (equivalent to an 85-story building) or 37% of the building's total height is unusable. When vanity height is excluded, the height progression of the world's tallest buildings looks much more modest in comparison. The CTBUH requires a", "title": "Vanity height" }, { "docid": "8629470", "text": "other peaks of the range into their current shapes. Broken Falls is one of the tallest cascades in Grand Teton National Park and descends down the eastern slopes of Teewinot Mountain. Teewinot Mountain is most easily ascended via the eastern face, which finishes with a somewhat exposed Class 4 scramble to the tiny summit. An unmarked climbers' trail, known as the Apex Trail, leads most of the way up the mountain from the Lupine Meadows area. Geology of the Grand Teton area Teewinot Mountain Teewinot Mountain () is the sixth highest peak in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park,", "title": "Teewinot Mountain" }, { "docid": "9025915", "text": "The digital broadcasting antenna for WCYB, PSIP Channel 5, Bristol, Virginia is on \"Rye Patch Knob\", with the top of the antenna 341 feet (104 m) above ground, 2,431 feet (741 m) above the surrounding valley floor, and 4,533 feet (1381.6 m) above mean sea level. The single tower that antenna sits on, is the highest and tallest man-made structure on the mountain, allowing the Virginia station to transmit from the highest broadcasting point in Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. The television towers for WJHL, PSIP Channel 11, Johnson City, Tennessee, and WKPT, PSIP Channel 19, Kingsport, Tennessee, are standing side", "title": "Holston Mountain" }, { "docid": "10012985", "text": "South Saddle Mountain South Saddle Mountain is the tallest mountain in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Part of the Oregon Coast Range, the peak is located in the Tillamook State Forest in the northwest section of the state of Oregon. It is the eighth-highest peak of the Oregon Coast Range. South Saddle Mountain is one of 17 peaks in Oregon with the name Saddle. South Saddle was originally known as simply Saddle Mountain but in 1983 officially became South Saddle Mountain to avoid confusion with Saddle Mountain to the north in Clatsop County. Origins of the mountain begin in around", "title": "South Saddle Mountain" }, { "docid": "13570324", "text": "101 in 2008 to become the building with the highest occupied floor. Using the criteria of highest tip (including antennae), the World Trade Center in New York City was the world's tallest building from 1972 to 2000, until the Sears Tower in Chicago (which already had a higher occupied floor than the World Trade Center) had its antenna extended to give that building the world's tallest tip; a title it held until the 2010 completion of Burj Khalifa. Petronas Towers and Taipei 101 were never the world's tallest buildings by the highest–tip criteria. Since 2010, Burj Khalifa has been the", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "11074555", "text": "Community College and upper-division classes through OSU-Cascades or Oregon State University. Additionally, OSU-Cascades serves students with small class sizes and one-on-one mentoring. Student enrollment as of the 2017 fall term was 1,204, which the university is working to increase to 5,000 by the year 2025. In August 2012, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education approved OSU's plan to expand the campus into a four-year school. Oregon State University planned to add freshman and sophomore level classes to the Cascades campus as early as 2015, though it was not decided if the current location would be used or if a", "title": "Oregon State University Cascades Campus" }, { "docid": "10002119", "text": "flows. South Saddle Mountain Saddle Mountain (Clatsop County, Oregon) Saddle Mountain is the tallest mountain in Clatsop County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Part of the Oregon Coast Range, Saddle Mountain is in Saddle Mountain State Natural Area in the northwest corner of Oregon. The peak is listed on Oregon’s Register of Natural Heritage Resources. Saddle Mountain was created around 15 million years ago in the Miocene epoch when lava flows poured down the old Columbia River valley. When the lava encountered the water at the Astoria Sea, great steam explosions and thermal shocks occurred to create a large", "title": "Saddle Mountain (Clatsop County, Oregon)" }, { "docid": "10002116", "text": "Saddle Mountain (Clatsop County, Oregon) Saddle Mountain is the tallest mountain in Clatsop County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Part of the Oregon Coast Range, Saddle Mountain is in Saddle Mountain State Natural Area in the northwest corner of Oregon. The peak is listed on Oregon’s Register of Natural Heritage Resources. Saddle Mountain was created around 15 million years ago in the Miocene epoch when lava flows poured down the old Columbia River valley. When the lava encountered the water at the Astoria Sea, great steam explosions and thermal shocks occurred to create a large pile of basalt rocks.", "title": "Saddle Mountain (Clatsop County, Oregon)" }, { "docid": "13570325", "text": "tallest building by any criteria. It has the highest architectural element, tip and occupied floor, and is indeed the tallest structure of any kind ever built, surpassing the (now destroyed) Warsaw radio mast. Since the completion of the Washington Monument in 1884, the world's tallest building has not usually also been the world's tallest \"structure\". The exceptions are 1930–1954, when the Chrysler Building and then the Empire State building surpassed the Eiffel Tower (to be surpassed in turn by a succession of broadcast masts, starting with the Griffin Television Tower in Oklahoma), and from 2010 with the completion of Burj", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "2390689", "text": "Mount Jefferson (Oregon) Mount Jefferson is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, part of the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon. The second highest mountain in Oregon, it is situated within Linn County, Jefferson County, and Marion County and forms part of the Mount Jefferson Wilderness. Due to the ruggedness of its surroundings, the mountain is one of the hardest volcanoes to reach in the Cascades. It is also a popular tourist destination despite its remoteness, with recreational activities including hiking, backpacking, mountaineering, and photography. Vegetation at Mount Jefferson is dominated by Douglas-fir, silver fir, mountain hemlock,", "title": "Mount Jefferson (Oregon)" }, { "docid": "13138948", "text": "North Cascades is composed of high, rugged mountains. It contains the greatest concentration of active alpine glaciers in the conterminous United States and has a variety of climatic zones. A dry continental climate occurs in the east and mild, maritime, rainforest conditions are found in the west. It is underlain by sedimentary and metamorphic rock in contrast to the adjoining Cascades which are composed of volcanics. The North Cascades has a diversity of plant and animal species. It contains more than 1630 vascular plant species. The range has a number of top predators, including bald eagles, wolves, grizzly bears, mountain", "title": "Ecology of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "12089332", "text": "Cascades (ecoregion) The Cascades ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and California. Somewhat smaller than the Cascade mountain range for which it is named, the ecoregion extends north to Snoqualmie Pass, near Seattle, and south to Hayden Pass, near the Oregon-California border, including the peaks and western slopes of most of the High Cascades. A discontiguous section is located on Mount Shasta in California. The mountainous region is underlain by Cenozoic volcanic rock that has been affected by alpine glaciations. The eastern part of", "title": "Cascades (ecoregion)" }, { "docid": "4607497", "text": "any locale closer than India. The prohibition was further expanded in 2003 when mountaineering of any kind was disallowed entirely within Bhutan. Gangkhar Puensum will likely remain unclimbed so long as the government of Bhutan prohibits it. It is unclear which is the highest unclimbed non-prohibited mountain. While some recognize only peaks with of topographical prominence as individual summits, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation uses a as the cutoff for determining individual summits. Based on the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation's criteria, Muchu Chhish ( with a prominence of ) in Pakistan is currently the world's tallest that has", "title": "Highest unclimbed mountain" }, { "docid": "8637018", "text": "76 runs to the west of the mountain. Big Bald Mountain's summit is located inside the Rich Mountain Wildlife Management Area. With an elevation of , Big Bald Mountain is the tallest mountain in Gilmer County. It is also the 19th tallest mountain in the state of Georgia, if using a 160 feet prominence rule. No trails pass over Big Bald Mountain's summit. However, hikers can climb to the summit by hiking off-trail from Rich Mountain Road, a former logging road running through the Rich Mountains. Big Bald Mountain At , Big Bald Mountain, is the highest peak in Gilmer", "title": "Big Bald Mountain" }, { "docid": "13570320", "text": "with no iron nails. It had a standing total height of 68 m (223 ft) or 80 m (262 ft), making it the tallest structure in East Asia and the tallest wooden structure in the world at the time of its construction. From the 13th century until 1894, the world's tallest building was always a church or cathedral. Old St Paul's Cathedral with its spire was completed in the 13th century. The central spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed Old St Paul's in the early 14th century. The Lincoln Cathedral's spire collapsed in 1549, beginning a long interval where the status", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "19973351", "text": "Quartz Mountain, Oregon Quartz Mountain is an unincorporated community in Lake County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies in the Fremont–Winema National Forest along Oregon Route 140 between Bly and Lakeview. Quartz Creek, a tributary of Drews Creek, which feeds Goose Lake, flows through the community. Quartz Mountain is also the name of a ridge crossed by Route 140 at this point, about northwest of Lakeview. The mountain, the community, the creek, Quartz Mountain Pass, and Quartz Valley are named after a ledge of quartz in this ridge. Quartz Mountain Pass is the highest point along Route 140.", "title": "Quartz Mountain, Oregon" }, { "docid": "4075904", "text": "then south along the Breitenbush River to Detroit on the North Santiam. It follows Oregon Route 22 along Detroit Lake to the junction of U.S. Route 20, then east a short distance on U.S. Route 20 to the junction of Oregon Route 126. It follows OR 126 south, then cuts through the mountain south to Oakridge, where it ends at an intersection with Oregon Route 58. The route provides views of old growth fir trees and jagged volcanic peaks. The driving time is approximately 7–9 hours. West Cascades Scenic Byway The West Cascades Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway", "title": "West Cascades Scenic Byway" }, { "docid": "10444451", "text": "Cobb Mountain Cobb Mountain is the tallest mountain in the Mayacamas Mountains of California. Its 4720+ feet, (1439+ m) main summit is located in Lake County, west of the town of Cobb. Like nearby Mount Saint Helena, Cobb Mountain is tall enough to receive winter snowfall. The mountain also has a sub-peak named Cobb Mountain – Southwest Peak with an elevation of about 4483+ feet, (1367+ m); Southwest Peak lies on the Sonoma-Lake county line and is the highest point in Sonoma County. Nearby tall peaks like Mount Saint Helena and Snow Mountain can be seen from this summit. The", "title": "Cobb Mountain" }, { "docid": "13570328", "text": "the previous record holders, the Petronas Towers. Burj Khalifa surpassed the height of Taipei 101 by in 2009, making it 60% taller. It has broken several skyscraper records, and it is almost twice as tall as the Empire State Building. Burj Khalifa has also broken the record of the world's tallest structure. Since the early skyscraper boom that took place in North America, the significant number of skyscrapers in North America have dominated the 100 tallest buildings in the world. In 1930, 99 of the 100 tallest buildings in the world were located in North America. In the future, this", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "13138949", "text": "lions and black bears. The range is home to at least 75 species of mammals and 200 species of birds that either pass through or use the North Cascades for a breeding area. There are also 11 species of fish on the west side of the Cascades. Examples of amphibian species occurring in the North Cascades include the western toad (\"Bufo boreas\") and the rough-skinned newt (\"Taricha granulosa\"). The ecology of the area can be understood by following a west-to-east line at the southern end of the North Cascades, at approximately 47.5 degrees north. As the line passes through the", "title": "Ecology of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "16840973", "text": "Laurel Mountain (Oregon) Laurel Mountain is the fourth highest peak in Oregon's Central Coast Range with an elevation of . The peak is located in Polk County west of the city of Dallas. In 1997 it was labeled the wettest place in Oregon, and in 1996 it set an all-time calendar year rainfall record for the contiguous United States with . Laurel Mountain has a hyperhumid maritime climate, on the border between Mediterranean (\"Csb\"), oceanic (\"Cfb\") and subpolar oceanic (\"Cfc\"/\"Csc\"). Rainfall is extremely heavy between October and April, and even in the dry months of July and August fog is", "title": "Laurel Mountain (Oregon)" }, { "docid": "16840975", "text": "December 24, 1983 to on July 22 of 2005, though in the thirty-five years of record only fourteen minima below have been recorded. Laurel Mountain (Oregon) Laurel Mountain is the fourth highest peak in Oregon's Central Coast Range with an elevation of . The peak is located in Polk County west of the city of Dallas. In 1997 it was labeled the wettest place in Oregon, and in 1996 it set an all-time calendar year rainfall record for the contiguous United States with . Laurel Mountain has a hyperhumid maritime climate, on the border between Mediterranean (\"Csb\"), oceanic (\"Cfb\") and", "title": "Laurel Mountain (Oregon)" }, { "docid": "9601314", "text": "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain The film stars Susan Hayward and William Lundigan with Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart, Alexander Knox and Lynn Bari. The movie was shot in the Appalachian Mountains of Georgia, an unusual and out-of-the-way location at the time. (By an odd coincidence, star Susan Hayward moved to another part of rural Georgia a few years later, settling down to farm and ranch with her second husband when she was not making films. The couple are buried near the town of Carrollton.) William Thompson (William Lundigan) is a minister from the Deep South who has recently", "title": "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" }, { "docid": "6399609", "text": "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (also published as The California & Oregon Trail) is a book written by Francis Parkman. It was originally serialized in twenty-one installments in \"Knickerbocker's Magazine\" (1847–49) and subsequently published as a book in 1849. The book is a first-person account of a 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas. Parkman was 23 at the time. The heart of the book covers the three weeks Parkman spent hunting buffalo with a band of Oglala Sioux.", "title": "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life" }, { "docid": "13138974", "text": "confirmed in Okanogan County in 2008, the first such pack in Washington state since the 1930s. Other predator species include mountain lions, black bears, fishers, and wolverines. Over 75 species of mammals occur in the range, including the mountain goat that lives in the high alpine tundra. Bird species include the bald eagle, osprey, and harlequin duck. Examples of amphibians occurring in the North Cascades include the western toad, \"Bufo boreas\", and the rough-skinned newt, \"Taricha granulosa\". An unusual feature of the rough-skinned newt populations is that approximately ninety percent of the adult population is perennibranchiate. Ecology of the North", "title": "Ecology of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "11074556", "text": "new campus would be built. During the 2013 legislative session, the Oregon Legislative Assembly approved $16 million in construction bonds to finance a new, expanded four-year campus in Bend for OSU-Cascades. A supplement of $8 million in philanthropic funds and campus-supported bonds would create a financing package totaling $24 million. A suitable building site would require 40 to 60 acres. The campus, which opened in 2001 and operated in Cascades Hall at Central Oregon Community College, began offering four-year degrees by Fall 2015. The campus is currently seated on of land, with four buildings on it (one of which is", "title": "Oregon State University Cascades Campus" }, { "docid": "13570323", "text": "was destroyed by a 1953 tornado and rebuilt. If the original spire was as tall as is claimed, then the Mole Antonelliana was the world's tallest building from 1889 to 1908, surpassing Philadelphia City Hall by . The buildings that were the tallest secular skyscrapers, which excludes religious buildings, were: The list of tallest buildings is based on the default metric of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), that of measuring to the highest architectural element. Other criteria would generate a different list. Shanghai World Financial Center is not on the above list, but it surpassed Taipei", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "13131206", "text": "1950. In the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon, snowfall totals can also be large, between . On the other hand, most winter precipitation in the Coast Range falls as rain, though heavy snow sometimes occurs. In most mountain areas in Oregon, the ground above is covered with snow from December through April. Snow depths, which vary with elevation and time of year, average an estimated in the Cascades and in the Blue Mountains at the end of January; by the end of April, they diminish to in the Cascades and in the Blues. Glaciers remain year-round on some Cascade peaks", "title": "Climate of Oregon" }, { "docid": "6722541", "text": "dangerous. Instead, make your way up to Hole in the Mountain Peak, located a short distance to the north and an easier climb, and then make the approach to the window from the west side of the mountain. Hole in the Mountain Peak Hole in the Mountain Peak is the highest mountain in the East Humboldt Range of mountains in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is the thirty-fifth highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the eleventh-most topographically prominent peak in the state. It is located within the East Humboldt Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and", "title": "Hole in the Mountain Peak" }, { "docid": "12089338", "text": "has lower temperatures and receives more winter snow than the lowlands and valleys to the west. Soils have a frigid or cryic temperature regimes. Abundant precipitation supports forests dominated by Douglas-fir and western hemlock, with mountain hemlock, noble fir, subalpine fir, grand fir, Pacific silver fir, red alder, and Pacific yew, and an understory of vine maple, rhododendron, Oregon grape, huckleberry, and thimbleberry. Today, the region is heavily managed for logging and recreation, and it is an important water source for lower elevation urban, suburban, and agricultural areas. It is the second largest of the Cascades subregions, covering in Oregon", "title": "Cascades (ecoregion)" }, { "docid": "6399610", "text": "The book was reviewed favorably by Herman Melville, although he complains that it demeaned American Indians and that its title was misleading (the book covers only the first third of the trail). The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (also published as The California & Oregon Trail) is a book written by Francis Parkman. It was originally serialized in twenty-one installments in \"Knickerbocker's Magazine\" (1847–49) and subsequently published as a book in 1849. The book is a first-person account of a 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S.", "title": "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life" }, { "docid": "6190679", "text": "Slide Mountain (Ulster County, New York) Slide Mountain is the highest peak in the Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York. It is located in the town of Shandaken in Ulster County. While the contour line on topographic maps is generally accepted as its height, the exact elevation of the summit has never been officially determined by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and many informal surveys suggest the mountain may actually top 4,200 feet (1,280 m) above sea level. While it was not identified as the range's highest peak until the late 19th century, it has played", "title": "Slide Mountain (Ulster County, New York)" }, { "docid": "2223982", "text": "to rise toward the surface. Volcanoes burst into activity starting 30 million years ago from Washington southward along the Cascades and in the area now occupied by the Sierra Nevada. This activity continued until approximately 11 or 12 million years ago. Lava and ash reached a thickness of up to in some areas, forming what is now known as the western Cascades. These have been eroded until they are now rolling hills. Meanwhile, toward the end of this activity, eruptions of a different kind took place on an unprecedented scale in eastern Oregon and Washington. From innumerable cracks, floods of", "title": "Geology of the Lassen volcanic area" }, { "docid": "4607490", "text": "Highest unclimbed mountain An unclimbed mountain is a mountain peak that has yet to be climbed to the top. Determining which unclimbed peak is highest is often a matter of controversy. In some parts of the world, surveying and mapping are still unreliable, and there are no comprehensive records of the routes of explorers, mountaineers and local inhabitants. In some cases, even modern ascents by larger parties have been poorly documented and, with no universally recognized listing, the best that can be achieved in determining the world's highest unclimbed peaks is somewhat speculative. Most sources indicate that Gangkhar Puensum ()", "title": "Highest unclimbed mountain" }, { "docid": "13570319", "text": "height of a tall building, each of which may give a different result. \"Height of the highest floor\" is one criterion, and \"height to the top of any part of the building\" is another, but the default criterion used by the CTBUH is \"height of the architectural top of the building\", which includes spires but not antennae, masts or flag poles. Hwangnyongsa, or Hwangnyong Temple (also spelled Hwangryongsa) is the name of a former Buddhist temple in the city of Gyeongju, South Korea. Completed in the 7th century, the enormous 9-story structure was built entirely with wood with interlocking design", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "9601315", "text": "married Mary Elizabeth (Susan Hayward), a woman from the city. William is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spiritual and emotional needs of his small flock. The poverty and isolation of the region, and the everyday problems of local people, put a strain on the couple's faith and marriage. I'd Climb the Highest Mountain The film stars Susan Hayward and William Lundigan with Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart, Alexander Knox and Lynn Bari. The movie was shot in the Appalachian Mountains of Georgia,", "title": "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" }, { "docid": "9948456", "text": "not Chinese ones. Raining in the Mountain Raining in the Mountain () is a 1979 Hong Kong-Taiwan drama film written and directed by King Hu. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The story of a secluded Ming Dynasty monastery which rests on a mountain. A corrupt general and an ambitious esquire arrive there and quickly employ martial artists to help steal a sacred handwritten scroll of Tripitaka hidden in the monastery's library. Meanwhile, the abbot of the monastery looks", "title": "Raining in the Mountain" }, { "docid": "9948454", "text": "Raining in the Mountain Raining in the Mountain () is a 1979 Hong Kong-Taiwan drama film written and directed by King Hu. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The story of a secluded Ming Dynasty monastery which rests on a mountain. A corrupt general and an ambitious esquire arrive there and quickly employ martial artists to help steal a sacred handwritten scroll of Tripitaka hidden in the monastery's library. Meanwhile, the abbot of the monastery looks for a successor,", "title": "Raining in the Mountain" }, { "docid": "20116482", "text": "is a tributary of the Rogue River just south of Alkali Creek. The Alkali Falls trailhead is USFS No 1055 that spins off Forest Road 6540-900 from Oregon Route 230. Alkali Falls Alkali Falls, is a multi-step waterfall of 6 tiers located in the east side of the Rogue–Umpqua Divide Wilderness, just west of Mount Bailey and Diamond Lake, on Oregon Route 230 in douglas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It totals 510 feet fall in six drops, the Upper Alkali and tallest drop is 130 feet, making it one of the tallest cascades in Oregon. The waters", "title": "Alkali Falls" }, { "docid": "2390708", "text": "and upper Puzzle Creek. There are several hundred other basaltic volcanoes within the central Oregon High Cascades, extending up to away. Mount Jefferson overlies an silicic volcanic field from the early Pleistocene. Mount Jefferson is a stratovolcano, made up of basaltic andesite, andesite, and dacite overlying basaltic shield volcanoes, with andesite and more silicic (rich in silica) rock forming the majority of the mountain. Rhyolite from the Quaternary can also be found at Jefferson, though it is not commonly found within the major volcanic centers of the Oregon Cascades. The volcano constitutes a small stratovolcano within the Cascades, with a", "title": "Mount Jefferson (Oregon)" }, { "docid": "19965246", "text": "and east by the Columbia River which separates it from the state of Washington, on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and on the south by the rest of Oregon. Saddle Mountain, at an elevation of 3,288 feet, is the highest mountain in the region. It is part of the Oregon Coast Range, which takes up most of the interior of the region. Generally, the following three counties are considered to be part of Northwest Oregon. Sometimes, parts of Washington County are included as well. The total population of the region is 113,084. Politically, Northwest Oregon is divided. Clatsop County", "title": "Northwest Oregon" }, { "docid": "12089343", "text": "shinleaf. At the highest elevations, open meadows support Shasta buckwheat, Newberry knotweed, and Brewer's sedge. The region tends to be drier than the Cascade Crest Montane Forest, with a longer summer drought and more intermittent streams. The region covers in Southern Oregon and includes the lower elevations of Crater Lake National Park. The Southern Cascades ecoregion is lower in elevation and less rugged than the surrounding regions and is characterized by gently sloping mountains and broad valleys. Elevation varies from . The climate is drier than other parts of the Cascades, and the vegetation reflects the long summer drought. River", "title": "Cascades (ecoregion)" }, { "docid": "18592551", "text": "ability to use full-motion video or 3D graphics to explore the location. \"Eugene Register-Guard\" wrote \"this respected program adds detail, richness, and flexibility...This program gets a high rating for its range of activities and its attention to history, geography, math, and many other skills\". Games4Girls said \"I definitely agree with the age range. Anyone younger would have trouble with the game. \" A Videogame Canon described the game as \" immensely popular\". The Oregon Trail 4th Edition The game mechanics of this game are similar to that of the other \"The Oregon Trail\" games. It requires careful resource management in", "title": "The Oregon Trail 4th Edition" }, { "docid": "916533", "text": "common amphibian occurring in the oak woodlands of the county. Carpenter Mountain, one of the highest points in the western Cascades is located in Linn County, although road access to the peak is only possible through Lane County. Linn County, Oregon Linn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,672. The county seat is Albany. The county is named in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri who advocated the American settlement of the Oregon Country. Linn County comprises the Albany, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area,", "title": "Linn County, Oregon" }, { "docid": "13138967", "text": "elevations of the Cascades year round left only to go to patchy and scattered alpine vegetation. The majority of species will move to lower elevations at some time throughout their life history. Adaptations such as torpor in hummingbirds, the ability of mountain goats and coyotes to camouflage in the landscape, animals developing extra fat deposits, and the raptor's ability to move efficiently in the strong winds illustrate just some of the ways species have been ability to cope with alpine conditions. The white-tailed ptarmigan has an adaption of changing its plumage from white in the winter to brown in the", "title": "Ecology of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "13131209", "text": "Gorge into the Willamette Valley and lowers temperatures more than usual from Portland to Eugene. Oregon has a wide range of temperatures, though the extremes are rare. The highest was recorded on July 29, 1898, in Hermiston, Oregon, and again on August 10, 1898, in Redmond, Oregon, both east of the Cascades, when the temperature reached . The lowest occurred on February 9, 1933, in Ukiah, and again on February 10, 1933, in Seneca, also both east of the Cascades, when the temperature dropped to . The temperature in the Willamette Valley is mild compared to the desert regions of", "title": "Climate of Oregon" }, { "docid": "18592550", "text": "The Oregon Trail 4th Edition The game mechanics of this game are similar to that of the other \"The Oregon Trail\" games. It requires careful resource management in order to successfully travel across America toward the Western frontier. They must overcome many obstacles and make many tough decisions which may result in loss for the greater good of the journey. The game begins in Independence, Missouri in 1848 where the player selects two people to form a wagon party. The game ends if both of these partners abandon the player. When a town or landmark is reached, players have the", "title": "The Oregon Trail 4th Edition" }, { "docid": "4607499", "text": "Siple Island off the coast of Antarctica, have no record of successful ascents, but the unclimbed status of each of these peaks is difficult to confirm. The following peaks, with a minimum prominence of , were thought to be unclimbed as of August 2018. Highest unclimbed mountain An unclimbed mountain is a mountain peak that has yet to be climbed to the top. Determining which unclimbed peak is highest is often a matter of controversy. In some parts of the world, surveying and mapping are still unreliable, and there are no comprehensive records of the routes of explorers, mountaineers and", "title": "Highest unclimbed mountain" }, { "docid": "13030604", "text": "The Tallest Tree in Our Forest The Tallest Tree in our Forest is a 1977 documentary film directed and written by Gil Noble, about singer, actor and activist, Paul Robeson. It was shot on 16mm film and was started shortly before Robeson's death at age 77 in 1976. The film features rare archival footage, interviews, and still photography from the twentieth century. The title is taken from a 1940s statement made by Mary McLeod Bethune describing Paul Robeson. The film was originally available in a three-part format for use on public-access television channels and in classrooms for ages fourteen and", "title": "The Tallest Tree in Our Forest" }, { "docid": "13030605", "text": "above. The Tallest Tree in Our Forest The Tallest Tree in our Forest is a 1977 documentary film directed and written by Gil Noble, about singer, actor and activist, Paul Robeson. It was shot on 16mm film and was started shortly before Robeson's death at age 77 in 1976. The film features rare archival footage, interviews, and still photography from the twentieth century. The title is taken from a 1940s statement made by Mary McLeod Bethune describing Paul Robeson. The film was originally available in a three-part format for use on public-access television channels and in classrooms for ages fourteen", "title": "The Tallest Tree in Our Forest" }, { "docid": "10961251", "text": "tell, when occasion is granted me to speak.<br> Q. What is the picture to which you have been referring?<br> A. It is the picture which represents the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with His disciples in the house of Simon.<br> Q. Where is this picture?<br> A. In the refectory of the monks of San Giovanni e Paolo.<br> Q. Is it painted in fresco or on wood or on canvas?<br> A. It is on canvas.<br> Q. How many feet does it measure in height?<br> A. It may measure seventeen feet.<br> Q. And in breadth?<br> A. About thirty-nine.<br> Q. How many have", "title": "The Feast in the House of Levi" }, { "docid": "6722537", "text": "Hole in the Mountain Peak Hole in the Mountain Peak is the highest mountain in the East Humboldt Range of mountains in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is the thirty-fifth highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the eleventh-most topographically prominent peak in the state. It is located within the East Humboldt Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is high. The peak is east of Elko and southwest of Wells, making it a rather prominent feature of the drive along Interstate 80 in Elko County. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names lists two variant names, Mount", "title": "Hole in the Mountain Peak" }, { "docid": "20116481", "text": "Alkali Falls Alkali Falls, is a multi-step waterfall of 6 tiers located in the east side of the Rogue–Umpqua Divide Wilderness, just west of Mount Bailey and Diamond Lake, on Oregon Route 230 in douglas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It totals 510 feet fall in six drops, the Upper Alkali and tallest drop is 130 feet, making it one of the tallest cascades in Oregon. The waters of Alkali Falls are located in the heart of Alkali Meadows. The waterfall is upstream of Alkali Creek, a narrow width creek that drains into Muir Creek, which in turn", "title": "Alkali Falls" }, { "docid": "12089352", "text": "drought, with intermittent, low to medium gradient streams and spring-fed creeks and marshes. Freezing temperatures are possible any time of year. Ponderosa pine forests are common on slopes, with white fir at higher elevations. Colder depressions and flats, where pumice deposits are thickest, are dominated by lodgepole pine, with an understory of antelope bitterbrush and Idaho fescue. Riparian areas support mountain alder, stream dogwood, willows, and quaking aspen. The Pumice Plateau is the largest of the Eastern Cascades subregions, covering in Oregon between Bend and Klamath Falls. It contains extensive areas within the Deschutes and Fremont-Winema National Forests (including the", "title": "Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills (ecoregion)" }, { "docid": "3539854", "text": "in 2012 into the Benelux without any co-worker who works on it(Norampac Luxembourg Sarl was closed in September 2008 by incorporation into Cascades Luxembourg Sarl (new capital February 2012: USD 64 933 600,00) and beginning of February 2012, Cascades Canada Inc Luxemburg Branch changed her name to Cascades Canada ULC Luxembourg Branch. In summer 2017, Cascades opened a brand new mill in Scappoose, Oregon. The Cascades Tissue Group Oregon converting plant will employ 80 full-time workers in the production of its paper products. An appreciating Canadian dollar, an increase in energy prices and the cost of fibre, fierce competition: the", "title": "Cascades (company)" }, { "docid": "18889773", "text": "Vanity height Vanity height is defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) as the height difference between a skyscraper's pinnacle and the highest usable floor (usually observatory, office, restaurant, retail or hotel/residential). Because the CTBUH ranks the world's tallest buildings by height to pinnacle, a number of buildings appear higher in the rankings than they otherwise would due to extremely long spires. The controversy began when the Petronas Towers were named as the world's tallest buildings in 1998, despite having a roof 63.4 m (208 ft) lower than that of the Willis Tower. The current world's", "title": "Vanity height" }, { "docid": "12089344", "text": "and stream discharge are also significantly lower than in systems to the north. Western hemlock and western red cedar, which are indicator species in the Western Cascades ecoregions, decline southward in the Southern Cascades, and are replaced by Sierra Nevada species such as California incense-cedar, white fir, Shasta red fir, and sugar pine, with an understory of snowberry, twinflower, Oregon grape, serviceberry, golden chinkapin, and oceanspray. At lower elevations, Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine are prevalent. The region covers in Southern Oregon, in the South Umpqua and Rogue River watersheds, separated from the Western Cascades by the Calapooya Divide. Cascades (ecoregion)", "title": "Cascades (ecoregion)" }, { "docid": "20857209", "text": "Otways Ranges from Forrest to Apollo Bay in 1856. The tallest reliably measured tree in Victoria was a mountain ash near Thorpdale which in 1881 was measured by a government surveyor, George Cornthwaite, and his brother Bill, a farmer, at 114.3 metres (375 feet) after it was cut down to make fence palings. Modern Lidar imagery of the forests is being used to find remaining stands of tall trees. The tallest regrowth mountain ash in Victoria is currently named Artemis which can be found near Beenak at 302 feet (92.1 m) while the Ada Tree at 72 metres (236 feet)", "title": "Redwoods of the Otway Ranges" }, { "docid": "13570318", "text": "a \"building\" as \"(A) structure that is designed for residential, business or manufacturing purposes\" and \"has floors\". Tall churches and cathedrals occupy a middle ground: their lower areas are regularly occupied, but much of their height is in bell towers and spires which are not. Whether a church or cathedral is a \"building\" or merely a \"structure\" for the purposes of determining the title of \"world's tallest building\" is a subjective matter of definition (this article treats churches and cathedrals as buildings). The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat based in Chicago uses three different criteria for determining the", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "16885017", "text": "game's increasingly physical style has put a premium on imposing players, particularly over tall and over (Mario Lemieux, Eric Lindros, Chris Pronger). Taller, bigger players have a longer reach, are more able to give out and sustain body checks, and have greater leverage on their shooting such as a slap shot (examples include Tyler Myers at , and Eric Staal, Rick Nash, Ryan Getzlaf, and Joe Thornton, all at . The average height of an NHLer is just over tall. Zdeno Chára, at , is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL. In recent years, the height of", "title": "Height in sports" }, { "docid": "7287171", "text": "Rocky Mountain Management Plan, aimed at coordinating ecosystem preservation and providing wildlife corridors, in particular for grizzly bears. Also to provide more comprehensive protection of the environment and wildlife habitat, British Columbia has considered asking the United Nations to add Height of the Rockies and 5 other provincial parks to the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. The passes through what is now the park were used by the Kootenai Indians and by mid-19th-century European explorers. Two archaeological sites over 8,000 years old have been identified on the Middle Fork of the White River. A national park was proposed", "title": "Height of the Rockies Provincial Park" }, { "docid": "7852486", "text": "Goode Mountain Goode Mountain is one of the major peaks of the North Cascades in the U.S. state of Washington. Named for topographer Richard U. Goode of the USGS, it is the highest peak located in North Cascades National Park, between the Skagit River and Lake Chelan. It is the fourth-highest non-volcanic peak in Washington, and the twelfth-highest summit overall. Goode Mountain is a massive mountain, rising over from its footings, and almost from the bottom of Bridge creek valley. The mountain is made up of one main peak, and two smaller sub-peaks, The West Tower, and southeast peak. Both", "title": "Goode Mountain" }, { "docid": "3316229", "text": "information for Lincoln: Mr. Lincoln's height was six feet three and three-quarter inches \"in his stocking-feet.\" He stood up one day, at the right of my large canvas, while I marked his exact height upon it. A disputed theory holds that Lincoln's height is the result of the genetic condition multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b (MEN2B); see medical and mental health of Abraham Lincoln. Only slightly shorter than Lincoln was Lyndon B. Johnson (), the tallest President who originally entered office without being elected directly, and President Donald Trump (). The shortest President elected to office was James Madison ();", "title": "Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States" }, { "docid": "17321928", "text": "the equity value becomes Using matrix algebra, the expression above is equivalent to where formula_18 is a vector whose element formula_19. The market value including failure costs is given then by The element formula_12 represents the fraction of failure costs of formula_22 that \"i\" incurs if \"j\" fails. Cascades in financial networks Cascades in financial networks are situations in which the failure of one financial institution causes a cascading failure in another member of the financial network. In an extreme this can cause failure of the whole network in what is known as systemic failure. It can be defined as", "title": "Cascades in financial networks" }, { "docid": "20179650", "text": "cascades. The upper tier and its lower drop, that spreads 25-35 feet over a ledge along Camp Creek are accessible, whereas the middle section is crowded by matured timber and difficult to access. The surrounding hills of Tom Dick and Harry Mountain are of Pleistocene or Pliocene origin with andesite originating from moderately porphyritic pyroxene lava flows. Further towards Mirror Lake the andesite is basaltic from lava flows of the north side of the Tom Dick and Harry Mountain. Hiking to Yocum Falls starts at the historic Laurel Hill monument on the Barlow Road of the Oregon Trail. The trail", "title": "Yocum Falls (Clackamas County, Oregon)" }, { "docid": "13570326", "text": "Khalifa. In this chart, time progresses from right to left. Note the early buildings that lost the title as their spires collapsed. After the construction of the Home Insurance Building in Chicago in the 19th century, the incrementation in the height of skyscrapers began with the construction of the Chrysler Building, followed by the Empire State Building, in New York City. The Chrysler Building was the first building in the world to break the barrier, and the Empire State Building was the first building to have more than 100 floors. It stands at and has 102 floors. The next tallest", "title": "History of the world's tallest buildings" }, { "docid": "13138950", "text": "Cascade range, it passes through a number of ecoregions, first getting higher and colder, then getting warmer, yet drier. Each of these component ecoregions can be described by either a tree indicator species, or by a lack of trees: western hemlock, Pacific silver fir, subalpine mountain hemlock, alpine, subalpine fir, and grand fir/Douglas fir. The Western Hemlock Ecoregion huddles in the lower west-side elevations of the North Cascades. Western hemlock is found from sea level up to in elevation. In the Alpine Lakes Wilderness this ecoregion can be found in the lower elevations around The average annual temperature is and", "title": "Ecology of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "8637006", "text": "consists of second-growth hardwood forests. The mountain is located about southwest of Cherry Log and northeast of Ellijay. Big Bald Mountain, the highest point in Gilmer County, is located about northeast of Rich Mountain. U.S. Route 76 runs to the west of the mountain. Rich Mountain's summit is located inside the Rich Mountain Wilderness, as well as the Rich Mountain Wildlife Management Area. With an elevation of , Rich Mountain is the second tallest mountain in Gilmer County and the highest point of the Rich Mountain Wilderness. It is also the 21st tallest mountain in the state of Georgia, if", "title": "Rich Mountain (Georgia)" }, { "docid": "12859446", "text": "Kepler Cascades Kepler Cascades is a waterfall on the Firehole River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The cascades are located approximately 2.6 miles south of Old Faithful. The cascades drop approximately 150 feet over multiple drops. The longest drop is 50 feet. The cascades are located very near to and visible from the Old Faithful to West Thumb road. The Kepler Cascades were described by the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition in 1870 but not named until 1881. In his 1871 report to the Secretary of War, Gustavus C. Doane, a member of the expedition described Kepler Cascades as:", "title": "Kepler Cascades" }, { "docid": "7614931", "text": "The Height of Callousness The Height of Callousness is the second album by the American industrial metal band Spineshank. It was released on February 10, 2000 by Roadrunner Records. The title is taken from a phrase in \"A Clockwork Orange\". Allmusic gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5 but praised the band's energy, saying that \"The Height of Callousness is a super-charged silver bullet of 11 aggressive tracks that will get your blood flowing as if you're engaged in a stock car race gone haywire.\" \"CMJ\" described the album as: \"Machine-charged cybercore with computerized samples aligning the band with", "title": "The Height of Callousness" }, { "docid": "13765103", "text": "by a separate group of elected volunteers. These include the Alaska Region, the Appalachian Region, the California Region, the Desert Mountain Region, the Inter Mountain Region, the Oregon Region, the Rocky Mountain Region, and the Washington Region. The Mountain Rescue Association is mostly made up of unpaid professional volunteers who have been accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association in Mountain Search and Rescue operations. The remainder of MRA teams are “Ex-officio” units, which are paid professionals in governmental service, and “Associate” units which are other mountain SAR related teams or groups. The Mountain Rescue Association aims to improving the quality,", "title": "Mountain rescue in the United States" }, { "docid": "20162327", "text": "counties) Whidbey Island and Camano Island are islands in Puget Sound and form the bulk of Island County. The Blue Hills of the Kitsap Peninsula are unusual in that they are composed of basalt bedrock, not glacial till. Bainbridge Island is an island in Puget Sound. Landforms in South Puget Sound (Thurston and Mason counties) The Issaquah Alps Bellevue, Issaquah and Newcastle on the Eastside are considered part of the Cascades foothills by many authors. They are basalt intrusions possibly related to the Blue Hills of the Kitsap Peninsula. Highest point Tiger Mountain summit, . The Anacortes Community Forest Lands", "title": "Hills in the Puget Lowland" }, { "docid": "13138951", "text": "it gets between in precipitation per year. This ecoregion is evidenced by the dense stands of western hemlock, Douglas fir, western red cedar and red alder. The understory is primarily composed of salal, hazel, salmonberry, devil's club and Oregon grape. The western hemlock (\"Tsuga heterophylla\") is an extremely shade tolerant tree and it is common to find its seedlings and saplings in the understories of the forest floors. It prefers moist temperate conditions. As conditions get drier and colder they don’t fare as well. Western hemlocks can reach over in height with a diameter of . They can be identified", "title": "Ecology of the North Cascades" }, { "docid": "9463977", "text": "The Mountain Institute The Mountain Institute (TMI) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the world's mountains by conserving mountain ecosystems and empowering the people in mountain communities. The Mountain Institute is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and operates regional field offices in the Andes, Appalachians, and Himalayas. Respectively, these are the longest, the oldest, and the tallest mountain ranges in the world. The Mountain Institute was founded in 1972 as the Woodlands & Whitewater Institute in Cherry Grove, West Virginia by Daniel C. Taylor and King Seegar. The organization's goal was to facilitate children sharing activities with their parents,", "title": "The Mountain Institute" } ]

[ "Tikrit, Iraq", "Takrit", "Tikrit Palace", "تكريت", "Tikreet", "Tekrit", "Tikrīt", "The Birthday Palace", "Birthday Palace", "Tikrit", "Tagrit" ]

[ { "docid": "403300", "text": "found hiding in a hole in the ground near a farmhouse in ad-Dawr, near Tikrit. Following his capture, Saddam was transported to a U.S. base near Tikrit, and later taken to the American base near Baghdad. Documents obtained and released by the National Security Archive detail FBI interviews and conversations with Hussein while he was in U.S. custody. On 14 December, U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer confirmed that Saddam Hussein had indeed been captured at a farmhouse in ad-Dawr near Tikrit. Bremer presented video footage of Saddam in custody. Saddam was shown with a full beard and hair longer", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "2411346", "text": "an undisclosed location and interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - was still refusing to co-operate with his captors, but the former president's capture the previous month was yielding results \"far greater than we expected,\" the official told reporters on condition of anonymity. The US-led coalition had used documents found with the ex-leader to mount operations against Saddam loyalists, the official said. Operation Red Dawn Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The operation was", "title": "Operation Red Dawn" }, { "docid": "9407838", "text": "al-Neda, denies this claim. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's security advisor, stated, \"I oversaw the whole process from A-Z and Saddam Hussein's body was not stabbed or mutilated, and he was not humiliated before execution.\" Saddam's body was buried in his birthplace of Al-Awja in Tikrit, Iraq, near family members, including his two sons Uday and Qusay Hussein, on 31 December 2006 at 04:00 local time (01:00 GMT). His body was transported to Tikrit by a U.S. military helicopter. Saddam was handed over from Iraqi Government possession to Sheikh Ali al-Nida, the late head of the Albu Nasir tribe and governor of", "title": "Execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "2411329", "text": "Operation Red Dawn Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The operation was named after the 1984 film \"Red Dawn\". The mission was assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno and led by Col. James Hickey of the 4th Infantry Division, with joint operations Task Force 121—an elite and covert joint special operations team. They searched two sites, \"Wolverine 1\" and \"Wolverine 2,\" outside the", "title": "Operation Red Dawn" }, { "docid": "403307", "text": "been discussed by two witnesses, Iraqi Judge Munir Haddad and Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie. The accounts of the two witnesses are contradictory as Haddad describes Saddam as being strong in his final moments whereas al-Rubaie says Saddam was clearly afraid. Not long before the execution, Saddam's lawyers released his last letter. A second unofficial video, apparently showing Saddam's body on a trolley, emerged several days later. It sparked speculation that the execution was carried out incorrectly as Saddam Hussein had a gaping hole in his neck. Saddam was buried at his birthplace of Al-Awja in Tikrit, Iraq, on", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "1666401", "text": "govern Iraq until a permanent constitution could be written and approved by the general electorate. In the late afternoon of 14 December 2003, the CPA held a press conference at the Iraqi Forum convention center within Baghdad's Green Zone to announce that former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein had been taken into custody the previous night from a foxhole in a town near Saddam's home town of Tikrit, Iraq. Present at the announcement was Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez of the U.S. Army, Administrator Bremer, members of the British and American intelligence agencies, several members of the Iraqi Governing Council, and", "title": "Coalition Provisional Authority" }, { "docid": "13540299", "text": "interviews\" followed by five \"casual conversations.\" Questioning covered the span of Saddam's political career, from 2003 when he was found hiding in a \"spider hole\" on a farm near his home town of Tikrit, back to his role in a failed 1959 coup attempt in Iraq, after which he had taken refuge in the very same place, one report noted. Detailed questioning covered the Iran–Iraq War and his use of chemical weapons against Iranians. Saddam denied repeated assertions by his interrogator of a current weapons of mass destruction capability in Iraq, yet had resisted U.N. weapons inspections because he \"was", "title": "Interrogation of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "9407830", "text": "a contingent of his countrymen who jeered him in Arabic and praised the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and his subsequent fall through the trap door of the gallows. The atmosphere of the execution drew criticism around the world from nations that oppose as well as support capital punishment. On Sunday 31 December 2006, Saddam Hussein's body was returned to his birthplace of Al-Awja, near Tikrit, and was buried near the graves of other family members. After being sentenced to death by an Iraqi court, Saddam requested to be executed by firing squad rather than hanging claiming it as the lawful", "title": "Execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "3470497", "text": "Iraq and met with little resistance. Most of the Iraqi military was quickly defeated and Baghdad was occupied on 9 April. Other operations occurred against pockets of the Iraqi army including the capture and occupation of Kirkuk on 10 April, and the attack and capture of Tikrit on 15 April. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the central leadership went into hiding as the coalition forces completed the occupation of the country. On 1 May, an end of major combat operations was declared, ending the invasion stage of the Iraq War and beginning the military occupation period and the Iraqi insurgency", "title": "Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)" }, { "docid": "3655952", "text": "routes, patrols, and raids on suspected insurgents were stepped up. In addition, two villages, including Saddam’s birthplace of al-Auja and the small town of Abu Hishma were wrapped in barbed wire and carefully monitored. Following Operation Iron Hammer, the number of insurgent attacks dropped to an average of 18 a day. In the wave of intelligence information fueling the raids on Ba’ath Party members connected to insurgency, Saddam Hussein himself was captured on a farm near Tikrit on December 12, 2003. This apparent renewed success led many to a renewed sense of optimism that the U.S. was prevailing in the", "title": "Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006)" } ]

[ { "docid": "2791227", "text": "anti-peace sign. More recently, in 2003 a deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards was issued to US Soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom, each card had the picture of a wanted Iraqi official on it. Saddam Hussein got the nickname \"Ace of Spades\" as that card bore his image. Various idioms involving the ace of spades include \"black as the ace of spades\" (which can refer either to color or to race), or alternatively a lack of cleanliness in a person and the French expression \"fagoté comme l'as de pique\"—that is, \"(badly) dressed like the ace of spades.\" Ace of spades", "title": "Ace of spades" }, { "docid": "9407829", "text": "Execution of Saddam Hussein The execution of Saddam Hussein took place on Saturday, 30 December 2006. Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the murder of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in 1982, in retaliation for an assassination attempt against him. The Iraqi government released an official videotape of his execution, showing him being led to the gallows, and ending after his head was in the hangman's noose. International public controversy arose when a mobile phone recording of the hanging showed him surrounded by", "title": "Execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "6269265", "text": "Trial of Saddam Hussein The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office. The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Critics viewed the trial as a show trial that did not meet international standards on the right to a fair trial. Amnesty International stated that the trial was", "title": "Trial of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "6269294", "text": "up a tribunal to try him and absolve themselves completely?\" Journalist Mohamad Bazzi wrote in 2014 that Hussein's trial and execution deepened sectarianism in Iraq: Trial of Saddam Hussein The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office. The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Critics viewed the", "title": "Trial of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "3470509", "text": "a U.S. convoy traveling through the town of Samarra in the Sunni Triangle was ambushed by over 100 Iraqi guerillas, reportedly wearing trademark Fedayeen Saddam uniforms. Following the execution of Saddam Hussein, Deputy Leader of the Iraqi-cell of the Iraqi-led Ba'ath Party and former Vice President of Iraq Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri became a leading candidate to succeed him as Leader of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. Ad-Douri had taken over the running of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party following Saddam Hussein's capture in 2003 and had been endorsed by a previously unknown group calling itself Baghdad Citizens Gathering. On 3 January 2007", "title": "Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)" }, { "docid": "6540754", "text": "uncensored unprepared debate televised worldwide where both American and Iraqi Presidents sitting in their respective countries would discuss their nation's problems. He also said Dan Rather could moderate the debate. This never happened. February 2003 Saddam Hussein interview The Saddam interview refers to a famous television interview that occurred between President of Iraq Saddam Hussein and American news anchor Dan Rather on February 24, 2003, very shortly before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. The interview was aired both in the United States and on all three Iraqi television networks. British politician Tony Benn had also interviewed Saddam earlier that month.", "title": "February 2003 Saddam Hussein interview" }, { "docid": "13540313", "text": "weakness, but his government repeatedly—and accurately—denied having WMD. The chronology of the reported meetings between Piro and Saddam in 2004: Interrogation of Saddam Hussein The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein began shortly after his December 2003 capture, while the deposed President of Iraq was held at the United States Camp Cropper detention facility at Baghdad International Airport. Beginning in February 2004, the interrogation program, codenamed Operation Desert Spider, was controlled by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents. Standard FBI FD-302 forms filed at the time were declassified and released in 2009 under a U.S. Freedom of Information Act request filed by", "title": "Interrogation of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "13540298", "text": "Interrogation of Saddam Hussein The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein began shortly after his December 2003 capture, while the deposed President of Iraq was held at the United States Camp Cropper detention facility at Baghdad International Airport. Beginning in February 2004, the interrogation program, codenamed Operation Desert Spider, was controlled by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents. Standard FBI FD-302 forms filed at the time were declassified and released in 2009 under a U.S. Freedom of Information Act request filed by the National Security Archive. Saddam, identified as \"High Value Detainee #1\" in the documents, was the subject of 20 \"formal", "title": "Interrogation of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "6540751", "text": "February 2003 Saddam Hussein interview The Saddam interview refers to a famous television interview that occurred between President of Iraq Saddam Hussein and American news anchor Dan Rather on February 24, 2003, very shortly before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. The interview was aired both in the United States and on all three Iraqi television networks. British politician Tony Benn had also interviewed Saddam earlier that month. Rather and \"CBS Evening News\" executive producer Jim Murphy were driven around Baghdad for 45 minutes and switched cars on two separate occasions to keep Saddam's position secret. The interview was held at", "title": "February 2003 Saddam Hussein interview" }, { "docid": "19615379", "text": "sentence against the criminal Saddam, who faced his fate like all tyrants, frightened and terrified during a hard day which he did not expect.\" He also stated, \"Your generous and pure land has got rid—and for ever—of the filth of the dictator and a black page of Iraq's history has been turned and the tyrant has died.\" He also said that Saddam Hussein does not represent any group or sect of the Iraqi people. \"[Iraqis] have been waiting for justice to be executed, and I think that Iraqis have received the news that they've been waiting for, for too many", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "19615393", "text": "missed opportunity ... It was an opportunity for Iraq to join the civilised world. The former Iraqi dictator was a ruthless criminal who deserved to be punished, but it was wrong to kill him. Saddam Hussein is no longer paying for his crimes; he is simply dead ... The death penalty is cruel and barbaric, and I call on the Iraqi authorities to abolish it. It is late, but not too late, for Iraq to join the great majority of civilised and democratic countries in the world who have already abolished the death penalty.\" Perhaps one of the most vocal", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "13540303", "text": "became President, and Saddam became his deputy. In 1979, Saddam Hussein displaced General Bakr, and a little more than a year later, he ordered Iraqi troops to invade Iran, starting the Iran–Iraq War that would continue until 1988. Iraq's 1990 Invasion of Kuwait led to the 1991 Gulf War. In 1998, Saddam halted Iraqi cooperation with the United Nations Special Commission weapons inspections imposed on Iraq after the Gulf War, and kept U.N. inspectors out until 2002. In March 2003, the United States led an invasion of Iraq that quickly toppled the government. Saddam fled the capital of Baghdad shortly", "title": "Interrogation of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "9407847", "text": "host Jim Lehrer, that Saddam's execution \"looked like it was kind of a revenge killing.\" Bush said he was \"disappointed and felt like they fumbled the—particularly the Saddam Hussein—execution. It reinforced doubts in people's minds that the Maliki government and the unity government of Iraq is a serious government. ... And it sent a mixed signal to the American people and the people around the world.\" Execution of Saddam Hussein The execution of Saddam Hussein took place on Saturday, 30 December 2006. Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special", "title": "Execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "403215", "text": "Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (; Arabic: \"\"; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization the Iraqi Ba'ath Party—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq. As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and at a time", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "19615386", "text": "Sunnis broke into the Al-Askari Mosque, and a riot broke out at Padush prison in Mosul. At the time of Saddam's capture in December 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush expressed his opinion that Saddam deserved \"the ultimate justice\", alluding to the death penalty. This put the United States at odds with signatory countries to the European Convention on Human Rights (Article 2) and other international treaties that prohibit the death penalty and the extradition of suspects to countries where capital punishment may be carried out. Following the execution of Saddam Hussein, leaders from a handful of countries issued statements.", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "6269272", "text": "to sign the legal document confirming his understanding of the charges. In a leaked transcript of a February 2003 meeting between Bush and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Aznar, Bush expressed a willingness to have Saddam tried at the International Tribunal of Justice in The Hague. In December 2004, Clive Stafford Smith prepared a 50-page brief for the defense team arguing that Saddam Hussein should be tried in the US under US criminal law. The London-based Arab-language daily newspaper \"Al-Quds Al-Arabi\" reported in early May 2005 that during a meeting with Donald Rumsfeld, \"known only to a few Iraqi officials in", "title": "Trial of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "13540310", "text": "Hussein, translated from Arabic to English by the FBI. Some of these quotes were highlighted in secondary source accounts of the reports, including these (grouped by subject in rough chronological order): A number of press reports describe the Iraqi dictator admitting to a catastrophic miscalculation, having misled the United States into believing Iraq still possessed biological and chemical weapons. According to the \"Associated Press\": \"Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he was worried about appearing weak to Iran\". This interpretation has been", "title": "Interrogation of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "3880431", "text": "mosque. After the capture of Saddam by United States military forces, the villagers of Saddam Hussein Village were critical of the U.S. policy in Iraq. Among the comments recorded by the BBC were: 127 Muslims were murdered at three villages, including Saddam Hussein Village, about 10 August 1990, allegedly by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Saddam Hussein Nagar, Sri Lanka Saddam Hussein Town () is the name of a village exclusively inhabited by local Muslims in the Batticaloa district of Sri Lanka. It is named after Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, who donated all the funds required to", "title": "Saddam Hussein Nagar, Sri Lanka" }, { "docid": "3880430", "text": "Saddam Hussein Nagar, Sri Lanka Saddam Hussein Town () is the name of a village exclusively inhabited by local Muslims in the Batticaloa district of Sri Lanka. It is named after Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, who donated all the funds required to build the village and its central Mosque. Saddam Hussein first became involved in the village after floods hit the area in 1978 and local authorities approached the Iraqi embassy for help. The former president was said to have readily obliged and sponsored construction of the entire village with some 100 houses, including a school and a", "title": "Saddam Hussein Nagar, Sri Lanka" }, { "docid": "403218", "text": "be 250,000. Saddam's invasions of Iran and Kuwait also resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. He acquired the title \"Butcher of Baghdad\". In 2003, a coalition led by the United States invaded Iraq to depose Saddam, in which United States President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair falsely accused him of possessing weapons of mass destruction and having ties to al-Qaeda. Saddam's Ba'ath party was disbanded and elections were held. Following his capture on 13 December 2003, the trial of Saddam took place under the Iraqi Interim Government. On 5 November 2006, Saddam was convicted by", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "403299", "text": "in question during the weeks following the fall of Baghdad and the conclusion of the major fighting of the war. Various sightings of Saddam were reported in the weeks following the war, but none was authenticated. At various times Saddam released audio tapes promoting popular resistance to his ousting. Saddam was placed at the top of the \"U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis\". In July 2003, his sons Uday and Qusay and 14-year-old grandson Mustapha were killed in a three-hour gunfight with U.S. forces. On 13 December 2003, in Operation Red Dawn, Saddam Hussein was captured by American forces after being", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "15529669", "text": "Ace of Spades (video game) Ace of Spades is a team-based first-person shooter and voxel-based sandbox video game developed and published by Jagex. Originally created by Ben Aksoy and released as a prototype in April 2011, the game was acquired by Jagex in 2012 and fully released in December that year. \"Ace of Spades\" was originally developed by Ben Aksoy. The first of version of the game, Beta 0.1, was released on 4 April 2011, and was available for Microsoft Windows. This version of the game played as a 16-versus-16 team-based first-person shooter with a capture the flag game mode,", "title": "Ace of Spades (video game)" }, { "docid": "4952333", "text": "On the other two occasions, the Committee concluded, Saddam Hussein rebuffed meeting requests from an al-Qaeda operative. The intelligence community has not found any other evidence of meetings between al-Qaeda and Iraq. On the more specific question of whether Saddam Hussein was behind the attacks of September 11, 2001, the consensus view is that there is no credible evidence of his government's involvement. On March 20, 2006, President Bush made clear that his administration did not have any evidence to prove Saddam played a role in those attacks. The Bush Administration sought to link the Iraqi dictator to Islamist radicals", "title": "Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations" }, { "docid": "19615380", "text": "years\", said Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani. \"The execution of Saddam Hussein is a big crime. Saddam Hussein was a prisoner of war and was arrested by the U.S. forces, and not by the Iraqi government. It is a crime with which they wanted to cover up many things\", a Sunni politician, Khalaf al-Ulayyan said. \"I don't think it will make much difference because the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that very drastic measures have to be taken to confront the militias and restore law and order\", said Adnan Pachachi. \"Of course, he has some supporters in Iraq—some", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "2791223", "text": "duty wrappers were introduced and although the makers were free to use whatever design they wanted, most chose to keep the ornate ace of spades that is popular today. The ace of spades is thus used to show the card manufacturer's information. The exact design of the ace card was so important, it eventually became the subject of design patents and trademarking. For example, on December 5, 1882, George G. White was granted US design patent US0D0013473 for his design. His ace design was adorned with male and female figures leaning onto the spade from either side. The ace of", "title": "Ace of spades" }, { "docid": "3470506", "text": "the Mukhabarat and the Special Security Organization. Their goal, at least before the capture of Saddam Hussein, was the restoration of the former Ba'athist government to power. The pre-war organization of the Ba'ath Party and its militias as a cellular structure aided the continued pro-Saddam resistance after the fall of Baghdad, and Iraqi intelligence operatives may have developed a plan for guerrilla war following the toppling of Saddam Hussein from power. Following Saddam's capture, the Ba'athist movement largely faded; its surviving factions were increasingly shifting to either nationalist factions (Iraqi, though not Pan-Arab, such as the ideology of the pre-Ba'athist", "title": "Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)" }, { "docid": "4952329", "text": "Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations were made by the U.S. government officials who claimed that a highly secretive relationship existed between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the radical Islamist militant organization Al-Qaeda between 1992 and 2003, specifically through a series of meetings reportedly involving the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS). In the lead up to the Iraq War, U.S. President George W. Bush alleged that Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda might conspire to launch terrorist attacks on the United States, basing the administration's rationale for war, in part, on this allegation . The consensus of", "title": "Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations" }, { "docid": "8735107", "text": "Ace of Spades HQ Ace of Spades HQ, Ace of Spades, or AoS is a conservative and humor-driven U.S.-based political blog covering current events, legal issues, military hardware, and salacious topics in popular culture. The blog was first launched in 2003. It has been quoted, mentioned, referenced or linked by \"The Wall Street Journal\", Fox News, CNN, \"National Review\", \"The Weekly Standard\", and many notable online magazines/blogs, as well as on the floor of the US House of Representatives. The site's leading blogger, the pseudonymous \"Ace of Spades,\" has also appeared as a guest expert on Fox News, although it", "title": "Ace of Spades HQ" }, { "docid": "4952440", "text": "it was \"all okay\".'\" Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations were made by the U.S. government officials who claimed that a highly secretive relationship existed between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the radical Islamist militant organization Al-Qaeda between 1992 and 2003, specifically through a series of meetings reportedly involving the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS). In the lead up to the Iraq War, U.S. President George W. Bush alleged that Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda might conspire to launch terrorist attacks on the United States, basing the administration's rationale for war, in part, on this allegation", "title": "Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations" }, { "docid": "403311", "text": "Hussein. At the time, Saddam then asked Rev. Yasso, \"I heard there was a debt on your church. How much is it?\" After the inquiry, Saddam then donated another $200,000 to Chaldean Sacred Heart Church. Rev. Yasso said that Saddam made donations to Chaldean churches all over the world, and even went on record as saying \"He's very kind to Christians.\" Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (; Arabic: \"\"; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party,", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "1642587", "text": "conjunction with B-52 bombers escorted by F-14D Tomcats from USS \"Carl Vinson\", launched 27 cruise missiles against Iraqi air defense targets in southern Iraq. A second wave of 17 was launched later that day. The missiles hit targets in and around Kut, Iskandariyah, Nasiriyah, and Tallil. This was done in response to Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi dictator, attempting to launch an Iraqi military offensive campaign in the Kurdish town of Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. Operation Provide Comfort officially ended on 31 December 1996. Following Operation Provide Comfort, the United States continued to watch over the northern skies with the launching", "title": "Iraqi no-fly zones" }, { "docid": "13540302", "text": "age of 20, Saddam Hussein joined the nascent Ba'ath Party, which was founded on a socialist form of Pan-Arabism. After participating in an unsuccessful 1959 assassination attempt on then Prime Minister of Iraq Abd al-Karim Qasim, Saddam became a fugitive, and eventually fled to Syria and then Egypt. Following the Ba'athists overthrow of the prime minister in the February 1963 Iraqi coup d'état, and the counter-coup half a year later, Saddam was jailed in Iraq from 1964 to 1966. The Ba'ath party returned to power after another successful coup in 1968. General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, a relative of Saddam Hussein,", "title": "Interrogation of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "9053602", "text": "Iskandariyah, Nasiriyah, and Tallil. This was done in response to Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi dictator, attempting to launch an Iraqi military offensive campaign in the Kurdish town of Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. In his 1998 State of the Union Address, Clinton warned the U.S. Congress of Hussein's possible pursuit of nuclear weapons, saying: The UNS-COM team faced resistance from Iraq, which blocked inspections and hid deadly germ agents and warheads. Clinton then threatened military action several times when Hussein, who turned out to be Iraq's President, tried stalling the UNS-COM inspections. To weaken Hussein's grip of power, Clinton signed the", "title": "Foreign policy of the Bill Clinton administration" }, { "docid": "8735110", "text": "a town-hall setting and the Reagan Revolution, which rejected the notion—now so prevalent in Europe and elsewhere—that the political class can consider itself our 'betters,' and simply make policy decisions on our behalf. We have, he reminded us, not simply an opportunity to inform ourselves about politics, but a 'duty' to do so. Naturally, alternative streams of information will play a large role in that process.\" In a 2007 editorial for the Washington Times, editor Tony Blankley described Ace of Spades HQ as a \"very smart military blog\", which became a catchphrase at the blog. The Ace of Spades HQ", "title": "Ace of Spades HQ" }, { "docid": "403252", "text": "Saddam to stay in power in 1991. Saddam visited only two Western countries. The first visit took place in December 1974, when the dictator of Spain, Francisco Franco, invited him to Madrid and he visited Granada, Córdoba and Toledo. In September 1975 he met with Prime Minister Jacques Chirac in Paris, France. Several Iraqi leaders, Lebanese arms merchant Sarkis Soghanalian and others have claimed that Saddam financed Chirac's party. In 1991 Saddam threatened to expose those who had taken largesse from him: \"From Mr. Chirac to Mr. Chevènement, politicians and economic leaders were in open competition to spend time with", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "2241831", "text": "banking. Ali bin al-Hussein earned his high school diploma from Brummana High School in Lebanon, a BA in Economics from the University of Nottingham, and an MA in Economics from the University of Essex. Ali bin Al-Hussein remained an opponent of the rule of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. In 1991, he quit his job managing investment funds and became a member of the Iraqi National Congress, which had the purpose of fomenting the overthrow of Hussein. On October 28, 2003, representing the Iraqi National Conference Bloc, Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein met Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa in Damascus. They agreed", "title": "Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein" }, { "docid": "403277", "text": "2 August 1990, Saddam invaded Kuwait, initially claiming assistance to \"Kuwaiti revolutionaries,\" thus sparking an international crisis. On 4 August an Iraqi-backed \"Provisional Government of Free Kuwait\" was proclaimed, but a total lack of legitimacy and support for it led to an 8 August announcement of a \"merger\" of the two countries. On 28 August Kuwait formally became the 19th Governorate of Iraq. Just two years after the 1988 Iraq and Iran truce, \"Saddam Hussein did what his Gulf patrons had earlier paid him to prevent.\" Having removed the threat of Iranian fundamentalism he \"overran Kuwait and confronted his Gulf", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "12246114", "text": "to divorce their wives and strip them of their Iraqi uniforms and ranks. However, they allow them to return to their family home, while Raghad and Rana go to their mother's house. Saddam Hussein then tells General Ali Hassan al-Majid that the honor of the al-Majid clan will be tainted as long as the pair go unpunished. Ali subsequently surrounds the brothers' house with troops, offering the brothers weapons so that they can die fighting. In a pitched battle, Hussein and Saddam Kamel are killed. 2003: Saddam, along with Uday, Qusay and Aziz, watch television reports of the unfolding Second", "title": "House of Saddam" }, { "docid": "15529674", "text": "Jagex at the time, explained that this was \"what's right for the game\". Shortly following the release, on 21 December, \"Ace of Spades\" was updated with free downloadable content (DLC) containing four new maps, a new weapon and the reintroduction of the capture the flag game mode. On 24 January 2013, Jagex released, alongside other new content, the \"Classic Mode\" that aimed to play similarly to the 2011 prototype of the game. On Valentine's Day on 14 February 2013, the game received its first paid DLC package, named \"St. Valentine's Day Massacre\", which introduced a new \"VIP mode\" wherein teams", "title": "Ace of Spades (video game)" }, { "docid": "20171940", "text": "Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein The persecution of the Feyli Kurds was a systematic persecution of Feylis by Saddam Hussein between 1970 and 2003. The persecution campaigns led to the expulsion, flight and effective exile of the Feyli Kurds from their ancestral lands in Iraq. The persecution began when a large number of Feyli Kurds were exposed to a big campaign by the regime that began by the dissolved RCCR issuance for 666 decision, which deprived Feyli Kurds of Iraqi nationality and considered them as Iranians. The systematic executions started in Baghdad and Khanaqin in 1979 and later", "title": "Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "19615377", "text": "punishment. Saddam's supporters condemned the action as unjust. \"The world will know that Saddam Hussein lived honestly, died honestly, and maintained his principles. He did not lie when he declared his trial null\", said Saddam's lawyers in a statement. A spokeswoman for Saddam's daughters reported, \"They felt very proud as they saw their father facing his executioners so bravely.\" In Amman, the capital of Jordan, Saddam's eldest daughter, Raghad Hussein, joined protests against her father's execution. Protesters expressed sentiment that Saddam is a martyr and that he was the only Arab leader who said no to the United States. According", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "8735112", "text": "in its videos, cartoons, and pictures. The site frequently employs obscenity and vulgar language, setting it apart from most conservative media outlets. One center-right devout Catholic blogger has described the blog and its commenters as \"smart but very very vulgar.\" Ace of Spades HQ was mentioned by Roy Edroso of the left-wing \"Village Voice\" in the autumn of 2008, in his Guide to the Rightosphere as a \"Fratboytarian\" new-media outlet. Edroso described the Ace of Spades evolution: Ace of Spades HQ Ace of Spades HQ, Ace of Spades, or AoS is a conservative and humor-driven U.S.-based political blog covering current", "title": "Ace of Spades HQ" }, { "docid": "12246103", "text": "House of Saddam House of Saddam is a 2008 drama that charted the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein. A co-production between BBC Television and HBO Films, the series was first broadcast on BBC Two (in the United Kingdom) in four parts between 30 July and 20 August 2008. A pre-title sequence is set in March 2003, showing Saddam watching the broadcast of President George W. Bush's ultimatum to leave Ba'athist Iraq within forty-eight hours. As the bombing of Baghdad commences, Saddam and his family flee the presidential palace. 1979: Shortly after the Iranian Revolution, Iraqi vice president Saddam Hussein", "title": "House of Saddam" }, { "docid": "6269286", "text": "When the judge announced the verdict, Saddam shouted, \"Long live the people. Long live the Arab nation. Down with the spies. God is great.\" Chief defense lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi later quoted a statement from Saddam Hussein given just before the Court issued its verdict. He said that Saddam urged his countrymen to \"unify in the face of sectarian strife\". Al-Dulaimi added that Saddam's message to the people was to \"pardon and do not take revenge on the invading nations, its civilians\". An appeal, mandated by the Iraqi judicial system, followed. There was speculation that the appeals could last years, postponing", "title": "Trial of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "6269269", "text": "On 26 December, Saddam's appeal was rejected and the death sentence upheld. No further appeals were taken and Saddam was ordered executed within 30 days of that date. The date and place of the execution were secret until the sentence was carried out. Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging on 30 December 2006. With his death, all other charges were dropped. The 67-year-old, President Saddam Hussein appeared confident and defiant throughout the 46-minute hearing. Alternating between listening to and gesturing at the judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin, he questioned the legitimacy of the tribunal set up to try him. He called", "title": "Trial of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "1649665", "text": "the area known as the Sunni Triangle. Some units of the Fedayeen also continued to operate independently of other insurgent organizations in the Sunni areas of Iraq. On November 30, 2003, a U.S. convoy traveling through the town of Samarra in the Sunni Triangle was ambushed by over 100 Iraqi guerrillas, reportedly wearing trademark Fedayeen Saddam uniforms. Exactly how much influence they had in the resistance, especially following Saddam Hussein's capture on December 13, 2003, was a source of controversy. The Fedayeen has been cited as carrying out some of the most brutal acts of the pro-Saddam militias. They have", "title": "Fedayeen Saddam" }, { "docid": "403227", "text": "long trek of a wounded man from house to house, city to town, across the desert to refuge in Syria. Some of the plotters (including Saddam) quickly managed to leave the country for Syria, the spiritual home of Ba'athist ideology. There Saddam was given full-membership in the party by Michel Aflaq. Some members of the operation were arrested and taken into custody by the Iraqi government. At the show trial, six of the defendants were given death sentences; for unknown reasons the sentences were not carried out. Aflaq, the leader of the Ba'athist movement, organised the expulsion of leading Iraqi", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "2791221", "text": "Ace of spades The ace of spades (also known as the spadille) is traditionally the highest and most valued card in the deck of playing cards, at least in English-speaking countries. The actual value of the card varies from game to game. The ornate design of the ace of spades, common in packs today, stems from the 17th century, when James I and later Queen Anne imposed laws requiring the ace of spades to bear an insignia of the printing house. Stamp duty, an idea imported to England by Charles I, was extended to playing cards in 1711 by Queen", "title": "Ace of spades" }, { "docid": "403308", "text": "31 December 2006. He was buried 3 km (2 mi) from his sons Uday and Qusay Hussein. His tomb was reported to have been destroyed in March 2015. Before it was destroyed, a Sunni tribal group reportedly removed his body to a secret location, fearful of what might happen. In August 1995, Raghad and her husband Hussein Kamel al-Majid and Rana and her husband, Saddam Kamel al-Majid, defected to Jordan, taking their children with them. They returned to Iraq when they received assurances that Saddam would pardon them. Within three days of their return in February 1996, both of the", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "15255956", "text": "in the back of the store where one of his bodyguards, Etra, tries to kill him by beating him with her enlarged breasts. Another added scene is Mr. Ogden, the manager of the Lancaster Hotel, talking to Zoey at The Collective and cancelling the catering contract because of Aladeen. Paramount Pictures described the film as \"the heroic story of a North African dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.\" Paramount said the film was inspired by the novel \"Zabibah and the King\" by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, though", "title": "The Dictator (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "6269268", "text": "Iraq. The first trial began before the Iraqi Special Tribunal on 19 October 2005. At this trial Saddam and seven other defendants were tried for crimes against humanity with regard to events that took place after a failed assassination attempt in Dujail in 1982 by members of the Islamic Dawa Party (see also human rights abuses in Iraq under Saddam Hussein). A second and separate trial began on 21 August 2006, trying Saddam and six co-defendants for genocide during the Anfal military campaign against the Kurds of northern Iraq. On 5 November 2006, Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging.", "title": "Trial of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "403296", "text": "Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror.\" After the passing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which demanded that Iraq give \"immediate, unconditional and active cooperation\" with UN and IAEA inspections, Saddam allowed U.N. weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix to return to Iraq. During the renewed inspections beginning in November 2002, Blix found no stockpiles of WMD and noted the \"proactive\" but not always \"immediate\" Iraqi cooperation as called for by UN Security Council Resolution 1441. With war still looming on 24 February 2003, Saddam Hussein took part in an interview with CBS", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "20171944", "text": "to Iraqi had difficulties to apply for the citizenship. In 2006, the spokesman of Kurdistan Alliance, Muayad al-Tayeb, called on Iraqi and Kurdish parliaments to support Feyli refugees, stating that \"Feyli Kurds have been subjected to persecution for three reasons, first because they are Kurds, second they are from the Shiite sect and third because they are patriotic people and joined the Kurdish and Iraqi national movement.\" In 2010, the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration reported that since 2003 about 100,000 Feylis have had their citizenship reinstated. Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein The persecution of the Feyli", "title": "Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "2411330", "text": "town of ad-Dawr, but did not find Hussein. A continued search between the two sites found Hussein hiding in a \"spider hole\" at 20:30 hrs local Iraqi time. Hussein did not resist capture. Hussein disappeared from public view soon after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The American military labelled him \"High Value Target Number One\" (HVT1) and began one of the largest manhunts in history. Between July and December 2003, JSOC's Task Force 121 carried out twelve unsuccessful raids to find Saddam Hussein, together with 600 other operations against targets, including 300 interrogations. On December 1, 2003, a former driver", "title": "Operation Red Dawn" }, { "docid": "7573445", "text": "Ace of Spades (comics) Ace of Spades is the name of five fictional characters from DC Comics. This Ace of Spades' first appearance was in an issue of the self-titled 'Joker' series. He became the leader of the Royal Flush Gang after Amos Fortune, the Ace of Clubs, left the group. After being defeated by the Joker, the team disbanded again for a while; however, they returned for a later battle with Wonder Woman. The true identity of this Ace of Spades was never made known. A superstrong android first appeared as the part of the second version of the", "title": "Ace of Spades (comics)" }, { "docid": "7573448", "text": "at large. Ace of Spades (comics) Ace of Spades is the name of five fictional characters from DC Comics. This Ace of Spades' first appearance was in an issue of the self-titled 'Joker' series. He became the leader of the Royal Flush Gang after Amos Fortune, the Ace of Clubs, left the group. After being defeated by the Joker, the team disbanded again for a while; however, they returned for a later battle with Wonder Woman. The true identity of this Ace of Spades was never made known. A superstrong android first appeared as the part of the second version", "title": "Ace of Spades (comics)" }, { "docid": "403262", "text": "to suffer losses from human wave attacks by Iran. By 1982, Iraq was on the defensive and looking for ways to end the war. At this point, Saddam asked his ministers for candid advice. Health Minister Dr. Riyadh Ibrahim suggested that Saddam temporarily step down to promote peace negotiations. Initially, Saddam Hussein appeared to take in this opinion as part of his cabinet democracy. A few weeks later, Dr. Ibrahim was sacked when held responsible for a fatal incident in an Iraqi hospital where a patient died from intravenous administration of the wrong concentration of potassium supplement. Dr. Ibrahim was", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "3470514", "text": "Islamic Council of Iraq. The group is currently based in Karbala, Iraq, and is also active in areas throughout southern Iraq. The group was formed by the Iranian Government to fight the Saddam Hussein-controlled Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War. Originally, the group consisted of Iraqi exiles who were banished from Iraq during the reign of Saddam Hussein. After the war ended in 1988, the organization remained in Iran until Saddam Hussein was overthrown during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Following the invasion, the brigade then moved into Iraq, became members of the new Iraq Army, and aided coalition forces in", "title": "Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)" }, { "docid": "15529673", "text": "the game were launched alongside, and by 11 December, one day before the release, Jagex reported that 500,000 users had pre-registered for the game. \"Ace of Spades\" launch trailer, released alongside the game itself, highlighted the characteristics of the game's new characters. In reference to the game's title, the trailer also featured Motörhead's eponymous 1980 song, \"Ace of Spades\". Unlike previous games released by Jagex, such as \"RuneScape\", \"Ace of Spades\" was not released in a free-to-play model and was instead provided as a one-off purchase costing , described as a \"small one-off fee\". Mark Gerhard, chief executive officer of", "title": "Ace of Spades (video game)" }, { "docid": "2791222", "text": "Anne and lasted until 1960. Over the years a number of methods were used to show that duty had been paid. From 1712 onwards, one of the cards in the pack, usually the ace of spades, was marked with a hand stamp. In 1765 hand stamping was replaced by the printing of official ace of spades by the Stamp Office, incorporating the royal coat of arms. In 1828 the Duty Ace of Spades (known as \"Old Frizzle\") was printed to indicate a reduced duty of a shilling had been paid. The system was changed again in 1862 when official threepenny", "title": "Ace of spades" }, { "docid": "19615403", "text": "sectarian free-for-all that had the effect, on the video recordings, of making Mr. Hussein, a mass murderer, appear dignified and restrained, and his executioners, representing Shi'ites who were his principal victims, seem like bullying street thugs.\" The British Pakistani writer Tariq Ali denounced the proceedings, contrasting more favorably the trials of Nazi criminals after World War II with the trial of Saddam, \"Where Nuremberg was a more dignified application of victor's justice, Saddam's trial has, till now, been the crudest and most grotesque.\" Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein were varied. Some", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "5540409", "text": "23 in the UK chart. Ace of Spades (song) \"Ace of Spades\" is a song by English heavy metal band Motörhead, released in 1980 as a single and the title track to the album \"Ace of Spades\". Initially issued as a 7\" vinyl single on 27 October 1980 as a preview to the album \"Ace of Spades\" and autumn tour, the song was also released by Bronze Records as a 12\" vinyl pressing in special Christmas picture sleeves, limited to 50,000 copies. The picture of the band in Santa outfits used on the cover was taken at the Aylesbury Fair,", "title": "Ace of Spades (song)" }, { "docid": "5540400", "text": "Ace of Spades (song) \"Ace of Spades\" is a song by English heavy metal band Motörhead, released in 1980 as a single and the title track to the album \"Ace of Spades\". Initially issued as a 7\" vinyl single on 27 October 1980 as a preview to the album \"Ace of Spades\" and autumn tour, the song was also released by Bronze Records as a 12\" vinyl pressing in special Christmas picture sleeves, limited to 50,000 copies. The picture of the band in Santa outfits used on the cover was taken at the Aylesbury Fair, while the band were on", "title": "Ace of Spades (song)" }, { "docid": "10808867", "text": "1991 uprising to overthrow Saddam Hussein after the US had driven the Iraqi Army from Kuwait. Residents became embittered when support promised by the US did not materialize. Basra then suffered from years of sanctions and bombing, as well as bad treatment from Hussein. An Iraqi living in exile said in 2001: \"Iraqis think Saddam is America's man. These people are not going to forget what has happened to them. In their eyes, it is genocide. And people do not forget genocide.\" The population of Basra saw a dramatic increase in birth defects and childhood cancer during the 1990s; these", "title": "Battle of Basra (2003)" }, { "docid": "3470494", "text": "of Iraq (19 March – 1 May 2003) began the Iraq War, or \"Operation Iraqi Freedom\", in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the government of Saddam Hussein within 21 days of major combat operations. The invasion phase consisted of a conventionally fought war which concluded with the capture of the Iraq capital Baghdad by U.S. forces. Four countries participated with troops during the initial invasion phase, which lasted from 19 March to 9 April 2003. These were the United States (148,000), United Kingdom (45,000), Australia", "title": "Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)" }, { "docid": "1635266", "text": "that, while polling data collected \"right after 11 Sept. 2001\" showed that only 3 percent mentioned Iraq or Saddam Hussein, by January 2003 attitudes \"had been transformed\" with a Knight Ridder poll showing that 44% of Americans believed \"most\" or \"some\" of the 11 September hijackers were Iraqi citizens. According to General Tommy Franks, the objectives of the invasion were, \"First, end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Second, to identify, isolate and eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Third, to search for, to capture and to drive out terrorists from that country. Fourth, to collect such intelligence as we can", "title": "2003 invasion of Iraq" }, { "docid": "8048207", "text": "sent Jack Cloonan and several other agents, to speak with a number of people known to have ties to Bin Laden. Al Duri and another Iraqi colleague agreed to meet with Cloonan in a safe house overseen by the intelligence service. They were asked whether there was any possible connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, and laughed stating that Bin Laden hated the dictator, who he believed was a \"Scotch-drinking, woman-chasing apostate.\" The operation raises the possibility that Iraq quietly funneled money to Al Qaeda by deliberately choosing an oil company working with one of the terrorist group's alleged financial", "title": "Timeline of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations" }, { "docid": "1635289", "text": "by Paramilitary Officers from SAD and the Army's 10th Special Forces Group. SAD teams also conducted high-risk special reconnaissance missions behind Iraqi lines to identify senior leadership targets. These missions led to the initial strikes against Saddam Hussein and his key generals. Although the initial strikes against Saddam were unsuccessful in killing the dictator or his generals, they were successful in effectively ending the ability to command and control Iraqi forces. Other strikes against key generals were successful and significantly degraded the command's ability to react to and maneuver against the U.S.-led invasion force coming from the south. SAD operations", "title": "2003 invasion of Iraq" }, { "docid": "13540304", "text": "before it fell in mid April, and disappeared; he was finally captured on December 13 of that year by U.S. soldiers. Saddam remained in U.S. military custody throughout his subsequent criminal trial. On November 5, 2006, Saddam was found guilty of crimes against humanity, and was turned over to the Iraqi Interim Government for his execution by hanging just before the end of that year, on the 30th of December. When Saddam was initially questioned, he gave his U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps interrogators only evasive or rhetorical answers. Control of his interrogation was soon transferred from the military intelligence", "title": "Interrogation of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "4201120", "text": "stated \"..Vic got me singing instead of just shouting all the time..\" while Taylor added \"..and he got me playing more solid..\" Motörhead appeared on \"Top of the Pops\" twice in October to promote the single \"Ace of Spades\", and were guests on the ITV children's morning show \"Tiswas\" on 8 November. The band undertook a UK tour from 22 October through to 2 December under the banner \"Ace Up Your Sleeve\", with support from Girlschool and Vardis. After the Belfast show on 2 December, hijinks resulted in Taylor breaking his neck forcing him to wear a neck-brace and curtailing", "title": "Ace of Spades (album)" }, { "docid": "15529677", "text": "not \"launched well\", because of which he asked Jagex' board to create a new title in the same genre. On 3 April 2018, Jagex announced that \"Ace of Spades\" would officially be discontinued. As a result, the game was taken off sale immediately, while dedicated game servers were to stay online through 3 July that year. However, on 2 July, Jagex stated that \"Ace of Spades\" shutdown would be postponed as they considered possible alternative futures for the game. Ace of Spades (video game) Ace of Spades is a team-based first-person shooter and voxel-based sandbox video game developed and published", "title": "Ace of Spades (video game)" }, { "docid": "19615396", "text": "unfair if George Bush is not also put before an international tribunal\", he said. \"Saddam was executed for killing 148 people, Iraqi Shi'a Muslims, while Bush is responsible for the killing of about 600,000 Iraqis since the March 2003 invasion.\" Many other governments, including Canada, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Greece, expressed concerns and wishes for stability in Iraq, without passing judgment on whether or not Saddam should have been executed. Respect for the Iraqi judicial process and the judgment in this case was expressed by many other leaders and government officials, including those of Afghanistan, the People's Republic of China,", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "15648687", "text": "Ace of Spades (junction) The Ace of Spades roundabout is a road junction in Hook in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated at the junction of the A243 Hook Road and the A3 Road, known as the Portsmouth Road, as well as the conclusion of the A309 Kingston Bypass. It takes its name from a once well known 1930s roadhouse at the same location. The Ace of Spades Roadhouse was a pioneer establishment, serving meals 24hrs a day in a restaurant with seating for up to 800, dancing until 3am, open air swimming pool, a miniature", "title": "Ace of Spades (junction)" }, { "docid": "7573447", "text": "former King of the second Royal Flush Gang, Clay replaced the \"Derek Reston\" android as the Ace when the second Gambler re-formed and re-equipped the Gang. He was outfitted with a powered exo-skeleton to give him super strength. The fifth Ace of Spades is a Hispanic male who was recruited by Lex Luthor to join the most recent incarnation of the RFG, which was in turn a part of the Secret Society of Super-Villains, during the Infinite Crisis. The team was sent to menace the new Firestorm (Jason Rusch) but was defeated; however, they escaped capture and are presumably still", "title": "Ace of Spades (comics)" }, { "docid": "739882", "text": "March 19 to May 1, the United States launched an invasion of Iraq, which led to the collapse of the Iraq government and the eventual capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, with whom the U.S. had long-standing tense relations. The reasons for the invasion cited by the Bush administration included the spreading of democracy, the elimination of weapons of mass destruction (a key demand of the UN as well, though later investigations found parts of the intelligence reports to be inaccurate), and the liberation of the Iraqi people. Despite some initial successes early in the invasion, the continued Iraq War", "title": "History of the United States" }, { "docid": "19615376", "text": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein were varied. Some strongly supported the execution, particularly those personally affected by Saddam's actions as leader. Some of these victims wished to see him brought to trial for his other actions, alleged to have resulted in a much greater number of deaths than those for which he was convicted. Some believed the execution would boost morale in Iraq, while others feared it would incite further violence. Many in the international community supported Saddam being brought to justice but objected in particular to the use of capital", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "3479564", "text": "Saddam Kamel Saddam Kamel Hassan al-Majid (1956-1996) was the second cousin and son-in-law of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He was married to Rana Hussein and was the brother of Hussein Kamel al-Majid (who was also married to a daughter of Saddam, Raghad Hussein). He was for a time head of the Republican Guard. He was removed from the position in 1986 in favour of Saddam Hussein's son, Qusay Hussein. Due to his close resemblance to the Iraqi leader, he played the part of Saddam Hussein in the film \"The Long Days\", a propagandistic account of Saddam Hussein's life. In", "title": "Saddam Kamel" }, { "docid": "15529676", "text": "onto the map editor integration, the game was updated with the a custom, 24-player mode where players built maps within a limited time. Subsequently, the game was rebranded as \"Ace of Spades: Battle Builder\". \"Ace of Spades\" received \"generally unfavorable\" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic, where the game holds a score of 49/100, based on 13 critic reviews. On 20 November 2014, Jagex announced \"Block N Load\" as a free-to-play successor to \"Ace of Spades\". \"Block N Load\" developed stemmed from Alex Horton, chief creative officer at Jagex at the time, who acknowledged that \"Ace of Spades\" was", "title": "Ace of Spades (video game)" }, { "docid": "1728729", "text": "starting with the aces and kings, were used for the people at the top of the most-wanted list. The ace of spades is Saddam Hussein, the aces of clubs and hearts are his sons Qusay and Uday respectively, and the ace of diamonds is Saddam's presidential secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti. This strict correspondence to the order of the most-wanted list was not carried through the entire deck, but some time later in 2003, the list itself was renumbered to conform (almost) to the deck of cards. The card backs feature a green military camouflage pattern. According to US Navy", "title": "Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards" }, { "docid": "403303", "text": "before his execution; he was concerned to ensure his legacy and how the history would be told. The tour was conducted by U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Doug Stone, overseer of detention operations for the U.S. military in Iraq at the time. On 30 June 2004, Saddam Hussein, held in custody by U.S. forces at the U.S. base \"Camp Cropper\", along with 11 other senior Ba'athist leaders, were handed over legally (though not physically) to the interim Iraqi government to stand trial for crimes against humanity and other offences. A few weeks later, he was charged by the Iraqi Special Tribunal", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "1751457", "text": "turn Fallujah into Dresden\". The U.S. handed authority of the city over to a former Iraqi general who had served under Saddam Hussein, and whose fighters the U.S. acknowledges may include former members of insurgency. Afterwards, the city was referred to as \"free rebel town\"; banners in the city streets proclaimed victory over the United States, and some of its mosques praised the Iraqi insurgency. The general, Muhammed Latif, told Reuters, \"\"I want the American soldier to return to his camp. What I want more is that he returns to the United States.\" U.S. marines encircled Fallujah with an earth", "title": "History of Iraq (2003–2011)" }, { "docid": "4952419", "text": "5: Postwar findings support the assessment that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and associates were present in Baghdad from May–November 2002. \"Prewar assessments expressed uncertainty about Iraq's complicity in their presence, but overestimated the Iraqi regime's capabilities to locate them. Postwar information indicates that Saddam Hussein attempted, unsuccessfully, to locate and capture al-Zarqawi and that the regime did not have a relationship with, harbor, or turn a blind eye toward Zarqawi.\" Conclusion 6: Prewar interactions between Saddam Hussein's government and al-Qaeda affiliate group Ansar al-Islam were attempts by Saddam to spy on the group rather than to support or work with them.", "title": "Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations" }, { "docid": "6269287", "text": "his actual execution. However, on 26 December, Saddam's appeal was rejected and the death sentence was given. No further appeals were possible and Saddam had to be executed within 30 days of that date. The decision still had to be ratified by the Iraqi President but could not be commuted. Judge Arif Shaheen, one of the nine appeal judges, said, \"It cannot exceed 30 days. As from tomorrow the sentence could be carried out at any time. The appeals court has issued its verdict. What we have decided today is compulsory.\" On 30 December 2006 at approximately 6:05 am Baghdad", "title": "Trial of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "8048185", "text": "Afghanistan to meet with bin Laden. Three intelligence agencies tell ABC News they cannot be certain what was discussed, but almost certainly, they say, bin Laden has been told he would be welcome in Baghdad. This story is repeated by CNN on 13 February. The article reports that \"Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has offered asylum to bin Laden, who openly supports Iraq against the Western powers.\" Indeed, intelligence agencies tracked contacts between Iraqi agents and Al Qaeda agents in the '90s in Sudan and Afghanistan, where bin Laden is believed to have met with Farouk Hijazi, head of Iraqi intelligence.", "title": "Timeline of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations" }, { "docid": "403310", "text": "many feelings and he was very tender with all of us.\" With the intention of discrediting Saddam Hussein with his supporters, CIA was considering making a video in which he would be seen having sex with a teenager. In 1979, Rev. Jacob Yasso of Chaldean Sacred Heart Church congratulated Saddam Hussein on his presidency. In return, Rev. Yasso said that Saddam Hussein donated US$250,000 to his church, which is made up of at least 1,200 families of Middle Eastern descent. In 1980, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young allowed Rev. Yasso to present the key to the city of Detroit to Saddam", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "403219", "text": "an Iraqi court of crimes against humanity related to the 1982 killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'a, and sentenced to death by hanging. He was executed on 30 December 2006. Before he was born, cancer killed both Saddam's father and brother. These deaths so depressed Saddam's mother (Sabha) that she attempted to abort her pregnancy and commit suicide. When her son was born, Sabha \"would have nothing to do with him\", and Saddam was taken in by an uncle. His mother remarried, and Saddam gained three half-brothers through this marriage. His stepfather, Ibrahim al-Hassan, treated Saddam harshly after his return. At", "title": "Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "19615398", "text": "and Poland expressed approval of the execution. A spokesman for Poland's president said, \"justice has been meted out to a criminal who murdered thousands of people in Iraq.\" In the United States, President George W. Bush made a statement, \"Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself.\" Celebration in the United States occurred in at least one location in Dearborn, Michigan, at the corner of Warren and Greenfield, a heavily Shi'a Iraqi-American community. In Iran, members", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "19615391", "text": "as such should have been tried in the US or Britain, rather than in an Iraqi puppet regime's kangaroo court.\" Libya declared three days of mourning after Saddam Hussein's death and cancelled public celebrations around the Eid religious holiday. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran said that \"The execution of Saddam has proven that trusting the United States is not convenient,\" referring to the Iran–Iraq War in 1980-88 during which, he alleged, Washington encouraged Saddam in going to war with Tehran but then ousted him from power in 2003 \"when he wasn't useful anymore. Countries in the region should learn the", "title": "Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein" }, { "docid": "8011864", "text": "mass destruction and an associated military program were wrong. The official findings by the CIA in October 2004 were that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein \"did not possess stockpiles of illicit weapons at the time of the U.S. invasion in March 2003 and had not begun any program to produce them.\" Immediately following and during these searches, many theories were put forward on how it could be possible for these WMDs to have suddenly disappeared (assuming they were, in fact, there at first). These theories included conspiracy theories, accusations against other governments and claims of successful deception efforts by Saddam Hussein.", "title": "WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq" }, { "docid": "2791225", "text": "from top clockwise: headquarters at the twelve o'clock position, 1st Battalion at the three o'clock, etc. Some twenty years later, a folk legend about the ace of spades being used by American Soldiers during the Vietnam War was popularized. Supposedly, US troops believed that Vietnamese traditions held the symbolism of the spade to mean death and ill-fortune and in a bid to frighten and demoralize Viet Cong soldiers, it was common practice to mockingly leave an ace of spades on the bodies of killed Vietnamese and even to litter the forested grounds and fields with the card. This custom was", "title": "Ace of spades" } ]

[ "Pineapple Connection", "Pineapple express", "Pineapple Express" ]

[ { "docid": "2676071", "text": "Pineapple Express Pineapple Express is a non-technical term for a meteorological phenomenon characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated with heavy precipitation from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands and extending to any location along the Pacific coast of North America. A Pineapple Express is an example of an atmospheric river, which is a more general term for such narrow corridors of enhanced water vapor transport at mid-latitudes around the world. A Pineapple Express is driven by a strong, southern branch of the polar jet stream and is marked by the presence of a", "title": "Pineapple Express" }, { "docid": "2676081", "text": "State Route 9 and State Route 152. The storm brought major snow to the Sierra Nevada and San Gabriel Mountains. A state record was recorded with places on the Sierra reaching up to 800 inches of snow. The storm also brought significant flooding to the Los Angeles area and most of Southern California killing about 3 people. Pineapple Express Pineapple Express is a non-technical term for a meteorological phenomenon characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated with heavy precipitation from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands and extending to any location along the Pacific", "title": "Pineapple Express" }, { "docid": "15145247", "text": "Atmospheric river An atmospheric river (AR) is a narrow corridor or filament of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere. Atmospheric rivers consist of narrow bands of enhanced water vapor transport, typically along the boundaries between large areas of divergent surface air flow, including some frontal zones in association with extratropical cyclones that form over the oceans. Pineapple Express storms are the most commonly represented and recognized type of atmospheric rivers; they are given the name due to the warm water vapor plumes originating over the Hawaiian tropics that follow a path towards California. The term was originally coined by researchers Reginald", "title": "Atmospheric river" } ]

[ { "docid": "14155216", "text": "a 16-year interval. Southern Europe experiences a 22-year cycle in rainfall variation. Other smaller term cycles are seen at 10-12 year and 6-7 year periods within the rainfall record. Places with significant impact by acid rain across the continent include most of eastern Europe from Poland northward into Scandinavia. Precipitation across Canada is highest in the mountain ranges in the western portions due to onshore flow bringing Pacific moisture into the mountains, which is subsequently forced to lift up their slopes and deposit significant precipitation, primarily between August and May. Mesoscale convective systems are common mid-summer near the central border", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "9892901", "text": "This heavy rainfall can lead to landslides, which still cause significant loss of life such as seen during Hurricane Mitch in Central America, where several thousand perished. The Hurricane Research Division of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory created the r-CLIPER (rainfall climatology and persistence) model to act as a baseline for all verification regarding tropical cyclone rainfall. The theory is, if the global forecast models cannot beat predictions based on climatology, then there is no skill in their use. There is a definite advantage to using the forecast track with r-CLIPER because it could be run out 120 hours/5", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting" }, { "docid": "6981091", "text": "right was developed by Riehl in 1954 using meteorological equations that assume a gale radius of about , a fairly symmetric cyclone, and does not consider topographic effects or vertical wind shear. Local amounts can exceed this chart by a factor of two due to topography. Wind shear tends to lessen the amounts below what is shown on the table. Larger tropical cyclones have larger rain shields, which can lead to higher rainfall amounts farther from the cyclone's center. This is generally due to the longer time frame rainfall falls at any one spot in a larger system, when compared", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "9892898", "text": "within one-half degree, or , of the center of a mature tropical cyclone. Many tropical cyclones progress at a forward motion of 10 knots, which would limit the duration of this excessive rainfall to around one-quarter of a day, which would yield about of rainfall. This would be true over water, within of the coastline, and outside topographic features. As a cyclone moves farther inland and is cut off from its supply of warmth and moisture (the ocean), rainfall amounts from tropical cyclones and their remains decrease quickly. Vertical wind shear forces the rainfall pattern around a tropical cyclone to", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting" }, { "docid": "6981093", "text": "Many tropical cyclones progress at a forward motion of 10 knots, which would limit the duration of this excessive rainfall to around one-quarter of a day, which would yield about 8.50 inches (216 mm) of rainfall. This would be true over water, within 100 miles (160 km) of the coastline, and outside topographic features. As a cyclone moves farther inland and is cut off from its supply of warmth and moisture (the ocean), rainfall amounts from tropical cyclones and their remains decrease quickly. Vertical wind shear forces the rainfall pattern around a tropical cyclone to become highly asymmetric, with most", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "9439907", "text": "southwest. Recently, the region has experienced a couple heavy rainfall events that exceeded the 50-year return period, during October 1996 and October 1998, which suggest an increase in heavy rainfall along the coast. Snow, although not usually associated with tropics, falls at higher elevations on the Big Island, on Mauna Loa as well as Mauna Kea, which reaches an altitude of in some winter months. Snow only rarely falls on Maui's Haleakala. Mount Waiʻaleʻale (\"Waialeale\"), on the island of Kauai, is notable for its extreme rainfall, as it has the second highest average annual rainfall on Earth, with . Storm", "title": "United States rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "14283165", "text": "was concentrated in the southeastern section of the state. Several meteorological elements worked to enhance the moisture from the cyclone. Rainfall totals exceeding were common, with as much as reported locally in the Catskills. At Cairo, of rain fell. The precipitation, combined with that of Hurricane Dennis earlier in the month, helped to alleviate persistent drought conditions. Floyd also produced gusty winds, reaching at Stewart International Airport, worsened by a pressure gradient between the storm and an area of high pressure over the Ohio Valley. Floyd's rainfall resulted in deadly and extensive flooding that killed two people in New York.", "title": "Effects of Hurricane Floyd in New York" }, { "docid": "9439898", "text": "to the Plains. An especially long-lived and well-organized type of mesoscale convective system called a mesoscale convective complex produces on average 8% to 18% of the annual warm season rainfall across the Plains and Midwest. Squall lines account for 30% of the large thunderstorm complexes which move through the region. The subtropical jet stream brings in upper level moisture from the Pacific Ocean during the cold season. Ahead of storm systems, significant moisture becomes drawn in from the Gulf of Mexico, which increases moisture within the atmospheric column and leads to precipitation ahead of extratropical cyclones. During the El Niño", "title": "United States rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "11766111", "text": "month. Major flooding – unusual for this time of year – occurred on all rivers draining from the Australian Alps and over the South Coast. By the time the rain eased after further heavy falls early in April, Canberra had had its second wettest month on record. Over the North Coast up to Brisbane and inland to the Darling Downs, however, March rainfall had been below normal. In these regions, however, the moist easterly flow of March continued to bring heavy rainfall later in April; however, in much of western and far southern New South Wales April was very dry.", "title": "1950 Australian rainfall records" }, { "docid": "14155204", "text": "continental, oceanic climate, Mediterranean climate, steppe, subarctic climate, tundra, polar ice cap, and desert. Rain forests are characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between and . A tropical savanna is a grassland biome located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and tropical latitudes, with rainfall between and a year. They are widespread on Africa, and are also found in India, the northern parts of South America, Malaysia, and Australia. The humid subtropical climate zone where winter rainfall (and sometimes snowfall) is associated with large storms that the westerlies steer from west to east.", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "9893016", "text": "each year. Due to its rugged topography, Taiwan sees extreme rains from tropical cyclones, particularly in its central mountain range. An early October 2004 tropical depression brought moisture into the highlands of Tibet, leading to daily precipitation of 60 mm/2.4 inches liquid equivalent to Che-Ku County all in the form of heavy snow, which was a new October daily precipitation record for both rain and snow. This led to a loss of 340,000 kg of food, 230,000 kg of forage grass, and 263 livestock in the snowstorm. China tropical cyclone rainfall climatology China is a mountainous country, which leads to", "title": "China tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "9439910", "text": "a rainy season from July to December. Typhoons frequent the island, which can lead to excessive rainfall. During El Niño years, dry season precipitation averages below normal. However, the threat of a tropical cyclone is over triple what is normal during El Niño years, so extreme shorter duration rainfall events are possible. American Samoa's climate regime is dominated by southeast trade winds. The island dependency is wet, with annual rainfall averaging near at the airport, with amounts closer to in other areas. There is a distinct rainy season when tropical cyclones occasionally visit between November and April. The dry season", "title": "United States rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "14155208", "text": "climate in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Ghana, Burkina Faso, Darfur, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Botswana have a distinct rainy season. Within of Madagascar, trade winds bring moisture up the eastern slopes of the island, which is deposited as rainfall, and brings drier downsloped winds to areas south and west leaving the western sections of the island in a rain shadow. This leads to significantly more rainfall over northeast sections of the island than the southwestern portions of Madagascar. Southern Africa receives most of its rainfall from summer convective storms and with extratropical cyclones moving through the Westerlies. Once a decade, tropical", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "1384556", "text": "2006, President George W. Bush issued a public proclamation creating Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The Monument encompasses the northwestern Hawaiian Islands and surrounding waters, forming the largest marine wildlife reserve in the world. In August 2010, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee added Papahānaumokuākea to its list of World Heritage Sites. On August 26, 2016, President Barack Obama greatly expanded Papahānaumokuākea, quadrupling it from its original size. The climate of the Hawaiian Islands is tropical but it experiences many different climates, depending on altitude and weather. The islands receive most rainfall from the trade winds on", "title": "Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "10469933", "text": "an impact in major cities with inundated roads causing traffic jams. An example of this was in the year 2005 when the Madivala lake overflowed on to the Hosur Road in Bangalore forcing many schools and offices to close. The average annual rainfall in Karnataka is 1248 mm. The state is divided into three meteorological zones viz. North Interior Karnataka, South Interior Karnataka and Coastal Karnataka. Coastal Karnataka with an average annual rainfall of 3456 mm is one of the most rainy regions in the country. Contrasting this, the region of South Interior Karnataka and North Interior Karnataka receive only", "title": "Rainfall in Karnataka" }, { "docid": "11766113", "text": "south coast gave that region further flooding rains. From the second week of June to the end of winter, the weather patterns became quite unusual. Strong high-pressure systems over Tasmania and Victoria were virtually constant and allowed moist easterly air to flow consistently over New South Wales and Queensland. Combined with a series of upper-level lows lifting the moisture, this caused remarkably heavy rain except over the extreme south of New South Wales, where it was dry and the ski season extremely poor. June 1950 was Sydney's wettest month on record with , whilst at Dorrigo on the edge of", "title": "1950 Australian rainfall records" }, { "docid": "15714673", "text": "of a standard orchestra to include a saxophone\". It was reissued in 2002 in a collection of his light music. A review notes that the work \"treads a dangerous and ultimately unsuccessfully schizophrenic path between the hula and urbane romanticism.\" A recording with conducting the Berliner Symphoniker, possibly in March 1931, also used the saxophone and Hawaiian guitar, but additionally gong, xylophone and a men's chorus singing without words, because it was coupled with \"In a Chinese Temple Garden\" which requires the larger ensemble. By the Blue Hawaiian Waters By the Blue Hawaiian Waters is a piece of light classical", "title": "By the Blue Hawaiian Waters" }, { "docid": "11766110", "text": "the lower Cooper recorded for the entire month , which is about 145 percent of its mean annual rainfall. Most pastoral areas were described as having a \"superabundance of feed\" and losses of sheep in the Lake Eyre Basin due to blowfly strike were as serious as experienced in the frequent droughts characteristic of the basin's extraordinarily variable climate. With the interaction with a cold front mid-month, the heavy rainfall shifted southward to the Murrumbidgee River basin. In three days, Canberra received and the heavy rain continued over southeastern New South Wales and adjacent Victoria until the end of the", "title": "1950 Australian rainfall records" }, { "docid": "3039030", "text": "around the coast from dry tropical (< 20 in or 500 mm annual rainfall) to wet tropical; and up the slopes from tropical rainforest (> 200 in or 5000 mm per year) through a temperate climate into alpine conditions of cold and dry climate. The rainy climate impacts soil development, which largely determines ground permeability, which affects the distribution of streams, wetlands, and wet places. The distance and remoteness of the Hawaiian archipelago is a biological filter. Seeds or spores attached to a lost migrating bird's feather or an insect falling out of the high winds found a place to", "title": "Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "14155198", "text": "realtime localised rainfall by estimating cloud albedo, water content, and the corresponding probability of rain. Geographic distribution of rain is largely governed by climate type, topography and habitat humidity. In mountainous areas, heavy precipitation is possible where upslope flow is maximized within windward sides of the terrain at elevation. On the leeward side of mountains, desert climates can exist due to the dry air caused by compressional heating. The movement of the monsoon trough, or intertropical convergence zone, brings rainy seasons to savannah climes. The urban heat island effect leads to increased rainfall, both in amounts and intensity, downwind of", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "9892894", "text": "shear leads to decreased rainfall amounts, as rainfall is favored downshear and slightly left of the center and the upshear side is left devoid of rainfall. The presence of hills or mountains near the coast, as is the case across much of Mexico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, much of Central America, Madagascar, Réunion, China, and Japan act to magnify amounts on their windward side due to forced ascent causing heavy rainfall in the mountains. A strong system moving through the mid latitudes, such as a cold front, can lead to high amounts from tropical systems, occurring well in advance of", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting" }, { "docid": "10469932", "text": "consists of a first-flush filter which flushes out the first rainfall along with other contaminants that may exist on the roof and then subsequent cleaner rainwater is allowed to pass on to the tank. A sand bed filter is used to further eliminate impurities in the water before it gets collected in the tank. Further precautions are taken to prevent dust and insects from entering the tank. A year of deficient rainfall leads to the following consequences: Heavy rains can lead to a significant loss of life and property and also cause damage to the crops. Excess rains also cause", "title": "Rainfall in Karnataka" }, { "docid": "14155210", "text": "the onset of the summer monsoon which is characterized by the development of lower air pressure (a thermal low) over the warmest part of Asia. Cherrapunji, situated on the southern slopes of the Eastern Himalaya in Shillong, India is one of the wettest places on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,430 mm (450 in). The highest recorded rainfall in a single year was 22,987 mm (904.9 in) in 1861. The 38-year average at Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India is 11,873 mm (467.4 in). Lower rainfall maxima are found on the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts of Turkey and the mountains", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "9439901", "text": "region from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, supplying portions of the area with one-quarter of their annual rainfall, on average. Fall is the time of the rainfall minimum across Louisiana. Sometimes, Gulf moisture sneaks up the Front Range of Rockies as far north as the northern High Plains, bringing higher dewpoint air into states such as Wyoming and Montana. Extratropical cyclones can bring moderate to heavy snowfall during the cold season. On the backside of these systems, particularly those moving through the eastern United States, lake effect snowfall is possible. Low level cold in the winter sweeping in from", "title": "United States rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "14155209", "text": "cyclones lead to excessive rainfall across the region. A large annual rainfall minimum, composed primarily of deserts, stretches from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia west-southwest through Pakistan and Iran into the Arabian Desert in Saudi Arabia. Rainfall around the continent is favored across its southern portion from India east and northeast across the Philippines and southern China into Japan due to the monsoon advecting moisture primarily from the Indian Ocean into the region. The monsoon trough can reach as far north as the 40th parallel in East Asia during August before moving southward thereafter. Its poleward progression is accelerated by", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "14500599", "text": "Climate of the Falkland Islands The climate of the Falkland Islands is cool and temperate, regulated by the large oceans which surround it. The Falkland Islands are located over from South America, to the north of the Antarctic convergence, where cooler waters from the south mix with warmer waters from the north. Winds mostly come from the west, creating a difference between the relative levels of precipitation between the eastern islands and the western islands. The total annual rainfall is only about . Although snow falls, it does not settle due to the strength of the winds. The temperature of", "title": "Climate of the Falkland Islands" }, { "docid": "14155201", "text": "at the south of the Sahara Desert knows an extremely intense and a nearly permanent dry season and only receives minimum summer rainfall. Across Asia, a large annual rainfall minimum, composed primarily of deserts, stretches from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia west-southwest through Pakistan and Iran into the Arabian Desert in Saudi Arabia. In Asia, rainfall is favored across its southern portion from India east and northeast across the Philippines and southern China into Japan due to the monsoon advecting moisture primarily from the Indian Ocean into the region. Similar, but weaker, monsoon circulations are present over North America and", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "11990349", "text": "Ringway to SeaTac \"Ringway to SeaTac\" is a song by The Wedding Present. It was released as the third and last single from the album \"Take Fountain\". The single was released on October 24, 2005 on CD. A music video was produced for the song, featuring the band performing the song on a completely white stage. The video can be found on the bonus DVD from the compilation album \"\", released in 2006. The \"SeaTac\" in the song's title refers to the airport between Seattle and Tacoma in Washington state. Ringway is the former name of Manchester airport in the", "title": "Ringway to SeaTac" }, { "docid": "8388444", "text": "\"preceding wetness conditions\". Antecedent moisture is the relative wetness or dryness of a sewershed, which changes continuously and can have a very significant effect on the flow responses in these systems during wet weather. Antecedent moisture conditions are high when there has been a lot of recent rainfall and the ground is moist. Antecedent moisture conditions are low when there has been little rainfall and the ground becomes dry. Rainfall/runoff relationship are well defined within the field of hydrology. Surface runoff in hydrologic systems is generally conceptualized as occurring from pervious and impervious areas. It is the pervious runoff that", "title": "Antecedent moisture" }, { "docid": "6981094", "text": "of the precipitation falling to the left and downwind of the shear vector, or downshear left. In other words, southwesterly shear forces the bulk of the rainfall north-northeast of the center. If the wind shear is strong enough, the bulk of the rainfall will move away from the center leading to what is known as an exposed circulation center. When this occurs, the potential magnitude of rainfall with the tropical cyclone will be significantly reduced. As a tropical cyclone interacts with an upper-level trough and the related surface front, a distinct northern area of precipitation is seen along the front", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "3039027", "text": "Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands Located about 2300 miles (3680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of at least 5 millions years. As a consequence, Hawai'i is home to a large number of endemic species. The radiation of species described by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands which", "title": "Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "10469934", "text": "1286 and 731 mm of average annual rainfall. The average annual rainfall in the districts of Karnataka varies from 562 mm in the Bagalkot district to 4119 mm in the Udupi District. Bagalkot, Chitradurga and Koppal are the districts which receive the least rainfall whereas Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Chickmagalur and Shivamogga districts receive the heaviest rainfall. Rainfall in Karnataka The state of Karnataka in India has a bittersweet relationship with rains. While its regions of Malnad and Coastal Karnataka receive copious amount of rainfall; its north Bayaluseemae region in the Deccan Plateau is one of the", "title": "Rainfall in Karnataka" }, { "docid": "9892899", "text": "become highly asymmetric, with most of the precipitation falling to the left and downwind of the shear vector, or downshear left. In other words, southwesterly shear forces the bulk of the rainfall north-northeast of the center. If the wind shear is strong enough, the bulk of the rainfall will move away from the center leading to what is known as an exposed circulation center. When this occurs, the potential magnitude of rainfall with the tropical cyclone will be significantly reduced. As a tropical cyclone interacts with an upper-level trough and the related surface front, a distinct northern area of precipitation", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting" }, { "docid": "14155227", "text": "cities in a year's time. The Andes mountain range blocks Pacific moisture that arrives in that continent, resulting in a desertlike climate just downwind across western Argentina. Aside from the effect on temperature, urban heat islands (UHIs) can produce secondary effects on local meteorology, including the altering of local wind patterns, the development of clouds and fog, the humidity, and the rates of precipitation. The extra heat provided by the UHI leads to greater upward motion, which can induce additional shower and thunderstorm activity. Rainfall rates downwind of cities are increased between 48% and 116%. Partly as a result of", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "10469929", "text": "to avail other benefits of rainfall using scientific methods. An example of this is the project, \"Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Karnataka\" which is initiated by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology and is one of the largest rainwater harvesting projects in the world. Agumbe in the Shimoga district is known as one of the places with the highest annual rainfall in India. The economy of Karnataka is mainly agrarian and most of it is dependent on the rainfall; mainly the southwest monsoon. The extent of arid land in the state is second only to Rajasthan. Only 26.5% of", "title": "Rainfall in Karnataka" }, { "docid": "15714671", "text": "By the Blue Hawaiian Waters By the Blue Hawaiian Waters is a piece of light classical music for orchestra by Albert Ketèlbey. He composed the \"tone-picture\" in 1927. The piece was published by Bosworth the same year. Some of the music of \"By the Blue Hawaiian Waters\" had been incidental music in a play \"Ye Gods\" in 1916. Ketèlbey wrote the \"tone-picture\" in 1927. It was probably first performed in Harrogate the same year, and published that year, also in versions with piano. A synopsis of scenes by the composer mentions that after a short introduction and a vigorous hula", "title": "By the Blue Hawaiian Waters" }, { "docid": "13885073", "text": "produced a high tide in the area. As of June 24, Nangka (Feria) has caused 6 deaths and left 11 people missing. Property damage from the storm is estimated at PHP 2.8 million (US$54,000). In response to Tropical Storm Soudelor, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration issued public storm signal one for nine regions of the northern Philippines. As a tropical depression, Soudelor brushed northern Luzon in the Philippines, producing upwards of of rainfall which resulted in flash flooding and landslides. In Ilocos Norte, major roadways were completely blocked by high waters. The storm affected 19,845 people throughout", "title": "Effects of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "12346098", "text": "easterly component and a strong tendency to diverge, subside and cause drought. The summer monsoon brings heavy rains to most of the archipelago from May to October. Annual average rainfall ranges from as much as in the mountainous east coast section of the country, to less than in some of the sheltered valleys. Monsoon rains, although hard and drenching, are not normally associated with high winds and waves. At least 30 percent of the annual rainfall in the northern Philippines can be traced to tropical cyclones, while the southern islands receiving less than 10 percent of their annual rainfall from", "title": "Climate of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "19233247", "text": "18 July 1955. Much of the historical data is recorded in this way. The 48‑hour rainfall record was also beaten, with Thirlmere reporting 405 mm of rain falling up to 0800 GMT on 6 December 2015, compared to the previous record of 395.6 mm on 18–19 November 2009 at Seathwaite. Desmond created an atmospheric river in its wake, bringing in moist air from the Caribbean to the British Isles. As a result, rainfall from Desmond was unusually heavy, with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute designating Desmond an extreme weather event as a result of the amount of rain that fell. The", "title": "2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods" }, { "docid": "228025", "text": "Channels of the Hawaiian Islands In an archipelago like the Hawaiian Islands the water between islands is typically called a \"channel\" or \"passage\". Described here are the channels between the islands of Hawaiʻi, arranged from southeast to northwest. The ʻAlenuihāhā separates the island of Hawaiʻi and the island of Maui. The maximum depth of this channel is , and the channel is 30 miles wide. There is a significant wind funnel effect in the channel, which is subject to scientific investigations. ʻAlenuihāhā means \"great billows smashing.\" The ʻAlalākeiki Channel separates the islands of Kahoʻolawe and Maui, at a distance of", "title": "Channels of the Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "20868621", "text": "first full year of recorded data showed 13,995 mm (551 inches) of rainfall, which is one of the highest annual rainfall totals measured in the Hawaiian Islands. Since then, the annual average has been recorded as . Clear days are essentially nonexistent, and even when it isn't raining, it is almost certainly cloudy or foggy. The lack of adequate drainage has caused moisture to accumulate, forming the bog. The Big Bog lies at , very close to the trade wind inversion layer, leading to persistent transport of moisture rich air by the northeast trade winds up the steep mountain slopes.", "title": "Big Bog, Maui" }, { "docid": "134874", "text": "Fox Bay (West Falkland). All roads within Stanley are asphalted as are the ones at Mount Pleasant Airport (MPA). The road between Stanley and MPA is mostly gravel all-weather roads (as like the rest of the roads in the islands) with some short asphalted sections. The road between Stanley and MPA has a large trench on either side, which will ground any vehicle driving into it. These trenches were allegedly dug deeper than they needed to be as annual rainfall was taken as a number for the monthly rainfall. Stanley has two taxi services which can be used for travel", "title": "Transport in the Falkland Islands" }, { "docid": "11200959", "text": "winds spawned from the extraordinarily dry (from an atmospheric perspective) Humboldt Current. The annual rainfall is generally around , but this average is misleading because of very high variability. In La Niña years, rainfall can decline to less than , whilst in El Niño years when the ocean warms it can reach . Unlike the rest of French Polynesia, most rain falls during the cooler months, with May to July usually the wettest and November the driest. Because of their exceptionally variable climate, the islands are subject to extreme drought and flood conditions. Only those that reach higher elevations (generally,", "title": "Geography of the Marquesas Islands" }, { "docid": "14155206", "text": "central Chile. The climate is characterized by hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. A steppe is a dry grassland. Subarctic climates are cold with continuous permafrost and little precipitation. The tropical zones have the highest number of storm events followed by the temperate climate. In a recent study, researchers from 63 countries combined 30-minutes rainfall data in order to estimate the global rainfall erosivity (an index combining the amount, frequency and intensity of rainfall). The arid and cold climate zones have very low number of erosive events. Its northern half of the continent is primarily desert, containing the vast", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "9439909", "text": "events, drier than average conditions can be expected in Hawaii. The islands have a tropical marine climate moderated by seasonal northeast trade winds. There is a dry season which stretches from December to June, and a rainy season from July to November. Saipan's average annual precipitation is , with 67 percent falling during the rainy season. Typhoons frequent the island chain, which can lead to excessive rainfall. Guam's climate is moderated by east to northeast trade winds through the year. The average annual rainfall for the island is . There is a distinct dry season from January to June, and", "title": "United States rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "10469930", "text": "sown area (30,900 km²) is subjected to irrigation and hence the rest of the cultivated land is entirely dependent on rainfall. Rainfall also influences the quantity of water available in the rivers which in turn influences the amount of drinking water available to the population and the amount of electricity that can be generated in the hydroelectric power stations in the state. The importance of rainfall is such that Karnataka sometimes had to resort to costly artificial methods like cloud seeding in order to induce rain artificially. Rainfall is also crucial to recharge the depleting ground water and Karnataka has", "title": "Rainfall in Karnataka" }, { "docid": "14500605", "text": "Howard on eastern islands both receive about of rainfall every year, as opposed to islands such as Westpoint which only receives a year. The overall rainfall for the archipelago is around . The flat areas, in particular Lafonia are the driest areas of the islands with precipitation in the range a year. Other writers have recorded an average of 310 mm per year in the west of the islands. The rainfall in 2009 as recorded from 17 different stations in \"The Wool Press\" varied between 356 mm at Cape Dolphin and 898 mm at Port Howard. During winter sleet and", "title": "Climate of the Falkland Islands" }, { "docid": "6981088", "text": "forced upslope flow into the mountains. Strong upper level forcing from a trough moving through the Westerlies and its associated cold front, as was the case during Hurricane Floyd, can lead to high amounts even from systems moving at an average forward motion. Larger tropical cyclones drop more rainfall as they precipitate upon one spot for a longer time frame than average or small tropical cyclones. A combination of two of these factors could be especially crippling, as was seen during Hurricane Mitch in Central America. During the 2005 season, flooding related to slow-moving Hurricane Stan's broad circulation led to", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "6981097", "text": "nature at higher latitudes than south of the equator. In the southern hemisphere, rainfall impacts will be most common between January and March, while north of the equator, tropical cyclone rainfall impacts are more common between June and November. Japan receives over half of its rainfall from typhoons. Between 1970-2004, inland flooding caused a majority of the tropical cyclone-related fatalities in the United States. This statistic changed in 2005, when Hurricane Katrina's impact alone shifted the most deadly aspect of tropical cyclones back to storm surge, which has historically been the most deadly aspect of strong tropical cyclones. On average,", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "3555899", "text": "while the strong winter jet stream is aimed at the Pacific Northwest. Storms that are strong enough to bring moisture to the Southeastern area of Oregon are usually related to tropical storms feeding from the Hawaiian Islands. Snow does sometimes occur in the rare instances when cold air from the arctic to the north meets a strong flow of moisture from the Pacific to the West. Spring is when the bulk of precipitation falls from thunderstorms. These storms attribute to the rainfall in April, May, and June that form in the south and move their way north across the desert", "title": "Alvord Desert" }, { "docid": "6981086", "text": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology A tropical cyclone rainfall climatology is developed to determine rainfall characteristics of past tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone rainfall climatology can be used to help forecast current or upcoming tropical cyclone impacts. The degree of a tropical cyclone rainfall impact depends upon speed of movement, storm size, and degree of vertical wind shear. One of the most significant threats from tropical cyclones is heavy rainfall. Large, slow moving, and non-sheared tropical cyclones produce the heaviest rains. The intensity of a tropical cyclone appears to have little bearing on its potential for rainfall over land, but satellite", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "10994663", "text": "it served as the line's southern terminus. Trains serve the station twenty hours a day on most days; the headway between trains is six minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. SeaTac/Airport station is also served by the RapidRide A Line, two Sound Transit Express bus routes and two King County Metro bus routes. SeaTac/Airport station is located on the west side of International Boulevard at South 176th Street, northeast of the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport main terminal and adjacent to the airport parking garage. The area to the east of the station along International Boulevard consists", "title": "SeaTac/Airport station" }, { "docid": "6981099", "text": "when 60.58 inches (1,538.7 mm) fell in southeast Texas. Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology A tropical cyclone rainfall climatology is developed to determine rainfall characteristics of past tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone rainfall climatology can be used to help forecast current or upcoming tropical cyclone impacts. The degree of a tropical cyclone rainfall impact depends upon speed of movement, storm size, and degree of vertical wind shear. One of the most significant threats from tropical cyclones is heavy rainfall. Large, slow moving, and non-sheared tropical cyclones produce the heaviest rains. The intensity of a tropical cyclone appears to have little bearing", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "11766108", "text": "opened quite quietly over Australia, with a relatively inactive monsoon and generally very cool conditions further south. A major cyclone in the third week of January gave substantial rain to most of New South Wales and caused high winds that killed seven people, but it was not until February that the pattern of abnormal rainfall over NSW and Queensland became firmly established. Especially heavy rainfall occurred over the southwest of New South Wales (extending into most of Victoria) during February, but it was in March, normally at the end of the wet season, that the heaviest rainfall occurred. The monsoon", "title": "1950 Australian rainfall records" }, { "docid": "14827048", "text": "off the Sierra Madre Occidental leading to convective downdrafts. Since one of the major characteristics of a surge is the transport of water, measurements of precipitable water and the dew point can also increase. The increased water vapor increases the amount of convective available potential energy (CAPE), which can result in topographically-forced convection. Gulf moisture is typically constrained to central and southern Arizona by the topgraphy of the Mogollon Rim. The moderate steering flow from the surge pushes the convection off the mountains which brings precipitation to the desert valleys. Precipitation from gulf surge events can produce locally heavy rainfall", "title": "Gulf of California moisture surge" }, { "docid": "19322947", "text": "number 82 to number 59, the same week she appeared on \"The Late Late Show with James Corden\". The record was on the chart for 13 weeks; its final position for the week ending August 6, 2016, was number 114. On May 27, 2016, \"This Is What the Truth Feels Like\" was made available on vinyl exclusively at Barnes & Noble in the United States; after its release, it debuted and peaked at number 23 on the Vinyl Albums component chart. On the Canadian Albums Chart compiled by \"Billboard\", the record debuted and peaked at number three, becoming her third", "title": "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" }, { "docid": "18963055", "text": "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? \"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?\" is the title now given to a speech by Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852, in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York, addressing the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. The speech is perhaps the most widely known of all of Frederick Douglass' writings save his autobiographies. Many copies of one section of it, beginning in para. 32, have been circulated online. Due to this and the variant titles given to it in various places, and the fact that it is called a July", "title": "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" }, { "docid": "3756235", "text": "damage. After the storm weakened in Virginia, it maintained an area of moisture that resulted in heavy rainfall after interacting with the Blue Ridge Mountains, a process known as orographic lift. Flooding affected roads and low-lying areas along the Potomac River. The northernmost portion of Delaware also saw freshwater flooding, although to a much lesser extent than adjacent states. Diane produced heavy rainfall in eastern Pennsylvania, causing the worst floods on record there, largely in the Poconos and along the Delaware River. Rushing waters demolished about 150 road and rail bridges and breached or destroyed 30 dams. The swollen Brodhead", "title": "Hurricane Diane" }, { "docid": "10994685", "text": "and airport terminal: route 560, which travels to West Seattle, Burien, Renton and Bellevue; and route 574, which travels south to Tacoma and Lakewood in Pierce County. SeaTac/Airport station SeaTac/Airport is a light rail station located in SeaTac, Washington. It is situated on the Central Link line between Angle Lake and Tukwila International Boulevard stations. The line, part of Sound Transit's Link light rail system, runs north from SeaTac through the Rainier Valley to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington. The station consists of an elevated island platform east of the terminals and parking garage of the Seattle–Tacoma International", "title": "SeaTac/Airport station" }, { "docid": "3452964", "text": "following week. The group decided to change their name to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, played several more shows at various L.A. clubs and musical venues, and eventually recorded a demo tape, all while Slovak and Irons were still playing with What Is This?. A few months later, What Is This received a record deal with MCA Records and the Red Hot Chili Peppers received a joint deal with EMI America and Enigma Records. Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons decided to leave the Red Hot Chili Peppers and stay with What Is This? as the latter was their primary musical", "title": "What Is This?" }, { "docid": "695685", "text": "sea, the exposition and the latitude (from 23°N to 25°S), the altitude varies from 500 m to 4000 m above sea level. Typically, there is a relatively small band of altitude in which the atmospheric environment is suitable for cloud forest development. This is characterized by persistent fog at the vegetation level, resulting in the reduction of direct sunlight and thus of evapotranspiration. Within cloud forests, much of the moisture available to plants arrives in the form of fog drip, where fog condenses on tree leaves and then drips onto the ground below. Annual rainfall can range from 500 to", "title": "Cloud forest" }, { "docid": "19195958", "text": "recorded in this way. The 48‑hour rainfall record also looked set to be beaten, with Thirlmere reporting 405 mm of rain falling up to 0800 GMT on 6 December 2015, compared to the previous record of 395.6 mm on 18–19 November 2009 at Seathwaite. Desmond created an atmospheric river in its wake, bringing in moist air from the Caribbean to the British Isles. As a result, rainfall from Desmond was unusually heavy, with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute designating Desmond an extreme weather event as a result of the expected rainfall. Heavy rainfall from Desmond caused severe disruption. Appleby, Keswick and", "title": "Storm Desmond" }, { "docid": "9892893", "text": "Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting involves using scientific models and other tools to predict the precipitation expected in tropical cyclones such as hurricanes and typhoons. Knowledge of tropical cyclone rainfall climatology is helpful in the determination of a tropical cyclone rainfall forecast. More rainfall falls in advance of the center of the cyclone than in its wake. The heaviest rainfall falls within its central dense overcast and eyewall. Slow moving tropical cyclones, like Hurricane Danny and Hurricane Wilma, can lead to the highest rainfall amounts due to prolonged heavy rains over a specific location. However, vertical wind", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting" }, { "docid": "9901451", "text": "Low Rainfall Zone The Low Rainfall Zone (LRZ) is one of three biogeographic zones into which south west Western Australia is divided, the others being the High Rainfall Zone and the Transitional Rainfall Zone. The LRZ is considered marginal to the south west, and extends throughout much of Australia. The Zones were first defined by Stephen Hopper in his 1979 paper \"Biogeographical aspects of speciation in the southwest Australian flora\". Initially, they were defined in terms of rainfall, with the LRZ being that part of the South West with annual rainfall of less than 300 millimetres (12 in). As the", "title": "Low Rainfall Zone" }, { "docid": "9892897", "text": "tropical cyclone's highest rainfall rates can lie in the right rear quadrant within a training (non-moving) inflow band. Rainfall is found to be strongest in their inner core, within a degree of latitude of the center, with lesser amounts farther away from the center. Most of the rainfall in hurricanes is concentrated within its radius of gale-force winds. Larger tropical cyclones have larger rain shields, which can lead to higher rainfall amounts farther from the cyclone's center. Storms which have moved slowly, or loop, lead to the highest rainfall amounts. Riehl calculated that of rainfall per day can be expected", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting" }, { "docid": "3864604", "text": "a seven-volcano island, which was transformed into five islands as a result of subsidence. High rainfall due to the trade wind effect impacts on the severity of erosion on many of the major volcanoes. Coastline collapses, a notable part of the history of many of the Hawaiian volcanoes, are often devastating and destroy large parts of the volcanoes. When a volcano is created near the Hawaiian hotspot, it begins its growth in the submarine preshield stage, characterized by infrequent, typically low volume eruptions. The volcano is steep-sided, and it usually has a defined caldera and has two or more rift", "title": "Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes" }, { "docid": "228029", "text": "Maui. Although the channel is only about at its shortest point, it is one of the windiest and roughest in the Hawaiian Islands. The Kalohi Channel is the stretch of water separating Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi. Depth of water in this channel is about and width is . This is one of the less treacherous channels between islands in the archipelago, although strong winds and choppy sea conditions are frequent. Kalolohia beach on the Lānaʻi coast is also known as \"Shipwreck Beach\" because of a wreck on the reef there. Kalohi means \"the slowness.\" The Kaiwi Channel (also known as the", "title": "Channels of the Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "6825406", "text": "Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands The Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands was the jurisdiction of the prelate of the Catholic Church in the Hawaiian Islands, created in 1847 by the Holy See. In 1848, the phrase \"Sandwich Islands\" was dropped and replaced by \"Hawaiian Islands.\" The first Vicar Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (and the Hawaiian Islands) was Msgr. Louis Desiré Maigret, SS.CC. The Vicariate derives from the Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands, established in 1825 and which was to become in 1833, a part of the larger territory under the ordinary jurisdiction of the Vicar Apostolic", "title": "Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "6825407", "text": "of Oriental Oceania entrusted to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands The Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands was the jurisdiction of the prelate of the Catholic Church in the Hawaiian Islands, created in 1847 by the Holy See. In 1848, the phrase \"Sandwich Islands\" was dropped and replaced by \"Hawaiian Islands.\" The first Vicar Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (and the Hawaiian Islands) was Msgr. Louis Desiré Maigret, SS.CC. The Vicariate derives from the Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands, established in 1825 and which was to become in", "title": "Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "9804409", "text": "High Rainfall Zone The High Rainfall Zone is one of three biogeographic zones into which south west Western Australia is divided, the others being the Transitional Rainfall Zone and the Low Rainfall Zone. The zones were first defined by Stephen Hopper in his 1979 paper \"Biogeographical aspects of speciation in the southwest Australian flora\". Initially they were defined in terms of rainfall, with the High Rainfall Zone being that part of the south west with annual rainfall of more than 800 millimetres (31 in). However, following the publication of John Stanley Beard's phytogeographic regionalisation of Western Australia in 1980, it", "title": "High Rainfall Zone" }, { "docid": "9799683", "text": "Transitional Rainfall Zone The Transitional Rainfall Zone (TRZ) is one of three biogeographic zones into which south-west Western Australia is divided, the others being the High Rainfall Zone and the Low Rainfall Zone. The TRZ is recognised as having a much higher diversity of rare and endemic plant species than the other Zones. The Zones were first defined by Stephen Hopper in his 1979 paper \"Biogeographical aspects of speciation in the southwest Australian flora\". Initially, they were defined in terms of rainfall, with the TRZ being that part of the South West with annual rainfall of between 300 and 800", "title": "Transitional Rainfall Zone" }, { "docid": "9901452", "text": "LRZ was marginal to his study area, Hopper did not give a clear demarcation of the zone, merely stating that it Low Rainfall Zone The Low Rainfall Zone (LRZ) is one of three biogeographic zones into which south west Western Australia is divided, the others being the High Rainfall Zone and the Transitional Rainfall Zone. The LRZ is considered marginal to the south west, and extends throughout much of Australia. The Zones were first defined by Stephen Hopper in his 1979 paper \"Biogeographical aspects of speciation in the southwest Australian flora\". Initially, they were defined in terms of rainfall, with", "title": "Low Rainfall Zone" }, { "docid": "6981095", "text": "ahead of the axis of the upper level trough. This type of interaction can lead to the appearance of the heaviest rainfall falling along and to the left of the tropical cyclone track, with the precipitation streaking hundreds of miles or kilometers downwind from the tropical cyclone. The stronger the upper trough picking up the tropical cyclone, the more significant the left of track shift in the rainfall distribution tends to be. Moist air forced up the slopes of coastal hills and mountain chains can lead to much heavier rainfall than in the coastal plain. This heavy rainfall can lead", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "228027", "text": "north, and Kahoʻolawe to the south. The depth of the channel reaches , and its width is . ʻAuʻau channel is a whale-watching center in the Hawaiian Islands. Humpback whales migrate approximately 3,500 miles (5600 km) from Alaskan waters each autumn and spend the northern hemisphere winter months in the protected waters of the channel. ʻAuʻau translates to \"to take a bath\" referring to its calm bath-like conditions. The middle of the ʻAuʻau channel off Lahaina is known as the Lahaina Roads. Once filled with whalers when Lahaina was a capital for that industry, Lahaina Roads were later adopted as", "title": "Channels of the Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "9892902", "text": "days with the forecast track of any tropical cyclone globally within a short amount of time. The short range variation which uses persistence is the Tropical Rainfall Potential technique (TRaP) technique, which uses satellite-derived rainfall amounts from microwave imaging satellites and extrapolates the current rainfall configuration forward for 24 hours along the current forecast track. This technique's main flaw is that it assumes a steady state tropical cyclone which undergoes little structural change with time, which is why it is only run forward for 24 hours into the future. Computer models can be used to diagnose the magnitude of tropical", "title": "Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting" }, { "docid": "11990350", "text": "UK. The song tells the story of a man leaving his lover at an airport to start a new life thousands of miles away. CD: Ringway to SeaTac \"Ringway to SeaTac\" is a song by The Wedding Present. It was released as the third and last single from the album \"Take Fountain\". The single was released on October 24, 2005 on CD. A music video was produced for the song, featuring the band performing the song on a completely white stage. The video can be found on the bonus DVD from the compilation album \"\", released in 2006. The \"SeaTac\"", "title": "Ringway to SeaTac" }, { "docid": "16396440", "text": "expansion of savannah in Central Africa has extending the sandy soil area because of deforestation. The generation of oxygen by forest are contributors to the rainfall system. However, deforestation has disrupted the ecosystem services and created an eco-climate issue. The rainfall pattern in this area has been characterized as a heavy rain season and a severe dry season. The missing forest has intensified the already dichotomy climate, increasing the episodes of violent rainfall and extending the dry season. With long dry spells, the vegetation in these areas can become sparse. This results in no soil protection during the rainy season", "title": "Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" }, { "docid": "12381024", "text": "were generally light, although strong enough to damage a few electrical poles and small buildings. In nearby Sinaloa, rainfall from the storm led to an emergency evacuation of 500 residents. Moisture from Julio developed thunderstorms across Arizona, including one near Chandler which produced winds of 75 mph (120 km/h); the storm damaged ten small planes at Chandler Municipal Airport, as well as a hangar. The damages at the airport were estimated at $1 million (USD). The storms also dropped heavy rainfall, reaching over 1 inch (25 mm) in Gilbert, which caused flooding on Interstate 17. On August 25th, 2008, moisture", "title": "Tropical Storm Julio (2008)" }, { "docid": "9439900", "text": "Atlantic Ocean strengthens, bringing in increasingly humid air from the warm Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. Once precipitable water values exceed , afternoon and evening thunderstorms break out at the western periphery of the subtropical ridge across the Southeast on a daily basis. Summer is the time of the second rainfall maximum during the year across Georgia, and the time of the main rainfall maximum in Florida. Evidence shows that increased air pollution is causing rainfall to reach a maximum in intensity during the middle of the week. During the late summer and fall, tropical cyclones move into the", "title": "United States rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "12467775", "text": "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo \"(Is This The Way To) Amarillo\" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It is about a man traveling to Amarillo, Texas, to find his girlfriend Marie. The reason that Amarillo was chosen for the song was because it was the only place name that Sedaka could think of that rhymed with \"willow\" and \"pillow\". The song was originally to be titled \"Is This the Way to Pensacola\" referring to Pensacola, Florida, but Sedaka felt that Amarillo worked better than Pensacola. Written by two Americans with a strong country-western lyrical theme,", "title": "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" }, { "docid": "14920343", "text": "62 mm Rain In Just 1 Hour With hails Eastern Bypass The Area Of Quetta received Heavy Rains On 26 and 27 and on 28 june that was not fell in the city those two days . on 28 June the area of Quetta Eastern Bypass received heavy rain with strong to very strong Winds which caused much damage. The annual rainfall since 1982, based on data from Pakistan Meteorological Department: Quetta was affected by a severe drought spell resulted from very low rainfall in the winter season of 1998. The La-Nina phenomena was responsible for below normal rains Balochistan", "title": "Climate of Quetta" }, { "docid": "11766120", "text": "that by then global warming and possibly Asian aerosols were influencing Australia's climate and thus these are \"not\" natural variability, which the record 1950 rainfalls above undoubtedly are. Using a normal distribution one can estimate the return period of 1950-level annual rainfall for the Dubbo region as around 375 years, or about three times the length of instrumental rainfall data. For areas even a little further west, however, the skewness is too high to use this method, but there can be little doubt that the return periods are similar. Excluding records post-1968, when enhanced greenhouse gases has undoubtedly impacted Australian", "title": "1950 Australian rainfall records" }, { "docid": "10994684", "text": "Seattle. In 2017, an average of 5,629 passengers boarded Link trains at SeaTac/Airport station on weekdays. SeaTac/Airport station is also served by five bus routes using a pair of bus stops on International Boulevard to the east of the station. King County Metro operates three routes from the station: the RapidRide A Line, which continues north to Tukwila International Boulevard station and south to Federal Way Transit Center; route 156, which connects to Southcenter Mall, Des Moines and Highline College; and route 180, which connects to Burien, Kent and Auburn. Sound Transit runs two express bus routes to the station", "title": "SeaTac/Airport station" }, { "docid": "18302330", "text": "Creel, saying \"That kind of directorial flair is what this show needs more of, and I would love to see this show’s camera and design crews work together to create a more visually engaging experience. There needs to be more color and personality in the environments and costuming, and taking more chances with the camerawork will bring more excitement to the action and heighten the emotional beats of the script.\" Kevin Fitzpatrick of Screen Crush stated that \"we’re thrilled to see “Heavy is the Head” taking the ball from last week and running with a very confident start to the", "title": "Heavy Is the Head" }, { "docid": "9439889", "text": "at lower elevations south of the mouth of the Columbia River. These occur whenever an Arctic air mass from western Canada is drawn westward out over the Pacific Ocean, typically by way of the Fraser Valley, returning shoreward around a center of low pressure. Strong onshore flow is brought into the mountain ranges of the west, focusing significant precipitation into the Rocky Mountains, with rain shadows occurring in the Harney Basin, Great Basin, the central valley of California, and the lower Colorado River valley. In general, rainfall amounts are lower on the southern portions of the West coast. The biggest", "title": "United States rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "10994664", "text": "primarily of hotels and airport parking lots, with some offices, multi-family housing and mobile home parks. Within a radius of the station is a population of 4,024 residents and a total of 9,187 jobs. The area surrounding SeaTac/Airport station is designated as a Regional Growth Center by the Puget Sound Regional Council and is zoned to support mid- and high-rise buildings. The SeaTac City Council adopted a station area action plan in 2006 that called for mixed-use development in a pedestrian-friendly environment adjacent to the station. The plan proposes residential uses as well as neighborhood-oriented hospitality services and commercial offices", "title": "SeaTac/Airport station" }, { "docid": "134800", "text": "vicinity of the Falklands are of the order of 6 °C. The Falklands Current meets the warm South Brazilian Current at about 40°S (see Brazil–Falkland Confluence), some north of the islands. The prevailing winds at the Falklands' latitude are the westerlies that gather moisture across the Pacific Ocean, but the Andes form a barrier causing a rain shadow across the Patagonia and to a lesser extent, the Falkland Islands. The January average maximum temperature is about 13 °C (55 °F), and the July maximum average temperature is about 4 °C (39 °F). The rainfall varies between 300 mm in parts", "title": "Geography of the Falkland Islands" }, { "docid": "228031", "text": "of Niʻihau and Lehua. Kumukahi means \"first beginning.\" The Hoʻomoʻa Channel separates the islands of Lehua and Nihoa. Hoʻomoʻa means \"to cook.\" The Hawaiʻiloa Channel to the northwest of the islands of Nihoa. Named after Hawaiʻiloa, hero of an ancient Hawaiian legend about the settling of the Hawaiian Islands. Channels of the Hawaiian Islands In an archipelago like the Hawaiian Islands the water between islands is typically called a \"channel\" or \"passage\". Described here are the channels between the islands of Hawaiʻi, arranged from southeast to northwest. The ʻAlenuihāhā separates the island of Hawaiʻi and the island of Maui. The", "title": "Channels of the Hawaiian Islands" }, { "docid": "14500607", "text": "until 1995, then began to increase again. Storms are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity. This information has been determined through meteorological data from 1923 to 1981, with most recent data not being fully analysed. The temperature of the sea around the archipelago fluctuates greatly around predicted values. Climate of the Falkland Islands The climate of the Falkland Islands is cool and temperate, regulated by the large oceans which surround it. The Falkland Islands are located over from South America, to the north of the Antarctic convergence, where cooler waters from the south mix with warmer waters from the", "title": "Climate of the Falkland Islands" }, { "docid": "14847545", "text": "and raises the chill bumps at every turn.\" \"Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) debuted at number 61 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 4, 1995. Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) \"Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in January 1995 as the fourth single from the album \"When Love Finds You\". The song reached number 4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by", "title": "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" }, { "docid": "13366290", "text": "flood caused by heavy rainfall could move all or most of these sediments into Lake Powell, creating a sudden loss of storage capacity. The only way to control sediment flow in the reservoir, without removing the dam outright, is by dredging. Unfortunately, as Glen Canyon is remote and isolated, the cost of dredging (which would require to remove 84 tons per minute in order to keep pace with advancing sediment) is extremely high. Although the Colorado River Delta is the most ecologically friendly place for sediment to be dumped, the cost of transporting sediment from Glen Canyon to the Delta,", "title": "Risks to the Glen Canyon Dam" }, { "docid": "12105382", "text": "South Carolina, and eight in North Carolina. After crossing into Virginia, Jeanne transitioned into an extratropical cyclone by September 29 near Washington, D.C. In Wilmington, Delaware, the storm spawned an F2 tornado. Across the Mid-Atlantic and New England, moisture from the storm produced light to heavy rainfall, with totals of over 7 inches (175 mm) near Philadelphia and Nantucket. Subsequent to becoming extratropical, the remnants of Jeanne turned eastward, exited into the Atlantic Ocean, and merged with a cold front. Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne The meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne lasted for about two weeks in September 2004. Hurricane", "title": "Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne" }, { "docid": "20616096", "text": "But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of \"Papiers froissés\" or tearing up paper to make \"Papiers déchirés?\" Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of \"Papiers froissés\" or tearing up paper to make \"Papiers déchirés?\" Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests, sometimes shortened as But what about the noise...?, is a composition for percussion ensemble", "title": "But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of \"Papiers froissés\" or tearing up paper to make \"Papiers déchirés?\" Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests" }, { "docid": "7247515", "text": "Which Way to the War Which Way to the War is an intended British television sitcom written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, which was discontinued after a one-off broadcast pilot on 19 August 1994. It was also Croft and Lloyd's only ITV sitcom and Croft's last World War II sitcom. In the Western Desert of World War Two, a party of British \"Desert Rats\" soldiers and a party of Australian soldiers are holed up in a remote building, when an ambulance of Italian \"nurses\" arrive. The pilot was badly received (Or quite well received, depending on what column of", "title": "Which Way to the War" }, { "docid": "3098197", "text": "were not fully colonised until 1681, when salt collectors from Bermuda built the first permanent settlement on Grand Turk Island. The salt collectors were drawn by the shallow waters around the islands that made salt mining a much easier process than in Bermuda. They occupied the Turks only seasonally, for six months a year, however, returning to Bermuda when it was no longer viable to rake salt. Their colonization established the British dominance of the archipelago that has lasted into the present day. Huge numbers of trees were felled by the Bermudians to discourage rainfall that would adversely affect the", "title": "History of the Turks and Caicos Islands" }, { "docid": "786568", "text": "SeaTac, Washington SeaTac is a city in southern King County, Washington, United States, and an inner-ring suburb of Seattle, Washington. The name \"SeaTac\" is a portmanteau of \"Seattle\" and \"Tacoma\", and is derived from the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. The city of SeaTac is in area and has a population of 26,909 according to the 2010 census. The city boundaries surround the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (approximately in area), which is owned and operated by the Port of Seattle. The city includes the communities of Angle Lake, Bow Lake, McMicken Heights and Riverton Heights, which were established before the city's incorporation. Residents", "title": "SeaTac, Washington" }, { "docid": "4446356", "text": "vortex became elongated while a frontal system approached the area. The remnants continued northwestward and moved ashore in North Carolina early on October 12, before dissipating early the following day. Heavy rainfall was reported in northeastern North Carolina. The remnants contributed to severe flooding in northern Virginia. Although the remnant system dissipated by October 13, moisture laden-air brought by the system and persistent easterly winds resulted in orographic lift, causing four days of record rainfall. The Big Meadows area of Shenandoah National Park observed of precipitation, while rainfall totals above were common. Madison County recorded of precipitation in only 24", "title": "1942 Atlantic hurricane season" } ]

[ "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", "Tpatgod", "Piper at the Gates", "PATGOD", "The piper at the gates of dawn", "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", "The Piper At The Gates of Dawn" ]

[ { "docid": "1640749", "text": "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, and the only one made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership. The album, named after the title of chapter seven of Kenneth Grahame's \"The Wind in the Willows\" and featuring a kaleidoscopic cover photo of the band taken by Vic Singh, was recorded from February to May 1967 and released on 4 August 1967. It was produced by Beatles engineer Norman Smith and released in 1967 by EMI Columbia in the United Kingdom and", "title": "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" }, { "docid": "1640767", "text": "Vic Singh then shot them with a prism lens that Harrison had given him. The cover was meant to resemble an LSD trip, a style that was favoured at the time. In 2017, the lens was displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the \"\" exhibition. Barrett came up with the album title \"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn\"; the album was originally titled \"Projection\" up to as late as July 1967. The title was taken from that of chapter seven of Kenneth Grahame's \"The Wind in the Willows\" which contains a visionary encounter with the", "title": "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" }, { "docid": "10276726", "text": "\"Arnold Layne\" and \"See Emily Play\" and much of their first album \"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn\". Barrett's name passed into rock folklore when he was kicked out of Pink Floyd in 1968 and, after two solo albums, disappeared from music altogether amid rumours of a drug-induced breakdown. \"The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story\" has contributions from Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley (who played on Syd Barrett's two solo albums \"The Madcap Laughs\" and \"Barrett\" as well as Syd's final London concert on 6 June 1970 with David Gilmour, when Barrett abruptly left the stage after playing", "title": "The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story" }, { "docid": "17581774", "text": "by a one-sided 7\" single, \"Your Late Unpleasantness\", released in June 2007. Another new song, \"A Haunted House Ain't a Home\", was included on the free CD which came with the September issue of \"Classic Rock\", ahead of the release of third album \"Dulce Domum\" on 5 November. Like Pink Floyd's debut album \"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn\", the album took its title from a chapter of Kenneth Graham's \"The Wind in the Willows\", and was dedicated to Syd Barrett, who died as the album was completed. \"Uncut\" described it as 'healthily not of its time... it avoids", "title": "Of Arrowe Hill" }, { "docid": "7771892", "text": "two charting singles and a successful debut album, \"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn\" (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the band's primary lyricist and conceptual leader, devising the concepts behind their albums \"The Dark Side of the Moon\" (1973), \"Wish You Were Here\" (1975), \"Animals\" (1977), \"The Wall\" (1979) and \"The Final Cut\" (1983). \"The Dark Side of the Moon\" and \"The Wall\" became two of the best-selling albums of all time. Following creative tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed", "title": "Pink Floyd" } ]

[ { "docid": "558881", "text": "The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley. In 1908, Grahame retired from his position as secretary of the Bank of England. He moved back to Berkshire, where he had lived as a child, and spent his time by the River Thames doing much as", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "20706639", "text": "Toad Hall (The Wind in the Willows) Toad Hall is the fictional home of Mr. Toad, a character in the 1908 novel, \"The Wind in the Willows\", by Kenneth Grahame. On his retirement from the Bank of England in 1908, Grahame returned to Blewbury in Berkshire, the county in which he had grown up. In October that year he published \"The Wind in the Willows\", a novel for children featuring an array of anthropomorphic characters, including Rat (a water vole), Mole, Badger and Toad. Toad lives in a house on the edge of the River Bank, Toad Hall. The novel", "title": "Toad Hall (The Wind in the Willows)" }, { "docid": "17676276", "text": "The Wind in the Willows (musical) The Wind in the Willows is a musical written by Julian Fellowes, with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, based on the novel of the same name, written by Kenneth Grahame. The musical received its world premiere at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth in October 2016, before transferring to The Lowry in Salford and the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. The following year the production transferred to the West End's London Palladium, where it was filmed for cinema broadcast. In December 2011, it was revealed that a musical adaption of the 1908", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (musical)" }, { "docid": "558901", "text": "childhood in Ardrishaig. There is a proposal that the idea for the story arose when its author saw a water vole beside the River Pang in Berkshire, southern England. A 29 hectare extension to the nature reserve at Moor Copse, near Tidmarsh Berkshire, was acquired in January 2007 by the Berks, Bucks, and Oxon Wildlife Trust. The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "17676278", "text": "A Musical Adventure at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2007 and 2008. The musical has a book by \"Downton Abbey\" creator Fellowes, based on the 1908 novel \"The Wind in the Willows\" by Kenneth Grahame and is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, with design by Peter McKintosh, lighting design by Howard Harrison and sound design by Gareth Owen. The show features an original score by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe. Open auditions were held in April 2016. The musical made its world premiere at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from 8 to 22 October 2016, before", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (musical)" }, { "docid": "12276313", "text": "was released in the UK and West Germany. Worldwide Discography http://www.45cat.com/artist/wind-in-the-willows Assisting breezes: The Wind in the Willows (band) The Wind in the Willows was an American band which included Deborah Harry as a back-up vocalist. The band took its name from British writer Kenneth Grahame's \"The Wind in the Willows\", a classic of children's literature. The band's only album, the self-titled \"The Wind in the Willows\" (1968, Capitol Records LP2956), grazed the charts at #195. The band broke up shortly after failing to achieve commercial success or critical acclaim. The following year Artie Kornfeld, the producer of the album,", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (band)" }, { "docid": "12276310", "text": "The Wind in the Willows (band) The Wind in the Willows was an American band which included Deborah Harry as a back-up vocalist. The band took its name from British writer Kenneth Grahame's \"The Wind in the Willows\", a classic of children's literature. The band's only album, the self-titled \"The Wind in the Willows\" (1968, Capitol Records LP2956), grazed the charts at #195. The band broke up shortly after failing to achieve commercial success or critical acclaim. The following year Artie Kornfeld, the producer of the album, went on to be the music producer of the Woodstock festival in 1969.", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (band)" }, { "docid": "17676292", "text": "adventures Toad has. Mr Toad holds a party to mark his return, although it doesn't seem that he's changed at all (\"Finale\"). The Original London Cast Recording was released on 30 June 2017 by Sony Masterworks Broadway and features 20 tracks. The characters and original cast: The Wind in the Willows (musical) The Wind in the Willows is a musical written by Julian Fellowes, with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, based on the novel of the same name, written by Kenneth Grahame. The musical received its world premiere at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth in October", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (musical)" }, { "docid": "17192649", "text": "The Wind in the Willows (1995 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1995 British animation film directed by Dave Unwin and written by Ted Walker, based on the novel \"The Wind in the Willows\", a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame. It was produced by the now defunct TVC (Television Cartoons) in London. The films include live action starting and ending segments with Vanessa Redgrave as the grandmother (who narrates), Alan Bennett, Michael Gambon, Rik Mayall, Michael Palin, Tom Stourton and Barry Foster, which changes into an animated setting as soon as the grandmother opens the book.", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (1995 film)" }, { "docid": "1407504", "text": "he never attempted a sequel. The book is still widely enjoyed by adults and children today, also in films, while Toad remains one of the most celebrated and beloved characters. In 1929, A. A. Milne wrote the play \"Toad of Toad Hall\", which is based on part of \"The Wind in the Willows. The Wind in the Willows\" won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. In the 1990s, William Horwood produced with a series of sequels. Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer, most famous for \"The Wind in", "title": "Kenneth Grahame" }, { "docid": "15406692", "text": "that he has changed for better. However, it is implied that, as with all his previous interests, he will somehow take his newfound interest in philanthropy too far. The Wind in the Willows (1987 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1987 American animated musical television film directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. It is an adaptation of \"The Wind in the Willows\" by Kenneth Grahame. Set in a pastoral version of England, the film focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters (Moley, Ratty, Mr. Toad, and Mr. Badger) and contains themes of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie.", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (1987 film)" }, { "docid": "15406681", "text": "The Wind in the Willows (1987 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1987 American animated musical television film directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. It is an adaptation of \"The Wind in the Willows\" by Kenneth Grahame. Set in a pastoral version of England, the film focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters (Moley, Ratty, Mr. Toad, and Mr. Badger) and contains themes of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie. The film features the voices of Charles Nelson Reilly, Roddy McDowall, José Ferrer, and Eddie Bracken. The screenplay was written by Romeo Muller, a long-time Rankin/Bass writer whose", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (1987 film)" }, { "docid": "1407496", "text": "Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer, most famous for \"The Wind in the Willows\" (1908), one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote \"The Reluctant Dragon\". Both books were later adapted for stage and film, of which A. A. Milne's \"Toad of Toad Hall\" was the first. The Disney films \"The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad\" and \"The Reluctant Dragon\" are other adaptations. Kenneth Grahame was born on 8 March 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was a little more than a year old, his father,", "title": "Kenneth Grahame" }, { "docid": "11746111", "text": "Wind in the Willows (1988 film) Wind in the Willows is a 1988 Australian made-for-television animated film created by Burbank Films Australia. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's 1908 English children's novel of the same name. While cleaning his underground home, Mole senses that spring is probably beginning above the ground. He is curious and decides that every mole should see the world at least once in his or her lifetime, so he makes himself a tunnel and soon finds himself in the English countryside. Mole is marvelled by this new world and wishes to see every bit of", "title": "Wind in the Willows (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "8234874", "text": "one in Leap Castle in Ireland. The Wind in the Willows (1983 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1983 British stop motion animated film produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's classic story \"The Wind in the Willows\". It won a BAFTA award and an international Emmy award. Subsequently, the studio made a 52 episode series, \"The Wind in the Willows\" based on characters from the Wind in the Willows between 1984 and 1990. Music & songs composed by Keith Hopwood, late of Herman's", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (1983 film)" }, { "docid": "8234863", "text": "The Wind in the Willows (1983 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1983 British stop motion animated film produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's classic story \"The Wind in the Willows\". It won a BAFTA award and an international Emmy award. Subsequently, the studio made a 52 episode series, \"The Wind in the Willows\" based on characters from the Wind in the Willows between 1984 and 1990. Music & songs composed by Keith Hopwood, late of Herman's Hermits & Malcolm Rowe. The Stone", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (1983 film)" }, { "docid": "8234909", "text": "be found on eBay every so often. In North America, home media distribution of both the show and the movie were handled by A&E Networks. The Wind in the Willows (TV series) The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1988, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story \"The Wind in the Willows\" and following the 1983 film \"The Wind in the Willows\". The series took place where the film left off and the original voice cast members; David Jason, Richard Pearson and Michael Hordern returned. However Ian Carmichael who had", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (TV series)" }, { "docid": "8234902", "text": "The Wind in the Willows (TV series) The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1988, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story \"The Wind in the Willows\" and following the 1983 film \"The Wind in the Willows\". The series took place where the film left off and the original voice cast members; David Jason, Richard Pearson and Michael Hordern returned. However Ian Carmichael who had previously voiced Rat in the film was now cast as the narrator and Rat's voice was replaced by Peter Sallis. It was made by animation", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (TV series)" }, { "docid": "11746115", "text": "help of a young girl, the magistrate's daughter, Toad manages to escape his cell and return to Toad Hall. However, upon his return, he is shocked to find that his home has been overtaken by a band of ruthless weasels. He and his friends, Rat, Mole, Badger and Otter cook up a plan to recover Toad's priced home and restore order to the entire community along the riverbank. Wind in the Willows (1988 film) Wind in the Willows is a 1988 Australian made-for-television animated film created by Burbank Films Australia. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's 1908 English children's", "title": "Wind in the Willows (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "13041853", "text": "The Wind in the Willows (2006 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 2006 live-action television adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic novel \"The Wind in the Willows\". It was a joint production of the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and starred Matt Lucas (Mr. Toad), Bob Hoskins (Badger), Mark Gatiss (Ratty), and Lee Ingleby (Mole), with a cameo appearance from Michael Murphy as the Judge. Rachel Talalay directed. It debuted in Canada on CBC Television on 18 December 2006 in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 1 January 2007, in the U.S. on PBS's \"Masterpiece Theatre\" on 8", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "11544929", "text": "What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song) \"What Do You Want from Me\" is a song by Pink Floyd featured on their 1994 album, \"The Division Bell\". It was composed by Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and his then-girlfriend and subsequent wife Polly Samson. A live version from \"Pulse\" was released as a single in Canada, reaching #28 in the Canadian Top Singles charts. The song is a slow, yet rocking ballad. It has a drum roll introduction, followed by a keyboard solo and then a guitar solo. David Gilmour has agreed with an interviewer that it is a", "title": "What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "2648234", "text": "\"the \"Evening Standard\"\" has ever been released). Counterfeit editions with different track lists exist. Any edition with a track list that does not match the list shown here, is a counterfeit. All songs written and sung by Syd Barrett, and taken from singles, except where noted. The Best of the Pink Floyd The Best of the Pink Floyd, also issued as Masters of Rock, is a compilation album of early Pink Floyd music, concentrating on singles and album tracks from 1967 to 1968. Later editions titled \"Masters of Rock\" were released in 1974 in France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands,", "title": "The Best of the Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "2648231", "text": "The Best of the Pink Floyd The Best of the Pink Floyd, also issued as Masters of Rock, is a compilation album of early Pink Floyd music, concentrating on singles and album tracks from 1967 to 1968. Later editions titled \"Masters of Rock\" were released in 1974 in France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, to capitalise on the success of \"The Dark Side of the Moon\". It is one of the \"Masters of Rock\" series of budget EMI compilations with identical titles, each volume for a different artist. Two different sleeve designs were used: one (by Herman Baas) based on", "title": "The Best of the Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "558900", "text": "was an inspiration for Toad Hall, although Hardwick House and Fawley Court also make this claim. The village of Lerryn, Cornwall claims to be the setting for the book. Simon Winchester suggested that the character of Ratty was based on Frederick Furnivall, a keen oarsman and acquaintance of Kenneth Grahame. However, Grahame himself said that this character was inspired by his good friend, the writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Grahame wrote this in a signed copy he gave to Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy Felicia. \"The Scotsman\" and \"Oban Times\" suggested was inspired by the Crinan Canal because Grahame spent some of his", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "7181889", "text": "The Wind in the Willows (1996 film) The Wind in the Willows (released in the United States as Mr Toad's Wild Ride) is a 1996 British children's comedy film written and directed by Terry Jones, and produced by Jake Eberts and John Goldstone. The film stars Steve Coogan, Eric Idle and Terry Jones. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 18 October 1996. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's novel \"The Wind in the Willows\". Mole's underground home is destroyed when the meadow above is bulldozed by the Weasels. Mr Toad, had sold the land to finance", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)" }, { "docid": "1407503", "text": "These were followed by \"Dream Days\" in 1898, which contains \"The Reluctant Dragon\". There is a ten-year gap between Grahame's penultimate book and the publication of his triumph, \"The Wind in the Willows\". During this decade, Grahame became a father. The wayward, headstrong nature he saw in his little son Alastair he transformed into the swaggering Mr. Toad, one of its four principal characters. The character in the book known as Ratty was inspired by his good friend, and writer, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Grahame mentions this in a signed copy he gave to Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy Felicia. Despite its success,", "title": "Kenneth Grahame" }, { "docid": "558899", "text": "Golden Age\" and \"Dream Days\", generally gave negative reviews. The public loved it, however, and within a few years it sold in such numbers that many reprints were required. In 1909, then sitting US President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to Grahame to tell him that he had \"read it and reread it, and have come to accept the characters as old friends\". In \"The Enchanted Places\", Christopher Robin Milne wrote of \"The Wind in the Willows\": Unproduced The BBC has broadcast a number of radio productions of the story. Dramatisations include: Abridged readings include: Other presentation formats: Mapledurham House in Oxfordshire", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "4636251", "text": "Pink Floyd – The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name. The film centers around a confined rocker named Pink, who, after being driven into insanity by the death of his father and many depressive moments during his lifetime, constructs a metaphorical (and sometimes physical) wall to be protected from the world and emotional situations around him. When this coping mechanism backfires he puts himself on trial and", "title": "Pink Floyd – The Wall" }, { "docid": "558882", "text": "the animal characters in his book do – as the book says, \"simply messing about in boats\" – and expanding the bedtime stories he had earlier told his son Alastair into a manuscript for the book. The novel was in its 31st printing when playwright A. A. Milne adapted part of it for the stage as \"Toad of Toad Hall\" in 1929. 1946 saw the first of several film adaptions. In 2003, \"The Wind in the Willows\" was listed at number 16 in the BBC's survey The Big Read. More than a century after its original publication, it was adapted", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "10809385", "text": "Paton and Billy Lyall. The album was remastered in 2009 with the following bonus tracks: From the Album of the Same Name From the Album of the Same Name is the 1974 debut album by Pilot, containing the international hit \"Magic\". The album was initially released in 1974 by EMI, and later re-released on CD by EMI Japan in 1990 and by C-Five (Chapter Five) Records, in 1991. Ian Bairnson plays guitar on this album but, at the time, was not a group member. He joined the group, officially, after it had been recorded. Richard Hewson made the orchestral arrangements,", "title": "From the Album of the Same Name" }, { "docid": "10809384", "text": "From the Album of the Same Name From the Album of the Same Name is the 1974 debut album by Pilot, containing the international hit \"Magic\". The album was initially released in 1974 by EMI, and later re-released on CD by EMI Japan in 1990 and by C-Five (Chapter Five) Records, in 1991. Ian Bairnson plays guitar on this album but, at the time, was not a group member. He joined the group, officially, after it had been recorded. Richard Hewson made the orchestral arrangements, although normally it would be Alan Parsons with Andrew Powell. All tracks written by David", "title": "From the Album of the Same Name" }, { "docid": "13052779", "text": "In the Name of Love (Earth, Wind & Fire album) In the Name of Love is the seventeenth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1997 on Rhino Records. The album reached no. 50 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. \"In the Name of Love\" was produced by EWF's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions. Originally the album was released only in Japan under the title of \"Avatar\" with a differing track list. The track \"Love Is Life\" is a remake of its namesake which appeared on the band 's debut LP, \"Earth, Wind & Fire\". During October", "title": "In the Name of Love (Earth, Wind & Fire album)" }, { "docid": "16269671", "text": "The Willows at Christmas The Willows at Christmas is a children's novel by English writer William Horwood, first published in 1999. It is the fourth book of the \"Tales of the Willows\" series, a collection of four sequels to Kenneth Grahame's \"The Wind in the Willows\". \"The Willows at Christmas\" is set after the events of \"The Wind in the Willows\" but before \"The Willows in Winter\". It is illustrated by Patrick Benson and includes full-page colour pictures . The twelve days of Christmas are fast approaching and Mole is planning to enjoy every one of them with his River", "title": "The Willows at Christmas" }, { "docid": "558885", "text": "Elspeth Thomson in 1899, when he was 40; the next year they had their only child, a boy named Alastair (whose nickname was \"Mouse\") born premature, blind in one eye, and plagued by health problems throughout his life. When Alastair was about four years old, Grahame would tell him bedtime stories, some of which were about a toad, and on his frequent boating holidays without his family he would write further tales of Toad, Mole, Ratty, and Badger in letters to Alastair. In 1908 Grahame took early retirement from his job at the Bank of England and moved with his", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "11544930", "text": "\"straight Chicago blues tune\", while mentioning he is still a blues fan. In an interview, David Gilmour was asked if the song returned to the theme of alienation from the audience. He responded by saying that it \"actually had more to do with personal relationships but drifted into wider territory\". In a contemporary negative review for \"The Division Bell\", Tom Graves of \"Rolling Stone\" described \"What Do You Want from Me\" as the only track on which \"Gilmour sounds like he cares\". with: What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song) \"What Do You Want from Me\" is a", "title": "What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "12607157", "text": "In the Flesh (Pink Floyd tour) The In the Flesh Tour, also known as the Animals Tour, was a concert tour by the English rock band Pink Floyd in support of their album \"Animals\". It was divided in two legs, one in Europe and another in North America. The tour featured large inflatable puppets, as well as a pyrotechnic \"waterfall\", and one of the biggest and most elaborate stages to date, including umbrella-like canopies that would rise from the stage to protect the band from the elements. Pink Floyd's market strategy for the In the Flesh Tour was very aggressive,", "title": "In the Flesh (Pink Floyd tour)" }, { "docid": "12607165", "text": "\"Wish You Were Here\": Encore 1: Encore 2: In the Flesh (Pink Floyd tour) The In the Flesh Tour, also known as the Animals Tour, was a concert tour by the English rock band Pink Floyd in support of their album \"Animals\". It was divided in two legs, one in Europe and another in North America. The tour featured large inflatable puppets, as well as a pyrotechnic \"waterfall\", and one of the biggest and most elaborate stages to date, including umbrella-like canopies that would rise from the stage to protect the band from the elements. Pink Floyd's market strategy for", "title": "In the Flesh (Pink Floyd tour)" }, { "docid": "5599523", "text": "In the Flesh (Pink Floyd song) \"In the Flesh\" (working title \"The Show\") is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It appears on their 1979 album \"The Wall\". The introduction of the song features the same explosive organ sequence heard in the introduction to \"In the Flesh?\". Following this, the song then moves into a slightly quieter choir chorus, before the lyrical section. The end of the song features another organ sequence, and the song fades out to the chanting of \"Pink! Floyd! Pink! Floyd!\", however, the movie version instead has the crowd chanting \"Hammer!, Hammer!, Hammer!\",", "title": "In the Flesh (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "12276311", "text": "Debbie Harry went on to join \"The Stillettoes\" in 1974 and other bands until subsequently achieving success in 1974 fronting the new wave band Blondie. Wind in the Willows recorded a second album, which was never released. The whereabouts of the tapes are unknown. According to Cathay Che's biography on Harry, it has never surfaced, but Harry was said to have contributed more vocals than on the first album, as well as writing lyrics for a track entitled \"Buried Treasure\" on the second album. During 1968 the vinyl album was released in \"Unipak\" gatefold format in the U.S. (Capitol Records,", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (band)" }, { "docid": "558884", "text": "collapsed and the children moved to Fern Hill Cottage in Cranbourne, Berkshire. In 1866, their father tried to overcome his drinking problem and took the children back to live with him in Argyll, Scotland, but after a year they returned to their grandmother's house in Cranbourne, where Kenneth lived until he entered St Edward's School, Oxford in 1868. During his early years at St. Edwards the boys were free to explore the old city with its quaint shops, historic buildings, and cobbled streets, St Giles' Fair, the idyllic upper reaches of the River Thames, and the nearby countryside. Grahame married", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "558883", "text": "again for the stage in 2016 musical by Julian Fellowes. Kenneth Grahame was born on 8 March 1859 in Edinburgh. When he was 5, his mother died from puerperal fever, and his father, who had a drinking problem, gave the care of his four children over to their grandmother, who lived in Cookham Dean in Berkshire. There they lived in a spacious but dilapidated home, \"The Mount\", in extensive grounds by the River Thames, and were introduced to the riverside and boating by their uncle, David Ingles, curate at Cookham Dean church. At Christmas 1865 the chimney of the house", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "5599526", "text": "song ends, the crowd's chant of \"Pink Floyd!\" is replaced with \"Hammer\", invoking the film motif of hammers. In addition, both Pink and the crowd display the \"Hammer\" salute, arms crossed in front of the chest at the wrists like a pair of crossed hammers. In addition, the \"Crossed Hammer\" logo can be seen everywhere. The song immediately segues into \"Run Like Hell\". with: Personnel per Fitch and Mahon. In the Flesh (Pink Floyd song) \"In the Flesh\" (working title \"The Show\") is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It appears on their 1979 album \"The Wall\".", "title": "In the Flesh (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "4636260", "text": "grew out of that approach, combined with the issue of the growing alienation between the band and their fans. This symbolised a new era for rock bands, as Pink Floyd \"explored (... ) the hard realities of 'being where we are'\", drawing upon existentialists, namely Jean-Paul Sartre. Even before the original Pink Floyd album was recorded, a film was intended to be made from it. However, the concept of the film was intended to be live footage from the album's tour, with Scarfe's animation and extra scenes. The film was going to star Waters himself. EMI did not intend to", "title": "Pink Floyd – The Wall" }, { "docid": "12441761", "text": "Kenny & the Dragon Kenny & the Dragon is a 2008 children's novel by Tony DiTerlizzi. It is based on the story of The Reluctant Dragon. DiTerlizzi named the two protagonists Kenneth and Grahame, after the original story's author Kenneth Grahame. He also includes references to Grahame's other famous work, \"The Wind in the Willows\". Kenny Rabbit is a young bunny that lives in a village called Roundbrook and enjoys reading. He is informed from his father that a dragon has moved to the hill by his parents' farm. The dragon, Grahame, loves literature, enjoys reciting long poems over dinner,", "title": "Kenny & the Dragon" }, { "docid": "14836120", "text": "could show the artist and song names) and other times they would print labels with fictitious names. For example, the 1972 Pink Floyd bootleg called \"Brain Damage\" was released under the name The Screaming Abdabs. In January 1972, Pink Floyd debuted the live performance of their album \"The Dark Side of the Moon\" before its release. A lot of Pink Floyd bootlegs date back from this period. Most of these bootlegs contain a pre-release version of the whole album. The bootleg \"Supine in the Sunshine\" contains an audience live recording with extended versions of two songs from the soundtrack \"Obscured", "title": "Pink Floyd bootleg recordings" }, { "docid": "2280966", "text": "2002, and Quadruple Platinum on 10 September 2007. The compilation spans the career of Pink Floyd from their first single \"Arnold Layne\" in 1967, through to \"High Hopes\", the final track from their 1994 studio album \"The Division Bell\". Four of their albums—\"More\", \"Ummagumma\", \"Atom Heart Mother\" and \"Obscured by Clouds\"—are not represented whatsoever, though multiple tracks from \"Atom Heart Mother\" and \"Ummagumma\" were planned to appear on the compilation. Each of the 26 tracks fades from one to the next with no break in the music, courtesy of longtime producer/engineer James Guthrie, to help recreate the concept album feel", "title": "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "1366453", "text": "Animals (Pink Floyd album) Animals is the tenth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was first released on 23 January 1977 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in the United States. It is a concept album that provides a scathing critique of the social-political conditions of late 1970s Britain, and presents a marked change in musical style from their earlier work. \"Animals\" was recorded at the band's Britannia Row Studios in London, but its production was punctuated by the early signs of discord that, three years later, would culminate in keyboardist Richard", "title": "Animals (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "1366477", "text": "lead vocals performed by Roger Waters, except where noted. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Animals (Pink Floyd album) Animals is the tenth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was first released on 23 January 1977 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in the United States. It is a concept album that provides a scathing critique of the social-political conditions of late 1970s Britain, and presents a marked change in musical style from their earlier work. \"Animals\" was recorded at the band's Britannia Row Studios in London, but its production was punctuated by the early", "title": "Animals (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "7771950", "text": "a dog in the manger and I'm going to fight him.\" In 2013, Waters said he had failed to appreciate that the Pink Floyd name had commercial value independent of the band members, and was wrong to have attempted to stop the others using it. In 1986, Gilmour began recruiting musicians for what would become Pink Floyd's first album without Waters, \"A Momentary Lapse of Reason\". There were legal obstacles to Wright's re-admittance to the band, but after a meeting in Hampstead, Pink Floyd invited Wright to participate in the coming sessions. Gilmour later stated that Wright's presence \"would make", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "4636276", "text": "Free\" and the rerecorded \"Bring the Boys Back Home\" was released. \"When the Tigers Broke Free\" later became a bonus track on the 1983 album \"The Final Cut\", an album Waters intended as an extension to \"The Wall\". Guitarist David Gilmour, however, dismissed the album as a collection of songs that had been rejected for \"The Wall\" project, but were being recycled. The song, in the edit used for the single, also appears on the 2001 compilation album \"\". Pink Floyd – The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Alan", "title": "Pink Floyd – The Wall" }, { "docid": "1640787", "text": "reviews, it went on to receive critical acclaim, appearing on \"Rolling Stone\"s lists of \"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\" and the \"50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time\". Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright and guitarist David Gilmour cited it as their favourite Pink Floyd album. During 1974, Pink Floyd sketched out three new compositions, \"Raving and Drooling\", \"You Gotta Be Crazy\" and \"Shine On You Crazy Diamond\". These songs were performed during a series of concerts in France and England, the band's first tour since 1973's \"The Dark Side of the Moon\". As Pink Floyd had never", "title": "Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "2280967", "text": "of the band's mid-period work. All 26 tracks were newly remastered specifically for this compilation and are not sequenced in chronological order. The band's longtime guitarist, David Gilmour, said of the process of compiling the tracks themselves: Roger Waters's main contribution was the name of the compilation. \"I had to, because the name the boys came up with was so awful. What was it? 'Sum of the Parts'. See what I mean?\" Storm Thorgerson, who had done the majority of album covers for Pink Floyd, did the \"Echoes\" art which features recursive windows in an infinite regression as a nod", "title": "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "7771969", "text": "release of 2014 and the fastest-selling since 1997. Gilmour stated that \"The Endless River\" is Pink Floyd's last album, saying: \"I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is ... It's a shame, but this is the end.\" There was no tour to support the album, as Gilmour felt it was \"kind of impossible\" without Wright. In August 2015, Gilmour reiterated that Pink Floyd were \"done\" and that to reunite without Wright \"would just be wrong\". In November 2016, Pink Floyd released a boxset, \"The Early Years 1965–1972\", comprising outtakes, live recordings, remixes, and films from their", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "2794179", "text": "1970 on a scarce various artists compilation album promoting Pink Floyd's UK label Harvest Records entitled \"Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air\". Also unique to \"Works\", the tracks \"Brain Damage\" and \"Eclipse\" are presented as alternate versions, possibly stereo mixes from the master tapes of the quadraphonic edition of \"The Dark Side of the Moon\". The cover art for the album was inspired by the c. 1948 poster \"Nederland industrialiseert\" (\"Holland industrialises\") designed by Dutch graphic artist Wladimir Flem. Cover rendering by Ron Larson Works (Pink Floyd album) Works is a Pink Floyd compilation album released in 1983. It", "title": "Works (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "2925483", "text": "Pulse (Pink Floyd album) Pulse (stylised as p·u·l·s·e) is a live album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 29 May 1995 by EMI in the United Kingdom and on 6 June 1995 by Columbia in the United States. The album was recorded during the European leg of Pink Floyd's Division Bell Tour in 1994. The album includes a complete live version of \"The Dark Side of the Moon\" and features a booklet with many photographs from performances on this tour. It also features \"Astronomy Domine\", a Syd Barrett song not performed since the early 1970s.", "title": "Pulse (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "4744412", "text": "the second segment is introduced and narrated by Bing Crosby. Decca Records issued an album called \"Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow\" featuring Crosby in 1949 to tie in with the release of the film. This segment is based on \"The Wind in the Willows\" (1908) by Kenneth Grahame. The story is set in and around London, England, United Kingdom between June 10, 1909 and January 1, 1910. The protagonist J. Thaddeus Toad, Esq. is introduced as an \"incurable adventurer\" who \"never counted the cost\". As the story's \"one disturbing element\", although he is the wealthy proprietor of the", "title": "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" }, { "docid": "2794178", "text": "Works (Pink Floyd album) Works is a Pink Floyd compilation album released in 1983. It features a variety of material, such as (among others) the band's early singles, \"Arnold Layne\" and \"See Emily Play\", alternative mixes of tracks from \"The Dark Side of the Moon\", and the demo track, \"Embryo\". The album was released by their former American label, Capitol Records, to compete with their then-current album \"The Final Cut\". The main interest for collectors is the track \"Embryo\", an outtake from \"Ummagumma\" that later became a concert staple in a greatly elongated form, which originally only appeared in January", "title": "Works (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "10783206", "text": "childhood, rock climbing hobby and between recording/touring experiences. The book also features some of Roth's poetry which had never been officially published before. The book was a US bestseller. Crazy from the Heat (book) Crazy from the Heat is the autobiography of Van Halen lead vocalist and successful solo artist David Lee Roth. The book published in 1998 shares its name with Roth's debut release as a solo artist 1985's \"Crazy from the Heat\" EP. The cover of the book shows Roth returning to the scene where the artwork for the EP was taken and striking a different pose, this", "title": "Crazy from the Heat (book)" }, { "docid": "2409367", "text": "Echoes (Pink Floyd song) \"Echoes\" is a composition by Pink Floyd including fully extended instrumental passages, largely ambient sound effects, and musical improvisation. Written in 1970 by all four members of the group, \"Echoes\" provides the extended finale to Pink Floyd's album \"Meddle\". The track has a running time of 23:31 and comprises the entire second side of the vinyl and cassette recordings. It also appears in shortened form as the fifth track on the compilation album which took its name, \"\". The composition was originally assembled from separate fragments, and was later split in two parts to serve as", "title": "Echoes (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "1407498", "text": "their uncle, David Ingles, curate at Cookham Dean church. This ambiance, particularly Quarry Wood and the River Thames, is believed, by Peter Green, his biographer, to have inspired the setting for \"The Wind in the Willows\". He was an outstanding pupil at St Edward's School in Oxford. During his early years at St Edwards, a sports regimen had not been established and the boys had freedom to explore the old city with its quaint shops, historic buildings, and cobblestone streets, St Giles' Fair, the upper reaches of the Thames, and the nearby countryside. Grahame wanted to attend Oxford University, but", "title": "Kenneth Grahame" }, { "docid": "2280965", "text": "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at #2 on the \"Billboard\" 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on 6 December 2001 in the US by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum in the US on 8 January", "title": "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "2280971", "text": "following songs were considered for inclusion: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at #2 on the \"Billboard\" 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on 6 December 2001 in the US by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum", "title": "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "10783205", "text": "Crazy from the Heat (book) Crazy from the Heat is the autobiography of Van Halen lead vocalist and successful solo artist David Lee Roth. The book published in 1998 shares its name with Roth's debut release as a solo artist 1985's \"Crazy from the Heat\" EP. The cover of the book shows Roth returning to the scene where the artwork for the EP was taken and striking a different pose, this time with a woman in his arms. The book tells of Roth's experiences not only as a member of Van Halen and a solo musician but also about his", "title": "Crazy from the Heat (book)" }, { "docid": "7181901", "text": "in the U.S. The film holds a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and holds three stars out of five on the film critic website AllMovie.com. Film critic Mike Hertenstein wrote a positive critical review of the film. The films won the Best of the Fest award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival in 1998 and the \"WisKid Award\" at the Wisconsin International Children's Film Festival in 2000. The Wind in the Willows (1996 film) The Wind in the Willows (released in the United States as Mr Toad's Wild Ride) is a 1996 British children's comedy film written and", "title": "The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)" }, { "docid": "7771904", "text": "attract the attention of the music industry. While in negotiations with record companies, \"IT\" co-founder and UFO club manager Joe Boyd and Pink Floyd's booking agent Bryan Morrison arranged and funded a recording session at Sound Techniques in West Hampstead. Three days later, Pink Floyd signed with EMI, receiving a £5,000 advance (). EMI released the band's first single, \"Arnold Layne\", with the B-side \"Candy and a Currant Bun\", on 10 March 1967 on its Columbia label. Both tracks were recorded on 29 January 1967. \"Arnold Layne\"'s references to cross-dressing led to a ban by several radio stations; however, creative", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "1951166", "text": "on Mary Norton books on little people), \"The Adventures of Black Beauty\", \"The Famous Five\" (based on Enid Blyton books), \"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\" (based on the C. S. Lewis novel), and \"Pride and Prejudice\" (starring Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy). The actor David Jason has voiced a number of popular characters in children's animation, including \"The Wind in the Willows\" (based on the children's book by Kenneth Grahame), \"Danger Mouse\" and \"Count Duckula\". Other children's shows include \"Where's Wally?\" (a series based on books by author Martin Handford where readers are challenged to find Wally who", "title": "Culture of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "4294621", "text": "Against the Wind (album) Against the Wind is the eleventh studio album by American rock singer Bob Seger and his fourth with the Silver Bullet Band. It was released in February 1980. It is Seger's only number-one album to date, spending six weeks at the top of the \"Billboard\" Top LPs chart, knocking Pink Floyd's \"The Wall\" from the top spot. \"Against the Wind\" was an immediate commercial success, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart in its third week and remaining there for five weeks behind Pink Floyd's \"The Wall\" before reaching No. 1 and holding the", "title": "Against the Wind (album)" }, { "docid": "7771947", "text": "his feelings about a variety of topics, from the murder of John Lennon to his relationship with Waters. He later stated that he used the album to distance himself from Pink Floyd. Soon afterwards, Waters began touring his first solo album, \"The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking\". Wright formed Zee with Dave Harris and recorded \"Identity\", which went almost unnoticed upon its release. Mason released his second solo album, \"Profiles\", in August 1985. Following the release of \"The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking\", Waters publicly insisted that Pink Floyd would not reunite. He contacted O'Rourke to discuss settling", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "6904495", "text": "of international rugby league matches played at The Willows. The Willows also saw Salford and the county team Lancashire play host to various international touring teams from 1908–1978. The Willows, Salford The Willows was a rugby league stadium in Weaste, Salford, England. It had a final capacity of 11,363 with 2,500 seats. In 1900, Salford agreed a 14-year lease on of land belonging to the Willows Estate Company, named after the abundance of willow trees in the area. They made their debut at the Willows on 21 December 1901, beating Swinton 2–0 in front of 16,981 fans. In the 1960s,", "title": "The Willows, Salford" }, { "docid": "7771968", "text": "lot of what he does and how his playing was at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. Listening back to the sessions, it really brought home to me what a special player he was.\" \"The Endless River \"was released on 7 November 2014, the second Pink Floyd album distributed by Parlophone following the release of the 20th anniversary editions of \"The Division Bell\" earlier in 2014. Though it received mixed reviews, it\" \"became the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon UK, and debuted at number one in several countries. The vinyl edition was the fastest-selling UK vinyl", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "1366470", "text": "rousing, all in the right places\". In his 2004 autobiography \"\", Nick Mason suggests that the album's perceived harshness, when compared to previous Floyd releases, may be a result of a \"workman-like mood in the studio\", and an unconscious reaction to the accusations from the aforementioned punk genre that bands like Pink Floyd represented \"dinosaur rock\". Rick Wright has gone on record saying he didn't like the album and it was also the start of Roger Waters' ego trip on the 1994 BBC Omnibus Documentary on Pink Floyd. \"Animals\" was certified by the RIAA as 4× Platinum on 31 January", "title": "Animals (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "1366461", "text": "viewed it as a welcome return to the underground scene from which Pink Floyd originated. In 1977 he produced The Damned's second album, \"Music for Pleasure\", at Britannia Row. In his 2008 book \"Comfortably Numb\", author Mark Blake argues that \"Dogs\" contains some of David Gilmour's finest work; although the guitarist sings only one lead vocal, his performance is \"explosive\". The song also contains notable contributions from Wright, which echo the synthesizer sounds used on the band's previous album, \"Wish You Were Here\". \"Pigs (Three Different Ones)\" is audibly similar to \"Have a Cigar\", with bluesy guitar fills and elaborate", "title": "Animals (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "9000084", "text": "waiting for the instrument to be repaired. This improvisation included elements of other Pink Floyd songs, most notably what appears to be an instrumental version of \"Breathe\" as well as the intro to \"Raving and Drooling\" (the 1974–75 precursor to \"Sheep\") and a rough \"Any Colour You Like\". Embryo (Pink Floyd song) \"Embryo\" (sometimes called \"The Embryo\") is a song by Pink Floyd. It was a concert staple in 1970–71, but a full band version was never released on any Pink Floyd studio album. A studio version did appear in 1970 on the rare multi-artist album \"Picnic – A Breath", "title": "Embryo (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "9000076", "text": "Embryo (Pink Floyd song) \"Embryo\" (sometimes called \"The Embryo\") is a song by Pink Floyd. It was a concert staple in 1970–71, but a full band version was never released on any Pink Floyd studio album. A studio version did appear in 1970 on the rare multi-artist album \"Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air\". Its next appearance was in 1983 on Pink Floyd's own compilation \"Works\". It then appeared in 2007 on \"A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology 1969–1974\" (one of only three tracks from the original sampler album to be included in the similarly-titled", "title": "Embryo (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "19566367", "text": "Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) 33. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (1900) 34. Kim by Rudyard Kipling (1901) 35. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903) 36. The Golden Bowl by Henry James (1904) 37. Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe (1904) 38. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908) 39. The History of Mr Polly by HG Wells (1910) 40. Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm (1911) 41. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (1915) 42. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) 43. The Rainbow by DH Lawrence (1915) 44. Of Human", "title": "The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English" }, { "docid": "7154798", "text": "of these three songs:\" \"Occasionally, multiple song encores were performed, adding:\" Playing 98 shows (the most until 1994), 1972 was the last time Pink Floyd varied their set lists each night on a tour until their final one. Songs played in the second set and encore were swapped constantly, and the band even varied the number of songs played in the encore from the usual one, to two or three. 1972 saw Pink Floyd debut the performance of a not just a song (like on previous tours), but an entire album prior to its release. The original title was \"Eclipse", "title": "Pink Floyd live performances" }, { "docid": "4138749", "text": "piano, although David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright are uncredited. The child heard on opening track is Ron's son Joe Geesin. The LP features a different track listing to the original film soundtrack, and a 3 sided acetate does exist of the full version. The cover of the album features a Transparent Anatomical Manikin (TAM). Waters would not release another album outside of Pink Floyd until 1984's \"The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking\". All songs written by Ron Geesin, except where noted: Side One Side Two Music from The Body Music from The Body is the soundtrack album", "title": "Music from The Body" }, { "docid": "2925489", "text": "stated to be over six months. Some versions were also made with 2 AA batteries and later editions of the CD set did not feature the blinking LED. Pulse (Pink Floyd album) Pulse (stylised as p·u·l·s·e) is a live album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 29 May 1995 by EMI in the United Kingdom and on 6 June 1995 by Columbia in the United States. The album was recorded during the European leg of Pink Floyd's Division Bell Tour in 1994. The album includes a complete live version of \"The Dark Side of the", "title": "Pulse (Pink Floyd album)" }, { "docid": "2670470", "text": "The Australian Pink Floyd Show The Australian Pink Floyd Show, more frequently referred to as the Australian Pink Floyd, is a Pink Floyd tribute band formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. Their live shows attempt to recreate the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours, employing visual aids such as lasers, inflatables and a large display panel similar to \"Mr Screen\". The Australian Pink Floyd Show play venues worldwide. The band is noted for replicating the nuances of Pink Floyd's work. The guitar rig of Steve Mac closely resembles David Gilmour's set-up, and includes elements custom-produced", "title": "The Australian Pink Floyd Show" }, { "docid": "7771954", "text": "toured North America, Waters' \"Radio K.A.O.S.\" tour was on occasion, close by, though in much smaller venues than those hosting his former band's performances. Waters issued a writ for copyright fees for the band's use of the flying pig. Pink Floyd responded by attaching a large set of male genitalia to its underside to distinguish it from Waters' design. The parties reached a legal agreement on 23 December; Mason and Gilmour retained the right to use the Pink Floyd name in perpetuity and Waters received exclusive rights to, among other things, \"The Wall\". For several years Pink Floyd had busied", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "2670484", "text": "Jodrell Bank in England. In 2016 new members Chris Barnes (vocals) and Ricky Howard (bass/vocals) were welcomed to the TAPFS family. The Australian Pink Floyd Show The Australian Pink Floyd Show, more frequently referred to as the Australian Pink Floyd, is a Pink Floyd tribute band formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. Their live shows attempt to recreate the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours, employing visual aids such as lasers, inflatables and a large display panel similar to \"Mr Screen\". The Australian Pink Floyd Show play venues worldwide. The band is noted for replicating", "title": "The Australian Pink Floyd Show" }, { "docid": "14682255", "text": "Death Song of Love\". The album also includes a cover of The Beatles's \"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away\". Adapted from \"Songs from the Pink Death\" liner notes. Songs from the Pink Death Songs from the Pink Death is the fourth studio album by composer and producer Kramer, released on February 17, 1998 by Shimmy Disc and Knitting Factory Records. The album features backup musicians including drummer Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and guitarist Sean Eden of Luna. The album is replete with obscure and obvious references (\"pink death\" itself referring to the swine flu) such as to \"Sunday", "title": "Songs from the Pink Death" }, { "docid": "558886", "text": "wife and son to an old farmhouse in Blewbury, where he used the bedtime stories he had told Alastair as a basis for the manuscript of \"The Wind in the Willows\". With the arrival of spring and fine weather outside, the good-natured Mole loses patience with spring cleaning. He flees his underground home, emerging to take in the air and ends up at the river, which he has never seen before. Here he meets Rat (a water vole), who at this time of year spends all his days in, on and close by the river. Rat takes Mole for a", "title": "The Wind in the Willows" }, { "docid": "14682254", "text": "Songs from the Pink Death Songs from the Pink Death is the fourth studio album by composer and producer Kramer, released on February 17, 1998 by Shimmy Disc and Knitting Factory Records. The album features backup musicians including drummer Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and guitarist Sean Eden of Luna. The album is replete with obscure and obvious references (\"pink death\" itself referring to the swine flu) such as to \"Sunday Morning\" in \"Don't Come Around\", John Malkovich's character's theory in \"The Convent\" in \"The Opium Wars Have Long Ceased\", and the sample from \"Wipe Out (instrumental)\" in \"The Pink", "title": "Songs from the Pink Death" }, { "docid": "20706641", "text": "'Or anywhere else, for that matter'\". The hall has a \"very old banqueting-hall\" and a \"large boat-house\". Stables stand to the right of the house, as viewed from the river. An ancient passage, unknown to Toad but vouchsafed to Mr Badger by Toad's father, and of critical importance to the novel's denoument, \"leads from the river bank ..., right up into the middle of Toad Hall\". A number of houses have been cited as the inspiration for Toad Hall. These include: Toad Hall (The Wind in the Willows) Toad Hall is the fictional home of Mr. Toad, a character in", "title": "Toad Hall (The Wind in the Willows)" }, { "docid": "7771953", "text": "stating: \"Roger's criticisms are fair. It's not a band album at all.\" \"Q Magazine\" described the album as essentially a Gilmour solo album. Waters attempted to subvert the \"Momentary Lapse of Reason \"tour by contacting promoters in the US and threatening to sue them if they used the Pink Floyd name. Gilmour and Mason funded the start-up costs with Mason using his Ferrari 250 GTO as collateral. Early rehearsals for the upcoming tour were chaotic, with Mason and Wright entirely out of practice. Realising he had taken on too much work, Gilmour asked Ezrin to assist them. As Pink Floyd", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "7771930", "text": "a new concept after several weeks. During 1974, Pink Floyd had sketched out three original compositions and had performed them at a series of concerts in Europe. These compositions became the starting point for a new album whose opening four-note guitar phrase, composed purely by chance by Gilmour, reminded Waters of Barrett. The songs provided a fitting summary of the rise and fall of their former bandmate. Waters commented: \"Because I wanted to get as close as possible to what I felt ... [that] indefinable, inevitable melancholy about the disappearance of Syd.\" While Pink Floyd were working on the album,", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "4138748", "text": "Music from The Body Music from The Body is the soundtrack album to Roy Battersby's 1970 documentary film \"The Body\", about human biology, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and Frank Finlay. The music was composed in collaboration between Pink Floyd member Roger Waters and Ron Geesin, the same year they worked together on \"Atom Heart Mother\" and employs biomusic, including sounds made by the human body (slaps, breathing, laughing, whispering, flatulence, etc.), in addition to more traditional guitar, piano and stringed instruments. The album's final track, \"Give Birth to a Smile\", features all four members of Pink Floyd, plus Geesin on", "title": "Music from The Body" }, { "docid": "2670471", "text": "by Pete Cornish, who worked extensively with Gilmour. The band associates itself with individuals who have worked with Pink Floyd over the years, including Colin Norfield (who worked as a sound engineer for David Gilmour in his solo career and for Pink Floyd during their 1994 Division Bell Tour) and Clive Brooks – Nick Mason's long-time drum technician. The show includes a round screen with intelligent lights arranged around its perimeter. During a concert, movies and animations are displayed on-screen, complementing the band's light show. Inflatables (such as the pig used by Pink Floyd during the Division Bell Tour, and", "title": "The Australian Pink Floyd Show" }, { "docid": "10055299", "text": "was issued in 1928. The Golden Age (Grahame) The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and first published in book form in 1895, by The Bodley Head in London and by Stone & Kimball in Chicago. The Prologue and six of the stories had previously appeared in the \"\"National Observer\",\" the journal then edited by William Ernest Henley. Widely praised upon its first appearance – Algernon Charles Swinburne, writing in the \"Daily Chronicle,\" called it \"one of the few books which are well-nigh too praiseworthy for praise\" – the book has come to", "title": "The Golden Age (Grahame)" }, { "docid": "10055296", "text": "The Golden Age (Grahame) The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and first published in book form in 1895, by The Bodley Head in London and by Stone & Kimball in Chicago. The Prologue and six of the stories had previously appeared in the \"\"National Observer\",\" the journal then edited by William Ernest Henley. Widely praised upon its first appearance – Algernon Charles Swinburne, writing in the \"Daily Chronicle,\" called it \"one of the few books which are well-nigh too praiseworthy for praise\" – the book has come to be regarded as a", "title": "The Golden Age (Grahame)" }, { "docid": "7771949", "text": "band members had forced him from the group by threatening to sue him. He then went to the High Court in an effort to dissolve the band and prevent the use of the Pink Floyd name, declaring Pink Floyd \"a spent force creatively.\" When his lawyers discovered that the partnership had never been formally confirmed, Waters returned to the High Court in an attempt to obtain a veto over further use of the band's name. Gilmour responded by issuing a carefully worded press release affirming that Pink Floyd would continue to exist. He later told \"The Sunday Times\": \"Roger is", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "1610549", "text": "involvement in creating \"Report from Iron Mountain\", naming Leonard Lewin as the main writer with \"input\" from economist John Kenneth Galbraith, two editors of the satirical magazine \"Monocle\" (Marvin Kitman and Richard Lingeman) and himself. On November 26, 1967, the report was reviewed in the book section of \"The Washington Post\" by Herschel McLandress, supposedly the pen name for Harvard professor John Kenneth Galbraith. McLandress wrote that he knew firsthand of the report's authenticity because he had been invited to participate in its creation; that although he was unable to be part of the official group, he was consulted from", "title": "The Report from Iron Mountain" }, { "docid": "7771957", "text": "artwork. Thorgerson drew inspiration for the album cover from the Moai monoliths of Easter Island; two opposing faces forming an implied third face about which he commented: \"the absent face—the ghost of Pink Floyd's past, Syd and Roger\". Eager to avoid competing against other album releases, as had happened with \"A Momentary Lapse\", Pink Floyd set a deadline of April 1994, at which point they would resume touring. The album reached number 1 in both the UK and the US. It spent 51 weeks on the UK chart. Pink Floyd spent more than two weeks rehearsing in a hangar at", "title": "Pink Floyd" }, { "docid": "6853752", "text": "deep river, swimming away. The video went to #9 on MTV's Video Countdown in November 1987 and was the #60 video of MTV's Top 100 Videos of 1987. The video won the band its only MTV Video Music Award for \"Best Concept Video\" in 1988. The red/orange airplane is a Beech Model 17 Staggerwing. Additional musicians: Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd song) \"Learning to Fly\" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, written by David Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, and Jon Carin. It was the first single from the band's thirteenth studio album \"A Momentary", "title": "Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd song)" } ]

[ "The Birds (disambiguation)", "The Birds", "Bird (disambiguation)", "Bird's", "BIRD", "The bird", "Birds (album)", "Birds (song)", "The Bird" ]

[ { "docid": "2920179", "text": "a nuclear power plant received significant negative attention from local citizens, beginning in 1958. By 1964, the plans for the plant were abandoned. Bodega Bay was the setting for the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film, \"The Birds\", starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren and Suzanne Pleshette. In October 2017, Bodega Bay, on the northwest edge of Sonoma County, served as a site of refuge and supply depot for evacuees from an historic fast-moving destructive fire in northern California. People from Santa Rosa and other regions affected by the raging wildfire started pouring in not long after the blazes started. Like underwater parks,", "title": "Bodega Bay" }, { "docid": "1984022", "text": "Tippi Hedren Nathalie Kay \"Tippi\" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model. A successful fashion model from her twenties, appearing on the front covers of \"Life\" and \"Glamour\" magazines among others, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961. She received world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller \"The Birds\" in 1963, for which she won a Golden Globe, and the psychological drama \"Marnie\" in 1964. Hedren has appeared in over eighty films and", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984044", "text": "he was Alfred Hitchcock, the great and famous director, and I was Tippi Hedren, an inexperienced actress who had no clout\". She decided she could not quit her contract because she was afraid to be blacklisted and unable to find work. Hedren's own daughter, Melanie Griffith, remembered that while Hedren was doing \"The Birds\", she thought Hitchcock was taking her mother away from her. \"Suddenly, I wasn't allowed even to visit my mom at the studio\". During the filming of \"Marnie\", Hedren found Hitchcock's behavior toward her increasingly difficult to bear as filming progressed. \"Everyone–I mean everyone–knew he was obsessed", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1023085", "text": "after the Russian Foreign Minister Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev, and it served as a port to support Fort Ross and the larger Russian community known as Colony Ross. The location scenes in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed film \"The Birds\" (1963) were filmed in both Bodega Bay and nearby Bodega (though both were represented as being parts of the movie's Bodega Bay.) The town markets itself with the film in many ways, including its \"Birds\"-themed visitors' center, although none of the film's primary locations are found there. The church and schoolhouse shown in the film are located on Bodega Hwy in Bodega. The", "title": "Bodega Bay, California" }, { "docid": "2058436", "text": "The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du", "title": "The Birds (film)" }, { "docid": "3658", "text": "York when Hitchcock saw her, in October 1961, in an NBC television ad for Sego, a diet drink: \"I signed her because she is a classic beauty. Movies don't have them any more. Grace Kelly was the last.\" He insisted, without explanation, that her first name be written in single quotation marks: 'Tippi'. In \"The Birds\", Melanie Daniels, a young socialite, meets lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a bird shop; Jessica Tandy plays his possessive mother. Hedren visits him in Bodega Bay (where \"The Birds\" was filmed) carrying a pair of lovebirds as a gift. Suddenly waves of birds", "title": "Alfred Hitchcock" }, { "docid": "1984031", "text": "and was asked by Hitchcock to play the leading role in his upcoming film \"The Birds\". \"I was so stunned. It never occurred to me that I would be given a leading role in a major motion picture. I had great big tears in my eyes\", Hedren later recalled. \"The Birds\" (1963) was Hedren's screen debut. Hitchcock became her drama coach, and gave her an education in film-making as she attended many of the production meetings such as script, music or photography conferences. Hedren said, \"I probably learned in three years what it would have taken me 15 years to", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984043", "text": "her. Hedren's co-star in \"The Birds\", Rod Taylor, later remembered, \"Hitch was becoming very domineering and covetous of 'Tippi,' and it was very difficult for her. No one was permitted to come physically close to her during the production. 'Don't touch the girl after I call \"Cut!\"' he said to me repeatedly\". Hitchcock also attempted, on one occasion, to grab and violently kiss Hedren in the back of a car as they drove on to the set. Hedren told his assistant, Peggy Robertson, and the studio chief, Lew Wasserman, that she was becoming very unhappy about the whole situation. \"But", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "3657", "text": "Hitchcock had intended to film \"Marnie\" first, and in March 1962 it was announced that Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco since 1956, would come out of retirement to star in it. When Kelly asked Hitchcock to postpone \"Marnie\" until 1963 or 1964, he recruited Evan Hunter, author of \"The Blackboard Jungle\" (1954), to develop a screenplay based on a Daphne du Maurier short story, \"The Birds\" (1952), which Hitchcock had republished in his \"My Favorites in Suspense\" (1959). He hired Tippi Hedren to play the lead role. It was her first role; she had been a model in New", "title": "Alfred Hitchcock" }, { "docid": "9339257", "text": "church the subject of a black and white photograph in 1953. The church is located directly next to the Bodega schoolhouse, which was the setting for the schoolhouse scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film, \"The Birds\". The church was also seen in the film and Hitchcock attended services in the church. Saint Teresa of Avila Church (Bodega, California) Saint Teresa of Avila Church is a Roman Catholic church in Bodega, California. The white, wooden church with a steeple sits on a hilltop overlooking Bodega Highway. The church was built by shipbuilders in 1860 on land donated by Jasper O’Farrell. It", "title": "Saint Teresa of Avila Church (Bodega, California)" }, { "docid": "1984079", "text": "\"Mulholland Drive\" (2001) was influenced by the look and performances of Hedren in Hitchcock films. Watts and Hedren both appeared in \"I ♥ Huckabees\" (2004) but didn't share any scenes together. Off-screen, the film's director David O. Russell introduced them both, and Watts said of Hedren: \"I was pretty fascinated by her then, because people have often said we're alike.\" Watts dressed up as Hedren's title character from \"Marnie\" for a photo shoot for March 2008 issue of \"Vanity Fair\". In the same issue, Jodie Foster dressed up as Hedren's character, Melanie Daniels, from \"The Birds\". In 1981, Hedren produced", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "5228815", "text": "boat, several rusty cannons, and some old muskets.\" In 1859, shipbuilders constructed Saint Teresa of Avila Church. Open from 1856 to 1967, Watson School, once served as Bodega's school, and is located in a Sonoma County Regional Parks Department historic park about 2 miles east of Bodega. In 1963, much of Bodega was used for exterior filming in Alfred Hitchcock's film, \"The Birds\", where it was presented as the nearby shore village of Bodega Bay. Bodega's Potter School, now a private residence, was used as the Bodega Bay School in the movie; and Bodega's general store also appeared \"as itself\",", "title": "Bodega, California" }, { "docid": "1984038", "text": "Hitchcock assured her she could do it. As opposed to \"The Birds\", where she had received little acting guidance, for this film Hedren studied every scene with Hitchcock. Hedren recalled \"Marnie\" as her favorite of the two films she did with Hitchcock for the challenge of playing an emotionally battered young woman who travels from city to city assuming various guises in order to rob her employers. During the filming, Hitchcock was quoted as saying about Hedren, \"an Academy Award performance is in the making\". On release, the film was greeted by mixed reviews and indifferent box-office returns, and received", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984035", "text": "place, were impressed with her performance and Wasserman described it as \"remarkable\". While promoting \"The Birds\", Hitchcock was full of praise for his new protégée, and compared her to Grace Kelly. \"Tippi has a faster tempo, city glibness, more humor [than Grace Kelly]. She displayed jaunty assuredness, pertness, an attractive throw of the head. And she memorized and read lines extraordinarily well and is sharper in expression.\" The film was screened out of competition in May at a prestigious invitational showing at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. Hedren's performance was praised in \"Variety\"'s review: \"Aside from the birds, the film", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984078", "text": "felt it was \"about time I stop letting everyone else tell my story and finally tell it myself.\" In 2018, at age 88, Hedren became the new face of Gucci's timepieces and jewelry and starred as a mysterious fortune teller in the brand's commercial ad, \"The Fortune Teller\". A Louis Vuitton ad campaign in 2006 paid tribute to Hedren and Hitchcock with a modern-day interpretation of the deserted railway station opening sequence of \"Marnie\". Her look from \"The Birds\" (1963) inspired designer Bill Gaytten to design for John Galliano Pre-Fall 2012 collection. Naomi Watts stated that her character interpretation in", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "16894935", "text": "titles inform the viewer that Hitchcock and Hedren never worked together again, and \"The Birds\" and \"Marnie\" are considered his last classic films. \"The Girl\" is based on Donald Spoto's 2009 book, \"Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies\", which examines the relationships between Alfred Hitchcock and the female stars of his films. Spoto wrote that Hitchcock attempted to turn Tippi Hedren (star of \"The Birds\" and \"Marnie\") into his perfect woman, choosing the clothes and lipstick he thought she should wear. Hedren told Spoto that Hitchcock fantasised about running off with her. Details of a film examining", "title": "The Girl (2012 TV film)" }, { "docid": "8566457", "text": "for Best Director at the Academy Awards. Three years later he directed horror film \"The Birds\" starring Tippi Hedren. The following year he reunited with Hedren on the film \"Marnie\" which also starred Sean Connery. In recognition of his career, Hitchcock garnered the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Fellowship Award, the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Directors Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. He received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to acknowledge his film and television achievements. In", "title": "Alfred Hitchcock filmography" }, { "docid": "1984034", "text": "flinging dozens of live gulls, ravens and crows at her (their beaks clamped shut with elastic bands). In a state of exhaustion, when one of the birds gouged her cheek and narrowly missed her eye, Hedren sat down on the set and began crying. A physician ordered a week's rest. Hitchcock protested, according to Hedren, saying there was nobody but her to film. The doctor's reply was, \"Are you trying to kill her?\" She said the week also appeared to be an ordeal for the director. Universal's executives, who did not back Hitchcock's decision to hire Hedren in the first", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984033", "text": "first, she found the shooting \"wonderful\". Hitchcock told a reporter, after a few weeks of filming, that she was remarkable, and said, \"She's already reaching the lows and highs of terror.\" Nonetheless, Hedren recalled the week she did the final bird attack scene in a second-floor bedroom as the worst of her life. Before filming it, she asked Hitchcock about her character's motivations to go upstairs, and his response was, \"Because I tell you to.\" She was then assured that the crew would use mechanical birds. Instead, Hedren endured five solid days of prop men, protected by thick leather gloves,", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "3675", "text": "In \"Rear Window\" (1954), Lisa (Grace Kelly) risks her life by breaking into Lars Thorwald's apartment. In \"To Catch a Thief\" (1955), Francie (Grace Kelly again) offers to help a man she believes is a burglar. In \"Vertigo\" (1958) and \"North by Northwest\" (1959) respectively, Kim Novak and Eva Marie Saint play the blonde heroines. In \"Psycho\" (1960), Janet Leigh's character steals $40,000 () and is murdered by Norman Bates, a reclusive psychopath. Tippi Hedren, a blonde, appears to be the focus of the attacks in \"The Birds\" (1963). In \"Marnie\" (1964), the title character, again played by Hedren, is", "title": "Alfred Hitchcock" }, { "docid": "1984042", "text": "I didn't want it to be taken advantage of, twisted, turned and made into an even uglier situation than it was\". According to Spoto's book, Hitchcock brought in two members of his crew during the filming of \"The Birds\" and asked them to keep careful watch on the activities of Hedren, \"when she left the set - where she went, who she visited, how she spent her free time\". He then advised her on what she should eat, whom she should see, and how she should live. He told the cast and crew they were not allowed to talk to", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "16894931", "text": "Kim Novak (who starred in one of Hitchcock's films) and Nora Brown (widow of one of Hitchcock's close friends) disputed the film's version of events. The film is a partially fictionalised account of the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren. In 1961, Hitchcock notices Hedren in a television commercial for a diet drink. He wants to turn her into the next Grace Kelly, with whom he had worked extensively during the 1950s. Hedren passes her screen test and is groomed for the starring role in Hitchcock's latest film, \"The Birds\"; the director instructs her about her dress and appearance.", "title": "The Girl (2012 TV film)" }, { "docid": "3664", "text": "molest Marnie—Marnie had killed the client to save her mother. Cured of her fears when she remembers what happened, she decides to stay with Mark. No longer speaking to her because she had rebuffed him, Hitchcock apparently referred to Hedren throughout as \"the girl\" rather than by name. He told Robert Burks, the cinematographer, that the camera had to be placed as close as possible to Hedren when he filmed her face. Evan Hunter, the screenwriter of \"The Birds\" who was writing \"Marnie\" too, explained to Hitchcock that, if Mark loved Marnie, he would comfort her, not rape her. Hitchcock", "title": "Alfred Hitchcock" }, { "docid": "2912450", "text": "brief role in Alfred Hitchcock's film \"The Birds\" (1963) as Mitch's (Rod Taylor) neighbor who advises Melanie (Tippi Hedren) that Mitch has gone to Bodega Bay for the weekend. He played a larger role in the original \"Invasion of the Body Snatchers\" (1956), as a physician in the \"book-end\" sequences added to the beginning and end of this film after its original previews. In Billy Wilder's 1957 film adaptation of Charles Lindbergh’s \"The Spirit of St. Louis\", Deacon portrayed the chairman of the Columbia Aircraft Corporation, Charles A. Levine, who, in February 1927, refused to sell Lindbergh his company's recently", "title": "Richard Deacon (actor)" }, { "docid": "11695654", "text": "other iconic stairwell shot comes from the movie \"Suspicion\" as Cary Grant slowly walks up the stairs to deliver what would have been the poisonous warmed milk to his wife. Hitchcock, the studios and Grant decided his character could not end up as a murderer and that scene becomes a red herring with a new ending added. In \"The Birds\", the camera follows Tippi Hedren up the stairs to the attic where (suspensefully) the birds wait silently to attack her. Staircases also appear prominently in the 'ball-gown scene' in \"Rebecca\" and in the 'guard-dog scene' in \"Strangers on a Train\".", "title": "Themes and plot devices in Hitchcock films" }, { "docid": "7859208", "text": "such as \"The New York Times\" calling the film \"feeble.\" The Birds II: Land's End The Birds II: Land's End is a 1994 American made-for-television horror film and a sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic \"The Birds\" (1963) starring Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field, James Naughton and Tippi Hedren in a minor role different from the one she played in the original Hitchcock film. The original music score was composed by Ron Ramin. \"The Birds II: Land's End\" premiered on Showtime on March 14, 1994. The plot of the sequel is very similar to the original. Biology teacher and Somali Civil War", "title": "The Birds II: Land's End" }, { "docid": "7859203", "text": "The Birds II: Land's End The Birds II: Land's End is a 1994 American made-for-television horror film and a sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic \"The Birds\" (1963) starring Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field, James Naughton and Tippi Hedren in a minor role different from the one she played in the original Hitchcock film. The original music score was composed by Ron Ramin. \"The Birds II: Land's End\" premiered on Showtime on March 14, 1994. The plot of the sequel is very similar to the original. Biology teacher and Somali Civil War veteran, Ted, his wife, and children move to a summer", "title": "The Birds II: Land's End" }, { "docid": "16894937", "text": "members of Hitchcock's crew before preparing a script. She described her discussions with Hedren: \"Her wisdom and insights have helped me to put her real life ordeal on to the screen. I know Tippi is absolutely thrilled, as I am, with the casting of Sienna Miller to play her.\" The film's title was inspired by the name Hitchcock used for Hedren after she stopped working for him. Diana Cilliers designed the costumes, recreating what Hedren wore (including Melanie Daniels' green suit) in Hitchcock's films: \"[T]here were certain items that we just copiedsuch as the Birds suit and the yellow Marnie", "title": "The Girl (2012 TV film)" }, { "docid": "11695663", "text": "blonde women include Tippi Hedren in \"The Birds\" and \"Marnie\"; Dany Robin in \"Topaz\"; Barbara Leigh-Hunt in \"Frenzy\"; Janet Leigh in \"Psycho\"; Grace Kelly in \"Rear Window\", \"To Catch a Thief\", and \"Dial M for Murder\"; Eva Marie Saint in \"North by Northwest\"; and Kim Novak in \"Vertigo\". As a former silent film director, Hitchcock strongly preferred to convey narrative with images rather than dialogue. Hitchcock viewed film as a primarily visual medium in which the director's assemblage of images must convey the narrative. Examples of imagery over dialogue are in the lengthy sequence in \"Vertigo\" in which Scottie silently", "title": "Themes and plot devices in Hitchcock films" } ]

[ { "docid": "1984050", "text": "\"Marnie\"'s screenwriter, Jay Presson Allen, Hitchcock was \"mad\" for Hedren. She felt unhappy for both and described the situation as \"an old man's cri de coeur\", adding that Hitchcock had a \"Pygmalion complex about Tippi\". She advised Hedren to finish the film and then get on with her life and be happy. Hedren's hairdresser, Virginia Darcy, even told Hitchcock he should not be possessive with Hedren. \"Tippi felt rightly that she was not his property, but he'd say, 'You are, I have a contract'\". Although Hitchcock thought he might mend fences with Hedren and make another film with her, she", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984088", "text": "I won't ever even see the money, and that what hurts so badly, that in all of this pain and suffering that publication ran with a swift and not researched story, which told people around the world who have been so gracious and thoughtful about sending donations, that I no longer needed them.\" Tippi Hedren Nathalie Kay \"Tippi\" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model. A successful fashion model from her twenties, appearing on the front covers of \"Life\" and \"Glamour\" magazines among others, Hedren became an actress after she was", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984030", "text": "her name should be printed only in single quotes, 'Tippi'. The press mostly ignored this directive from the director, who felt that the single quotes added distinction and mystery to her name. Hitchcock was impressed with Hedren. As production designer Robert F. Boyle explained, \"Hitch always liked women who behaved like well-bred ladies. Tippi generated that quality.\" Afterward, Hedren was invited to lunch with Hitchcock, his wife, Alma, and Lew Wasserman, head of Universal, at one of Hitchcock's favorite restaurants, Chasen's. There she was presented with a golden pin of three birds in flight, adorned by three tiny seed pearls,", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1023084", "text": "Bodega Bay, California Bodega Bay is a town and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 1,077 at the 2010 census. The town, located along State Route 1, is on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor, an inlet of Bodega Bay on the Pacific coast. Bodega Bay is the site of the first Russian structures built in California, which were built in 1809 by Commerce Counseller Ivan Alexandrovich Kuskov of the Russian-American Company in the lead-up to the establishment of Fort Ross. For the Russians, the settlement in Bodega Bay was called Port Rumyantsev, named", "title": "Bodega Bay, California" }, { "docid": "1984027", "text": "1961, after seven years of marriage to the actor Peter Griffith, Hedren divorced and returned to California with her daughter, Melanie Griffith, and rented an expensive home in Sherman Oaks. \"I thought I could continue my career as it had been in New York. I thought everything would be just fine, and it wasn’t. So I thought, well, I don’t type, what shall I do?\" On October 13, 1961, she received a call from an agent who told her a producer was interested in working with her. When she was told it was Alfred Hitchcock who, while he was watching", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984025", "text": "In 2004, however, she acknowledged that she was actually born in 1930 (which is consistent with the birth registration index at the Minnesota Historical Society). Her paternal grandparents were Swedish immigrants, while her maternal ancestry is German and Norwegian. Her father ran a small general store in the town of Lafayette, Minnesota, and gave her the nickname \"Tippi\". When she was four, she moved with her parents to Minneapolis. As a teenager, Hedren took part in department store fashion shows. Her parents relocated to California while she was a high school student. On reaching her 20th birthday, she bought a", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984036", "text": "belongs to Hedren, who makes an auspicious screen bow. She virtually has to carry the picture alone for the first forty-five minute stretch, prior to the advent of the first wave of organized attackers from the sky. Miss Hedren has a star quality and Hitchcock has provided her with a potent vehicle to launch her career\". Hedren received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year, tied with Elke Sommer and Ursula Andress. Her role as Melanie Daniels was named by \"Premiere\" magazine as one of the greatest movie characters of all time. Hitchcock was so impressed with", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1023096", "text": "in the 1960s but was abandoned after both local and statewide protests and the discovery of a fault across the proposed site. Excavation for the site began at Bodega Head, and when the project was abandoned the area has been referred to by locals as \"The Hole in the Head.\" Bodega Bay, California Bodega Bay is a town and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 1,077 at the 2010 census. The town, located along State Route 1, is on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor, an inlet of Bodega Bay on the Pacific coast.", "title": "Bodega Bay, California" }, { "docid": "1984052", "text": "for them. In 2012, \"The Girl\", an HBO/BBC film about Hedren and Hitchcock's relationship, based on Donald Spoto's 2009 book \"Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies\", was released. When she was first told about the project, Hedren said she had mixed feelings about it, \"To be still alive and have a film made about you is an awesome and incredibly frightening experience\". Hedren and Hitchcock were respectively portrayed by Sienna Miller and Toby Jones. Although she was thrilled with the choice of Miller, Hedren was worried she would not be portrayed \"as strong a character as I", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984077", "text": "of the short-lived primetime soap opera \"Fashion House\" with Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild and continued to guest-star in television series such as \"The 4400\" (2006) and \"\" (2008). In 2012, Hedren and her daughter guest-starred together on an episode of \"Raising Hope\". That same year, she appeared in \"Free Samples\", an indie film where she had a supporting role as an old movie star. In 2013, she made an appearance as herself in the fourth-season finale of \"Cougar Town\". Hedren published her autobiography, \"Tippi: A Memoir\", co-written with Lindsay Harrison, in 2016 through William Morrow and Company, as she", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "5228813", "text": "Bodega, California Bodega is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County in the U.S. state of California. The town had a population of 220 as of the 2010 Census. Bodega is located on Bodega Highway, about west of Freestone, California. Salmon Creek flows through the town. The town of Bodega was known historically as Bodega Corners or Bodega Roads, to distinguish it from the Port of Bodega or Bodega Bay, as it is known today, which is about four miles from Bodega. Bodega and Bodega Bay are named for discoverer of the bay, Juan Francisco Bodega y", "title": "Bodega, California" }, { "docid": "1984041", "text": "Genius\", for which Hedren agreed to talk for the first time in detail about her relationship with the director. The book was controversial as several of Hitchcock's friends claimed the Hitchcock portrayed in the book was not the man they knew. For years after its release, Hedren was not keen to talk about it in interviews but thought the chapter devoted to her story was \"accurate as to just what he was\". Hedren later explained her long silence before telling her story, \"It was embarrassing and insulting–there were a lot of reasons why I didn't want to tell the story.", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984028", "text": "\"The Today Show\", saw her in a commercial for a diet drink called Sego, she agreed to sign a seven-year contract. During their first meeting, the two talked about everything except the role he was considering her for. Hedren was convinced for several weeks it was for his television series, \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\". Hitchcock later said, \"I was not primarily concerned with how she looked in person. Most important was her appearance on the screen, and I liked that immediately. She has a touch of that high-style, lady-like quality which was once well-represented in films by actresses like Irene Dunne,", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984085", "text": "skills of the trade and worked with a local beauty school to help them find jobs. Hedren's work with the Vietnamese-Americans was the subject of \"Happy Hands\", directed by Honey Lauren, which won Best Documentary Short at the Sonoma International Film Festival in 2014. CND and Beauty Changes Lives Foundation (BCL) have announced the BCL CND Tippi Hedren Nail Scholarship Fund to support professional nail education and will be administered starting January 1, 2014. Hedren suffered from severe and persistent headaches for a long time and therefore was unable to accept several projects, including a television series produced by and", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984075", "text": "say I really love that film. It was a unique kind of film to do also, because of the fact that it had no dialogue in it. It was very, very different\". That same year, she guest-starred in a special episode titled \"Psychodrama\" of the television series \"Chicago Hope\", that paid tribute to the Hitchcock movies. Hedren's character, Alfreda Perkins, was a reference to Alfred Hitchcock and actor Anthony Perkins, who starred in the director's 1960 film \"Psycho\". After appearing in a number of little-exposed films between 1999 and 2003, Hedren had a small but showy role in the 2004", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984047", "text": "be presented an award as the \"Most Promising New Star\". Hitchcock refused, according to his biographer, because he claimed the break would affect her performance. It was during that meeting that he apparently \"made an overt sexual proposition\" that Hedren \"could neither ignore nor answer casually, as she could his previous gestures\". In Spoto's third book about Hitchcock, \"Spellbound by Beauty\" (2008), Hedren revealed that Hitchcock actually made offensive demands on her. \"He stared at me and simply said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world, that from this time on, he expected me to make", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "16894928", "text": "The Girl (2012 TV film) The Girl is a 2012 British television film directed by Julian Jarrold, written by Gwyneth Hughes and produced by the BBC and HBO Films. The film stars Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren and Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock. It is based on Donald Spoto's 2009 book, \"Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies\", which discusses the English film director Hitchcock and the women who played leading roles in his films. \"The Girl\"s title was inspired by Hitchcock's alleged nickname for Hedren. The film depicts Hitchcock's alleged obsession with Hedren, the American model and", "title": "The Girl (2012 TV film)" }, { "docid": "1984049", "text": "to get out'. And he said: 'I’ll ruin your career'. I said: 'Do what you have to do'. And he did ruin my career. He kept me under contract, paid me to do nothing for close on two years\". Hedren felt so humiliated she called the director a \"fat pig\" in front of people on the set. Hitchcock made only a comment about it to his biographer, John Russell Taylor: \"She did what no one is permitted to do. She referred to my weight\". The two communicated only through a third party for the rest of the film. According to", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984029", "text": "Grace Kelly, Claudette Colbert, and others but which is now quite rare.\" Hitchcock put Hedren through an extensive color screen test that lasted two days and cost $25,000, doing scenes from his previous films, such as \"Rebecca\", \"Notorious\" and \"To Catch a Thief\" with actor Martin Balsam. According to Balsam, Hedren was very nervous but studied every line, did every move she was asked to, and tried to do everything right. Hitchcock asked costume designer Edith Head to design clothes for Hedren's private life and he personally advised her about wine and food. He also insisted for publicity purposes that", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984046", "text": "up to him and said, \"Hitch, I love you–I'll always love you\". When she heard this, Hedren replied \"But it was a dream. Just a dream\", and excused herself from his presence. She believed Hitchcock had no consideration for her feelings and remembered she was humiliated after he asked her to touch him, just before shooting a scene. \"He made sure no one else could hear, and his tone and glance made it clear exactly what he meant\". Hedren asked Hitchcock's permission one day to travel to New York to appear on \"The Tonight Show\" where she was supposed to", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1023095", "text": "famous when almost every harvestable organ or body part was donated to those in need following his death. Erden Eruç made history here when he completed the first entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. He began the expedition on 10 July 2007 in Bodega Bay and returned a little more than five years later on 21 July 2012. Bodega Bay has served as a location for several major films: A branch of the University of California operates a marine lab at Bodega Bay, the Bodega Marine Laboratory. A nuclear power plant had been planned for Bodega Bay", "title": "Bodega Bay, California" }, { "docid": "2920170", "text": "Bodega Bay Bodega Bay is a shallow, rocky inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of northern California in the United States. It is approximately across and is located approximately northwest of San Francisco and west of Santa Rosa. The bay straddles the boundary between Sonoma County to the north and Marin County to the south. The bay is a marine habitat used for navigation, recreation, and commercial and sport fishing including shellfish harvesting. Bodega Bay is protected on its north end from the Pacific Ocean by Bodega Head, which shelters the small Bodega Harbor and is separated from", "title": "Bodega Bay" }, { "docid": "1984045", "text": "with me. He always wanted a glass of wine or champagne, with me alone, at the end of the day. He was really isolating me from everyone\". Hedren's co-star in \"Marnie\", Diane Baker, later recalled, \"She was never allowed to gather around with the rest of us, and he demanded that every conversation between her and Hitch be held in private... Nothing could have been more horrible for me than to arrive on that movie set and to see her being treated the way she was\". Hitchcock revealed to Hedren one day he had a recurring dream where she came", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "5228822", "text": "two times a day. An eastbound one at 10:25 am, and the same one returning westbound at 4:55 pm. Thomas Oliver Boggs was a resident for a brief period in Bodega, before leaving for New Mexico, where he witnessed the burial of Kit Carson. Boggs' papers are held in the collection of the Bancroft Library. Josh Perucchi: A 4th generation dairy farmer and local firemen/paramedic. President of the Bodega Bay Fishermans Festival. Bodega, California Bodega is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County in the U.S. state of California. The town had a population of 220 as", "title": "Bodega, California" }, { "docid": "16894936", "text": "Hitchcock's obsession with Hedren were reported in December 2011. \"The Girl\", written by Gwyneth Hughes, would star Toby Jones as Hitchcock and Sienna Miller as Hedren. In a post-production BBC press release about the film in November 2012, Hughes described her enthusiasm when she was approached about the project while on holiday: \"[I] got a phone call from producer Amanda Jenks. She only managed to get out the words 'Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren' before I was already shouting 'yes yes yes!' to this seductive, sinister, deeply touching story of love and obsession among Hollywood royalty.\" Hughes interviewed Hedren and", "title": "The Girl (2012 TV film)" }, { "docid": "1984053", "text": "was–and still am. I had to be extremely strong to fight off Mr. Hitchcock\". She described the moment she saw the film as \"probably one of the most involved, emotionally tense 90 minutes that I have ever lived\". Upon the film's release, Hedren said although she believed the film accurately portrays Hitchcock's behavior towards her, the time constraints of a 90-minute film prevented telling the entire story of her career with him. \"It wasn't a constant barrage of harassment. If it had been constantly the way we have had to do it in this film, I would have been long", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "2920180", "text": "these marine protected areas help conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems. Bodega Bay Bodega Bay is a shallow, rocky inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of northern California in the United States. It is approximately across and is located approximately northwest of San Francisco and west of Santa Rosa. The bay straddles the boundary between Sonoma County to the north and Marin County to the south. The bay is a marine habitat used for navigation, recreation, and commercial and sport fishing including shellfish harvesting. Bodega Bay is protected on its north end from the Pacific Ocean by Bodega", "title": "Bodega Bay" }, { "docid": "16894951", "text": "Hitchcock), John Russell Taylor – author of the 1978 biography \"Hitch\" – said the film is \"totally absurd\". In an interview with London's \"Evening Standard\" in January 2013, Anthony Hopkins (who played the eponymous role in the 2012 Alfred Hitchcock biopic \"Hitchcock\") questioned \"The Girl\"s portrayal of the director and the need for a film about that period of Hitchcock's career: \"I talked to Tippi Hedren one day ... and she never mentioned that ... Whatever his obsession was, she didn't want to dwell on it ... I don't think it's necessary to put all that into a movie.\" Speaking", "title": "The Girl (2012 TV film)" }, { "docid": "5228821", "text": "museum. In the California State Legislature, Bodega is in the 2nd Senate District and the 2nd Assembly District. In the United States House of Representatives, Bodega is in . At the county level, Bodega is in Sonoma County's 5th supervisorial district. The main road through town is Bodega Highway, which runs east to Freestone and Sebastopol and south to State Route 1 less than a mile (1.6 km) away. State Route 1 provides access to the neighboring towns of Bodega Bay and Valley Ford. The Mendocino Transit Authority provides bus service to Bodega. Routes 75 and 95 stop at Bodega", "title": "Bodega, California" }, { "docid": "1984055", "text": "him with somebody? I think it's unfortunate when someone's no longer around and can't defend themselves\". Novak previously described Hitchcock as a gentleman and, when asked about reports of his behavior, she said, \"Maybe I just wasn't his type\". Hedren herself was asked why her account of sexual harassment contrasted with the many interviews she gave about her time with Hitchcock, her presence at the AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony honoring him in 1979, and her presence at his funeral. She explained that, \"He ruined my career, but he didn't ruin my life. That time of my life was over.", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984040", "text": "performance is now regarded as one of the finest in any Hitchcock film. Richard Brody of \"The New Yorker\" wrote in his 2016 review of the film \"Hedren's performance is one of the greatest in the history of cinema.\" \"Marnie\" was the second and last collaboration between Hedren and Hitchcock. In 1973, she admitted that a major life-style difference caused a split in their relationship. \"He was too possessive and too demanding. I cannot be possessed by anyone. But, then, that's my own hangup\". In 1983, author Donald Spoto published his second book about Hitchcock, \"The Dark Side of a", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984081", "text": "the 1983 establishment of the non-profit Roar Foundation and Hedren's Shambala Preserve, located at the edge of the Mojave Desert in Acton, California, between the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley northeast of Los Angeles. Shambala houses some 70 animals. Hedren lives on the Shambala site and conducts monthly tours of the preserve for the public. In a 2015 interview with \"ABILITY Magazine\", Hedren emphasized that there is no human contact with the animals and that all of the cats are spayed and neutered, since they are being raised in captivity. She took in and cared for Togar, a", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1023094", "text": "of $27,778 versus $28,375 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $37,226. About 2.0% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over. In the California State Legislature, Bodega Bay is in , and in . In the United States House of Representatives, Bodega Bay is in . Bodega Bay was the hometown of Nicholas Green, the American child shot dead during a robbery by highwaymen in Italy where his family were on vacation in 1994. Nicholas and his family became", "title": "Bodega Bay, California" }, { "docid": "1023088", "text": "Bodega Bay has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated \"Csb\" on climate maps. Like much of the California coast, summer afternoons are often cool and windy (and sometimes foggy) as winds blow in off the ocean. The 2010 United States Census reported that Bodega Bay had a population of 1,077. The population density was 86.0 people per square mile (33.2/km²). The ethnic makeup of Bodega Bay was 951 (88.3%) White, 2 (0.2%) African American, 4 (0.4%) Native American, 33 (3.1%) Asian, 4 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 49 (4.5%) from other races, and 34 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino", "title": "Bodega Bay, California" }, { "docid": "1984048", "text": "myself sexually available and accessible to him–however and whenever and wherever he wanted\". Hitchcock's demands led to a \"horrible, horrible fight\", according to Hedren. \"He made these demands on me, and no way could I acquiesce to them\". Hedren then told him \"Marnie\" would be their last film together and later recalled how Hitchcock told her he would destroy her career. \"I said I wanted to get out of my contract. He said: 'You can’t. You have your daughter to support, and your parents are getting older'. I said: 'Nobody would want me to be in this situation, I want", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984068", "text": "him to recover from his injuries. In 1978, a big flood destroyed the movie sets and killed three of the lions. The project was set back several years. Hedren later said they were all determined to finish the film: \"We were so sure the film was going to be a success that we thought everything (financing the ranch and the lions, etc.) would take care of itself.\" \"Roar\" was released worldwide in 1981 with the exception of the United States because, according to Hedren, \"The United States distributors wanted the lion's share of the profits, and we thought it ought", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984051", "text": "refused to reconsider her decision. Hedren's contract terms gave Hitchcock the final say as to any work she could take on and he used that power to turn down several film roles on her behalf. She was particularly disappointed when French director François Truffaut told her he had wanted her for one of them. In 1966, Hitchcock finally sold her contract to Universal Studios after Hedren appeared in two of their TV shows, \"Kraft Suspense Theatre\" (1965) and \"Run for Your Life\" (id.). The studio ultimately released her from her contract after she refused to appear on a television Western", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "2920171", "text": "the main bay by a jetty. The San Andreas Fault runs parallel to the coastline and bisects Bodega Head, which lies on the Pacific Plate; the town is on the North American Plate. The village of Bodega Bay sits on the east side of Bodega Harbor. The bay connects on its south end to the mouth of Tomales Bay. Streams flowing into Bodega Bay include the Estero de San Antonio and the Americano Creek. Accessible beaches on Bodega Bay include Doran Regional Park (on the jetty) and Pinnacle Gulch. Apart from the harbor, all of Bodega Bay lies within the", "title": "Bodega Bay" }, { "docid": "1984080", "text": "\"Roar\", an 11-year project that ended up costing $17 million and starring dozens of African lions. \"This was probably one of the most dangerous films that Hollywood has ever seen\", remarked the actress. \"It's amazing no one was killed.\" During the production of \"Roar\", Hedren, her husband at the time, Noel Marshall, and daughter Melanie were attacked by lions; Jan de Bont, the director of photography, was scalped. Hedren later co-wrote \"Cats of Shambala\" (1985) about the experience. \"Roar\" made only $2 million worldwide. Hedren ended her marriage to Marshall a year later in 1982. The film directly led to", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1023087", "text": "the edge of Bodega Harbor. Bodega Bay itself extends south along the coast to Tomales Bay. North of town lies a long coastal exposure of alternating rock outcrops and sandy beaches which is known as Sonoma Coast State Beach. The U.S. National Weather Service provides a helpful visual aid graphing weather and climate information from the nearby Monterey sensors to display visually by month the annual typical temperatures, the past year's temperatures, and record temperatures. This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system,", "title": "Bodega Bay, California" }, { "docid": "1984084", "text": "she married steel manufacturer Luis Barrenechea, but they divorced in 1995. Hedren was engaged to veterinarian Martin Dinnes from 2002 until their breakup in mid-2008. In September 2008, Hedren told \"The Sunday Times\" \"I’m waiting for someone to sweep me off my feet.” Hedren played a role in the development of Vietnamese-American nail salons in the United States. In 1975, while an international relief coordinator with Food for the Hungry, she began visiting with refugees at Hope Village outside Sacramento, California. When she learned the women were interested in her manicured nails, she employed her manicurist to teach them the", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "13451384", "text": "Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant The Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed Northern California nuclear power facility that was stopped by local activism in the 1960s and never built. The foundations, located west of the active San Andreas Fault, were being dug at the time the plant was cancelled. The action has been termed \"the birth of the anti-nuclear movement.\" Pacific Gas & Electric planned to build the first commercially viable nuclear power plant in the US at Bodega Bay, California, a fishing village fifty miles north of San Francisco. The proposal was controversial and conflict with local", "title": "Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant" }, { "docid": "2920173", "text": "of Tomales Point on October 3, 1775, departing the next day. Bodega y Quadra named Tomales Bay \"Puerto de la Bodega\". \"There is no evidence in the journal or on the charts that Bodega y Quadra ever saw the entrance to [present day] Bodega Harbor or knew of the lagoon to the north\". Bodega y Quadra planned to return, but was not able to. Later, as commandant of the naval base at San Blas, New Spain, Bodega y Quadra sent other expeditions to Bodega Bay with the intention of establishing a colony and mission there. It was decided, however, that", "title": "Bodega Bay" }, { "docid": "1918236", "text": "Marnie (film) Marnie is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by Jay Presson Allen was based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Winston Graham. The film stars Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. The music was composed by Bernard Herrmann, his last of seven critically acclaimed film scores for Hitchcock. \"Marnie\" also marked the end of Hitchcock's collaborations with cinematographer Robert Burks (his twelfth film for Hitchcock) and editor George Tomasini (who died later in the year). Margaret \"Marnie\" Edgar (Tippi Hedren) steals $10,000 from her employer's company safe and flees. She", "title": "Marnie (film)" }, { "docid": "2920172", "text": "boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Coast Miwok Native Americans lived on the shores of Bodega Bay. Documented village names include: \"Helapattai\", \"Hime-takala\", \"Ho-takala\", and \"Tokau\". There is speculation that Bodega Bay may have been Sir Francis Drake's Nova Albion landing location on the California coast. Present day Bodega Bay was first charted in 1775 by the Spanish Peruvian explorer of the Spanish Navy Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, but the bay that was originally named for him was not present day Bodega, but Tomales Bay. His ship, the \"Sonora\", anchored in the lee", "title": "Bodega Bay" }, { "docid": "1984032", "text": "learn otherwise.\" She learned how to break down a script, to become another character, and to study the relationship of different characters. Hedren portrayed her role of Melanie Daniels as Hitchcock requested. She said, \"He gives his actors very little leeway. He'll listen, but he has a very definite plan in mind as to how he wants his characters to act. With me, it was understandable, because I was not an actress of stature. I welcomed his guidance.\" During the six months of principal photography, Hedren's schedule was tight, as she was only given one afternoon off a week. At", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "2920177", "text": "Bay (1817–1819) identifying present day Bodega Bay and Bodega Harbor. Bodega Head was named \"Mouis Rumyantsev\" (Point Rumyantsev). Tomales Point was named \"Point Great Bodega\" and Tomales Bay \"Great Bodega Bay\", more or less conforming to Bodega y Quadra's original naming. On his return Kuskov found otter now scarce in Bodega Bay, the harbor having been frequented by numerous American and English otter-hunting expeditions. After exploring the area they ended up selecting a place north that the native Kashaya Pomo people called \"Mad shui nui\" or \"Metini\". \"Metini\", the seasonal home of the native Kashaya Pomo people, had a modest", "title": "Bodega Bay" }, { "docid": "13451388", "text": "Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to build a nuclear power plant in Corral Canyon near Malibu, similar to that at Bodega Bay, was abandoned in 1970. Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant The Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed Northern California nuclear power facility that was stopped by local activism in the 1960s and never built. The foundations, located west of the active San Andreas Fault, were being dug at the time the plant was cancelled. The action has been termed \"the birth of the anti-nuclear movement.\" Pacific Gas & Electric planned to build the first commercially", "title": "Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant" }, { "docid": "2920175", "text": "Trinidad Harbor, Bodega Head (or Tomales Point) and on the north shore of San Francisco Bay, indicating the company's intention to claim this section of northern California for Russia. Temporary buildings were erected to house the ship's complement of 190 crew (130 native Alaskan males, 20 native females, and 40 Russians) The \"Kodiak\" remained in Bodega Bay until October 1809, returning to Alaska with more than 2,000 otter pelts. Kuskov returned to Novo Arkhangelsk, reporting abundant fur bearing mammals, fish, timber and tillable lands. Baranov instructed Kuskov to return and establish a permanent settlement in the area. In 1811 Kuskov", "title": "Bodega Bay" }, { "docid": "7859205", "text": "clear that something is very wrong in this isolated, deceptively calm oasis and fear mounts as a marine biologist is the target of a mysterious, grisly attack. Before long, the sky is darkened by a hideous onslaught of screeching birds. It is an assault unlike anything in the history of man or beast – except for an old timer who recalls a similar, horrific outbreak that gripped the West Coast three decades ago in Bodega Bay, California. Tippi Hedren appeared in a supporting role, but not as her original character. She was however disappointed that she didn't get a starring", "title": "The Birds II: Land's End" }, { "docid": "2058451", "text": "MOMA series had a booklet with a monograph on the director written by Peter Bogdanovich. The film was screened out of competition in May at a prestigious invitational showing at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival with Hitchcock and Hedren in attendance. Ub Iwerks was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Special Effects. The winner that year was \"Cleopatra\". Tippi Hedren received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress in 1964, sharing it with Ursula Andress and Elke Sommer. She also received the Photoplay Award as Most Promising Newcomer. The film ranked No. 1 of", "title": "The Birds (film)" }, { "docid": "1984073", "text": "different from the one she had played in the original. She was however disappointed that she did not get a starring role and admitted before the film's release, \"I wish that it was more than a cameo. I think they made a mistake by not doing that. But it has helped me to feed my lions and tigers.\" When asked about what could have been Hitchcock's opinion, she answered: \"I'd hate to think what he would say!\" In a 2007 interview, Hedren said of the film, \"It's absolutely horrible, it embarrasses me horribly.\" From 1994 to 1996, Hedren had a", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "17306272", "text": "U.S. market, and Sego competed with such products as Metrecal and \"Figurines\" by Pillsbury, and was ultimately superseded in the market place by such liquid diet drinks as Slimfast. In the 2010 book \"The Hundred Year Diet,\" author Susan Yager called Sego \"baby formula mixed water and a poor substitute for food.\" Actress Tippi Hedren was discovered by Alfred Hitchcock while shooting a television commercial for Sego on the \"Today Show\". Hedren later described the spot as \"a story line; it wasn't just holding up a product and talking about it. It was a story and apparently he (Hitchcock) saw", "title": "Sego (diet drink)" }, { "docid": "2921938", "text": "water at low tide to 6 ft at high tide, and provides an ideal place to learn and improve. Bodega Harbor Bodega Harbor is a small shallow natural harbor on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States, approximately 40 mi (64 km) northwest of San Francisco. The harbor is approximately 2 square miles (5 square km) in area. The harbor is in Sonoma County at , on the eastern side of Bodega Head and is protected from the main part of Bodega Bay to the south by a narrow sandy spit of land. The village of Bodega", "title": "Bodega Harbor" }, { "docid": "3662", "text": "character played by Hedren: \"The film is, to put it simply, sick, and it's so because Hitchcock was sick. He suffered all his life from furious sexual desire, suffered from the lack of its gratification, suffered from the inability to transform fantasy into reality, and then went ahead and did so virtually, by way of his art.\" A 1964 \"New York Times\" film review called it Hitchcock's \"most disappointing film in years\", citing Hedren's and Connery's lack of experience, an amateurish script and \"glaringly fake cardboard backdrops\". In the film, Marnie Edgar (Hedren) steals $10,000 () from her employer and", "title": "Alfred Hitchcock" }, { "docid": "1984083", "text": "Serengeti\" (1995), narrated by Melanie Griffith, and Animal Planet's \"Life with Big Cats\" (1998), which won the Genesis Award for best documentary in 1999. The animals at the preserve served as the initial inspiration for the life's work of artist A.E. London, who started her career working for Hedren. In 1952, Hedren met and married 18-year-old future advertising executive Peter Griffith. Their daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, was born on August 9, 1957. They were divorced in 1961. On September 22, 1964, Hedren married her then-agent Noel Marshall, who later produced three of her films; they divorced in 1982. In 1985,", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984070", "text": "2015 but Hedren declined to discuss it as she felt that promotion for the film was filled with \"inaccuracies\". However, she expressed regrets at letting a fully grown lion live with her family in the 1970s, saying they were \"stupid beyond belief to have that lion in our house. We should never have taken those risks. These animals are so fast, and if they decide to go after you, nothing but a bullet to the brain will stop them.\" After \"Roar\", Hedren accepted any low-budget television or cinema role that could help bring funds to her foundation in order to", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "18633629", "text": "Plot. The World of Alfred Hitchcock In the setting of his office at Universal Studios, Alfred Hitchcock shares his vision of what an artistic film should be in the framework of a commercial industry, the difference between suspense films and mystery films, his conception of eroticism and his vision of Scandinavian women. He also explains in details how he created the suspense in the famous sequence of North by Northwest in the corn field. The film contains an original interview with Bruce Dern, who describes Hitchcock’s method as a director, and film clips from North by Northwest, Frenzy, Topaz, and", "title": "The World of Alfred Hitchcock" }, { "docid": "18633628", "text": "The World of Alfred Hitchcock In the setting of his office at Universal Studios, Alfred Hitchcock shares his vision of what an artistic film should be in the framework of a commercial industry, the difference between suspense films and mystery films, his conception of eroticism and his vision of Scandinavian women. He also explains in details how he created the suspense in the famous sequence of North by Northwest in the corn field. The film contains an original interview with Bruce Dern, who describes Hitchcock’s method as a director, and film clips from North by Northwest, Frenzy, Topaz, and Family", "title": "The World of Alfred Hitchcock" }, { "docid": "1023086", "text": "town was also featured in the cult horror movie \"Puppet Master\" (1989). PG+E wanted to build a nuclear power plant on Bodega Head in the 1960s, but the plans were shut down after a large protest (the first for environmental reasons) and the fault, which they found while they were digging the hole for the first reactor. The hole filled with water and became known as \"The Hole in the Head\". According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of it is land, and of it (33.37%) is water. The town lies on", "title": "Bodega Bay, California" }, { "docid": "1842351", "text": "Pictures UK has released the first three seasons on DVD, and Fabulous Films has released all seven seasons on DVD, including all three seasons of \"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour\". In Region 4, Madman Entertainment has released all seven seasons on DVD in Australia. They have also released all three seasons of \"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour\". In 1985, NBC aired a new TV movie pilot based upon the series, combining four newly filmed stories with colorized footage of Hitchcock from the original series to introduce each segment. The movie was a huge ratings success. The \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\" revival series debuted", "title": "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" }, { "docid": "1984024", "text": "the screen. She started her own non-profit organization, the Roar Foundation, in 1983 to support The Shambala Preserve, an wildlife habitat which enables her to continue her work in the care and preservation of lions and tigers. Hedren has also traveled worldwide to set up relief programs following earthquakes, hurricanes, famine and war. She was instrumental in the development of Vietnamese-American nail salons in the United States. Hedren was born on January 19, 1930, in New Ulm, Minnesota, to Bernard Carl and Dorothea Henrietta (\"née\" Eckhardt) Hedren. For much of her career, Hedren's year of birth was reported as 1935.", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1842347", "text": "ended up directing what would be the last episode. The broadcast history was as follows: \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\", 25 minutes long, aired weekly at 9:30 on CBS on Sunday nights from 1955 to 1960, and then at 8:30 on NBC on Tuesday nights from 1960 to 1962.It was followed by \"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour\", which lasted for three seasons, September 1962 to June 1965, adding another 93 episodes to the 268 already produced for \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\". Two episodes that were directed by Hitchcock were nominated for Emmy Awards. The first episode was \"The Case of Mr. Pelham\" in 1955", "title": "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" }, { "docid": "1984062", "text": "depressed because she wasn't doing any major films and told a magazine, \"My husband just cancelled all the trade magazines because he felt I should cut off the source of my discontent. He's the type who won't stand for sustained down feelings\". In 1969, during the filming of \"Satan's Harvest\" in Africa, Hedren and then-husband Noel Marshall watched a pride of lions move into a house after a game warden moved out. Hedren later said, \"We were delighted with the way they adapted themselves to living there. And they were so funny we knew we had an idea for a", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1984039", "text": "no Oscar nominations. \"Variety\" wrote, \"Hedren returns in a particularly demanding role. Miss Hedren, undertaking a role originally offered Grace Kelly for a resumption of her screen career, lends credence to a part never sympathetic. It's a difficult assignment which she fulfills satisfactorily.\" Hedren later said that \"Marnie\" was \"ahead of its time\" because \"people didn't talk about childhood and its effects on adult life. It was taboo to discuss sexuality and psychology and to put all that into a film was shocking.\" Despite its original lukewarm reception, the film was later acclaimed and described as a \"masterpiece\" and Hedren's", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "13830927", "text": "Rancho Bodega Rancho Bodega was a Mexican land grant in present day Sonoma County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Stephen Smith. Bodega takes its name from the Peruvian explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra who discovered Bodega Bay in 1775. The grant extended along the Pacific coast from the Russian River on the north to Estero Americano on the south, and included the present-day town of Bodega Bay. Only a small part of Bodega is within the grant (most of Bodega in on Rancho Estero Americano). The Mexican government, which had been concerned about", "title": "Rancho Bodega" }, { "docid": "1803194", "text": "on 25 reviews. Some critics have inferred that Hitchcock was hoping to groom the relatively unknown Frederick Stafford as a star of his own making, similar to Tippi Hedren; however, Stafford remained an unknown in Hollywood, though he had a lengthy career in European films. The movie earned $3,839,363 in North American rentals in 1970. Topaz (1969 film) Topaz is a 1969 American espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Based on the 1967 Cold War novel \"Topaz\" by Leon Uris, the film is about a French intelligence agent who becomes entangled in the Cold War politics of the events", "title": "Topaz (1969 film)" }, { "docid": "1984061", "text": "their release dates—for the sole reason that they were being filmed in Africa. In 1973, Hedren played a teacher of an experimental sex school in \"The Harrad Experiment\", which starred James Whitmore and Don Johnson – the latter of whom would later become the husband of her daughter, Melanie Griffith. Hedren felt that the film \"deals with vital themes - themes like the decline in importance of ideas like possession and jealousy and, by inference, marriage. I have four teenage children and I think this picture says some valuable things to them.\" She confessed at the time she was occasionally", "title": "Tippi Hedren" }, { "docid": "1918258", "text": "If one doesn't accept them then one doesn't understand and can't possibly like Hitchcock. In the 2012 \"Sight & Sound\" poll of the greatest films ever made, \"Marnie\" received nine total votes—six (out of 846) from critics and three (out of 358) from directors. Notes Bibliography Marnie (film) Marnie is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by Jay Presson Allen was based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Winston Graham. The film stars Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. The music was composed by Bernard Herrmann, his last of seven critically acclaimed", "title": "Marnie (film)" }, { "docid": "2921935", "text": "Bodega Harbor Bodega Harbor is a small shallow natural harbor on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States, approximately 40 mi (64 km) northwest of San Francisco. The harbor is approximately 2 square miles (5 square km) in area. The harbor is in Sonoma County at , on the eastern side of Bodega Head and is protected from the main part of Bodega Bay to the south by a narrow sandy spit of land. The village of Bodega Bay sits along the eastern side of the harbor. Geologically, the harbor is formed by a depression of the", "title": "Bodega Harbor" }, { "docid": "9576476", "text": "the gambler avoided losing the bet. The episode was remade in 1979 as the first episode of Dahl's television anthology series \"Tales of the Unexpected\". In this version, the car was a Jaguar. At the end, the wife was missing her pinkie and ring finger. The episode was remade again for the 1985 series \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\" with Steven Bauer in McQueen's role, John Huston as Carlos, and Melanie Griffith (Bauer's wife at the time), Kim Novak, and Tippi Hedren (Griffith's mother). In this adaptation, the lighter successfully lights ten times. But when the wife comes in, the tenth flame", "title": "Man from the South" } ]

[ "Peter Piper" ]

[ { "docid": "957294", "text": "Peck A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints (9.09 (UK) or 8.81 (US) liters). Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, is still often sold by the peck. Despite being referenced in the well-known Peter Piper tongue twister, pickled peppers are so rarely sold by the peck that any association between pickled peppers and the peck unit of measurement is considered humorous in", "title": "Peck" } ]

[ { "docid": "429831", "text": "following sentence was claimed as \"the most difficult of common English-language tongue-twisters\" by William Poundstone. The seething sea ceaseth and thus the seething sea sufficeth us. These deliberately difficult expressions were popular in the 19th century. The popular \"she sells sea shells\" tongue twister was originally published in 1850 as a diction exercise. The term tongue twister was first applied to these kind of expressions in 1895. \"She sells sea shells\" was turned into a popular song in 1908, with words by British songwriter Terry Sullivan and music by Harry Gifford. According to folk etymology, it was said to be", "title": "Tongue-twister" }, { "docid": "429835", "text": "example is Georgian \"baq'aq'i ts'q'alshi q'iq'inebs\" (\"a frog croaks in the water\"), in which \"q\" is a sort of gulping sound. Another example, the Czech and Slovak \"strč prst skrz krk\" (\"stick a finger through the throat\") is difficult for a non-native speaker due to the absence of vowels, although syllabic r is a common sound in Czech, Slovak and some other Slavic languages. The sign language equivalent of a tongue twister is called a finger-fumbler. According to Susan Fischer, the phrase \"Good blood, bad blood\" is a tongue-twister in English as well as a finger-fumbler in ASL. One-syllable article", "title": "Tongue-twister" }, { "docid": "429836", "text": "is a form of Mandarin Chinese tongue twister, written in Classical Chinese. Due to Mandarin Chinese having only four tonal ranges (compared to nine in Cantonese, for example), these works sound like a work of one syllable in different tonal range when spoken in Mandarin, but are far more comprehensible when spoken in another dialect. Tongue-twister A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game. Some tongue-twisters produce results that are humorous (or humorously vulgar) when they are mispronounced, while others simply", "title": "Tongue-twister" }, { "docid": "429830", "text": "Tongue-twister A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game. Some tongue-twisters produce results that are humorous (or humorously vulgar) when they are mispronounced, while others simply rely on the confusion and mistakes of the speaker for their amusement value. Tongue-twisters may rely on rapid alternation between similar but distinct phonemes (e.g., \"s\" and \"sh\" ), combining two different alternation patterns, familiar constructs in loanwords, or other features of a spoken language in order to be difficult to articulate. For example, the", "title": "Tongue-twister" }, { "docid": "10464161", "text": "Hong Kong musical tongue twister A Hong Kong musical tongue twister (Chinese: 急口令) is a melody rhyme that follow a musical tune. Such tongue twisters are extremely short, and contain some addictive background music. Within Hong Kong culture, they have been classified under the heading of TV theme songs. However, they are not songs written in entirety or featured on any albums. Usually most tunes last no more than 20 seconds. The tunes are used almost exclusively for commercials. The two famous composers who wrote all the twisters and sang them for broadcasts was Wong Jim and Joseph Koo. They", "title": "Hong Kong musical tongue twister" }, { "docid": "7582408", "text": "refrigerator as mentioned above. For lacto-fermented pickled peppers, vinegar is omitted from the salty brine; instead, \"Lactobacilli\" convert the sugars of the peppers into lactic acid. Such fermented pickled peppers are often used to make hot sauce. At less than 3% acid, fermented pickled peppers are highly perishable if not canned. Sweet pickling with sugar and acid yields \"candied\" peppers, as for the jalapeños known as \"cowboy candy\". Pickled peppers are often made into relishes. In Mexico most peppers sold are pickled. The industrial important hot pepper mash, used in creation of condiments such as salsas, processed meats, hot sauces,", "title": "Pickled pepper" }, { "docid": "10464162", "text": "were meant to be comedic or cheery in terms of creating a friendly atmosphere for selling the products. This trend was mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. In one of their last concerts together, they re-sang all their tunes in the performance along with a number of recognizable TV theme songs. An example of an advertisement was the Capstan cigarette brand. Hong Kong musical tongue twister A Hong Kong musical tongue twister (Chinese: 急口令) is a melody rhyme that follow a musical tune. Such tongue twisters are extremely short, and contain some addictive background music. Within Hong Kong culture, they", "title": "Hong Kong musical tongue twister" }, { "docid": "429833", "text": "Botter (): Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter And made her batter bitter. But a bit of better butter makes better batter. So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter Making Betty Botter's bitter batter better The following twister won the \"grand prize\" in a contest in \"Games Magazine\" in 1979: Shep Schwab shopped at Scott's Schnapps shop; One shot of Scott's Schnapps stopped Schwab's watch. Some tongue-twisters take the form of words or short phrases which become tongue-twisters when repeated rapidly (the game is often expressed in the", "title": "Tongue-twister" }, { "docid": "429834", "text": "form \"Say this phrase three (or five, or ten, \"etc.\") times as fast as you can!\"). Some examples include: A Proper Copper Coffee Pot. The sixth sitting sheet-slitter slit six sheets. Irish Wristwatch, Swiss Wristwatch. Pad kid poured curd pulled cold. Peggy Badcock. In 2013, a psychologist at an Acoustical Society of America conference claimed that “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod\" is the trickiest twister to date. Shibboleths, that is, phrases in a language that are difficult for someone who is not a native speaker of that language to say might be regarded as a type of tongue-twist. An", "title": "Tongue-twister" }, { "docid": "7582406", "text": "Quiznos, Subway, and Wawa. Pickled peppers are found throughout the world, such as the Italian \"pepperoncini sott'aceto\" and Indonesia's pickled bird's eye chili, besides the already-mentioned American and Latin American usages. The flavored brine of hot yellow peppers is commonly used as a condiment in Southern cooking in the United States. To achieve the best results and minimize the risk of botulism, only fresh blemish-free peppers should be used and vinegar with acidity of at least 5%; reducing the acidic taste can be achieved by adding sugar. While larger peppers are sliced up to be pickled, smaller peppers are often", "title": "Pickled pepper" }, { "docid": "7582405", "text": "Pickled pepper A pickled pepper is a \"Capsicum\" pepper preserved by pickling, which usually involves submersion in a brine of vinegar and salted water with herbs and spices, including peppercorns, coriander, dill, and bay leaf. Common pickled peppers are the banana pepper, the Cubanelle, the bell pepper, sweet and hot cherry peppers, the Hungarian wax pepper, the Greek pepper, the serrano pepper, and the jalapeño. They are often found in supermarkets alongside pickled cucumbers. Pickled sliced jalapeños are also used frequently for topping nachos and other Mexican dishes. These peppers are a common ingredient used by sandwich shops such as", "title": "Pickled pepper" }, { "docid": "7582409", "text": "dips, marinades, and table sauces, is made of pickled peppers and may be stored for up to three years for aging purposes to produce sharper flavors before further processing, its Harmonized System Code is 0904.2073. In the Caribbean the majority of hot peppers produced are processed into a pickled mash prior to further processing. Tabasco sauce is created by creating a pepper mash with the salt and the peppers, which then undergoes lacto-fermentation for up to 3 years before additional vinegar is added and after mixing; the pulp and skins are strained out. GraceKennedy produced 660,000 kg of hot pickled", "title": "Pickled pepper" }, { "docid": "7582407", "text": "placed into the pickling solution whole; however, they still require slits so that the vinegar can penetrate the pepper. To avoid botulism it is recommended that pickled pepper products be processed in boiling water if they are to be stored at room temperature; improperly processed peppers led to the largest outbreak of botulism in U.S. history. As with pickled cucumbers, there are multiple ways of pickling peppers. The most common is as above, pickling in an acidic brine and canned; next is quick-pickled or refrigerator pickling, which skips the canning step and requires the peppers to be stored in the", "title": "Pickled pepper" }, { "docid": "7582411", "text": "Sriracha sauce garlic and sugar are added prior to the fermentation process of the mash. The Aztec Peoples of Mesoamerica were making pickled pepper hot sauces prior to the Spanish conquest. Pickled pepper A pickled pepper is a \"Capsicum\" pepper preserved by pickling, which usually involves submersion in a brine of vinegar and salted water with herbs and spices, including peppercorns, coriander, dill, and bay leaf. Common pickled peppers are the banana pepper, the Cubanelle, the bell pepper, sweet and hot cherry peppers, the Hungarian wax pepper, the Greek pepper, the serrano pepper, and the jalapeño. They are often found", "title": "Pickled pepper" }, { "docid": "7582410", "text": "pepper mash in Jamaica in 2014 up from 325,000 kg in 2013 from local Jamaica farmers, in 2012 most production in Jamaica by GraceKennedy of hot pickled pepper mash for use in hot sauces was imported from Costa Rica. This was part of a joint effort by the Jamaica ministry of agriculture and GraceKennedy to increase mash production in Jamaica with a new facility, and decrease dependence on imported peppers through a series of 16 pepper nurseries. Texas Pete's hot pepper mash is pickled for two years from Cayenne peppers, Frank's RedHot is aged for 7–12 months. For Huy Fong", "title": "Pickled pepper" }, { "docid": "665124", "text": "phrase \"mother tongue\" is used as a child's first language. Many languages have the same word for \"tongue\" and \"language\". A common temporary failure in word retrieval from memory is referred to as the \"tip-of-the-tongue\" phenomenon. The expression \"tongue in cheek\" refers to a statement that is not to be taken entirely seriously – something said or done with subtle ironic or sarcastic humour. A \"tongue twister\" is a phrase made specifically to be very difficult to pronounce. Aside from being a medical condition, \"tongue-tied\" means being unable to say what you want due to confusion or restriction. The phrase", "title": "Tongue" }, { "docid": "19921226", "text": "Mind Twister Mind Twister is a 1994 American erotic thriller film directed by Fred Olen Ray, written by Mark Thomas McGee, and produced by Luigi Cingolani and Smart Egg Pictures. After the profitable release of his previous erotic thriller \"Inner Sanctum\", Ray saw potential for the genre in the direct-to-video market and helmed the production of a number of these films during the early-to-mid 1990s. \"Mind Twister\" debuted theatrically for distributors at the 1993 American Film Market. It was eventually picked up and released by VCI Home Video in early 1994. \"Mind Twister\" is one of the final acting roles", "title": "Mind Twister" }, { "docid": "19921233", "text": "of Sevalas' final acting roles. Mind Twister Mind Twister is a 1994 American erotic thriller film directed by Fred Olen Ray, written by Mark Thomas McGee, and produced by Luigi Cingolani and Smart Egg Pictures. After the profitable release of his previous erotic thriller \"Inner Sanctum\", Ray saw potential for the genre in the direct-to-video market and helmed the production of a number of these films during the early-to-mid 1990s. \"Mind Twister\" debuted theatrically for distributors at the 1993 American Film Market. It was eventually picked up and released by VCI Home Video in early 1994. \"Mind Twister\" is one", "title": "Mind Twister" }, { "docid": "8644613", "text": "Beef tongue Beef tongue (also known as neat's tongue or ox tongue) is a dish made of the tongue of a cow. Beef tongue is very high in fat, contributing up to 72% of its caloric content. Some countries, including Canada and specifically the province of Alberta, export large quantities of beef tongue. Beef tongue is often seasoned with onion and other spices, and then placed in a pot to boil. After it has cooked the skin is removed. Pickled tongue is often used by the preparer because it is already spiced. If cooked in a sauce, it can then", "title": "Beef tongue" }, { "docid": "429832", "text": "inspired by the life and work of Mary Anning, an early fossil collector. However, there is no factual basis for this claim, especially since the expression predates Anning's life. She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore. The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure. For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells. Many tongue-twisters use a combination of alliteration and rhyme. They have two or more sequences of sounds that require repositioning the tongue between syllables, then the same sounds are repeated in a different sequence. An example of this is the song Betty", "title": "Tongue-twister" }, { "docid": "14315369", "text": "Tongue toast Tongue toast is a traditional open sandwich prepared with sauteed beef tongue and scrambled eggs. It is seasoned to taste with black pepper and onions. The tongue was sometimes served on buttered toast with a poached egg instead of a scrambled one. While it was primarily prepared as a dish for breakfast, it was also eaten for lunch and dinner. A variant served for breakfast involved the use of boiled, smoked beef tongue, cream, scrambled egg, and seasoned to taste with nutmeg, pepper, chopped parsley, and chopped green peppers. A modern variant involved the use of reindeer tongue", "title": "Tongue toast" }, { "docid": "16294820", "text": "the soil of the plant is likely to produce milder pimentos, whilst watering the whole plant, leaves and stalks included, produces peppers of the spicier variety. The peppers are customarily fried in oil and served as tapas. These peppers are grown along the banks of the river Ulla and its tributary Sar, especially in the greenhouses of the municipality of Padrón, hence the name. This pepper is also currently grown in various places of southern Spain, the United States, Canada (primarily in the provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario), Mexico, and Morocco. The peppers are picked while their size", "title": "Padrón peppers" }, { "docid": "7481036", "text": "Pickled onion Pickled onions are a food item consisting of onions (cultivars of \"allium cepa\",) pickled in a solution of vinegar and salt, often with other preservatives and flavourings. There is a variety of small white pickled onions known as 'silverskin' onions, due to imperfections they are pickled instead of being wasted. They are frequently used as an essential component of the Martini cocktail variant known as a Gibson. Pickled onions are usually pickled in malt vinegar and the onions are about an inch in diameter. Silverskin onions are pickled in white vinegar, and are much smaller. Full sized onions,", "title": "Pickled onion" }, { "docid": "18717177", "text": "add flavor. Pickled peaches may be used to accompany meats and in salads, and also have other uses. Pickled pears may be prepared with sugar, cinnamon, cloves and allspice to add flavor, and may be referred to as spiced pears. They may be prepared from underripe pears. Pickled pears may be used to accompany dishes such as roasts and salads, among others. In Malaysia, some fruits are pickled when they are unripe, such as \"belimbing\", \"kedondong\", \"chermai\", lime, pineapple, papaya, mango and nutmeg. Pickled fruit Pickled fruit refers to fruit that has been pickled. Pickling is the process of food", "title": "Pickled fruit" }, { "docid": "8100363", "text": "Twister II Twister II is a wooden roller coaster located at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. This is a custom built wooden coaster based upon the original coaster Mr. Twister that was at Elitch Gardens before the park was moved to its new location in 1995. The roller coaster was designed by John Pierce, who also designed the famous The Rattler wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It was constructed by the Hensel Phelps Construction Co. The trains were made by the Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters company. Twister II is significantly tamer than the original Mr. Twister. The motto", "title": "Twister II" }, { "docid": "12080464", "text": "rascally bird who made his hapless father's life a living nightmare. After spending several minutes recalling his youth, a despondent Woody jumps over the side of a cliff in an effort to commit suicide. At the last minute, an offscreen cartoonist breaks the fourth wall, erases the grave Woody was bound for, and replaces it with a Fountain of Youth. Rejuvenated, Woody returns to the forest, ready to peck away at his first tree in years. Unfortunately, he chooses a petrified tree, which knocks him cold upon impact. Born to Peck Born to Peck is the 39th animated cartoon short", "title": "Born to Peck" }, { "docid": "8753381", "text": "and English: Just in French: Dungeon Twister Dungeon Twister is a strategy board game with a fantasy theme. \"Dungeon Twister\" was created by Christophe Boelinger, who published other French games such as \"Halloween Party\", \"A Dog's Life\", and \"Snowboard\". \"Dungeon Twister\" was originally printed in French and has gained popularity worldwide with English and German releases. The \"Dungeon Twister\" Basic Set was produced in France in 2004 by Asmodée Éditions. It was again produced in 2005 in the U.S., also by Asmodée. In November 2009, Asmodée and Hydravision Entertainment together announced that a video game adaptation of the game would", "title": "Dungeon Twister" }, { "docid": "8753379", "text": "Dungeon Twister Dungeon Twister is a strategy board game with a fantasy theme. \"Dungeon Twister\" was created by Christophe Boelinger, who published other French games such as \"Halloween Party\", \"A Dog's Life\", and \"Snowboard\". \"Dungeon Twister\" was originally printed in French and has gained popularity worldwide with English and German releases. The \"Dungeon Twister\" Basic Set was produced in France in 2004 by Asmodée Éditions. It was again produced in 2005 in the U.S., also by Asmodée. In November 2009, Asmodée and Hydravision Entertainment together announced that a video game adaptation of the game would be released in Q3 2009", "title": "Dungeon Twister" }, { "docid": "7481038", "text": "added, producing a more strongly pink coloured dish. Pickled red onions in bitter orange juice are especially emblematic of Yucatan cuisine, where they are used as a garnish or condiment, especially for seafood. Pickled onion Pickled onions are a food item consisting of onions (cultivars of \"allium cepa\",) pickled in a solution of vinegar and salt, often with other preservatives and flavourings. There is a variety of small white pickled onions known as 'silverskin' onions, due to imperfections they are pickled instead of being wasted. They are frequently used as an essential component of the Martini cocktail variant known as", "title": "Pickled onion" }, { "docid": "13723495", "text": "Archie A. Peck Archie A. Peck (November 22, 1894 – September 15, 1978) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I. While serving as an infantryman in the U.S. 77th Division during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, his unit found itself surrounded in the German lines. The unit would subsequently gain the moniker \"The Lost Battalion\" as a result of this incident. This was the bloodiest battle of the war involving U.S. troops. Private Peck acted gallantly while surrounded, saving two wounded men under machine gun fire. Peck was", "title": "Archie A. Peck" }, { "docid": "12080463", "text": "Born to Peck Born to Peck is the 39th animated cartoon short subject in the \"Woody Woodpecker\" series. Released theatrically on February 25, 1952, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International. In the future, Woody is an elderly woodpecker who tries in vain to peck away at a tree. Unfortunately, his best years are behind him, and his beak was too weak. Depressed, he begins to reminisce about his younger days when he was a little bird in the care of his father. It becomes apparent that from Day 1, Woody was a mischievous,", "title": "Born to Peck" }, { "docid": "9673649", "text": "October 1887. The town was named for George Peck, who owned a hotel there. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Peck has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated \"Cfa\" on climate maps. Peck, Kansas Peck is an unincorporated community on the Sedgwick County and Sumner County border in Kansas, United States. In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington through Peck to Caldwell. It foreclosed in 1891 and was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and", "title": "Peck, Kansas" }, { "docid": "15232900", "text": "Mister Twister (comics) Mister Twister is the name of three fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Bromwell Stikk version of Mister Twister first appeared in \"The Brave and the Bold\" #54 and was created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani. The demon version of Mister Twister first appeared in \"Titans Hunt\" #2 and was created by Dan Abnett and Stephen Segovia. Dan Judd is a writer who decides to research his latest crime novel by becoming a criminal. Becoming Mister Twister, he forms a gang. When Superman stumbles upon his crime sprees, Mister Twister", "title": "Mister Twister (comics)" }, { "docid": "12374160", "text": "were first made in the Tigris Valley of Mesopotamia, using cucumbers brought originally from India. A gherkin is a variety of cucumber: the West Indian or burr gherkin (\"Cucumis anguria\"), which produces a somewhat smaller fruit than the garden cucumber (\"Cucumis sativus\"). Gherkins are cooked, eaten raw, or used as pickles. Gherkins are usually picked when 4 to 8 cm (1 to 3 in) in length and pickled in jars or cans with vinegar (often flavoured with herbs, particularly dill; hence, \"dill pickle\") or brine. Sugar is also a popular addition, in which case the label typically shows \"Sweet Gherkins\".", "title": "Pickled cucumber" }, { "docid": "7932043", "text": "of Master Pandemonium. For his own unrevealed reasons, the Texas Twister did not accompany them. Phantom Rider helped him try to summon a demon to help him get revenge, but instead they summoned Arkon who sought to attack the Avengers. Soon, however, Texas Twister returns to the Avengers Compound at a time when Hawkeye was alone, demanding to see the captive demon. Twister declares his love for the demon, which turns back into Shooting Star. Texas Twister went on to explain that the demon had come to him months ago when Twister's powers seemed to be fading, making him afraid", "title": "Texas Twister" }, { "docid": "13145894", "text": "point after World War II, The Twister was captured and imprisoned in the mystical Urn of Pandora, along with scores of other heroes, by the misguided Fighting Yank. Decades later, the Urn was broken and the heroes freed; Twister emerged with a new costume, whose constantly shifting appearance makes him look like a man-shaped tornado, but his powers seem to be unchanged. What part he will play in the modern world remains to be seen. Twister (comics) The Twister is a fictional character, a comic book superhero who first appeared in \"Blue Bolt Comics\" from Novelty Press. Created by Paul", "title": "Twister (comics)" }, { "docid": "12374172", "text": "pickles in a mixture of Kool-Aid and pickle brine. Like pickled vegetables such as sauerkraut, sour pickled cucumbers (technically a fruit) are low in calories. They also contain a moderate amount of vitamin K, specifically in the form of K. 30-gram sour pickled cucumber offers 12–16 µg, or approximately 15–20%, of the Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin K. It also offers , most of which come from carbohydrate. However, most sour pickled cucumbers are also high in sodium; one pickled cucumber can contain 350–500 mg, or 15–20% of the American recommended daily limit of 2400 mg. Sweet pickled cucumbers, including", "title": "Pickled cucumber" }, { "docid": "20266022", "text": "vast amount of destruction. Two CIA agents start shooting as Scott and his companions; they run and manage to hide behind some trees. They find Anthony, a chief engineer at Synco, who confesses they have been making a new hydrogen fuel (MT-11), which was stored in the tank that exploded. He says this fuel burns for a long time and that the twister will keep getting bigger. Scott’s group and Anthony follow the twister in their car, into the town. They find the twister coming toward them, and jump out of their car as it is swept into the twister.", "title": "Fire Twister" }, { "docid": "12374176", "text": "onions. In the Cockney dialect of London, this type of gherkin is called a \"wally\". The term \"pickle\" is derived from the Dutch word \"pekel\", meaning \"brine\". In the United States and Canada, the word \"pickle\" alone almost always refers to a pickled cucumber (other types of pickles will be described as \"pickled onion\", \"pickled beets\", etc.). In the UK \"pickle\" generally refers to ploughman's pickle made from various vegetables, such as Branston pickle, traditionally served with a ploughman's lunch. Pickled cucumber A pickled cucumber (commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin in", "title": "Pickled cucumber" }, { "docid": "9730192", "text": "Pickled walnuts Pickled walnuts are a traditional English pickle, made from walnuts. Pickled walnuts have been a delicacy in England since at least the early 18th-century. They were mentioned in several literary works The botanist Richard Bradley describes pickled walnuts in his 1728 book \"The Country Housewife and Lady's Director\", Charles Dickens in his book \"The Pickwick Papers\", published in 1836. In chapter 49 he writes, Pickled walnuts are also mentioned in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. Pickled walnuts are still commonly eaten in England, particularly at Christmas served with an English blue cheese such as Stilton. They are also", "title": "Pickled walnuts" }, { "docid": "17882677", "text": "Pickled lime Pickled lime is a food that involves the pickling of limes to preserve them and add flavor. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, pickled limes were exported from the West Indies to areas in the Northeastern United States. In the mid-19th century, pickled limes were in demand in New York, and by the late 19th century they were mostly exported to Boston. During this time period, stores would display them in glass jars atop counters and sell them by the piece. Some customers purchased entire barrels of them at a time. During the mid-19th century, pickled Key", "title": "Pickled lime" }, { "docid": "12374159", "text": "Pickled cucumber A pickled cucumber (commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin in Britain, Ireland, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time, by either immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation. Pickled cucumbers are often part of mixed pickles. It is often claimed that pickled cucumbers were first developed for workers building the Great Wall of China in 2,000-3,000 B.C., though another hypothesis is that they", "title": "Pickled cucumber" }, { "docid": "16749426", "text": "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is a 1939 American black-and-white children's comedy drama film, directed by Charles Barton, produced by Jack Fier and based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Sidney. Starring Edith Fellows, Charles Peck, Tommy Bond, Jimmy Leake and Dorothy Anne Seese, it is the first of four Five Little Peppers films. Mrs. Pepper and her 5 children Polly, Ben, Joey, Davie and Phronsie are a poor but happy family. Mrs. Pepper's husband, John Pepper (a mine engineer) died when the copper mine he half owned", "title": "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" }, { "docid": "7481037", "text": "e.g. Spanish Onions, can be pickled if sliced first. In the Southern United States, pickled Vidalia onions can be served as a side dish. In Hong Kong, pickled onions are served in many Cantonese restaurants, especially around dinner time, as a small dish before the main course is served. In Switzerland, they are served to accompany raclette, along with pickled gherkins. In Italy, it is known as 'maggiolina'. In Mexican cuisine, one preparation, cebollas encurtidas, has sliced red onions pickled in a mixture of citrus juices and vinegar, which is served as a garnish or condiment. Sometimes cooked beets are", "title": "Pickled onion" }, { "docid": "15232904", "text": "summons a large whale to move the island. When Mister Twister discovers the island is not in its usual location, he causes havoc in Hatton Corners. He manages to subdue Aqualad and Kid Flash before Robin uses his Batrope to disarm Mister Twister of his staff. Mister Twister is taken into custody and the children are reunited with their parents. Afterwards, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash form the Teen Titans. It is later revealed that the Teen Titans' battle with Mister Twister had caught the attention of the malevolent entity known as the Antithesis, who uses Mister Twister as an", "title": "Mister Twister (comics)" }, { "docid": "15232912", "text": "the bedside of the real T.O. Morrow when Red Tornado arrived. Mister Twister (comics) Mister Twister is the name of three fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Bromwell Stikk version of Mister Twister first appeared in \"The Brave and the Bold\" #54 and was created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani. The demon version of Mister Twister first appeared in \"Titans Hunt\" #2 and was created by Dan Abnett and Stephen Segovia. Dan Judd is a writer who decides to research his latest crime novel by becoming a criminal. Becoming Mister Twister, he forms", "title": "Mister Twister (comics)" }, { "docid": "18717176", "text": "Pickled fruit Pickled fruit refers to fruit that has been pickled. Pickling is the process of food preservation by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. Many types of fruit are pickled. Some examples include peaches, apples, crab apple, pears, plums, grapes, currant, tomato and olives. Vinegar may also be prepared from fruit, such as apple cider vinegar. Pickled peaches may be prepared from medium-sized, non-melting clingstone peaches that are small-seeded. In the United States prior to around 1960, some were prepared from small, unripe freestone peaches. They may be prepared with sugar, cinnamon, cloves and allspice to", "title": "Pickled fruit" }, { "docid": "5667701", "text": "A Bushel and a Peck \"A Bushel and a Peck\" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser and published in 1950. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical \"Guys and Dolls\", which opened at the 46th Street Theater on November 24, 1950. It was performed on stage by Vivian Blaine, who later reprised her role as Miss Adelaide in the 1955 film version of the play. \"A Bushel and a Peck,\" however, was not included in the film, and instead replaced by a new song, titled \"Pet Me, Poppa.\" A popular recording by Perry Como and Betty Hutton", "title": "A Bushel and a Peck" }, { "docid": "17882679", "text": "papadums with lime pickle as a starter. Pickled lime Pickled lime is a food that involves the pickling of limes to preserve them and add flavor. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, pickled limes were exported from the West Indies to areas in the Northeastern United States. In the mid-19th century, pickled limes were in demand in New York, and by the late 19th century they were mostly exported to Boston. During this time period, stores would display them in glass jars atop counters and sell them by the piece. Some customers purchased entire barrels of them at a", "title": "Pickled lime" }, { "docid": "956336", "text": "paid. So, he let the plan to have Twister played on the Tonight Show go forward. On May 3, 1966 Johnny Carson, the host of the show, was enticed by the Twister mat and demonstrated the game along with Eva Gabor. The next morning there were 50 people standing in line to buy the game at Abercrombie & Fitch where a few games had not been returned. Three million Twister games were sold in the following year. Several spin-off games have followed over the years such as: Twister Moves, Twister Dance, Twister Hoopla, and many others. In 1967 Twister was", "title": "Twister (game)" }, { "docid": "7059153", "text": "be served as part of a main course, hors d'œuvres, or garnishes. A typical British recipe for pickled eggs includes eggs, vinegar, salt and sugar. The eggs are then boiled, peeled, then boiled with the other ingredients. They last for three to four months (for best quality) and are traditionally found in British public houses and fish and chip shops. Pickled egg Pickled eggs are typically hard boiled eggs that are cured in vinegar or brine. As with many foods, this was originally a way to preserve the food so that it could be eaten months later. Pickled eggs have", "title": "Pickled egg" }, { "docid": "7356939", "text": "Pickled punks Pickled punks is the carny term for human fetuses preserved in jars of formaldehyde and used as sideshow attractions. Most pickled punks display some sort of anatomical abnormality, such as conjoined twins or polycephaly; however, the deformities present are as varied as the nature of human afflictions. Faked pickled punks, made from rubber or wax, are known as \"bouncers\" for their tendency to bounce when dropped on the floor. The practice of preserving and displaying prodigious births is centuries old. In the 17th century King Frederick III of Denmark had a personal collection of punks numbering in the", "title": "Pickled punks" }, { "docid": "7356945", "text": "The Stone-Child's condition, lithopedion, is fairly rare as only 290 cases exist in modern medical literature. Author Michael Bishop's short story \"Within the Walls of Tyre\" depicts a fictional contemporary example of the condition. Pickled punks Pickled punks is the carny term for human fetuses preserved in jars of formaldehyde and used as sideshow attractions. Most pickled punks display some sort of anatomical abnormality, such as conjoined twins or polycephaly; however, the deformities present are as varied as the nature of human afflictions. Faked pickled punks, made from rubber or wax, are known as \"bouncers\" for their tendency to bounce", "title": "Pickled punks" }, { "docid": "7932040", "text": "and scouted him out for the program. He was later seen sparring with Captain America again; however, two of the four super-agent trainees, Blue Streak and the Vamp, turn out to be traitors, so the Texas Twister quits and the program was disbanded. Twister decides to use his powers to earn a living and joined Cody's Rodeo Extravaganza as a rodeo performer. There he meets Shooting Star, who would become his partner both professionally and personally. Trying to garner publicity for themselves, Star and Twister answer a summons from Rick Jones, seeking the help of the Avengers in containing a", "title": "Texas Twister" }, { "docid": "17788431", "text": "Leal was hired to create HTML and CSS for the user interface, with Miguel writing required JavaScript code. 2,500 user accounts were registered in the first six days of operation. As a completely decentralized network, no one is capable of incapacitating Twister since there is not a unique point of attack to the system. Twister uses end-to-end encryption to protect the communications. Furthermore, Twister is designed to prevent other users from knowing your GSM localization, IP address, and who you are following. Users can publish public messages as with other microblogging platforms, but when they send direct messages and private", "title": "Twister (software)" }, { "docid": "13145892", "text": "Twister (comics) The Twister is a fictional character, a comic book superhero who first appeared in \"Blue Bolt Comics\" from Novelty Press. Created by Paul Gustavson, The Twister appeared in short stories in issues #1 to #7 of \"Blue Bolt Comics\", volume two (June to December, 1941). After that, he wasn't seen again for decades. In 2009, he appeared in the Dynamite Entertainment miniseries \"Black Terror\", which is part of the \"Project Superpowers\" line of comics; he then appeared in \"\" as an ally of the heroes. Bob Sanders is a direct descendant of Odysseus, and thus inherited the curse", "title": "Twister (comics)" }, { "docid": "8100367", "text": "American flag theme. The front of the train also got a Six Flags 45th anniversary emblem painted on it, to celebrate the chains' anniversary. The height restriction was also lowered from 52 to 48 inches tall, in keeping with most other wooden coasters. Twister II Twister II is a wooden roller coaster located at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. This is a custom built wooden coaster based upon the original coaster Mr. Twister that was at Elitch Gardens before the park was moved to its new location in 1995. The roller coaster was designed by John Pierce, who also designed", "title": "Twister II" }, { "docid": "12065937", "text": "Tongue disease Tongue diseases can be congenital or acquired, and are multiple in number. Considered according to a surgical sieve, some example conditions which can involve the tongue are discussed below. Glossitis is a general term for tongue inflammation, which can have various etiologies, e.g. infection. Examples of congenital disorders which affect the tongue include: Tongue lesions are very common. For example, in the United States one estimated point prevalence was 15.5% in adults. Tongue lesions are more common in persons who wear dentures and tobacco users. The most common tongue conditions are geographic tongue, followed by fissured tongue and", "title": "Tongue disease" }, { "docid": "14880755", "text": "in 1956 as \"Scheming Schemers\". Pick a Peck of Plumbers Pick a Peck of Plumbers is an American comedy short produced and directed by Jules White. Released by Columbia Pictures on July 23, 1944, it stars El Brendel and Shemp Howard, both of whom receive top-billing in the short. Elmer (El Brendel) and Axel (Shemp Howard) are two vagrants who are on trial for wrecking a policeman's motorcycle. The judge (John Tyrell) fines them $100 or they go to jail for 100 days. The two men convince the judge to let them get a job to pay the fine, which", "title": "Pick a Peck of Plumbers" }, { "docid": "14880752", "text": "Pick a Peck of Plumbers Pick a Peck of Plumbers is an American comedy short produced and directed by Jules White. Released by Columbia Pictures on July 23, 1944, it stars El Brendel and Shemp Howard, both of whom receive top-billing in the short. Elmer (El Brendel) and Axel (Shemp Howard) are two vagrants who are on trial for wrecking a policeman's motorcycle. The judge (John Tyrell) fines them $100 or they go to jail for 100 days. The two men convince the judge to let them get a job to pay the fine, which he accepts. They end up", "title": "Pick a Peck of Plumbers" }, { "docid": "17685024", "text": "is relatively common in nature with 2,700 examples observed across bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. Similarly to hammerhead ribozymes, some eukaryotes contain large numbers of twister ribozymes. In the most extreme known example, there are 1051 predicted twister ribozymes in \"Schistosoma mansoni\", an organism that also contains many hammerhead ribozymes. In bacteria, twister ribozymes are near to gene classes that are also commonly associated with bacterial hammerhead ribozymes. Currently, there is no understood biological function associated with the twister ribozyme. Twister ribozyme The twister ribozyme is a catalytic RNA structure capable of self-cleavage. The nucleolytic activity of this ribozyme has", "title": "Twister ribozyme" }, { "docid": "11371789", "text": "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck How much wood would a woodchuck chuck is an American English-language tongue-twister. The woodchuck from the Algonquian word \"wejack\" is a kind of marmot regionally called a groundhog. The complete beginning of the tongue-twister usually goes: \"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?\" The tongue-twister relies primarily on alliteration to achieve its effects, with five \"w\" sounds interspersed among five \"ch\" sounds, as well as 6 \"ood\" sounds. A traditional, if nonsensical, \"response\" to the question is: \"A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck", "title": "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck" }, { "docid": "11371785", "text": "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck How much wood would a woodchuck chuck is an American English-language tongue-twister. The woodchuck from the Algonquian word \"wejack\" is a kind of marmot regionally called a groundhog. The complete beginning of the tongue-twister usually goes: \"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?\" The tongue-twister relies primarily on alliteration to achieve its effects, with five \"w\" sounds interspersed among five \"ch\" sounds, as well as 6 \"ood\" sounds. A traditional, if nonsensical, \"response\" to the question is: \"A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck", "title": "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck" }, { "docid": "19797080", "text": "Twister sister ribozyme The twister sister ribozyme (TS) is an RNA structure that catalyzes its own cleavage at a specific site. In other words, it is a self-cleaving ribozyme. The twister sister ribozyme was discovered by a bioinformatics strategy as an RNA Associated with Genes Associated with Twister and Hammerhead ribozymes, or RAGATH. The twister sister ribozyme has a possible structural similarity to twister ribozymes. Some striking similarities were noted, but also surprising differences, such as the absence of the two pseudoknot interactions in the twister ribozyme. The exact nature of the structural relationship between twister and twister sister ribozymes,", "title": "Twister sister ribozyme" }, { "docid": "15232911", "text": "robot in the armor from an undisclosed location to test it out for T.O. Morrow who commented to Bromwell that he was lucky it wasn't him testing the armor. In \"Drop Zone\", it was mentioned that Mister Twister and T.O. Morrow were in cahoots with \"The Light\" (Project Cadmus' Board of Directors). In \"Humanity\", it was revealed that Mister Twister and T.O. Morrow were behind the remote reprogramming of Red Tornado. When Red Volcano was created and went rogue, Mister Twister fled even when the T.O. Morrow that Red Volcano destroyed was an android. Mister Twister was later seen at", "title": "Mister Twister (comics)" }, { "docid": "4978284", "text": "Didion, Peck & Peck was descriptor and shorthand for a certain fashion look. A store classic was the simple A-line dress. Other fashion retailers that grew in the wake of the closure of Peck & Peck were Ann Taylor and Talbots. Since 2008 the Peck & Peck trademark is owned by Stein Mart for its line of woman's clothing. Peck & Peck Peck & Peck was a New York-based retailer of private label women's wear prominent located at 581 Fifth Avenue. Founded by Edgar Wallace Peck and his brother George H. Peck, it began in New York in 1888 as", "title": "Peck & Peck" }, { "docid": "1257285", "text": "Peck, Wisconsin Peck is a town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 354 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Ormsby is located in the town. The town was named in honor of George Wilbur Peck who served as the 17th governor of Wisconsin from 1891-1895. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37.2 square miles (96.5 km²), of which, 37.2 square miles (96.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.19%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 354", "title": "Peck, Wisconsin" }, { "docid": "16987710", "text": "three pass deflections, and one interception in 13 games and 13 starts. Peppers also had 14 kick returns for 318-yards (22.7 YPR) and 30 punt returns for 180-yards (6.0 YPR). The Cleveland Browns finished the 2017 NFL season with a record of 0–16. Peppers lined up as a free safety for 88.2% of the Browns' defensive snaps according to Pro Football Focus. He received an overall grade of 45.5 from Pro Football Focus in 2017. Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams elected to move Peppers back to strong safety after the Browns traded for Damarious Randall. Peppers competed to be the starting", "title": "Jabrill Peppers" }, { "docid": "13713646", "text": "lose her \"mother tongue\". It is about how her original language feels unused and her new language she has picked up has taken over her \"mother\" language. However, when she sleeps, and dreams in Gujarati, she remembers her \"mother tongue\" again. Search for My Tongue \"Search for My Tongue\" is a poem by Sujata Bhatt. The poem is studied in England as part of the \"AQA Anthology\". \"I have always thought of myself as an Indian who is outside India,\" the poet has said in an interview, stating that her language is the deepest layer of her identity. The poem", "title": "Search for My Tongue" }, { "docid": "8100366", "text": "that leads into the final brakes. Overall, the layout of Twister II has similarities to the Mister Twister, but a noticeable difference is the helix entry. While Mister Twister went down the second drop and into the helix right away, Twister II leaves the second drop and goes up a double up hill, then makes another drop and rise, and enters the helix near the station. Because of this, the entrance to the tunnel does not cross over the second climb. Throughout the 2005/2006 off season, some sections of Twister II got new wood and the trains received a new", "title": "Twister II" }, { "docid": "17411849", "text": "Pipistrel Twister The Pipistrel Twister is a Slovenian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Pipistrel of Ajdovščina. It was distributed in Europe by Flight Team UG & Company AG of Ippesheim and sometimes called the Flight Team Twister. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft. By October 2018 it was listed as a \"legacy\" product and production had ended. The Twister is a development of the Pipistrel Spider. It incorporates a bent main pylon, which allows more seating room for the rear seat occupant, more streamlined main landing gear legs and a Rotax 912 engine. The Twister was designed", "title": "Pipistrel Twister" }, { "docid": "4978282", "text": "Peck & Peck Peck & Peck was a New York-based retailer of private label women's wear prominent located at 581 Fifth Avenue. Founded by Edgar Wallace Peck and his brother George H. Peck, it began in New York in 1888 as a hosiery store, with early location near Madison Square. At Edgar Peck's death, \"Time\" magazine reported that the brothers once had to pay rent every 24 hours to a distrusting landlord, but now had 19 stores. It grew to 78 stores across the United States. Peck & Peck filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1974 and purchased in 1976", "title": "Peck & Peck" }, { "docid": "1047478", "text": "Peck, Idaho Peck is a city in Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. The population was 197 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Many residents of Peck work in nearby Orofino, Idaho. Additionally, Peck residents attend high school in Orofino since Peck does not have a high school. Peck is located at (46.473786, -116.425083). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. There is a small creek. As of the census of 2010, there were 197 people, 87 households, and 59", "title": "Peck, Idaho" }, { "docid": "19046570", "text": "correctly. Trio-Twister Trio-Twister was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Eichwalde and founded by Siegfried Stolle. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight categories. The company seems to have been founded about 2003 and gone out of business in 2005. Trio-Twister produced two powered parachute designs, the single-seat Trio-Twister 103 and two-seat Trio-Twister 203. Both incorporated a central canopy attachment and tilting seats to allow the pilot to see up and backwards to ensure that canopy", "title": "Trio-Twister" }, { "docid": "19046569", "text": "Trio-Twister Trio-Twister was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Eichwalde and founded by Siegfried Stolle. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight categories. The company seems to have been founded about 2003 and gone out of business in 2005. Trio-Twister produced two powered parachute designs, the single-seat Trio-Twister 103 and two-seat Trio-Twister 203. Both incorporated a central canopy attachment and tilting seats to allow the pilot to see up and backwards to ensure that canopy inflates", "title": "Trio-Twister" }, { "docid": "7932045", "text": "Star, the demon then possesses Twister himself and battles Hawkeye and Shooting Star. Ultimately, Star threatens to kill the demon rather than allow the possession to continue, and the demon reluctantly imprisons itself in a statue. Texas Twister and Shooting Star are finally reunited. The supervillain Graviton tried to take over the world and suspended many heroes in the air using his powers. Texas Twister, along with the rest of the Rangers, were among them. The Thunderbolts defeated Graviton and the heroes returned to the ground. Texas Twister later fought Southpaw in Texas. During the \"Civil War\" storyline, Texas Twister", "title": "Texas Twister" }, { "docid": "20266027", "text": "in his office, and kills her with a golf club. Scott drives the fire engine toward the twister; Carla and Barbie use the flamethrowers to attract the twister toward them. They lure the twister to the Synco compound. The CIA agents defend the compound and shoot at Scott, but he drives straight past them into the compound, and the agents are killed by the following twister. Garber gets a helicopter so he can escape, however the helicopter is sucked into the twister before it can pick him up. Scott sets up the C4 and jumps out of the fire engine,", "title": "Fire Twister" }, { "docid": "3804086", "text": "Pickled herring Pickled herring (, , , , , , , , , , , ) is a traditional way of preserving herring. Most cured herring uses a two-step curing process. Initially herring is cured with salt to extract water. The second stage involves removing the salt and adding the herring to a brine - typically a vinegar, salt, sugar solution - to which ingredients such as peppercorn, bay leaves and raw onions are added. Additional flavourings may also be used, including sherry, mustard and dill, while other non-traditional ingredients have also begun being included in recent years. Pickled herring", "title": "Pickled herring" }, { "docid": "19518064", "text": "A Tongue of Silver A Tongue of Silver is an episode of the 1959 Australian TV drama anthology \"Shell Presents\". It was the first play from \"Shell Presents\" to be telecast in Western Australia. A stranger arrives in an Irish village during a thunderstorm. They are convinced he is an emissary from Heaven. He sets about selling them plots in Heaven. He says he was sent by St Colomb patron saint of the village who he says is annoyed the villagers have allowed the church to fall into disrepair. He says money from the sale of plots of land will", "title": "A Tongue of Silver" }, { "docid": "3947921", "text": "or a stew. Pickled pigs' feet Pickled pigs’ feet is a type of pork associated with Cuisine of the Southern United States, Mexican, Chinese, and Scandinavian cuisine. The feet of domestic pigs are typically salted and smoked in the same manner as other pork cuts, such as hams and bacon. It is common to preserve them in a manner very similar to home canning and processes for pickled vegetables; typically a saturation of hot vinegar brine is used. Such methods allow them to be preserved without the need for refrigeration until the jar is opened. Pigs’ feet that are pickled", "title": "Pickled pigs' feet" }, { "docid": "3947919", "text": "Pickled pigs' feet Pickled pigs’ feet is a type of pork associated with Cuisine of the Southern United States, Mexican, Chinese, and Scandinavian cuisine. The feet of domestic pigs are typically salted and smoked in the same manner as other pork cuts, such as hams and bacon. It is common to preserve them in a manner very similar to home canning and processes for pickled vegetables; typically a saturation of hot vinegar brine is used. Such methods allow them to be preserved without the need for refrigeration until the jar is opened. Pigs’ feet that are pickled are usually consumed", "title": "Pickled pigs' feet" }, { "docid": "12374166", "text": "taste (less sour) than one pickled for a longer time and is called \"ogórek małosolny\", which literally means \"low-salt cucumber.\" This distinction is similar to the one between half- and full-sour types of kosher dills (see above). Another kind of pickled cucumber popular in Poland is \"ogórek konserwowy\" (\"preserved cucumber\") which is rather sweet and vinegary in taste, due to different composition of the preserving solution. In Hungary, while regular vinegar-pickled cucumbers () are made during most of the year, during the summer \"kovászos uborka\" (\"leavened pickles\") are made without the use of vinegar. Cucumbers are placed in a glass", "title": "Pickled cucumber" }, { "docid": "19518067", "text": "the bend\" in which a \"wonderful idea... was almost completely lost in a welter of phony Irish accents\" and Meillon \"was sadly miscast.\" A Tongue of Silver A Tongue of Silver is an episode of the 1959 Australian TV drama anthology \"Shell Presents\". It was the first play from \"Shell Presents\" to be telecast in Western Australia. A stranger arrives in an Irish village during a thunderstorm. They are convinced he is an emissary from Heaven. He sets about selling them plots in Heaven. He says he was sent by St Colomb patron saint of the village who he says", "title": "A Tongue of Silver" }, { "docid": "9730194", "text": "walnuts in brine causes a chemical reaction to take place and the walnuts turn dark brown to black in colour when exposed to sunlight. The now-black walnuts are then placed into jars and a pickling solution poured over them. This can vary from a straightforward pickling vinegar to a solution containing spices and sugar. The walnuts are sealed and then left in the jars for anywhere between five days and eight weeks depending on which recipe is followed. Pickled walnuts Pickled walnuts are a traditional English pickle, made from walnuts. Pickled walnuts have been a delicacy in England since at", "title": "Pickled walnuts" }, { "docid": "16077254", "text": "Twister Mania Twister Mania launched in November 2011 for the Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 video game console as a digital version of the Twister board game. Developed by Naked Sky Entertainment, Twister Mania is published by Majesco Entertainment and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. Reviews of Twister Mania by its target audience are generally favorable. The game has been called out by Family Friendly Gaming as one of the most family friendly games of 2011, with a score of 96, where it was praised for both its fun gameplay and innovative UI. The UI is similarly", "title": "Twister Mania" }, { "docid": "16077255", "text": "called out in other reviews. Twister Mania Twister Mania launched in November 2011 for the Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 video game console as a digital version of the Twister board game. Developed by Naked Sky Entertainment, Twister Mania is published by Majesco Entertainment and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. Reviews of Twister Mania by its target audience are generally favorable. The game has been called out by Family Friendly Gaming as one of the most family friendly games of 2011, with a score of 96, where it was praised for both its fun gameplay and innovative", "title": "Twister Mania" }, { "docid": "3804089", "text": "term “soused herring” in English can also describe a marinated herring that has been cooked. Rollmops are pickled herring fillets rolled (hence the name) into a cylindrical shape around a piece of pickled gherkin or an onion. They are thought to have developed as a special treat in 19th century Berlin, and the word borrowed from the German. Pickled herring, especially brined herring, is common in Russia and Ukraine, where it is served cut into pieces and seasoned with sunflower oil and onions, or can be part of herring salads, such as dressed herring (, , lit. 'herring under a", "title": "Pickled herring" }, { "docid": "7059150", "text": "Pickled egg Pickled eggs are typically hard boiled eggs that are cured in vinegar or brine. As with many foods, this was originally a way to preserve the food so that it could be eaten months later. Pickled eggs have since become a favourite among many as a snack or hors d'œuvre popular in pubs, bars and taverns, and around the world in places where beer is served. After the eggs are hard boiled, the shell is removed and they are submerged in a solution of vinegar, salt, spices, and other seasonings. Recipes vary from the traditional brine solution for", "title": "Pickled egg" }, { "docid": "12374175", "text": "the spear or slice. This is a popular dish in the southern US, and a rising trend elsewhere in the US. In Russia and Ukraine, pickles are used in rassolnik: a traditional soup made from pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, pork or beef kidneys, and various herbs. The dish is known to have existed as far back as the 15th century, when it was called kalya. In southern England, large gherkins pickled in vinegar are served as an accompaniment to fish and chips, and are sold from big jars on the counter at a fish and chip shop, along with pickled", "title": "Pickled cucumber" }, { "docid": "13473025", "text": "2008 film \"Tennessee\", followed by a co-starring role opposite Peter Coyote and Bebe Neuwirth in the film \"Adopt a Sailor\". He won the award \"Best Actor\" at the 2009 Sonoma International Film Festival for his portrayal of \"Sailor\". From 2009 to 2010, he starred on the television series \"10 Things I Hate About You\" on ABC Family. In 2012, Peck played Prince Maxon for the pilot adaptation of popular book \"The Selection\", but was later replaced by newcomer Michael Malarkey. Neither the first or second pilot was picked up to go to series. In 2016 Peck starred in \"The Curse", "title": "Ethan Peck" }, { "docid": "6216741", "text": "in 1974 Greenberg taped a second pilot and the show was retitled \"The Big Showdown\". This time, ABC picked up the series and the show ran from December 23, 1974 until July 4, 1975. Peck continued hosting \"Take It From Here\" in Washington, D.C. during this time and commuted to New York City every three weeks to tape episodes for \"The Big Showdown\". Peck then hosted the unusual \"Hot Seat\", a Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley production which featured an oversized lie detector to measure a spouse's responses to personal questions. \"Hot Seat\" began airing on July 12, 1976 along with \"Family", "title": "Jim Peck" }, { "docid": "12871448", "text": "this has been vigorously denied by both its designer and by Fairbanks. Both men have attributed this reputation to the controls being lighter and more responsive than those of the light aircraft that most pilots are more familiar with. In the 1990s, the rights to the design were acquired by Steen Aero, who continue to offer plans for sale in 2009. \"Data from:\" \"Knight Twister Historical Information\" (except as noted) Payne Knight Twister The Payne Knight Twister is a single-seat, single-engine aerobatic sport aircraft first flown by Vernon Payne Sr. in the United States in 1932 and marketed in plans", "title": "Payne Knight Twister" }, { "docid": "7059152", "text": "humans. A variant historically associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch is the pickled beet egg where whole beets, onions, vinegar, sugar, salt, cloves, and (optionally) a cinnamon stick are used as the brine. The eggs take on a pink or even purple colour from the beets and have a pleasant sweet and sour taste. Pickled red-beet eggs, long a common food at picnics and pot-lucks in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, have diffused into the folk cuisine of the surrounding \"English\" and become a popular snack that can be bought in supermarkets as far east as the Delaware River. Pickled eggs may", "title": "Pickled egg" }, { "docid": "17685021", "text": "as a conserved RNA structure of unknown function. The hypothesis that it functions as a self-cleaving ribozyme was suggested by the similarity between genes nearby to twister ribozymes and genes nearby to hammerhead ribozymes, Indeed the genes located nearby to these two self-cleaving ribozyme classes overlap significantly. Researchers were inspired to name the newly found twister motif due to its resemblance to the Egyptian hieroglyph 'twisted flax'. The basic structure of the \"Oryza sativa\" twister ribozyme was crystallographically determined at atomic resolution in 2014. The active site of the twister ribozyme is centered in a double-pseudoknot, facilitating a compact fold", "title": "Twister ribozyme" }, { "docid": "19727683", "text": "Dragon tongue bean Dragon tongue bean, or dragon tongue shelling bean, is young green bean (snap bean) of cranberry bean, pinto bean in the species \"Phaseolus vulgaris\" (shell bean). Dragon tongue bean is a flavorful, juicy bean whose seeds are encased in a buffed colorful pod with mottled burgundy patterns throughout the shell's surface. The shelled beans are pale pistachio green in color, their size, petite, and their shape, ovate and slightly curved. Dragon tongue bean can be harvested, picked and used for their pods as well as for their seeds like a green bean (snap bean) or allowed to", "title": "Dragon tongue bean" }, { "docid": "3804090", "text": "fur coat'), which are usually prepared with vegetables and seasoned with mayonnaise dressing. Brined herring is common in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, perhaps best known for vorschmack salad known in English simply as \"chopped herring\" and as schmaltz herring in Yiddish. In Israel it is commonly known as \"dag maluach\" which means \"salted fish\". Pickled herring can also be found in the cuisine of Hokkaidō in Japan, where families traditionally preserved large quantities for winter. In Nova Scotia, Canada, pickled herring with onions is called \"solomon gundy\" and is quite popular. (Not to be confused with the Jamaican pickled fish pâté", "title": "Pickled herring" }, { "docid": "20266026", "text": "bigger. Scott realizes that a really large explosion would destroy the twister, so he works out a plan to attract the twister into an open area and set off a large explosion using C4 and a fire engine full of fuel. They turn the fire hoses into flamethrowers, creating heat to attract the twister. A reporter sneaks into the Synco compound and sees the staff clearing everything out. She finds out that Garber is behind the explosion and creation of the fire twister, and that he has been paid a lot of money for doing it. Garber finds the reporter", "title": "Fire Twister" }, { "docid": "563319", "text": "Mersenne Twister The Mersenne Twister is a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). It is by far the most widely used general-purpose PRNG. Its name derives from the fact that its period length is chosen to be a Mersenne prime. The Mersenne Twister was developed in 1997 by and . It was designed specifically to rectify most of the flaws found in older PRNGs. The most commonly used version of the Mersenne Twister algorithm is based on the Mersenne prime 2−1. The standard implementation of that, MT19937, uses a 32-bit word length. There is another implementation that uses a 64-bit word length,", "title": "Mersenne Twister" }, { "docid": "17685020", "text": "Twister ribozyme The twister ribozyme is a catalytic RNA structure capable of self-cleavage. The nucleolytic activity of this ribozyme has been demonstrated both \"in vivo\" and \"in vitro\" and has one of the fastest catalytic rates of naturally occurring ribozymes with similar function. The twister ribozyme is considered to be a member of the small self-cleaving ribozyme family which includes the hammerhead, hairpin, hepatitis delta virus (HDV), Varkud satellite (VS), and glmS ribozymes. In contrast to \"in vitro\" selection methods, which have aided in identifying several classes of catalytic RNA motifs, the twister ribozyme was discovered by a bioinformatics approach", "title": "Twister ribozyme" } ]

[ "Drummer", "Drummers", "Drummer Kid", "Drummist", "Military drummer", "Drummer Man", "Drum player" ]

[ { "docid": "6594877", "text": "The Phil Collins Big Band The Phil Collins Big Band was a side project of English rock drummer, singer and musician Phil Collins, which performed in 1996 and 1998. Although best known for his work in pop as a solo artist and progressive rock with Genesis, one of Collins' earliest influences had been the American big band drummer Buddy Rich. The group presented big band renditions of Collins and Genesis songs, including hits such as \"Sussudio\" and \"Invisible Touch\". The group was primarily an instrumental act, with Collins remaining behind the drums, like the early days of Genesis and rarely", "title": "The Phil Collins Big Band" }, { "docid": "294910", "text": "ranging from Pete Thomas, John Bonham, Michael Giles, Ginger Baker, Phil Collins, Steve Gadd, Stewart Copeland, Michael Shrieve and Keith Moon, to fusion and jazz drummers Billy Cobham, Buddy Rich, Bill Bruford and Gene Krupa. The Who was the first group that inspired him to write songs and play the drums. Peart is distinguished for playing \"butt-end out\", reversing stick orientation for greater impact and increased rimshot capacity. \"When I was starting out\", Peart said, \"if I broke the tips off my sticks I couldn't afford to buy new ones, so I would just turn them around and use the", "title": "Neil Peart" }, { "docid": "1415961", "text": "Baker against those of Bonham and Who drummer Keith Moon: No, no, no, no, (scoffs). Ginger was nothing like those players. His musical capabilities are full spectrum. He can write and compose and arrange, and he has an ear, and he is harmonic. He is a fully formed musician. The surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited to play Live Aid in 1985 and employed two drummers, Phil Collins and Tony Thompson, to take his place. In June 2017, John Bonham's childhood home received a blue plaque in his honour. On 31 May 2018, on what would have been Bonham's 70th", "title": "John Bonham" }, { "docid": "2472607", "text": "15 in their list of the 100 Greatest Drummers of all time. In a readers' poll in 2011, he ranked No. 6. Since Rich's death, a number of memorial concerts have been held. In 1994, the Rich tribute album \"\" was released. Produced by Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart, the album features performances of Rich staples by a number of jazz and rock drummers such as Joe Morello, Steve Gadd, Max Roach, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl, Simon Phillips, Steve Smith, and Peart himself, accompanied by the Buddy Rich Big Band. A was issued in 1997. Phil Collins also featured in a", "title": "Buddy Rich" }, { "docid": "1781205", "text": "Moon, Steve Gadd, Buddy Rich and other highly esteemed and influential drummers from the history of rock and jazz. In the estimation of noted music critic Robert Christgau, Watts is \"rock's greatest drummer.\" On 14 October 1964, Watts married Shirley Ann Shepherd (born 11 September 1938), whom he had met before the band became successful. The couple have one daughter, Serafina, born in March 1968, who in turn has given birth to Watts' only grandchild, a girl named Charlotte. Watts has expressed a love–hate attitude toward touring. When he appeared on the BBC's Radio 4 \"Desert Island Discs\", in February", "title": "Charlie Watts" }, { "docid": "1415923", "text": "was revolutionary – extrovert, primal and inventive. He set the bar for what rock drumming could be. [...] Every rock drummer since has been influenced in some way by Ginger – even if they don't know it\". He has been married four times and has fathered three children. Baker and his first wife, Liz Finch, had their first child, Ginette Karen, on 20 December 1960. Baker's second daughter, Leda, was born 20 February 1968. Baker's son, Kofi Streatfield Baker, was born in March 1969 and named after a friend of Baker's, Ghanaian drummer Kofi Ghanaba. In February 2013 Baker said", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "10162847", "text": "Karen Carpenter (album) Karen Carpenter is the only solo album by singer/drummer Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters, recorded in 1979-80 and released by A&M Records in 1996. It has sold around 1 million copies worldwide. The album was recorded in New York with producer Phil Ramone in 1979 and 1980, during the time that her brother Richard was being treated for an addiction to Quaaludes. Some of the songs from the album were later featured on the Carpenters' 1989 compilation \"Lovelines\" and later releases. In the liner notes, Karen dedicated the project to her brother \"To Richard, with all my", "title": "Karen Carpenter (album)" }, { "docid": "1415902", "text": "Ginger Baker Peter Edward \"Ginger\" Baker (born 19 August 1939) is an English drummer and a founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s earned him the reputation of \"rock's first superstar drummer,\" while his individual style melds a jazz background with African rhythms. Baker is credited as a pioneer of drumming in genres like jazz fusion, heavy metal and world music. Baker began playing drums at age 15, and later took lessons from Phil Seamen. In the 1960s, he joined Blues Incorporated, where he met bassist Jack Bruce. The two clashed often, but would be rhythm", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "10162852", "text": "is a Martha and the Vandellas cover. Karen Carpenter (album) Karen Carpenter is the only solo album by singer/drummer Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters, recorded in 1979-80 and released by A&M Records in 1996. It has sold around 1 million copies worldwide. The album was recorded in New York with producer Phil Ramone in 1979 and 1980, during the time that her brother Richard was being treated for an addiction to Quaaludes. Some of the songs from the album were later featured on the Carpenters' 1989 compilation \"Lovelines\" and later releases. In the liner notes, Karen dedicated the project to", "title": "Karen Carpenter (album)" }, { "docid": "1781194", "text": "Charlie Watts Charles Robert Watts (born 2 June 1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London's rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. In 1963, he joined their group, The Rolling Stones, as drummer, while doubling as designer of their record sleeves and tour stages. He has also toured with his own group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared in London at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Charlie Watts Tentet. In 2006, Watts was", "title": "Charlie Watts" }, { "docid": "1415904", "text": "bassist Charlie Haden, jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and Ginger Baker's Energy. Baker's drumming is regarded for its style, showmanship, and use of two bass drums instead of the conventional one. In his early days, he performed lengthy drum solos, most notably in the Cream song \"Toad\", one of the earliest recorded examples in rock music. Baker is an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Cream, of the \"Modern Drummer\" Hall of Fame in 2008, and of the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2016. Ginger Baker was born in Lewisham, South London. His", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "1415914", "text": "to three years of \"correctional supervision\", a type of community service. Baker called the sentence \"a travesty\". Baker's autobiography \"Hellraiser\" was published in 2009. Throughout 2013 and 2014, Baker toured with the Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion, a quartet comprising Baker, saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis, bassist Alec Dankworth, and percussionist Abass Dodoo. In 2014, Baker signed with Motéma Music to release \"Why?\". In February 2016, Baker announced he had been diagnosed with \"serious heart issues\" and cancelled all future gigs until further notice. Writing on his blog, he said, \"Just seen doctor... big shock... no more gigs for this old drummer...", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "17206861", "text": "said of the film himself, \"Some of it is very good and some of it is very annoying.\" He elaborated that he was frustrated with the inclusion of some of the people on the film but was pleased to see Eric Clapton and Charlie Watts had taken part. Beware of Mr. Baker Beware of Mr. Baker is a 2012 American documentary film by Jay Bulger about the jazz and rock drummer Ginger Baker. For Bulger's article \"The Devil and Ginger Baker\" in \"Rolling Stone magazine\", Bulger lived with Baker in South Africa where Baker had spent the previous decade living", "title": "Beware of Mr. Baker" }, { "docid": "1781204", "text": "style of drumming, but rather capturing a feeling by those artists. \"Watts at Scott's\" was recorded with his group, \"the Charlie Watts Tentet\", at the famous jazz club in London, Ronnie Scott's. In April 2009 he started to perform concerts with the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie together with pianists Axel Zwingenberger and Ben Waters plus his childhood friend Dave Green on bass. In 1989, The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In the July 2006 issue of \"Modern Drummer\" magazine, Watts was voted into the \"Modern Drummer\" Hall of Fame, joining Ringo Starr, Keith", "title": "Charlie Watts" }, { "docid": "1781210", "text": "he and wife Shirley own an Arabian horse stud farm. He also owns a percentage of The Rolling Stones' various corporate entities. In addition to his work with The Rolling Stones, Watts has released the following albums: Charlie Watts Charles Robert Watts (born 2 June 1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London's rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. In 1963, he joined their group, The Rolling Stones, as drummer, while doubling as designer", "title": "Charlie Watts" }, { "docid": "2525945", "text": "had been offered a job there by a former business associate. Carpenter entered Downey High School in 1964 aged 14, and was a year younger than her classmates. She joined the school band, initially to avoid gym classes. Bruce Gifford, the conductor (who had previously taught her older brother) gave her the glockenspiel, an instrument she disliked, and after admiring the performance of her friend and drummer Frankie Chavez (who had been playing from an early age and idolized jazz drummer Buddy Rich), she asked if she could play those instead. Carpenter wanted a Ludwig set, because it was used", "title": "Karen Carpenter" }, { "docid": "16016367", "text": "musician. Phil Manning's early bands were Anonymous Incorporated and Cocaine Spell – he was in the latter with drummer, Charlie Watts, and the pianist, John A. Bird. Manning moved to Melbourne in late 1966 and joined Tony Worsley and The Blue Jays, replacing Vince Melouney (ex-Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) on guitar. Bay City Union were an electric blues band, which had formed in Brisbane and relocated to Melbourne in December 1966. Manning joined on guitar, and played alongside Glenn Wheatley on guitar and Matt Taylor on vocals and harmonica. Manning left by 1968 to join the Laurie Allen Revue", "title": "Phil Manning (musician)" }, { "docid": "1415925", "text": "1968. Snare tuned high, toms and bass tuned low In May 1968 Baker purchased a new Ludwig drum kit with 20\" × 14\" and 22\" × 14\" bass drums, a 14\" × 5\" metal Super-Sensitive snare and the same-sized toms for Cream's farewell tour. 1963–present made by Zildjian Ginger Baker Peter Edward \"Ginger\" Baker (born 19 August 1939) is an English drummer and a founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s earned him the reputation of \"rock's first superstar drummer,\" while his individual style melds a jazz background with African rhythms. Baker is credited as a", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "497660", "text": "In larger ensembles, the drummer may be part of a rhythm section with other percussionists playing, for example, vibraphone, marimba or xylophone. These musicians provide the timing and rhythmic foundation which allow the players of melodic instruments, including voices, to coordinate their musical performance. Some famous drummers include: John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon (The Who), Neil Peart, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Tim \"Herb\" Alexander (Primus), Rashied Ali, Carl Allen, Steve White, Craig Blundell, Travis Barker, Tony Royster Jr., Rick Allen (Def Leppard). As well as the primary rhythmic function, in some musical styles, such as world, jazz, classical, and", "title": "Drummer" }, { "docid": "1355415", "text": "the lesser-known London band the Action, whose drummer he would copy and whose work introduced him to the soul music of Motown and Stax Records. Collins was also influenced by the jazz and big band drummer Buddy Rich, whose opinion on the importance of the hi-hat prompted him to stop using two bass drums and start using the hi-hat. While attending Chiswick County School for Boys, Collins formed a band called the Real Thing, and later joined the Freehold, with whom he wrote his first song, \"Lying Crying Dying\". Collins began a career as a child actor while at the", "title": "Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "1355503", "text": "Phil appeared at his brother's investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2012 when he was awarded an MBE for services to art, with Phil stating, “I shared a bedroom with him when we were boys and he was always drawing. He used to do Christmas cards and birthdays cards for the family.\" Collins was estimated to have a fortune of £115 million in the \"Sunday Times Rich List\" of 2011, making him one of the 20 wealthiest people in the British music industry. In 2012 Collins was estimated to be the second wealthiest drummer in the world, beaten to first", "title": "Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "2472585", "text": "Buddy Rich Bernard \"Buddy\" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time and was known for his virtuoso technique, power, and speed. He performed with Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and Count Basie, and led a big band. Rich was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish-American parents Bess Skolnik and Robert Rich, both vaudevillians. As a kid, when he was at a restaurant with his parents, he used the knife and fork as drum sticks. Before he turned two,", "title": "Buddy Rich" }, { "docid": "6889650", "text": "due to doctors having diagnosed Baker with \"serious heart problems.\" It is unknown at this time if Ginger Baker's Air Force 3 will perform again or if Baker has permanently retired from touring and performing. Ginger Baker's Air Force Ginger Baker's Air Force is a jazz-rock fusion supergroup led by drummer Ginger Baker. The band formed in late 1969 upon the disbandment of Blind Faith. The original lineup consisted of Ginger Baker on drums, Steve Winwood on organ and vocals, Ric Grech on violin and bass, Jeanette Jacobs on vocals, Denny Laine on guitar and vocals, Phil Seamen on drums,", "title": "Ginger Baker's Air Force" }, { "docid": "224505", "text": "during the early 1960s. After playing with a local band, the Beachcombers, he joined the Who in 1964 before they recorded their first single. Moon remained with the band during their rise to fame, and was quickly recognised for his drumming style, which emphasised tom-toms, cymbal crashes, and drum fills. Throughout Moon's tenure with the Who his drum kit steadily grew in size, and along with Ginger Baker, Moon has been credited as one of the earliest rock drummers to regularly employ double bass drums in his setup. He occasionally collaborated with other musicians and later appeared in films, but", "title": "Keith Moon" }, { "docid": "2472606", "text": "the importance of the hi-hat. Roger Taylor, drummer of Queen, considers Rich the best drummer for technique. In the 2014 film \"Whiplash\", a first-year jazz student (played by Miles Teller) aspires to become one of the greats like Buddy Rich; though both the film's treatment of music in general and jazz in particular, and the choice of Rich as a jazz personality to aspire to, have been criticized by jazz aficionados. On September 30, 2017, Buddy Rich was honored with a Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. In 2016 readers of \"Rolling Stone\" magazine ranked Buddy Rich No.", "title": "Buddy Rich" }, { "docid": "2525941", "text": "Karen Carpenter Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who was part of the duo the Carpenters alongside her brother Richard. She was praised for her contralto vocals, and her drumming abilities were viewed positively by contemporary musicians and peers. Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963 with her family. She began to study the drums in high school, and joined the Long Beach State choir after graduating. After several years of touring and recording, the Carpenters were signed in 1969, achieving commercial and", "title": "Karen Carpenter" }, { "docid": "1355444", "text": "a reprisal of the rock opera \"Tommy\" (a part originally played by their late drummer, Keith Moon). In November, Collins released \"...But Seriously\", which became another huge success, featuring as its lead single the anti-homelessness anthem \"Another Day in Paradise\", with David Crosby singing backing vocals. \"Another Day in Paradise\" reached No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" charts at the end of 1989, and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1991; it was also one of Germany's most successful singles of all time. It became the final U.S. number-one single of the 1980s. Despite its success, the", "title": "Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "14352117", "text": "for 2012. On February 5, 2013, Who touring drummer Zak Starkey was unable to play due to a tendon problem, and Devours filled in for the complete \"Quadrophenia and More\" concert in San Diego, CA. Devours lists a number of drummers as influences, including Buddy Rich, Clem Burke, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland, Andrew Parker, Bill Ward, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Keith Moon and John Bonham. He lists songwriting influences as The Beatles, Radiohead, Beck, Jeff Buckley, Yes, XTC, Utopia, Stevie Wonder, The Smiths, The Shins, Seals & Crofts, Queen, Mutemath, The Pretenders, Peter Gabriel, No Means No, Elvis Costello, Black Sabbath, Bob", "title": "Scott Devours" }, { "docid": "13297934", "text": "ballad\" and reminiscent of older Phil Collins songs such as \"I Wish It Would Rain Down\" due to its \"speed, harmonies and female backing vocals\". Allmusic deemed it \"forgettable \". Some critics were not fond of its use in the final film, as it drowned out the dialogue in what was supposed to be the movie's emotional highpoint. No Way Out (Phil Collins song) \"No Way Out\" is a song by the English drummer Phil Collins from the \"Brother Bear\" film soundtrack. Two different versions of the song are placed onto the Brother Bear soundtrack. One is 4:18 minutes long", "title": "No Way Out (Phil Collins song)" }, { "docid": "1355466", "text": "defined progressive rock drumming, American drummer Rich Lackowski wrote: \"Phil Collins's grooves in early Genesis recordings paved the way for many talented drummers to come. His ability to make the drums bark with musicality and to communicate so convincingly in odd time signatures left many a drummer tossing on the headphones and playing along to Phil's lead.\" In 2014, readers of \"Rhythm\" voted Collins the fourth most influential progressive rock drummer for his work on the 1974 Genesis album \"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway\". In 2015, MusicRadar named Collins one of the six pioneers of progressive rock drumming. In", "title": "Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "6907235", "text": "4-year retirement, before returning to the music industry in October 2015. By 2016, Collins remastered and reiussed all his studio albums and released his third compilation album, \"The Singles\". Phil Collins discography British drummer Phil Collins has released 8 studio albums, 1 live album, 3 compilation albums, 45 singles, 16 video albums, 38 music videos, 2 soundtrack albums, 2 box sets, and 1 remix album. A Grammy and Academy Award-winning solo artist, Collins has sold more than 34 million albums in the United States, and 150 million records worldwide. Collins' first solo album, \"Face Value\", was released in the United", "title": "Phil Collins discography" }, { "docid": "1415918", "text": "frequently employed a much more restrained and straightforward performance style influenced by the British jazz groups he heard during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although he is usually categorized as a \"rock drummer,\" Baker himself prefers to be viewed as a jazz drummer, or as just \"a drummer.\" Along with Moon, Baker has been credited as one of the early pioneers of double bass drumming in rock. He recollects that in 1966 he began to adopt two bass drums in his setup after he and Moon watched drummer Sam Woodyard at a Duke Ellington concert. According to Baker: Baker", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "6889647", "text": "Ginger Baker's Air Force Ginger Baker's Air Force is a jazz-rock fusion supergroup led by drummer Ginger Baker. The band formed in late 1969 upon the disbandment of Blind Faith. The original lineup consisted of Ginger Baker on drums, Steve Winwood on organ and vocals, Ric Grech on violin and bass, Jeanette Jacobs on vocals, Denny Laine on guitar and vocals, Phil Seamen on drums, Alan White on drums, Chris Wood on tenor sax and flute, Graham Bond on alto sax, Harold McNair on tenor sax and flute, and Remi Kabaka on percussion. Their first live shows, at Birmingham Town", "title": "Ginger Baker's Air Force" }, { "docid": "224519", "text": "time, but he was.\" Early recordings of Moon's drumming sound tinny and disorganised; it was not until the recording of \"Who's Next,\" with Glyn Johns' no-nonsense production techniques and the need to keep time to a synthesizer track, that he began developing more discipline in the studio. Fletcher considers the drumming on this album to be the best of Moon's career. Unlike contemporary rock drummers such as Ginger Baker and John Bonham, Moon hated drum solos and refused to play them in concert. At a Madison Square Garden show on 10 June 1974, Townshend and Entwistle decided to spontaneously stop", "title": "Keith Moon" }, { "docid": "1781195", "text": "elected into the \"Modern Drummer\" Hall of Fame; in the same year, \"Vanity Fair\" elected him into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. In the estimation of noted music critic Robert Christgau, Watts is \"rock's greatest drummer.\" In 2016, he was ranked 12th on \"Rolling Stone\"s \"100 Greatest Drummers of All Time\" list. Charles Robert \"Charlie\" Watts was born to Charles Richard Watts, a lorry driver for the London Midland & Scottish Railway, and his wife Lillian Charlotte (\"née\" Eaves), at University College Hospital, London, and raised (along with his sister Linda) in Kingsbury. He attended Tylers Croft", "title": "Charlie Watts" }, { "docid": "2472591", "text": "on the album \"Mercy, Mercy\" recorded at Caesars Palace in 1968. The album received acclaim as the \"finest all-round recording by Buddy Rich's big band\". In the 1950s Rich was a frequent guest on \"The Steve Allen Show\" and other television variety shows. In 1973 PBS broadcast and syndicated Rich's February 6, 1973, performance at the Top of the Plaza in Rochester, New York. It was the first time thousands of drummers were exposed to Buddy in a full-length concert setting, and many drummers continue to name this program as a prime influence on their own playing. One of his", "title": "Buddy Rich" }, { "docid": "6919297", "text": "Moon, Ginger Baker and Charlie Watts, all of whom would find fame with the same instrument. He was included in the evacuation of civilians during World War II as a child, and sent to relatives in Wales during the Blitz in London. As a teenager he discovered Ted Heath and then skiffle music, especially Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan. Skiffle inspired Little to join a band, Derek Addison's Rhythm Katz. By the late 1950s rock and roll had arrived in the United Kingdom, and Little became a fan of Chuck Berry and Little Richard, whose drummer Earl Palmer he was", "title": "Carlo Little" }, { "docid": "2525960", "text": "a financial investment. In 1976, Carpenter bought two Century City apartments which she combined into one; the doorbell chimed the opening notes of \"We've Only Just Begun\". She collected Disney memorabilia and liked to play softball and baseball. Petula Clark, Olivia Newton-John and Dionne Warwick were close friends. While she was enjoying success as a woman drummer in what was primarily an all-male occupation, Carpenter was not supportive of the Women's liberation movement, saying she believed a wife should cook for her husband and that when married, this was what she planned to do. In early interviews, Carpenter showed no", "title": "Karen Carpenter" } ]

[ { "docid": "224576", "text": "one. He's dead, so what? He didn't do anything to talk of.\" Clem Burke of Blondie has said \"Early on all I cared about was Keith Moon and the Who. When I was about eleven or twelve, my favourite part of drum lessons was the last ten minutes, when I'd get to sit at the drumset and play along to my favourite record. I'd bring in 'My Generation'. At the end of the song, the drums go nuts. 'My Generation' was a turning point for me because before that it was all the Charlie Watts and Ringo type of thing.\"", "title": "Keith Moon" }, { "docid": "1415917", "text": "as part of the channel's \"Imagine\" series. Baker cited Phil Seamen, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones and Baby Dodds as main influences on his style. Although he is generally considered a pupil of Phil Seamen, Baker stated that he is largely self-taught and he only played some exercises with Seamen. Baker's early performance attracted attention for both his musicality and showmanship. While he became famous during his time with Cream for his wild, unpredictable, and flamboyant performances that were often viewed in a vein similar to that of Keith Moon from the Who, Baker has also", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "3062294", "text": "he was mainly influenced by Ian Paice, Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, John Bonham, Roger Taylor, Buddy Rich and Bill Ward. In his first couple of years in high school, Sorum was part of the Mission Viejo Marching Bands drum section. Sorum started out in Mission Viejo as a local hot musician in 1975. Wearing trademark \"Union Flag\" shorts and nothing else, he used to pound a huge acrylic drumset and overpower his first band \"Prophecy,\" which consisted of him and lead singer / guitarist Jeff Harris (guitarist for the J. Harris Band and later guitarist for funk band Slapbak), and", "title": "Matt Sorum" }, { "docid": "7672686", "text": "Richard Carpenter (musician) Richard Lynn Carpenter (born October 15, 1946) is an American musician, best known as one half of the sibling duo The Carpenters alongside his sister Karen. He has had numerous roles including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, lyricist, and composer, as well as joining with Karen on harmony vocals. Richard Lynn Carpenter was born at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now called Yale-New Haven Hospital) in New Haven, Connecticut, the same hospital where his sister Karen was later born. His parents were Agnes Reuwer Tatum (a housewife) (March 5, 1915 – November 10, 1996) and Harold Bertram Carpenter (November", "title": "Richard Carpenter (musician)" }, { "docid": "1415911", "text": "than 10,000 copies. Baker lived in Parker, Colorado between 1993 and 1999, in part due to his passion for polo. Baker not only participated in polo events at the Salisbury Equestrian Park, but he also sponsored an ongoing series of jam sessions and concerts at the equestrian centre on weekends. In 1994, he formed The Ginger Baker Trio with bassist Charlie Haden and guitarist Bill Frisell. He also joined BBM, a short-lived power trio with the line-up of Baker, Jack Bruce and Irish blues rock guitarist Gary Moore. On 3 May 2005, Baker reunited with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "7672707", "text": "automatic transmission package. Citations Sources Richard Carpenter (musician) Richard Lynn Carpenter (born October 15, 1946) is an American musician, best known as one half of the sibling duo The Carpenters alongside his sister Karen. He has had numerous roles including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, lyricist, and composer, as well as joining with Karen on harmony vocals. Richard Lynn Carpenter was born at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now called Yale-New Haven Hospital) in New Haven, Connecticut, the same hospital where his sister Karen was later born. His parents were Agnes Reuwer Tatum (a housewife) (March 5, 1915 – November 10, 1996)", "title": "Richard Carpenter (musician)" }, { "docid": "10162848", "text": "heart.\" The liner notes (including comments from Richard Carpenter and producer Phil Ramone) include Richard's explanation for shelving the album in 1981, and his later decision to release it as Karen approved it. Karen was backed by various New York and Los Angeles studio musicians, including Steve Gadd, Greg Phillinganes, Louis Johnson and members of Billy Joel's band. A&M executives in New York approved the material, but the executives in Los Angeles, including label owners Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, responded negatively. Ramone recalls that Carpenter broke down in tears. Devastated, she accepted A&M's urging not to release the album.", "title": "Karen Carpenter (album)" }, { "docid": "1415908", "text": "the end of January 1973, and it would operate successfully through the seventies as a facility for both local and western musicians (Paul McCartney and Wings recorded for \"Band On The Run\" at this studio). Baker sat in for Fela Kuti during recording sessions in 1971 released by Regal Zonophone as \"Live!\" (1971)' Fela also appeared with Ginger Baker on \"Stratavarious\" (1972) alongside Bobby Gass, a pseudonym for Bobby Tench from the Jeff Beck Group. \"Stratavarious\" was later re-issued as part of the compilation \"Do What You Like\". Baker formed Baker Gurvitz Army with brothers Paul and Adrian Gurvitz in", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "2472608", "text": "DVD tribute organized by Rich's daughter, \"A Salute to Buddy Rich\", which included Steve Smith and Dennis Chambers. With Count Basie With Benny Carter With Harry James With Charlie Parker With others Rich was known as a performer and endorser of Ludwig, Slingerland, and Rogers drums. While endorsing Slingerland in the '60s and '70s, Rich sometimes used a Fibes snare drum together with a Slingerland drum kit. He switched exclusively to Ludwig in the late 1970s through the early 1980s. While recovering from a heart attack in 1983, Rich was presented with a 1940s-vintage Slingerland Radio King set, refurbished by", "title": "Buddy Rich" }, { "docid": "6907413", "text": "Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins The following are the musicians who have performed with pop singer Phil Collins during Collins's solo career. This does not necessarily include any of the musicians who performed with Collins alongside Genesis. This is a list of performers who toured with Collins in 2017/2018 during the Not Dead Yet Tour. This is a list of performers who performed with Collins during the 2016 concerts: This is a list of performers who toured with Collins in support of his 2002 album, \"Testify,\" during the First Final Farewell Tour. All past touring members worked with", "title": "Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "1355495", "text": "been characterised by favourable critics as a \"rock god\", and an artist who has remained \"down to earth\". In \"The New Rolling Stone Album Guide\", published in 2004, J. D. Considine wrote: \"For a time, Phil Collins was nearly inescapable on the radio, and enormously popular with the listening public — something that made him an obvious target for critics. Despite his \"lumpen\"-pop appeal, however, Collins is an incisive songwriter and resourceful musician.\" Creation Records founder Alan McGee wrote in 2009 that there was a \"non-ironic revival of Phil Collins\" happening. According to McGee: \"The kids don't care about 'indie", "title": "Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "3063218", "text": "critical reviews and restored Rich's reputation as a musician, but it was his last album. In 2016, a tribute album entitled \"Feel Like Going Home: The Songs of Charlie Rich\" was released by Memphis International Records. Tom Waits, who was an opening act for Rich in the 1970s, mentions him in the song \"Putnam County\" from his album \"Nighthawks at the Diner\" with the lyric: \"The radio's spitting out Charlie Rich... He sure can sing, that son of a bitch.\" Charlie Rich and his wife were driving to Florida for a vacation after seeing their son Allan perform with Freddy", "title": "Charlie Rich" }, { "docid": "1781198", "text": "Watts initially found his transition to rhythm and blues puzzling; commenting, \"I went into rhythm and blues. When they asked me to play, I didn't know what it was. I thought it meant Charlie Parker, played slow. Watts' parents gave him his first drum kit in 1955; he was interested in jazz, and would practice drumming along with jazz records he collected. After completing secondary school, he enrolled at Harrow Art School (subsequently absorbed by the University of Westminster), which he attended until 1960. After leaving school, Watts worked as a graphic designer for an advertising company called Charlie Daniels", "title": "Charlie Watts" }, { "docid": "1415907", "text": "Ginger Baker's Air Force. In November 1971, Baker decided to set up a recording studio in Lagos, then the capital of Nigeria. Baker was one of the first rock musicians to realize the potential of African music. He also decided that it would be an interesting experience to travel to Nigeria overland across the Sahara Desert. Baker invited documentary filmmaker Tony Palmer to join him and \"Ginger Baker in Africa\" follows his odyssey as he makes his journey and finally arrives in Nigeria to set up his studio. After many frustrating set-backs & technical hitches, Batakota (ARC) studios opened at", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "12653206", "text": "from a 45 copy that is owned by Richard Carpenter. Looking for Love (Karen Carpenter song) \"Looking for Love\" is a song released under Karen Carpenter's name. It is regarded to be the first release by what was to become The Carpenters. The music was written by Karen's brother, Richard Carpenter. It was recorded in 1966 and released on record label Magic Lamp, a small label with a limited budget. Even though Richard Carpenter does participate on the recording, it is printed \"Karen Carpenter\" on the recording contract and record label. The record has now become a collectors' item and", "title": "Looking for Love (Karen Carpenter song)" }, { "docid": "1781197", "text": "more records than I did ... We used to go to Charlie's bedroom and just get these records out.\" Watts' earliest records were jazz recordings; he remembers owning 78 RPM records of Jelly Roll Morton, and Charlie Parker. Green recalls that Watts also \"had the one with Monk and the Johnny Dodge Trio. Charlie was ahead of me in listening and acquisitions.\" When Watts and Green were both about thirteen, Watts became interested in drumming: Green and Watts began their musical careers together from 1958 to 1959, playing in a jazz band in Middlesex called the Jo Jones All Stars.", "title": "Charlie Watts" }, { "docid": "6907414", "text": "Phil in the studio except for Bryant, Lawson, Mahon, White and Odom Jr. Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins The following are the musicians who have performed with pop singer Phil Collins during Collins's solo career. This does not necessarily include any of the musicians who performed with Collins alongside Genesis. This is a list of performers who toured with Collins in 2017/2018 during the Not Dead Yet Tour. This is a list of performers who performed with Collins during the 2016 concerts: This is a list of performers who toured with Collins in support of his 2002 album,", "title": "Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "12653204", "text": "Looking for Love (Karen Carpenter song) \"Looking for Love\" is a song released under Karen Carpenter's name. It is regarded to be the first release by what was to become The Carpenters. The music was written by Karen's brother, Richard Carpenter. It was recorded in 1966 and released on record label Magic Lamp, a small label with a limited budget. Even though Richard Carpenter does participate on the recording, it is printed \"Karen Carpenter\" on the recording contract and record label. The record has now become a collectors' item and is worth between $2,000 to $2,500 as only 500 copies", "title": "Looking for Love (Karen Carpenter song)" }, { "docid": "10170417", "text": "The Karen Carpenter Story The Karen Carpenter Story is an American made-for-television biographical film about singer Karen Carpenter and the brother-and-sister pop music duo of which she was a part, the Carpenters. The film aired on CBS on January 1, 1989. Directed by Joseph Sargent, it starred Cynthia Gibb as Karen Carpenter, and Mitchell Anderson as her brother, Richard Carpenter, who served as a producer for the film as well as of the musical score. The movie begins with the collapse of Karen Carpenter in the closet of her parents' home in Downey, California, on February 4, 1983. She is", "title": "The Karen Carpenter Story" }, { "docid": "1415916", "text": "for your support.\" The heart operation was done in July 2016 with Baker reported to be recovering \"Ginger Baker in Africa\" (1971) documents Baker's drive from Algeria to Nigeria (across the Sahara desert by Range Rover), where in Lagos, he sets up a recording studio and jams with Fela Kuti. In 2012, the documentary film \"Beware of Mr. Baker\" of Ginger Baker's life by Jay Bulger had its world premiere at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, where it won the grand jury award for best documentary feature. It received its UK premiere on BBC One on 7 July 2015", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "3971638", "text": "cameo in the comic book \"The Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness\" by Rich Burlew. Keith Baker (game designer) Keith Baker (born July 7, 1969) is a game designer and fantasy novel author. In 2002, Keith Baker was a freelancer best known for his thematic work at Atlas Games. His \"Dungeons & Dragons\" campaign setting of Eberron was chosen as the winner among the 11,000 submissions to the Wizards of the Coast Fantasy Setting Search in 2002. Baker produced the \"Eberron Campaign Setting\" (2004) alongside James Wyatt and Bill Slavicsek, the first of many background books focused on the", "title": "Keith Baker (game designer)" }, { "docid": "2525957", "text": "1982. The session took place during a two-week break in her anorexia therapy with psychotherapist Steven Levenkron in New York City. Though Richard was concerned about her health, he still thought her voice sounded as good as ever. Carpenter released her first solo record, \"Looking For Love\" / \"I'll Be Yours\" in 1967 on Osborn's Magic Lamp label. Only 500 copies were pressed, and the label folded shortly afterwards. In 1979, while Richard took a year off to treat his addiction to Quaaludes, Karen decided to make a solo album with producer Phil Ramone. These sessions produced music that was", "title": "Karen Carpenter" }, { "docid": "16220130", "text": "May 1974, Baker was already serving his prison sentence. After serving 18 years of his sentence, Baker was released from prison in 1992. That same year, his former associate Ned McCreery was shot dead by the UDA for being an alleged infomer. Since his release from prison, Baker has made no further allegations against the Northern Ireland security forces. Ginger Baker (loyalist) Albert Wallace \"Ginger\" Baker (born c. 1951) is a Northern Irish former loyalist and ex-British Army soldier who was convicted of four murders carried out by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), of which he was a leading member.", "title": "Ginger Baker (loyalist)" }, { "docid": "2525977", "text": "The movie helped reverse criticism of the Carpenters' music as being \"soft\" or \"nice\". Richard Carpenter helped in the productions of the documentaries \"\" (1997) and \"\" (2007). Randy Schmidt wrote a biography about Carpenter entitled \"Little Girl Blue\", published in 2010, which included a foreword from Warwick. It avoided previous biographies which had been officially endorsed by the family, and was based on interviews with other friends and associates. \"The New York Times\" said the book was \"one of the saddest tales in pop.\" Notes Citations Sources Karen Carpenter Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983)", "title": "Karen Carpenter" }, { "docid": "16012633", "text": "Ginger Baker at His Best Ginger Baker at His Best was part of a set of four double albums consisting of selected individual and collective output of the band and that of its three members. The albums were released in 1972. The Cream album was entitled \"Heavy Cream\", and featured illustrations of Eric Clapton, Baker and Jack Bruce. Three additional albums were devoted to each individual band member - \"Jack Bruce At His Best,\" \"Eric Clapton At His Best, and \"Ginger Baker At His Best.\" The Baker album is drawn from his first two solo releases - \"Ginger Baker's Air", "title": "Ginger Baker at His Best" }, { "docid": "50725", "text": "and by Holly's friends and family, for its inaccuracies. This led Paul McCartney (whose MPL Communications by then controlled the publishing rights to Buddy Holly's song catalog) to produce and host his own documentary about Holly in 1985, titled \"The Real Buddy Holly Story\". This video includes interviews with Keith Richards, Phil and Don Everly, Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, Holly's family, and McCartney, among others. In 1987, musician Marshall Crenshaw portrayed Buddy Holly in the movie \"La Bamba\", which depicts him performing at the Surf Ballroom and boarding the fatal airplane with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. Crenshaw's version", "title": "Buddy Holly" }, { "docid": "224525", "text": "kit, but without the customary hi-hat—at the time Moon preferred keeping backbeats with ride and crash cymbals. His new larger configuration was notable for the presence of two bass drums. Moon, along with Ginger Baker, has been credited as one of the early pioneers of double bass drumming in rock. Moon's Red Sparkle Premier setup from this time consisted of two bass drums, three mounted toms, two floor toms and a Ludwig Supraphonic 400 snare. His cymbals consisted of two Paiste Giant Beat crashes and one ride. This kit was not used at the Who's performance at the 1967 Monterey", "title": "Keith Moon" }, { "docid": "1355487", "text": "criticised Collins's \"ubiquitous nature\", including his involvement in the Who's 1989 reunion tour. David Bowie dismissed some of his own 1980s output as his \"Phil Collins years/albums\". In addition to the song's negative press from music journalists, singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg criticised Collins for writing \"Another Day in Paradise\", stating: \"Phil Collins might write a song about the homeless, but if he doesn't have the action to go with it he's just exploiting that for a subject.\" On the closing track of their 2014 album \"What Have We Become?\", titled \"When I Get Back to Blighty\", former Beautiful", "title": "Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "4971639", "text": "Buddy Baker Elzie Wylie \"Buddy\" Baker Jr. (January 25, 1941 – August 10, 2015) was an American NASCAR driver and sports commentator. He won the 1980 Daytona 500. Elzie Wylie Baker Jr. was born in Florence, South Carolina, the son of two-time winner of the NASCAR Championship and a Hall of Fame member Buck Baker and brother of fellow racer Randy Baker. Baker began his NASCAR career in 1959. In 1970, he became the first driver to ever exceed 200 mph (320 km/h) on a closed course. This World Record feat was accomplished in the Chrysler Engineering blue No. 88", "title": "Buddy Baker" }, { "docid": "4971644", "text": "honored Baker by placing stickers on their cars side to remember the legacy that Baker had left behind. In 1997, Baker joined his father as an inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama. He, previously, had been inducted into the Charlotte Motor Speedway Court of Legends in 1995, and into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 1997. He was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. Buddy Baker Elzie Wylie \"Buddy\" Baker Jr. (January 25, 1941 – August 10, 2015) was an American NASCAR driver and sports commentator. He won the", "title": "Buddy Baker" }, { "docid": "12970013", "text": "Thousand Clowns (1965), Wall Street (1987), Bossa Nova (2000), The Lake House (2006), and Whatever Works (2009) In his long career, Buddy Deppenschmidt has played with most of the jazz greats including: Mose Allison, Chet Baker, Keter Betts, Billy Butterfield, Charlie Byrd, John Coates, Jr., Al Cohn, Matt Dennis, Bob Dorough, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Stan Getz, Al Haig, Lionel Hampton, Barry Harris, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Hinton, Shirley Horn, J.J. Johnson, Larry Mc Kenna, James Moody, King Pleasure, Maxine Sullivan, Clark Terry, Joe Venuti and Phil Woods. Charlie Byrd in Greenwich Village (Milestone) Latin Byrd (Milestone) Guitar Guitar (Wounded Bird)", "title": "Buddy Deppenschmidt" }, { "docid": "1781203", "text": "Charlie Parker. 1993 saw the release of \"Warm And Tender\", by the Charlie Watts Quintet, which included vocalist Bernard Fowler. This same group then released \"Long Ago And Far Away\" in 1996. Both records included a collection of Great American Songbook standards. After a successful collaboration with Jim Keltner on The Rolling Stones' \"Bridges to Babylon\", Watts and Keltner released a techno/instrumental album simply titled, \"Charlie Watts/Jim Keltner Project\". Watts stated that even though the tracks bore such names as the \"Elvin Suite\" in honour of the late Elvin Jones, Max Roach and Roy Haynes, they were not copying their", "title": "Charlie Watts" }, { "docid": "1355478", "text": "losing to Collins, as they felt their other competitors were more worthy. The episode \"Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000\" involves a sled race down the landmark known as Phil Collins Hill, which has an impression of Phil Collins' face in the side. The Phil Collins character returns once more and gets killed off in the episode \"200\". Collins appears briefly in the Finnish animated sitcom \"Pasila\" in the episode \"Phil Collins Hangover\". The music of this episode is a pastiche of Collins's \"Another Day in Paradise\". Collins was mentioned in the \"Psych\" episode \"\" as resembling Shawn Spencer's father, Henry,", "title": "Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "7672700", "text": "recording the solo album \"Time\" and finished it on July 5, 1987. The album features Dusty Springfield singing \"Something in Your Eyes\", Dionne Warwick singing \"In Love Alone\", Scott Grimes singing \"That's What I Believe\" and a song Richard created – dedicated to Karen – called \"When Time Was All We Had\", which starts off a cappella, but then Richard's piano fades in as well as Herb Alpert's flugelhorn. Lyrics include: In 1996, at the suggestion of music writer Daniel Levitin, Carpenter recorded and released \"Richard Carpenter: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor\", which included reworkings of many Carpenters favorites, including hits", "title": "Richard Carpenter (musician)" }, { "docid": "2119208", "text": "Brooker and a pre-Genesis Phil Collins. An uncredited Peter Frampton played acoustic guitar on the country tracks featuring Drake. For contractual reasons, on UK pressings of \"All Things Must Pass\", Clapton's participation on the first two discs of the album remained unacknowledged for many years, although he was listed among the musicians appearing on the \"Apple Jam\" disc in Britain. Harrison was unaware of Collins's contribution until putting together the 30th anniversary reissue of the album in 2000, at which point he offered Collins his belated thanks. Clapton's former bandmate in Cream and Blind Faith, Ginger Baker, participated in the", "title": "All Things Must Pass" }, { "docid": "1415903", "text": "section partners again in the Graham Bond Organisation and Cream, the latter of which Baker co-founded with Eric Clapton in 1966. Cream achieved worldwide success but lasted only until 1968, in part due to Baker's and Bruce's volatile relationship. After briefly working with Clapton in Blind Faith and leading Ginger Baker's Air Force, Baker spent several years in the 1970s living and recording in Africa, often with Fela Kuti, in pursuit of his long-time interest in African music. Among Baker's other collaborations are his work with Gary Moore, Masters of Reality, Public Image Ltd, Hawkwind, Atomic Rooster, Bill Laswell, jazz", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "3063220", "text": "and Laurie; and grandchildren Maggie Karber Yelverton, Wesley Karber, and Christian Cole Lee. Margaret Rich died in Germantown, Tennessee, on July 22, 2010, and was buried alongside her husband. Academy of Country Music American Music Awards Country Music Association Grammy Awards Charlie Rich Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul, and gospel genres. In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for", "title": "Charlie Rich" }, { "docid": "3063200", "text": "Charlie Rich Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul, and gospel genres. In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, \"Behind Closed Doors\" and \"The Most Beautiful Girl\". \"The Most Beautiful Girl\" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards. Rich was", "title": "Charlie Rich" }, { "docid": "13608037", "text": "Carpenter competed in The Canadian Men's Doubles Championships in 1966 (Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club) alongside his brother, Michael Carpenter. As a final result, Michael and Keith Carpenter won the doubles title that summer. As two years earlier, Carpenter competed in the main draws at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and Forrest Hills, but with less success in terms of results. At the French Championships, he lost in the first round, to Georges Goven 1-6, 1-6, 2-6. At Wimbledon, Carpenter defeated veteran Floridian Gardnar Mulloy 6-3, 9-7, 9-7, before falling to South African Keith Diepraam 13-11, 8-10, 1-6, 0-6. At the U.S. Nationals,", "title": "Keith Carpenter" }, { "docid": "14613649", "text": "Keith Wyatt Keith Wyatt is a Los Angeles-based guitarist, educator performer, teacher, writer, and developer of music curriculum and educational media. Since 1996, Wyatt has toured and recorded with renowned LA-based “American Music” group The Blasters and is featured on \"4-11-44\" (Rainman Records) and \"Fun On Saturday Night\" (Rip Cat Records). He has also worked with a variety of other groups and artists including Albert Collins, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Robben Ford in Los Angeles and internationally as a solo performer. In 1978, after graduating from the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in Hollywood, California, Wyatt joined the faculty", "title": "Keith Wyatt" }, { "docid": "17403822", "text": "Buddy Lucas (musician) Alonza Westbrook \"Buddy\" Lucas (16 August 1914 – 18 March 1983), was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, who is possibly more famous for his session work on harmonica. As a bandleader, he led bands such as Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow, the Gone All Stars, and Buddy Lucas & His Shouters, and he also went under the stage name of \"Big\" Buddy Lucas. As a session musician, he recorded with Horace Silver, Bernard \"Pretty\" Purdie, Titus Turner The Rascals, Yusef Lateef, and Aretha Franklin, amongst others. He was born in Rockville, Alabama, and died", "title": "Buddy Lucas (musician)" }, { "docid": "17403823", "text": "in Stamford, Connecticut, aged 68. Buddy Lucas (musician) Alonza Westbrook \"Buddy\" Lucas (16 August 1914 – 18 March 1983), was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, who is possibly more famous for his session work on harmonica. As a bandleader, he led bands such as Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow, the Gone All Stars, and Buddy Lucas & His Shouters, and he also went under the stage name of \"Big\" Buddy Lucas. As a session musician, he recorded with Horace Silver, Bernard \"Pretty\" Purdie, Titus Turner The Rascals, Yusef Lateef, and Aretha Franklin, amongst others. He was born", "title": "Buddy Lucas (musician)" }, { "docid": "16012634", "text": "Force,\" and \"Ginger Baker's Air Force 2,\" as well as his work with Blind Faith. Between Baker's and Clapton's albums, the whole of the original \"Blind Faith\" album is covered. Ginger Baker at His Best Ginger Baker at His Best was part of a set of four double albums consisting of selected individual and collective output of the band and that of its three members. The albums were released in 1972. The Cream album was entitled \"Heavy Cream\", and featured illustrations of Eric Clapton, Baker and Jack Bruce. Three additional albums were devoted to each individual band member - \"Jack", "title": "Ginger Baker at His Best" }, { "docid": "2525943", "text": "of eating disorders. Her work continues to attract praise, including being listed in \"Rolling Stone\"s 100 greatest singers of all time. Karen Anne Carpenter was born on March 2, 1950, in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of Agnes Reuwer (née Tatum, March 5, 1915 – November 10, 1996) and Harold Bertram Carpenter (November 8, 1908 – October 15, 1988). Harold had been born in Wuzhou, China, where his own parents were missionaries and he was educated at boarding schools in England, before working in the printing business. Carpenter's elder brother Richard developed an interest in music at an early age,", "title": "Karen Carpenter" }, { "docid": "1355450", "text": "solo career. His sixth solo album, \"Dance into the Light\", was released in October 1996. The album was received negatively by the music press and sold less than his previous albums. \"Entertainment Weekly\" reviewed by saying that \"even Phil Collins must know that we all grew weary of Phil Collins\". Singles from the album included the title track, which reached No. 9 in the UK, and the Beatles-inspired \"It's in Your Eyes\". The album achieved Gold certification in the US. On 15 September 1997, Collins appeared at the Music for Montserrat concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, performing", "title": "Phil Collins" }, { "docid": "16220106", "text": "Ginger Baker (loyalist) Albert Wallace \"Ginger\" Baker (born c. 1951) is a Northern Irish former loyalist and ex-British Army soldier who was convicted of four murders carried out by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), of which he was a leading member. He turned himself in to the police in 1973 after throwing a hand grenade into a bus transporting Catholic workmen in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, which killed one man. He admitted to this killing and those of three other Catholics the previous year, as well as 11 armed robberies. He was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the four", "title": "Ginger Baker (loyalist)" }, { "docid": "13608030", "text": "Keith Carpenter Keith A. Carpenter (born August 3, 1941) was one of Canada's top men's tennis players during the 1960s. Carpenter's best result was winning the Canadian Open Men's Doubles Championship in 1966 alongside his older brother, Michael Carpenter. It was their first and only Grand Slam Event win for both brothers' careers and a proud moment in Canadian tennis history. Fourth round in singles of the 1965 U.S. Nationals. The year before he also reached the third round. Carpenter reached the second round at Wimbledon every year from 1963, his first appearance in the main draw, which he reached", "title": "Keith Carpenter" }, { "docid": "20098245", "text": "in New York, Collins was discovered by modeling agent Jan Gonet of Nytro Models. He would go on to have modeled for top designers such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ron Cheresken, Wilke Rodriguez, French Connection, Nike and was the face of the underwear line PLAY alongside Mayte Garcia. Keith Collins was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at a young age of 5. Collins who suffered in his early life from the disorder has been medication free since 13. Collins continues to raise awareness and has hosted numerous charity functions for Tourette Syndrome. Keith Collins Keith Collins (born September 3, 1976", "title": "Keith Collins" }, { "docid": "10170424", "text": "but for somebody else to have done this without the family's blessing, well, it just wouldn't have been as well told.\" In 2004, he was much harsher about the project, calling it \"90 minutes of creative license that give biopics in general a dubious tone.\" He also stated at the time that he considered being involved in the film one of his biggest mistakes. The Karen Carpenter Story The Karen Carpenter Story is an American made-for-television biographical film about singer Karen Carpenter and the brother-and-sister pop music duo of which she was a part, the Carpenters. The film aired on", "title": "The Karen Carpenter Story" }, { "docid": "1415910", "text": "producer Bill Laswell talked him into doing some session work on John Lydon's Public Image Ltd. album, called \"Album\", in 1985. In the early 1980s, Baker joined Hawkwind for an album and tour, and he recorded two additional albums with the group. Baker moved to Los Angeles in the late 80's intending to become an actor. He appeared in the 1990 TV series Nasty Boys as Ginger. In 1992 Baker played with the hard-rock group Masters of Reality with bassist Googe and singer/guitarist Chris Goss on the album \"Sunrise on the Sufferbus\". The album received critical acclaim but sold fewer", "title": "Ginger Baker" }, { "docid": "15086427", "text": "The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio is a jazz trio album recorded in Hollywood, California in March–April 1946 by Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich. The first 4 tracks were originally released on Mercury Records as \"The Lester Young Trio\". The remaining 4 tracks were released on Norman Granz' Clef Records label as \"The Lester Young Trio No. 2\" before all 8 tracks were combined and released by Granz' Norgran Records label as \"The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio\". Nat King Cole was under contract with a different record label at the", "title": "The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio" }, { "docid": "10761586", "text": "Neil and Stephen. His nephews Aidan and Chris were also riders but have both retired from the sport. Phil also has three daughters: Grace, Abby and Lilly Collins. Phil Collins (speedway rider) Philip David 'Phil' Collins (born 2 June 1960 in Manchester, England) is a former Speedway rider. He once finished runner-up with England in the World Team Cup final in 1984 and third in 1985. He was British Under-21 Champion in 1978. His transfer from Ellesmere Port to Cradley Heath in 1978 for £15,000 was a record transfer fee at the time. Phil has four brothers all of whom", "title": "Phil Collins (speedway rider)" }, { "docid": "16381611", "text": "Keith Hale Keith Hale (born 6 November 1950) is an English songwriter, composer, record producer, performer and music teacher, most notable for his work with Toyah Willcox, Hawkwind and Ginger Baker. The Yorkshire-born musician moved south when he was ten. Whilst in his final year at primary school he won first prize in the Cadbury's National Essay Competition for Schools. As a teenager he moved back to Hull to join Nothineverappens \"Yorkshire's premier psychedelic band\". Returning to London he collaborated in \"Silly Balls\", a mixed-media project designed to maximise audience participation but this proved too unwieldy to be commercially viable.", "title": "Keith Hale" }, { "docid": "18028389", "text": "as one of the top 10 country music albums of 2013. In his review of \"Say Grace\", Jim Fusilli wrote \"In Mr. Baker's tales, the personal becomes universal through his keen-eyed writing, supported by well-chosen instrumentation and what might be called spoken-word melodies.\" Among Baker's influences for his songwriting are Ken Kesey, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and Bob Dylan, and fellow Texans Lightnin' Hopkins, Guy Clark, and Townes Van Zandt. Sam Baker took up painting after he began songwriting. Sam Baker (musician) Sam Baker (born 1954) is an American folk musician based in Austin, Texas. He writes sparse poetic lyrics", "title": "Sam Baker (musician)" }, { "docid": "3063203", "text": "Phillips at Sun Records that Phillips considered not commercial enough and \"too jazzy\", he was given a stack of Jerry Lee Lewis records and told: \"Come back when you get that bad.\" In a September 6, 2010, NPR airing of a 1992 interview with \"Fresh Air\" host Terry Gross, Charlie Rich tells the story, himself, of Bill Justis telling Rich's wife those words. In 1958, Rich became a regular session musician for Sun Records, playing on a variety of records by Lewis, Johnny Cash, Bill Justis, Warren Smith, Billy Lee Riley, Carl Mann, and Ray Smith. He also wrote several", "title": "Charlie Rich" }, { "docid": "7949338", "text": "Buddy Baker (composer) Norman Dale \"Buddy\" Baker (January 4, 1918 – July 26, 2002) was an American composer who scored many Disney films, such as \"The Apple Dumpling Gang\" in 1975, \"The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again\" in 1979, \"The Shaggy D.A.\" in 1976, \"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh\" in 1977, and \"The Fox and the Hound\" in 1981. Baker was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, and got his degree in music from Southwest Baptist College. He later went to the West Coast in the 1930s to arrange music scores for radio. He became the Musical Director", "title": "Buddy Baker (composer)" }, { "docid": "7949333", "text": "Buddy Baker (composer) Norman Dale \"Buddy\" Baker (January 4, 1918 – July 26, 2002) was an American composer who scored many Disney films, such as \"The Apple Dumpling Gang\" in 1975, \"The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again\" in 1979, \"The Shaggy D.A.\" in 1976, \"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh\" in 1977, and \"The Fox and the Hound\" in 1981. Baker was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, and got his degree in music from Southwest Baptist College. He later went to the West Coast in the 1930s to arrange music scores for radio. He became the Musical Director", "title": "Buddy Baker (composer)" }, { "docid": "905554", "text": "This record is called \"Providence\" and features Madeira on piano and vocals, Chris Donohue on upright bass, and Bryan Owings on drums. Recorded at Nashville's Sound Emporium, the jazz/blues/Americana outing includes guest guitarists Will Kimbrough, James Hollihan, and John Scofield. The record was released April 6, 2018. Phil Madeira Phil Madeira (born 1952) is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island and attended Taylor University, which he graduated from in 1975. His songs have been recorded by The Civil Wars, Buddy Miller, Alison Krauss, Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Hornsby, Keb' Mo', Garth", "title": "Phil Madeira" }, { "docid": "905548", "text": "Phil Madeira Phil Madeira (born 1952) is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island and attended Taylor University, which he graduated from in 1975. His songs have been recorded by The Civil Wars, Buddy Miller, Alison Krauss, Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Hornsby, Keb' Mo', Garth Brooks, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Cindy Morgan, Shawn Mullins, The North Mississippi Allstars. His co-writing partners include Will Kimbrough, Matraca Berg, Chuck Cannon, Cindy Morgan, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Gordon Kennedy, Keb' Mo', and Emmylou Harris. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Madeira has recorded three solo albums. Madeira", "title": "Phil Madeira" }, { "docid": "7672689", "text": "and the family was tired of the cold New England winters. Carpenter studied music at the California State University at Long Beach. There, he met Frank Pooler, a conductor and composer who wrote the lyrics to the Christmas classic \"Merry Christmas Darling\" in 1968. Richard also met good friend, John Bettis, who co-wrote songs with Richard. Carpenter created the Richard Carpenter Trio in 1965 with sister Karen and friend Wes Jacobs. Richard played the piano, Karen played the drums, and Wes played the tuba and bass. In 1966 the Richard Carpenter Trio played \"Iced Tea\" and \"The Girl from Ipanema\"", "title": "Richard Carpenter (musician)" }, { "docid": "7672687", "text": "8, 1908 – October 15, 1988). His father was born in China, where his own parents were missionaries, and was educated at boarding schools in England, before working in the printing business. Carpenter was named after his father's younger brother, Richard Lynn Carpenter. Carpenter and his uncle both married women named Mary. Richard and his sister were baptized into the United Methodist Church and as children were part of the Methodist Youth Ministry. Carpenter frequently played the piano while his younger sister, Karen, played baseball outside. He and Karen also liked to listen to the children's records their father bought", "title": "Richard Carpenter (musician)" }, { "docid": "1355485", "text": "disdain for Collins in an article titled, \"Is It Time We All Stopped Hating Phil Collins?\" He described Collins as \"the go-to guy for ironic appreciation and guilty pleasures\" and stated he was responsible for \"some moments of true genius (often accompanied, it must be said, by some real stinkers)\". He also argued that \"Genesis turned shit at the precise point he jumped off the drum stool\" to replace the departing Peter Gabriel as frontman, and said of the unrelenting derision he has suffered, \"a lot of it he brings on himself.\" He said that Collins was \"responsible for some", "title": "Phil Collins" } ]

[ "Swans", "The Swan", "SWAN", "Swans (disambiguation)", "Swan (disambiguation)" ]

[ { "docid": "5116971", "text": "The Trumpet of the Swan The Trumpet of the Swan is a children's novel by E.B. White published in 1970. It tells the story of Louis (pronounced \"LOO-ee\" by the author in the audiobook, a reference to trumpeter Louis Armstrong, a point that is made explicit in the book), a trumpeter swan born without a voice who overcomes this difficulty by learning to play a trumpet in order to impress a beautiful swan named Serena. In Canada in the spring of 1968, the cob (the name for an adult male swan) and the pen (the name for an adult female", "title": "The Trumpet of the Swan" }, { "docid": "5116972", "text": "swan), both trumpeter swans, build their summer nest on a small island in a pond. The swans are worried when Sam Beaver, an 11-year-old boy on a camping trip with his father, begins coming to the lake everyday to watch them; the cob believes that human boys are dangerous. One day while the pen steps away from her eggs to stretch her legs, a fox slips up behind her. Sam chases the fox away, saving both the female and her eggs. After this incident, the swans begin to trust him. After the birth of their cygnets, the cob proudly leads", "title": "The Trumpet of the Swan" } ]

[ { "docid": "9480573", "text": "suggests that the cawing of crows originated from their being trained by the Picts to say the name of Kar, a female warrior killed fighting the titular monsters. A common hill myna provides important clues about the night of Laura Palmer's death in the television show \"Twin Peaks\" by David Lynch and Mark Frost. Mercedes Lackey has at least 2 novels with significant roles for a talking Grey: \"The Wizard of London,\" and \"Grey's Ghost.\" Talking bird Talking birds are birds that can mimic the speech of humans. There is debate within the scientific community over whether some talking parrots", "title": "Talking bird" }, { "docid": "15315292", "text": "persona is in turns charismatic, cocksure, and downright terrifying. Elsewhere, the versatility of Wright's bass surprises at every turn, from the eerie squeal of 'That's What I'm Talking About' to the FM radio-funk of 'Unit Radio' and the \"is-that-a-saxophone-or-is-it-a-bass?\" parp of 'Hooliganz R Us'. Brader's drums have a way of tumbling out of the speakers sounding thrillingly close to collapse, and shift from hardcore beatdown to hip-hop boom-bap on a blade-edge. At only 27 minutes long, and with so many changes of pace and style, We Are a Unit is a breathtaking listen. But it's this brevity and diversity that", "title": "We Are a Unit" }, { "docid": "9570768", "text": "\"The Triumph of Peace,\" which was staged early in 1634. \"The Bird in a Cage\" also has some bearing on the question of women onstage. Women did not act on public stages prior to the Restoration; but aristocratic women did appear and dance in masques. And in January 1633, the Queen and her ladies had performed speaking parts in Walter Montagu's masque \"The Shepherd's Paradise\". \"The Bird in a Cage\" includes a masque about Jupiter and Danaë, performed by Eugenia and her waiting women in their confinement. (In the early productions, all the female roles were filled by boy actors.)", "title": "The Bird in a Cage" }, { "docid": "15969600", "text": "a donkey's straw hat whilst the turtle shell represents the female genitals. The sculpture has been compared to a \"totem of female sexuality\". The Caress of a Bird The Caress of a Bird (correctly \"La Caresse d'un oiseau\") is a 1967 sculpture by Joan Miró made at his studio in Palma de Mallorca. It is part of the permanent collection of the Miró Foundation in Barcelona. The origins of this sculpture are in the early object-sculptures the artist made in Mont-roig del Camp with found objects. The objects found were gathered at his workshop and then shaped into the artist's", "title": "The Caress of a Bird" }, { "docid": "10714253", "text": "A Bird in the House A Bird in the House, first published in 1970, is a short story sequence written by Margaret Laurence. Noted by Laurence to be \"semi-autobiographical\", the series chronicles the growing up of a young agnostic writer, Vanessa MacLeod, in the fictional town of Manawaka, Manitoba. \"A Bird in the House\" was written from the perspective of Vanessa at age forty, while she recalls her childhood (with the exception of the final chapter \"Jericho's Brick Battlements\", when she revisits her childhood home). It is therefore impossible to tell if young Vanessa was truly able to understand the", "title": "A Bird in the House" }, { "docid": "15671245", "text": "We Are the Night (film) We Are the Night () is a 2010 German vampire horror film directed by Dennis Gansel, starring Karoline Herfurth and Nina Hoss. The film deals with a young woman who gets bitten by a female vampire and drawn into her world. She falls in love with a young police officer who investigates a murder case involving the vampires. The film explores themes of depression, self-harm, the consequences of immortality, suicide, and explores Valerie Solanas' idea of an all-female society. Lena, a young criminal, is lurks near a cash dispenser. Just as her victim has used", "title": "We Are the Night (film)" }, { "docid": "11461745", "text": "bringing in the cake. When she has blown out the candles her boyfriend Kingsley, comes to her, he wants to speak with her in the Japanese Garden (a garden filled with Japanese people standing in pots). While they are discussing marriage a man comes out of the bushes, grabs Terri and knocks out Kingsley. Then we see Frank and Ed, at the scene of the crime talking about the ransom note that they found. The demand is $1 million. When Frank and Ed are questioning Mr. and Mrs. Burton the phone rings. It's the kidnapper, and Frank orders Norberg to", "title": "The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)" }, { "docid": "12198642", "text": "American male model James Ellis). Beckett and she exchange eye contact, creating a possible future for the two. This music video was created as a spoof of \"Fast Times at Ridgemont High\". The iconic daydream sequence in the film may have influenced the theme of the video. It was filmed at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles, California, which was also the location where \"Fast Times at Ridgemont High\" was shot. About a Girl (The Academy Is... song) \"About a Girl\" is the first single by The Academy Is... from their third studio album, \"Fast Times at Barrington High\".", "title": "About a Girl (The Academy Is... song)" }, { "docid": "10714265", "text": "inside again and share a coffee. Then, Uncle Dan leaves the house, now singing, and Vanessa runs after him to make him company for a while. A Bird in the House A Bird in the House, first published in 1970, is a short story sequence written by Margaret Laurence. Noted by Laurence to be \"semi-autobiographical\", the series chronicles the growing up of a young agnostic writer, Vanessa MacLeod, in the fictional town of Manawaka, Manitoba. \"A Bird in the House\" was written from the perspective of Vanessa at age forty, while she recalls her childhood (with the exception of the", "title": "A Bird in the House" }, { "docid": "9480551", "text": "have learned human speech by cultural transmission from ex-captive birds that have integrated into the flock. The earliest reference to a talking bird comes from Ctesias in the 5th century BC. The bird which he called Bittacus, may have been a plum-headed parakeet. The young of some birds learn to communicate vocally by social learning, imitating their parents, as well as the dominant birds of their flock. Lacking vocal cords, birds are thought to make tones and sounds using throat muscles and membranes – the syrinx in particular. There are likely to be limitations on the sounds that birds can", "title": "Talking bird" }, { "docid": "18431341", "text": "We are Making a New World We are Making a New World is a 1918 oil-on-canvas painting by Paul Nash. The optimistic title contrasts with Nash's depiction of a scarred landscape created by the First World War, with shell-holes, mounds of earth, and leafless tree trunks. Perhaps Nash's first major painting and his most famous work, it has been described as one of the best British paintings of the 20th century, and has been compared to Picasso's \"Guernica\". The work was among the first oil paintings produced by Nash. It was based on his 1918 pen-and-ink drawing \"Sunrise, Inverness Copse\",", "title": "We are Making a New World" }, { "docid": "9570773", "text": "and Philenzo and renounces any interest in the arranged match. Florence's letter advises Mantua to let the young lovers marry, and Mantua decides to make the best of a bad bargain. When Philenzo in summoned back, however, it is learned that the condemned man poisoned himself on the way to execution; his corpse is brought in as proof. When the \"dead\" Philenzo overhears that he and Eugenia were to be allowed to marry, he returns to life. The Bird in a Cage The Bird in a Cage, or The Beauties is a Caroline era comedy written by James Shirley, first", "title": "The Bird in a Cage" }, { "docid": "15742636", "text": "than that of a boat being rowed on the water or that of butterflies plunging soundlessly into space,this is said ironically.In this poem Emily describes about the bird which came down to the walk .she watched the bird when it came down to the walk. The bird didn't know the poetess was watching it. It caught the angle-worm and it pecked it into two parts. Then it ate the raw flesh of the worm and drank a drop of dew from a near by grass.Then the bird looks around quickly with its darting eyes in order to protect it from", "title": "A Bird came down the Walk" }, { "docid": "15742635", "text": "A Bird came down the Walk \"A Bird came down the Walk\" is a short poem by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) that tells of the poet's encounter with a worm-eating bird. The poem was first published in 1891 in the second collection of Dickinson's poems. The poet encounters a bird on the walk who eats a worm, drinks a dew from the grass, and steps aside to let a beetle pass. The bird then glances about, apparently frightened. The poet offers the bird a crumb but the bird takes flight. The poet observes that the flight of the bird is \"softer\"", "title": "A Bird came down the Walk" }, { "docid": "19914305", "text": "The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South is a 1989 children's picture book by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is an adaption of a Creole folktale about a girl who is mistreated by her family, meets an old woman in the woods, receives some eggs that contains treasures, then moves to the city, leaving her family to fruitlessly search for the woman and the eggs. Common Sense Media in its review of \"The Talking Eggs\", wrote \"Robert D. San Souci captures the reader's attention", "title": "The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South" }, { "docid": "18093088", "text": "It's About a Little Bird It's About a Little Bird is a 2013 children's picture book written and illustrated by American actress-photographer Jessica Lange. The fairy tale, however, partly based on a true story includes such literary genre as fantasy, featuring also elements of adventure novel and mystery fiction. The main story itself, it revolves around friendship, love and family determination, imagination and exploration. The work originally created for her own grandchildren, is an adventure of two sisters named Ilse and Adah, who find a golden birdcage in their grandmother's barn. The used black-and-white photographs taken by artist were -", "title": "It's About a Little Bird" }, { "docid": "17363185", "text": "for the film, but stated that \"for lovers of utter, unredeemable trash, it is highly recommended.\" CraveOnline also gave a negative review, but also recommended it as a film for \"Bad Movie Night\". In an interview, DeCoteau said of the film that \"people have called me who I haven't seen since high school who said, 'David, after 100 movies you've finally made a movie we like.'\" He added, \"I watched it again, because I hadn't seen it since we made it, and it is so ridiculous and hilarious and over-the-top.\" A Talking Cat!?! A Talking Cat!?! is a 2013 independent", "title": "A Talking Cat!?!" }, { "docid": "12541534", "text": "The Night We Got the Bird The Night We Got the Bird is a 1961 British comedy film and a follow up to the 1959 film \"The Night We Dropped a Clanger\", it was directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Dora Bryan, Ronald Shiner and Irene Handl. It is based on Basil Thomas's play The Love Birds, and was the last film Ronald Shiner made. When unscrupulous Brighton antiques dealer Cecil Gibson (Ronald Shiner) dies, his widow Julie (Dora Bryan) remarries, and she and new husband Bertie (Brian Rix) go off on honeymoon. But they are chased by", "title": "The Night We Got the Bird" }, { "docid": "12541536", "text": "hallmarks of a typically British sense of humor here (shared by many non-Brits).\" Sky movies wrote, \"a fast and furious farce...With humour that's a notch below the contemporary 'Carry On' films. Never mind, there are some priceless cameo performances from the supporting cast, including Robertson Hare as a dithering doctor, John le Mesurier as a long-suffering court clerk, Kynaston Reeves, hilarious as a deaf magistrate, and Terry Scott as a constable.\" The Night We Got the Bird The Night We Got the Bird is a 1961 British comedy film and a follow up to the 1959 film \"The Night We", "title": "The Night We Got the Bird" }, { "docid": "18093089", "text": "in addition - illustrated using the technique of old-fashioned color hand tinting. \"Entertainment Weekly\" wrote in their review \"the artwork in this singularly beautiful children's book, featuring photos hand-tinted by the \"American Horror Story\" star, will captivate kids as will the tale of two girls who learn the family story behind an old birdcage\". It's About a Little Bird It's About a Little Bird is a 2013 children's picture book written and illustrated by American actress-photographer Jessica Lange. The fairy tale, however, partly based on a true story includes such literary genre as fantasy, featuring also elements of adventure novel", "title": "It's About a Little Bird" }, { "docid": "11158598", "text": "How to Make a Bird How to Make a Bird by Australian author Martine Murray is a 2003 children's novel which centres on a young adolescent girl called Mannie. Mannie has faced a myriad of losses and challenges throughout her short life. Little by little they begin to make her question her identity. In order to escape her insecurities about who she is, Mannie decides to embark on a journey of self-discovery, enlightenment and acceptance. \"How to Make a Bird\" deals with many themes; however, the most prominent are those of loss, family breakdown, love, acceptance and identity. Loss is", "title": "How to Make a Bird" }, { "docid": "17363183", "text": "A Talking Cat!?! A Talking Cat!?! is a 2013 independent children's film directed by David DeCoteau. The film was released direct to DVD on February 18, 2013 by Phase 4 Films and features Eric Roberts as the voice of the talking cat. The film follows two single-parent families that are brought together by Duffy (Eric Roberts), a cat with the capability of speech. The wealthy Phil Barber (Johnny Whitaker) recently sold his computer company in order to spend more time with his model son Chris (Justin Cone), who is indifferent about his dad's decision. Meanwhile, Susan (Kristine DeBell) is struggling", "title": "A Talking Cat!?!" }, { "docid": "18979843", "text": "A Minor Bird A Minor Bird is the debut album for side project of Eisley member Stacy DuPree King, her husband and drummer for Mutemath Darren King, and Jeremy Larson. The albums was produced at Jeremy Larson's studio in Springfield, Missouri. It was initially issued on CD, vinyl, and digitally in a \"Limited Edition Red Velvet Package\". The package included one vinyl, access to a downloadable version of the album via email, an instant download of the single \"When We Were Young\", one 18x24 Paper Doll Poster, four 4x6 Sucré Lyric Prints, one Sucré Art Print, and a Tote Bag.", "title": "A Minor Bird" }, { "docid": "18979842", "text": "A Minor Bird A Minor Bird is the debut album for side project of Eisley member Stacy DuPree King, her husband and drummer for Mutemath Darren King, and Jeremy Larson. The albums was produced at Jeremy Larson's studio in Springfield, Missouri. It was initially issued on CD, vinyl, and digitally in a \"Limited Edition Red Velvet Package\". The package included one vinyl, access to a downloadable version of the album via email, an instant download of the single \"When We Were Young\", one 18x24 Paper Doll Poster, four 4x6 Sucré Lyric Prints, one Sucré Art Print, and a Tote Bag.", "title": "A Minor Bird" }, { "docid": "5175299", "text": "the album, illustrated with a still from the band's 1976 music film \"The Truth About De-Evolution\". In North America, \"Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!\" peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard charts, while in the United Kingdom it entered the charts on September 16, 1978 and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at No. 12. \"Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!\" was also successful in Japan. The album went \"gold\" in the United States on and \"silver\" in the United Kingdom on January 15, 1979. Initial critical reaction to \"Q: Are We Not", "title": "Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" }, { "docid": "6505312", "text": "sounds like I pulled the words out of \"Conan the Barbarian\". But then we started talking about the social decline of Western civilization, and how Americans are the new Romans—it's all slaves and Caesars. So we made it work.\" Bassist Brian Cook, who determined many of the song titles, credits J. G. Ballard's book \"The Atrocity Exhibition\" as inspiring themes of \"the human body as a landscape, and the way that culture and environment sort of dictates the human body and vice versa.\" The album achieved critical acclaim upon release and would become an influential work of music on the", "title": "We Are the Romans" }, { "docid": "10714263", "text": "is still wealthy, ordering fancy linens and silver from catalogues \"A Bird in The House\" has been reprinted multiple times. A new edition was issued by McClelland & Stewart as part of the New Canadian Library in January 2010. CHAPTER 1: The Sound of the Singing In this chapter, we get to know Vanessa, a 12-year-old girl, and her family. She describes herself as a \"professional listener\", due to the fact that she grows up in an adult environment, so she hears all their conversations. That night, the family will have dinner in the Brick House, Nessa´s grandparent's house. They", "title": "A Bird in the House" }, { "docid": "9480550", "text": "Talking bird Talking birds are birds that can mimic the speech of humans. There is debate within the scientific community over whether some talking parrots also have some cognitive understanding of the language. Birds have varying degrees of talking ability: some, like the corvids, are able to mimic only a few words and phrases, while some budgerigars have been observed to have a vocabulary of almost 2,000 words. The hill myna, a common pet, is well known for its talking ability and its relative, the European starling, is also adept at mimicry. Wild cockatoos in Australia have been reported to", "title": "Talking bird" }, { "docid": "6463672", "text": "Clothed male, naked female Clothed male, naked female (CMNF), or clothed male, nude female, is female nudity in which one or more women are nude while one or more men are clothed. Entertainment columnist Earl Wilson details several experiences involving one-sided female nudity in his book \"Show Business Laid Bare.\" In the chapter titled \"Cheri Caffaro: A Strange Interlewd,\" Wilson writes about his experience interviewing actress Cheri Caffaro while she was nude and he was fully dressed. One-sided female nudity has been a theme in art, particularly in Orientalist paintings of the 19th century. A typical scene may be a", "title": "Clothed male, naked female" }, { "docid": "4436583", "text": "Corn on the cob Corn on the cob is a culinary term used for a cooked ear of freshly picked maize from a cultivar of sweet corn. Sweet corn is the most common variety of maize eaten directly off the cob. The ear is picked while the endosperm is in the \"milk stage\" so that the kernels are still tender. Ears of corn are steamed or boiled, usually without their green husks, or roasted with them. The husk leaves are in any case removed before serving. Corn on the cob is normally eaten while still warm. It is often seasoned", "title": "Corn on the cob" }, { "docid": "15671269", "text": "the film. Dennis Gansel attributed the failure to the film opening the same week as \"\" and not able to compete with such an established franchise. The film fared better on DVD. Dennis Gansel has said he did not regret making the film and that it was: \"(D)efinitely worth making\". We Are the Night (film) We Are the Night () is a 2010 German vampire horror film directed by Dennis Gansel, starring Karoline Herfurth and Nina Hoss. The film deals with a young woman who gets bitten by a female vampire and drawn into her world. She falls in love", "title": "We Are the Night (film)" }, { "docid": "19436995", "text": "gangs, which are initially formed to provide protection to their members, as these members can no longer rely on norms or correctional officials to do the same. While homosexual contact is common in both male and female prisoners, female inmates tend to emphasize an emotional connection, sometimes displaying affection without any intention of sexual contact, male inmates tend not to display any affection despite frequent sexual interaction. This phenomenon is caused partially by the extreme stigmatization of homosexuality in male prison populations. Prison conditions encourage young male inmates to emphasize their masculinity, causing participants in homosexual relationships typically explain their", "title": "Social groups in male and female prisons in the United States" }, { "docid": "15969597", "text": "The Caress of a Bird The Caress of a Bird (correctly \"La Caresse d'un oiseau\") is a 1967 sculpture by Joan Miró made at his studio in Palma de Mallorca. It is part of the permanent collection of the Miró Foundation in Barcelona. The origins of this sculpture are in the early object-sculptures the artist made in Mont-roig del Camp with found objects. The objects found were gathered at his workshop and then shaped into the artist's new world. At first, the objects were not placed in the right place; once the creation started there was a rigorous evaluation of", "title": "The Caress of a Bird" }, { "docid": "11256163", "text": "effects. A Bird in the Head A Bird in the Head is the 89th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1946 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. The Stooges are mediocre paperhangers. Their client Mr. Beedle (Robert Williams) advises the boys to do a good job, but the end result looks like it was quickly cluttered with paper towels. Beedle is fuming, and threatens the boys, who make a quick escape across the hallway into the laboratory", "title": "A Bird in the Head" }, { "docid": "11256158", "text": "A Bird in the Head A Bird in the Head is the 89th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1946 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. The Stooges are mediocre paperhangers. Their client Mr. Beedle (Robert Williams) advises the boys to do a good job, but the end result looks like it was quickly cluttered with paper towels. Beedle is fuming, and threatens the boys, who make a quick escape across the hallway into the laboratory of", "title": "A Bird in the Head" }, { "docid": "11256159", "text": "the insane Professor Panzer (Vernon Dent) and his assistant Nikko (Frank Lackteen). Panzer is searching for a human brain puny enough to place in the head of his gorilla Igor (Art Miles). Curly becomes the prime candidate, and Panzer locks the boys in his lab in order to secure Curly's \"contribution.\" Then Igor gets loose, but takes a liking to Curly, which the feeble-minded Stooge reciprocates. Eventually, the boys destroy Panzer's lab and quickly depart, taking Igor with them. The title \"A Bird in the Head\" is a pun on the phrase \"a bird in the hand is worth two", "title": "A Bird in the Head" }, { "docid": "1616010", "text": "Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Talking with the Taxman About Poetry is the third album by Billy Bragg, released in 1986. With production by John Porter and Kenny Jones, \"Talking with the Taxman About Poetry\" featured more musicians than Bragg's previous works, which were generally little more than Bragg himself and a guitar. There were two singles released from the album. While \"Levi Stubbs' Tears\" peaked at No. 29 in the UK, the follow-up \"Greetings to the New Brunette\" fell short, only managing No. 58 a few months later. The album's title is also the title of a Vladimir", "title": "Talking with the Taxman About Poetry" }, { "docid": "405452", "text": "Dirk Benedict also remarked that: \"It was a guy's show. It was male driven. It was written by guys. It was directed by guys. It was acted by guys. It's about what guys do. We talked the way guys talked. We were the boss. We were the God. We smoked when we wanted. We shot guns when we wanted. We kissed the girls and made them cry... when we wanted. It was the last truly masculine show.\" The 1983 GMC Vandura van used by the A-Team, with its characteristic red stripe, black and red turbine mag wheels, and rooftop spoiler,", "title": "The A-Team" }, { "docid": "17582746", "text": "started the publicity for the album recording night, by posting pictures about the event on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. We Are Young & Free We Are Young & Free is the first album in the Hillsong Young & Free series by Australian CCM Hillsong Music Australia. The album was preceded by the releasing of two singles \"Alive\" and \"Wake\", and a Spanish single \"Vivo Estás\". The album was recorded live at the Hillsong Convention Centre on 19 April 2013. The album was announced in an official page of the band by a series of photos. On 22 March", "title": "We Are Young & Free" }, { "docid": "19008224", "text": "We Are Young (film) We Are Young is a 1967 Canadian multi-screen documentary short film which was first presented in Montreal at Expo 67. The film was screened in a 12-sided theatre inside the Canadian Pacific Railway–Cominco Pavilion with capacity for 545 people. \"We Are Young\" was presented again in 1968 at the same site for the continuing exhibition, Man and His World. The film concerned youth, featuring young persons in various scenes such as action scenes on horseback and on motorcycles. The production budget was over one million dollars. It was filmed with three Arriflex cameras. The film was", "title": "We Are Young (film)" }, { "docid": "19008225", "text": "presented on six screens, three wide by two tall. We Are Young (film) We Are Young is a 1967 Canadian multi-screen documentary short film which was first presented in Montreal at Expo 67. The film was screened in a 12-sided theatre inside the Canadian Pacific Railway–Cominco Pavilion with capacity for 545 people. \"We Are Young\" was presented again in 1968 at the same site for the continuing exhibition, Man and His World. The film concerned youth, featuring young persons in various scenes such as action scenes on horseback and on motorcycles. The production budget was over one million dollars. It", "title": "We Are Young (film)" }, { "docid": "19555506", "text": "A Bird Story A Bird Story is an adventure role-playing video game developed and published by Freebird Games. It was released in November 2014 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux as a minisode connecting the previous game by Freebird Games, \"To the Moon\", with its sequel, \"Finding Paradise\". It received mixed reviews from critics, whose main complaints were its dullness and slow gameplay. \"A Bird Story\" is a short video-game in which the player controls an imaginative young boy who is ignored by the majority of the other characters and throughout the whole game; all characters except the boy", "title": "A Bird Story" }, { "docid": "4436590", "text": "The elotes are boiled in water or grilled over coals and condiments of the customer's choosing are added when sold. Corn on the cob Corn on the cob is a culinary term used for a cooked ear of freshly picked maize from a cultivar of sweet corn. Sweet corn is the most common variety of maize eaten directly off the cob. The ear is picked while the endosperm is in the \"milk stage\" so that the kernels are still tender. Ears of corn are steamed or boiled, usually without their green husks, or roasted with them. The husk leaves are", "title": "Corn on the cob" }, { "docid": "15315288", "text": "We Are a Unit We Are A Unit is the debut studio album by British noise punk band Castrovalva. It was released on April 12, 2010 Drowned In Sound Words by \"Paul Stephen Gettings\" The singer ploughs into the crowd, until the only evidence of his presence is the taut lead of his microphone and the hysterical screams that are pealing out of the PA. I crane my neck to catch a glimpse of the carnage, but it's hard to keep sight as he leaps onto the chintzy-looking seats and somersaults over the glass-strewn tables of the club. Turning back", "title": "We Are a Unit" }, { "docid": "5175303", "text": "in its entirety on their 1991 release \"Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are NOT Devo!\" Rob Dyrdek covered the song \"Uncontrollable Urge\" as the theme for the MTV Show \"Ridiculousness\". Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! is the debut studio album by the American new wave band Devo. It was originally released in August 1978, on the labels Warner Bros. and Virgin. Produced by Brian Eno, the album was recorded between October 1977 and February 1978, primarily in Cologne, Germany. The album received somewhat mixed reviews", "title": "Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" }, { "docid": "14449217", "text": "2012's ubiquitous songs,\" predicting it would fully saturate pop culture in May 2012, when \"it inevitably becomes the biggest commencement song since Vitamin C's ghastly 'Graduation (Friends Forever)'.\" We Are Young \"We Are Young\" is a song recorded by American band Fun featuring Janelle Monáe, for their second studio album, \"Some Nights\" (2012). It was released on September 20, 2011, as the lead single from the album. The song received acclaim from music critics, with many noting the song as a breakthrough for the indie genre and praising the song's catchiness. \"We Are Young\" has attained commercial success worldwide, reaching", "title": "We Are Young" }, { "docid": "14449179", "text": "We Are Young \"We Are Young\" is a song recorded by American band Fun featuring Janelle Monáe, for their second studio album, \"Some Nights\" (2012). It was released on September 20, 2011, as the lead single from the album. The song received acclaim from music critics, with many noting the song as a breakthrough for the indie genre and praising the song's catchiness. \"We Are Young\" has attained commercial success worldwide, reaching number one in several countries. The track initially only gained attention from online media, although it did receive its first commercial radio airplay on Tampa Bay alternative radio", "title": "We Are Young" }, { "docid": "14449206", "text": "minutes later sent it to \"Glee\" co-creator Ryan Murphy. Bloom called the cover of \"We Are Young\" one of \"the pinnacle song moments of the entire series,\" and continued, \"For Fun, \"Glee\" provided a launching pad for much of the success to come. For \"Glee\", Fun allowed us to show the world we could be an A&R source and break a band. It was music business perfection.\" According to Columbia, which handles \"Glee\" releases, \"We Are Young\" marks the first track that was truly broken by \"Glee\". Producers of \"Glee\" were incredibly receptive to the track, and set on including", "title": "We Are Young" }, { "docid": "13652834", "text": "promotes Canadian history and civic literacy, Griffiths has worked to address the low levels of knowledge Canadians have about their country's past and its political and social institutions. Who We Are continues this mission, encouraging Canadians to think about their history differently. For Griffiths, the first part of 19th century is particularly significant in understanding \"who we are.\" During the turbulent decade after the failed rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada, French and English reformers collaborated in the creation of civic institutions and values that made democratic self-government a reality. In the process, the author observes, they \"forged an enduring", "title": "Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto" }, { "docid": "8554352", "text": "ever after. While the hero in these stories is normally aided by a talking animal, for it to be a ghost is unusual. This is the grateful dead, a common folklore motif, found also in \"Fair Brow\". The Bird 'Grip' The Bird 'Grip' is a Swedish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it \"The Pink Fairy Book\". It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird; other tales of this type include \"The Golden Bird\", \"The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener\", \"How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon\", \"The Nunda, Eater of People\", and \"Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire", "title": "The Bird 'Grip'" }, { "docid": "9480556", "text": "corella (\"Cacatua tenuirostris\") is described as being able to talk \"very clearly\". The budgerigar, or common parakeet (\"Melopsittacus undulatus\"), is a popular talking-bird species because of their potential for large vocabularies, ease of care and well-socialized demeanor. Between 1954 and 1962, a budgerigar named Sparkie Williams held the record for having the largest vocabulary of a talking bird; at his death, he knew 531 words and 383 sentences. In 1995, a budgerigar named Puck was credited by Guinness World Records as having the largest vocabulary of any bird, at 1,728 words. The monk parakeet (\"Myiopsitta monachus\"), sometimes known as the", "title": "Talking bird" }, { "docid": "15315293", "text": "allows Castrovalva to shine where other fearsome live acts have failed - to make a record that does their performances justice. Maybe you can't see the sweat on their brows or feel the cheap lager being thrown overhead, but whenever this album comes clattering into your ears, your gonna have to be fighting pretty damn hard not to be doing some table-somersaulting of your own. We Are a Unit We Are A Unit is the debut studio album by British noise punk band Castrovalva. It was released on April 12, 2010 Drowned In Sound Words by \"Paul Stephen Gettings\" The", "title": "We Are a Unit" }, { "docid": "9657816", "text": "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Keiko, a young widow, becomes a hostess in Ginza nightclubs (mizu shōbai) to make ends meet. The story recounts the struggles to maintain her independence in a male-dominated society. Keiko (called \"Mama\" by the other characters), a young widow approaching 30, is a hostess at a bar in Ginza. Realizing she is getting older, she decides after talking to her bar manager, Komatsu, that she wants to open her own bar rather than remarrying and dishonoring her late husband to whose memory she is still devoted. To accomplish this, she must secure loans from", "title": "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs" }, { "docid": "15734437", "text": "as: Cob(I)yrinic acid a,c-diamide adenosyltransferase In molecular biology, cob(I)yrinic acid a,c-diamide adenosyltransferase (also known as ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase or ATP:corrinoid adenosyltransferase) is an enzyme which catalyses the conversion of cobalamin (vitamin B12) into one of its coenzyme forms, adenosylcobalamin (coenzyme B12, AdoCbl). Adenosylcobalamin is required as a cofactor for the activity of certain enzymes. AdoCbl contains an adenosyl moiety liganded to the cobalt ion of cobalamin via a covalent Co-C bond. ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferases are classed into three groups: CobA-type, EutT-type and PduO-type. Each of the three enzyme types appears to be specialised for particular AdoCbl-dependent enzymes or for the de novo", "title": "Cob(I)yrinic acid a,c-diamide adenosyltransferase" }, { "docid": "15734435", "text": "Cob(I)yrinic acid a,c-diamide adenosyltransferase In molecular biology, cob(I)yrinic acid a,c-diamide adenosyltransferase (also known as ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase or ATP:corrinoid adenosyltransferase) is an enzyme which catalyses the conversion of cobalamin (vitamin B12) into one of its coenzyme forms, adenosylcobalamin (coenzyme B12, AdoCbl). Adenosylcobalamin is required as a cofactor for the activity of certain enzymes. AdoCbl contains an adenosyl moiety liganded to the cobalt ion of cobalamin via a covalent Co-C bond. ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferases are classed into three groups: CobA-type, EutT-type and PduO-type. Each of the three enzyme types appears to be specialised for particular AdoCbl-dependent enzymes or for the de novo synthesis", "title": "Cob(I)yrinic acid a,c-diamide adenosyltransferase" }, { "docid": "8544410", "text": "Girl with a One-Track Mind Girl with a One-Track Mind is a blog by Abby Lee (pen name of Zoe Margolis, born 14 December 1972), in which the author writes in detail about her life as a sexually active young woman in London. The blog has won praise for its keen psychological insights into male and female sexuality, as well as for the author's earthy humour. It claims over 250,000 readers a month, and won the \"Best British or Irish Blog\" award at the 2006 and 2007 Bloggies. The author identifies herself as a feminist who, through the blog, wants", "title": "Girl with a One-Track Mind" }, { "docid": "19436987", "text": "point. This difference is a manifestation of gendered social factors which influence male and female populations within prisons and within larger society. The populations and demographics of male and female inmate populations in the US are very different from one another. These differences factor heavily into theories on prisoner social organization. The most significant difference is in the relative size of male and female populations; in 2014 there were approximately 1,440,000 male and 112,000 female prisoners in the United States. The much larger size of the male prison population causes major differences in the institutions in which male and female", "title": "Social groups in male and female prisons in the United States" }, { "docid": "6888919", "text": "America” and praising its “sly urbanity” and “the striking beauty of its settings and photography.” Museum of Modern Art film curator Charles Silver regards \"The Devil is a Woman\" as a veiled confessional of Sternberg's complex relationship with Dietrich. The leading male protagonists bear a striking physical resemblance to the director. Sternberg leaves the interpretation of Deitrich's Concha a mystery: “One of the most beautifully realized enigmas in the history of cinema.\" Sternberg's attitude towards his male protagonists is less ambiguous. Both the pathetic old Don Pasqual, and the virile young Antonio, are regarded more with irony and less with", "title": "The Devil Is a Woman (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "4436587", "text": "eating that section, which helps to minimize the mess on the diner's face and hands. Butter dripping down the diner's chin and kernels getting stuck in-between teeth may be a source of embarrassment for the diner. Cob shanks are eating utensils used to hold corn on the cob. They may have tines or a single spike, and have been used since ancient times, ranging from articles made of wood found in ethnographic museums to precious tableware made of silver. Other utensils for eating corn on the cob include specialty knives from removing the kernels, brushes for removing the silk and", "title": "Corn on the cob" }, { "docid": "5175290", "text": "Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! is the debut studio album by the American new wave band Devo. It was originally released in August 1978, on the labels Warner Bros. and Virgin. Produced by Brian Eno, the album was recorded between October 1977 and February 1978, primarily in Cologne, Germany. The album received somewhat mixed reviews from critics and peaked at No. 12 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 78 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" chart. Recent reviews of the album have been more uniformly positive and the", "title": "Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" }, { "docid": "11256160", "text": "in the bush.\" \"A Bird in the Head\" was filmed over a period of five days (April 9-13, 1945), which was longer than usual. Due to the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, filming ended early out of respect for the deceased Commander-in-chief. 41-year-old Curly Howard had suffered a series of minor strokes prior to filming \"A Bird in the Head\". As a result, his performance was marred by slurred speech, and slower timing. This film was the first directing effort for former Columbia sound man Edward Bernds. Bernds was thrilled that he was being given a", "title": "A Bird in the Head" }, { "docid": "19555508", "text": "XP\" game engine recreation \"MKXP\". \"A Bird Story\" was primarily released as a connection between \"To the Moon\" and the proper sequel, \"Finding Paradise\" on November 5, 2014. It was the second minisode released between the publication of \"To the Moon\" and the development of \"Finding Paradise\", which was released in December 2017. The player will control the same character in \"Finding Paradise\" as they did in \"A Bird Story\", although Gao states that players do not need to play it to understand the sequel. The basic plot of the game is talked about in the sequel, as are mentions", "title": "A Bird Story" }, { "docid": "9496889", "text": "two gentlemen (one of them dispassionately timing the experiment) and a boy look on with interest, while the young lovers to the left of the painting are absorbed only in each other. The scientist himself looks directly out of the picture, as if challenging the viewer to judge whether the pumping should continue, killing the bird, or whether the air should be replaced and the cockatiel saved. Aside from that of the children, little sympathy is directed toward the bird; David Solkin suggests the subjects of the painting show the dispassionate detachment of the evolving scientific society. Individuals are concerned", "title": "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump" }, { "docid": "6822223", "text": "they are chronological, and they contain elements of character, technique, and theme. In a 1983 interview with literature critic Claudia Tate, Angelou calls her books autobiographies, and later acknowledges that she follows the slave narrative tradition of \"speaking in the first-person singular talking about the first-person plural, always saying 'I' meaning 'we'\". Lupton compares \"The Heart of a Woman\" with other autobiographies, and states that for the first time in Angelou's series, she is able to present herself as a model for successful living. However, Angelou's \"woman's heart\"—her perspective as a woman with concerns about her self-esteem and the conflicts", "title": "The Heart of a Woman" }, { "docid": "14449185", "text": "\"Slightly tipsy and feeling inspired,\" Ruess belted out the chorus for \"We Are Young,\" which at that time was an unfinished composition. Bhasker was taken aback and automatically \"freaked out,\" demanding he see the band for studio time \"in the next few days.\" The next day, Bhasker and Ruess booked a New York studio and cut a version of \"We Are Young\" not far from the final version of the track. On the first day of recording at Jungle City, Bhasker programmed the drums on his Akai MPC3000 machine, a moog bass and \"maybe using my little [Roland] Juno 106,", "title": "We Are Young" }, { "docid": "15742640", "text": "the bird taking flight lightly suggests the same potential ease of journey for the soul to heaven, in spite of imperfection, such as killing to eat, as the bird eats the angle worm. A Bird came down the Walk \"A Bird came down the Walk\" is a short poem by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) that tells of the poet's encounter with a worm-eating bird. The poem was first published in 1891 in the second collection of Dickinson's poems. The poet encounters a bird on the walk who eats a worm, drinks a dew from the grass, and steps aside to let", "title": "A Bird came down the Walk" }, { "docid": "13885411", "text": "at number 9 on the US \"Billboard\" 200 chart, selling 142,000 copies in its first-week sales. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over a shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. We Are Young Money We Are Young Money is the first compilation album by American hip hop record label Young Money Entertainment, and released on December 21, 2009 by Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records. The album garnered a positive reception but critics were divided on the quality of the label's choice of artists. \"We Are Young Money\"", "title": "We Are Young Money" }, { "docid": "12093310", "text": "shorts (the others being \"This Is a Life?\", \"Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers\", and \"[Blooper] Bunny\") in which Bugs is paired with each of his three main antagonists (Daffy, Elmer Fudd, and Yosemite Sam). The title is a play on the film \"A Star Is Born\". The opening frame depicts the exterior of Bugs' dressing room, inside which he is talking to the journalist, Lolly (a reference to the nickname of Hollywood columnist Louella Parsons). Outside, we see Daffy sweeping the floor, complaining about the job he got. Fed up, Daffy decides to be a movie star. Daffy then marches", "title": "A Star Is Bored" }, { "docid": "11656192", "text": "What a queer bird \"What a queer bird\" is a poem of unclear origin. It first can be found in print in 1922, rapidly disseminating across dozens of publications in the United States that year. \"What a queer bird\" is a poem, folk song, or essay that may be sung as a round. It first can be found in print in 1922, rapidly disseminating across dozens of publications in the United States that year, but its precise origin is unclear. The words are as follows: In 1922, multiple United States publications attributed the poem or essay to \"a young Norwegian", "title": "What a queer bird" }, { "docid": "9122762", "text": "The pen is mightier than the sword \"The pen is mightier than the sword\" is a metonymic adage, coined by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839, indicating that communication (particularly written language), or in some interpretations, administrative power or advocacy of an independent press, is a more effective tool than direct violence. The sentence (if not the idea, which had been expressed in various earlier forms) was coined by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 for his play \"Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy\". The play was about Cardinal Richelieu, though in the author's words \"license with dates and details ... has", "title": "The pen is mightier than the sword" }, { "docid": "13885402", "text": "We Are Young Money We Are Young Money is the first compilation album by American hip hop record label Young Money Entertainment, and released on December 21, 2009 by Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records. The album garnered a positive reception but critics were divided on the quality of the label's choice of artists. \"We Are Young Money\" debuted at number 9 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and spawned three singles: \"Every Girl\", \"BedRock\" and \"Roger That\". The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States. The", "title": "We Are Young Money" }, { "docid": "9480571", "text": "in the Tintin books \"The Broken Ear\", \"Red Rackham's Treasure\" and \"The Castafiore Emerald\" by Hergé. In \"Puck of Pook's Hill\" by Rudyard Kipling, a grey parrot lives aboard Witta's ship. \"When first we entered there a loud voice cried, 'Out swords! Out swords! Kill, kill!' Seeing us start Witta laughed, and showed us it was but a great-beaked grey bird with a red tail. He sat her on his shoulder, and she called for bread and wine hoarsely, and prayed him to kiss her.' \"Captain Flint\", named for a notorious deceased pirate captain, is Long John Silver's talking parrot", "title": "Talking bird" }, { "docid": "5175294", "text": "and really cool sounds for almost every part of the album, but we used them on three or four songs.\" A majority of the tracks were later remixed by David Bowie; excluding \"Space Junk\", and \"Shrivel Up\", which had Eno's production still intact. The phrase \"Are we not men?\" is from \"The Island of Doctor Moreau\" (1896), by H. G. Wells. It is part of the litany of the Law, spoken by the Speaker of the Law to the Beast Folk, creatures surgically force-evolved by the mad doctor. The cover was illustrated by Joe Heiner. According to an essay by", "title": "Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" }, { "docid": "19131321", "text": "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 is a 2012 comedy/drama play by the American playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury. The play is a comedic dramatization of the largely forgotten Herero and Namaqua genocide which took place in Namibia between 1904 and 1907 when the region was a German colony, after Germany confiscated tribal lands and the Herero", "title": "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915" }, { "docid": "9570766", "text": "The Bird in a Cage The Bird in a Cage, or The Beauties is a Caroline era comedy written by James Shirley, first published in 1633. The play is notable, even among Shirley's plays, for its lushness — what one critic has called \"gay romanticism run mad.\" The play was licensed for performance, under the title \"The Beauties,\" by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 21 January 1633. It was published in quarto in the same year, printed by B. Alsop and T. Fawcet for the bookseller William Cooke. The title page of the 1633 quarto states", "title": "The Bird in a Cage" }, { "docid": "14757990", "text": "recovered Agnes who is determined to remain at the villa and to fulfil her dead husbands' wishes restoring the vineyards. \"TimeOut Film Guide\" - published by Penguin Books - A Man About the House A Man About the House is a black-and-white British film directed by Leslie Arliss and released in 1947. The film is a melodrama, adapted for the screen by J. B. Williams from the 1942 novel of the same name by Francis Brett Young. It was produced by Edward Black and edited by Russell Lloyd, with cinematography by Georges Périnal and music by Nicholas Brodszky. Two impecunious", "title": "A Man About the House" }, { "docid": "6125754", "text": "that I had in mind was that your legs would just grow down to the bottom and you’d walk out. We are capable of rescuing ourselves. I was holding onto that thought or being hopeful about it, since I was going through a hard time in a relationship.\" All tracks written by Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca and Ira Elliot, except where noted. Many albums included a four-track bonus disc. The Weight Is a Gift The Weight Is a Gift is the fourth album by the alternative rock band, Nada Surf. It was released on Barsuk in 2005. The album was", "title": "The Weight Is a Gift" }, { "docid": "20210572", "text": "from Jiayi’s advances. To complicate matters, Zhong Ai and Fang Ting have their differences when it comes to teaching methods and domestic matters. Will they be able to set aside their differences and work out a common solution when it comes to nurturing the Z generation youths? While We Are Young is up for 4 nominations. <br> The other dramas are nominated for Best Drama Serial are Mightiest Mother In Law, When Duty Calls , My Friends from Afar & Have A Little Faith. <br> It won 1 out of 4 nominations. While We Are Young While We Are Young", "title": "While We Are Young" }, { "docid": "14757986", "text": "A Man About the House A Man About the House is a black-and-white British film directed by Leslie Arliss and released in 1947. The film is a melodrama, adapted for the screen by J. B. Williams from the 1942 novel of the same name by Francis Brett Young. It was produced by Edward Black and edited by Russell Lloyd, with cinematography by Georges Périnal and music by Nicholas Brodszky. Two impecunious English sisters, Ellen and Agnes Isit (Dulcie Gray and Margaret Johnston), unexpectedly inherit a Neapolitan villa from a deceased uncle and move to Italy to view and sell their", "title": "A Man About the House" }, { "docid": "9570769", "text": "This would have been another dig at Prynne, who was particularly incensed about sexuality and perceived immorality on the stage, in various aspects — boys dressing as women, women appearing in masques, etc. Critics have noted the relationship between Shirley's play and a work in the canon of John Fletcher. \"\"The Bird in a Cage\" involves extensive reworking of Fletcher's earlier play of wagers and incarceration, \"Women Pleased\".\" The Duke of Mantua plans to marry off his daughter Eugenia to the ruler of Florence; to do so, he shuts Eugenia in a tower and banishes her noble suitor Philenzo. But", "title": "The Bird in a Cage" }, { "docid": "15315289", "text": "to centre stage, the rhythm section are impassive, face to face, beating out a perfect soundtrack to the third's offstage antics; minimal, loud, and heavy. It's pretty hard to escape just how good Castrovalva are live. The deafening, swaggering roar of their music was made to be loud, fast, and as sweaty as possible. The problem with many bands of their kind, however, is that when it finally comes down to getting their cacophony down on wax, something...the passion, the adrenalin, the smell of stale Carlsberg soaked into matted carpet...some indefinable quality is missing. We Are a Unit is Castrovalva's", "title": "We Are a Unit" }, { "docid": "13414102", "text": "ends with the word \"Oshimai!\". \"A Bird in a Bonnet\" is one of six cartoons scored with stock music by John Seely from the Capitol Records Hi-Q library because of a musician's strike in 1958; the others are \"Weasel While You Work\", \"Hip Hip-Hurry!\", \"Hook, Line and Stinker\", \"Gopher Broke\", and \"Pre-Hysterical Hare\". This cartoon is the only Friz Freleng cartoon to have a Seely score; two others were directed by Chuck Jones (both starring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner), while the remaining three were helmed by Robert McKimson. A Bird in a Bonnet A Bird in a Bonnet", "title": "A Bird in a Bonnet" }, { "docid": "4172743", "text": "change as well; Vivian becomes a more active participant, while Momma becomes less effective as Maya, by becoming a mother herself, moves from childhood to adulthood. Stamps, Arkansas, as depicted in \"Caged Bird\", has very little \"social ambiguity\": it is a racist world divided between Black and white, male and female. Als characterizes the division as \"good and evil\", and notes how Angelou's witness of the evil in her society, which was directed at Black women, shaped Angelou's young life and informed her views into adulthood. Angelou uses the metaphor of a bird struggling to escape its cage, described in", "title": "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" }, { "docid": "14449205", "text": "Janick, head of Fueled by Ramen, \"about five months\" before its release, according to Ruess. Janick brought the song to the attention of \"Glee\" music supervisor PJ Bloom. \"I vividly remember John dropping by my office with a just-mastered 'We Are Young' in hand,\" said Bloom. \"It was still on its original blank CD-R titled in poorly handwritten red Sharpie.\" When Janick suggested that the track was perfect for the musical show, Bloom demurred. \"\"Glee\" doesn't break bands, we celebrate existing pop success—that's our core model.\" Bloom changed his mind after playing the song only once and less than five", "title": "We Are Young" }, { "docid": "9981993", "text": "at the next meeting she says \"The whole form is making fun of me for no reason that I can see.\" William asks someone to explain why they're giving Arabella such a hard time and Jenny says \"Well, William, Arabella kept money back for herself and spent it all on chocolates\" William consults Elizabeth about it, but she has to say she doesn't really know what Jenny is talking about. Arabella is made to give all her change to Elizabeth and will only have ten pence that week. When the meeting breaks up she says \"Why didn't someone tell me", "title": "The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor" }, { "docid": "20297928", "text": "her poems were published in Bahar magazine.<br> A Twig of a Wish A Twig of a Wish is a poem by Parvin E'tesami. In “A Twig of a Wish,”(Persian: نهال آرزو) Parvin Etesami complains about the lack of respect and opportunities for woman. She asserts women’s importance in pointing out that women are in charge of nurturing and educating all children (male and female), they should have greater respect and an equal chance for education as men. Her poem “A Twig of a Wish” was written when it was not unusual for women to be forced into marriages at young", "title": "A Twig of a Wish" }, { "docid": "20297925", "text": "A Twig of a Wish A Twig of a Wish is a poem by Parvin E'tesami. In “A Twig of a Wish,”(Persian: نهال آرزو) Parvin Etesami complains about the lack of respect and opportunities for woman. She asserts women’s importance in pointing out that women are in charge of nurturing and educating all children (male and female), they should have greater respect and an equal chance for education as men. Her poem “A Twig of a Wish” was written when it was not unusual for women to be forced into marriages at young ages. Women's lives were very restricted during", "title": "A Twig of a Wish" }, { "docid": "822641", "text": "about the 7th century. The reed pen, generally made from bamboo, is still used in some parts of Pakistan by young students and is used to write on small wooden boards. The reed pen survived until papyrus was replaced as a writing surface by animal skins, vellum and parchment. The smoother surface of skin allowed finer, smaller writing with a quill pen, derived from the flight feather. The quill pen was used in Qumran, Judea to write some of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which date back to around 100 BC. The scrolls were written in Hebrew dialects with bird feathers", "title": "Pen" }, { "docid": "18431342", "text": "which depicts the remains of a small group of trees at Inverness Copse, near Ypres in Belgium. Both works were exhibited in a solo exhibition entitled \"The Void of War\" at the Leicester Galleries in May 1918. The painting measures . It depicts a bright white sun rising above ruddy brown clouds, shining beams down on a desolated green landscape below, with unnatural mounds of earth piled up between the skeletal remains of blasted trees. Nash's style is developed from Cubism and Vorticism. We are Making a New World We are Making a New World is a 1918 oil-on-canvas painting", "title": "We are Making a New World" }, { "docid": "6463675", "text": "clothed men. The \"Pastoral Concert\" (c. 1510) attributed to Giorgione or his pupil Titian has been cited as an inspiration for Manet's painting. A 1913 painting \"Adoration\" by William Strang presents a philosophical study of beauty, with the clothed soldier, painter, scholar, and elderly gentleman fascinated by the naked female subject. Clothed male, naked female Clothed male, naked female (CMNF), or clothed male, nude female, is female nudity in which one or more women are nude while one or more men are clothed. Entertainment columnist Earl Wilson details several experiences involving one-sided female nudity in his book \"Show Business Laid", "title": "Clothed male, naked female" }, { "docid": "9122767", "text": "caught them, they wrapped the children in their scrolls and lit them on fire. The Islamic prophet Muhammad is quoted, in a saying narrated by 'Abdullah ibn Amr: \"\"There will be a tribulation that will wipe out the Arabs in which those killed on both sides are in the Hellfire. In that time the spoken word will be stronger than the sword\"\".<ref> The pen is mightier than the sword \"The pen is mightier than the sword\" is a metonymic adage, coined by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839, indicating that communication (particularly written language), or in some interpretations, administrative power", "title": "The pen is mightier than the sword" }, { "docid": "16138449", "text": "them because she is putting up a \"wall\" to keep herself from getting hurt. The sheriff finds the wolf in the woods, and when he whistles, the wolf goes to him. As he pets the wolf's head, he sees himself holding a knife, about to hurt the woman he only knows as Mary Margaret. Graham pays a visit to her classroom, telling her that he believes they know each other from another life, before Storybrooke. Mary Margaret assumes that the sheriff has been talking to Henry, and while this is not the case, this gives Graham the idea to consult", "title": "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "1616011", "text": "Mayakovsky poem, which appears as part of the liner notes. The song \"There Is Power in a Union\" is based on the song \"Battle Cry of Freedom\". \"Levi Stubbs' Tears\" refers to songwriter Barrett Strong, producer Norman Whitfield, the members of the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and production team as well as Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops. The original album cover has the subtitle \"The Difficult Third Album\". The album was also included in the book \"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die\". All tracks written by Billy Bragg, except where noted. Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Talking with", "title": "Talking with the Taxman About Poetry" }, { "docid": "16203043", "text": "1974, \"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress\" has been recorded by a variety of artists, from traditional renditions by female singers such as Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, and Joan Baez, to versions by male singers such as Joe Cocker, Glen Campbell, and Michael Feinstein. Webb recorded the song twice, in 1977 for his \"El Mirage\" album, and again in 1996 for his \"Ten Easy Pieces\" album. The song has attracted a wide range of artists, including the Norwegian singer Radka Toneff, who recorded the song on her 1982 album \"Fairytales\", which in a 2011 poll of Norwegian musicians was voted", "title": "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (song)" }, { "docid": "10041605", "text": "more laid back, his new girlfriend Margaret Cunningham is a dead ringer for Anna's mother, Jane Percy. Later at the wedding, Anna meets Samantha \"Sam Sharpe, the witty daughter of Jackson Sharpe who is insecure about her looks; Camilla \"Cammie\" Sheppard, the sexiest and most devious girl alive who is Ben's ex-girlfriend and wants him back; and Delia \"Dee\" Young, a spacey but sweet girl who secretly hooked up with Ben when she was on a college tour at Princeton. All three of Ben's three close female friends who are all secretly in love with him. Ben and Anna try", "title": "The A-List (novel)" }, { "docid": "9480558", "text": "(\"Psittacula derbianais\") is an excellent talker. The clarity of their speech has been compared to that of amazon parrots although they may not learn extensive vocabularies. The slaty-headed parakeet (\"Psittacula himalayana\") generally does not learn to talk. Hill mynahs (tropical members of the starling family of birds) are renowned for their ability to mimic the human voice. It has been claimed that the hill mynah is the best talking bird and the best mimic in the world. Several members of the corvids, or crow family, can mimic human speech. The best talking crows may be the ones found in captivity", "title": "Talking bird" }, { "docid": "15742637", "text": "other evil forces.Then the narrator offers the bird a piece of crumb,but the bird neglects it and then it flies away. Helen Vendler regards the poem as a \"bizarre little narrative\" but one that typifies many of Dickinson's best qualities. She likens the poet to a reporter observing a murderer in the act, and later, pretending fear that the murderer may be dangerous to herself and must be mollified by a \"crumb\". The bird takes flight and Vendler regards what follows - the description of the bird in flight - as \"the astonishing part of the poem\". Vendler notes that", "title": "A Bird came down the Walk" }, { "docid": "11256161", "text": "shot at directing, but was horrified when he realized that Curly was in such bad shape (something Columbia short subject head/director Jules White failed to alert Bernds of). Years later, Bernds discussed his trying experience during the filming of \"A Bird in the Head\": Realizing that Curly was no longer able to perform in the same capacity as before, Bernds devised ways to cover his illness; Curly could still be the star, but the action was shifted away from the ailing Stooge. In \"A Bird in the Head\", the action focuses more on crazy Professor Panzer and Igor. This allowed", "title": "A Bird in the Head" } ]

[ "A. tennyson", "Baron Alfred Tennyson", "Tennyson (poet)", "Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson", "Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Lord", "Alfred Tennyson Tennyson", "Alfred Lord Tennison", "Tennyson", "A Tennyson", "Lord Tennyson", "Tennysonian", "Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson", "Alfred, Lord Tennyson", "Alfred Tennyson", "Lord Tennyson Alfred", "Alfred Lord Tennyson", "Lord Alfred Tennyson" ]

[ { "docid": "7071876", "text": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem) \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. He wrote it on December 2, 1854, and it was published on December 9, 1854 in \"The Examiner\". He was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom at the time. During the 1850s, when Great Britain was engaged in the Crimean War, Tennyson wrote several patriotic poems under various pseudonyms. Scholars speculate that Tennyson created his pen names because these verses used", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)" }, { "docid": "7071879", "text": "version was used for the second printing of \"Maud\". Tennyson recited this poem onto a wax cylinder in 1890. Rudyard Kipling wrote \"The Last of the Light Brigade\" (1891) some 40 years after the appearance of \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\". His poem focuses on the terrible hardships faced in old age by veterans of the Crimean War, as exemplified by the cavalry men of the Light Brigade. Its purpose was to shame the British public into offering financial assistance. The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem) \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" is an 1854 narrative poem by", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)" }, { "docid": "13699075", "text": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912 film) The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1912 American short war film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring James Gordon, Richard Neill and Charles Sutton. It portrays the Charge of the Light Brigade when a brigade of British light cavalry charged entrenched batteries of Russian artillery at the Battle of Balaklava in 1854 during the Crimean War. The plot follows that of Tennyson's poem \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\". The film was made by Edison Studios and shot in Wyoming using 800 American cavalry troopers to play the parts", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912 film)" }, { "docid": "7071877", "text": "a traditional structure Tennyson employed in his earlier career but suppressed during the 1840s, worrying that poems like \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" (which he initially signed only A.T.) \"might prove not to be decorous for a poet laureate\". The poem was written after the Light Cavalry Brigade suffered great casualties in the Battle of Balaclava. Tennyson wrote the poem based on two articles published in \"The Times\": the first, published in November, 1854, provided the phrase \"Some one has blunder'd\" and thus the meter of the poem. The poem was written in a few minutes on December 2", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)" }, { "docid": "12375428", "text": "Mr. Hayes Fisher, M.P., who presided, said that the last pensioned survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade died on the previous day. His name was Thomas Warr. The last survivor was Edwin Hughes of the 13th Light Dragoons, who died on the 18th May 1927, aged 96. Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote evocatively about the battle in his poem \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\". Tennyson's poem, written 2 December and published on 9 December 1854, in \"The Examiner\", praises the Brigade (\"When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!\") while trenchantly mourning the", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "7419334", "text": "The Last of the Light Brigade \"The Last of the Light Brigade\" is a poem written in 1890 by Rudyard Kipling echoing – thirty-six years after the event – Alfred Tennyson's famous poem \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\". Employing synecdoche, Kipling uses his poem to expose the terrible hardship faced in old age by veterans of the Crimean War, as exemplified by the cavalry men of the light brigade who charged at the Battle of Balaclava. It describes a visit by the last twenty survivors of the charge to Tennyson (then in his eightieth year) to reproach him gently", "title": "The Last of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375403", "text": "was killed in the ensuing battle. In response to the order, Lucan instructed Cardigan to lead his command of about 670 troopers of the Light Brigade straight into the valley between the Fedyukhin Heights and the Causeway Heights. In his poem, \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" (1854), Tennyson dubbed this hollow \"The Valley of Death\". The opposing Russian forces were commanded by Pavel Liprandi and included approximately 20 battalions of infantry supported by over 50 artillery pieces. These forces were deployed on both sides and at the opposite end of the valley. Lucan himself was to follow with the", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375397", "text": "of defensive fire. The Light Brigade reached the battery under withering direct fire and scattered some of the gunners, but they were forced to retreat immediately, and the assault ended with very high British casualties and no decisive gains. The events were the subject of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's narrative poem \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" (1854), published just six weeks after the event. Its lines emphasise the valour of the cavalry in bravely carrying out their orders, regardless of the nearly inevitable outcome. Blame has remained controversial for the miscommunication, as the order was vague and Louis Edward Nolan", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "8085673", "text": "at a restaurant across the road from where the actors were staying. There was some shooting done in Mexico where there were fewer restrictions on hurting animals. The film comes to a climax at the Battle of Balaclava, subject of Lord Tennyson's poem \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\". The lancers charge into the valley and brave the Russian cannons, and many are killed. Text from Tennyson's poem is superimposed on the screen, coupled with Max Steiner's musical score. Director Michael Curtiz, who did not have an excellent command of English, shouted \"Bring on the empty horses\", meaning \"riderless horses\".", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "8085665", "text": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film) The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American historical adventure film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Bischoff, with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer, from a screenplay by Michael Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, from a story by Michael Jacoby based on the poem \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The music score was by Max Steiner; his first for Warners and the cinematography by Sol Polito. Scenes were shot at the following California locations: Lone Pine, Sherwood", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "12375429", "text": "appalling futility of the charge (\"Not tho' the soldier knew, someone had blunder'd... Charging an army, while all the world wonder'd\"). Tennyson wrote the poem inside only a few minutes after reading an account of the battle in \"The Times\", according to his grandson Sir Charles Tennyson. It immediately became hugely popular, and even reached the troops in the Crimea, where it was distributed in pamphlet form. Nearly 36 years later Kipling wrote \"The Last of the Light Brigade\" (1890), commemorating a visit by the last 20 survivors to Tennyson (then aged 80) to reproach him gently for not writing", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "9148736", "text": "broke over the boat's square bow, and the soldiers inside were drenched in cold ocean water. In all the \"Samuel Chase\" lost six landing craft on D-Day; four foundered near the beach, one was “impaled” by a beach obstacle, and another was sunk by enemy gunfire. The phrase \"into the jaws of Death\" in the photograph's title comes from a refrain in \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\", an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. The image was evoked in the 1998 Hollywood", "title": "Into the Jaws of Death" }, { "docid": "4755302", "text": "of Crimean soldier Leo Tolstoy's \"Sebastopol Sketches\" and the subject of the first Russian feature film, \"Defence of Sevastopol\". The Battle of Balaklava was made famous by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" and Robert Gibb's painting \"The Thin Red Line\". A panorama of the siege itself was painted by Franz Roubaud. The Jamaican and English nurses who treated the wounded during these battles were much celebrated, most famously Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale. The allies (French, Ottoman, and British) landed at Eupatoria on 14 September 1854. The Battle of the Alma (20 September 1854), which", "title": "Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)" }, { "docid": "3989021", "text": "song, from \"Death on the Road\", was issued in 2005. Written by bassist and founder-member Steve Harris, the song is based on the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava 1854, which took place during the Crimean War, and inspired by Lord Tennyson's poem of the same name. The track has been the subject of much praise since its release, with AllMusic describing it as \"an all-time genre classic that boasts guitarists [Dave Murray] and [Adrian Smith's] most memorable harmonized lead riff, plus that trademark galloping rhythm,\" while Mick Wall comments that it is the song \"which", "title": "The Trooper" }, { "docid": "7419335", "text": "for not writing a sequel about the way in which England was treating its old soldiers. Some sources treat the poem as an account of a real event, but other commentators class the destitute old soldiers as allegorical, with the visit invented by Kipling to draw attention to the poverty in which the real survivors were living, in the same way that he evoked Tommy Atkins in \"The Absent Minded Beggar\". Unlike Tennyson's poem, and like first-person accounts of the Light Brigade, Kipling's poem was largely ignored. The Last of the Light Brigade \"The Last of the Light Brigade\" is", "title": "The Last of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "8085675", "text": "followed suit and banned tripwires from films. Unlike Flynn's other blockbuster films, because of the number of horses killed, it was never re-released by Warner Brothers, and so wouldn't be seen again until 1956, when Warner Brothers sold the rights to it and other pre-1950 films to Associated Artists Productions and it subsequently premiered on television. \"QUIS SUPERABIT<br> WHO SHALL EXCEL THEM<br> Dedication<br> To the officers and men<br> Of the Light Brigade who<br> Died victorious in a gallant<br> Charge at Balaklava for<br> Queen and Country<br> A.D. 1856\" \"The world is indebted to Alfred,<br> Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate to<br> Her Majesty,", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "7071878", "text": "of the same year, based on a recollection of that account; Tennyson wrote other similar poems, like \"Riflemen, form in town and in Shrine\" in a similar manner. Tennyson made revisions to the poem due to criticisms by the American poet Frederick Goddard Tuckerman and others; these were published in Tennyson's volume \"Maud and Other Poems\". These changes were criticized by several, including both Tennyson and Tuckerman. Tennyson sent a version of the poem, after correcting the revisions in \"Maud\", at the soldiers' request. There, it was distributed in pamphlet form at the behest of Jane, Lady Franklin. The same", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)" }, { "docid": "572694", "text": "battery he could see and allegedly said \"There is your enemy, there are your guns\"—due to his obstructed view, these were the wrong ones. Lucan then passed the order to the Earl of Cardigan, resulting in the charge of the Light Brigade. In this charge, Cardigan formed up his unit and charged the length of the Valley of the Balaclava, under fire from Russian batteries in the hills. The charge of the Light Brigade caused 278 casualties of the 700-man unit. The Light Brigade was memorialised in the famous poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\".", "title": "Crimean War" }, { "docid": "16629801", "text": "(September 1855). (During the siege, the British navy made six bombardments of the capital: October 17, 1854; April 9, June 6, June 17, August 17, and September 5, 1855.) The culminating struggle for the strategic Russian port in 1854-5 was the final bloody episode in the costly Crimean War. During the Victorian Era, these battles were repeatedly memorialized. The Siege of Sevastopol was the subject of Crimean soldier Leo Tolstoy's \"Sebastopol Sketches\" and the subject of the first Russian feature film, \"Defence of Sevastopol\". The Battle of Balaklava was made famous by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem \"The Charge of the", "title": "Welsford-Parker Monument" }, { "docid": "3308625", "text": "War was beginning, American poet Walt Whitman published his poem \"\" as a patriotic rally call for the North. Whitman volunteered for a time as a nurse in the army hospitals, and his collection \"Drum-Taps\" (1865) deals with his experiences during the War. Georg Herwegh who wrote during the German revolutions of 1848–49 is an example of a nineteenth century German war poet. Probably the most famous nineteenth century war poem is Tennyson's \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\", which he supposedly wrote in only a few minutes after reading an account of the battle in \"The Times\". As poet", "title": "War poet" }, { "docid": "12375424", "text": "Edwin Hughes, who died on 14 May 1927, aged 96, was the last survivor. In October 1875, survivors of the charge met at the Alexandra Palace in London to celebrate its 21st anniversary. The celebrations were fully reported in the \"Illustrated London News\" of 30 October 1875, which included the recollections of several of the survivors, including those of Edward Richard Woodham, the Chairman of the Committee that organised the celebration. Tennyson was invited, but could not attend. Lucan, the senior commander surviving, was not present, but attended a separate celebration, held later in the day, with other senior officers", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" } ]

[ { "docid": "12375431", "text": "from long-term unemployment. Charge of the Light Brigade The Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. British commander Lord Raglan had intended to send the Light Brigade to prevent the Russians from removing captured guns from overrun Turkish positions, a task for which the light cavalry were well-suited. However, there was miscommunication in the chain of command, and the Light Brigade was instead sent on a frontal assault against a different artillery battery, one well-prepared", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375396", "text": "Charge of the Light Brigade The Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. British commander Lord Raglan had intended to send the Light Brigade to prevent the Russians from removing captured guns from overrun Turkish positions, a task for which the light cavalry were well-suited. However, there was miscommunication in the chain of command, and the Light Brigade was instead sent on a frontal assault against a different artillery battery, one well-prepared with excellent fields", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "7987823", "text": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film) The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1968 British DeLuxe Color war film made by Woodfall Film Productions in Panavision and distributed by United Artists, depicting parts of the Crimean War and the eponymous charge. It was directed by Tony Richardson and produced by Neil Hartley. It is also notable for the animated credits and linking passages provided by Richard Williams, drawing on the satirical use of jingoistic images. This film followed the famous 1936 version \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\", starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The film", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "7987840", "text": "Crimea, she did not have an affair with Cardigan. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film) The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1968 British DeLuxe Color war film made by Woodfall Film Productions in Panavision and distributed by United Artists, depicting parts of the Crimean War and the eponymous charge. It was directed by Tony Richardson and produced by Neil Hartley. It is also notable for the animated credits and linking passages provided by Richard Williams, drawing on the satirical use of jingoistic images. This film followed the famous 1936 version \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\",", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "13699076", "text": "of the British and Russians. It was released in American cinemas on October 12, 1912 to commemorate the fifty-eighth anniversary of the battle. It was critically well-received with widespread praise for the pioneering new techniques. It was released as an extra on the Region 2 DVD release of the 1968 film \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\". The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912 film) The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1912 American short war film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring James Gordon, Richard Neill and Charles Sutton. It portrays the Charge of the Light Brigade", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912 film)" }, { "docid": "12375408", "text": "down, and he was best positioned to render assistance to Light Brigade survivors returning from the charge. The French light cavalry, the Chasseurs d'Afrique, was more effective by clearing the Fedyukhin Heights of the two half-batteries of guns, two infantry battalions, and Cossacks to ensure that the Light Brigade would not be hit by fire from that flank, and it provided cover for the remaining elements of the Light Brigade as they withdrew. War correspondent William Howard Russell witnessed the battle and declared: \"Our Light Brigade was annihilated by their own rashness, and by the brutality of a ferocious enemy.\"", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "8085666", "text": "Lake, Lasky Mesa, Chatsworth and Sonora. The Sierra Nevada mountains were used for the Khyber Pass scenes. The film starred Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The story is very loosely based on the famous Charge of the Light Brigade that took place during the Crimean War (1853–56). Additionally, the story line includes an event similar to the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. This was the second of eight films in which Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland starred together. A latter film was made in 1968, under the same name, \"The Charge of the Light", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "7987839", "text": "case of the 17th Lancers, double white stripes. In one scene a single trooper of the 17th is correctly attired. The film's depiction of the Battle of Balaclava shows the initial Russian attack on the redoubts and of course the Charge of the Light Brigade, but elides both the stand of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders (the \"Thin Red Line\") and the Charge of the Heavy Brigade. According to director Tony Richardson, the Heavy Brigade scene was filmed but later cut at the studio's behest. Likewise Fanny Duberly is shown to be seduced by Lord Cardigan; although she was in the", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "12375426", "text": "by Prince Michael of Kent. A survivor, John Penn, who died in Dunbar in 1886, left a personal account of his military career, including the Charge, written for a friend. This survives and is held by East Lothian Council Archives. A number of individuals who died during 1916–17 were thought to be the 'last' survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade. For example, Sergeant James A. Mustard of the 17th Lancers, aged 85, had his funeral with military honours at Twickenham in early February 1916. In the \"Abergavenny Chronicle\" news report published on 11 February it was stated: He", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375407", "text": "two men who were in that charge would describe it in the same way. When I was back pretty nearly where we started from I found that I was the senior officer of those not wounded, and, consequently, in command, there being two others, both juniors to me, in the same position — Lieut. Wombwell and Cornet Cleveland. Lucan and his troops of the Heavy Brigade failed to provide any support for the Light Brigade—they entered the mouth of the valley but did not advance farther. Lucan's explanation was that he saw no point in having a second brigade mown", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375398", "text": "delivered the written orders with some verbal interpretation, then died in the first minute of the assault. The charge was made by the Light Brigade of the British cavalry, which consisted of the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, 17th Lancers, and the 8th and 11th Hussars, under the command of Major General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan. Also present that day was the Heavy Brigade, commanded by Major General James Yorke Scarlett, who was a past Commanding Officer of the 5th Dragoon Guards. The Heavy Brigade was made up of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the 5th Dragoon", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "7987832", "text": "before he can warn Cardigan. This is 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. The Light Brigade, torn apart by the cannons, clashes briefly with the Russians and then retreats. With most of his force dead or wounded, Lord Cardigan who led his men valiantly, is ironically unharmed, but he immediately begins bickering with the other officers about who must take the blame for the disaster. The British army at its very best and worst. The screenplay was written by Charles Wood from a first draft (uncredited) by John Osborne. It aimed to be brutally authentic, based in part on the", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "12375404", "text": "Heavy Brigade. Although the Heavy Brigade was better armoured and intended for frontal assaults on infantry positions, neither force was remotely equipped for a frontal assault on a fully dug-in and alerted artillery battery—much less one with an excellent line of sight over a mile in length and supported on two sides by artillery batteries providing enfilading fire from elevated ground. The semi-suicidal nature of this charge was surely evident to the troopers of the Light Brigade, but if there were any objection to the orders, it was not recorded. The Light Brigade set off down the valley with Cardigan", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375405", "text": "in front, leading the charge on his horse Ronald. Almost at once, Nolan rushed across the front, passing in front of Cardigan. It may be that he realised that the charge was aimed at the wrong target and was attempting to stop or turn the brigade, but he was killed by an artillery shell and the cavalry continued on its course. Captain Godfrey Morgan was close by and saw what happened: The Light Brigade faced withering fire from three sides which devastated their force on the ride, yet they were able to engage the Russian forces at the end of", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375422", "text": "military historian and a former cavalryman, insisted on taking time out during the Yalta Conference in 1945 to see the battlefield for himself. One research project used a mathematical model to examine how the charge might have turned out if conducted differently. The analysis suggested that a charge toward the redoubt on the Causeway Heights, as Raglan had apparently intended, would have led to even higher British casualties. By contrast, the charge might have succeeded if the Heavy Brigade had accompanied the Light Brigade along the valley, as Lucan had initially directed. According to Norman Dixon, 19th-century accounts of the", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375420", "text": "a letter refuting point by point Raglan's \"London Gazette\" dispatch, but his criticism of his superior was not tolerated, and Lucan was recalled to England in March 1855. The Charge of the Light Brigade became a subject of considerable controversy and public dispute on his return. He strongly rejected Raglan's version of events, calling it \"an imputation reflecting seriously on my professional character.\" In an exchange of public correspondence printed in the pages of \"The Times\", Lucan blamed Raglan and his deceased aide-de-camp Captain Nolan, who had been the actual deliverer of the disputed order. Lucan subsequently defended himself with", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "8085677", "text": "film was the studio's most expensive and most popular film of 1936, earning $1,176,000 domestically and $1,560,000 foreign. Jack Sullivan won the Academy Award for Best Assistant Director for his work on the film, and the film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Sound (Nathan Levinson) and the Academy Award for Original Music Score. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film) The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American historical adventure film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Bischoff, with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer, from", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "5154899", "text": "friend of Landen Parke-Laine. He fought in the Crimean War and died there during a disastrous battle which occurred after he accidentally sent his unit off in the wrong direction (this mimics the role of Captain Louis Nolan in the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854; Anton directs the Light Armoured Brigade into the teeth of the Russian artillery). After much agonising over whether to tell the truth, Landen finally gave evidence to the inquest about Anton's error, which drove a wedge between him and Thursday, until the two reconciled during the events of \"The Eyre Afair\". Thursday's father", "title": "Characters in the Thursday Next series" }, { "docid": "12375399", "text": "Guards, the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons and the Scots Greys. The two brigades were the only British cavalry force at the battle. The Light Brigade were the British light cavalry force. It mounted light, fast horses which were unarmoured. The men were armed with lances and sabres. Optimized for maximum mobility and speed, they were intended for reconnaissance and skirmishing. They were also ideal for cutting down infantry and artillery units as they attempted to retreat. The Heavy Brigade under James Scarlett was the British heavy cavalry force. It mounted large, heavy chargers. The men were equipped with metal helmets and", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "8085669", "text": "vengeance resolve at the Battle of Balaclava. Aware that Surat Khan is inspecting Russian positions opposite the 27th Lancers, Maj. Vickers secretly replaces written orders by Sir Charles Macefield (Henry Stephenson) to the commander of the Light Brigade, Sir Benjamin Warrenton (Nigel Bruce), to withdraw from the Balaclava Heights. Vickers instead orders the famous suicidal attack so the lancers can avenge the Chukoti massacre. Before the charge, Maj. Vickers reminds troops of the Chukoti Massacre and directs their anger: \"Our objective is Surit Khan!\" Although the 27th Lancers lose nearly all their 600 strength, they successfully breach Russian artillery positions.", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "7987831", "text": "from his high vantage point. Cardigan, at his lower level, can only see the valley with the cannons, and assumes that he must charge into this. When he queries the order, Nolan loses his temper and gestures vaguely with his arm, shouting \"There, my Lord, is your enemy and there are your guns!\" (these, or something close to them, were his actual words). As the cavalry advances into cannon fire Nolan - who has gained permission from his friend Morris to ride with Cardigan's light brigade as they chase the Russians - realises his mistake, but is killed by shrapnel", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "4371063", "text": "1820 and served until his death. In 1852 HRH Prince Albert, the Prince Consort took over the role of colonel-in-chief. When the Crimean War broke out in 1853 the Rifle Brigade sent two battalions which fought at the Battle of Alma, where one of the battalions led the advance across the Alma River in September 1854. The regiment also saw action at the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 and at the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854. Eight members of the regiment were awarded Victoria Crosses during the Crimean War. The regiment was deployed again as part of the", "title": "Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)" }, { "docid": "2348471", "text": "The Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) The Thin Red Line was a military action by the British Sutherland Highlanders 93rd (Highland) Regiment at the Battle of Balaklava on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War. In this incident, around 200 men of the 93rd, aided by a small force of 100 walking wounded, 40 detached Guardsmen, and supported by a substantial force of Turkish infantrymen, led by Sir Colin Campbell, routed a Russian cavalry charge. Previously, Campbell's Highland Brigade had taken part in actions at the Battle of Alma and the Siege of Sevastopol. There were more Victoria Crosses", "title": "The Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava)" }, { "docid": "7987836", "text": "with his dogs was shot at 6 Carlton House Terrace, St James's, London, a few doors along from the earl's actual London residence of 17 Carlton House Terrace. Other London street scenes were filmed in the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich. The Royal Mint, opposite the Tower of London, represented Horseguards, the headquarters of the Army. The barracks scenes in the first half of the film were filmed at Beaumont Barracks in Aldershot in Hampshire, while the 'Crimea' scenes, including the Charge itself, were filmed in Turkey with the action sequences directed by Bob Simmons. \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\"", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "7987827", "text": "Lord Cardigan to lead the Light Cavalry Brigade under his equally unpleasant arch-rival and brother-in-law Lord Lucan (Harry Andrews), who has been appointed to command the Cavalry Division. Captain Nolan, enlisted as Raglan's aide, is glad to get away from Britain; it gives him an escape from the morally uneasy affair he has been having with Clarissa Morris (Vanessa Redgrave), the wife of his best friend William (Mark Burns). Also travelling with the British command is the 8th Hussars' paymaster's wife named Fanny Duberly (Jill Bennett), who wants to observe battle first-hand (and be near Lord Cardigan, with whom she", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "8085671", "text": "Lancer\" (1935) had been released to great popularity, ushering in a series of British Empire adventure tales. Michel Jacoby had developed a story based on the famous charge but, although Warners bought Jacoby's script, the final script was closer to \"Lives of a Bengal Lancer\". An original working title was \"The Charge of the 600\". Warners wanted an all-British cast. Errol Flynn (Australian, but often considered Irish) had made such a strong impression in \"Captain Blood\" he was removed from supporting Fredric March in \"Anthony Adverse\" to play the lead in \"Charge of the Light Brigade\". Ian Hunter was connected", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "7987824", "text": "is about the folly of war, and the poor state of the British Army and its leadership during the Crimean War (1853–56). Britain had not fought in a European theatre since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and the army had become sclerotic and bound by bureaucracy. Tactical and logistical methodology had not advanced in forty years, and the whole ethos of the army was bound in outmoded social values. The anti-hero is a relatively competent officer, Captain Louis Nolan (David Hemmings). A veteran of the Indian Army, Nolan is unusual in the hierarchy of his day both for having", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "18648037", "text": "presented alongside a showcase containing many objects shown in the picture, such as spears, a shield and a sword. The museum has a replica dugout, where visitors can experience First World War trench warfare. Another notable exhibit is a diorama depicting the aftermath of the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. Exhibits also explore the stories of cavalrymen in the Boer War, including Henry William Engleheart, who received the Victoria Cross for rescuing a comrade and his horse under heavy shell fire and Sir John Milbanke, 10th Baronet, who received the Victoria", "title": "HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars" }, { "docid": "12375416", "text": "orally instead of handing over the written orders. He said, \"There, my lord, is your enemy! There are your guns!\", and he added the word \"attack\", whereas Raglan had intended merely a show of force. Nolan's version of the order and accompanying gesture were misunderstood, causing the disaster described above. Nolan rode with the charge and died in it. Maxse's letter said that Nolan was annoyed at how little the Light Brigade had done previously, and that he was angry against Lucan. Nigel Kingscote was another of Raglan's staff officers, and he agreed that the fault was Nolan's and said", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "7718886", "text": "his reputation as a valiant and down-to-earth soldier leads to Prince Albert assigning Flashman as the boy's mentor. Despite every attempt to avoid it, he finds himself in the Crimea showing William what soldiering is all about. The boy's unfortunate death does not allow Flashman to avoid involvement in the most notable actions of the Crimean War, including The Thin Red Line, the Charge of the Heavy Brigade under James Yorke Scarlett, and the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade. Powered by fear and flatulence, he reaches the Russian guns in front of the other surviving members of the charge", "title": "Flashman at the Charge" }, { "docid": "4173342", "text": "the 4th Light Dragoons (from 1861, the 4th Hussars - The Queen's Own) throughout his career. He won his VC on 25 October 1854 in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: On 25 October 1854 at Balaclava, Crimean Peninsula, (Charge of the Light Brigade) The VC citation refers to Hugh Crawford as being a Trumpet Major, but he was not promoted to that rank until 1 December 1855. Elkin claims to own the sword which Parkes carried at", "title": "Samuel Parkes (VC)" }, { "docid": "12375409", "text": "Cardigan survived the battle, although stories circulated that he was not actually present. He led the charge from the front, never looking back, and did not see what was happening to the troops behind him. He reached the Russian guns, took part in the fight, and then returned alone up the valley without bothering to rally or even find out what had happened to the survivors. He afterwards said that all he could think about was his rage against Captain Nolan, who he thought had tried to take over the leadership of the charge. After riding back up the valley,", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375419", "text": "considered that he was bound to attack at all hazards, and he accordingly ordered Major-General the Earl of Cardigan to move forward with the Light Brigade.\" Lucan was furious at being made a scapegoat: Raglan claimed he should have exercised his discretion, but throughout the campaign up to that date Lucan considered Raglan had allowed him no independence at all and required that his orders be followed to the letter. Cardigan, who had merely obeyed orders, blamed Lucan for giving those orders. He returned home a hero and was promoted to Inspector General of the Cavalry. Lucan attempted to publish", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "4793297", "text": "the memory of 2152 Officers, Non-Com. Officers and Privates of the BRIGADE OF GUARDS who fell during the war with Russia in 1854–56. Erected by their Comrades.\" In 1914, the monument was moved northwards to make room for new statues of Florence Nightingale and Sidney Herbert who was Secretary at War during the Crimean War. It is only then that the allegorical figure was referred to as Victory. The sculpture of Nightingale was by Arthur George Walker, and the sculpture of Herbert was by John Henry Foley. Crimean War Memorial The Guards Crimean War Memorial is a Grade II listed", "title": "Crimean War Memorial" }, { "docid": "12375418", "text": "that the British soldiers must have been drunk. Somerset Calthorpe, aide-de-camp to Lord Raglan, wrote a letter to a friend three days after the charge. He detailed casualty numbers but did not distinguish between those killed and those taken prisoner: Slow communications meant that news of the disaster did not reach the British public until three weeks after the action. The British commanders' dispatches from the front were published in an extraordinary edition of the \"London Gazette\" of 12 November 1854. Raglan blamed Lucan for the charge, claiming that \"from some misconception of the order to advance, the Lieutenant-General (Lucan)", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "572743", "text": "of Balaclava, which saw the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade. This scrutiny later led to the abolition of the sale of commissions. The Crimean War was a contributing factor in the Russian abolition of serfdom in 1861: Tsar Alexander II (Nicholas I's son and successor) saw the military defeat of the Russian serf-army by free troops from Britain and France as proof of the need for emancipation. The Crimean War also led to the realisation by the Russian government of its technological inferiority, in military practices as well as weapons. Meanwhile, Russian military medicine saw dramatic progress: N. I.", "title": "Crimean War" }, { "docid": "572644", "text": "of official equality, and the Orthodox Church regained control of the Christian churches in dispute. The Crimean War was one of the first conflicts to use modern technologies such as explosive naval shells, railways, and telegraphs. The war was one of the first to be documented extensively in written reports and photographs. As the legend of the \"Charge of the Light Brigade\" demonstrates, the war quickly became an iconic symbol of logistical, medical and tactical failures and mismanagement. The reaction in the UK was a demand for professionalisation, most famously achieved by Florence Nightingale, who gained worldwide attention for pioneering", "title": "Crimean War" }, { "docid": "12375423", "text": "charge tended to focus on the bravery and glory of the cavalrymen, much more than the military blunders involved, with the perverse effect that it \"did much to strengthen those very forms of tradition which put such an incapacitating stranglehold on military endeavor for the next eighty or so years,\" i.e., until after World War I. The fate of the surviving members of the charge was investigated by Edward James Boys, a military historian, who documented their lives from leaving the army to their deaths. His records are described as being the most definitive project of its kind ever undertaken.", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375415", "text": "from the greatest apparent certainty of death which could possibly be conceived. A newspaper report on 11 December 2016 revealed another version of what happened when a letter was found in the British Library, written by Lieutenant Frederick Maxse who was on Lord Raglan's staff at Balaklava. It said that Lord Raglan had sent an order for the Light Brigade to \"follow the enemy and try to prevent the enemy from carrying away the guns\", referring to some British artillery which were at risk. Raglan sent the order with 36 year-old Captain Louis Nolan, who passed it on to Lucan", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "8085668", "text": "garrison of (fictional) Chukoti, along with British military families, within the part the North-Western Frontier controlled by Surat Khan. A British miscalculation leads to premature withdrawal of troops to (fictional) Lohora, unnecessarily exposing Chukoti. Faced with an overwhelming siege, the British commander, Col. Campbell (Donald Crisp), surrenders Chukoti to Surat Khan, who then massacres the inhabitants, including British families. Surat Khan allies his forces with Imperial Russia, whom the British are fighting in the Crimean War, but spares Maj. Vickers and Elsa as they flee the slaughter. This repays his debt to Geoffrey. The love triangle and the quest for", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "12375401", "text": "the light cavalry to prevent the Russians from successfully withdrawing the naval guns from the redoubts they had captured on the reverse side of the Causeway Heights, the hill forming the south side of the valley. This was an optimum task for the Light Brigade, as their superior speed would ensure the Russians would be forced to either quickly abandon the cumbersome guns or be cut down \"en masse\" while they attempted to flee with them. Raglan could see what was happening from his high vantage point on the west side of the valley. However, the lie of the land", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "1608877", "text": "deliberate, high level complicity to leave the loop-hole in the prosecution case and reporting the view that \"in England there is one law for the rich and another for the poor\" and \"The Examiner\" describing the verdict as \"a defeat of justice\". Even his obituary described this evasion of justice as \"an absurd technical deficiency\". His most notorious exploit took place during the Crimean War on 25 October 1854 when, in command of the Light Cavalry Brigade at the battle of Balaclava, he led the Charge of the Light Brigade reaching the Russian guns before returning, personally unscathed, in a", "title": "James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan" }, { "docid": "1374403", "text": "Battle of the Alma The Battle of the Alma was a battle in the Crimean War between an allied expeditionary force (made up of French, British, and Turkish forces) and Russian forces defending the Crimean Peninsula on 20September 1854. The allies had made a surprise landing in Crimea on 14September. The allied commanders, Maréchal Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud and Lord FitzRoy Somerset Raglan, then marched toward the strategically important port city of Sevastapol, away. Russian commander Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov rushed his available forces to the last natural defensive position before the city, the Alma Heights, south of the Alma", "title": "Battle of the Alma" }, { "docid": "4930584", "text": "\"\"The Light Brigade\"\" refers to the ship on which the story takes place. This leads the captain of the vessel to attempt to read a verse of the original poem to the men before the commencing of their mission. This ship is the last hope of humanity in a war against an alien race. In an attempt to turn the tide of the war, humanity is resorting to a Hiroshima type strike. The \"Light Brigade\" carries a new, subatomic bomb, to be delivered to the enemy homeworld. This bomb works by breaking down the forces which hold subatomic particles together", "title": "The Light Brigade (The Outer Limits)" }, { "docid": "8085667", "text": "Brigade\" and starred Trevor Howard and Vanessa Redgrave. In 1854, Major Geoffrey Vickers (Errol Flynn) and his brother, Captain Perry Vickers (Patric Knowles), are stationed in India, with the 27th Lancers of the British Army. It is during the period of East India Company dominance over the Indian subcontinent. Perry has secretly betrayed Geoffrey by stealing the love of his fiancee Elsa (Olivia de Havilland). During an official visit to local tributary rajah, Surat Khan (C. Henry Gordon), Geoffrey saves the rajah's life while hunting, for which the rajah promises eternal gratitude. Later, Maj. Vickers is stationed at the British", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "16819561", "text": "the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War and Winston Churchill of the 4th Hussars joining the 21st Lancers for their charge during the Battle of Omdurman. Since 1880 British cavalrymen had been armed with only carbines and swords, although some carried a lance; it was not until 1903 that the cavalry were issued rifles, the same ones used by the rest of the army, although a version of the standard infantry rifle, the shorter-barreled LEC or \"Lee-Enfield Cavalry Carbine Mark I\" had been introduced in 1896. The normal peacetime British Army cavalry formation was the brigade, but", "title": "British cavalry during the First World War" }, { "docid": "1374428", "text": "collect equipment scattered though the battlefield delayed the pursuit, and the lack of cavalry ruled out any possibility of an immediate chase of the Russians. The battle was commemorated in Paris by the naming of the Pont de l'Alma. Battle of the Alma The Battle of the Alma was a battle in the Crimean War between an allied expeditionary force (made up of French, British, and Turkish forces) and Russian forces defending the Crimean Peninsula on 20September 1854. The allies had made a surprise landing in Crimea on 14September. The allied commanders, Maréchal Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud and Lord FitzRoy", "title": "Battle of the Alma" }, { "docid": "3308626", "text": "laureate he often wrote verses about public events. It immediately became hugely popular, even reaching the troops in the Crimea, where it was distributed in pamphlet form . Rudyard Kipling's poem \"The Last of the Light Brigade\", written some forty years after the appearance of \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\", in 1891, focuses on the terrible hardships faced in old age by veterans of the Crimean War, as exemplified by the cavalry men of the Light Brigade, in an attempt to shame the British public into offering financial assistance. Various lines from the poem are randomly quoted by Mr.", "title": "War poet" }, { "docid": "572739", "text": "news reached London in two days. When the British laid an underwater cable to the Crimean peninsula in April 1855, news reached London in a few hours. The daily news reports energised public opinion, which brought down the Aberdeen government and carried Lord Palmerston into office as prime minister. Historian R.B. McCallum points out the war was enthusiastically supported by the British populace as it was happening, but the mood changed very dramatically afterwards. Pacifists and critics were unpopular but: As the memory of the \"Charge of the Light Brigade\" demonstrates, the war became an iconic symbol of logistical, medical", "title": "Crimean War" }, { "docid": "15100867", "text": "brilliant Athenian offensive overseen by the aged but hardy Miltiades: who overran the Persian army just landed upon their coasts, cutting their opponents down to the last man. But some of the Greeks' enemies are more than mortal: Aphrodite herself swears vengeance for the actions of their forebears in destroying her beloved Troy generations ago. The poem is written in heroic couplet that is in iambic pentameter rhymed AABBCCDD... The Battle of Marathon: A Poem The Battle of Marathon is a rhymed, dramatic, narrative-poem by Elizabeth Barrett (later Browning). Written in 1820, when Barrett was just 14, it retells powerfully", "title": "The Battle of Marathon: A Poem" }, { "docid": "4930583", "text": "The Light Brigade (The Outer Limits) \"The Light Brigade\" is an episode of \"The Outer Limits\" television series that first aired on 23 June 1996, during the second season. The episode is a sequel to the season one episode \"Quality of Mercy\". Robert Patrick reprises his role as Major John Skokes. Four soldiers, including repatriated prisoner of war Major John Skokes, are the last survivors of a space battle. On board a crippled space cruiser, they are slowly dying of radiation poisoning, but they are the only remaining chance to launch a strike against the alien enemy. In this episode,", "title": "The Light Brigade (The Outer Limits)" }, { "docid": "3976933", "text": "the Crimean War and saw action, as part of the light brigade under the command of Major General the Earl of Cardigan, at the Battle of Alma in September 1854. The regiment, commanded by Captain William Morris, was in the first line of cavalry on the left flank during the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854. The brigade drove through the Russian artillery before smashing straight into the Russian cavalry and pushing them back; it was unable to consolidate its position, however, having insufficient forces and had to withdraw to its starting position,", "title": "17th Lancers" }, { "docid": "12375421", "text": "a speech in the House of Lords on 19 March. Lucan evidently escaped blame for the charge, as he was made a member of the Order of the Bath in July of that same year. Although he never again saw active duty, he reached the rank of general in 1865 and was made a field marshal in the year before his death. The charge continues to be studied by modern military historians and students as an example of what can go wrong when accurate military intelligence is lacking and orders are unclear. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who was a keen", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "8222612", "text": "command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Yorke, also took part in the charge of the heavy brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 during the Crimean War. Having been re-titled the 1st (Royal) Dragoons in 1877, the regiment also saw action at the Battle of Abu Klea in January 1885 during the Mahdist War. In January 1900, during the Second Boer War, the regiment was part of a force that set out to discover the western flank of the Boer lines. It was able to ambush a column of about 200 Boers near Acton Homes and successfully trapped about 40", "title": "1st The Royal Dragoons" }, { "docid": "12375430", "text": "a sequel about the way in which England was treating its old soldiers. Some sources treat the poem as an account of a real event, but other commentators class the destitute old soldiers as allegorical, with the visit invented by Kipling to draw attention to the poverty in which the real survivors were living, in the same way that he evoked Tommy Atkins in \"The Absent-Minded Beggar\" (1899). See also \"Back to the Army Again\" for a poem by Rudyard Kipling about a discharged soldier who re-joins the army under a false name as the only way to get away", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "15100866", "text": "The Battle of Marathon: A Poem The Battle of Marathon is a rhymed, dramatic, narrative-poem by Elizabeth Barrett (later Browning). Written in 1820, when Barrett was just 14, it retells powerfully The Battle of Marathon: during which the Athenian state defeated the much larger invading force during the first Persian invasion of Greece. When Darius the Great orders his immense army march west to annex additional territories; no-one in the Persian court predicted that some fractious, independent Greek city-states stood any chance against the Persian super-power. And yet at Marathon in 490BC, Darius' plans received a decisive check in the", "title": "The Battle of Marathon: A Poem" }, { "docid": "4755301", "text": "undertook six bombardments of the capital, on 17 October 1854; and on 9 April, 6 June, 17 June, 17 August, and 5 September 1855. Sevastopol is one of the classic sieges of all time. The city of Sevastopol was the home of the Tsar's Black Sea Fleet, which threatened the Mediterranean. The Russian field army withdrew before the allies could encircle it. The siege was the culminating struggle for the strategic Russian port in 1854–55 and was the final episode in the Crimean War. During the Victorian Era, these battles were repeatedly memorialized. The Siege of Sevastopol was the subject", "title": "Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)" }, { "docid": "12270211", "text": "the newly formed Imperial Camel Corps Battalions. 3rd Light Horse Brigade The 3rd Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade first saw action during the Dardanelles Campaign in the Battle of Gallipoli where they were noted for their charge during the Battle of the Nek. After being withdrawn to Egypt in February 1916 they were involved in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end of the war. They were attached to a number of different formations being part of", "title": "3rd Light Horse Brigade" }, { "docid": "12270203", "text": "3rd Light Horse Brigade The 3rd Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade first saw action during the Dardanelles Campaign in the Battle of Gallipoli where they were noted for their charge during the Battle of the Nek. After being withdrawn to Egypt in February 1916 they were involved in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end of the war. They were attached to a number of different formations being part of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps", "title": "3rd Light Horse Brigade" }, { "docid": "8626103", "text": "of all that was important, including the unusual and eccentric. It was an instant success under the auspices of its first editor Mark Lemon. \"The Field\" was started as a weekly magazine in 1853. The magazine had its own Crimean correspondent, trumpeting the view that the dashing deeds carried out on the field of battle were due in no small part to field sports and the following of manly country occupations. On November 18, 1854 \"The Field\" carried personal narratives of those involved in the Charge of the Light Brigade. J. H. Walsh initiated a series of field trials for", "title": "The Field (magazine)" }, { "docid": "10286575", "text": "of the Light Brigade at Balaklava and survived, lightly wounded but not captured. Doyle fought at four major Crimean War battles: Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol. He was a member of the Balaclava Commemoration Society, made up of survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade of 1854. In Manchester in 1877 he published a memoir of his service titled \"A Descriptive Account of the Famous Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava\". John Doyle (British Army soldier) John Doyle (abt. 1828 - August 1892) was an Irishman who served in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (a light cavalry", "title": "John Doyle (British Army soldier)" }, { "docid": "12375425", "text": "at the fashionable Willis's Rooms, St James's Square. Reunion dinners were held for a number of years. On 2 August 1890, trumpeter Martin Leonard Landfried, from the 17th Lancers, who may (or may not) have sounded the bugle charge at Balaclava, made a recording on an Edison cylinder that can be heard , with a bugle which had been used at Waterloo in 1815. In 2004, on the 150th anniversary of the charge, a commemoration of the event was held at Balaklava. As part of the anniversary, a monument dedicated to the 25,000 British participants of the conflict was unveiled", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "12375417", "text": "that Nolan would have been \"broke by court martial\" if he had survived. The brigade was not completely destroyed, but did suffer terribly, with 118 men killed, 127 wounded, and about 60 taken prisoner. After regrouping, only 195 men were still with horses. The futility of the action and its reckless bravery prompted the French Marshal Pierre Bosquet to state: \"\"C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre.\"\" (\"It is magnificent, but it is not war.\") He continued, in a rarely quoted phrase: \"\"C'est de la folie\"\" — \"It is madness.\" The Russian commanders are said to have initially believed", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "10468198", "text": "reimbursements, forcing the Lords to backtrack and approve the original bill. Liberals rallied to Gladstone's anti-elitism, pointing to the case of Lord Cardigan (1797–1868), who spent £40,000 for his commission and proved utterly incompetent in the Crimean war, where he ordered the disastrous \"Charge of the Light Brigade\" in 1854. Cardwell was not powerful enough to install a general staff system; that had to await the 20th century. He did rearrange the war department. He made the office of Secretary of State for War superior to the Army's commander in Chief; the commander was His Royal Highness The Duke of", "title": "Premierships of William Ewart Gladstone" }, { "docid": "7987838", "text": "at the centre of the 'black bottle' affair, when Moselle wine was ordered for a guest rather than the champagne that Lord Cardigan had required. The wine was served in a black bottle, causing Cardigan to assume that the officers were consuming beer, a drink for enlisted men. The officer actually concerned was Captain John Reynolds. In the film all of the Light Brigade regiments are outfitted with cherry coloured breeches when only the 11th Hussars wore breeches of that colour. Officers and troopers of the other four regiments wore dark blue breeches, with double yellow stripes, or in the", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)" }, { "docid": "9980047", "text": "forces, these units frequently sided with whoever was the strongest in an area. Soviet Communist partisans also raided Tartar villages as punishment for perceived collaboration. Toward the end of the war, the SS began enlisting every Eastern Muslim in its reach. In summer of 1944, 800 former soldiers of Tatar units who had been evacuated from Crimea to Romania were recruited into the Tatar SS Waffen Mountain Brigade or \"Tatarische Waffen-Gebirgs-Brigade der SS\". These fought in Hungary before integration into Harun al-Rashid's legions. However, not all Tatars joined the collaboration; Crimean Tatar Ahmet Özenbaşlı, for instance, strongly opposed the occupation", "title": "Deportation of the Crimean Tatars" }, { "docid": "14463959", "text": "Crimean War Research Society The Crimean War Research Society (CWRS) is an international society of professional and amateur historians who research the Crimean War of 1854-56. The Society aims to bring previously unpublished or under researched material concerning the Crimean War to the attention of a wider audience, together with making it available to present and future historians. It publishes a quarterly journal, \"The War Correspondent\". Founded in London in 1983, the Society's original members were largely also members of the Victorian Military Society (VMS), who, dissatisfied with the coverage given to the Crimean War by the VMS and its", "title": "Crimean War Research Society" }, { "docid": "1608856", "text": "James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (16 October 1797 – 28 March 1868) was an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. He led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Throughout his life in politics and his long military career he characterised the arrogant and extravagant aristocrat of the period. His progression through the Army was marked by many episodes of extraordinary incompetence, but also by generosity to the men under his command and genuine bravery. As a member", "title": "James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan" }, { "docid": "12375427", "text": "was one of thirty-eight men of the 145 of the 17th Lancers that came out of the charge led by Cardigan, and was always of the opinion that no one sounded the charge at all. He was in the battles of Alma and Mackenzie's Farm, and the storming and taking of Sebastopol, and before leaving for Varna marched with his regiment from Hampton Court to Portsmouth. In \"The Cambrian News\" of 30 June 1916, the passing of another 'last' was noted, Thomas Warr, aged 85, at Dorchester: At the meeting of the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation in London last week", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "18648038", "text": "Cross for rescuing a comrade under fire despite being severely injured himself. The story of Alexander Roberts Dunn, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving the lives of two comrades during the Charge of the Light Brigade of the Crimean War, is also illustrated. The museum has a shop which sells a range of military-related products and memorabilia, and there is a nearby cafe, Cafe Peninsula, also located in the Peninsula Barracks. It also keeps archives of papers and books relating to the founding regiments of the 10th and 11th Royal Hussars. HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal", "title": "HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars" }, { "docid": "4060127", "text": "An earlier monument on this site was a statue of Viscount Fitzgibbon of Mountshannon House, who was killed in The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in 1854, flanked by two Russian cannon captured in the Crimean War. This statue was blown up by the Irish Republican Army in 1930. The War of Independence memorial is located at the northern end of the bridge, commemorating two former mayors of Limerick (George Clancy and Michael O'Callaghan), among others, who were killed by the British in 1921. The quays on the northern shore are called Clancy Strand and O'Callaghan Strand in", "title": "Architecture of Limerick" }, { "docid": "5154905", "text": "days. On the other hand, having no official husband, she is believed by most to have conceived three children outside of wedlock, something that affects her social life. Thursday's husband, Landen is an award-winning novelist whose books include \"Bad Sofa\", \"Memoirs of A Crimean Veteran\" and \"Once Were Scoundrels\". He served as an officer in the Crimean War (still raging in Fforde's alternate 1985), during which he came into contact with Thursday, with whom he fell in love, and her brother Anton, who became his best friend. During the disastrous battle which became known as the \"Charge of the Light-Armoured", "title": "Characters in the Thursday Next series" }, { "docid": "4661832", "text": "the Crimean War, and at the Battle of Alma his division led the French attack. When the Anglo-French troops formed the siege of Sevastopol, Bosquet's corps of two divisions protected them against interruption. Referring to the Charge of the Light Brigade, Bosquet muttered the memorable line: \"C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie\" (\"It is magnificent, but it is not war: it is madness\"). His timely intervention at the Battle of Inkerman (5 November 1854) secured the victory for the allies. During 1855 Bosquet's corps occupied the right wing of the besieging armies opposite the", "title": "Pierre François Bosquet" }, { "docid": "12375412", "text": "in their onset. In the two regiments which I had the honour to lead, every officer, with one exception, was either killed or wounded, or had his horse shot under him or injured. Those regiments proceeded, followed by the second line, consisting of two more regiments of cavalry, which continued to perform the duty of cutting down the Russian gunners. Then came the third line, formed of another regiment, which endeavoured to complete the duty assigned to our brigade. I believe that this was achieved with great success, and the result was that this body, composed of only about 670", "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade" }, { "docid": "14463964", "text": "In addition, national and international research and study visits are undertaken; these have included trips to the Crimea to visit the original battlefields and memorials of the Crimean War. The Society publishes a wide range of publications and documents of interest to those researching the War, including copies of contemporary maps and books, information sheets on the contents of regimental museums, bibliographies, medal rolls and other books and booklets written by the Society's members. Crimean War Research Society The Crimean War Research Society (CWRS) is an international society of professional and amateur historians who research the Crimean War of 1854-56.", "title": "Crimean War Research Society" }, { "docid": "572725", "text": "of the Ukrainian national awakening and the creation of the Kiev Hromada (Kiev Community). Dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war was growing with the public in the UK and in other countries, aggravated by reports of fiascos, especially the devastating losses of the heroic Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. On Sunday, 21 January 1855, a \"snowball riot\" occurred in Trafalgar Square near St Martin-in-the-Fields in which 1,500 people gathered to protest against the war by pelting buses, cabs and pedestrians with snow balls. When the police intervened, the snowballs were directed at the officers.", "title": "Crimean War" }, { "docid": "8085670", "text": "There, Vickers finds and kills Surat Khan, at the cost of his own life. Later, it emerges that Maj. Vickers wrote to Sir Charles Macefield explaining his actions, a note which he forced his brother Perry to deliver, under threat of court martial, so sparing his brother almost certain death. After receiving Maj. Vickers' explanation of why the charge happened, Macefield takes responsibility and burns the note to protect Vickers' good name. The charge had been portrayed in a British movie, \"The Jaws of Death\", in 1930. Warner Bros were inspired to make the film after \"Lives of a Bengal", "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)" }, { "docid": "5430711", "text": "Robert Radcliffe, tells the story of a Flying Fortress bomber crew in the USAAF 520th Bombardment Group, based on a Suffolk airbase. The novel takes its title directly from this piece, and although not mentioning the poem directly, comparisons are drawn between \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" and particular bombing missions over occupied Europe which elicited a very high casualty rate, underlining the futility of the survival odds for any given bomber crew. English singer songwriter Al Stewart makes reference to Brooke in his song \"Somewhere in England (1915)\" from the album \"A Beach Full of Shells\": “And the", "title": "The Soldier (poem)" }, { "docid": "1608903", "text": "the 2015 video game \"Assassin's Creed Syndicate\" by Ubisoft, set in 1868. In the game, Cardigan is a member of the Templar Order who headed a plot to assassinate the Prime-Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The lead character, Jacob Frye, discovers the plot, prevents Disraeli's death and finally tracks down and kills Cardigan. James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (16 October 1797 – 28 March 1868) was an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. He led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle", "title": "James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan" } ]

[ "KJR", "KJR (disambiguation)" ]

[ { "docid": "3571394", "text": "KJR (AM) KJR (950 AM, \"Sports Radio 950\") is an all-sports radio station owned by iHeartMedia and located in Seattle, Washington. It was Seattle's only all-sports talk radio station until 710 KIRO affiliated itself with ESPN. KJR is now the Puget Sound region's home of Fox Sports Radio and NBC Sports Radio, and the station, mainly during Seahawks season, uses the slogan \"Home of the 12th Man\". KJR's transmitter site is on Vashon Island, and operates from its studios in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of downtown. KJR is one of the oldest radio stations in the United States. Its first", "title": "KJR (AM)" } ]

[ { "docid": "7013113", "text": "on the Country Albums chart for the week of October 25, 1986, and peaked at #1 for the week of January 21, 1987. It stayed at the top for 3 consecutive weeks. What Am I Gonna Do About You What Am I Gonna Do About You is the 11th studio album released by American country music artist Reba McEntire. The album was released September 2, 1986 on MCA Records and was produced by McEntire and Jimmy Bowen. It was the second #1 album on the Billboard country charts, containing two #1 singles, \"What Am I Gonna Do About You\" and", "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You" }, { "docid": "7013112", "text": "What Am I Gonna Do About You What Am I Gonna Do About You is the 11th studio album released by American country music artist Reba McEntire. The album was released September 2, 1986 on MCA Records and was produced by McEntire and Jimmy Bowen. It was the second #1 album on the Billboard country charts, containing two #1 singles, \"What Am I Gonna Do About You\" and \"One Promise Too Late\". The opening track \"Why Not Tonight\" was also featured on the end credits of the 1990 film \"Tremors\" which was her film debut. The album debuted at #36", "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You" }, { "docid": "13793560", "text": "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) \"What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)\" is a 1964 single written by Ray Whitley and recorded by The Tams. The single was their most successful release on both the United States R&B and pop charts. \"What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)\" went to number one on the \"Cash Box\" R&B chart and peaked at number nine on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. this track was one of the many hit records recorded at Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Musicians on this track included", "title": "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)" }, { "docid": "19429189", "text": "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am) \"What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)\" is a song written by Loretta Lynn and Teddy Wilburn that was also recorded by Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in August 1967 via Decca Records. \"What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)\" was recorded at the Bradley's Barn on January 18, 1967. Located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, the session was produced by renowned country music producer Owen Bradley. Three additional tracks were recorded during this session. \"What Kind of a Girl (Do You", "title": "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" }, { "docid": "11011222", "text": "KOEL (AM) KOEL (950 AM) is US a radio station serving Waterloo, Cedar Falls and surrounding cities with a news/talk format. The station broadcasts on AM frequency 950 kHz and is under the ownership of Townsquare Media. Despite different owners and affiliations, KOEL and KWWL maintain a strong partnership. On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including KOEL, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management. The sale to Townsquare was completed on November", "title": "KOEL (AM)" }, { "docid": "13759373", "text": "What Am I Gonna Do About You (song) \"What Am I Gonna Do About You\" is a song written by Jim Allison, Doug Gilmore, and Bob Simon. It was first recorded by American country music artist Con Hunley in 1986 on the Capitol Records label and later by Reba McEntire for her 1986 studio album of the same name. Produced by Jimmy Bowen and McEntire, it was a number one single on the \"Billboard Magazine\" country music chart. It debuted at #54 on the Hot Country Single's chart for the week of October 11, 1986 and peaked at #1 for", "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You (song)" }, { "docid": "13759377", "text": "first single to top the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks charts, reaching number one January 24. What Am I Gonna Do About You (song) \"What Am I Gonna Do About You\" is a song written by Jim Allison, Doug Gilmore, and Bob Simon. It was first recorded by American country music artist Con Hunley in 1986 on the Capitol Records label and later by Reba McEntire for her 1986 studio album of the same name. Produced by Jimmy Bowen and McEntire, it was a number one single on the \"Billboard Magazine\" country music chart. It debuted at #54 on the Hot", "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You (song)" }, { "docid": "13381292", "text": "Am\" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 16, 1992. What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am \"What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am\" is a song recorded by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell, written by Al Carmichael and Gary Griffin. It was released in May 1992 as the second single from the album, \"Love Without Mercy\". The song was Parnell's fifth single release, and his first to reach Top 40 on the Hot Country Songs charts. It is also one of three", "title": "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" }, { "docid": "13381291", "text": "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am \"What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am\" is a song recorded by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell, written by Al Carmichael and Gary Griffin. It was released in May 1992 as the second single from the album, \"Love Without Mercy\". The song was Parnell's fifth single release, and his first to reach Top 40 on the Hot Country Songs charts. It is also one of three singles in his career to reach number two on the country music charts. \"What Kind of Fool Do You Think I", "title": "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" }, { "docid": "18110730", "text": "chorus – \"What would you do/if Jesus came to your house/to spend some time with you\" – is sung, it was one of his first songs that were spoken, as most of his later well-known songs were. What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House) \"What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House)\" is a country gospel song, written by Yolanda Adams, Errol McCalla Jr., Jonathan Broussard and Marcus Ecby, and popularized in 1956 by up-and-coming country singer Porter Wagoner. Wagoner's version reached No. 8 on the \"Billboard\" country charts in the spring of 1956, and", "title": "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House)" }, { "docid": "13793561", "text": "Norbert Putman on bass, Jerry Carrigan on drums, David Briggs on piano, and Terry Thompson and Earl \"Peanut\" Montgomery on guitar. The song was covered by Bill Deal and the Rhondels in 1969, and peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Del Shannon covered this song on his posthumously-released album \"Rock On!\". What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) \"What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)\" is a 1964 single written by Ray Whitley and recorded by The Tams. The single was their most successful release on both the United States R&B and pop charts.", "title": "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)" }, { "docid": "13759374", "text": "the week of January 17, 1987. \"What Am I Gonna Do About You\" was recorded by Con Hunley in 1985 on the Capitol Records label with \"Lord, She Sure Looks Good Tonight\" on the B-side. His version was released on the Capitol #5525, spending 15 weeks on the country charts and peaking at #48. It was recorded by Reba McEntire in 1986 at the Sound Stage Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The song is characterized as a slow ballad, which describes how a woman tries to recover from a love affair, saying throughout the song, \"what am I gonna do about", "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You (song)" }, { "docid": "19429190", "text": "Think I Am)\" reached number five on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles survey in 1967. The song became her eleventh top ten single under the Decca recording label. Secondly, the song became Lynn's first single to chart in Canada. It peaked at number six on the Canadian \"RPM Country Tracks\" chart. It was included on her studio album, \"Fist City\" (1968). What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am) \"What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)\" is a song written by Loretta Lynn and Teddy Wilburn that was also recorded by Loretta Lynn. It was", "title": "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" }, { "docid": "8027986", "text": "Dial Global Local Dial Global Local (formerly Waitt Radio Networks) was a national radio network based in Omaha, Nebraska, formerly owned by NRG Media and purchased in April 2008 by Triton Radio Networks. As a subsidiary of Dial Global, they specialized in 24-hour formats for affiliated radio stations across the United States and Canada which are specifically localized for their client stations, although they also were known for commercial production services. Dial Global Local also provides their affiliates with coverage of breaking news events. In June 2012, due to reorganizations at Dial Global, the Dial Global Local 24/7 formats were", "title": "Dial Global Local" }, { "docid": "20608312", "text": "Radio\" and \"Because I Love You\" (the band's most popular songs). The perennial \"Because I Love You\" also gained new prominence around that time via its use in a series of advertisements for a well-known brand of jeans; the revamped version of \"Because I Love You\" peaked at No. 30 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Charts. Side B is live recordings taken from the 1988 reunion tour. All songs written by Doug Ford and Jim Keays, except where noted. Do What You Wanna Do (album) Do What You Wanna Do is the fifth studio album by the", "title": "Do What You Wanna Do (album)" }, { "docid": "18110729", "text": "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House) \"What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House)\" is a country gospel song, written by Yolanda Adams, Errol McCalla Jr., Jonathan Broussard and Marcus Ecby, and popularized in 1956 by up-and-coming country singer Porter Wagoner. Wagoner's version reached No. 8 on the \"Billboard\" country charts in the spring of 1956, and was the higher of two competing chart versions released that year. Also in 1956, another up-and-coming country singer, Red Sovine, released his own version on Decca Records, which peaked at No. 15. For Sovine, although the main", "title": "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House)" }, { "docid": "7126096", "text": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Echo & the Bunnymen. The album saw the departure of bassist Les Pattinson from the group, partly due to disagreements with vocalist Ian McCulloch; McCulloch and the remaining band member, guitarist Will Sergeant, subsequently recorded the record with session musicians. The London Metropolitan Orchestra provided backing music and the American alternative hip hop band Fun Lovin' Criminals appeared as guest musicians on two tracks. The album was produced by Alan Douglas and", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "9675458", "text": "the station had been sold. One month later, on September 12, 2011 at 12 P.M., WHAT changed their format to Spanish-language music, branded as \"El Zol 1340 AM\" WHAT (AM) WHAT (1340 kHz) is a commercial radio station located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcasting on 1340 AM. The station is owned by Aztec Capital Partners, Inc. On October 17, 1922, a new Philadelphia radio station was authorized by the government to the Lennig Brothers Co, a radio supply company headed up by Frederick Lennig at 827 Spring Garden Street. Ownership of the station changed twice within a two-year span. In 1939,", "title": "WHAT (AM)" }, { "docid": "20155751", "text": "What You Do (song) \"What You Do\" is a song recorded by Polish singer Margaret for her third studio album, \"Monkey Business\" (2017). The song was written by Margaret, Arash Labaf, Robert Uhlmann, Anderz Wrethov and Thomas Karlsson, and produced by Uhlmann, Labaf and Wrethov, with co-production from Alex Papaconstantinou. \"What You Do\" was released worldwide as the lead single from \"Monkey Business\" on 12 May 2017. The single reached number fourteen on the Polish Airplay Chart. It also charted in Russia and received radio airplay in Sweden (the single peaked at number one on RIX FM chart) where Margaret", "title": "What You Do (song)" }, { "docid": "18937838", "text": "\"What do you mean / When you nod your head yes, but you wanna say no? / What do you mean / When you don't want me to move, but you tell me to go?.\" \"USA Today\" Carly Mallenbaum, who heard the song in early August, described it as a \"catchy dance track for the club\". Similarly, a writer for \"The Daily Beast\" said, \"['What Do You Mean?' is] pretty damn catchy; a slow-burner that, like that collab, swells into a Bieber banger\". Gil Kaufman of MTV News also called it a \"banger\", explaining, \"the track is classic JB: seductive,", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "8475760", "text": "area. Although WORD transmits with 5,000 watts of power like its counterpart, WYRD, its signal is somewhat stronger due to its lower dial position. The station added WYRD-FM, at 106.3 on the dial, as a second simulcast partner in 2008. WORD (AM) WORD, known on-air as \"ESPN Upstate\", is a sports-formatted radio station in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of Upstate South Carolina. The Entercom Communications outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Spartanburg, SC, and broadcasts at 950 kHz with power of 5,000 watts non-directional daytime and directional at night. The programming on WORD is simulultaneously broadcast on", "title": "WORD (AM)" }, { "docid": "8027988", "text": "Rock 2.0); and Bob FM (replaced by Jack FM, now a Dial Global Total offering). On April 30, 2008, it was announced that NRG Media had sold the assets of Waitt Radio Networks to Triton Radio Networks, which also operates Dial Global Digital 24/7 formats (once part of Westwood One). According to Dial Global's website, Dial Global's plans are to merge Waitt's existing 24-hour formats and commercial production services into its own operations . The merger was complete in 2010. Dial Global Local Dial Global Local (formerly Waitt Radio Networks) was a national radio network based in Omaha, Nebraska, formerly", "title": "Dial Global Local" }, { "docid": "18019380", "text": "third week with sales of 7,326 units. Carey and Wale performed \"You Don't Know What to Do\" on the \"Today\" show on May 16, 2014. The performance also included renditions of Carey's previous singles \"Always Be My Baby\" (1996) and \"Touch My Body\" (2008). Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse\". You Don't Know What to Do \"You Don't Know What to Do\" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey included on her fourteenth studio album, \"Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse \" (2014), and features rapper Wale. The", "title": "You Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "7126107", "text": "the 2000 EP, \"Avalanche\", which was only available to buy over the internet. All tracks written by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant. with: What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Echo & the Bunnymen. The album saw the departure of bassist Les Pattinson from the group, partly due to disagreements with vocalist Ian McCulloch; McCulloch and the remaining band member, guitarist Will Sergeant, subsequently recorded the record with session musicians. The London Metropolitan Orchestra provided backing music and the", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "8383216", "text": "KKSE (AM) KKSE (950 kHz, \"Altitude Sports AM 950\") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Parker, Colorado, and serving the Denver metropolitan area. The station is owned by Stan Kroenke's KSE Radio Ventures. It mostly simulcasts co-owned KKSE-FM 92.5. KKSE-AM-FM air a sports talk radio format branded as \"Altitude Sports 92.5 FM.\" KKSE-AM-FM have studios on South Colorado Boulevard in Glendale, with the AM transmitter located off Riverdale Road in Denver. KSE Radio Ventures also owns sister stations 100.3 KIMN and 105.1 KXKL-FM. KKSE-AM-FM have local sports hosts most of the day and carry syndicated programming from Fox", "title": "KKSE (AM)" }, { "docid": "11011223", "text": "14, 2013. On weekdays, KOEL-AM broadcasts news/talk programming as well as local agriculture business, sports reports, community calendar, lunch specials and stock market reports, with ABC News broadcast on the hour, along with Oelwein Huskies play by play. At weekends, KOEL has brief news breaks from ABC News with home improvement tips, field and stream radio, and classic country music (when not in special programming mode). KOEL (AM) KOEL (950 AM) is US a radio station serving Waterloo, Cedar Falls and surrounding cities with a news/talk format. The station broadcasts on AM frequency 950 kHz and is under the ownership", "title": "KOEL (AM)" }, { "docid": "13759375", "text": "you.\" The song's chorus is also repeated throughout the song: Upon its release and many years afterward, \"What Am I Gonna Do About You\" gained positive reviews. Although William Ruhlmann of \"Allmusic\" found the song not to have the characteristics of her previous releases, he received the song well. Ruhlmann found it to be nearly similar to that of her number one single, \"Whoever's in New England,\" stating, \"the title song had something of the feel of \"Whoever's in New England\" in its portrayal of a woman trying to recover from a painfully ended love affair.\" \"What Am I Gonna", "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You (song)" }, { "docid": "18870135", "text": "What You Don't Do \"What You Don't Do\" is a single by British recording artist Lianne La Havas. Released on 7 August 2015, the song peaked at No.69 on the Ultratip Belgium Flanders charts. Following the touring La Havas embarked on in order to promote her debut album \"Your Love Big Enough?\", she traveled to Jamaica along with her mother in order to regain connections with her roots. During her time in Jamaica La Havas played music for her family alongside dancehall and reggae producer Stephen McGregor (known under his production name Di Genius), who would later go on to", "title": "What You Don't Do" }, { "docid": "18870137", "text": "positive slogan talking about games that the vocalist is not \"forced to endure\". What You Don't Do \"What You Don't Do\" is a single by British recording artist Lianne La Havas. Released on 7 August 2015, the song peaked at No.69 on the Ultratip Belgium Flanders charts. Following the touring La Havas embarked on in order to promote her debut album \"Your Love Big Enough?\", she traveled to Jamaica along with her mother in order to regain connections with her roots. During her time in Jamaica La Havas played music for her family alongside dancehall and reggae producer Stephen McGregor", "title": "What You Don't Do" }, { "docid": "15979701", "text": "me for?' she calls over a squelchy and thoroughly grindable bassline with just enough disgust in her tone to warn off any fellas who think she's a cheap date. We hate to break it to you Pix, but wearing a snakeskin leotard and popping your crotch on the dancefloor in your accompanying music video will do little to help your cause...you big tease!\" \"What Do You Take Me For?\" debuted at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 34,335 copies, becoming Lott's first non-number-one single to chart inside the top 10. The following week, it fell", "title": "What Do You Take Me For?" }, { "docid": "12581043", "text": "KJTV (AM) KJTV (950 AM, \"100.7 The Score) is a Lubbock, Texas, radio station broadcasting with a daytime power of 5,000 watts. Programming includes both local and nationally syndicated sports talk shows. It is owned by Ramar Communications, co-owned with several sister radio and television stations including its television partner. Its studios are located at 98th and University in south Lubbock, and its transmitter is in Mackenzie Park east of downtown. KJTV (as KSEL 950 1,000 watts Day, 500 watts Night) was the second radio station established in Lubbock, signing on in 1946. KCBD 1590 was third in 1949 and", "title": "KJTV (AM)" }, { "docid": "9675451", "text": "WHAT (AM) WHAT (1340 kHz) is a commercial radio station located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcasting on 1340 AM. The station is owned by Aztec Capital Partners, Inc. On October 17, 1922, a new Philadelphia radio station was authorized by the government to the Lennig Brothers Co, a radio supply company headed up by Frederick Lennig at 827 Spring Garden Street. Ownership of the station changed twice within a two-year span. In 1939, the Bonwit Teller department store replaced The Evening Ledger newspaper as owner; in July 1940, J. David Stern, who published The Philadelphia Record newspaper bought the station from", "title": "WHAT (AM)" }, { "docid": "7126106", "text": "& the Bunnymen left London Records in early 2000. McCulloch said, \"What they said is, 'We'll keep you on if you don't take as much money as in the contract,' and we had no intention of staying anyway, so it was kind of 'were we pushed or did we fall?'\" There was also a change in the band's management with Toogood departing to start his own record label. With the session musicians who recorded \"What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?\" moving on, McCulloch and Sergeant recruited a new band, with whom they would go on to record", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "5445500", "text": "KXLY (AM) KXLY is a news/talk radio outlet based in Spokane, Washington. The station, which operates at 920 kHz on the AM dial and has a translator at 100.7 MHz on the FM dial, offers a lineup of local and national news stories and syndicated talk shows. KXLY also share a website and news resources with sister station KXLY-TV. It is the flagship station of The Cougar Sports Radio Network, broadcast Washington State Cougar football and men's basketball games. It is also the alternate affiliate of the Seattle Mariners baseball network. KXLY is owned by Morgan Murphy Media. KXLY, Spokane's", "title": "KXLY (AM)" }, { "docid": "6187569", "text": "To Get You into My Life\", \"And Your Bird Can Sing\" and \"Mother Nature's Son\". You Know What to Do \"You Know What to Do\" was one of the first songs written and recorded by George Harrison with the Beatles. It was recorded on 3 June 1964 but remained unreleased until its inclusion on the band's 1995 outtakes compilation \"Anthology 1\". During a photographic assignment on the morning of 3 June 1964, Ringo Starr was taken ill with tonsillitis and pharyngitis, 24 hours before the Beatles were due to leave for a six-country tour. The recording session booked for that", "title": "You Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "9091057", "text": "KPRC (AM) KPRC (950 kHz) is a commercial AM talk radio station in Houston, Texas, branded as \"AM 950 KPRC.\" It is the oldest radio station licensed to Houston and still on the air to this day. KPRC is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station's studios are located along the West Loop Freeway in the city's Uptown district. The transmitter site is located at the Interstate 610 North Loop and Liberty Road in the Settegast neighborhood on the northeast side. KPRC broadcasts with 5,000 watts around the clock. At night, to protect other stations on AM 950, it uses a", "title": "KPRC (AM)" }, { "docid": "20249678", "text": "treatment of transgender suicide ('Paracetamol') with subtlety and skill. Standout 'Make Me Your Queen' is a rare moment of intimacy as he laments the ache of unrequited love, again with a delicacy and wisdom beyond his years.\" What Do You Think About the Car? What Do You Think About the Car? is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician Declan McKenna. It was released worldwide on 21 July 2017, through Columbia Records. \"What Do You Think About the Car?\" has been described as featuring indie rock throughout. In 2015, at age 15, McKenna won the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging", "title": "What Do You Think About the Car?" }, { "docid": "15814083", "text": "after the album's release by Capitol Records. This was due to a parcel of tepid reviews and soft sales for Garth Brooks side project, Chris Gaines. Deborah Evans Price, of \"Billboard\" magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a \"high-energy, uptempo, and buoyed by tasty fiddle and crisp, clean production.\" She goes on to say that the \"positive message and infectious melody should make it a quick radio favorite.\" On Brooks' performance she says that it is \"personality-packed\" and \"full of conviction and passion.\" \"Do What You Gotta Do\" debuted at number 61 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "7532879", "text": "AM (Australian radio series) AM, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship current-affairs radio program, is one of Australia's longest-running productions. Its tagline is \"Ensure you are informed.\" \"AM\" was created in 1967 for what were then ABC Radio 1 and Radio 3 (now ABC Local Radio). Aired every morning at 8 am (after the 7.45 am news bulletin), it soon became Australia's most-popular morning radio current-affairs program. Two years later, ABC Radio's evening current-affairs program, \"PM\" was created as a companion program. It is now the ABC's flagship evening current affairs program. \"AM\" was later introduced to ABC Radio 2 (now", "title": "AM (Australian radio series)" }, { "docid": "11508698", "text": "presented an E.B. Craney Broadcasting Award for excellence in Radio Station Promotion at the annual meeting of the Montana Broadcasters Association. Kevin Skaalure of KTMX won a Craney for best Radio Public Service Campaign at the same ceremony. KCAP (AM) KCAP (950 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Helena, Montana. The station is owned by Kevin Terry, through licensee The Montana Radio Company, LLC. It airs a news/talk format. The station went on the air November 1, 1976 as KMTX. Until 2014, the station broadcast an adult standards format as \"Classy 950.\" In October 2014, Cherry Creek Radio", "title": "KCAP (AM)" }, { "docid": "10038255", "text": "Ain't What You Do \"Ain't What You Do\" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fifth and final single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, \"Nu-Flow\". \"Ain't What You Do\" became Big Brovaz' fifth UK hit but their first to miss the top ten, peaking at number fifteen and spending seven weeks inside the top seventy-five of the UK Singles Chart. The single was not released in Australia. \"Ain't What You Do\" is based on Fun Boy Three and Bananarama's collaboration \"It Ain't What You Do (It's the", "title": "Ain't What You Do" }, { "docid": "18019371", "text": "revealed to be called \"You Don't Know What to Do\", live during a mini-concert for \"Today\" held by Carey. Following the performance, Carey premiered the studio version on May 19 on \"The Russ Parr Morning Show\" radio show. A solo version which omits Wale's rap verses was later released in June 2014. The song was serviced to urban contemporary radio on June 30, 2014 and rhythmic contemporary radio on July 1, 2014, as the fourth single to be released from the album. When Carey released \"You Don't Know What to Do\" as the fourth single from the album, fans noticed", "title": "You Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "10038256", "text": "Way That You Do It)\". UK CD 1 UK CD 2 Ain't What You Do \"Ain't What You Do\" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fifth and final single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, \"Nu-Flow\". \"Ain't What You Do\" became Big Brovaz' fifth UK hit but their first to miss the top ten, peaking at number fifteen and spending seven weeks inside the top seventy-five of the UK Singles Chart. The single was not released in Australia. \"Ain't What You Do\" is based on Fun Boy", "title": "Ain't What You Do" }, { "docid": "13390308", "text": "Do You Love What You Feel \"Do You Love What You Feel\" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, \"Masterjam\", it spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart. It also peaked at number thirty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, \"Any Love\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\" peaked at number five on the disco/dance charts. It would be one of the", "title": "Do You Love What You Feel" }, { "docid": "18950230", "text": "already sung about the previous year in \"Take What You Find\" goes so far as to recommend taking any sexual encounter available, even if it means lowering one's standards: Charles Donovan's retrospective review on Allmusic described the new tack Reddy was taking: \"In search of a harder rock edge, Reddy employed Dr. Hook producer Ron Haffkine for \"Take What You Find\", but despite tougher material like 'Killer Barracuda,' this was essentially another MOR-focused collection. Whatever artistic development there might have been failed to reverse Reddy's commercial decline.\" The reviewer for \"Billboard\" magazine also noted the different feel of this project.", "title": "Take What You Find" }, { "docid": "18950228", "text": "Take What You Find Take What You Find is the twelfth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1980 by Capitol Records. It was her last album while under contract with the aforementioned record label before signing with MCA Records. Like the previous three -- \"We'll Sing in the Sunshine\", \"Live In London\", and \"Reddy\" -- it failed to sell enough copies to reach \"Billboard\" magazine's list of the 200 Top LP's & Tapes of the week in the US but also became her first studio LP that didn't have a single appearing on either", "title": "Take What You Find" }, { "docid": "11508696", "text": "KCAP (AM) KCAP (950 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Helena, Montana. The station is owned by Kevin Terry, through licensee The Montana Radio Company, LLC. It airs a news/talk format. The station went on the air November 1, 1976 as KMTX. Until 2014, the station broadcast an adult standards format as \"Classy 950.\" In October 2014, Cherry Creek Radio announced that it would purchase KMTX from The Montana Radio Company and move its news/talk programming to KMTX from the original KCAP (1340 AM) and KBLL (1240 AM); those stations went off the air on November 5, the", "title": "KCAP (AM)" }, { "docid": "7134818", "text": "talk station of a number of formats. AM 1310 began broadcasting in 1946 under the call sign WKMH. Originally a daytime-only station at 1540 on the AM dial, WKMH moved to its current 1310 frequency and began 24-hour operations in 1948. In its early years, WKMH (joined around 1950 by sister station WKMH-FM, simulcasting at 100.3 on the FM dial) was a typical suburban full-service radio station specializing in local news, information, sports, and mainly MOR-oriented pop music. WKMH's most popular personality was Robin Seymour (DJ), a pioneering rock and roll disk jockey in Detroit. Seymour's \"Bobbin' with Robin\" show", "title": "WDTW (AM)" }, { "docid": "13390309", "text": "last albums featuring lead vocalist Chaka Khan before fully going solo. Do You Love What You Feel \"Do You Love What You Feel\" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, \"Masterjam\", it spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart. It also peaked at number thirty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, \"Any Love\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\" peaked at number", "title": "Do You Love What You Feel" }, { "docid": "7126102", "text": "I'd say, 'Well, nowhere, it doesn't really have a place'.\" Released in March 1999, \"Rust\" was the first single to come from \"What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?\". The single peaked at number twenty-two on the UK Singles Chart, and \"NME\" magazine named it their Single of the Week. The album was released the following month on 16 April and, having failed to appeal to the public as much as the band's previous albums, peaked at number twenty-one on the UK Albums Chart. \"Get in the Car\", one of the tracks recorded with Fun Lovin' Criminals, was", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "7532884", "text": "\"PM\" are two of the most recognisable in Australia. The two themes, composed by Tony Ansell and Peter Wall (who composed many themes for the ABC News and Current Affairs Department in the 1980s). The similarity between the themes represents a significant link between the sister programmes. AM (Australian radio series) AM, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship current-affairs radio program, is one of Australia's longest-running productions. Its tagline is \"Ensure you are informed.\" \"AM\" was created in 1967 for what were then ABC Radio 1 and Radio 3 (now ABC Local Radio). Aired every morning at 8 am (after the", "title": "AM (Australian radio series)" }, { "docid": "18937858", "text": "Do You Mean?\" was performed at the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards on October 25. Moreover, the song was also included on the set list for the Purpose World Tour. What Do You Mean? \"What Do You Mean?\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album \"Purpose\" (2015). The song was released on August 28, 2015, as the album's lead single by Def Jam. Written by Bieber, Jason \"Poo Bear\" Boyd and Mason Levy, the song was produced by MdL and co-produced by Bieber. \"What Do You Mean?\" is a pop and tropical house", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "19757458", "text": "On the Ride (You Do It Once, You Do It Twice) \"On the Ride (You Do It Once, You Do It Twice)\" is a song recorded and released as a single in 1972 by the Dutch musical ensemble, Continental Uptight Band. It was written by Lynsey de Paul (credited as Rubin) and Edward Adamberry. The single was a chart hit in the Netherlands, reaching No. 23 in March 1972. It also reached No. 21 on the Radio Northsea International Prediction Hit 40 listing on 4 March 1972 after being a Smash Play on the radio station a month earlier. The", "title": "On the Ride (You Do It Once, You Do It Twice)" }, { "docid": "20426528", "text": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song) Do What You Gotta Do is a song that was written by Jimmy Webb. It was an R&B hit for Al Wilson in 1968. It was also a hit for Nina Simone that year and a local hit for New Zealand band Larry's Rebels as well. The single was released in December 1967. It was produced by Marc Gordon and arranged by Marty Paich. The B side \"Now I Know What Love Is\". For the week ending Jan 6, 1968, the single was bubbling under the Billboard Hot 100 at 127. By", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song)" }, { "docid": "20426523", "text": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song) Do What You Gotta Do is a song that was written by Jimmy Webb. It was an R&B hit for Al Wilson in 1968. It was also a hit for Nina Simone that year and a local hit for New Zealand band Larry's Rebels as well. The single was released in December 1967. It was produced by Marc Gordon and arranged by Marty Paich. The B side \"Now I Know What Love Is\". For the week ending Jan 6, 1968, the single was bubbling under the Billboard Hot 100 at 127. By", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song)" }, { "docid": "7126100", "text": "were determined to continue as Echo & the Bunnymen and recruited session musicians so they could record the album. The album was produced by Alan Douglas and Echo & the Bunnymen and was recorded at Doghouse Studios in Henley-on-Thames, Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, and Olympic Studios, Maida Vale Studios and CTS in London. As with previous Echo & the Bunnymen albums, \"What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?\" used the London Metropolitan Orchestra to provide backing music. American alternative hip hop band Fun Lovin' Criminals appeared on the album as guest musicians on two tracks. Sergeant's guitar-work", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "6695712", "text": "What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me is a 1991 album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories. The album produced four Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: \"(Without You) What Do I Do with Me\" and \"Down to My Last Teardrop\" both at number two, \"Some Kind of Trouble\" at number three, and \"If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight\" at number four. The track \"Everything That You Want\" was later", "title": "What Do I Do with Me" }, { "docid": "16533723", "text": "broadcasts Arkansas Razorbacks baseball. This station began broadcast operations in 1949. KXJK KXJK (950 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. The station, established in 1949, is owned and operated by the Forrest City Broadcasting Company. In addition to the main station on 950 MHz, the KXJK signal is relayed to an FM translator, which provides both High fidelity sound and the option of FM to listeners. KXJK broadcasts a mixed format and features programming from ABC, ARN, Premiere Networks, Dial Global and Yahoo! Sports Radio. KXJK airs regional and local news as well", "title": "KXJK" }, { "docid": "16533722", "text": "KXJK KXJK (950 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. The station, established in 1949, is owned and operated by the Forrest City Broadcasting Company. In addition to the main station on 950 MHz, the KXJK signal is relayed to an FM translator, which provides both High fidelity sound and the option of FM to listeners. KXJK broadcasts a mixed format and features programming from ABC, ARN, Premiere Networks, Dial Global and Yahoo! Sports Radio. KXJK airs regional and local news as well as a morning show in simulcast with sister station KBFC. KXJK", "title": "KXJK" }, { "docid": "8383219", "text": "country hits, KYGO 950 used a deeper library and more personality. It was also a CBS Radio News Network affiliate. KYGO 950 continued for six years playing country music before its owner, Jefferson-Pilot Communications decided on a new direction for the station. (Jefferson-Pilot later became the Lincoln Financial Group.) On October 12, 1994, the station changed its call sign to KKFN, and on May 8, 1995, adopted a sports radio format with the moniker \"AM 950 The Fan.\" (The KYGO-AM call sign and country format moved to 1600 AM. KKFN become the first all-sports station in the Denver market. On", "title": "KKSE (AM)" }, { "docid": "15814084", "text": "& Tracks for the chart week of January 15, 2000. Do What You Gotta Do \"Do What You Gotta Do\" is a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album \"Friday Night in America\". The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fifth and final single from the 1997 album, \"Sevens\". The song reached number 13 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian \"RPM\"", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "15814082", "text": "Do What You Gotta Do \"Do What You Gotta Do\" is a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album \"Friday Night in America\". The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fifth and final single from the 1997 album, \"Sevens\". The song reached number 13 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart. The song was issued over two years", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "18937835", "text": "to the lyric's placement in the song, and Beliebers spent Wednesday collectively piecing together the upcoming single's lyrics in order.\" On August 5, 2015, Bieber presented the song to radio professionals at an iHeartMedia event. The song was released on August 28, 2015, and was serviced to contemporary hit radio on September 1, 2015. On October 16, 2015, it was revealed that a remix of the song featuring Ariana Grande would be made available if fans pre-ordered the album on iTunes. \"What Do You Mean?\" was written by Justin Bieber, Jason \"Poo Bear\" Boyd and Mason Levy. It was produced", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "18019366", "text": "You Don't Know What to Do \"You Don't Know What to Do\" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey included on her fourteenth studio album, \"Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse \" (2014), and features rapper Wale. The track was released on June 30, 2014, as the fourth single from the album. It was written by Wale, Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, with production helmed by the latter three. The song contains an interpolation of \"I'm Caught Up in a One Night Affair\" written by Patrick Adams and Terri Gonzalez, both of whom received songwriting", "title": "You Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "9091063", "text": "turn, sold KPRC radio to its current owner, Clear Channel (renamed iHeartMedia), in 1995. KPRC (AM) KPRC (950 kHz) is a commercial AM talk radio station in Houston, Texas, branded as \"AM 950 KPRC.\" It is the oldest radio station licensed to Houston and still on the air to this day. KPRC is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station's studios are located along the West Loop Freeway in the city's Uptown district. The transmitter site is located at the Interstate 610 North Loop and Liberty Road in the Settegast neighborhood on the northeast side. KPRC broadcasts with 5,000 watts around", "title": "KPRC (AM)" }, { "docid": "7126097", "text": "Echo & the Bunnymen and it was recorded at various locations throughout England. Feeling sidelined during the recording of the album, Sergeant described it as \"probably the worst time in my whole life\". \"What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?\" was released on 16 April 1999 through London Records following the release of the first single from the album, \"Rust\", the previous month. One further single, \"Get in the Car\", followed the album's release. The album received mixed reviews from the music press, being described as both flawless and having no appeal. The album was not as popular", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "6170573", "text": "1992. Once the song was completed, an automated, repeating farewell message was broadcast past midnight and continued for several days. The actual date when CKCY ceased transmitting is not known. CKCY (AM) CKCY was a Canadian radio station, which signed on May 25, 1955 and broadcast until August 30, 1992 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The station was originally launched by Algonquin Radio, a local business consortium led by Carmen Greco, with a 250 watt signal at 1400 on the AM dial. In 1961, the station moved to 920 AM, and increased its signal to 10,000 watts daytime and 5,000", "title": "CKCY (AM)" }, { "docid": "6170569", "text": "CKCY (AM) CKCY was a Canadian radio station, which signed on May 25, 1955 and broadcast until August 30, 1992 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The station was originally launched by Algonquin Radio, a local business consortium led by Carmen Greco, with a 250 watt signal at 1400 on the AM dial. In 1961, the station moved to 920 AM, and increased its signal to 10,000 watts daytime and 5,000 watts nighttime. Well known program announcers in the early and mid 1960's included morning man, Dave Carter, Art Christmas, country music specialist Bill Haight, Johnny Meadows (who for a period", "title": "CKCY (AM)" }, { "docid": "18950231", "text": "\"The sound is funkier and harder-edged than we've come to expect from Reddy, as she tackles such tough topic matter as 'Killer Barracuda',\" in which she describes a rather vicious love-'em-and-leave-'em type. Side 1 Side 2 Take What You Find Take What You Find is the twelfth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1980 by Capitol Records. It was her last album while under contract with the aforementioned record label before signing with MCA Records. Like the previous three -- \"We'll Sing in the Sunshine\", \"Live In London\", and \"Reddy\" -- it failed to", "title": "Take What You Find" }, { "docid": "8383223", "text": "a crowded sports talk field in the Denver market, with competitors including KDSP, KDCO and former sister stations KKFN and KEPN. KKSE (AM) KKSE (950 kHz, \"Altitude Sports AM 950\") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Parker, Colorado, and serving the Denver metropolitan area. The station is owned by Stan Kroenke's KSE Radio Ventures. It mostly simulcasts co-owned KKSE-FM 92.5. KKSE-AM-FM air a sports talk radio format branded as \"Altitude Sports 92.5 FM.\" KKSE-AM-FM have studios on South Colorado Boulevard in Glendale, with the AM transmitter located off Riverdale Road in Denver. KSE Radio Ventures also owns sister", "title": "KKSE (AM)" }, { "docid": "15173880", "text": "arrangements of Jacques Fred Petrus as \"recycled\" takes on what had \"once made the group a major act\". Recorded at Morning Studios, Milan, Italy. Mixed at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City. Turn on Your Radio Turn on Your Radio is the sixth studio album by the Italian/U.S. ensemble Change. It was released in 1985 and reached number sixty-four on the US \"Billboard\" Black Albums chart, and number thirty-nine on the UK Albums Chart. \"Turn on Your Radio\" includes the singles \"Let's Go Together\", \"Examination\" (in Italy only), \"Oh What A Feeling\" and \"Mutual Attraction\". The band recorded the songs", "title": "Turn on Your Radio" }, { "docid": "20608311", "text": "1981. The classic Burgess, Ford, Keays and Wheatley line-up reformed in August 1987 for a \"Back to the 1960s\" special on the popular TV variety show \"Hey Hey It's Saturday\". It marked the first time all four had played together since Wheatley had left in late 1971. They undertook a reunion tour during 1988 and released an album, \"Do What You Wanna Do\", featuring new material and new versions of their earlier songs, from which they lifted the single \"Birth of the Beat\". The album's first side contains new recordings of original material and two re-recordings of \"Turn Up Your", "title": "Do What You Wanna Do (album)" }, { "docid": "8999816", "text": "on Mexican Radio at XEMO in Tijuana and, most notably, at WPOP in Hartford, CT. Bland's strategy for the Barnesboro station included terms like \"Serving Coal Country\" and \"Your Radio Station, WNCC.\" With a strong focus on local news and information, the top 40 records being spun by \"The Real\" Johnny Dial and Tom \"Rambling\" Scantling were secondary to the emphasis on being a local station. Bland's eureka moment was deciding to have the station sound as if it were broadcasting exclusively for the local coal miners and their families. News Director Pat Cloonan ended up with several Associated Press", "title": "WNCC (AM)" }, { "docid": "13617789", "text": "at SunFM in Sunderland) Your Radio YOUR Radio (formerly \"Castle Rock FM\") is an Independent Local Radio station, serving Argyll & Bute, Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire. It is VT (Voice Tracked) and is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting Group. Originally broadcasting as Castle Rock FM, the Dumbarton-based licence relaunched as YOUR Radio when it expanded its coverage area to Helensburgh (broadcasting on 106.9 FM). Previously owned by Clyde and Forth Press, it was sold onto Romanes Media Group, until the firm was bought by Newsquest in August 2015. Three months later, the station was bought out for an undisclosed", "title": "Your Radio" }, { "docid": "10341405", "text": "2004 by James Otto on his album \"Days of Our Lives\". Both of these renditions were titled \"The Last Thing I Do\". As listed in liner notes. As listed in liner notes. You Do Your Thing You Do Your Thing is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in 2004 (see 2004 in country music) and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The album produced the duo's first Number One hit on the \"Billboard\" country music charts in \"If You Ever Stop Loving Me\"; other singles included the title track, \"Gone\", and", "title": "You Do Your Thing" }, { "docid": "10341404", "text": "You Do Your Thing You Do Your Thing is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in 2004 (see 2004 in country music) and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The album produced the duo's first Number One hit on the \"Billboard\" country music charts in \"If You Ever Stop Loving Me\"; other singles included the title track, \"Gone\", and \"Something to Be Proud Of\" (also a Number One). \"If It's the Last Thing I Do\" was also recorded by Brooks & Dunn on their 2001 album, \"Steers & Stripes\", and in", "title": "You Do Your Thing" }, { "docid": "12581045", "text": "97.3 hosts and national shows from a variety of networks including ESPN Radio, NBC Sports Radio and Sports Byline USA. KJTV (AM) uses the FM translator frequency as the main frequency in the logo; the translator is used to widen the broadcast area and to give listeners the ability to listen to the station on FM with better quality sound. KJTV (AM) KJTV (950 AM, \"100.7 The Score) is a Lubbock, Texas, radio station broadcasting with a daytime power of 5,000 watts. Programming includes both local and nationally syndicated sports talk shows. It is owned by Ramar Communications, co-owned with", "title": "KJTV (AM)" }, { "docid": "15587591", "text": "by CKCW. Radio-Aboiteaux Ltée's application was denied. The CHLR station identification is now assigned to a radio station in Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador as CHLR-FM. Therein, CHLR-FM has no relation with the former CHLR-AM at Moncton. CHLR (AM) CHLR-AM is a defunct French-language private Canadian radio station which broadcast at 1380 kHz on the AM dial from 1981 to 1985 at Moncton, New Brunswick. In 1980, Rufino Landry on behalf of a company to be incorporated (would be known as Radio-Aboiteaux ltée), received approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new French-language AM radio station", "title": "CHLR (AM)" }, { "docid": "13026097", "text": "I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day is an album by Julie Doiron, released on March 10, 2009. Recorded at the home studio of Rick White, the album's producer and Doiron's onetime bandmate in Eric's Trip, the album is more rock-oriented than Doiron's other solo albums, revisiting the sound and style of Eric's Trip. The album's first single, \"Consolation Prize\", was released to radio in early February. Alternate versions of the songs \"Heavy Snow\" and \"Nice to Come Home\" were released on a split 7\" single in May 2009.", "title": "I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day" }, { "docid": "7126099", "text": "McCulloch was proud of the song, it was not popular with the fans, peaking number nine on the UK Singles Chart. It was beaten to the number one position by the unofficial song, \"Three Lions '98\", released by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds. When Echo & the Bunnymen entered the studio to record \"What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?\", bassist Les Pattinson received news that his mother was unwell. That, coupled with Pattinson's perception that McCulloch wanted everything his way, led to Pattinson announcing his retirement from the band. McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "10423000", "text": "he became that city's first conservative talk host on WPLP-AM. Gold then moved to Miami to do a talk show before heading west to Dallas, where he would find the most success hosting local talk radio programs. Along with his friend Kevin McCarthy, Gold was one of the top hosts at KLIF, the first full-time talk radio station in the fifth-biggest U.S. radio market. Unusual for a radio station, the station became prominent in the city's mediascape. Its hosts were often quoted in local media and amongst local politicians. Gold was a staple at KLIF, where he ruled the afternoon", "title": "David Gold (talk radio host)" }, { "docid": "14853335", "text": "co-produced by Jon Bon Jovi and Sambora. It was recorded in Bay 7 Studios in Valley Village and Sparky Dark Studios in Calabasas, California. The song was written during sessions for \"The Circle\" (2009), but it didn't fit that album, so band decided to hold it and finished it for the \"Greatest Hits\" (2010). Lyrically, the song is about the aesthetics of love. Richie Sambora explained: \"It's a worldly thing and it doesn't have to be exactly about romance. It could be about with your family, daughter or son. What do you got if you ain't got love. It's a", "title": "What Do You Got?" }, { "docid": "11608309", "text": "KFLG (AM) KFLG (1000 AM, \"K-Star\") is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Standards/MOR format. Licensed to Bullhead City, Arizona, United States, the station is owned by Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from Dial Global. The station operates during the day only and signs off at local sunset to protect clear channel station KOMO in Seattle, WA. The station went on the air as KRHS on January 30, 1981. On January 28, 1991, the station changed its call sign to the current KFLG. The station is also heard on 99.3 FM, through a translator in Laughlin, Nevada, and on", "title": "KFLG (AM)" }, { "docid": "11608310", "text": "101.9 FM, through a translator in Kingman, Arizona. KFLG (AM) KFLG (1000 AM, \"K-Star\") is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Standards/MOR format. Licensed to Bullhead City, Arizona, United States, the station is owned by Cameron Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from Dial Global. The station operates during the day only and signs off at local sunset to protect clear channel station KOMO in Seattle, WA. The station went on the air as KRHS on January 30, 1981. On January 28, 1991, the station changed its call sign to the current KFLG. The station is also heard on 99.3 FM,", "title": "KFLG (AM)" }, { "docid": "14853334", "text": "What Do You Got? \"What Do You Got?\" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It is one of four songs written for the band's \"Greatest Hits\" album, released in November 2010. The song is the first single from the compilation album. The song was released on the band's official website on August 27. It was officially released on September 21, 2010 as a digital download, but the physical single was released in Germany on October 22, 2010. \"What Do You Got?\" was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Brett James, produced by Howard Benson and", "title": "What Do You Got?" }, { "docid": "12843587", "text": "WCAZ (AM) WCAZ is a daytimer radio station licensed to Macomb, Illinois on 1510 kHz. It broadcasts a Contemporary Christian music radio format. Because WCAZ shares the same frequency as clear-channel station WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee, WCAZ broadcasts only during the daytime. For a time, the then-WLRB was running a Music of Your Life radio network, but Jones Radio Networks divested it in favor of its own Jones Standards format. As Dial Global acquired Jones, the \"Jones Standards\" network was dissolved and \"America's Best Music\" took its place. WLRB later switched to talk programming. WLRB was owned by Prairie Radio", "title": "WCAZ (AM)" }, { "docid": "2913559", "text": "something to which the pair would enjoy listening to. The BBC also produced photographs of the couple, to encourage presenters to visualise their potential listeners. At the 2005 Frank Gillard Awards for BBC Local Radio, the corporation hired two actors to represent the fictional couple, and award a prize to the 'Receptionist of the Year'. Mia Costello of BBC Radio Solent wrote a controversial internal memo in October 2006, re-stating the importance of these characters. She wrote: \"Whatever job you do on station, make sure this week, you broadcast to Dave and Sue – people in their fifties. Only put", "title": "BBC Local Radio" }, { "docid": "20155752", "text": "performed it on \"Sommarkrysset\" and during RIX FM Festival concerts. A music video for the song was released onto YouTube on 12 May 2017. It was filmed in Cyprus and directed by Konrad Aksinowicz. The video sees Margaret as a star of a video game. What You Do (song) \"What You Do\" is a song recorded by Polish singer Margaret for her third studio album, \"Monkey Business\" (2017). The song was written by Margaret, Arash Labaf, Robert Uhlmann, Anderz Wrethov and Thomas Karlsson, and produced by Uhlmann, Labaf and Wrethov, with co-production from Alex Papaconstantinou. \"What You Do\" was released", "title": "What You Do (song)" }, { "docid": "13617787", "text": "Your Radio YOUR Radio (formerly \"Castle Rock FM\") is an Independent Local Radio station, serving Argyll & Bute, Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire. It is VT (Voice Tracked) and is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting Group. Originally broadcasting as Castle Rock FM, the Dumbarton-based licence relaunched as YOUR Radio when it expanded its coverage area to Helensburgh (broadcasting on 106.9 FM). Previously owned by Clyde and Forth Press, it was sold onto Romanes Media Group, until the firm was bought by Newsquest in August 2015. Three months later, the station was bought out for an undisclosed sum by directors Gary", "title": "Your Radio" }, { "docid": "11515380", "text": "Do you know where your children are? \"Do you know where your children are?\" is a question used as a public service announcement (PSA) for parents on American television especially from the late 1960s through the late 1980s. One of the first adopters of the phrase was Mel Epstein, the Director of On-Air Promotions at New York's WNEW-TV, who began using the phrase in 1967 in response to rising crime in the city. Another hypothesis has the phrase originating at \"a small ABC affiliate in western New York\", referring to WKBW-TV in Buffalo. The question \"Do you know where your", "title": "Do you know where your children are?" }, { "docid": "10162921", "text": "WAGN (AM) WAGN (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to Menominee, Michigan broadcasting an oldies and talk format. Formerly an affiliate of ABC Radio's OldiesRadio network, the web site \"dx-midAMerica\" reported in January 2008 that the station had dropped Oldies Radio in favor of local voicetracking with the new moniker \"1340 Gold\" (1). Prior to affiliating with Oldies Radio, WAGN had programmed Adult Standards as an affiliate of the Westwood One/Dial Global America's Best Music network. In late December 2008 WAGN began to simulcast its oldies format on its FM sister WHYB 103.7 FM (formerly an adult contemporary-formatted station).", "title": "WAGN (AM)" }, { "docid": "12843589", "text": "country. WCAZ (AM) WCAZ is a daytimer radio station licensed to Macomb, Illinois on 1510 kHz. It broadcasts a Contemporary Christian music radio format. Because WCAZ shares the same frequency as clear-channel station WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee, WCAZ broadcasts only during the daytime. For a time, the then-WLRB was running a Music of Your Life radio network, but Jones Radio Networks divested it in favor of its own Jones Standards format. As Dial Global acquired Jones, the \"Jones Standards\" network was dissolved and \"America's Best Music\" took its place. WLRB later switched to talk programming. WLRB was owned by Prairie", "title": "WCAZ (AM)" }, { "docid": "18937843", "text": "intersection of the mellow and the danceable, the four-on-the-floor with the smooth.\" Consequence of Sound wrote in a positive review \"Skrillex serves as producer of this slow burner, providing loops of tropical-flavored house beats to complement Bieber's delicate croons.\" In the United States, \"What Do You Mean?\" debuted at number 28 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart dated September 12, after three days of release, with a radio audience of 20 million. On the chart dated October 24, after earning \"Greatest Gainer\" honors for two consecutive weeks, it rose from 3 to 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, becoming", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "3830763", "text": "ABC Radio Sydney ABC Radio Sydney (official call sign: 2BL) is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is the flagship station in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702 kHz on the AM dial. The station transmits with a power (CMF) of 3,110V, which is equivalent to 50 kW (the maximum permissible in Australia) from a site 30 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD. ABC Radio Sydney was the first full-time radio station in Australia, having commenced broadcasting at 8.00pm on 23 November 1923. Its first callsign was \"2SB\" where \"2\" denotes the State of New", "title": "ABC Radio Sydney" }, { "docid": "18937831", "text": "What Do You Mean? \"What Do You Mean?\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album \"Purpose\" (2015). The song was released on August 28, 2015, as the album's lead single by Def Jam. Written by Bieber, Jason \"Poo Bear\" Boyd and Mason Levy, the song was produced by MdL and co-produced by Bieber. \"What Do You Mean?\" is a pop and tropical house song, with its instrumentation consisting in light flourishes of panpipes, looped vocal samples, piano chords, fervent synths, bass and \"slick beat\" elements with the sound of a clock ticking, while", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "15587587", "text": "CHLR (AM) CHLR-AM is a defunct French-language private Canadian radio station which broadcast at 1380 kHz on the AM dial from 1981 to 1985 at Moncton, New Brunswick. In 1980, Rufino Landry on behalf of a company to be incorporated (would be known as Radio-Aboiteaux ltée), received approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new French-language AM radio station at Moncton. CHLR would be the first private French radio station in Moncton with an effective radiated power was 10,000 watts. Also the same year, a competing application by Edward J. McGrath (English, 1400 kHz, 10,000", "title": "CHLR (AM)" }, { "docid": "15173878", "text": "Turn on Your Radio Turn on Your Radio is the sixth studio album by the Italian/U.S. ensemble Change. It was released in 1985 and reached number sixty-four on the US \"Billboard\" Black Albums chart, and number thirty-nine on the UK Albums Chart. \"Turn on Your Radio\" includes the singles \"Let's Go Together\", \"Examination\" (in Italy only), \"Oh What A Feeling\" and \"Mutual Attraction\". The band recorded the songs for album at Morning Studios, Milan, Italy. The sessions were then taken to Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City to be mixed. Receiving negative reviews the album was originally released as an", "title": "Turn on Your Radio" }, { "docid": "12138900", "text": "the past: \"Why don't you do what you do / when you did what you did to me?\" Its B-side is \"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)\", a duet with Michael Jackson. The song was sampled by Lil Wayne for \"How Could Something\" and by Chamillionaire for \"Void In My Life\". The music video was an imitation of \"The Godfather\" and supermodel Iman played Jackson's love interest who eventually betrays him by trying to shoot him. After his henchmen take her away, it is not revealed what happened to her. Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson", "title": "Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "11913314", "text": "WDUX (AM) WDUX (800 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is owned by Laird Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programming from ABC Radio and Dial Global Radio Network. WDUX AM 800 & FM 92.7 share a logo but have separate programming. 800 AM is a Mexican clear-channel frequency; XEROK-AM is the dominant Class A station. The station began broadcasting on April 29, 1956, at 800 kHz, as a daytime operation, with 500 watts, then 1 kW. Around 1964, daytime power was", "title": "WDUX (AM)" } ]

[ "The Gipper", "George Gipp Memorial Park", "George Gip", "George Gipp", "Gipper" ]

[ { "docid": "4216045", "text": "and gave his account of Gipp's final words: \"\"I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy.\"\" The speech inspired the team and they went on to upset Army and win the game 12–6. The 1929 and 1930 teams both went undefeated,", "title": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish football" }, { "docid": "13049630", "text": "gave his account of Gipp's final words: \"\"I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy.\"\" The speech inspired the team and they went on to upset Army and win the game 12–6. The 1929 and 1930 teams both went undefeated, winning", "title": "History of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football" }, { "docid": "230104", "text": "0–0 at the end of the half, Rockne entered the locker room and told the team the words he heard on Gipp's deathbed in 1920: \"I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy.\" This inspired the team, who then won the", "title": "Knute Rockne" }, { "docid": "19091246", "text": "full second before the ball could be snapped. On November 10, 1928, when the \"Fighting Irish\" team was losing to Army 6–0 at the end of the half, Rockne entered the locker room and told the team the words he heard on Gipp's deathbed in 1920: \"I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where", "title": "Early history of American football" }, { "docid": "11500163", "text": "year, the score was 0-0 when Knute Rockne inspired his team at halftime by relating George Gipp's deathbed wish (\"When the team's up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys—tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper\"). Though Army scored a touchdown in the third quarter, touchdowns by Jack Chevigny and Johnny O'Brien gave the Irish a 12-6 lead. In the final minute, Army drove to within one foot of the goal line, but the whistle sounded before the Cadets could snap the ball. In", "title": "1928 college football season" } ]

[ { "docid": "11690817", "text": "Where Did It All Go Wrong? \"Where Did It All Go Wrong?\" is a song and single by the English rock band Oasis, originally released on their 2000 album, \"Standing on the Shoulder of Giants\". Written by guitarist Noel Gallagher, it is one of two songs on \"Standing on the Shoulder of Giants\" that features him on lead vocals. In explaining why front man Liam Gallagher did not sing the song, Noel claimed that: \"[Vocally] Liam just couldn't get that one. The melody shifts quite a lot... Liam hasn't got that dynamism in his voice.\" Noel stated that the song's", "title": "Where Did It All Go Wrong?" }, { "docid": "9133056", "text": "When You've Got to Go When You've Got to Go is the second episode of the eighth British comedy series \"Dad's Army\" that was originally broadcast on Friday 12 September 1975. Wilson and Mrs Pike are having tea waiting for Pike to come home from his call-up medical. When he arrives home, Mrs Pike is unpleasantly surprised when Pike tells her that he has passed A1 (in spite of his chronically bad chest, his painful sinuses, his weak ankles and recently acquired nervous twitch), and has requested to be put in the RAF. At the evening's parade, Mainwaring and the", "title": "When You've Got to Go" }, { "docid": "9133060", "text": "adds that because of his rare blood type, the Air Force won't have him and so he's not going, and the reason he didn't want to tell the platoon straight away is because he's never had a dinner in his honour before. A bemused Mainwaring responds with \"You stupid boy!\" Mainwaring: \"Your government should be more careful about who it chooses for friends.\" Italian soldier: \"Friends? Oh, you can talk about friends. What about Stalin?\" Mainwaring: \"That's enough of that!\" When You've Got to Go When You've Got to Go is the second episode of the eighth British comedy series", "title": "When You've Got to Go" }, { "docid": "4839047", "text": "Jean\" by Michael Jackson. When reviewing Aaliyah's second album \"One In A Million\" writer Dream Hampton from Vibe was surprisingly shocked with the outcome of Got To Give It Up. According to Hampton \"The album has some surprises too. Like any self respecting Marvin Gaye fan, I cringed when I Learned Aaliyah had covered his classic 1977 party jam \"Got to give it Up\". But her version is agreeably accurate (even with Slick Rick's snippet of an intro\". Hampton Also felt that Aaliyah was just as convincing as Marvin when it comes to songs theme of being a wall flower.", "title": "Got to Give It Up" }, { "docid": "11690819", "text": "released as a radio-single in the United States, where the song received airplay but failed to chart due in part to no official release. The video features Liam being interviewed whilst Noel sings whilst reading a newspaper and looking at what is going on in the building opposite where he and the band are. Where Did It All Go Wrong? \"Where Did It All Go Wrong?\" is a song and single by the English rock band Oasis, originally released on their 2000 album, \"Standing on the Shoulder of Giants\". Written by guitarist Noel Gallagher, it is one of two songs", "title": "Where Did It All Go Wrong?" }, { "docid": "15482929", "text": "Stevie's 1973 car accident. The harmonic progression is very similar to Chopin's Etude Opus 10 number 4, measures 5 and 6, although at a much slower pace. They Won't Go When I Go \"They Won't Go When I Go\" is a song co-written and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1974 album \"Fulfillingness' First Finale\". This song is the only one on the album that Wonder did not write by himself. His co-writer was Yvonne Lowrene Wright, who co-wrote songs with Wonder for other albums. Wright's sister, Syreeta Wright, was Wonder's first wife. Wonder performed this song, along with \"Never", "title": "They Won't Go When I Go" }, { "docid": "15482927", "text": "They Won't Go When I Go \"They Won't Go When I Go\" is a song co-written and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1974 album \"Fulfillingness' First Finale\". This song is the only one on the album that Wonder did not write by himself. His co-writer was Yvonne Lowrene Wright, who co-wrote songs with Wonder for other albums. Wright's sister, Syreeta Wright, was Wonder's first wife. Wonder performed this song, along with \"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer\", at Michael Jackson's memorial service on July 7, 2009. The song has been considered a \"retro composition\" comparing the piano to that", "title": "They Won't Go When I Go" }, { "docid": "4839043", "text": "was entirely written by Pharrell. Thicke stated \"I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio.\" On March 10, 2015, a federal jury found \"Blurred Lines\" infringed on \"Got to Give It Up” and awarded nearly $7.4 million to Gaye's children. Jurors found against Pharrell and Thicke, but held harmless the record company and T.I. Aaliyah decided to cover \"Got To Give It Up\" because she wanted to have party songs on the album. In an interview Aaliyah stated, \"I wanted some real party songs, so when my uncle played me that [original track], I", "title": "Got to Give It Up" }, { "docid": "16580088", "text": "duo's formation in 1985, not to chart in the top 100 in the UK. The song peaked at #172 in the UK. In November 2011, the song peaked at #25 on the American Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart. An official YouTube short film featured the duo speaking of the album. In this film, it was stated that the original leading single from the album was to be \"You've Got to Save Me Right Now\" until \"When I Start To (Break It All Down)\" replaced it at short notice. Bell stated \"\"Usually we don't choose the singles, you kind of have", "title": "When I Start To (Break It All Down)" }, { "docid": "17147857", "text": "I Got to Give It Up \"I Got to Give It Up\" is a song recorded by German band Masterboy. It was the first single from the band's 1994 album \"Different Dreams\". It achieved moderate success in several European countries, becoming a top twenty-five hit in Austria, a top 17 in Switzerland, and a top 13 hit in Masterboy's home-country, Germany, where it charted for 19 weeks. In France, the single failed to be a success, reaching number 41, and spending two weeks on the chart. In 1998, \"I Got to Give It Up\" was re-recorded in a remixed version", "title": "I Got to Give It Up" }, { "docid": "3138768", "text": "be to be honest, I just got to be, as I got to admit that the man who shot President Kennedy, Lee Oswald, I don't know exactly where … what he thought he was doing, but I got to admit honestly that I too - I saw some of myself in him. I don't think it would have gone - I don't think it could go that far. But I got to stand up and say I saw things that he felt, in me - not to go that far and shoot. (Boos and hisses) You can boo but booing's", "title": "The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)" }, { "docid": "16580089", "text": "an instinctive feeling sometimes. In this instance, \"When I Start To (Break It All Down)\" took over from \"Save Me\" because we thought the song had gone in the direction that sounded really good.\"\" The song originally had the demo title \"Tender\", where it was loosely based on the Elvis Presley song \"Love Me Tender\". In the short film on the album, Clarke stated the track got \"\"mashed up into what it is now\"\", noting \"\"to me now it sounds like Tears for Fears.\"\" Mute Records released a live video clip for the song as its official music video. This", "title": "When I Start To (Break It All Down)" }, { "docid": "15482928", "text": "of Beethoven and Chopin. The song is also noted to have a \"funeral march\" like tone. There is clear alliusion to the 1850 German chorale tune \"O mein Jesu,\" the setting of Thomas Kelly's 1805 Protestant hymn \"Stricken, smitten, and afflicted.\" Critics noted that the song takes a more dramatic tone than most of Wonder's other compositions. The fact that the song specifically says \"They won't go \"when\" I go\" was said to imply the friends Wonder is talking about may get to heaven eventually, just not before he does. Many consider this song to be a dark consequence of", "title": "They Won't Go When I Go" }, { "docid": "4839046", "text": "‘90s like “suga mama.” Aaliyah was proud to cover this song and she elaborated on covering the song saying “I don’t know how Marvin Gaye fans will react, but I hope they like it, I always think it’s a great compliment when people remake songs. I hope one day after I’m not here that people will cover my song's\". On \"Got to give it up\" Aaliyah places her falsetto \"toe to toe against the liquid overlapping rhyme scheme of hip hop's ultimate storyteller slick rick\". Aaliyah's version of the song also features a sample that consist of the song \"Billie", "title": "Got to Give It Up" }, { "docid": "11850497", "text": "previously recorded by Kevin Fowler on his 2007 album \"Bring It On\", and \"The Big Revival\" was previously recorded by John Anderson on his 2000 album \"Nobody's Got It All\", which Chancey also produced. Back When I Knew It All Back When I Knew It All is the sixth studio album by the American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released by Columbia Records Nashville on June 10, 2008 (see 2008 in country music). The album's lead-off single, also its title track, became their fourth Number One on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts in July 2008, as did", "title": "Back When I Knew It All" }, { "docid": "10767781", "text": "a television show, \"S. Ve. Shekher meets S. Ve. Shekher\", where he is both the interviewer and interviewee. Some of the shows written by Sabhas and other agencies are \"Drama Superstar\", \"Comedy King\", \"Sirippalai Chirpi\", \"Nathaka Vasool Chakravarthy\", \"Nagaichuvai Nayagan\", \"Nagaichuvai Thenral\", \"Nagaichuvai Ilavarasan\". In 2015 S. Ve. Shekar got appointed as one of the members of Central Board of Film Certification. S. Ve. Shekher Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekhar (Tamil: சட்டநாதபுரம் வெங்கடராமன் சேகர்) (born 26 December 1950) better known as 'S. Ve. Shekhar' is a Tamil playwright and film actor. In 2006, he made an entry into politics by contesting and", "title": "S. Ve. Shekher" }, { "docid": "17147858", "text": "with Freedom Williams and Linda Rocco as featuring, and this version is included on Masterboy's 2006 studio album \"US-Album\". I Got to Give It Up \"I Got to Give It Up\" is a song recorded by German band Masterboy. It was the first single from the band's 1994 album \"Different Dreams\". It achieved moderate success in several European countries, becoming a top twenty-five hit in Austria, a top 17 in Switzerland, and a top 13 hit in Masterboy's home-country, Germany, where it charted for 19 weeks. In France, the single failed to be a success, reaching number 41, and spending", "title": "I Got to Give It Up" }, { "docid": "4839044", "text": "thought of how I could make it different. Slick Rick [who’d been in jail] was on work release at the time, so Vincent got him on the song\". Producer Craig King recalls that when Aaliyah was recording \"Got To Give It Up\" she was dancing the entire time. During the recording process of the song the producers sat for hours writing down the lyrics because they didn't know them. King stated \"To me, the funniest part was trying to figure out the lyrics. Marvin Gaye sang in such a crazy way, a lot of words we didn’t know. We had", "title": "Got to Give It Up" }, { "docid": "18960337", "text": "I Laugh\". Ain't Got Far to Go \"Ain't Got Far to Go\" is a song by English singer and songwriter Jess Glynne. It was written by Glynne along with Janée \"Jin Jin\" Bennett, Knox Brown, and Finlay \"Starsmith\" Dow-Smith for her debut studio album, \"I Cry When I Laugh\" (2015), while production was helmed by Brown and Dow-Smith. The song was released as the album's sixth single on 26 February 2016. Prior to the single's release, the song charted at number 46 on the Scottish Singles Chart and number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. After the single's release, it", "title": "Ain't Got Far to Go" }, { "docid": "19268773", "text": "The lyrics state that Germany began the war, and Italy and England joined with France to help Belgium. It is ultimately up to the United States to win it. Throughout the song there are lines that can be classified as a call to action. For example: The sheet music can be found at the Library of Congress and Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now) Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now) is a World War I era song released in 1918. Arthur Guy Empey wrote the", "title": "Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now)" }, { "docid": "13849254", "text": "Luke. Give It All U Got \"Give It All U Got\" was supposed to be the fourth single from Lil Jon's debut studio album, \"Crunk Rock\". It was released digitally on November 3, 2009 in iTunes The song features Kee and it was produced by RedOne. The song was left off the album when it was finally released in 2010. \"Give It All U Got\", which features Kee on the original version and also features British rapper Tinchy Stryder on the official remix (along with Kee), peaked at 90 on the Canadian Hot 100. There is also a remix by", "title": "Give It All U Got" }, { "docid": "13849253", "text": "Give It All U Got \"Give It All U Got\" was supposed to be the fourth single from Lil Jon's debut studio album, \"Crunk Rock\". It was released digitally on November 3, 2009 in iTunes The song features Kee and it was produced by RedOne. The song was left off the album when it was finally released in 2010. \"Give It All U Got\", which features Kee on the original version and also features British rapper Tinchy Stryder on the official remix (along with Kee), peaked at 90 on the Canadian Hot 100. There is also a remix by Laidback", "title": "Give It All U Got" }, { "docid": "18960335", "text": "Ain't Got Far to Go \"Ain't Got Far to Go\" is a song by English singer and songwriter Jess Glynne. It was written by Glynne along with Janée \"Jin Jin\" Bennett, Knox Brown, and Finlay \"Starsmith\" Dow-Smith for her debut studio album, \"I Cry When I Laugh\" (2015), while production was helmed by Brown and Dow-Smith. The song was released as the album's sixth single on 26 February 2016. Prior to the single's release, the song charted at number 46 on the Scottish Singles Chart and number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. After the single's release, it peaked at", "title": "Ain't Got Far to Go" }, { "docid": "11006184", "text": "however, it was only released on certain international editions of \"Oops!... I Did It Again\" (2000). A favorable review from CD Universe said, \"The Jets' gem 'You've Got It All' shines brightly as ever with Britney's girlish allure. Take note, however, that Britney's not all bubbles—with an obvious influence from Mariah Carey, she glides quite ably through the key changes and delivers octave leaps and vibratos that should melt just about any heart, young or old.\" You Got It All (The Jets song) \"You Got It All\" is a song recorded by American band the Jets. It was released in", "title": "You Got It All (The Jets song)" }, { "docid": "9194167", "text": "which are most likely to go wrong which seems to be all Rachel's chores when suddenly Joey appears telling them that he got a part in the movie which he wanted, which is related to World War I. At the studios, Joey has started shooting with Richard Crosby (Gary Oldman) who keeps spitting while saying his lines which annoys Joey. When he can't stand it anymore, he talks to Richard about it, when Richard tells him that all good actors spit while saying their lines. Therefore, when they shoot the next scene, Joey and Richard both constantly spit at each", "title": "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding" }, { "docid": "16424866", "text": "the War: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of VE Day\" When the Lights Go On Again \"When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)\" is a popular song composed during World War II. It was written by Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler. The first recording by Vaughn Monroe reached number one on the charts in 1943. The song expresses the hopes for an end to the war. The title is from the refrain found throughout the song as is found in the first verse: The reference to \"lights going on again\" alludes to the remark \"\"The lamps", "title": "When the Lights Go On Again" }, { "docid": "8843774", "text": "another person. “Kinda broke so ya know all I gots five, I got five” “Unless you pull out the fat, crispy five dollar bill on the real before its history” “I got 5 on it, let's go half on a sack” The song samples Club Nouveau's \"Why You Treat Me So Bad\" (1987), Kool and the Gang's \"Jungle Boogie\" (1973) and Audio Two's \"Top Billin'\" (1987). A-side: B-side: A-side: B-side: I Got 5 on It \"I Got 5 On It\" is a song by American hip hop duo Luniz. It was released in May 1995 as the lead single from", "title": "I Got 5 on It" }, { "docid": "4839049", "text": "peaked within the top ten on the UK R&B and UK Dance charts. In other internatiional markets got to give it up peaked at number 38 on the Tokio Hot 100 charts in Japan and number 34 in New Zealand. The single also included a B-side, track entitled \"No Days Go By\". A new remix of Aaliyah's \"Got to Give It Up\" (without Slick Rick's vocals) was included on her posthumous 2002 compilation album \"I Care 4 U\". The video is a re-edit of the original, which was directed by Paul Hunter. The video was edited to both the album", "title": "Got to Give It Up" }, { "docid": "11006183", "text": "Spears started to work on her debut album \"...Baby One More Time\". After meeting up with producer Eric Foster White in August, the singer become familiar with the original version of \"You've Got It All\" by the Jets and decided to record a cover of the song. Steve Lunt, Jive's A&R vice president at the time, revealed that when the label's CEO \"heard [the track] in the A&R meeting, he said, 'OK, we've got something.' Up until that, it was in doubt.\" \"You Got It All\" was originally intended to be released on Spears' debut album as a bonus track,", "title": "You Got It All (The Jets song)" }, { "docid": "9521026", "text": "Got Me Wrong \"Got Me Wrong\" is a largely acoustic single by the American rock band Alice in Chains. The studio version was first featured on the band's EP \"Sap\" (1992). A slightly different version of the song also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1994 independent comedy film \"Clerks\", and is played when the character Randal first appears in the movie. In the liner notes of 1999's \"Music Bank\" box set collection, guitarist Jerry Cantrell said of the song: That's about a girl I was dating in between one of the times I broke up with my true love.", "title": "Got Me Wrong" }, { "docid": "19268772", "text": "Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now) Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now) is a World War I era song released in 1918. Arthur Guy Empey wrote the lyrics. Charles R. McCarron and Carey Morgan composed the music. The song was published by Jos. W. Stern & Co. of New York, New York. On the cover, on both the left and right side, are drawings of soldiers engaged in trench warfare. In the center is a photograph of Arthur Guy Empey dressed in uniform. It is written for voice and piano.", "title": "Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now)" }, { "docid": "19501962", "text": "vocals, but the best moments are instrumental\". I Am Not Afraid I Am Not Afraid is the sixteenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Los Angeles and released in 1974. Tracks 2 and 7 were also included in 2004 album \"Still Grazing\". A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated \"An excellent little record from Hugh Masekela – cut right during that perfect time when he was mixing soul, funk, and just the right amount of jazz to keep things real! The record features some nice electric piano from Joe Sample, and the best cuts have", "title": "I Am Not Afraid" }, { "docid": "20673093", "text": "\"While on its surface the song may appear to be mining the usual power-pop territory of sex and girls, underneath there's a sinister undertone that may or may not touch on S&M and suicide.\" \"Ultimate Classic Rock\" felt the song was \"ripped from the Cheap Trick playbook\". \"All About the Rock\" described the song as the \"weakest link\" on the album and added: \"It doesn't represent the rest of the offering well\". When I Wake Up Tomorrow \"When I Wake Up Tomorrow\" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 2016 as the second and final single", "title": "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" }, { "docid": "20381272", "text": "Robin comes to his senses. Using one of their songs, the team takes out Slade together, defeating him and his giant robot, which also destroys the crystal, snapping the heroes out of their trance. The heroes all congratulate the Titans for their heroic efforts with Robin admitting that he has learned to be himself. When he tries to go on, everyone demands that they cut to the credits immediately with Robin attempting to stall so that \"kids can ask their parents questions.\" Starfire breaks the fourth wall to say to go right to the credits, but Robin stops just before", "title": "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies" }, { "docid": "16580094", "text": "Kate MacDowell. In a review for the \"Tomorrow's World\" album, Allmusic.com wrote \"\"Fans get to experience Vince Clarke's fingerprints on \"Fill Us with Fire\" and \"When I Start To (Break It All Down),\" as the recent reunion of his Yaz project is reflected in the nocturnal synth pop and soul muscle driving these highlights.\"\" Allmusic.com picks the track as an AMG recommended track. When I Start To (Break It All Down) \"When I Start To (Break It All Down)\" is a single by English synthpop duo Erasure, released as the lead single from their 2011 album \"Tomorrow's World\". The song", "title": "When I Start To (Break It All Down)" }, { "docid": "16580087", "text": "When I Start To (Break It All Down) \"When I Start To (Break It All Down)\" is a single by English synthpop duo Erasure, released as the lead single from their 2011 album \"Tomorrow's World\". The song was written by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke, whilst it was produced by electropop musician Frankmusik who produced the rest of the \"Tomorrow's World\" album. The song was released on 23 September 2011, and received its first UK airplay on BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce show on 15 August. It was the first eligible single (discounting remixed versions of hit singles), since the", "title": "When I Start To (Break It All Down)" }, { "docid": "19945093", "text": "they sing: \"This I swear, this I swear / I won't be the one to let go, to let go...\" A staff member at \"Billboard\" acknowledged both \"I Won't Be the One to Let Go\" and album track \"All I Know of Love\" as the \"two fine new efforts\" on \"Duets\", calling the former single a \"sweet\" collaboration. BBC Music's Morag Reavley enjoyed the single, calling it a \"soaring, feel-good\" track. However, William Ruhlmann from AllMusic was more critical of the song, describing it as just \"mediocre\". Tom Santopietro, author of \"The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career", "title": "I Won't Be the One to Let Go" }, { "docid": "14169431", "text": "are all broken-down, the alimony checks bounce and the kids all look just like the ex-husband. She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) \"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)\" is a song written by Tim DuBois and recorded by American country music singer Jerry Reed. It was released in June 1982 as the third and final single from the album, \"The Man with the Golden Thumb\". A satire on divorce, the song was Reed's third and final No. 1 country hit in the late summer of 1982, and one of his signature tunes. The song is a", "title": "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" }, { "docid": "4480224", "text": "Aberback of NorthJersey.com noted that the album placed the band on the \"indie-rock map and continues to resonate heavily with fans 10 years later\". Jorgensen later called the album a \"diary entry. Without that, I think a lot of people when [their] lives go on they forget what they went through at a certain point in time so for me that’s the biggest markers for me to remember where I was at the point in my life.\" Personnel per booklet. Armor for Sleep Production Citations Sources What to Do When You Are Dead What to Do When You Are Dead", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "20893645", "text": "All Dressed Up and No Place to Go All Dressed Up and No Place to Go is the fourth studio album by American singer Nicolette Larson. It was produced by Andrew Gold and released by Warner Bros. Records in 1982. \"All Dressed Up and No Place to Go\" was produced by Andrew Gold, who at the time was in a serious relationship with Larson. The pair broke up shortly after the album's recording sessions had finished. In a circa 2005 interview for Randolph Michaels's book \"Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited\", Andrew Gold recalled of the album: \"She and I", "title": "All Dressed Up and No Place to Go" }, { "docid": "19515555", "text": "Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now is the debut studio album by English rock band The Dentists, released in 1985 by the record label Spruck. The title is a reference to the famous BBC TV commentary made during the closing moments of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final. In musical terms, the album's sound is influenced by then contemporary alternative rock while also being strongly reminiscent of experimental pop music of the 1960s from the likes of Joe", "title": "Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now" }, { "docid": "19515557", "text": "received acclaim from critic Stuart Mason, also from Allmusic, who labeled the track a \"neo-freakbeat masterpiece\". Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now is the debut studio album by English rock band The Dentists, released in 1985 by the record label Spruck. The title is a reference to the famous BBC TV commentary made during the closing moments of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final. In musical terms, the album's sound is influenced by then contemporary alternative rock while", "title": "Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now" }, { "docid": "20893648", "text": "collection of \"laid-back love songs folk-rock listeners should relish\". They added that the cover art acted as a \"perfect metaphor for [Larson's] innocent, beguiling vocal manner\". In a retrospective review, Bruce Eder of AllMusic felt the album was Larson's attempt to \"jump from country singer to pop diva\", but \"somehow it didn't take\". He added: \"The album isn't as strong as it might've been, and part of the problem involves the production, which mixes '80s-style electric drumming with country-pop sounds.\" All Dressed Up and No Place to Go All Dressed Up and No Place to Go is the fourth studio", "title": "All Dressed Up and No Place to Go" }, { "docid": "15952552", "text": "I (Almost) Got Away With It I (Almost) Got Away With It is an American documentary television series on Investigation Discovery, it debuted on January 12, 2010. The series profiles true stories of people who have committed crimes, and have avoided arrest or capture, but ultimately end up being caught. Many of these people escaped from prisons after being sentenced while others escaped jails they were being held in while awaiting trial. Sometimes they are on the run as little as a few weeks before being caught while other times they remain on the run for years and in a", "title": "I (Almost) Got Away With It" }, { "docid": "3703597", "text": "When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up is the second album by the indie rock band Snow Patrol, released on 24 April 2001 in the UK and 5 March in the US. The album charted at #129 in the UK and failed to sell well upon its initial release. But its re-release saw it eventually go gold in the UK. The album was to be titled \"Santa Maria\", and by June 2000, newer material like \"Chased By... I Don't Know What\", \"Black and Blue\" and \"One Night", "title": "When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up" }, { "docid": "4639288", "text": "come over, Over from the country where they do things big, And amongst the boys I've got a lover, And since I've got a lover, why I don't care a fig. The boy that I love, they call him a cobbler, But he's not a cobbler, allow me to state. For Johnny is a tradesman and he works in the Boro' Where they sole and heel them, whilst you wait. Now, If I were a Duchess and had a lot of money, I'd give it to the boy who's going to marry me. But I haven't got a penny, so", "title": "The Boy I Love is Up in the Gallery" }, { "docid": "19501961", "text": "I Am Not Afraid I Am Not Afraid is the sixteenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Los Angeles and released in 1974. Tracks 2 and 7 were also included in 2004 album \"Still Grazing\". A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated \"An excellent little record from Hugh Masekela – cut right during that perfect time when he was mixing soul, funk, and just the right amount of jazz to keep things real! The record features some nice electric piano from Joe Sample, and the best cuts have a choppy funky groove. Some cuts have", "title": "I Am Not Afraid" }, { "docid": "13006994", "text": "When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough \"When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough\" was a double A-Side single only released on 7 inch vinyl in November 1994 by Australian rock band You Am I. Due to a pressing fault, only 449 copies were ever produced out of what was to be a run of 1000, making this one of the rarest You Am I releases. Side One Side Two All songs by Tim Rogers \"Ken (The Mother Nature's Son)\" and \"How Much is Enough\" also appear on Hi Fi Way. \"When You Got Dry\" was later released as a", "title": "When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough" }, { "docid": "15737590", "text": "\"There Are Things I Want You to Know\" About Stieg Larsson and Me \"There Are Things I Want You to Know\" About Stieg Larsson and Me is a memoir written by Eva Gabrielsson, the life partner of Stieg Larsson, about life with the author and all of the complications surrounding his legacy. Larsson is best known for his posthumously published \"Millennium series\". Gabrielsson and Larsson met when they were 18 at an anti-Vietnam War meeting and they remained together for 32 years until his unexpected death in 2004. The memoir originated with a series of diary entries that Gabrielsson wrote", "title": "\"There Are Things I Want You to Know\" About Stieg Larsson and Me" }, { "docid": "19661606", "text": "Dillon, trying to avoid him, got into Greg Biffle and sent him into the guardrail. \"The cars started checking up in front of me and they all moved out of the way and the 17 (Stenhouse) was sitting there, stopped,\" Johnson said. \"I remember seeing a door number and I was so thankful it was the passenger-side door and not the driver-side door because I plowed him. I really hit the car hard. I was afraid that I might have injured him. But, thankfully he’s okay and everybody is all right.\" Johnson would go on to finish 40th, his first", "title": "2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen" }, { "docid": "15952554", "text": "in northern New Jersey. The series has repeated on Discovery Channel and American Heroes Channel (AHC). I (Almost) Got Away With It I (Almost) Got Away With It is an American documentary television series on Investigation Discovery, it debuted on January 12, 2010. The series profiles true stories of people who have committed crimes, and have avoided arrest or capture, but ultimately end up being caught. Many of these people escaped from prisons after being sentenced while others escaped jails they were being held in while awaiting trial. Sometimes they are on the run as little as a few weeks", "title": "I (Almost) Got Away With It" }, { "docid": "5580553", "text": "All I've Got to Do \"All I've Got to Do\" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and performed by English rock group the Beatles on their second British album, \"With the Beatles\". In the United States, \"All I've Got to Do\" originally appeared on \"Meet the Beatles!\". According to Dennis Alstrand, this song is the first time in rock and roll or rock music where the bass player plays chords as a vital part of the song. Lennon said he was \"trying to do Smokey Robinson again,\" and Ian MacDonald compared it to \"You Can Depend", "title": "All I've Got to Do" }, { "docid": "5580557", "text": "\"Meet the Beatles!\", releasing it later on \"The Beatles' Second Album\". All I've Got to Do \"All I've Got to Do\" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and performed by English rock group the Beatles on their second British album, \"With the Beatles\". In the United States, \"All I've Got to Do\" originally appeared on \"Meet the Beatles!\". According to Dennis Alstrand, this song is the first time in rock and roll or rock music where the bass player plays chords as a vital part of the song. Lennon said he was \"trying to do Smokey", "title": "All I've Got to Do" }, { "docid": "9521030", "text": "2012 album, \"Where Do You Start\". Got Me Wrong \"Got Me Wrong\" is a largely acoustic single by the American rock band Alice in Chains. The studio version was first featured on the band's EP \"Sap\" (1992). A slightly different version of the song also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1994 independent comedy film \"Clerks\", and is played when the character Randal first appears in the movie. In the liner notes of 1999's \"Music Bank\" box set collection, guitarist Jerry Cantrell said of the song: That's about a girl I was dating in between one of the times I", "title": "Got Me Wrong" }, { "docid": "18302177", "text": "that sounded like a late '60s / early '70s blues rock record. Most of the tracks were recorded without overdubs, and some of them were recorded in one take, \"to catch the true energy and spirit of a song.\" In \"Relix\", Brian Robbins wrote, \"Guitarist/vocalist Michael Falzarano has always brought out the best in the players around him, including stints as Jorma Kaukonen’s wingman in Hot Tuna and his present-day role as psychedelicized rhythm cop in the New Riders. When Falzarano’s name is on the label—as it is for his new solo album \"I Got Blues for Ya\"—things aren’t any", "title": "I Got Blues for Ya" }, { "docid": "14115072", "text": "Rock and Wrap it Up Rock and Wrap it Up! is a non-profit organization that was formed by Syd Mandelbaum in 1994. The independent anti-poverty think tank is based in New York, but works with partners across the country to develop greening solutions that address the issues of hunger and poverty in America. The organization works by increasing financial assets available to fight poverty by identifying new revenue streams through food and other basic assets obtained without cost. The organization's roots are in rock 'n' roll music, which is where they got the name Rock and Wrap it Up! The", "title": "Rock and Wrap it Up" }, { "docid": "8764968", "text": "All\" \"a surprising return to form\" for Jones, enthusing, \"There are honky tonk raveups, there are heart-tugging barroom weepers, and, best of all, there are several novelties that rank among the most clever and self-deprecating that Jones has ever recorded.\" In a \"Rolling Stone\" article at the time of the album's release, Chuck Dean wrote that Jones was \"...blessed with the best set of lungs this side of the cosmos...\" Alana Nash of Amazon.com writes that, even when going through the motions, \"Jones remains the kind of singer who inspires awe and wonder...\" I Lived to Tell It All I", "title": "I Lived to Tell It All" }, { "docid": "15310626", "text": "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea \"(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea\" is a 1978 song by Elvis Costello. Released as a single from his album \"This Year's Model\", it reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart. In his album notes for \"Girls Girls Girls\", Costello wrote that the song \"[m]ight have been just a poor relation to 'All of the Day (and All of the Night)', 'I Can't Explain' or even 'Clash City Rockers' had it not been for Bruce Thomas' great bassline. Meanwhile I was trying to fit in this lick from an old Pioneers", "title": "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" }, { "docid": "18778870", "text": "also performed at Glastonbury in 2016 where she sang Don't Be So Hard on Yourself\", \"Rather Be\", \"No Rights No Wrongs\", \"Gave Me Something\", \"Not Letting Go\", \"My Love\", \"Ain't Got Far to Go\", \"Love Me\", \"Right Here\", \"Why Me\", \"Take Me Home\", \"You Can Find Me\", \"I Feel For You\" and \"Hold My Hand\". Notes I Cry When I Laugh I Cry When I Laugh is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Jess Glynne. It was released on 21 August 2015 in the United Kingdom and 11 September 2015 in the United States by Atlantic Records", "title": "I Cry When I Laugh" }, { "docid": "7827861", "text": "flowers after NBC announced it would pick up both series, and wished her luck with \"30 Rock\". Fey said, \"it's just bad luck for me that in my first attempt at prime time I'm going up against the most powerful writer on television. I was joking that this would be the best pilot ever aired on Trio. And then Trio got canceled.\" Fey wound up \"beating\" Sorkin when \"Studio 60\" was canceled after one season and \"30 Rock\" was renewed for a second. Though \"30 Rock\"s first-season ratings proved lackluster and were lower than those of \"Studio 60\", \"Studio 60\"", "title": "30 Rock" }, { "docid": "7617581", "text": "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) \"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)\" is a song written and composed by Brian Wilson with additional lyrics by Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1965 album \"The Beach Boys Today!\" and as a single the previous year hit number nine on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, number seven in \"Cash Box\", number five in \"Variety\" and number three in the Associated Press/Gilbert Youth chart. It spent two weeks at number one in Canada's national RPM chart. The B-side of the", "title": "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" }, { "docid": "6615034", "text": "When I Was Born for the 7th Time When I Was Born for the 7th Time is the third studio album by the British indie rock band Cornershop, released on 8 September 1997 by Wiiija. The album received high acclaim from music critics and features the international hit single \"Brimful of Asha\". \"When I Was Born for the 7th Time\" was recorded over a period of approximately two months. Singer and guitarist Tjinder Singh described the recording process as \"very intense. There was a lot of smoking going on, it was a very relaxed time, and very enjoyable all the", "title": "When I Was Born for the 7th Time" }, { "docid": "13261999", "text": "love hearing it again, and younger listeners will welcome Byrd's introducing them to this country classic.\" She's All I Got \"She's All I Got\" is a song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams, Jr. in which the male narrator pleads to someone else not to take away his lover. It has been recorded by several artists. The first version, released in 1971 by Freddie North, was a Top 40 U.S. pop hit, and a version by Johnny Paycheck was a number 2 U.S. country hit that same year. A second country music version was released on Conway Twitty's", "title": "She's All I Got" }, { "docid": "16952255", "text": "Love Is All I Got \"Love Is All I Got\" is a song by electronic musicians Feed Me and Crystal Fighters. It was written by Sebastian Pringle, Gilbert Vierich, Graham Dickson, and Jon Gooch. It was digitally released as a single on 26 October 2012 by mau5trap. Reed Tan of \"The Daily Princetonian\" said the track \"features Feed Me operating in a brighter space than he’s usually prone to occupying – the Crystal Fighters' vocals take center stage until the drop, where Feed Me's signature grinding bass sounds still manage to feel uplifting.\" The music video for the song premiered", "title": "Love Is All I Got" }, { "docid": "7627617", "text": "All I Want to Do (The Beach Boys song) \"All I Want to Do\" is a song written by Dennis Wilson. It was recorded by American rock band The Beach Boys for their 1969 album \"20/20\". It was later released as the b-side to \"I Can Hear Music\", a single which charted at #24 in the U.S. and at #10 in the U.K.. The song is a savage fast-paced rocker with blazing guitars and a creditable vocal from Mike Love, unlike anything else in the Beach Boys' catalog. The song is seen as very controversial compared to other Beach Boys", "title": "All I Want to Do (The Beach Boys song)" }, { "docid": "21007533", "text": "When Ski Lifts Go Wrong When Ski Lifts Go Wrong (previously titled Carried Away) is a construction and management simulation video game created by British indie developer Hugecalf Studios and published by Curve Digital. \"When Ski Lifts Go Wrong\" was released in early access on 4 October 2017 and it set to fully release in early 2019. \"When Ski Lifts Go Wrong\" is low-poly physics-based puzzle game in which the player must construct chairlifts, gondolas, jumps and bridges to get skiers through a snowy mountain setting. The player attempts to build strong structures with a limited budget. Materials are placed", "title": "When Ski Lifts Go Wrong" }, { "docid": "6849073", "text": "Should I Stay or Should I Go \"Should I Stay or Should I Go\" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash, from their album \"Combat Rock\". It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on \"Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time\" list. In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program \"100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs\". Many rumours have arisen about the song's", "title": "Should I Stay or Should I Go" }, { "docid": "16952256", "text": "on 19 September 2012. It was directed by Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor. As of October 2015, it has over 7.1 million views on YouTube. Love Is All I Got \"Love Is All I Got\" is a song by electronic musicians Feed Me and Crystal Fighters. It was written by Sebastian Pringle, Gilbert Vierich, Graham Dickson, and Jon Gooch. It was digitally released as a single on 26 October 2012 by mau5trap. Reed Tan of \"The Daily Princetonian\" said the track \"features Feed Me operating in a brighter space than he’s usually prone to occupying – the Crystal Fighters' vocals", "title": "Love Is All I Got" }, { "docid": "5412469", "text": "the album omits two tracks; \"Shake a Tail Feather\" and \"Tina's Wish\". Tina's version of \"You Know I Love You\" was not the B.B. King song but a slightly different, more blues rock song Tina wrote herself with her band mates though she still credited the song to King on the soundtrack. Tina recalls singing the B.B. King ballad on her 1986 memoirs, \"I, Tina\". What's Love Got to Do with It (album) What's Love Got to Do with It is the eighth solo studio album by Tina Turner, released on Parlophone in 1993. It was the soundtrack album for", "title": "What's Love Got to Do with It (album)" }, { "docid": "19100737", "text": "All I Ask (Adele song) \"All I Ask\" is a song recorded by English singer and songwriter Adele for her third studio album \"25\" (2015). The song was written by Adele, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, while production of the track was handled by The Smeezingtons, a songwriting and record producing trio, consisting of Mars, Lawrence, and Ari Levine. According to \"Slate\"s Forrest Wickman, the song lyrically discusses the singer looking for one last night with a lover, before they go their separate ways. \"All I Ask\" peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart and", "title": "All I Ask (Adele song)" }, { "docid": "19100749", "text": "liner notes of \"25\" Locations Personnel All I Ask (Adele song) \"All I Ask\" is a song recorded by English singer and songwriter Adele for her third studio album \"25\" (2015). The song was written by Adele, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, while production of the track was handled by The Smeezingtons, a songwriting and record producing trio, consisting of Mars, Lawrence, and Ari Levine. According to \"Slate\"s Forrest Wickman, the song lyrically discusses the singer looking for one last night with a lover, before they go their separate ways. \"All I Ask\" peaked at number 41", "title": "All I Ask (Adele song)" }, { "docid": "1466860", "text": "it, but I didn't finish it because that was not how things went. Oprah, I didn't realize they would change the details so much.\" What's Love Got to Do with It (film) What's Love Got to Do with It is a 1993 American biographical film directed by Brian Gibson, based on the life of American-born singer Tina Turner. It stars Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner. The screenplay was adapted by Kate Lanier from the book \"I, Tina\" written by Tina Turner and Kurt Loder. Both Ike and Tina Turner assigned rights to Lanier for", "title": "What's Love Got to Do with It (film)" }, { "docid": "13261996", "text": "She's All I Got \"She's All I Got\" is a song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams, Jr. in which the male narrator pleads to someone else not to take away his lover. It has been recorded by several artists. The first version, released in 1971 by Freddie North, was a Top 40 U.S. pop hit, and a version by Johnny Paycheck was a number 2 U.S. country hit that same year. A second country music version was released on Conway Twitty's 1972 Decca LP I Can't See Me Without You. There was also a version titled \"He's", "title": "She's All I Got" }, { "docid": "18960336", "text": "number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. An accompanying music video for \"Ain't Got Far to Go\" was directed by Declan Whitebloom, showing Glynne and her friends enjoying a day in Havana, Cuba. It marked their second collaboration following his work on previous single “Take Me Home.” Commenting on the output, Glynne elaborated: “Making this video in Cuba was so fitting, the journey the colors the people everything was so perfect. We met some amazing people who were so grateful, charming and hard-working and that’s what this song is about.\" Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"I Cry When", "title": "Ain't Got Far to Go" }, { "docid": "12155450", "text": "I Have Got the Blues To Day! \"I Have Got The Blues To Day!\" is a song published in 1850 with words by Miss Sarah M. Graham and music by Gustave Blessner. The song tells a tale of an evening of entertainment in which the singer imbibed too much. The next day, in various verses, his \"little Fannie\" fails to call, he is sick, he wonders if his friends are ailing also, etc. Each verse ends with a variation of the theme: The song as composed by Blessner is in 2/4 time with the tempo as \"Allegretto\". \"I Have Got", "title": "I Have Got the Blues To Day!" }, { "docid": "14109367", "text": "Lulu\" contains some of his \"most difficult\" and \"technically demanding\" work. Regarding his tour and ability to face his grief over his mother's death, Wainwright admitted: \"This is such new territory for me and there are moments when I think I'm doing fine and two seconds later I'm on the floorboards so it's uncharted. I'm just figuring it out as I go along. It's what we all go through... but it's still very tough.\" The whole song cycle of \"All Days Are NIghts\" was performed by opera singers (Corinne Winters, Liza Forrester, Andrew Garland, and Joshua Jeremiah) at Lincoln Center", "title": "All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu" }, { "docid": "21007536", "text": "was released on 9 February 2018, which features new modes and enables the player to compete in different sports. \"When Ski Lift Go Wrong\" has been described as a game that is \"easy to pick up, but hard to master.\" It was praised for its colour-coded stress-testing visualisations. The game has been compared to Happy Wheels and Bridge Constructor. When Ski Lifts Go Wrong When Ski Lifts Go Wrong (previously titled Carried Away) is a construction and management simulation video game created by British indie developer Hugecalf Studios and published by Curve Digital. \"When Ski Lifts Go Wrong\" was released", "title": "When Ski Lifts Go Wrong" }, { "docid": "5653567", "text": "2.0\". Bass on \"When I Grow Up\" was performed by Daniel Shulman. Lyrically, Manson described \"When I Grow Up\" as being about \"that delirious state of wishing and hoping and dreaming for things, not giving up. There's a great quote by Flaubert where he says, 'Sometimes the forces of the world hold us back for a while, but not for ever' ... \". Manson stated that despite the song dealing with growing up, it actually questions whether adulthood brings maturity − \"Even though you're sussed and you're smart and you've worked it all out, you haven't even got the remotest", "title": "When I Grow Up (Garbage song)" }, { "docid": "19093155", "text": "I Don't Wanna Go to Bed \"I Don't Wanna Go to Bed\" is a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan featuring American rapper Nelly. The song serves as the lead single for fifth studio album \"Taking One for the Team\" and was released to digital retailers on October 15, 2015 through Atlantic Records and WEA International. The song takes a more funk-styled approach compared to most of Simple Plan's previous work. \"I Don't Wanna Go to Bed\" is a pop rock and funk song written in the key of D minor. It features guitar riffs, horns and a beat", "title": "I Don't Wanna Go to Bed" }, { "docid": "12234212", "text": "This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That is the second album by Marnie Stern, released on October 7, 2008 on Kill Rock Stars. The album's title comes from an Alan Watts quote in his work \"On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are\" (1966), which", "title": "This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That" }, { "docid": "11540552", "text": "instrumental it was always more interesting. More completely we felt like we were doing something good, while the songs with the singing ended up quite bog-standard, boring, not very interesting.\" NME rated the album an 8 out of 10, saying \"Rock It to the Moon\" was \"just the way a debut album should be... utterly focused [and] stripped of all extraneous flab.\" Rock It to the Moon Rock It to the Moon is the debut album by English rock group Electrelane. It was released on compact disc in the UK in 2001 by Let's Rock!, and issued by Mr. Lady", "title": "Rock It to the Moon" }, { "docid": "11926816", "text": "\"I wasn't being completely truthful with you when I named this book. Marketers aren't liars. They are just storytellers... I was trying to go to the edges. No one would hate a book called All Marketers Are Storytellers. No one would disagree with it. No one would challenge me on it. No one would talk about it.\" Before its publication, All Marketers Are Liars was serialized in Fortune Magazine. It made the Amazon Top 100 bestseller list, and received press in the Miami Herald, \"The New York Times\", and the Chicago Tribune. Godin also launched a blog in support of", "title": "All Marketers Are Liars" }, { "docid": "8761233", "text": "a large man-eating magical cat called Bajun who lives on an iron column in the thrice tenth kingdom. But against all their evil plans, the hunter catches the beast, with the help of his wife. The king is enraged with the steward, who again goes to the same stranger. This time, the steward tells the king to send the hunter to \"go I know not whither and bring back I know not what.\" The wife conjures spirits and all the beasts and birds to see if they know how to \"go I know not whither and bring back I know", "title": "Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What" }, { "docid": "14981407", "text": "It Just Got to Be It Just Got to Be is an album by the jazz group The Three Sounds with performances recorded in 1960. It was released on the Blue Note label in 1963. It was reissued on CD only in Japan, with two bonus tracks. The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars stating, \"The performances throughout the record are predictably swinging and enjoyable, even if they find the trio taking no stylistic chances. That lack of adventure doesn't matter, though — the Three Sounds excel at making unpretentious, unabashedly enjoyable mainstream jazz, and", "title": "It Just Got to Be" }, { "docid": "8714849", "text": "When the Lights Go Down (book) When The Lights Go Down, Complete Reviews 1975-1980, is the sixth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael. All material in the book originally appeared in \"The New Yorker\". The collection begins with an appreciation of Cary Grant. \" Mae West's raucous invitation to him - 'Why don't you come up sometime and see me?' - was echoed thirty years later by Audrey Hepburn in \"Charade\": 'Won't you come in for a minute? I don't bite, you know, unless it's called for.' And then, purringly, 'Do you know what's wrong with you?", "title": "When the Lights Go Down (book)" }, { "docid": "13006995", "text": "b-side on the \"Tuesday\" single. \"Bitter Young Man Of The Fanzine Press\" was later released on a Ra Records sampler called Rare Cords. When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough \"When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough\" was a double A-Side single only released on 7 inch vinyl in November 1994 by Australian rock band You Am I. Due to a pressing fault, only 449 copies were ever produced out of what was to be a run of 1000, making this one of the rarest You Am I releases. Side One Side Two All songs by Tim Rogers \"Ken (The", "title": "When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough" }, { "docid": "11850495", "text": "Back When I Knew It All Back When I Knew It All is the sixth studio album by the American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released by Columbia Records Nashville on June 10, 2008 (see 2008 in country music). The album's lead-off single, also its title track, became their fourth Number One on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts in July 2008, as did \"Roll with Me\", the second single, in December 2008. The third single \"One in Every Crowd\" was released in February 2009, followed by the fourth single \"Long Line of Losers\" on June 22, 2009.", "title": "Back When I Knew It All" }, { "docid": "12159554", "text": "Some Boys Got It, Most Men Don't Some Boys Got It, Most Men Don't is the fourth album released by the North Vancouver punk band d.b.s. It was released by New Disorder Records in June 1999. This is the first d.b.s. recording to feature new bassist Ryan Angus, who replaced Dhani Borges. The album marks a turning point in the band's development, and had some post-hardcore influence. Tracks such as \"...And Then I Awoke\" and \"Past Friendships\" included acoustic guitar; these tracks have been likened to the sound of The Promise Ring and Jawbreaker, respectively. The album also received comparisons", "title": "Some Boys Got It, Most Men Don't" }, { "docid": "17830762", "text": "Vitale, Joe Walsh starts talking and says \"Hey Joe, It's Joe, How are ya, Listen I got a part for your record, I just thinking I couldn't sleep all night, and I got this guitar part, I want you to hear it\" then he talks further about the tuning of his guitar for the track and the song ends. The song received some airplay in the US on album-oriented rock radio and became quite popular. This airplay pushed the single to No. 47 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and helped the album \"Plantation Harbor\" chart. Lady on the Rock \"Lady", "title": "Lady on the Rock" }, { "docid": "12430688", "text": "this record?' It was quality. There was not a lot of marketing and promotion, but they knew I had the credibility so you don't just throw it in the garbage ... I don't mind being a slow burn because that's actually a better road to take. I have to go in one more time and prove myself again because I am starting over again.\" In the week leading up to its release, Saadiq made promotional appearances at V-103's For Sisters Only, the International Soul Music Summit, and the Uptown Restaurant & Lounge in Atlanta. He also performed songs from the", "title": "The Way I See It" }, { "docid": "11661771", "text": "Back When I Knew It All (song) \"Back When I Knew It All\" is a song written by Trent Willmon, Gary Hannan, and Phil O'Donnell, and recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in February 2008 as the lead off single and title track from their album of the same name. The song debuted at #49 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated March 1, 2008, and on the chart week of July 12, 2008, it became the duo's fourth Number One hit. The song is a moderate up-tempo, described as sounding similar to The Byrds.", "title": "Back When I Knew It All (song)" }, { "docid": "13967177", "text": "Mr. Right & Mr. Wrong: One Down & Two to Go Mr. Right & Mr. Wrong: One Down & Two To Go is a compilation album by Nomeansno. After the departure of long-time guitarist Andy Kerr, the group's lineup stood simply as a two-piece (brothers Rob and John Wright) at the time of the album's recording. The tracks on the album are culled from three sources – five songs (tracks 4, 6, 12, 15 and 16) from home demos dating from 1979-1980, four outtakes (3, 5, 7 and 9) from the 1993 \"Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?\" album,", "title": "Mr. Right & Mr. Wrong: One Down & Two to Go" }, { "docid": "19945089", "text": "career. Her duet with Barry Manilow is one of the record's two new tracks, the other being \"All I Know of Love\" with Josh Groban. \"I Won't Be the One to Let Go\" was written and produced by Richard Marx with additional songwriting coming from Manilow and additional production handled by Walter Afanasieff. It serves as Streisand's first single release since 1999's \"If You Ever Leave Me\", which was a duet with Vince Gill and is also featured as one of the nineteen songs on the parent album. The single was first available for digital streaming on AOL Music on", "title": "I Won't Be the One to Let Go" }, { "docid": "17378356", "text": "McGee. He was talking to me about something quite difficult that was going on at the time and I said to him, 'Alan, if we didn't go through the bad stuff, we wouldn't recognize the good stuff; it would be invisible to you.\" Talking about the album's closing track \"Finished Sympathy\", Allan told \"The Guardian\" that \"it's about the speed with which we're expected to shed naivety, how people's expectations can be overwhelming. It's like when an infant trips and falls – people rush to pick them up and crowd around them going, 'Are you OK? Are you all right?'", "title": "Later...When the TV Turns to Static" }, { "docid": "16893494", "text": "Give Me All You Got Give Me All You Got is an album by Carrie Rodriguez that was released in 2013. It was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California and was produced by Lee Townsend. Rodriguez noted, \"So much of this album was inspired by coming home to Austin. I had been living in New York City for almost a decade when I moved back to my hometown. One of the first things that I realized I had been missing was waking up to the sounds of the birds...The peace and quiet here allowed me to reflect on life", "title": "Give Me All You Got" } ]

[ "Federal Reserve chairman", "Fed Chief", "Chairman of the fed", "Fed Chairmanship", "Fed Chairman", "Fed chair", "Federal Reserve Chairman", "List of Chairmen of the Federal Reserve", "Federal Reserve Board Chairman", "Chairman of the Federal Reserve", "Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board", "Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve", "Director of the Federal Reserve", "Fed Chair", "List of Chair of the Federal Reserve", "Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System", "Federal Reserve Board chairman", "Chairman of the federal reserve", "Fed chief", "Chair of the Federal Reserve", "Chairman of the Fed", "Fed chairman", "List of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve", "Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve" ]

[ { "docid": "5051493", "text": "Ben Bernanke Ben Shalom Bernanke ( ; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served two terms as Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014. During his tenure as chair, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the late-2000s financial crisis. Before becoming Federal Reserve chair, Bernanke was a tenured professor at Princeton University and chaired the department of economics there from 1996 to September 2002, when he went on public service leave. From August 5, 2002 until June 21, 2005, he was a member", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051509", "text": "the possibility of a filibuster. On a second vote to confirm, the 30 dissents came from 11 Democrats, 18 Republicans and one independent. Bernanke was succeeded as Chair of the Federal Reserve by Janet Yellen, the first woman to hold the position. Yellen was nominated on October 9, 2013, by President Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 6, 2014. Bernanke has been subjected to criticism concerning the late-2000s financial crisis. According to \"The New York Times\", Bernanke \"has been attacked for failing to foresee the financial crisis, for bailing out Wall Street, and, most recently, for", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051513", "text": "which show Bernanke overruled recommendations from his staff in bailing out AIG. The columnist says this raises questions as to whether or not the decision to bail out AIG was necessary. Senators from both parties who support Bernanke say his actions averted worse problems and outweigh whatever responsibility he may have for the financial crisis. The crisis in 2008 also made then-Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke create a pseudonym, Edward Quince. According to the Wall Street Journal, the false name was evidence in a class-action lawsuit against the government by shareholders of AIG, which had been given a Fed-backed bailout", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051507", "text": "Bernanke oversaw some unorthodox measures. Under his guidance, the Fed lowered its funds interest rate from 5.25% to 0.0% within less than a year. When this was considered insufficient to abate the liquidity crisis, the Fed initiated Quantitative Easing, creating $1.3 trillion from November 2008 to June 2010 and using the created money to buy financial assets from banks and from the government. On August 25, 2009, President Obama announced he would nominate Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. In a short statement on Martha's Vineyard, with Bernanke standing at his side, Obama said Bernanke's", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051495", "text": "Bernanke was confirmed for a second term as chairman on January 28, 2010, after being renominated by President Barack Obama, who later referred to him as \"the epitome of calm.\" His second term ended January 31, 2014, when he was succeeded by Janet Yellen on February 3, 2014. Bernanke wrote about his time as chairman of the Federal Reserve in his 2015 book, \"The Courage to Act,\" in which he revealed that the world's economy came close to collapse in 2007 and 2008. Bernanke asserts that it was only the novel efforts of the Fed (cooperating with other agencies and", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051517", "text": "lower interest rates to zero. Anna Schwartz, however, was highly critical of Bernanke and wrote an opinion piece in \"The New York Times\" advising Obama against his reappointment as chair of the Federal Reserve. Bernanke focused less on the role of the Federal Reserve and more on the role of private banks and financial institutions. Bernanke found that the financial disruptions of 1930–33 reduced the efficiency of the credit allocation process; and that the resulting higher cost and reduced availability of credit acted to depress aggregate demand, identifying an effect he called the financial accelerator. When faced with a mild", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "12788355", "text": "Bernanke doctrine The Bernanke doctrine refers to measures, identified by Ben Bernanke while Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve, that the Federal Reserve can use in conducting monetary policy to combat deflation. In 2002, when the word \"deflation\" began appearing in the business news, Bernanke, then a governor on the Board of the Federal Reserve, gave a speech about deflation entitled \"Deflation: Making Sure \"It\" Doesn't Happen Here.\" In that speech, he assessed the causes and effects of deflation in the modern economy. Bernanke states: \"\"The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation", "title": "Bernanke doctrine" }, { "docid": "5051523", "text": "Wall Street's in mid-2006. Back then, he resisted calls for further interest rate increases because he thought the economy might be weakening.\" In a speech at the American Economics Association conference in January 2014, Bernanke reflected on his tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve. He expressed his hope that economic growth was building momentum and stated that he was confident that the central bank would be able to withdraw its support smoothly. In an October 2014 speech, Bernanke disclosed that he was unsuccessful in efforts to refinance his home. He suggested that lenders \"may have gone a little bit", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051494", "text": "of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, proposed the Bernanke Doctrine, and first discussed \"the Great Moderation\" — the theory that traditional business cycles have declined in volatility in recent decades through structural changes that have occurred in the international economy, particularly increases in the economic stability of developing nations, diminishing the influence of macroeconomic (monetary and fiscal) policy. Bernanke then served as chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers before President Bush nominated him to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the United States Federal Reserve. His first term began February 1, 2006.", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051505", "text": "as Fed chairman the next year. He held the post until January 2006. On February 1, 2006, Bernanke began a fourteen-year term as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and a four-year term as chairman (after having been nominated by President Bush in late 2005). By virtue of the chairmanship, he sat on the Financial Stability Oversight Board that oversees the Troubled Asset Relief Program. He also served as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System's principal monetary policy making body. His first months as chairman of the Federal Reserve System were marked by difficulties", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "9002384", "text": "would eventually become the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to apply to Harvard. He helped assuage the Bernanke family, who were concerned that Ben would \"lose his Jewish identity\" if he went to Harvard, that \"there were Jews in Boston.\" Manning has been on the faculty at MIT since 1974. Manning's 1983 book, \"\", depicts the life and career of Ernest Everett Just, who was born in Charleston, South Carolina and went on to become a world-famous biologist. Manning won several awards for the book and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography. Manning was also inducted into", "title": "Kenneth Manning" } ]

[ { "docid": "5051499", "text": "in his local synagogue. Although he keeps his beliefs private, his friend Mark Gertler, chairman of New York University's economics department, says they are \"embedded in who he (Bernanke) is\". The Bernanke family was concerned that Ben would \"lose his Jewish identity\" if he went to Harvard. Fellow Dillon native Kenneth Manning, who would eventually become a professor of the history of sciences at MIT, assured the family \"there are Jews in Boston\". Once Bernanke was at Harvard for his freshman year, Manning took him to Brookline for Rosh Hashanah services. Bernanke was educated at East Elementary, J.V. Martin Junior", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051526", "text": "even if actual implementation of the plan might have to wait until the economic outlook improves. His remarks were most likely intended for the federal government's executive and legislative branches, since entitlement reform is a fiscal exercise that will be accomplished by the Congress and the President rather than a monetary task falling within the implementation powers of the Federal Reserve. Bernanke also pointed out that deficit reduction will necessarily consist of either raising taxes, cutting entitlement payments and other government spending, or some combination of both. Ben Bernanke Ben Shalom Bernanke ( ; born December 13, 1953) is an", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051501", "text": "received a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979 after completing and defending his dissertation, \"Long-Term Commitments, Dynamic Optimization, and the Business Cycle\". Bernanke's thesis adviser was the future governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, and his readers included Irwin S. Bernstein, Rüdiger Dornbusch, Robert Solow, and Peter Diamond of MIT and Dale Jorgenson of Harvard. Bernanke met his wife, Anna, a schoolteacher, on a blind date. She was a student at Wellesley College, and he was in graduate school at MIT. The Bernankes have two children. He is an ardent fan of", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051503", "text": "1985, was a visiting professor at New York University and went on to become a tenured professor at Princeton University in the Department of Economics. He chaired that department from 1996 until September 2002, when he went on public service leave. He resigned his position at Princeton July 1, 2005. Bernanke served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2002 to 2005. In one of his first speeches as a Governor, entitled \"Deflation: Making Sure It Doesn't Happen Here\", he outlined what has been referred to as the Bernanke Doctrine. As a member", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051500", "text": "High, and Dillon High School, where he was class valedictorian and played saxophone in the marching band. Since Dillon High School did not offer calculus at the time, Bernanke taught it to himself. Bernanke scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and was a National Merit Scholar. He also was a contestant in the 1965 National Spelling Bee. Bernanke attended Harvard University in 1971, where he lived in Winthrop House, as did the future CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, and graduated with an A.B. degree, and later with an A.M. in economics \"summa cum laude\" in 1975. He", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051502", "text": "the Washington Nationals baseball team, and frequently attends games at Nationals Park. When Bernanke left Stanford to accept a position at Princeton, he and his family moved to Montgomery Township, New Jersey in 1985, where Bernanke's children attended the local public schools. Bernanke served for six years as a member of the board of education of the Montgomery Township School District. In 2009 The Wall Street Journal reported that Bernanke was a victim of identity theft, a spreading crime the Federal Reserve has for years issued warnings about. Bernanke taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 1979 until", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051498", "text": "New York in the 1940s. Bernanke's mother gave up her job as a schoolteacher when her son was born and worked at the family drugstore. Ben Bernanke also worked there sometimes. As a teenager, Bernanke worked construction on a new hospital and waited tables at a restaurant at nearby South of the Border, a roadside attraction in his hometown of Dillon, before leaving for college. To support himself throughout college, he worked during the summers at South of the Border. As a teenager in the 1960s in the small town of Dillon, Bernanke used to help roll the Torah scrolls", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051508", "text": "background, temperament, courage and creativity helped to prevent another Great Depression in 2008. When Senate Banking Committee hearings on his nomination began on December 3, 2009, several senators from both parties indicated they would not support a second term. However, Bernanke was confirmed for a second term as chairman on January 28, 2010, by a 70–30 vote of the full Senate, the narrowest margin, at the time, for any occupant of the position. (For the roll-call vote, see Obama confirmations, 2010.) The Senate first voted 77–23 to end debate, Bernanke winning more than the 60 approval votes needed to overcome", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051524", "text": "too far on mortgage credit conditions\". Since February 2014, Bernanke has been employed as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. On April 16, 2015, it was announced publicly that Bernanke will work with Citadel, the $25 billion hedge fund founded by billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, as a senior adviser. In the same month it was revealed that Bernanke would also join Pimco as a senior advisor. In his 2015 book, \"The Courage to Act\", Bernanke revealed that he was no longer a Republican, having \"lost patience with Republicans' susceptibility to the know-nothing-ism", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051511", "text": "\"Materially Adverse Change\" (MAC) clause, Paulson immediately called Lewis to a meeting in Washington. At the meeting, which allegedly took place on December 21, 2008, Paulson told Lewis that he and the board would be replaced if they invoked the MAC clause and additionally not to reveal the extent of the losses to shareholders. Paulson stated to Cuomo's office that he was directed by Bernanke to threaten Lewis in this manner. Congressional hearings into these allegations were conducted on June 25, 2009, with Bernanke testifying that he did not bully Ken Lewis. Under intense questioning by members of Congress, Bernanke", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051521", "text": "the mold of Alan Greenspan. In 2005 Bernanke coined the term saving glut, the idea that relatively high level of worldwide savings was holding down interest rates and financing the current account deficits of the United States. (Alternative reasons include relatively low worldwide investment coupled with low U.S. savings.) As the recession began to deepen in 2007, many economists urged Bernanke (and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee) to lower the federal funds rate below what it had done. For example, Larry Summers, later named Director of the White House's National Economic Council under President Obama, wrote in", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051519", "text": "maintain market liquidity. Control of the money supply implies that the government can always avoid deflation by simply issuing more money. He said \"The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at no cost.\" He referred to a statement made by Milton Friedman about using a \"helicopter drop\" of money into the economy to fight deflation. Bernanke's critics have since referred to him as \"Helicopter Ben\" or to his \"helicopter printing press.\" In a footnote to his speech, Bernanke noted that", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "11256246", "text": "Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society (or The Coop, pronounced as a single syllable) is a Cambridge, Massachusetts retail cooperative for the Harvard University and MIT campuses. The general public is encouraged to freely enter and make purchases in all the Coop stores, but membership discounts and certain other benefits are restricted to Coop members. , there are three store locations at Harvard, and two at MIT. The main store is located in the heart of Harvard Square, across the street from the Harvard subway station headhouse. The Coop was founded as the Harvard Cooperative in 1882 to supply", "title": "Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society" }, { "docid": "5051520", "text": "\"people know that inflation erodes the real value of the government's debt and, therefore, that it is in the interest of the government to create some inflation.\" For example, while Greenspan publicly supported President Clinton's deficit reduction plan and the Bush tax cuts, Bernanke, when questioned about taxation policy, said that it was none of his business, his exclusive remit being monetary policy, and said that fiscal policy and wider society related issues were what politicians were for and got elected for. But Bernanke has been identified by \"The Wall Street Journal\" and a close colleague as a \"libertarian-Republican\" in", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051497", "text": "a child from his maternal grandfather, Harold Friedman, a professional hazzan (service leader), shochet, and Hebrew teacher. Bernanke's father and uncle owned and managed a drugstore they purchased from Bernanke's paternal grandfather, Jonas Bernanke. Jonas Bernanke was born in Boryslav, Austria-Hungary (today part of Ukraine), on January 23, 1891. He immigrated to the United States from Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary (today part of Poland) and arrived at Ellis Island, aged 30, on June 30, 1921, with his wife Pauline, aged 25. On the ship's manifest, Jonas's occupation is listed as \"clerk\" and Pauline's as \"doctor med\". The family moved to Dillon from", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051504", "text": "of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System on February 20, 2004, Bernanke gave a speech in which he postulated that we are in a new era called the Great Moderation, where modern macroeconomic policy has decreased the volatility of the business cycle to the point that it should no longer be a central issue in economics. In June 2005, Bernanke was named chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, and resigned as Fed Governor. The appointment was largely viewed as a test run to ascertain if Bernanke could be Bush's pick to succeed Greenspan", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "9777583", "text": "to HMMT February. The results of HMMT November can be seen below: HMMT is currently sponsored by the MIT Mathematics Department, Optiver, D.E. Shaw & Co, the Harvard Mathematics Department, Flow Traders, the Susquehanna International Group, and Jane Street Capital. Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) is an annual high school math competition that started in 1998. The location of the tournament, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alternates between Harvard University (November tournament) and MIT (February tournament). The contest is written and staffed almost entirely by Harvard and MIT students. HMMT February is attended by teams of eight students each.", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "11256249", "text": "with an automatic additional discount of 10% at the registers, for Coop members in good standing. The Coop stores are managed by Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, under supervision of a 23-person Board of Directors including 11 students elected by the student membership. Faculty, alumni, or officers of MIT or Harvard fill 11 seats, and the Coop's president serves \"ex officio\". In 2014, the MIT branch announced that it is the first campus bookstore in the US to accept bitcoin payments. Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society (or The Coop, pronounced as a single syllable) is a Cambridge, Massachusetts", "title": "Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society" }, { "docid": "5051515", "text": "covering both microeconomics and macroeconomics, coauthored with Robert H. Frank. Bernanke was the Director of the Monetary Economics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the editor of the American Economic Review. He is among the 50 most published economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. Bernanke is particularly interested in the economic and political causes of the Great Depression, on which he has published numerous academic journal articles. Before Bernanke's work, the dominant monetarist theory of the Great Depression was Milton Friedman's view that it had been largely caused by the Federal Reserve's having reduced the money", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "9777574", "text": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) is an annual high school math competition that started in 1998. The location of the tournament, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alternates between Harvard University (November tournament) and MIT (February tournament). The contest is written and staffed almost entirely by Harvard and MIT students. HMMT February is attended by teams of eight students each. Teams can represent a single school, or a regional math team as large as a state. In recent years, teams have represented over 20 states, as well as Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. HMMT February consists of three rounds:", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "7347000", "text": "the most cherished symbols of an MIT education that is recognized worldwide. The Graduate Student ring, or \"Grad Rat\", is redesigned every five years when the production contract expires. The Grad Rat was essentially unchanged for 73 years until its first major redesign in 2003. Unlike the undergraduate ring, the Grad Rat design (starting with the 2003 design) is personalized according to the department in which the graduate student resides and to the degree to be received (i.e., PhD, ScD, SM, etc.). The \"third\" new Grad Rat design was unveiled in Fall 2013 with some controversial elements, such as the", "title": "MIT class ring" }, { "docid": "17512432", "text": "At this time some of the earliest local computer networks, which contained statistical software and computing resources, were established; in addition, associates began transitioning the facility's holdings from tape to more modern media. In the early 1990s associates of the Harvard Data Center played a major role in a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that established a research training program in political economy for various educational institutions. Later on, in 1996, facility associates entered into an agreement with MIT to extend services to MIT users, thus changing the name to the Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC). In 1999 HMDC associates were", "title": "Harvard-MIT Data Center" }, { "docid": "5051510", "text": "injecting an additional $600 billion into the banking system to give the slow recovery a boost.\" In a letter to Congress from then-New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo dated April 23, 2009, Bernanke was mentioned along with former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in allegations of fraud concerning the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America. The letter alleged that the extent of the losses at Merrill Lynch were not disclosed to Bank of America by Bernanke and Paulson. When Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis informed Paulson that Bank of America was exiting the merger by invoking the", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "5051496", "text": "agencies of foreign governments) that prevented an economic catastrophe greater than the Great Depression. Bernanke was born in Augusta, Georgia, and was raised on East Jefferson Street in Dillon, South Carolina. His father Philip was a pharmacist and part-time theater manager. His mother Edna was an elementary school teacher. Bernanke has two younger siblings. His brother, Seth, is a lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina. His sister, Sharon, is a longtime administrator at Berklee College of Music in Boston. The Bernankes were one of the few Jewish families in Dillon and attended Ohav Shalom, a local synagogue; Bernanke learned Hebrew as", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "17512430", "text": "Harvard-MIT Data Center The Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC) provides multi-disciplinary information technology support for social science research and education at Harvard and MIT. Established in the early 1960s the HMDC was meant to be the original data center for political and social science at Harvard University, and over time it has evolved into an information technology service provider that transcends many educational fields. The HMDC offers the following services: In the early 1960s the HMDC, originally known as the Government Data Center, was established as part of a national movement for all universities to collect, consolidate, and share social science", "title": "Harvard-MIT Data Center" }, { "docid": "5051525", "text": "of the far right. ... I view myself now as a moderate independent, and I think that's where I'll stay.\" Bernanke favors reducing the U.S. budget deficit, particularly by reforming the Social Security and Medicare entitlement programs. During a speech delivered on April 7, 2010, he warned that the U.S. must soon develop a \"credible\" plan to address the pending funding crisis faced by \"entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare\" or \"in the longer run we will have neither financial stability nor healthy economic growth.\" Bernanke said that formulation of such a plan would help the economy now,", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "17512434", "text": "the HMDC continues to serve the social science community by providing technology support for research, education, and administration. Harvard-MIT Data Center The Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC) provides multi-disciplinary information technology support for social science research and education at Harvard and MIT. Established in the early 1960s the HMDC was meant to be the original data center for political and social science at Harvard University, and over time it has evolved into an information technology service provider that transcends many educational fields. The HMDC offers the following services: In the early 1960s the HMDC, originally known as the Government Data Center,", "title": "Harvard-MIT Data Center" }, { "docid": "5051506", "text": "communicating with the media. An advocate of more transparent Fed policy and clearer statements than Greenspan had made, he had to back away from his initial idea of stating clearer inflation goals as such statements tended to affect the stock market. Maria Bartiromo disclosed on CNBC comments from their private conversation at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. She reported that Bernanke said investors had misinterpreted his comments as indicating that he was \"dovish\" on inflation. He was sharply criticized for making public statements about Fed direction, which he said was a \"lapse in judgment.\" As the \"Great Recession\" deepened,", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "7364656", "text": "understanding of engineering, physical sciences, and the biological sciences, complemented with hands-on experience in the clinic or in industry; and they become conversant with the underlying quantitative and molecular aspects of medicine and biomedical science. Within the division, more than 300 graduate students work with eminent faculty and affiliated faculty members from throughout the MIT and Harvard communities. HST is also the home of the Laboratory of Computational Physiology (LCP) which hosts the MIMIC II database and PhysioNet. HST is a part of MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and 1 of 5 societies at Harvard Medical School. Harvard–MIT", "title": "Harvard–MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology" }, { "docid": "7364655", "text": "Harvard–MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology The Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, or HST, is one of the oldest and largest biomedical engineering and physician-scientist training programs in the United States. It was founded in 1970 and is the longest-standing functional collaboration between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). HST's interdisciplinary educational program brings engineering as well as the physical and biological sciences from the scientist's bench to the patient's bedside. Conversely, it brings clinical insight from the patient's bedside to the laboratory bench. In this way, HST students are trained to have deep", "title": "Harvard–MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology" }, { "docid": "12788361", "text": "[t]his class of assets offers huge scope for Fed operations because the quantity of foreign assets eligible for purchase by the Fed is several times the stock of U.S. government debt.\"\" 7) Buy industries throughout the U.S. economy with \"newly created money\". In essence, the Federal Reserve acquires equity stakes in banks and financial institutions. In this \"private-asset option,\" the Treasury could issue trillions in debt and the Fed would acquire it, still using newly created money. Bernanke doctrine The Bernanke doctrine refers to measures, identified by Ben Bernanke while Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States", "title": "Bernanke doctrine" }, { "docid": "5051516", "text": "supply and has on several occasions argued that one of the biggest mistakes made during the period was to raise interest rates too early. In a speech on Milton Friedman's ninetieth birthday (November 8, 2002), Bernanke said: \"Let me end my talk by abusing slightly my status as an official representative of the Federal Reserve. I would like to say to Milton and Anna [Schwartz, Friedman's coauthor]: Regarding the Great Depression, you're right. We did it. We're very sorry. But thanks to you, we won't do it again.\" Bernanke has cited Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz in his decision to", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "1818553", "text": "Cambridge University Liberal Club in 1968. After graduation, he worked as a researcher on the Cambridge Growth Project with future Nobel Laureate Richard Stone and Terry Barker at the University of Cambridge. He then taught at the University of Birmingham and was a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT where he shared an office with then Assistant Professor Ben Bernanke. From October 1984 he was Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics where he founded the Financial Markets Group. In 1981, he was one of the 364 economists who signed a letter to \"The Times\" condemning Geoffrey Howe's", "title": "Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury" }, { "docid": "5051514", "text": "when it was near collapse. One of Mr. Quince's emails reads, \"We think they are days from failure. They think it is a temporary problem. This disconnect is dangerous.\" Upon the revelation of the Quince pseudonym during the Starr v. United States trial, \"The New York Times\" created a cocktail inspired by Mr. Bernanke's chosen alias: the \"Rye & Quince.\" Bernanke has given several lectures at the London School of Economics on monetary theory and policy. He has written two textbooks: an intermediate-level macroeconomics textbook coauthored with Andrew Abel (and also Dean Croushore in later editions) and an introductory textbook,", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "20933303", "text": "instructor at Carnegie Mellon University, before taking a tenured-track position in the fall at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. After moving to New York, Grad joined the full-time faculty as a Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in 1981. She was the first woman to hold a tenure-track, full-time position teaching painting in MassArt’s Fine Arts 2D Department. Grad taught advanced drawing, painting, and an “Art in Boston” course that took students to local galleries and artist studios. She also served as the department’s Chairman (1997-2000) and Painting Coordinator (2011-2014). Grad retired as Professor Emerita", "title": "Barbara Grad" }, { "docid": "5788875", "text": "Michael A. Cusumano Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the former editor-in-chief and chairman of the \"MIT Sloan Management Review\". Cusumano earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, his PhD from Harvard University, and completed a postdoc at Harvard Business School. He is a widely cited scholar in business strategy and information technology. Cusumano also sits on the advisory board of H5, a firm specializing in electronic discovery for legal cases. He also holds Board position at Swipesumo Technologies Pvt Ltd, a payment processing company based in", "title": "Michael A. Cusumano" }, { "docid": "16093731", "text": "possibility of real-world despair.\" \"What We Saw from the Cheap Seats\" has thus far debuted on at least nine national album charts. In the United States, the album debuted at No. 3, with sales of 42,000, a slight decrease from the opening of her previous album. The album has sold 174,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016. All songs written by Spektor except where noted. All credits for tracks one through eleven are listed in the album's booklet. What We Saw from the Cheap Seats What We Saw from the Cheap Seats is the sixth studio album", "title": "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" }, { "docid": "19274168", "text": "accepted to MIT. Though she graduated from MIT in only three years, she did not enter with any previous college credits. Pasterski was initially denied December 2009 for early admission. March 2010, she was waitlisted to MIT, but unfortunately rejected from Harvard a month later. A Harvard Nobel Laureate offered her a lab position at Harvard Physics for Professor Lene Hau. With the help of 2 Nobel Laureates, a “Guggenheim Medal winner, a Secretary of the Air Force, and MITei’s Peggy Udden, she was admitted to MIT of the waitlist, and offered admission into their grad program. One day after,", "title": "Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski" }, { "docid": "11256248", "text": "program of talks and book signings focussed on local authors, but also including speakers from around the world. Only students, faculty, alumni and employees of MIT, Harvard, and the personnel of the hospitals affiliated with the Harvard Medical School are eligible to join. Membership cost $1 annually in 1882, and this fee has not been increased. Members may also purchase a Coop Diary, a little black combination pocket diary, academic year calendar, and address book. The Coop traditionally has disbursed its annual profits as a rebate to members in October of each year. , the rebate program has been replaced", "title": "Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society" }, { "docid": "5051512", "text": "said, \"I never said anything about firing the board and the management [of Bank of America].\" In further testimony, Bernanke said the Fed did nothing illegal or unethical in its efforts to convince Bank of America not to end the merger. Lewis told the panel that authorities expressed \"strong views\" but said he would not characterize their stance as improper. According to a January 26, 2010, column in \"The Huffington Post\", a whistleblower has disclosed documents providing troubling details' of Bernanke's role in the AIG bailout\". Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky said on CNBC that he had seen documents", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "13003879", "text": "received his BS in 1982 in electrical engineering, from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He later went to study in Japan and obtained his M.S. in electrical engineering and PhD (highest honors) in bioelectrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He did his postdoctoral study at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in United States. After working as a Research Scientist at MIT, he later joined the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where He was named a University Scholar by the university president. In January 2004, He became the Professor of", "title": "Bin He" }, { "docid": "5051518", "text": "downturn, banks are likely to significantly cut back lending and other risky ventures. This further hurts the economy, creating a vicious cycle and potentially turning a mild recession into a major depression. Economist Brad DeLong, who had previously advocated his own theory for the Great Depression, notes that the current financial crisis has raised the pertinence of Bernanke's theory. In 2002, following coverage of concerns about deflation in the business news, Bernanke gave a speech about the topic. In that speech, he mentioned that the government in a fiat money system owns the physical means of creating money and to", "title": "Ben Bernanke" }, { "docid": "16093726", "text": "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats What We Saw from the Cheap Seats is the sixth studio album by American alternative singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. On November 21, 2011, Spektor posted on her Facebook page that the album had been recorded with Mike Elizondo in Los Angeles during the summer of 2011. It was released on May 29, 2012. The album is a collection of new material along with the very first studio recordings of several of Spektor's older live songs. At the time of the album's release, \"Jessica\" was the only entirely new song. \"How\" and \"The Party\" had", "title": "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" }, { "docid": "16659762", "text": "2012–13 FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad season The 2012–13 season is FK Sloboda 3rd season in First League of the Republika Srpska. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2012–13 season. Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. \"For recent transfers, see List of Bosnian football transfers summer 2012 and List of Bosnian football transfers winter 2012–13\" Darko Nestorović Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad will participate in the 2nd Republika Srpska Cup starting in the Round of 32. Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad", "title": "2012–13 FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad season" }, { "docid": "9958433", "text": "applied mathematics (AB and as a secondary field). At the graduate level, the division offers SM, ME, and PhD options covering interdisciplinary research areas including applied mathematics, applied physics, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computational science and engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, environmental science and engineering, and mechanical engineering. In addition, graduate students may pursue collaborative options: Engineering and Physical Biology (with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences); Science, Technology and Management (joint with HBS); Medical Engineering and Medical Physics; (Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology); and Systems Biology (with Harvard Medical School). Faculty number approximately eighty (73 FTEs) who account", "title": "Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" }, { "docid": "2617947", "text": "Technology and a subsequent year studying at Harvard Law School. He worked as a staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisers from 1982–83, foreshadowing his later position as chairman of that organization. After leaving the Council, he earned his PhD in economics from MIT in 1984 under the supervision of Stanley Fischer. He returned to Harvard Law for a year but, having completed his PhD and realizing he was better at economics, he left to teach at MIT for a year and then became an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University in 1985. He was promoted to full", "title": "Greg Mankiw" }, { "docid": "11958746", "text": "The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said \"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment,", "title": "The purpose of a system is what it does" }, { "docid": "11958748", "text": "be balanced by a more straightforwardly descriptive view. The term is used in many fields including biology and management. The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said \"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes", "title": "The purpose of a system is what it does" }, { "docid": "16294041", "text": "Grad, Grad Grad (; formerly \"Gornja Lendava\", ) is a village in the Municipality of Grad in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality and is the largest and oldest settlement in the Goričko region. Grad was first mentioned in written sources as \"Lyndwa\", and later as \"Gornja Lendava\" (literally 'upper Lendava', contrasting with \"Dolnja Lendava\", literally 'lower Lendava'). The name of the settlement was changed from \"Gornja Lendava\" to \"Grad\" in 1952. Grad means 'castle' in Slovene and refers to the castle dating from the late 12th century strategically situated on a hill", "title": "Grad, Grad" }, { "docid": "8321645", "text": "Tal Ben-Shahar Tal Ben-Shahar (Hebrew: טל בן-שחר, also known as Tal David Ben-Shachar) born 1970, is an American and Israeli teacher, and writer in the areas of positive psychology and leadership. As a lecturer at Harvard University, Ben-Shahar created the most popular course in Harvard's history. He has subsequently written several best-selling books and in 2011 co-founded Potentialife with Angus Ridgway, a company that provides leadership programs based on the science of behavioral change to organisations, schools and sports organisations globally. Ben-Shahar received his PhD in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University. His dissertation, completed in 2004, was titled \"Restoring Self-Esteem's", "title": "Tal Ben-Shahar" }, { "docid": "12883425", "text": "with the Harvard University Native American Program, an interfaculty initiative at Harvard University. At the heart of the Harvard Project is the systematic, comparative study of social and economic development on American Indian reservations. What works, where and why? Among the key research findings: Sovereignty Matters. When Native nations make their own decisions about what development approaches to take, they consistently out-perform external decision makers on matters as diverse as governmental form, natural resource management, economic development, health care, and social service provision. Institutions Matter. For development to take hold, assertions of sovereignty must be backed by capable institutions of", "title": "Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development" }, { "docid": "13923116", "text": "I Saw\" ranked first for the night, beating out CBS's \"Survivor\", \"The Mentalist\", and \"\". In addition to placing at the top of the night for viewership, its 5.6/14 Nielsen rating ranked first in its 9:00 Eastern time-slot and the entire night, for both the rating and share percentages of the key 18–49 demographic, beating out \"Survivor\", NBC's \"The Office\" and \"30 Rock\", and ABC's \"Flash Forward\". In comparison to the previous episode's rating, \"I Saw What I Saw\" showed an increase, with the former garnering a 5.0/13 rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. \"BuddyTV\" gave a largely positive review saying,", "title": "I Saw What I Saw" }, { "docid": "16659763", "text": "will participate in the 1st Republika Srpska Cup starting in the Round of 32. 2012–13 FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad season The 2012–13 season is FK Sloboda 3rd season in First League of the Republika Srpska. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2012–13 season. Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. \"For recent transfers, see List of Bosnian football transfers summer 2012 and List of Bosnian football transfers winter 2012–13\" Darko Nestorović Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad will participate in", "title": "2012–13 FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad season" }, { "docid": "9777582", "text": "required to come from the United States to participate, and no student may compete in both November and February in a given school year. The tournament is similar in style to HMMT February, and is organized by the same Harvard and MIT students. Instead of three topic tests, HMMT November has two Individual Rounds: a General Test (ten questions from Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics) and a Theme Test (ten questions, many of which are tied together by a common theme). Additionally, the Team Round is entirely short answer, instead of proof-based. HMMT November is considered to be an easier alternative", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "16023697", "text": "Ilya Grad Ilya Grad is an Israeli Muay Thai boxing champion. His current professional record stands at 35 wins with 16 knockouts, 13 losses and no draws. In 2010 he was considered one of the eight best amateur Muai Thai boxers in the world. In February 2012, Grad won the WCK international title in China, In January 2013 the I-1 WMC world professional title in Hong Kong and in April WMC title in Singapore. Grad also made history by being the first known Israeli boxer to enter Malaysia under his Israeli passport. Grad attributes much of his success to martial", "title": "Ilya Grad" }, { "docid": "10945153", "text": "What She Does Best What She Does Best is a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1988. It was her only album with Mercury records. Notable due to featuring her last charting single, \"What She Does Best\" did not chart and was commercially unsuccessful. It would be her last album for four years, as Anderson went into a brief retirement and officially retired from releasing singles. The singles from this disc were \"Under the Boardwalk\" (a cover version of The Drifters' hit), \"What He Does Best\", and \"How Many Hearts\". \"Under the Boardwalk\" reached No. 24; the", "title": "What She Does Best" }, { "docid": "14240988", "text": "Stari Grad v Podbočju Stari Grad v Podbočju () is a settlement south of Podbočje in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. The name of the settlement was changed from \"Stari Grad\" to \"Stari Grad v Podbočju\" in 1953. The site of a 13th-century medieval castle in the settlement was excavated and shown to have been occupied from the Early Iron Age with Hallstatt period and La Tène period occupation levels. Roman artefacts were also", "title": "Stari Grad v Podbočju" }, { "docid": "9414885", "text": "Navy after the war. In the Sinai War, he served as the commander of the INS \"Yafo\", taking part in the capture of an Egyptian destroyer. After the war, he returned to command Shayetet 13. Ben-Nun was appointed the commander of the Israeli Navy in 1960, a position he used to create a larger fleet with a better attack capability. Although he retired in 1966, during the Six-Day War Ben-Nun volunteered for service and fought in the naval operations and on the Golan Heights. As a civilian, Ben-Nun founded a semi-governmental company, חקר ימים ואגמים בע״מ (Israel's Oceanographic and Limnological", "title": "Yohai Ben-Nun" }, { "docid": "14240989", "text": "found. By 1581 the site of the castle is known from written sources to have been abandoned. Stari Grad v Podbočju Stari Grad v Podbočju () is a settlement south of Podbočje in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. The name of the settlement was changed from \"Stari Grad\" to \"Stari Grad v Podbočju\" in 1953. The site of a 13th-century medieval castle in the settlement was excavated and shown to have been occupied from", "title": "Stari Grad v Podbočju" }, { "docid": "13472909", "text": "help of psychiatrist Dr Viorne to find answers. \"What the Peeper Saw\" was released in Italy on October 14 1972 and in West Germany on February 7, 1973. What the Peeper Saw What the Peeper Saw or Night Child is a 1972 horror film starring Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger and Lilli Palmer. Marcus is a twelve-year-old schoolboy whose mother has recently died, leaving it up to his wealthy father Paul to look after him. He takes a sexual interest in his stepmother Elise. She notices his abnormal behaviour and investigates by visiting his school after discovering a torn-up", "title": "What the Peeper Saw" }, { "docid": "9777581", "text": "contests. The contest organizers state that, \"HMMT, arguably one of the most difficult math competitions in the United States, is geared toward students who can comfortably and confidently solve 6 to 8 problems correctly on the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME).\" As with most high school competitions, knowledge of calculus is not required; however, calculus may be necessary to solve a select few of the more difficult problems on the Individual Rounds. The results of HMMT February can be seen below: HMMT November has been held since 2008, alternately at MIT and Harvard, for teams of six students. Students are", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "8199787", "text": "Aleksander Grad Aleksander Grad (born 1 May 1962 in Łosiniec, Tomaszów Lubelski County) is a Polish politician. He graduated from the Industrial Geodesy Department at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 13 680 votes in 15 Tarnów district as a candidate on the Civic Platform list. He has been the Minister of State Treasury since November 2007. He was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005. Currently he is a head of the PGE PEJ1 (Polish energy company with some links to maybe projected in long future", "title": "Aleksander Grad" }, { "docid": "5422738", "text": "Hold My Hand (1953 song) \"Hold My Hand\" is a popular song, written by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers. It was written in 1950 but not published until 1953. The hit version in 1953 was a recording by Don Cornell. The song was featured in the film \"Susan Slept Here\" (1954), and was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Song. Cornell recorded on the Coral Records label. His version of \"Hold My Hand\" was produced by Bob Thiele. It reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in October 1954. \"Hold My Hand\" has also", "title": "Hold My Hand (1953 song)" }, { "docid": "9777578", "text": "prior to the tournament. Some of these events include a dinner and social for students and coaches, and Mini-Events such as math talks about famous problems and math-related games. The top 50 competitors at HMMT February are also invited to compete in the Harvard MIT Invitational Competition (HMIC) which is a five-question four-hour proof contest started in 2013. The grading scheme for this has changed in the two years that it has been running but the problems both years have been quite difficult with competitors fully solving three problems being extremely highly ranked. HMMT February uses a unique scoring algorithm", "title": "Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament" }, { "docid": "13472908", "text": "What the Peeper Saw What the Peeper Saw or Night Child is a 1972 horror film starring Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger and Lilli Palmer. Marcus is a twelve-year-old schoolboy whose mother has recently died, leaving it up to his wealthy father Paul to look after him. He takes a sexual interest in his stepmother Elise. She notices his abnormal behaviour and investigates by visiting his school after discovering a torn-up letter from his headmaster. Elise is shocked by her findings. She becomes increasingly disturbed and wonders if Marcus is to blame for his mother's death. She enlists the", "title": "What the Peeper Saw" }, { "docid": "5422739", "text": "been recorded by Stanley Black, Nat King Cole, Lary Cross with orchestra and Enoch Light. Arild Andresen, piano with guitar and bass recorded it in Oslo on March 11, 1955, as the first melody of the medley \"Klaver-Cocktail No. 2\" along with \"Just One More Chance\" and \"Dedicated to You\". The medley was released on the 78 rpm record His Master's Voice A.L. 2513. Hold My Hand (1953 song) \"Hold My Hand\" is a popular song, written by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers. It was written in 1950 but not published until 1953. The hit version in 1953 was a", "title": "Hold My Hand (1953 song)" }, { "docid": "9958428", "text": "the arrangement with MIT was cancelled due to a decision by the State Judicial Court, so Harvard University President Abbott Lawrence Lowell moved to establish the Harvard Engineering School independently instead. In 1934, the School began offering graduate-level and professional programs in engineering. During World War II, Harvard participated in the V-12 Navy College Training Program to provide training for commissioned officers. In 1942 the undergraduate Department of Engineering Sciences changed to the Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics to reflect an increased emphasis on applied physics. President James Bryant Conant created what was known as \"Conant's Arsenal\", a", "title": "Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" }, { "docid": "16023702", "text": "for jeering him and informed him that they thought he had won the fight. In April 2012, \"Shalom Life\" ranked him Number 1 on its list of “the 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish men in the world.” Ilya Grad Ilya Grad is an Israeli Muay Thai boxing champion. His current professional record stands at 35 wins with 16 knockouts, 13 losses and no draws. In 2010 he was considered one of the eight best amateur Muai Thai boxers in the world. In February 2012, Grad won the WCK international title in China, In January 2013 the I-1", "title": "Ilya Grad" }, { "docid": "5788876", "text": "India. He became a Vice President of the Tokyo University of Science. Michael A. Cusumano Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the former editor-in-chief and chairman of the \"MIT Sloan Management Review\". Cusumano earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, his PhD from Harvard University, and completed a postdoc at Harvard Business School. He is a widely cited scholar in business strategy and information technology. Cusumano also sits on the advisory board of H5, a firm specializing in electronic discovery for legal cases. He also holds Board", "title": "Michael A. Cusumano" }, { "docid": "16093729", "text": "which extended to several European countries (including Russia, to which Spektor has never traveled since emigrating from it as a child), ran through the summer of 2012. Appearances to promote the album include the Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America, The Colbert Report, a New York Times interview, a Vh1 performance, and special \"Live on YouTube\" engagement. Similarly to Spektor's previous studio albums, \"What We Saw from the Cheap Seats\" received a favourable reaction upon its release. On the Metacritic review-aggregating site it accrued a score of 73 out of 100, based on 28 reviews, which indicates \"generally", "title": "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" }, { "docid": "15429706", "text": "a landscape of moral bankruptcy and debauched beauty, a memorable portrait of a city at a critical moment in history.\" The volume is divided into nine sections: What I Saw, The Jewish Quarter, Displaced Persons, Traffic, Berlin Under Construction, Bourgeoisie and Bohemians, Berlin's Pleasure Industry, An Apolitical Observer Goes to the Reichstag, and Look Back in Anger. What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933 What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933 is a book of reportage by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth from the era of the Weimar Republic. The selection of pieces from Roth's large journalistic output was made", "title": "What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933" }, { "docid": "13945105", "text": "the difference between early and late bloomers to criminal profiling. \"What the Dog Saw\" was met with mainly positive reviews. It received profiles in many high-profile publications, including the \"New York Times\", \"The Guardian\", \"Time Magazine\", \"The Los Angeles Times\" and \"The Independent\". In particular, Gladwell was praised for his writing and storytelling, and reviewers looked upon the essay format positively, with \"The Guardian\" stating \"one virtue of What the Dog Saw is that the pieces are perfectly crafted: they achieve their purpose more effectively when they aren't stretched out.\" \"What The Dog Saw\" was criticized for its use of", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "7347001", "text": "inclusion of the Dropbox logo and removal of any reference to the unofficial IHTFP motto. The Grad Rat has typically been less popular among graduate students at MIT than the Brass Rat is with undergraduates, with as few as 30% of graduate students opting to buy the ring compared with 85% of undergraduates who purchase the Brass Rat. However, in recent years the Grad Rat has been gaining in popularity among graduate students. Factors contributing to the increasing popularity of the Grad Rat include the aforementioned personalization, increased visibility and marketing, and perhaps most importantly the ability to specify these", "title": "MIT class ring" }, { "docid": "13945106", "text": "statistics and its lack of technical grounding. \"What the Dog Saw\" debuted at #3 on the \"New York Times\" Bestseller List. It spent three weeks in the top 3 and a total of 16 weeks on the chart, appearing concurrently with Gladwell's previous book \"Outliers\". It was also an Amazon Top 25 seller for the month of November. \"What the Dog Saw\" was named to Bloomberg's top 50 business books of 2009. All of the articles in \"What the Dog Saw\" can be read for free on Gladwell's website. Part 1: \"Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius\" Part", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "9002383", "text": "Kenneth Manning Kenneth R. Manning (born December 11, 1947) is an American academic professor and author. He is currently the Thomas Meloy Professor of Rhetoric and of the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Born in Dillon, South Carolina and educated in local schools, Manning eventually moved to North Haven, Connecticut, soon afterwards. Manning entered Harvard University in 1966 and completed his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 1970, his Master of Arts (M.A.) in 1971, and his Ph.D. in 1974. While he was doing his graduate studies, Manning helped guide fellow Dillon native Ben Bernanke, who", "title": "Kenneth Manning" }, { "docid": "8723439", "text": "a soap opera actor, made a soap opera out of the whole thing when Ant and Dec kept getting his name wrong. This was evident when he got back up and snapped at Dec after lying on the floor, after Dec appeared to have killed him with a gun. Slap Bang with Ant & Dec Slap Bang with Ant & Dec is a television programme that was shown in the United Kingdom on ITV in 2001. It was presented by Ant & Dec. The show ran for 6 episodes (shown weekly, on Saturdays). The title is \"Slap Bang\" because, as", "title": "Slap Bang with Ant & Dec" }, { "docid": "5161565", "text": "Farm and his son, Horace A. \"Jimmy\" Jones, took over head trainer duties. Ben Jones made the cover of the May 30, 1949 issue of Time magazine. He retired in 1953 and in 1958 was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Ben Jones died in 1961 at the age of seventy-eight. Ben A. Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones (December 31, 1882 – June 13, 1961) was a thoroughbred horse trainer. Ben Jones was born in Parnell, Missouri, and attended Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri for high school. Jones went into the business of breeding and", "title": "Ben A. Jones" }, { "docid": "4361369", "text": "to drive the sheik's chariot, as he intends to defeat Messala and humiliate him before the Roman Empire. Balthasar and his daughter Iras are sitting at a fountain in the stadium. Messala's chariot nearly hits them, but Judah intervenes. Balthasar thanks Ben-Hur and presents him with a gift. Judah heads to Sheik Ilderim's tent. The servant Malluch accompanies him, and they talk about the Christ; Malluch relates Balthasar's story of the magi. They realize that Judah saved the man who saw the Christ soon after his birth. Simonides, his daughter Esther, and Malluch talk together, and conclude that Judah is", "title": "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" }, { "docid": "13923111", "text": "I Saw What I Saw \"I Saw What I Saw\" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 108th episode overall. It was written by Peter William Harper and directed by Allison Liddi-Brown. The episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on October 22, 2009. The episode begins \"in medias res\", depicting events following a whodunit style, exposing them from alternating points of view in a fast-paced way. Katherine Heigl (Dr. Izzie Stevens) was absent from the episode, due to her hiatus", "title": "I Saw What I Saw" }, { "docid": "16023700", "text": "the producers allowed him to proceed with the Israeli flag. When he entered the ring, the local audience booed him. He was matched against French fighter, Antoine Pinto but lost in a split decision. The two Malaysian judges voted against Grad while the Thai judge voted in his favor. Grad believed he had won the fight as did his corner-men and believed that politics played a role in the decision making process. I threw an upper elbow to meet his movement and cut him over the eyebrow. As I saw the blood pouring down his face I rushed forward and", "title": "Ilya Grad" }, { "docid": "769058", "text": "Dayan proposed autonomy for the West Bank, the transfer of Gazan refugees to Jordan, and a united Jerusalem serving as Israel's capital. Ben-Gurion agreed with him, but foresaw problems in transferring Palestinian refugees from Gaza to Jordan, and recommended that Israel insist on direct talks with Egypt, favoring withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula in exchange for peace and free navigation through the Straits of Tiran. The following day, he met with Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek in his Knesset office. Despite occupying a lower executive position, Ben-Gurion treated Kollek like a subordinate. Following the Six-Day War, Ben-Gurion criticized what he saw", "title": "David Ben-Gurion" }, { "docid": "11902905", "text": "Post Grad Post Grad is a 2009 American independent romantic comedy film directed by Vicky Jenson and starring Alexis Bledel, about a recent college graduate who moves back in with her family while she figures out what she wants to do next. Originally under the working titles of \"Ticket to Ride\" and then \"The Post-Grad Survival Guide\", the film was released on August 21, 2009. Ryden Malby graduates from college in the middle of the late-2000s recession and is forced to move back in with her parents, because her dream job has been given to her arrogant college nemesis Jessica", "title": "Post Grad" }, { "docid": "1770138", "text": "Engineering, the MIT School of Science, and the MIT Department of Economics. A special joint degree program with the School of Engineering is the Leaders for Global Operations program, where students concurrently complete an MBA and a Master of Science in Engineering. MIT also collaborates extensively with Harvard University, and students at each institution often pursue simultaneous degrees at the other. MIT Sloan students can freely cross-register for courses at Harvard Business School, and vice versa—the only leading business schools to have such an agreement. As a result, a number of courses have been created at each institution that regularly", "title": "MIT Sloan School of Management" }, { "docid": "13235078", "text": "bought A-dec Diversified Inc., a company also in Newberg. The company grew to 600 employees by 1992. In 1999, the company was named as the 88th largest woman-owned company in the US. A-dec introduced new products the Cascade and Radius in the 1990s, and in 2004 introduced the A-dec 500. The chair-mounted delivery system brought new technologies together for the first time and created an integrated system. The development of A-dec 500 led to streamlining the company's production lines and staging A-dec for a quicker time-to-market for its products. They also switched from a cold press to a hot press", "title": "A-dec" }, { "docid": "8199792", "text": "him and a group of close allies to maintain control over the financial flows. This inefficient practice is paid for by the EU taxpayers. Aleksander Grad Aleksander Grad (born 1 May 1962 in Łosiniec, Tomaszów Lubelski County) is a Polish politician. He graduated from the Industrial Geodesy Department at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 13 680 votes in 15 Tarnów district as a candidate on the Civic Platform list. He has been the Minister of State Treasury since November 2007. He was also a member", "title": "Aleksander Grad" }, { "docid": "15429704", "text": "What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933 What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933 is a book of reportage by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth from the era of the Weimar Republic. The selection of pieces from Roth's large journalistic output was made by Michael Bienert and published in German in 1996. The English translation with the present title was made by Michael Hofmann and appeared in 2003. The pieces in the book \"record the violent social and political paroxysms that constantly threatened to undo the fragile democracy\" of those years, but some of them also report on more prosaic", "title": "What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933" }, { "docid": "13633196", "text": "people, saying \"I saw what you did, and I know who you are\" before hanging up. Lisa and Kim later discuss Kim's love life, and they decide she needs an older man who appreciates her. They decide on calling Adrian again, but Lisa, afraid to seduce him, repeats the line \"I saw what you did, and I know who you are.\" Adrian, who was caught in the act when he was burying Robyn's body, does not realize it's a prank and is determined to get rid of her. She thinks he was flirting with her on the phone and later", "title": "I Saw What You Did (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "16294042", "text": "overlooking the settlement. It is one of the largest castle complexes in Slovenia, with 365 rooms. After World War II, the castle was divided into small residential apartments. With Slovenia joining the European Union, funds have been made available for the restoration of the castle. Certain parts of the castle are open to the public. A pilgrimage church dedicate to the Assumption of Mary stands in the center of the village. It is one of the highest-quality examples of Gothic architecture in the Mura Valley. Notable people that were born or lived in Grad include: Grad, Grad Grad (; formerly", "title": "Grad, Grad" }, { "docid": "8394875", "text": "Position of Lebanon in the 2006 Lebanon War Lebanon's position in the 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict from the start was to disavow the Hezbollah shelling and raid on 12 July, while calling for an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Lebanese territory. On 13 July, after an emergency meeting of the Lebanese government, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora stated that the government had not been aware of Hezbollah's raid before it happened \"and does not take responsibility for, nor endorses what happened on the international border\". On the same day, Lebanon recalled its Ambassador to USA, after he", "title": "Position of Lebanon in the 2006 Lebanon War" } ]

[ "Professor (disambiguation)", "The Professor" ]

[ { "docid": "8714874", "text": "Russell Johnson has confirmed that it was the producers' intention for his character due to concern from the censors. Unusual for its day, the show actually includes a line where the Professor directly states to Ginger his lack of interest in either sex or romance. A running joke about the Professor was his ability to build nearly anything from coconuts and bamboo, yet he was somehow unable to repair the damaged \"Minnow\", construct a seaworthy raft or find other means to leave the island. This was parodied in the sitcom \"Roseanne\". The show's producer, Sherwood Schwartz, answered this paradox in", "title": "The Professor (Gilligan's Island)" } ]

[ { "docid": "14141378", "text": "Anything to Survive Anything to Survive, also called Almost Too Late, is a 1990 American disaster survival film directed by Zale Dalen and starring Robert Conrad, Matt LeBlanc and Emily Perkins. It is loosely based on the true story of the Wortman family of British Columbia. The Barton family; siblings Wendy, Krista and Billy and their father Eddie become stranded on a beach while sailing from Prince Rupert to their home in Ketchikan, Alaska. The plot concerns the family going to extreme lengths to survive after they get stranded on an island in a storm and lose their boat. Billy", "title": "Anything to Survive" }, { "docid": "14141379", "text": "builds a raft and they attempt to sail to safety but they don't get far. Eddie and Billie head off to seek help while the two daughters try to keep warm under the remains of their boat's sail. Eddie and Billy find their way to a cabin on the mainland but can't raise help. On day 23 they are able to return to the island and find that the girls are alive. Eddie and Wendy have frostbitten feet but all in the family survive and they are able to return to Ketchikan. \"Anything to Survive\" is a made-for-television film, although", "title": "Anything to Survive" }, { "docid": "14141380", "text": "the film did have some half-price screenings at limited cinemas in the United Kingdom, including one at London IMAX. The film was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1990 for Best Performance by a Supporting Actress (Ocean Hellman). Anything to Survive Anything to Survive, also called Almost Too Late, is a 1990 American disaster survival film directed by Zale Dalen and starring Robert Conrad, Matt LeBlanc and Emily Perkins. It is loosely based on the true story of the Wortman family of British Columbia. The Barton family; siblings Wendy, Krista and Billy and their father Eddie become stranded on a", "title": "Anything to Survive" }, { "docid": "5032285", "text": "Black played the guitar, and Rich Tancredo also performing on the keyboards. Walter Afanasieff played the synth horns. Carey provided her own background vocals along with Billy T. Scott, Jamiliah Muhammed and The Billy T. Scott Ensemble. The song was released in the United Kingdom as the fifth and final single. \"There's Got to Be a Way\" is an R&B-pop music song with elements of gospel, lasting for a duration for four minutes and 52 seconds. The theme of social activism can be heard in the lyrics \"There’s got to be a way / to connect this world today.\" The", "title": "There's Got to Be a Way" }, { "docid": "8714877", "text": "Professor stated after they crashed, \"This hole on the boat defies all of my advanced knowledge. To fix it would be impossible ... now if you'll excuse me, I’m going to go create explosive fillings out of sand.\" In the parody movie \"Back to the Beach\", a character played by Bob Denver and obviously based on Gilligan mentions knowing \"a guy who could build a nuclear reactor out of coconuts but couldn't fix a two-foot hole in a boat.\" Also, in \"Weird Al\" Yankovic’s song \"Isle Thing\" (a parody of Tone Lōc’s \"Wild Thing\"), he sings: \"She said ‘That guy’s", "title": "The Professor (Gilligan's Island)" }, { "docid": "5032290", "text": "There's Got to Be a Way \"There's Got to Be a Way\" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her self-titled debut studio album (1990). Columbia released it as the fifth and final single from the album in the United Kingdom. It was one of four songs Carey wrote with Ric Wake during their first recording session together in February 1990, but \"There's Got to Be a Way\" was the only composition to make the final track listing. It is a socio-political conscious R&B-pop song which addresses the existence of poverty, racism and war in the", "title": "There's Got to Be a Way" }, { "docid": "5032282", "text": "There's Got to Be a Way \"There's Got to Be a Way\" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her self-titled debut studio album (1990). Columbia released it as the fifth and final single from the album in the United Kingdom. It was one of four songs Carey wrote with Ric Wake during their first recording session together in February 1990, but \"There's Got to Be a Way\" was the only composition to make the final track listing. It is a socio-political conscious R&B-pop song which addresses the existence of poverty, racism and war in the", "title": "There's Got to Be a Way" }, { "docid": "14821909", "text": "To Be a Lady To Be a Lady is a 1934 British romance drama, directed and produced by George King, and starring Chili Bouchier (credited here as Dorothy Bouchier) and Bruce Lester. The film is the first screen editing credit of American film editor Elmo Williams. Diana Whitcombe (Bouchier) works at her aunt's country inn, but dreams of escaping to London and making her way in society. When chance provides her with the necessary funds, she makes her way to the big city and takes up employment in a hairdressing salon where she befriends French fellow assistant Annette (Ena Moon),", "title": "To Be a Lady" }, { "docid": "16968669", "text": "How to Survive a Plague How to Survive a Plague is a 2012 American documentary film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and the efforts of activist groups ACT UP and TAG. It was directed by David France, a journalist who covered AIDS from its beginnings. France's first film, it was dedicated to his partner Doug Gould who died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1992. The documentary was produced using more than 700 hours of archived footage which included news coverage, interviews as well as film of demonstrations, meetings and conferences taken by ACT UP members themselves. France says", "title": "How to Survive a Plague" }, { "docid": "16968662", "text": "How to Survive a Plague How to Survive a Plague is a 2012 American documentary film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and the efforts of activist groups ACT UP and TAG. It was directed by David France, a journalist who covered AIDS from its beginnings. France's first film, it was dedicated to his partner Doug Gould who died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1992. The documentary was produced using more than 700 hours of archived footage which included news coverage, interviews as well as film of demonstrations, meetings and conferences taken by ACT UP members themselves. France says", "title": "How to Survive a Plague" }, { "docid": "8110293", "text": "the man falls into a frozen-over river. In order to save himself, he scrambles to build a fire but is too busy worrying about his health to notice the mistake of building a fire underneath a tree which has collected an enormous amount of snow. After the first fire is put out, his desperation becomes more defined as he seemingly will do anything to survive, including attempting to kill his dog for warmth and using all his matches at once in a final attempt to light his last fire. His desperation for survival and his fear of death cause his", "title": "To Build a Fire" }, { "docid": "10397993", "text": "A Will to Survive A Will to Survive is the 156th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. The book was first published by Pocket Books in 1999, and reprinted by Scholastic in 2004. The Hardy Boys go to Shorewood Nature Center, an ecology system. The Hardy Boys then find out of a valuable treasure stored in the center. But someone is trying to get rid of them. Now the Hardy Boys must find out the stalker before it's too late. The young lads get into many dangers and at last they get the mystery solved.", "title": "A Will to Survive" }, { "docid": "10397992", "text": "A Will to Survive A Will to Survive is the 156th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. The book was first published by Pocket Books in 1999, and reprinted by Scholastic in 2004. The Hardy Boys go to Shorewood Nature Center, an ecology system. The Hardy Boys then find out of a valuable treasure stored in the center. But someone is trying to get rid of them. Now the Hardy Boys must find out the stalker before it's too late. The young lads get into many dangers and at last they get the mystery solved.", "title": "A Will to Survive" }, { "docid": "14640097", "text": "the practicalities connected to Kim’s death. It transpires that Kim had been lying to her about his entire life. The successful businessman turns out to be an unemployed idler, who, to top it all, was going to leave Sonja just before the wedding. The man Sonja was marrying did not exist. Sonja starts to probe into Kim’s hidden past, as it has been her past also. It is the only way for Sonja to survive her loss. Married to a Lie Married to a Lie is a Finnish television miniseries (4 x 45 min.) produced by Vertigo Production in 2008.", "title": "Married to a Lie" }, { "docid": "13499602", "text": "Good to Be a Stranger Good to be a Stranger is an album by The Orchids, released in 2007. It was recorded by the group when they reunited in 2006 with new members Ronnie Borland and Keith Sharp. \"Good to Be a Stranger is buttoned-down guitar pop at its most shuffling, but when you consider where these lads have been (and just as important, where they're from), it takes this release beyond your standard reunion fare. However, their fans will notice that creative dotage and standard rust hasn't eroded the Orchids' ability to craft toothsome pop delightfully belying their gritty", "title": "Good to Be a Stranger" }, { "docid": "3868419", "text": "marry Dr. Tony DeAngelo. Another major story centered on Fran Bachman (Fran Brill) coping with sudden widowhood. Brill received over a thousand letters of condolence from viewers. The show did not profit from the large lead-in that the high-rated \"Another World\" provided, mostly due to its many attempts to be socially relevant, which usually took the place of traditional storytelling to which American soap viewers at the time were acclimated. \"How to Survive a Marriage\" ran a distant third in the 3:30 PM timeslot, behind \"Match Game\" on CBS (daytime TV's highest-rated program) and \"One Life to Live\" on ABC;", "title": "How to Survive a Marriage" }, { "docid": "10835440", "text": "parlance to mean anything that takes an extremely long time. This song is: The phrase \"a slow boat to China\" (or a snowclone thereof) features: (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China \"On A Slow Boat to China\" is a popular song by Frank Loesser, published in 1948. The song is a well-known pop standard, recorded by many artists, including a duet between Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby (for their album \"Fancy Meeting You Here\" (1958)), Ella Fitzgerald, Joni James, Jimmy Buffett, Fats Domino and Liza Minnelli. In the UK, the biggest hit version was recorded", "title": "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" }, { "docid": "3868422", "text": "Death of David Bachman.\" Fran Brill also won an award from the \"Afternoon TV Writers & Editors\" for her portrayal of Fran Bachman during the same award-winning sequence. How to Survive a Marriage How to Survive a Marriage is an American soap opera which aired on the NBC television network from January 7, 1974 to April 17, 1975. The serial was created by Anne Howard Bailey, with much input from then-NBC Vice President Lin Bolen. The show's working title was \"From This Moment\" and was an in-house NBC production. Larry and his wife Christine (nicknamed \"Chris,\" played by Jennifer Harmon)", "title": "How to Survive a Marriage" }, { "docid": "3868417", "text": "How to Survive a Marriage How to Survive a Marriage is an American soap opera which aired on the NBC television network from January 7, 1974 to April 17, 1975. The serial was created by Anne Howard Bailey, with much input from then-NBC Vice President Lin Bolen. The show's working title was \"From This Moment\" and was an in-house NBC production. Larry and his wife Christine (nicknamed \"Chris,\" played by Jennifer Harmon) soon divorced and while battling for custody of their daughter Lori, Chris entered the workforce. On Valentine's Day 1975, Chris and Larry remarried, and she then battled alcoholism.", "title": "How to Survive a Marriage" }, { "docid": "6093913", "text": "clear and unsubtle, and red sanguine and passionate, so he felt ulfire to be wild and painful, and jale dreamlike, feverish, and voluptuous.') Tormance people are able to speak to people from Earth, as their ability to read thoughts enables them to understand both meaning and words. The planet itself is entirely un-Earthlike with unique life-forms, such as three-legged animals that spin, and a ten-finned flying animal. The sexuality of the Tormance species is ambiguous; Lindsay coined a new gender-specific pronoun series, \"ae\", \"aer\", and \"aerself\" for the phaen who are humanoid but formed of air. The character Panawe who", "title": "A Voyage to Arcturus" }, { "docid": "17979166", "text": "his return to Japan, Just A Way was moved back in distance for the Yasuda Kinen over 1600 metres at Tokyo on 8 June. Despite doubts about his ability to cope with the soft turf he was made 7/10 favourite against sixteen opponents, with Yoshitomi Shibata taking over from the suspended Fukunaga. He looked likely to be beaten in the straight as the 147/1 outsider Grand Prix Boss established a clear lead, but produced a strong finish to take the lead in the last stride and win by a nose. In autumn, Just A Way was one of three Japanese", "title": "Just A Way" }, { "docid": "5032287", "text": "David Hiltbrand and David Grogan of \"People\" wrote that it is a \"testimony to her talent that she does so much with so little.\" They continued to write that Carey's \"tone and clarity\" makes \"There's Got to Be a Way\" a \"mesmerizing\" track. To mark twenty-five years since the release of \"Mariah Carey\" in June 1990, \"Billboard\" writer Trevor Anderson wrote a track-by-track review of the album in June 2015. He noted that \"There's Got to Be a Way\" follows the same melodic tone as the album's opener \"Vision of Love\" but highlighted their stark lyrical differences, as the former", "title": "There's Got to Be a Way" }, { "docid": "16968667", "text": "in 2016 to critical acclaim; it was described as \"the definitive book on AIDS activism\", was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and was named to numerous best-of and top-ten lists, including the New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2016. Currently, the film has a rating of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, and an average score of 8.6/10, based on 69 reviews. \"How to Survive a Plague\" received awards for best documentary of 2012 from the Gotham Independent Film Awards and from the Boston Society of Film Critics. The Independent Spirit Awards nominated it for Best Documentary. It", "title": "How to Survive a Plague" }, { "docid": "14821915", "text": "\"lavish mounting\", \"expert direction\" and \"faultless recording and camera work\". It was reported that it had taken an entire day's filming for King to be satisfied with the kitten rescue sequence, which lasted a bare 60 seconds in the finished film. Surviving contemporary critical reaction suggests that the film was less well-received that had been hoped. \"The Picturegoer\" spoke of \"moderate\" acting, \"unconvincing\" plot and said \"the wholly obvious theme is indifferently directed\". \"Kine Weekly\" was similarly unimpressed with the storyline, but somewhat more enthusiastic about the standards of acting and direction. There is no record of \"To Be a", "title": "To Be a Lady" }, { "docid": "15670974", "text": "the book is \"a chilling account of how more than 3,000 Japanese sailors obediently sailed to their deaths, knowing they had no air cover and that the American planes were waiting\". In a review of the book in \"The New York Times\", Richard F. Shepard called it a \"compelling story\". He said that Spurr tells this \"naval saga\", which had degenerated into a \"racial conflict\", from the point of view of the people involved, \"people who had little time for moralizing or preachments, anything but getting on with the killing\". American author and journalist Charles Kaiser, also writing in \"The", "title": "A Glorious Way to Die" }, { "docid": "14981408", "text": "there's something endearing about their ability to produce a body of work of consistently high quality\". \"Recorded on December 13 (3-4, 8) and December 14 (1-2, 5-7), 1960.\" It Just Got to Be It Just Got to Be is an album by the jazz group The Three Sounds with performances recorded in 1960. It was released on the Blue Note label in 1963. It was reissued on CD only in Japan, with two bonus tracks. The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars stating, \"The performances throughout the record are predictably swinging and enjoyable, even if", "title": "It Just Got to Be" }, { "docid": "19465958", "text": "Jean Peters has extreme depression about her divorce from Eddie. She has to borrow money from Eddie because she doesn’t make enough money independently, which drives her crazy. Wally is most likely not going to survive. Clara recites a poem about calling to god, but \"The Owl Answers\". Clara’s Mother and Father fight about their divorce. Jean Peters recites more from her play, wishing that she could fly away like the owl to god. In the final scene, it is a flashback where Shelley Winters and Montgomery Clift are rowing in a small boat from the set of A Place", "title": "A Movie Star Has To Star in Black and White" }, { "docid": "13485796", "text": "Ordinary Dreams; or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair Ordinary Dreams; Or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair, is a black comedy, written by Marcus Markou, which premiered at the Trafalgar Studios on 14 May 2009 and ran till 6 June. The cast included Sia Berkeley, Adrian Bower, James Lance and Imogen Slaughter. The story concerns a character who, during a recession, has a breakdown and fantasises about becoming the Prime Minister of Great Britain. The Spectator magazine review called it \"A bourgeois sitcom with a macabre heart and a central character who responds to stress by indulging", "title": "Ordinary Dreams; or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair" }, { "docid": "15670975", "text": "New York Times\", said that the book's strength is \"its ability to re-create the fear the Japanese engendered with their desperation tactics\" and the resulting American perception that they were all prepared to fight to the death. Kaiser added that younger readers may have a better understanding from this book of what led to US President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan, \"even if they ... question the morality of that decision\". A reviewer at the \"Internet Bookwatch\" said the book is not just \"a dry historical record\", but is \"aptly presented\", well researched and \"a worthy", "title": "A Glorious Way to Die" }, { "docid": "3868420", "text": "a move to 1:30 PM on January 6, 1975 (to enable \"AW\" to expand to an hour) only brought worse ratings. Despite NBC's high hopes, \"Survive\" would survive for only sixteen months, ending on a Thursday (the 1:30pm–3:00pm block on NBC was pre-empted the following day for a 90-minute special \"First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson\"). The Monday after, \"Days of Our Lives\" expanded to an hour and assumed the vacant half-hour left in NBC's daytime schedule. The program thus holds a rather dubious distinction as the victim of not only the first expansion of a soap opera to a full", "title": "How to Survive a Marriage" }, { "docid": "9616056", "text": "by displays of better manners and more proper etiquette as it is by bad temper and argument. Joanna Brandon, a local young woman, further complicates the lives of several of the principals; she may be Powell’s most sensitively rendered female character. The novel moves through ten chapters toward an inescapable denouement, though never tipping its hand as to precisely how the foreshadowing of the title shall be brought to fruition. The parallel plots (at times almost Lear-like in the development of the neighbouring families) reach a double climax from which only one ‘superman’ can emerge. From a View to a", "title": "From a View to a Death" }, { "docid": "8545215", "text": "holds onto the side, not minding the cold because he's been drinking, and is eventually taken aboard. Lightoller spots another boat, and the men are saved. The \"Carpathia\" comes and rescues the survivors. Lightoller expresses that he \"don't think I'll ever feel sure again. About anything.\" On the \"Carpathia\", after a group prayer, Lightoller is told by Rostron told the numbers of the saved and lost. In all, 1500 people are lost; 705 are alive. The wireless operator comes on deck to inform Rostron that the \"Californian\" has just heard about \"Titanic\"'s sinking and ask if they can do anything.", "title": "A Night to Remember (1958 film)" }, { "docid": "15917907", "text": "for Amy Seimetz. In rural Missouri, serial killer Garrick Turrell (A. J. Bowen) escapes from police custody and immediately resumes taking the lives of strangers whilst searching for his ex-girlfriend, Sarah. Meanwhile, having met at group therapy for recovering alcoholics, Sarah (Amy Seimetz) and Kevin (Joe Swanberg) begin to develop a tentative relationship. As the body count builds, Turrell makes his way to Sarah's new location just as she seems to be getting her life in order. Barrett estimated the budget at $75,000. \"A Horrible Way to Die\" debuted on 14 September 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival and", "title": "A Horrible Way to Die" }, { "docid": "5032284", "text": "but only \"There's Got to Be a Way\" was chosen for the final track listing. Co-produced by Wake and Narada Michael Walden, it appears as the second of ten songs on the track listing. The track was recorded in February 1990 and engineered by Bob Cadway at Cove City Sound Studios and The Power Station, both located in New York City; he was assisted by Dana Jon Chappelle. It was mixed by David Frazer at Tarpan Studios in San Rafael. The keyboards, bass and rhythm engineering was carried out by Louis Biancaniello, while Joe Franco performed the percussion, Vernon \"Ice\"", "title": "There's Got to Be a Way" }, { "docid": "12534875", "text": "Foot in Coldwater regrouped for several short tours. In 1984, the heavy metal band Helix recorded their version of \"(Make Me Do) Anything You Want\". It is described as \"a sleepy ballad\" by AllMusic. In 1998, Unidisc Music reissued the first three A Foot in Coldwater albums along with a two-disc compilation album, \"The Very Best of A Foot in Coldwater\". Alex Machin: Vocals Christopher Edward Campaign, Island, Nucleus, A Foot In Coldwater, Character, Champion, A Foot In Coldwater & Moxy. Paul Naumann (April 8, 1952 – October 20, 2009): Guitars Buttergarden, Leather, Island, Nucleus, A Foot In Coldwater, Character,", "title": "A Foot in Coldwater" }, { "docid": "15670964", "text": "a British journalist and editor of the Hong Kong-based \"Far Eastern Economic Review\", interviewed Japanese and Americans involved with \"Yamato\"s last mission, and drew on Japanese naval documents and records to write the book. He tells the story from both the Japanese and American points of view. \"A Glorious Way to Die\" was generally well received by critics and historians. American author and journalist Charles Kaiser wrote in \"The New York Times\" that the book's strength is \"its ability to re-create the fear the Japanese engendered with their desperation tactics\", which resulted in American perception that they were all prepared", "title": "A Glorious Way to Die" }, { "docid": "10519303", "text": "Defuser asks a random citizen for advice on how to handle a \"Super Wedgie,\" and Hygena causes traffic problems. Eventually, the Defuser gets suspicious, but he doesn't say anything to Evil Stan. The heroes are then told to investigate a crate in an abandoned building where Stan Lee's first pencil is being hidden. Hygena finds the pencil, but the crate is closed on the heroes and Dr. Dark taunts them with an hour-long deadline before he ships their crate to a \"dark place.\" Hyper-Strike and Parthenon lead the team in finding a way out while The Defuser merely helps due", "title": "Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (season 2)" }, { "docid": "14821916", "text": "Lady\" after its original 1934–1935 cinema run. The British Film Institute has been unable to locate a print for inclusion in the BFI National Archive, and currently classes the film as \"missing, believed lost\", and is included on the BFI's \"75 Most Wanted\" list of missing British feature films. It is the only sound film of Bouchier's not known to survive. To Be a Lady To Be a Lady is a 1934 British romance drama, directed and produced by George King, and starring Chili Bouchier (credited here as Dorothy Bouchier) and Bruce Lester. The film is the first screen editing", "title": "To Be a Lady" }, { "docid": "15714128", "text": "To Be a Lover \"To Be a Lover\" is a song by Billy Idol from his 1986 album \"Whiplash Smile\". As the album's lead single, it became Idol's second top 10 hit in the US, peaking at No. 6 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was co-written (with Booker T. Jones) and originally performed by William Bell as a soul ballad titled \"I Forgot to Be Your Lover\", released in late 1968 and hitting No. 45 on the Hot 100 and No. 10 on \"Billboard\"′s Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart", "title": "To Be a Lover" }, { "docid": "904912", "text": "\"The Great Cyndi Lauper\". This song can be found on the following albums: \"Best Movie Album in the World...Ever!\" (3 CDs), \"\" (2 CDs), \"36 All-time Favorites\" (3 CDs), \"Monster Hits 1988/Hits of 1988\". Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China) \"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)\" is a song recorded by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper for her 1988 film \"Vibes\". It was written by Richard Orange, formerly of the band Zider Zee. During a live concert and Q&A appearance in Las Vegas, Cyndi stated her record company thought the song was too fast", "title": "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" }, { "docid": "18914745", "text": "as the doctor and Micah Barnes as the nurse) to have his wings removed so that he can become a normal human being, after facing anti-fairy discrimination. Following a musical debate between the three, the doctor agrees to perform the surgery. As he leaves the clinic the now-wingless fairy is initially happy to be just like everyone else around him, but soon comes to regret his decision as he belatedly realizes the unique qualities and gifts, such as the ability to fly, that he has given up by pushing his identity into the closet. Michael Kennard and John Turner, in", "title": "The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore" }, { "docid": "5032283", "text": "world which gradually becomes more aspirational and positive as it progresses. The track garnered a mixed reception upon the album's release in 1990. While Carey's vocals were praised, it was seen as too political. An accompanying music video highlights social injustices. The song reached number 54 on the UK Singles Chart. \"There's Got to Be a Way\" was composed by Mariah Carey and Ric Wake for Carey's self-titled debut studio album (1990); the lyrics were written by Carey, while she and Wake composed the music. It was written during Carey and Wake's first recording session together. They composed four songs,", "title": "There's Got to Be a Way" }, { "docid": "16826307", "text": "made available on the channel's catch-up service, 4oD; it ran for one hour, including three advertising breaks. The special was viewed by 1.8 million people, a significant drop from Brown's previous special, \"How to Control the Nation\", which gained over 3 million viewers. \"The Guardian\" Heidi Stephens commented that the special was \"really interesting, and worth it just for Daniel [Kish] and his sonar, but I'm feeling a bit short-changed\". She also noted that the concentric circles design was present in the museum's decor and the shot of Katie's eyes. How to Be a Psychic Spy \"How to Be a", "title": "How to Be a Psychic Spy" }, { "docid": "3868421", "text": "hour, but the first \"two\" (CBS did not expand any of its shows until December, and ABC did not until 1976). Fran Brill is now best-known for her work on \"Sesame Street\", where she performed Muppet characters, including Zoe and Prairie Dawn, from 1970 to 2014. Other famous faces in the cast include \"Dallas\" star Ken Kercheval (Larry Kirby #2), Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham (Joshua Browne), film actor Armand Assante (Johnny McGhee), and the late film actor Brad Davis (Alexander Kronos). The serial won Best Sequence at the third annual \"Afternoon TV Writers & Editors Awards\", for \"The", "title": "How to Survive a Marriage" }, { "docid": "6804682", "text": "to the point where slaves need rocket-packs and spacesuits to complete it. When it is finished, Bender is dissatisfied and orders it be rebuilt. The high priests, fed up with Bender's demands, entomb him, Fry, and Leela. Fry and Leela propose to use explosive Schnapps stored in the tomb to blast a hole and escape, but Bender, still obsessed with being remembered, refuses to let them destroy the statue. Fry and Leela respond by pretending to forget Bender; unable to endure this treatment, he gives in to their demand. They create a crack in the foot of the statue to", "title": "A Pharaoh to Remember" }, { "docid": "18224753", "text": "1986 Chernobyl disaster. Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room is a 2012 book by Geoff Dyer. The book is a discussion by Dyer of the film \"Stalker\" directed by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1979. The title is taken from the mysterious and enigmatic Zone which is a locus within the film itself. The work is based on a close, scene-by-scene reading with a large number of digressions, including autobiographical discussions such as the time and place where Dyer watched the film (and observations", "title": "Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room" }, { "docid": "18224749", "text": "Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room is a 2012 book by Geoff Dyer. The book is a discussion by Dyer of the film \"Stalker\" directed by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1979. The title is taken from the mysterious and enigmatic Zone which is a locus within the film itself. The work is based on a close, scene-by-scene reading with a large number of digressions, including autobiographical discussions such as the time and place where Dyer watched the film (and observations of how his", "title": "Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room" }, { "docid": "7703773", "text": "Marx's terminology), the Soviet Union adapted the formula as: \"From each according to his ability, to each according to his work (labour investment)\". While liberation theology has sought to interpret the Christian call for justice in a way that is in harmony with this Marxist dictum, many have noted that Jesus' teaching in the \"Parable of the Talents\" (Matthew 25:14–30) affirms only \"TO each according to his ability\" (Matt. 25:15), and not \"FROM each according to his ability\". From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs \"From each according to his ability, to each according to", "title": "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" }, { "docid": "7199438", "text": "How to Survive a Robot Uprising How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion is a semi-satirical book by Daniel Wilson published in November 2005. The book gives tongue-in-cheek advice on how one can survive in the event that robots become too intelligent and rebel against the human race. \"How to Survive a Robot Uprising\" is partially based on scientific fact, and is a prime example of deadpan humor. \"Wired\" magazine gave it a 2006 Rave Award, calling it \"equal parts sci-fi send-up and technical primer\". Maclean's called the book \"very funny and highly", "title": "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" }, { "docid": "15714131", "text": "the track and an 'interlude' with distorted female groans. It is this version that is featured on the remix compilation album \"Vital Idol\" 1987 US/1988 Japan editions. The UK 12\" was also released as a limited-edition picture disc. To Be a Lover \"To Be a Lover\" is a song by Billy Idol from his 1986 album \"Whiplash Smile\". As the album's lead single, it became Idol's second top 10 hit in the US, peaking at No. 6 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was co-written (with Booker T. Jones) and originally", "title": "To Be a Lover" }, { "docid": "15847757", "text": "for dark times, but they come up just short of being straight worship music\". Lennie of Cross Rhythms wrote that the \"main strengths of the album are the radio-friendly production, Jason's fine vocals and, most notable of all, the original, thoughtful lyrics that attend every one of these dozen tracks.\" However, Lennie also said it was unoriginal and like Steven Curtis Chapman's works, but did go onto say \"this is still a fine album.\" Caldwell of Jesus Freak Hideout says \"A Way to See in the Dark\" that it \"delivers on all those levels, and then some,\" and notes the", "title": "A Way to See in the Dark" }, { "docid": "6835015", "text": "escape, they open their minds to the universe - which ends up bringing an intelligent white hole from space. Translated into English and simplified, the white hole's name is \"Fred\". The next day at school Fred and Nita attempt to retrieve Nita's pen from her bullies, but Fred miscalculates the gravity required to lift the pen from the bullies' possession, and instead accidentally swallows it. This makes Fred hiccup objects, including a television, a blue Mercedes, and a LearJet. After school, they seek help from the local Advisory Wizards. Fred's problem is fixed, but Nita's pen is not recovered. In", "title": "So You Want to Be a Wizard" }, { "docid": "13485797", "text": "in a satirical dream-life\". The review in The Sunday Times was scathing and gave it one star. The play was directed by Adam Barnard and produced by James Seabright. Ordinary Dreams; or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair Ordinary Dreams; Or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair, is a black comedy, written by Marcus Markou, which premiered at the Trafalgar Studios on 14 May 2009 and ran till 6 June. The cast included Sia Berkeley, Adrian Bower, James Lance and Imogen Slaughter. The story concerns a character who, during a recession, has a breakdown and fantasises about becoming", "title": "Ordinary Dreams; or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair" }, { "docid": "13737066", "text": "The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag is an art installation by John Sims. The controversial installation consists of a Confederate flag hanging from a noose at a 13-foot gallows. \"The Proper way to Hang a Confederate Flag\" was first shown in Schmucker Gallery at Gettysburg College in 2004 as a part of Sims' \"Recoloration Proclamation: The Gettysburg Redress\". \"Recoloration Proclamation\" targets specific traditional symbols of southern heritage, which are inextricably linked to slavery and racism in America. Included in the exhibition are recolored Confederate flags, a Confederate flag hanging from", "title": "The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag" }, { "docid": "17819502", "text": "number of issues, has accused Moran of setting up a 'straw woman' version of herself to argue with, and of skimping on her homework.\" \"Time\" called \"How to Be a Woman\" \"hugely lovable\" but \"problematically narrow.\" How to Be a Woman How to Be a Woman is a 2011 non-fiction memoir by British writer Caitlin Moran. The book documents Moran's early life (from teens until mid-thirties) including her views on feminism. As of July 2014, it had sold over a million copies. Caitlin Moran wrote \"How To Be a Woman\" with the goal of making feminism more approachable for every", "title": "How to Be a Woman" }, { "docid": "11306120", "text": "What a Way to Live What a Way to Live is the fifth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His first album for Decca Records, it earned RIAA gold certification in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies. The tracks \"She Dreams\", \"Goin' Through the Big D\", \"Gonna Get a Life\", and \"Down in Tennessee\" were all released as singles, peaking at #6, #2, #1, and #23, respectively, on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts. \"She Dreams\" was co-written and originally recorded by Tim Mensy on his 1992 album \"This Ol' Heart\", from which it", "title": "What a Way to Live" }, { "docid": "11843768", "text": "Woolf. In 2009 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 30,000 copies throughout Europe. The Japanese version of \"To Survive\" includes three bonus tracks: To Survive To Survive is the second album by Joan as Police Woman. It was released on June 9, 2008, on CD, LP and digital download. The album was released by Reveal Records in the United Kingdom, by Cheap Lullaby in the United States and by PIAS in Europe and the rest of the world. The album received generally favorable reviews, including a metascore of", "title": "To Survive" }, { "docid": "15847754", "text": "the label's head of A&R John Mays in a fictional school called Centricity U. The webisodes were part of a promotional campaign for the artist's and projects of Centricity Music and were written and directed by Doug McKelvey. The episode featuring Jason and the lead single from \"A Way To See in the Dark\" can be seen here. A limited, special edition of the album was also released in a commemorative hard cover-style book that includes eight additional tracks of demos, alternate versions, and new songs as well as a 32-page booklet with Jason's reflections about the meaning behind each", "title": "A Way to See in the Dark" }, { "docid": "13737075", "text": "and David Wojnarowicz, and was on view through December 22, 2017. The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag is an art installation by John Sims. The controversial installation consists of a Confederate flag hanging from a noose at a 13-foot gallows. \"The Proper way to Hang a Confederate Flag\" was first shown in Schmucker Gallery at Gettysburg College in 2004 as a part of Sims' \"Recoloration Proclamation: The Gettysburg Redress\". \"Recoloration Proclamation\" targets specific traditional symbols of southern heritage, which are inextricably linked to slavery and racism in America. Included in", "title": "The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag" }, { "docid": "18291264", "text": "just the domain of better-pedigreed productions, \"How To Be A Man\" strips the genre down to its bare essentials, which primarily has the effect of emphasizing the careful tonal calibration required to effectively pull off a such a relentless raunch-fest. ... With his extensive media background, \"Vice Magazine\" co-founder, comedian and ad-man McInnes would seem to be a savvy commentator on contemporary male foibles, but \"Man\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s litany of life lessons turns out to have variable appeal when reduced to their lowest common denominators of sex, partying and bodily functions.\" How to Be a Man How to Be a Man is", "title": "How to Be a Man" }, { "docid": "20188503", "text": "so by eliminating all humans. In the book's conclusion, O'Connell declines to offer any predictions about whether the hopes or fears of the transhumanists will come to pass, instead stating: \"I have seen the present, and the present is strange enough to be getting along with: filled with strange people, strange ideas, strange machines.\" To Be a Machine To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death is a 2017 nonfiction book by \"Slate\" columnist and literary journalist Mark O'Connell. The book is a breezy, but skeptical, gonzo-journalistic tour of transhumanism", "title": "To Be a Machine" }, { "docid": "14148506", "text": "grossed $3,777,210 domestically. It was received with mixed to generally negative reviews from film critics. Jake Taylor (Randy Wayne), a high school student in the suburbs of San Diego, attends the funeral of his ex-best friend Roger (Robert Bailey Jr.). After Roger's mom comes and asks Jake if Roger had said anything to him, she walks away, and Jake remembers that this all started back when they were young boys and best friends. Roger pushed Jake out of the way of a car, saving him but crippling himself forever. During their freshmen year of high school, after Jake had made", "title": "To Save a Life" }, { "docid": "5723763", "text": "the space station went on alert when the house was attacked. However, they did not have chance to react. The Earthmen doused the entire city with a sleep-inducing gas, but before that Anton-Rumata had fought his way through the city towards the palace, covered in blood, where he finally killed Reba. Remembering their childhood, Pashka wonders whether that episode, when Anton decided to disobey a \"wrong way\" sign, and found 'a skeleton of a fascist', had a deeper meaning, but he does not say what that meaning is. The first English translation of the novel by Wendayne Ackerman, published in", "title": "Hard to Be a God" }, { "docid": "9858610", "text": "A Long Way to Shiloh A Long Way to Shiloh (known in the US as The Menorah Men so as not to be thought a Civil War novel) is a thriller by Lionel Davidson. The book won the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award. Caspar Laing is a Professor of Semitic Languages who is asked to translate an ancient parchment found in Israel. Fragmentary as the message is, it appears to give directions to the hiding place of a holy candelabrum rescued from the Jerusalem Temple before its destruction by the Romans in 70 AD. But the Jordanians have a", "title": "A Long Way to Shiloh" }, { "docid": "10063283", "text": "island of Gondal, a place which she invented and wrote short stories about along with her younger sister Anne. Gondal was a kingdom ruled by the powerful Queen, Augusta Almeda, to whom the poem is written, from another character Fernando De Samara. Gondal was often at war with its rival nation Angria - another imaginary island and country, created by Emily and Anne's two siblings Branwell and Charlotte. When read in this context \"F. De Samara to A. G. A.\" reveals Fernando de Samara's last words to his beloved Queen Augusta, as he commits suicide for her sake. Suicide, as", "title": "F. De Samara to A. G. A." }, { "docid": "18083569", "text": "Just to Get a Rep Just to Get a Rep is a documentary film directed by Peter Gerard. It premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2004 and played over a dozen international film festivals. The film was released internationally in 2007. The film covers the history of graffiti art and its relationship with hip-hop, from 1970s New York City to the international graffiti culture in the early 2000s. The film is about the origins of graffiti and hip-hop as told by some of New York's graffiti pioneers as well as contemporary artists from Europe and the US. Graffiti art", "title": "Just to Get a Rep" }, { "docid": "14964385", "text": "well… predictable. You'll get the idea after ten minutes — this sort of dirty, dreadlocked psychedelia blown out of the basement of an abandoned punk squat, hoarsely shouted, with riffs that sound apocalyptic in a blown-tube-amp kind of way.\" \"Exclaim!\" critic Jill Mikkelson wrote: \"This record will appeal to fans of stoner rock but isn’'t anything special.\" To Walk a Middle Course To Walk a Middle Course is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Kylesa. Released on March 22, 2005 by Prosthetic Records, it was produced by English record producer Alex Newport, who is known for his", "title": "To Walk a Middle Course" }, { "docid": "7230171", "text": "thespian, (Amber Smith) and Sherri, a freaky dominatrix, (Stacii Jae Johnson) ), Dray goes to the cookout for a bit before heading to the party. When he sees all of his women there, including Jenny and Katrina in which he found out that he was set up by them, he figures out a way get all of his women out of the party, without them noticing about each other and confrontation about Dray. He succeeds then heads to Jenny and Katrina to give a hindsight that when a player is put in a hostile environment, a player doesn't reforms, but", "title": "Def Jam's How to Be a Player" }, { "docid": "11037390", "text": "That's Just the Way I Want to Be That's Just the Way I Want to Be is a 1970 album by Blossom Dearie. For the first time, the focus is on Dearie as a songwriter with her co-writing nine of the album's 12 tracks). She took the opportunity to pay tribute to some of her contemporaries: John Lennon (the object of her praise in \"Hey John\"), Georgie Fame and Dusty Springfield. The last song, \"I Like London In The Rain\", contains an opening breakbeat that has been sampled by hip hop producers. \"All songs by Blossom Dearie and Jim Council,", "title": "That's Just the Way I Want to Be" }, { "docid": "12736188", "text": "Return to Mysterious Island 2 Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate is a 2009 adventure video game developed by Kheops Studio and published by MC2 France under their Microïds label. It is a sequel to the 2004 video game \"Return to Mysterious Island\", and is again based upon the work of Jules Verne, \"The Mysterious Island\". The character of Mina is back, but now her monkey, Jep, becomes the second playable character; the player will switch back and forth between the two. Each character has their own abilities—Jep, for example, can go to inaccessible places and communicate with other", "title": "Return to Mysterious Island 2" }, { "docid": "11037391", "text": "except as indicated.\" That's Just the Way I Want to Be That's Just the Way I Want to Be is a 1970 album by Blossom Dearie. For the first time, the focus is on Dearie as a songwriter with her co-writing nine of the album's 12 tracks). She took the opportunity to pay tribute to some of her contemporaries: John Lennon (the object of her praise in \"Hey John\"), Georgie Fame and Dusty Springfield. The last song, \"I Like London In The Rain\", contains an opening breakbeat that has been sampled by hip hop producers. \"All songs by Blossom Dearie", "title": "That's Just the Way I Want to Be" }, { "docid": "8661267", "text": "for actors Joe Besser, Neil Hamilton, and Kenneth MacDonald. The film received a \"BOMB\" rating in \"Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide\" and widespread disapproval from other critics. Warner Archive released the film on made to order DVD in the United States on May 18, 2010. Which Way to the Front? Which Way to the Front? is a 1970 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. Brendan Byers III is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis powers, but is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight, so he enlists other 4-Fs and some loyal volunteers from", "title": "Which Way to the Front?" }, { "docid": "15483833", "text": "by challenging her to write an autobiography that could be considered \"high art\", which she continued throughout her series, including her final autobiography. Angelou's autobiographies conform to the genre's standard structure: they were written by a single author, they were chronological, and they contained elements of character, technique, and theme. In a 1983 interview with African-American literature critic Claudia Tate, Angelou called her books autobiographies. When speaking of her unique use of the genre, Angelou acknowledged that she has followed the slave narrative tradition of \"speaking in the first-person singular talking about the first-person plural, always saying I meaning 'we'\".", "title": "A Song Flung Up to Heaven" }, { "docid": "12593694", "text": "to do with my book.\") Sirk's own son actor Klaus Detlef Sierck (1925-1944) died in the Ukraine as a soldier of the Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland when he was 18 years old. Universal decided to cast two relative unknowns in the lead. As studio executive Al Daff said: At one stage Ann Harding was going to play a role. Filming took place in West Berlin, which Sirk had fled over 20 years before and the US Army Europe training area at Grafenwöhr. Interiors were at CCC Film Studios. Gavin was accompanied by his wife who he had just married and they used", "title": "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" }, { "docid": "15847756", "text": "deep to be merely consumed or played in the background. It's a collection of songs to be experienced, contemplated, and shared. A hooky melody can beg to sing along, then a lyrical twist can move to tears.\" Hurst of \"Christianity Today\" noted \"A Way to See in the Dark\" \"has a title that could almost double as the name of a self-help or spiritual how-to book. The music has all the solemnity and seriousness that might entail; Gray writes catchy pop songs, but they aren't breezy, summery jams so much as the soundtrack for introspection. These songs are encouraging reflections", "title": "A Way to See in the Dark" }, { "docid": "19223946", "text": "villains are we talking about, anyway? If a subtitle is to have any use at all, it’s to bring some sort of focus to the proceedings, but since almost anything that happens on \"Gotham\" can fall under that heading, the show is just as prone to sprawl as it has been from the beginning. Tonight's storylines are connected inasmuch as they all spring from Galavan's presence in \"Gotham\", but since he is barely glimpsed until the episode's final minutes, 'A Bitter Pill To Swallow' still feels like a disparate collection of stories in search of a center. A Bitter Pill", "title": "A Bitter Pill to Swallow" }, { "docid": "16968668", "text": "was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in the 85th Academy Awards. The film also won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary and a Peabody Award. It was nominated for a Directors Guild Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Critic A. O. Scott of \"The New York Times\" named \"How to Survive a Plague\" one of the best five documentaries of 2012. Fellow \"New York Times\" critic Stephen Holden called the documentary the eighth best film of 2012. It also won Documentary of the Year at Attitude magazine's Attitude Awards 2013.", "title": "How to Survive a Plague" }, { "docid": "9858611", "text": "copy of the parchment as well, and the search for the priceless \"menorah\" becomes a deadly cat and mouse hunt in the burning Negev desert. The story draws from the Copper Scroll found at Qumran in 1952, which lists buried treasure. A Long Way to Shiloh A Long Way to Shiloh (known in the US as The Menorah Men so as not to be thought a Civil War novel) is a thriller by Lionel Davidson. The book won the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award. Caspar Laing is a Professor of Semitic Languages who is asked to translate an ancient", "title": "A Long Way to Shiloh" }, { "docid": "8661265", "text": "Which Way to the Front? Which Way to the Front? is a 1970 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. Brendan Byers III is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis powers, but is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight, so he enlists other 4-Fs and some loyal volunteers from his own service staff and forms his own army. He finances their training and equipment. Once completed, they travel to the front in Italy, with Byers impersonating a Nazi general named Eric Kesselring. The plan is to pull back the German lines, since the", "title": "Which Way to the Front?" }, { "docid": "17819496", "text": "baby, but most of the time your contractions can be your worst part of labor. By Caitlin Moran's second birth she felt a big difference about the concept of birth and was relieved about how much easier the process was. Children shape our souls like few other things in life, conditioning us to be more other-centered and to take a longer view of life. Having children gives parents the sense of accomplishment and a whole new outlook on life. Moran recounts the pivotal time in which she discovers she is eleven weeks pregnant. In thinking that she has all the", "title": "How to Be a Woman" }, { "docid": "14273592", "text": "his character\". \"New York Times\" critic A.O. Scott stated in his review that \"Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star\" was so bad that it \"may have been made ... to console every actor who has ever been in a movie that is a little less bad than this one. Let me put the matter another way: this may be the worst movie Pauly Shore has ever been in. Think about that. If you dare, go on Netflix and test the hypothesis.\" Critic Nathan Rabin gave the film a D− in his initial review, then noted that \"\"Bucky Larson\" was", "title": "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star" }, { "docid": "8858302", "text": "the baby with a good solid home and to give both Matt and Francesca their lives back. Matt seems hesitant about placing his child for adoption, but reluctantly agrees when his mother explains it is the only way to safeguard his future. A little later, Susan receives a call from Matt's school principal informing her that Matt and Francesca are being involuntarily transferred to a local alternative school for teenage parents, as per school policy. Susan begs the principal not to remove Matt, citing how much he loves school and how upsetting it would be to him and his academic", "title": "Too Young to Be a Dad" }, { "docid": "10981441", "text": "A Better Place to Be \"A Better Place to Be\" is a song by Harry Chapin from his 1972 album, \"Sniper and Other Love Songs\". The song is about a midnight watchman confiding in a waitress, while drinking gin, about a woman that he met the night before and had a one-night stand . Released as a single, the song reached #118 on the \"Billboard\" Bubbling Under chart. A live version, from the 1976 album \"Greatest Stories Live\", reached #86 on the Hot 100 chart. According to Chapin, it was his favorite song that he wrote. The song begins with", "title": "A Better Place to Be" }, { "docid": "6893369", "text": "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star) \"All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)\" is a song by R.E.M., from their twelfth album \"Reveal\", the second single released from that album. According to Peter Buck's sleevenotes to \"\", the R.E.M. best-of on which this song appears, the song describes someone who believes they can get famous if they go to Reno. The working title of the song was \"Jimmy Webb on Mars\", which, according to Buck's notes, was a \"sick tribute to a songwriter who we all admire.\" The single did not chart on", "title": "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" }, { "docid": "13400035", "text": "unit headed by Senior Inspector Chung Kwon-ban. The second series sees Ko's resignation from the Yan Wo Hospital; he is later transferred to a new psychiatric department, the Forensics Psychiatry Department, of Bok On Hospital, where he formally diagnoses criminals. Season 2 A Great Way to Care A Great Way To Care is a Hong Kong medical crime drama television series produced by Marco Law and TVB. It stars Alex Fong as Dr. Ko Lap-yan, a senior psychiatrist who has a specialty in diagnosing mentally ill criminals. Produced in 2008, the first series premiered on Malaysia's AOD on 8 June", "title": "A Great Way to Care" }, { "docid": "9616054", "text": "a View to a Death is Powell’s most rural novel. Change in setting notwithstanding, Powell’s habitually Burtonesque laughter at human foibles remains consistent. The novel focuses on the inevitable conflict occurring when two men, each considering himself a Nietzschean \"Übermensch\", collide. Other conflicts involve shooting rights, parent-child tensions, and, as always in Powell’s work, the dissatisfactions of romance and sex, this time including cross-dressing. Though some interpret the novel as a reaffirmation of traditional English values, no character – whether for reason of class, place of residence, intelligence, or gender – escapes Powell’s increasingly subtle critical examination of human life.", "title": "From a View to a Death" }, { "docid": "7061317", "text": "telling her the truth is frakking painful. It's made even more sad when you realize that the version she believed to be the truth actually wasn't.\" Rowan Kaiser of \"The A.V. Club\" gave a positive review, stating that the reveal was \"an effective narrative, and one which creates a \"satisfying\" resolution for the viewer as well as the character. Veronica Mars has done a good job of subverting expectations on a regular basis, but it’s still a TV show, with requirements for satisfying resolutions. [...] Which is my roundabout way of saying that while I wasn’t surprised by the reveal", "title": "A Trip to the Dentist" }, { "docid": "15847759", "text": "God is still there\". Davis of New Release Tuesday plainly said about \"A Way To See in the Dark\" that \"I've been very blessed to enjoy Jason's songs and get to know his heart for God. I get welled up praying along with several of the songs. I love albums that have a consistent message and theme and that move me emotionally, such as \"Ocean\" by Bebo Norman, \"See You\" by Josh Wilson and \"Leaving Eden\" by Brandon Heath. In fact, if you like those albums, then you must get \"A Way To See in the Dark\" by Jason Gray.\"", "title": "A Way to See in the Dark" }, { "docid": "8966416", "text": "broadcast as the BBC Radio 4 afternoon play. It won the Tinniswood Award in 2007 for best original drama. \"To be a Pilgrim\" has been adopted by the British Special Air Service as their battle hymn. \"To be a Pilgrim\" was also sung at the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on April 17, 2013, in the English Hymnal version. It was one of her favourite hymns. The hymn was selected by the Rt Hon Tony Benn as one of his choices on BBC Radio 4's \"Desert Island Discs\". It was also performed on a Series 1 episode", "title": "To Be a Pilgrim" }, { "docid": "10519279", "text": "Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (season 2) Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a reality show hosted by Stan Lee. Contestants dress up as comic book superheroes of their own invention. Each week, Lee challenges the contestants to represent what \"superheroes are all about.\" Three or four supervillains will attempt to defeat the superheroes. One or more of the superheroes deemed the least deserving are eliminated every episode until only one remains. Season 2 premiered on July 26, 2007 on the Sci Fi Channel cable network. It is slightly different from the first season, using a great deal", "title": "Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (season 2)" }, { "docid": "9902782", "text": "to have a conscious experience it must be special, in the sense that its qualia or \"subjective character of experience\" are unique. Nagel stated, \"An organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something that it is like to be that organism – something that it is like for the organism to be itself.\" The paper argues that the subjective nature of consciousness undermines any attempt to explain consciousness via objective, reductionist means. A subjective character of experience cannot be explained by a system of functional or intentional states. Consciousness cannot be explained without the subjective character", "title": "What Is it Like to Be a Bat?" }, { "docid": "18361038", "text": "more involvement was necessary on their parts because they knew \"how to be redheads\". Approximately eight months after launch, they became brand spokespersons for L'Oréal Paris, their first major sponsor and, as sponsor, L'Oréal brought their likenesses forward as brand representatives. Understanding the difficulties in reaching a niche market, they turned to social media, and by September 2014, had 12,000 followers on Facebook, 9,000 followers on Twitter, 88,000 followers on Instagram, and 6,000 followers on Pinterest, with a YouTube channel in development. Rather than have advertising on their website, revenue is generated through sales of redhead-themed branded products, vendor-sponsored give-a-ways,", "title": "How to be a Redhead" }, { "docid": "19484140", "text": "a creative experience than it was just capturing better versions of the final demos we had.\" The members of Thrice have stated that while elements or parts of \"To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere\" might recall other albums in their discography, the new album has a unique sound of its own. Riley Breckenridge said, \"I think there is a different sound but I also think that there is a healthy nod to some of our back catalog in a lot of the music. There's stuff on this record that wouldn't necessarily feel out of place on \"The Artist in", "title": "To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere" }, { "docid": "17944247", "text": "band of extraordinary avant-gardists.\" \"The Penguin Guide to Jazz\" says about the first track that \"it is an immensely involving piece that opens up acres of improvisational territory for all the solists.\" In Order to Survive In Order To Survive is an album by American jazz double bassist William Parker which was recorded live in 1993 and released on the Italian Black Saint label. After the album, Parker groups have been known as In Order To Survive. The cover art was made by Jeff Schlanger, a distinctive artist known for his \"MusicWitness\" paintings, which are created during live performances. In", "title": "In Order to Survive" }, { "docid": "16191416", "text": "falls into a magic tower of mirrors, gateways to different points in history and other universes. Monkey travels to the “World of the Ancients” (the Qin Dynasty) by drilling through a bronze mirror. He disguises himself as Beautiful Lady Yu, concubine of King Xiang Yu of Chu, in order to retrieve a magic “Mountain-removing Bell” from the first Qin Emperor so that he can use it to clear the group’s path to India of any obstacles blocking their way. But Monkey later learns that the Jade Emperor had banished the emperor to the “World of Oblivion,” which lies beyond the", "title": "A Supplement to the Journey to the West" }, { "docid": "2947452", "text": "Diavolo, a character in the 2004 game \"\", claiming Zorin to be his mentor and friend. In \"\", a multiplayer level is the summit of the Golden Gate Bridge, including the Zorin blimp, which would fire on players when activated. Players are also able to climb the suspension cables (similar to the events of the film). A View to a Kill A View to a Kill is a 1985 British spy film, the fourteenth in the \"James Bond\" series produced by Eon Productions, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although", "title": "A View to a Kill" }, { "docid": "4220191", "text": "it the attention of scholars and critics. Some of the criticism has been favourable; one editor judged it \"a highly finished, integrated piece of work, with everything handsomely symmetrical about it.\" Yet critics have not been shy about finding faults; one called Sir Giles Over-reach \"the character whom his author could not control.\" Massinger's blending of lighter dramatic materials, like comedy of intrigue, with the play's more serious aspects, has also been faulted. A New Way to Pay Old Debts A New Way to Pay Old Debts (c. 1625, printed 1633) is an English Renaissance drama, the most popular play", "title": "A New Way to Pay Old Debts" }, { "docid": "20669828", "text": "Life to Fix \"Life to Fix\" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Record Company. The song is the lead single from their second studio album \"All of This Life,\" and was released on April 20, 2018. On April 14, 2018, the band announced that they had finished recording their new album. Two days later, on April 16, the band released a teaser for the song on their Instagram and announced that it would be coming out on April 20. NPR described \"Life to Fix\" as a track that \"takes off like a supersonic jet blowing wildly", "title": "Life to Fix" }, { "docid": "1728897", "text": "auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Mr Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year. The film won several awards, including the 2003 Sacramento French Film Festival Audience Prize. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97%, based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10.", "title": "To Be and to Have" } ]

[ "Indian (disambiguation)", "INDIAN", "Indian (Asian)", "Indians", "Indian", "Indian (film)", "Indian (Americas)" ]

[ { "docid": "8564889", "text": "Christmas Island Airport Christmas Island International Airport is an airport located on Christmas Island, a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. The island is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and east-northeast of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Although located on Australian territory, the airport is classified as a Category 2 international airport for all arrivals, including those from Australia. It is owned by the Commonwealth through the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development and is operated under contract by Toll Remote Logistics. From the late 1940s, when the island was", "title": "Christmas Island Airport" }, { "docid": "8564893", "text": "caused spikes in traffic levels. The construction of an immigration detention centre on the island resulted in a temporary increase in RAAF and DIMIA arrivals.. Christmas Island International Airport served 26,723 revenue passengers during financial year 2017-2018. Christmas Island Airport Christmas Island International Airport is an airport located on Christmas Island, a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. The island is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and east-northeast of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Although located on Australian territory, the airport is classified as a Category 2 international airport for", "title": "Christmas Island Airport" }, { "docid": "9022949", "text": "State Library of Western Australia. Shire of Christmas Island The Shire of Christmas Island is a local government area of the Australian external territory of Christmas Island (; post code: 6798). The island is grouped with Western Australia but is administered by the Attorney-General's Department and an Administrator. It covers an area of 136.7 km in the Indian Ocean about 2,360 km north-west of Perth and 500 km south of Java in Indonesia. It has a population of 1,448 (ABS 2001). The island was previously a British territory administered through Singapore but was transferred to Australia in 1945. After 1958,", "title": "Shire of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "9022944", "text": "Shire of Christmas Island The Shire of Christmas Island is a local government area of the Australian external territory of Christmas Island (; post code: 6798). The island is grouped with Western Australia but is administered by the Attorney-General's Department and an Administrator. It covers an area of 136.7 km in the Indian Ocean about 2,360 km north-west of Perth and 500 km south of Java in Indonesia. It has a population of 1,448 (ABS 2001). The island was previously a British territory administered through Singapore but was transferred to Australia in 1945. After 1958, it was managed by the", "title": "Shire of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65171", "text": "is of generally good quality, although four-wheel drive vehicles are needed to reach some of the more distant parts of the rainforest or the more isolated beaches on the rough dirt roads. The island-operated crèche is in the Recreation Centre. Christmas Island District High School, catering to students in grades P-12, is run by the Western Australian Education Department. There are no universities on Christmas Island. The island has one public library. Christmas Island The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean, around", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65126", "text": "Christmas Island The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland. It has an area of . Christmas Island had a population of 1,843 residents , the majority of whom live in settlements on the northern tip of the island. The main settlement is Flying Fish Cove. Around two-thirds of the island's population is estimated to have Malaysian Chinese origin (though just 21.2% of the population declared", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "15196320", "text": "rooms of which 52 of them are two-story suites with ocean views. One of its two modern kitchens was leased by the government in 2002 to provide meals for asylum seekers. Christmas Island Resort The Christmas Island Resort, often called the Christmas Island Casino, is a holiday resort on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean lying about 300 km south of Java and 1600 km north-west of the Australian mainland. It operated as a casino for over four years during the 1990s. It was one of the world’s most profitable prior to bankruptcy and once turned", "title": "Christmas Island Resort" }, { "docid": "6707862", "text": "The Dales (Christmas Island) The Dales is a wetland site located at the western end of Christmas Island, an Australian external territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. The site has been recognised as being of international importance by designation under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The Dales were the first location where Europeans set foot on Christmas Island in 1688, during the expedition of William Dampier. Nowadays the Dales are visited by local residents and tourists for sightseeing. One of the subsites, Hugh's Dale, has religious significance for Buddhists of Chinese background. The site comprises a system of seven watercourses", "title": "The Dales (Christmas Island)" }, { "docid": "13291538", "text": "Christmas Island swiftlet The Christmas Island swiftlet (\"Collocalia natalis\"), also known as the Christmas glossy swiftlet or the Christmas cave swiftlet, is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. It was formerly commonly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet. The Christmas Island swiftlet was described by the English naturalist Joseph Lister in 1889 with the scientific name \"Collocalia esculenta natalis\". It has usually been considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet (\"Collocalia esculenta\"). However, in 2008 the taxonomists Les Christidis and Walter Boles", "title": "Christmas Island swiftlet" }, { "docid": "13291542", "text": "the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 was unsuccessful. Christmas Island swiftlet The Christmas Island swiftlet (\"Collocalia natalis\"), also known as the Christmas glossy swiftlet or the Christmas cave swiftlet, is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. It was formerly commonly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet. The Christmas Island swiftlet was described by the English naturalist Joseph Lister in 1889 with the scientific name \"Collocalia esculenta natalis\". It has usually been considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet (\"Collocalia esculenta\").", "title": "Christmas Island swiftlet" }, { "docid": "6707865", "text": "snake. Coastline habitats within the site provide breeding and spawning grounds for red and blue crabs. The main threat to the site comes from introduced species, in particular the yellow crazy ant and the development of Immigration Reception Centre nearby, above the springs. The road to the site's car-park is for 4WD vehicles only. There are walking tracks from the car-park to Hugh's Dale and Anderson's Dale, with interpretive signage for visitors. The Dales (Christmas Island) The Dales is a wetland site located at the western end of Christmas Island, an Australian external territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. The", "title": "The Dales (Christmas Island)" }, { "docid": "12285404", "text": "Christmas Island National Park Christmas Island National Park is a national park occupying most of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia. The park is home to many species of animal and plant life, including the eponymous red crab, whose annual migration sees around 100 million crabs move to the sea to spawn. Christmas Island is the only nesting place for the endangered Abbott's booby and critically endangered Christmas Island frigatebird, and the wide range of other endemic species makes the island of significant interest to the scientific community. Concerns were expressed in the early", "title": "Christmas Island National Park" }, { "docid": "10376482", "text": "was administered as part of the Colony of Singapore. The laws of Singapore, including prostitution law, were based on British law. in 1958, the sovereignty of the island was transferred to Australia. The ‘laws of the Colony of Singapore’ continued to be the law of the territory. The \"Territories Law Reform Act 1992\" decreed that Australian federal law and the state laws of Western Australia be applicable to the Indian Ocean Territories, of which Christmas Island is a part. For the current situation see Western Australia. Cocos (Keeling) Islands were, like Christmas Island, a British colony and part of the", "title": "Prostitution in Australia" }, { "docid": "15196314", "text": "Christmas Island Resort The Christmas Island Resort, often called the Christmas Island Casino, is a holiday resort on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean lying about 300 km south of Java and 1600 km north-west of the Australian mainland. It operated as a casino for over four years during the 1990s. It was one of the world’s most profitable prior to bankruptcy and once turned over $5 billion a year profit. The casino/resort was conceived in the early 1980s by Perth property developer Frank Woodmore as a business opportunity following the closure in 1981, for political", "title": "Christmas Island Resort" }, { "docid": "12612803", "text": "eastern border of the Australia – East Timor joint petroleum development area. Points A1, A2 and A3 form part of the Indonesia – Papua New Guinea border which was also established under the 1971 treaty when Papua New Guinea was still an Australian territory. The 1972 treaty brought the boundary to Point A25 to the north-east of Australia's Ashmore Island. The 1997 treaty extended it further west, terminating at A82 in the Indian Ocean where Australia's and Indonesia's exclusive economic zone limits diverge. Christmas Island is an external territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean south of the southern", "title": "Australia–Indonesia border" }, { "docid": "3403219", "text": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an archipelago of 55 islands in the Indian Ocean South of India, it is situated approximately halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The islands form a semicircular group with an open sea towards the east. The largest, Diego Garcia, is located at the southern extreme end. It measures and accounts for almost three-quarters of the total land area of the territory. Diego Garcia is the only inhabited island and is home to the joint UK-US naval support facility. Other islands within the archipelago include Danger Island, Three", "title": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "6812140", "text": "Christmas Island blind snake The Christmas Island blind snake (\"Ramphotyphlops exocoeti\") is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Christmas Island. No subspecies are currently recognized. The specific name, \"exocoeti\", which means \"flying fish\", is in honor of the officers of HMS \"Flying Fish, who collected the holotype. It is found on Christmas Island (Australia). The type locality given is \"Christmas Island, Indian Ocean\". The species \"R. exocoeti\" is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List with the following criteria: D2 (v2.3, 1994). This means that it is not Critically Endangered or", "title": "Christmas Island blind snake" }, { "docid": "12602967", "text": "in Christmas Island. On 4 March 1993 the first five Australia Post stamps were issued with a new designation: \"CHRISTMAS ISLAND / AUSTRALIA\". The philatelic program topics remained limited. Australia Post promised three issues per year: a Christmas stamp that was issued every two years during the 2000s, a Chinese New Year stamp since 1995 (later a twelve stamp issue after 2002) and one issue on local life. Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island The postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, was linked to its original economic situation until 1993. Mainly ruled", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "10631065", "text": "Christmas boobook The Christmas boobook (\"Ninox natalis\"), also known more specifically as the Christmas Island hawk-owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Closely related to the hawk owls of Southeast Asia and Australia. \"N. natalis\" was first classified at species level by J.J.Lister in 1888. It was not until 1998 however that DNA testing confirmed its status as a separate species from other owls. \"N. natalis\" is endemic to Christmas Island, a small Australian territory of about 135 square km situated in the Indian Ocean approximately 360 km south of Java. The flora and fauna of the", "title": "Christmas boobook" }, { "docid": "10631071", "text": "species are on-going. Christmas boobook The Christmas boobook (\"Ninox natalis\"), also known more specifically as the Christmas Island hawk-owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Closely related to the hawk owls of Southeast Asia and Australia. \"N. natalis\" was first classified at species level by J.J.Lister in 1888. It was not until 1998 however that DNA testing confirmed its status as a separate species from other owls. \"N. natalis\" is endemic to Christmas Island, a small Australian territory of about 135 square km situated in the Indian Ocean approximately 360 km south of Java. The flora and", "title": "Christmas boobook" }, { "docid": "12602955", "text": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island The postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, was linked to its original economic situation until 1993. Mainly ruled by a phosphate production commission, the island was part of the British Straits Settlements colony from 1901 to 1942, then of Singapore from 1946 to 1958. Although it was placed under Australian control in 1958, the island remained postally and philatelically independent until 1993 when Australia Post became the island's postal operator. The island issued its own postage stamps from 1958. Those issued by Australia Post since 1993", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "4670707", "text": "Christmas Island red crab The Christmas Island red crab (\"Gecarcoidea natalis\") is a species of land crab that is endemic to Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. Although restricted to a relatively small area, an estimated 43.7 million adult red crabs once lived on Christmas Island alone, but the accidental introduction of the yellow crazy ant is believed to have killed about 10–15 million of these in recent years. Christmas Island red crabs are well known for their annual mass migration to the sea to lay their eggs in the ocean. Although its population is being", "title": "Christmas Island red crab" }, { "docid": "14279881", "text": "Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre or commonly just Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre, is a closed Australian immigration detention facility located on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The centre closed in 2018. Temporary facilities for asylum seekers were established on Christmas Island at Phosphate Hill in late 2001. This temporary facility was found inadequate in terms of size, amenity and security. On 12 March 2002, the Australian Government announced the replacement of the existing temporary facility and the construction of a purpose designed and built IRPC on Christmas Island with", "title": "Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre" }, { "docid": "12361701", "text": "was sponsored by the US Navy for use by operators both licensed in their home country and possessing a VQ9 callsign issued by the local British Indian Ocean Territory representative. However, the US Navy closed the station in early 2013, hence any future licensed amateurs wishing to operate from the island will have to provide their own antenna and radio equipment. British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with", "title": "British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "19514380", "text": "Royal Navy base and Royal Air Force station located on the island from Japanese attack. They were later manned by Mauritian and Indian Coastal Artillery troops. Following the conclusion of hostilities, the station was closed on 30 April 1946. Originally, the British Representative resided in East Point, however later moved to the US Base. Today, the settlement lies in the eastern restricted zone of the island. East Point, British Indian Ocean Territory East Point is an abandoned settlement on the east of the atoll of Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It was the largest civilian settlement in", "title": "East Point, British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "12602960", "text": "However, two modifications were made on the Singapore postal system in Christmas Island: the airmail postage rate to Australia was reduced and Australian cancelling stamps were sent in 1958 with the designation: \"CHRISTMAS ISLAND / INDIAN OCEAN / AUST\". The first philatelic issue was released on 15 October 1958. It was an adaptation of Australia's 1 shilling 7 pence stamp of March 1955, using a \"bas-relief\" profile of Queen Elizabeth II by W.L. Bowles with floral ornament. The design by F.D. Manley was reshaped by engraver G. Lissenden to include a black \"CHRISTMAS ISLAND\" and encircled value in Malayan dollars", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "14279889", "text": "detention centres on behalf of the Australian government. Property services are provided by CI Resources, which also operates a phosphate mine on the Island. there were 314 asylum seekers held in the centre. Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre or commonly just Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre, is a closed Australian immigration detention facility located on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The centre closed in 2018. Temporary facilities for asylum seekers were established on Christmas Island at Phosphate Hill in late 2001. This temporary facility was found inadequate in terms of", "title": "Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre" }, { "docid": "12612794", "text": "Australia–Indonesia border The Australia–Indonesia border is a maritime boundary running west from the two countries' tripoint maritime boundary with Papua New Guinea in the western entrance to the Torres Straits through the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea and terminating in the Indian Ocean. The boundary is, however, broken by the \"Timor Gap\", where Australian and East Timorese territorial waters meet and where the two countries have overlapping claims to the seabed. Australia and Indonesia also share a common maritime border in the Indian Ocean between Australia's oversea territory of Christmas Island and the Indonesian island of Java. An interesting characteristic", "title": "Australia–Indonesia border" }, { "docid": "12361674", "text": "British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islandsmany very smallamounting to a total land area of . The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, , the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United States. The only inhabitants of the territory are US and British military personnel and associated contractors, who collectively number around 2,500 (2012 figures). The", "title": "British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "7912713", "text": "RAN personnel from the period show some of them wearing white canvas shoes. By 2014, the identity of the unknown sailor had been narrowed to 50 members of the crew of HMAS \"Sydney\". Unidentified body on Christmas Island The unidentified body on Christmas Island was actually found on a life raft in the Indian Ocean, off that island, in 1942. He is widely believed to originate from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) cruiser HMAS \"Sydney\", which sank off Western Australia in November 1941, after a mutually destructive battle with the German auxiliary cruiser \"Kormoran\". While 318 of 399 \"Kormoran\" personnel", "title": "Unidentified body on Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "7912696", "text": "Unidentified body on Christmas Island The unidentified body on Christmas Island was actually found on a life raft in the Indian Ocean, off that island, in 1942. He is widely believed to originate from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) cruiser HMAS \"Sydney\", which sank off Western Australia in November 1941, after a mutually destructive battle with the German auxiliary cruiser \"Kormoran\". While 318 of 399 \"Kormoran\" personnel survived, \"Sydney\" was lost with no survivors from the 645 aboard. The locations of the shipwrecks were unknown until they were rediscovered in March 2008. The body was found on 6 February 1942.", "title": "Unidentified body on Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "5262010", "text": "Battle of Christmas Island The Battle of Christmas Island was a small engagement which began on 31 March 1942, during World War II. Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, Japanese troops were able to occupy Christmas Island without any resistance. The United States Navy submarine caused severe damage to the Japanese cruiser . At the time, Christmas Island was a British possession under administrative control of the Straits Settlement, situated south of Java. It was important for two reasons: it was a perfect control post for the east Indian Ocean and it was an important", "title": "Battle of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65149", "text": "Australia. The next most common country of birth was Malaysia at 20.1%. 27.8% of the population spoke English as their family language, while 17.2% spoke Mandarin Chinese, 17.2% spoke Malay, 3.7% Cantonese, 1.5% Southern Min, and 1% Tagalog. Additionally, there are small local populations of Malaysian Indians and Eurasians. Christmas Island is a non-self-governing territory of Australia, currently administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities. Administration was carried out by the Attorney-General's Department until 14 September 2010, and prior to this by the Department of Transport and Regional Services before 29 November 2007. The legal system is", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "15158121", "text": "2010 Christmas Island boat disaster On 15 December 2010, a boat carrying around 90 asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq and Iran, sank off the coast of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, killing 48 people aboard; 42 survivors were rescued. The boat was later named \"SIEV-221\". At about 6.30 a.m. local time the boat collided with rocks north of Flying Fish Cove close to Rocky Point and was then smashed against the nearby cliffs, complicating rescue attempts. For a period of about one hour, the unpowered boat was washed back and forth as backwash pushed it away", "title": "2010 Christmas Island boat disaster" }, { "docid": "20299974", "text": "Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory, sometimes known as the Chagos Archipelago has had many threats of occupation by various groups, especially the since the Depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago, as well as being a joint UK-US facility that is used in countering terrorism. The UK maintains there is a low risk of terrorism in this territory. In 2008 it was exposed in TIME magazine by Lawrence Wilkerson that a secret War on Terror prison had existed on the island of Diego Garcia from 2002–2006. He claimed that Diego Garcia was used", "title": "Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "13290222", "text": "100 mature birds, or 50 breeding pairs, on the island. The principal threat comes from yellow crazy ants which were accidentally introduced to the island. The threat is not only that of ant predation of goshawk nestlings, but also indirectly from potentially massive changes to the ecology of the island caused by the ants. Christmas goshawk The Christmas goshawk or Christmas Island goshawk (\"Accipiter fasciatus natalis\") is a bird of prey in the goshawk and sparrowhawk family Accipitridae. It is a threatened endemic of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. The taxon was described in 1889", "title": "Christmas goshawk" }, { "docid": "4670718", "text": "tolerant and respectful of the crabs during their annual migration and are now more cautious while driving, which helps to minimise crab casualties. Further, \"a five-metre-high bridge has also been constructed at one point along the road to help the crabs move across the island and continue their migration.\" Christmas Island red crab The Christmas Island red crab (\"Gecarcoidea natalis\") is a species of land crab that is endemic to Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. Although restricted to a relatively small area, an estimated 43.7 million adult red crabs once lived on Christmas Island alone,", "title": "Christmas Island red crab" }, { "docid": "2479460", "text": "Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Flag in the upper hoist-side corner. The palm tree and crown are symbols of the Indian Ocean Territory. The flag contains the Union Jack in its canton (upper hoist quarter). It depicts the waters of the Indian Ocean, where the islands are located, in the form of white and blue wavy lines. The flag also depicts a palm tree rising above the St Edward's Crown. It is understood", "title": "Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "20299979", "text": "David Jones, writing in the \"Daily Mail\", expressed surprise that Diego Garcia went entirely unmentioned on every page of the unclassified summary, and speculated that pressure from UK security agencies caused the portions of the report that covered CIA prisoner facilities on the island to remain classified. Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory, sometimes known as the Chagos Archipelago has had many threats of occupation by various groups, especially the since the Depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago, as well as being a joint UK-US facility that is used in countering terrorism. The", "title": "Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "12612797", "text": "westward from the point where the territorial waters of the two countries touch the western limits of East Timor's territorial waters claim at 10° 28' S, 126° 00' E, to 13° 05' 27.0\" S, 118° 10' 08.9\" E in the Indian Ocean. The third is between the Australian external territory of Christmas Island and the Indonesia island of Java, in the Indian Ocean. The boundary is established by four treaties, the fourth of which has been signed but not yet ratified. The Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia establishing", "title": "Australia–Indonesia border" }, { "docid": "13167163", "text": "Adele Island (Western Australia) Adele Island is an island located in the Indian Ocean approximately North of Ardyaloon off the Kimberley coast in Western Australia. The island is fish-hook shaped and has a length of and a width of and a total area of . It is low-lying and surrounded by extensive sandbanks lying over a limestone platform forming a large lagoon. Nicolas Baudin named the island in 1801 as part of his expedition around Australia. The name of the island was first charted on the Freycinet Map of 1811. It was declared a Nature Reserve in 2001 in recognition", "title": "Adele Island (Western Australia)" }, { "docid": "13290219", "text": "Christmas goshawk The Christmas goshawk or Christmas Island goshawk (\"Accipiter fasciatus natalis\") is a bird of prey in the goshawk and sparrowhawk family Accipitridae. It is a threatened endemic of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. The taxon was described in 1889 by Lister as a full species, \"Accipiter natalis\". Since then there has been debate as to whether its affinities lie with the brown goshawk or the grey goshawk (\"A. novaehollandiae\"). In the 2004 national recovery plan for the taxon it is treated as a subspecies of the brown goshawk, though the possibility has been", "title": "Christmas goshawk" }, { "docid": "12992519", "text": "Christmas thrush The Christmas thrush (\"Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus \"), ia a subspecies of the island thrush (\"Turdus poliocephalus\"). It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. The Christmas thrush has a mainly dark grey-brown head, paler grey-brown throat and upper breast, with olive-brown upperparts. The flanks, lower breast and sides of belly are orange, with a white belly and vent. It is about 21 cm in length, with a wingspan of 34 cm and a weight of 55 g. Its bill, orbital ring and legs are yellow-orange. Males and females are similar in size and", "title": "Christmas thrush" }, { "docid": "12992522", "text": "nestlings by introduced yellow crazy ants. It was listed by the Australian Government as being Critically Endangered, now Endangered. Christmas thrush The Christmas thrush (\"Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus \"), ia a subspecies of the island thrush (\"Turdus poliocephalus\"). It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. The Christmas thrush has a mainly dark grey-brown head, paler grey-brown throat and upper breast, with olive-brown upperparts. The flanks, lower breast and sides of belly are orange, with a white belly and vent. It is about 21 cm in length, with a wingspan of 34 cm and a weight", "title": "Christmas thrush" }, { "docid": "16606225", "text": "have their \"cargo\" picked up. Christmas Island is a popular target for asylum seekers, whose journeys sometimes end in tragedy. In a statement, the U.N. refugee agency said the tragedy \"reinforces the need for renewed international solidarity and cooperation to find protection options for people\". 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster The 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred on 21 June 2012, when a boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. As of 25 June 109 people have been rescued, 17", "title": "2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster" }, { "docid": "13167165", "text": "booby with 1500-8500 breeding pairs, grey-tailed tattler with up to 5500 individuals, and red-necked stint with up to 4100 individuals. Rollolith is also found in Adele Island. It is the basic name given to benthic creatures. Rolloliths can be made ofbarnacles (balanuliths); coral (corallith); vermetulid worms (vermetuliths); red crustose coralline green growth (rhodolith); or bryozoans (bryoliths). Adele Island (Western Australia) Adele Island is an island located in the Indian Ocean approximately North of Ardyaloon off the Kimberley coast in Western Australia. The island is fish-hook shaped and has a length of and a width of and a total area of", "title": "Adele Island (Western Australia)" }, { "docid": "12602964", "text": "low rate for letters to Malaysia and Singapore. A third definitive issue was released on 6 May 1968 too, depicting Indian Ocean fish. This zoological topic was proposed as early as 1966 by the Christmas Island representatives for the second series, who approved artist George Hamori's designs. But the twelve stamps were not issued until 1968 to coincide with the monetary change. The designation \"CHRISTMAS ISLAND / INDIAN OCEAN\" appeared for the first time on these 1968 stamps and remained in use until 1993. On 1 February 1969, postal responsibility on the island was transmitted by the Phosphate Commission to", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "13292444", "text": "Christmas emerald dove The Christmas emerald dove (\"Chalcophaps indica natalis\"), also known as the Christmas green-winged pigeon, is a bird in the pigeon family, Columbidae. It is a distinctive subspecies of the common emerald dove that is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. The Christmas emerald dove is a small brownish pigeon with green wings. It is some 23–26 cm long, with a 43–46 cm wingspan and a weight of 80-135 g. It is smaller than the mainland Australian subspecies of the dove and differs from them by the adult male having a contrasting", "title": "Christmas emerald dove" } ]

[ { "docid": "8155454", "text": "Flag of Christmas Island The flag of Christmas Island was unofficially adopted in 1986 after being chosen the winner in a competition for a flag for the territory. It was designed by Tony Couch of Sydney, Australia. The flag was made official on Australia Day, 2002 when the administrator of the territory, Bill Taylor, presented the flag to the Christmas Island Shire. The flag of Christmas Island consists of a green and blue background, split the top left corner to the bottom right. These colours are intended to represent the land and sea respectively. The Southern Cross constellation appears in", "title": "Flag of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "15573869", "text": "Women in Christmas Island The Women in Christmas Island or Christmas Island Women are the women living in Australia's external territory of Christmas Island. They are of Malay, Chinese, and Anglo ancestry. In March 2011, International Women's Day was celebrated on Christmas Island for the honor of its female residents. The event was held to convey the theme of \"what it means to be a woman living on Christmas Island\". The main local organization that promotes and supports the \"status and interests\" of Australia's female Christmas Islanders is the Christmas Island Women's Association, a group that was established in 1989.", "title": "Women in Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "15573868", "text": "Women in Christmas Island The Women in Christmas Island or Christmas Island Women are the women living in Australia's external territory of Christmas Island. They are of Malay, Chinese, and Anglo ancestry. In March 2011, International Women's Day was celebrated on Christmas Island for the honor of its female residents. The event was held to convey the theme of \"what it means to be a woman living on Christmas Island\". The main local organization that promotes and supports the \"status and interests\" of Australia's female Christmas Islanders is the Christmas Island Women's Association, a group that was established in 1989.", "title": "Women in Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "8155457", "text": "Administrator rather than an amendment to the \"Christmas Island Act 1958\". Although this was agreed, the declaration never took place. Subsequently, Christmas Island official Gary Dunt revived the issue in 2001 and the flag was formally declared the official flag of Christmas Island on Australia Day 2002 (January 26), by the administrator of the territory, Bill Taylor. Councillor Mariam Kawi accepted the flag as a representative of the Shire of Christmas Island. Flag of Christmas Island The flag of Christmas Island was unofficially adopted in 1986 after being chosen the winner in a competition for a flag for the territory.", "title": "Flag of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "6298589", "text": "Christmas Island District High School Christmas Island District High School is a school located in Christmas Island, a territory of Australia. The school serves approximately 300 students from kindergarten through to Year 12. The school is operated by the Department of Education (Western Australia). Landcare recognised the school's efforts to clear a stretch of Greta Beach used as a nesting ground for the green turtle. The beach area is one of the dirtiest on the island as it traps debris brought in by currents. For these continuing efforts, the school was selected as a 2004 Western Australia Landcare Education Award", "title": "Christmas Island District High School" }, { "docid": "6298590", "text": "Finalist. On 5 March 2007, Michael Jeffery (then Governor-General of Australia) visited the school and addressed the school assembly. Christmas Island District High School Christmas Island District High School is a school located in Christmas Island, a territory of Australia. The school serves approximately 300 students from kindergarten through to Year 12. The school is operated by the Department of Education (Western Australia). Landcare recognised the school's efforts to clear a stretch of Greta Beach used as a nesting ground for the green turtle. The beach area is one of the dirtiest on the island as it traps debris brought", "title": "Christmas Island District High School" }, { "docid": "9022945", "text": "Christmas Island Assembly and Christmas Island Services Corporation. The Australian Government provides Commonwealth-level government services through the Christmas Island Administration and the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government. As per the Federal Government's Territories Law Reform Act 1992, which came into force on 1 July 1992, Western Australian laws are applied to Christmas Island \"so far as they are capable of applying in the Territory.\"; non-application or partial application of such laws is at the discretion of the federal government. The Act also gives Western Australian courts judicial power over Christmas Island. Christmas Island remains constitutionally distinct", "title": "Shire of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65151", "text": "over Christmas Island. Christmas Island remains constitutionally distinct from Western Australia, however; the power of the state to legislate for the territory is delegated by the federal government. The kind of services typically provided by a state government elsewhere in Australia are provided by departments of the Western Australian government, and by contractors, with the costs met by the federal government. A unicameral Shire of Christmas Island with nine seats provides local government services and is elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms. Elections are held every two years, with four or five of the members standing for election.", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65158", "text": "oceans surrounding Christmas Island. Snorkeling and swimming in the ocean are two other activities that are extremely popular. Walking trails are also very popular, for there are many beautiful trails surrounded by extravagant flora and fauna. 63% of the island is national park making it one of the main attractions to experience when visiting. Christmas Island was uninhabited until the late 19th century, allowing many species to evolve without human interference. Two-thirds of the island has been declared a National Park, which is managed by the Australian Department of Environment and Heritage through Parks Australia. Christmas Island has always been", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65138", "text": "revenue. The United Kingdom's Christmas Island Act was given royal assent on 14 May 1958, enabling Britain to transfer authority over Christmas Island from Singapore to Australia by an order-in-council. Australia's Christmas Island Act was passed in September 1958 and the island was officially placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 October 1958. Under Commonwealth Cabinet Decision 1573 of 9 September 1958, D. E. Nickels was appointed the first official representative of the new territory. In a media statement on 5 August 1960, the minister for territories, Paul Hasluck, said, among other things, that, \"His extensive", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "12346125", "text": "Supreme Court of Christmas Island The Supreme Court of Christmas Island was the highest court for Christmas Island, an external territory of Australia. The court was originally established in 1958 after sovereignty over the island was transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia. The court had jurisdiction to deal with all serious crimes and major civil claims for damages occurring on the island. The court was abolished on 10 May 2002. Judges from Australian courts were appointed to be judges of the court. Those judges would travel to the island to hear, consider and determine cases. In 1992, courts in", "title": "Supreme Court of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "12346133", "text": "on 10 May 2002. Supreme Court of Christmas Island The Supreme Court of Christmas Island was the highest court for Christmas Island, an external territory of Australia. The court was originally established in 1958 after sovereignty over the island was transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia. The court had jurisdiction to deal with all serious crimes and major civil claims for damages occurring on the island. The court was abolished on 10 May 2002. Judges from Australian courts were appointed to be judges of the court. Those judges would travel to the island to hear, consider and determine cases.", "title": "Supreme Court of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "12346128", "text": "to apply to the island, although this changed when legislation was passed bringing the laws of the country into line with Australian law. In 1958 Australia accepted Christmas Island as a territory, and established the court under the \"Christmas Island Act\" 1958. The court was designated a superior court of record and had all the same powers that other supreme courts in Australia had. The court was to be constituted according to local ordinances made by the Governor-General of Australia on the advice of the Australian Government. The court was a superior court and a court of record. Judges appointed", "title": "Supreme Court of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65150", "text": "under the authority of the Governor-General of Australia and Australian law. An administrator appointed by the Governor-General represents the monarch and Australia. The Australian government provides services through the Christmas Island Administration and the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. Under the federal government's Territories Law Reform Act 1992, which came into force on 1 July 1992, Western Australian laws are applied to Christmas Island \"so far as they are capable of applying in the territory\"; non-application or partial application of such laws is at the discretion of the federal government. The act also gives Western Australian courts judicial power", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65152", "text": "In early 1986, the Christmas Island Assembly held a design competition for an island flag; the winning design was adopted as the informal flag of the territory for over a decade, and in 2002 it was made the official flag of Christmas Island. Christmas Island residents who are Australian citizens also vote in federal elections. Christmas Island residents are represented in the House of Representatives by the Division of Lingiari in the Northern Territory and in the Senate by Northern Territory senators. At the 2016 federal election, the Labor Party received absolute majorities from Christmas Island electors in both the", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "8155456", "text": "a competition to design both a flag and a coat of arms for the territory. There was a prize fund of $100, and some 69 entries were submitted. The winning submission was created by Tony Couch, a resident of Sydney but who had previously worked on Christmas Island. The new flag was announced on April 14, 1986 by the Christmas Island Assembly. The first attempt to make the flag official occurred in 1995 when the Minister of the Islands at the time took the view that implementation could take place on Australia Day 1996 via a formal announcement by the", "title": "Flag of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "11548841", "text": "Reptiles include tiger snakes and lizards. A species of mouse is present. Christmas Island (Tasmania) The Christmas Island, part of the New Year Group, is a granite island located in the Great Australian Bight, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. According to the International Hydrographic Organization, the line separating Bass Strait from the Great Australian Bight runs through King Island, so Christmas Island lies in the Great Australian Bight. The island forms part of the King Island Important Bird Area because of its importance for breeding seabirds and waders. Breeding seabird and shorebird species include little penguin, short-tailed", "title": "Christmas Island (Tasmania)" }, { "docid": "11548840", "text": "Christmas Island (Tasmania) The Christmas Island, part of the New Year Group, is a granite island located in the Great Australian Bight, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. According to the International Hydrographic Organization, the line separating Bass Strait from the Great Australian Bight runs through King Island, so Christmas Island lies in the Great Australian Bight. The island forms part of the King Island Important Bird Area because of its importance for breeding seabirds and waders. Breeding seabird and shorebird species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, pied oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant.", "title": "Christmas Island (Tasmania)" }, { "docid": "9022946", "text": "from Western Australia, however; the power of the state to legislate for the territory is power delegated by the federal government. The kind of services typically provided by a state government elsewhere in Australia are provided by departments of the Western Australian Government, and by contractors, with the costs met by the federal government. An ordinance subsequently created the Shire of Christmas Island out of a merger of the two previous entities. A nine-member Shire Council was established to provide local services. Councilors serve four-year terms, with four or five being chosen every second year. The first elections were held", "title": "Shire of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "3552535", "text": "Bathurst Island (Northern Territory) Bathurst Island (, ) is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island. The largest settlement on Bathurst is Wurrumiyanga (known as Nguiu until 2010), in the south-east, with a population of around 1,450. Located on the south east corner of Bathurst Island, Wurrumiyanga is approximately north of Darwin. The second largest settlement is Wurakuwu, pop. 50, northwest of Wurrumiyanga. The third settlement on the island is a small family outstation called \"4 Mile Camp\", about 6 km (4 mi) west of Wurrumiyanga. The island", "title": "Bathurst Island (Northern Territory)" }, { "docid": "3552539", "text": "was only a Japanese plane that crashed on the island where the pilot was caught and handed over to the correct authorities. Bathurst Island (Northern Territory) Bathurst Island (, ) is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island. The largest settlement on Bathurst is Wurrumiyanga (known as Nguiu until 2010), in the south-east, with a population of around 1,450. Located on the south east corner of Bathurst Island, Wurrumiyanga is approximately north of Darwin. The second largest settlement is Wurakuwu, pop. 50, northwest of Wurrumiyanga. The third settlement", "title": "Bathurst Island (Northern Territory)" }, { "docid": "16181094", "text": "Christmas Island Seamount Province The Christmas Island Seamount Province (also known as the Christmas Island Seamounts) is an unusual seamount (submarine volcano) formation named for Christmas Island, an Australian territory and wildlife reserve that is also part of the chain. The province consists of more than 50 seamounts, up to in height, within a area. Unlike most seamount groups, the Christmas Island seamount formation does not form a long hotspot-based chain of increasingly older volcanoes, instead being a scattered grouping of volcanoes within a large radius. The origins of the formation have long been enigmatic for scientists; the Christmas Island", "title": "Christmas Island Seamount Province" }, { "docid": "11834261", "text": "removed to Michaelmas Island and left there making \"great lamentations\". In 1991 the government department Fisheries Western Australia granted a fish farm license to the company Ocean Foods who have leases north and north east of Green Island where blue mussels are farmed\". The island is noted as an important breeding ground for small numbers of the Australian pelican. It was estimated in 1993 that 7 active nests were located on the island. Green Island (Western Australia) Green Island is an island in Oyster Harbour located approximately northeast of Albany in Western Australia. The island has a total area of", "title": "Green Island (Western Australia)" }, { "docid": "9022948", "text": "councillors and no wards. Christmas Island District High School is the school on Christmas Island. Until the end of 2002 the school was a K-Year 10 school; previously all post-compulsory levels and now compulsory with the new school leaving age (Year 11 and Year 12) studied in Perth, Western Australia. Year 11 enrolment began in 2002, and by 2005 Years 11 and 12 had been established at the school. Christmas Island students have the option to remain on the island or study in Perth. The shire includes a public library for residents. The library has regular book exchanges with the", "title": "Shire of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "18899689", "text": "Ocean pools in Australia Ocean pools are an important feature of the Australian coastline particularly in New South Wales. Ocean pools or ocean baths are defined as public seawater pools sited on a rocky surf coast, so that waves can wash into the pool. The width, length and depth of ocean pools varies and often depends on their location on the coastline. Australia also has many harbour pools and these are usually netted or fenced and located in harbours or river mouths but not regarded as ocean pools. Ocean pools date back to the convict era in Australia with Newcastle's", "title": "Ocean pools in Australia" }, { "docid": "16181097", "text": "may be a relatively common process in shallow-basin areas. Christmas Island Seamount Province The Christmas Island Seamount Province (also known as the Christmas Island Seamounts) is an unusual seamount (submarine volcano) formation named for Christmas Island, an Australian territory and wildlife reserve that is also part of the chain. The province consists of more than 50 seamounts, up to in height, within a area. Unlike most seamount groups, the Christmas Island seamount formation does not form a long hotspot-based chain of increasingly older volcanoes, instead being a scattered grouping of volcanoes within a large radius. The origins of the formation", "title": "Christmas Island Seamount Province" }, { "docid": "65146", "text": "the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and west of Darwin, Northern Territory. Its closest point to the Australian mainland is from the town of Exmouth, Western Australia. Christmas Island has 80 kilometres of shoreline but only small parts of the shoreline are easily accessible. The island's perimeter is embodied by sharp cliff faces, making many of the island's beaches difficult to get to. Some of the easily accessible beaches include Flying Fish Cove (main beach), Lily Beach, Ethel Beach, and Isabel Beach, while the more difficult beaches to access include Greta Beach, Dolly Beach, Winifred Beach, Merrial Beach, and West White Beach,", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "6611256", "text": "of chestnuts roasting on an open fire, but for those who enjoy ocean breezes and 'wasting away' to this most successful beach bum, Christmas Island is exactly what the cruise director ordered.\" Thom Owens presents a more negative view of the album, describing Buffett as being \"relaxed and entertaining\" even though, \"few of his new Christmas songs are remarkable and his rearrangements of classic carols are rather forced.\" However, several tracks remain very popular around the Christmas season. \"Ho Ho Ho & A Bottle Of Rum\" was the track chosen to be played live for promoting the album when first", "title": "Christmas Island (Jimmy Buffett album)" }, { "docid": "12346126", "text": "Western Australia were given concurrent authority to deal with cases on the island, and those courts became the main venue in which litigation was conducted. Since the court’s abolition, its functions have been replaced by the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which now has sole jurisdiction on the island. Europeans first discovered the island of Christmas Island on Christmas Day, 25 December 1643. Captain William Mynors gave the island its name because of the day it was found. The British Crown annexed the uninhabited island on 6 June 1888 following the discovery of phosphate on the island. The island was", "title": "Supreme Court of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "12362601", "text": "third of the Australian landmass, followed by Queensland, South Australia, and New South Wales. Australia also has several minor territories; the federal government administers a separate area within New South Wales, the Jervis Bay Territory, as a naval base and sea port for the national capital. In addition Australia has the following inhabited, external territories: Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and several largely uninhabited external territories: Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands, and Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Australia also claims a portion of Antarctica as the Australian Antarctic Territory, although this claim is not widely recognized.", "title": "Geography of Australia" }, { "docid": "65169", "text": "the Phosphate Commission (1958–1969) and then by the island's administration (1969–93). This ended on 2 March 1993 when Australia Post became the island's postal operator; Christmas Island stamps may be used in Australia and Australian stamps may be used on the island. A container port exists at Flying Fish Cove with an uncompleted alternative container-unloading point to the east of the island at Norris Point, intended for use during the December-to-March \"swell season\" of rough seas. The standard gauge 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Co.'s Railway from Flying Fish Cove to the phosphate mine was constructed in 1914. It was closed", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "12429875", "text": "What a Night! A Christmas Album What a Night! A Christmas Album, by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr., was released on November 4, 2008., being his third Christmas album, since 1993's \"When My Heart Finds Christmas\" and 2003's \"Harry for the Holidays\". The album consists of new recordings of Christmas classics, and new songs written by Connick. The first public mentioning of recording the album, came in an interview in The Times-Picayune in June 2008. The album was first called \"Christmas Day\", but the title was changed in September 2008, to \"What a Night! A Christmas Album\".", "title": "What a Night! A Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "15549655", "text": "the island and use it as a breeding ground. Saddle Island (Western Australia) Saddle Island is an island located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The island is situated approximately off shore and is about in area. Situated in the Southern Ocean, the island is adjacent to Nornalup Inlet and the Walpole-Nornalup National Park. Saddle Island is the largest of the nearby islands that are all gazetted as part of Class A Reserve 31362. Other islands that make up part of the reverve are Goose Island (directly South of Saddle Island) and the Casurina Islands. The flesh-footed shearwater", "title": "Saddle Island (Western Australia)" }, { "docid": "15549654", "text": "Saddle Island (Western Australia) Saddle Island is an island located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The island is situated approximately off shore and is about in area. Situated in the Southern Ocean, the island is adjacent to Nornalup Inlet and the Walpole-Nornalup National Park. Saddle Island is the largest of the nearby islands that are all gazetted as part of Class A Reserve 31362. Other islands that make up part of the reverve are Goose Island (directly South of Saddle Island) and the Casurina Islands. The flesh-footed shearwater and the little shearwater are both known to inhabit", "title": "Saddle Island (Western Australia)" }, { "docid": "6707864", "text": "Wetlands in Australia prior to 2001. Interesting geological features of the Dales are travertine and rimstone formations of Hugh's Dale and the gully of Sydney's Dale, which closer at the sea gets up to 12 m deep and 9 m wide. The site contains a unique stand of enormous Tahitian chestnut trees. Sydney Dale is a recorded site for the critically endangered endemic fern, the Christmas Island spleenwort. The various wetland types of the Dales support populations of endemic and threatened animals, including the Christmas Island hawk-owl, Christmas Island goshawk, Abbott's booby, Christmas Island shrew and the Christmas Island blind", "title": "The Dales (Christmas Island)" }, { "docid": "12429877", "text": "Tchaikovsky's \"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy\". Arrangement by Harry Connick Jr. A Holiday Celebration Tour 2008, is a concert tour with his big band to support the album. The tour was confirmed by the official Harry Connick, Jr. website in September 2008. One of their stops included the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. What a Night! A Christmas Album What a Night! A Christmas Album, by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr., was released on November 4, 2008., being his third Christmas album, since 1993's \"When My Heart Finds Christmas\" and 2003's \"Harry for", "title": "What a Night! A Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "12477850", "text": "Christmas Island pipistrelle The Christmas Island pipistrelle (\"Pipistrellus murrayi\") was a species of vesper bat found only on Christmas Island, Australia. The species is now considered to be extinct, with the last individual bat seen in August 2009 with no further sightings despite intensive efforts to locate the species. It was described as a new species by British paleontologist Charles William Andrews. Its species name \"\"murrayi\"\" was likely inspired by Sir John Murray, who helped pay for Andrews's expedition to the Christmas Islands where he described it. It has sometimes been considered synonymous with \"Pipistrellus tenuis\"; however, revisions of the", "title": "Christmas Island pipistrelle" }, { "docid": "776961", "text": "Protected areas of Australia Protected areas of Australia include Commonwealth and off-shore protected areas managed by the Australian government, as well as protected areas within each of the six states of Australia and two self-governing territories, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, which are managed by the eight state and territory governments. Commonwealth and off-shore protected areas in the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, the Christmas Island Territory, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory, the Norfolk Island Territory and the Australian Antarctic Territory are managed by Director of National Parks, an agency within the Department of the Environment", "title": "Protected areas of Australia" }, { "docid": "7555065", "text": "is deemed to form part of Australia proper. Cocos (Keeling) Islands voted for integration in 1984. Together with Christmas Island, Commonwealth laws apply automatically to the territory unless expressly stated otherwise and residents of both external territories are associated with Northern Territory for federal elections. They are, thus, constitutionally part of Australia. Uninhabited Heard and McDonald Island is treated as constitutionally part of Australia by the central government. The constitutional status of the Australian Antarctic Territory is unclear, with successive governments treating it either as a separate territory (as in the United Kingdom and Norway) or an integral part of", "title": "States and territories of Australia" }, { "docid": "12602956", "text": "are also valid in Australia, as are Australian stamps in Christmas Island. According to the Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue, 32 stamps were issued when postal responsibility was exercised by the Phosphate Commission between 1958 and 1969, and 335 under the responsibility of the Christmas Island Administration between 1969 and 1993. From March 1993 to February 2003, during its ten first years of postal responsibility, Australia Post issued 153 stamps for Christmas Island. Christmas Island was annexed by the United Kingdom in 1888 and exploited by the Christmas Island Phosphate Company since 1899 with European employees and Malayan and Chinese workers.", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65142", "text": "relocated from Christmas Island to Manus Island and Nauru. In 2006, an immigration detention centre, containing approximately 800 beds, was constructed on the island for the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Originally estimated to cost million, the final cost was over $400 million. In 2007, the Rudd government decommissioned Manus Regional Processing Centre and Nauru detention centre; processing would then occur on Christmas Island itself. In December 2010, 48 asylum-seekers died just off the coast of the island in what became known as the Christmas Island boat disaster when the boat they were on, hit rocks off Flying Fish", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65170", "text": "in December 1987, when the Australian government closed the mine, and since has been recovered as scrap, leaving only earthworks in places. Virgin Australia Regional Airlines provides two weekly flights to Christmas Island Airport from Perth, Western Australia, Garuda Indonesia conduct weekly open-charter flights from/to Jakarta with bookings done through Christmas Island Travel Exchange and Malindo Air operate fortnightly open-charter flights from/to Kuala Lumpur with bookings done through Evercrown Air Services. Hire cars are available from the airport however no franchised companies are represented. CI Taxi Service also operates most days. The road network covers most of the island and", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "174569", "text": "Howland Island Howland Island () is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States. Geographically, together with Baker Island it forms part of the Phoenix Islands. For statistical purposes, Howland is grouped as one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands. It is located at . It covers , with of coastline. The island has an elongated plantain-shape on a north–south axis. There is no lagoon. Howland Island National Wildlife", "title": "Howland Island" }, { "docid": "11119520", "text": "stations: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Originally, radio callsigns in the ACT had the format 2xx(x), like those in New South Wales. However, newer stations in the territory have been allocated callsigns with the format 1xxx. See List of radio station callsigns in the Australian Capital Territory for more information. <nowiki>**</nowiki> Formerly 9. Radio stations in Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island now use the same call sign format as New South Wales. Radio and television stations in Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island now use the same call sign format as Western Australia. Call signs in Australia Call signs in Australia are allocated", "title": "Call signs in Australia" }, { "docid": "65166", "text": "blanda\"). Christmas Island has access to a range of modern communication services. Radio broadcasts from Australia include ABC Radio National, ABC Kimberley, Triple J and Red FM. All services are provided by satellite links from the mainland. Broadband internet became available to subscribers in urban areas in mid-2005 through the local internet service provider, CIIA (formerly dotCX). Christmas Island, due to its close proximity to Australia's northern neighbours, falls within many of the satellite footprints throughout the region. This results in ideal conditions for receiving various Asian broadcasts, which locals sometimes prefer to those emanating from Western Australia. Additionally, ionospheric", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "6591889", "text": "Norfolk Island Airport Norfolk Island Airport , also referred to as Norfolk Island International Airport, is the only airport on Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia. The island is located in the Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. The airport is operated by the Administration of Norfolk Island, and is on the west side of the island. In August 1942, the United States Army Air Forces requested that the Australian government construct an aerodrome on Norfolk Island for use by its heavy bombers. It was built by the Civil Constructional Corps, comprising volunteers from New South", "title": "Norfolk Island Airport" }, { "docid": "12477855", "text": "disease. Introduced species such as the common wolf snake, giant centipede yellow crazy ant, black rat or feral cats have all been identified as potential suspects responsible for the decline either through predation or disturbance of the bats. It has also been speculated that an unidentified health threat, or poisoning from the insecticide Fipronil used to control yellow crazy ant 'supercolonies' could be responsible for the decline. Christmas Island pipistrelle The Christmas Island pipistrelle (\"Pipistrellus murrayi\") was a species of vesper bat found only on Christmas Island, Australia. The species is now considered to be extinct, with the last individual", "title": "Christmas Island pipistrelle" }, { "docid": "65141", "text": "the late 1980s and early 1990s, boats carrying asylum seekers, mainly departing from Indonesia, began landing on the island. In 2001, Christmas Island was the site of the \"Tampa\" controversy, in which the Australian government stopped a Norwegian ship, MV \"Tampa\", from disembarking 438 rescued asylum-seekers. The ensuing standoff and the associated political reactions in Australia were a major issue in the 2001 Australian federal election. The Howard government operated the \"Pacific Solution\" from 2001 to 2007, excising Christmas Island from Australia's migration zone so that asylum seekers on the island could not apply for refugee status. Asylum seekers were", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "13331218", "text": "Murray Hill, Christmas Island Murray Hill is the highest point of Christmas Island, at above sea level. It was first scaled in 1857 even though the island had been located in 1615. The plateau around the summit is dense and evergreen, although the biodiversity of trees is limited compared to similar areas of continental rainforest. Murray Hill is an integral part of the Christmas Island National Park covering an area of of the island's southwest corner; the island's total area is approximately . Christmas Island was first discovered on in 1615 by Captain John Milward of the East India Company", "title": "Murray Hill, Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "5411898", "text": "this excluded territories from participation in the Senate. The issue has now been settled by allocating two seats to each of the mainland territories, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, while each of the states has twelve. Two of the three inhabited external territories, namely Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, are represented by the senators and representatives of the Northern Territory. Norfolk Island, however, has no representatives in the Senate or the House of Representatives, as it has a higher degree of autonomy than any other part of Australia. The Northern Territory referendum of 1998 narrowly", "title": "Federalism in Australia" }, { "docid": "12602966", "text": "seasonal issue was replaced by minisheets announcing international philatelic exhibitions. Mail was moved by the ships exporting phosphate to Australia or the liners to Singapore. In June 1974, the mail transportation took advantage of the establishment of new regular air services between the island, Perth and Singapore. At the beginning of the 1990s, Australia decided to impose full Australian legislation to Christmas Island. In postal matters, starting 2 March 1993, Australia Post became the postal operator of the island and responsible for its philatelic program. Consequently, Christmas Island stamps issued after March 1993 were usable in Australia, and Australian stamps", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "13913923", "text": "Ocean Island Inn Ocean Island Inn is a historic building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; it is Vancouver Island's largest backpackers' inn. Located at 791 Pandora Avenue in Downtown Victoria, it is a four-storey heritage building, readily distinguishable by its Italianate architectural form and massing, and by its distinctive beveled corner. Ocean Island Inn is one of the oldest large-scale commercial buildings of its era to survive in this part of Victoria’s downtown. Constructed in 1891 for Carlo Bossi, a prominent pioneer developer and landowner, it is important to the city's heritage because it is representative of the development patterns", "title": "Ocean Island Inn" } ]

[ "787", "seven hundred and eighty-seven" ]

[ { "docid": "2066713", "text": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American long-haul, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner made by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Its variants seat 242 to 335 passengers in typical three-class seating configurations. It is the first airliner with an airframe constructed primarily of composite materials. The 787 was designed to be 20% more fuel-efficient than the Boeing 767, which it was intended to replace. The 787 Dreamliner's distinguishing features include mostly electrical flight systems, raked wingtips, and noise-reducing chevrons on its engine nacelles. The aircraft's initial designation was the 7E7, prior to its renaming in January 2005. The first", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066747", "text": "test aircraft ZA006 (sixth 787), powered by General Electric GEnx engines, flew non-stop from Boeing Field eastward to Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, setting a new world distance record for aircraft in the 787's weight class, which is between . This flight surpassed the previous record of , set in 2002 by an Airbus A330. The Dreamliner then continued eastbound from Dhaka to return to Boeing Field, setting a world-circling speed record of 42 hours, 27 minutes. In December 2011, Boeing started a six-month promotion 787 world tour, visiting various cities in China, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, United", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066818", "text": "and cockpit voice recorder in the same report. The enclosure Boeing added is heavier, negating the lighter battery potential. All three prototype 787-8s are preserved in museums. Boeing 787 Dreamliner The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American long-haul, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner made by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Its variants seat 242 to 335 passengers in typical three-class seating configurations. It is the first airliner with an airframe constructed primarily of composite materials. The 787 was designed to be 20% more fuel-efficient than the Boeing 767, which it was intended to replace. The 787 Dreamliner's distinguishing features include mostly electrical", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066754", "text": "most 787 departures are Haneda airport with 304 weekly, Narita with 276 and Doha Airport with 265. By the end of 2017, there were 39 airlines operating the 787 on 983 routes with an average length of , including 163 new routes (17%). , the 787's longest route is Qantas' Perth-London Heathrow, a distance of and the second-longest regular scheduled flight behind Qatar Airways' route from Doha to Auckland, flown with a Boeing 777-200LR. The 787 Dreamliner program has reportedly cost Boeing $32 billion. In 2013, the 787 program was expected to be profitable after 1,100 aircraft have been sold.", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "17086957", "text": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery problems In 2013, the first year of service for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a widebody jet airliner, at least four aircraft suffered from electrical system problems stemming from its lithium-ion batteries. Although problems are common within the first year of a new aircraft design's life, after a number of incidents including an electrical fire aboard an All Nippon Airways 787, and a similar fire found by maintenance workers on a landed Japan Airlines 787 at Boston's Logan International Airport, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a review into the design and manufacture of the", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery problems" }, { "docid": "1322225", "text": "model being taken by the more popular 737-700. The 737, particularly the 737 Next Generation, has been featured in many flight simulation games, including Infinite Flight and Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Since 2006, Boeing has discussed replacing the 737 with a \"clean sheet\" design (internally named \"Boeing Y1\") that could follow the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. A decision on this replacement was postponed, and delayed into 2011. In November 2014, it was reported that Boeing plans to develop a new aircraft to replace the 737 in the 2030 time frame. The airplane is to have a similar fuselage, but probably made", "title": "Boeing 737" }, { "docid": "17086958", "text": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner, following five incidents in five days involving the aircraft, mostly involved with problems with the batteries and electrical systems. This was followed with a full grounding of the entire Boeing 787 fleet, the first such grounding since that of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1979. The plane has had two major battery thermal runaway events in 52,000 flight hours, which was substantially less than the 10 million flight hours predicted by Boeing, neither of which were contained in a safe manner. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report on December 1, 2014, and assigned blame", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery problems" }, { "docid": "2066813", "text": "a sudden unexplained voltage drop to near zero. All cells had signs of thermal damage prior to runaway. ANA and JAL had replaced several 787 batteries before the mishaps. , JTSB approved the Yuasa factory quality control while the NTSB examined the Boston battery for defects. The failure rate, with two major battery thermal runaway events in 100,000 flight hours, was much higher than the rate of one in 10 million flight hours predicted by Boeing. The only American airline that operated the Dreamliner at the time was United Airlines, which had six. Chile's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC)", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066736", "text": "occur by the end of 2009 and deliveries to begin at the end of 2010. The company expected to write off US$2.5 billion because it considered the first three Dreamliners built unsellable and suitable only for flight tests. On October 28, 2009, Boeing selected Charleston, SC as the site for a second 787 production line, after soliciting bids from multiple states. On December 12, 2009, the first 787 completed high speed taxi tests, the last major step before flight. On December 15, 2009, Boeing conducted the 787-8 maiden flight from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:27 am PST and", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066714", "text": "787 was unveiled in a roll-out ceremony on July 8, 2007 at Boeing's Everett factory. Development and production of the 787 has involved a large-scale collaboration with numerous suppliers worldwide. Final assembly takes place at the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington, and at the Boeing South Carolina factory in North Charleston, South Carolina. Originally planned to enter service in May 2008, the project experienced multiple delays. The airliner's maiden flight took place on December 15, 2009, and completed flight testing in mid-2011. Boeing has reportedly spent $32 billion on the 787 program. Final US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066780", "text": "The shortest Dreamliner variant, the 787-8 was the first variant to fly in December 2009, then the longer 787-9 in September 2013, to be followed by the longest variant, the 787-10. They are called \"B788\", \"B789\" and \"B78X\" in the List of ICAO aircraft type designators. The short-range 787-3 was cancelled in 2010. With a typical capacity of 242 passengers and a range of , the -8 is the base model of the 787 family and was the first to enter service in 2011. The 787-8 is targeted to replace the Boeing 767-200ER and -300ER, as well as expand into", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "19105651", "text": "engines, UK companies make 25 percent of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Boeing Flight Services was set up in 2004 and runs a flight and technical training center, located south of Gatwick Airport, for flight crew and maintenance personnel. Boeing has an extensive network of industrial and academic partners across the UK. The company works with seven universities in the UK, each of which is focused on a different specific area of research. The universities with which Boeing has invested in research and development programs with include: University of Bristol: Boeing has partnerships with the University of Bristol on a number", "title": "Boeing UK" }, { "docid": "2066735", "text": "stated the early 787-8s would have a range of almost . As a result, some airlines reportedly delayed deliveries of 787s in order to take later planes that may be closer to the original estimates. Boeing expected to have the weight issues addressed by the 21st production model. On June 15, 2009, during the Paris Air Show, Boeing said that the 787 would make its first flight within two weeks. However, on June 23, 2009, the first flight was postponed due to structural reasons. Boeing provided an updated 787 schedule on August 27, 2009, with the first flight planned to", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "13715573", "text": "allows Boeing to sell seats for space tourists. Boeing proposed including one seat per flight for a space flight participant at a price that would be competitive with what Roscosmos charges tourists. On September 4, 2015, Boeing announced that the would officially be called the Starliner, a name that follows the conventions of the 787 Dreamliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In November 2015, NASA announced it had dropped Boeing from consideration in the multibillion-dollar Commercial Resupply Services second-phase competition to fly cargo to the International Space Station. In May 2016, Boeing delayed its first scheduled launch from 2017 to", "title": "Boeing CST-100 Starliner" }, { "docid": "2066762", "text": "production cost of $80–90m, to overcome its A330-800 order. By late 2018, deferred production costs were reduced from a peak of $27.6 billion in early 2016 to $23.5 billion as assembly efficiency improved and the 800th production started. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-haul, widebody, twin-engine jetliner, which features light-weight construction. The aircraft is 80% composite by volume; Boeing lists its materials by weight as 50% composite, 20% aluminum, 15% titanium, 10% steel, and 5% other. Aluminum has been used throughout the wing and tail leading edges, titanium is predominantly present within the elements of the engines and fasteners,", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066730", "text": "first flight of the 787, citing insufficient progress on \"traveled work\". On March 28, 2008, in an effort to gain more control over the supply chain, Boeing announced plans to buy Vought Aircraft Industries' interest in Global Aeronautica; a later agreement was also made to buy Vought's factory in North Charleston. On April 9, 2008, a fourth delay was announced, shifting the maiden flight to the fourth quarter of 2008, and delaying initial deliveries by around 15 months to the third quarter of 2009. The 787-9 variant was postponed to 2012 and the 787-3 variant was to follow at a", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "17086973", "text": "effects of an internal short circuit within an APU battery cell and the Federal Aviation Administration’s failure to identify this design deficiency during the type design certification process.\" The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau was reported to have called for Boeing to redesign the battery \"beyond the recommendations from two previous investigations about the 2013 battery incidents by the Japan Transportation Safety Board (JTSB) and the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).\" The enclosure Boeing had to add is heavier, negating the lighter battery potential. Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery problems In 2013, the first year of service for the Boeing 787", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery problems" }, { "docid": "17086969", "text": "ANA and JAL had replaced several 787 batteries before the mishaps. As of January 29, 2013, JTSB approved the Yuasa factory quality control while the American NTSB continues to look for defects in the Boston battery. Industry experts disagreed on consequences of the grounding: Boeing's competitor Airbus was confident that Boeing would resolve the issue and that no airlines would switch to a different type of aircraft, while other experts saw the problem as \"costly\" and \"could take upwards of a year\". Only two U.S.-based airlines operated the Dreamliner at the time – United Airlines and American Airlines. Chile's Directorate", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery problems" }, { "docid": "2066720", "text": "cockpit windows, a dropped nose and a distinctive \"shark-fin\" tail. The \"E\" was said to stand for various things, such as \"efficiency\" or \"environmentally friendly\"; however, in the end, Boeing said that it merely stood for \"Eight\". In July 2003, a public naming competition was held for the 7E7, for which out of 500,000 votes cast online the winning title was \"Dreamliner\". Other names included \"eLiner\", \"Global Cruiser\", and \"Stratoclimber\". On April 26, 2004, Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) became the launch customer for the 787, announcing a firm order for 50 aircraft with deliveries to begin in late", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066737", "text": "landed three hours later at 1:33 p.m. at Seattle's Boeing Field, after reaching and . Originally scheduled for 5 hours, the test flight was shortened to three hours with the pilots wanting to complete the flight under visual meteorological conditions while visibility and cloud ceiling were low. The 6,800h, six-aircraft ground and flight test programme was scheduled in eight and a half months, the fastest certification campaign for a new Boeing commercial design. The flight test program comprised six aircraft, ZA001 through ZA006, four with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines and two with GE GEnx-1B64 engines. The second 787, ZA002 in", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "8476296", "text": "was completed. In December 2006, Boeing announced the 747 LCF would be named \"Dreamlifter\", a reference to the 787's name, Dreamliner. It unveiled a standard livery for the aircraft that included a logo reminiscent of the 787's Dreamliner logo. Certification was initially planned for early 2007, but was pushed back to June 2007. The aircraft's winglets were removed to resolve excess vibration and other handling characteristics prior to final certification. In the meantime, as part of the flight test program, LCF delivered major sections of the 787 from partner sites around the world to the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington", "title": "Boeing Dreamlifter" }, { "docid": "12348362", "text": "travel just under the speed of sound, cutting intercontinental travel times by as much as 20 percent. It was launched in 2001 along with a new advertising campaign to promote the company's new motto, \"Forever New Frontiers\", and to rehabilitate its image. However, the plane's fate was sealed by the changes in the commercial aviation market following the September 11 attacks and the subsequent weak economy and increase in fuel prices. Subsequently, Boeing streamlined its production and turned its attention to a new model, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, using much of the technology developed for the Sonic Cruiser, but in", "title": "Boeing" }, { "docid": "2066742", "text": "program with its first flight. On November 9, 2010, Boeing 787, ZA002 made an emergency landing at Laredo International Airport, Texas, after smoke and flames were detected in the main cabin during a test flight. The electrical fire caused some systems to fail before landing. Following this incident, Boeing suspended flight testing on November 10, 2010, ground testing continued. After investigation, the in-flight fire was primarily attributed to foreign object debris (FOD) that was present in the electrical bay. After electrical system and software changes, the 787 resumed flight testing on December 23, 2010. On November 5, 2010, it was", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "6174709", "text": "A tiled combustor is featured. Variants were certified by the EASA Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 is a British turbofan engine, developed from earlier Trent series engines. The Trent 1000 powered the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on its maiden flight, and on its first commercial flight. On 6 April 2004 Boeing announced that it had selected two engine partners for its new 787: Rolls-Royce and General Electric (GE). In June 2004, the first public engine selection was made by Air New Zealand who chose the Trent 1000 for its two firm orders. In the largest 787 order, that of", "title": "Rolls-Royce Trent 1000" }, { "docid": "2066817", "text": "On January 14, 2014, a battery in a JAL 787 emitted smoke from the battery's protection exhaust while the aircraft was undergoing pre-flight maintenance. The battery partially melted in the incident; one of its eight lithium-ion cells had its relief port vent and fluid sprayed inside the battery's container. It was later reported that the battery may have reached a temperature as high as , and that Boeing did not understand the root cause of the failure. The NTSB has criticized FAA, Boeing, and battery manufacturers for the faults in a 2014 report. It also criticized the GE-made flight data", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "20043676", "text": "launch of 787 Dreamliner in 2003. At the 2015 Paris Air Show, Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier estimated that Boeing would have to invest $10 billion to develop a 757 successor for 220 passengers and a 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) range, capacities studied by Boeing's vice president for product development Mike Sinnett. Airways News Vinay Bhaskara said Boeing's \"middle of the market\" (MOM) airliner will likely launch before 2020 and enter service in the early part of the coming decade. Boeing denied exploring updating the Boeing 767, but revising and enhancing it is also a possibility. Developing and building a new", "title": "Boeing New Midsize Airplane" }, { "docid": "6174688", "text": "Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 is a British turbofan engine, developed from earlier Trent series engines. The Trent 1000 powered the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on its maiden flight, and on its first commercial flight. On 6 April 2004 Boeing announced that it had selected two engine partners for its new 787: Rolls-Royce and General Electric (GE). In June 2004, the first public engine selection was made by Air New Zealand who chose the Trent 1000 for its two firm orders. In the largest 787 order, that of Japan's All Nippon Airways, Rolls-Royce was selected as the engine supplier.", "title": "Rolls-Royce Trent 1000" }, { "docid": "8058667", "text": "the title of the oldest flying Boeing in the world. In 1928, the aircraft was substantially damaged in a crash near Canyonville, OR. After being recovered, it was completely rebuilt over an eight-year period from 2000 to 2008 and an estimated 18,000 man hours by Pemberton and Sons Aviation in Spokane, Washington. On May 8, 2010, this airplane had an aerial rendezvous with Boeing's newest passenger aircraft, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. In September, 2017, it was sold to the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon. It remains airworthy and flys on special occasions. The Henry Ford", "title": "Boeing Model 40" }, { "docid": "2066774", "text": "rare. In 2006, Boeing addressed reports of an extended change period by stating that the 787 engine swap was intended to take 24 hours. In 2016, Rolls Royce began flight testing its new Trent 1000 TEN engine. It has a new compressor system based on the compressor in Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine and a new turbine design for extra thrust, up to . Rolls Royce plans to offer the TEN on the 787-8, -9 and -10. In early 2018, of 1277 orders, 681 selected GE (681/1277*100round1%), 420 Rolls-Royce (420/1277*100round1%) and 176 were undecided (176/1277*100round1%). The 787-8 is designed to typically", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066729", "text": "not installed at the time; many parts were attached with temporary non-aerospace fasteners requiring replacement with flight fasteners later. In September 2007, Boeing announced a three-month delay, blaming a shortage of fasteners as well as incomplete software. On October 10, 2007, a second three-month delay to the first flight and a six-month delay to first deliveries was announced due to supply chain problems, a lack of documentation from overseas suppliers, and flight guidance software delays. Less than a week later, Mike Bair, the 787 program manager was replaced. On January 16, 2008, Boeing announced a third three-month delay to the", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066765", "text": "the system used on the B-2 bomber, improves ride quality during turbulence. The 787 has a \"fly-by-wire\" control system similar in architecture to that of the Boeing 777. The flight deck features multi-function LCDs, which use an industry-standard graphical user interface widget toolkit (Cockpit Display System Interfaces to User Systems / ARINC 661). The 787 flight deck includes two head-up displays (HUDs) as a standard feature. The 787 shares a common type rating with the larger 777, allowing qualified pilots to operate both models. Like other Boeing airliners, the 787 uses a yoke instead of a side-stick. Under consideration is", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066783", "text": "2014. The prototype 787-9 made its maiden flight from Paine Field on September 17, 2013. By November 8, 2013, it had flown 141 hours. A 787-9 was on static display at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show prior to first delivery. On July 8, 2014, Launch customer Air New Zealand took its first 787-9, in a distinctive black livery in a ceremony at Paine Field. Its first commercial flight was from Auckland to Sydney on August 9, 2014. The 787-9 was to begin commercial service with All Nippon Airways on August 7, 2014. United Airlines was to start the longest nonstop", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066796", "text": "Boeing would likely scrap it after they switched orders. The -8's longer wingspan makes it more efficient on stages longer than 370 km (200 nm). In December 2010, Boeing withdrew the short-haul model as it struggled to produce the 787-8 after program delays of three years. There are 675 Boeing 787 aircraft in airline service , comprising 329 787-8s and 340 787-9s and 6 787-10s. The largest operators are All Nippon Airways (62), Japan Airlines (39), American Airlines (37), United Airlines (37), Air Canada (35), Qatar Airways (30), Norwegian (28), Air India (27), Hainan Airlines (27), and other airlines operating", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066728", "text": "to include more use of titanium. Early built 787s were overweight and some carriers decided to take later aircraft; in early 2015, Boeing was trying to sell 10 such aircraft. In July 2015, Reuters reported that Boeing was considering reducing the use of titanium to reduce construction costs. Boeing intended for a first flight by the end of August 2007 and premiered the first 787 (registered N787BA) at a rollout ceremony on July 8, 2007. The 787 had 677 orders at this time, which is more orders from launch to roll-out than any previous wide-body airliner. The major systems were", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066760", "text": "curve. Boeing assumed a faster improvement than on previous programs which has not happened. Airbus concurrence with the A350 and the launch of the A330neo put strong pressure on the 787 pricing. On July 21, 2016 Boeing reported charges of $847 million against two flight-test 787s built in 2009. Boeing had planned to refurbish and sell them, but instead wrote them off as research and development expense. Boeing will build 14 787s per month (168 per year) from 2019, helping to offset the $28 billion in deferred production costs accumulated through 2015, and will add 100 aircraft to the current", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066789", "text": "received for final assembly on November 30, 2016. The 787-10's mid-fuselage sections are too large for transport to Everett, Washington and it is built only in Charleston, South Carolina; it is the first Boeing airliner assembled exclusively there. The first -10 was rolled out on February 17, 2017. The variant's first flight took place on March 31, 2017 and lasted 4 hours and 48 minutes. The first test 787-10 aircraft is engaged in flight envelope expansion work and the second joined the program in early May 2017, while the third with a passenger cabin interior to test the uprated environmental", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "3543347", "text": "office in Sydney in 1959 when [[Qantas]] became the first international customer for Boeing’s first passenger jet, the 707, which changed air travel for Australians by drastically reducing flight times to the rest of the world. The Boeing 737 has also played an important role in the growth of aviation in Australia. BCA is also supported in Australia by Boeing Aerostructures Australia (BAA, formerly Hawker de Havilland). BAA manufactures aircraft components including the use of composite carbon fibre technology. BAA won the sole-source contract for designing and manufacturing the moveable trailing edges on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Another component of", "title": "Boeing Australia" }, { "docid": "10375343", "text": "777-300ER and Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner equipment. Flight 101 would not be used again until 2008, when Air India introduced nonstop service to New York-JFK from Delhi, using the Boeing 777-300ER. Crash au Mont-Blanc, les fantômes du Malabar Princess et du Kangchenjunga. Françoise Rey. Glénant 1991, Le Petit Montagnard, 2013. France Air India Flight 101 Air India Flight 101 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight from Bombay to London that accidentally flew into Mont Blanc in France on the morning of 24 January 1966. The accident was caused by a misunderstood verbal instruction from the radar controller to the pilot", "title": "Air India Flight 101" }, { "docid": "49233", "text": "be 20 percent more fuel efficient. The new jetliner was the first stage of a replacement aircraft initiative called the Boeing Yellowstone Project. Customers embraced the 7E7, later renamed 787 Dreamliner, and within two years it had become the fastest-selling airliner in the company's history. In 2005, Boeing opted to continue 767 production despite record Dreamliner sales, citing a need to provide customers waiting for the 787 with a more readily available option. Subsequently, the 767-300ER was offered to customers affected by 787 delays, including All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines. Some aging 767s, exceeding 20 years in age, were", "title": "Boeing 767" }, { "docid": "2066790", "text": "control system and Trent fuel-burn performance was scheduled to join in June. The -10 was scheduled to appear at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The second -10 is being used to prove the GE Aviation engines and the third made its first flight on June 8, 2017, when the flight-test programme was 30% complete. Boeing finished final assembly and painting of the first production 787-10 in October 2017, before its certification. The flight tests are mainly ahead of schedule, with the last stages focused on fuel burn validation and revised flight control software, the phase should be completed in December", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "10630673", "text": "launched a route between the Chinese city Changsha of Hunan province and Los Angeles, the company's eighth North American route. The airline uses the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the new, twice-weekly service operating every Monday and Thursday, which will have a flight duration of approximately 13.5 hours. On March 9, 2016, United announced that it would launch service to the Chinese city Hangzhou from San Francisco, the airline's fifth destination in mainland China. The airline started the route on July 13, 2016 (from San Francisco); July 15, 2016 (from Hangzhou) using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. However, this service terminated", "title": "Air route authority between the United States and China" }, { "docid": "3270858", "text": "to Bogota, using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Avianca Flight 011 Avianca Flight 011, registration HK-2910X, was a Boeing 747-200B on an international scheduled passenger flight from Frankfurt via Paris, Madrid, and Caracas to Bogotá that crashed on 27 November 1983. It took off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris at 22:25 on 26 November 1983 for Madrid Barajas Airport; take-off was delayed to wait for additional passengers from a Lufthansa flight due to a cancellation of the segment Paris-Frankfurt by Avianca for operational reasons. The jet had been cleared to land at Barajas Airport, the first of two scheduled", "title": "Avianca Flight 011" }, { "docid": "2066741", "text": "testing. The failure due to the timeline for installing Trent 1000 engines being reevaluated; on August 27, 2010, Boeing stated that the first delivery to launch customer ANA would be delayed until early 2011. That same month, Boeing faced compensation claims from airlines owing to ongoing delivery delays. In September 2010, it was reported that a further two 787s might join the test fleet for a total of eight flight test aircraft. On September 10, 2010, a partial engine surge occurred in a Trent engine on ZA001 at Roswell. On October 4, 2010, the sixth 787, ZA006 joined the test", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066798", "text": "nonstop routes. The Boeing 787 has been involved in one aviation incident. In December 2012, Boeing CEO James McNerney stated that the problems were no greater than those experienced with the introduction of other models such as the Boeing 777. A Japan Airlines (JAL) 787 experienced a fuel leak on January 8, 2013, and its flight from Boston was canceled. On January 9, United Airlines reported a problem in one of its six 787s with the wiring near the main batteries. After these incidents, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board subsequently opened a safety probe. Later, on January 11, 2013,", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "19105642", "text": "Boeing UK Boeing UK is the UK subsidiary of Boeing, an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets and satellites. The company in the UK is approaching 2,000 employees at a number of sites across the United Kingdom including London, Bristol, Fleet, Frimley, Farnborough, Gosport, Yeovil, and Manchester. Boeing UK’s footprint has continued to grow through programs such as the 787 Dreamliner, services to commercial aircraft operators, the Chinook Through Life Customer Support (TLCS) programme, The Boeing Portal and the Support Chain Information Services (SCIS) delivery partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence, formerly known as", "title": "Boeing UK" }, { "docid": "897467", "text": "fatal crash in 18 years of service, and the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014 was its deadliest crash. The 777 ranks as one of Boeing's best-selling models, making it the most-produced Boeing wide-body jet, surpassing the Boeing 747. Airlines have acquired the type as a comparatively fuel-efficient alternative to other wide-body jets and have increasingly deployed the aircraft on long-haul transoceanic routes. Direct market competitors include the Airbus A330-300, the Airbus A350 XWB, and the out-of-production A340 and McDonnell Douglas MD-11. The 787 Dreamliner, which entered service in 2011, shares some design features with the 777.", "title": "Boeing 777" }, { "docid": "15094104", "text": "Boeing South Carolina Boeing South Carolina (previously \"Boeing Charleston\") is an assembly site for Boeing's Commercial Airplanes division, located in North Charleston, South Carolina. The site is the major manufacturing, assembly and delivery site for Boeing commercial aircraft in the eastern United States and is one of the largest employment centers in the state. The site currently serves as one of two final assembly and delivery points for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The site has seen rapid investment and growth since Boeing made a number of purchases in 2008 and 2009 from its former suppliers Vought and Global Aeronautica who", "title": "Boeing South Carolina" }, { "docid": "13594335", "text": "passenger aircraft with primary flight computers that can perform under different flight control modes (or laws). The most well-known are the \"normal\", \"alternate\", \"direct\" and \"mechanical laws\" of the Airbus A320-A380. Boeing's fly-by-wire system is used in the Boeing 777, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Boeing 747-8. These newer aircraft use electronic control systems to increase safety and performance while saving aircraft weight. These electronic systems are lighter than the old mechanical systems and can also protect the aircraft from overstress situations, allowing designers to reduce over-engineered components, which further reduces the aircraft's weight. Airbus aircraft designs after the A300/A310 are", "title": "Flight control modes" }, { "docid": "2066785", "text": "original 787-8 wing, the latest configuration for the 787-9 and -10 is the fourth design evolution. On March 25, 2018, a Qantas 787-9 completed the first scheduled non-stop flight between Australia and the UK flying seventeen hours from Perth to London Heathrow. In December 2005, pushed by the interest of Emirates and Qantas, Boeing was studying the possibility of stretching the 787-9 further to seat 290 to 310 passengers. This variant would be similar to the capacity of the Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 777-200ER. Customer discussions were continuing in early 2006. Mike Bair, Boeing's vice president and general manager for", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066755", "text": "The cost of producing a 787 exceeded the purchase price at the end of 2013. Boeing's accounting method books sales immediately and distributes estimated production costs over ten years for the 1,300 aircraft it expects to deliver during that time. JPMorgan Chase analyst Joseph Nadol estimated the program's cash loss to be $45 million per airplane, decreasing as the program moves forward. The actual cash flow reflects Boeing collecting most of the purchase price upon delivery; Boeing expects deferred costs to total $25 billion before the company begins to break even on production; the comparable number for the Boeing 777,", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066806", "text": "to their lack of availability. Air India's aircraft engineers' body advised against accepting further deliveries until Boeing resolved reliability issues. India's Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma stated the reliability issues to India's Parliament. On March 4, 2016, Ethiopian Airlines 787-8 registration ET-ASH performing Flight ET-702 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Rome Fiumicino, Italy, had its nose gear collapse before flight was ready to depart. A flight attendant received minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged. Later in March 2016 the FAA accelerated the release of an airworthiness directive in response to reports indicating that in certain weather", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066738", "text": "All Nippon Airways livery, flew to Boeing Field on December 22, 2009, to join the flight test program; the third 787, ZA004 made its first flight on February 24, 2010, followed by ZA003 on March 14, 2010. On March 24, 2010, flutter and ground effects testing was completed, clearing the aircraft to fly its entire flight envelope. On March 28, 2010, the 787 completed the ultimate wing load test, which requires that the wings of a fully assembled aircraft be loaded to 150% of design limit load and held for 3 seconds. The wings were flexed approximately upward during the", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "2066767", "text": "76 Ah, giving 2.2 kWh. Battery charging is controlled by four independent systems to prevent overcharging, following early lab testing. The battery systems are the focus of regulatory investigation due to multiple lithium battery fires, which led to grounding of the 787 fleet starting in January 2013. A version of Ethernet (Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) / ARINC 664) transmits data between the flight deck and aircraft systems. The control, navigation, and communication systems are networked with the passenger cabin's in-flight internet systems. In January 2008, FAA concerns were reported regarding possible passenger access to the 787's computer networks; Boeing", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "1322226", "text": "from composite materials similar to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Boeing also considers a parallel development along with the 757 replacement, similar to the development of the 757 and 767 in the 1970s. On July 20, 2011, Boeing announced plans for a new 737 version to be powered by the CFM International LEAP-X engine, with American Airlines intending to order 100 of these aircraft. On August 30, 2011, Boeing confirmed the launch of the 737 new engine variant, called the 737 MAX, with new CFM International LEAP-1B engines. On September 23, 2015, Boeing announced a collaboration with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of", "title": "Boeing 737" } ]

[ { "docid": "8058668", "text": "Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, contains a 1927 Boeing 40B-2, number 285. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois has a 1928 Boeing Model 40-B on display in its Transportation Gallery. (N288) The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has a complete full-scale replica and two partially finished replica fuselages (showing what the original Boeing factory would have looked like circa 1928-29) on display. Boeing Model 40 The Boeing Model 40 was a United States mail plane of the 1920s. It was a single-engined biplane that was widely used for airmail services in the United States in the 1920s", "title": "Boeing Model 40" }, { "docid": "13244839", "text": "balanced elevators and inverted the Liberty engine. Both flyable aircraft were shipped to McCook Field, where the first flight occurred on 6 February 1925. The performance of the new aircraft did not justify the cost of the conversion, and Boeing abandoned the project. Boeing Model 42 The Boeing Model 42 (also Boeing XCO-7 for Experimental Corps Observation Model 7) was an American biplane aircraft developed from the Airco DH.4, taking advantage of the large number of aircraft left over after the end of World War I. The Model 42 was essentially an Airco DH-4M-1 fitted with new Boeing tailplanes, tapered", "title": "Boeing Model 42" }, { "docid": "13274438", "text": "Boeing Model 81 The Boeing Model 81 was an American training aircraft built by Boeing in 1928. The Model 81 was a development of the Model 64. It was powered by a newly developed engine, the 125 hp Fairchild-Caminez 4-cylinder radial engine. Operating at a much lower rpm than most engines (1000 rpm) it required the use of a large high-pitch propeller. After initial flight tests with the Fairchild-Caminez, the prototype was refitted with a 145 hp Axelson engine, redesignated \"Model 81A\" and delivered to the Boeing School of Aeronautics. There, it was re-engined a number of times, first with", "title": "Boeing Model 81" }, { "docid": "18152895", "text": "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon \"The Maiden Flight of McCauley's \"Bellerophon\"\" is a science fiction/magical realism novella by American writer Elizabeth Hand. It was first published in the Neil Gaiman/Al Sarrantonio-edited anthology \"Stories: All-New Tales\", in 2010, and subsequently republished in Hand's 2012 anthology \"Errantry: Strange Stories\" from Small Beer Press. An aviation historian is terminally ill; as a last gift, her friends decide to falsify evidence that will support her personal theory regarding the invention of flight. \"Maiden Flight\" won the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and was nominated for the 2011 Hugo Award for Best", "title": "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon" }, { "docid": "5262718", "text": "late 1940s two developments encouraged Boeing to begin considering building a passenger jet. The first was the maiden flight in 1947 of the B-47 Stratojet. The second was the maiden flight in 1949 of the world’s first jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet. Boeing President Bill Allen led a company delegation to the UK in summer 1950, where they saw the Comet fly at the Farnborough Airshow, and also visited the de Havilland factory at Hatfield, Hertfordshire where the Comets were being built. Boeing felt it had mastered the swept wing and podded engines which it saw as key technologies", "title": "Boeing 367-80" }, { "docid": "12936446", "text": "Iron Maiden: Flight 666 Iron Maiden: Flight 666 is a concert documentary film featuring the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The film follows the band on the first leg of their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour between February and March 2008, during which they travelled on their own customised Boeing 757, Ed Force One, which used the call-sign \"666\". \"Flight 666\" is co-produced by Toronto-based Banger Films, known for their documentaries \"\", \"Global Metal\" and \"\". The film was shot in high-definition video with accompanying 5.1 surround sound produced by Kevin Shirley (who has worked with the band", "title": "Iron Maiden: Flight 666" }, { "docid": "18152896", "text": "Novella and the 2011 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Theodora Goss calls it \"simple on one level and intensely complicated on another. And beautiful, and a joy to read,\" while the \"Portland Press Herald\" describes it as \"bittersweet\" and \"magical\", and Roz Kaveney judges it as \"possibly the best\" story in the anthology. The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon \"The Maiden Flight of McCauley's \"Bellerophon\"\" is a science fiction/magical realism novella by American writer Elizabeth Hand. It was first published in the Neil Gaiman/Al Sarrantonio-edited anthology \"Stories: All-New Tales\", in 2010, and subsequently republished in Hand's 2012 anthology \"Errantry: Strange Stories\"", "title": "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon" }, { "docid": "13248783", "text": "Boeing Model 204 The Boeing Model 204 was an American biplane, pusher configuration flying-boat aircraft built by Boeing in 1929. Externally the 204 looked identical to the Boeing Model 6E, but a number of internal changes, including increasing the passenger capacity to four, gave it a new Type Certificate and model number. Construction was started on five aircraft, but only two were completed. The first, designated 204 and the second 204A. A third aircraft was built by a private owner who had bought the three incomplete machines. The 204A was a dual-control version which was later owned by Peter Barnes,", "title": "Boeing Model 204" }, { "docid": "13274440", "text": "increased performance, it was not ordered into production. Boeing Model 81 The Boeing Model 81 was an American training aircraft built by Boeing in 1928. The Model 81 was a development of the Model 64. It was powered by a newly developed engine, the 125 hp Fairchild-Caminez 4-cylinder radial engine. Operating at a much lower rpm than most engines (1000 rpm) it required the use of a large high-pitch propeller. After initial flight tests with the Fairchild-Caminez, the prototype was refitted with a 145 hp Axelson engine, redesignated \"Model 81A\" and delivered to the Boeing School of Aeronautics. There, it", "title": "Boeing Model 81" }, { "docid": "3034431", "text": "aircraft types, organized by date, follows. Maiden flight The maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground under its own power. The same term is also used for the first launch of rockets. The first flight of a new aircraft type is always a historic occasion for the type and can be quite emotional for those involved. In the early days of aviation it could be dangerous, because the exact handling characteristics of the aircraft were generally unknown. The first flight of a new type is almost invariably flown by a highly", "title": "Maiden flight" }, { "docid": "3034429", "text": "Maiden flight The maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground under its own power. The same term is also used for the first launch of rockets. The first flight of a new aircraft type is always a historic occasion for the type and can be quite emotional for those involved. In the early days of aviation it could be dangerous, because the exact handling characteristics of the aircraft were generally unknown. The first flight of a new type is almost invariably flown by a highly experienced test pilot. First flights are", "title": "Maiden flight" }, { "docid": "10556365", "text": "Boeing Model 95 The Boeing Model 95 was a single engine biplane mailplane built by Boeing in the United States in the late 1920s to supplement the Boeing Model 40s being used on Boeing's airmail routes. While the Model 95 was of the same general configuration as the Model 40, it was larger and more sophisticated aerodynamically and structurally, and was optimized for freight instead of passengers. The fuselage was of far more advanced construction than its predecessor, building on what Boeing had learned about all-metal fuselages while developing the P-12 and F4B fighters, while the wing had stagger and", "title": "Boeing Model 95" }, { "docid": "13244838", "text": "Boeing Model 42 The Boeing Model 42 (also Boeing XCO-7 for Experimental Corps Observation Model 7) was an American biplane aircraft developed from the Airco DH.4, taking advantage of the large number of aircraft left over after the end of World War I. The Model 42 was essentially an Airco DH-4M-1 fitted with new Boeing tailplanes, tapered wings, and tripod landing gear. The first aircraft built, designated XCO-7, was used as a static test bed, and did not fly. The second aircraft, XCO-7A, used a standard DH-4M-1 fuselage and Liberty engine, with the Boeing modifications. The final aircraft, XCO-7B, added", "title": "Boeing Model 42" }, { "docid": "2066731", "text": "later date. On November 4, 2008, a fifth delay was announced due to incorrect fastener installation and the Boeing machinists strike, stating that the first test flight would not occur in the fourth quarter of 2008. After assessing the program schedule with suppliers, in December 2008, Boeing stated that the first flight was delayed until the second quarter of 2009. Airlines, such as United Airlines and Air India, stated their intentions to seek compensation from Boeing for the delays. As Boeing worked with its suppliers towards production, the design proceeded through a series of test goals. On August 23, 2007,", "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" }, { "docid": "12618797", "text": "Dreamliner model. On Saturday, 1 November 2008, members of the union ratified the contract, ending the eight-week strike. The new contract was approved by 74 percent of those voting in favor. This was the longest strike against Boeing by this union since 1995, and the fourth in twenty years. The strike cost the union members an average of $7000.00 in base pay and cost the company $100 million per day in revenue and penalties with a postponement of the delivery of aircraft. Boeing has a $350 billion backlog. Boeing machinists strike of 2008 A strike by about 27,000 machinists at", "title": "Boeing machinists strike of 2008" }, { "docid": "15481641", "text": "producing each. At one point in the development phase, it was known as the 707-020, then 717-020, although this was the Boeing model designation of the KC-135 and remained unused for a commercial airliner until it was applied to the MD-95 following Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Because the aircraft systems were similar to the Boeing 707, no prototype Boeing 720 was built; any different systems were tested on the Boeing 367-80. The first 720 took its maiden flight on November 23, 1959. The type certificate for the 720 was issued on June 30, 1960. It was first", "title": "Boeing 720" }, { "docid": "7162688", "text": "Boeing Model 15 The Boeing Model 15 was a United States single-seat open-cockpit biplane fighter aircraft of the 1920s, manufactured by the Boeing company. The Model 15 saw service with the United States Army Air Service (as the PW-9 series) and with the United States Navy as a carrier-based fighter (as the FB series). The design of the Model 15 was based on studies of the Fokker D.VII, of which 142 were brought back to the U.S. for evaluation as part of the Armistice Agreement ending World War I. Many of the features were similar. The Model 15 had a", "title": "Boeing Model 15" }, { "docid": "9943672", "text": "B & W was named \"Bluebill\", and the second was named \"Mallard\". They first flew on 15 June 1916, and in November. The two B & Ws were offered to the United States Navy. When the Navy did not buy them, they were sold to the New Zealand Flying School and became the company's first international sale. On June 25, 1919, the B&W set a New Zealand altitude record of 6,500 feet. The B & Ws were later used for express and airmail deliveries, making New Zealand's first official airmail flight on December 16, 1919. Boeing Model 1 The Boeing", "title": "Boeing Model 1" }, { "docid": "13945105", "text": "the difference between early and late bloomers to criminal profiling. \"What the Dog Saw\" was met with mainly positive reviews. It received profiles in many high-profile publications, including the \"New York Times\", \"The Guardian\", \"Time Magazine\", \"The Los Angeles Times\" and \"The Independent\". In particular, Gladwell was praised for his writing and storytelling, and reviewers looked upon the essay format positively, with \"The Guardian\" stating \"one virtue of What the Dog Saw is that the pieces are perfectly crafted: they achieve their purpose more effectively when they aren't stretched out.\" \"What The Dog Saw\" was criticized for its use of", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "10556366", "text": "a simplified structure. The majority of Boeing 95s spent their careers flying Boeing's airmail routes, however a small number did find their way to other operators. At least one Boeing 95 was used by the Honduran Air Force as a bomber. Another Model 95 took part in Boeing-arranged inflight refuelling demonstrations in 1929 but was unsuccessful in either of the two attempts made to fly a round-trip across the continental United States without landing. Boeing Model 95 The Boeing Model 95 was a single engine biplane mailplane built by Boeing in the United States in the late 1920s to supplement", "title": "Boeing Model 95" }, { "docid": "7162694", "text": "to \"Langley\" anchored in Seattle's harbor. Hoisted aboard, their first official flights were from the carrier's deck. Of the 158 aircraft built, 147 were standard production aircraft and the remaining were aircraft developed for specific interests. The production runs are shown below with the PW designations for Army aircraft and the FB designations being for the Navy. Boeing Model 15 The Boeing Model 15 was a United States single-seat open-cockpit biplane fighter aircraft of the 1920s, manufactured by the Boeing company. The Model 15 saw service with the United States Army Air Service (as the PW-9 series) and with the", "title": "Boeing Model 15" }, { "docid": "1322206", "text": "737 Next Generation while it was sent in two pieces before. The fuselage is joined with the wings and landing gear and then moves down the assembly line for the engines, avionics, and interiors. After rolling out the aircraft, Boeing tests the systems and engines before a plane's maiden flight to Boeing Field, where it is painted and fine-tuned before delivery to the customer. The first of six -100 prototypes rolled out in December 1966 and made its maiden flight on April 9, 1967, piloted by Brien Wygle and Lew Wallick. On December 15, 1967, the Federal Aviation Administration certified", "title": "Boeing 737" }, { "docid": "13945106", "text": "statistics and its lack of technical grounding. \"What the Dog Saw\" debuted at #3 on the \"New York Times\" Bestseller List. It spent three weeks in the top 3 and a total of 16 weeks on the chart, appearing concurrently with Gladwell's previous book \"Outliers\". It was also an Amazon Top 25 seller for the month of November. \"What the Dog Saw\" was named to Bloomberg's top 50 business books of 2009. All of the articles in \"What the Dog Saw\" can be read for free on Gladwell's website. Part 1: \"Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius\" Part", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "3706904", "text": "divert to Senegal (the only country with experience in dealing with the virus). However, there is not enough fuel and the pilots are forced to make an emergency landing in a mountain pass. Some of the passengers are killed, but most survive. The principal cast was listed in alphabetical order: Poor production values predominated in \"SST: Death Flight\". During filming, the production was called \"Flight of the Maiden\". A major historical error was in depicting an American SST as the first of its kind. The aviation sequences utilized a scale model of what was basically a Concorde lookalike with Boeing", "title": "SST: Death Flight" }, { "docid": "16179283", "text": "of the \"Run to the Hills\" single. Burr died on 12 March 2013. Production credits are adapted from the DVD cover notes. Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast is a documentary about the making of the album of the same name by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 26 November 2001 as part of the \"Classic Albums\" documentary series. Directed by Tim Kirkby, it featured cuts from the title track, \"Children of the Damned\", \"Run to the Hills\", and \"The Prisoner,\" in addition", "title": "Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast" }, { "docid": "16179281", "text": "Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast is a documentary about the making of the album of the same name by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 26 November 2001 as part of the \"Classic Albums\" documentary series. Directed by Tim Kirkby, it featured cuts from the title track, \"Children of the Damned\", \"Run to the Hills\", and \"The Prisoner,\" in addition to extended interviews and live footage of \"Hallowed Be Thy Name\", recorded during the band's performance at the Rock in Rio festival", "title": "Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast" }, { "docid": "17080016", "text": "The World Until Yesterday The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? is a 2012 popular science book by American intellectual Jared Diamond. It explores what people living in the Western world can learn from traditional societies, including differing approaches to conflict resolution, treatment of the elderly, childcare, the benefits of multilingualism and a lower salt intake. \"The World Until Yesterday\" has had a mixed reception. Abby O'Reilly of \"The Independent\" called it \"essential reading\" that \"cements [Diamond's] position as the most considered, courageous and sensitive teller of the human story writing today.\" In \"The New York", "title": "The World Until Yesterday" }, { "docid": "11499289", "text": "Boeing Model 360 The Boeing Model 360 was an American experimental medium-lift tandem rotor cargo helicopter developed privately by Boeing to demonstrate advanced helicopter technology. The aircraft was intended as a technology demonstrator, with no plans to put the type into production, and many of its design features were carried onto other programs including the RAH-66 Comanche and V-22 Osprey. The sole prototype now resides at the American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Boeing Vertol developed its Model 360 in the 1980s as a technology demonstrator with company funds. It was a new design and made significant use of", "title": "Boeing Model 360" }, { "docid": "8058666", "text": "Model 40C, with an enlarged cabin allowing four passengers to be carried. Meanwhile, Boeing Air Transport's Model 40As were modified by replacing their Wasp engines with Pratt & Whitney Hornet radial engines to become the Model 40B-2. The Model 40B-4 was a new-build aircraft combining the four-passenger cabin of the Model 40C with the Hornet engine of the B-2. Production continued until February 1932. Boeing's airline, \"Boeing Air Transport\", commenced operations on the San Francisco–Chicago route on July 1, 1927. As of February 17, 2008, Boeing 40C c/n 1043 became the only airworthy example in the world. It also holds", "title": "Boeing Model 40" }, { "docid": "1322240", "text": "date. The initial model was the 737-100. It was launched in February 1965. The -100 was rolled out on January 17, 1967, had its first flight on April 9, 1967 and entered service with Lufthansa in February 1968. The aircraft is the smallest variant of the 737. A total of 30 737-100s were ordered and delivered; the final commercial delivery took place on October 31, 1969 to Malaysia–Singapore Airlines. No 737-100s remain in commercial service. The original Boeing prototype, last operated by NASA and retired more than 30 years after its maiden flight, is on exhibit in the Museum of", "title": "Boeing 737" }, { "docid": "12348328", "text": "aircraft companies from selling any new airplanes, driving many out of business. Others, including Boeing, started selling other products. Boeing built dressers, counters, and furniture, along with flat-bottom boats called Sea Sleds. In 1919 the Boeing B-1 flying boat made its first flight. It accommodated one pilot and two passengers and some mail. Over the course of eight years, it made international airmail flights from Seattle to Victoria, British Columbia. On May 24, 1920, the Boeing Model 8 made its first flight. It was the first plane to fly over Mount Rainier. In 1923, Boeing entered competition against Curtiss to", "title": "Boeing" }, { "docid": "9028201", "text": "Boeing Store is located at the front of the tour. It is a store that features items that relate to the Boeing Company. There is a separate Future of Flight store next to it, selling many more traditional Pacific Northwest gift shop items, including foodstuffs. The center also includes a small cafeteria across the lobby. Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour The Future of Flight Aviation Center is an aviation museum and education center located at the northwest corner of Paine Field in Mukilteo, Washington. It is the starting point for the Boeing Tour, a tour of a", "title": "Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour" }, { "docid": "13945103", "text": "What the Dog Saw What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures is the fourth book released by author Malcolm Gladwell, on October 20, 2009. The book is a compilation of the journalist's articles published in \"The New Yorker\". Gladwell initially covered business and science in \"The Washington Post\" before joining the staff at \"The New Yorker\" in 1997. Each of the articles first appeared in \"The New Yorker\" and was handpicked by Gladwell. The stories share a common theme, namely that Gladwell tries to show us the world through the eyes of others, even if that other happens to be", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "13945107", "text": "2: \"Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses\" Part 3: \"Personality, Character, and Intelligence\" What the Dog Saw What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures is the fourth book released by author Malcolm Gladwell, on October 20, 2009. The book is a compilation of the journalist's articles published in \"The New Yorker\". Gladwell initially covered business and science in \"The Washington Post\" before joining the staff at \"The New Yorker\" in 1997. Each of the articles first appeared in \"The New Yorker\" and was handpicked by Gladwell. The stories share a common theme, namely that Gladwell tries to show us the world through", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "3077322", "text": "Boeing employee and aircraft designer, and a well-known authority on Boeing aircraft, \"the re-designation was an outright military ruse to win appropriations for the procurement of an airplane that by its B-29D designation appeared to be merely a later version of an existing model that was being canceled wholesale, with many existing examples being put into dead storage.\" The first production B-50A (there were no prototypes, as the aircraft's engines and new tail had already been tested) made its maiden flight on 25 June 1947, with a further 78 B-50As following. The last airframe of the initial order was held", "title": "Boeing B-50 Superfortress" }, { "docid": "13216335", "text": "Boeing Model 203 The Boeing Model 203 was a three-seat biplane trainer build by Boeing in the late 1920s and used in the company training school. The 203 was a low power biplane designed to compete with other standard training aircraft. Its front cockpit accommodated 2 passengers side-by-side, or 1 student with a second set of controls. Its fuselage was welded steel tubing (the last Boeing aircraft to be built this way) and its wings were made of solid wood spars and plywood ribs. Physically it resembled a combination of the Boeing Model 95 and Boeing Model 100. Initially five", "title": "Boeing Model 203" }, { "docid": "16187940", "text": "A New Day Yesterday Live A New Day Yesterday Live is the first live album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Recorded in December 2001 during the promotional tour for Bonamassa's debut album \"A New Day Yesterday\", it was released in 2002 by Premier Artists. Music website AllMusic gave \"A New Day Yesterday Live\" 3.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia praising the album but noting it as an unnecessary release given the studio album came out only a few months earlier. Guitar Nine Records reports that guitar magazine \"Guitar World\" gave the album a four-star review,", "title": "A New Day Yesterday Live" }, { "docid": "1389951", "text": "Flight number In the aviation industry, a flight number or flight designator is a code for an airline service consisting of two-character airline designator and a 1 to 4 digit number. For example, \"KL 445\" is a KLM service from Amsterdam to Kuwait. A service is called \"direct\" if it is covered by a single flight number, regardless of the number of stops or equipment changes. For example, \"WN 417\" flies from Jacksonville to Baltimore to Oakland to Los Angeles. A given flight segment may have multiple flight numbers on different airlines under a code-sharing agreement. Strictly speaking, the flight", "title": "Flight number" }, { "docid": "13472909", "text": "help of psychiatrist Dr Viorne to find answers. \"What the Peeper Saw\" was released in Italy on October 14 1972 and in West Germany on February 7, 1973. What the Peeper Saw What the Peeper Saw or Night Child is a 1972 horror film starring Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger and Lilli Palmer. Marcus is a twelve-year-old schoolboy whose mother has recently died, leaving it up to his wealthy father Paul to look after him. He takes a sexual interest in his stepmother Elise. She notices his abnormal behaviour and investigates by visiting his school after discovering a torn-up", "title": "What the Peeper Saw" }, { "docid": "8058662", "text": "Boeing Model 40 The Boeing Model 40 was a United States mail plane of the 1920s. It was a single-engined biplane that was widely used for airmail services in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, especially by airlines that later became part of United Airlines. It became the first aircraft built by the Boeing company to carry passengers. In 1925, the US Post Office issued a requirement for a mailplane to replace the ex-military DH-4s then in use. The new aircraft was required to use the same water-cooled Liberty V12 engine as used by the DH-4, of which", "title": "Boeing Model 40" }, { "docid": "13216337", "text": "built at the Boeing School, 1 in 1935 and 1 in 1936. By 1941 the two new 203s and an original aircraft were converted to 203Bs. A larger 220 hp 9-cylinder Lycoming R-680 radial engine was installed, and more advanced training equipment was fitted for use by more advanced students. When the Boeing School was closed due to the Second World War, the 4 203As were transferred to United Air Lines at Cheyenne, Wyoming, two 203Bs were sold to a private owner, and the fate of the final 203B is unknown. Boeing Model 203 The Boeing Model 203 was a", "title": "Boeing Model 203" }, { "docid": "3901190", "text": "Faucett Flight 251 Faucett Flight 251 refers to a Boeing 737-200 that was operating a domestic scheduled Lima–Arequipa–Tacna passenger service and crashed on 29 February 1996, while completing the first leg, on approach to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport. All 123 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft lost their lives in the accident. It is the deadliest accident that occurred on Peruvian soil, . The aircraft involved in the accident was a Boeing 737-222, tail number OB-1451, c/n 19072, that had its maiden flight on 21 October 1968. Equipped with Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B engines, the airplane started its commercial career", "title": "Faucett Flight 251" }, { "docid": "13246266", "text": "wood propeller mounted on the lower side of the upper wing. A slightly heavier, more robustly built version, powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp engine, was produced as the B-1E / Model 204 / Model 204A. Boeing Model 6D The Boeing Model 6D, a.k.a. Boeing Model 6E, Boeing B-1D and Boeing B-1E, was an American pusher biplane flying-boat built by Boeing between 1928 and 1929. The Model 6D continued the designation series of the 1919 Boeing Model 6 but the only similarity was that they are both biplane pusher flying-boats. The 6D was designed in 1928 and 2", "title": "Boeing Model 6D" }, { "docid": "12715772", "text": "in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the \"New York Times Book Review\" as one of the \"Times\"' \"10 Best Books of 2008\". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in", "title": "The World Is What It Is" }, { "docid": "5113883", "text": "flight engineer as a crew member (several flying boats had included a flight engineer position earlier). In addition to its civilian service it was also flown as the Boeing C-75 Stratoliner by the United States Army Air Forces, who used it as a long-range cargolift aircraft. In 1935, Boeing designed a four-engine airliner based on its B-17 heavy bomber (Boeing Model 299), then in development, calling it the Model 307. It combined the wings, tail, rudder, landing gear, and engines from their production B-17C with a new, circular cross-section fuselage of diameter, designed to allow pressurization. The first order, for", "title": "Boeing 307 Stratoliner" }, { "docid": "6466098", "text": "Boeing 747-8 The Boeing 747-8 is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was officially announced in 2005. The 747-8 is the third generation of the 747, with a lengthened fuselage, redesigned wings, new engines, and improved efficiency. The 747-8 is the largest 747 version, the largest commercial aircraft built in the United States, and the longest passenger aircraft in the world. The 747-8 is offered in two main variants: the 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I) for passengers and the 747-8 Freighter (747-8F) for cargo. The first 747-8F performed the model's maiden flight on February 8, 2010, with the", "title": "Boeing 747-8" } ]

[ "Abraham van Helsing", "Van helsing", "Doctor Abraham Van Helsing", "Dr Abraham Van Helsing", "Van Helsing", "The Adventures of Young Van Helsing", "Abraham Van Helsing", "The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter", "Professor Abraham Van Helsing", "Lorrimar Van Helsing" ]

[ { "docid": "100189", "text": "Dracula Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. \"Dracula\" has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel, and invasion literature. The novel has spawned numerous theatrical,", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "8413002", "text": "The Fury of Dracula The Fury of Dracula is a board game designed by Stephen Hand and published by Games Workshop in 1987. Fantasy Flight Games released an updated version in 2006 as Fury of Dracula, and a third edition in 2015 by the same name. The game takes place in Europe during 1898, eight years after the events in Bram Stoker’s novel, \"Dracula\". One player takes the role of Count Dracula while the remaining players take the roles of Hunters Abraham Van Helsing, Dr John Seward and Lord Godalming. Fantasy Flight Games added Mina Harker as a fourth hunter", "title": "The Fury of Dracula" }, { "docid": "4170982", "text": "Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000 (also known internationally as Dracula 2001) is a 2000 American vampire horror film co-written and directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Joel Soisson and Wes Craven, and starring Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Jennifer Esposito. The plot follows Dracula, who arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 21st century and seeks out Mary Heller, a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing. \"Dracula 2000\", the promotional title of which is \"Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000\", builds upon Bram Stoker's original 1897 novel \"Dracula\", with Count Dracula resurrected in", "title": "Dracula 2000" }, { "docid": "2194687", "text": "Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker. \"Dracula\" grossed $215 million on a $40 million budget. Rotten Tomatoes's consensus cited \"some terrific performances\", but Reeves' work has been widely criticized. It was nominated for four Academy Awards and won three for Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing, and Best Makeup. Its score was composed", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "9425908", "text": "dormant long enough for Van Helsing to pierce his heart with a long spear. They leave him there. Before the portrait of a living warrior Dracula, with Lucy's lookalike in the background, a text scrolls across the screen, about a warlord who lived in the area of Hungary known as Transylvania, and how it was said he had found a way to conquer death—a legend no one has ever disproven. The lord's name is DRACULA. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film) Dracula is a 1973 British television film adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\" written by Richard Matheson and directed", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "9415400", "text": "novel, there’s something a bit dated and stodgy about it\". \"Count Dracula\" was released to DVD by BBC Video in 2007. Count Dracula (1977 film) Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Produced by the BBC (in the then standard video/film hybrid format), it first aired on BBC 2 on 22 December 1977. It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book. Directed by Philip Saville, it stars Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula and Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing. Lucy Westenra's sister Mina bids farewell to her", "title": "Count Dracula (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "9415387", "text": "Count Dracula (1977 film) Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Produced by the BBC (in the then standard video/film hybrid format), it first aired on BBC 2 on 22 December 1977. It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book. Directed by Philip Saville, it stars Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula and Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing. Lucy Westenra's sister Mina bids farewell to her fiancé Jonathan Harker, who is leaving for a business trip. Harker, a solicitor, is travelling to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania", "title": "Count Dracula (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "12073501", "text": "imbued with special abilities to help succeed in the adventure. Collecting blood rubies helps to develop magical powers. Casting spells will help defeat the challenges along the way. The game's vampire hunter enemies are very reminiscent of the costume design in the \"Van Helsing\" movie. Dracula Twins Dracula Twins is a Microsoft Windows platformer published and developed by Swedish developer-publisher Legendo Entertainment. The game, which features two-dimensional movement through a vivid and cartoonish three-dimensional environment, borrows its title and certain references from the classic Bram Stoker novel \"Dracula\". In the game, Dracula has been captured by Doctor Lifelust and his", "title": "Dracula Twins" }, { "docid": "1674391", "text": "the \"sympathetic vampire\", who loathes his condition but is a slave to it. Bram Stoker, yet another Irish writer, was the author of seminal horror work \"Dracula\" and featured as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula, with the vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing his arch-enemy. \"Dracula\" has been attributed to a number of literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, gothic novel and invasion literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant London-based \"consulting detective\", famous for his intellectual prowess, skilful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Holmes' archenemy Professor", "title": "Genre fiction" }, { "docid": "5590949", "text": "... To call this film shit is an insult to fragrant brown logs everywhere.\" Dracula 3000 Dracula 3000, also titled Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness, is a television horror movie released in 2004 that brings Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Count Dracula into outer space in the distant 30th century. Despite its name, it is not a direct sequel to \"Dracula 2000\". In the year 3000, the space salvage ship \"Mother III\" happens upon the derelict transport \"Demeter\". Captain Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew board the abandoned ship. They explore the bridge and find the corpse of the \"Demeter's\"", "title": "Dracula 3000" }, { "docid": "5590941", "text": "Dracula 3000 Dracula 3000, also titled Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness, is a television horror movie released in 2004 that brings Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Count Dracula into outer space in the distant 30th century. Despite its name, it is not a direct sequel to \"Dracula 2000\". In the year 3000, the space salvage ship \"Mother III\" happens upon the derelict transport \"Demeter\". Captain Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew board the abandoned ship. They explore the bridge and find the corpse of the \"Demeter's\" captain, (Udo Kier) tied to a chair and clutching a crucifix. Despite the misgivings", "title": "Dracula 3000" }, { "docid": "3120682", "text": "Dracula (1958 film) Dracula is a 1958 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster based on Bram Stoker's novel of the same name. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, this original also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. In the U.S. the film was retitled Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion with the earlier \"Dracula\" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, and the film was released in the U.S. in 1958 on a double feature", "title": "Dracula (1958 film)" }, { "docid": "6709148", "text": "feel a growing need to save Dracula from destruction. Unable to fight her desire for the Count any longer she invites the vampire into the house (\"If I Could Fly\"). Dracula enters and puts Harker in a trance before seducing Mina. The two share a moment of passion before Dracula cuts open his chest and lets Mina taste his blood, intending to turn her into a vampire (\"The Seduction (There's Always A Tomorrow\")). The vampire hunters return and confront Dracula, causing him to flee (\"It's Over\"). Using hypnosis, Van Helsing gets Mina, who is now telepathically connected to Dracula, to", "title": "Dracula, the Musical" }, { "docid": "6743796", "text": "that Count Dracula is a vampire. Dracula turns his attention to Mina and begins corrupting her as well. Van Helsing suddenly has a stroke and remains in a wheelchair. Dracula visits the weakened man, mocking his attempts to destroy him. Quincey, Harker and Seward track Dracula to the abandoned abbey, but he has fled to Transylvania with the aid of a traveling Gypsy band. As Count Dracula's Gypsy servants take him back to his castle, he is trailed by Harker and Quincey. After battling the Gypsies, the two heroes find Dracula's coffin and set it on fire. Dracula, unable to", "title": "Count Dracula (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "9416213", "text": "has a state of fasting as well as a state of feeding. Dracula does state to Mina, however, that exerting his abilities causes a desire to feed. Count Dracula is depicted as the \"King Vampire\", and can control other vampires. To punish Mina and the party for their efforts against him, Dracula bites her on at least three occasions. He also forces her to drink his blood; this act curses her with the effects of vampirism and gives him a telepathic link to her thoughts. However, hypnotism was only able to be done before dawn. Van Helsing refers to the", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "5370570", "text": "The Baron runs outside and his brides make their escape. Van Helsing takes Marianne up into the mill, then out via the huge sails, which he moves to form the shadow of a gigantic cross over Meinster. Van Helsing goes to ground level to make sure he's dead, then comforts Marianne as the mill burns. Hammer commissioned Jimmy Sangster to write a sequel script, \"Disciple of Dracula\", with Count Dracula only making a cameo and the rest of the film about an acolyte of the vampire. This script was rewritten by Peter Bryan to remove references to Dracula, although Van", "title": "The Brides of Dracula" } ]

[ { "docid": "9416231", "text": "expression is crossed out, however, and replaced by \"Hungarian yoke\" (as appearing in the printed version), which matches the historical perspective of the Wallachians. This has been interpreted by some to mean that Stoker opted for the Wallachian, not the Szekler interpretation, thus lending more consistency to the Romanian identity of his Count: although not identical with Vlad III, the Vampire is portrayed as one of the \"Dracula race\". Count Dracula Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel \"Dracula\". He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "9416187", "text": "Count Dracula Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel \"Dracula\". He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. He is also depicted in the novel to be the origin of werewolf legends. Some aspects of the character are believed to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian Prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Dracula. Other character aspects have been added or altered in subsequent popular fictional works. The character has subsequently appeared frequently in popular culture, from films to animated media", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "5838966", "text": "chaos and bloodshed whenever the opportunity presents itself. There is also a fourth bride mentioned in the novel, Jana, but who is ultimately killed by her and Dracula's son Alucard shortly after her resurrection as a vampire. Brides of Dracula The Brides of Dracula are characters in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\". They are three seductive female vampire \"sisters\" who reside with Count Dracula in his castle in Transylvania, where they entrance men with their beauty and charm, and then proceed to feed upon them. Dracula provides them with victims to devour, mainly infants and children. Like Dracula, they are", "title": "Brides of Dracula" }, { "docid": "5838928", "text": "Brides of Dracula The Brides of Dracula are characters in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\". They are three seductive female vampire \"sisters\" who reside with Count Dracula in his castle in Transylvania, where they entrance men with their beauty and charm, and then proceed to feed upon them. Dracula provides them with victims to devour, mainly infants and children. Like Dracula, they are the living dead, repulsed by religious objects. In chapter three of the novel, two are described as having dark hair, and the other as blonde. In the novel the three vampire women are not individually named. Collectively,", "title": "Brides of Dracula" }, { "docid": "15046257", "text": "numerous movies like \"Blood of Dracula's Castle\" (1969) (with John Carradine as the butler and Alexander D'Arcy as Count Dracula) and other Dracula-based films. There are video games called \"Dracula's Castle\" (Game Pac Adventure), \"Escape Dracula's Castle\" (Fun Flash Games),\"Restore Dracula's Castle\" and \"Devil's Castle Dracula\" (\"Akumajō Dracula\"); the latter is best known to the west as \"Castlevania\". A prosecco produced by a descendant of the Bassarab dynasty bears the name Castle of Dracula. Castle Dracula Castle Dracula is the fictitious Transylvanian residence of Count Dracula, the vampire antagonist in Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel \"Dracula\". In Stoker's narrative, Castle", "title": "Castle Dracula" }, { "docid": "2858081", "text": "addressed in the final three issues of \"Nightstalkers\". These included the fates of Dracula's bride Domini, their son Janus, and vampire-hunter Taj Nital. Dracula took the title role in the miniseries \"Dracula: Lord of the Undead\". Two more four-issue miniseries followed. \"Stoker's Dracula\" continued and concluded the adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel \"Dracula\" by writer Roy Thomas and artist Dick Giordano, which had begun in \"Dracula Lives\" 30 years prior. Another \"Tomb of Dracula\" miniseries followed found Blade joined a new team of vampire hunters to prevent Dracula achieving godhood. \"Apocalypse vs. Dracula\" featured Dracula battling Apocalypse, an", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9484245", "text": "popular and mass culture. There are several locations associated with Dracula and Bram Stoker related tourism in Ireland, Britain, and Romania. Dracula in popular culture The character of Count Dracula from the 1897 novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker, has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the Count as a villain, while others have named him in their titles, such as \"Dracula's Daughter\", \"The Brides of Dracula\", and \"Dracula's Dog\". \"Dracula\" has enjoyed enormous popularity since its publication and has spawned an extraordinary vampire subculture in the second half of the 20th century. More than 200 films", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "9484208", "text": "Dracula in popular culture The character of Count Dracula from the 1897 novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker, has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the Count as a villain, while others have named him in their titles, such as \"Dracula's Daughter\", \"The Brides of Dracula\", and \"Dracula's Dog\". \"Dracula\" has enjoyed enormous popularity since its publication and has spawned an extraordinary vampire subculture in the second half of the 20th century. More than 200 films have been made that feature Count Dracula, a number second only to Sherlock Holmes. At the center of this subculture is", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "9425902", "text": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film) Dracula is a 1973 British television film adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\" written by Richard Matheson and directed by \"Dark Shadows\" creator Dan Curtis, with Jack Palance in the title role. It was the second collaboration for Curtis and Palance after the 1968 TV film \"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\". \"Bistritz, Hungary May 1897\": natives in Transylvania seem afraid when they learn solicitor Jonathan Harker is going to Castle Dracula. Jonathan finds the Count abrupt and impatient to get things done. Dracula reacts very strongly to a photograph of", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "5800506", "text": "vampire fans. Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game) Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1993 video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Game Boy, Master System, Genesis, Sega CD, Game Gear, MS-DOS and Amiga games consoles. Based on the 1992 movie of the same name which in turn is based on the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker, each version of the game was essentially identical (except for the Sega CD, Amiga and MS-DOS versions). The Amiga version was released in 1994 for North America and Europe. A CD-ROM version for DOS was released in 1995. Each console has a", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)" }, { "docid": "100237", "text": "over the years, and many films have used the character as a villain, while others have named him in their titles, including \"Dracula's Daughter\" and \"The Brides of Dracula\". As of 2009, an estimated 217 films feature Dracula in a major role, a number second only to Sherlock Holmes (223 films). A large number of these appearances are not adaptations of Stoker's novel, but merely feature the character in an unrelated story. Dracula Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy.", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "2194717", "text": "list of \"Hollywood's Most Powerful Vampires\", as well as \"The Guardian\"s \"10 best screen vampires\". In honor of Syfy's 25th anniversary in 2017, the channel compiled \"25 greatest\" lists celebrating the last 25 years of all science fiction, fantasy, and horror: Oldman's Dracula was included in \"The 25 Greatest Movie Performances from the Last 25 years\". Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "15046240", "text": "Castle Dracula Castle Dracula is the fictitious Transylvanian residence of Count Dracula, the vampire antagonist in Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel \"Dracula\". In Stoker's narrative, Castle Dracula is the single most important location. The first and the last part of the plot take place here. The inaccessible stronghold, which initially symbolises the vampire's power, finally becomes the scene of his extermination. In the novel's first chapters, the young English solicitor Jonathan Harker, traveling from London via Paris, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Klausenburg and Bistritz, arrives at the Castle after being picked up in the Borgo Pass by a mysterious driver, whom", "title": "Castle Dracula" }, { "docid": "17385504", "text": "Ian Pfister’s portrayal of Renfield, but ultimately criticized the film for leaving “little to the imagination” and claimed it “arguably never should have been conceived”. Gammon gave the film a 2 out of 5. Dracula Reborn Dracula Reborn is a 2012 vampire-themed direct-to-video horror film, directed and written by Patrick McManus, making his feature film directorial debut. Produced by Ray Haboush, the film stars Corey Landis, Victoria Summer, Krash Miller, Stuart Rigby and Keith Reay. It is a modernized, loosely based take on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\", taking place in Los Angeles, California, where a wealthy Count Dracula looks", "title": "Dracula Reborn" }, { "docid": "9416188", "text": "to breakfast cereals. Bram Stoker's novel takes the form of an epistolary tale, in which Count Dracula's characteristics, powers, abilities and weaknesses are narrated by multiple narrators, from different perspectives. Count Dracula is an undead, centuries-old vampire, and a Transylvanian nobleman who claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun. He inhabits a decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains near the Borgo Pass. Unlike the vampires of Eastern European folklore, which are portrayed as repulsive, corpse-like creatures, Dracula wears a veneer of aristocratic charm. In his conversations with Jonathan Harker, he reveals himself as deeply proud of his", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "14025635", "text": "Dracula the Un-dead Dracula the Un-dead is a sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel \"Dracula\". The book was written by Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Previously, Holt had been a direct-to-DVD horror screenwriter, and Stoker a track and field coach. In the novel's afterword, the authors discuss the many alterations made to the original novel's events, due to the many inconsistencies in the original and the desire for the Stoker family to reassert control over Dracula fiction. Twenty-five years have passed since the vampire Count Dracula met his end at the hands of Jonathan Harker and", "title": "Dracula the Un-dead" }, { "docid": "7751010", "text": "Dracula (Marvel Comics) Dracula is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on the vampire Count Dracula from the novel of the same name by author Bram Stoker. A version of Dracula first appears in the Atlas Comics publication, \"Suspense\" #7 (Mar. 1951). The modern Marvel version of Dracula was created by Gerry Conway and Gene Colan in \"Tomb of Dracula\" No. 1 (1972), co-written by Marv Wolfman. Traditionally, the Comics Code Authority prevented Marvel from publishing vampire comics. This was revised in early 1971, when comics were allowed to publish characters", "title": "Dracula (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "17385498", "text": "Dracula Reborn Dracula Reborn is a 2012 vampire-themed direct-to-video horror film, directed and written by Patrick McManus, making his feature film directorial debut. Produced by Ray Haboush, the film stars Corey Landis, Victoria Summer, Krash Miller, Stuart Rigby and Keith Reay. It is a modernized, loosely based take on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\", taking place in Los Angeles, California, where a wealthy Count Dracula looks to purchase an abandoned building and pursue the wife of his realtor, Jonathan Harker. In Los Angeles, California, realtor Jonathan Harker (Corey Landis) proposes the sale of an abandoned building in a gang-dominated neighborhood", "title": "Dracula Reborn" }, { "docid": "12073500", "text": "Dracula Twins Dracula Twins is a Microsoft Windows platformer published and developed by Swedish developer-publisher Legendo Entertainment. The game, which features two-dimensional movement through a vivid and cartoonish three-dimensional environment, borrows its title and certain references from the classic Bram Stoker novel \"Dracula\". In the game, Dracula has been captured by Doctor Lifelust and his horde of vampire hunters who has a sinister plan to create a serum that lets him live forever. Dracula's twin vampire twerps, Drac and Dracana are on a mission to save daddy Dracula from the clutches of the vampire hunter. Each of the twins is", "title": "Dracula Twins" }, { "docid": "14025657", "text": "is asked of readers of the original in having to forgo old beliefs of who and what Dracula is. It’s best to just enjoy it for what it is: another vampire story for October\". Winnipeg Free Press reviewer Kenneth MacKendrick called it \"tempting enough to read and bad enough to be controversial, striking a balance between sensationalism and mediocrity\". Dracula the Un-dead Dracula the Un-dead is a sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel \"Dracula\". The book was written by Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Previously, Holt had been a direct-to-DVD horror screenwriter, and Stoker a track", "title": "Dracula the Un-dead" }, { "docid": "11972778", "text": "The Revenge of Dracula The Revenge of Dracula is a horror novel by British writer Peter Tremayne (pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis). It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1978 by Bailey Brothers & Swinfen. The first United States edition was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978 in an edition of 1,250 copies which were signed by the author and the illustrator, Dan Green. It is the second book in Tremayne's \"Dracula Lives\" trilogy. The novel concerns the story of Count Dracula in England and is set before the events in Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\".", "title": "The Revenge of Dracula" }, { "docid": "11972777", "text": "The Revenge of Dracula The Revenge of Dracula is a horror novel by British writer Peter Tremayne (pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis). It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1978 by Bailey Brothers & Swinfen. The first United States edition was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978 in an edition of 1,250 copies which were signed by the author and the illustrator, Dan Green. It is the second book in Tremayne's \"Dracula Lives\" trilogy. The novel concerns the story of Count Dracula in England and is set before the events in Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\".", "title": "The Revenge of Dracula" }, { "docid": "14443243", "text": "Dracula the Undead (novel) Dracula the Undead is a sequel written to Bram Stoker's classic novel \"Dracula\", written by Freda Warrington. The book was commissioned by Penguin Books as a sequel to Stoker's original novel for the centenary of the latter's first publication. It takes place seven years after the original. It was originally published in 1997, and was brought back to print in 2009. It is seven years since a stake was driven through the heart of the infamous Count Dracula. Seven years which have not eradicated the terrible memories for Jonathan and Mina Harker, who now have a", "title": "Dracula the Undead (novel)" }, { "docid": "6743789", "text": "Count Dracula (1970 film) Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht, lit. \"Nights, When Dracula Awakes\"), released in Italy as Il conte Dracula, in Spain as El Conde Drácula and in France as Les Nuits de Dracula, is a 1969 Spanish-Italian-German-British horror film (released in 1970), directed by Jesús Franco and starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski. It was based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Although \"Count Dracula\" stars Christopher Lee in the title role, it is not a Hammer production like his other Dracula films, being produced instead by Harry Alan Towers. Klaus Kinski, who", "title": "Count Dracula (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "6709133", "text": "Dracula, the Musical Dracula, the Musical is a musical based on the original Victorian novel by Bram Stoker. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. It had its regional premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California, in 2001, playing to 115% capacity, earning the highest paid capacity for any world premiere production in the playhouse's history. It then premiered on Broadway in 2004, starring Tom Hewitt as the frightening vampire Count and Melissa Errico as the woman he loves, Mina Harker. A brief nude scene in which Dracula seduces", "title": "Dracula, the Musical" }, { "docid": "5800498", "text": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game) Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1993 video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Game Boy, Master System, Genesis, Sega CD, Game Gear, MS-DOS and Amiga games consoles. Based on the 1992 movie of the same name which in turn is based on the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker, each version of the game was essentially identical (except for the Sega CD, Amiga and MS-DOS versions). The Amiga version was released in 1994 for North America and Europe. A CD-ROM version for DOS was released in 1995. Each console has a different styled", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)" }, { "docid": "6743800", "text": "this film. \"Count Dracula\" was released on DVD in 2007 by Dark Sky Films. Special features include an interview with director Jesús Franco, a reading from Bram Stoker's \"Dracula\" novel by Christopher Lee, and a text essay on the life of actress Soledad Miranda. The DVD has come under criticism for omitting the scene in which a distraught mother pleads for her baby's life at the door of Dracula's castle. The DVD also uses the Italian credits for the film but with the French title card Les Nuits de Dracula. Count Dracula (1970 film) Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula", "title": "Count Dracula (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "1589351", "text": "transform into Hyde also exist. Several \"warms\" are also said to have the vampire powers of precognition and telepathy, or the ability to perform acts of genuine magic. However, for the most part, vampires are the center-stage of Newman's paranormal setting. Anno Dracula series The \"Anno Dracula\" series by Kim Newman—named after \"Anno Dracula\" (1992), the series' first novel—is a work of fantasy depicting an alternate history in which the heroes of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" fail to stop Count Dracula's conquest of Great Britain, resulting in a world where vampires are common and increasingly dominant in society. While Dracula", "title": "Anno Dracula series" }, { "docid": "6743790", "text": "would play Dracula himself nine years later in \"Nosferatu the Vampyre\", is also featured in the film as Renfield. \"Count Dracula\" was advertised as the most faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. Among other details, it was the first film version of the novel in which Dracula begins as an old man and becomes younger as he feeds upon fresh blood. Jonathan Harker, a lawyer traveling from London to Transylvania to secure property for Count Dracula, arrives at Bistritz to stay for the night. There, he is warned by a concerned lady against continuing his journey the following day. Harker", "title": "Count Dracula (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "9484232", "text": "Historian\" follows several historians whose research has led them too close to Dracula as they hunt the vampire across Europe. Meg Cabot's 2010 novel \"Insatiable\" has a main character named Meena Harper who has a relationship with Dracula's son, Lucien. In the book series \"Vampire Hunter D\", which takes place 10,000 years in the future, D's adversary Count Magnus discovers that D is the son of Dracula, who is referred to as \"the Sacred Ancestor\" in the series. Freda Warrington's \"Dracula the Undead\" is an unofficial sequel to \"Dracula\". Will Hill's \"Department 19\" is about Jamie Carpenter, a descendant of", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "17292984", "text": "is not canon with \"Dark Universe\". Dracula Untold Dracula Untold is a 2014 American dark fantasy action horror film directed by Gary Shore in his feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Rather than using the storyline of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\", the film creates an origin story for its title character, Count Dracula; in this version, Dracula is Vlad the Impaler. Luke Evans portrays the title character, and Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Art Parkinson, and Charles Dance appear in supporting roles. Principal photography began in Northern Ireland on August 5, 2013. Universal Pictures released", "title": "Dracula Untold" }, { "docid": "17292952", "text": "Dracula Untold Dracula Untold is a 2014 American dark fantasy action horror film directed by Gary Shore in his feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Rather than using the storyline of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\", the film creates an origin story for its title character, Count Dracula; in this version, Dracula is Vlad the Impaler. Luke Evans portrays the title character, and Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Art Parkinson, and Charles Dance appear in supporting roles. Principal photography began in Northern Ireland on August 5, 2013. Universal Pictures released the film in regular and IMAX", "title": "Dracula Untold" }, { "docid": "3870302", "text": "Dracula (1931 English-language film) Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire-horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. Produced by Universal, the screenplay is based on the 1924 stage play \"Dracula\" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is loosely based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Renfield (Dwight Frye) is a solicitor traveling to Count Dracula's (Bela Lugosi) castle in Transylvania on a business matter. The people in the local village fear that vampires inhabit the castle and warn Renfield not to go there. Renfield refuses to stay at the", "title": "Dracula (1931 English-language film)" }, { "docid": "3870331", "text": "the film was also released. In 1931, some theaters had not yet been wired for sound and during this transition period, many studios released alternative silent versions with intertitles. Dracula (1931 English-language film) Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire-horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. Produced by Universal, the screenplay is based on the 1924 stage play \"Dracula\" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is loosely based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker. Renfield (Dwight Frye) is a solicitor traveling to Count Dracula's (Bela Lugosi) castle in Transylvania", "title": "Dracula (1931 English-language film)" }, { "docid": "8413009", "text": "be beneficial or detrimental. In addition, the Hunter suffers penalties in combat against Dracula. Being bitten a second time results in the hunter becoming a vampire; he is eliminated from the game and given to the Dracula player as a generic vampire encounter. (In the second edition, being bitten twice no longer eliminates the character from the game; they are sent to the Hospital of St Joseph and St Mary to recover.) In addition, the character Mina Harker begins with a Bite Token (received in the novel) and as such these \"bitten only\" events are usable from the very beginning", "title": "The Fury of Dracula" }, { "docid": "15131792", "text": "told Mina that if she killed him she would turn into a vampire and he would live within her because she had tasted his blood, but if Jonathan kills him they will never be together again. Mina finishes off Dracula. Dracula: the Musical Dracula: the Musical is a Swedish musical based on the novel \"Dracula\" by Bram Stoker produced in 2010. It was originally a theatre production meant for ten performances but due to the massive popularity extra performances were added and the musical was turned into a film, given a limited release on DVD. The film was put together", "title": "Dracula: the Musical" }, { "docid": "8413020", "text": "on Bram Stoker's famous novel, \"The Fury of Dracula\" is a breakthrough title that introduced cooperative and deductive elements to the adventure board game subgenre, while managing to retain the feeling of breathless excitement that players seek in an adventure game.\" The Fury of Dracula The Fury of Dracula is a board game designed by Stephen Hand and published by Games Workshop in 1987. Fantasy Flight Games released an updated version in 2006 as Fury of Dracula, and a third edition in 2015 by the same name. The game takes place in Europe during 1898, eight years after the events", "title": "The Fury of Dracula" }, { "docid": "100236", "text": "on the role of Dracula in \"Count Dracula\", a 1970 Spanish-Italian-German coproduction notable for its adherence to the plot of the original novel. Playing the part of Renfield in that version was Klaus Kinski, who later played Dracula himself in 1979's \"Nosferatu the Vampyre\". In 1977, the BBC made \"Count Dracula\", a 155-minute adaptation for television starring Louis Jourdan. Later film adaptations include John Badham's 1979 \"Dracula\", starring Frank Langella and inspired by the 1977 Broadway revival of the Deane/Hamilton play, and Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\", starring Gary Oldman. The character of Count Dracula has remained popular", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "100207", "text": "Vlad III Dracula. Later he also claimed that he had a nightmare, caused by eating too much crab meat, about a \"vampire king\" rising from his grave. Although it is a widely known vampire novel, \"Dracula\" was not the first. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published \"The Bride of Corinth\" in 1797. (“From my grave to wander I am forc’d Still to seek The God’s long-sever’d link, Still to love the bridegroom I have lost, And the life-blood of his heart to drink;) Later Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 \"Carmilla\", about a lesbian vampire could have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, or \"Varney", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "2858070", "text": "The Tomb of Dracula The Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces. On rare occasions, Dracula would work with these vampire hunters against a common threat or battle other supernatural threats on his own, but more often than not, he was the antagonist rather than protagonist. In addition to his supernatural battles in this series, Marvel's Dracula often served as a supervillain to other characters in the Marvel Universe, battling the", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "2858087", "text": "miniseries published in 1998. The miniseries was published by Dark Horse Comics and was not officially associated with Marvel's Dracula series. A trade paperback collection was published in 2005. The Tomb of Dracula The Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces. On rare occasions, Dracula would work with these vampire hunters against a common threat or battle other supernatural threats on his own, but more often than not, he was the", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9484237", "text": "legend. While the story is based on the historical 15th century ruler of Wallachia, it also draws inspiration from the vampire legends that surround the Wallachian Prince. Gabrielle Estres’ novel \"Captive\" retraces the life of Vlad Țepeș, the Wallachian ruler who inspired Bram Stoker's \"Dracula\". The book combines historical facts and contemporary 15th century pamphlets with the vampire lore created by Stoker. A version of Dracula (who hates the name and is known as Vlad Tepesh) appears first as a supporting character in the \"Night Huntress\" series by Jeaniene Frost, then in a more central role as the protagonist's love", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "14443244", "text": "young son. To lay their memories to rest they return to Transylvania, and can find no trace of the horrific events. But, beneath the earth, Dracula's soul lies in limbo, waiting for the Lifeblood that will revive him. Dracula the Undead (novel) Dracula the Undead is a sequel written to Bram Stoker's classic novel \"Dracula\", written by Freda Warrington. The book was commissioned by Penguin Books as a sequel to Stoker's original novel for the centenary of the latter's first publication. It takes place seven years after the original. It was originally published in 1997, and was brought back to", "title": "Dracula the Undead (novel)" }, { "docid": "5888160", "text": "of Dracula\". The French title, \"Dracula vit toujours à Londres\", remains closer to what was initially planned, as it can be translated by \"Dracula is Still Living in London\". In the United States, the film was distributed in 1979 by Dynamite Films in a heavily edited version titled Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride. The film itself is a mixture of horror, science fiction and a spy thriller, with a screenplay by Don Houghton, a veteran of BBC's \"Doctor Who\". The original score was composed by television composer John Cacavas. It wrapped on 3 January 1973 – 15 years to", "title": "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9577867", "text": "Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (alternately titled Dracula: The Dark Prince and Dark Prince: Legend of Dracula) is a horror-war television film, which premiered in the United States on the USA Network on Halloween, October 31, 2000. It is about Vlad III Dracula, \"the Impaler\", the historical figure who gave Bram Stoker's Dracula his name. \"Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula\" tells the story of Vlad Dracula, the historical figure who gave Bram Stoker's Dracula his name. Vlad is a dispossessed noble and a patriot who fights the occupation forces", "title": "Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9415397", "text": "of space and time and money. Something of a hole in the middle though, like a vampire after remedial treatment.\" She was less positive about the casting and performance of Louis Jourdan, however, which she felt \"emphasised the lover at the expense of the demon. It makes a change. Though, I would say, for the worst.\" Film historian Stuart Galbraith IV said that \"\"Count Dracula\" remains one of the best-ever adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel\" despite a \"couple of missteps\", remarking that \"the cast is excellent\", in particular praising the performances of Frank Finlay and Louis Jourdan, whom he calls", "title": "Count Dracula (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "17809187", "text": "comic \"The Tomb of Dracula\", the continuities of the two titles occasionally overlapped, with storylines weaving between the two. Most of the time, however, the stories in \"Dracula Lives!\" were standalone Dracula tales by various creative teams. Later issues of \"Dracula Lives!\" featured a serialized adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel, written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Dick Giordano. Copyrighted as simply \"Dracula Lives!\" and commonly known by its trademarked cover title, \"Dracula Lives!\", the magazine ran 13 issues from 1973 to 1975. With sister titles including \"Monsters Unleashed\", \"Tales of the Zombie\" and \"Vampire Tales\", it was", "title": "Dracula Lives!" }, { "docid": "9416224", "text": "shared his personal past with the historical Transylvanian-born Voivode Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Țepeș. Following the publication of \"In Search of Dracula\" by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972, this supposed connection attracted much popular attention. This work argued that Bram Stoker based his Dracula on Vlad the Impaler. Historically, the name \"Dracula\" is the given name of Vlad Țepeș' family, a name derived from a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg (king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "2194716", "text": "by Eiko Ishioka created a new image for the Count and for the first time freed him from the black cape and evening wear the character had become associated with since Bela Lugosi's portrayal in 1931. The film was also a landmark in vampire horror as it is the only \"Dracula\" adaptation to win Oscars. The film appeared in \"Entertainment Weekly\"s \"5 best vampire movies\", \"Forbes\"s \"Top 10 Best Vampire Movies Of All Time\", \"Esquire\"s \"20 Best Vampire Movies\", and \"Sexiest Horror Movies Ever Made\". and \"IndieWire\"'s \"The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time\". Oldman's Dracula featured in \"Forbes\"s", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "100229", "text": "and wolves and night\". In 2009, an official sequel was published, written by Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker will write a prequel to \"Dracula\" titled \"Dracul\". An interpretation of the missing 101 pages of the original novel, it was pieced together from Bram Stoker's editorial notes, artifacts, and journals. The story of \"Dracula\" has been the basis for numerous films and plays. Stoker himself wrote the first theatrical adaptation, which was presented at the Lyceum Theatre on 18 May 1897 under the title \"Dracula, or The Undead\" shortly before the", "title": "Dracula" }, { "docid": "5382439", "text": "Scars of Dracula Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn. Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: the Count is introduced as an \"icily charming host;\" he has command over nature; and he is seen scaling the walls of his castle. It also gives Lee more to do and say than any other Hammer Dracula film except its first, 1958's \"Dracula\". This", "title": "Scars of Dracula" }, { "docid": "2858079", "text": "the two titles occasionally overlapped, with storylines weaving between the two. Most of the time the stories in \"Dracula Lives!\" were stand-alone tales, including a serialized adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel, in 10- to 12-page installments written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Dick Giordano. \"Tomb of Dracula\" was supplemented by a \"Giant-Size\" companion quarterly that ran for five issues in the mid-1970s. Artist John Byrne’s first story for Marvel Comics, \"Dark Asylum\", was published in \"Giant-Size Dracula\" #5 (June 1975). The color title \"Tomb of Dracula\" was succeeded by another black-and-white magazine, also called \"Tomb of Dracula\",", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9626165", "text": "pinball across the playfield and the player would be required to knock it loose from the magnet's grasp to start the mode. A licensed digital version of the table had been released for \"The Pinball Arcade\" to end its third season of DLC for several platforms. Category:Works based on Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula (pinball) Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1993 pinball machine released by Williams. It is based in the 1992 film \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\". The game was characterized by its unusual blood-red DMD display (most other games at the time used orange for their color) as well as a", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (pinball)" }, { "docid": "2194713", "text": "original \"Dracula\" novel by Bram Stoker in paperback. Grey, gothic statue heads (as seen on the original film poster) adorned the front cover of the book against a grey stone background. \"Dracula\" was first released to DVD in 1999 and again as a Superbit DVD in 2001. The DVD included several extra features: filmographies, the original theatrical trailer, a documentary (\"Dracula: The Man, The Myth, The Legend\"), costume designs and DVD trailers. The superbit version did not contain any extra features. A two-disc \"Collector's Edition\" DVD and Blu-ray was released in 2007. Special features include an introduction and audio commentary", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "9416205", "text": "When angered, the Count showed his true bestial nature, his blue eyes flaming red. As the novel progresses, Dracula is described as taking on a more and more youthful appearance. After Harker strikes him with a shovel, he is left with a scar on his forehead which he bears throughout the course of the novel. Dracula also possesses great wealth, and has Gypsies in his homeland who are loyal to him as servants and protectors. Count Dracula is portrayed in the novel using many different supernatural abilities, and is believed to have gained his abilities through dealings with the Devil.", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "8413016", "text": "case of vampires, increase the Vampire track by two, bringing him closer to winning the game. The second edition adds the Resolve system to the Hunters. Every time the Day/Night track advances to a new day, in addition to Dracula gaining a Vampire track point, the Hunters gain 1 Resolve point. Resolve can be spent to reveal Dracula's oldest location, allow an individual hunter to take an extra turn, or heal a single hunter. The second edition also clearly states there should be punishment for cheating by the Dracula player, whether intentionally or accidentally. The suggested punishment is a clearing", "title": "The Fury of Dracula" }, { "docid": "1589326", "text": "Anno Dracula series The \"Anno Dracula\" series by Kim Newman—named after \"Anno Dracula\" (1992), the series' first novel—is a work of fantasy depicting an alternate history in which the heroes of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" fail to stop Count Dracula's conquest of Great Britain, resulting in a world where vampires are common and increasingly dominant in society. While Dracula is a central figure in the events of the series, he is a minor character in the books themselves, and usually appears in only a few climactic pages of each book. While many of the characters from Newman's Diogenes Club stories", "title": "Anno Dracula series" }, { "docid": "2858082", "text": "immortal foe of the superhero team the X-Men, in Victorian London. Mina is the mother of Quincy, and the wife of Count Dracula. She died in a great battle, but she was turned into a vampire by her beloved husband Count Dracula. She acts like a human rather than a vampire. She is the Queen of Romania. Some of the nudity was removed from the fourth volume. Publisher Dan Buckley explained, \"That wasn't because we were going to bookstores, or because we were exclusively going to hobby shops. It probably had more with where we were at from a ratings", "title": "The Tomb of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9484239", "text": "the \"\" setting, he is the founder of the 'Ordo Dracul', a secretive organisation to which the player's characters may claim membership. Both games draw much from the novel \"Dracula\" and vampire legends in general. In the \"Castlevania\" series (known as \"Akumajo Dracula\" (Demon Castle Dracula) in Japan), Count Vlad Ţepeş Dracula, as he is known in the series, is the ultimate source of evil that the others must confront, after adventuring through Dracula's castle. The other aspect in relations to the Count is his son, Adrian Fahrenheit Ţepeş, commonly known as \"Alucard\", who has dedicated his life to ensure", "title": "Dracula in popular culture" }, { "docid": "5382452", "text": "finally came to pass with \"Scars of Dracula,\" a garish live-action cartoon.\" John Kenneth Muir in \"Horror Films of the 1970s\" called the film \"a by-the-numbers sequel that amply demonstrates why the studio's audience was shrinking as the 1960s became the 1970s.\" Scars of Dracula Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn. Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: the Count is", "title": "Scars of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9464017", "text": "Dracula (miniseries) Dracula, also known as Dracula's Curse, is a 2002 Italian 2 part TV-miniseries written and directed by Roger Young and starring Patrick Bergin, Giancarlo Giannini and Stefania Rocca. It is based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Bram Stoker, though it updates the events of the novel to the present day. At a ballroom of a hospital charity party in Budapest, the successful American lawyer Jonathan Harker (Hardy Krüger Jr.) suddenly proposes to his girlfriend Mina (Stefania Rocca). He wants to marry her within the week. Their friends Lucy (Muriel Baumeister), Quincy (Alessio Boni) and", "title": "Dracula (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "9415399", "text": "Stage to Screen\", David J. Skal calls \"Count Dracula\" \"the most careful adaptation of the novel to date, and the most successful.\" Brett Cullum of \"DVD Verdict\" said the special effects were this version's \"biggest downfall\" and that it was \"perhaps the least visually interesting\" \"Dracula\" adaptation, though he offered a mostly positive review, remarking that there is \"plenty to admire in the production\", in particular the \"sublime acting\". MaryAnn Johanson of FlickFilosopher.com was less positive, writing: \"Maybe it had more of an impact in the 70s ... but today, while it remains a stylishly surreal reinterpretation of Bram Stoker’s", "title": "Count Dracula (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "11085756", "text": "Young Dracula and Young Monsters Young Dracula and Young Monsters is a children's fantasy novel by Michael Lawrence. It is an omnibus edition of the books \"Young Dracula\" (2002) and \"Young Monsters\" (2003). \"Young Dracula\", loosely based on the premise explored in Bram Stoker's horror novel \"Dracula\", follows the light-hearted adventures of Count Dracula's children. The novel inspired the CBBC children's drama series \"Young Dracula\". \"Young Monsters\" is set at the Dr Ffelix Ffurter School for Young Monsters, which has real monsters for pupils and teachers. The book is published by Barrington Stoke, which specializes in books for undeveloped readers.", "title": "Young Dracula and Young Monsters" }, { "docid": "11085755", "text": "Young Dracula and Young Monsters Young Dracula and Young Monsters is a children's fantasy novel by Michael Lawrence. It is an omnibus edition of the books \"Young Dracula\" (2002) and \"Young Monsters\" (2003). \"Young Dracula\", loosely based on the premise explored in Bram Stoker's horror novel \"Dracula\", follows the light-hearted adventures of Count Dracula's children. The novel inspired the CBBC children's drama series \"Young Dracula\". \"Young Monsters\" is set at the Dr Ffelix Ffurter School for Young Monsters, which has real monsters for pupils and teachers. The book is published by Barrington Stoke, which specializes in books for undeveloped readers.", "title": "Young Dracula and Young Monsters" }, { "docid": "9413492", "text": "Dracula (Mystery and Imagination) \"Dracula\" is a video-taped television play adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\", part of the series \"Mystery and Imagination\" (Season 4, Episode 3). Denholm Elliott (who later co-starred with fellow-Dracula Jack Palance in \"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\") played Count Dracula with Susan George as Lucy Weston (another alumn of another version of \"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\"). The drama begins in an asylum in Whitby, England. A mysterious patient escapes from his cell and intrudes upon a small party hosted by Dr. Seward, referring to the guest of honor—Count Dracula—as \"Master.\"", "title": "Dracula (Mystery and Imagination)" }, { "docid": "1687326", "text": "name of the film when Dafoe asked, \"Who's Ed?\"; the actor thought the title was \"Burn Ed to Light\". The film was produced by Nicolas Cage's Saturn Films. Members of the online community \"The HollyWood Stock Exchange\" were able to donate a small sum towards the film's production in exchange for listing their names on the DVD release of the film as \"virtual producers\". Of the film's cast, three actors had previously appeared in vampire films: Kier played Count Dracula in \"Blood for Dracula\" (1974) and Dragonetti in \"Blade\" (1998), Elwes played Arthur Holmwood in \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\" (1992), and", "title": "Shadow of the Vampire" }, { "docid": "9626164", "text": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (pinball) Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1993 pinball machine released by Williams. It is based in the 1992 film \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\". The game was characterized by its unusual blood-red DMD display (most other games at the time used orange for their color) as well as a \"Multi-Multi-Ball\" mode, where up to three different multiball variations could be active at the same time, with each successive active mode providing a jackpot multiplier of up to 3x. It also featured a unique variation on the usual multiball mode known as \"Mist Multiball,\" where a magnet would drag a", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (pinball)" }, { "docid": "2194689", "text": "the chapel's stone cross with his sword and drinks the blood that pours out of it. In 1897, newly qualified solicitor Jonathan Harker takes the Transylvanian Count Dracula as a client from his colleague Renfield, who has gone insane. Jonathan travels to Transylvania to arrange Dracula's real estate acquisitions in London, including Carfax Abbey. Jonathan meets Dracula, who discovers a picture of Harker's fiancée, Mina and believes that she is the reincarnation of Elisabeta. Dracula leaves Jonathan to be attacked and fed upon by his brides, while he sails to England with boxes of his native Transylvanian soil, taking up", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula" }, { "docid": "47034", "text": "well known. The first authorised film version of \"Dracula\" did not come about until almost a decade later when Universal Studios released Tod Browning's \"Dracula\" starring Bela Lugosi. Canadian writer Dacre Stoker, a great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker, decided to write \"a sequel that bore the Stoker name\" to \"reestablish creative control over\" the original novel, with encouragement from screenwriter Ian Holt, because of the Stokers' frustrating history with \"Dracula's\" copyright. In 2009, \"Dracula: The Un-Dead\" was released, written by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Both writers \"based [their work] on Bram Stoker's own handwritten notes for characters and plot threads", "title": "Bram Stoker" }, { "docid": "12641761", "text": "itself is an unofficial sequel to Bram Stoker's \"Dracula\"; set seven years after the end of the novel, Jonathan Harker finds that he must once again do battle with the evil Count Dracula in an effort to save his wife, Mina. A third game, with an unrelated storyline, followed in 2008, \"\". A loose sequel to \"Path of the Dragon\" was released in a two-part form in 2013; \"\" and \"\". \"Dracula: The Last Sanctuary\" was most widely reviewed for the PC, where it received mixed reviews, with critics praising the graphics, but criticising the nature of some of the", "title": "Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary" }, { "docid": "9413497", "text": "Harker and Seward's efforts. Differences between novel and adaptation: Dracula (Mystery and Imagination) \"Dracula\" is a video-taped television play adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\", part of the series \"Mystery and Imagination\" (Season 4, Episode 3). Denholm Elliott (who later co-starred with fellow-Dracula Jack Palance in \"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\") played Count Dracula with Susan George as Lucy Weston (another alumn of another version of \"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\"). The drama begins in an asylum in Whitby, England. A mysterious patient escapes from his cell and intrudes upon a small party hosted by Dr.", "title": "Dracula (Mystery and Imagination)" }, { "docid": "8171779", "text": "ends, taking us along for a feverish theme-park ride.\" The film was also well-received as a \"Dracula\" adaptation. Matt Brunson wrote that \"Not since Francis Coppola's sharp take on \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\" has there been a vampire flick as deliriously off the wall as Guy Maddin's\" and Horror.com's Staci Layne wrote that \"This is a fresh and surreally beautiful balletic interpretation of Bram Stoker's immortal novel, like nothing I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of Dracula movies!).\" Rosenbaum noted that even though [Maddin claims] he was bored by the Stoker novel, he was intrigued by the elements involving", "title": "Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary" }, { "docid": "5800499", "text": "genre game based on the film, and in most games the single player character is Jonathan Harker, who is one of the main protagonists of the Dracula film, and the original novel by Bram Stoker, which the film was based on. Bram Stoker's Dracula for the Game Boy is a 1993 video game that bears a closer resemblance to platform games such as \"Super Mario Land\" than horror films. The player controls a young lawyer named Jonathan Harker. Harker must free himself from Dracula's capture, follow him to London, and end his reign of terror. It was voted to be", "title": "Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)" }, { "docid": "6762048", "text": "Taste the Blood of Dracula Taste the Blood of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, and was directed by Peter Sasdy based upon a script by Anthony Hinds. The film was released as a double bill alongside fellow Hammer production \"Crescendo\". It was the fifth entry in Hammer's Dracula series, and the fourth to feature Christopher Lee as the titular vampire. A businessman named Weller is travelling through Eastern Europe when he is thrown from his carriage during a struggle and knocked unconscious. After regaining consciousness, he", "title": "Taste the Blood of Dracula" }, { "docid": "9416223", "text": "Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Christopher Lee, Francis Lederer, Denholm Elliott, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Frank Langella, Klaus Kinski, Gary Oldman, Leslie Nielsen, George Hamilton, David Niven, Charles Macaulay, Keith-Lee Castle, Gerard Butler, Duncan Regehr, Richard Roxburgh, Marc Warren, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Billington, Thomas Kretschmann, Dominic Purcell and Luke Evans. In 2003, Count Dracula, as portrayed by Lugosi in the 1931 film, was named as the 33rd greatest movie villain by the AFI. The character is closely associated with the western cultural archetype of the vampire, and remains a popular Halloween costume. Already in 1958, Cecil Kirtly proposed that Count Dracula", "title": "Count Dracula" }, { "docid": "5588876", "text": "Buffy vs. Dracula \"Buffy vs. Dracula\" is the fifth-season premiere of the television series \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\". Buffy faces the infamous Count Dracula, who has come to Sunnydale to make her one of his concubines. In the process, he turns Xander into a Renfield of sorts, and Giles becomes enthralled with the three sisters, much like Jonathan Harker in the novel. However, after a brief spell during which Buffy is mesmerized by the Count, she regains her usual composure and defeats him. Unable to sleep, Buffy goes out to patrol the cemetery and after staking a vampire, she returns", "title": "Buffy vs. Dracula" }, { "docid": "11924155", "text": "Dracula (1996 play) Dracula is an adaptation, first published in 1996, by American playwright Steven Dietz of Bram Stoker's novel by the same name. Though it has never run on Broadway, the author lists it among his most financially successful works, and it is frequently performed near Halloween in regional and community theaters. Closely following the plot of the novel, the play chronicles Count Dracula's journey to England, his stalking of two young women, and his pursuit and eventual defeat by the heroines' suitors and their associates. While all of Stoker's major plot points are present in Dietz's adaptation, they", "title": "Dracula (1996 play)" }, { "docid": "11924171", "text": "follow, and the florid language seems stilted. Dracula (1996 play) Dracula is an adaptation, first published in 1996, by American playwright Steven Dietz of Bram Stoker's novel by the same name. Though it has never run on Broadway, the author lists it among his most financially successful works, and it is frequently performed near Halloween in regional and community theaters. Closely following the plot of the novel, the play chronicles Count Dracula's journey to England, his stalking of two young women, and his pursuit and eventual defeat by the heroines' suitors and their associates. While all of Stoker's major plot", "title": "Dracula (1996 play)" }, { "docid": "5838946", "text": "speak her native tongue correctly. In this adaptation the vampire portrayed by Kendrick is clearly modelled on Medusa the Gorgon, and has living snakes coiled through her hair; another appears to be based upon an Arabian princess due to her attire. It is the brunette vampire (portrayed by Kendrick) that is the leader, rather than the blonde (portrayed by Bercu). The three brides are present but silent in the 1973 television adaptation \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\" (starring Jack Palance). Although missing from the silent film \"Nosferatu\", the Brides made silent appearances in the 1931 film \"Dracula\" and the Spanish language version", "title": "Brides of Dracula" }, { "docid": "12704741", "text": "He then gave a score of 7 out of 10. Game Zero Magazine also reviewed the game giving a score of 70 out of 100. Dracula the Undead (video game) Dracula - The Undead is a video game released in 1991 for the Atari Lynx handheld system. The game is loosely based on Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" and features Bram Stoker in the story as the narrator. The player takes on the role of Jonathan Harker as he tries to escape from Dracula's Castle. In the game you wake up with Dracula gone and you can explore the castle by", "title": "Dracula the Undead (video game)" }, { "docid": "20668991", "text": "Dracula (radio drama) \"Dracula\" is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series \"The Mercury Theatre on the Air\". It was performed as an episode of the series on Monday, July 11, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" (1897). \"Dracula\" was the first episode of the CBS Radio series \"The Mercury Theatre on the Air\", which was broadcast at 8 pm ET on Monday, July 11, 1938. Recalling Welles's sound-effects preparations for the series debut", "title": "Dracula (radio drama)" }, { "docid": "12704739", "text": "Dracula the Undead (video game) Dracula - The Undead is a video game released in 1991 for the Atari Lynx handheld system. The game is loosely based on Bram Stoker's novel \"Dracula\" and features Bram Stoker in the story as the narrator. The player takes on the role of Jonathan Harker as he tries to escape from Dracula's Castle. In the game you wake up with Dracula gone and you can explore the castle by moving from room to room. The game controls are a point and click, where you can interact with a certain number items in each room.", "title": "Dracula the Undead (video game)" }, { "docid": "13626507", "text": "Dracula: A Chamber Musical Dracula: A Chamber Musical is a 1997 Canadian musical adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel \"Dracula\". The book and lyrics are by Richard Ouzounian and the music and orchestration are by Marek Norman. After premiering at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1997, \"Dracula\" in 1999 became the first Canadian musical to be staged at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. \"Dracula\" was a popular success, enjoying a six-month run. Ouzounian, who was head of creative arts programming for TVOntario, arranged for the musical to be filmed and broadcast in collaboration with CBC Television. The special", "title": "Dracula: A Chamber Musical" }, { "docid": "5838954", "text": "Bloody Red Baron\", the Brides of Dracula are mentioned as including Mata Hari, Lady Marikova (from the novel \"The House of Dracula\" by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes), Lola-Lola (from the film \"The Blue Angel\"), Sadie Thompson, Lemora, and Baron Meinster (from the film \"The Brides of Dracula\"). In the beginning of the second sequel, \"Dracula Cha Cha Cha\", a list of Dracula's official Brides is given. They are: Elisabeta of Transylvania (from \"Bram Stoker's Dracula\"), 1448–1462; Ilona Szilagy (Vlad III's real-life second wife), 1466–1476; Marguerite Chopin of Courtempierre (from \"Vampyr\"), 1709–1711; Queen Victoria, 1886–1888; and Sari Gábor, 1948–1949. The plot surrounds Dracula's", "title": "Brides of Dracula" } ]

[ "Buffalo Bills", "Buffalo bills", "Buffalo Bills roster", "Bufallo Bills", "Logos and uniforms of the Buffalo Bills", "Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame", "Buffalo, NY Bills", "The Buffalo Bills", "Buffalo Williams" ]

[ { "docid": "2212926", "text": "Ralph Wilson Ralph Cookerly Wilson Jr. (October 17, 1918 – March 25, 2014) was an American businessman and sports executive. He was best known as the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills, a team in the National Football League (NFL). He was one of the founding owners of the American Football League (AFL), the league with which the NFL merged in 1970, and was the last of the original AFL owners to own his team. At the time of his death he was the oldest owner in the NFL, at age 95, and the third-longest tenured owner in NFL", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "2981781", "text": "1975, Husky Stadium hosted 12 NFL preseason games. The San Francisco 49ers played six times at the stadium, the most of any team. Other teams to make multiple appearances include the New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Browns, and Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals. At one point after the 1970 NFL season, Ralph Wilson came close to moving the Buffalo Bills from dilapidated War Memorial Stadium to Husky Stadium. The threat of relocation prompted the developers in the Buffalo suburbs to construct Rich Stadium (later Ralph Wilson Stadium and now New Era Field), which opened in 1973. The Bills have resided", "title": "Husky Stadium" }, { "docid": "2212943", "text": "as two-year-old European superstar Arazi, winner of the 1991 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and European Horse of the Year. Another horse, Outta Here, raced in the 2003 Kentucky Derby and finished in seventh place. Ralph Wilson Ralph Cookerly Wilson Jr. (October 17, 1918 – March 25, 2014) was an American businessman and sports executive. He was best known as the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills, a team in the National Football League (NFL). He was one of the founding owners of the American Football League (AFL), the league with which the NFL merged in 1970, and was the last", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "17074598", "text": "behind only Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson. The team achieved only a single playoff win (in 1991) under Ford's ownership. Ownership of the team passed to his widow, the former Martha Firestone. Ford's four children, including team vice-chairman William Clay Ford, Jr., are also involved in running the team. Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson died at age 95 on March 25. He was the founding owner of the franchise, which began in 1960 in the American Football League (AFL). Wilson played a central role in the negotiations between the AFL and NFL which eventually led to the AFL–NFL merger in", "title": "2014 NFL season" }, { "docid": "11036382", "text": "were announced on April 14, 2009 on the NFL Network and the NFL website, though several teams had partial details leaked prior to that time. This season marked the first time ever that the Buffalo Bills and Tampa Bay Buccaneers met at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo in regular season play. In 2002, when the current scheduling formula was arranged, the fact that Buffalo had never hosted Tampa Bay in the Buccaneers' history was one of the quirks cited in creating the formula. Also, the Houston Texans won nine games in the regular season, the franchise's first-ever winning season. The", "title": "2009 NFL season" }, { "docid": "3247124", "text": "New Era Field New Era Field, originally Rich Stadium and later Ralph Wilson Stadium, is a stadium in Orchard Park, New York, a suburb south of Buffalo. Opened in 1973, it is the home of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). New Era Cap Company holds the stadium's naming rights. An original franchise of the American Football League in 1960, the Buffalo Bills played their first thirteen seasons at War Memorial Stadium, a multi-use WPA project stadium that opened in 1938, located on Buffalo's East Side. While suitable for AFL play in the 1960s, the \"Rockpile\" (as", "title": "New Era Field" } ]

[ { "docid": "2212928", "text": "graduate of Detroit University School, now University Liggett School. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. After the war ended, he took over his father's insurance business and invested in Michigan area mines and factories. He eventually purchased several manufacturing outlets, construction firms, television and radio stations, and founded Ralph Wilson Industries. A minority owner of the Detroit Lions, Wilson got wind of Lamar Hunt's plans for a new league, the American Football League, to challenge the NFL. He tried to put together a team in Miami, but was", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "2212934", "text": "the league's former (pre-2011) collective bargaining agreement. (Wilson and Brown were commended for their foresight when the agreement later led to the 2011 NFL Lockout.) He also negotiated a deal to have his team play home games in Toronto from 2008 until 2014. Wilson retired from the position of president in 2001, giving operational control to General Manager Tom Donahoe; Wilson retook control of the team's operations in 2006. Wilson again retired as team president, this time surrendering all control of the team's operations to Russ Brandon, on January 1, 2013. He continued to consult with Brandon on team and", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "2212933", "text": "sale of the team. According to an article on msn.com, Wilson, described as \"stubborn\", turned down numerous naming rights deals for the stadium. Wilson was one of the league's most outspoken owners, even near the end of his life. Wilson voted against the Cleveland Browns' relocation to Baltimore in 1995. He publicly rebuked NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue in an open letter in 1998 over league policy, which disallowed criticism of referees, after poor officiating had a direct impact on a Bills loss that season. He was one of two owners (the Cincinnati Bengals' Mike Brown being the other) to oppose", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "2212931", "text": "November 1963, Wilson along with then Raiders general manager Al Davis lobbied successfully to have AFL games postponed the Sunday after President John F. Kennedy's assassination; NFL games were played as scheduled. Wilson was most concerned about his team's financial solvency and was largely indifferent to the Bills' on-field success; O. J. Simpson later noted of his contract negotiations with the Bills that when Simpson's agent told Wilson of Simpson's potential to make the team a championship contender, Wilson shot back \"What good would a championship do me? All that means is everybody wants a raise.\" In 1989, after league", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "10379948", "text": "of the NFL International Series. The contest between the San Diego Chargers and the New Orleans Saints was played at Wembley Stadium in London on October 26, with New Orleans winning 37–32. The Chargers played at Buffalo the week beforehand on October 19 so they could immediately travel to London afterward in order to get used to the time difference. The league has also approved the Bills’ request to play at least one regular season home game at Toronto's Rogers Centre over each of the next five seasons. Team owner Ralph Wilson petitioned the league to play at least one", "title": "2008 NFL season" }, { "docid": "2212932", "text": "commissioner Pete Rozelle announced his retirement, Wilson was on the six-member committee who was tasked with nominating potential candidates for the open position. Wilson's nominee, his former quarterback Jack Kemp, declined to pursue the post, as he had already taken a position in the U.S. Cabinet. (The job ultimately went to league attorney Paul Tagliabue.) After the original naming rights deal on the Bills' current stadium expired in 1998, the facility's name was changed from Rich Stadium to Ralph Wilson Stadium; it would not receive its current name of New Era Field until 2016, after his death and the subsequent", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "9511400", "text": "Las Vegas businessman who was a major stockholder in the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas and had played semi-professional baseball in Oregon. Earl Wilson Stadium Earl E. Wilson Baseball Stadium at Roger Barnson Field is a baseball stadium located on the northwest corner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus in Paradise, Nevada. It has been the home field for the UNLV Hustlin' Rebels college baseball team since its opening in 1994. The stadium features 2,500 theater-type seats and 500 bleacher back seats bringing the stadium's capacity to 3,000. The stadium was dedicated on January", "title": "Earl Wilson Stadium" }, { "docid": "9511396", "text": "Earl Wilson Stadium Earl E. Wilson Baseball Stadium at Roger Barnson Field is a baseball stadium located on the northwest corner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus in Paradise, Nevada. It has been the home field for the UNLV Hustlin' Rebels college baseball team since its opening in 1994. The stadium features 2,500 theater-type seats and 500 bleacher back seats bringing the stadium's capacity to 3,000. The stadium was dedicated on January 29, 1994 in conjunction with a UNLV Alumni game. 2,500 attended the game and grand opening ceremonies. In 1997, the infield playing surface was replaced and", "title": "Earl Wilson Stadium" }, { "docid": "17084821", "text": "rights came as somewhat of a surprise, as previous owner Ralph Wilson was firmly against selling the naming rights to the stadium and there were few companies in Western New York believed to have the money to pay the naming rights fee for an NFL stadium. Canadian-based financial services company Sun Life Financial had held the naming rights to the Miami Dolphins' stadium since , a deal which expired in the offseason. The team already announced that it was not going to renew the license. On August 16, 2016, it was reported that Hard Rock Cafe purchased the naming rights", "title": "2016 NFL season" }, { "docid": "8698121", "text": "against Bradley on October 4, 2014. Ralph Korte Stadium Ralph Korte Stadium, also known as \"The Ralph\", is a 4,000 seat stadium located on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Edwardsville, Illinois. It is home to the SIUE Cougars men's and women's soccer and outdoor track & field teams. In addition to the stands on the west side of the field, a berm was put in on the east side in 2011 to provide lawn seating for the tailgating fans known as \"The East Siders.\" The stadium was constructed on university property surrounding the existing \"Bob Guelker Field\"", "title": "Ralph Korte Stadium" }, { "docid": "8698117", "text": "Ralph Korte Stadium Ralph Korte Stadium, also known as \"The Ralph\", is a 4,000 seat stadium located on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Edwardsville, Illinois. It is home to the SIUE Cougars men's and women's soccer and outdoor track & field teams. In addition to the stands on the west side of the field, a berm was put in on the east side in 2011 to provide lawn seating for the tailgating fans known as \"The East Siders.\" The stadium was constructed on university property surrounding the existing \"Bob Guelker Field\" in 1993–94 by the City of", "title": "Ralph Korte Stadium" }, { "docid": "8630890", "text": "Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium is a stadium in Platteville, Wisconsin. It is used for collegiate and high school American football and collegiate soccer, and is the home field of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville \"Pioneers\". Pioneer Stadium opened in 1972 and holds 10,000 people. It is the second largest stadium in Division III collegiate football, and the largest soccer stadium. From 1984-2001, the stadium and other university facilities were also used as the Chicago Bears' training camp home. The stadium is named for Ralph Emerson Davis, a geologist and \"godfather of the natural gas industry,\"", "title": "Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium" }, { "docid": "14759966", "text": "Ralph Stocker Stadium Ralph Stocker Stadium is owned by the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. Its current tenants are Colorado Mesa University Mavericks football, District-51 high school football, and the Grand Junction Gladiators semi-pro minor league football team, though it hosts other local events as well including track and field and both college and high school commencement ceremonies. The stadium is adjacent on its east side to Suplizio Field. In June 2011, both venues underwent an $8.3 million renovation project to replace the aging bleacher sections and press box on the east side of the stadium, along with the adjoining", "title": "Ralph Stocker Stadium" }, { "docid": "14531531", "text": "time since Wembley's opening. They played against Turkey at Etihad Stadium, Manchester and against Australia at Stadium of Light, Sunderland. Not included is the Northern Ireland (playing as Ireland) game in 1973 at Goodison Park as Northern Ireland were the designated home team, which was moved from Belfast due to ongoing civil unrest. England national football team home stadium Wembley Stadium in London is the current exclusive home stadium for the England national football team. This has been the case since it was opened in 2007, following on from the old Wembley Stadium it replaced. England have however also played", "title": "England national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "14759967", "text": "first base bleachers at Suplizio Field, with a new section that includes new seating for both venues as well as a new two story press box and handicapped accessible mezzanine level which was ready for use by May 2012. Ralph Stocker Stadium Ralph Stocker Stadium is owned by the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. Its current tenants are Colorado Mesa University Mavericks football, District-51 high school football, and the Grand Junction Gladiators semi-pro minor league football team, though it hosts other local events as well including track and field and both college and high school commencement ceremonies. The stadium is", "title": "Ralph Stocker Stadium" }, { "docid": "14531527", "text": "England national football team home stadium Wembley Stadium in London is the current exclusive home stadium for the England national football team. This has been the case since it was opened in 2007, following on from the old Wembley Stadium it replaced. England have however also played many of their home games away from Wembley throughout their history, both in friendly matches and for competitive tournaments. While the England team played their first official home match on 8 March 1873 (their second official international), the old Wembley was not built until 1923 (being known at the time as the Empire", "title": "England national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "8630891", "text": "who served as the Director of the Wisconsin Mining School, which would eventually merge to for the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. Davis's generous donation helped complete the $1.25 million facility. In 2005, stadium renovations included replacing the grass surface with a Pro-Grass in-fill surface. On June 16, 2014, the stadium was damaged by a tornado. Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium is a stadium in Platteville, Wisconsin. It is used for collegiate and high school American football and collegiate soccer, and is the home field of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville \"Pioneers\". Pioneer Stadium opened in 1972 and", "title": "Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium" }, { "docid": "18177260", "text": "Belgium national football team home stadium Throughout their history, the Belgian national football team have played at 23 home locations in 11 urban areas, most often in the country's Capital Region, Brussels. The national King Baudouin Stadium, with a capacity of 50,024 people, is the usual playing ground nowadays. At this location, the majority of the Red Devils' home matches took place. Other stadiums (with a smaller capacity) are normally assigned as home ground in case a rather small audience is to be expected or when the national stadium is in repair. Belgium's first official match in 1904 was a", "title": "Belgium national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "2212938", "text": "hoped to make the 2013 home opener. Wilson died at his home on March 25, 2014 of natural causes at the age of 95. His estate held the franchise in trust until its sale to Buffalo Sabres owner Terrence Pegula and his wife in September 2014. The proceeds from the sale will be used to form an endowment for the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, which will fund charitable causes in the Buffalo and Detroit areas, in accordance with Wilson's instructions for the money set forth prior to his death. The organization was overseen for a few months by his", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "14137396", "text": "uniforms the team wore between 1975 and 1983; the final product indeed resembled those uniforms, with some minor adjustments. The new uniforms (which marked the first redesign since 2002) were unveiled at a fan appreciation event at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Bills wore their white \"away\" uniforms in their week nine home game against the New York Jets as part of a whiteout promotion; the last time the team had worn their white uniforms at home was in 1986. The New England Patriots' uniforms bore a patch bearing the initials \"MHK\" in honor of team owner Robert Kraft's wife Myra", "title": "2011 NFL season" }, { "docid": "18177264", "text": "matches. However, the UEFA later awarded the games to the Wembley Stadium when due to delays and uncertainty that the new stadium in Brussels would be completed in time. Some stadiums were given different names at different times; only the official name at the last time the national team played is mentioned below. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only; unofficial games can be found \"here\". Belgium national football team home stadium Throughout their history, the Belgian national football team have played at 23 home locations in 11 urban areas, most often in the country's Capital Region, Brussels. The national King", "title": "Belgium national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "19562648", "text": "Algeria national football team home stadium Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida is the current exclusive home stadium for the Algeria national football team. This has been the case since it was opened in 2002, Algeria have however also played many of their home games away from Tchaker throughout their history, both in friendly matches and for competitive tournaments. Unlike many selections, \"Les Fennecs\" have no recognized national stadium. Whether for the qualifying matches for the World Cup or friendly matches, they turn around the country and changing in many however stages major international meetings are usually held at Stade 5", "title": "Algeria national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "8659985", "text": "Park in 2020. Scotland national football team home stadium Hampden Park in Glasgow is the primary home stadium for the Scotland national football team. This has been the case since 1906, soon after it opened. The present site of Hampden Park is the third location to bear that name and both the previous locations also hosted Scotland games. Scotland have also played many of their home games in other stadiums throughout their history, both in friendly matches and for competitive tournaments. Scotland hosted the first official international match, a goalless draw against England on 30 November 1872, at the Hamilton", "title": "Scotland national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "8659978", "text": "Scotland national football team home stadium Hampden Park in Glasgow is the primary home stadium for the Scotland national football team. This has been the case since 1906, soon after it opened. The present site of Hampden Park is the third location to bear that name and both the previous locations also hosted Scotland games. Scotland have also played many of their home games in other stadiums throughout their history, both in friendly matches and for competitive tournaments. Scotland hosted the first official international match, a goalless draw against England on 30 November 1872, at the Hamilton Crescent cricket ground", "title": "Scotland national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "14690542", "text": "to move matches away from the Millennium Stadium. In response, several friendly matches were moved to various venues around Wales, including the first international matches held at the Cardiff City Stadium, Liberty Stadium and Parc y Scarlets. In July 2010, plans were revealed to move three of Wales' four upcoming home matches during the qualifying stage of UEFA Euro 2012 away from the Millennium Stadium, which would become the first competitive fixtures to be played away from the ground since it opened. Wales national football team home stadium This is a list of stadiums which have hosted Wales international football", "title": "Wales national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "7204191", "text": "renovate Missouri's facilities for its move to the Southeastern Conference. Taylor Stadium Ralph and Debbie Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field (also Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field) is a baseball stadium at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. It is the home field of the Missouri Tigers baseball. It was also the home of the defunct Mid-Missouri Mavericks minor league baseball team of the Frontier League. It originally opened in 2002 and holds 3,031 people. The stadium was named for Mizzou alumnus Ralph Taylor and his wife Debbie, who gave a donation to build the stadium. Prior to the 2010", "title": "Taylor Stadium" }, { "docid": "7422305", "text": "radial velocities of various stars, along with binary star systems and orbital derivations of spectroscopic binaries. Among his publications was the \"General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities\" in 1953. The crater Wilson on the Moon is co-named for him, Alexander Wilson and Charles T. R. Wilson. Ralph Elmer Wilson Ralph Elmer Wilson (April 14, 1886 – March 25, 1960) was an American astronomer. He earned his B.A. from Carleton College and entered the University of Virginia in 1906, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1910 based on his work at the Leander Mccormick Observatory working with Ormond Stone. He then", "title": "Ralph Elmer Wilson" }, { "docid": "2212927", "text": "history (over 54 years, behind the 63 years George Halas owned the Chicago Bears and almost equal to the 55 years Art Rooney owned the Pittsburgh Steelers, although Rooney's ownership and team operations were interrupted in the 1940s due to some complicated dealings). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009. Wilson grew up in Detroit, Michigan, the son of salesman Ralph Wilson Sr. and his wife, Edith Cole. He graduated from the University of Virginia (where he joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity) and attended the University of Michigan Law School. He was a 1936", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "7204189", "text": "Taylor Stadium Ralph and Debbie Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field (also Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field) is a baseball stadium at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. It is the home field of the Missouri Tigers baseball. It was also the home of the defunct Mid-Missouri Mavericks minor league baseball team of the Frontier League. It originally opened in 2002 and holds 3,031 people. The stadium was named for Mizzou alumnus Ralph Taylor and his wife Debbie, who gave a donation to build the stadium. Prior to the 2010 season, renovations were completed that included an indoor facility that", "title": "Taylor Stadium" }, { "docid": "11139214", "text": "sports-related curse placed on the team by Pottsville. The controversy involving territorial rights also led to the founding of the first American Football League after New York Giants owner Tim Mara objected to the leasing of Yankee Stadium and the application of an NFL franchise by C. C. Pyle. When the NFL rejected Pyle's overture, he formed a competing league to showcase the talents of Red Grange and University of Washington All-American George \"Wildcat\" Wilson. The rival league folded after the 1926 season, and Mara relented, allowing Pyle to operate his team in the NFL and in Yankee Stadium. 1925", "title": "1925 NFL Championship controversy" }, { "docid": "17038725", "text": "The first college football game played at the stadium was a 25–18 loss to the Bentley University Falcons on September 26, 2009. The stadium is also used for local high school sporting events and other community events. The University of New Haven used DellaCamera Stadium for its Spring Commencement until May 2011, where the University moved the ceremony to the Oakdale Theatre. Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium is a sport stadium in West Haven, Connecticut. The facility is primarily used by the University of New Haven athletic teams, as well as the University of New Haven Chargers", "title": "Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium" }, { "docid": "11521518", "text": "of their stadium deal in Oakland and the lack of an NFL-ready stadium in their eventual home in Las Vegas, have also agreed to annual international games. The rule does not apply to teams using a temporary stadium within their own market; the Minnesota Vikings were not required to host a home game abroad while using TCF Bank Stadium, for example. NFL rules also require the designated home team for each international game to have their home stadium reserved for use in the event that a game cannot be played at the international site. The Miami Dolphins hosted the New", "title": "NFL International Series" }, { "docid": "14531529", "text": "next half century, meaning just ten home games were played outside of old Wembley in the period after 1951 until 1999. The next series of non-Wembley home games, 34 in all, took place between 2001 and 2007, in the period between the old Wembley closing and the new Wembley opening, due to it being built on the same site. When the old Wembley was closed in October 2000, the national team went 'on tour'. The stadium was not demolished until 2003, and the new stadium was not completed until 2007, well behind schedule. Manchester United's home stadium Old Trafford was", "title": "England national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "3326195", "text": "1938. The Rams returned to the stadium in 1939 and played home games there through the 1941 season before moving to League Park for the remainder of their time in Cleveland. The team returned to the stadium one last time to host the 1945 NFL Championship Game, a 15–14 win in what was the final Rams game in Cleveland before the team relocated to Los Angeles. The only Great Lakes Bowl was held there in 1947. The stadium hosted the annual Notre Dame/Navy college football game 11 times: in 1932, 1934, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1976 and", "title": "Cleveland Stadium" }, { "docid": "5155664", "text": "Shaw Stadium Shaw Stadium is a stadium in East Cleveland, Ohio, United States, mainly used for high school football. The stadium was built in 1923 and is home to the Shaw High School Cardinals football team and marching band. In 1938, the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League (NFL) played three of their four home games at Shaw, winning two and losing one. The Rams earned their first home NFL victory in franchise history with a defeat of the Detroit Lions, followed by a win over the Chicago Bears. Both Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University, which", "title": "Shaw Stadium" }, { "docid": "7422304", "text": "Ralph Elmer Wilson Ralph Elmer Wilson (April 14, 1886 – March 25, 1960) was an American astronomer. He earned his B.A. from Carleton College and entered the University of Virginia in 1906, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1910 based on his work at the Leander Mccormick Observatory working with Ormond Stone. He then worked at the Dudley Observatory and by 1939 at the Mount Wilson Observatory. In 1929 he became the associate editor of the \"Astronomical Journal\". He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1950. He published multiple papers on stellar absolute magnitudes, proper motions, and", "title": "Ralph Elmer Wilson" }, { "docid": "3217973", "text": "1932. Former Milwaukee ticket holders were offered tickets at Lambeau to one pre-season game and games 2 and 5 of the regular season schedule, in what is referred to as the \"Gold package.\" County Stadium was partly responsible for Lambeau Field's existence, as it was not only intended to lure an MLB team to Milwaukee, but also to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time. As originally constructed, County Stadium was double the size of the Packers' then-home, City Stadium, leading the NFL to give the Packers an ultimatum—build a bigger stadium or move to Milwaukee. Green Bay responded with a", "title": "Milwaukee County Stadium" }, { "docid": "5415308", "text": "Subsequently, MLSE president Tim Leiweke said on a NFL team in Toronto: \"We can't own a team (per NFL rules), but we do have more expertise on how to build (stadiums) than anyone ... MLSE can play a role.\" It has been reported that MLSE is interested in building and managing the proposed NFL stadium, which it has already begun designing. In 2013 MLSE minority owner Tanenbaum and board member Edward Rogers III partnered with musician Jon Bon Jovi to purchase an NFL team. Following the death of Bills' owner Ralph Wilson in 2014 the group submitted an offer to", "title": "Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment" }, { "docid": "17038724", "text": "Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium is a sport stadium in West Haven, Connecticut. The facility is primarily used by the University of New Haven athletic teams, as well as the University of New Haven Chargers Marching Band. The field turf is not the normal selection of green, but is instead blue. The selection of blue—a non-traditional field color—was made to generate excitement and publicity while the school was re-establishing its college football program. As of the 2012 season, New Haven is only one of five college programs to have the field color other than the traditional green", "title": "Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium" }, { "docid": "9050260", "text": "stadium would not have been a first, as the two shared Kezar Stadium for part of 1960. It would have also fulfilled the late Raiders owner Al Davis' goal of a new stadium, something he had strongly desired since the late 1980s although Davis was against sharing a new stadium with another NFL team in Los Angeles when the idea was proposed to him, prompting his move back to Oakland in 1995. The Raiders, as it stands, play at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and are the only NFL team still sharing its home field with a Major League Baseball team;", "title": "Levi's Stadium" }, { "docid": "9869620", "text": "History of the Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team organized in 1976 and based in Seattle, Washington, US. This article details the history of the Seattle Seahawks American football club. As one of the agreed parts of the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, the NFL began planning to expand from 26 to 28 teams. Ralph Wilson was the first to propose a team for Seattle; due to the decrepit stadium situation at War Memorial Stadium and the reluctance of Buffalo, New York officials to replace it In 1971, he openly threatened to move his team, the Buffalo", "title": "History of the Seattle Seahawks" }, { "docid": "18717173", "text": "Harbold (1879-1946), a nurse, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died on November 3, 1920 in Penn Yan, New York. He was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Penn Yan, New York. Ralph Wilson Hoyt Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt (October 8, 1849 - November 3, 1920) was commander of the Department of the Lakes. He was born on October 8, 1849 in Milo, New York to Benjamin Levi Hoyt and Celestia Ursula Mariner. He was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1868, and he graduated in 1872. He married Mary C. Cravens Hoyt (1860-1910), and", "title": "Ralph Wilson Hoyt" }, { "docid": "18717172", "text": "Ralph Wilson Hoyt Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt (October 8, 1849 - November 3, 1920) was commander of the Department of the Lakes. He was born on October 8, 1849 in Milo, New York to Benjamin Levi Hoyt and Celestia Ursula Mariner. He was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1868, and he graduated in 1872. He married Mary C. Cravens Hoyt (1860-1910), and she died in 1910. On August 15, 1911 he replaced William Harding Carter in command of the maneuver brigade in Texas. On October 10, 1911 he married Cora McKeever", "title": "Ralph Wilson Hoyt" }, { "docid": "17084759", "text": "his territorial rights and previously voiced support of an NFL team moving there when the New Orleans Saints temporarily played in San Antonio in 2005 due to damages to the Superdome following Hurricane Katrina — both favor an NFL team playing in San Antonio. Though San Antonio is a smaller market than the San Francisco Bay Area, the Raiders would not be sharing the market with another NFL team, and would only compete with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs among major sports teams. Additionally, the Raiders would use the Alamodome as a temporary home until an NFL-specific stadium could be", "title": "2015 NFL season" }, { "docid": "14690538", "text": "Wales national football team home stadium This is a list of stadiums which have hosted Wales international football matches. To date, fifteen grounds have been used to host Welsh home matches. Wales played their first home international on 5 March 1877 at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, losing 2–0 to Scotland. As a result, the Racecourse Ground is officially recognised as the oldest football ground in the world that continues to host international matches, ahead of Hampden Park in Glasgow which did not host its first match for another 27 years, and has hosted more Welsh international matches than any", "title": "Wales national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "19562650", "text": "two goals to one. Other historic sites that have hosted regular international home games of the Algeria are Stade 5 Juillet 1962 of Algiers but also Stade Mustapha Tchaker of Blida or also to the Stade Ahmed Zabana of Oran. Algeria is sometimes relocates its friendly matches in Europe, Algeria has played many games at \"home\" in recent years France and Switzerland due to the fact that there is a large community expatriates in western Europe and much of the players play in European leagues. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Official Site dzfoot.com Algeria national football team home stadium Stade", "title": "Algeria national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "8659982", "text": "first international in 1906. It expanded to the point where it set world record attendances between the 1900s and 1930s. Even as late as 1970, Hampden set a record attendance for a UEFA competition match, the 1969–70 European Cup semi-final second leg between Celtic and Leeds United. Hampden continued to be the main home stadium for the Scotland national team until the early 1990s. It then required significant redevelopment to become an all-seater stadium, meeting the requirements of the Taylor Report. Ibrox Park and Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen had both been largely redeveloped before then and hosted some of the", "title": "Scotland national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "2573963", "text": "season, and playoffs. This streak dates back to the 1994 season, while the team was still at Foxboro Stadium. By September 2016 this streak was 231 straight games. From the 1971 to 2001 NFL seasons, the Patriots played all of their home games at Foxboro Stadium. The stadium was privately funded on an extremely small budget and featured few amenities. Its aluminum benches would freeze over during cold-weather games and it had an unorganized dirt parking lot. Foxboro Stadium did not bring in the profits needed to keep an NFL team in New England; at just over 60,000 seats, it", "title": "Gillette Stadium" }, { "docid": "2212941", "text": "of play for the AFL, if the NFL had not merged with it. Wilson was officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 8, 2009 with ESPN icon Chris Berman acting as his \"presenter\". Wilson was scheduled to receive his Hall of Fame ring in a halftime ceremony during the Bills game against the Cleveland Browns on October 11, 2009. However, Wilson cancelled the event at the last moment, without notifying the press or fans, and no explanation was given. It was widely speculated that Wilson cancelled the event out of fear of being booed by", "title": "Ralph Wilson" }, { "docid": "19135834", "text": "incurs by hosting Raiders games. With the city of Oakland filing a lawsuit against the Raiders and the NFL in December 2018, the Raiders management has indicated that the team will leave Oakland after the 2018 season and find a temporary stadium elsewhere until Las Vegas Stadium is finished. On September 4, University of Phoenix Stadium, the home field of the Arizona Cardinals, was renamed State Farm Stadium. The naming rights agreement is for 18 years; however, the cost of the deal was not disclosed. On June 20, the Denver Broncos' home stadium was renamed Broncos Stadium at Mile High.", "title": "2018 NFL season" }, { "docid": "11521513", "text": "team that plays a home game in London sells a cheaper season ticket package for its own stadium with seven regular season games rather than the usual eight. Each designated home team receives US$1 million for giving up the home game. On October 11, 2011, the NFL owners approved playing NFL games in Great Britain through the year 2016. This stated that a home team could visit every year for up to five years but visitors could only visit once every five years. However, in 2015 the Detroit Lions returned to London as visitors in an apparent disregard for this", "title": "NFL International Series" }, { "docid": "9234021", "text": "Miami, in 2012. Sun Life Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium) was then renovated to eliminate its baseball functionality, making it a football-only stadium. With the Marlins' relocation, the Oakland Athletics are the last team in the U.S. still sharing a stadium with an NFL team (the Oakland Raiders), the Oakland Coliseum. This arrangement will end once the Raiders move to Las Vegas (most likely in 2020), after which each NFL and MLB franchise will have its own stadium. The Athletics are currently seeking a new home; they are currently exploring plans to build Oakland Ballpark. Before announcing their upcoming move", "title": "Multi-purpose stadium" }, { "docid": "3247125", "text": "the stadium came to be nicknamed), was in disrepair and with a capacity of under 47,000, undersized for a National Football League team. The league mandate instituted after the AFL–NFL merger of 1970 dictated a minimum of 50,000 seats. In early 1971, owner Ralph Wilson was exploring options to relocate the team, possibly to Seattle, with other cities such as Memphis and Tampa soon expressing interest as well. The potential loss of the team hastened the stadium project and Rich Stadium opened in 1973. The location and construction of the stadium in Erie County were the source of years of", "title": "New Era Field" }, { "docid": "13076989", "text": "Skip Wilson Field Skip Wilson Field is a baseball stadium in Ambler, Pennsylvania. It was the home field of the Temple Owls baseball team until the end of the 2014 season, when the school cut the program. The stadium holds 1,000 spectators and opened in 2004. It is named after former Owls baseball coach James \"Skip\" Wilson. Temple played their first game at the field on March 25, 2004, and beat University of the Sciences 6-2. Four other projected home openers had been canceled due to either bad weather or poor field conditions. The field was originally called Temple's Ambler", "title": "Skip Wilson Field" }, { "docid": "2283218", "text": "home field of their rivals, the University of Miami Hurricanes. Hard Rock Stadium Hard Rock Stadium is a multipurpose football stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida, a city north of Miami. It is the home stadium of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). Hard Rock Stadium also plays host to the Miami Hurricanes football team during their regular season. The facility also hosts the Orange Bowl, an annual college football bowl game. It was the home to the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2011. The stadium has hosted five Super Bowls (XXIII,", "title": "Hard Rock Stadium" }, { "docid": "13288896", "text": "in that the Toronto Series was orchestrated by an individual team while the other regular season games were orchestrated by the league. Toronto is about 60 miles (97 km) by air from Buffalo and 86 miles (138 km) by car via the Queen Elizabeth Way. Much of southern Ontario is within the Bills' marketing territory as defined by the NFL. About 10,000 to 15,000 attendees (15-20% of the total) of Bills' home games at Ralph Wilson Stadium come from southern Ontario. However, a 2012 poll by Sun Media found that the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots (a divisional rival", "title": "Bills Toronto Series" }, { "docid": "2135983", "text": "the Giants playing a home game one day and the Jets playing the other. The night between the games was a challenge for the stadium grounds crew, as they only had hours to convert the stadium from one team's colors to the other. As per the NFL schedule, the Giants and the Jets play each other once every four years. In that case, there was a predetermined home team, and a predetermined away team. In those games, the away team gets a rare away game in their own home stadium. The Giants and Jets typically play each other every year", "title": "Giants Stadium" }, { "docid": "7259942", "text": "the American Professional Football Association in 1939. The Bulldogs then became charter members of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League in 1940 and played in Gilmore Stadium until 1948, when the team moved to Long Beach, California, for its (and the league's) final season. The stadium was also home to another professional football teams, the Los Angeles Mustangs of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League. Gilmore Stadium was the site of two 1940 National Football League (NFL) Pro Bowls. The stadium was home to the collegiate Loyola Marymount Lions football team and Pepperdine Waves football team. On January 14, 1940,", "title": "Gilmore Stadium" }, { "docid": "7704586", "text": "Wilheim. A separate room contains baseball memorabilia of the state's colleges and local high schools. The museum also provides focus on Negro League players such as Buck Leonard and women in baseball. Other signed memorabilia can also been seen throughout the museum. The museum hosts an annual Hot Stove Dinner as a fundraiser. The first speaker of the annual dinner was Stan Musial. The museum is located at Fleming Stadium which is the home of Wilson Tobs, a collegiate summer league team in the Coastal Plain League. Fleming Stadium Fleming Stadium is a sports stadium in Wilson, North Carolina. It", "title": "Fleming Stadium" }, { "docid": "1804209", "text": "Louisville (NFL) Louisville, Kentucky had two professional American football teams in the National Football League: the Louisville Breckenridges (or Brecks for short) from 1921 to 1924 and the Louisville Colonels in 1926. The NFL intended for the Brecks to be a traveling team, however the team played a series of \"home\" games. All Brecks home games were played at Eclipse Park, until the stadium caught fire and burned to the ground on November 20, 1922. Meanwhile, the Colonels played all of their games on the road. While the Colonels were really a traveling team out of Chicago they are usually", "title": "Louisville (NFL)" }, { "docid": "13288901", "text": "In September 2006, Tanenbaum and Rogers held a news conference, where the two men discussed bringing an NFL franchise to Toronto. Neither specified whether a potential Toronto team would be a new franchise or a team moved from another city. Tanenbaum was quoted as saying, \"I'm highly interested in an NFL team and Ted is, too. We hope to pursue it more rigorously as soon as the NFL gives us the word.\" In October 2007, Bills owner Ralph Wilson petitioned NFL owners to allow his team to play one \"home\" game per year (over five years) in Canada. NFL commissioner", "title": "Bills Toronto Series" }, { "docid": "11896350", "text": "them in midseason are noted. There have been no NFL traveling teams since 1952, owing to the increased stability of the league. Even in cases when an NFL team's home stadium has been rendered unusable due to damages or renovations, the teams have arranged and designated temporary home stadiums in each case and no NFL team has had to play more than two designated home games (out of eight in a season) outside their home stadium. In the Canadian Football League, the Las Vegas Posse were converted to a road team near the end of the 1994 season, their sole", "title": "Traveling team" }, { "docid": "2135981", "text": "largely to the dual occupancy of Giants Stadium by two NFL teams since 1984, it surpassed Wrigley Field (home of the Chicago Bears for 50 seasons) as the venue to have hosted more NFL games than any other in league history. The game played between the Jets and Miami Dolphins on September 14, 2003 was the 366th regular season NFL game at Giants Stadium breaking Wrigley's regular season record. Since the stadium was originally built for the Giants, the stadium's lower walls were blue and the seats and the stadium's four gates were red and blue to reflect the team", "title": "Giants Stadium" }, { "docid": "19269269", "text": "European markets. However, the agreement of league owners is needed to undertake an expansion or relocation, and a London franchise would face financial, legal and logistical challenges. Possible home stadiums for the London team include one or more of Wembley Stadium, Twickenham Stadium or Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The NFL is aiming to establish a London franchise by around 2025, and has the active support of the UK government. Since 2007, the league has held multiple regular season games in London each season as part of NFL London Games, allowing the league to test solutions to some of the challenges facing", "title": "Potential London NFL franchise" }, { "docid": "10970002", "text": "Nimmons' nomination, and President Reagan chose not to renominate Nimmons to the seat after he was inaugurated. President George H.W. Bush nominated Nimmons to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on May 23, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. Confirmed by the Senate on June 27, 1991, he received commission on July 2, 1991. Nimmons remained on the court until his death in Jacksonville of liver cancer in 2003. Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. (September 14, 1938 – November 24, 2003) was an American lawyer and United States", "title": "Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr." }, { "docid": "10970000", "text": "Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. (September 14, 1938 – November 24, 2003) was an American lawyer and United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Nimmons was born in 1938 in Dallas, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor in 1963 from the University of Florida College of Law. Nimmons was in private practice in Jacksonville from 1963 to 1965. He served as assistant public defender in Jacksonville from 1965 to 1969 and assistant Florida state attorney", "title": "Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr." }, { "docid": "3335529", "text": "owner Art Modell announced he was moving his team to Baltimore. Following protracted negotiations between Modell, the two cities and the NFL, it was decided that Modell would be allowed to take his players and organization to Baltimore as the Ravens, while leaving the Browns name and legacy for a replacement team that returned in 1999. The Ravens were tenants of the stadium until the end of the 1997 NFL regular season, when they moved to what is now M&T Bank Stadium. It was bid farewell in style by both the Orioles (in a field-encircling ceremony staged by many former", "title": "Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)" }, { "docid": "13076990", "text": "Field in reference to its location at Temple's Ambler campus. The university began to refer to the ball-field as Skip Wilson Field in 2006. On April 28, 2007, Temple University-Ambler celebrated “Skip Wilson Day\" when the university officially dedicated Skip Wilson Field at Ambler in honor of the coach. Prior to Skip Wilson Field, Temple baseball played its home games at Erny Field at Mount Pleasant Avenue and Michener Street in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. Erny Field is the current home of the Arcadia University baseball team. Skip Wilson Field Skip Wilson Field is a baseball stadium", "title": "Skip Wilson Field" }, { "docid": "9050259", "text": "for alternate colors and two home-team locker rooms. The 49ers and Raiders publicly said it would be an option if possible, while NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was strongly in favor of the two sharing a stadium. Fans of both teams reacted negatively to the idea. Along with the New York metropolitan area, where the New York Giants and New York Jets shared Giants Stadium from 1984 to 2009 and currently share its successor, MetLife Stadium, the DC-Baltimore metro area and Los Angeles. The Bay Area is one of 4 NFL markets with two teams. The 49ers and Raiders sharing a", "title": "Levi's Stadium" }, { "docid": "3081255", "text": "paid $500,000 for the rights through December 31, 2018. It is the home of the San Diego State Aztecs football team from San Diego State University. One college football bowl game, the Holiday Bowl, is held in the stadium every December. The stadium was the longtime home of two professional franchises: the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) and the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Chargers played at the stadium from 1967 through the 2016 season, after which they moved to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Chargers. The Padres played home", "title": "SDCCU Stadium" }, { "docid": "2283180", "text": "Hard Rock Stadium Hard Rock Stadium is a multipurpose football stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida, a city north of Miami. It is the home stadium of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). Hard Rock Stadium also plays host to the Miami Hurricanes football team during their regular season. The facility also hosts the Orange Bowl, an annual college football bowl game. It was the home to the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2011. The stadium has hosted five Super Bowls (XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XLI and XLIV), the 2010 Pro Bowl, two", "title": "Hard Rock Stadium" }, { "docid": "4889661", "text": "Old Cardinal Stadium \"Old\" Cardinal Stadium is the common name of a former college and minor league baseball and college football stadium in Louisville, Kentucky, officially named Cardinal Stadium. It is on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center, and was called Fairgrounds Stadium when it first opened for an NFL exhibition football game between the Baltimore Colts and Philadelphia Eagles on September 9, 1956. The lone Bluegrass Bowl was held here in 1958. Cardinal Stadium was home to the Louisville Raiders football team from 1960 through 1962. It was the home to two minor league baseball teams in Louisville:", "title": "Old Cardinal Stadium" }, { "docid": "3285717", "text": "Memorial Stadium (Clemson) Frank Howard Field at Clemson Memorial Stadium, popularly known as \"Death Valley\", is home to the Clemson Tigers, an NCAA Division I FBS football team located in Clemson, South Carolina. Built in 1941–1942, the stadium has seen expansions throughout the years, with the most recent being the WestZone, which began in 2004 and was completed in 2006. Prior to the completion of Bank of America Stadium, in Charlotte, Memorial Stadium served as the home venue for the National Football League (NFL)'s Carolina Panthers during the team's inaugural 1995 season. Currently, the stadium is the largest in the", "title": "Memorial Stadium (Clemson)" }, { "docid": "18177261", "text": "home game, at the Stade du Vivier d'Oie in Uccle. Before their first official match in the national Jubilee Stadium in Brussels in 1931, the Red Devils made 67 home appearances in the current urban areas of Antwerp, Brussels, Liège, Seraing and Verviers. In that era, Antwerp and its surroundings often hosted the Belgian home matches (32 times), mostly explained by the frequent confrontations against the national team of Antwerp's neighbouring country Netherlands, and the 1920 Olympics football tournament held at the Olympisch Stadion (the \"Kiel\"). From 1931 on, the large majority of the home games have been played in", "title": "Belgium national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "11521520", "text": "one of their eight home games each year at Wembley Stadium. However, on August 13, 2012, the team announced that they would not play the proposed games in London in 2013 and 2014, only the 2012 game against the New England Patriots that had already been scheduled. Goodell had previously proposed the use of certain regular teams in the International Series in an effort to build a fan base for those teams, raising the prospect of a permanent NFL team on the British Isles. An NFL bid to become anchor tenants of London's Olympic Stadium failed. The Jacksonville Jaguars took", "title": "NFL International Series" }, { "docid": "5619505", "text": "played outside the United States when a San Francisco 49ers – Arizona Cardinals game was played at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on October 2 (the Cardinals won 31–14). The game drew an NFL regular season record of 103,467 paid fans. It was a home game for the Cardinals, mostly because the team rarely sold out at their then-home field, Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. This season was the last year that the Cardinals played at Sun Devil Stadium; the team then moved to their new Cardinals Stadium in nearby Glendale. Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina", "title": "2005 NFL season" }, { "docid": "9153405", "text": "the MLB team in their city made the playoffs. On some occasions, the NFL game could be moved to Saturday or Monday. The NFL would often schedule October division games so that teams would be able to swap home game dates if it appeared that the MLB playoff schedule would make a stadium unavailable to the NFL. Perhaps the most extreme case was in 1973, when the New York Jets played at Shea Stadium and were forced to play their first six games on the road due to the Mets playing in the World Series. As more MLB teams started", "title": "NFL regular season" }, { "docid": "3368856", "text": "Vanderbilt Stadium Vanderbilt Stadium is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1922 (then named Dudley Field) as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team. Vanderbilt Stadium hosted the Tennessee Oilers (now Titans) during the 1998 NFL season and the first Music City Bowl in 1998 and also hosted the Tennessee state high school football championships for many years. Vanderbilt Stadium is the smallest football stadium in the Southeastern Conference, and was the largest stadium in Nashville until the completion of the", "title": "Vanderbilt Stadium" }, { "docid": "14905412", "text": "one station to air a local broadcast for each team in the contest, NFL Audio Pass and Sirius Satellite Radio were the only options for those who want to listen to their home team but live outside of the flagship station's listening range. In addition to the team broadcasts, the NFL Audio Pass Super Bowl package included various foreign language broadcasts, live feeds from the stadium PA announcer, archives, and \"press box\" stat play-by-play. In the past, from spring until August 1, NFL Field Pass opened up its archives to \"free preview.\" All games from the past years were available", "title": "NFL Game Pass" }, { "docid": "18177262", "text": "the stadium at the Heysel plain in Brussels. Inaugurated as \"Jubilee Stadium\" in 1930 with an unofficial match against Netherlands, and renamed \"Heysel Stadium\" in 1946, it underwent a drastical transformation in 1995. From then on, the stadium was named after the late King Baudouin I. Also over the totality of home games since 1904, the location of the current King Baudouin Stadium accounts for the majority of home games played. In May 2013, it was announced that the King Baudouin Stadium would be demolished to create place for housing and that a new stadium would arise nearby at the", "title": "Belgium national football team home stadium" }, { "docid": "4168943", "text": "Stanford Stadium) to host a Super Bowl though having never served as the full-time home stadium for an NFL or AFL team (Stanford Stadium hosted one San Francisco 49ers game after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake). Because the NFL has a policy limiting the hosting of a Super Bowl to metropolitan areas with NFL teams, the Super Bowl has not been played at the Rose Bowl since the Rams and Raiders departed the Los Angeles area in . The most recent Super Bowl held in southern California was XXXVII in San Diego in January 2003. The next L.A.-based Super Bowl", "title": "Rose Bowl (stadium)" }, { "docid": "2005715", "text": "born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 15, 1912. DiPardo has written songs about the team such as \"The Chiefs are on the Warpath\" and \"The Hank Stram Polka\". DiPardo earned a Super Bowl ring for the Chiefs' victory in Super Bowl IV. Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium is an American football stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It primarily serves as the home venue of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). It is part of the Truman Sports Complex with adjacent Kauffman Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).", "title": "Arrowhead Stadium" }, { "docid": "17074613", "text": "to be unanimously approved at the NFL's owners meeting on October 6–8. Terry Pegula, owns the Buffalo Sabres and development projects in the Buffalo area. The Pegulas intend to keep the team in Western New York for the long term. Any possible relocation had one of the other bidders won (or if Pegula resells the team to anyone in the future) could not happen under the terms of the Bills' current lease on Ralph Wilson Stadium until the end of the 2019 season and would have, at least on paper, required league endorsement (whether the league could, in and of", "title": "2014 NFL season" }, { "docid": "9919228", "text": "additional 3,000 temporary seats were added at that time as well to accommodate the Portland State football team. The team used Hillsboro Stadium in 2000 when then Civic Stadium (now Providence Park) was being renovated. Portland's Central Catholic High School also played their home games at the stadium that season as well. In May 2001, the University of Oregon Ducks football team held their annual spring game at the stadium. This scrimmage event included future NFL quarterbacks Joey Harrington and Jason Fife. In October 2005, Hillsboro Stadium hosted a college football game between Southern Oregon University (SOU) and Pacific Lutheran", "title": "Hillsboro Stadium" }, { "docid": "1804102", "text": "and 1931. Cincinnati Reds (NFL) The Cincinnati Reds were a National Football League team that played the 1933 season and the first eight games of the 1934 season. The football Reds played most of their home games at Crosley Field. Other home games were played at Dayton's Triangle Park, Portsmouth's Universal Stadium and Xavier University's Corcoran Stadium in a rare night game against the Chicago Cardinals. The team was eventually suspended for failure to pay league dues during the 1934 season and the St. Louis Gunners, an independent team, replaced the Reds on the schedule for the last three games.", "title": "Cincinnati Reds (NFL)" }, { "docid": "1804099", "text": "Cincinnati Reds (NFL) The Cincinnati Reds were a National Football League team that played the 1933 season and the first eight games of the 1934 season. The football Reds played most of their home games at Crosley Field. Other home games were played at Dayton's Triangle Park, Portsmouth's Universal Stadium and Xavier University's Corcoran Stadium in a rare night game against the Chicago Cardinals. The team was eventually suspended for failure to pay league dues during the 1934 season and the St. Louis Gunners, an independent team, replaced the Reds on the schedule for the last three games. The Reds", "title": "Cincinnati Reds (NFL)" }, { "docid": "392199", "text": "Mets (76 home dates); 1,288,048 by the Yankees (71 home dates); 361,102 by the Jets (seven home games) and 358,830 by the Giants (also seven). Having both the Giants and Jets share Shea Stadium for one season foreshadowed what was to come in the future with the Meadowlands (a.k.a. Giants Stadium), after the Jets left Flushing Meadows for New Jersey following the 1983 NFL season. Shea was a circular stadium, with the grandstand forming about two-thirds of a circle around the field and ending a short distance beyond the foul lines. The remainder of the perimeter was mostly empty space", "title": "Shea Stadium" }, { "docid": "2135982", "text": "colors. When the Jets moved in, green banners were hung over the walls and eventually over the outer gates of the stadium anytime the team hosted a game. In addition, team-specific end zone decorations would be changed for Jets home games. This was accomplished by either painting over the Giants logos, or replacing the turf section of each end zone. Midfield decorations at the 50-yard line were typically not team-specific (in early years a Meadowlands logo, and later an NFL shield), which could be used for both teams' games. In mid-December, traditionally the stadium hosted a Saturday-Sunday NFL doubleheader, with", "title": "Giants Stadium" }, { "docid": "2135962", "text": "Giants Stadium was closed following the 2009 NFL season following the construction of what is now MetLife Stadium in the surrounding parking lot. The stadium's final event was the January 3, 2009 game featuring the Jets hosting the Cincinnati Bengals on \"Sunday Night Football\". A month after the game, demolition of the structure began and was completed on August 10, 2010. The New York Giants and New York Jets both moved to MetLife Stadium in 2010. Giants Stadium was the first major league sporting venue in New Jersey (though the Brooklyn Dodgers had played seven home games at Roosevelt Stadium", "title": "Giants Stadium" }, { "docid": "8064456", "text": "Philadelphia Eagles used the stadium twice for home games. On Tuesday, November 6, 1934, the Eagles beat the Cincinnati Reds, 64-0. This game was historic because it was the first time in NFL history that a team scored ten touchdowns in one game, and it is still the second most lopsided game in NFL history, second only to the Chicago Bears' 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. It was also the last game ever for the Reds, who had found out the previous day that their team was being disbanded and replaced in the", "title": "Temple Stadium" }, { "docid": "3081044", "text": "team. Kezar Stadium Kezar Stadium is an outdoor athletics stadium in San Francisco, California, located adjacent to Kezar Pavilion in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park. It is the former home of the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders (first AFL season only) of the National Football League (NFL) and of the San Francisco Dragons of Major League Lacrosse. It currently serves as the home of San Francisco City FC of the Premier Development League. Kezar also hosts amateur and recreation sports leagues, as well as numerous San Francisco high school football games (including the city championship, known", "title": "Kezar Stadium" }, { "docid": "499064", "text": "the New York Yankees based in Yankee Stadium. The league failed after only one year, but the team continued as a member of the NFL for two seasons before ceasing operations. A second New York Yankees football team, not related to the first, split its home games between Yankee Stadium and Downing Stadium as it competed in the second AFL in 1936 and 1937. A third AFL New York Yankees took the field in 1940 and became the New York Americans in 1941. The New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) played their home games at Yankee Stadium", "title": "Yankee Stadium (1923)" }, { "docid": "3997651", "text": "Neyland Stadium Neyland Stadium (pronounced \"NEE-land\") is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, but is also used to host large conventions and has been a site for several National Football League (NFL) exhibition games. The stadium's official capacity is 102,455. Constructed in 1921, and originally called Shields–Watkins Field (the playing surface is still called that today), the stadium has undergone 16 expansion projects, at one point reaching a capacity of 104,079 before being slightly reduced by alterations in the following decade. Neyland Stadium is the fifth", "title": "Neyland Stadium" }, { "docid": "3368871", "text": "for the Chargers and Los Angeles Rams, who are currently playing in the far larger Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, with opening scheduled in 2020. Over its history, Vanderbilt Stadium has occasionally been used for concerts and major speakers. Vanderbilt Stadium Vanderbilt Stadium is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1922 (then named Dudley Field) as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team. Vanderbilt Stadium hosted the Tennessee Oilers (now Titans) during the 1998 NFL season and the first Music City Bowl", "title": "Vanderbilt Stadium" } ]

[ "Biography of dr.seuss", "Theodore Geissel", "Theodore geisel", "Dr.Seuss", "Gerald McBoing-Boing (2000 book)", "Dr. Soice", "Theodore Seuss Geisel", "List of films based on Dr. Seuss books", "Doctor Seuss", "Dr. Seus", "Dr seuss", "Theo LeSeig", "Dr. Theodore Seuss Giesel", "Dr sues", "Teddy Geisel", "Dr.suess", "Dr. Seuss' Birthday", "Theo Geisel", "Dr. Seuss", "Theodor Suess Geisel", "Theo LeSieg", "List of Dr. Seuss films", "Theodore (Dr. Seuss) Geisel's", "Suess books", "Doctor sues", "Seuss", "The Story of Dr. Seuss (film)", "Dr. Suess", "Theodor Seuss Geisel", "Theodor (Dr. Seuss) Geisel's", "Doctor suess", "Dr. sues", "Theodore Geisel", "Theodor Seuss", "Gerald McBoing-Boing (book)", "Doctor seus", "Seussian", "Dr.seuss", "Audrey Geisel", "Theo. LeSieg", "Hunches in bunches", "Theodor %22Dr. Seuss%22 Geisel", "Ted Geisel", "Dr Seuss", "The Story of Dr. Seuss", "Dr seus", "Dr Suess" ]

[ { "docid": "13423897", "text": "Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\". Max, the Grinch's dog, and the Grinch himself also appear in the children's puppet show \"The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss\". The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max, appear in \"Seussical\", a musical which takes it plot from several Dr. Seuss books. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "13423881", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes of the nearby town Whoville on Christmas Eve. The story was published as a book by Random House in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of \"Redbook\". The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707203", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and simply The Grinch in the UK) is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Based on Dr. Seuss's 1957 book of the same name, the film was the first Dr. Seuss book to be adapted into a full-length feature film. The film stars Jim Carrey in the title role, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon and Taylor Momsen. Because the film is", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902040", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the United States on CBS on December 18, 1966, it went on to become a perennial holiday special. The special also features the voice of Boris Karloff as the Grinch and the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7902057", "text": "(alternatively titled \"The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched\"), aired on ABC in 1982. Though credited to DePatie-Freleng, it was produced by Marvel Productions, which had taken over DePatie-Freleng in 1981. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9175844", "text": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, or simply How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, is a seasonal musical adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". The musical, with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason, original score by Mel Marvin and choreography by John DeLuca, made its debut on the mainstage of Minneapolis's Children's Theatre Company in November 1994, after special arrangements had been made with the Dr. Seuss estate to exclusively adapt and perform the book. The original production was remounted in again", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "9175852", "text": "Lake City, Spokane, Seattle, New York City, Chicago, Costa Mesa and Denver. In 2015, the production toured in North America with shows in Worcester, Detroit, Appleton, Columbus, Jacksonville, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Stefán Karl performed as Grinch, Bob Lauder as Old Max, and Genny Gagnon and Rachel Katzke as Cindy Lou Who. The musical will make its UK premiere at The Lowry, in Salford from 10 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, or simply How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, is", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7707228", "text": "plain dull story.\" Todd McCarthy of \"Variety\" wrote, \"Carrey tries out all sorts of intonations, vocal pitches and delivery styles, his tough guy posturing reminding at times of Cagney and his sibilant S's recalling Bogart. His antic gesturing and face-making hit the mark at times, but at other moments seem arbitrary and scattershot. Furthermore, his free-flowing tirades, full of catch-all allusions and references, are pitched for adult appreciation and look destined to sail right over the heads of pre-teens.\" How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423896", "text": "Latin as \"Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit\". The translation was published in October 1998 by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Inc. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" one of its \"Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children\". In 2012 it was ranked number 61 among the \"Top 100 Picture Books\" in a survey published by \"School Library Journal\" – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book's main characters have made appearances in other works. The Grinch appears in the animated specials \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\" and \"The", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7902045", "text": "Director Chuck Jones and children's-book author Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) had worked together on the \"Private Snafu\" training cartoons at Warner Bros. Cartoons during World War II. Jones was interested in adapting one of Geisel's books into a television special and approached him to turn \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" into one in time for the holiday season. Although Geisel was initially reluctant due to his unpleasant experiences making the film \"The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.\", he eventually agreed. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was produced by The Cat in the Hat Productions in association with the television and", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7902053", "text": "The special was released on high definition Blu-ray Disc in 2009 with the title changed to \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" It contained all the bonus features from the 2000 DVD, except for \"Horton Hears a Who!\", and also included a DVD of the special and a Digital Copy. Three songs with lyrics were included in the special: \"Welcome Christmas,\" \"Trim up the Tree\" and \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.\" The last of these was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft; the other two were performed by a chorus representing the voices of the Whos. None of the vocalists", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707205", "text": "by Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment, \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" was released by Universal Pictures on November 17, 2000 to mixed reviews from critics yet grossed over $345 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest grossing film of 2000 and the second highest-grossing holiday film of all-time behind \"Home Alone\" (1990). It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup as well as getting nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. All the residents of Whoville (Whos) enjoy celebrating Christmas, except for the Grinch, a misanthropic and egotistical creature who hates it and the Whos. No one", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423886", "text": "of \"Redbook\" magazine. Dr. Seuss began work on \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" a couple of years later, around the beginning of 1957. He had recently completed \"The Cat in the Hat\" and was in the midst of founding Beginner Books with Phyllis and Bennett Cerf and his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel. Helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in April 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous Dr. Seuss books. Dr. Seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. Biographers Judith and", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707213", "text": "Grinch pepper-sprayed. Martha turns down the mayor's proposal and returns his engagement ring, deciding to be with the Grinch instead. The Grinch joins in the Whos' celebration feast, carving the roast beast himself. Before his death in 1991, Dr. Seuss had refused offers to sell the film rights to his books. However, his widow Audrey Geisel, agreed to several merchandising deals, including clothing lines, accessories and CDs. In July 1998, Geisel's agents announced via letter she would auction the film rights of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". In order to pitch their ideas to Geisel, the suitors ultimately had to", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7707225", "text": "the actor sneaks up on Carrey the wild-man dervish. In whichever mode, he carreys the movie.\" Peter Stack of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" said, \"Nobody could play the Grinch better than Jim Carrey, whose rubbery antics and maniacal sense of mischief are so well suited to \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". Dr. Seuss himself might have turned to Carrey as a model for the classic curmudgeon had the actor been around in 1957.\" However, he wondered why Carrey \"made himself sound like Sean Connery\" and warned that the character's intensity may frighten small children. James Berardinelli of ReelViews wrote that", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423885", "text": "to let out bitter and sorrowful cries, but is confused to hear them singing a joyous Christmas song instead. He is puzzled until it dawns on him that \"maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more\" than just presents and feasting. The Grinch's shrunken heart suddenly grows three sizes. The reformed and liberated Grinch returns to the village to give back all of the Whos' Christmas stuff and participate in their Christmas feast. The Grinch first appeared in a 32-line illustrated poem by Dr. Seuss called \"The Hoobub and the Grinch,\" which was originally published in the May 1955 edition", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "13423892", "text": "\"I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noticed a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I'd lost.\" Seuss's step-daughter, Lark Dimond-Cates, stated in a speech in 2003, \"I always thought the Cat... was Ted on his good days, and the Grinch was Ted on his bad days.\" Cohen notes that Seuss drove a car with a license plate that read \"GRINCH\". Thomas Fensch notes that the Grinch is", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "13423891", "text": "moral and humor. Charlotte Jackson of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" called the book \"wonderful fantasy, in the true Dr. Seuss manner, with pictures in the Christmas colors.\" Some writers, including Dr. Seuss himself, have made a connection between the Grinch and Dr. Seuss. In the story, the Grinch laments that he has had to put up with the Whos' celebration of Christmas for 53 years. As both Thomas Fensch and Charles Cohen note, Dr. Seuss was 53 when he wrote and published the book. Dr. Seuss himself asserted the connection in an article in the December 1957 edition of \"Redbook\":", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "13423893", "text": "the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Seuss book. The book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam (Co-Director) adapted the story as an animated special in 1966, featuring narration by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. Thurl Ravenscroft sang \"You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch\" with lyrics written by Dr. Seuss himself. In 2000, the book was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Illumination Entertainment also developed a 3D", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707211", "text": "discover the theft, and May Who blames Cindy Lou for inciting the Grinch. Her father defends her for reminding the Whos that Christmas is about love of family and friends, not just gifts. The people start singing Seuss's \"Welcome Christmas\". Before the Grinch can push the stolen gifts off the top of Mount Crumpit, he hears the Whos' singing and sees he has failed to prevent Christmas, and has an epiphany that Christmas \"doesn't come from a store\", but \"perhaps ... means a little bit more\". His heart grows three sizes, and as the sleigh full of gifts begins to", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7602970", "text": "a vision from the past and sent on an incredible journey through time and space. The film parodies Dr. Seuss's \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" by mixing it with elements of the \"Star Wars\" films, as well as parodying elements of \"The Hobbit\", \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\", and \"Citizen Kane\". The film has a very distinct and lush look, as Bracewell animated the film himself using a combination of painted backgrounds, painted cutout characters, and 3D animation. The released film is subtitled \"Jingle Far, Far Away\", and is the first part of a trilogy. A trailer has been released for", "title": "How the Sith Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "8750175", "text": "on the Loose!\" DVD set, along with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\". The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (also known as The Grinch vs. The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched in the working title) is a 1982 American animated musical television special and crossover starring the two characters created by Dr. Seuss, who also wrote and produced the special: The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It premiered on May 20,", "title": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat" }, { "docid": "19559644", "text": "The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following \"The Lorax\" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier, and written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow. It stars the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson,", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "19800289", "text": "How the Griffin Stole Christmas \"How the Griffin Stole Christmas\" is the ninth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom \"Family Guy\", and the 278th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on December 11, 2016, and is written by Aaron Lee and directed by Julius Wu. The plot follows Peter turning into a Mall Santa and realizing he can do whatever he pleases with this new persona. Meanwhile, Brain and Stewie start crashing office Christmas parties to live life to the fullest. Its title is a play on the Dr. Seuss book \"How the", "title": "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "13423887", "text": "Neil Morgan wrote, \"It was the easiest book of his career to write, except for its conclusion.\" According to Dr. Seuss, \"I got hung up getting the Grinch out of the mess. I got into a situation where I sounded like a second-rate preacher or some biblical truism... Finally in desperation... without making any statement whatever, I showed the Grinch and the Whos together at the table, and made a pun of the Grinch carving the 'roast beast.' ... I had gone through thousands of religious choices, and then after three months it came out like that.\" By mid-May 1957,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "13423889", "text": "and word is always the same, yet, so rich are the variations he plays on his themes, always fresh and amusing.\" \"Kirkus Reviews\" wrote, \"Youngsters will be in transports over the goofy gaiety of Dr. Seuss's first book about a villain.\" The reviewer called the Grinch \"easily the best Christmas-cad since Scrooge.\" Ellen Lewis Buell, in her review in \"The New York Times\", praised the book's handling of its moral, as well as its illustrations and verse. She wrote, \"Even if you prefer Dr. Seuss in a purely antic mood, you must admit that if there's a moral to be", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "5410566", "text": "The Grinch first appeared in the May 1955 issue of Redbook in a 32-line poem called \"The Hoobub and the Grinch,\" but made his book debut in the 1957 story \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, published as both a Random House book and in an issue of \"Redbook\" magazine. In 1966, the story was adapted into an animated television featurette of the same name, which was directed by Chuck Jones and included the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\". Boris Karloff serves as both the story's narrator and the voice of the Grinch,", "title": "Grinch" }, { "docid": "6884280", "text": "Malone was used in the teaser for the 2018 CGI-animated adaptation of \"The Grinch\". The song itself was covered for the movie and its soundtrack by Tyler, the Creator. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" The lyrics were written by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "6884278", "text": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" The lyrics were written by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative put-downs, metaphors, similes and off-hand comments by the singer, beginning with the opening line \"you're a mean one, Mr. Grinch\". Because Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "19559663", "text": "like its hairy protagonist’s heart), \"The Grinch\" is impossibly cute, visually rich and boasts enough festive fun to satisfy young viewers.\" The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following \"The Lorax\" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "19559651", "text": "the Grinch, Cindy comes to invite him to celebrate Christmas at her house and he awkwardly attends. When seated down for dinner, he confesses that it wasn't really Christmas he disliked but being lonely and his bitterness over being neglected. Before carving the roast beast, the Grinch offers a toast, \"To kindness and love, the things we need most.\" In February 2013, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment was developing a 3D animated feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book, with the working title \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", later shortened to \"The Grinch\". Peter Candeland and Yarrow Cheney", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "8750167", "text": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (also known as The Grinch vs. The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched in the working title) is a 1982 American animated musical television special and crossover starring the two characters created by Dr. Seuss, who also wrote and produced the special: The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It premiered on May 20, 1982 on ABC and won two Emmys. It also aired on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas", "title": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat" }, { "docid": "13423882", "text": "it one of its \"Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children\". In 2012, it was ranked number 61 among the \"Top 100 Picture Books\" in a survey published by \"School Library Journal\" – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book has been adapted as a 1966 animated TV film starring Boris Karloff, a 2000 live-action feature film starring Jim Carrey, and a 2018 computer-animated film starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is a bitter, grouchy, cave-dwelling creature with a heart \"two sizes too small\" who is living as a hermit on the snowy Mount Crumpit, a steep", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7902055", "text": "Seuss cartoon, \"Horton Hears a Who\"). Both story collections contain selected dialogue and music numbers. The \"isolated music tracks\" in this edition are taken directly from the television soundtrack and are not the re-recorded tracks from earlier versions. The dialogues are the originals, being voiced by Boris Karloff for \"Grinch\" and Hans Conried for \"Horton.\" Because Thurl Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits of the 1966 television special as singing the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\", it is sometimes attributed to Boris Karloff. After becoming aware of this oversight, Seuss himself called Ravenscroft and apologized profusely", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "5410562", "text": "Grinch The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children's book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957). He has been played by many different actors, including: Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is depicted as a hairy, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored avocado green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville. In contrast to the cheerful Whos, the Grinch", "title": "Grinch" }, { "docid": "13423890", "text": "pointed out, no one can do it more gaily. The reader is swept along by the ebullient rhymes and the weirdly zany pictures until he is limp with relief when the Grinch reforms and, like the latter, mellow with good feelings.\" The review for \"The Saturday Review of Literature\" stated: \"The inimitable Dr. Seuss has brought off a fresh triumph in his new picture book... The verse is as lively and the pages are as bright and colorful as anyone could wish.\" The reviewer suggested that parents and older siblings reading the book to young children would also enjoy its", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "5410571", "text": "Time\" list. Grinch The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children's book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957). He has been played by many different actors, including: Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is depicted as a hairy, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored avocado green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville. In contrast to the cheerful Whos,", "title": "Grinch" }, { "docid": "7810438", "text": "the title \"Grinch Night\". In 2003, the special was released as a bonus special on the VHS and DVD release of Dr. Seuss on the Loose from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. On October 18, 2011, the special was released on DVD by Warner Home Video under \"Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose!\", along with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and \"The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\". Halloween Is Grinch Night Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is a 1977 Halloween television special and", "title": "Halloween Is Grinch Night" }, { "docid": "7902051", "text": "1999 and 2000 by Warner Home Video, which acquired the rights to the MGM library in the late 1990s. The DVD release featured another Seuss-based special, \"Horton Hears a Who!\", and contained an audio commentary by Phil Roman and June Foray, interviews with Albert Hague and Thurl Ravenscroft, and the \"Special Edition\" documentary which aired alongside the special on TNT in 1994. The DVD was well-received for these bonus features, but also criticized for its sub-par picture quality; many critics pointed out that the Grinch looked \"yellow,\" not green, in this release. The special was re-released on DVD in 2006", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "6884279", "text": "of the special, it is often mistakenly attributed to Boris Karloff, who served as narrator and the voice of the Grinch in the special but who himself could not sing. Until Ravenscroft was publicly credited, Tennessee Ernie Ford was also speculated to be the voice behind the song. Mainstream and pop acts have covered the song, usually for holiday-themed albums. Jim Carrey, as the Grinch, sang a slightly condensed version of the song in the 2000 live action film adaptation, \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", with 1940s style big band music by James Horner. A version by Bob", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "12909011", "text": "messages, remixes, and a Christmas medley, and again as Merry Christmas Jackson's. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r9998 [edit] In 1957, Dr. Seuss's \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was published by Random House. The tale's rhyming verse accompanies illustrations by the author, and follows a disagreeable character called the Grinch and his attempts to thwart the arrival of Christmas by stealing the gifts, trims, and other trappings of the holiday from the happy Whos of Whoville. In spite of his attempts, Christmas arrives all the same. The Grinch realizes then that Christmas is something more than its trappings. The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas", "title": "Christmas in the post-war United States" }, { "docid": "15096879", "text": "though she later becomes a Grinch when the gifts are repossessed. The episode features seven songs, two of which come from the television special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". The creators of \"Glee\" received permission from the estate of Dr. Seuss for the use of characters from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", but were not allowed to use them in promotional photographs. Most of the songs featured in the episode had been released on \"\" four weeks prior to airing, including \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\", which debuted at number fifty-seven on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 after the episode aired, despite", "title": "A Very Glee Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707226", "text": "Carrey's \"off-the-wall performance is reminiscent of what he accomplished in \"The Mask\", except that here he never allows the special effects to upstage him. Carrey's Grinch is a combination of Seuss' creation and Carrey's personality, with a voice that sounds far more like a weird amalgamation of Sean Connery and Jim Backus (Bond meets Magoo!) than it does Karloff.\" He concluded that Carrey \"brings animation to the live action, and, surrounded by glittering, fantastical sets and computer-spun special effects, Carrey enables Ron Howard's version of the classic story to come across as more of a welcome endeavor than a pointless", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" } ]

[ { "docid": "7707216", "text": "in the character Cindy Lou Who and pitched a film in which she would have a larger role as well as a materialistic representation of the Whos and an expanded backstory of the Grinch. On September 16, 1998, it was announced that Howard would direct and co-produce a live-action adaptation of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" with Jim Carrey attached to star. It was also reported that Universal Pictures, who had acquired the distribution rights, paid $9 million for the film rights for an adaptation of \"Grinch\" and \"Oh, the Places You'll Go!\" to Geisel. Jeffrey Price and Peter S.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "10241545", "text": "sick of apologizing and the two agree to skip straight to the forgiveness. Ted takes off after his cousin's children overhear Lily say she \"was kind of a grinch\", and they all begin to cheer \"grinch!\" over and over. Joel Keller of TV Squad said it was a good episode, and an improvement over the previous year's New Year's Eve episode. How Lily Stole Christmas \"How Lily Stole Christmas\" is the 11th episode in the second season of the television series \"How I Met Your Mother\". It originally aired on December 11, 2006. Ted has decided to spend Christmas in", "title": "How Lily Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7902049", "text": "(such as 1964's \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", 1965's \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" and 1969's \"Frosty the Snowman\") that have come to be regarded as classics. It received modestly positive reviews at the time it was released. Critic Rick Du Brow said it was \"probably as good as most of the other holiday cartoons.\" It has since been recognized as a classic, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 100% \"fresh\" rating on its website; the critical consensus reads, \"\"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" brings an impressive array of talent to bear on an adaptation that honors a classic holiday story –", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7902050", "text": "and has rightfully become a yuletide tradition of its own.\" The special continues to be popular in Nielsen Ratings, with its 2010 airing (the last of many times it had aired that year) winning its time slot among persons 18 to 49 and finishing second in overall viewers. \"TV Guide\" ranked the special No. 1 on its 10 Best Family Holiday Specials list. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was released to VHS, Betamax, CED, and LaserDisc by MGM/UA Home Video in the 1980s, and was reissued several times. The special was first released to the VHS and DVD formats in", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "13423884", "text": "Whos' Christmas presents, the Christmas tree, and the log for their fire. He is briefly interrupted in his burglary by Cindy Lou, a little Who girl, but concocts a crafty lie to effect his escape from her home. After stealing from one house, he does the same thing to all the other houses in the village of Whoville. After spending all night stealing stuff from the houses of Whoville, the Grinch travels back to the top of Mount Crumpit, intending to dump all of the Christmas stuff into the abyss. As dawn arrives, the Grinch expects the people in Whoville", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707220", "text": "it one of the largest makeup crews ever assembled. Most of the appliances the actors wore were noses that connected to an upper lip along with a few dentures, ears, and wigs. The film was released on VHS and DVD on November 20, 2001. The extended cut of the film on VHS and DVD was released on October 29, 2002. A Blu-ray/DVD combo pack was released on October 13, 2009. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" grossed $260 million domestically and $85.1 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $345.1 million, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2000. In", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "19800290", "text": "Grinch Stole Christmas!\" Unlike most episodes that are rated TV-14 on American television, this one is rated TV-PG for suggestive dialogue (D) and offensive language (L). When Christmas comes around Quahog, the Griffins decide to go sledding instead of attending church after watching \"How David Lynch Stole Christmas\". Mayor Adam West at first bans sledding from Quahog. After an argument with Peter, he reverses the decision and severely injures himself. When sledding, the Griffins go sledding on the dining room table, except for Lois who protests that the table has been in her family for generations. The remaining members go", "title": "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "13423883", "text": "high mountain just north of the town of Whoville, home of the merry and warm-hearted Whos. His only companion is his unloved, but loyal dog, Max. From his cave, the Grinch can hear the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville. Continuously annoyed, he devises a wicked scheme to steal their presents, trees, and food for their Christmas feast. He crudely disguises himself as Santa Claus, and forces Max, disguised as a reindeer, to drag a sleigh down the mountain towards Whoville. Once at Whoville, the Grinch slides down the chimney of one house and steals all of the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7902042", "text": "he decides to disguise himself as Santa Claus and steal Christmas. The Grinch makes himself a Santa coat and hat and disguises the innocent Max as a reindeer. He loads empty bags onto a sleigh and travels to Whoville with some difficulty. In the first house he is almost caught by Cindy Lou Who (voiced by an uncredited June Foray), a small Who girl who wakes up and sees him taking the Christmas tree. Pretending to be Santa, the Grinch tells Cindy Lou that he is merely taking the tree to his workshop for repairs, and then gets her a", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7902041", "text": "narrator. The Grinch (voiced by Boris Karloff) is the film's main character. He lives in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville. The Grinch is a surly character with a heart \"two sizes too small\" who has especially hated Christmas for 53 years. On Christmas Eve, he finally becomes fed up with seeing the decorations and hearing all the music and caroling in the village and wishes he could stop Christmas Day from coming to Whoville. When he sees his dog, Max, with snow all over his face in the shape of a hat and beard,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707207", "text": "but was timid and not as cruel as he would later become. In school, the Grinch had a crush on Martha May Whovier, and was Augustus May Who’s rival for Martha May's affections. One year, the Grinch made a Christmas gift for Martha, and cut his face attempting to shave after May Who pointed out he had a beard. When his classmates laughed at his cut face, he lost his temper, destroyed the Christmas gift, trashed the classroom, and exiled himself to the top of Mount Crumpit, north of Whoville. Touched by this story, Cindy Lou decides to nominate the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902056", "text": "and later wrote letters to columnists nationwide telling them that it was Ravenscroft who provided vocals for the musical number. Karloff received a Grammy Award in the Spoken Word category—the only major performing award of his career—for the album. A television special called \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\", created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, aired on ABC in 1977, eleven years after the Christmas special. This special involved a tale of the Grinch coming down to scare the Whos every Halloween. Though less successful than the original, it was awarded an Emmy. A later cartoon, \"The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\"", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707206", "text": "likes the Grinch, due to the vengeful and harmful stunts he occasionally pulls on them. Seven-year-old Cindy Lou Who believes everyone is missing the point about Christmas by focusing on the gifts and festivities, instead of personal relationships. She has a face-to-face encounter with the Grinch at the post office, in which he reluctantly saves her life, and she becomes interested in his history. She asks everyone what they know about him and discovers his tragic past. The Grinch arrived in Whoville as a baby, and was adopted by two spinster sisters. He showed some sadistic tendencies as a child,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "19607055", "text": "How the 'A' Stole Christmas \"How the 'A' Stole Christmas\" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season and 108th episode overall of the mystery drama television series \"Pretty Little Liars\", which aired on December 9, 2014, on the cable network ABC Family. The episode was the series' first Christmas special and aired as part of the programming block \"25 Days of Christmas\". It was directed by I. Marlene King and co-written by King and Kyle Bown. \"How the 'A' Stole Christmas\" yielded 2.09 million viewers, making it the Holiday special with the lowest viewership of the series. As Spencer", "title": "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707208", "text": "Grinch to be the Christmas Whobilation \"Holiday Cheermeister\", much to the displeasure of May Who, now the mayor of Whoville. She climbs Mount Crumpit to invite the Grinch to the Whobilation; he initially turns her down, but changes his mind as he considers the promised award, the fact that Martha will see him at the celebration, and it will be a chance to upset his rival. As Cheermeister, he endures being made to wear an ugly sweater and judge all the Whos' Christmas food concoctions, but he enjoys showing unsportsmanlike conduct by beating all the children in the competitions. May", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "11475291", "text": "Melissa Runstrom, in a review of the sixth season, described \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" as \"hokey\" and \"over-the-top.\" She identified it as the weakest episode of the sixth season. How the Ghosts Stole Christmas \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series \"The X-Files\". It premiered on the Fox network on December 13, 1998. It was written and directed by series creator Chris Carter, and featured guest appearances by Edward Asner and Lily Tomlin. The episode is a \"Monster-of-the-Week\" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. \"How the", "title": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "11475273", "text": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series \"The X-Files\". It premiered on the Fox network on December 13, 1998. It was written and directed by series creator Chris Carter, and featured guest appearances by Edward Asner and Lily Tomlin. The episode is a \"Monster-of-the-Week\" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" earned a Nielsen household rating of 10.6, being watched by 17.3 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, although some", "title": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7902043", "text": "drink before sending her back to bed. He empties the first house of all the food and Christmas-related items, namely presents, the tree, decorations and even the stockings on the chimney, then repeats the process at the other houses in Whoville, while also taking the village decorations. With the Whos' stolen Christmas goods, the Grinch and Max travel back up Mt. Crumpit. Before dropping the loaded sleigh off the mountain, the Grinch waits to hear a sad cry from the Whos. However, down in the village, the Whos joyously begin to sing Christmas carols, proving that the spirit of Christmas", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707210", "text": "to erect before he leaves. The mayor then shames Cindy Lou for inviting the Grinch. Since the Grinch's attack has failed to crush the Whos' Christmas spirit, he concocts a plan to steal all of their presents, decorations, and food while they are sleeping. Creating a Santa suit and powered sleigh, and dressing his dog Max as a reindeer, the Grinch descends to Whoville and steals all of the Christmas gifts. When Cindy Lou catches him stealing the tree, he tells her he is taking it to Santa's workshop for repair of a defective light. On Christmas morning, the Whos", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "19607063", "text": "a 0.9 rating among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. This Holiday special is the one with the lowest audience in the series. How the 'A' Stole Christmas \"How the 'A' Stole Christmas\" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season and 108th episode overall of the mystery drama television series \"Pretty Little Liars\", which aired on December 9, 2014, on the cable network ABC Family. The episode was the series' first Christmas special and aired as part of the programming block \"25 Days of Christmas\". It was directed by I. Marlene King and co-written by King and", "title": "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "14690055", "text": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997, the script was presented to Jonathan Harris in 1998 though it was not until 2000 that his voice work was actually recorded. Harris died in 2002, long before the", "title": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas" }, { "docid": "14690058", "text": "of short films and music videos by Wardlaw. The DVD bonus features include early animations and audio out takes. The film was licensed to ShortsHD and ShortsTV in 2014. The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997,", "title": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas" }, { "docid": "7602969", "text": "How the Sith Stole Christmas How the Sith Stole Christmas is an animated fan film from that made its debut on the internet in December 2002. Written and directed by Ted Bracewell, the film tells the story of the Emperor's plans to invade the North Pole and take Santa Claus prisoner. Melvin the Elf ends up in the thick of things, and must help rescue Santa. Darth Vader is sent on a separate mission to destroy Christmas for the Ewok inhabitants of Endor, but when an unexpected chain of events leaves him stranded on the planet, Vader is confronted by", "title": "How the Sith Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707221", "text": "the United States, \"The Grinch\" opened at number-one on its opening day, making $15.6 million, with a weekend gross of $55.0 million, for an average of $17,615 from 3,127 theaters. The film held the record for the highest opening weekend for a Christmas-themed film until the 2018 film version of \"The Grinch\" passed it with $67.6 million. In its second weekend, the film grossed $52.1 million, dropping only 5.1%, settling a new record for highest-grossing second weekend for any film. The film stayed at the top of the box office for four weekends until it was overtaken by \"What Women", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7707209", "text": "Who reminds him of his childhood humiliation by giving him an electric shaver as a present, then publicly proposes marriage to Martha May, giving her a large ring and promising her a new car. In response, the Grinch berates the Whos, telling them that Christmas is only about gifts that they will end up throwing in the garbage, which is dumped on Mount Crumpit near his home. He proceeds to ruin the party by burning down the town's Christmas tree and causing chaos throughout Whoville. His actions prove fruitless, as the Whos have a spare tree, which they are able", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7602972", "text": "Magazine\", which called the film a \"standout\" in the genre. How the Sith Stole Christmas How the Sith Stole Christmas is an animated fan film from that made its debut on the internet in December 2002. Written and directed by Ted Bracewell, the film tells the story of the Emperor's plans to invade the North Pole and take Santa Claus prisoner. Melvin the Elf ends up in the thick of things, and must help rescue Santa. Darth Vader is sent on a separate mission to destroy Christmas for the Ewok inhabitants of Endor, but when an unexpected chain of events", "title": "How the Sith Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "11475288", "text": "[and] classic comedy episodes including, \"How The Ghosts Stole Christmas.\" DVD.net called \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" a \"classic\" standalone episode. \"SFX\" named the episode the sixth best \"SF [Sci-Fi] & Fantasy Christmas Episodes\" and noted that it was full of \"classic lines, some neat tricks\". Zack Handlen from \"The A.V. Club\" gave the episode a largely positive review and awarded it a grade of an A. He noted that the episode was written in a similar manner to the earlier, Carter-penned \"The Post-Modern Prometheus\". Handlen wrote that both entries \"have a gleeful, everybody-gets-out-okay-in-the-end vibe\". He, however, concluded that the", "title": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "19800298", "text": "of 3.05 million viewers, a decrease from the previous episode, and making it the second most-watched show of the night, behind \"The Simpsons\". Jake Beamer of \"Bubbleblabber\" gave the episode an 8/10. How the Griffin Stole Christmas \"How the Griffin Stole Christmas\" is the ninth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom \"Family Guy\", and the 278th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on December 11, 2016, and is written by Aaron Lee and directed by Julius Wu. The plot follows Peter turning into a Mall Santa and realizing he can do whatever he", "title": "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707212", "text": "slide over the edge of the cliff, he desperately strains to save them, but cannot. He then sees Cindy Lou on top of the sleigh because she has come to spend Christmas with him. Motivated to save not just gifts but a life, the Grinch finds the strength to lift the loaded sleigh and Cindy Lou to safety. They then ride the sleigh down the mountain to return the gifts. The Grinch confesses to the burglary, apologizes, and surrenders himself to the police chief. The chief accepts the Grinch's apology, and refuses to follow the mayor's desire to have the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423894", "text": "animated feature film, titled \"The Grinch\" directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch. It was originally scheduled to be released on November 10, 2017, but in June 2016, it was pushed back to November 9, 2018. Several audio recordings and audio-visual adaptations of the book have also been published. In 1975, Zero Mostel narrated an LP record of the story. In 1992, Random House Home Video released an updated animated version of the book narrated by Walter Matthau. In 2009, an interactive e-book version was released for the iPhone. A musical stage version", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7902052", "text": "and labeled as a \"50th Birthday Deluxe Edition\". That labeling refers to the 1957 date of the book's publication rather than to the date of the 1966 TV special. This DVD release featured a new retrospective featurette and contained all the bonus features from the previous release, except for the audio commentary, and the Grinch was restored to his original green color. This edition is also available as part of the four-disc \"Classic Christmas Favorites\" box set. The special was again re-released on DVD with Phil Roman's and June Foray's audio commentary replacing the \"Horton Hears a Who!\" bonus special.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "19915847", "text": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas \"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas\" is the 7th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series \"Grimm\" and the 73rd episode overall, which premiered on December 5, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Dan E. Fesman and was directed by John Gray. Opening quote: \"I have but to swallow this, and be for the rest of my days persecuted by a legion of goblins, all of my own creation. Humbug, I'll tell you; humbug!\" At a Christmas party, the couple hosting the party have there doorbell rang with", "title": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "11475282", "text": "episode. Carter agreed to meet her and the two discussed possible ideas for futures episodes. After several years of thinking, Carter decided to write \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" largely as a vehicle for her. Originally, Carter wanted Bob Newhart to play the part of Maurice. However, Newhart was not interested, and so the production team approached Ed Asner, who readily agreed to take part in the episode. The production for the episode was bare-bones, making use of only a few sets. Because of this, \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" was the cheapest sixth season episode; however, the reduction in", "title": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707219", "text": "of his trailer, wanting to quit the film. The production brought in a CIA operative who instructed agents how to endure extreme torture techniques to coach Carrey to remain calm during the process. The process was later refined so that it took only two and a half hours in the morning getting in, and one hour in the evening to get out. In total, Carrey spent 92 days in the Grinch make-up, and became a \"Zen Master\" while sitting in the make-up chair. The actors who played the Whos were a large task for Baker and his crew, which made", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "19915857", "text": "another baby storyline, but it's a way to keep Juliette in the show I suppose, without having to write in her veterinary skills to aid the plot.\" The Grimm Who Stole Christmas \"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas\" is the 7th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series \"Grimm\" and the 73rd episode overall, which premiered on December 5, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Dan E. Fesman and was directed by John Gray. Opening quote: \"I have but to swallow this, and be for the rest of my days persecuted by a", "title": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "19559658", "text": "film a positive review, calling it \"full of warmth and wit\" and writing, \"Purists may balk about revisiting this tale, but \"The Grinch\" earns its laughter and its sentiment, both of which are plentiful. It's a full-throated Fah-Who-Foraze.\" Owen Gleiberman of \"Variety\" compared the film favorably to the 2000 live-action version, writing, \"For anyone who grew up with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,\" \"The Grinch\" won’t replace it, yet it's nimble and affectionate in a way that can hook today's children, and more than a few adults, by conjuring a feeling that comes close enough. By the end, your own", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "9175849", "text": "occurrence for Broadway shows. Cast 2006 season 2007 season A limited-engagement tour ran during the Christmas season of 2008. The musical started at the Hippodrome in Baltimore from November 11 to 23, and then played the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre in Boston from November 26 to December 28. Matt August directed the show, with John DeLuca as original choreographer and Bob Richard as co-choreographer. The cast included Stefán Karl Stefánsson (who was best known for playing Robbie Rotten on the children's TV series \"LazyTown\") starring as the Grinch, Walter Charles as Old Max, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Young", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7902044", "text": "does not depend on material things. The Grinch begins to understand the true meaning of Christmas, though he barely does so in time to prevent the stolen treats from going over the cliff and while he tries to stop the sleigh from falling off, his heart grows three sizes—granting him \"the strength of ten Grinches, plus two!\", which he needs to lift up the sleigh. He brings everything back to the Whos and participates in the holiday feast. He is given the honor of carving the roast beast, while Max gets the first slice for himself for all his troubles.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9175851", "text": "Francisco. Stefán Karl again performed as the Grinch, with Bob Lauder as Old Max, Seth Bazacas as Young Max, Brance Cornelius as Papa Who, and Serena Brook as Mama Who and Brooke Lynn Boyd as Cindy Lou Who. In 2012, the production toured North America playing in Bloomington, Hartford, Richmond, Chicago and Detroit, with Stefán Karl performing as the Grinch. In 2013, the production toured North America playing in Cincinnati, Durham, Rochester, Buffalo and San Antonio, with Stefán Karl performing as the Grinch. In 2014, the production toured North America with showings planned in Springfield, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Albuquerque, Salt", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7707224", "text": "give him points for what was obviously a supreme effort.\" Paul Clinton of CNN declared that Carrey \"was born to play this role\" and noted that \"Carrey carries nearly every scene. In fact, if he's not in the scene, there is no scene. Owen Gleiberman of \"Entertainment Weekly\" began his review of the film analyzing the Grinch's \"mischievously divided, now-I'm-calm/ now-I'm-a-raving-sarcastic-PSYCH-o! personality\" and summed up Carrey's Grinch as \"a slobby, self-loathing elitist ruled by the secret fear that he's always being left out of things.\" Gleiberman expressed surprise at \"how affecting Carrey makes the Grinch's ultimate big-hearted turnaround, as Carrey", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "10241536", "text": "How Lily Stole Christmas \"How Lily Stole Christmas\" is the 11th episode in the second season of the television series \"How I Met Your Mother\". It originally aired on December 11, 2006. Ted has decided to spend Christmas in his home this year with \"his other family\". He doesn't want to spend it with his mom and her new boyfriend, Clint; or his dad and his new 'girlfriend', microbrewing; or his super-religious cousin, Stacy, in Staten Island. While Lily decorates his apartment, Marshall says he must go to the law library to finish one last paper that is due that", "title": "How Lily Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "9175850", "text": "Max. In 2009, the musical was produced at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California, and ran from November 10, 2009 to December 27, 2009. Stefán Karl reprised his role from the tour as the Grinch, with John Larroquette as Old Max, Kayley Stallings and Issadora Ava Tulalian as Cindy Lou Who, and James Royce as Young Max. In 2010, a North American tour ran in the cities of Omaha, Houston, Dallas, Tempe and Toronto. Stefán Karl performed as the Grinch and Brooke Lynn Boyd as Cindy Lou Who. In 2011, the tour played Providence, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, St. Louis and San", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7707215", "text": "Phillips and John Davis in attendance, in which Jack Nicholson was in mind to play the Grinch. Additionally, the Farrelly brothers and John Hughes pitched their own separate versions. Universal Pictures held its pitch presentation with Brian Grazer and Gary Ross in attendance, but Geisel refused such offer. Grazer then enlisted his producing partner Ron Howard to help with the negotiations. At the time, Howard was developing a film adaptation of \"The Sea-Wolf\", and did not express interest in \"Grinch\", but Grazer talked Howard into traveling to Geisel's residence for the pitch meeting. While studying the book, Howard became interested", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "19559647", "text": "Santa Claus to help her mother but after encountering the Grinch, who sarcastically says that she'll have to talk to Santa face-to-face about it, she eventually decides to try and trap Santa with the help of her friends. With Christmas just around the corner, all the Whoville festivities force the Grinch to recall his sad childhood spent mostly alone and unwanted in a run down orphanage. The Grinch soon decides that he will steal Christmas from Whoville to assuage his distress. He acquires a fat reindeer whom he calls Fred to help him pull a sleigh that he stole from", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "7481719", "text": "Where Are You, Christmas? \"Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?\" is a song co-written by James Horner, Will Jennings and Mariah Carey, for the movie \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" in 2000. In the movie, it is first sung by Taylor Momsen, who played Cindy Lou Who. A longer version of this song, called \"Where Are You, Christmas?\", was co-written by Horner, Jennings and Carey. The song was originally recorded by Carey, but because of a legal case with her ex-husband Tommy Mottola, it could not be released, so it was re-recorded and released by Faith Hill. A video was", "title": "Where Are You, Christmas?" }, { "docid": "19607062", "text": "showrunner I. Marlene King, who also served as a writer alongside with Kyle Bown; the episode serves as King's fourth writing credit on the season, and the first directing. The title of the episode was revealed by King as an answer for a fan on the platform Reddit. The table-read for the episode occurred on July 14, 2014. Filming for the episode commenced on July 16 and wrapped on July 25, 2014. In the United States, \"How the 'A' Stole Christmas\" was first aired on December 9, 2014, and it achieved a viewership of 2.09 million Americans. The episode garnered", "title": "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7902054", "text": "were credited at the time. On December 18, 1966, MGM released a soundtrack LP in conjunction with the television special. CD releases include albums produced by Island (1995) and Mercury Records. In the recorded version, Boris Karloff does all voices including Cindy Lou Who. The song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\", which comically describes the level of the Grinch's despicable nature, includes all verses with their original rhyming lyrics and the isolated song tracks have different durations due to being re-recorded. On October 5, 1999, Rhino Entertainment released a new CD soundtrack (which included the soundtrack for another Dr.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "11475275", "text": "Frank Spotnitz had been working on, featuring a haunted house. Featuring the smallest cast of an \"X-Files\" episode—with only four actors—and a single set, \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" was the cheapest sixth season episode. The drastic reduction in the budget, however, put more strain on the main actors. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) reluctantly responds to Fox Mulder's (David Duchovny) call on Christmas Eve to investigate a haunted house in Maryland. He explains that during Christmas of 1917, a young couple living in the house agreed to a lovers' pact, one killing the other and the remaining one committing suicide.", "title": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707214", "text": "be willing to pay $5 million for the material and hand over 4 percent of the box-office gross, 50 percent of the merchandising revenue and music-related material, and 70 percent of the income from book tie-ins. The letter also stated that \"any actor submitted for the Grinch must be of comparable stature to Jack Nicholson, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman.\" Additionally, it was stipulated that the estate would not consider a director or writer who hadn't earned at least $1 million on a previous picture. 20th Century Fox pitched its version with director Tom Shadyac and producers Dave", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7810434", "text": "Halloween Is Grinch Night Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is a 1977 Halloween television special and is the prequel to \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It won the 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. It premiered on ABC on October 29, 1977. In Whoville, on a night known as \"Grinch Night\", which commences when a \"Sour-Sweet Wind\" blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to prompt The Grinch into terrorizing the Whos, as he believes such nights are", "title": "Halloween Is Grinch Night" }, { "docid": "11475287", "text": "on Sound\" called the episode \"one of the best Christmas episodes of any series.\" The review called “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas,” \"an extremely creative, arguably bitter Holiday treat, perfect for [Christmas] with its blend of horror, comedy and hints of romance.\" \"Static Mass\" writer Patrick Samuel awarded the episode five stars and said, \"As [Mulder and Scully] gleefully unwrap their presents at the end, this episode is something that really makes my own Christmases feel that little bit more complete.\" \"Den of Geek\" writer Juliette Harrisson, in a review of \"Monday,\" said, \"Season six included some more excellent episodes", "title": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "11475281", "text": "not used for awhile. However, Carter, wanting to keep the haunted house motif, decided to set the episode in a haunted house and asked Kaplan to design a mansion set that was \"bleak, but not too bleak [...] decrepit, but not too decrepit,\" and \"deserted, but not too deserted.\" At the time, \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas\" featured the smallest cast in \"X-Files\" history, with only David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and the two guest stars interacting. Lily Tomlin, who played the part of Lyda, had originally approached \"The X-Files\" producers several seasons prior and asked to be cast in an", "title": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7902047", "text": "songs and animated sequences without words (the longest being an extended scene in which the Grinch and Max comically descend into Whoville) were added. As all the major networks had flipped to full color schedules by 1966, the special was likewise produced in color, establishing the Grinch's color (white in the two-tone illustrations of the original book) as green, a convention used in later television specials featuring the character as well as the 2000 and 2018 film adaptations. The half-hour (with commercials) short was originally telecast in the United States on CBS on December 18, 1966. CBS repeated it annually", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "11475286", "text": "of households watching television, were tuned in to the episode. It was viewed by 17.30 million viewers. The episode aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky1 on April 11, 1999 and received 0.70 million viewers and was the fourth most watched episode that week. Fox promoted the episode with the tagline \"This holiday season... share the gift of terror.\" Corey Kaplan later won an award of excellence from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Directors for his work on \"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas.\" The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, with some detractors. \"Sight", "title": "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "15096887", "text": "Jackson (Lauren Potter), and Blaine, lead singer of the Dalton Academy Warblers. \"A Very Glee Christmas\" features cover versions of seven Christmas songs: \"The Most Wonderful Day of the Year\" from \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", performed by New Directions; \"We Need a Little Christmas\" from \"Mame\", with Amber Riley on lead vocals; Frank Loesser's \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\", sung by Criss and Colfer; \"Merry Christmas Darling\" by The Carpenters, sung by Michele, \"Last Christmas\" by Wham!, sung by Michele and Monteith; and \"Welcome Christmas\" from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", also by New Directions. Another song from \"How the Grinch", "title": "A Very Glee Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707218", "text": "constructed on the backlot of Universal Studios behind the Bates Motel set from \"Psycho\". Rick Baker was hired to design and create the film's prosthetic makeup for Carrey and the rest of the cast. It took a number of tests, and ultimately Carrey admiring a photo of Baker in his first test makeup, for the decision to use Baker's original makeup design. The Grinch suit was covered in yak hair, dyed green and sewed onto a spandex suit. The first application of the makeup took up to 8 hours, after which a frustrated Carrey kicked a hole in the wall", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423895", "text": "was produced by the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego in 1998. It also was produced on Broadway and a limited-engagement US tour in 2008. The North American Tour began in the fall of 2010 and has subsequently toured every fall since. The book was adapted into a 13-minute song, performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra, arranged by Danny Troob, and featuring bassist Reid Burton and actor Will LeBow narrating it on the Boston Pops's 2013 CD, \"A Boston Pops Christmas – Live from Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart\". As of 2005, the book had been translated into nine languages, including", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" } ]

[ "Hatred of men", "Misandric", "Anti-male", "Misandrist", "Misander", "misandry", "Misandrous", "Misandristic", "Misandry", "Adrophobia", "Man hater" ]

[ { "docid": "258053", "text": "as \"hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women\". In 2012, primarily in response to events occurring in the Australian Parliament, the Macquarie Dictionary (which documents Australian English and New Zealand English) expanded the definition to include not only hatred of women but also \"entrenched prejudices against women\". The counterpart of misogyny is misandry, the hatred or dislike of men; the antonym of misogyny is philogyny, the love or fondness of women. In his book \"City of Sokrates: An Introduction to Classical Athens\", J.W. Roberts argues that older than tragedy and comedy was a misogynistic tradition in Greek literature, reaching back at", "title": "Misogyny" }, { "docid": "8185601", "text": "from \"philo-\" (loving) and Greek \"gynē\" (woman). The parallel Greek-based terms with respect to men (males) are philandry for \"fondness towards men\" and misandry for \"hatred of men\". Parallel terms for humanity generally are philanthropy and misanthropy. Philogyny Philogyny is fondness, love, or admiration towards women. Its antonym is \"misogyny\". Philogyny is not be confused with gynephilia, which is sexual attraction to women or femininity (and whose antonym is \"gynophobia\"). Cicero reports the word could be used in Greek philosophy to denote being overly fond of women, which was considered a disease along with misogyny. Christian Groes-Green has argued that", "title": "Philogyny" }, { "docid": "277314", "text": "to the German \"\"Männerhass\"\" (Hatred of Men) is recorded in 1803. Misandry is parallel in form to 'misogyny'. Activist Warren Farrell has written of his views on how men are uniquely marginalized in what he calls their \"disposability\", the manner in which the most dangerous occupations, notably soldiering and mining, were historically performed exclusively by men and remain so today. In his book, \"The Myth of Male Power\", Farrell argues that patriarchal societies do not make rules to benefit men at the expense of women. Farrell contends that nothing is more telling about who has benefited from \"men's rules\" than", "title": "Misandry" } ]

[ { "docid": "258052", "text": "Misogyny Misogyny () is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. Misogyny is manifest in numerous ways, including social exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, male privilege, belittling of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification. Misogyny can be found within sacred texts of religions, mythologies, and Western philosophies. According to sociologist Allan G. Johnson, \"misogyny is a cultural attitude of hatred for females because they are female\". Johnson argues that: Sociologist Michael Flood at the University of Wollongong defines misogyny as the hatred of women, and notes: Dictionaries define misogyny as \"hatred of women\" and", "title": "Misogyny" }, { "docid": "258086", "text": "to its opposite which he terms philogyny. Criticizing R. W. Connell's theory of hegemonic masculinities, he shows how philogynous masculinities play out among youth in Maputo, Mozambique. Misogyny Misogyny () is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. Misogyny is manifest in numerous ways, including social exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, male privilege, belittling of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification. Misogyny can be found within sacred texts of religions, mythologies, and Western philosophies. According to sociologist Allan G. Johnson, \"misogyny is a cultural attitude of hatred for females because they are female\". Johnson", "title": "Misogyny" }, { "docid": "12471653", "text": "Hatred Hatred or hate is a human emotion. Hatred could invoke feelings of animosity, anger or resentment, which can be directed against certain individuals, groups, entities, objects, behaviors, concepts, or ideas. Hatred is often associated with feelings of anger, disgust and a disposition towards the source of hostility. As an emotion, hatred can be short-lived or long-lasting. It can be of low intensity - 'I hate broccoli' - or high intensity: 'I hate the whole world'. Robert Steinberg saw three main elements in hatred: The important self-protective function, to be found in hatred, can be illustrated by Steinberg's analysis of", "title": "Hatred" }, { "docid": "12471661", "text": "it \"brings a process to completion\". <poem>I study hatred with great diligence, For that's a passion in my own control, A sort of besom that can clear the soul Of everything that is not mind or sense.\"</poem> Hatred Hatred or hate is a human emotion. Hatred could invoke feelings of animosity, anger or resentment, which can be directed against certain individuals, groups, entities, objects, behaviors, concepts, or ideas. Hatred is often associated with feelings of anger, disgust and a disposition towards the source of hostility. As an emotion, hatred can be short-lived or long-lasting. It can be of low intensity", "title": "Hatred" }, { "docid": "258056", "text": "hatred of women with hatred of humanity generally, and even hatred of wine. \"It was the prevailing medical opinion of his day that wine strengthens body and soul alike.\" So Chrysippus, like his fellow stoic Antipater, views misogyny negatively, as a disease; a dislike of something that is good. It is this issue of conflicted or alternating emotions that was philosophically contentious to the ancient writers. Ricardo Salles suggests that the general stoic view was that \"[a] man may not only alternate between philogyny and misogyny, philanthropy and misanthropy, but be prompted to each by the other.\" Aristotle has also", "title": "Misogyny" }, { "docid": "17492407", "text": "Many single mothers interviewed by Anwen Crawford for Meanjin were similarly critical of the speech's timing. After Gillard's speech went viral, the Macquarie Dictionary updated its definition of the term \"misogyny\". Previously defined as a \"hatred of women\" by the Australian dictionary, misogyny now encompasses \"entrenched prejudices of women\". Director of The Australian National Dictionary Centre in Canberra, Dr Laugesen said the broader definition has a long history, with the original Oxford English Dictionary defining misogyny as \"hatred or dislike or prejudice against women\" and examples dating back to the 19th century. Misogyny Speech The Misogyny Speech was a parliamentary", "title": "Misogyny Speech" }, { "docid": "16301623", "text": "VI tournaments, each time losing her opening match in the tournament. On November 18, 2005, Hatred defeated Mickie Knuckles to win the IWA Mid-South Women's Championship. She would lose the title back to Knuckles on February 8, 2006. On May 15, 2009, Hatred defeated Sammi Lane in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW) Women's Championship. After a thirteen-month reign, Hatred was stripped of the title on June 27, 2010, when she no-showed a title defense against Jefferson Saint. On June 6, 2009, Hatred began working for Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), where she formed", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "3199865", "text": "Self-hatred Self-hatred (also called self loathing) refers to an extreme dislike or hatred of oneself, or being angry at or even prejudiced against oneself. The term is also used to designate a dislike or hatred of a group, family, social class, or stereotype to which one belongs and/or has. For instance, \"ethnic self-hatred\" is the extreme dislike of one's ethnic group or cultural classification. It may be associated with aspects of autophobia. The term \"self-hatred\" is used infrequently by psychologists and psychiatrists, who would usually describe people who hate themselves as \"persons with low self-esteem\". Self-hatred and shame are important", "title": "Self-hatred" }, { "docid": "3199877", "text": "can also lead to depression, and sometimes even suicide. Self-hatred Self-hatred (also called self loathing) refers to an extreme dislike or hatred of oneself, or being angry at or even prejudiced against oneself. The term is also used to designate a dislike or hatred of a group, family, social class, or stereotype to which one belongs and/or has. For instance, \"ethnic self-hatred\" is the extreme dislike of one's ethnic group or cultural classification. It may be associated with aspects of autophobia. The term \"self-hatred\" is used infrequently by psychologists and psychiatrists, who would usually describe people who hate themselves as", "title": "Self-hatred" }, { "docid": "9227875", "text": "Ethnic hatred Ethnic hatred, inter-ethnic hatred, racial hatred, or ethnic tension refers to feelings and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group in various degrees. See list of anti-ethnic and anti-national terms for specific cases. There are multiple origins for ethnic hatred and the resulting ethnic conflicts. In some societies it is rooted in tribalism, while in others it originates from a history of non-peaceful co-existence and the resulting actual disputed issues. Often ethnic conflict is enhanced by nationalism and feeling of national superiority. For which reason inter-ethnic hatred borders with racism, and often the two terms are", "title": "Ethnic hatred" }, { "docid": "16301626", "text": "that same day, interfered in a match between her and Del Rey, costing Melissa the JAPW Women's Championship. This led to a match on January 9, 2010, where Del Rey defeated Hatred and Melissa in a three-way match. Hatred's to date final JAPW appearance took place on March 20, 2010, when she unsuccessfully challenged Del Rey for the JAPW Women's Championship in a Street Fight, which received rave reviews from those in attendance. On October 1, 2011, Hatred made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes, defeating Kalamity on \"Volume 41\". Later that same day, Hatred teamed with Kalamity in a", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "18555996", "text": "be men but also not to be women (California Institute of Integral Studies). In other words, he meant that coaches ensure that young males gain enough strength to face their opponents and discourage these players to fear, which is a character trait associated with femininity. In sporting activities, to be masculine means to possess skills, energy, and toughness in order to become the victor in many tournaments. Misogyny in sports is a significant factor that contributes to shaming, objectifying, and degrading women, regardless of their performance on the playing field. Misogyny refers to hatred or prejudice towards women. It is", "title": "Misogyny in sports" }, { "docid": "16301620", "text": "Hailey Hatred Angel Katherine Reece (born November 4, 1983) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Hailey Hatred. Originally debuting in July 2002, Hatred worked for several years for various promotions in both the United States and Mexico, before moving to Japan in late 2010. In 2011, Hatred made her breakthrough to the top of Japanese \"joshi puroresu\" with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion, holding the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team, IMW Hybrid Fighting, JWP Openweight, JWP Tag Team, TLW World Women's and TLW World Women's Tag Team Championships simultaneously. During 2012, Hatred began working", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "9227881", "text": "(1917) such as telegraphs, newspapers, photography, radio, film, large corporations seeking new markets, rise of reform-minded journalism, and the influence of art movements, psychology, sociology, and marketing.The variation of propaganda and psychological warfare are essentially organized processes of persuasion. Ethnic hatred Ethnic hatred, inter-ethnic hatred, racial hatred, or ethnic tension refers to feelings and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group in various degrees. See list of anti-ethnic and anti-national terms for specific cases. There are multiple origins for ethnic hatred and the resulting ethnic conflicts. In some societies it is rooted in tribalism, while in others it", "title": "Ethnic hatred" }, { "docid": "5342568", "text": "A Profound Hatred of Man A Profound Hatred of Man is an extended play by hardcore punk band Shai Hulud, released on February 18, 1997, on the independent label Crisis Records. In 2006, Revelation Records released a remastered version of the album which also includes the material from all of Shai Hulud's split records with bands Indecision, Boy Sets Fire and Another Victim, and some B-sides and covers. On the first 5000 copies, Shai Hulud's name is misspelled on the spine as \"\"Shai Halud\"\", but appears correctly on the cover. In \"If Born From This Soil\", the lyric \"A likeness", "title": "A Profound Hatred of Man" }, { "docid": "3199867", "text": "the latter context it is generally defined as hatred of one's identity based on the demographic in question, as well as a desire to distance oneself from this identity. Some sociology theorists such as Jerry Mander see television programming as being deliberately designed to induce self-hatred, negative body image, and depression, with the advertising then being used to suggest the cure. See also the arguments related to the \"Kill your television\" phenomenon. Some personal self-hatred can be linked to remorse for something a person did or did not do, or as a result of bullying. Many races have faced self-hatred", "title": "Self-hatred" }, { "docid": "16301643", "text": "2011, Reece stated that she was training for a debut in mixed martial arts. Hailey Hatred Angel Katherine Reece (born November 4, 1983) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Hailey Hatred. Originally debuting in July 2002, Hatred worked for several years for various promotions in both the United States and Mexico, before moving to Japan in late 2010. In 2011, Hatred made her breakthrough to the top of Japanese \"joshi puroresu\" with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion, holding the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team, IMW Hybrid Fighting, JWP Openweight, JWP Tag Team, TLW World", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301632", "text": "round robin stage of the tournament, Hatred and Yoneyama failed to advance from their block. On April 3, Hatred teamed with Aja Kong to unsuccessfully challenge Haruyama and Kuragaki for not only the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship, but also the JWP Tag Team Championship. On April 17, Hatred entered the 2011 J-1 Grand Prix tournament. After defeating Tsubasa Kuragaki and Kayoko Haruyama in the first two rounds, Hatred advanced to the semifinals of the tournament on June 12, where she successfully defended the TLW World Women's Championship against Sachie Abe. On June 26, Hatred defeated Leon to not", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301637", "text": "Ribbon Championship, her first title in Ice Ribbon. Hatred made her first successful title defense just six days later, defeating Aki Shizuku and Hamuko Hoshi. On September 30, Hatred made her debut for World Wonder Ring Stardom, when she was revealed as the first member of Kyoko Kimura's Kimura Monster-gun stable. Hatred made her in-ring debut for Stardom three days later, defeating Saki Kashima. On October 7, Hatred main evented the \"Joshi 4 Hope IV\", event, successfully defending the Remix Pro Women's Championship against MsChif. On October 13, Hatred picked up her arguably biggest win in Ice Ribbon, when she", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "9227879", "text": "advocating for hatred and violence. Today, Social Media plays a role in ethnic conflicts in Kenya. Ethnicity is a big part in determining voting patterns in Kenya; however, many associate ethnicity with grievances that mobilize patterns of differences, hatred, and violence. Along with mass media, propaganda plays as much role in distributing messages in terms of ethnic hatred. Propaganda is highly associated with totalitarian regimes in the twentieth century such as 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell that paved a way of commentating the regimes during the time.However, propaganda is dangerous when utilized negatively. In original meaning, propaganda promotes", "title": "Ethnic hatred" }, { "docid": "16301625", "text": "in a rematch, where any outside interference would result in a one-year suspension from WSU. Hatred and Havok lost the WSU Tag Team Championship, when Orsini pinned Havok for the win. Hatred has not returned to WSU since. On May 9, 2009, Hatred made her debut for Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW), taking part in a battle royal, where she was the last competitor pinned by the winner, Sara Del Rey. Hatred returned to the promotion on September 12 to unsuccessfully challenge Del Rey for the JAPW Women's Championship. On November 14, Hatred was defeated by Cheerleader Melissa and, later", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301624", "text": "the tag team \"Havok & Hatred\" with Jessicka Havok. In their first WSU match, Hatred and Havok unsuccessfully challenged Alicia and Brooke Carter for the WSU Tag Team Championship. On August 22, Hatred and Havok defeated Alicia and Carter in a rematch to become the new WSU Tag Team Champions. Hatred and Havok dominated the WSU tag team division for the following months, building up to a title match on October 3, where they retained the title against Angel Orsini and Mercedes Martinez, following interference from their new ally Rain. On November 7, Hatred and Havok faced Orsini and Martinez", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "3121203", "text": "Hatred (film) Hatred () is a 1977 Soviet film directed by Samvel Gasparov. This drama explores the way that war tears families apart. This is a recurring theme in American Westerns, for example in \"The Searchers\" in which John Wayne's character Ethan Edwards' homecoming is marred by bitterness at the Confederate defeat in the American Civil War and turns him into a revenge obsessed vigilante. \"Hatred\" is set in a small village in the Ukraine, in which dying man Bulgya tries to reconcile his three estranged sons, who have been scattered by the Russian Civil War. The elder son, Stepan", "title": "Hatred (film)" }, { "docid": "18963061", "text": "that slavery could be eliminated with the support of the church, and also with the reexamination of what the Bible was actually saying. You profess to believe, \"that, of one blood, God made all nations of men to dwell on the face of all the earth,\" and hath commanded all men everywhere to love one another; yet you notoriously hate (and glory in your hatred) all men whose skins are not colored like your own. Douglass wants his audience to realize that they are not living up to their proclaimed beliefs. He talks about how they, being Americans, are proud", "title": "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" }, { "docid": "9227876", "text": "conflated. Ethnic hatred has often been exploited and even fueled by some political leaders to serve their agenda of seeking to consolidate the nation or gain electorate by calling for a united struggle against a common enemy (real or imaginary). In many countries incitement to ethnic or racial hatred is a criminal offense. Media persuasion plays a role in dissemination of ethnic hatred. Media presence spreads underlying messages that negatively portrays certain ethnic groups to the eye of the public. For example, political elites use media exposure to influence the views of the viewers towards a certain propaganda. In 1930s", "title": "Ethnic hatred" }, { "docid": "3199866", "text": "factors in some or many mental disorders, especially disorders that involve a perceived defect of oneself (e.g. body dysmorphic disorder). Self-hatred is also a symptom of many personality disorders, including borderline personality disorder, as well as depression. It can also be linked to guilt for someone's own actions that they view as wrongful, e.g., self-guilt, survivor guilt. The term self-hatred can refer to either a strong dislike for oneself, one's own actions, or a strong dislike or hatred of one's own race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, or any other group of which one may be a member. When used in", "title": "Self-hatred" }, { "docid": "7235998", "text": "film was budgeted at an estimated $300,000. The film's title comes from a line of an Edgar Allan Poe poem on which the film's story is based. Hatred of a Minute Hatred of a Minute is a 2002 thriller film directed by and starring Michael Kallio and produced by Bruce Campbell. Kallio co-wrote the script with Lisa Jesswein who also appears in the movie. Producer Campbell also makes a brief cameo in the film. Eric Seaver is a young man that was abused as a child. He has since grown up to become a serial killer with a steady job", "title": "Hatred of a Minute" }, { "docid": "7235997", "text": "Hatred of a Minute Hatred of a Minute is a 2002 thriller film directed by and starring Michael Kallio and produced by Bruce Campbell. Kallio co-wrote the script with Lisa Jesswein who also appears in the movie. Producer Campbell also makes a brief cameo in the film. Eric Seaver is a young man that was abused as a child. He has since grown up to become a serial killer with a steady job and a fiancé. As Eric's killings become more frequent, his stable life is threatened and his rage begins to take over any sanity he had left. The", "title": "Hatred of a Minute" }, { "docid": "18358626", "text": "visuals component, while criticized its repetitiveness and poor artificial intelligence; likewise IGN Spain praised the game's visuals and scenario's destructibility but panned its A.I. and poor plot. Upon launch, \"Hatred\" quickly became a best seller on Steam, and it holds a \"Mostly Positive\" response on the site. Hatred (video game) Hatred is an isometric shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Destructive Creations that was released on June 1, 2015 on Microsoft Windows. The player-character is a misanthropic mass-killer who begins a \"genocide crusade\" to kill as many human beings as possible. The developer described \"Hatred\" as a", "title": "Hatred (video game)" }, { "docid": "16301622", "text": "Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Midwest Regional Wrestling and Totally Lethal Wrestling, Reece changed her ring name to Hailey Hatred. Hatred won her first title on June 6, 2004, when she became the inaugural Totally Lethal Wrestling (TLW) World Women's Champion. Though TLW went out of business later that year, Hatred continues to hold the TLW World Women's Championship to this day with a reign of days. On October 29, 2004, Hatred took part in the inaugural ChickFight tournament, losing to Nikki Roxx in the first round. She has since returned to take part in the ChickFight III, IV and", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301631", "text": "Team Champions. On December 23, Hatred won the Christmas Cup battle royal to earn a future shot at the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship. At the end of the year, Hatred was awarded the Enemy Award, an annual prize handed to the top \"outside\" wrestler in JWP. On January 16, 2011, Hatred entered the Tag League the Best tournament, teaming with Kaori Yoneyama as Queens Revolution. In their first match in the tournament, Hatred and Yoneyama unsuccessfully challenged Kayoko Haruyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki for the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship. Despite winning their two remaining matches in the", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301641", "text": "(Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) to win the Goddess of Stardom Championship. Hatred and Kimura lost the title to Ho-Show Tennyo (Kairi Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki) in their first defense on April 29 at \"Ryōgoku Cinderella\", with Hatred suffering her first pinfall loss in Stardom in the process. On May 5, Hatred and Aki Shizuku produced their own independent event, titled \"Queen Bee 1st\", in Itabashi, Tokyo, which saw the two defeat Command Bolshoi and Rabbit Miu in the main event to become the new TLW World Women's Tag Team Champions. On June 23, Hatred, along with Kimura Monster-gun stablemates Christina Von", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301627", "text": "losing effort against the team of Melanie Cruise and Mena Libra on \"Volume 42\". Hatred returned to Shimmer on March 17, 2012, when she and Kalamity defeated Kana and LuFisto in a tag team match on \"Volume 45\". Later that same day on \"Volume 46\", Hatred and Kalamity unsuccessfully challenged Ayako Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship. The following day on \"Volume 47\", Hatred was defeated by Mercedes Martinez in a singles match. Later that day on \"Volume 48\", Hatred and Kalamity were defeated by Christina Von Eerie and MsChif in a tag team match. In", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301630", "text": "Pro Wrestling event, where she defeated Basara. On September 26, Hatred returned to JWP and began working regularly for the promotion. On October 10, Hatred put her AIW Women's Championship on the line in a title vs. title match against JWP Openweight Champion Kaori Yoneyama. After the first match ended in a double knockout, Hatred and Yoneyama wrestled another match, which also ended in a double knockout, meaning that both champions kept their titles. On November 30, Hatred and Yoneyama defeated Cherry Bomb and Sexy Star at a \"Joshi 4 Hope\" event to become the inaugural TLW World Women's Tag", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301629", "text": "Unicorn herself was unmasked, when she lost a \"Lucha de Apuestas\" to Angélica. On June 27, Reece, without her mask and using the ring name Hailey Hatred, made an appearance for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), teaming with El Brazo to defeat Jesse and Tiffany in a mixed tag team match. During her time in Mexico, Hatred also won the IMW Hybrid Fighting Championship. In July 2007, Hatred made her first trip to Japan, working for the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion on a two-month-long tour. On July 25, 2010, Hatred returned to Japan, wrestling at a NEO Japan Ladies", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "12471654", "text": "'mutinous' hatred, whereby a dependent relationship is repudiated in a quest for autonomy. Sigmund Freud defined hate as an ego state that wishes to destroy the source of its unhappiness, stressing that it was linked to the question of self-preservation. Donald Winnicott highlighted the developmental step involved in hatred, with its recognition of an outside object: \"As compared to magical destruction, aggressive ideas and behaviour take on a positive value, and hate becomes a sign of civilization\". In his wake, Object relations theory has emphasised the importance of recognising hate in the analytic setting: the analyst acknowledges his own hate", "title": "Hatred" }, { "docid": "4701127", "text": "A Lethal Dose of American Hatred A Lethal Dose of American Hatred is the second album by sludge metal band Superjoint Ritual. Former \"touring only\" bassist Hank Williams III played on this album. Nearly every song begins with a count-in by Phil Anselmo. \"Waiting for the Turning Point\" and \"Stealing a Page or Two From Armed & Radical Pagans\" are finished versions of the two bonus demos released on their first album, \"Use Once and Destroy\". \"A Lethal Dose of American Hatred\" is the last full-length studio album until 2016. They disbanded in December 2004 and reformed in October 2014.", "title": "A Lethal Dose of American Hatred" }, { "docid": "11056100", "text": "murder. The film includes footage of Panzram's handwritten papers, Leavenworth Penitentiary, the Clinton Correctional Facility, the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing, and an exclusive interview with Panzram's jail guard, Henry Lesser. John DiMaggio provides the voice of Carl Panzram. 2012 Director's Choice Award - Chicago Horror Film Festival Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance is a documentary film by John Borowski about the life and death of serial killer Carl Panzram. It is Borowski's third film. A lifelong criminal and serial killer, Carl Panzram befriends Henry Lesser, a young", "title": "Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance" }, { "docid": "11056099", "text": "Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance is a documentary film by John Borowski about the life and death of serial killer Carl Panzram. It is Borowski's third film. A lifelong criminal and serial killer, Carl Panzram befriends Henry Lesser, a young jail guard at the Washington, D.C. jail in 1928. After hearing of Panzram's torture, Lesser sends Panzram one dollar and convinces the killer to write his autobiography while secretly supplying him with pencil and paper. Panzram writes over 40,000 words documenting his entire life of incarceration, torture, rape, and", "title": "Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance" }, { "docid": "18358614", "text": "plant explodes, shaving NYC to the ground and killing millions of people. His mission is thus completed. \"Hatred\" is the first game by Destructive Creations, a video game developer based in Gliwice, Poland. Most of the company's staff previously worked at another Polish developer, The Farm 51. Destructive Creations announced \"Hatred\" on October 16, 2014, releasing the game's controversial trailer. The developer described \"Hatred\" as a reaction to a trend of political correctness in video games, and sought to make a game that eschewed politeness, colorfulness, and games as art. In this way, they sought to make a game that", "title": "Hatred (video game)" }, { "docid": "3199868", "text": "through the form of their own race or ethnicity. Jews are one of the prime examples that experience this type of self-hate. Jews have experienced plenty of hate from Europe and America. Also often quoted were the writings of Lessing, who, in his book, Jewish Self-Hatred (1930), considered this type of hatred pathological, “a manifestation of an over identification with the dominant culture and internalization of its prejudices.” There have been studies from sources stated in the scholarly research, “mental illness in Jews often derived from feelings of inferiority and self-hatred resulting from persecution and their subordinate position in society.”", "title": "Self-hatred" }, { "docid": "18358609", "text": "Hatred (video game) Hatred is an isometric shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Destructive Creations that was released on June 1, 2015 on Microsoft Windows. The player-character is a misanthropic mass-killer who begins a \"genocide crusade\" to kill as many human beings as possible. The developer described \"Hatred\" as a reaction to video game aesthetic trends such as political correctness, politeness, vivid color, and games as art. Its October 2014 announcement trailer was characterized as \"controversial\" by multiple video game journalists. The game was shortly removed by Valve Corporation from their Steam Greenlight service due to its", "title": "Hatred (video game)" }, { "docid": "16301635", "text": "JWP stripping Queens Revolution of all three of their tag team championships as punishment. The year ended with Hatred being given her second Enemy Award in a row. On January 15, 2012, Hatred unsuccessfully challenged Ayumi Kurihara for Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) World Women's Championship at a Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina event in Tokyo. In late 2011, Hatred also began making semi-regular appearances for the Ice Ribbon promotion, which led to her teaming with Dorami Nagano to unsuccessfully challenge Hikaru Shida and Maki Narumiya for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship on January 25, 2012.", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301639", "text": "days as they lost both titles to the team of Kyoko Kimura and Sayaka Obihiro on December 19. On December 27, Hatred made her debut for Wrestling New Classic (WNC), teaming with Josh O'Brien and Lin Byron in a six-person tag team match, where they were defeated by Akebono, Makoto and Takuya Kito. On January 5, 2013, Hatred was stripped of the Triangle Ribbon Championship, when her third title defense against Makoto Oishi and Tsukasa Fujimoto ended in a fifteen-minute time limit draw. On January 10, Hatred made her debut for World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, when she and fellow American", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301640", "text": "Jenny Rose entered a tournament to determine the inaugural Diana Tag Team Champions, from which they were eliminated in the first round by Keiko Aono and Mask de Sun. On January 26, Hatred failed in her attempt to recapture the Triangle Ribbon Championship, when she was eliminated from a tournament for the vacant title by Miyako Matsumoto in a three-way match, which also included Gabai-Ji-chan. The following day, Hatred made her second successful defense of the Remix Pro Women's Championship by defeating Tsubasa Kuragaki at a JWP event. On March 17, Hatred and Kyoko Kimura defeated Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301634", "text": "Kuragaki. On November 13, Hatred and Yoneyama defeated Kayoko Haruyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki to retain the TLW World Women's Tag Team Championship and win the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships, meaning that Hatred now held six championships simultaneously, three in both singles and tag team divisions. On December 23 at JWP's final event of 2011, Hatred lost the JWP Openweight Championship to Tsubasa Kuragaki. The same night was also supposed to feature Yoneyama's retirement match, however, after the match she announced that she had changed her mind and would continue her career. The surprise turn led to", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301638", "text": "defeated former ICE×60 Champion Hikaru Shida in a singles match. On October 28 at \"2012 Yokohama Ribbon III\", Hatred defeated Shida and Aki Shizuku via disqualification, after Shida used a \"shinai\" on her, to make her second successful defense of the Triangle Ribbon Championship. On November 28, Hatred and Hamuko Hoshi defeated Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto to win the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship and the Reina World Tag Team Championship, the latter title owned by the Reina X World promotion. As a result, Hatred once again held six titles simultaneously. However, Hatred's and Hoshi's double reign lasted only 21", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301636", "text": "After spending half a year working back in the United States, Hatred returned to Japan on August 7. She made her return to Ice Ribbon four days later, teaming with Miyako Matsumoto in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Aki Shizuku and Hiroyo Matsumoto. On August 19, Hatred returned to JWP, teaming with Manami Katsu and Tsubasa Kuragaki in a six-woman tag team match, where they were defeated by Leon, Manami Toyota and Ray. On September 23 at \"Ribbon no Kishitachi 2012\", Hatred defeated Neko Nitta and Shuu Shibutani in a three-way match to win the Triangle", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "5342570", "text": "\"Dune\" (1984) in \"Set Your Body Ablaze\" (\"Heat, upon heat, upon heat.\") Original 1997 line-up: Compilation songs: A Profound Hatred of Man A Profound Hatred of Man is an extended play by hardcore punk band Shai Hulud, released on February 18, 1997, on the independent label Crisis Records. In 2006, Revelation Records released a remastered version of the album which also includes the material from all of Shai Hulud's split records with bands Indecision, Boy Sets Fire and Another Victim, and some B-sides and covers. On the first 5000 copies, Shai Hulud's name is misspelled on the spine as \"\"Shai", "title": "A Profound Hatred of Man" }, { "docid": "18358617", "text": "from Norwegian death metal band Blood Red Throne also appear in the soundtrack. The team chose to work on a single platform due to the team's small size, hoping to distribute the game through Steam and GOG.com if allowed. On December 15, 2014, \"Hatred\" briefly appeared on Steam Greenlight, but was removed, with a Steam representative stating that the company \"would not publish \"Hatred\"\". On December 16, the game was returned to the service, and an apology to the development team was sent by Gabe Newell. Following this, it became the most voted game on the service and was approved", "title": "Hatred (video game)" }, { "docid": "9227878", "text": "anti-Americanism in contrast to exposure to CNN associating with less anti-Americanism. There are two types of persuasion: direct and indirect. Direct persuasion in regard to mass media exponentially expands hatred that leads to violence of ethnic groups. Indirect persuasion exports hatred and directs behavior towards executing violence. The continuous use of mass media as an apparatus to spread negative image of ethnic groups is seen throughout variations of history. Most media hate speech that amplified worldwide attention are experienced in Rwanda and Yugoslavia. Also, Media’s control of hate speech that Nazi and fascist parties manipulate agitate and attract followers into", "title": "Ethnic hatred" }, { "docid": "10800911", "text": "Beyond Hatred Beyond Hatred () is a 2005 French documentary film written and directed by Olivier Meyrou. The documentary tells the story of a French couple seeking justice and feeling acceptance after the homophobic murder of their gay son, 29-year-old Francois Chenu. He was murdered by three white power skinheads in 2002, who beat him severely in the face and threw him into a pond. The attackers were arrested one month after the incident, and Meyrou read about the case on the front page of \"Le Monde\". He had been wanting to make a film about homophobia for some time,", "title": "Beyond Hatred" }, { "docid": "9227877", "text": "Nazi Germany, media presence in exposing propaganda in terms of hatred was effectively organized by Joseph Goebbels.Although, Recent US Data (Berelson, Lazarsfeld, and McPhee 1954; Lazarsfeld, Berelson, and Gaudet 1944) shows media as a tool that does not carry “significant independent influence,” media “strengthens people’s predispositions.” Furthermore, Exogenous variation plays a role in utilizing media content towards escalating ethnic hatred presence according to recent economic studies. The effects of media on people varies in different platforms strengthening mass medias influence towards the public. Data polled from Muslim countries shows that exposure to Al-Jazeera is associated with higher levels of reported", "title": "Ethnic hatred" }, { "docid": "10800913", "text": "reviews. The documentary won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival. Beyond Hatred Beyond Hatred () is a 2005 French documentary film written and directed by Olivier Meyrou. The documentary tells the story of a French couple seeking justice and feeling acceptance after the homophobic murder of their gay son, 29-year-old Francois Chenu. He was murdered by three white power skinheads in 2002, who beat him severely in the face and threw him into a pond. The attackers were arrested one month after the incident, and Meyrou read about the case on the front page", "title": "Beyond Hatred" }, { "docid": "3121205", "text": "Red Army officers? Or are they White Guards in disguise? Eventually Stepan recognises a fellow soldier from the White Guards and realises his loyalties are divided. He tries to play both sides, first betraying his brothers to the White Guards, and then helping them to escape. Fyodor and Mitka take a White Colonel prisoner, and on his way from the estate, Stepan hears gunshots. Rushing off after them, he realises he has become a stranger to the Whites as well. Hatred (film) Hatred () is a 1977 Soviet film directed by Samvel Gasparov. This drama explores the way that war", "title": "Hatred (film)" }, { "docid": "18358624", "text": "it \"just as vicious and cynical as the first trailer\". \"The Guardian\", \"Rock, Paper, Shotgun\" and Kotaku described \"Hatred\" as a \"mass murder simulator\". \"Hatred\" received generally negative reviews. It holds an aggregated score of 43/100 on Metacritic based on 46 reviews. \"GameSpot\" gave \"Hatred\" a score of 3 out of 10, noting that the game's novelty wore off quickly due to a lack of variation or \"thrilling five-star moment[s]\", and concluding that \"the fact that the final product fails even to be worth a primal psychotic scream of victory against society at large for the people it might encourage", "title": "Hatred (video game)" }, { "docid": "8459215", "text": "spent time producing a number of artists, including Brand Nubian, Cypress Hill, Fat Joe, The Fugees, House of Pain, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, Tha Alkaholiks, The Pharcyde, Illegal, and Xzibit. \"Hatred, Passions, and Infidelity\" features the single \"The Hiatus\" and the Kid Capri-produced D.I.T.C. crew cut \"5 Fingas of Death.\" Hatred, Passions and Infidelity Hatred, Passions and Infidelity is the second album from hip hop producer and emcee Diamond D, released five years after his acclaimed debut, \"Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop\". The reason for the extended time between albums was due primarily to the legal battle between Diamond D and", "title": "Hatred, Passions and Infidelity" }, { "docid": "17531140", "text": "Hatred (2012 film) Hatred (in Persian: بغض; transliterated: boqz) is a 2012 Iranian drama film directed by Reza Dormishian. It is set in Istanbul, Turkey and deals with Iranian youth immigration. Jaleh and Hamid are two youngsters from the third generation of Iranian immigrants in Turkey. Their families came here to have a peaceful life. We see two parallel narrations from two different periods of the young characters' lives. One narration is about their first days of meeting and happiness. The other is about the eight crucial hours when they commit a robbery so they can use the money to", "title": "Hatred (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "17531141", "text": "start a happy life somewhere else. However, as often happens in such cases, they are led in a different direction. Hatred (2012 film) Hatred (in Persian: بغض; transliterated: boqz) is a 2012 Iranian drama film directed by Reza Dormishian. It is set in Istanbul, Turkey and deals with Iranian youth immigration. Jaleh and Hamid are two youngsters from the third generation of Iranian immigrants in Turkey. Their families came here to have a peaceful life. We see two parallel narrations from two different periods of the young characters' lives. One narration is about their first days of meeting and happiness.", "title": "Hatred (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "4701128", "text": "\"Waiting for the Turning Point\" and \"Dress Like a Target\" both had music videos. As considerably short songs, they both found significant airplay on heavy metal programs and consist largely of live performance. Album – Billboard (North America) A Lethal Dose of American Hatred A Lethal Dose of American Hatred is the second album by sludge metal band Superjoint Ritual. Former \"touring only\" bassist Hank Williams III played on this album. Nearly every song begins with a count-in by Phil Anselmo. \"Waiting for the Turning Point\" and \"Stealing a Page or Two From Armed & Radical Pagans\" are finished versions", "title": "A Lethal Dose of American Hatred" }, { "docid": "16301633", "text": "only win the 2011 G-1 Grand Prix, but also to retain the TLW World Women's and IMW Hybrid Fighting Championships and become the new holder of the JWP Openweight Championship, the promotion's top title. In winning the title, Hatred became the first American to hold the oldest championship in all of \"joshi puroresu\". On August 7, Hatred successfully defended her Triple Crown against her Queens Revolution partner Kaori Yoneyama, who had just prior to the match announced her retirement from professional wrestling at the end of the year. This was followed by another successful defense on September 23, against Tsubasa", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "6084515", "text": "Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred Incitement to racial or ethnic hatred is a crime under the laws of several countries. In Australia, the Racial Hatred Act 1995 amends the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, inserting Part IIA - Offensive Behaviour Because of Race, Colour, National or Ethnic Origin. It does not, however, address the issue of incitement to racial hatred. The Australian state of Victoria has addressed the question, however, with its enactment of the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001. In Finland, agitation against an ethnic group () is a crime according to the Criminal Code of Finland's (1889/39", "title": "Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred" }, { "docid": "6084521", "text": "present in Scotland. Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred Incitement to racial or ethnic hatred is a crime under the laws of several countries. In Australia, the Racial Hatred Act 1995 amends the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, inserting Part IIA - Offensive Behaviour Because of Race, Colour, National or Ethnic Origin. It does not, however, address the issue of incitement to racial hatred. The Australian state of Victoria has addressed the question, however, with its enactment of the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001. In Finland, agitation against an ethnic group () is a crime according to the Criminal Code", "title": "Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred" }, { "docid": "5813642", "text": "Act 1998, which guarantees freedom of religion and expression, and so denied that an Act of Parliament is capable of making any religious text illegal. The House of Lords passed amendments to the Bill on 25 October 2005 which have the effect of limiting the legislation to \"A person who uses threatening words or behaviour, or displays any written material which is threatening... if he intends thereby to stir up religious hatred\". This removed the abusive and insulting concept, and required the intention — and not just the possibility — of stirring up religious hatred. The Government attempted to overturn", "title": "Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006" }, { "docid": "18358610", "text": "extremely violent content but was later brought back with a personal apology from Gabe Newell. It was greenlit for a second time on December 29, 2014 and released on June 1, 2015. Upon release \"Hatred\" received generally negative reviews. Many critics panned the game as being repetitive and lacking variation, also criticizing its violent and controversial nature, although some minor praise went towards its gameplay and mechanics. The game revealed to be a best seller on Steam and it gathered a positive response by the playerbase. \"Hatred\" is a shooter video game presented in isometric perspective in which the player-character", "title": "Hatred (video game)" }, { "docid": "12471657", "text": "color, etc.), mental capacity, and any other distinction that might be considered a liability. The term covers written as well as oral communication and some forms of behaviors in a public setting. It is also sometimes called antilocution and is the first point on Allport's scale which measures prejudice in a society. In many countries, deliberate use of hate speech is a criminal offence prohibited under \"incitement to hatred\" legislation. It is often alleged that the criminalization of hate speech is sometimes used to discourage legitimate discussion of negative aspects of voluntary behavior (such as political persuasion, religious adherence and", "title": "Hatred" }, { "docid": "6084520", "text": "four other occasions over the previous 11 years for criticizing Muslim immigration. Under the law of the United Kingdom, \"incitement to racial hatred\" was established as an offence by the provisions of §§ 17-29 of the Public Order Act 1986. It was first established as a criminal offence in the Race Relations Act 1976. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 made publication of material that incited racial hatred an arrestable offence. This offence refers to: Laws against incitement to hatred against religions were later established under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006. However this legislation is not", "title": "Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred" }, { "docid": "12471659", "text": "scanned while viewing pictures of people they hated. The results showed increased activity in the middle frontal gyrus, right putamen, bilaterally in the premotor cortex, in the frontal pole, and bilaterally in the medial insular cortex of the human brain. Hate, like love, takes different shapes and forms in different languages. While it may be fair to say that one single emotion exists in English, French (haine), and German (Hass), hate is historically situated and culturally constructed: it varies in the forms in which it is manifested. Thus a certain relationless hatred is expressed in the French expression \"J'ai la", "title": "Hatred" }, { "docid": "16914314", "text": "parameters of acceptable cultural norms that promote unrealistic and constricting ideas about what it means to be a man or a woman in modern society. One of the most common consequences of internalized heterosexism is intense depression fueled by self-loathing and sexual repression. Most dictionaries define misogyny as the hatred of women, and as \"hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women\". which can lead to the interpretation that it is a male trait. However, the sociologist Michael Flood at the University of Wollongong notes the following: Women who experience internalized misogyny may express it through minimizing the value of women, mistrusting", "title": "Internalized sexism" }, { "docid": "12471658", "text": "philosophical allegiance). There is also some question as to whether or not hate speech falls under the protection of freedom of speech in some countries. Both of these classifications have sparked debate, with counter-arguments such as, but not limited to, a difficulty in distinguishing motive and intent for crimes, as well as philosophical debate on the validity of valuing targeted hatred as a greater crime than general misanthropy and contempt for humanity being a potentially equal crime in and of itself. The neural correlates of hate have been investigated with an fMRI procedure. In this experiment, people had their brains", "title": "Hatred" }, { "docid": "12471660", "text": "haine\", which has no precise equivalent in English; while for English-speakers, loving and hating invariably involve an object, or a person, and therefore, a relationship with something or someone, \"J'ai la haine\" (literally, I have hate) precludes the idea of an emotion directed at a person. This is a form of frustration, apathy and animosity which churns within the subject but establishes no relationship with the world, other than an aimless desire for destruction. French forms of anti-Americanism have been seen as a specific form of cultural resentment, registering joy-in-hate. The Hebrew word describing David's \"perfect hatred\" (KJV) means that", "title": "Hatred" }, { "docid": "20254801", "text": "dignity, as well as his insight into China's history and culture.\" Thor Halvorssen of \"Forbes\" called it \"a provocatively sophisticated compendium of observations of contemporary Chinese authoritarian society\". According to Jonathan Mirsky of \"The New York Times\", \"Liu demonstrates a considerable amount of anger while retaining his Gandhian nonviolent spirit\". No Enemies, No Hatred No Enemies, No Hatred is a book by Nobel Peace Prize-winning writer and activist Liu Xiaobo which contains a wide selection of his writings and poetry between 1989 and 2009. It was published in 2012 by the Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press. It was", "title": "No Enemies, No Hatred" }, { "docid": "20254800", "text": "No Enemies, No Hatred No Enemies, No Hatred is a book by Nobel Peace Prize-winning writer and activist Liu Xiaobo which contains a wide selection of his writings and poetry between 1989 and 2009. It was published in 2012 by the Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press. It was edited by Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao and Liu Xiaobo's wife Liu Xia, and includes a foreword written by Václav Havel. The volume marks the inaugural English-language collection of Liu's work. PD Smith of \"The Guardian\" wrote: \"Liu's essays and poems [...] speak eloquently of his fearless commitment to defending human", "title": "No Enemies, No Hatred" }, { "docid": "13967103", "text": "that the EP showcases \"the total commitment to honesty that quickly earned them the respect of the wider punk community. For \"Trouser Press\", Robbins called the EP a \"statement of purpose\". A critic writing for \"Maximumrocknroll\" described the EP as containing \"4 great songs\". The tracks were described by Allmusic's Laurie Mercer as \"relatively straightforward\", but Mercer also commented on \"Forget Your Life\"'s contrast between apparently nihilistic lyrics and positive and upbeat sentiment. Betrayal, Fear, Anger, Hatred Betrayal, Fear, Anger, Hatred is the first EP by Canadian punk rock band Nomeansno. Released in 1981, it and the \"Look, Here Come", "title": "Betrayal, Fear, Anger, Hatred" }, { "docid": "13967099", "text": "Betrayal, Fear, Anger, Hatred Betrayal, Fear, Anger, Hatred is the first EP by Canadian punk rock band Nomeansno. Released in 1981, it and the \"Look, Here Come the Wormies / SS Social Service\" 7\" split single from the previous year are the two official Nomeansno releases from their origins recording in their parents' basement before becoming a live band. Originally self-released in a limited vinyl run, the EP since has been re-released by the band's Wrong Records imprint on 7\" and included on reissues of the band's 1982 debut album \"Mama\". Brothers Rob and John Wright began recording original songs", "title": "Betrayal, Fear, Anger, Hatred" }, { "docid": "258054", "text": "least as far as Hesiod. The term \"misogyny\" itself comes directly into English from the Ancient Greek word \"misogunia\" (), which survives in several passages. The earlier, longer, and more complete passage comes from a moral tract known as \"On Marriage\" (\"c\". 150 BC) by the stoic philosopher Antipater of Tarsus. Antipater argues that marriage is the foundation of the state, and considers it to be based on divine (polytheistic) decree. He uses \"misogunia\" to describe the sort of writing the tragedian Euripides eschews, stating that he \"reject[s] the hatred of women in his writing\" (ἀποθέμενος τὴν ἐν τῷ γράφειν", "title": "Misogyny" }, { "docid": "5813643", "text": "these changes, but lost the House of Commons votes on 31 January 2006. A complete summary of the voting in the various divisions of this bill may be found at www.publicwhip.org.uk. Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 (c. 1) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which creates an offence in England and Wales of inciting hatred against a person on the grounds of their religion. The Act was the Labour Government's third attempt to bring in this offence: provisions were originally included as part of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and", "title": "Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006" }, { "docid": "5813636", "text": "Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 (c. 1) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which creates an offence in England and Wales of inciting hatred against a person on the grounds of their religion. The Act was the Labour Government's third attempt to bring in this offence: provisions were originally included as part of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Bill in 2001, but were dropped after objections from the House of Lords. The measure was again brought forward as part of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill in", "title": "Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006" }, { "docid": "8459214", "text": "Hatred, Passions and Infidelity Hatred, Passions and Infidelity is the second album from hip hop producer and emcee Diamond D, released five years after his acclaimed debut, \"Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop\". The reason for the extended time between albums was due primarily to the legal battle between Diamond D and his then label PWL America Records. After the issues were resolved between him and the company, he was released from PWL America and recorded for the label's parent company Mercury Records. The album received positive reviews from music critics and fans. In the period between his album releases, Diamond", "title": "Hatred, Passions and Infidelity" }, { "docid": "3199870", "text": "Black Americans are assumed immoral, ugly, dull witted, and otherwise inferior. In addition, from their history as seen as slaves, it also counts as a reason as to why they are considered inferior to others. The self-hate portrayal of Black women is not local to the USA and no less dramatic than that of Black men. What Black women experience is conveyed to other Black women via influences of American media. As a result in severe depression. Not only that, Black men are portrayed as lazy while Black women are portrayed as sexually bold. Race category in America may have", "title": "Self-hatred" }, { "docid": "18358619", "text": "association with sexually explicit games, adding that \"it's still some kind of achievement to have the second game in history getting AO rating for violence and harsh language only. Even if this violence isn't really that bad and this harsh language isn't overused.\" A second trailer was released the same month, along with pre-order details. It showed new weapons (such as a flamethrower) and new execution animations. Developers claimed that shortly after the release, developer tools for \"Hatred\" would be made available. The release date was announced in April 2015. The game was released on June 1, 2015. Shortly before", "title": "Hatred (video game)" }, { "docid": "3199871", "text": "an impact on Blacks because of the status as well as history of their race, which results in self-hate for their own kind. Not only that, but skin bleaching is a common pattern because they believe their skins are “too dark” for society. On July 5, 1999, The Ministry of Health held a press conference to publicize its counter strategy to skin bleaching resulting in taking it off on all markets. By banning skin bleaching it shows a pattern that people of color are judged thus lowering their self esteem and possibly creating self-hatred. A dermatologist has estimated that about", "title": "Self-hatred" }, { "docid": "6084519", "text": "2005, politician Jean Marie Le Pen was convicted of inciting racial hatred, for comments made to Le Monde in 2003 about the consequences of Muslim immigration in France. Similar complaints were brought in 2015 after he compared Muslim street prayers to the Nazi occupation of France in 2010, but he was acquitted. In 2008, actress and animal-rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot was convicted on charges of inciting racial hatred for her criticism concerning the ritual slaughter of sheep during the feast of Eid al-Adha in a letter to then-Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy. Bardot had been convicted of inciting racial hatred on", "title": "Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred" }, { "docid": "7677821", "text": "Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu is the fourth album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released on October 17, 1989 by Epic Records. Despite containing previously released material, \"Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu\" is still considered a studio album rather than an EP or a compilation album. It includes four covers of No Mercy, a cover of Los Cycos (\"It's Not Easy\"), two never-before released tracks (\"Just Another Love Song\" and \"Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu\") and two different versions of \"How Will I Laugh Tomorrow\" (from the band's 1988 album", "title": "Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu" }, { "docid": "7677828", "text": "Emotion Version)\" were made to promote this release. Billboard (North America) Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu is the fourth album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released on October 17, 1989 by Epic Records. Despite containing previously released material, \"Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu\" is still considered a studio album rather than an EP or a compilation album. It includes four covers of No Mercy, a cover of Los Cycos (\"It's Not Easy\"), two never-before released tracks (\"Just Another Love Song\" and \"Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu\") and two different versions", "title": "Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu" }, { "docid": "4477839", "text": "portrayed as a relentless and uncompromising figure, always planning how to overcome an unfriendly natural environment and conquer the natives, whom he sees as inferior. The language used in Davidson's internal monologues reveals his hatred and contempt for people different from himself. Initially, this hatred is directed at the Athsheans, whom he sees as nonhuman and refers to as \"creechies\" (a derivative of \"creatures\"). However, his contempt extends to the women in the colony and eventually to other members of the military, who follow the Colonel's orders not to fight the Athsheans. He has racist feelings towards the South Asian", "title": "The Word for World Is Forest" }, { "docid": "6677545", "text": "performed by Chris Daughtry on the fifth season of \"American Idol\" in 2006. Stapp sings the title of the song 53 times in total. Along with \"Bullets\", it is one of Creed's heaviest songs, and one of their few metal songs. What If (Creed song) \"What If\" is a song by Creed, released as the second single from their 1999 album \"Human Clay\". In the song, Scott Stapp sings about hatred and those who oppress others. According to guitarist Mark Tremonti, the intro was inspired by the 1966 song \"Paint It, Black\" by The Rolling Stones. The song was used", "title": "What If (Creed song)" }, { "docid": "15237584", "text": "and continues to be invoked. Political historian Karl Deutsch, in a quote sometimes mistakenly attributed to Renan, said that a nation is \"a group of people united by a mistaken view about the past and a hatred of their neighbours\". Benedict Anderson's 1983 work Imagined Communities, which states that a nation is an \"imagined political community\", argues that Renan contradicts himself when he says French people must have forgotten the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, yet does not explain what it is. In other words, Renan assumes that all his readers will remember the very massacre he says they have forgotten.", "title": "What Is a Nation?" }, { "docid": "18707543", "text": "possible ways women could help eradicate the problem. One of the many excuses used to conduct lynchings was that it was done in the name of \"protecting\" white women. ASWPL founder Jessie Daniel Ames pointed out that the alleged rapes of white women by black men, \"the supposed rationale for a lynching, seldom occurred and that the true motive for lynching was in racial hatred.\" In addition, Ames felt that white women were exploited in this narrative \"in order to obscure the economic greed and sexual transgressions of white men.\" In her writing and speaking for the group, Ames used", "title": "Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching" }, { "docid": "16301642", "text": "Eerie and Kyoko Kimura, was given an opportunity to become the new Artist of Stardom Champion, however, the three were defeated in a decision match for the vacant title by Kairi Hojo, Kaori Yoneyama and Yuhi. Shortly afterwards, Hatred announced that she was leaving Japan and returning to the United States for the foreseeable future, which led to Ice Ribbon dedicating the August 3 event to her. The main event of the show featured Hatred's final match in Japan, where she and Hikaru Shida were defeated by Hamuko Hoshi and Tsukasa Fujimoto, with Hoshi pinning her for the win. In", "title": "Hailey Hatred" }, { "docid": "10800912", "text": "and decided that the Chenu case was very emblematic. The film's French television premiere was on 19 June 2005; Eurozoom distributed the film's French theatrical release the following year. It was shown at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival, the Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and the 2007 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on 15 June 2007, distributed by First Run Features. Rotten Tomatoes gave \"Beyond Hatred\" a \"fresh\" rating of 89% based on 18 reviews. Metacritic gave it a \"generally favorable\" rating of 65% based on five", "title": "Beyond Hatred" }, { "docid": "18358618", "text": "successfully on December 29. In January 2015, \"Hatred\" was given an \"Adults Only\" (AO) rating by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). The rating effectively prevents any mainstream retail distribution of the game in the United States, or on video game consoles as all three major console makers forbid AO-rated games on their platforms. It is the third video game that received an AO rating for extreme violence rather than sexual content, behind \"Manhunt 2\" and the unreleased \"Thrill Kill\". One of its developers disputed the rating, stating that they were \"not quite convinced\" about the rating due to its", "title": "Hatred (video game)" }, { "docid": "6677544", "text": "What If (Creed song) \"What If\" is a song by Creed, released as the second single from their 1999 album \"Human Clay\". In the song, Scott Stapp sings about hatred and those who oppress others. According to guitarist Mark Tremonti, the intro was inspired by the 1966 song \"Paint It, Black\" by The Rolling Stones. The song was used in the film \"Scream 3\" in 2000, for which Creed helped to produce the soundtrack. The music video portrayed Creed band members being \"killed\" by the Ghostface character from the \"Scream\" films. The video features actor David Arquette. The song was", "title": "What If (Creed song)" }, { "docid": "3199873", "text": "to 17 years old) obtained in 2016. The study was led by Justin W. Patchin, PhD and Sameer Hinduja, PhD. Their study, \"Digital Self-Harm Among Adolescents\" revealed that 6 percent of students say they have cyberbullied themselves. The study also found that males were significantly more likely to report digital self-harming themselves than females, with 7.1 percent for males compared with 5.3 percent for females. The study found correlations between digital self-harm and factors such as sexual orientation, prior experience with bullying, drug use, and depressive symptoms. Self-harm can be a psychological disorder that may involve self-hatred, where subjects may", "title": "Self-hatred" }, { "docid": "6355178", "text": "Were Watching God\", in which the protagonist Janie Crawford's Grandmother says \"De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see.\" The song describes women's subservience to men and misogyny across all cultures. In a 1972 interview on \"The Dick Cavett Show\", John Lennon stated that Irish revolutionary James Connolly was an inspiration for the song. Lennon cited Connolly's statement \"the female worker is the slave of the slave\" in explaining the pro-feminist inspiration behind the song. Due to its use of an offensive racial epithet and what was perceived as an inappropriate comparison of", "title": "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" }, { "docid": "11167823", "text": "Gynophobia Gynophobia or gynephobia is an abnormal fear of women, a type of specific social phobia. In the past, the Latin term horror feminae was used. Gynophobia should not be confused with misogyny, the hatred, contempt for and prejudice against women, although some may use the terms interchangeably, in reference to the social, rather than pathological aspect of negative attitudes towards women. The antonym of misogyny is philogyny, the love, respect for and admiration of women. This term is analogous with androphobia, the abnormal or irrational fear of men. The term \"gynophobia\" comes from the Greek γυνή - \"gunē\", meaning", "title": "Gynophobia" }, { "docid": "7677822", "text": "with the same title): the \"video edited\" version and the \"heavy emotion\" version. \"Controlled by Hatred\" is the first of three Suicidal Tendencies albums to go gold. The album itself is represented as two fictional EPs―the first five tracks are \"Controlled by Hatred\" and the rest are \"Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu\". It features six new recordings―four of which are covers of No Mercy songs, one is a cover of Los Cycos, an outtake from the previous album's sessions, a shortened version of \"How Will I Laugh Tomorrow\" (as it is heard in the song's video) and the previously unreleased", "title": "Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu" } ]

[ "West Park, Plymouth", "Plymouth (city, England)", "Pleimuiden", "Plymouth UA", "Plymouth Devon", "England Plymouth", "Plymouth, England", "Plymouth Black Friary", "County Borough of Plymouth", "Pennycross", "Knackersknowle", "Plymoth", "The weather in Plymouth", "Pennycross primary", "Plymouth Grey Friary", "Pennycross Primary School", "Plymouth", "Plymouth, Devon", "Derriford, Devon", "Derriford", "Bretonside Bus Station", "Plymouth Dock", "Plymouth Borough Council", "Plymouth (district)", "Old Plymouth", "Plymouth, Devonshire", "City of Plymouth", "Plymouth, United Kingdom", "Plymouth England", "Plymouth White Friary" ]

[ { "docid": "6748163", "text": "the harsh treatment from King James for rejecting England's official church. Although they were allowed some religious liberties in Holland, the liberalism and openness of the Dutch to all styles of life horrified them. They approached the Virginia Company and asked to settle \"as a distinct body of themselves\" in America. In the fall of 1620, they sailed to North America on the \"Mayflower\", first landing near the tip of Cape Cod (modern-day Provincetown, Massachusetts). Blown north off its course, the Mayflower landed at a site that had been named Plymouth. Since the area was not land that lay within", "title": "History of Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "2401953", "text": "Society of \"Mayflower\" Descendants are located behind the mansion. The Mayflower Society The General Society of \"Mayflower\" Descendants — commonly called the Mayflower Society — is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from one or more of the 102 passengers who arrived on the \"Mayflower\" in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Society was founded at Plymouth in 1897. A primary goal of the Society is to educate the public about the role of the Pilgrims in the early history of what would later become the United States of America. There are Mayflower societies", "title": "The Mayflower Society" }, { "docid": "2401951", "text": "The Mayflower Society The General Society of \"Mayflower\" Descendants — commonly called the Mayflower Society — is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from one or more of the 102 passengers who arrived on the \"Mayflower\" in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Society was founded at Plymouth in 1897. A primary goal of the Society is to educate the public about the role of the Pilgrims in the early history of what would later become the United States of America. There are Mayflower societies in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia,", "title": "The Mayflower Society" }, { "docid": "3627909", "text": "of what is now Provincetown, where a memorial plaque bears his and the names of four others \"who died at sea while the ship lay at Cape Cod Harbor\" in Nov./Dec. 1620. Finally, Elinor More, age 8, was assigned to Edward Winslow as a servant, but died in November 1620 soon after the arrival of the \"Mayflower\" at Cape Cod Harbor. Her burial place is unknown, but may have been ashore on Cape Cod similar to her brother Jasper. With many others who died that winter, her name appears on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb, Cole's Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts. William Brewster", "title": "William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "17584932", "text": "Stratton. He came from London as a servant of Stephen Hopkins, completed his apprenticeship, and then moved to Virginia Colony. Mayflower Compact signatories The Mayflower Compact was the iconic document in the earliest history of America. It was ratified by forty-one men on board the Pilgrim ship \"Mayflower\" on November 11, 1620 while anchored at Cape Cod, now Provincetown Harbor in Massachusetts. The Compact was originally drafted as an instrument to maintain unity and discipline in this new land called Plymouth Colony but, over time, it has become one of the most historic documents in American History. It was later", "title": "Mayflower Compact signatories" }, { "docid": "17584897", "text": "Mayflower Compact signatories The Mayflower Compact was the iconic document in the earliest history of America. It was ratified by forty-one men on board the Pilgrim ship \"Mayflower\" on November 11, 1620 while anchored at Cape Cod, now Provincetown Harbor in Massachusetts. The Compact was originally drafted as an instrument to maintain unity and discipline in this new land called Plymouth Colony but, over time, it has become one of the most historic documents in American History. It was later published in London in \"Mourt's Relation\" in 1622, and the authors had added a preamble to clarify its meaning: \"it", "title": "Mayflower Compact signatories" }, { "docid": "3627904", "text": "gales. The caulking of its planks was failing to keep out sea water, and the passengers' berths were not always dry. On the journey there were two deaths, a crew member and a passenger. After being blown off course by gales, the \"Mayflower\" made a landing at Cape Cod. Finding the area near Provincetown occupied by indigenous people, the ship's company decided to continue exploring along the nearby coast. The group arrived in the area near present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts on December 21, 1620. In the space of several months almost half the passengers perished in the cold, harsh New England", "title": "William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "12261842", "text": "been on board the ship for this entire time, and they were worn out and in no condition for a very taxing, lengthy Atlantic journey cooped up in the cramped spaces of a small ship. But the \"Mayflower\" sailed from Plymouth on September 6, 1620 with what Bradford called \"a prosperous wind\". Aboard the \"Mayflower\" were many stores that supplied the pilgrims with the essentials needed for their journey and future lives. It is assumed that they carried tools and weapons, including cannon, shot, and gunpowder, as well as some live animals, including dogs, sheep, goats, and poultry. Horses and", "title": "Mayflower" }, { "docid": "1885751", "text": "Plymouth was established in December 1620 by English separatist Puritans who had broken away from the Church of England, believing that the Church had not completed the work of the Protestant Reformation. Today, these settlers are much better known as the \"Pilgrims\", a term coined by William Bradford. The Mayflower first anchored in the harbor of Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 11, 1620. The ship was headed for the mouth of the Hudson River near Manhattan, which was part of the Colony of Virginia at the time, but it did not go beyond Cape Cod. The Pilgrim settlers realized that they", "title": "Plymouth, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "9213152", "text": "in Plymouth with: \"Sarah, first wife of Francis Eaton.\" The burial places of his second and third wives, Dorothy and Christian, are unknown. Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger) Francis Eaton was born ca. 1596 in Bristol, England, and died in the autumn of 1633 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He, with his wife and son, were passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the \"Mayflower\". His signature appears on the Mayflower Compact. Francis Eaton was baptised on 11 September 1596 at St. Thomas' Church in Bristol, England. Francis was a son of John Eaton and his wife Dorothy (Smith). He had", "title": "Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "1885752", "text": "did not have a patent to settle in the region, so they signed the Mayflower Compact prior to disembarking. They explored various parts of Cape Cod and eventually sought a suitable location for a permanent settlement to the westward in Cape Cod Bay. They discovered the sheltered waters of Plymouth Harbor on December 17, and the protected bay led to a site for the new settlement after three days of surveying. The settlers officially disembarked on December 21, 1620. It is traditionally said that the Pilgrims first set foot in America at the site of Plymouth Rock, though no historical", "title": "Plymouth, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "3936409", "text": "300th anniversary of the landing of the \"Mayflower\" and the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. The Mayflower Hotel opened on February 18, 1925. The hotel sat on of land, and had roughly of interior space. Several heating oil furnaces and one of the world's largest air conditioning units kept the hotel at an even year round. The hotel's promenade, as completed, was wide and long. The hotel had 440 guest rooms, each with its own shower bath. Guest suites had a sitting room, dining room, bath, and up to seven bedrooms. The hotel's 500 residential guest apartments each had its own", "title": "Mayflower Hotel" }, { "docid": "9213139", "text": "Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger) Francis Eaton was born ca. 1596 in Bristol, England, and died in the autumn of 1633 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He, with his wife and son, were passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the \"Mayflower\". His signature appears on the Mayflower Compact. Francis Eaton was baptised on 11 September 1596 at St. Thomas' Church in Bristol, England. Francis was a son of John Eaton and his wife Dorothy (Smith). He had younger siblings who were born after him – including Jane in 1598/99, Samuel in 1600 and Welthian in 1602, but all siblings died", "title": "Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "1885747", "text": "Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth (; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as \"America's Hometown.\" Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the \"Mayflower\" Pilgrims, where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. The town has served as the location of several prominent events, one of the more notable being the First Thanksgiving feast. Plymouth served as the capital", "title": "Plymouth, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "14650669", "text": "dissenting congregation in Scrooby led by William Brewster, Richard Clyfton and John Robinson. This congregation was subject to ecclesiastical investigation, and its members faced social hostility from conforming church members. Fearing increasing persecution, the group left England and settled in the Dutch city of Leiden. In 1620, after receiving a patent from the London Company, the Pilgrims left for New England on board the \"Mayflower\", landing at Plymouth Rock. Two of the Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony - Robert Cushman and Edward Winslow - believed that Cape Ann would be a profitable location for a settlement. They therefore organized a", "title": "History of the Puritans in North America" }, { "docid": "9701575", "text": "Pilgrim Monument The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts, was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landfall of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the signing of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown Harbor. This campanile is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States and is part of the Provincetown Historic District. In 1620, the Pilgrims spent five weeks exploring Cape Cod before they sailed to Plymouth, Massachusetts. After spending weeks at sea, the Pilgrims resolved not to set foot on land until the Mayflower Compact was written and signed. A contest was held to design a structure to", "title": "Pilgrim Monument" }, { "docid": "1498356", "text": "Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the \"Mayflower,\" consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620. They used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers while the \"Mayflower\" was anchored in Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod.", "title": "Mayflower Compact" }, { "docid": "4059232", "text": "Mayflower Steps The Mayflower Steps are close to the site in the Barbican area of Plymouth, south-west England, from which the Pilgrim Fathers are believed to have finally left England aboard the \"Mayflower\" on 6 September 1620, before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to settle in North America. The traditional site of their disembarkation in North America is Plymouth Rock. The passengers who came predominantly from East Anglia sought religious and other freedoms. They had no links with Plymouth, but because of bad weather in the English Channel they were forced to put in at Plymouth seeking shelter and essential repairs.", "title": "Mayflower Steps" }, { "docid": "12261826", "text": "named \"Mayflower\", which made the London to Plymouth, Massachusetts, voyage several times. The \"Mayflower\" was a square rig with a beakhead bow and high, castle-like structures fore and aft that served to protect the ship's crew and the main deck from the elements—designs that were typical with English merchant ships of the early 17th century. Her stern carried a 30-foot high, square aft-castle which made the ship extremely difficult to sail against the wind and unable to sail well against the North Atlantic's prevailing westerlies, especially in the fall and winter of 1620; the voyage from England to America took", "title": "Mayflower" }, { "docid": "16430445", "text": "living at Salem, well married, and approved of.\" Nothing is known of the dates of death of John Turner and his sons, other than they died sometime in the winter of 1620/21. John Turner was buried in Coles Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth, presumably in an unmarked grave as with most \"Mayflower\" passengers who died in that first winter. His sons may have also been buried in Coles Hill Burial Ground. They are all memorialized on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb on Coles Hill as \"John Turner and two sons.\" John Turner (Mayflower passenger) John Turner (c.1590 – winter of 1620/21)", "title": "John Turner (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "12261838", "text": "ship by 1620, along with Christopher Nichols, Robert Child, and Thomas Short. It was from Child and Jones that Thomas Weston chartered her in the summer of 1620 to undertake the Pilgrim voyage. Weston had a significant role in the \"Mayflower\" voyage due to his membership in the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London, and he eventually traveled to the Plymouth Colony himself. Approximately 65 passengers embarked the \"Mayflower\" in the middle of July 1620 at either Blackwall or Wapping on the River Thames. The ship then proceeded down the Thames into the English Channel and then on to the", "title": "Mayflower" }, { "docid": "7761750", "text": "Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger) Edward Fuller (1575 – winter of 1620/21) was a passenger on the historic 1620 voyage of the ship \"Mayflower\". He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and perished with his wife soon after the passengers came ashore to their new settlement at Plymouth. Fuller was baptised at Redenhall, in Norfolk, England, on 4 September 1575. He and his brother Samuel Fuller (\"c.\" 1580–1633), also a \"Mayflower\" passenger, were the sons of Robert Fuller, a butcher, and apparently of Robert's first wife Sarah Dunkhorn (she was buried at Redenhall on 1 July 1584). There is very", "title": "Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "7761744", "text": "Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger) Edward Fuller (1575 – winter of 1620/21) was a passenger on the historic 1620 voyage of the ship \"Mayflower\". He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and perished with his wife soon after the passengers came ashore to their new settlement at Plymouth. Fuller was baptised at Redenhall, in Norfolk, England, on 4 September 1575. He and his brother Samuel Fuller (\"c.\" 1580–1633), also a \"Mayflower\" passenger, were the sons of Robert Fuller, a butcher, and apparently of Robert's first wife Sarah Dunkhorn (she was buried at Redenhall on 1 July 1584). There is very", "title": "Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "5922606", "text": "the Pennsylvania and its lower Delaware Bay counties remained proprietary colonies under a charter originally granted to William Penn and his heirs. The Province of Connecticut and the Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations continued as corporation colonies under charters, and Massachusetts was governed as a royal province while operating under a charter after the unifying of the older \"Massachusetts Bay\" colony at Boston and the \"first landing\" colony, Plymouth Colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, with its famous \"Mayflower Compact\" from 1620. Further south, the Provinces of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia to the undefined border with Spanish", "title": "Colonial charters in the Thirteen Colonies" }, { "docid": "7131868", "text": "George Soule (Mayflower passenger) George Soule (c. 1601 – between 20 September 1677 and 22 January 1679) was a colonist who was one of the indentured servants on the \"Mayflower\" and helped establish Plymouth Colony in 1620. He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. It is known that George came on the \"Mayflower\" and was credited to the household of Edward Winslow as a manservant or apprentice, along with Elias Story and a little girl Ellen More, who both died in the first winter. What is not generally understood is the long-term effect of William Brewster's scheme", "title": "George Soule (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "7131895", "text": "interpretations of relationships are not always reliable. George Soule (Mayflower passenger) George Soule (c. 1601 – between 20 September 1677 and 22 January 1679) was a colonist who was one of the indentured servants on the \"Mayflower\" and helped establish Plymouth Colony in 1620. He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. It is known that George came on the \"Mayflower\" and was credited to the household of Edward Winslow as a manservant or apprentice, along with Elias Story and a little girl Ellen More, who both died in the first winter. What is not generally understood is", "title": "George Soule (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "24280", "text": "to be put to death until the chief's daughter, Pocahontas, saved him. From this the legend of Pocahontas sprang forth, becoming part of American folklore, children's books, and movies. Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620, and an important symbol in American history. There are no contemporary references to the Pilgrims' landing on a rock at Plymouth. The first written reference to the Pilgrims landing on a rock is found 121 years after they landed. The Rock, or one traditionally identified as it, has long been", "title": "Folklore of the United States" }, { "docid": "9455764", "text": "possibly after coming ashore, per Bradford, to the new Plymouth settlement. They were buried in Coles Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth, most likely in unmarked graves as with so many who died in that first winter. Their names, along with others who perished that winter, are memorialised on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb on Coles Hill as \"John Tilley and his wife.\" John Tilley (Mayflower passenger) John Tilley (c.1571- winter of 1620/21) and his family were passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the \"Mayflower\". He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact, and died with his wife in the first", "title": "John Tilley (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "1498364", "text": "order used by the other half of unnumbered lists (John Turner will be the eighth name). Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the \"Mayflower,\" consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620. They used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers while the", "title": "Mayflower Compact" }, { "docid": "19525934", "text": "had stayed in England, as well as a scattering of others. Some would-be pioneers had to be left behind because of the problems with the \"Speedwell\". The \"Mayflower\" sailed from Plymouth, in South West England, on September 6, 1620, with 102 passengers and a crew of 47. The expedition sighted Cape Cod on November 9, 1620, and landed at what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts. Two days later, the men signed the \"Mayflower\" Compact, wherein all agreed to submit themselves to the will of the majority—one of the foundation documents of American democracy. They established a settlement at Plymouth Colony (today", "title": "Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar" }, { "docid": "12261867", "text": "to build a replica of the ship at Harwich, England. Mayflower The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England, to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers, and the crew is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is unknown. The ship has become a cultural icon in the history of the United States. The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact prior to leaving the ship and establishing Plymouth Colony, a document which established a rudimentary form of democracy with each member contributing to", "title": "Mayflower" }, { "docid": "15935116", "text": "the harbour at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on 11/21 November. The Mayflower Compact was signed that day. A number of colonists travelled as indentured servants on the \"Mayflower\". Exactly what explanation was given for the More children's presence is not known as many \"homeless waifs from the streets of London were sent to the New World as labourers\". Three of the \"Mayflower\" Pilgrims took responsibility for the children as indentured servants: Richard was six years old when the \"Mayflower\" landed at Plymouth Colony. Immediately upon setting foot on land, he would have worked with all of the others", "title": "Richard More (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "12261834", "text": "with musket balls. Ship's Master Jones unloaded four of the pieces to help fortify Plymouth Colony against invaders. There were 26 vessels bearing the name \"Mayflower\" in the Port Books of England during the reign of James I (1603–1625); it is not known why the name was so popular. The identity of Captain Jones's \"Mayflower\" is based on records from her home port, her tonnage (est. 180–200 tons), and the master's name in 1620 in order to avoid confusion with the many other \"Mayflower\" ships. It is not known when and where the \"Mayflower\" was built, although late records designate", "title": "Mayflower" }, { "docid": "3627897", "text": "William Brewster (Mayflower passenger) William Brewster (1566 – 10 April 1644) was an English official and \"Mayflower\" passenger in 1620. In Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, Brewster, a separatist, became senior elder and the leader of the community. William Brewster was born in 1568, most probably in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He was the son of William Brewster and he had a number of half-siblings. His paternal grandparents were William Brewster (1510–1558), and Maud Mann (1513–1558) from Scotland. He studied briefly at Peterhouse, Cambridge, before entering the service of William", "title": "William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "2401952", "text": "and Canada. Today, it is estimated that up to tens of millions of Americans have at least one ancestor who was among this group of early settlers. The following are the names of 31 adult \"Mayflower\" passengers currently known to have descendants. In 1941 the Society purchased the Edward Winslow House in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The mansion home was originally built in 1754 by the great-grandson of Edward Winslow, third Governor of Plymouth Colony. The Society operates the home as the Mayflower House Museum, an 18th-century historic house museum with period decorations and furnishings. The offices and library of the General", "title": "The Mayflower Society" }, { "docid": "6748154", "text": "History of Massachusetts Massachusetts was first colonized by principally English Europeans in the early 17th century, and became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the 18th century. Prior to English colonization of the area, it was inhabited by a variety of mainly Algonquian language indigenous tribes. The first permanent English settlement in New England came in 1620 with the founding of Plymouth Colony by the Pilgrims who sailed on the \"Mayflower\". It set precedents but never grew large. A large-scale Puritan migration began in 1630 with the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and spawned the settlement of other New England", "title": "History of Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "6055772", "text": "Of Plymouth Plantation Of Plymouth Plantation was written over a period of years by William Bradford, the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. It is regarded as the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the colony which they founded. The journal was written between 1630 and 1651 and describes the story of the Pilgrims from 1608, when they settled in the Dutch Republic on the European mainland through the 1620 \"Mayflower\" voyage to the New World, until the year 1647. The book ends with a list of \"Mayflower\" passengers and what happened to them", "title": "Of Plymouth Plantation" }, { "docid": "15092086", "text": "partly to eliminate confusion between this Hampton (in the kingdom of Wessex) and another Hamtun/Hampton (in the kingdom of Mercia); the latter became Northampton. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers (also known as Pilgrims or English Separatists) departed from Southampton for North America on the \"Mayflower\" and \"Speedwell\". The \"Speedwell\" had come from Holland to meet the \"Mayflower\" before crossing together. However, she was leaky and put into Dartmouth and Plymouth for repairs. There are reports that crew members who did not want to make the voyage sabotaged her. She was deemed too unreliable to attempt the crossing; personnel and stores", "title": "History of the Port of Southampton" }, { "docid": "12218999", "text": "Mullins property and home before he and his family boarded the \"Mayflower\". The relationship between Peter Browne and the Mullins family in Dorking did seem quite close. As a single man of about age twenty-five, and possibly coming from an apprenticeship, he boarded the \"Mayflower\" in the company of the Mullins family. But unfortunately these ties were to be broken with the death of William Mullins, his wife Alice and son Joseph soon after arrival in the New World. The \"Mayflower\" departed Plymouth, England on 6/16 September 1620. The small, 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about", "title": "Peter Browne (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "16430443", "text": "delays in England, they spotted land, which was the Cape Cod Hook, now called Provincetown Harbor. After several days of trying to get south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11/21. John Turner was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact on November 11, 1620, but not his sons, who were yet to be of age. John Turner and his two sons all died the first winter in Plymouth. By this time three other complete families had perished –", "title": "John Turner (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "12261861", "text": "men before the mast, making a total of about 50. The entire crew stayed with the \"Mayflower\" in Plymouth through the winter of 1620–1621, and about half of them died during that time. The remaining crewmen returned to England on the \"Mayflower\", which sailed for London on April 5, 1621. Banks states that the crew totaled 36 men before the mast and 14 officers, making a total of 50. Nathaniel Philbrick estimates between 20 and 30 sailors in her crew whose names are unknown. Nick Bunker states that \"Mayflower\" had a crew of at least 17 and possibly as many", "title": "Mayflower" }, { "docid": "12261825", "text": "Mayflower The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England, to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers, and the crew is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is unknown. The ship has become a cultural icon in the history of the United States. The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact prior to leaving the ship and establishing Plymouth Colony, a document which established a rudimentary form of democracy with each member contributing to the welfare of the community. There was a second ship", "title": "Mayflower" }, { "docid": "1718925", "text": "caught in a deer trap made by Indians and hauled nearly upside down. The third exploration departed from the \"Mayflower\" on December 6, 1620 when a group of men (including Bradford) located Plymouth Bay. A winter storm nearly sank their boat as they approached the bay, but they managed to land on Clark's Island, suffering from severe exposure to the cold and waves. During the ensuing days, they explored the bay and found a suitable place for settlement, now the site of downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts. The location featured a prominent hill ideal for a defensive fort. There were numerous brooks", "title": "William Bradford (governor)" }, { "docid": "9213142", "text": "of the Merchant Adventurers, financial supporters of the Mayflower venture. The \"Mayflower\" departed Plymouth, England on 6/16 September 1620. The small, 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about 30-40 in extremely cramped conditions. By the second month out, the ship was being buffeted by strong westerly gales, causing the ship's timbers to be badly shaken with caulking failing to keep out sea water, and with passengers, even in their berths, lying wet and ill. This, combined with a lack of proper rations and unsanitary conditions for several months, attributed to what would be fatal for many, especially", "title": "Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "4789798", "text": "massive undertaking to bring I-93 underground in downtown Boston, called the Big Dig, brought the city's highway system under public scrutiny for its high cost and construction quality. Massachusetts has a long political history; earlier political structures included the Mayflower Compact of 1620, the separate Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, and the combined colonial Province of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Constitution was ratified in 1780 while the Revolutionary War was in progress, four years after the Articles of Confederation was drafted, and eight years before the present United States Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788. Drafted by John Adams, the", "title": "Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "14823316", "text": "Haunted places in Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth, Massachusetts, called \"America's Hometown\" on its welcome billboards and a tourist train, is home to both Plymouth Rock and the \"Mayflower\". It is where the pilgrims first set foot when they came to America in 1620, and where the first Thanksgiving took place. Over the past 400 years, Plymouth has grown from a small colony to a large community. With this much history in a town come stories of abandoned hospitals and old places that are now believed to be haunted. Myles Standish was a soldier hired by the Separatists who came to be", "title": "Haunted places in Plymouth, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "4789739", "text": "and perhaps leptospirosis. Between 1617 and 1619, smallpox killed approximately 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Native Americans. The first English settlers in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims, arrived via the \"Mayflower\" at Plymouth in 1620, and developed friendly relations with the native Wampanoag people. This was the second successful permanent English colony in the part of North America that later became the United States, after the Jamestown Colony. The event known as the \"First Thanksgiving\" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World which lasted for three days. The Pilgrims were soon followed by other Puritans, who", "title": "Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "2126256", "text": "was a prisoner of the Pokanoket. And there is no other account of what Squanto did from the time he left Dermer to the time he met the new settlers at Patuxet/Plymouth. Having been delayed two months beyond its intended departure, the \"Mayflower\", its crew and 102 passengers sighted land very late in the year on November 9, 1620 o.s. at Cape Cod. This being well north of the land their patent entitled them to settle, they spent a day attempting to track southward to the mouth of \"Hudson's river\" (their intended destination), but dangerous shoals and breakers caused them", "title": "Squanto" } ]

[ { "docid": "15553582", "text": "she too is sailing on the Mayflower to the New World. Hummy's father is who takes care of her, because Hummy's mother died, this makes Hummy's father very melancholic. This is the first novel in the Dear America series. A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 is a historical novel for young readers. It is the first book in the series \"Dear America\". Remember Patience Whipple is a girl who was on board the Mayflower and is sailing from", "title": "A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620" }, { "docid": "15553581", "text": "A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 is a historical novel for young readers. It is the first book in the series \"Dear America\". Remember Patience Whipple is a girl who was on board the Mayflower and is sailing from England. She is headed toward the New World with her family of four. Mr. Whipple is Patience’s father and can fix things. Mam, Patience’s mother, and Blessing who is Patience’s little sister. Patience has a friend called Hummy and", "title": "A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620" }, { "docid": "4559205", "text": "\"Mayflower\" voyage preparations. About this time, presumably in early 1620, Martin was making arrangements for his family to emigrate to America on the \"Mayflower\". Why his son Nathaniel did not travel with the family on the \"Mayflower\" is unknown – although the possibility exists that he had died, there is also speculation per Stratton that Nathaniel may well have been alive in England in 1620 and just did not accompany the family when the \"Mayflower\" departed. Nothing further is known of him. Christopher Martin had begun selling off his land holdings, in preparation for departure from England, several years before", "title": "Christopher Martin (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "19502532", "text": "Susanna White (Mayflower passenger) Susanna White (\"fl.\" 1620) was a passenger on the \"Mayflower\" and a member of the Leiden, Holland Congregation. She was pregnant during the \"Mayflower\" voyage and gave birth to Peregrine in late November 1620, while the ship was anchored at Cape Cod. Peregrine was the first White baby boy born on the Mayflower in the harbor of Massachusetts, the second baby born on the \"Mayflower\"s historic voyage, and the first known English child born to the Pilgrims in America. Susanna's first husband was Pilgrim William White, with whom she had sons Resolved and Peregrine White, all", "title": "Susanna White (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "13930849", "text": "couple soon make up and Tokiko seems even charmed by her husband's new-found \"manliness\". Meanwhile, Setsuko is leaving Tokyo. In a date with Okada, Komiya's student, she negotiates how they will treat each other if they settle down and get married. In 2010, the BFI released a Region 2 DVD of the film as a bonus feature on its Dual Format Edition (Blu-ray + DVD) of \"Early Summer\". What Did the Lady Forget? Komiya (Tatsuo Saitō) is an affluent, respected and good-natured professor of medicine at a Tokyo university. He has a wife, Tokiko (Sumiko Kurishima), though they are without", "title": "What Did the Lady Forget?" }, { "docid": "19502536", "text": "Jackson\", he provided news of Susanna, her late husband William White, and her children. He also sends his regards to his father-in-law in England, obviously not Robert Fuller who had been dead for nine years. Susanna White (Mayflower passenger) Susanna White (\"fl.\" 1620) was a passenger on the \"Mayflower\" and a member of the Leiden, Holland Congregation. She was pregnant during the \"Mayflower\" voyage and gave birth to Peregrine in late November 1620, while the ship was anchored at Cape Cod. Peregrine was the first White baby boy born on the Mayflower in the harbor of Massachusetts, the second baby", "title": "Susanna White (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "20092676", "text": "Kinks and Peggy Lee, and two studio recordings of a new song, \"Look at What the Light Did Now\", written by Little Wings. Prior to its December 2010 home video release, the documentary screened at number of international fall festivals, including the 2010 Raindance Film Festival in London, CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, and the Pop Montreal music festival in Quebec. \"Look at What the Light Did Now\" marks both Feist's first official documentary and first official live album. \"Look at What the Light Did Now\" received limited reviews upon release that were mostly positive. Music site Drowned in Sound gave the", "title": "Look at What the Light Did Now" }, { "docid": "9761326", "text": "Mayflower Council The Mayflower Council of the Boy Scouts of America serves the MetroWest and southeastern regions of Massachusetts. On March 28, 2017, Knox Trail Council and Old Colony Council voted to merge and create a new, combined council. The merger was executed on May 10, 2017, using the name \"Council 251\" to represent the new council until August 30, 2017, when the name \"Mayflower Council\" was selected. The council is headquartered at the former Knox Trail Council headquarters in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and the former Old Colony Council headquarters in Canton, Massachusetts is used as a satellite location. Mayflower Council", "title": "Mayflower Council" }, { "docid": "3627908", "text": "child, Jonathan, was born on 12 August 1593. Two other children were born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire: Patience about 1600, and Fear about 1606. A more comprehensive list of their children is as follows: Three of the \"Mayflower\" pilgrims, including William Brewster, took responsibility for children of Samuel More, who accompanied him and others as indentured servants: In addition to these, Jasper More, age 7, was assigned to John Carver as a servant, but died of a \"common infection\" in Dec. 1620 while the \"Mayflower\" was in Cape Cod Harbor (several weeks after Elinor). He was buried ashore in the area", "title": "William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "12261845", "text": "November 9, 1620, they sighted present-day Cape Cod. They spent several days trying to sail south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, where they had obtained permission to settle from the Company of Merchant Adventurers. However, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, well north of the intended area, where they anchored on November 11. The settlers wrote and signed the Mayflower Compact after the ship dropped anchor at Cape Cod, in what is now Provincetown Harbor, in order to establish legal order and to quell increasing strife within the", "title": "Mayflower" }, { "docid": "13675535", "text": "of the fan base. One deranged fanboy in particular, Jerome T. Kornacker, is so outraged that his favorite superheroine is being \"perverted,\" that he takes radical steps to stop the change. \"What They Did to Princess Paragon\" is a tongue-in-cheek look at the comic book industry, the artists who create comics, the corporations that publish and sell them, and the fans who support and consume the books. The story is also an exploration of 1990s lesbian feminist thought. What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the", "title": "What They Did to Princess Paragon" }, { "docid": "16421166", "text": "half the passengers perished in cold, harsh, unfamiliar New England winter. On November 9/19, 1620, after about three months at sea, including a month of delays in England, they spotted land, which was the Cape Cod Hook, now called Provincetown Harbor. After several days of trying to get south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11/21. William Mullins signed The Mayflower Compact 11/21 1620. William Mullins, his wife Alice and son Joseph all died within months of arriving", "title": "William Mullins (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "10802423", "text": "What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? is a book by biblical scholar and archaeologist William G. Dever detailing his response to the claims of minimalists to the historicity and value of the Hebrew Bible. Dever's book is a response to recent trends in biblical scholarship and biblical archaeology which question whether the bible can be used as a reliable tool for interpreting history. The book begins with Dever's explanation of the \"minimalist\" position, which holds that the bible is a product of", "title": "What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?" }, { "docid": "2650323", "text": "for this purpose (the 1619 voyage being the first), with the tobacco brides promised free passage and trousseaus for their trouble. On November 21, 1620, the Mayflower arrived in what is today Provincetown, Massachusetts), bringing the Pilgrims. There were 102 people aboard – 18 married women traveling with their husbands, seven unmarried women traveling with their parents, three young unmarried women, one girl, and 73 men. Three fourths of the women died in the first few months; while the men were building housing and drinking fresh water the women were confined to the damp and crowded quarters of the ship.", "title": "History of women in the United States" }, { "docid": "9455758", "text": "land, which was the Cape Cod Hook, now called Provincetown Harbor. After several days of trying to get south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbour at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on 11/21 November. The Mayflower Compact was signed that day. John Tilley was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact, as was his brother, Edward. Both John Tilley and his brother Edward were involved in the early exploring expeditions of the Cape Cod area in November and December 1620, with both suffering the effects of being", "title": "John Tilley (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "4559219", "text": "\"Mayflower\" descendants. It is known that her son Solomon came on the \"Mayflower\" as a \"singleman\" and died in December 1620. Two other children – John and an unnamed child, died in infancy. Johnson further states that if there are any descendants of Mary (Prowe) Martin alive today, they must be descendants of eldest son Edward Prower (Jr.) or daughter Mary Prower. Johnson has found no record to prove that daughter Mary survived, but he states that there is proof that Edward Prower did survive, married and had several children. There is a record that on August 19, 1621, that", "title": "Christopher Martin (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "15935128", "text": "some point between 1901 and 1919, and provoked some outraged reaction in the local press. Richard More is buried in what was known as the Charter Street Burial Ground but is now the Burying Point/Charter Street Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts. He is the only Mayflower passenger to have his gravestone still where it was originally placed sometime in the mid-1690s. Also buried nearby in the same cemetery were his two wives, Christian Hunter More and Jane (Crumpton) More. If the 1696 date is correct, Richard More was the last surviving male passenger of the \"Mayflower\", which would have left Mary", "title": "Richard More (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "7189534", "text": "Here at the Mayflower Here at the Mayflower is an album released by Barry Manilow in 2001. The album concept (designed by album cover designer Dennis Purcell) is based on the Brooklyn, New York apartment complex Barry Manilow grew up in. The album marked the first album to include all original material since \"\" in 1984. \"Here at the Mayflower\" also marked an end to a period in which Manilow recorded cover albums of non-original material, although over the next decade, his albums would prove once again to be cover albums, until the release of \"15 Minutes\" in 2011. It", "title": "Here at the Mayflower" }, { "docid": "7189536", "text": "\"The Night That Tito Played\" features dialogue by Manilow. Here at the Mayflower Here at the Mayflower is an album released by Barry Manilow in 2001. The album concept (designed by album cover designer Dennis Purcell) is based on the Brooklyn, New York apartment complex Barry Manilow grew up in. The album marked the first album to include all original material since \"\" in 1984. \"Here at the Mayflower\" also marked an end to a period in which Manilow recorded cover albums of non-original material, although over the next decade, his albums would prove once again to be cover albums,", "title": "Here at the Mayflower" }, { "docid": "4377428", "text": "Thomas Rogers (Mayflower passenger) Thomas Rogers (c.1571 – January 11, 1621) was a Leiden Separatist who traveled in 1620 with his eldest son Joseph as passengers on the historic voyage of the Pilgrim ship \"Mayflower\". Thomas Rogers was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact, but perished in the winter of 1620/21. His son Joseph, who traveled with Thomas on the Mayflower, but was too young, at age 17, to sign the Mayflower Compact, survived to live a long life. Thomas Rogers was born in the area of the village of Watford, in Northamptonshire, England, which has extensive history from the", "title": "Thomas Rogers (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "13675534", "text": "What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the story of what happens when a venerable comic book superheroine is retconned as a lesbian. Gay comic book creator Brian Parrish is hired by Bang Comics to take over \"Princess Paragon\", a superhero comic book that's been around since the 1940s, but whose sales are slumping badly by the 1990s. Parrish decides to reimagine Princess Paragon as a lesbian, a move which causes quite a bit of excitement and publicity for Bang, but also causes consternation among some", "title": "What They Did to Princess Paragon" }, { "docid": "17834398", "text": "Mongrel. Joining the group for these sessions was saxophonist Dana Colley of the band Morphine. The Curtis Mayflower The Curtis Mayflower is an American rock band formed in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2013. The group consists of lead singer Craig Rawding, guitarist Pete Aleksi, bassist Jeremy Moses Curtis, keyboard player Brooks Milgate, and drummer Duncan Arsenault. The group's debut album \"Everything Beautiful Is Under Attack\" was released on January 28, 2014. In March 2017 the band released their sophomore album \"Death Hoax\" to positive reviews. Before starting The Curtis Mayflower, Brooks Milgate, Duncan Arsenault and Jeremy Moses Curtis played together in", "title": "The Curtis Mayflower" }, { "docid": "17834395", "text": "The Curtis Mayflower The Curtis Mayflower is an American rock band formed in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2013. The group consists of lead singer Craig Rawding, guitarist Pete Aleksi, bassist Jeremy Moses Curtis, keyboard player Brooks Milgate, and drummer Duncan Arsenault. The group's debut album \"Everything Beautiful Is Under Attack\" was released on January 28, 2014. In March 2017 the band released their sophomore album \"Death Hoax\" to positive reviews. Before starting The Curtis Mayflower, Brooks Milgate, Duncan Arsenault and Jeremy Moses Curtis played together in The Howl with The Fabulous Thunderbirds guitarist Troy Gonyea. While playing The Howl, Curtis and", "title": "The Curtis Mayflower" }, { "docid": "6144581", "text": "11, 1679 which is the date her will was proved. Chilton died on December 8 (New Style 18), 1620. He was the only Mayflower Compact signer who died while the \"Mayflower\" was anchored at Cape Cod. There are two memorials to him. There is a small memorial plaque at Winthrop Street Cemetery and the larger \"\"Mayflower\" Passengers Who Died At Sea\" memorial plaque at Bas Relief Park. Chilton's wife died about a month after him. She died of what was called the first sickness. She died early in 1621. James was buried ashore on Cape Cod. Chilton and his wife", "title": "James Chilton" }, { "docid": "20092678", "text": "earthy, quirky additions\". \"Look at What the Light Did Now\" won the 'DVD of the Year' prize at the 2012 Juno Awards in Canada, and was nominated for the Sound & Vision Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark. Feature Length Documentary Music videos Live Performances from The Reminder Tour 2007-2009 Tracks 9-12: Chilly Gonzales Original Score - Songs from The Reminder improvised and performed on solo piano. Total running time: 58:43 Look at What the Light Did Now Look at What the Light Did Now is a documentary/live album DVD/CD by Canadian indie pop artist Feist, first released in December 2010.", "title": "Look at What the Light Did Now" }, { "docid": "9455754", "text": "John Tilley (Mayflower passenger) John Tilley (c.1571- winter of 1620/21) and his family were passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the \"Mayflower\". He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact, and died with his wife in the first Pilgrim winter in the New World. John Tilley was baptised on 19 December 1571 at Henlow, co. Bedford, England. He was the eldest child of Robert Tilley and his wife Elizabeth. John had a younger brother, Edward, who also came on the \"Mayflower\" with his wife. John Tilley, his brother Edward and their wives all perished that first winter in the", "title": "John Tilley (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "20448790", "text": "Treasury Capital Issue's Committee to finance \"South of Algiers\" provided he could get a distributor guarantee. This meant Setton only had to get a guarantee from a distributor, not actually money. Setton and Baring ultimately parted ways after a differing of opinion of what films to make. Setton set up Marksman Films. Mayflower Productions Mayflower Productions was a British-based film production company of the 1930s and 1950s. Mayflower Pictures was formed in July 1937 by German-born film producer Erich Pommer and British actor Charles Laughton. John Maxwell was on the board. They announced they would make three films, all to", "title": "Mayflower Productions" }, { "docid": "16010178", "text": "The Lord at first did Adam make The Lord at first did Adam make, alternatively The Lord at first had Adam made is a traditional English Christmas carol which was collected and first published in 1822 in Davies Gilbert's collection \"Some Ancient Christmas Carols...Formerly Sung in the West of England\". The carol relates the events of Genesis, Chapter 3, relating the evils that have befallen humanity since that first fall and humanity's subsequent redemption; during Advent, a traditional theme is of the birth of Jesus being the coming of the \"Second Adam\". The carol was sung in the West Country", "title": "The Lord at first did Adam make" }, { "docid": "10802427", "text": "up the argument of the book, stating that there was an ancient Israel, that the bible was written from a genuine historical core, and that archaeology can identify this core and prevent Israel from being \"written out of history\". The book received mixed reviews. Conservative scholars commended Dever for his critique on minimalism but were disappointed by his failure to defend the historicity of the bible prior to the age of David and Solomon. Others chided his inability to distance himself from his obsessions: What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Did the Biblical", "title": "What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?" }, { "docid": "16010180", "text": "Henry Ramsden Bramley's \"Christmas Carols, New and Old\" of 1877, albeit in a Victorianised non-modal form, with a grammatically corrected text. In addition to Gilbert Davies' collected version, another tune also exists and there are numerous textual variations, including additional verses. The Lord at first did Adam make The Lord at first did Adam make, alternatively The Lord at first had Adam made is a traditional English Christmas carol which was collected and first published in 1822 in Davies Gilbert's collection \"Some Ancient Christmas Carols...Formerly Sung in the West of England\". The carol relates the events of Genesis, Chapter 3,", "title": "The Lord at first did Adam make" }, { "docid": "7131877", "text": "delays in and around England, they spotted land, which was the Cape Cod Hook, now called Provincetown Harbor. After several days of trying to get south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on 11/21 November. On 11 November 1620, Soule and others signed the Mayflower Compact. Soule and three others were under 21 years of age, and one of the three had a baptismal record showing he was just 20 years old at the time of signing. It appears the", "title": "George Soule (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "11220958", "text": "flee the scene. Filmed on November 15–18, 1938, the title \"A Ducking They Did Go\" is a play on the old children's song \"A-Hunting We Will Go.\" The closing shot of the Stooges leaping over a bush, and landing on a trio of bucking steers was recycled from the end of 1936's \"A Pain in the Pullman\". A Ducking They Did Go A Ducking They Did Go is the 38th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1939 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for", "title": "A Ducking They Did Go" }, { "docid": "15935100", "text": "genealogist friend, Sir Anthony Wagner, searched and found in his attic a 1622 document that detailed the legal disputes between Katherine More and Samuel More and what actually happened to the More children. It is clear from these events that Samuel did not believe the children to be his offspring. To rid himself of the children, he arranged for them to be sent to the Colony of Virginia. Due to bad weather, the \"Mayflower\" finally anchored in Cape Cod Harbor in November 1620, where one of the More children died soon after; another died in early December and yet another", "title": "Richard More (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "16430438", "text": "John Turner (Mayflower passenger) John Turner (c.1590 – winter of 1620/21) was a passenger, along with his two sons, on the 1620 voyage of the historic Pilgrim ship the \"Mayflower\". He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and perished with his sons that first winter. Very little is known about his life in England, especially his origins. It is believed he may have come from Great Yarmouth in co. Norfolk, where there were several Turner families. Per Banks, Turner may have been of the original Pilgrim contingent emigrating to Leiden in 1610 with Bradford and Brewster as in that", "title": "John Turner (Mayflower passenger)" }, { "docid": "11732563", "text": "USS Mayflower (1866) USS \"Mayflower\" (1866) was a screw tugboat acquired by the United States Navy at the end of the American Civil War. She performed a variety of duties, including survey work, along the New England and mid-Atlantic coasts of the United States. On completion of her official duties, she was recommissioned and issued to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, for use as a training ship for midshipmen. \"Mayflower\" -– the first U.S. Navy ship to bear that name -- was a screw tug built for the Navy in 1866 at Chelsea, Massachusetts, by James Tetlow.", "title": "USS Mayflower (1866)" }, { "docid": "15127300", "text": "Mouse on the Mayflower The Mouse on the Mayflower is a 1968 animated Thanksgiving television special created by Rankin/Bass Productions and animated by Japanese studio Toei Animation. It was the first official special under the Rankin/Bass moniker after changing its name from Videocraft the previous year. It debuted on NBC on November 23, 1968. The special is about a church mouse named Willum, who is discovered on the \"Mayflower\". Tennessee Ernie Ford voices Willum and narrates. The famous ship called \"Mayflower\" is trapped amidst a huge storm. The entire story is narrated by a church-mouse called Willum, from his viewpoint.", "title": "Mouse on the Mayflower" }, { "docid": "13899429", "text": "Anarchy Is What States Make of It \"Anarchy Is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics\" is a journal article by Alexander Wendt published in \"International Organization\" in 1992 that outlines a constructivist approach to international relations theory. Wendt argues that anarchy is not inherent in the international system in the way in which other schools of international relations theory envision it, but rather it is a construct of the nation-states in the system. At the core of constructivist thought is the idea that many core aspects of international relations are socially constructed (they are given", "title": "Anarchy Is What States Make of It" }, { "docid": "16948557", "text": "the question, \"Did Drake Land Here\" in 1960. Louise Welshons Buell, Harry Morrison, Richard Scott and Gerald Webber suggested that Drake landed at Point Año Nuevo Cove. Around 1934, a bottle found with a thin, rolled lead plate was found at Monterey Bay, California. Myron Oliver and Ed Kennedy believed this proved Drake at been at that location. In 1718, mission friar Juan Amando Niel, speculated that Drake had entered the Carmel River. Margie Mallagh reported a local legend regarding Drake landing in San Luis Obispo Bay at a site known as Mallagh's Landing or Pirate's Cove. Robert Pate, Richard", "title": "Fringe theories on the location of New Albion" }, { "docid": "11732566", "text": "& Co., of Boston, Massachusetts, 27 December 1893. USS Mayflower (1866) USS \"Mayflower\" (1866) was a screw tugboat acquired by the United States Navy at the end of the American Civil War. She performed a variety of duties, including survey work, along the New England and mid-Atlantic coasts of the United States. On completion of her official duties, she was recommissioned and issued to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, for use as a training ship for midshipmen. \"Mayflower\" -– the first U.S. Navy ship to bear that name -- was a screw tug built for the Navy", "title": "USS Mayflower (1866)" }, { "docid": "15127301", "text": "The tale begins with the pilgrim preachers deciding to move to America and getting aboard the \"Mayflower\". However, because of the huge storm, the ship gets on the verge of sinking. Then, Willum, the pilgrim mouse, comes up with an idea to save the ship. When the pilgrims land safely, they write the Mayflower Compact and start constructing their new church and colony. However, it is already the autumn season and they do not have much food stored for the winter. The pilgrims then learn to plant crops during the spring season and celebrate a big feast toward the onset", "title": "Mouse on the Mayflower" }, { "docid": "20092675", "text": "Look at What the Light Did Now Look at What the Light Did Now is a documentary/live album DVD/CD by Canadian indie pop artist Feist, first released in December 2010. The DVD comprises an 80-minute documentary directed by Anthony Seck, five music videos from 2007 album The Reminder, and a number of live performances recorded between 2007 and 2009, including covers of songs by artists such as Little River Band and Ron Sexsmith. The set's accompanying CD features live tracks and solo piano takes of tracks from \"The Reminder\", along with live covers of songs by artists such as The", "title": "Look at What the Light Did Now" }, { "docid": "6613249", "text": "the ship's surgeon, a young man just out of apprenticeship as a London Barber-Surgeon by the name of Giles Heale. His name appears as a witness to the death-bed will of William Mullins in February 1621. Another person that Bradford also did not mention who is recorded as possibly being a principal officer of the Mayflower due to his title, is a man identified only as \"Master\" Leaver. He is recorded in Mourt's Relation (1622) as rescuing Pilgrims lost in a forest in January 1621. \"Mayflower\" embarked about sixty-five passengers in London about the middle of July 1620, proceeded to", "title": "Christopher Jones (Mayflower captain)" }, { "docid": "1094136", "text": "Eastham, Massachusetts Eastham () is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 4,956 at the 2010 census. For geographic and demographic information about the village of North Eastham, please see North Eastham, Massachusetts. Originally settled by the Nauset tribe, Eastham was the site where in 1620 a hunting expedition landed, comprised from the crew of the sailing vessel \"Mayflower\", which had stopped in Provincetown harbor on Cape Cod Bay after a rough crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, which led to the first encounter of the Pilgrims and the local", "title": "Eastham, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "1094151", "text": "the Dill Beach Shack, all on Route 6, adjacent to the Eastham Post Office. The museums are opened in July and August. Eastham, Massachusetts Eastham () is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 4,956 at the 2010 census. For geographic and demographic information about the village of North Eastham, please see North Eastham, Massachusetts. Originally settled by the Nauset tribe, Eastham was the site where in 1620 a hunting expedition landed, comprised from the crew of the sailing vessel \"Mayflower\", which had stopped in Provincetown harbor on Cape", "title": "Eastham, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "8207124", "text": "The Land of Make Believe \"The Land of Make Believe\" is a 1981 single by British band Bucks Fizz. It reached No.1 in the UK in early 1982 - the second single by the band to do so. The song was produced by Andy Hill with music by Hill and lyrics by ex-King Crimson member Peter Sinfield. Despite the apparent sugar-coated style of the song, Sinfield later claimed it was a subtle attack on Margaret Thatcher and her government's policy at the time. \"The Land of Make Believe\" became a big hit across Europe in early 1982, topping the charts", "title": "The Land of Make Believe" }, { "docid": "8207137", "text": "Quartet in 1957. The Land of Make Believe \"The Land of Make Believe\" is a 1981 single by British band Bucks Fizz. It reached No.1 in the UK in early 1982 - the second single by the band to do so. The song was produced by Andy Hill with music by Hill and lyrics by ex-King Crimson member Peter Sinfield. Despite the apparent sugar-coated style of the song, Sinfield later claimed it was a subtle attack on Margaret Thatcher and her government's policy at the time. \"The Land of Make Believe\" became a big hit across Europe in early 1982,", "title": "The Land of Make Believe" }, { "docid": "16918899", "text": "Unlike Abrahamson's previous two films, the screenplay for \"What Richard Did\" was not written by Mark O'Halloran but by Malcolm Campbell. The details of the plot deviate significantly from the source novel. The director worked with the cast for a full year in advance of production while script development was ongoing, holding a series of workshops in an effort to make successive drafts more reflective of contemporary Irish youth culture. Shot on location in Dublin and Wicklow, the film was financed by the Irish Film Board and Screen Scene, and was produced by Element Pictures. At the request of Kevin", "title": "What Richard Did" }, { "docid": "19446423", "text": "part of the album's pre-release video series. The official music video was released on July 9, 2017. Also directed by Edwards, the video is composed of footage from Bentley's 2017 tour. What the Hell Did I Say \"What the Hell Did I Say\" is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in June 2017 as the fourth single from his 2016 album \"Black\". This is the second collaboration by Bentley, Kear and Tompkins, following the highly successful No. 1 single \"Drunk on a Plane\". However, unlike \"Drunk\", this song underperformed and became the", "title": "What the Hell Did I Say" }, { "docid": "15127302", "text": "of the autumn season or fall. This is their first Thanksgiving celebration. \"The Mouse on the Mayflower\" was first released on VHS by Family Home Entertainment in 1989 and 1993. Sony Wonder and Golden Books Family Entertainment also released the special on VHS in the \"Holiday Classics Collection\" line in 1998. This special has yet to see a DVD release. Mouse on the Mayflower The Mouse on the Mayflower is a 1968 animated Thanksgiving television special created by Rankin/Bass Productions and animated by Japanese studio Toei Animation. It was the first official special under the Rankin/Bass moniker after changing its", "title": "Mouse on the Mayflower" }, { "docid": "2636550", "text": "as the Supercomputer, Vegas or Bust, the End of the show 'show' where Ant and Dec perform with an act such as Riverdance or an Orchestra, and \"I'm a Celebrity, get out of my ear!\" where they have an earpiece in a celebs ear and they tell them what to do while being filmed by secret cameras. The series was such a success that ITV recommissioned it for 2014 even before the 2013 series ended. In August 2002, Ant & Dec fronted \"I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!\". They drew their highest viewing figures to date in February 2004:", "title": "Ant & Dec" }, { "docid": "10602729", "text": "built for security purposes or if it has political motives. Instead of running along the green line, Israel's official border, it extends into Palestinian land, which one Palestinian argues is a \"robbery of land and resources.\" One Israeli official, nicknamed \"the father of the fence,\" explains that they extended they boundary in order to make sure that guards have enough time to stop a person from crossing. The fence is likened to the Berlin wall. Yavin, also known as Mr. Television, has been reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, but, until the release of this series, he's kept his", "title": "The Land of the Settlers" }, { "docid": "7526862", "text": "at the \"Land Of Oz\", the chill-out room of the London nightclub Heaven, where Paterson regularly DJed alongside The KLF co-founder Jimmy Cauty. The track was recorded on 31 July 1989, one week after a single release of further \"What Time Is Love?\" remixes. The date also marked the release of The KLF's pop single \"Kylie Said to Jason\". The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story is a compilation album by British electronic music duo The KLF, comprising six versions of their techno track \"What Time Is Love?\". By 1989 (see 1989 in music), the", "title": "The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story" } ]

[ "Spy Streak", "Cycle Drones", "Vehicon", "Mayhem Attack Squad", "Ultracons", "Obliterators (Transformers)", "The Decepticons", "Deceptacon", "Dark Nova", "Decepticons", "Blastcharge", "Decepticon", "Vehicons", "Diagnostic Drone" ]

[ { "docid": "4556608", "text": "explains that the Binaltech universe, although originally a corruption of the timeline, must be allowed to continue as it will lead to an evolution of the Transformers species, and eventually to \"the great \". When Unicron arrives, the Autobots prevail, but per Ravage's plan, the Decepticons are released from the rift to conquer the battle-weary Autobots. In order to put an end to all Transformer fighting across the universe, the Autobots resort to activating an ancient device to freeze all Transformers across the universe, but it has the unexpected effect of only freezing the non-Binaltech Transformers. Since Binaltech Autobots outnumber", "title": "Transformers: Alternators" }, { "docid": "15565545", "text": "three robots are referred to as Arcee and do not seem to be separate characters. They chased the Decepticon Sideways in an alley in Shanghai, but lost track of him. They were later present when the Autobots faced off with the Decepticons in Egypt, and were sent with Ironhide as an advance team to recover Sam. Upon finding Sam and Mikaela, several Decepticons attacked and Arcee and Elita One were shot, while Chromia was last seen taking cover. They were never seen again in the films. As in other continuities, female Transformers in the \"\" universe are incredibly rare. The", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "11109914", "text": "come in two varieties - twenty-three story missions, which further the game storyline, and thirty-four challenge missions, for players to test their skills. The game also features a slight RPG element in the form of XP, gained by destroying enemies and completing missions, which steadily increases players' levels (up to 20), unlocking new abilities and increasing stats. While a select number of missions allow players to take control of five of the Autobots or Decepticons featured in the movie, for the majority of the game, the player will control the \"Create-A-Bot,\" a customizable generic Transformer whose alternate mode the player", "title": "Transformers Autobots" }, { "docid": "15565533", "text": "Transformers sent by the Quintessons to Cybertron. Although they were supposed to participate in the next plot arc, involving the return of Optimus Prime, the company's closure left this story unfinished. Arcee functioned as a sleeper agent of the girls'. The \"Female Autobots\" appeared in the story \"Battle Lines, Part 6\". In order to gather energy for the sapped Autobots, a crew was formed to pilot the \"Ark\". The Female Autobots were to be part of the crew, but a Decepticon attack blocked her and others from reaching the ship before it departed. Soon after, as their current reserve of", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "15043620", "text": "Autobots and Unicron's warriors are the Decepticons. As the battle progresses, the Transformers radiate energon, unaware that Unicron is taking this energy to use for himself. In the comic series, Unicron consumes the sparks of fallen Transformers, not just the energon given off when they die fighting. Most Universe toys lacked technical specifications on their boxes, but many of the toys displayed technical specifications that appeared on the Transformers' official website or in the short lived \"Transformers: Universe\" and \"Wreckers\" comic books. The \"Transformers Universe\" comic series was released through the Official Transformers Collector's Club. The Collector's Club came to", "title": "Transformers Universe (comic book)" }, { "docid": "8761611", "text": "trading weapons technology with Swindle. Spike goes on the run, and Jazz, already compromised after killing a human in the heat of battle, dissolves the Autobots' alliance with Skywatch. Prime's Autobots arrive on Cybertron and engage both Galvatron's forces and the Decepticons who have followed them there, but when they are forcibly merged into the monstrous \"Deceptigod\" by the power of Galvatron's dark master, D-Void, Megatron joins the fight and triumphs over the hellish avatar. Galvatron, meanwhile, ventures into the planet's depths, intending to use the Heart of Darkness with Vector Sigma to open a portal to the Dead Universe", "title": "The Transformers (IDW Publishing)" }, { "docid": "15565547", "text": "anything in-between. In the \"Transformers: The Covenant of Primus\", though she predated the Autobot and Decepticon movements by eons, Solus Prime was featured as the first female Transformer. She is mentioned as one of the Thirteen Primes who did battle with Unicron, and her mystical forge-an artifact that could craft any material into a desired object in the hand of a Prime-was a contested resource during the second and early third seasons. The book also mentioned Elita One and Moonracer as early female Transformers who participated in the rebellion against the Quintessons alongside Sentinel Prime. Firestar and Chromia appear in", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "15442869", "text": "Transformers Universe (video game) Transformers Universe was a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) developed by British game developer Jagex in partnership with American toy company Hasbro. The game was officially unveiled at Auto Assembly 2010, the game went into closed beta on March 12, 2014 and entered open beta on July 4, 2014. The game shut down on January 31, 2015. Gameplay was team-based with players choosing to fight on behalf of the Autobots or Decepticons. The game offered both PVP and PVE gameplay, with the emphasis placed on PVP combat between the two factions in 4v4 matches. On loading", "title": "Transformers Universe (video game)" }, { "docid": "8696572", "text": "Furman used the characterisation he used at Marvel UK for the Transformers, and introduced many characters to the US comic who have already appeared in the UK comic. He wrote all the issues until the comic's cancellation at issue #80. Furman's most famous story arcs include \"Back from the Dead\", the return of Megatron who kidnaps Ratchet to help him in his revenge against both Autobots and Decepticons; \"Primal Scream!\" which introduced Primus and re-told the origin of the Transformer race to the US readers too; the \"Matrix Quest\" which features the Autobots sending numerous teams to locate the Matrix", "title": "The Transformers (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "11182693", "text": "of Unicron. The heroically reborn Optimus, now known as Nova Prime, engaged his usurper in battle and defeated Rodimus, sending him plummeting into Cybertron's depths. However, Rodimus then encountered the malevolent Primus, who enlisted his aid and that of other \"true Autobots\" in ridding his surface of those he considered vermin-namely, all Decepticons and Autobots not loyal to the same cause. This would lead to an epic battle between Primus' minions and the heroic Transformers of their universe: Galvatron's Decepticons, Nova Prime's Autobots, and a group of Maximals created from \"Classics\" Autobots. Rodimus Prime/Minor is a character who appeared in", "title": "Rodimus" }, { "docid": "8761609", "text": "secret alliance with the Autobots; when Bumblebee tries to hold a press conference in response, he is grievously injured by a human agent of anti-Transformer movement Earth's Children, wielding Cybertronian weaponry surreptitiously supplied by the Decepticons. This heralds the return of the rebuilt Megatron, who launches a devastating attack on Skywatch and the Autobots but is eventually defeated by Optimus Prime and surrenders to his custody. Meanwhile, on his sojourn in space, Rodimus manages to recover the Matrix of Leadership from Starscream (right before Megatron's restoration and reclamation of the Decepticons). Gathering allies Wheelie and Garnak on the planet LV-117", "title": "The Transformers (IDW Publishing)" }, { "docid": "11109924", "text": "Autobots to join them on Earth before driving off into the sunset with Bumblebee and Ironhide. The game received \"average\" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. Transformers Autobots Transformers Autobots is a video game based on fictional alien robots, Transformers. This version follows the plot of the 2007 live action film \"Transformers\". Most prominently, while the \"Autobots\" version has missions in the Arctic, the \"Decepticons\" version contains desert missions taking place in a Qatar military base. The game consists of four large virtual locations, semi-destructible environments and enemies in the form of local law enforcement and opposing Transformers.", "title": "Transformers Autobots" }, { "docid": "4981822", "text": "ancient Transformer Vector Prime, who has emerged from his resting place in the void outside of time to inform them of the legendary Cyber Planet Keys, ancient artifacts of power which can stop the black hole and save the universe. Lost due to an accident during an attempt to create a cross-universal space bridge network, the Cyber Planet Keys now reside on four worlds somewhere in the universe – unfortunately, Vector Prime's map showing their location is stolen by Decepticon leader Megatron, and both forces relocate to Earth as the race to find them begins. On Earth, the Autobots befriend", "title": "Transformers: Cybertron" }, { "docid": "13528971", "text": "handheld's Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Developer Vicarious Visions created an ability to customize characters by finding parts to scan throughout the game. In either games, you start by either Optimus Prime (Autobots) or Starscream (Decepticons). You meet the protoform after the tutorial and then the protoform chooses 1 from 3 vehicles classified as light (resembling a Toyota Prius or a Chevrolet Spark), medium (resembling an Omnibot's vehicle mode) and heavy (SWAT van). \"Autobots\" was met with average reception upon release, as GameRankings gave it a score of 66.82%, while Metacritic gave it 64 out of 100. \"Nintendo Power\" gave the game", "title": "Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots" }, { "docid": "15043631", "text": "in an Autobot shuttle from the past piloted by Bumblebee, Tracks, and Cosmos. Sunstorm attacks the Maximal ship, but they are saved by being transported to the Autobot shuttle. The Autobots and Maximals then go to the planet, where they save the victims from the Decepticons. On the planet are two groups of Autobots. One is from the \"Robots in Disguise\" story, with Landfill (Walmart recolor), \"Universe\" Side Burn and \"Universe\" Prowl. The other is from another parallel world with Spy Changer Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Prowl and Ironhide. They successfully fight off the Decepticons. The Autobot shuttle is sent", "title": "Transformers Universe (comic book)" }, { "docid": "5745884", "text": "it had been launched into space, Powerglide was one of the many Autobots who found their way to Earth. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. Powerglide (Transformers) Powerglide is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series. He is usually depicted as a Transformer with high-fame in Cybertron who turns into a jet. He has a great friendship with Bumblebee. Powerglide (Jumbo in Italy)'s original bio characterized him as somewhat of a show-off. He is proud that he is one of the few Autobots able to turn into a plane,", "title": "Powerglide (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "17811046", "text": "Though several Ammonite attacks were thwarted by the alliance, soon differing opinions caused infighting in the group. Eventually, both the Ammonites and the Decepticons were defeated, and the two Autobots returned to their spaceship. Windblade is a major character in the \"\", where her history is somewhat similar to her IDW counterpart: she is a female Transformer from Caminus who previously served as Cityspeaker. She was left on her planet-which was desolated by the Combiner Wars-with only her friend Maxima, a similar Transformer who wielded an energy rifle. When Menasor and Computron arrived on their planet in battle, the pair", "title": "Windblade" }, { "docid": "11109913", "text": "Transformers Autobots Transformers Autobots is a video game based on fictional alien robots, Transformers. This version follows the plot of the 2007 live action film \"Transformers\". Most prominently, while the \"Autobots\" version has missions in the Arctic, the \"Decepticons\" version contains desert missions taking place in a Qatar military base. The game consists of four large virtual locations, semi-destructible environments and enemies in the form of local law enforcement and opposing Transformers. \"Hazard levels\" denote the extent of attack the player character comes under based on how much destruction they perpetrate. Glowing spots on the map denote mission markers, which", "title": "Transformers Autobots" }, { "docid": "11109915", "text": "can determine by scanning any one of over thirty-five vehicles found throughout the game locations.(You can also name your Create-A-Bot.) The games utilizes the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for the \"AllSpark Wars\" online campaign, which pits players of the two different versions of the game against each other. Players are able to download one new special single player challenge each day and earn points upon its completion. Their score is then uploaded to a server at the end of the challenge and the side with the most points at the end of the day (Autobots or Decepticons) wins the \"battle\". The", "title": "Transformers Autobots" }, { "docid": "3431285", "text": "was unveiled as the Autobots' secret weapon against a Decepticon attack by Slugslinger, Sharkticon, Mirage and Shockblast. With aid from Bulkhead and Towline he defeated all of them. Omega Supreme was originally a giant transformer who sacrificed his life to end the war between the Autobots and Deceptions. His body in stasis and converted into the very spaceship Optimus Prime and his Autobot group traveled in until their battle with Megatron crashed the ship into Lake Erie, only to later resurface and crash onto a mountain. When Omega Supreme is offline, an autopilot called Teletran 1 takes over. In the", "title": "Omega Supreme" }, { "docid": "1770268", "text": "against oppression, who eventually themselves became oppressors. A large number of those who would become Autobots, including Optimus Prime himself, even support the Decepticon cause in the beginning, before it turns violent. The Decepticons eventually evolve into the Predacons, a faction in the fictional \"Beast Wars\" universe created by Hasbro. Previously the name Predacon had been associated with the Transformer group which combined to form Predaking. The faction made their first appearance in the \"Beast Wars\" toyline and animated series, and have been represented in various Transformers animated series, comic books and toylines since. A Predacon is most commonly represented", "title": "Decepticon" }, { "docid": "15967432", "text": "their home world, Cybertron. The events of the previous game have left the planet unable to sustain life, and the Autobots, desperate to ensure the continued existence of the Transformer race, seek to flee the planet. The Decepticons, still bent on domination, will stop at nothing to ensure that the Autobots either submit to the Decepticons or are eliminated. \"Fall of Cybertron\" depicts the final battle between the two robot factions, which results in the desolation of their home world, forcing the Autobots to seek refuge in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The developer, High Moon Studios, hoped to show", "title": "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron" }, { "docid": "3420244", "text": "of the character would go on to act). Subsequently, he bestowed upon the Autobots of this universe the \"Spark of Combination\", giving them the ability to Powerlink their bodies together for enhanced strength in the face of the attacks by Alpha Q and his Terrorcons. When these battles eventually led to full-scale Decepticon attack upon Cybertron, Primus's chamber was infiltrated by Terrorcons who began to drain his energy. When the Autobots successfully repelled them, Primus reconstructed the injured guard, Wing Dagger, as Wing Saber, who joined the battle, which resulted in a fissure being torn in space, hurling the Autobots", "title": "Primus (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "15565528", "text": "they could stay with them, but they have to go back to Earth, as the Decepticons are there, while Alpha Trion gives the Female Autobots a new base. The Female Autobots would make no further appearances or even be mentioned in the series after this point. However, Elita One would later appear as \"Ariel\" in a prequel episode entitled \"War Dawn\" focusing on Optimus and Elita's origins, while Arcee would be introduced later in \"\" separately, and would evolve into a main recurring character in the show's third season. Towards the end of the series, a female character named Beta", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "4987550", "text": "has also replaced Ratchet as the Autobots' medic. A mirror-universe version of Hound appeared in the \"Transformers: Timelines\" fiction. He is one of the evil Autobots and has the ability to project hallucinations in his targets. He also hates/fears dirt and organic life. Hound appears in the \"Dungeons & Dinobots\", a text based story from Fun Publications. He is among the Autobots who attacked the Arch-Ayr fuel dump. His powers are blocked with a jammer by the Decepticons. Hound appears briefly in the story \"Do Over\". He is among the Autobots left on Cybertron after Rodimus left on the \"Ark\"", "title": "Hound (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "11109916", "text": "first side to win seven battles wins the overall \"war\" and a new war begins. However, if the Autobots and Decepticons win at least one piece each, a \"tiebreaker match\" will be played until the whole Allspark is under control of either side. Players earn Wi-Fi tokens for their involvement, which will unlock additional vehicles and cheats for use while playing the main game. Despite the aforementioned Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support, multiplayer death-matches are limited to localized wireless play. Also Skydive is a secret form for the custom character in Transformers Autobots, while countered by G1 Starscream, a somewhat improved", "title": "Transformers Autobots" } ]

[ { "docid": "3019029", "text": "a state of flux. In the \"\" episode \"Emperor Joker\", during a battle between Batman and the Ten-Eyed Man, Bat-Mite (who breaks the fourth wall) was seen reading about the Ten-Eyed Man in issue #23 of the original \"Who's Who\" series. Who's Who in the DC Universe Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (usually referred to as Who's Who) is the umbrella title for a number of comic book series which DC Comics published to catalogue the wide variety of fictional characters in their imaginary universe, the DC Universe. \"Who's Who\" was the creation of Len Wein,", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "18894199", "text": "ruled in favor of Disney, fining Bluemtv and G-Point $190,000 and ordering them to cease copyright infringement. A sequel for the film, \"The Autobots 2\" was scheduled for release in Summer 2017. However, the sequel appears to be put on hold or cancelled because of low ratings, as the latest information is from 2016. The Autobots The Autobots () is a 2015 Chinese animated film. It was released on July 4, 2015. The production company and filmmaker stated that it was an independently-produced film, while several critics and people who watched the film accused it of being copied from the", "title": "The Autobots" }, { "docid": "15565526", "text": "of the \"Female Autobots\" team consisting of a new line up, including: Though not a female transformer, given his supportive role to the team in the cartoon, Alpha Trion might be considered a member of the group in that continuity as well. Four million years ago, the Female Autobots parted ways with Optimus Prime's team as he led his ship the \"Ark\" on a mission to gather energon. Elita One wanted to come with him but Optimus insisted it was too dangerous. Optimus vowed to return for them, but caught in an explosion, Optimus believed them to be destroyed. In", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "18894198", "text": "The Autobots The Autobots () is a 2015 Chinese animated film. It was released on July 4, 2015. The production company and filmmaker stated that it was an independently-produced film, while several critics and people who watched the film accused it of being copied from the \"Cars\" franchise. Shen Lu, Katie Hunt, and Anna Hsieh of CNN stated that Chinese title of the film was similar to the Mainland Chinese title of \"Cars\" (). In July 2016, The Walt Disney Company filed a copyright case through the Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court and on December 29, 2016 the court", "title": "The Autobots" }, { "docid": "15565531", "text": "of Jazz. No female \"Transformers\" are ever seen or referred to in the US stories. In \"Recipe for Disaster!\", Cloudburst is pressured into a relationship with the beautiful First One of Femax, but he explains that Transformers, as a species, have no gender. The UK stories corroborate this, and, in \"Prime's Rib!\" Arcee is intentionally created by the Autobots to be the sole female Transformer in an attempt to placate human feminists. Despite this, the Marvel continuity was actually the first in introducing a female \"Cybertronian\": Aunty, the onboard computer of the \"Ark\", who was introduced in the very first", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "3019019", "text": "Who's Who in the DC Universe Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (usually referred to as Who's Who) is the umbrella title for a number of comic book series which DC Comics published to catalogue the wide variety of fictional characters in their imaginary universe, the DC Universe. \"Who's Who\" was the creation of Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, and Robert Greenberger, and its first incarnation (\"Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe\") debuted in the last month of 1984 (cover dated March 1985) and ran 26 issues until 1987 (cover dated April 1987). It was", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "15565543", "text": "Autobots to come to Earth in response to Optimus Prime's signal inviting all of his kind to do so. She joined with the Earth-based Autobots in \"Transformers: Alliance\" #4. In California, the Autobots set a trap for Starscream's minions Divebomb, Fearswoop and Skystalker by having Theodore Galloway pose as an arms dealer attempting to purchase Cybertronian technology. The trap is uncovered and the Autobots send in Arcee, Chromia, Elita One, Ironhide, Mudflap and Skids. Divebomb and Skystalker are killed while Fearswoop is captured by the Autobots and taken back to the NEST base on Diego Garcia. When Elita One learn", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "18406689", "text": "an abandoned town where the Autobots ambush their enemies and defeat them while Cade, Jimmy, and Izabella battle a unit of TRF drones. Cogman, a steampunk Transformer, appears and invites Cade to the United Kingdom to meet his employer, Sir Edmund Burton, who has connections to the Transformers. Burton also has another Transformer associate named Hot Rod find Viviane Wembley, a University of Oxford professor, and bring her to him. Bringing Cade, Viviane, and Bumblebee together, Burton explains that Transformers have been aiding mankind in war for centuries, their existence hidden by a secret society of famed historical figures, the", "title": "Transformers: The Last Knight" }, { "docid": "8761608", "text": "is building to get off Earth. In the battle that follows, Swindle betrays Rodimus and reveals his new creation, Menasor, but the day is saved thanks to Skywatch, with whom Optimus Prime has brokered an alliance, and some timely side-switching from the disillusioned Thundercracker. The disgraced Rodimus flees Earth alone, and the Autobots rally under Bumblebee. Working with Skywatch, the Autobots begin helping them deal with Transformer-related crises around Earth, finding themselves caught between the Combaticons, allied with North Korea, and the Predacons, working for China. Disenchanted Skywatch operative Sandra broadcasts footage of his battle to the world, exposing Skywatch's", "title": "The Transformers (IDW Publishing)" }, { "docid": "8589556", "text": "pitting everyone against each other, human and Transformer alike. In space, Sky Lynx manages to find a Quintesson getting chased by a group of diseased Sharkticons. Sky Lynx says he will save the Quintesson, in exchange of reviving Optimus which he agrees. After a bit trouble, the duo revives Optimus, who awakens as the entire universe is descending into madness. The episode begins with a revived Optimus thanking the Quintesson for bringing him back to life. Optimus then asks what happened and who is left. Sky Lynx informs him that the Autobots that escaped infection are in need of repairs", "title": "The Return of Optimus Prime" }, { "docid": "15565523", "text": "Female Autobots The Female Autobots is the name of a group in the various \"Transformers\" series in the Transformers franchise. They usually possess the outward appearance of humanoid females. The Female Autobots (known in Japan as the Woman Cybertrons and alternately known as the Fatal Furies and Elita One's Squadron) were seen in the 1985 animated television series, in which they were indicated to be rare, and believed extinct by most other Transformers. They did not appear in the American Marvel comic book series, where it was specifically stated that Transformers do not have genders. It is very clear that", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "826751", "text": "led by Wreck-Gar, who then rebuild Magnus. Learning Galvatron has the Matrix, the Autobots and Junkions fly to Cybertron, which Unicron, discovered to be a gigantic Transformer also now in robot form, begins to destroy. The Autobots crash their spaceship through Unicron's eye, but they end up separated. Daniel rescues his father Spike and Jazz, Bumblebee, and Cliffjumper from being devoured. Hot Rod confronts Galvatron, who tries to form an alliance, but is forced into attacking Hot Rod by Unicron. Hot Rod obtains the Matrix, which converts him into Rodimus Prime, the Autobot that Optimus said would light their darkest", "title": "The Transformers: The Movie" }, { "docid": "20679136", "text": "Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe is an American superhero action web television series based on characters appearing in Valiant Comics. The series stars Michael Rowe as the titular Ninjak who must do battle against his former allies, all of whom are superheroes in their own right. It was initially released as six episodes on ComicBook.com, with the first episode premiering April 21, 2018 and the rest of the episodes premiering daily. Colin King (a.k.a. Ninjak) is MI6's deadliest intelligence operative and weapons expert. When the ruthless assassin Roku exploits his greatest weakness, Ninjak is forced", "title": "Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe" }, { "docid": "3019022", "text": "power descriptions were more vague; and characters from all of DC's publishing domain were included (such as out-of-continuity series like \"Camelot 3000\" and \"Watchmen\"), not just those from its shared universe (although the \"Who's Who Update '88\" did limit its entries to in-continuity series only). Various updated versions of the \"Who's Who\" have appeared over the years, including \"Who's Who Update '87\" (five issues, cover dated August to December 1987) and \"Who's Who Update '88\" (four issues, cover dated August to November 1988). Both books featured new entries, revised entries for characters in previous volumes, and an Appendix which included", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "3019025", "text": "character as a creation of the Time Trapper, and there is no profile for Supergirl, despite her many adventures with the Legion, since by this time she was written out of continuity. In 1990, DC started over with a new \"Who's Who\" series titled \"Who's Who in the DC Universe\" (16 loose-leaf issues with binders sold separately, cover dated August 1990 to February 1992). This book was not as comprehensive as the previous \"Who's Who\" (for example, there was no entry for the Atom, even though his character was undergoing major changes in the comic \"Suicide Squad\"), and some of", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "3019027", "text": "May 1992). During the period from the late 1990s through the end of the 2000s, \"Who's Who\" was replaced with \"Secret Files and Origins\", a series of one-shots devoted to particular characters or events in the DC Universe and which feature \"Who's Who\"-like profiles. DK Publishing has also released a number of \"Ultimate Guides\", as well as a book titled \"The DC Comics Encyclopedia\", which serve a similar purpose. On December 10, 2009, DC announced that a new \"Who's Who\" series would be published in 2010 as part of the company's 75th anniversary celebration. The series was later announced for", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "15129524", "text": "and Electronic Engineers (ANSI/IEEE) National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Standards Padmount transformer A padmount or pad-mounted transformer is a ground mounted electric power distribution transformer in a locked steel cabinet mounted on a concrete pad. Since all energized connection points are securely enclosed in a grounded metal housing, a padmount transformer can be installed in places that do not have room for a fenced enclosure. Padmount transformers are used with underground electric power distribution lines at service drops, to step down the primary voltage on the line to the lower secondary voltage supplied to utility customers. A single transformer may", "title": "Padmount transformer" }, { "docid": "15129519", "text": "Padmount transformer A padmount or pad-mounted transformer is a ground mounted electric power distribution transformer in a locked steel cabinet mounted on a concrete pad. Since all energized connection points are securely enclosed in a grounded metal housing, a padmount transformer can be installed in places that do not have room for a fenced enclosure. Padmount transformers are used with underground electric power distribution lines at service drops, to step down the primary voltage on the line to the lower secondary voltage supplied to utility customers. A single transformer may serve one large building, or many homes. Pad-mounted transformers are", "title": "Padmount transformer" }, { "docid": "3019026", "text": "the entries took on a less serious tone. One instance is an entry for Guy Gardner, which is written from the character's perspective. Another instance is a blank entry for Death, which has all the usual information headings crossed out and blue marker scrawl stating simply \"Someday you'll meet her. You can find out for yourself.\" This series was followed up by \"Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993\" (2 loose-leaf issues, cover dated December 1992 and January 1993). DC also released a \"Who's Who\" series for their Impact Comics line (3 loose-leaf issues, cover dated September 1991 to", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "19053291", "text": "is a slow song that Lynne wrote for somebody he loved who was facing some big trouble, and at the same time to cheer himself up. As he said, the song made him feel better, a little less alone in the universe. On \"Ain't it a Drag\", Lynne said \"It began because I wanted a rocker for the album. You always need a rocker – at least I do. I was in the mood to do almost a Mersey Beat number and to me there’s something about \"Ain’t It a Drag\" that sounds a bit like Mersey Beat. All these", "title": "Alone in the Universe" }, { "docid": "15565544", "text": "that it was a trap and that the Nest base was attack, she went to go warn Optimus and his team, but before he can tell them, she is killed by Shockwave. Enraged by her death, Optimus battle him and tried to killed, but Shockwave escape with the help of his pet: The Driller. Arcee and Chromia felt their sister's death, but they survived the attack. Elita one was giving a grave along with the Autobots(Blazemaster, Knock Out, Dune Runner, Jolt, and Armrohide) who were killed by Shockwave. Optimus mourn her and vowed to avenge her. In the movie, all", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "3019028", "text": "eighteen issues, 48 pages per issue, beginning in May 2010 with Bob Greenberger as sole writer and Bob Harras as editor. The series launch was subsequently delayed, but in October 2010 DC vice-president Dan DiDio stated that the series would be released after the 2011 DCU line-wide event, \"Flashpoint\". However, the history of the DC Universe received an extensive overhaul in the aftermath of said \"Flashpoint\" event. The resulting New 52 comics are set in a greatly altered continuity, making a new edition of \"Who's Who\" seem unlikely in the short term because the histories of many characters are in", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "3019020", "text": "essentially an encyclopedia in comic book form, listing the characters, places, and technology in the DC Universe. It began one month before the 12-issue limited series \"Crisis on Infinite Earths\" began; therefore, the earlier issues discuss pre-\"Crisis\" versions of the characters, whereas issues released after the conclusion of the limited series discuss the post-\"Crisis\" universe. For example, while both the Flash (Barry Allen) and Supergirl died during the \"Crisis\", the Flash's death is not mentioned as issue #8 predates his death, but Supergirl's death is recounted 14 months later in issue #22. Also, characters such as Superman and Wonder Woman", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "3019021", "text": "were rebooted during the series' run, so their entries recounted their post-\"Crisis\" histories only, while their entire Silver Age histories (and all the unique elements of those characters during that time, such as Superman's Fortress of Solitude and Wonder Woman's powerless period) were ignored. \"Who's Who\" was DC's answer to \"The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe\", which was published a few years earlier. The DC version had a less formal style than its Marvel counterpart. Each character had an individualized logo instead of a standard typeface; figures were shown in action poses rather than full-body portraits; character histories and", "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe" }, { "docid": "3305676", "text": "Linear variable differential transformer The linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) (also called linear variable displacement transformer, linear variable displacement transducer, or simply differential transformer) is a type of electrical transformer used for measuring linear displacement (position). A counterpart to this device that is used for measuring rotary displacement is called a rotary variable differential transformer (RVDT). LVDTs are robust, absolute linear position/displacement transducers; inherently frictionless, they have a virtually infinite cycle life when properly used. As AC operated LVDTs do not contain any electronics, they can be designed to operate at cryogenic temperatures or up to 1200 °F (650 °C),", "title": "Linear variable differential transformer" }, { "docid": "4576729", "text": "Awakening\". In the \"Transformers: Prime\" episode \"Toxicity\", Bulkhead explains to Agent Fowler about the dangers of Tox-En, a toxic form of Energon. In his flashback, a Transformer resembling G1 Ironhide is seen dead. Ironhide was featured in the 1985 audio adventures Megatron's Fight For Power, Autobots Fight Back, and Laserbeak's Fury by John Grant, published by Ladybird Books. The \"Beast Wars\" Ironhide made appearance in \"Transformers: Universe #3\" as part of Magnaboss. In this comic Optimus Primal pleads with Magnaboss and the Maximal High council (which oddly includes Bantor, Air Hammer, Cohrada, Torca and Battle Unicorn) to take the threat", "title": "Ironhide" }, { "docid": "2925280", "text": "no conductive connection between transformer secondary and earth, there is no danger in touching a live part of the circuit while another part of the body is earthed. Electrical isolation is considered to be particularly important on medical equipment, and special standards apply. Often the system must additionally be designed so that fault conditions do not interrupt power, but generate a warning. Isolation transformers are also used for the power supply of devices not at ground potential. An example is the Austin transformer for the power supply of air-traffic obstacle warning lamps on radio antenna masts. Without the isolation transformer,", "title": "Isolation transformer" }, { "docid": "826746", "text": "and Frank Welker. It also marked the final roles for both Orson Welles, who died the year before its release, and Scatman Crothers, who died months after its release. The film's story takes place in 2005, 20 years after the events of the TV series' second season, and serves to bridge into the third season. After the death of Optimus Prime during a devastating assault on Autobot City, the remaining Autobots are pursued by Galvatron, the regenerated form of Megatron and servant of Unicron, a planet-devouring Transformer who sets out to consume Cybertron. The film is set to a soundtrack", "title": "The Transformers: The Movie" }, { "docid": "15565540", "text": "Trilogy would also feature female Autobots, though as usual they appeared in the minority. The most prominent examples were Arcee, who here appeared as a member of the Omnicons, and Override, leader of the planet Velocitron. In \"\", the Arcee Sisters (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is the name of the group consisting of Female Autobots. During development, the three bikes were first conceived to be able to combine into a single robot, and this ability can still be seen in the film's novelization. The three sisters are a pink Ducati 848 called Arcee in the toyline, a blue Suzuki B-King", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "15565548", "text": "the \"Rage of the Dinobots\" comic book miniseries as Autobot refugees on an abandoned Cybertron. The most prominently featured female Autobot in the \"\" series was Arcee, who served as a member of Team Prime. Though, Megatron takes Solus Prime's arm to wield the Forge of Solus Prime for a short period of time. A new female Autobot named Strongarm appears in the 2015 \"\" sequel television series as part of Bumblebee's team. The cast was also joined by an animated incarnation of Windblade. Female Autobots The Female Autobots is the name of a group in the various \"Transformers\" series", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "6081722", "text": "written before the \"Universe\" Smokescreen toys were created. Hoist is an Autobot who turns into a tow-truck. Initially a video-game only character in 2007, he got his first toy in 2009. Hoist is a playable character in the PSP version of the 2007 Transformers video game. He arrived on Earth about the same time as Optimus Prime and was part of their mission to Hoover Dam. In \"Transformer: Autobots\" for the Nintendo DS a vehicle that goes by the name Maintenance is an homage to Hoist. This Hoist is an evil mirror universe version of his Generation 1 self. He", "title": "Hoist (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "3290745", "text": "reverse engineering of Transformer technology. Upon discovering that Ratchet has been slain and his head is being melted down, Bumblebee and Drift rescue Cade of the Attinger´s interrogation, Optimus, Crosshairs and Hound storm into the headquarters to destroy the laboratory and rescue Brains, but Joshua convinces them that their actions are futile and they are no longer relevant to this planet. As the Autobots leave the premises, Attinger convinces Joshua to activate KSI's prototype Transformer soldiers Galvatron and Stinger to chase the Autobots with the humans. Optimus and Galvatron engage in a grueling battle where Optimus realizes that Galvatron is", "title": "Autobot" }, { "docid": "13528972", "text": "7 out of 10, stating, \"This may be the first time in video game history that a licensed DS title far exceeds the movie it's based on.\" IGN gave the game a score of 7 out of 10, stating that it \"represents Transformers well\". Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots is a video game exclusively for the Nintendo DS based on fictional alien robots, Transformers. This version follows the plot of the movie. Similar to the first game, you have a custom robot or Create-A-Bot which you can customize during the game. The difference", "title": "Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots" }, { "docid": "13528959", "text": "Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots is a video game exclusively for the Nintendo DS based on fictional alien robots, Transformers. This version follows the plot of the movie. Similar to the first game, you have a custom robot or Create-A-Bot which you can customize during the game. The difference is that while in vehicle scanning, you are only limited to vehicles known as light, which is fast but weak, medium, which is fast and strong, and heavy, which is strong but slow, and the protoform cannot scan another form again once it chooses", "title": "Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots" }, { "docid": "15043625", "text": "and Sonar and returning to Cybertron. The first four pages of this issue were eventually finished and published in issue 16 of the Transformers Collector Club magazine. Transformers Universe #1 contains a story called \"Abduction\". On the reformatted technorganic Cybertron \"Beast Machines\" Cheetor, Rattrap, Silverbolt, and Blackarachnia are interviewed by the Autobot reporter \"Universe\" Rook. They welcome the Autobots Roulette, Shadow Striker as well as \"Generation 1\" Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Trailbreaker back to Cybertron. \"Beast Machines\" Buzzsaw, \"Beast Wars\" Drill Bit, Quickstrike, and Rockbuster are also present. The returning Autobots, with Blackarachnia and Silverbolt, are abducted via teleportation beams and", "title": "Transformers Universe (comic book)" }, { "docid": "13210829", "text": "Austin transformer An Austin transformer is a special type of an Isolation transformer used for feeding the air-traffic obstacle lamps and other devices on a mast radiator antenna insulated from ground. As the electrical potential difference between the antenna and ground is high (up to 300 kV), feeding the lamps directly is impossible. The transformer consists of two ring-like windings with a large air space between the winding and the magnetic core. The large spacing provides both isolation from high voltage and low inter-winding coupling capacitance. The Austin transformer is named after its inventor, Arthur O. Austin, who graduated from", "title": "Austin transformer" }, { "docid": "19863781", "text": "Hasbro products. On January 18, 2017, D. J. Caruso has stated that when he was in talks to be \"GI Joe 3\"'s director, the discussion included a Transformers and G.I. Joe meeting. However, Paramount did not think the time was not right to do so and part of that was that they did not want to infringing on Michael Bay's running of the Transformer films. On December 15, 2015, Hasbro Studios agreed with Paramount to a deal creating a five-property movie universe by financing unit Allspark Pictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The following properties are \"G.I. Joe\", \"M.A.S.K.\", \"Micronauts\",", "title": "Hasbro Universe" }, { "docid": "17185974", "text": "the definition of inconsistent flow. The nature of a paradoxical reality mirrors the Buddhist philosophy of emptiness. Quantum physics debates the sustainability of having the notion of reality, as defined by Buddhist philosophy. One way Buddhists and scientists agree is their understanding of the Buddha's lack of explanation for the formation of the universe. However, Buddhist cosmologists have created the notion of a universe that has a form, expands and then is destructive. Both sides, science and Buddhist cosmologists, do not immediately resort to create a Godly being as the origin of all matter. Moreover, in Buddhism the universe is", "title": "The Universe in a Single Atom" }, { "docid": "9090287", "text": "are friends of Trey Parker and Matt Stone and have stated that this is their favorite episode. According to the commentary for this episode, Trey Parker described the creation of the episode as being centered on John Edward who the entire crew of South Park Studios agreed was \"the biggest douche in the universe.\" That was until Matt Stone asked the question \"Well, what about Rob Schneider?\" leading to the fictional trailers. Parker and Stone credit James Randi with Stan's explanation of cold reading. The Biggest Douche in the Universe \"The Biggest Douche in the Universe\" is the 15th episode", "title": "The Biggest Douche in the Universe" }, { "docid": "13210830", "text": "Stanford University in 1903 and who obtained 225 patents in his career. Austin transformer An Austin transformer is a special type of an Isolation transformer used for feeding the air-traffic obstacle lamps and other devices on a mast radiator antenna insulated from ground. As the electrical potential difference between the antenna and ground is high (up to 300 kV), feeding the lamps directly is impossible. The transformer consists of two ring-like windings with a large air space between the winding and the magnetic core. The large spacing provides both isolation from high voltage and low inter-winding coupling capacitance. The Austin", "title": "Austin transformer" }, { "docid": "9097880", "text": "Shot and Thrust, the defenders looked to be overrun - until Megatron arrived and routed the clones. Armada Red Alert appeared in issue 2 of the Transformer: Universe comic book as one of the escaping prisoners of Unicron. An epilogue to Red Alert's story would be found in IDW's Transformers Collectors Club exclusive comic story, \"Revelations part 6\". This story, set before the announcement of the Space Bridge Project, saw Red Alert and the other Autobots and humans return to Cybertron. They encounterd an alternate version of Prime, Alpha Trion and several other Autobots and Mini-Cons. There, they delivered the", "title": "Red Alert (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "19053288", "text": "the Universe\" would be recorded at Lynne's home studio, Bungalow Palace, over the course of 18 months. Lynne played nearly every instrument himself; the only other two people involved in the album's production were Laura Lynne, Jeff's daughter, who sings background vocals on \"Love and Rain\" and \"One Step at a Time\", and Steve Jay, the album's engineer, who plays the shaker and tambourine. On 24 September 2015, \"Alone in the Universe\" was announced. When asked by a journalist what he had been doing since \"Zoom\", the previous ELO album, Lynne jokingly responded: \"I have no idea. I like a", "title": "Alone in the Universe" }, { "docid": "417850", "text": "secondary winding results in conservation of apparent, real and reactive power consistent with eq. 4. The ideal transformer identity shown in eq. 5 is a reasonable approximation for the typical commercial transformer, with voltage ratio and winding turns ratio both being inversely proportional to the corresponding current ratio. By Ohm's law and the ideal transformer identity: The ideal transformer model neglects the following basic linear aspects of real transformers: (a) Core losses, collectively called magnetizing current losses, consisting of (b) Unlike the ideal model, the windings in a real transformer have non-zero resistances and inductances associated with: (c) similar to", "title": "Transformer" }, { "docid": "10062851", "text": "an electromagnetic VT. An optical voltage transformer exploits the electrical properties of optical materials. Measurement of high voltages is possible by the potential transformers. An optical voltage transformer is not strictly a transformer, but a sensor similar to a Hall effect sensor. A combined instrument transformer encloses a current transformer and a voltage transformer in the same transformer. There are two main combined current and voltage transformer designs: oil-paper insulated and SF insulated. One advantage of applying this solution is reduced substation footprint, due to reduced number of transformers in a bay, supporting structures and connections as well as lower", "title": "Transformer types" }, { "docid": "12418950", "text": "- a scalar field that exists throughout space. Unlike gravity, the effects of such a field do not diminish (or only diminish slowly) as the universe grows. While matter and gravity have a greater effect initially, their effect quickly diminishes as the universe continues to expand. Objects in the universe, which are initially seen to be moving apart as the universe expands, continue to move apart, but their outward motion gradually slows down. This slowing effect becomes smaller as the universe becomes more spread out. Eventually, the outward and repulsive effect of dark energy begins to dominate over the inward", "title": "Chronology of the universe" }, { "docid": "14061433", "text": "in his fascination with the universe. This fascination led to the album's recurring theme of the universe and its vastness. Silberman also noted that the album carries a theme of \"religious misdirection\", inspired by his own tendency to find the wrong solutions to his problems in life. As with the full band debut album (and follow-up recording to \"In the Attic of the Universe\") \"Hospice\", there is a recurring riff that occurs in \"Look!\" and \"The Universe is Going to Catch You\". In the Attic of the Universe In the Attic of the Universe is the second release by American", "title": "In the Attic of the Universe" }, { "docid": "16899626", "text": "He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe is a handheld video game developed by Canadian studio Glitchsoft and released by Chillingo. Players control He-Man, travelling through seven regions of Eternia, with the possibility of summoning allies such as Man-At-Arms, the Sorceress and Orko in battle against Skeletor and the Evil Horde. Bosses include Skeletor himself, Beast Man, Trap Jaw, Mer-Man and Hordak. Later updates to the game included She-Ra as a second playable character, and King Hiss as a new boss. In 2013, the game was released on Android under the", "title": "He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe" }, { "docid": "3027944", "text": "The Last Book in the Universe The Last Book in the Universe (2000) is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Rodman Philbrick. Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, its protagonist and narrator is a teenage boy named Spaz who suffers from epilepsy. The story is set in a post-disaster, dystopic future city, appearing to be somewhere in the United States, called the Urb, which has been disturbed by an earthquake known as \"The Big Shake\". The Urb is plagued by poverty, thieves, gang warfare, and the use of mindprobes. These mindprobes include variations such as \"trendies\" (mindprobes about Eden). They are", "title": "The Last Book in the Universe" }, { "docid": "18935182", "text": "The Fastest Clock in the Universe The Fastest Clock in the Universe is a two act play by Philip Ridley. It was Ridley's second stage play and premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, London on 14 May 1992 and featured Jude Law in one of his early major stage roles in the part of Foxtrot Darling. The production was the second collaboration between Ridley and director Matthew Lloyd, who would go on to direct the original productions for the majority of Ridley's plays until 2000. Like Ridley's previous play \"The Pitchfork Disney\", \"The Fastest Clock\" was considered shocking for its time", "title": "The Fastest Clock in the Universe" }, { "docid": "8981540", "text": "an AMT driver for their top of the line headphones., ELAC (Germany) who calls their version of the transducer JET, ADAM (Germany), under the name Accelerating Ribbon Technology, ETON (Germany), HEDD Audio (Germany), Monkey Banana (Germany), Beyma (Spain), Furuyama Audio Labs – FAL (Japan), SoundTouch (China), The Tetra (Canada) 606 uses the Mundorf (Germany) Air Motion Transformer., RBH Sound (USA),Aurum Cantus(China). Air Motion Transformer The Air Motion Transformer (AMT) is a type of electroacoustic transducer or loudspeaker, also called Air Velocity Transformer (AVT) or JET transducer. Invented by Dr. Oskar Heil, it operates on a different transduction principle than other", "title": "Air Motion Transformer" }, { "docid": "4212621", "text": "voltage distribution network. If a transformation is required directly between the 110 kV/11 kV network an option is to use a 110 kV/11 kV star/delta transformer. The problem is that the 11 kV delta no longer has an earth reference point. Installing a zigzag transformer near the secondary side of the 110 kV/11 kV transformer provides the required earth reference point. Zigzag transformer A zigzag transformer is a special-purpose transformer with a zigzag or \"interconnected star\" winding connection, such that each output is the vector sum of two (2) phases offset by 120°. It is used as a grounding transformer,", "title": "Zigzag transformer" }, { "docid": "19053285", "text": "Alone in the Universe Alone in the Universe is the thirteenth studio album by British rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the first credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO. The moniker came out from Lynne as a response to ELO tribute and imitation bands, who repeatedly used ELO for promoting their own tours. Released on 13 November 2015, the album is the first of new original material credited to the group since \"Zoom\" in 2001, and the second since the group's original disbandment in 1986. The album was met with generally favourable reviews, peaking at number two on the \"Billboard\"", "title": "Alone in the Universe" }, { "docid": "4104567", "text": "Flyback transformer A flyback transformer (FBT), also called a line output transformer (LOPT), is a special type of electrical transformer. It was initially designed to generate high voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency. In modern applications, it is used extensively in switched-mode power supplies for both low (3 V) and high voltage (over 10 kV) supplies. The flyback transformer circuit was invented as a means of controlling the horizontal movement of the electron beam in a cathode ray tube (CRT). Unlike conventional transformers, a flyback transformer is not fed with a signal of the same waveshape as the", "title": "Flyback transformer" }, { "docid": "417846", "text": "for increasing or decreasing the alternating voltages in electric power applications. Since the invention of the first constant-potential transformer in 1885, transformers have become essential for the transmission, distribution, and utilization of alternating current electrical energy. A wide range of transformer designs is encountered in electronic and electric power applications. Transformers range in size from RF transformers less than a cubic centimeter in volume to units weighing hundreds of tons used to interconnect the power grid. An ideal transformer is a theoretical linear transformer that is lossless and perfectly coupled. Perfect coupling implies infinitely high core magnetic permeability and winding", "title": "Transformer" }, { "docid": "11282173", "text": "Monad transformer In functional programming, a monad transformer is a type constructor which takes a monad as an argument and returns a monad as a result. Monad transformers can be used to compose features encapsulated by monads – such as state, exception handling, and I/O – in a modular way. Typically, a monad transformer is created by generalising an existing monad; applying the resulting monad transformer to the identity monad yields a monad which is equivalent to the original monad (ignoring any necessary boxing and unboxing). A monad transformer consists of: Given any monad formula_1, the option monad transformer formula_2", "title": "Monad transformer" }, { "docid": "4263303", "text": "thermal stability is improved. A high-voltage current transformer may contain several cores, each with a secondary winding, for different purposes (such as metering circuits, control, or protection). A neutral current transformer is used as earth fault protection to measure any fault current flowing through the neutral line from the wye neutral point of a transformer. Current transformer A current transformer (CT) is a type of transformer that is used to measure alternating current (AC). It produces a current in its secondary which is proportional to the current in its primary. Current transformers, along with voltage or potential transformers, are instrument", "title": "Current transformer" }, { "docid": "4104578", "text": "a large color TV CRT may require 20 to 50 kV with a horizontal scan rate of 15.734 kHz for NTSC devices. Unlike a power (or \"mains\") transformer which uses an alternating current of 50 or 60 hertz, a flyback transformer typically operates with switched currents at much higher frequencies in the range of 15 kHz to 50 kHz. Flyback transformer A flyback transformer (FBT), also called a line output transformer (LOPT), is a special type of electrical transformer. It was initially designed to generate high voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency. In modern applications, it is used", "title": "Flyback transformer" }, { "docid": "417865", "text": "and thicker wire, increasing initial cost. The choice of construction represents a trade-off between initial cost and operating cost. Transformer losses arise from: There are also radiative losses due to the oscillating magnetic field but these are usually small. Closed-core transformers are constructed in 'core form' or 'shell form'. When windings surround the core, the transformer is core form; when windings are surrounded by the core, the transformer is shell form. Shell form design may be more prevalent than core form design for distribution transformer applications due to the relative ease in stacking the core around winding coils. Core form", "title": "Transformer" }, { "docid": "417857", "text": "typically reflected in transformer equivalent circuits. With sinusoidal supply, core flux lags the induced EMF by 90°. With open-circuited secondary winding, magnetizing branch current \"I\" equals transformer no-load current. The resulting model, though sometimes termed 'exact' equivalent circuit based on linearity assumptions, retains a number of approximations. Analysis may be simplified by assuming that magnetizing branch impedance is relatively high and relocating the branch to the left of the primary impedances. This introduces error but allows combination of primary and referred secondary resistances and reactances by simple summation as two series impedances. Transformer equivalent circuit impedance and transformer ratio parameters", "title": "Transformer" }, { "docid": "417863", "text": "transformer can handle power levels that would require a massive iron core at mains frequency. The development of switching power semiconductor devices and complex integrated circuits made switch-mode power supplies viable, to generate a high frequency from a much lower one (or DC), change the voltage level with a small transformer, and, if necessary, rectify the changed voltage. Large power transformers are vulnerable to insulation failure due to transient voltages with high-frequency components, such as caused in switching or by lightning. Transformer energy losses are dominated by winding and core losses. Transformers' efficiency tends to improve with increasing transformer capacity.", "title": "Transformer" }, { "docid": "19846741", "text": "on generators in power plants and wind farms. Neutral grounding transformers are sometimes applied on high-voltage (sub-transmission) systems, such as at 33 kV, where the circuit would otherwise not have a ground; for example, if a system is fed by a delta-connected transformer. The grounding point of the transformer may be connected through a resistor to limit the fault current on the system in the event of a line-to-ground fault. Grounding transformer A grounding transformer or earthing transformer is a type of auxiliary transformer used in three-phase electric power systems to provide a ground path to either an ungrounded wye", "title": "Grounding transformer" }, { "docid": "5469200", "text": "clone. Blitzwing and his fellow prisoners are then brought to Cybertron, where they are imprisoned. This Blitzwing is a mirror universe counterpart to the \"Generation 1\" character. In \"Do Over\" the Nemesis launches after the Ark. After a brief battle the Nemesis is shot down and crashes on Earth, with the crew escaping in stasis pods. Although not directly depicted, Blitzwing is a member of the crew of the Nemesis. In \"Blitzwing Bop\" Heatwave and Blitzwing discover the Autobots are building a Stellar Spanner to return to Cybertron. Blitzwing is unable to stop the Autobots from sending Heatwave to Cybertron", "title": "Blitzwing" }, { "docid": "19846740", "text": "Grounding transformer A grounding transformer or earthing transformer is a type of auxiliary transformer used in three-phase electric power systems to provide a ground path to either an ungrounded wye or a delta-connected system. Grounding transformers are part of an earthing system of the network. They let three-phase (delta connected) systems accommodate phase-to-neutral loads by providing a return path for current to a neutral. Grounding transformers are typically used to: Grounding transformers most commonly incorporate a single winding transformer with a zigzag winding configuration, but may also be created with a wye-delta winding transformer. Neutral grounding transformers are very common", "title": "Grounding transformer" }, { "docid": "417882", "text": "insulation by circulating within the transformer tank. The mineral oil and paper insulation system has been extensively studied and used for more than 100 years. It is estimated that 50% of power transformers will survive 50 years of use, that the average age of failure of power transformers is about 10 to 15 years, and that about 30% of power transformer failures are due to insulation and overloading failures. Prolonged operation at elevated temperature degrades insulating properties of winding insulation and dielectric coolant, which not only shortens transformer life but can ultimately lead to catastrophic transformer failure. With a great", "title": "Transformer" }, { "docid": "2976010", "text": "Universe franchise would become best known, through Filmation's groundbreaking \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\" animated series. Debuting in the fall of 1983, running 130 episodes through two seasons until November 1985. The series mostly focused on the two primary characters, the blonde muscular He-Man, \"the most powerful man in the Universe\", and his nemesis, the evil skull-faced, blue-skinned sorcerer Skeletor and their many moral-themed encounters on the planet Eternia. Set in a hybrid world of sword and sorcery and technological sci-fi, He-Man does battle with Skeletor to prevent him from conquering Eternia and discovering the secrets of Castle", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "962385", "text": "constant: Ω ≈ 0.315±0.018 Ω ≈ 9.24×10 Ω ≈ 0.6817±0.0018 Ω= Ω + Ω + Ω= 1.00±0.02 The actual value for critical density value is measured as ρ= 9.47×10 kg m. From these values, within experimental error, the universe seems to be flat. Another way to measure Ω is to do so geometrically by measuring an angle across the observable universe. We can do this by using the CMB and measuring the power spectrum and temperature anisotropy. For an intuition, one can imagine finding a gas cloud that is not in thermal equilibrium due to being so large that light", "title": "Shape of the universe" }, { "docid": "5444429", "text": "conducting these tests are available in standards released by IEC, ASTM, IS, BS, and testing can be done by any of the methods. The Furan and DGA tests are specifically not for determining the quality of transformer oil, but for determining any abnormalities in the internal windings of the transformer or the paper insulation of the transformer, which cannot be otherwise detected without a complete overhaul of the transformer. Suggested intervals for these test are: Some transformer oil tests can be carried out in the field, using portable test apparatus. Other tests, such as dissolved gas, normally require a sample", "title": "Transformer oil" }, { "docid": "4330705", "text": "Distribution transformer A distribution transformer or service transformer is a transformer that provides the final voltage transformation in the electric power distribution system, stepping down the voltage used in the distribution lines to the level used by the customer. The invention of a practical efficient transformer made AC power distribution feasible; a system using distribution transformers was demonstrated as early as 1882. If mounted on a utility pole, they are called pole-mount transformers. If the distribution lines are located at ground level or underground, distribution transformers are mounted on concrete pads and locked in steel cases, thus known as a", "title": "Distribution transformer" }, { "docid": "4263280", "text": "flowing in its primary. The current transformer presents a negligible load to the primary circuit. Current transformers are the current-sensing units of the power system and are used at generating stations, electrical substations, and in industrial and commercial electric power distribution. Like any transformer, a current transformer has a primary winding, a core and a secondary winding, although some transformers, including current transformers, use an air core. In principle, the only difference between a current transformer and a voltage transformer (normal type) is that the former is fed with a 'constant' current while the latter is fed with a 'constant'", "title": "Current transformer" }, { "docid": "5444420", "text": "Transformer oil Transformer oil or insulating oil is an oil that is stable at high temperatures and has excellent electrical insulating properties. It is used in oil-filled transformers, some types of high-voltage capacitors, fluorescent lamp ballasts, and some types of high-voltage switches and circuit breakers. Its functions are to insulate, suppress corona discharge and arcing, and to serve as a coolant. Transformer oil is most often based on mineral oil, but alternative formulations with better engineering or environmental properties are growing in popularity. Transformer oil's primary functions are to insulate and cool a transformer. It must therefore have high dielectric", "title": "Transformer oil" }, { "docid": "15866291", "text": "modulation transformer is responsible for the amplitude modulation (AM) of the transmitter. Modulation transformer A modulation transformer is an audio-frequency transformer that forms a major part of most AM transmitters. The primary winding of a modulation transformer is fed by an audio amplifier that has about 1/2 of the rated input power of the transmitter's final amplifier stage. The secondary winding is in series with the power supply of that final radio-frequency amplifier stage, thereby allowing the audio signal to lower and raise the instantaneous DC supply voltage of the power amplifier (PA) tube or transistor. Considering that the PA", "title": "Modulation transformer" }, { "docid": "12418922", "text": "matter accelerates the formation of structure in our universe. In the early universe, dark matter gradually gathers in huge filaments under the effects of gravity. This amplifies the tiny inhomogeneities (irregularities) in the density of the universe which was left by cosmic inflation. Over time, slightly denser regions become denser and slightly rarefied (emptier) regions become more rarefied. Ordinary matter eventually gathers together faster than it would otherwise do, because of the presence of these concentrations of dark matter. About 377,000 years after the Big Bang, two connected events occurred: recombination and photon decoupling. Recombination describes the ionized particles combining", "title": "Chronology of the universe" }, { "docid": "11282174", "text": "(where formula_3 denotes the option type) is defined by: Given any monad formula_1, the exception monad transformer formula_6 (where is the type of exceptions) is defined by: Given any monad formula_1, the reader monad transformer formula_9 (where is the environment type) is defined by: Given any monad formula_1, the state monad transformer formula_12 (where is the state type) is defined by: Given any monad formula_1, the writer monad transformer formula_15 (where is endowed with a monoid operation with identity element formula_16) is defined by: Given any monad formula_1, the continuation monad transformer maps an arbitrary type into functions of type", "title": "Monad transformer" }, { "docid": "20783762", "text": "transformer usually contains a transformer, inside the AC-to-AC converter or DC-to-DC converter, which provides electrical isolation and carries the full power; this transformer is much smaller because it operates at high frequency. A solid-state transformer can actively regulate voltage and current. Some can convert single-phase power to three-phase power and vice-versa. Variations can input or output DC power to reduce the number of conversions, for greater end-to-end efficiency. As a complex electronic circuit, it must be designed to withstand lightning and other surges. Solid-state transformer is an emerging technology. Solid-state transformer A solid-state transformer (SST), power electronic transformer (PET), or", "title": "Solid-state transformer" } ]

[ "T Ros", "Feddy Roosevelt", "26th President of the United States", "Trust Buster", "The Cowboy President", "Teddy roosevelt", "Theodore Roosavelt", "President Theodore Roosevelt", "Theodor roosevelt", "Teddy Rose", "Teddy Roosevelt", "Theodore roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt", "Teodoro Roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt Administration", "Teddy Roosvelt", "Teddy Rosevelt", "Roosevelt, Theodore", "Teddy Roosevelt foreign policy", "T Roosevelt", "Cowboy of the Dakotas", "Teddy Roose", "Theodore Roosevelt" ]

[ { "docid": "17503650", "text": "and son to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The only other such pairing is Theodore Roosevelt (awarded in 2001) and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Five pairs of brothers have received the Medal of Honor: Another notable pair of related recipients are Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (rear admiral at the time of award) and his nephew, Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher (lieutenant at the time of award), both awarded for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz. Since 1979, 86 late Medal of Honor awards have been presented for actions from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. In addition, five", "title": "Medal of Honor" } ]

[ { "docid": "17503611", "text": "Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. The medal is normally awarded by the President of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress. Because the medal is presented \"in the name of Congress\", it is often referred to informally as the \"Congressional Medal of Honor\". However, the official name of the current award is \"Medal of Honor.\" Within the United States Code the medal is referred", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "17503660", "text": "involved black recipients. The following decorations, in one degree or another, bear similar names to the Medal of Honor, but are entirely separate awards with different criteria for issuance: Footnotes Citations Works cited Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. The medal is normally awarded by the President of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress. Because the medal is presented \"in the name of Congress\",", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "14924570", "text": "Medal of Honor of ARKBK The Medal of Honor of the Association of the Representatives of Bunyoro-Kitara (\"ARKBK\") is the highest award of the organization, and can only be awarded by the President of the ARKBK. It is bestowed upon members of the ARKBK or to individuals who have distinguished themselves with \"\"extraordinary merits, outstanding achievements and very special contributions to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara and the ARKBK\"\". The Medal of Honor is the only neck order of the ARKBK. Nominations are sent to the President of the ARKBK, who then decides whether or not to continue to process the", "title": "Medal of Honor of ARKBK" }, { "docid": "17503640", "text": "two chevrons of five stars and one chevron of three stars, emulate the suspension ribbon of the Medal of Honor. The flag has no set proportions. The first Medal of Honor flag recipient was U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith, who was presented the flag posthumously. President George W. Bush presented the Medal of Honor and flag to the family of Smith during the award ceremony for him in the White House on April 4, 2005. A special Medal of Honor Flag presentation ceremony was held for over 60 living Medal of Honor recipients on board the in", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "15186173", "text": "George Reynolds (Medal of Honor) George Reynolds (b. 1839 - d. Mar. 16, 1889) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Opequon more commonly called the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864. Reynolds was born in Ireland in 1839. He enlisted in the US Army from New York City in October 1861, and mustered out in October 1864. “The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private George", "title": "George Reynolds (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "2737481", "text": "Congressional Space Medal of Honor The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize \"any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and mankind.\" The highest award given by NASA, it is awarded by the President of the United States in Congress's name on recommendations from the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The award is a separate decoration from the Medal of Honor, which is a military award for extreme bravery and gallantry", "title": "Congressional Space Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "14924571", "text": "application of nomination. If the application is approved, the nomination will be discussed by the President of ARKBK and the King Omukama of Bunyoro, before the award is given. Medal of Honor of ARKBK The Medal of Honor of the Association of the Representatives of Bunyoro-Kitara (\"ARKBK\") is the highest award of the organization, and can only be awarded by the President of the ARKBK. It is bestowed upon members of the ARKBK or to individuals who have distinguished themselves with \"\"extraordinary merits, outstanding achievements and very special contributions to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara and the ARKBK\"\". The Medal of", "title": "Medal of Honor of ARKBK" }, { "docid": "17503653", "text": "of medals. At the time, no Medals of Honor had been awarded to American soldiers of African descent who served in World War II. After an exhaustive review, the study recommended that ten Distinguished Service Cross recipients be awarded the Medal of Honor. On January 13, 1997, President Bill Clinton presented the Medal of Honor to seven of these World War II veterans, six of them posthumously and one to former Second Lieutenant Vernon Baker. In 1998, a similar study of Asian Americans resulted in President Bill Clinton presenting 22 Medals of Honor in 2000. Twenty of these medals went", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "17503645", "text": "of the service branch of the medal awarded for a replacement or display Medal of Honor, ribbon, and appurtenance (Medal of Honor flag) without charge. Primary next of kin may also do the same and have any questions answered in regard to the Medal of Honor that was awarded. The 1917 Medal of Honor Board deleted 911 awards, but only 910 names from the Army Medal of Honor Roll, including awards to Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, William F. \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody and the first of two awards issued February 10, 1887, to George W. Midil, who retained his award issued", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "18195663", "text": "Ohio. George Green (Medal of Honor) George Green (July 16, 1840 – February 10, 1898) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Green received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Green's medal was won for his actions in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 25, 1863. He was honored with the award on January 12, 1892. Green was born in Elsham, Lincolnshire, England. He joined the US Army from Columbus, Ohio in April 1861, and mustered out with his regiment in June 1864. He was buried in", "title": "George Green (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "18195662", "text": "George Green (Medal of Honor) George Green (July 16, 1840 – February 10, 1898) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Green received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Green's medal was won for his actions in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 25, 1863. He was honored with the award on January 12, 1892. Green was born in Elsham, Lincolnshire, England. He joined the US Army from Columbus, Ohio in April 1861, and mustered out with his regiment in June 1864. He was buried in Troy,", "title": "George Green (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "18150609", "text": "1865. He was later buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. Peter O'Brien (Medal of Honor) Peter O'Brien (1842 – September 30, 1898) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. O'Brien received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. O'Brien's medal was won for capturing a Confederate flag, and an officer with his horse and equipment, at the Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, on March 2, 1865. He was honored with the award on March 26, 1865. O'Brien was born in Dublin, Ireland. He joined the US Army from New York City in", "title": "Peter O'Brien (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "18150608", "text": "Peter O'Brien (Medal of Honor) Peter O'Brien (1842 – September 30, 1898) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. O'Brien received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. O'Brien's medal was won for capturing a Confederate flag, and an officer with his horse and equipment, at the Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, on March 2, 1865. He was honored with the award on March 26, 1865. O'Brien was born in Dublin, Ireland. He joined the US Army from New York City in August 1861, and mustered out with his regiment in June", "title": "Peter O'Brien (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503641", "text": "September 2006. There are two distinct protocols for awarding the Medal of Honor. The first and most common is nomination and approval through the chain of command of the service member. The second method is nomination by a member of the U.S. Congress, generally at the request of a constituent. In both cases, if the proposal is outside the time limits for the recommendation, approval to waive the time limit requires a special Act of Congress. The Medal of Honor is presented by the President on behalf of, and in the name of, the Congress. Since 1980, nearly all Medal", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "15189282", "text": "James M. Burns (Medal of Honor) James Madison Burns (August 9, 1845 – October 30, 1910) was a Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of New Market Virginia on May 15, 1864. Following the war, Burns was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. He also served in the Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War, until retiring due to disability in 1899. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes", "title": "James M. Burns (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "15189280", "text": "James M. Burns (Medal of Honor) James Madison Burns (August 9, 1845 – October 30, 1910) was a Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of New Market Virginia on May 15, 1864. Following the war, Burns was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. He also served in the Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War, until retiring due to disability in 1899. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes", "title": "James M. Burns (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17507752", "text": "Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor The Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor is a United States decoration issued by the Post Office Department. The decoration was authorized by Act of the United States Congress, February 14, 1931, for presentation by the President of the United States, but not in the name of the Congress. The medal was intended to recognize any person who, while serving as a pilot in the airmail service, distinguished themselves by acts of heroism or extraordinary achievement. Retroactive to May 15, 1918 when the firsts continuously schedule public service airmail route was established between Washington, D.C. and", "title": "Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "2737483", "text": "of tremendous benefit to mankind. The decoration may also be awarded for extreme bravery during a space emergency or in preventing a major space disaster. The Congressional Space Medal of Honor may also be presented posthumously to those astronauts who die while performing a US space mission; and as of 2017, all 17 astronauts killed on US missions have been awarded the medal. President George W. Bush presented the most awards of the CSMOH, with 16 (of which 14 were posthumous for the two destroyed space shuttle flights, thus setting the standard for all astronauts killed in the line of", "title": "Congressional Space Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "16304598", "text": "issue: May 3, 1865. Citation: Capture of Confederate flag. Citation: The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Thomas Anderson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on April 8, 1865, while serving with Company I, 1st West Virginia Cavalry, in action at Appomattox Station, Virginia, for the capture of a Confederate flag. Thomas Anderson (Medal of Honor) Thomas A. Anderson (July 12, 1841 – September 8, 1912) was a United States soldier and native of Pennsylvania who fought with the Union Army as a corporal", "title": "Thomas Anderson (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "14562139", "text": "under the command of Admiral David Dixon Porter and General Alfred Terry. Harcourt was one of nine crewmen from the USS \"Minnesota\" who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the battle. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Ordinary Seaman Thomas Harcourt, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action on board the U.S.S. \"Minnesota\" in the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, Ordinary Seaman Harcourt advanced to the top", "title": "Thomas Harcourt (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "14555597", "text": "Terry. Shivers was one of nine crewmen from the USS \"Minnesota\" who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during this battle. Shivers deserted in October 1865, and his later life is unknown. The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private John Shivers, United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in action on board the U.S.S. \"Minnesota\" in the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, Private Shivers advanced to the top of", "title": "John Shivers (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "14562479", "text": "Admiral David Dixon Porter and General Alfred Terry. Mills was one of nine crewmen from the USS \"Minnesota\" who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in this action. For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman Charles Mills, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving on board the U.S.S. \"Minnesota\", in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, Seaman Mills charged up to the", "title": "Charles Mills (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "7707068", "text": "World War II. The award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 1997. During a ceremony conducted on January 13 of that year, President Bill Clinton bestowed the Medal of Honor on seven African-American veterans of World War II. Only one of the recipients, Vernon J. Baker, was still alive to receive his award in person. Watson's military awards include the Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. Watson had no known next of kin, so his medals are displayed in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum in Fort", "title": "George Watson (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "14736393", "text": "he was never buried at DC though the mistake is listed on many website to this day. There are vets of the same name at this cemetery in DC but NOT the Medal of Honor recipient. An erroneous MOH marker at DC is in the process (Jan 2016) of being replaced by a non_MOH marker. Many officials and others have played a role in solving this riddle over the past few years including the dedicated staff at St Elizabeths, and the Medal of Honor Historical Society of the US, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, National Cemeteries Admin and others.", "title": "Thomas Burke (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "10803716", "text": "IEEE Medal of Honor The IEEE Medal of Honor is the highest recognition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It has been awarded since 1917, when its first recipient was Major Edwin H. Armstrong. It is given for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest. The award consists of a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and honorarium. The Medal of Honor may only be awarded to an individual. The medal was created by the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) as the \"IRE Medal of Honor\". It became the IEEE Medal of", "title": "IEEE Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "5342363", "text": "Operation Market Garden for Campaign. Medal of Honor: Airborne Medal of Honor: Airborne is a World War II first-person shooter video game, developed by EA Los Angeles, and released worldwide on mobile phones in August 2007, on Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in September 2007, and on PlayStation 3 in November 2007. It is the 11th installment of the \"Medal of Honor\" series, and uses a modified version of Unreal Engine 3, In the game's single-player mode, players assume the role of an American paratrooper in the US 82nd Airborne Division who is airdropped with his squadrons and fights against", "title": "Medal of Honor: Airborne" }, { "docid": "5342334", "text": "Medal of Honor: Airborne Medal of Honor: Airborne is a World War II first-person shooter video game, developed by EA Los Angeles, and released worldwide on mobile phones in August 2007, on Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in September 2007, and on PlayStation 3 in November 2007. It is the 11th installment of the \"Medal of Honor\" series, and uses a modified version of Unreal Engine 3, In the game's single-player mode, players assume the role of an American paratrooper in the US 82nd Airborne Division who is airdropped with his squadrons and fights against hostile forces across six large", "title": "Medal of Honor: Airborne" }, { "docid": "17503654", "text": "to American soldiers of Japanese descent of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (442nd RCT) who served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. One of these Medal of Honor recipients was Senator Daniel Inouye, a former U.S. Army officer in the 442nd RCT. In 2005, President George W. Bush presented the Medal of Honor to Tibor Rubin, a Hungarian-born American Jew who was a Holocaust survivor of World War II and enlisted U.S. infantryman and prisoner of war in the Korean War, whom many believed to have been overlooked because of his religion. On April 11, 2013,", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "15190380", "text": "James Connors (Medal of Honor) James Connors (1838 – unknown) was an Irish born Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Fisher's Hill near Strasburg, Virginia fought September 21–22, 1864. The battle was one of the engagements of the Valley Campaigns of 1864. Connors enlisted in the Army from Canajoharie, New York in August 1861, and mustered out with his regiment in June 1865. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private", "title": "James Connors (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "15186106", "text": "Gabriel Cole (Medal of Honor) Gabriel Cole (March 22, 1831 – January 9, 1907) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry and the capture of the flag of the 45th Virginia Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Opequon more commonly called the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864. “The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Gabriel Cole, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 September 1864, while serving with", "title": "Gabriel Cole (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "15212683", "text": "John Walsh (Medal of Honor) John Walsh (December 4, 1841 – May 25, 1924) was an Irish-born Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Cedar Creek, fought near Middletown, Virginia on October 19, 1864. The battle was the decisive engagement of Major General Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal John Walsh, United States Army,", "title": "John Walsh (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "15190874", "text": "James Sweeney (Medal of Honor) James Sweeney (September 24, 1845 – June 26, 1931) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Cedar Creek fought near Middletown, Virginia on October 19, 1864. The battle was the decisive engagement of Major General Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private James Sweeney, United States Army, for", "title": "James Sweeney (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "15189063", "text": "William Taylor (Medal of Honor) William Taylor (1836 – April 6, 1902) was a Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during two separate Virginia engagements. The Battle of Front Royal in 1862 and the Battle of Globe Tavern in 1864. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant & Second Lieutenant William Taylor, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company H, 1st Maryland Infantry as a sergeant, at Front Royal,", "title": "William Taylor (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "15186287", "text": "Conrad Schmidt (Medal of Honor) Conrad Schmidt (February 27, 1830 – December 26, 1908) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Opequon more commonly called the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864. “The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Sergeant Conrad Schmidt, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 September 1864, while serving with Company K, 2d U.S. Cavalry, in action at Winchester, Virginia. First", "title": "Conrad Schmidt (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "6368500", "text": "de octubre de 1913\"\" (\"Ennobled the Nation, October 7, 1913\"). The following is a complete list of people who have been recipients of the Belisario Domínguez Medal. Only in 1954 and 2012 the medal has been awarded twice. Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor The Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor (Spanish: \"Medalla de Honor \"Belisario Domínguez\" del Senado de la República\") is the highest award bestowed by the Mexican Senate. It forms part of the Mexican Honours System and is currently Mexico's highest active award since there are no records of the \"Condecoración \"Miguel Hidalgo\"\" being presented since 1979. The award", "title": "Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "14106861", "text": "Ellis remained at his post after receiving three wounds, and only retired, by his commanding officer's orders, after being wounded the fourth time. William Ellis (Medal of Honor) William Ellis (1834 – February 1, 1875) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor. Ellis was born in England in 1834 but his official residence when he received his Medal of Honor was listed as Watertown, Wisconsin. His name was misspelled as \"William Elise\" on his Medal of Honor citation. He died February 1, 1875 in San Bernardino County, California. His award citation", "title": "William Ellis (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "18210298", "text": "John Tribe (Medal of Honor) John Tribe (December 4, 1841 – December 4, 1917) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Tribe was born in Tioga County, New York in 1836 and entered service in Oswego. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on August 25, 1862, while serving as a Private with Company G, 5th New York Cavalry, at Waterloo Bridge in Virginia. Tribe won his medal for participating in the destruction of the bridge. His Medal of Honor was issued", "title": "John Tribe (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "18209427", "text": "Infantry. His Medal of Honor was issued on May 3, 1865. John Hughey (Medal of Honor) John P. Hughey (1836-1900) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Hughey was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1836 and entered service in Anna, Illinois. He died in Fulton County, Kentucky. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on April 6, 1865, while serving as a Corporal with Company E, 67th Pennsylvania Infantry, at the Battle of Sayler's Creek, in Virginia. Hughey won his medal for", "title": "John Hughey (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503637", "text": "of the Medal of Honor, the individual receiving the subsequent award is authorized to wear an additional Medal of Honor ribbon and/or a 'V' device on the Medal of Honor suspension ribbon\" (the \"V\" device is a bronze miniature letter \"V\" with serifs that denotes valor). The Medal of Honor was the only decoration authorized the use of the \"V\" device (none were ever issued) to designate subsequent awards in such fashion. Nineteen individuals, all now deceased, were double Medal of Honor recipients. In July 2014, DoD instructions were changed to read, \"A separate MOH is presented to an individual", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "16976496", "text": "Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor The Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor arose immediately after World War I, as the US Navy decided to recognize via the Medal of Honor two manners of heroism, one in combat and one in the line of a sailor's profession. The original upside-down star was designated as the non-combat version and a new pattern of the medal pendant, in cross form, was designed by the Tiffany Company in 1919. It was to be presented to a sailor or Marine who \"in action involving actual conflict with the enemy, distinguish[es] himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity", "title": "Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "14715281", "text": "Lewis Warrington (Medal of Honor) First Lieutenant Lewis Warrington III (unknown – January 5, 1879) was an American officer in the U.S. Army who served with the 4th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas–Indian Wars. He won distinction while commanding a small cavalry detachment against a hostile band of Comanche Indians in the Muchague Valley on December 8, 1874, and was one of three men received the Medal of Honor in the engagement. He is the only officer during the Indian Wars to receive the award immediately after the battle rather than in subsequent years. Lewis Warrington III, the grandson of", "title": "Lewis Warrington (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503643", "text": "\"in action involving actual conflict with an enemy\", since the United States has not formally declared war since World War II as a result of the provisions of the United Nations Charter. According to congressional testimony by the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, the services were seeking authority to award the Medal of Honor and other valor awards retroactive to July 1, 1958, in areas such as Berlin, Lebanon, Quemoy and Matsu Islands, Taiwan Straits, Congo, Laos, Vietnam, and Cuba. The four specific authorizing statutes amended July 25, 1963: \"The President may award, and present in the name", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "14883960", "text": "by a boat. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor three and a half years later, on October 18, 1884. Low's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. \"Tennessee\" at New Orleans, La., 15 February 1881, and sustaining, until picked up by a boat's crew, N. P. Petersen, gunner's mate, who had fallen overboard. George Low (Medal of Honor) George Low (1847 - 1912) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. His birth name was George Low Evatt. Born", "title": "George Low (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "20662729", "text": "of Honor for it, particularly William Bensinger, Robert Buffum, Elihu H. Mason, Jacob Parrott, William Pittenger, and William H. H. Reddick, who received the first six Medals of Honor on March 25, 1863. The law reads (in part): Medal of Honor Day Medal of Honor Day is a United States Federal Holiday that is celebrated every year on March 25. It was created to honor the \"heroism and sacrifice of Medal of Honor recipients for the United States.\" The holiday has been celebrated since 1991, when George H. W. Bush signed Public Law 101-564 on November 15, 1990, which was", "title": "Medal of Honor Day" }, { "docid": "18209426", "text": "John Hughey (Medal of Honor) John P. Hughey (1836-1900) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Hughey was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1836 and entered service in Anna, Illinois. He died in Fulton County, Kentucky. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on April 6, 1865, while serving as a Corporal with Company E, 67th Pennsylvania Infantry, at the Battle of Sayler's Creek, in Virginia. Hughey won his medal for capturing the battle flag of the Confederate States Army's 38th Virginia", "title": "John Hughey (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503644", "text": "of Congress, a medal of honor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a person who while a member of the\" (Army) (naval service) (Air Force) (Coast Guard), \"distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.\" The Medal of Honor confers special privileges on its recipients. By law, recipients have several benefits: A number of veteran support organizations and private companies devote themselves to exposing those who falsely claim to have received the Medal of Honor. Medal of Honor recipients may apply in writing to the headquarters", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "16320634", "text": "Edition bundles the limited edition of the shooter with additional in-game content, and is only available for active, reserve and former US military personnel and US government employees exclusively on GovX.com. The Military Edition includes all the perks of the game's Limited Edition, as well as \"exclusive in-game unlocks\", One particular unlock is a camouflage pattern named \"Project HONOR\", which is tied to a real-world promotion arranged by EA to raise money for the families of fallen Special Operations soldiers. Danger Close Games unveiled \"Medal of Honor: Warfighter: Zero Dark Thirty\", the first official Map Pack. The DLC helped promote", "title": "Medal of Honor: Warfighter" }, { "docid": "15190876", "text": "War Edwin M. Stanton by General George Custer. Stanton personally presented the Medal of Honor to Sweeney who was also promoted to corporal. James Sweeney (Medal of Honor) James Sweeney (September 24, 1845 – June 26, 1931) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Cedar Creek fought near Middletown, Virginia on October 19, 1864. The battle was the decisive engagement of Major General Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. \"The President of the United States", "title": "James Sweeney (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "20662728", "text": "Medal of Honor Day Medal of Honor Day is a United States Federal Holiday that is celebrated every year on March 25. It was created to honor the \"heroism and sacrifice of Medal of Honor recipients for the United States.\" The holiday has been celebrated since 1991, when George H. W. Bush signed Public Law 101-564 on November 15, 1990, which was passed by the 101st United States Congress in November 1990, and created it. The holiday was chosen to be celebrated on March 25 to honor the 23 men who participated in the Great Locomotive Chase and received Medals", "title": "Medal of Honor Day" }, { "docid": "20747176", "text": "John Rush (Medal of Honor) John Rush (February 21, 1837 - April 29, 1916) was a First Class Fireman in the Union Navy during the American Civil War, where he earned the Medal of Honor. Rush was born in Washington, D.C. on February 21, 1837, and later changed his name to Israel W. Little. Rush entered Service in the US Navy from Washington, D.C., and eventually rose to the rank of First Class Fireman during the Civil War. He served on board the USS Richmond, which was dispatched towards Port Hudson, Louisiana, as a part of a squadron of Union", "title": "John Rush (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "20747180", "text": "wife, Elizabeth Kearney Little. He died on April 29, 1916 at the age of 79, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. John Rush (Medal of Honor) John Rush (February 21, 1837 - April 29, 1916) was a First Class Fireman in the Union Navy during the American Civil War, where he earned the Medal of Honor. Rush was born in Washington, D.C. on February 21, 1837, and later changed his name to Israel W. Little. Rush entered Service in the US Navy from Washington, D.C., and eventually rose to the rank of First Class Fireman during the Civil War.", "title": "John Rush (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "9114481", "text": "Samuel Gross (Medal of Honor) Samuel Gross (originally Samuel Marguiles) (May 9, 1891–September 13, 1934) was a Private in the United States Marine Corps, 23d Company who earned the Medal of Honor for his efforts during the United States occupation of Haiti in 1915. Gross was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the United States occupation of Haiti, he participated in battles against the Caco bandit insurgency. During the battle for Fort Riviere, he saved the life of Smedley Butler, who also was a Medal of Honor recipient and was one of only 19 people to receive 2 Medals of Honor.", "title": "Samuel Gross (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "6368496", "text": "Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor The Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor (Spanish: \"Medalla de Honor \"Belisario Domínguez\" del Senado de la República\") is the highest award bestowed by the Mexican Senate. It forms part of the Mexican Honours System and is currently Mexico's highest active award since there are no records of the \"Condecoración \"Miguel Hidalgo\"\" being presented since 1979. The award has been given every year since 1954 by the Senate of Mexico to eminent Mexicans with a distinguished lifetime career who contributed most \"toward the welfare of the Nation and mankind\". Only Mexican entities representing \"the cultural spirit", "title": "Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "16976666", "text": "Big Ten Medal of Honor One of the most prestigious conference awards in college athletics, the Big Ten Medal of Honor was first awarded in 1915 to one student-athlete from the graduating class of each university who had “attained the greatest proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.” The 14 institutions of the Big Ten feature over 10,000 student-athletes, more than any other conference, and only 28 of those individuals are recognized each year with the Big Ten Medal of Honor. In the nearly 100 years of the Medal of Honor, just over 1,300 student-athletes have earned this distinction. The award", "title": "Big Ten Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "7686416", "text": "John McCloy (Medal of Honor) Lieutenant Commander John McCloy, USN (January 3, 1876 – May 24, 1945) was an officer in the United States Navy who was one of only 19 individuals to receive the Medal of Honor twice. He received his first Medal of Honor for action in the Boxer Rebellion in June 1900. His second Medal of Honor came in 1915 for action in Vera Cruz, Mexico in April 1914. John McCloy jointed the Merchant Marine when he was 15 and enlisted in the United States Navy on March 7, 1898. He served on the cruiser USS \"Columbia\"", "title": "John McCloy (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "20325538", "text": "Oregon; the fourteenth one lists the names of medal recipients with a connection to the state, but who did not enlist in Oregon. Bob Maxwell's name appears on the fourteenth pillar. The monument was erected by the Oregon State Capitol Foundation and Oregon Veterans Group in 2003. Oregon Veterans Medal of Honor Memorial The Oregon Veterans Medal of Honor Memorial, or Oregon's Medal of Honor Memorial, is an outdoor memorial commemorating all veterans, and especially Medal of Honor recipients, installed in Salem, Oregon's State Capitol State Park, in the United States. The memorial features seven granite pillars on each side", "title": "Oregon Veterans Medal of Honor Memorial" }, { "docid": "13737529", "text": "Joseph Cable (Medal of Honor) Joseph A. Cable (January 1, 1848 – October 15, 1877) was a United States Army soldier during the American Indian Wars who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Cedar Creek, Montana and other campaigns. Joseph A. Cable was born on January 1, 1848 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Later, his official residence was listed as Madison, Wisconsin. Cable enlisted into the United States Army, and was assigned as a Private to Company I, of the 5th United States Infantry Regiment. While serving in that organization, he won the Medal of Honor for his", "title": "Joseph Cable (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "15212647", "text": "Richard Taylor (Medal of Honor) Richard Taylor (1834–1890) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Cedar Creek fought near Middletown, Virginia on October 19, 1864. The battle was the decisive engagement of Major General Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. Taylor joined the Army from Indiana in August 1861, and mustered out with his regiment in August 1865. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting", "title": "Richard Taylor (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "15186288", "text": "Sergeant Schmidt went to the assistance of his regimental commander, whose horse had been killed under him in a charge, mounted the officer behind him, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and returned him to his command.” Conrad Schmidt (Medal of Honor) Conrad Schmidt (February 27, 1830 – December 26, 1908) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Opequon more commonly called the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864. “The President of the United States of America, in the name of", "title": "Conrad Schmidt (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "10245399", "text": "Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri. Williams' military awards and decorations include: Pharmacist's Mate Williams' official Medal of Honor citation reads: The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to PHARMACIST MATE THIRD CLASS JACK WILLIAMS<br> UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE for service as set forth in the following CITATION: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 3rd Battalion 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, during the occupation of Iwo Jima Volcano Islands, March 3,", "title": "Jack Williams (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503613", "text": "continuously issued combat decoration of the United States armed forces. The President normally presents the Medal of Honor in Washington, D.C. at a formal ceremony that is intended to represent the gratitude of the U.S. people, with posthumous presentations made to the primary next of kin. According to the Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States, there have been 3522 Medals of Honor awarded to the nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation, with just less than half of them awarded for actions during the four years of the American Civil War. In", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "9387813", "text": "Franklin Bell who later obtained the rank of Major General or with Sergeant James B. Bell of the 11th Ohio Infantry, who was awarded his medal during the Civil War James Bell (Medal of Honor) James Joseph Bell (July 1, 1845 – June 1, 1901) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars. His name is sometimes incorrectly given as James M. Bell. James Bell was born in County Antrim, Ireland in June 1845 (his gravestone says July 1, 1845). He came to the U.S. in 1866, working initially as a laborer.", "title": "James Bell (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503642", "text": "of Honor recipients—or in the case of posthumous awards, the next of kin—have been personally decorated by the Commander-in-Chief. Since 1941, more than half of the Medals of Honor have been awarded posthumously. Congress drew the three permutations of combat from President Kennedy's executive order of April 25, 1962, which previously added the same criteria to the Purple Heart. On August 24, Kennedy added similar criteria for the Bronze Star Medal. The amendment was necessary because Cold War armed conflicts did not qualify for consideration under previous statutes such as the 1918 Army Medal of Honor Statute that required valor", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "14766471", "text": "James Meredith (Medal of Honor) James Meredith (April 11, 1872 – January 18, 1915) was a private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. Meredith was born April 11, 1872 in Omaha, Nebraska. He joined the Marine Corps from Boston in July 1896. He officially changed his name to Patrick F. Ford, Jr. in June 1900 and was honorably discharged under that name in September 1901. He died January 18, 1915 and is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery Omaha, Nebraska. Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. (Name", "title": "James Meredith (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "19460238", "text": "meeting in combat of two ironclad warships. Williams was particularly noted for moving \"Monitor\" away from \"Virginia\" when the latter attempted to ram \"Monitor\" and again when \"Monitor's\" Captain John Lorimer Worden was wounded. Shipmate John Driscoll recalled of Williams: \"Peter saw more of her [the \"Virginia\"] than anyone else. He say right into the bore of the gun...Pete says, 'Captain, that is for us,' and rip! she came.\" For his actions during the battle, Williams was awarded the Medal of Honor a year later on April 3, 1863. He was the only person to receive the Medal of Honor", "title": "Peter Williams (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "16929453", "text": "as \"only slightly injured.\" He then assisted in taking care of the wounded below and wanted to be allowed to return to his battle station on deck. Upon close examination it was found that he was wounded quite severely in both eyes. John Preston (Medal of Honor) John Preston (1841 - 26 May 1885) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Preston was born in 1841 in Ireland. He joined the US Navy from Boston", "title": "John Preston (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503656", "text": "18, 2014 President Obama upgraded Distinguished Service Crosses to Medals of Honor for 24 Hispanic, Jewish, and African American individuals—the \"Valor 24\"—for their actions in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Three were still living at the time of the ceremony. During the Civil War, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton promised a Medal of Honor to every man in the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who extended his enlistment beyond the agreed-upon date. The Battle of Gettysburg was imminent, and 311 men of the regiment volunteered to serve until the battle was resolved. The remaining", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "19633387", "text": "Robert Smith (Medal of Honor) Robert Smith (birth name Harry Reynolds) (1847-1930) was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat during the Battle of Slim Buttes in Dakota Territory on September 9, 1876. Smith was born as Harry Reynolds [Memphis TN, Aug 8, 1847] and enlisted in the U.S. Army at Philadelphia PA under the assumed name of Robert Smith. He was assigned to Troop M, 3rd U.S. Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on October 16, 1877. After leaving the Army, he reverted to his birth name. He is buried in Elko, Nevada.", "title": "Robert Smith (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "8444774", "text": "Medal of Honor: Heroes Medal of Honor: Heroes is a World War II first-person shooter video game developed by Canadian studio Team Fusion for the PlayStation Portable, and is the ninth installment in the \"Medal of Honor\" series. It was released on October 20, 2006 in North America. The player takes the role of various heroes from the \"Medal of Honor\" series. There are three different campaigns, each with its own hero that spearheads squads to complete objectives. These heroes are: Lieutenant Jimmy Patterson, who was the star of the original \"Medal of Honor\" and \"\", Sergeant John Baker from", "title": "Medal of Honor: Heroes" }, { "docid": "16976501", "text": "The Navy's assertion of 28 recipients is believed to be derived from the fact that 21 Sailors and 7 Marines were awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during World War I. However, a review of: make a nearly complete list of 22 recipients. Based on analysis of all recipients of the Navy version of the Medal of Honor from 1919 to 1942, these 22 recipients are believed to be the only individuals that received the Tiffany Cross version of the Medal of Honor. There are at least three recipients (Byrd, Bennett, Siegal) who have been awarded the \"Tiffany Cross\"", "title": "Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "20064849", "text": "other engagements between October 1876 and January 1877. On April 27, 1877 he was awarded the Medal of Honor \"for gallantry in engagements at Cedar Creek, Montana and other campaigns during the period 21 October 1876 to 8 January 1877.\" His later life and place of burial are unknown. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Musician John Baker, United States Army, for gallantry in engagements at Cedar Creek, Montana and other campaigns during the period 21 October 1876 to 8 January 1877, while serving", "title": "John Baker (Medal of Honor, 1876)" }, { "docid": "16013849", "text": "Patrick Rogan (Medal of Honor) Patrick Rogan (1847 – December 17, 1912) was an Irish-American US Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian Wars. He was born in County Leitrim, Ireland. Shortly after immigrating to the United States, Rogan was paid $625 to be a substitute for a man recently called up for the draft. He enlisted in the army in February 1865, serving during the final months of the American Civil War. He was discharged from the army the following July, but reenlisted almost a year later in 1866, joining the 7th", "title": "Patrick Rogan (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "9527517", "text": "John Ward (Medal of Honor) John Ward (1847 or 1848 – March 24, 1911) was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout and received America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States. After having lived in Mexico for the past two decades, Ward enlisted in the US Army at Fort Duncan, Texas in August 1870, and joined other Black Seminoles known as the \"Seminole Negro Indian Scouts\". On April 25, 1875, he was serving as a Sergeant in the Indian Scouts attached to the 24th", "title": "John Ward (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17696857", "text": "William Downey (Medal of Honor) William Downey (1832 – June 30, 1909) was an Irish soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Downey received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Ashepoo River, South Carolina on 24 May 1864. He was honored with the award on 21 January 1897. Downey was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1832, and joined the US Army from Fall River, Massachusetts in September 1863. He was captured at the Battle of Gainesville, and paroled in April 1865. He was mustered out in June 1865.", "title": "William Downey (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "16013851", "text": "as a night watchman for the Union Pacific Coal Company. He died in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and was buried beside his wife and brother-in-law McLennon. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 December 1878. Verified and reported the company while subjected to a galling fire from the enemy. Patrick Rogan (Medal of Honor) Patrick Rogan (1847 – December 17, 1912) was an Irish-American US Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian", "title": "Patrick Rogan (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "14710650", "text": "Michael Gibbons (Medal of Honor) Michael Gibbons (November 15, 1866 – 1932) was an oiler serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. Gibbons was born on November 15, 1866 in Ireland and after immigrating to the United States he entered the navy. He was sent to fight in the Spanish–American War aboard the U.S.S. Nashville as an oiler. After being discharged from the navy he lived for a while in Portsmouth, Virginia and after living in the US for 35 years he returned to Ireland. He died at his", "title": "Michael Gibbons (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17696858", "text": "Downey died on 30 June 1909 and his remains are interred at Saint Mary's Cemetery in New Bedford, Massachusetts. William Downey (Medal of Honor) William Downey (1832 – June 30, 1909) was an Irish soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Downey received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Ashepoo River, South Carolina on 24 May 1864. He was honored with the award on 21 January 1897. Downey was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1832, and joined the US Army from Fall River, Massachusetts in September 1863. He", "title": "William Downey (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "16976502", "text": "for non-combat actions. There may be other in-period recipients that have also have received one, but these aren't known, and would require investigation of similar nature for each. Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor The Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor arose immediately after World War I, as the US Navy decided to recognize via the Medal of Honor two manners of heroism, one in combat and one in the line of a sailor's profession. The original upside-down star was designated as the non-combat version and a new pattern of the medal pendant, in cross form, was designed by the Tiffany Company", "title": "Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "6264142", "text": "Texas Legislative Medal of Honor The Texas Legislative Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration that may be awarded to a member of the Texas Military Forces. This includes Texas Air National Guard, Texas Army National Guard, and Texas State Guard. This medal may only be awarded to federal military personnel, or state military personnel who serve in the Armed Forces of the State of Texas. The neck ribbon is green with white stars, and the medal features an image of the reverse of the Seal of Texas, including Vince's Bridge, cannon of the Battle of Gonzales, Alamo Mission", "title": "Texas Legislative Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "18047794", "text": "Washington Law Enforcement Medal of Honor The Washington Law Enforcement Medal of Honor is the only state decoration issued by the state of Washington to law enforcement officers, and is established by the Revised Code of Washington. (Individual municipal jurisdictions issue lesser awards to law enforcement officers and the state has three statutory civilian decorations: the Washington Medal of Merit, Washington Medal of Valor and the Washington Gift of Life Award). Washington law does not describe an order of precedence for state decorations and the Washington Law Enforcement Medal of Honor is not customarily placed in relation to other state", "title": "Washington Law Enforcement Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "18047798", "text": "of Honor, which was posthumously awarded in 1998 (Sires' last living relative having died in 1939, the medal was accepted on his behalf by a representative from the Seattle police department). Washington Law Enforcement Medal of Honor The Washington Law Enforcement Medal of Honor is the only state decoration issued by the state of Washington to law enforcement officers, and is established by the Revised Code of Washington. (Individual municipal jurisdictions issue lesser awards to law enforcement officers and the state has three statutory civilian decorations: the Washington Medal of Merit, Washington Medal of Valor and the Washington Gift of", "title": "Washington Law Enforcement Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "14106860", "text": "William Ellis (Medal of Honor) William Ellis (1834 – February 1, 1875) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor. Ellis was born in England in 1834 but his official residence when he received his Medal of Honor was listed as Watertown, Wisconsin. His name was misspelled as \"William Elise\" on his Medal of Honor citation. He died February 1, 1875 in San Bernardino County, California. His award citation reads: For extraordinary heroism on 14 January 1865, while serving with Company K, 3d Wisconsin Cavalry, in action at Dardanelle, Arkansas. First Sergeant", "title": "William Ellis (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503639", "text": "Jefferson, Iowa, who in 2001, designed a flag to honor Medal of Honor recipient Captain Darrell Lindsey, a B-26 pilot from Jefferson who was killed in action during World War II. Kendall's design of a light blue field emblazoned with 13 white five-pointed stars was nearly identical to that of Sarah LeClerc's of the Institute of Heraldry. LeClerc's gold fringed flag, ultimately accepted as the official flag, does not include the words \"Medal of Honor\" as written on Kendall's flag. The color of the field and the 13 white stars, arranged in the form of a three-bar chevron, consisting of", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "17503612", "text": "to as the \"Medal of Honor\", and less frequently as \"Congressional Medal of Honor\". U.S. awards, including the Medal of Honor, do not have post-nominal titles, and while there is no official abbreviation, the most common abbreviations are \"MOH\" and \"MH\". There are three versions of the medal, one for the Army, one for the Navy, and one for the Air Force. Personnel of the Marine Corps and Coast Guard receive the Navy version. The Medal of Honor was introduced for the Navy in 1861, soon followed by an Army version in 1862. The Medal of Honor is the oldest", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "14715285", "text": "date: At Muchague Valley, Tex., 8 December 1874. Entered service at Washington, D.C. Birth: Washington, D.C. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in a combat with 5 Indians. Lewis Warrington (Medal of Honor) First Lieutenant Lewis Warrington III (unknown – January 5, 1879) was an American officer in the U.S. Army who served with the 4th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas–Indian Wars. He won distinction while commanding a small cavalry detachment against a hostile band of Comanche Indians in the Muchague Valley on December 8, 1874, and was one of three men received the Medal of Honor in", "title": "Lewis Warrington (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "9227922", "text": "at the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital in Washington, D.C. on September 25, 1953 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia. Bell's obituary in the September 28, 1953 Washington, D.C. \"Evening Star\" newspaper read: Dennis Bell, Medal Of Honor Holder, 87 - Dennis Bell, 87, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Spanish–American War, died Friday at Mount Alto Hospital. A retired Government employee, Mr. Bell was born here. He was a trooper in the 10th Cavalry during the Spanish–American War. He was awarded the country's highest military award for voluntarily going ashore under heavy fire", "title": "Dennis Bell (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "7707069", "text": "Lee, Virginia. Several places and structures have been named in Watson's honor, including a field in Fort Benning, Georgia, and, in 1997, the United States Navy ship . The \"Watson\" is the lead ship of her class of large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) ships. \"The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Private George Watson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action on 8 March 1943, while serving with 29th Quarter Master Regiment, in action at Porloch Harbor, New Guinea. Private Watson was on board", "title": "George Watson (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "16976667", "text": "was first given in 1915. It was the first award in intercollegiate athletics to demonstrate support of the educational emphasis placed on athletics and honor those who embody the values of the \"student athlete\". Originally the award was only given to male athletes, since 1982, a female athlete from each institution has also been awarded the Conference Medal of Honor. Past and present recipients who remained in the athletics world include NCAA 10-time National Champion Coach John R. Wooden, NFL quarterbacks and Super Bowl-winners Bob Griese and Drew Brees (all Purdue graduates), Olympic swimmer and Gold medalist Davis Tarwater (Michigan),", "title": "Big Ten Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "17503625", "text": "Medal of Honor from other medals, particularly the membership insignia issued by the Grand Army of the Republic. 1915: On March 3, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officers became eligible for the Medal of Honor. 1917: Based on the report of the Medal of Honor Review Board, established by Congress in 1916, 911 recipients were stricken off the Medal of Honor roll because the medal had been awarded inappropriately. Among them were Buffalo Bill and Mary Edwards Walker. Some medals were restored in 1977. 1963: A separate Coast Guard medal was authorized in 1963, but not yet designed or", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "7707066", "text": "George Watson (Medal of Honor) George Watson (1915 – March 8, 1943) was a private in the United States Army who was killed in action during World War II. He was one of seven Afro-American soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor for their actions during World War II, and the only one of the seven to earn his medal while serving in the Pacific Theater. A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, he entered the Army on September 1, 1942, and was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 29th Quartermaster Regiment. He was a passenger aboard the U.S. Army controlled chartered", "title": "George Watson (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "14653522", "text": "assault and accompanied his party in carrying dispatches at the height of the battle. He was one of six men who entered the fort in the assault from the fleet. General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 59 (June 22, 1865) Action Date: January 15, 1865 Service: Navy Rank: Seaman Division: U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba John Swanson (Medal of Honor) John Swanson (1842 – 1923) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. His birth name", "title": "John Swanson (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "14670902", "text": "James Anderson (Medal of Honor) James Anderson (May 28, 1849 – May 31, 1918), born James Anderson Smythe, was a Canadian-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 6th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas–Indian Wars. He was one of six men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against a hostile band of Plains Indians at the Wichita River in Texas on October 5, 1870. James Anderson Smythe was born in Canada on May 28, 1849. He eventually emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the U.S. Army, under the name James Anderson, around 1870. Smythe served", "title": "James Anderson (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "13742031", "text": "John Durham (Medal of Honor) John Stafford Durham (a.k.a. Mark Cromwell, June 8, 1843 – January 12, 1918) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Perryville. Durham was born on June 8, 1843, in New York City, the son of Amos H. Durham and Mary Ann née Laken. He ran away from home at age seven and was adopted by a showman, who changed his name to \"Mark Cromwell\". Durham's official residence was Malone, Wisconsin when he joined the Union Army. He joined the", "title": "John Durham (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "9387809", "text": "James Bell (Medal of Honor) James Joseph Bell (July 1, 1845 – June 1, 1901) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars. His name is sometimes incorrectly given as James M. Bell. James Bell was born in County Antrim, Ireland in June 1845 (his gravestone says July 1, 1845). He came to the U.S. in 1866, working initially as a laborer. On July 9, 1870, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned to Company E Seventh Infantry. He reenlisted five years later. In March 1876, Company E Seventh Infantry,", "title": "James Bell (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "17503624", "text": "a permanent decoration. On March 3, Medals of Honor were authorized for officers of the Army The Secretary of War first presented the Medal of Honor to six Union Army volunteers on March 25, 1863 in his office. 1890: On April 23, the Medal of Honor Legion is established in Washington, D.C. 1896: The ribbon of the Army version of the Medal of Honor was redesigned with all stripes being vertical. 1904: The planchet of the Army version of the Medal of Honor was redesigned by General George Lewis Gillespie. The purpose of the redesign was to help distinguish the", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "17503646", "text": "October 25, 1893. None of the 910 \"deleted\" recipients were ordered to return their medals, although on the question of whether the recipients could continue to wear their medals, the Judge Advocate General advised the Medal of Honor Board the Army was not obligated to police the matter. Walker continued to wear her medal until her death. Although some sources claim that President Jimmy Carter formally restored her medal posthumously in 1977, this action was actually taken unilaterally by the Army's Board for Correction of Military Records, which probably was unlawful because the Board lacks the authority to directly contradict", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "18620887", "text": "Medals of Honor revoked to date. Thomas Sullivan (Medal of Honor, 1890) Thomas Sullivan (April 4, 1859 – January 10, 1940) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Battle of Wounded Knee, but now called the Wounded Knee Massacre. Thomas Sullivan was born in County Meath, Ireland, most likely to either Patrick Sullivan and Bridget Conolly or Rich Sullivan and Mary McCann, based on available baptism records. At age 28 he immigrated to the US and enlisted in the US Army at 28 years and five", "title": "Thomas Sullivan (Medal of Honor, 1890)" }, { "docid": "19404805", "text": "the Medal of Honor weeks later on April 27, 1865. His official citation reads simply: \"Capture of flag.\" Stewart was discharged from the Army on June 3, 1865. Stewart is one of the hundreds of Medal of Honor recipients who are considered \"lost to history\", as his place of burial and other biographical details are unknown. Joseph Stewart (Medal of Honor) Joseph Stewart or Stuart () was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Five Forks. Born in Ireland, Stewart", "title": "Joseph Stewart (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "3942618", "text": "score of three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that \"Long-term appeal is doubtful with only 11 missions available and a lack of online support for multiplayer action.\" On August 18, 2016 a petition was started on Change.org expressing interest for a full remaster on current-gen systems. Though \"Medal of Honor: European Assault\" received average reviews, it is often considered a classic by fans of the franchise. Medal of Honor: European Assault Medal of Honor: European Assault is a first-person shooter video game, the eighth installment in the \"Medal of Honor\" series. \"European Assault\" was released for GameCube, PlayStation 2, and", "title": "Medal of Honor: European Assault" } ]

[ "Deep Throat (disambiguation)", "Deepthroat", "Deep Throat", "Deep-throat", "Deep throat" ]

[ { "docid": "5220856", "text": "Mark Felt William Mark Felt Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and Associate Director, the Bureau's second-highest-ranking post, from May 1972 until his retirement from the FBI in June 1973. During his time as Associate Director, Felt served as an anonymous informant, nicknamed \"Deep Throat\", to reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of \"The Washington Post\". He provided them with critical information about the Watergate scandal, which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Though Felt's identity as Deep Throat was strongly suspected by some", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "2622264", "text": "Deep Throat (Watergate) Deep Throat is the pseudonym given to the secret informant who provided information in 1972 to Bob Woodward, who shared it with Carl Bernstein. Woodward and Bernstein were reporters for \"The Washington Post\", and Deep Throat provided key details about the involvement of U.S. President Richard Nixon's administration in what came to be known as the Watergate scandal. In 2005, 31 years after Nixon's resignation and 11 years after Nixon's death, a family attorney stated that former Federal Bureau of Investigation Associate Director Mark Felt was Deep Throat. Felt was suffering from dementia at the time and", "title": "Deep Throat (Watergate)" }, { "docid": "5220880", "text": "background basis. When Felt revealed his role in 2005, it was noted that \"My Friend\" has the same initial letters as \"Mark Felt\". Woodward's notes from interviewing Felt were marked \"M.F.\", which Woodward says was \"not very good tradecraft.\" Woodward explained that when he wanted to meet Deep Throat, he would move a flowerpot with a red flag on his apartment balcony; he lived at number 617, Webster House, 1718 P Street, Northwest. On occasions when Deep Throat wanted a meeting, he would circle the page number on page twenty of Woodward's copy of \"The New York Times\" (delivered to", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "19134721", "text": "part of an \"extended cut\" on the home video release of the film. Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House is a 2017 American biographical political thriller film directed and written by Peter Landesman, and based on the 2006 autobiography of FBI agent Mark Felt, written with John O'Connor. The film depicts how Felt became an anonymous source (\"Deep Throat\") for reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, and helped them in the investigation which led them to the Watergate scandal. The film stars Liam Neeson, Diane Lane,", "title": "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House" }, { "docid": "19134714", "text": "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House is a 2017 American biographical political thriller film directed and written by Peter Landesman, and based on the 2006 autobiography of FBI agent Mark Felt, written with John O'Connor. The film depicts how Felt became an anonymous source (\"Deep Throat\") for reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, and helped them in the investigation which led them to the Watergate scandal. The film stars Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Tony Goldwyn, and Maika Monroe. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival", "title": "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House" }, { "docid": "5220924", "text": "Post\" created a morality play about an out-of-control government brought to heel by two young, enterprising journalists and a courageous newspaper. That simply wasn't what happened. Instead, it was about the FBI using \"The Washington Post\" to leak information to destroy the president, and \"The Washington Post\" willingly serving as the conduit for that information while withholding an essential dimension of the story by concealing Deep Throat's identity. In his 2012 book \"Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat\", Max Holland argued that Felt leaked the information in an attempt to become head of the FBI. Holland said that Felt", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220912", "text": "mentioned as a possibility. An October 1990 \"Washingtonian\" magazine article about \"Washington secrets\" listed the 15 most prominent Deep Throat candidates, including Felt. Jack Limpert published evidence as early as 1974 that Felt was the informant. On June 25 of that year, a few weeks after \"All the President's Men\" was published, \"The Wall Street Journal\" ran an editorial, \"If You Drink Scotch, Smoke, Read, Maybe You're Deep Throat.\" It began \"W. Mark Felt says he isn't now, nor has he ever been Deep Throat.\" The \"Journal\" quoted Felt saying the character was a \"composite\" and \"I'm just not that", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220919", "text": "issue of the magazine) on its website by John D. O'Connor, an attorney acting on Felt's behalf. Felt said, \"I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat.\" After the \"Vanity Fair\" story broke, Benjamin C. Bradlee, the editor of the \"Washington Post\" during Watergate, confirmed that Felt was Deep Throat. According to the \"Vanity Fair\" article, Felt was persuaded to come out by his family. They hoped to capitalize on the book deals and other lucrative opportunities which Felt would be offered in order to help pay for his grandchildren's education. His family was unaware that he was Deep", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220922", "text": "the Watergate era. The new book was to include material from Felt's 1979 memoir, plus an update. The new volume was scheduled for publication in early 2006. Felt sold the movie rights to his story to Universal Pictures for development by Tom Hanks's production company, Playtone. The book and movie deals were valued at US $1 million. A film based on those rights, \"\", in which Felt is portrayed by Liam Neeson, was released in 2017. In mid-2005, Woodward published an account of his contacts with Felt, \"The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat\" (). Public response to", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220916", "text": "ruled Felt out as Deep Throat in his 2000 book \"In Search of Deep Throat\". Garment wrote: The Felt theory was a strong one ... Felt had a personal motive for acting. After the death of J. Edgar Hoover ... Felt thought he was a leading candidate to succeed Hoover ... The characteristics were a good fit. The trouble with Felt's candidacy was that Deep Throat in \"All the President's Men\" simply did not sound to me like a career FBI man. Garment said the information leaked to Woodward was inside White House information to which Felt would not have", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220879", "text": "about Arthur Bremer, who shot George Wallace. When the Watergate story broke, Woodward called on Felt. The senior manager advised Woodward on June 19 that E. Howard Hunt, who had ties to Nixon, was involved; the telephone number of his White House office had been listed in the address book of one of the burglars. Initially, Woodward's source was known at the \"Post\" as \"My Friend\". \"Post\" editor Howard Simons tagged him as \"Deep Throat\", after the widely known porno film \"Deep Throat\". According to Woodward, Simons thought of the term because Felt had been providing information on a deep", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220877", "text": "campaign organization), as well as at the White House.\" In the book, Deep Throat is described as an \"incurable gossip\" who was \"in a unique position to observe the Executive Branch\", a man \"whose fight had been worn out in too many battles\". Woodward had known the source before Watergate and had discussed politics and government with him. In 2005, Woodward wrote that he first met Felt at the White House in 1969 or 1970. Woodward was working as an aide to Admiral Thomas Hinman Moorer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and was delivering papers to the White", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220918", "text": "Throat did the right thing. In February 2005, reports surfaced that Woodward had prepared Deep Throat's obituary because he was near death. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was battling cancer at the time (he would die in September 2005), and there was speculation that Rehnquist might have been Deep Throat. Rehnquist was Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel, from 1969 to 1971, and then served on the Supreme Court until his death in 2005. \"Vanity Fair\" magazine revealed that Felt was Deep Throat on May 31, 2005, when it published an article (eventually appearing in the July", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220911", "text": "his book that the measures Woodward took to conceal his meeting with Felt lent \"credence\" to the notion that Felt was Deep Throat. Woodward confirmed that Felt was Deep Throat in 2005. \"There are plenty of people claiming they knew Deep Throat was actually former FBI man Mark Felt ... On May 3, 2002, PAGE SIX reported that Ronald Kessler, author of \"The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI\", says that all the evidence points to former top FBI official W. Mark Felt.\" The identity of Deep Throat was debated for more than three decades, and Felt was frequently", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "2622282", "text": "Felt in charge of investigating the would-be assassin. A month later, just days after the Watergate break-in, Woodward would call Felt at his office, marking the first time Woodward spoke with Felt about Watergate. Commenting on Felt's motivations for serving as his Deep Throat source, Woodward wrote, \"Felt believed he was protecting the bureau by finding a way, clandestine as it was, to push some of the information from the FBI interviews and files out to the public, to help build public and political pressure to make Nixon and his people answerable. He had nothing but contempt for the Nixon", "title": "Deep Throat (Watergate)" }, { "docid": "19134715", "text": "on September 8, and was theatrically released on September 29, 2017, by Sony Pictures Classics. An untitled project about FBI agent Mark Felt, known as Deep Throat, who was an informant for reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, was announced on January 24, 2006, written by Peter Landesman. The film was to be directed by Jay Roach for Universal Pictures and Playtone, and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman were attached as producers. On November 3, 2015, it was announced that Landesman would direct \"Felt\" himself, based on his script. Liam Neeson was cast in the title role. MadRiver Pictures financed", "title": "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House" }, { "docid": "5220914", "text": "Atlantic Monthly\", saying the source had to have been within the FBI. He noted Felt as a possibility, but said he could not confirm this. Alexander P. Butterfield, the White House aide best known for revealing Nixon's taping system, told the \"Hartford Courant\" in 1995, \"I think it was a guy named Mark Felt.\" In July 1999, Felt was identified as Deep Throat by the \"Hartford Courant\", citing Chase Culeman-Beckman, a nineteen-year-old from Port Chester, New York. Culeman-Beckman said Jacob Bernstein, the son of Carl Bernstein and Nora Ephron, had told him the name at summer camp in 1988, and", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220913", "text": "kind of person.\" In 1975, George V. Higgins wrote: \"Mark Felt knows more reporters than most reporters do, and there are some who think he had a \"Washington Post\" alias borrowed from a dirty movie.\" During a grand jury investigation in 1976, Felt was called to testify. The prosecutor, J. Stanley Pottinger, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, discovered that Felt was \"Deep Throat\", but the secrecy of the proceedings protected the information from being public. In 1992, James Mann, who had been a reporter at \"The Washington Post\" in 1972 and worked with Woodward, wrote a piece for \"The", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "1301851", "text": "or a combination of both. Contemporary media has the capacity to spread knowledge of a scandal further than in previous centuries and public interest has encouraged many cases of confected scandals relating to well-known people as well as genuine scandals relating to politics and business. Some scandals are revealed by whistleblowers who discover wrongdoing within organizations or groups, such as Deep Throat (William Mark Felt) during the Watergate scandal in the 1970s in the United States. Whistleblowers may be protected by laws which are used to obtain information of misdeeds and acts detrimental to their establishments. However, the possibility of", "title": "Scandal" } ]

[ { "docid": "5220925", "text": "wanted to create the perception that Gray \"could not control the FBI\". This could result in Nixon's firing Gray, leaving Felt as the obvious choice to run the agency. Holland said this plan (if it was one) backfired as Nixon and his team found out that Felt was the leaker. Felt died at home, in his sleep, on December 18, 2008. He was 95 years old and his death was attributed to heart failure. Mark Felt William Mark Felt Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and Associate Director, the", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "8334567", "text": "– 0:31 16. \"A Little Buzz\" – 2:46 17. \"Kids Didn't Change\" – 0:54 18. \"Heaven Is Where the Heart Is\" – 5:03 What Did He Say? What Did He Say? is the second solo album released by bassist Victor Wooten. 1. \"Yo Victa\" – 0:07 2. \"What Did He Say?\" – 3:20 3. \"What You Won't Do for Love\" – 4:43 4. \"Cherokee\" – 1:49 5. \"Don't Wanna Cry\" – 5:07 6. \"The Lonliest Monk\" – 4:36 7. \"A Chance\" – 2:54 8. \"Radio W-OO-10\" – 1:06 9. \"Norwegian Wood\" – 4:52 10. \"Bro John\" – 4:18 11. \"Naima\"", "title": "What Did He Say?" }, { "docid": "19134716", "text": "the film and also produced it, along with Scott Free Productions, Playtone, and Cara Films, and producers Ridley Scott, Goetzman, Hanks, Giannina Scott, Marc Butan, Christopher Woodrow, Roach, and Landesman. On November 5, 2015, Diane Lane was cast to play Felt's brilliant and troubled wife, Audrey, who shares the burden of Felt's dangerous dilemma about the White House's Watergate scandal. On November 6, 2015, Jason Bateman joined the film to play an FBI agent and Felt lieutenant, Charlie Bates, who suspects that Felt is leaking classified information on the Watergate investigation. On December 9, 2015, Maika Monroe also joined the", "title": "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House" }, { "docid": "8334566", "text": "What Did He Say? What Did He Say? is the second solo album released by bassist Victor Wooten. 1. \"Yo Victa\" – 0:07 2. \"What Did He Say?\" – 3:20 3. \"What You Won't Do for Love\" – 4:43 4. \"Cherokee\" – 1:49 5. \"Don't Wanna Cry\" – 5:07 6. \"The Lonliest Monk\" – 4:36 7. \"A Chance\" – 2:54 8. \"Radio W-OO-10\" – 1:06 9. \"Norwegian Wood\" – 4:52 10. \"Bro John\" – 4:18 11. \"Naima\" – 5:57 12. \"Sometimes I Laugh\" – 3:20 13. \"My Life\" – 4:45 14. \"The Sojourn of Arjuna\" – 6:29 15. \"Buzz Ntro\"", "title": "What Did He Say?" }, { "docid": "3243460", "text": "and Baker, who appeared somewhat non-partisan and uttered the famous phrase \"What did the President know, and when did he know it?\" (often paraphrased by others in later scandals). It was the introduction to the public for minority counsel Thompson, who would later become an actor, senator, and presidential candidate. Many of Watergate's most famous moments happened during the hearings, including John Dean's \"cancer on the Presidency\" testimony and Alexander Butterfield's revelation of the existence of the secret Nixon White House tapes. United States Senate Watergate Committee The Senate Watergate Committee, known officially as the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign", "title": "United States Senate Watergate Committee" }, { "docid": "5220917", "text": "had access. \"Felt did not fit.\" (Once the secret was revealed, it was noted Felt did have access to such information because the Bureau's agents were interviewing high-ranking White House officials.) In 2002, the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" profiled Felt. Noting his denial in \"The FBI Pyramid\", the paper wrote: Curiously, his son—American Airlines pilot Mark Felt—now says that shouldn't be read as a definitive denial, and that he plans to answer the question once-and-for-all in a second memoir. The excerpt of the working draft obtained by the \"Chronicle\" has Felt still denying he's Throat but providing a rationale for why", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220923", "text": "Felt and his actions has varied widely since these revelations. In the immediate aftermath, Felt's family called him an \"American hero\", suggesting that he leaked information for moral or patriotic reasons. G. Gordon Liddy, who was convicted of burglary in the Watergate scandal, said Felt should have gone to the grand jury rather than leak. Speculation about Felt's motives for leaking has varied widely. Some suggested that it was revenge for Nixon's choosing Gray over Felt to replace Hoover as FBI Director. Others suggest Felt acted out of institutional loyalty to the FBI. Political scientist George Friedman argued: The \"Washington", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220875", "text": "methods were an unnecessary distraction from the work of the FBI and showed a lack of leadership. He believed that he was not the only career manager at the FBI who disapproved of Gray's methods, particularly among those who had served under Hoover. As Associate Director, Felt saw everything compiled on Watergate before it was given to Gray. The Agent in Charge, Charles Nuzum, sent his findings to Investigative Division Head Robert Gebhardt, who passed the information on to Felt. From the day of the break-in, June 17, 1972, until the FBI investigation was mostly completed in June 1973, Felt", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220904", "text": "from the Watergate scandal. Over the years, the stress of following her husband's career as well as from the separation from her daughter, combined with Felt's prosecution had taken their toll on Audrey. During Felt's time in Seattle in 1954, Audrey suffered a nervous breakdown. She developed a dependency on alcohol and had been taking antidepressants for years. She had also been hospitalized several times for various ailments. When Felt was put on trial in 1980, she attended the first day, but did not return because she was unable to bear it. In 1984, she committed suicide using Felt's revolver.", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "627940", "text": "would be an easy interviewer and was taken aback by Frost's incisive questions. The interview displayed the entire scandal to the American people, and Nixon formally apologized, but his legacy remained tarnished. In the aftermath of Watergate, \"follow the money\" became part of the American lexicon and is widely believed to have been uttered by Mark Felt to Woodward and Bernstein. The phrase was never used in the 1974 book \"All the President's Men\" and did not become associated with it until the movie of the same name was released in 1976. The parking garage where Woodward and Felt met", "title": "Watergate scandal" }, { "docid": "5220902", "text": "drama. When she was an undergraduate, Felt finally settled in Alexandria, Virginia, when he took his post at the FBI Academy. Prior to the Watergate scandal, Felt had become estranged from Joan. They had been close during her childhood, but after she graduated from Stanford, she had gone to Chile under a Fulbright scholarship to continue her studies. While there, she became friends with Marxist revolutionary Andrés Pascal Allende, nephew of future president Salvador Allende. When she returned home, her political views had shifted to the extreme left, putting her in conflict with her conservative father. She earned her master's", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "4436419", "text": "jury on March 1, 1974, for their role in the Watergate scandal. The grand jury also named Nixon as an unindicted conspirator. The indictments marked the first time in U.S. history that a president was so named. The period leading up to the trial of the first Watergate Seven began on January 8, 1973. The term \"Watergate Seven\" was coined a few months later, in April 1973, by American lawyer, politician, and political commentator Ed Koch, who, in response to U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker Jr.'s indicating that one of the men in Watergate bugging case had been ordered in", "title": "Watergate Seven" }, { "docid": "7347822", "text": "'Dad?' Hurley comments that he did not expect Rose's husband to be white, before Jack quickly changes the subject. The producers felt it was important to address that they are an interracial couple, and that Hurley was saying what the audience would be thinking. Caldwell agreed with them and thought it would be odd if the issue was not addressed. Anderson also was glad that Hurley brought up the issue, and liked that Jack did not pay any attention. The episode gained 21.54 million American viewers in its first airing. What Kate Did \"What Kate Did\" is the 34th episode", "title": "What Kate Did" }, { "docid": "5220869", "text": "William C. Ibershof, claims that Mark Felt and Attorney General John N. Mitchell initiated these illegal activities that tainted the investigation. Hoover died in his sleep and was found on the morning of May 2, 1972. Tolson was nominally in charge until the next day, when Nixon appointed L. Patrick Gray III as Acting FBI Director. Tolson submitted his resignation, which Gray accepted. Felt succeeded to Tolson's post as Associate Director, the number-two job in the Bureau. Felt served as an honorary pallbearer at Hoover's funeral. On the day of Hoover's death, Hoover's secretary for five decades, Helen Gandy, began", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "14024013", "text": "initial publication, the sex scandals of prominent members of the Family, Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, as well as accusations that the Family was illegally subsidizing the rent of members of Congress and involved in the proposed bill which would impose the death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda, thrust the notoriously secretive organisation into the national spotlight. Journalist Jeff Sharlet did intensive research in the Fellowship's archives, before they were closed to the public. He also spent a month in 2002 living in a Fellowship house near Washington, DC, and wrote a magazine article describing", "title": "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" }, { "docid": "19134719", "text": "has an approval rating of 36% based on 109 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a generally positive review, praising Neeson while criticizing the script and writing, \"\"Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House\" (please get a new title) does its job of presenting who Mark Felt was and what a burden it was for him personally to betray his beloved FBI. And if you want", "title": "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House" }, { "docid": "5220894", "text": "did what you thought was in the best interests of the country and someone on technical grounds indicted you. Felt, Gray, and Miller were arraigned in Washington, DC on April 20. Seven hundred current and former FBI agents were outside the courthouse applauding the \"Washington Three\", as Felt referred to himself and his colleagues in his memoir. Gray's case did not go to trial and was dropped by the government for lack of evidence, on December 11, 1980. Felt and Miller attempted to plea bargain with the government, willing to agree to a misdemeanor guilty plea to conducting searches without", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "627938", "text": "Congress enacted the National Emergencies Act in 1976 to regulate such declarations. The Watergate scandal left such an impression on the national and international consciousness that many scandals since then have been labeled with the suffix \"-gate.\" Disgust with the revelations about Watergate, the Republican Party, and Nixon strongly affected results of the November 1974 Senate and House elections, which took place three months after Nixon's resignation. The Democrats gained five seats in the Senate and forty-nine in the House (the newcomers were nicknamed \"Watergate Babies\"). Congress passed legislation that changed campaign financing, to amend the Freedom of Information Act,", "title": "Watergate scandal" }, { "docid": "5220878", "text": "House Situation Room. In his book \"The Secret Man\", Woodward described Felt as a \"tall man with perfectly combed gray hair ... distinguished looking\" with a \"studied air of confidence, even what might be called a command presence\". They stayed in touch and spoke on the telephone several times. When Woodward started working at the \"Washington Post\", he phoned Felt on several occasions to ask for information for articles in the paper. Felt's information, taken on a promise that Woodward would never reveal its origin, was a source for a few stories, notably for an article on May 18, 1972,", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5038791", "text": "What the Butler Saw (play) What the Butler Saw is a farce written by the English playwright Joe Orton. It was premièred at the Queen's Theatre in London on 5 March 1969. It was Orton's final play and the second to be performed after his death, following \"Funeral Games\" in 1968. The play consists of two acts—though the action is continuous—and revolves around a Dr. Prentice, a psychiatrist attempting to seduce his attractive prospective secretary, Geraldine Barclay. The play opens with the doctor examining Geraldine Barclay in a job interview. As part of the interview, he persuades her to undress.", "title": "What the Butler Saw (play)" }, { "docid": "7426309", "text": "will play one last show with his Japanese bandmates as The Novice at Chaos in Tejas 2013, having released just one 7-inch on Dirtnap Records. The Marked Men, Mind Spiders, Low Culture, and The Novice all played Chaos in Tejas 2013 in Austin, Texas. The Marked Men The Marked Men is an American punk rock band from Denton, Texas, United States, composed of guitarists/vocalists Mark Ryan and Jeff Burke, bassist Joe Ayoub, and drummer Mike Throneberry. They have released four albums through Rip Off Records, Dirtnap Records, and Swami Records. Their most recent album, \"Ghosts\", was released in 2009 through", "title": "The Marked Men" }, { "docid": "5220884", "text": "January 1973, he confronted Felt about being the source for Woodward and Bernstein. Gray said he had defended Felt to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst: \"You know, Mark, Dick Kleindienst told me I ought to get rid of you. He says White House staff members are concerned that you are the FBI source of leaks to Woodward and Bernstein\". Felt replied, \"Pat, I haven't leaked anything to anybody.\" Gray told Felt: I told Kleindienst that you've worked with me in a very competent manner and I'm convinced that you are completely loyal. I told him I was not going to", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "627895", "text": "of the FBI during that period of the 1970s, something Woodward later confirmed. Felt met secretly with Woodward several times, telling him of Howard Hunt's involvement with the Watergate break-in, and that the White House staff regarded the stakes in Watergate as extremely high. Felt warned Woodward that the FBI wanted to know where he and other reporters were getting their information, as they were uncovering a wider web of crimes than the FBI first disclosed. All of the secret meetings between Woodward and Felt took place at an underground parking garage somewhere in Rosslyn over a period from June", "title": "Watergate scandal" }, { "docid": "3051602", "text": "to Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974. The name \"Watergate\" and the suffix \"-gate\" have since become synonymous with political scandals in the United States and elsewhere. The Watergate superblock is bounded on the north by Virginia Avenue, on the east by New Hampshire Avenue, on the south by F Street, and on the west by the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. It is in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood overlooking the Potomac River, next to the Kennedy Center and the embassy of Saudi Arabia. The nearest Metro station, 0.4 miles (650 m) distant, is Foggy Bottom-GWU. For more than a", "title": "Watergate complex" }, { "docid": "5220893", "text": "without warrants. The indictment charged violations of Title 18, Section 241 of the United States Code and stated Felt and the others: Did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree together and with each other to injure and oppress citizens of the United States who were relatives and acquaintances of the Weatherman fugitives, in the free exercise and enjoyments of certain rights and privileges secured to them by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America. Felt told his biographer Ronald Kessler: I was shocked that I was indicted. You would be too, if you", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "15721808", "text": "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times is a 2008 book by Nathan MacDonald that discusses the foods eaten by Israelites during the time that the Bible was written. MacDonald, a theologian who serves as a lecturer at St Andrews University, used biblical texts as well as archaeological and anthropological evidence in his attempts to determine the diet of the Israelites. MacDonald decided to write the book while writing another book on the symbolism of food in the Hebrew Bible that contained a chapter on the diet of the Israelites. Nathan", "title": "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?" }, { "docid": "17703411", "text": "Town Hall had been built. However, in order to reach this point, it was necessary for the participants to work together and interact with the sets, props, and at times the actors themselves, within the Masque of the Red Death show, as well as by solving puzzles online. The Masque of the Red Death (play) The Masque Of The Red Death was an original theatre production by British theatre company Punchdrunk, in collaboration with the Battersea Arts Centre that ran from September 2007 to April 2008 The Masque of the Red Death was a major theatre production by British company", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (play)" }, { "docid": "5038795", "text": "stage in 1995. Phyllida Lloyd directed the play. There was a further revival in 2012 at the Vaudeville Theatre, directed by Sean Foley, which ran from 16 May to 25 August. There was a 2017 production directed by Nikolai Foster at the Curve Theatre in Leicester. What the Butler Saw (play) What the Butler Saw is a farce written by the English playwright Joe Orton. It was premièred at the Queen's Theatre in London on 5 March 1969. It was Orton's final play and the second to be performed after his death, following \"Funeral Games\" in 1968. The play consists", "title": "What the Butler Saw (play)" }, { "docid": "5220860", "text": "the University of Idaho. She had come to Washington to work at the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Their wedding was officiated by the chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, the Rev. Sheara Montgomery. Audrey died in 1984; she and Felt had two children, Joan and Mark. Felt stayed on with Pope's successor in the Senate, David Worth Clark (D-Idaho). He attended the George Washington University Law School at night, earning his law degree in 1940, and was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1941. Upon graduation, Felt took a position at the Federal Trade Commission but", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220888", "text": "Ruckelshaus received a call from someone claiming to be a \"New York Times\" reporter, telling him that Felt was the source of this information. On June 21, Ruckelshaus met privately with Felt and accused him of leaking information to \"The New York Times\", a charge that Felt adamantly denied. Ruckelshaus told Felt to \"sleep on it\" and let him know the next day what he wanted to do. Felt resigned from the Bureau the next day, June 22, 1973, ending his thirty-one year career. In a 2013 interview, Ruckelshaus noted the possibility that the original caller was a hoax. He", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "1872874", "text": "audience: That's that legend. Now here's a new one.'\" Unlike Williamson's screenplay for the film's contemporary, \"Scream\" (1996), which incorporated satire of the slasher film, \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" was written more as a straightforward slasher film. Gillespie commented in 2008: \"The joy of this film for me as a filmmaker was in taking [the] elements that we've seen before, and saying to the audience: 'Here's something you've seen before'—knowing that they're saying 'We've seen this before'—and still getting them to jump.\" Gillespie also claimed that he felt Williamson's screenplay did not resemble a \"slasher horror movie,\"", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "627903", "text": "Dean felt that he was being recorded. He wondered if this was due to the way Nixon was speaking, as if he were trying to prod attendees' recollections of earlier conversations about fundraising. Dean mentioned this observation while testifying to the Senate Committee on Watergate, exposing the thread of what were taped conversations that would unravel the fabric of the conspiracy. Two days later, Dean told Nixon that he had been cooperating with the U.S. attorneys. On that same day, U.S. attorneys told Nixon that Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Dean, and other White House officials were implicated in the cover-up. On April", "title": "Watergate scandal" }, { "docid": "7965508", "text": "wrote. Numerous states passed sweeping ethics and public disclosure reforms in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. The Center for Public Integrity has compiled a state by state account of governmental political corruption watchdogs, many with roots in the post-Watergate era. A prominent Watergate baby of 1974 now serving again as Governor of California is Jerry Brown. \"Watergate Babies\" has also been used to apply to journalists who entered journalism because of their fascination with the Watergate scandal. \"Watergate,\" David Baumann wrote, \"also created a generation of journalists who were not willing to accept politicians at their word. If the", "title": "Watergate Babies" }, { "docid": "17703403", "text": "The Masque of the Red Death (play) The Masque Of The Red Death was an original theatre production by British theatre company Punchdrunk, in collaboration with the Battersea Arts Centre that ran from September 2007 to April 2008 The Masque of the Red Death was a major theatre production by British company Punchdrunk, following their production of Faust in 2006 and echoing the format of that show. It played for a 7-month sold-out run, and was seen by more than 40,000 people, involving a cast of around 35 and utilising almost all of the space within the Battersea Arts Centre", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (play)" }, { "docid": "5220905", "text": "Felt and his son Mark Jr., an officer in the United States Air Force, decided to keep this a secret and told Joan that her mother had died of a heart attack. Joan did not learn the truth about her mother until 2001. Meanwhile, Joan had become an adherent of Adi Da, who had founded a new religious movement in San Francisco called Adidam, and she was living in Santa Rosa. She had borne three sonsLudi (later Will), Rob, and Nick, the latter two from another Adidam devotee whom she never marriedbut her parents had only met Ludi during their", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "11856925", "text": "What Hetty Did What Hetty Did is the seventh novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1988 when he was 76 years old. The novel describes the experiences of an 18-year-old girl. Hetty Birtwisle has been brought up by adoptive parents in the Fens; after a beating by her father, discovering that she was adopted, she flees to Birmingham where she has learnt she was born and alters her surname to Beauchamp. Hetty Beauchamp comes across several characters from Carr's other novels in the boarding house in which she lives, including Emma Foxberrow, a teacher in \"The Harpole Report\" and Edward", "title": "What Hetty Did" }, { "docid": "11856928", "text": "early 20s. The story was adapted by Ellen Dryden for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Drama in 2004. What Hetty Did What Hetty Did is the seventh novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1988 when he was 76 years old. The novel describes the experiences of an 18-year-old girl. Hetty Birtwisle has been brought up by adoptive parents in the Fens; after a beating by her father, discovering that she was adopted, she flees to Birmingham where she has learnt she was born and alters her surname to Beauchamp. Hetty Beauchamp comes across several characters from Carr's other novels in", "title": "What Hetty Did" }, { "docid": "7578097", "text": "as Dorry, Bryn McAuley as Joanna, and Dean Stockwell as \"Tramp\". A 1972 UK movie adaptation, \"Katy\", starred Clare Walker, and the 1962 eight-part TV series made in the UK, also called \"Katy\", featured rising star Susan Hampshire in the title role. In 2015, author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her novel \"Katy\", which is a modern retelling of \"What Katy Did\". The August 2016 edition of Storytime featured a new illustrated adaptation with illustrations by Italian artist Marco Guadalupi. \"What Katy Did\" was followed by four sequels: \"What Katy Did at School\" in which Katy and Clover attend the fictional Hillsover", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "8543550", "text": "and drank. A faqir asked him what he did there. He told him his story and asked the faqir's, repeating when the faqir put him off, until the faqir told him he had been a king, and his seven sons had all tried to win a princess whose hand could only be won by answering the riddle, \"What did the rose do to the cypress?\" and died for their failure. His grief sent him into the desert. This inspired the son with a love for the same princess. His attendants found him and brought him back, but he grew ill", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "5220858", "text": "but was pardoned by President Ronald Reagan during his appeal. Felt published two memoirs: \"The FBI Pyramid\" in 1979 (updated in 2006), and \"A G-Man's Life\", written with John O'Connor, in 2006. In 2012, the FBI released Felt's personnel file, covering the period from 1941 to 1978. It also released files pertaining to an extortion threat made against Felt in 1956. Born on August 17, 1913, in Twin Falls, Idaho, Felt was the son of Rose R. Dygert and Mark Earl Felt, a carpenter and building contractor. His paternal grandfather was a Free Will Baptist minister. His maternal grandparents were", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "762881", "text": "that it was another solid Seagal action film. In a less than favorable response from \"Entertainment Weekly\", they wrote that the film is partially \"undone by murky cinematography\". \"Marked for Death\" opened at #1 at the box office, making it his third straight film to open at #1. It earned a little more than $43 million domestically and $58 million worldwide. A soundtrack containing hip hop, reggae, and R&B music was released on September 27, 1990 by Delicious Vinyl. Marked for Death Marked for Death is a 1990 American action film directed by Dwight H. Little. The film stars Steven", "title": "Marked for Death" }, { "docid": "20221366", "text": "album. \"Felt\" represents a more pop-oriented approach to The Chain Gang of 1974, with Mohager having found \"pleasure in a chord progression that unites big crowds\", during the period before the album's production, justifying that \"as long as the song has a bit of an 'X-Factor' to it, I am now no longer afraid of creating more pop-oriented music.\" Mohager described \"Felt\" as an exploration of \"love, heartbreak, infidelity, addiction, death, [and] family\", stating that the album was him openly discussing \"the feelings of [his] past.\" In composing what Mohager felt was the most \"honest\" album he's created, he deemed", "title": "Felt (The Chain Gang of 1974 album)" }, { "docid": "14693059", "text": "bungee rope is identical to him doing the same on the cover of his newly released album \"Escapology\". Williams entrance was accompanied by \"Let Me Entertain You\", a song he often uses as the first song. As he often does, Williams dedicated his 12th song \"No Regrets\" to his former Take That bandmates Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and Howard Donald. The performance of \"Back for Good\" on the third night by Williams and Owen was not included in the main section of the DVD. What We Did Last Summer What We Did Last Summer – Robbie Williams: Live", "title": "What We Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "1765358", "text": "home in the Hollywood Hills, during which he considered how to respond to the controversy. Manson said the maelstrom made him re-evaluate his career: \"There was a bit of trepidation, [in] deciding: 'Is it worth it? Are people understanding what I'm trying to say? Am I even gonna be allowed to say it?' Because I definitely had every single door shut in my face ... there were not a lot of people who stood behind me.\" He told \"Alternative Press\" that he felt his safety was threatened to the point that he \"could be shot Mark David Chapman-style.\" He began", "title": "Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)" }, { "docid": "12248554", "text": "Olympic records were set for this event. Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final. DNS — Did Not Start NM — No Mark <br> Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump The men's long jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 and 18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 8.20 m (26.9 ft) (A standard) and 8.05 m (26.41 ft) (B standard). This event marked the first time that an American did not compete in the final phase in a non-boycotted Olympic", "title": "Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump" }, { "docid": "5822616", "text": "\"Ziegfeld Follies\" star Ann Pennington and Tom Patricola, touched off a national dance craze. \"George White's Scandals\" is also the name of several movies set within the \"Scandals\", all of which focus primarily on the show's acts, with a thin backstage plot stringing them all together. The best known of these was 1934's \"George White's Scandals\" written by Jack Yellen, which marked the film debut of Alice Faye. Flapper-era cartoonist and designer Russell Patterson worked on Broadway in various capacities; for \"George White's Scandals of 1936,\" he served as scenic designer. \"George White's Scandals of 1920\" was featured in an", "title": "George White's Scandals" }, { "docid": "8543560", "text": "lived happily with his four wives. What the Rose did to the Cypress What the Rose did to the Cypress is a Persian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in \"The Brown Fairy Book\" (1904), with the note \"Translated from two Persian MSS. in the possession of the British Museum and the India Office, and adapted, with some reservations, by Annette S. Beveridge.\" A king had three sons. The oldest went hunting and chased a deer, giving orders that it should be captured rather than killed. It led him to a sandy waste where his horse died. He found a", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "8543549", "text": "What the Rose did to the Cypress What the Rose did to the Cypress is a Persian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in \"The Brown Fairy Book\" (1904), with the note \"Translated from two Persian MSS. in the possession of the British Museum and the India Office, and adapted, with some reservations, by Annette S. Beveridge.\" A king had three sons. The oldest went hunting and chased a deer, giving orders that it should be captured rather than killed. It led him to a sandy waste where his horse died. He found a tree with a spring beneath it", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "8001782", "text": "shelved when, during the scene where Captain Cash visits Charlie Company at their chow line, he holds out his hand and one of the GI mess orderly's ladles beans into the captain's hand. The score is by Henry Mancini. It includes \"The Swing March\" and \"In the Arms of Love\". What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? is a 1966 comedy DeLuxe Color film written by William Peter Blatty and directed by Blake Edwards for the Mirisch Company in Panavision. It stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn. Filming was at Lake", "title": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" }, { "docid": "10344095", "text": "of Rafael Roco, Jr. \"The Claws of Light\" marked what would become the first lead role for Roco. To play the love of Julio's life, Brocka did not have to look too far. The role of Ligaya Paraiso was a natural choice for his protégé, Hilda Koronel. Lou Salvador, Jr., a former matinee idol famous for playing angst-ridden romantic leads in LVN's teen rebel pictures, was cast against type as the wise and sympathetic Atong. Character actor Tommy Yap nabbed the role of the rarely-seen antagonist, Ah-Tek. Yap would later appear—albeit less significantly—in Brocka's \"Insiang\", alongside Koronel. Majority of the", "title": "Manila in the Claws of Light" }, { "docid": "7426308", "text": "Pulliam moved to Japan, they added Ayoub to form The Marked Men. Each member is also concurrently active in other bands. Burke plays in The Chopsakis, The Potential Johns, Grave City (since 2014, with Ryan), and, since 2010, The Novice. The Novice has now become Radioactivity. Ryan and Throneberry play in High Tension Wires with former Reds bassist Pulliam and Riverboat Gamblers frontman Mike Wiebe, and Ayoub plays in The Gash and Low Culture. Mark Ryan has a solo project called The Mind Spiders which has released three albums and several 7-inches. Jeff returned from Japan in August 2012 and", "title": "The Marked Men" }, { "docid": "5220906", "text": "visit in 1974. After Audrey's death, Felt began making yearly visits to see Joan and his grandsons, and they also came to visit him and his new girlfriend, who lived in the same apartment complex. In 1990, Felt permanently moved to Santa Rosa, leaving behind his entire life in Alexandria. He bought a house where he lived with Joan, and took care of the boys while she worked, teaching at Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College. He suffered a stroke before 1999, as reported by Kessler in his book \"The Bureau.\" According to Kessler's book, in the summer", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220873", "text": "visited all of the Bureau's field offices except Honolulu. His frequent absences led to the nickname \"Three-Day Gray\". These absences, combined with Gray's hospitalization and recuperation from November 20, 1972, to January 2, 1973, meant that Felt was effectively in charge for much of his final year at the Bureau. Bob Woodward wrote \"Gray got to be director of the FBI and Felt did the work.\" Felt wrote in his memoir: The record amply demonstrates that President Nixon made Pat Gray the Acting Director of the FBI because he wanted a politician in J. Edgar Hoover's position who would convert", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "8255261", "text": "of the human soul towards the conclusion. In the final moment, what has survived amid the emotional and psychological wreckage is, unexpectedly, the marriage. The play ends right where it started. In \"Dance of Death II\", Alice explains that when the Captain fell down in Part I, it was nearly fatal and has left him a parasite. He is still able to make some financial speculations that ruthlessly benefit himself and cause Kurt to lose his money. Alice seems tougher and less human than before. Judith, the couple's daughter, wants to marry Kurt's son, Allan, as the children are shown", "title": "The Dance of Death (Strindberg play)" }, { "docid": "5220872", "text": "only after receiving Gray's approval. In a letter submitted to the committee in rebuttal of Gandy's testimony, Gray vehemently denied ever giving such permission. Both Gandy's testimony and Gray's letter were included in the committee's final report. In his memoir, Felt expressed mixed feelings about Gray. He was the first person appointed as head of the FBI who had no experience in the agency, but he had experience in the Navy. While noting Gray did work hard, Felt was critical of how often he was away from FBI headquarters. Gray lived in Stonington, Connecticut, and commuted to Washington. He also", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "762871", "text": "Marked for Death Marked for Death is a 1990 American action film directed by Dwight H. Little. The film stars Steven Seagal as John Hatcher, a former DEA troubleshooter who returns to his Illinois hometown only to find it taken over by a gang of vicious Jamaican drug dealers led by Screwface using a combination of fear and Obeah, a Jamaican syncretic religion of West African and Caribbean origin similar to Haitian vodou and Santería as practiced in Cuba. Chicago DEA agent John Hatcher returns from Colombia, where drug dealers killed his partner Chico. As a result of Chico's death", "title": "Marked for Death" }, { "docid": "15721809", "text": "MacDonald argues that the diet of the Israelites was very high in bread and grains and often contained little meat or vegetables, leading many to become deficient in vitamins and minerals. He also notes that they endured frequent famines. He criticizes the Bible Diet and maintains that the bible is best used to provide religious and moral, rather than nutritional, instruction. He argues that while people who attempt to determine an ideal diet based on the bible may offer sound nutritional advice, they frequently use flawed hermeneutics to arrive at their conclusions. What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? What Did", "title": "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?" }, { "docid": "7578085", "text": "up: \"What Katy Did at School\" and \"What Katy Did Next\". Two further sequels relating the adventures of Katy's younger siblings were also published—\"Clover\" and \"In the High Valley\". The books were frequently reprinted and all are available online. Coolidge modeled Katy on her own childhood self, and the other 'Little Carrs' on her brothers and sisters. The title is a play on the katydid, a family of insects – which explains the insects on the first edition book cover. 12-year-old Katy Carr lives with her widowed father and her two brothers and three sisters in Burnet, a small midwestern", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "16918902", "text": "Festival in Turkey. The film was released on DVD in Ireland on 8 February 2013. What Richard Did What Richard Did is a 2012 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Malcolm Campbell. The film is loosely based on Kevin Power's \"Bad Day in Blackrock\", a fictionalised novel inspired by the real-life death of Brian Murphy in 2000. It won the best Irish film of the year award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards and was the most commercially successful Irish film of 2012. It has screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and the", "title": "What Richard Did" }, { "docid": "16918894", "text": "What Richard Did What Richard Did is a 2012 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Malcolm Campbell. The film is loosely based on Kevin Power's \"Bad Day in Blackrock\", a fictionalised novel inspired by the real-life death of Brian Murphy in 2000. It won the best Irish film of the year award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards and was the most commercially successful Irish film of 2012. It has screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival and was selected to screen at the Tribeca Film Festival in", "title": "What Richard Did" }, { "docid": "5220862", "text": "at the Bureau was January 26, 1942. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover often moved Bureau agents around so they would have wide experience in the field. This was typical of other agencies and corporations of the time. Felt observed that Hoover \"wanted every agent to get into any field office at any time. Since he [Hoover] had never been transferred and did not have a family, he had no idea of the financial and personal hardship involved.\" After completing 16 weeks of training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and FBI Headquarters in Washington, Felt was assigned to Texas,", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "19438687", "text": "had been murdered on the orders of her husband, she threw a fit. Another of her daughters, Lillian (who was married to Mark Chynoweth) warned her that if she did not settle down and accept the righteousness of Rebecca's death, she would also be marked for blood atonement. Believing that her son-in-law and daughter were preparing to murder her, Delfina and her youngest daughter snuck out of Lillian's house and fled to Mexico. Ervil had never given up the idea of killing his brother Verlan. He hatched a plan to flush Verlan out of hiding. He convinced his now 18-year-old", "title": "Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God" }, { "docid": "2902216", "text": "premiere was staged at the Malmö Opera on 20 September 2008. Death and the Maiden (play) Death and the Maiden is a 1990 play by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman. The world premiere was staged at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 9 July 1991, directed by Lindsay Posner. It had one reading and one workshop production prior to its world premiere. The time is the present and the place, a country that is probably Chile but could be any country that has given itself a democratic government just after a long period of dictatorship. Paulina Salas is a former", "title": "Death and the Maiden (play)" }, { "docid": "20002299", "text": "monologues of varying lengths, sometimes repeating themselves or violating proper grammar. The characters' struggle to communicate, sometimes attempting to restate what they meant, is a theme in the play, illustrated by a scene where Suzanne criticizes two family members for shaking hands like strangers. Contradictory stage directions state the play is set on \"a Sunday\", but also covers almost one year. Canadian director Xavier Dolan said that when he originally read the play, he felt lost, citing its style and the aggressive nature of the characters. He later re-read it, saying \"One day, I don't know what it was, I", "title": "It's Only the End of the World (play)" }, { "docid": "20474352", "text": "2017–18 United States political sexual scandals The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals include multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, and subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians in 2017 and 2018. Some of these allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations starting in October 2017. On January 12, 2018, \"The Wall Street Journal\" reported that Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in October 2016, shortly before the presidential election, as hush money to deny having had an affair with Trump in 2006.<ref", "title": "2017–18 United States political sexual scandals" }, { "docid": "20474374", "text": "Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault during a high school party, and Deborah Ramirez, a Yale classmate, accused him of indecent exposure during their freshman year. 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals include multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, and subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians in 2017 and 2018. Some of these allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations starting in October 2017. On January 12, 2018, \"The Wall Street Journal\" reported that Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael", "title": "2017–18 United States political sexual scandals" }, { "docid": "5220861", "text": "did not enjoy his work. His workload was very light, and he was assigned to investigate whether a toilet paper brand, called \"Red Cross\", was misleading consumers into thinking it was endorsed by the American Red Cross. Felt wrote in his memoir: My research, which required days of travel and hundreds of interviews, produced two definite conclusions: 1. Most people \"did\" use toilet tissue. 2. Most people \"did not\" appreciate being asked about it. That was when I started looking for other employment. He applied for a job with the FBI in November 1941 and was accepted. His first day", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "7965507", "text": "House Democratic Caucus. They teamed up with some more senior liberals to strike a blow against the seniority system and overthrew three committee chairmen whom they viewed as too conservative and/or too old to represent the Democratic Party in these prominent positions: William Poage, Wright Patman and F. Edward Hébert. Two of these Watergate Babies are current members of the U.S. Congress: \"Watergate Babies\" can also apply to those Democrats elected to state or local office in 1974. \"Democrats made substantial state legislative gains in a large number of states in 1974, the Watergate election,\" the political scientist Malcolm Jewell", "title": "Watergate Babies" }, { "docid": "13572471", "text": "8 inches and played football. Mark told his father that he would play in the NFL, but in his heart - even back then - he felt he would never leave the impoverished neighborhood of South Oak Cliff, in Dallas, Texas. In the year following his father's death, Mark grew 8 inches, going from 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet 6 inches. He stopped growing at 6 feet 10 inches. Sanford attended Dallas Carter High School and did not start playing basketball until he was in the tenth grade. In his first year of playing organized basketball Sanford won", "title": "Mark Sanford (basketball)" }, { "docid": "9461283", "text": "The Dance of Death (Auden play) The Dance of Death is a one-act play in verse and prose by W. H. Auden, published in 1933. \"The Dance of Death\" is a satiric musical extravaganza that portrays the \"death inside\" the middle classes as a silent dancer. The dancer first attempts to keep himself alive through escapism at a resort hotel, then through nationalistic enthusiasm, then through idealism, then through a New Year's party at a brothel, before he finally dies. Karl Marx appears on stage and pronounces the dancer dead. \"The instruments of production have been too much for him.\"", "title": "The Dance of Death (Auden play)" }, { "docid": "7803277", "text": "actors over the years. William Ross originated the role of Dr. Stuart. James Maddux acted the role for several years; as did Mark Allen Woodard, who portrayed Dr. Stuart from 2003 until 2007; Andrew Dylan Ray, who portrayed the Doctor from 2008–2011; Ryan Gentry, who held the role in 2012 and 2013, J. J. McCarson in 2014, and Jake Duvall-Early, the latest performer in the role.The original performer cast as Daniel Boone in the show was Ned Austin. He was followed by Glenn Causey, who donned Boone's \"coon-skin cap\" for forty-one years until shortly before his death (and is still", "title": "Horn in the West" }, { "docid": "11463661", "text": "not win, the production did achieve an Olivier Award for best comedy and for best actor in a supporting role for Jones. The play opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre on March 30, 2003 and closed on June 15, 2003 after 89 performances. It was nominated for the 2003 Tony Award for Special Theatrical Event but did not win. One of the show's producers was Mike Nichols, with the cast that featured Sean Foley, Hamish McColl, Toby Jones and Kevin Kline (guest). The script was only slightly rewritten for the benefit of American audiences who were unlikely to have", "title": "The Play What I Wrote" }, { "docid": "16765009", "text": "the ritual sword and Ora dissolves into inky nothingness as the Marked ninja sputters his last breath and dies in the courtyard. Lead designer Nels Anderson has stated that his principal inspiration in making \"Mark of the Ninja\" was the lack of stealthy ninjas in games like \"Ninja Gaiden\", which he felt should be the norm, and Klei Entertainment founder Jamie Cheng said that it was important to the developers to make nonlethal tactics rewarding to the player \"It took a lot of experimentation to allow players to feel like a badass ninja while at the same time feel the", "title": "Mark of the Ninja" }, { "docid": "8001773", "text": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? is a 1966 comedy DeLuxe Color film written by William Peter Blatty and directed by Blake Edwards for the Mirisch Company in Panavision. It stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn. Filming was at Lake Sherwood Ranch in Thousand Hills, 40 miles northwest of Hollywood. In what had been a cow pasture, designer Fernando Carrere fabricated a storybook Sicilian village which added $800,000 to the production's already elevated $5.5 million budget. Captain Lionel Cash (Dick Shawn), a staff officer under General Max Bolt (Carroll O'Connor),", "title": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" }, { "docid": "8836229", "text": "Worse than Watergate Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush is a 2004 book by author and Watergate figure John W. Dean. Dean criticizes the secrecy employed by US President Bush and his Vice-President Dick Cheney, depriving citizens of the ability to make informed decisions, and draws parallels with the government of US President Richard Nixon for whom he served as legal counsel. He also draws attention to potentially serious issues that, as of 2004, had been given a low profile in the US media. In particular, he notes that the 18 March 2003 presidential determination, a", "title": "Worse than Watergate" }, { "docid": "17338140", "text": "What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included three previously unreleased songs written by Stansfield, Devaney and Morris: \"My Apple Heart,\" \"Lay Me Down\" and \"Something's Happenin'.\" \"What Did I Do to You?\" was remixed by Mark Saunders and", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "11463660", "text": "Branagh. The play proved a prolonged success and earned positive reviews. Michael Billington, reviewing for \"The Guardian\", wrote: \"The real joy of the evening, however, is that the gags come thick and fast, producing a kind of comic delirium. Matt Wolf, reviewing for \"Variety\", wrote \"...it’s the innocence of “The Play What I Wrote” (the grammatical inaccuracy of the title is part of its point) that represents the evening’s best calling card...the evening trades in old-fashioned verbal jokes...and visual ones.\" It won Foley and McColl a joint Best Actor nomination at the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards and, although they did", "title": "The Play What I Wrote" }, { "docid": "5220920", "text": "Throat for many years. They realized the truth after his retirement, when they became aware of his close friendship with Bob Woodward. Nixon's Chief Counsel Charles Colson, who served prison time for his actions in the Nixon White House, said Felt had violated \"his oath to keep this nation's secrets\". A \"Los Angeles Times\" editorial argued that this argument was specious, \"as if there's no difference between nuclear strategy and rounding up hush money to silence your hired burglars.\" Ralph de Toledano, who co-wrote Felt's 1979 memoir, said Mark Felt Jr. had approached him in 2004 to buy Toledano's half", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "5220887", "text": "York Times\". Nixon said, \"he's a bad guy, you see.\" He said that William Sullivan had told him of Felt's ambition to be Director of the Bureau. Felt called his relationship with Ruckelshaus \"stormy.\" In his memoir, Felt describes Ruckelshaus as a \"security guard sent to see that the FBI did nothing which would displease Mr. Nixon.\" In mid-1973, \"The New York Times\" published a series of articles about wiretaps that had been ordered by J. Edgar Hoover during his tenure at the FBI. Ruckelshaus believed that the information must have come from someone at the FBI. In June 1973,", "title": "Mark Felt" }, { "docid": "10149534", "text": "DiVello, Liz Gateley, Sara Mast, Andrew Perry, Jason Sands, Robyn Schnieders, Sean Travis, Michael \"Spike\" Van Briesen, and Rick Van Meter. The episode was met with generally favorable reviews from critics, who felt that the changed dynamic between Conrad and Montag was entertaining for television. It was additionally notable for Conrad's delivery of the titular line \"You know what you did!\" when speaking to Montag, which has since been recognized as an iconic moment from the series. According to Nielsen ratings, \"You Know What You Did\" was watched by 3.6 million viewers in its original airing. The episode was released", "title": "You Know What You Did" }, { "docid": "14366981", "text": "his call for prison reform for Illinois, including faith-based programming in prisons. John Idleburg defeated Mark Curran in the 2018 general election. In August 2008, Curran made national news when he voluntarily spent a week in the Lake County Jail. On December 15, 2008 Curran announced that he was switching from the Democratic to Republican Party, calling his decision a \"matter of conscience.\" Curran stated that the scandals of Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich played a role in his decision to switch parties Curran holds a J.D. Chicago-Kent College of Law and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Spring Hill", "title": "Mark Curran" } ]

[ "Ned Gerblansky", "Priest Maxi", "Chef's Parents", "Terrance Henry Stoot", "Dr. Alphonse Mephesto and Kevin", "List of Recurring Characters in South Park", "Minor Characters in South Park", "List of other South Park residents", "Big Gay Al", "Terrence and Phillip", "Towlie", "Jesus and Pals", "Shitty Wok", "Phillip Niles Argyle", "Lu Kim", "Chef's parents", "Stephen McTowelie", "Terrence and Philip", "Terrance and phillip", "Terrence and philip", "Terence and Philip", "Mr Hankey", "Terrance & Philip", "Towlie (South Park episode)", "Recurring South Park characters", "Mr. Kitty", "Terrance & Phillip", "Dr. Alphonse Mephisto", "Terrance and Philip", "Mayor McDaniels", "Sergeant Yates", "Mayor McDaniels (South Park)", "RG-400 Smart Towel", "Mr. Hankey", "RG-400", "Tarrance and Phillip", "Chris (South Park)", "Skeeter (South Park)", "Towelie (character)", "Dr. Mephisto", "Dr. Mephesto", "Mr.hanky", "List of supporting characters in South Park", "Al (South Park)", "Daryl Weathers", "Tuong Lu Kim", "Terrance and philip", "Jc and pals", "Don't forget to bring a towel", "Santa Claus (South Park)", "Darryl Weathers", "Dr. Doctor", "Scott (South Park)", "Saddam Hussein (South Park)", "Sparky The Dog", "Jesus (South Park)", "Ugly Bob", "Towelyey", "Mr Hanky", "Barbrady", "Tarrance And Phhilp", "God (South Park)", "Satan (South Park)", "Mr Kitty", "Terrence and phillip", "List of recurring South Park characters", "Officer Barbrady", "Dr Mephisto", "Terrance and Phillip", "List of recurring characters in South Park", "Scott the Dick", "Alphonse Mephisto", "Mr. Hanky", "List of minor characters on South Park", "Towely", "List of supporting characters on South Park", "Father Maxi" ]

[ { "docid": "5937165", "text": "Kyle's song and some of Kenny's antics, but said the episode was not as funny as \"The Spirit of Christmas\" shorts. Rohan said \"South Park\" \"can be brilliantly over the edge, but often tonight, it sorely needs a comic bungee cord\". In 2003, the Chicago-based \"RedEye\" ranked \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" the greatest \"South Park\" episode. In October 2004, the Comedy Central website held a poll to determine the top 27 \"South Park\" episodes for a television marathon; \"Mr Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" came third, just behind \"Good Times with Weapons\" at #2 and \"Fat Butt and Pancake Head\"", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937125", "text": "aspects of Christmas from South Park to remain politically correct and inoffensive. The episode was written and directed by the series' co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The Mr. Hankey character was based on an idea from Parker's childhood; when Parker and Stone conceived the \"South Park\" series, they wanted to make Mr. Hankey the lead character. Heavily influenced by the \"Peanuts\" Christmas special \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" from 1965, \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" was the first Christmas-themed \"South Park\" episode, the first musical episode, and the only episode in season one (and therefore the first time in the", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937148", "text": "included the episodes \"Starvin' Marvin\", \"Mecha-Streisand\" and \"Tom's Rhinoplasty\". \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" was also one of six episodes included on a 1998 VHS called \"South Park Festival Special\", which included \"Starvin' Marvin\", \"Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!\", \"Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics\", \"Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery\" and \"Pinkeye\". It was later released in the November 2007 DVD release \"Christmas Time in South Park\", which also included the episodes, \"Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!\", \"Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics\", \"A Very Crappy Christmas\", \"Red Sleigh Down\", \"It's Christmas in Canada\" and \"Woodland Critter Christmas\". The episode, along with the other 12 from", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937164", "text": "Mr. Hankey was so popular, he half-jokingly suggested Matt Stone and Trey Parker pursue a spin-off revolving around the character. The music in \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" was also praised. \"A Lonely Jew on Christmas\" has been described as a \"classic song\", and \"Kyle's Mom is a Big Fat Bitch\", which reviewers described as one of Cartman's trademarks, was included in the 1999 \"South Park\" film, \"\". Not all reviews of \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" were positive. Rick Marin of \"Newsweek\" described the episode as \"simply one long potty joke\". Virginia Rohan of \"The Record\" said he liked", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937168", "text": "creators: \"He wrote a letter back saying, 'Oh, OK, I see how it could just be a coincidence, but you should just admit to the press that you're a big \"Ren and Stimpy\" fan.' — I'm not a \"Ren and Stimpy\" fan.\" Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American animated television series \"South Park\". It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on December 17, 1997. In the episode, the Jewish character Kyle feels excluded from the town's celebrations during Christmas, and is comforted", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937124", "text": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American animated television series \"South Park\". It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on December 17, 1997. In the episode, the Jewish character Kyle feels excluded from the town's celebrations during Christmas, and is comforted by Mr. Hankey, a talking and singing lump of feces wearing a red hat. Mr. Hankey does not come alive in the presence of other characters, so they think that Kyle is delusional. In another plot strand, the townspeople remove all religious", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937142", "text": "classic Christmas specials with their own irreverent \"South Park\" twist, and so they watched the famous 1965 \"Peanuts\" special, \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\", repeatedly during the production process. Parker said, \"At this point, we just sort of wanted to do a Charlie Brown Christmas \"South Park\" version. That [special] was definitely a huge part of my life growing up.\" The episode was considered the first \"South Park\" musical episode, and included such songs as \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\", \"A Lonely Jew on Christmas\" and \"Kyle's Mom is a Big Fat Bitch\". Parker and Stone were initially concerned about making", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937155", "text": "1998 Christmas season. In addition to the title character, \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" included the first appearances of characters Father Maxi and Mr. Mackey. Both characters appeared in \"Damien\", which was produced before \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\", but the Christmas episode aired first. Mr. Mackey was inspired by Parker's real-life school guidance counselor; Parker, who provides the voice for Mackey, said the real-life counselor was similarly thin and wiry and that Parker's voice for Mr. Mackey is an exact, unexaggerated version of how his counselor spoke. \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" includes several references to the \"Peanuts\" holiday", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937158", "text": "Parker and Stone credit \"Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride\" as helping elevate the series, they felt \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" elevated \"South Park\" to a new level of popularity and relevance. Parker said of it, \"This was the episode that just vaulted everything.\" Following the success of \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\", a large number of celebrities started contacting Comedy Central with the hopes of making guest appearances in \"South Park\" episodes. This allowed Parker and Stone to practically take their pick of guest stars, and led to appearances by Natasha Henstridge in \"Tom's Rhinoplasty\" and Robert", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937135", "text": "Parker and Stone never made the short film, but practically all of its elements were included in the future \"South Park\" episode \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\", with the notable exception of the ending. Although the Mr. Hankey short film was never made, Parker and Stone made two Christmas-related animated short films called \"The Spirit of Christmas\", which served as precursors to the \"South Park\" series. When the shorts began to generate interest for a possible television series, Parker and Stone originally conceived the idea of a \"South Park\"-like show with four children characters, but with a talking stool named", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937159", "text": "Smith in \"Mecha-Streisand\". Stone said although \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" has become less shocking with time, viewers at the time of the episode's original broadcast were shocked, and some were horrified, at the idea of a living and speaking Christmas stool. \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" was the fourth-highest overall basic cable entertainment program of 1997. In its original American broadcast, the episode received a Nielsen Rating of 5.4, meaning the episode was seen by about 4.5 million households. The rating was the highest yet for \"South Park\", and was more than seven times the Comedy Central prime-time average.", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937139", "text": "to sing her own Hanukkah song while everybody else sang Christmas songs; although the idea was to make the student feel special, Parker said it only made her feel more lonely and isolated. \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" was written and directed by Parker and Stone, and first aired in the United States on Comedy Central on December 17, 1997. It was the first official \"South Park\" Christmas episode. Television journalists said the \"Spirit of Christmas\" shorts were precursors to Mr. Hankey and that they shared some common traits, but that the television episode was considered tamer and more tasteful.", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937152", "text": "cool\" as well as Christmas. M. Keith Booker, author of \"Drawn to Television: Prime-Time Animation from The Flintstones to Family Guy\", said although the episode is irreverent in its treatment of Christmas, \"even if spearheaded by a singing turd, [it] is about as close as \"South Park\" ever comes to being sentimental and nostalgic\". Literary critic Mark Caldwell said the fact that Kenny survived the episode demonstrates the episode's \"strong, albeit dutifully ironic, undercurrent of conventional holiday decency.\" Alison Halsall said \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" is the strongest example of a history of scatology, the study of excrement, throughout", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937150", "text": "album \"gleefully tramples on one of America's most cherished holidays [and] will likely make even cynical listeners gasp\". \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" is a satire on political correctness and religious sensitivity, particularly in its portrayal of the characters organizing \"The Happy, Non-Offensive, Non-Denominational Christmas Play\" to avoid offending anyone of any religious backgrounds. While many Christmas specials focus on the religious, spiritual and moral values of the Christmas holiday rather than the commercial aspects, \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" actually embraces commercialism in Christmas, suggesting viewers should enjoy those elements of the holiday without taking religion too seriously. York", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937149", "text": "the first season, was also included in the DVD release \"South Park: The Complete First Season\", which was released on November 12, 2002. Parker and Stone recorded commentary track for each episode, but they were not included with the DVDs due to \"standards\" issues with some of the statements; Parker and Stone refused to allow the tracks to be edited and censored, so they were released in a CD completely separately from the DVDs. Songs from \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" were featured in the October 2007 CD soundtrack release called \"Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics\". \"The Birmingham News\" said the", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937127", "text": "of \"The Ren & Stimpy Show\", accused Parker and Stone of stealing the idea for Mr. Hankey from him, which the duo vehemently denied. Kyle is playing Saint Joseph in the South Park Elementary School's Christmas nativity play, but he is forced to quit when his mother hears of the play and expresses outrage that her Jewish son is being forced to participate in a Christian production. She demands that the religious elements be taken out of the public school, and threatens to take her case to the mayor. Kyle suggests he could sing the \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\"", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937166", "text": "at #1. \"South Park Studios\", the official \"South Park\" website, listed \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" at number four on its list of the Five Most Notorious Episodes. John Kricfalusi, the creator of \"The Ren & Stimpy Show\", claimed the Mr. Hankey concept was stolen from his cartoon short, \"Nutty the Friendly Dump\", which was part of a cartoon book series viewable online. Kricfalusi said after the show aired, \"I got nine or 10 messages from friends screaming, 'I can't believe this! They totally stole your story!' ... This idea of [feces] singing or dancing and being friends, well, that", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937140", "text": "Parker and Stone originally conceived the episode \"Damien\", which involves a boxing match between Jesus and Satan, as the first season's Christmas episode. Although they had long planned to feature Mr. Hankey in the show, they did not decide to make him a Christmas character until halfway through the filming of \"Damien\". Once they made the decision, they decided to make \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" the holiday episode instead; although it would not air until after the \"Mr. Hankey\" episode, Parker and Stone finished production of \"Damien\" before working on \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\". At the time they", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937160", "text": "The episode also earned a 51 share of the male demographic aged between 18 and 24; a share represents the percentage of households using a television at the time the program is airing. \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" has been described as one of the classic episodes of \"South Park\". Chris Vognar of \"The Dallas Morning News\" described Mr. Hankey himself as \"the most outrageous character yet on TV's most outrageous show\". Charlie Patton of \"The Florida Times-Union\" said the episode was \"crude, nasty, irreverent and generally offensive—also extremely funny\". He also said of the Mr. Hankey character, \"If you're", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937141", "text": "were writing the episode, Parker and Stone had seen a large number of news reports about government buildings refusing to allow the display of models of the nativity scene and other Christian holiday symbols, in an effort not to offend other religions. Parker and Stone, as two agnostics who still appreciated the Christmas holiday, said they felt the idea was \"ridiculous\" and, according to Stone, \"We just wanted Mr. Hankey to say Christmas was about good and about presents, and it doesn't have to be this religious [controversy].\" The two sought to write an episode in the tradition of old", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937161", "text": "the sort of person who didn't care for that scene in \"Trainspotting\" where the Ewan McGregor character dove down the toilet and into the sewer in pursuit of his lost suppository, the whole Mr. Hankey subplot is going to be deeply disturbing.\" Doug Pratt, a DVD reviewer and \"Rolling Stone\" contributor, said, \"Technically, the Christmas episode might well be the show's best effort, artistically, because it tackles the PC-ification of Christmas head-on, and also has an interesting psychological subtext: does the hero actually see Mr. Hankey, or does he have some serious psychological problems?\" Diane Werts of \"Newsday\" said of", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937128", "text": "song as a non-religious substitute, but his suggestion is rejected because nobody else believes in Mr. Hankey, a living and talking \"Christmas poo\". Kyle leaves the school feeling lonely and excluded because he cannot celebrate Christmas with everyone else. Mayor McDaniels decides that anything offensive to anyone will be removed from the Christmas celebrations, including Santa Claus, Christmas trees, wreaths, fairy lights, candy canes, mistletoe and the Star of Bethlehem. Kyle once again tries to suggest that they use Mr. Hankey as a non-religious Christmas icon since he does not discriminate against anyone. At home, Kyle is scolded by his", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937147", "text": "Garrison was portrayed as an anti-semite and racist, particularly when he asks Mayor McDaniels if she can get rid of all the Mexicans in \"South Park\". Parker said this decision was made because, \"Garrison at that point had already shown himself to be the most messed up person in the entire town, and there's obviously so much wrong with him mentally. A person that disturbed being a racist is funny to us.\" \"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo\" was released, along with 11 other episodes, in a three-DVD set in November 1998. It was included in the third volume, which also", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "5937131", "text": "out, begin blaming one another for destroying Christmas and a fight breaks out. When Chef finds out where Kyle is, he reveals to the children that Mr. Hankey does actually exist. When all the children start believing, Mr. Hankey finally reveals himself to everyone and scolds them for losing sight of the good things of Christmas and focusing on the bad. The townspeople release Kyle from the asylum and apologize, then they all sing Christmas songs and watch Mr. Hankey fly away with Santa Claus. Cartman, Stan, and Kyle feel that something is still missing. \"THE END\" then appears, and", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" } ]

[ { "docid": "11682406", "text": "The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve is the 13th book in the \"Hank the Cowdog\" book series. It is Christmas Eve on the ranch on which Hank the Cowdog and his assistant, Drover, live. It starts off with them running to see a truck that is coming down the road. Out comes the ranch hand, Slim, and Slim puts down a package that Hank thinks is for him. Slim then trips over the local cat, Pete. In the end the package turns out to be for the ranch's owner, High Loper. High Loper then", "title": "The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "7183039", "text": "for a queer audience. Each short is its own short story, and the styles range from drama and experimental film and animation. The movie consists of twelve acts. Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen is a 2004 Japanese movie produced by habakari-cinema+records. The English title is \"Queer Boys and Girls on the Bullet Train\". Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen brings together ten filmmakers and artists who consistently affirm what it means to be gay or lesbian in their work. Habakari chose ten filmmakers to make a five-minute work each, developed", "title": "Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen" }, { "docid": "7183038", "text": "Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen is a 2004 Japanese movie produced by habakari-cinema+records. The English title is \"Queer Boys and Girls on the Bullet Train\". Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen brings together ten filmmakers and artists who consistently affirm what it means to be gay or lesbian in their work. Habakari chose ten filmmakers to make a five-minute work each, developed around a gay or lesbian theme, and compiled the resulting shorts in random order to create this omnibus film. The result is a queer film, by queer filmmakers,", "title": "Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen" }, { "docid": "19039488", "text": "Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys is an unreleased studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys. Planned for issue in November/December 1978, the album would have followed their twenty-first studio album \"Love You\" (1977) and their only Christmas-themed album \"The Beach Boys' Christmas Album\" (1964). Its content was a mixture of original songs penned by the group and traditional standards. The album was produced by Brian Wilson after the dissolution of \"Adult Child\" (unreleased), but ultimately rejected by Warner Bros. Records who was reportedly \"highly skeptical\" that Wilson was anywhere on it.", "title": "Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys" }, { "docid": "4325207", "text": "beginning of Christmas in Austria. On Christmas Eve (December 24) the tree is lit for the first time and the whole family gathers to sing Christmas carols like \"Silent Night, Holy Night\". Gifts that are placed under the tree are opened after dinner on Christmas Eve. Austrian Christmas tradition has it that it is the Christ Child himself who decorates the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve and brings the children their Christmas presents, and it is to him that their letters and wish lists are addressed in the weeks before Christmas. The Christmas Eve dinner is the main event of", "title": "Christmas traditions" }, { "docid": "14013407", "text": "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve The Ghosts of Christmas Eve is a 1999 made-for-television film showcasing a Christmas music performance by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, starring Ossie Davis and Allie Sheridan. Guest performers included Michael Crawford and Jewel. Other performers include Bob Kinkel, Al Pitrelli, Chris Caffery, Johnny Lee Middleton, Jeff Plate, Tony Gaynor, Daryl Pediford and Tommy Farese. The songs are presented in such a way as to form a storyline about a runaway who takes refuge in an abandoned theatre on Christmas Eve, and experiences the musical performances as ghostly visions from the theatre's past. Ossie Davis as the caretaker,", "title": "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "14959777", "text": "knocking down a tower of Christmas presents. The family finds the dogs at the village. London James gets her necklace back, Ted and Stewey are arrested, and Zeus and Bella become a couple. The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation is a 2010 sequel to the ABC Family 2009 movie \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas\". The movie stars Paris Hilton (in her first voice role) and Mario Lopez. It premiered on ABC Family on November 28, 2010 during the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming block and was written by Michael Ciminera and Richard", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation" }, { "docid": "10990145", "text": "wife, Kay, chain smokes and \"talks all about AA.\" Extended family also appear. Fred and Rita—whose relationship to the narrator appears to have been forgotten—arrive from Harlingen in a motor home, which when plugged in, overloads the electrical system and knocks out the family's Christmas lights. The family then waits on the front lawn and joins together in singing \"Silent Night\" when cousin David flips the breaker that brings the lights back on. Keen calls the song the \"\"Rocky Horror Picture Show\" of Christmas songs\" saying that whether singing before a group of 1000 or 6000 the entire audience sings", "title": "Merry Christmas from the Family" }, { "docid": "14046831", "text": "blowing off a five-year investigation and his partner can't shoot straight again and ends up at the pound. He is adopted by George Bannister as both an early Christmas present and as a good guard dog for the house, but the mom is hesitant and didn't want a dog. The dog is left home alone on Christmas Eve when the family head off to visit Grandma's house. A pair of burglars, Ted Stein and Stewey McMann break into the family home, and it is up to Zeus to save Christmas for his new family by setting up booby traps to", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas" }, { "docid": "9150410", "text": "when they, \"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.\" The album is certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. As of December 2014, it has sold 2,380,000 copies in the United States. The Lost Christmas Eve The Lost Christmas Eve is the fourth album by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 12, 2004, and is the last album in their \"Christmas trilogy\", with \"Christmas Eve and Other Stories\" (1996) and \"The Christmas Attic\" (1998) coming before it. All three albums, as well as their \"The Ghosts of Christmas Eve\" DVD, were", "title": "The Lost Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "11682409", "text": "was still able to walk. Junior, Wallace's son, goes running out into the street and makes the horse that pulls Santa Claus's sleigh jump. Hank meets face to face with Buster. The horse begins to jump every which way. And then Slim comes out and stops the horse from causing to much chaos, and saving Santa Claus. The stray dogs then run away. In the end they send Wallace off into the wilderness with his son, Junior. The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve is the 13th book in the \"Hank the Cowdog\" book series.", "title": "The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "16179772", "text": "and Anton Shkaplerov. On 24 December 2013, astronauts made a rare Christmas Eve extravehicular activity, installing a new ammonia pump for the station's cooling system. The faulty cooling system had failed earlier in the month, halting many of the station's science experiments. Astronauts had to brave a \"mini blizzard\" of noxious ammonia while installing the new pump. It was only the second Christmas Eve spacewalk in NASA history. On 25 December 2016 the crew celebrated Christmas by floating in micro-gravity and opening Christmas presents recently delivered on a Japanese cargo spacecraft. One astronaut wore a Santa hat in orbit. The", "title": "Christmas on the International Space Station" }, { "docid": "1378841", "text": "The annual \"Nine Lessons and Carols\", broadcast from King's College, Cambridge on Christmas Eve, has established itself a Christmas custom in the United Kingdom. It is broadcast outside the UK via the BBC World Service, and is also bought by broadcasters around the world. In the Byzantine Rite, Christmas Eve is referred to as Paramony (\"preparation\"). It is the concluding day of the Nativity Fast and is observed as a day of strict fasting by those devout Byzantine Christians who are physically capable of doing so. In some traditions, nothing is eaten until the first star appears in the evening", "title": "Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "9150398", "text": "The Lost Christmas Eve The Lost Christmas Eve is the fourth album by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 12, 2004, and is the last album in their \"Christmas trilogy\", with \"Christmas Eve and Other Stories\" (1996) and \"The Christmas Attic\" (1998) coming before it. All three albums, as well as their \"The Ghosts of Christmas Eve\" DVD, were featured in the box set of \"The Christmas Trilogy\". In 2012 Trans-Siberian Orchestra toured a live production of \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" for the first time and performed the Rock Opera in over 100 arena shows across North America.", "title": "The Lost Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "19039491", "text": "Christmas\" and \"Melekalikimaka\" (also known as \"Kona Christmas\"). Track sequencing adapted from Andrew Doe. Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys is an unreleased studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys. Planned for issue in November/December 1978, the album would have followed their twenty-first studio album \"Love You\" (1977) and their only Christmas-themed album \"The Beach Boys' Christmas Album\" (1964). Its content was a mixture of original songs penned by the group and traditional standards. The album was produced by Brian Wilson after the dissolution of \"Adult Child\" (unreleased), but ultimately rejected by", "title": "Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys" }, { "docid": "2684535", "text": "was released on VHS in 1987 and 1995, and on DVD in 2002 and 2008. The \"Christmas Eve on Sesame Street\" album features several of the songs from the television special, along with narration. It was nominated for a Grammy Award, but lost to \"In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record\". Christmas Eve on Sesame Street Christmas Eve on Sesame Street is a \"Sesame Street\" Christmas special first broadcast on PBS on Sunday, December 3, 1978. The opening features the inhabitants of Sesame Street enjoying an ice skating party. Big Bird has trouble skating, but a child gives him a hand,", "title": "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" }, { "docid": "9150400", "text": "to SoundScan. \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" is the final installment In TSO's Christmas trilogy. \"The record continues the tradition of its two predecessors by telling a musical tale of loss and redemption, this one encompassing a rundown hotel, an old toy store, a blues bar, a gothic cathedral and their respective inhabitants, whose destines are intertwined by a single enchanted evening in New York City. The story starts with a teardrop of infinite sorrow falling from the heavens towards a business man who forty years prior had abandoned his newborn son to a state run institution, and how there is", "title": "The Lost Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "4325203", "text": "Catholic regions of Central Europe, the \"Christkind\" (literally \"Christ child\") brings the presents on the evening of December 24 (Holy Evening or Heiliger Abend). The Christkind is invisible; thus he is never seen by anyone. However, he rings a bell just before he leaves in order to let children know that the Christmas tree and the presents are ready. It is a tradition to lavishly decorate a Christmas tree in the days directly before Christmas or on the morning of Christmas Eve. On late Christmas Eve, after the bell rings, the tree is shown to the children and presents are", "title": "Christmas traditions" }, { "docid": "13565026", "text": "Christmas Who? \"Christmas Who?\" (also known as \"The SpongeBob Christmas Special\") is a \"SpongeBob SquarePants\" special episode from season two. The episode aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on December 6, 2000. It is the series' first double-length episode. The episode marks the first appearance of both Patchy the Pirate and his pet parrot, Potty. The episode follows SpongeBob as he learns what Christmas is about, and as he creates excitement for everyone in Bikini Bottom. In Encino, California, the French Narrator introduces the president of the SpongeBob SquarePants fan club, Patchy the Pirate (played by Tom Kenny), a", "title": "Christmas Who?" }, { "docid": "18937610", "text": "The Trolls and the Christmas Express The Trolls and the Christmas Express is a 1981 animated Christmas television special produced by the Canadian-based Atkinson Film-Arts. It was originally broadcast on HBO on December 9, 1981. Six troublesome trolls, whose leader is called Troglo (voiced by Hans Conried), use their mischievous magic to sabotage Christmas by infiltrating Santa's village disguised as elves. After a week of wreaking havoc but still not completely ruining Christmas, the trolls get a devilishly clever idea: on the day before Christmas Eve, they get the reindeer dancing and singing all night long. The next day, the", "title": "The Trolls and the Christmas Express" }, { "docid": "1378834", "text": "in other expressions of Christmas spirituality, such as the song \"Silent Night, Holy Night\". Many other varying cultural traditions and experiences are also associated with Christmas Eve around the world, including the gathering of family and friends, the singing of Christmas carols, the illumination and enjoyment of Christmas lights, trees, and other decorations, the wrapping, exchange and opening of gifts, and general preparation for Christmas Day. Legendary Christmas gift-bearing figures including Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Christkind, and Saint Nicholas are also often said to depart for their annual journey to deliver presents to children around the world on Christmas Eve,", "title": "Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "5644835", "text": "anoint each person present with honey, making the sign of the Cross on their forehead, saying: \"In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: may you have sweetness and many good things in life and in the new year.\" The Christmas Eve supper is usually held under candlelight and starts in the evening after the first star appears in the sky. The star symbolizes the birth of Jesus in Christian tradition and a soul of deceased ancestors in pre-Christian beliefs. Quiet, dim-lighting, and a somewhat mystical atmosphere is characteristic for Christmas Eve supper.", "title": "Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper" }, { "docid": "19915847", "text": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas \"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas\" is the 7th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series \"Grimm\" and the 73rd episode overall, which premiered on December 5, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Dan E. Fesman and was directed by John Gray. Opening quote: \"I have but to swallow this, and be for the rest of my days persecuted by a legion of goblins, all of my own creation. Humbug, I'll tell you; humbug!\" At a Christmas party, the couple hosting the party have there doorbell rang with", "title": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "9432966", "text": "(Jake Brockman), Gilbert initially agrees to this, but comes to regret his decision. Things get the better of Gilbert as he learns that his brother Frank(Ari Cohen) has been declared missing in action in the war. This and other factors cause Gilbert to confront the government over plans to encourage people not to celebrate Christmas in order to save resources for the war effort. Gilbert successfully lobbies the government to allow him (and other toy manufacturers) to resume the production of toys for Christmas, thus earning Gilbert the name \"The man who saved Christmas.\" Ultimately, Gilbert's brother Frank returns from", "title": "The Man Who Saved Christmas" }, { "docid": "1378835", "text": "although until the Protestant introduction of Christkind in 16th-century Europe, such figures were said to instead deliver presents on the eve of Saint Nicholas' feast day (6 December). Roman Catholics and high church Anglicans traditionally celebrate Midnight Mass, which begins either at or sometime before midnight on Christmas Eve. This ceremony, which is held in churches throughout the world, celebrates the birth of Christ, which is believed to have occurred at night. Midnight Mass is popular in Poland (pasterka). In recent years some churches have scheduled their \"Midnight\" Mass as early as 7 pm. In Spanish-speaking areas, the Midnight Mass", "title": "Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "1378858", "text": "of the Immaculate Conception, St. Nicholas Day, St. Stephen's Day, New Year's, and the Feast of the Epiphany. Among Christians, as well as non-Christians who celebrate Christmas, the significant amount of vacation travel, and travel back to family homes, that takes place in the lead-up to Christmas means that Christmas Eve is also frequently a time of social events and parties, worldwide. Nittel Nacht is a name given to Christmas Eve by Jewish scholars in the 17th century. With Christmas Day a work holiday throughout the United States, there is a space of unfilled free time during which much of", "title": "Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "16166344", "text": "The Road to Christmas The Road to Christmas is a 2006 American made-for-television romantic comedy film directed by Mark Jean and starring Jennifer Grey, Megan Park, and Clark Gregg. Written by Judd Parkin, the film is about a successful fashion photographer whose planned Christmas wedding in Aspen is interrupted by a snow storm. With no flights or rental cars available, she accepts a ride from a widowed school teacher and his thirteen-year-old daughter, who open up their home to her until the roads clear. \"The Road to Christmas\" first aired on December 17, 2006 on Lifetime. It was released on", "title": "The Road to Christmas" }, { "docid": "6882088", "text": "Mew is caught, and frozen. Only then does Rugby realize what a good friend Mew has been to him, and how selfishly he has been acting. Rugby sings, telling Mew how much he cares for him. This brings Mew back to life, and then the other toys also know how to revive their other frozen friends. On the morning of Christmas Day, Jamie and Jessie enjoy their new toys alongside their current toys. While the kids are away, the toys sing \"Together at Christmas.\" Kermit joins in at the end of the special. The Christmas Toy The Christmas Toy is", "title": "The Christmas Toy" }, { "docid": "18475926", "text": "in Melbourne in 1938 and has since spread around Australia and the world. At the event people gather on Christmas Eve, usually outdoors, to sing carols by candlelight in a large-scale concert style event. The Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight which takes place at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on Christmas Eve, is televised nationwide and it has become a tradition for many Australians to watch the performance. Carols in the Domain has traditionally taken place in Sydney the Saturday before Christmas Eve exclusive. However, since 2016 it has been held on the Sunday next before Christmas Eve", "title": "Christmas in Australia and New Zealand" }, { "docid": "20648932", "text": "Bloody Christmas Eve in Ochotnica Dolna Bloody Christmas Eve in Ochotnica Dolna – symbolic name given to pacification of the Ochotnica Dolna village (currently Lesser Poland voivodeship, Nowy Targ County), made by German Occupiers in the last months of World War II. 23 of December 1944 members of SS murdered 56 residents of Ochotnica Dolna and partially burnt the village. The name \"Bloody Christmas Eve\" refers to Eve of the Christmas, that previously was celebrated on 23rd of December. On December 22, 1944, Germans arrived in Ochotnica Dolna, who within the so-called the food campaign robbed the village. Despite the", "title": "Bloody Christmas Eve in Ochotnica Dolna" }, { "docid": "14046834", "text": "that Sunday, and became the season's number one cable film of the season. Overall, it was a 14% increase in viewers from the same timeslot in the previous year. Critics compared it to another Christmas dog themed TV movie of 2009, \"A Dog Named Christmas\" and cited influences from \"Home Alone\" and \"Look Who's Talking\". \"A Dog Named Christmas\" was broadcast on the same night as \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas\" with the original timings overlapping by an hour. Overall, critics rated \"A Dog Named Christmas\" as the superior film over \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas,\" but praised the performances", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas" }, { "docid": "8664452", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (1941 film) The Night Before Christmas is a 1941 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 3rd \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby and animated by Jack Zander, George Gordon, Irven Spence and Bill Littlejohn. It was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. It's Christmas eve and nothing is stirring. But Jerry emerges from his hole avoiding a Christmas-themed mousetrap placed by his hole. Jerry nears the Christmas presents, jumping merrily around the tree, licking candy canes and jumping onto a plush", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1941 film)" }, { "docid": "1378832", "text": "Christmas Eve Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. Together, both days are considered one of the most culturally significant celebrations in Christendom and Western society. Christmas celebrations in the denominations of Western Christianity have long begun on the night of the 24th, due in part to the Christian liturgical day starting at sunset, a practice inherited from Jewish tradition and based on the story", "title": "Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "16166345", "text": "DVD on October 26, 2010 by A&E Home Video. The Road to Christmas The Road to Christmas is a 2006 American made-for-television romantic comedy film directed by Mark Jean and starring Jennifer Grey, Megan Park, and Clark Gregg. Written by Judd Parkin, the film is about a successful fashion photographer whose planned Christmas wedding in Aspen is interrupted by a snow storm. With no flights or rental cars available, she accepts a ride from a widowed school teacher and his thirteen-year-old daughter, who open up their home to her until the roads clear. \"The Road to Christmas\" first aired on", "title": "The Road to Christmas" }, { "docid": "4325276", "text": "be accompanied by Krampus who steals away the presents of bad children. This \"anti-Santa\" is said to have one cloven hoof, a handful of heavy chains, and a sack on his back to collect naughty children. In Croatia on St. Lucy's, families will plant wheat seeds in a bowl of shallow water, which will grow several inches by Christmas and are then tied together with a red, blue and white ribbon called \"trobojnica'. On Christmas Eve (Croatian: \"Badnjak\", Slovene: \"Sveti večer\" (holy eve)), three candles representing the Trinity are lit and placed in the middle of the wheat, the glow", "title": "Christmas traditions" }, { "docid": "18556553", "text": "the beginning and ending scenes (the awake scenes) are in live action. On Christmas Eve, a computer-savvy boy named Peter Fletcher has several items on his Christmas list and wonders if Santa Claus will be able to give him all the things he wants. Peter falls asleep and while he is dreaming he meets Nilus the Sandman who takes him on a magical flight in Peter's shoe to the North Pole to visit Santa at his workshop. When they arrive, they find that the workshop is dark and without activity, and that Santa and a few of his elves are", "title": "Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas" }, { "docid": "13602984", "text": "hat with a hurl of his halo. One of the boys says another recurring line from the \"South Park\" series: \"You know, I learned something today\", and he and his friend realize the purported \"true\" meaning of Christmas: that is, presents. As a deer nibbles on Kenny's corpse they go to their homes to find presents hidden by their parents. In 1992, Parker and Stone made \"The Spirit of Christmas\" (aka \"Jesus vs. Frosty\") while they were students at the University of Colorado under the \"Avenging Conscience Films\" moniker. They animated the film using only construction paper, glue and a", "title": "The Spirit of Christmas (short film)" }, { "docid": "9150401", "text": "something about Christmas Eve that allows humans to correct mistakes we have made in our lives. In this symphonic tale, God's youngest angel is once again sent on a mission to bring his Lord the name of the person who best continued his Son's work on Earth. However, unlike his other journeys, the angel could only use his wings twice, once when he descended to Earth and once more when he left. Looking for a likely place to search, the angel decided to land in New York City. As soon as he touched the ground, he notices a street performer", "title": "The Lost Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "1378860", "text": "young Jews have sprung up, and become popular, on Christmas Eve. These include the Matzo Ball, The Ball, and a number of local events organized by Jewish communities and local Jewish Federations in North America. A number of historical events have been influenced by the occurrence of Christmas Eve. During World War I in 1914 and 1915 there was an unofficial Christmas truce, particularly between British and German troops. The truce began on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1914, when German troops began decorating the area around their trenches in the region of Ypres, Belgium, for Christmas. They began by placing", "title": "Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "13565031", "text": "the Narrator says \"Goodnight, and Happy Holidays.\" \"Christmas Who?\" was originally broadcast Wednesday, December 6, 2000. As of 2017, it is still rebroadcast on Nickelodeon during the Christmas season. On December 6, 2012, exactly 12 years after \"Christmas Who?\", another \"SpongeBob\" Christmas episode was released on Nickelodeon called \"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!\". \"Christmas Who?\" was released on the DVD compilation called \"Christmas\" on September 30, 2003. The episode was also included in \"SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season\" DVD released on October 19, 2004. On September 22, 2009, \"Christmas Who?\" was released on the \"SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes\"", "title": "Christmas Who?" }, { "docid": "4604672", "text": "Christmas Eve and Other Stories Christmas Eve and Other Stories is the debut studio album by the American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 15, 1996 through Lava Records and Atlantic Records. It is the first album in their \"Christmas trilogy\", with \"The Christmas Attic\" (1998) and \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" (2004) coming afterward. All three albums, as well as their \"The Ghosts of Christmas Eve\" DVD, were featured in the box set of \"The Christmas Trilogy\". The album's cover art was created by Edgar Jerins. The album became one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all-time", "title": "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" }, { "docid": "10608212", "text": "det jul igen\" (Now it is Yule again) and \"Et barn er født i Bethlehem\" (A child has been born in Bethlehem). When the singing is complete, presents from under the tree are handed out by the children or in turn. After they have been opened, there are more snacks, candy, chips, and sometimes the traditional \"Gløgg\". In Denmark there is a tradition to go to Church on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, on the 24th. The text is Luke 2, but since the 24th is not an official Christmas holiday, there was no official ritual for that day until", "title": "Yule and Christmas in Denmark" }, { "docid": "19041084", "text": "iconic role as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and will be happy to know that Stewart brings plenty of that regal Scrooge-ness to his role in Christmas Eve.\" He further noted that all the characters \"have the kind of amazing cathartic experiences that can only happen in movies when you’re trapped in elevator with strangers.\" The film was nominated for an AML Award. Christmas Eve (2015 film) Christmas Eve is a 2015 American Christmas comedy film, directed by Mitch Davis, written by Davis and Tyler McKellar, and produced by Davis and Larry King. The film features a large ensemble", "title": "Christmas Eve (2015 film)" }, { "docid": "10233669", "text": "Ireland in 2009, with \"Happy Xmas\" topping a similar poll cast in Northern Ireland. The Christmas music of British singer Cliff Richard is most popular with those over the age of 55. The Irish number one single for Christmas is announced on Christmas Eve every year. Santa Claus, \"Daidí na Nollag\" (lit. Daddy of Christmas) in Irish and traditionally \"Father of Christmas\" in Irish English, is known in Ireland as \"Santy\" or \"Santa\". He brings presents to children in Ireland, which are opened on Christmas morning. It is traditional to leave a mince pie and a bottle or a glass", "title": "Christmas in Ireland" }, { "docid": "13565029", "text": "no avail. Nonetheless, the anticipated Bikini Bottomites enthusiastically prepare for the upcoming holiday; however, their faith is shattered after Santa fails to arrive on Christmas Eve (This is mostly because all the townspeople stay up all night waiting for him.) Furious with SpongeBob, they reject him, and when Santa Claus still fails to deliver presents to the people of town even SpongeBob's excitement is soiled. Seeing the error of his ways after being presented with an exquisite homemade gift from SpongeBob, Squidward tries to compensate for his rudeness by masquerading as Santa Claus to uplift his neighbor's spirits; however, he", "title": "Christmas Who?" }, { "docid": "4604674", "text": "Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States. All new lyrics by Paul O'Neill Christmas Eve and Other Stories Christmas Eve and Other Stories is the debut studio album by the American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 15, 1996 through Lava Records and Atlantic Records. It is the first album in their \"Christmas trilogy\", with \"The Christmas Attic\" (1998) and \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" (2004) coming afterward. All three albums, as well as their \"The Ghosts of Christmas Eve\" DVD, were featured in the box set of \"The Christmas", "title": "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" }, { "docid": "77686", "text": "Greek children get their presents from Saint Basil on New Year's Eve, the eve of that saint's liturgical feast. The German St. Nikolaus is not identical with the Weihnachtsmann (who is the German version of Santa Claus / Father Christmas). St. Nikolaus wears a bishop's dress and still brings small gifts (usually candies, nuts, and fruits) on December 6 and is accompanied by Knecht Ruprecht. Although many parents around the world routinely teach their children about Santa Claus and other gift bringers, some have come to reject this practice, considering it deceptive. Multiple gift-giver figures exist in Poland, varying between", "title": "Christmas" }, { "docid": "9150399", "text": "In late October 2013, TSO released a narrated version of \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" much like they did in 2012 with \"Beethoven's Last Night\". \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in five weeks. On March 27, 2013, the album was certified Double Platinum for shipment of two million copies in the United States since its 2004 release. As of November 2014, \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" is the twentieth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,380,000 copies according", "title": "The Lost Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "14013409", "text": "on to perform with TSO during their 2003 tour. This story was performed live for the 2015, 2016, and 2017 tours, and is currently being performed again for the 2018 tour. \"The New York Times\" reviewer said, \"the Trans-Siberian Orchestra has carried out a mission to create powerful artistry in music through the webbing of songs together by means of storytelling...artists like Jewel and Michael Crawford bring their own unique twists to a musical exploration of art and the Christmas spirit.\" The Ghosts of Christmas Eve The Ghosts of Christmas Eve is a 1999 made-for-television film showcasing a Christmas music", "title": "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" }, { "docid": "11287100", "text": "and blown into, it produced a pleasant warbling note. In recent years, some volunteers form a small band and accompany the singing hymns as Dun Ġorġ had made it clear that no formal band was to take part. The procession used to make a stop, usually at the village square (pjazza) where one of the boys would deliver a short sermon on the Nativity. In 1945, two boys, representing two Bethlehem Christmas Eve Procession Christmas Eve Procession is one of the main characteristic manifestations of the Maltese Christmas celebrations. It origins is from over 86 years ago by St. George", "title": "Christmas Eve Procession" }, { "docid": "4604673", "text": "in the U.S. and has been certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for selling 3 million copies in the US. As of November 2016, the album track \"Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24\" has sold 1.3 million downloads, becoming one of the best-selling Christmas songs of all-time in the US as well. , \"Christmas Eve and Other Stories\" was the ninth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (1991 – present), with sales of 3,430,000 copies according to SoundScan. On November 28, 2011, \"Christmas Eve and Other Stories\" was certified 3× platinum by the", "title": "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" }, { "docid": "19835327", "text": "The Man Who Invented Christmas (film) The Man Who Invented Christmas is a 2017 biographical drama film directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by Susan Coyne based on the book of the same name by Les Standiford. It stars Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce. The plot follows Charles Dickens (Stevens) at the time when he wrote \"A Christmas Carol\", and how Dickens' fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge (Plummer) was influenced by his real-life father, John Dickens (Pryce). It was released by Bleecker Street in the United States on 22 November 2017 and in the United Kingdom on 1 December", "title": "The Man Who Invented Christmas (film)" }, { "docid": "4325191", "text": "playing with their new presents, and fireworks fill the skies. Families gather around meals, music, and singing. Because Christmas Eve is the most important day, little occurs on December 25. Families join Christmas Day mass although it is not nearly as festive as Christmas Eve. The \"Dia de los Santos Inocentes\", or the Day of the Innocents, falls in the Christmas season, on December 28. The day commemorates the innocent infants (called the innocent ones) who were said to have been killed by King Herod in fear of the power of the newborn baby, Jesus. January 6, the day of", "title": "Christmas traditions" }, { "docid": "2684523", "text": "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street Christmas Eve on Sesame Street is a \"Sesame Street\" Christmas special first broadcast on PBS on Sunday, December 3, 1978. The opening features the inhabitants of Sesame Street enjoying an ice skating party. Big Bird has trouble skating, but a child gives him a hand, and he ends up skating very well. Bert falls victim to the antics of Ernie, Cookie Monster and Count von Count as they play ice hockey with one of his shoes, clown around while barrel jumping (the Count \"counts\" the barrels, Ernie cheats by lifting his left foot over them,", "title": "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" }, { "docid": "3247324", "text": "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album The Beach Boys' Christmas Album is the seventh studio album by the Beach Boys, released in November 1964. it contains five original songs and seven standards on a Christmas theme. The album proved to be a long-running success during subsequent Christmas seasons, initially reaching number six in the US \"Billboard\" 200 chart in its year of release and eventually going gold. James E Perone in \"The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World\" wrote that it is \"regarded as one of the finest holiday albums of the", "title": "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "10380807", "text": "announces that he will relate his story to the beekeeper Panko the Gingerhead (i.e., Gogol), who will write a story of Christmas Eve. There is general rejoicing. Act 1<br> Act 2<br> Act 3<br> Act 4 An orchestral suite from the opera of 1904 consists of the introduction to the opera ('Holy Night'), Flight of Vakula, moon and stars, Polonaise, and return flight of Vakula and Christmas morning bells. \"Christmas Eve\", \"Vakula the Smith\", and \"The Slippers\", are all based on the same story by Gogol. Audio Recordings (\"Mainly studio recordings\") Source: www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk Notes Sources Christmas Eve (opera) Christmas Eve (,", "title": "Christmas Eve (opera)" }, { "docid": "13602988", "text": "Stan hesitates: \"What would Brian Boitano do?\" (this joke is referenced in the 1999 feature film \"\" via the song \"What Would Brian Boitano Do?\"). The figure skater miraculously appears and delivers a speech about how Christmas should be about being good to one another. The boys, enlightened, transmit the message to the fighters, who apologize to each other in shame. They thank the boys for helping and decide to bury the hatchet over an orange smoothie. The boys then marvel that they got to meet Brian Boitano (as opposed to either Jesus or Santa) As in \"Jesus vs. Frosty\",", "title": "The Spirit of Christmas (short film)" }, { "docid": "18556552", "text": "Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas (also known simply as The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas) is a Canadian part-animated and part-live-action Christmas television special which was originally broadcast on December 1, 1991 on CTV. In the United States, it was first broadcast on The Disney Channel on December 10, 1991. It was followed by two more \"Nilus the Sandman\" TV specials which premiered in 1994 and 1995, and then a \"Nilus the Sandman\" TV series airing from 1996 to 1998. Most of the film is animated (the dream scenes), but", "title": "Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas" }, { "docid": "4325315", "text": "their doors. A common feature of the Christmas season is the Nativity play which is practiced in most primary and some secondary schools across the UK. This practice is becoming less common, and Christmas pantomimes may be performed instead. Midnight Mass is also celebrated by Anglicans, Catholics, and other denominations, and services take place in nearly all Church of England parishes on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve, presents are supposedly delivered in stockings and under the Christmas tree by Father Christmas, who previously had been something like The Ghost of Christmas Present in Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\" (1843), but", "title": "Christmas traditions" }, { "docid": "9432967", "text": "the war in time to celebrate Christmas. The erector sets used in the film were the later, smaller versions not made until 1924 and not the original, larger pieces made from 1913 - 1923. The Gilbert family home was shot in Spadina House, located next to Casa Loma in Toronto with the Distillery District used for external locations. The Man Who Saved Christmas The Man Who Saved Christmas is a film based on the true story about the efforts of toymaker Alfred Carlton Gilbert (portrayed by Jason Alexander) of the A. C. Gilbert Company to continue making toys during World", "title": "The Man Who Saved Christmas" }, { "docid": "19915857", "text": "another baby storyline, but it's a way to keep Juliette in the show I suppose, without having to write in her veterinary skills to aid the plot.\" The Grimm Who Stole Christmas \"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas\" is the 7th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series \"Grimm\" and the 73rd episode overall, which premiered on December 5, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Dan E. Fesman and was directed by John Gray. Opening quote: \"I have but to swallow this, and be for the rest of my days persecuted by a", "title": "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "14959774", "text": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation is a 2010 sequel to the ABC Family 2009 movie \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas\". The movie stars Paris Hilton (in her first voice role) and Mario Lopez. It premiered on ABC Family on November 28, 2010 during the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming block and was written by Michael Ciminera and Richard Gnolfo. The Bannister family and their dog Zeus, go to a ski lodge in Colorado for their Christmas vacation. When they get to their condo, they find Belinda's brother and his son staying", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation" }, { "docid": "14029840", "text": "on the Christian myth, and back to the Nonconformist church. In \"Easter-Day\" a Christian and a sceptic debate the nature of faith. \"Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day\" gives valuable clues to the religious opinions of Browning himself, as opposed to those of his characters, but, as his wife warned a correspondent, \"Certainly the poem does not represent his own permanent state of mind, which was what I meant when I told you it was dramatic.\" \"Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day\" was first published by Chapman & Hall in 1850. In recent years it has been edited by Ian Jack, Rowena Fowler and Margaret Smith", "title": "Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day" }, { "docid": "4325133", "text": "outbreaks of religious conflict. The Islamic sect Boko Haram has attacked Christian churches with bombings on Christmas 2011. Christmas in South Africa is a public holiday celebrated on December 25. Many European traditions are maintained despite the distance from Europe. Christmas trees are set up in homes and the children are given presents in their stockings. Traditional 'fir' Christmas trees are popular and children leave a stocking or milk and cookies out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. The gift bearer is Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Towns and cities have Carols by Candlelight in the beginning of the festive", "title": "Christmas traditions" }, { "docid": "18556561", "text": "a total of 26 episodes over two seasons. \"The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas\" was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category of \"Best Animated Program or Series\" in 1993. Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas (also known simply as The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas) is a Canadian part-animated and part-live-action Christmas television special which was originally broadcast on December 1, 1991 on CTV. In the United States, it was first broadcast on The Disney Channel on December 10, 1991. It was followed by two more \"Nilus the Sandman\" TV", "title": "Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas" }, { "docid": "5937162", "text": "the episode, \"It's gross. It's yucky. It's probably offensive. It's also possibly the funniest holiday episode anybody's airing this year.\" Werts particularly praised the song \"A Lonely Jew on Christmas\". Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, author of \"Taking South Park Seriously\", said, \"This episode arguably pushes the boundaries of what is acceptable, both for Christmas specials and television in general, farther than any previous one.\" Weinstock said this was particularly true of the episode's fake live-action commercial. Before the episode was released, Debbie Liebling, then-Comedy Central vice president of development and production, herself described the episode as \"adorably offensive\". Alan Sepinwall of", "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" }, { "docid": "18475919", "text": "this period. On Christmas Eve, the children are told, Santa Claus visits houses placing presents for children under the Christmas tree or in stockings or sacks which are usually hung by a fireplace. In recent decades many new apartments and homes have been built without traditional combustion fireplaces, however with some innovation the tradition persists. Snacks and beverages (including liquor) may be left out for Santa to consume during his visit. The gifts are opened the next morning, on Christmas Day. Families traditionally gather for a Christmas Day lunch traditions that include decorated hams, roast turkey, roast chicken, salads and", "title": "Christmas in Australia and New Zealand" }, { "docid": "16988763", "text": "last purchases of Christmas gifts. Many preschools and schools start their Christmas vacation between December 17 to 22. Many workplaces start the vacation later, between December 20 and 23. The start of the vacation depends on what day of the week Christmas Eve is on. The last days before Christmas Eve, between December 20 and 23, the greatest preparations are made like, preparing most of the food, buying and decorating the Christmas tree and wrapping presents. During the last days there are usually a lot of people in stores and shopping malls to buy things for the Christmas celebrations. After", "title": "Christmas in Sweden" }, { "docid": "148082", "text": "Claus leaving presents on New Year's Eve 1852, with children \"hanging their stockings up on each side of the fire-place, in their sleeping apartments, at night, and waiting patiently till morning, to see what Santa Claus puts into them during their slumbers\". In Ireland in 1853, on the other hand, presents were being left on Christmas Eve according to a character in a newspaper short story who says \"... tomorrow will be Christmas. What will Santa Claus bring us?\" A poem published in Belfast in 1858 includes the lines \"The children sleep; they dream of him, the fairy, / Kind", "title": "Father Christmas" }, { "docid": "19039489", "text": "Some of its recordings were later released on the 1998 compilation \"Ultimate Christmas\". After Warners rejected the Beach Boys' 1977 album \"Adult/Child\", the group submitted \"Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys\" in late 1977, but they were once again rejected, and the label demanded the band submit a regular studio album instead. New lyrics were overdubbed on to some of the original Christmas tracks the following spring, which, together with quickly penned new material, formed the basis of a new album entitled \"California Feeling\", named after an original song recorded in 1975 which Brian refused to include on the album.", "title": "Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys" }, { "docid": "11821719", "text": "Christmas Eve reunion, as any of them is the one she could trust, but not Philip. Later on it is revealed that Philip did some very illegal things with her money, but she doesn't claim anything. Separate stories reveal with the help of Private Detective Gimlet (Joe Sawyer) that Finally the gathering at the Christmas Eve happened and the couple Johnatan-Claire bring the three girl orphans from the orphanage. Aunt Matilda feels like the day she got the three little boys for adoption. The film was produced by Benedict Bogeaus who had previously made an episodic film \"On Our Merry", "title": "Christmas Eve (1947 film)" }, { "docid": "8755849", "text": "The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas is an animated Christmas TV special. It premiered on NBC on December 17, 1973, in the United States. It was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, executive producer Norman Sedawie, and starred the voices of Tommy Smothers, Arte Johnson and Barbara Feldon, with narration by Casey Kasem. The story focuses on Theodore Edward Bear (Ted E. Bear for short) who is curious about Christmas and decides to go searching for it while the other bears hibernate for winter. In the early 1980s a plush Ted E. Bear was sold in", "title": "The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas" }, { "docid": "2684534", "text": "Monster ate most of their Christmas tree was cut. On video releases since the mid-1990s, the 1978 Children's Television Workshop logo with Christmas music was cut. The 1996 VHS replaces it with the 1983 logo, and DVD releases of the special start without any logos. When Big Bird and Patty check on Oscar following his ice skating accident, Oscar's original line was \"Sure. I've been thrown out of better places than that.\" It was later re-dubbed in post-production (to \"Let's go back and do it, again!\"), because Jon Stone considered the original joke too adult-focused. \"Christmas Eve on Sesame Street\"", "title": "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" }, { "docid": "2684533", "text": "funding credits are displayed on a black screen with Cookie Monster's numerous belches heard on the soundtrack. A variety of Christmas songs help interweave these three plot lines and make the production much more touching, including: One of \"Christmas Eve on Sesame Street's\" competitors that year was a lesser-known, critically panned \"Sesame Street\" special on CBS -- \"A Special Sesame Street Christmas\". When the special aired on Muppet Matinee's Christmas Special Marathon on Nickelodeon in December 1994, \"I Hate Christmas\" was cut. In various re-airings on PBS in the late-1980s, the closing scene with Susan and Gordon finding that Cookie", "title": "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" }, { "docid": "15122005", "text": "positive change from other similar reality programs. \"The New York Daily News\"'s Richard Huff, also comparing \"Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys\" to the \"groundbreaking\" \"Will & Grace\", labels \"Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys\" \"mind-breaking\". It has moments, sure, but never enough to make it memorable or a winner.\" The lack of \"reality-show trappings\" like \"table flipping\" and \"hair-extension pulling\", he writes, means that the series needs \"some humor, drama and good storytelling\" and \"Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys\" lacks these qualities. Hank Stuever of \"The Washington Post\" cites a \"curiously sad tone\" that pervades", "title": "Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys" }, { "docid": "3247327", "text": "Saint Nick\", sessions for the album spanned from June 18–30, 1964, one month after the \"All Summer Long\" album was completed. \"Christmas Day\" is the first Beach Boys song to feature a lead vocal from Al Jardine. The album was released in mono and stereo; the stereo mix, prepared by engineer Chuck Britz, would be the last true stereo mix for a Beach Boys album until 1968's \"Friends\". In addition to orchestral renditions of \"Jingle Bells\" and the original Wilson composition \"Christmas Eve\" which never received vocal overdubs, outtakes of the \"All Summer Long\" track \"Little Honda\" and \"The Beach", "title": "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album" } ]

[ "Jack Skellington", "Jack Skeleton", "Jack Skelington", "Jack skellington" ]

[ { "docid": "5358961", "text": "'zing' that the unique license could have afforded.\" The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King , is a game for the Game Boy Advance released in 2005. The events of the game take place before those of the movie, \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". The story tells of Jack's first encounter with his , Oogie Boogie, and how he claimed the title of \"The Pumpkin King\". This game was released at the same time in North America as \"\". The game starts with Jack Skellington preparing for Halloween, approximately one year before the events of \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". Unfortunately, Oogie", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King" }, { "docid": "5358957", "text": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King , is a game for the Game Boy Advance released in 2005. The events of the game take place before those of the movie, \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". The story tells of Jack's first encounter with his , Oogie Boogie, and how he claimed the title of \"The Pumpkin King\". This game was released at the same time in North America as \"\". The game starts with Jack Skellington preparing for Halloween, approximately one year before the events of \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". Unfortunately, Oogie heard from his henchmen, Lock, Shock, and Barrel", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King" }, { "docid": "2418775", "text": "The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas (marketed as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy Halloween-Christmas film directed by Henry Selick, and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of \"Halloween Town\" who stumbles through a portal to \"Christmas Town\" and decides to celebrate the holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast also includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and Ed Ivory. \"The", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418811", "text": "of the normal rectangular box. A 168-card \"Munchkin Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas\"-themed \"Munchkin\" was developed by USAopoly featuring the citizens of Halloween Town such as Jack Skellington, Oogie Boogie, Doctor Finklestein, and Lock, Shock and Barrel. The game comes with a custom die similar to the ones used by Oogie Boogie in the film. A live concert, produced by Disney Concerts, was held at the Hollywood Bowl in October 2015, and was followed by subsequent performances in 2016 and 2018. The shows featured Elfman, O'Hara, and Page reprising their roles from the film. The Nightmare Before Christmas The", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "5249910", "text": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge This game was released at the same time in North America as \"\". A year after the events of the movie, a town meeting announcing awards gives Jack Skellington an award \"for most spines tingled by a non-corporeal being\". After the curtains close Jack reveals that, once again, he feels disappointed with this year's Halloween. However, having learned his lesson from before, he talks with Dr. Finkelstein about a \"new Halloween\", with new scares and discoveries. The doctor gives Jack the \"Soul Robber\", a green, whip-like weapon. He then leaves Halloween Town and goes", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge" }, { "docid": "2418799", "text": "undertaken an extensive marketing campaign of these characters across many media. Since 2001, Disneyland has held a seasonal \"Nightmare Before Christmas\" theme for its Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction. The attraction, an overlay of the park's Haunted Mansion, features characters, decorations and music from the film. In addition to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Mickey's Halloween Party featuring the film's characters, Jack Skellington, Sally, Pajama Jack, and the Mayor have been made into Bendies figures, while Jack and Sally even appear in fine art. Moreover, Sally has been made into an action figure and a Halloween costume. A Jack Skellington figurine", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418810", "text": "Jack Skellington, the Mayor, Oogie Boogie, and Doctor Finklestein. Each Starter Deck contains a rule book, a Pumpkin King card, a Pumpkin Points card, and a 48-card deck. The game has four card types: Characters, Locales, Creations, and Surprises. The Cards' rarities are separated into four categories: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Ultra Rare. Quixotic Games also developed \"The Nightmare Before Christmas Party Game\" that was released in 2007 by NECA. A collector's edition \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\"-themed Jenga game was issued with orange, purple and black blocks with Jack Skellington heads on them. The set comes in a coffin-shaped box instead", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418777", "text": "dark and scary for kids\". The film was met with both critical and financial success, grossing over $76 million during its initial run. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, a first for an animated film. The film has since been reissued by Walt Disney Pictures, and was re-released annually in Disney Digital 3-D from 2006 until 2009, making it the first stop-motion animated feature to be entirely converted to 3D. Halloween Town is a fantasy world filled with monsters, ghosts, ghouls, goblins, zombies, demons, mummies, vampires, werewolves, and witches. Jack Skellington, the \"Pumpkin King\" and", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "11088466", "text": "Glow in the Park Halloween Parade Glow in the Park Halloween Parade (Traditional Chinese: 夜光鬼魅巡遊) was a parade held during the Disney's Haunted Halloween event in Hong Kong Disneyland. It originally featured seven brand-new floats, over 100 cast members, and eight newly introduced characters, including Jack Skellington from \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". Some of the Disney Villains who appeared in the parade. The parade is an exclusive entertainment shown every evening during the Haunted Halloween event. The parade made its debut on 24 September 2007. It returned on the 25 September 2008 as part of the Disney's Haunted Halloween event", "title": "Glow in the Park Halloween Parade" }, { "docid": "11088467", "text": "with a new finale of the ghost pirate ship float. The Headless Horseman was featured in the prequel of the parade in the 2011 Halloween event. Since then, the parade has been running in each Halloween event until late 2013. Glow in the Park Halloween Parade Glow in the Park Halloween Parade (Traditional Chinese: 夜光鬼魅巡遊) was a parade held during the Disney's Haunted Halloween event in Hong Kong Disneyland. It originally featured seven brand-new floats, over 100 cast members, and eight newly introduced characters, including Jack Skellington from \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". Some of the Disney Villains who appeared in", "title": "Glow in the Park Halloween Parade" }, { "docid": "8095296", "text": "Another recent devious mall Santa was played by Billy Bob Thornton in \"Bad Santa\" (2003), a film which gained normally family-friendly Disney \"bad press\". Tim Burton's stop-action animated musical film, \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" (1993), depicts Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, wanting to become Santa Claus after an accidental visit to Christmas Town. After the mostly well-meaning but clueless Halloween citizens capture Santa, they try to take over Christmas with disastrous results; the real Santa is almost killed by the Oogie Boogie Man. Santa is voiced here by Ed Ivory, and in the video game spin-offs, Corey", "title": "Santa Claus in film" }, { "docid": "2418791", "text": "asked on Burton's involvement, Selick claimed, \"I don't want to take away from Tim, but he was not in San Francisco when we made it. He came up five times over two years, and spent no more than eight or ten days in total.\" Walt Disney Feature Animation contributed with some use of second-layering traditional animation. Burton found production somewhat difficult because he was directing \"Batman Returns\" and in pre-production of \"Ed Wood\". The filmmakers constructed 227 puppets to represent the characters in the movie, with Jack Skellington having \"around four hundred heads\", allowing the expression of every possible emotion.", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" } ]

[ { "docid": "2418779", "text": "red lobster-like king who flies at night named \"Sandy Claws\". Jack sequesters himself in his tower to study Christmas and find a way to rationally explain it, but cannot. He ultimately decides that it's unfair for Christmas Town alone to enjoy the holiday and announces that he and the citizens of Halloween Town will take over Christmas this year. Jack assigns the citizens of Halloween Town Christmas-themed jobs, including singing carols, making presents, and building a sleigh to be pulled by skeletal reindeer. Sally, a beautiful rag doll woman that is secretly in love with Jack, feels that their efforts", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "11075346", "text": "album cover and in the album booklet.\" Credits and personnel adapted from the 2006 edition of the soundtrack's liner notes. 1. \"This Is Halloween\" 2. \"Sally's Song\" 3. \"What's This?\" 4. \"Kidnap the Sandy Claws\" 5. \"This Is Halloween\" 6-11. Demos There are several foreign-language versions of the soundtrack, each features tracks sung by vocalists in their native language as well as original score tracks by Danny Elfman. The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack) The Nightmare Before Christmas is the fifteenth soundtrack album by American composer Danny Elfman. It was released on October 12, 1993, by Walt Disney Records to promote", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "5358960", "text": "for the first time when he rescued her and Halloween went ahead as planned. Oogie Boogie vowed to get his revenge after biding his time. In the movie however it seems like Jack has forgiven the three minions. The game so far has a score of 69.43% from GameRankings and 71 out of 100 from Metacritic. IGN gave it a score of 6.5 out of 10, saying, \"\"Nightmare Before Christmas\" might not be all that amazing visually, and audio-wise it's the absolute pits. But it does give kids a solid \"Nightmare Before Christmas\"-based adventure, even if it lacks that special", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King" }, { "docid": "2418800", "text": "is available for the \"Disney Infinity\" video game, allowing the character to be playable in the game's \"Toy Box Mode\". Jack is also the titular character in the short story \"\"Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas\": Jack's Story\", and also appeared in HalloWishes and Halloween Screams fireworks at Magic Kingdom (where the host is Ghost Host) and Disneyland (where the host is Jack himself). \"Nightmare\" has inspired video game spin-offs, including \"\" and \"\", and is among the many Disney-owned franchises that contribute to the mythology of the \"Kingdom Hearts\" series. A trading card game is also available. Around the", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418776", "text": "Nightmare Before Christmas\" originated in a poem written by Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation. With the success of \"Vincent\" in the same year, Burton began to consider developing \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" as either a short film or 30-minute television special to no avail. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and in 1990, he made a development deal with Walt Disney Studios. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco; Disney released the film through Touchstone Pictures because the studio believed the film would be \"too", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "11075344", "text": "The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack) The Nightmare Before Christmas is the fifteenth soundtrack album by American composer Danny Elfman. It was released on October 12, 1993, by Walt Disney Records to promote the 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The album peaked at #64 on the US \"Billboard\" 200. For the film's 2006 re-release in Disney Digital 3-D, a special edition of the soundtrack was released, a bonus disc which contained covers of five of the film's", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "2418803", "text": "believed the film's visual effects were as revolutionary as \"Star Wars\", taking into account that \"Nightmare\" was \"filled with imagination that carries us into a new world\". Peter Travers of \"Rolling Stone\" called it a restoration of \"originality and daring to the Halloween genre. This dazzling mix of fun and fright also explodes the notion that animation is kid stuff. … It's 74 minutes of timeless movie magic.\" James Berardinelli stated \"\"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" has something to offer just about everyone. For the kids, it's a fantasy celebrating two holidays. For the adults, it's an opportunity to experience some", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418784", "text": "Nightmare Before Christmas\", drawing inspiration from television specials of \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and the poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\". Burton intended to adapt the poem into a television special with the narration spoken by his favorite actor, Vincent Price, but also considered other options such as a children's book. He created concept art and storyboards for the project in collaboration with Rick Heinrichs, who also sculpted character models; Burton later showed his and Heinrichs' works-in-progress to Henry Selick, also a Disney animator at the time. After the success of \"Vincent\" in 1982, Disney", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418781", "text": "stop Jack, but Oogie captures her as well. Jack departs to deliver presents to the world, but the Halloween-styled gifts terrify and attack the populace. As concerns over \"Santa's\" behavior grows, the military takes action and shoots down Jack, causing him to crash in a cemetery. As Jack bemoans the disaster he has made of Christmas, he finds he enjoyed the experience nonetheless, reigniting his love of Halloween. Jack returns to Halloween Town and finds Oogie's lair. Oogie tries to kill Jack, but Jack pulls apart the thread holding his cloth form together, revealing a massive pile of bugs that", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418778", "text": "leader of the town, leads them in organizing the annual Halloween celebrations. However, privately Jack has grown weary of the same routine year after year and wants something new. Wandering in the woods the morning after Halloween, he stumbles across seven trees containing doors leading to towns representing various holidays, and opens a portal to Christmas Town. Awed by the unfamiliar holiday, Jack returns to Halloween Town to show the residents his findings, but they fail to grasp the idea of Christmas and compare everything to their ideas of Halloween, although they do relate to one Christmas Town character; a", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418795", "text": "list, however, is the soundtrack for the Disneyland Haunted Mansion Holiday ride. Disney decided to release the film under its adult film label Touchstone Pictures because they thought the film would be \"too dark and scary for kids\", Selick remembered. \"Their biggest fear, and why it was kind of a stepchild project, [was] they were afraid of their core audience hating the film and not coming.\" To convey Burton's involvement and attract a wider audience, Disney marketed the film as \"Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.\" Burton explained that,\"…it turned more into more of a brand-name thing, it turned into", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418786", "text": "own success in live-action films piqued the interest of Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, who saw the film as an opportunity of continuing the studio's streak of recent success in feature animation. Disney was looking forward to \"Nightmare\" \"to show capabilities of technical and storytelling achievements that were present in \"Who Framed Roger Rabbit\".\" Walt Disney Pictures president David Hoberman, believed the film would prove to be a creative achievement for Disney's image, elaborating \"we can think outside the envelope. We can do different and unusual things.\" \"Nightmare\" marked Burton's third film in a row to have a Christmas", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418808", "text": "\"Top 25 Best Christmas Movies\" list. In 2001, Disney began to consider producing a sequel, but rather than using stop motion, Disney wanted to use computer animation. Burton convinced Disney to drop the idea. \"I was always very protective of \"Nightmare\" not to do sequels or things of that kind,\" Burton explained. \"You know, 'Jack visits Thanksgiving world' or other kinds of things just because I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that like it… Because it's a mass-market kind of thing, it was important to kind of keep that purity of it.\" The 2004", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "5249911", "text": "to look for new frights. After Jack leaves, Lock, Shock, and Barrel bring Oogie Boogie back to life by sewing him together again. He seizes control of Halloween Town, tricking its citizens into making traps, brainwashes Dr. Finkelstein, imprisons Sally in a crypt, and captures five of the seven Holiday World leaders. Oogie plans to become the \"Seven-Holidays King\" once he takes control of Christmas Town. But on December 23, Sally manages to send a magical paper airplane to find Jack to warn him of what has happened. Jack returns to Halloween Town on Christmas Eve, just to find Oogie's", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge" }, { "docid": "2418801", "text": "release of the film, Disney executive David Hoberman was quoted, \"I hope \"Nightmare\" goes out and makes a fortune. If it does, great. If it doesn't, that doesn't negate the validity of the process. The budget was less than any Disney blockbuster so it doesn't have to earn \"Aladdin\"-sized grosses to satisfy us.\" The film earned $50 million in the United States on its first theatrical run and was regarded as a moderate \"sleeper hit\". \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" made a further $8.7 million in box office gross in its 2006 reissue. The 2007 and 2008 reissues earned $14.5 million", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418785", "text": "started to consider developing \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" as either a short film or 30-minute holiday television special. However, the project's development eventually stalled, as its tone seemed \"too weird\" to the company. As Disney was unable to \"offer his nocturnal loners enough scope\", Burton was fired from the studio in 1984, and went on to direct the commercially successful films, \"Beetlejuice\" and \"Batman\". Over the years, Burton regularly thought about the project. In 1990, Burton found out that Disney still owned the film rights. He and Selick committed to produce a full-length film with the latter as director. Burton's", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418796", "text": "something else, which I'm not quite sure about.\" The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 9, and was given a limited release on October 15, 1993, before its wide theatrical release on October 22. \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" was reissued under the Walt Disney Pictures label and re-released on October 20, 2006, with conversion to Disney Digital 3-D. Industrial Light & Magic assisted in the process. The film subsequently received re-releases in October 2007 and 2008. The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California has been showing the film in 4-D screenings annually in October, ending on", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418783", "text": "a prologue and epilogue. While not used in the final scene of the film, the narration is included on the soundtrack album. As writer Tim Burton's upbringing in Burbank, California was associated with the feeling of solitude, the filmmaker was largely fascinated by holidays during his childhood. \"Anytime there was Christmas or Halloween, […] it was great. It gave you some sort of texture all of a sudden that wasn't there before\", Burton would later recall. After completing his short film \"Vincent\" in 1982, Burton, who was then employed at Walt Disney Feature Animation, wrote a three-page poem titled \"The", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418798", "text": "deleted scenes. Burton's \"Vincent\" and \"Frankenweenie\" were also included. Both DVDs were non-anamorphic widescreen releases. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on DVD again (this time with an anamorphic transfer) and on Blu-ray Disc (for the first time) on August 26, 2008 as a two-disc digitally remastered \"collector's edition\", but still containing the same special features. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" on Blu-ray 3D on August 30, 2011. The release included a Blu-ray 3D disc, Blu-ray Disc and a DVD that includes both a DVD and digital copy of the film. Disney has", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418804", "text": "light entertainment while marveling at how adept Hollywood has become at these techniques. There are songs, laughs, and a little romance. In short, \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" does what it intends to: entertain.\" Desson Thomson of \"The Washington Post\" enjoyed stylistic features in common with Oscar Wilde, German Expressionism, the Brothers Grimm and \"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\". Michael A. Morrison discusses the influence of Dr. Seuss' \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" on the film, writing that Jack parallels the Grinch and Zero parallels Max, the Grinch's dog. Philip Nel writes that the film \"challenges the wisdom of adults through", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418782", "text": "fall into Oogie's cauldron and are killed. Jack apologizes to Santa for his actions, and Santa assures Jack that he can fix things and returns to Christmas Town. As Santa replaces the Halloween-style presents with genuine ones, the townspeople of Halloween Town celebrate Jack's return. Santa then visits Halloween Town and brings them a snowfall for the residents to play with. In the graveyard, Jack and Sally declare their love for each other. The cast also features Kerry Katz, Carmen Twillie, Randy Crenshaw, Debi Durst, Glenn Walters, Sherwood Ball, and Greg Proops voicing various characters. Patrick Stewart recorded narration for", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418802", "text": "and $1.1 million, respectively, increasing the film's total box office gross to $75 million. The film initially received positive reviews from critics; it has since gone on to receive widespread critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 95%, based on 88 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's consensus reads, \"\"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" is a stunningly original and visually delightful work of stop-motion animation.\" On Metacritic the film has a score of 82 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating \"universal acclaim\". Roger Ebert gave a highly positive review for \"Nightmare\". Ebert", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418794", "text": "of \"Sally's Song\" which was released on her album \"Will you hate the rest of the world or will you renew your life?\" in 2010. Pentatonix released a cover of \"Making Christmas\" for their 2018 Christmas album \"Christmas Is Here!\". Another soundtrack released in 2003 was the Disneyland \"Haunted Mansion Holiday\" CD. Although most were not original songs from the movie, one song provided on the CD is a medley of \"Making Christmas\", \"What's This?\", and \"Kidnap the Sandy Claws\". Other songs included are original holiday songs changed to incorporate the theme of the movie. The last song on the", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418780", "text": "will end in disaster, but Jack dismisses this and assigns her the task of sewing him a red coat to wear. He also tasks Lock, Shock and Barrel, a trio of mischievous trick-or-treating children, to abduct Santa Claus and bring him back to Halloween Town. Jack tells Santa he will be bringing Christmas to the world in his place this year. Jack orders the trio to keep Santa safe, but the children instead deliver Santa to Oogie Boogie, a gambling-addicted bogeyman, who plots to play a game with Santa's life at stake. Sally attempts to rescue Santa so he can", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418789", "text": "20 individual stages were simultaneously being used for filming. In total, there were 109,440 frames taken for the film. The work of Ray Harryhausen, Ladislas Starevich, Edward Gorey, Étienne Delessert, Gahan Wilson, Charles Addams, Jan Lenica, Francis Bacon, and Wassily Kandinsky influenced the filmmakers. Selick described the production design as akin to a pop-up book. In addition, Selick stated, \"When we reach Halloween Town, it's entirely German Expressionism. When Jack enters Christmas Town, it's an outrageous Dr. Seuss-esque setpiece. Finally, when Jack is delivering presents in the 'Real World', everything is plain, simple and perfectly aligned.\" Vincent Price, Don Ameche,", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "5249918", "text": "Jack (which is obtained once Doctor Finklestein is defeated) can throw out presents to stun enemies or freeze enemies in ice, and the Pumpkin King (which you get after saving Sally from a large spider) can burn enemies, open doors by burning them etc. Additionally, there are several unlockable costumes, however, they do not grant any additional abilities. Reception to the game was mostly mixed. GameRankings gave \"The Nightmare Before Christmas: Boogie's Revenge\" a score of 66.46% for Xbox and 64.95% for PlayStation 2, while Metacritic gave it a score of 65 out of 100 for both console versions. IGN", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge" }, { "docid": "2418809", "text": "video game \"\" did serve as a sequel of the film, with Capcom's crew of developers going after Burton for advice, and having the collaboration of the film's art director, Deane Taylor. In 2009, Selick said he would do a film sequel if he and Burton could create a good story for it. A collectible card game based on the film called \"The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG\" was released in 2005 by NECA. The game was designed by Quixotic Games founder Andrew Parks and Kez Shlasnger. It consists of a Premiere set and 4 Starter Decks based on four characters,", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "8755850", "text": "stores. A Halloween sequel, The Great Bear Scare, was released in October 1983. It later aired on the Disney Channel until the late 1990s. Rights to the special are now owned by Lionsgate. It is available through the Lionsgate channel on YouTube and on the Netflix instant stream service. The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas is an animated Christmas TV special. It premiered on NBC on December 17, 1973, in the United States. It was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, executive producer Norman Sedawie, and starred the voices of Tommy Smothers, Arte Johnson and Barbara", "title": "The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas" }, { "docid": "16657402", "text": "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas The Night Before the Night Before Christmas is a 2010 Hallmark Channel Original Movie about Angela and Wayne Fox (Jennifer Beals and Rick Roberts) who are workaholic parents. It premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 20, 2010. Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early and crashes into the Fox family's house. He ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents. The Fox family are a modern and broken family. The parents are preoccupied with work and the kids are not very festive. Forced to set their", "title": "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "16657403", "text": "own problems aside and work together, they help Santa find his magical bag of toys. The Night Before the Night Before Christmas The Night Before the Night Before Christmas is a 2010 Hallmark Channel Original Movie about Angela and Wayne Fox (Jennifer Beals and Rick Roberts) who are workaholic parents. It premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 20, 2010. Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early and crashes into the Fox family's house. He ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents. The Fox family are a modern and broken family. The parents", "title": "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "5358959", "text": "that he lived under the treehouse on the edge of town. When he faced Oogie Jack learned that he was behind the whole mess and that he wanted to turn Halloween into Crawloween. Jack and Oogie had a battle to decide who ruled the town. Oogie was certain he would win saying that the town would be reborn as Bug Town. Lock, Shock and Barrel helped him saying that when Oogie took over the town would be theirs to play with. When Jack defeated him he ordered Oogie to fear him and not to leave the lair. Jack met Sally", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King" }, { "docid": "7832722", "text": "in the video game \"Just Dance 3\". Differently from the vast majority of Disney movies, in several countries \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" was released only with subtitles, since the movie was originally thought to be \"too dark and scary for kids\", and was thus released as a product for adults. However, some countries did rerecord the song anyway, along with the whole movie, in their own languages. \"This Is Halloween\" was covered by the band Marilyn Manson in 2006 for the special edition release of the film's soundtrack and subsequently included on the 2008 cover album, \"Nightmare Revisited\". The song", "title": "This Is Halloween" }, { "docid": "14457786", "text": "the children's book \"The Polar Express\" and its film adaptation. In Santa's office building at the North Pole, the characters Schroeder (from \"Peanuts\") and Bumble (from \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\") are seen. The second segment references the plot of the film \"Inglourious Basterds\" in that Marge blows up a movie theater with Adolf Hitler and other Nazis in it. In addition, the propaganda film that is playing in the theater features an evil version of the Disney character Dumbo flying over London and dropping bombs. American media personality Martha Stewart guest starred in \"The Fight Before Christmas\" as an animated", "title": "The Fight Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "7832723", "text": "was also covered by Panic! at the Disco for the 2006 soundtrack reissue. On the 2011 album \"V-Rock Disney\", which features visual kei artists covering Disney songs, Sadie covered this song. In 2014, Jonathan Young and Travis Carte covered this song for the album Young Does Disney 1. The official video, as of August 24, has just over 2 million views and 40k likes. This Is Halloween \"This Is Halloween\" is a song from the 1993 film, \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\", with music and lyrics written by Danny Elfman. In the film it is performed by the residents of the", "title": "This Is Halloween" }, { "docid": "5843165", "text": "Christmas Carol: The Movie Christmas Carol: The Movie is a 2001 British live action/animated film based on Charles Dickens's classic novella. Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, the film features the voices of numerous actors including Simon Callow, Kate Winslet (who also sang the film's theme \"What If\"), Kate's sister Beth Winslet, and Nicolas Cage. This version differs from others, in that Scrooge is given another chance with the love of his life, Belle, who ended their engagement in their youth after he was corrupted by greed; they later meet again after the three spirits have reformed Scrooge and he is", "title": "Christmas Carol: The Movie" }, { "docid": "18079800", "text": "children. The toys come alive, and they dance around and have fun. The kids awake to find a beautiful Christmas tree with lots of toys. The Night Before Christmas (1933 film) The Night Before Christmas, also known as Santa's Toys, is a 1933 American Pre-Code animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Part of the \"Silly Symphony\" series, the film is an adaptation of Clement Clarke Moore's poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", popularly called \"The Night Before Christmas\". The film was directed by Disney animator Wilfred Jackson. In a loose adaptation of Clement", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)" }, { "docid": "2418797", "text": "Halloween, since 2010. The reissues have led to a reemergence of 3-D films and advances in RealD Cinema. With years of successful home video sales, \"Nightmare\" later achieved the ranks of a cult film. Touchstone Home Video first released the film on VHS on September 30, 1994, and on DVD on December 2, 1997. The DVD release contained no special features. \"Nightmare\" was released a second time on October 3, 2000 as a special edition. The release included an audio commentary by Selick and cinematographer Pete Kozachik, a 28-minute making-of documentary, a gallery of concept art, storyboards, test footage and", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "18556561", "text": "a total of 26 episodes over two seasons. \"The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas\" was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category of \"Best Animated Program or Series\" in 1993. Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas (also known simply as The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas) is a Canadian part-animated and part-live-action Christmas television special which was originally broadcast on December 1, 1991 on CTV. In the United States, it was first broadcast on The Disney Channel on December 10, 1991. It was followed by two more \"Nilus the Sandman\" TV", "title": "Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas" }, { "docid": "12312110", "text": "Halloween\" 4. \"Jack's Lament\" 5. \"Doctor Finkelstein/In the Forest\" 6. \"What's This?\" 7. \"Town Meeting Song\" 8. \"Jack and Sally Montage\" 9. \"Jack's Obsession\" 10. \"Kidnap the Sandy Claws\" 11. \"Making Christmas\" 12. \"Nabbed\" 13. \"Oogie Boogie's Song\" 14. \"Sally's Song\" 15. \"Christmas Eve Montage\" 16. \"Poor Jack\" 17. \"To the Rescue\" 18. \"Finale/Reprise\" 19. \"Closing\" 20. \"End Title\" \"Nightmare Revisited\" was released on October 27, 2008 in the UK and failed to chart. Nightmare Revisited Nightmare Revisited is a cover album of songs and score from the 1993 Disney animated film \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". It was released on", "title": "Nightmare Revisited" }, { "docid": "14457776", "text": "The Fight Before Christmas \"The Fight Before Christmas\" is the eighth episode of the twenty-second season of \"The Simpsons\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 5, 2010, and consists of four short dream segments that all take place during Christmas. In the first segment, Bart travels to the North Pole and sets out to get Santa into giving him the dirt bike he has wished for every year. In the second one, set during World War II, Lisa has to cope with the absence of her mother who has been deployed as a", "title": "The Fight Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "18079799", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (1933 film) The Night Before Christmas, also known as Santa's Toys, is a 1933 American Pre-Code animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Part of the \"Silly Symphony\" series, the film is an adaptation of Clement Clarke Moore's poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\", popularly called \"The Night Before Christmas\". The film was directed by Disney animator Wilfred Jackson. In a loose adaptation of Clement C. Moore's famous poem, St. Nick is seen delivering the toys that he made in Disney's \"Santa's Workshop\" (1932) to a house full of sleeping", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)" }, { "docid": "5358958", "text": "that Jack was scarier than him and sent the henchmen to kidnap Jack. They however bring Sally, a rag doll-like creature who was Dr. Finkelstein's new assistant with a crush on Jack, back instead. Jack found the Town deserted on Halloween of all days and heard from the mayor that everyone was hiding from a bug infestation. Lock, Shock and Barrel wreaked havoc around the town while Jack was determined to get to the bottom of it. Along the way Jack helped the townspeople and in return collected weapons, upgrades and information. Jack heard from them about Oogie Boogie and", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King" }, { "docid": "14046834", "text": "that Sunday, and became the season's number one cable film of the season. Overall, it was a 14% increase in viewers from the same timeslot in the previous year. Critics compared it to another Christmas dog themed TV movie of 2009, \"A Dog Named Christmas\" and cited influences from \"Home Alone\" and \"Look Who's Talking\". \"A Dog Named Christmas\" was broadcast on the same night as \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas\" with the original timings overlapping by an hour. Overall, critics rated \"A Dog Named Christmas\" as the superior film over \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas,\" but praised the performances", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas" }, { "docid": "9392581", "text": "The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow is a 1975 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions which originally premiered on NBC on December 19, 1975. It is narrated by Angela Lansbury and co-stars Cyril Ritchard. A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightning, and some nuns at a nearby abbey take him to a stable. Sister Theresa describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the stable's Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that", "title": "The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow" }, { "docid": "14135229", "text": "(2016), and Judy Gold (2017). Moore's poem was selected partly due to the nominal connection between the author's home and the orchestra that would debut the musical work. \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\" was penned in 1822 on Moore's country estate—named \"Chelsea\"—which eventually became the Manhattan district Chelsea, which, in turn, provided the name for The Chelsea Symphony. Dai's \"The Night Before Christmas\" premiered less than two blocks from the site of the original poem's writing. \"The Night Before Christmas\" is scored for a narrator and an orchestra, including: The Night Before Christmas (Dai) The Night Before Christmas is an", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (Dai)" }, { "docid": "7137363", "text": "Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie is a 2005 American animated direct-to-video film produced by DisneyToon Studios, featuring the characters from Winnie the Pooh franchise and the sequel to \"Pooh's Heffalump Movie\". This is voice actor John Fiedler's final appearance as Piglet, as he died three months before release. Travis Oates (who would eventually become Piglet's current voice actor) replaces Fiedler in some scenes. It was followed by a television film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, \"Pooh's Super Sleuth Christmas Movie\", released on November 20, 2007, an animated feature served as the episodes of the television series", "title": "Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie" }, { "docid": "20804833", "text": "heartwarming world of Christmas. Mickey and friends show up one by one bearing gifts, each with an accompanying scene. These scenes have its own theme that ties back to the holiday season and features Disney and Pixar animated characters. This is the third Christmas Projection Spectacular that featured Toy Story Nutcracker, followed by Disney Dreams! of Christmas at Disneyland Paris and World of Color: Winter Dreams at Disney California Adventure. Disney Gifts of Christmas Disney Gifts of Christmas is a Christmas nighttime spectacular at Tokyo Disneyland, that premiered on November 8, 2017 as part of Christmas Fantasy event. Similar to", "title": "Disney Gifts of Christmas" }, { "docid": "18556552", "text": "Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas (also known simply as The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas) is a Canadian part-animated and part-live-action Christmas television special which was originally broadcast on December 1, 1991 on CTV. In the United States, it was first broadcast on The Disney Channel on December 10, 1991. It was followed by two more \"Nilus the Sandman\" TV specials which premiered in 1994 and 1995, and then a \"Nilus the Sandman\" TV series airing from 1996 to 1998. Most of the film is animated (the dream scenes), but", "title": "Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas" }, { "docid": "20804832", "text": "Disney Gifts of Christmas Disney Gifts of Christmas is a Christmas nighttime spectacular at Tokyo Disneyland, that premiered on November 8, 2017 as part of Christmas Fantasy event. Similar to Once Upon a Time, \"Disney Gifts of Christmas\" uses projection mapping, lasers, fire and searchlights as well as fireworks to celebrates the holiday season with several holiday-themed segments. This nighttime entertainment is themed to gifts that Mickey Mouse and other Disney Characters bring for Christmas. Enchanting holiday scenes of the Disney Friends are projected with a colorful, illumination-like effect onto Cinderella Castle. Familiar music of the season helps create a", "title": "Disney Gifts of Christmas" }, { "docid": "6302242", "text": "Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama) Young Actor Age 10 or Under. The Ultimate Christmas Present The Ultimate Christmas Present is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Brenda Song and Hallee Hirsh. It premiered December 1, 2000 on Disney Channel as part of their Christmas season. Two teen girls, Samantha Elizabeth \"Sam\" Kwan (age 13) (Brenda Song) and Allison Rachel \"Allie\" Thompson (age 13) (Hallee Hirsh) find a weather machine at a shack in the woods. After learning of its controls, they use it to make it snow in Los Angeles. It turns out that the weather", "title": "The Ultimate Christmas Present" }, { "docid": "13985451", "text": "Lights Before Christmas is displayed nightly from November 20 - December 31, 2009 except on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve. and Christmas Day. The Lights Before Christmas The Lights Before Christmas is an annual event that happens once a year at the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio. Every year between the middle of November until New Years Day, anyone can visit the lights and enjoy a nice Christmas treat. It is a very well known event throughout Toledo. People from the ages of newborn to 90 years of age all come and enjoy the lights. The animals will still be able to", "title": "The Lights Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "7832721", "text": "This Is Halloween \"This Is Halloween\" is a song from the 1993 film, \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\", with music and lyrics written by Danny Elfman. In the film it is performed by the residents of the fictional \"Halloween Town\", which is the film's main setting, and introduces the town's Halloween-centered lifestyle. The song is featured in both \"HalloWishes\" at the Magic Kingdom and at Disneyland's \"Halloween Screams\". In Calaway Park, it is featured in the haunted mansion. It is also used as the background music for the Halloween Town world in the video game \"Kingdom Hearts\". The song is featured", "title": "This Is Halloween" }, { "docid": "14959774", "text": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation is a 2010 sequel to the ABC Family 2009 movie \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas\". The movie stars Paris Hilton (in her first voice role) and Mario Lopez. It premiered on ABC Family on November 28, 2010 during the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming block and was written by Michael Ciminera and Richard Gnolfo. The Bannister family and their dog Zeus, go to a ski lodge in Colorado for their Christmas vacation. When they get to their condo, they find Belinda's brother and his son staying", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation" }, { "docid": "14959777", "text": "knocking down a tower of Christmas presents. The family finds the dogs at the village. London James gets her necklace back, Ted and Stewey are arrested, and Zeus and Bella become a couple. The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation is a 2010 sequel to the ABC Family 2009 movie \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas\". The movie stars Paris Hilton (in her first voice role) and Mario Lopez. It premiered on ABC Family on November 28, 2010 during the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming block and was written by Michael Ciminera and Richard", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation" }, { "docid": "15115973", "text": "Christmas 4-D. White Christmas (Warner Bros. Movie World) Warner's Christmas Celebration is an annual night-time Christmas event which is held at Warner Bros. Movie World across selected nights in December. Following the success of their first Halloween Family Fun Night in 2006, Warner Bros. Movie World ran a one-off Looney Tunes Christmas event on 23 December 2006. The event featured a Christmas parade and Looney Tunes shows. In 2007, an extended Halloween Family Fun line-up returned but the Christmas event was discontinued. On 30 December 2009, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported a variety of new attractions for the Gold Coast", "title": "White Christmas (Warner Bros. Movie World)" }, { "docid": "9370624", "text": "with distinctively Gogolian humour and play over the incessant laughter of the public... The film is made excellently, including the minute details which create the reality of the Ukrainian life. The Night Before Christmas (1913 film) The Night Before Christmas (, \"Noch pered Rozhdestvom\") is a 1913 silent film made in the Russian Empire by Ladislas Starevich, based on the tale of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Unlike most of Starevich's films, it is mainly live-action. The plot is, on the whole, close to Gogol's classic tale. The action is set in a Cossack \"stanitsa\". On Christmas Eve, a", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1913 film)" }, { "docid": "15115969", "text": "White Christmas (Warner Bros. Movie World) Warner's Christmas Celebration is an annual night-time Christmas event which is held at Warner Bros. Movie World across selected nights in December. Following the success of their first Halloween Family Fun Night in 2006, Warner Bros. Movie World ran a one-off Looney Tunes Christmas event on 23 December 2006. The event featured a Christmas parade and Looney Tunes shows. In 2007, an extended Halloween Family Fun line-up returned but the Christmas event was discontinued. On 30 December 2009, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported a variety of new attractions for the Gold Coast theme parks", "title": "White Christmas (Warner Bros. Movie World)" }, { "docid": "12202223", "text": "The Christmas Channel The Christmas Channel is an American radio network that primarily airs traditional and popular Christmas music to 35 affiliate radio stations across the United States. The Christmas Channel is a property of Cumulus Media Networks (through Cumulus Media) and is active from the day before Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Day. \"The Christmas Channel\" started out as seasonal programming on ABC Radio's \"Memories/Unforgettable Favorites\" satellite format in 1998 under The Walt Disney Company's control. On Thanksgiving Day, ABC Radio would switch programming to Christmas music and the day after Christmas Day, it would switch back to regular programming.", "title": "The Christmas Channel" }, { "docid": "2418793", "text": "a special edition of the soundtrack was released, featuring a bonus disc which contained covers of five of the film's songs by Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple, and She Wants Revenge. Four original demo tracks by Elfman were also included. On September 30, 2008, Disney released the cover album \"Nightmare Revisited\", featuring artists such as Amy Lee, Flyleaf, Korn, Rise Against, Plain White T's, The All-American Rejects, and many more. American gothic rock band London After Midnight featured a cover of \"Sally's Song\" on their 1998 album \"Oddities\". LiLi Roquelin did a French cover", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "2418806", "text": "Before Christmas\"\". Danny Elfman was worried the characterization of Oogie Boogie would be considered racist by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Elfman's predictions came true; however, director Henry Selick stated the character was inspired by the Betty Boop cartoon \"The Old Man of the Mountain\". \"Cab Calloway would dance his inimitable jazz dance and sing 'Minnie the Moocher' or 'Old Man of the Mountain', and they would rotoscope him, trace him, turn him into a cartoon character, often transforming him into an animal, like a walrus,\" Selick continued. \"I think those are some of the", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "20208140", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (album) The Night Before Christmas is a Christmas album by American actor David Hasselhoff. It was released in November 2004. The album received generally negative reviews. Idolator said: \"Who wouldn’t want to be serenaded by The Hoff at Christmas? No? David dusts off all the classics like \"Deck The Halls\" and \"Silent Night,\" and crosses cultural borders by assaulting eardrums in languages other than English, via German and Spanish contributions to the Yuletide soundtrack from Hell.\" In 2013, New York Post ranked the album as number 1 worst celebrity Christmas album, saying the album spread \"Christmas", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (album)" }, { "docid": "5249914", "text": "to Christmas Town. Jack rescues Santa from a train-contraption, but Oogie, having become enraged by Jack constantly foiling his plans, leaves in Santa's sleigh full of Christmas presents. Luckily, Sally brings Jack's sleigh to help, and Jack and Santa chase after Oogie. Oogie falls out of the sleigh into a world of garbage after being frightened by one of Jack's jack-in-the-boxes that was dropped in the sleigh by an elf. There, he absorbs the waste and insects in the environment in a fit of rage and becomes a giant version of himself to beat Jack. Jack faces Oogie one-on-one. Everyone", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge" }, { "docid": "14046835", "text": "Adrienne Barbeau and Mindy Sterling. \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas\" won several \"Yulies\" from the Popwatch column on Entertainment Weekly's website. The categories it won included \"MVP: Most Valuable Pooch\" and \"Best Use of Dean Cain\". It was given the \"Family Approved\" seal by The Dove Foundation. Commonsense Media graded it as appropriate for ages 6 and up. A sequel, \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation\", aired on ABC Family in 2010. A second sequel, \"The Dog Who Saved Halloween\", was released directly to DVD in September 2011. A third sequel, \"The Dog Who Saved the Holidays\", was released directly", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas" }, { "docid": "5055840", "text": "\"murder\" through an open window and used this opportunity to take Lee-Wortley in. The \"ruby\" that Bridget held in the snow was a paste copy that Poirot brought with him to the house and Lee-Wortley has taken this with him. Poirot supposes that he will go abroad where he will be surprised when he tries to sell the false jewel. The real ruby was hidden by the two thieves in what they were told was the New Year pudding and they were unaware of the accident that befell the pudding intended for Christmas Day. Lee-Wortley's \"sister\" overhears this and is", "title": "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" }, { "docid": "6302236", "text": "The Ultimate Christmas Present The Ultimate Christmas Present is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Brenda Song and Hallee Hirsh. It premiered December 1, 2000 on Disney Channel as part of their Christmas season. Two teen girls, Samantha Elizabeth \"Sam\" Kwan (age 13) (Brenda Song) and Allison Rachel \"Allie\" Thompson (age 13) (Hallee Hirsh) find a weather machine at a shack in the woods. After learning of its controls, they use it to make it snow in Los Angeles. It turns out that the weather machine belongs to Santa Claus (John B. Lowe) and he informs Mrs. Claus about", "title": "The Ultimate Christmas Present" }, { "docid": "18456601", "text": "each other Christmas ornaments as gifts that represented their love for each other. Now she keeps those ornaments locked away in order to avoid memories of her tragic loss. The only holiday tradition she observes now is baking Christmas cookies for her friends, which she's been doing since childhood. Shortly before Christmas, Kathy meets a handsome Christmas tree shop owner, Tim (Cameron Mathison), who tries to sell her a tree, but is initially unsuccessful. The two are attracted to each other, and soon she accepts a tree from him as a gift, as well as an ornament that symbolizes hope", "title": "The Christmas Ornament" }, { "docid": "11498995", "text": "of several stories about it. One is about how he first heard the story of the Christmas Truce from a janitor he swapped stories with before a concert. He also tells of performing the song at a small festival in Denmark, in a town close to its border with Germany, and seeing a group of old men gathered at each concert, who turned out to be German veterans who had experienced the Christmas Truce. Most recently he tells of being taken to meet Frank Buckles, the last surviving American World War I veteran. Christmas in the Trenches \"Christmas in the", "title": "Christmas in the Trenches" }, { "docid": "12693342", "text": "In the Swing of Christmas In the Swing of Christmas is Barry Manilow's third Christmas-themed album, released in 2007. It was only available at Hallmark Cards stores. You could also go to one of Barry's web sites to download the bonus track \"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear\". In 2009, the album was re-released on Arista Records with two added tracks, the first one was \"Christmas Is Just Around The Corner\", from the animated movie \"A Cranberry Christmas\", and the other one was \"Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer\". In 2008, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the", "title": "In the Swing of Christmas" }, { "docid": "6361717", "text": "Day Parade. From 2009 through 2013, the program was referred to as the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade. For a few years after that, the program's name would change on a yearly basis, being known as Disney Parks Frozen Christmas Celebration in 2014, Disney Parks Unforgettable Christmas Celebration in 2015, Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration in 2016 and 2017, and finally Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade in 2018. Before Philbin and Ripa, the long-time hosts were Joan Lunden and Alan Thicke, with Philbin on the street interviewing guests. Philbin had been involved with the program continuously from 1991 to", "title": "Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade" }, { "docid": "16948857", "text": "The Heart of Christmas The Heart of Christmas is a 2011 American Christian drama feature film directed by Gary Wheeler. It stars Candace Cameron Bure, Erin Bethea, Jeanne Neilson, Eric Jay Beck, George Newbern, and Matthew West. Based on a true story, the film involves a woman’s encounter with a family caring for a child with acute leukemia and how it transforms her faith and her attitude about her own family. Megan Walsh is a successful businesswoman who does not seem to have enough time for her husband and two children. While taking her children trick-or-treating during Halloween, she encounters", "title": "The Heart of Christmas" }, { "docid": "9365251", "text": "and orthodox Christmas. The Night Before Christmas (1951 film) The Night Before Christmas (, Noch pered Rozhdestvom) is a 1951 Russian feature animated film directed by the \"grandmothers of the Russian animation\", Brumberg sisters, and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's story \"The Night Before Christmas\". In big degree it was succeeded to present in this screen version of the story of the same name on the screen national color of the Ukrainian village. The animation features heavy use of rotoscoping, known as \"Éclair\" in the Soviet Union, and is an example", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "14457794", "text": "Domination\" lineup that night, beating \"The Cleveland Show\" and \"American Dad!\". In addition, \"The Fight Before Christmas\" became the fifth highest-rated program among adults aged 18–49 the week it aired, and the twentieth highest-rated among all ages. The episode as a whole has received mixed to positive reviews from critics. AOL TV's Brad Trechak wrote that it \"showed a level of imagination that the recent Halloween episodes have been lacking\" and that it \"started good and got progressively better [...]\". Todd VanDerWerff of \"The A.V. Club\", on the other hand, commented that the segments \"got weaker as they went along\".", "title": "The Fight Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "20208141", "text": "fear instead of cheer\". In 2015 CBC Music listed the album as one of the 15 worst Christmas albums of all time. In 2015, Clint Davis from NBC listed the album as one of the 8 most bizarre Christmas albums. In 2016, Matthew Dunn from news.com.au said \"nothing says scraping the bottom of the barrel quite like David Hasselhoff’s \"The Night Before Christmas\"\" in an explanation of why he dislikes Christmas. The Night Before Christmas (album) The Night Before Christmas is a Christmas album by American actor David Hasselhoff. It was released in November 2004. The album received generally negative", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (album)" }, { "docid": "12270185", "text": "and tumble under the trees. Santa takes them back to the Hundred Acre Wood and returns to the North Pole. The gang go to celebrate Christmas in Pooh's house, where Kanga was waiting for them. Super Sleuth Christmas Movie Super Sleuth Christmas Movie is a 2007 film directed by Don MacKinnon and David Hartman and based on the Playhouse Disney television series \"My Friends Tigger & Pooh\". It was released direct-to-video. It premiered on Playhouse Disney on December 6, 2008. It's almost Christmas, and Darby, Buster, Pooh, Tigger and their friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are waiting that night.", "title": "Super Sleuth Christmas Movie" }, { "docid": "11149398", "text": "A Disney Christmas Gift A Disney Christmas Gift is an animated Christmas television special produced by Walt Disney Productions which was originally broadcast on CBS on December 4, 1982 as part of \"Walt Disney\" anthology series. The special is a Christmas-themed compilation of classic short cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck combined with excerpts from Disney feature films such as \"Melody Time\", \"Bambi\", \"Peter Pan\", \"The Sword in the Stone\" and \"Cinderella\", as well as the 1933 classic \"Silly Symphony\" short \"The Night Before Christmas\". The opening and closing numbers, featuring the song \"On Christmas Morning\" and its reprise,", "title": "A Disney Christmas Gift" }, { "docid": "6657308", "text": "Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse is a 2001 American direct-to-video animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Television Animation. It is the first of two direct-to-video films spin off from the Disney Channel animated television series \"Disney's House of Mouse\". The events of the film take place during the \"second season\" of Disney's House of Mouse. After a successful Christmas Eve show, Mickey wishes the guests a safe trip home. However, Goofy points out that they and the guests cannot leave the", "title": "Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse" }, { "docid": "14046830", "text": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas The Dog Who Saved Christmas is a TV movie starring Dean Cain, Gary Valentine and the voice of Mario López. It was written by childhood friends Michael Ciminera and Richard Gnolfo. It premiered on ABC Family on November 29, 2009 during their Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming block. It was ranked as the number one cable program during its timeslot, and the number one cable film of the 2009 winter season with 4.0 million viewers. Zeus, a Labrador Retriever and a former police dog, has lost his bark after his barking ended up", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas" }, { "docid": "5055836", "text": "like something of that nature to take place on Christmas Day itself. That night, the Christmas tree is decorated and the party retire to their rooms for the night. On his pillow, Poirot finds a scrawled note which reads, \"DON'T EAT NONE OF THE PLUM PUDDING. ONE WHO WISHES YOU WELL.\" He is most puzzled. The next day, the party eats a huge Christmas dinner and then the elderly and partly retired butler brings in the Christmas pudding with great ceremony. The diners find the usual tokens in their portions but the Colonel is annoyed and amazed when he almost", "title": "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" }, { "docid": "5843175", "text": "the United States, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it straight to video on VHS and on Region 1 DVD on 7 October 2003 in full screen. Reviewers across Britain, the Republic of Ireland and the US were generally dismissive towards the film. After viewing it at the Toronto International Film Festival, \"Variety\"'s Todd McCarthy wrote, \"[The] character animation is dully inexpressive, and two obnoxious mute mice do more scampering and gesticulating than Harpo Marx did in his entire career.\" Christmas Carol: The Movie Christmas Carol: The Movie is a 2001 British live action/animated film based on Charles Dickens's classic novella. Directed by Jimmy", "title": "Christmas Carol: The Movie" }, { "docid": "16992823", "text": "of Christmas\" does not. It stays true to the path on which it embarked, seemingly never troubled for a second by concern for trivial matters like, oh, dialogue or plot.\" \"The A.V. Club\" gave the film a D rating stating \"...comes closer to so-bad-it's-good territory than any SyFy Original Movie in recent memory.\" The 12 Disasters of Christmas The 12 Disasters of Christmas (alternatively written as 12 Disasters of Christmas; released on DVD as 12 Disasters) is a Canadian-American science fiction action television film produced for Syfy in 2012 and directed by Steven R. Monroe. In a small town called", "title": "The 12 Disasters of Christmas" }, { "docid": "12775813", "text": "'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special) Twas the Night Before Christmas is a Christmas television special loosely inspired by the 1823 poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" by Clement Clarke Moore. It first aired December 7, 1977 on ABC. Directed by Tim Kiley, it stars Paul Lynde, Anne Meara, Martha Raye, and Alice Ghostley. The story is set on Christmas Eve in a New England town in the late 1890s. The Cosgrove family's home is in an uproar over the holidays. The patriarch, Clark Cosgrove (Paul Lynde) is frazzled by the gift demands of his loud children. His", "title": "'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special)" }, { "docid": "9347173", "text": "Christmas Do-Over Christmas Do-Over is a TV movie starring Jay Mohr and Daphne Zuniga. It premiered on ABC Family in 2006 on their 25 Days of Christmas programming block. It is a remake of a previous ABC Family Christmas TV movie, \"Christmas Every Day\", but with an adult as the protagonist. Kevin (Jay Mohr), a lazy and selfish music composer, is a father divorced from his wife, Jill (Daphne Zuniga), but still obliged to celebrate Christmas with his former in-laws, especially Jill's father who never liked him to begin with. Shopping for a gift for his son at the last", "title": "Christmas Do-Over" }, { "docid": "17970814", "text": "Christmas creep is a merchandising phenomenon in which merchants and retailers exploit the commercialized status of Christmas by moving up the start of the holiday shopping season. The term was first used in the mid-1980s. It is associated with a desire of merchants to take advantage of particularly heavy Christmas-related shopping well before Black Friday in the United States and before Halloween in Canada. The term is not used in the UK and Ireland, where retailers call Christmas the \"golden quarter\", that is, the three months of October through December is the quarter of the year in which the retail", "title": "Economics of Christmas" }, { "docid": "13985450", "text": "The Lights Before Christmas The Lights Before Christmas is an annual event that happens once a year at the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio. Every year between the middle of November until New Years Day, anyone can visit the lights and enjoy a nice Christmas treat. It is a very well known event throughout Toledo. People from the ages of newborn to 90 years of age all come and enjoy the lights. The animals will still be able to be seen, but some may be inside and not in the natural habitat because of the cold and the snow. The", "title": "The Lights Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "9432966", "text": "(Jake Brockman), Gilbert initially agrees to this, but comes to regret his decision. Things get the better of Gilbert as he learns that his brother Frank(Ari Cohen) has been declared missing in action in the war. This and other factors cause Gilbert to confront the government over plans to encourage people not to celebrate Christmas in order to save resources for the war effort. Gilbert successfully lobbies the government to allow him (and other toy manufacturers) to resume the production of toys for Christmas, thus earning Gilbert the name \"The man who saved Christmas.\" Ultimately, Gilbert's brother Frank returns from", "title": "The Man Who Saved Christmas" }, { "docid": "9365244", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (1951 film) The Night Before Christmas (, Noch pered Rozhdestvom) is a 1951 Russian feature animated film directed by the \"grandmothers of the Russian animation\", Brumberg sisters, and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's story \"The Night Before Christmas\". In big degree it was succeeded to present in this screen version of the story of the same name on the screen national color of the Ukrainian village. The animation features heavy use of rotoscoping, known as \"Éclair\" in the Soviet Union, and is an example of the Socialist-Realist", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "14225344", "text": "The Magic of Christmas (Nat King Cole album) The Magic of Christmas is a 1960 album by Nat King Cole, arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael. This was Cole's only full album of Christmas songs, although he had recorded several holiday singles earlier in his career. One of these, \"The Christmas Song\", originally recorded in 1946, was re-recorded for the 1961 album \"The Nat King Cole Story\". In 1963 \"The Magic of Christmas\" was reissued under the title The Christmas Song, with that recording added to the track list in place of \"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen\", and with new", "title": "The Magic of Christmas (Nat King Cole album)" }, { "docid": "11550060", "text": "The Christmas Sessions The Christmas Sessions is the first Christmas album by American Christian rock band MercyMe. The album, produced by Brown Bannister, was released on September 27, 2005. The band, who greatly enjoy Christmas, had previously recorded Christmas songs and enjoyed the process so much that they wanted to produce a full-length album. After releasing a studio album in early 2004, they decided to take time off; they realized they could record a Christmas album over that period and began work in December 2004. The band, aiming to produce a rock-oriented album, recruited Bannister, a noted rock producer, to", "title": "The Christmas Sessions" } ]

[ "Religion in Delaware", "Alcohol law of Delaware", "Delaware alcohol law", "The Delaware", "Delaware", "Three lower counties", "Alcohol laws of Delaware", "The Small Wonder", "Delaware (State)", "Alcohol laws in Delaware", "Sports in Delaware", "Delaware alcohol laws", "Del.", "Delawarean", "DelawarE", "Delaware, United States", "Transportation in Delaware", "US-DE", "Education in Delaware", "Government of Delaware", "The Blue Hen State", "Alcohol law in Delaware", "Deleware (state)", "Geography of Delaware", "Delaware, U.S.", "State of Delaware", "Economy of Delaware", "Culture of Delaware", "Delaware (U.S. state)", "Delaware (state)", "Transport in Delaware", "Delaware trivia", "Demographics of Delaware", "The First State", "Climate of Delaware", "Deleware", "1st State" ]

[ { "docid": "4048527", "text": "Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River with the Continental Army on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. That action was the first move in a surprise attack against the German Hessian allied mercenary forces at Trenton, New Jersey, in the Battle of Trenton on the morning of December 26. The original was part of the collection at the Kunsthalle in Bremen, Germany, and was destroyed in a bombing raid", "title": "Washington Crossing the Delaware" }, { "docid": "1759127", "text": "Battle of Trenton The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian mercenaries garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, almost two-thirds of the Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired re-enlistments. The Continental Army had previously suffered several defeats", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "9436115", "text": "on an outpost of Hessians in Trenton. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, Washington led his forces across the Delaware River and surprised the Hessian garrison, capturing 1,000 men. This action significantly boosted the army's morale, but it also brought Cornwallis out of New York. He reassembled an army of more than 6,000 men, and marched most of them against a position Washington had taken south of Trenton. Leaving a garrison of 1,200 at Princeton, Cornwallis then attacked Washington's position on January 2, 1777, and was three times repulsed before darkness set in. During the night Washington evacuated the", "title": "George Washington in the American Revolution" }, { "docid": "5062184", "text": "George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey, on the morning of December 26. Planned in partial secrecy, Washington led a column of Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River in a logistically challenging and dangerous operation. Other planned crossings in support of the operation were either called off or ineffective, but this did not prevent Washington from surprising", "title": "George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River" }, { "docid": "19920049", "text": "Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. Trumbull did not use the prelude to the capture, namely the crossing of the Delaware River, as a subject. Artists did not paint that until 1819 by Thomas Sully and then notably by Emanuel Leutze. Trumbull's work drew criticism from historian and painter William Dunlap after he viewed it in the Trumbull Gallery at Yale in 1834: The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 is the title of an oil painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the capture of the", "title": "The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776" }, { "docid": "1759166", "text": "Inf, 125th QM Co, 175th Inf, 181st Inf and 198th Sig Bn) and one currently-active Regular Army Artillery battalion (1–5th FA ) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Trenton. There are thirty current units of the U.S. Army with colonial roots. Battle of Trenton The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "5834858", "text": "that night and attacked Mawhood at Princeton the next day. That defeat prompted the British to withdraw from most of New Jersey for the winter. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, crossed the Delaware River with his army, and attacked the Hessian garrison at Trenton on the morning of December 26. The Hessian garrison was surrounded and quickly defeated. Washington crossed the river again and returned to his camp in Pennsylvania that afternoon. On December 30, Washington moved his army back to Trenton and stationed his men on the south side of", "title": "Battle of the Assunpink Creek" }, { "docid": "293425", "text": "25–26, 1776, the Continental Army under George Washington crossed the Delaware River. After the crossing, he surprised and defeated the Hessian troops in the Battle of Trenton. Slightly more than a week after victory at Trenton, American forces gained an important victory by stopping General Cornwallis's charges at the Second Battle of Trenton. By evading Cornwallis's army, Washington made a surprise attack on Princeton and successfully defeated the British forces there on January 3, 1777. Emanuel Leutze's painting of \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\" became an icon of the Revolution. American forces under Washington met the forces under General Henry Clinton", "title": "New Jersey" }, { "docid": "5936247", "text": "because the British and Continental armies fought several crucial battles there. Throughout the war hundreds of engagements occurred in New Jersey, more than in any other colony. Five major battles were fought at Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, Union and Springfield. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton are collectively referred to as the Ten Crucial Days because these desperately needed victories bolstered the morale of the nation. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington, made the famous crossing of the Delaware River. The scene was immortalized in Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's painting \"Washington Crossing the", "title": "History of New Jersey" }, { "docid": "4048538", "text": "David Shulman. It refers to the scene in the painting, and is a 14-line rhyming sonnet of which every line is an anagram of the title. The movie poster of the 2011 film \"Winnie the Pooh\" features the characters of Winnie and his friends in a honeypot, floating in honey. Tigger is the rower, with Winnie stylized as Washington. Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River with the Continental Army on the night of December", "title": "Washington Crossing the Delaware" }, { "docid": "5466676", "text": "Island, and figured prominently in the Battle of Trenton. On the night of December 25–26, 1776 General George Washington crossed the Delaware River with his troops on the way to Trenton, New Jersey. The Hessian regiments, camped in and around Trenton, were attacked and decisively defeated by the American Continental Army. The Hessians had supposedly let their guard down to celebrate the Christmas holiday, and (legend has it) Rall himself was misled by John Honeyman, a spy of Washington who convincingly posed as a loyalist. According to one account, Rall was busy playing cards/chess the night before the attack at", "title": "Johann Rall" }, { "docid": "1759128", "text": "in New York and had been forced to retreat through New Jersey to Pennsylvania. Morale in the army was low; to end the year on a positive note, George Washington—Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army—devised a plan to cross the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26 and surround the Hessian garrison. Because the river was icy and the weather severe, the crossing proved dangerous. Two detachments were unable to cross the river, leaving Washington with only 2,400 men under his command in the assault, 3,000 less than planned. The army marched south to Trenton. The Hessians had lowered their", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "1759164", "text": "ball, which severed an artery. Doctor John Riker clamped the artery, preventing him from bleeding to death. The hours before the battle served as the inspiration for the painting \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\" by German American artist Emanuel Leutze. The image in the painting, in which Washington stands majestic in his boat as it crosses the Delaware River, is generally believed to be more symbolic than historically accurate. The waters of the river were icy and treacherous, and the flag Monroe holds was not created until six months after the battle. In addition, contrary to the painting, the crossing occurred", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "10852437", "text": "resistance, he took advantage of it to organize an attack on an outpost of Hessians in Trenton. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, Washington led his forces across the Delaware River and surprised the Hessian garrison, capturing 1,000 Hessians. This action significantly boosted the army's morale, but it also brought Cornwallis out of New York. He reassembled an army of more than 6,000 men, and marched most of them against a position Washington had taken south of Trenton. Leaving a garrison of 1,200 at Princeton, Cornwallis then attacked Washington's position on January 2, 1777, and was three times repulsed", "title": "Military career of George Washington" }, { "docid": "681532", "text": "city was the site of the Battle of Trenton, George Washington's first military victory. On December 25–26, 1776, Washington and his army, after crossing the icy Delaware River to Trenton, defeated the Hessian troops garrisoned there. After the war, the Confederation Congress briefly met in Trenton in November and December 1784. While the city was preferred by New England and other northern states as a permanent capital for the new country, the southern states ultimately prevailed in their choice of a location south of the Mason–Dixon line. Trenton became the state capital in 1790, but prior to that year the", "title": "Trenton, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "10881770", "text": "assigned base at Bordentown, New Jersey and in a position to assist Johann Rall's brigade in Trenton, New Jersey when it was attacked and defeated by George Washington after his troops crossed the Delaware on the night of December 25 1776. In July 1776 forces of Great Britain under the command of General William Howe landed on Staten Island. Over the next several months, Howe's forces, which were British Army regulars and auxiliary German troops usually referred to as Hessian, chased George Washington's Continental Army out of New York City and across New Jersey. Washington's army, which was shrinking in", "title": "Battle of Iron Works Hill" }, { "docid": "12144045", "text": "across the ice-choked Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776. The other figure is modeled after a likeness of Private Blair McClenachan, of the Philadelphia Light Horse Troop, a unit which also took part in the battle. The monument is located in an area of the city known as \"Five Points\". It was here, at the intersection of Warren (King) Street, North Broad (Queen) Street, Brunswick, Pennington and Princeton Avenues, that the American artillery was placed. From this high vantage point, they dominated the streets of Trenton, preventing the Hessian troops from organizing an effective counterattack. A movement", "title": "Trenton Battle Monument" }, { "docid": "925268", "text": "known as Drumthwacket, is located in Princeton, and is listed on both the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Founded February 22, 1838, from portions of surrounding counties, Mercer County has a historical impact that reaches back to the pivotal battles of the American Revolutionary War. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, General George Washington led American forces across the Delaware River to attack the Hessian barracks in Trenton on the morning of December 26, also known as the First Battle of Trenton. Following the battle, Washington crossed back to Pennsylvania.", "title": "Mercer County, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "6779320", "text": "of winning and thus boost morale. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, the Continental Army under the command of General George Washington made their crossing of the Delaware River. They took the Hessians stationed in Trenton by surprise; the Hessians were not prepared for an attack during a bad storm. In the ensuing Battle of Trenton in the morning of December 26, the Continental Army defeated the Hessians. The Americans attacked in groups, one down the two main streets from the North east, the other along the river road. The American cannons denied the Hessians the ability to form", "title": "New Jersey in the American Revolution" }, { "docid": "631473", "text": "Perhaps the most famous \"Delaware Crossing\" involved the improvised boat crossing undertaken by George Washington's army during the American Revolution's Battle of Trenton on the night of December 25–26, 1776, as part of a successful surprise attack on Hessian troops occupying Trenton, New Jersey. The magnitude of the commerce of Philadelphia has made the improvements of the river below that port of great importance. Small improvements were attempted by Pennsylvania as early as 1771. Commerce was once important on the upper river, primarily prior to railway competition (1857). In the \"project of 1885\" the U.S. government undertook systematically the formation", "title": "Delaware River" }, { "docid": "2187487", "text": "General George Washington's Continental Army had crossed the Delaware River to make a surprise attack on the Hessians on the early morning of December 26, 1776. In the Battle of Trenton, the Hessian force of 1,400 was wiped out by the Continentals, with about 20 killed, 100 wounded, and 1,000 captured. The Hessians captured in the Battle of Trenton were paraded through the streets of Philadelphia to raise American morale; anger at their presence helped the Continental Army recruit new soldiers. Most of the prisoners were sent to work as farm hands. By early 1778, negotiations for the exchange of", "title": "Hessian (soldier)" }, { "docid": "1759148", "text": "as they fell back. On the high ground at the north end of Trenton, they were joined by a duty company from the Lossberg Regiment. They engaged the Americans, retreating slowly, keeping up continuous fire and using houses for cover. Once in Trenton, they gained covering fire from other Hessian guard companies on the outskirts of the town. Another guard company nearer to the Delaware River rushed east to their aid, leaving open the River Road into Trenton. Washington ordered the escape route to Princeton be cut off, sending infantry in battle formation to block it, while artillery formed at", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "5062213", "text": "made by character Sarah Phillips of Washington's follow-up attack, where the army delayed its retreat to capture the now ill-defended British garrison at Princeton, New Jersey. The episode makes one minor historical error: footage of the Hessians' Christmas celebration depicts soldiers dancing to \"Silent Night\", at least forty years before the carol was written. The event was drunkenly recounted by comedian Craig Anstett on a special Christmas episode of Comedy Central's \"Drunk History\". George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary", "title": "George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River" }, { "docid": "121929", "text": "Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German American history painter best known for his painting \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\". He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany, and was brought to the United States as a child. His parents settled first in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and then at Philadelphia. His early education was good, though not especially in the direction of art. The first development of his artistic talent occurred while he was attending the sickbed of his father, when he attempted drawing to occupy the", "title": "Emanuel Leutze" }, { "docid": "121938", "text": "often caricatured. Additional References: Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German American history painter best known for his painting \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\". He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany, and was brought to the United States as a child. His parents settled first in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and then at Philadelphia. His early education was good, though not especially in the direction of art. The first development of his artistic talent occurred while he was attending the sickbed of his father, when he attempted", "title": "Emanuel Leutze" }, { "docid": "5366106", "text": "Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet) \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\" is a sonnet that was written in 1936 by David Shulman. The title and subject of the poem refer to the scene in the painting \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\" by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. The poem is noted for being an anagrammatic poem – in this case, a 14-line rhyming sonnet in which every line is an anagram of the title. A hard, howling, tossing water scene. Strong tide was washing hero clean. \"How cold!\" Weather stings as in anger. O Silent night shows war ace danger! The cold waters swashing on", "title": "Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet)" }, { "docid": "10064323", "text": "he served as a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania militia. On July 4, 1776, Ewing was commissioned a brigadier general in the Pennsylvania militia. Characterized by historian David Hackett Fischer as a \"hard-driving Scotch-Irish border chieftain\", Ewing commanded a brigade of five regiments at the time of Washington's crossing of the Delaware on the night of December 25–26, 1776, in a surprise attack on the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey. Ewing's force, positioned directly across from Trenton, was unable to cross the river because of the ice. Although Ewing has sometimes been criticized by historians for failing to join Washington", "title": "James Ewing (Pennsylvania)" }, { "docid": "5062212", "text": "the artist Emmanuel Leutze created the painting called \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\", an idealized and historically inaccurate portrayal of the crossing. Fictional portrayals in film of the crossing have also been made, with perhaps the most notable recent one being \"The Crossing\", a 2000 television movie starring Jeff Daniels as George Washington. The 19th episode of the PBS miniseries \"Liberty's Kids\", entitled \"Across The Delaware\", chronicles the crossing, beginning with the report and escape of Washington's spy John Honeyman, and showing events up to the reenlistment of most of the Army after their supplies are restored, and a footnote is", "title": "George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River" }, { "docid": "4577889", "text": "Delaware during the American Revolution. In 1831, the ferry was replaced by the Washington Crossing Bridge, linking it with Washington Crossing in Pennsylvania. Each year on Christmas Day, General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River is commemorated at Washington Crossing just south of Titusville. The annual reenactment depicts General Washington's December 25, 1776 nighttime river crossing and the attack on the morning of December 26 on the Hessian troops in Trenton, which was one of the key battles of the American Revolutionary War. Re-enactors assemble on the Pennsylvania side of the river, where their commander reads Thomas Paine's pamphlet,", "title": "Titusville, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "14763158", "text": "with the land being acquired through an auction by William Keith in 1761. During the American Revolutionary War, the house was headquarters for General George Washington from December 14 to December 24, 1776. It was the location from which Washington planned the crossing of the Delaware River and subsequent Battle of Trenton. Legend has it that the Keith House's spring house was where double agent John Honeyman was imprisoned to inform Washington of the plans of the Hessian troops in Trenton. The house was kept in Keith family for 133 years. After the death of John Slack Keith, the house", "title": "Keith House-Washington's Headquarters" }, { "docid": "1143783", "text": "The Mount in Mount Holly, where they engaged in a three-day-long artillery exchange, known as the Battle of Iron Works Hill or Battle of Mount Holly, with the Americans on Iron Works Hill. The Americans slipped away that night. After George Washington crossed the Delaware River on December 25, 1776, the fact that thousands of Hessian troops had been drawn to Mount Holly aided in the Continental Army's success in the Battle of Trenton the next day, a surprising American victory that helped turn the Army's fading morale after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fort Washington just weeks", "title": "Mount Holly, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "916230", "text": "named after the town of High Wycombe. Bucks County was originally much larger than it is today. Northampton County was formed in 1752 from part of Bucks County, and Lehigh County was formed in 1812 from part of Northampton County. General George Washington and his troops camped in Bucks County as they prepared to cross the Delaware River to take Trenton, New Jersey, by surprise on the morning of December 26, 1776. Their successful attack on Britain's Hessian forces was a turning point in the American War of Independence. The town of Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania and Washington Crossing Historic Park", "title": "Bucks County, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "12329791", "text": "II, the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, with some estimates provided by David Hackett Fischer and other historians. The reported strengths do not include the 28 regimental officers. The casualty figures are from an official Hessian return (a formal report on the unit's strength) that also does not include officers. Officers killed or who died of their wounds included Col. Johann Rall and Maj. Friedrich von Dechow, the acting commander of the Knyphausen regiment. Washington organized his army into two columns for the attack on Trenton. After crossing the Delaware River, Brigadier General Adam Stephen's troops guarded the bridgehead while the remaining", "title": "Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "7003625", "text": "wounded casualties, and 2,838 men captured. Under the usual treatment of prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War, only 800 survived their captivity to be released 18 months later in a prisoner exchange; nearly three-quarters of the prisoners died. Three days after the fall of Fort Washington, the Patriots abandoned Fort Lee. Washington and the army retreated through New Jersey and crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania northwest of Trenton, pursued as far as New Brunswick, New Jersey by British forces. After about one month, on the night of December 25–26, 1776, Washington crossed the Delaware and defeated the", "title": "Battle of Fort Washington" }, { "docid": "1759165", "text": "before dawn. On the other hand, Fischer argues that because the crossing took place in a storm, people may have stood to avoid sitting in icy water in the boats. Because of its emotional content, the painting has become an icon of American history. The Trenton Battle Monument, erected at \"Five Points\" in Trenton, stands as a tribute to this American victory. The crossing of the Delaware and battle are reenacted by local enthusiasts every year (unless the weather is too severe on the river). Eight current Army National Guard units (101st Eng Bn, 103rd Eng Bn, A/1-104th Cav, 111th", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "151213", "text": "the upper Ferry Road, while General John Sullivan's advanced on River Road. (.) Veiled by sleet and snowfall, the Americans proceeded toward Trenton; many soldiers were shoeless, with bloodied feet, and two died of exposure. At sunrise, they made a coordinated surprise attack on the Hessians, with Washington leading the charge, aided by Major General Henry Knox and artillery. Hessian Colonel Johann Rall was mortally wounded during the short battle. The Hessians had 22 killed, 83 wounded, with 850 captured with many supplies. After retreating across the Delaware to Pennsylvania, Washington returned to New Jersey on January 3, launching an", "title": "George Washington" }, { "docid": "1714484", "text": "The battle (while considered minor by British standards) was the last major action of Washington's winter New Jersey campaign. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, General George Washington, Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, led 2,400 men across the Delaware River. After a nine-mile march, they seized the town of Trenton on the morning of the 26th, killing or wounding over 100 Hessians and capturing 900 more. Soon after capturing the town, Washington led the army back across the Delaware into Pennsylvania. On the 29th, Washington once again led the army across the river, and established a defensive position at", "title": "Battle of Princeton" }, { "docid": "8386392", "text": "at Trenton on 26 December, though Cadwalader's brigade were unable to arrive in time to affect the battle for Trenton, due to problems crossing the ice-choked Delaware River. Cadwalader finally crossed the river on 27 December on his own initiative, reaching Trenton by 2 January as Washington concentrated his army. As Cadwalader and his brigade managed to reach Trenton on 2 January from across the Delaware River, the Continental Marines watched the cannonade between the Continental Army and Lord Cornwallis' British Army at Assunpink Creek. The Marines helped defend a crucial bridge against a Hessian attack. On the night of", "title": "History of the United States Marine Corps" }, { "docid": "5058966", "text": "the picnic pavilions, are open to the public from dawn to dusk all year. This very historical site holds a reenactment of General Washington crossing the Delaware River every Christmas Day, plus other public programs on related themes throughout the year. The park was included in the Washington's Crossing National Historic Landmark designation in 1961, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, General George Washington and a small army of 2,400 men crossed the Delaware River at McConkey's Ferry, Pennsylvania on their way to attack a Hessian garrison", "title": "Washington Crossing Historic Park" }, { "docid": "1714480", "text": "Battle of Princeton The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton. Following a surprise attack at Trenton early in the morning of December 26, 1776, General George Washington of the Continental Army decided to attack the British in New Jersey before entering winter quarters. On December 30, he crossed the Delaware River back into New Jersey. His troops followed on January 3, 1777. Washington advanced to Princeton by a", "title": "Battle of Princeton" }, { "docid": "6779322", "text": "Washington's army at Trenton after George Washington recrossed the Delaware River, resulting in the Second Battle of Trenton. Cornwallis's initial results were failures. After recapturing Trenton, he ordered charges on defenses fortified by Washington at Assunpink Creek. The Americans, from their defenses, fired volleys at the advancing troops, striking heavy casualties in the British army. Later that night, General Washington moved the majority of his army on a surprise attack upon British troops stationed at Princeton. At the same time, he left a few troops to stall Cornwallis by creating false signals (campfires, loud noises, fortification repair) to give the", "title": "New Jersey in the American Revolution" }, { "docid": "7748209", "text": "of \"Moonlight and Magnolias\" was sold out in three weeks after publication. By 2015, Künstler had painted more than 350 Civil War subjects. He painted his final Civil War painting in 2015, depicting the end of the war, titled \"LaGrange vs. LaGrange.\" Some of his paintings have revised opinions of many about the accuracy of earlier paintings by others. One of Kunstler's more recent paintings has, according to recent historians, corrected some obvious inaccuracies of one America's most famous, the 1851 painting by Emmanuel Leutze, \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\", depicting Washington's 1776 surprise attack on the 30,000 German soldiers who", "title": "Mort Künstler" }, { "docid": "5363290", "text": "off ice with an oar at Washington's knee in the painting \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\", painted 75 years after the event by German American artist Emanuel Leutze. Most historians doubt that there is any basis for this story. It is extremely unlikely that either General Whipple or Prince Whipple was present at the Battle of Trenton. At that time, General Whipple was serving in the Continental Congress, which had fled Philadelphia and reconvened in Baltimore, a distance of from Trenton. Moreover, Prince Whipple was not famous at the time the painting was commissioned, and it is unlikely that Leutze would", "title": "Prince Whipple" }, { "docid": "12329795", "text": "and weeks following the campaign of late December and early January. Although the main Continental Army force was the only American formation involved in the attack on Trenton, Washington had planned two additional crossings of the Delaware to assist in the attack. Pennsylvania militia Brigadier General John Cadwalader's brigade, composed of militia companies called \"associators\" and a number of smaller Continental Army regiments, did get some units across the river at Dunk's Ferry, but ice jams on the far side made it impossible to cross everyone, including Cadwalader and the artillery, and the effort was abandoned. Pennsylvania brigadier James Ewing", "title": "Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "151210", "text": "on Christmas Eve to devise a surprise attack on the Hessian garrison at Trenton. Code named \"Victory or Death\", the plan was for the army to make separate crossings of the Delaware in three divisions, one led by Washington (2,400 troops), another by General James Ewing (700), and the third by Colonel John Cadwalader (1,500), all reaching the Hessians at Trenton. Washington's force would then be split, with him taking the Pennington Road, and General Sullivan traveling south on the river's edge. Washington first ordered a 60-mile search for barges to transport his army, particularly Durham boats, and ordered the", "title": "George Washington" } ]

[ { "docid": "19920044", "text": "The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 is the title of an oil painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the capture of the Hessian soldiers at the Battle of Trenton on the morning of December 26, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. The focus is on General George Washington aiding the mortally wounded Hessian Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall. Nearly 900 Hessians were captured at the battle. It is one of Trumbull's series of historical paintings on the war, which also includes the \"Declaration of Independence\"", "title": "The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776" }, { "docid": "12329796", "text": "was unable to cross any of his troops (militia companies that had been assigned to the reserve force known as the Flying Camp earlier in the year) due to difficult icy conditions at the Trenton Ferry. Ewing's artillery did fire across the river during the battle. Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton The Battle of Trenton was fought on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War campaign for New Jersey. In a surprise attack, the Continental Army led by George Washington attacked the winter quarters of a brigade composed primarily of German troops from Hesse-Kassel in Trenton,", "title": "Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "12329786", "text": "Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton The Battle of Trenton was fought on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War campaign for New Jersey. In a surprise attack, the Continental Army led by George Washington attacked the winter quarters of a brigade composed primarily of German troops from Hesse-Kassel in Trenton, New Jersey. The Hessian brigade was under the command of Colonel Johann Rall; he died of wounds sustained in the battle, and about two thirds of his men were taken prisoner. It was the first major victory after a long string of defeats that had resulted", "title": "Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "19921763", "text": "General George Washington at Trenton General George Washington at Trenton is a large full-length portrait in oil painted in 1792 by the American artist John Trumbull of General George Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, on the night of January 2, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. This is the night after the Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton, and before the decisive victory at the Battle of Princeton the next day. The artist considered this portrait \"the best certainly of those which I painted.\" The portrait is on view at the Yale University", "title": "General George Washington at Trenton" }, { "docid": "1759134", "text": "the week before the battle, American advance parties began to ambush enemy cavalry patrols, capturing dispatch riders and attacking Hessian pickets. The Hessian commander, to emphasize the danger to his men, sent 100 infantry and an artillery detachment to deliver a letter to the British commander at Princeton. Washington ordered Ewing and his Pennsylvania militia to try to gain information on Hessian movements and technology. Ewing instead made three successful raids across the river. On December 17 and 18, 1776, they attacked an outpost of jägers and on the 21st, they set fire to several houses. Washington put constant watches", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "12329792", "text": "troops crossed. The divisions marched together for several miles before taking different roads into Trenton. Stephen's men led Major General Nathanael Greene's division southward along an inland road (which was accompanied by Washington and his entourage), while Major General John Sullivan's division followed a road along the river, intending to prevent the Hessians from retreating across the Assunpink Creek. Most of the figures in this listing are derived from a return prepared by George Washington on December 22, 1776, four days before the battle. Historian David Hackett Fischer includes estimates made by either himself or other historians for strength counts", "title": "Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "77639", "text": "settlers of Bethlehem, Nazareth and Lititz in Pennsylvania and the Wachovia Settlements in North Carolina, were enthusiastic celebrators of Christmas. The Moravians in Bethlehem had the first Christmas trees in America as well as the first Nativity Scenes. Christmas fell out of favor in the United States after the American Revolution, when it was considered an English custom. George Washington attacked Hessian (German) mercenaries on the day after Christmas during the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, Christmas being much more popular in Germany than in America at this time. With the atheistic Cult of Reason in power during", "title": "Christmas" }, { "docid": "19920046", "text": "the left to order that Rall, upheld by two officers, be cared for respectfully. Trumbull returned to New York on November 26, 1789, to continue work on the painting by making portraits of Washington. He continued making changes on the painting until its completion in 1828. In the center of the painting, American General George Washington is focusing his attention on the needs of the mortally wounded Hessian Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall. Rall is being helped by American Major William Stephens Smith, aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan. Washington orders Smith to \"call our best surgeons to his assistance, and let", "title": "The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776" }, { "docid": "19921770", "text": "included a stamp with one-cent value in 1936. On February 21, 1915, \"The New York Times\" published a full-page image of the painting with the caption \"\"General Washington\", painted from life by his staff officer and friend, Col. John Trumbull\", in the Picture section, the first time in Rotogravure. General George Washington at Trenton General George Washington at Trenton is a large full-length portrait in oil painted in 1792 by the American artist John Trumbull of General George Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, on the night of January 2, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. This is the night after", "title": "General George Washington at Trenton" }, { "docid": "121934", "text": "The second painting, a replica of the first, only larger, was ordered 1850 by the Parisian art trader Adolphe Goupil for his New York branch and placed on exhibition on Broadway in October 1851. It is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 1854, Leutze finished his depiction of the Battle of Monmouth, \"Washington rallying the troops at Monmouth,\" commissioned by an important Leutze patron, banker David Leavitt of New York City and Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In 1859, Leutze returned to the United States and opened a studio in New York City. He divided his time", "title": "Emanuel Leutze" }, { "docid": "19921766", "text": "the City of Charleston\". It was now set at Charleston, with the city in the background, the Cooper River and boats in the middle ground, and local plants in the foreground. Washington is shown as Smith wanted, \"calm, tranquil, peaceful.\" He wears gloves on both hands, holds a hat in his left hand which is shown resting on his sword, while holding a walking stick with his right hand. The painting is now on view in the Charleston City Hall. Trumbull painted a much smaller version ( x ), entitled \"George Washington before the Battle of Trenton\", –94, likely for", "title": "General George Washington at Trenton" }, { "docid": "19920048", "text": "alone holds a sword in the painting. Next to him are Colonels Edward Wigglesworth and William Shepard. American Major General Nathanael Greene is shown on the right on a light-colored horse, facing Washington. Behind Greene are American Generals John Sullivan, Henry Knox, Philemon Dickinson, John Glover, and George Weedon. Standing to the right of Greene is Captain William Washington, who was wounded in his hand during the battle. In the foreground, a fallen Hessian flag is shown. Washington was later presented one as a war trophy. A large scale version ( × ), finished in 1831, is owned by the", "title": "The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776" }, { "docid": "15952579", "text": "the location as the place where Hessian Commander Col. Johann Gottlieb Rall died on December 27, 1776. St. Mary's was the second Catholic parish established in Trenton after St. John's, which was located on the present site of Sacred Heart Church on South Broad Street. Ground was broken for the parish church on April 23, 1866, and it was dedicated on January 1, 1871 by Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley of Newark. The spire was completed by Joseph Trier, a Trenton contractor, in 1879. It was said to be the tallest church spire in the state at that time. The clock", "title": "Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption (Trenton, New Jersey)" }, { "docid": "5834856", "text": "Battle of the Assunpink Creek The Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton, was a battle between American and British troops that took place in and around Trenton, New Jersey, on January 2, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, and resulted in an American victory. Following the victory at the Battle of Trenton early in the morning of December 26, 1776, General George Washington of the Continental Army and his council of war expected a strong British counter-attack. Washington and the council decided to meet this attack in Trenton, and established a defensive position", "title": "Battle of the Assunpink Creek" }, { "docid": "5834874", "text": "army to Morristown for winter quarters. Battle of the Assunpink Creek The Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton, was a battle between American and British troops that took place in and around Trenton, New Jersey, on January 2, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, and resulted in an American victory. Following the victory at the Battle of Trenton early in the morning of December 26, 1776, General George Washington of the Continental Army and his council of war expected a strong British counter-attack. Washington and the council decided to meet this attack in", "title": "Battle of the Assunpink Creek" }, { "docid": "6575570", "text": "on November 20, 1776 marked the successful invasion of New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and the subsequent general retreat of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Peter Bourdette's sixteen-year-old son, also named Peter, provided assistance by direct use of the landing. During the week leading up to the evacuation of Fort Lee he rowed back and forth across the river gathering information for General Washington on the anticipated movements of the British forces. Well after dark on the night before the battle for New York at Fort Washington, George Washington was rowed from Burdett's Landing to", "title": "Fort Lee Historic Park" }, { "docid": "12135259", "text": "He studied painting with Emmanuel Leutze during his time in Washington, working with the elder painter between 1851 and 1852. He also pursued further study in Düsseldorf, also with Leutze; his recommendation to travel there was supported by both of Virginia's senators, James Murray Mason and Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, who urged Secretary of State Edward Everett to appoint him a dispatch bearer in Europe to provide him with funds for the journey. The Secretary agreed, and Washington began his duties at Calais upon landing there on May 16, 1853. He continued to Germany and began studies under Friedrich Wilhelm", "title": "William D. Washington" }, { "docid": "1759140", "text": "December 22, 1776, a spy reported to Grant that Washington had called a council of war; Grant told Rall to \"be on your guard\". The main Hessian force of 1,500 men was divided into three regiments: Knyphausen, Lossberg and Rall. That night, they did not send out any patrols because of the severe weather. Before Washington and his troops left, Benjamin Rush came to cheer up the General. While he was there, he saw a note Washington had written, saying, \"Victory or Death\". Those words would be the password for the surprise attack. Each soldier carried 60 rounds of ammunition,", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "12144041", "text": "Trenton Battle Monument The Trenton Battle Monument is a massive column-type structure in the Battle Monument section of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It commemorates the December 26, 1776, Battle of Trenton, a pivotal victory for the Continental forces during the American Revolutionary War. Designed by John H. Duncan, the architect of Grant's Tomb, the monument is an early example of Beaux-Arts architecture in America. The design is based on \"The Monument\", a 1671 structure built to commemorate the Great Fire of London, on the London street where the 1666 fire started. The height of the Trenton monument", "title": "Trenton Battle Monument" }, { "docid": "12144048", "text": "on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. An inoperable elevator makes visiting the vantage point impossible. Trenton Battle Monument The Trenton Battle Monument is a massive column-type structure in the Battle Monument section of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It commemorates the December 26, 1776, Battle of Trenton, a pivotal victory for the Continental forces during the American Revolutionary War. Designed by John H. Duncan, the architect of Grant's Tomb, the monument is an early example of Beaux-Arts architecture in America. The design is based on \"The Monument\", a 1671 structure built to commemorate the Great", "title": "Trenton Battle Monument" }, { "docid": "5059161", "text": "weather, Washington manages to lift his weary soldiers' spirits, allowing the army to cross the river on the night of December 25–26, 1776. The crossing is done in one night, allowing the troops to attack Trenton at eight o' clock in the morning on December 26, 1776, and achieve a stunning victory, capturing almost all the Hessian garrison. The film claims that none of Washington's men were killed or even wounded. However, the Army's standard military history textbook, ROTCM 145-20, \"American Military History 1607-1958,\" states on page 61 that in fact two were killed in action, two were wounded, and", "title": "The Crossing (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "12329789", "text": "more than 12,000 arriving in North America in 1776, came from the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel. The garrison that was quartered at Trenton was a brigade of about 1,400 men, almost all from Hesse-Kassel, under the command of Colonel Johann Rall. The brigade was composed of three regiments, each of which had an artillery company attached. Also included in the brigade were a company of Hessian Jäger (basically light infantry) and a small company from the British 16th (Queen's) Light Dragoons. The Hessian regiments were named for their formal commanding officers. Since many general officers were also commissioned as colonels of", "title": "Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "7003626", "text": "Hessian garrison under the command of Rall at Trenton. Washington went on to defeat the British next at Princeton, which revived the morale of the American army and the colonies affected by the fall of Fort Washington. After seven years, on November 25, 1783, with the peace treaty signed, General Washington and Governor George Clinton triumphantly reclaimed Fort Washington as they marched toward lower Manhattan after the last British forces had left New York. The site of Fort Washington is now in Bennett Park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, just north of the George Washington Bridge. The location", "title": "Battle of Fort Washington" }, { "docid": "12329787", "text": "in the loss of New York City, and was a significant boost to American morale. It was followed by two more American victories, first in a second battle at Trenton on January 2, 1777, and then on January 3 at Princeton. Most of the German brigade comprised three Hessian regiments: those of Rall, von Lossberg, and von Knyphausen. The remainder of the brigade consisted of artillery corps attached to each regiment, a detachment of Jäger, and a small company of British dragoons. The attacking American army consisted of units from the Continental Army, including companies of its artillery, and a", "title": "Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "2559896", "text": "did not. The Americans believed that all captives should be taken prisoner. On September 14, 1775, Washington, commander of the Northern Expeditionary Force, while at camp in Cambridge, Massachusetts, wrote to Colonel Benedict Arnold that: \"Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner]. . . I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require.\" After winning the Battle of Trenton on the morning of December 26, 1776, Washington found himself left with hundreds of Hessian troops who had surrendered to", "title": "Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War" }, { "docid": "15321596", "text": "Intelligence in the Battle of Princeton Two missions of military intelligence collection, both of which came to a climax on 30 December 1776, contributed to the Continental Army's victory in the Battle of Princeton. The \"obscure and doubtful\" intelligence on which General Washington had to base his next action frustrated him after a decisive victory in the Battle of Trenton. Washington observed to Adjutant-General Joseph Reed that the strength of the British in the area had greatly discouraged spies for the revolution; Reed had the same opinion, having himself encountered the \"poor\" and \"terrified\" inhabitants of Bordentown only days before.", "title": "Intelligence in the Battle of Princeton" }, { "docid": "1714481", "text": "back road, where he pushed back a smaller British force but had to retreat before Cornwallis arrived with reinforcements. The battles of Trenton and Princeton were a boost to the morale of the Continental troops, leading many recruits to join the Continental Army in the spring. After defeating the Hessians at the Battle of Trenton on the morning of December 26, 1776, Washington withdrew back to Pennsylvania. He subsequently decided to attack the British forces before going into winter quarters. On December 29, he led his army back into Trenton. On the night of January 2, 1777, Washington repulsed a", "title": "Battle of Princeton" }, { "docid": "14135229", "text": "(2016), and Judy Gold (2017). Moore's poem was selected partly due to the nominal connection between the author's home and the orchestra that would debut the musical work. \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\" was penned in 1822 on Moore's country estate—named \"Chelsea\"—which eventually became the Manhattan district Chelsea, which, in turn, provided the name for The Chelsea Symphony. Dai's \"The Night Before Christmas\" premiered less than two blocks from the site of the original poem's writing. \"The Night Before Christmas\" is scored for a narrator and an orchestra, including: The Night Before Christmas (Dai) The Night Before Christmas is an", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (Dai)" }, { "docid": "16657403", "text": "own problems aside and work together, they help Santa find his magical bag of toys. The Night Before the Night Before Christmas The Night Before the Night Before Christmas is a 2010 Hallmark Channel Original Movie about Angela and Wayne Fox (Jennifer Beals and Rick Roberts) who are workaholic parents. It premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 20, 2010. Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early and crashes into the Fox family's house. He ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents. The Fox family are a modern and broken family. The parents", "title": "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "16657402", "text": "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas The Night Before the Night Before Christmas is a 2010 Hallmark Channel Original Movie about Angela and Wayne Fox (Jennifer Beals and Rick Roberts) who are workaholic parents. It premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 20, 2010. Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early and crashes into the Fox family's house. He ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents. The Fox family are a modern and broken family. The parents are preoccupied with work and the kids are not very festive. Forced to set their", "title": "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "3165175", "text": "and Burlington, New Jersey. Cadwalader had received orders to send his column across the river on the night of December 25–26 and march to Trenton from the south. Meanwhile, George Washington's column would cross the river to the north of Trenton and attack the city from that direction. After successfully crossing his light forces, Cadwalader discovered that river ice prevented crossing his artillery. He then returned his column to the Pennsylvania side, leaving Washington's forces unsupported in New Jersey. It was fortunate for Washington that a Hessian column, having marched from their garrison at Bordentown to Mount Holly where they", "title": "John Cadwalader (general)" }, { "docid": "9436160", "text": "on plans of attack they saw as rash. Washington only really adopted a Fabian strategy between late 1776 and the middle of 1777, after losing New York City and seeing much of his army melt away. Trenton and Princeton were Fabian examples. By August 1777, however, Washington had rebuilt his strength and his confidence and stopped using raids and went for large-scale confrontations, as at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Yorktown. Washington is often characterized as complaining about undisciplined militia forces, but he understood that they were a vital part of the nation's defenses, since regular army troops could not be", "title": "George Washington in the American Revolution" }, { "docid": "14135228", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (Dai) The Night Before Christmas is an orchestral work written by the American composer Aaron Dai in 2006. The work is performed by a full orchestra and a narrator reading Clement Clarke Moore's poem \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas.\" \"The Night Before Christmas\" premiered in New York City on December 2, 2006 with The Chelsea Symphony and actor Richard Kind. It has since been narrated by Ana Gasteyer (2007), David Hyde Pierce (2008), Charles Busch (2009), Andrea Martin (2010), Rachel Dratch (2011), Mo Rocca (2012), Victor Garber (2013), BD Wong (2014), Seth Rudetsky (2015), Caroline Rhea", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (Dai)" }, { "docid": "9436080", "text": "then losing New York City and almost losing New Jersey before winning surprising and decisive victories at Trenton and Princeton at the end of the 1776 campaign season. At the end of the year in both 1775 and 1776, he had to deal with expiring enlistments, since the Congress had only authorized the army's existence for single years. With the 1777 establishment of a more permanent army structure and the introduction of three-year enlistments, Washington built a reliable stable of experienced troops, although hard currency and supplies of all types were difficult to come by. In 1777 Washington was again", "title": "George Washington in the American Revolution" }, { "docid": "14053794", "text": "Christmas in Washington Christmas in Washington was an annual Christmas television special that aired for many years on the U.S. TNT network. It ended in 2015 after a 33-year run. One of two annual holiday specials produced by George Stevens Jr. (the other being the \"Kennedy Center Honors\"), the variety show first aired in 1982 on NBC before moving to its most recent home on TNT in 1998. Recorded in Washington, D.C. at the National Building Museum, on the second Sunday of each December before being re-edited for later broadcast, \"Christmas in Washington\" is a one-hour concert featuring artists from", "title": "Christmas in Washington" }, { "docid": "5984713", "text": "one detachment reached positions surrounding the outpost before the battle began near daybreak the next morning. During the battle, most of the 500-man garrison escaped by the unblocked route. American reinforcements arrived in the afternoon, but not before the British plundered the outpost and began the return march to New Brunswick. Following the Battles of Trenton and Princeton in December 1776 and January 1777, the Continental Army of Major General George Washington entered winter quarters in Morristown, New Jersey, while the British and German forces of Lieutenant General William Howe settled into winter quarters in New York City and northeastern", "title": "Battle of Bound Brook" }, { "docid": "8664452", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (1941 film) The Night Before Christmas is a 1941 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 3rd \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby and animated by Jack Zander, George Gordon, Irven Spence and Bill Littlejohn. It was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. It's Christmas eve and nothing is stirring. But Jerry emerges from his hole avoiding a Christmas-themed mousetrap placed by his hole. Jerry nears the Christmas presents, jumping merrily around the tree, licking candy canes and jumping onto a plush", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1941 film)" }, { "docid": "9436116", "text": "position, masking his army's movements by instructing the camp guards to maintain the appearance of a much larger force. Washington then circled around Cornwallis's position with the intention of attacking the Princeton garrison. Hugh Mercer, leading the American advance guard, encountered British soldiers from Princeton under the command of Charles Mawhood. The British troops engaged Mercer and in the ensuing battle, Mercer was mortally wounded. Washington sent reinforcements under General John Cadwalader, which were successful in driving Mawhood and the British from Princeton, with many of them fleeing to Cornwallis in Trenton. The British lost more than one quarter of", "title": "George Washington in the American Revolution" }, { "docid": "20208141", "text": "fear instead of cheer\". In 2015 CBC Music listed the album as one of the 15 worst Christmas albums of all time. In 2015, Clint Davis from NBC listed the album as one of the 8 most bizarre Christmas albums. In 2016, Matthew Dunn from news.com.au said \"nothing says scraping the bottom of the barrel quite like David Hasselhoff’s \"The Night Before Christmas\"\" in an explanation of why he dislikes Christmas. The Night Before Christmas (album) The Night Before Christmas is a Christmas album by American actor David Hasselhoff. It was released in November 2004. The album received generally negative", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (album)" }, { "docid": "5062196", "text": "that they would be unable to come to the assistance of the Trenton garrison.) The intelligence gathered by Reed and others led Washington to abandon the idea of attacking at Mount Holly, preferring instead to target the Trenton garrison. He announced this decision to his staff on December 23, saying the attack would take place just before daybreak on December 26. Washington's final plan was for three crossings, with his troops, the largest contingent, to lead the attack on Trenton. A second column under Lieutenant Colonel John Cadwalader was to cross at Dunk's Ferry, near Bristol, Pennsylvania, and create a", "title": "George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River" }, { "docid": "1759146", "text": "would have been put on guard, and shouted at Stephen, \"You sir! You Sir, may have ruined all my plans by having them put on their guard.\" Despite this, Washington ordered the advance continue to Trenton. In the event, Rall thought the first raid was the attack which Grant had warned him about, and that there would be no further action that day. At 8 am, the outpost was set up by the Hessians at a cooper shop on Pennington Road about one mile north-west of Trenton. Washington led the assault, riding in front of his soldiers. As the Hessian", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "1759159", "text": "four Hessian colonels in Trenton were killed in the battle. The Lossberg regiment was effectively removed from the British forces. Parts of the Knyphausen regiment escaped to the south, but Sullivan captured some 200 additional men, along with the regiment's cannon and supplies. They also captured approximately 1,000 arms and much-needed ammunition. Last, but not least, was the capture from the Hessians of their entire store of provisions—tons of flour, dried and salted meats, ale and other liquors, but also shoes, boots, clothing and bedding—things that were as much needed by the ragtag Continental forces as weapons and horses. An", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "4048529", "text": "American tourists and art students as models and assistants, among them Worthington Whittredge and Andreas Achenbach, Leutze finished the first painting in 1850. Just after it was completed, the first version was damaged by fire in his studio, subsequently restored, and acquired by the Kunsthalle Bremen. On September 5, 1942, during World War II, it was destroyed in a bombing raid by the Allied forces. The second painting, a full-sized replica of the first, was begun in 1850 and placed on exhibition in New York in October 1851. More than 50,000 people viewed it. The painting was originally bought by", "title": "Washington Crossing the Delaware" }, { "docid": "7905390", "text": "New Jersey. He platted a town or settlement around his house, which came to be known as Trent's Town, and later Trenton. It became the state capital. After his move, he became active in New Jersey politics, being elected to its Assembly and appointed as chief justice. During the American Revolutionary War, his house was used by Hessian officers fighting for the British. In the Battle of Trenton, it was attacked by Continental Army troops. After Trenton was designated as the state capital, the Trent House was used as the governor's mansion for many years. William Trent died on Christmas", "title": "William Trent (Trenton)" }, { "docid": "9365251", "text": "and orthodox Christmas. The Night Before Christmas (1951 film) The Night Before Christmas (, Noch pered Rozhdestvom) is a 1951 Russian feature animated film directed by the \"grandmothers of the Russian animation\", Brumberg sisters, and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's story \"The Night Before Christmas\". In big degree it was succeeded to present in this screen version of the story of the same name on the screen national color of the Ukrainian village. The animation features heavy use of rotoscoping, known as \"Éclair\" in the Soviet Union, and is an example", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "9370619", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (1913 film) The Night Before Christmas (, \"Noch pered Rozhdestvom\") is a 1913 silent film made in the Russian Empire by Ladislas Starevich, based on the tale of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Unlike most of Starevich's films, it is mainly live-action. The plot is, on the whole, close to Gogol's classic tale. The action is set in a Cossack \"stanitsa\". On Christmas Eve, a minor demon arrives to a local witch called Solokha. They both ride on the witch's broom, after which the demon steals the Moon and hides in an old rag. In", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1913 film)" }, { "docid": "8106996", "text": "Order of battle of the Battle of Long Island The Battle of Long Island was a decisive British victory early in the American Revolutionary War over American forces under the command of Major General George Washington, and the opening battle in a successful British campaign to gain control of New York City in 1776. The Americans had lined New York's harbor with various levels of entrenchment and fortification, which were defended by an array of Continental Army forces and militia companies from New York and nearby states. After the British made an unopposed landing on Long Island in mid-August, Washington", "title": "Order of battle of the Battle of Long Island" }, { "docid": "1759149", "text": "the head of King and Queen streets. Leading the southern American column, General Sullivan entered Trenton by the abandoned river road and blocked the only crossing over the Assunpink Creek to cut off the Hessian escape. Sullivan briefly held up his advance to make sure Greene's division had time to drive the Hessians from their outposts in the north. Soon after, they continued their advance, attacking the Hermitage, home of Philemon Dickinson, where 50 Jägers under the command of Lieutenant von Grothausen were stationed. Lieutenant von Grothausen brought 12 of his Jägers into action against the advanced guard, but had", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "1759145", "text": "on the trip. As they marched, Washington rode up and down the line, encouraging the men to continue. General Sullivan sent a courier to tell Washington that the weather was wetting his men's gunpowder. Washington responded, \"Tell General Sullivan to use the bayonet. I am resolved to take Trenton.\" About outside the town, the main columns reunited with the advance parties. They were startled by the sudden appearance of 50 armed men, but they were American. Led by Adam Stephen, they had not known about the plan to attack Trenton, and had attacked a Hessian outpost. Washington feared the Hessians", "title": "Battle of Trenton" }, { "docid": "14723598", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (1961 film) The Night Before Christmas, also known as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (), is a 1961 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou, based on a collection of short stories, \"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka\", by Nikolai Gogol. This eccentric and fantastical fairy tale takes place near the village of Dikanka on the night before Christmas. Amid carol singing, drunken revelry, and amorous hijinks, the blacksmith Vakula persuades the Devil to fly him to Sankt-Petersburg, where he hopes to obtain a pair of the Empress's slippers which might win him Oksana's love.", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1961 film)" }, { "docid": "14723597", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (1961 film) The Night Before Christmas, also known as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (), is a 1961 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou, based on a collection of short stories, \"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka\", by Nikolai Gogol. This eccentric and fantastical fairy tale takes place near the village of Dikanka on the night before Christmas. Amid carol singing, drunken revelry, and amorous hijinks, the blacksmith Vakula persuades the Devil to fly him to Sankt-Petersburg, where he hopes to obtain a pair of the Empress's slippers which might win him Oksana's love.", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1961 film)" }, { "docid": "9436132", "text": "worry about an invasion of their home islands and other colonial territories across the globe. The British, now under the command of General Sir Henry Clinton, evacuated Philadelphia in 1778 and returned to New York City, with Washington attacking them along the way at the Battle of Monmouth; this was the last major battle in the north. Prior to the battle Washington gave command of the advance forces to Charles Lee, who had been exchanged earlier in the year. Lee, despite firm instructions from Washington, refused Lafayette's suggestion to launch an organized attack on the British rear, and then retreated", "title": "George Washington in the American Revolution" }, { "docid": "1863792", "text": "the area. By November 1776, the fort had been taken over by Hessian forces and renamed Fort Prince Charles in honor of Charles, Duke of Brunswick, brother-in-law to George III. Despite contrary beliefs, the King's Bridge and the Dyckman Free Bridge served as escape routes for the retreating American forces after the Battle of Fort Washington on November 16, 1776. The latter of these bridges was destroyed during the war. In January 1777, an American attack was made in the Marble Hill area against the Hessian occupiers. This particular raid was under the command of General William Heath, which, when", "title": "Marble Hill, Manhattan" }, { "docid": "20208140", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (album) The Night Before Christmas is a Christmas album by American actor David Hasselhoff. It was released in November 2004. The album received generally negative reviews. Idolator said: \"Who wouldn’t want to be serenaded by The Hoff at Christmas? No? David dusts off all the classics like \"Deck The Halls\" and \"Silent Night,\" and crosses cultural borders by assaulting eardrums in languages other than English, via German and Spanish contributions to the Yuletide soundtrack from Hell.\" In 2013, New York Post ranked the album as number 1 worst celebrity Christmas album, saying the album spread \"Christmas", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (album)" }, { "docid": "9365244", "text": "The Night Before Christmas (1951 film) The Night Before Christmas (, Noch pered Rozhdestvom) is a 1951 Russian feature animated film directed by the \"grandmothers of the Russian animation\", Brumberg sisters, and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's story \"The Night Before Christmas\". In big degree it was succeeded to present in this screen version of the story of the same name on the screen national color of the Ukrainian village. The animation features heavy use of rotoscoping, known as \"Éclair\" in the Soviet Union, and is an example of the Socialist-Realist", "title": "The Night Before Christmas (1951 film)" } ]

[ "Hall-Mark", "Hall-mark", "Hallmark", "Hallmarks", "Hall mark" ]

[ { "docid": "12355593", "text": "– their first international business venture. In 1944, it adopted its current slogan, \"When you care enough to send the very best.\" It was created by C. E. Goodman, a Hallmark marketing and sales executive, and written on a 3x5 card. The card is on display at the company headquarters. In 1951, Hall sponsored a television program for NBC that gave rise to the \"Hallmark Hall of Fame\", which has won 80 Emmy Awards. Hallmark now has its own cable television channel, the Hallmark Channel which was established in 2001. For a period of about 15 years, Hallmark owned a", "title": "Hallmark Cards" }, { "docid": "445390", "text": "VAX models. This wide range of platforms (mainframe to workstation) using one architecture was unique in the computer industry at that time. Sundry graphics were etched onto the CVAX microprocessor die. The phrase \"CVAX... when you care enough to steal the very best\" was etched in broken Russian as a play on a Hallmark Cards slogan, intended as a message to Soviet engineers who were known to be both purloining DEC computers for military applications and reverse engineering their chip design. In DEC's product offerings, the VAX architecture was eventually superseded by RISC technology. In 1989 DEC introduced a range", "title": "VAX" } ]

[ { "docid": "13006994", "text": "When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough \"When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough\" was a double A-Side single only released on 7 inch vinyl in November 1994 by Australian rock band You Am I. Due to a pressing fault, only 449 copies were ever produced out of what was to be a run of 1000, making this one of the rarest You Am I releases. Side One Side Two All songs by Tim Rogers \"Ken (The Mother Nature's Son)\" and \"How Much is Enough\" also appear on Hi Fi Way. \"When You Got Dry\" was later released as a", "title": "When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough" }, { "docid": "13006995", "text": "b-side on the \"Tuesday\" single. \"Bitter Young Man Of The Fanzine Press\" was later released on a Ra Records sampler called Rare Cords. When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough \"When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough\" was a double A-Side single only released on 7 inch vinyl in November 1994 by Australian rock band You Am I. Due to a pressing fault, only 449 copies were ever produced out of what was to be a run of 1000, making this one of the rarest You Am I releases. Side One Side Two All songs by Tim Rogers \"Ken (The", "title": "When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough" }, { "docid": "12164104", "text": "The Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan The Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan is a greatest hits album by funk band Rufus and singer Chaka Khan, originally released on the MCA Records label in 1982. The collection comprises ten of the group's biggest hits on the ABC/MCA labels, including \"You Got the Love\", \"Sweet Thing\", \"At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\", \"Tell Me Something Good\", \"Stay\", \"Hollywood\" and \"Dance Wit Me\". \"The Very Best of...\" was released in late 1982, prior to the recording of the band's two final", "title": "The Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan" }, { "docid": "12164107", "text": "no misses\", he wrote. \"A great comp\". The Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan The Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan is a greatest hits album by funk band Rufus and singer Chaka Khan, originally released on the MCA Records label in 1982. The collection comprises ten of the group's biggest hits on the ABC/MCA labels, including \"You Got the Love\", \"Sweet Thing\", \"At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\", \"Tell Me Something Good\", \"Stay\", \"Hollywood\" and \"Dance Wit Me\". \"The Very Best of...\" was released in late 1982, prior to", "title": "The Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan" }, { "docid": "1489977", "text": "goal is to sell the product or service to as many consumers through the message and information a slogan provides. A slogan's message can include information about the quality of the product. Examples of words that can be used to direct the consumer preference towards a current product and its qualities are: good, beautiful, real, better, great, perfect, best, and pure. Slogans can influence that way consumers behave when choosing what product to buy. Slogans offer information to consumers in an appealing and creative way. A slogan can be used for a powerful cause where the impact of the message", "title": "Slogan" }, { "docid": "1489976", "text": "what to purchase. The slogan is used by companies to affect the way consumers view their product compared to others. Slogans can also provide information about the product, service or cause its advertising. The language used in the slogans is essential to the message it wants to convey. Current words used can trigger different emotions that consumers will associate that product with. The use of good adjectives makes for an effective slogan; when adjectives are paired with describing nouns, they help bring the meaning of the message out through the words. When a slogan is used for advertising purposes its", "title": "Slogan" }, { "docid": "3745500", "text": "Of note is the story of his first wife, Arline, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis. She died while Feynman was working on the Manhattan Project; the book's title is taken from a question she often put to him when he seemed preoccupied with his colleagues' opinions about his work, which echoed his earlier words to her. The book concludes with \"The Value of Science,\" an address he gave at the 1955 autumn meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. What Do You Care What Other People Think? \"What Do You Care What Other People Think?\": Further Adventures of a Curious", "title": "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" }, { "docid": "4480203", "text": "What to Do When You Are Dead What to Do When You Are Dead is the second studio album by American rock band Armor for Sleep. Following the completion of two songs written from the perspective of being dead, vocalist/guitarist Ben Jorgensen created a whole story from this viewpoint. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" is a concept album, with each song telling the story of the protagonist's suicide as well as his journey through the afterlife. Recording took place between August and October 2004 with producer Machine. A rough mix of \"Car Underwater\" was made available in November,", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "6998948", "text": "1969 \"I Want You Back\" as well as popular hits such as \"ABC\", \"This Place Hotel\" and \"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)\". The compilation also includes songs Michael Jackson released during his solo career at Motown as well as a live recording of his first smash hit at Epic, \"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough\". The cover art is similar to \"Number Ones\", a similar album consisting of lead singer Michael Jackson's solo career from 1979 to 2001. On January 6, 2009, a different version was released in America under Sony Legacy's Playlist: line. The Very Best of", "title": "The Very Best of The Jacksons" }, { "docid": "14982745", "text": "purchase, whilst admitting that the album, \"will do enough business to warrant their record company's shameless opportunism.\" \"Classic Rock\" reviewer remarks how the band has progressed since the time when the material of the collection was recorded, but she says that \"it's hard not to be wowed by this back catalogue of golden pop genius.\" The album peaked at number 11 in Australia, 12 in New Zealand and 49 in the UK, making it less successful than \"Recurring Dream\". The Very Very Best of Crowded House The Very Very Best of Crowded House is a compilation album featuring 19 singles", "title": "The Very Very Best of Crowded House" }, { "docid": "14910962", "text": "What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? is the debut studio album from Los Angeles band 2AM Club. It was released September 14, 2010 by RCA Records. On May 31, the band released a song named \"Baseline\" that was a bonus track on \"What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?\" (sold on iTunes). It was advertised by them via Twitter, and was available for free download through a file sharing website, Hulk Share. Matt Collar of Allmusic stated that with this album \"2AM Club reveal themselves as the best and", "title": "What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?" }, { "docid": "13868566", "text": "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" is a song written by Sting that was first released by The Police on their 1980 album \"Zenyatta Mondatta\". A medley of \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" with another song from \"Zenyatta Mondatta\", \"Voices Inside My Head\", reached No. 3 on the \"Billboard\" Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart in 1981. In 2000, a remix version credited to Different Gear versus the Police reached", "title": "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" }, { "docid": "10792828", "text": "The Very Best of Supertramp The Very Best of Supertramp is a best of album by the English rock band Supertramp, originally released by A&M Records in June 1990. It was not issued in the U.S. The compilation features 15 studio recordings from 1974's \"Crime of the Century\" to 1985's \"Brother Where You Bound\". The cover depicts the grate from the cover of \"Crime of the Century\", the hand carrying the glass from the cover of \"Breakfast in America\" and the orange umbrella from \"Crisis? What Crisis?\". In their retrospective review, AllMusic noted that effectively compiling Supertramp's work is impossible", "title": "The Very Best of Supertramp" }, { "docid": "13868573", "text": "\"Bring on the Night\" version is a medley with the Police song \"Bring on the Night\" from the 1979 album \"Reggatta de Blanc\" and features contributions from Branford Marsalis and keyboardist Kenny Kirkland. The song was also covered by Tatsuya Nishiwaki on his 2004 album \"Atmosphere/Sound of Gravity\". The Police version of \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" was included in the box set \"\". When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still", "title": "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" }, { "docid": "3745497", "text": "What Do You Care What Other People Think? \"What Do You Care What Other People Think?\": Further Adventures of a Curious Character (1988) is the second of two books consisting of transcribed and edited, oral reminiscences from American physicist Richard Feynman. It follows \"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!\". Richard Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics. He is a theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as", "title": "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" }, { "docid": "9771748", "text": "where in 1989 it was used in a campaign for the New South Wales Rugby League. They later used the Tina Turner song \"The Best\" in another campaign. The song has been covered many times including by Canadian country music group Straight Clean & Simple and a single for the band taken from their 1992 album \"Iron Lady\". It was also covered by Scottish / Irish country artist Lisa McHugh. Her cover appears in her 2014 album \"A Life That's Good\". What You Get Is What You See \"What You Get Is What You See\" is a song by recording", "title": "What You Get Is What You See" }, { "docid": "18870137", "text": "positive slogan talking about games that the vocalist is not \"forced to endure\". What You Don't Do \"What You Don't Do\" is a single by British recording artist Lianne La Havas. Released on 7 August 2015, the song peaked at No.69 on the Ultratip Belgium Flanders charts. Following the touring La Havas embarked on in order to promote her debut album \"Your Love Big Enough?\", she traveled to Jamaica along with her mother in order to regain connections with her roots. During her time in Jamaica La Havas played music for her family alongside dancehall and reggae producer Stephen McGregor", "title": "What You Don't Do" }, { "docid": "4480215", "text": "In early February 2005, Armor for Sleep went on tour with Something Corporate, Straylight Run, and The Academy Is... Later in the month, the group toured with Recover, Say Anything, and Case Pagan. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" was released through Equal Vision Records on February 22. Some copies of the album included a bonus DVD that contained live footage, a documentary on the creation of the album, as well as music videos for \"Dream to Make Believe\" songs \"My Town\" and \"Dream to Make Believe\". The iTunes edition of the album included \"Very Invisible\" as a bonus", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "13868568", "text": "Blanc\". Sting has said of the two songs \"such vanity as to imagine one's self as the sole survivor of a holocaust with all one's favorite things still intact\". \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" and \"Bring on the Night\" also share their chord progression. \"Rolling Stone\" critic David Fricke notes a structural similarity between \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" and two different songs from \"Reggatta de Blanc\", \"Walking on the Moon\" and \"The Bed's Too Big without You\". Like those two \"Reggatta", "title": "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" }, { "docid": "19422523", "text": "Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough (or Zygon) is a direct-to-DVD spin-off of the long-running British science fiction television series \"Doctor Who\". It was released direct-to-DVD and produced by the independent production company BBV. It featured the Zygons. Zygon is an officially licensed \"Doctor Who\" spin-off made by an independent company called BBV. It is more an adult than a family film and features a lot of nude and sex scenes. In the UK the film is rated as \"18\". \"Zygon: When Being You Just Isn’t Enough\" is directed by Bill Baggs.", "title": "Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough" }, { "docid": "4480224", "text": "Aberback of NorthJersey.com noted that the album placed the band on the \"indie-rock map and continues to resonate heavily with fans 10 years later\". Jorgensen later called the album a \"diary entry. Without that, I think a lot of people when [their] lives go on they forget what they went through at a certain point in time so for me that’s the biggest markers for me to remember where I was at the point in my life.\" Personnel per booklet. Armor for Sleep Production Citations Sources What to Do When You Are Dead What to Do When You Are Dead", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "1620264", "text": "call and response format, with the speaker shouting \"Amandla\" and the crowd replying \"Awethu\". Power to the people (slogan) \"Power to the people\" is a cultural expression and political slogan that has been used in a wide variety of contexts. During the 1960s in the United States, young people began speaking and writing this phrase as a form of rebellion against what they perceived as the oppression by the older generation, especially The Establishment. The Black Panthers used the slogan \"All Power to the People\" to protest the rich, ruling class domination of society. Pro-democracy students used it to protest", "title": "Power to the people (slogan)" }, { "docid": "14582778", "text": "Thus, price discrimination could result in higher revenues for the seller if costs are sufficiently low. PWYW is also an effective tool for penetrating a new market, perhaps to introduce a new brand, as even consumers with a very low valuation can pay small amounts for the same product. Other names include \"pay what you wish\", \"pay what you like\", \"pay as you want\", \"pay what you feel\", \"pay as you wish\", \"pay as you like\", \"pay what you will\", and \"pay as you will\". \"Pay what you can\" is sometimes used synonymously, but is often more oriented to charity", "title": "Pay what you want" }, { "docid": "8966216", "text": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get is a 1984 album by Public Image Ltd. It is the band's fourth official studio album and includes the single \"Bad Life\" and a re-recorded version of a \"This Is Not a Love Song\", which had been a No. 5 UK and international hit when released as a single in 1983. An early version of the album was released in 1983 by founding PiL guitarist Keith Levene as \"Commercial Zone\". The album was then re-recorded after Levene's departure from the", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "1489972", "text": "receiver interprets them. Therefore, the slogan has a large job in portraying the brand (Dass, Kumar, Kohli, & Thomas, 2014). Therefore, the slogan should create a sense of likability in order for the brand name to be likable and the slogan message very clear and concise. Dass, Kumar, Kohli, & Thomas' (2014) research suggests that there are certain factors that make up the likability of a slogan. The clarity of the message the brand is trying to encode within the slogan. The slogan emphasizes the benefit of the product or service it is portraying. The creativity of a slogan is", "title": "Slogan" }, { "docid": "10304781", "text": "You Send the Rain Away \"You Send the Rain Away\" is a song by the American singer Rebbie Jackson with Cheap Trick lead vocalist Robin Zander, released in 1986 as the second single from her second studio album \"Reaction\". It was written by Preston Glass, Gloria Sklerov and Lenny Macaluso, and produced by Reggie Lucas. The song reached No. 50 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Black Singles Chart. \"You Send the Rain Away\" was released by Columbia in America only on 7\" and 12\" vinyl. For its release as a single, the song was edited and cut by almost a minute", "title": "You Send the Rain Away" }, { "docid": "4480223", "text": "performed a series of shows in September, October and December 2015, during which they performed the album in its entirety. In 2015, Maria Sherman of Fuse.tv wrote that the album set the blueprint for \"future pop-punk bands to explore concept records in very real ways\". Calling it \"impressive at the time, this band from the suburbs [wrote] a power pop-punk record with a linear, intricate narrative\". AXS contributor Tarynn Law wrote that \"the instantly relateable tracks that filled \"What To Do When You Are Dead\" soundtracked the teenage angst of kids all around the country for years to come\". Brian", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "10254277", "text": "\"Those Good Old Dreams\". \"Beechwood 4-5789\" was only a hit in New Zealand, reaching number 10 on the singles chart there in early 1982. On the cover of the album, \"It's Going to Take Some Time\" is titled \"It's Going to Take Some Time This Time\" and \"(They Long to Be) Close to You\" is simply rendered \"Close to You\". Side one Side two The Very Best of the Carpenters The Very Best of the Carpenters is a compilation album by Carpenters released in 1983 by Festival Records in Australia and New Zealand (cat no. RML 52017). The album spent", "title": "The Very Best of the Carpenters" }, { "docid": "9771746", "text": "What You Get Is What You See \"What You Get Is What You See\" is a song by recording artist Tina Turner from her album \"Break Every Rule\" (1986). The song was written by the Terry Britten and Graham Lyle team and was notably different from the three previous singles that they had written for Turner, \"What's Love Got to Do with It\", \"We Don't Need Another Hero\" and \"Two People\", as it was an up-tempo country-tinged rock track featuring Eric Clapton on guitars. Tina Turner said in an interview that \"What You Get Is What You See\" is her", "title": "What You Get Is What You See" }, { "docid": "1620258", "text": "Power to the people (slogan) \"Power to the people\" is a cultural expression and political slogan that has been used in a wide variety of contexts. During the 1960s in the United States, young people began speaking and writing this phrase as a form of rebellion against what they perceived as the oppression by the older generation, especially The Establishment. The Black Panthers used the slogan \"All Power to the People\" to protest the rich, ruling class domination of society. Pro-democracy students used it to protest America's military campaign in Vietnam. In his 1974 book \"Computer Lib\", Ted Nelson connected", "title": "Power to the people (slogan)" }, { "docid": "13560656", "text": "The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners is a best of compilation album by Dexys Midnight Runners. The album contained seven Dexys singles that had also been album tracks (\"Geno, \"There, There My Dear\", \"The Celtic Soul Brothers\", \"Come On Eileen\", \"Jackie Wilson Said\", \"Old\", and \"This Is What She's Like\") but was more notable as the first album to contain ten of Dexys' non-album singles, including \"Let's Get This Straight (From the Start)\", \"Because Of You\", \"Show Me\", \"One Way Love\", \"Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache\", \"Dance Stance\", \"Keep It Part", "title": "The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners" }, { "docid": "8711998", "text": "Thompson of AllMusic commented: \"\"The Very Best of... Slade\" effectively renders every past Slade hits collection redundant, as remastered sound and a sharp eye for all the band's U.K. chart entries serve up a peerless examination of what remains one of British rock's most flawless careers. No matter that the hits went so badly off the boil around 1975-1976 - still, three-quarters of disc one is nonstop solid gold and the remainder of the set isn't far behind, as Slade's mid-'80s renaissance delivers further smashes \"My Oh My\" and \"Run Run Away.\" Which would be hits enough for anybody, but", "title": "The Very Best of Slade" }, { "docid": "16186498", "text": "joining his church the president exploded to his press secretary, \"You go and tell that goddam minister that if he gives out one more story about my religious faith I will not join his goddam church!\" And I don't care what it is \"And I don't care what it is\" is a phrase attributed to U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and often misquoted. For example, one encyclopedia says: \"Eisenhower once remarked that 'America makes no sense without a deeply held faith in God—and I don't care what it is. Some commentators, such as Will Herberg, argued that Eisenhower favored a generic,", "title": "And I don't care what it is" }, { "docid": "9039756", "text": "What Will You Do When You Catch Me? What Will You Do When You Catch Me? is the English title of \"Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz?\" a Polish comedy film released in 1978, directed by Stanisław Bareja. Tadeusz Krzakoski (Krzysztof Kowalewski), the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring. \"What Will You Do\" shares many themes in", "title": "What Will You Do When You Catch Me?" }, { "docid": "7980305", "text": "The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds is the second official greatest hits album by British alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds. It was released on 12 June 2006 peaking at number thirty-three on the UK Album Chart. The compilation is essentially an update of the group's first greatest hits album 1997's \"Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds\". The compilations share twelve tracks between them. \"The Very Best\" drops the group's third single \"All I Want\" and replaces the original recording of \"Three Lions\" with the 1998 re-recording. The compilation includes", "title": "The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds" }, { "docid": "4480212", "text": "Decicco to play the part on electric guitar as well. Decicco said this was so that Machine could treat it as a bass. AXS writer Terrance Pryor considers \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" a concept album centered around the protagonist's death and his subsequent journey in the afterlife. Some observers have noted the character going through the Kübler-Ross 5-stage model of grief management. Jorgensen grew up in a \"very scientific environment.\" He was influenced by British writer Craig Hamilton-Parker. The album's title comes from a Hamilton-Parker book. Jorgensen explained that since he was in the process of writing", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "10792831", "text": "America\" (1979) Track 14 from \"...Famous Last Words...\" (1982) Track 15 from \"Brother Where You Bound\" (1985) Original release: The Very Best of Supertramp The Very Best of Supertramp is a best of album by the English rock band Supertramp, originally released by A&M Records in June 1990. It was not issued in the U.S. The compilation features 15 studio recordings from 1974's \"Crime of the Century\" to 1985's \"Brother Where You Bound\". The cover depicts the grate from the cover of \"Crime of the Century\", the hand carrying the glass from the cover of \"Breakfast in America\" and the", "title": "The Very Best of Supertramp" }, { "docid": "8966221", "text": "He then flew over to London and presented them to Richard Branson as the finished new PiL album for Virgin Records: \"Commercial Zone\". For his part, John Lydon decided to completely abandon the tapes and re-record the whole album from scratch with session musicians. This new version of \"Commercial Zone\" became \"This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get\" in 1984. \"The Order of Death\" is a reference to the film \"Copkiller\", also known as \"The Order of Death\". The line \"This is what you want... This is what you get\", which gives title to the album, appears", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "10304783", "text": "listed the single as one of their \"feature picks\" during December 1986. They commented: \"The unlikely pairing of Jackson with Zander has produced a startingly fresh pop/R&B single. A lush melody and production form a perfect foundation for these two gifted voices.\" \"Drum Publications\" (East Africa) highlighted the song as a \"stand-out\" from \"Reaction\". Justin Kantor of AllMusic described \"Reaction\" as \"the strongest of her '80s output\", with the \"sunny duet with Robin Zander one of the fine moments.\" You Send the Rain Away \"You Send the Rain Away\" is a song by the American singer Rebbie Jackson with Cheap", "title": "You Send the Rain Away" }, { "docid": "4189515", "text": "\"You Win Again\" and \"Ordinary Lives\" from the track listing. The Very Best of the Bee Gees The Very Best of the Bee Gees is a greatest hits album by British/Australian pop group the Bee Gees. It was originally released in November 1990 by Polydor Records, around the time as the \"Tales from the Brothers Gibb\" box set. The album was primarily aimed at the European market, as shown by the exclusion of the US hits \"Holiday\", \"I Started a Joke\", \"Lonely Days\", \"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart\" and \"Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)\". The album has", "title": "The Very Best of the Bee Gees" }, { "docid": "4480222", "text": "surprise but will certainly entertain\". According to \"Now\" writer Jered Stuffco, Equal Vision was \"banking heavily\" on the band to accumulate strong sales, and based on the group's \"poster-boy image, melodramatic harmonies and tight emo riffage,\" he felt they might succeed. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" peaked at number 101 on the \"Billboard\" 200, as well as charting at number 1 on the Heatseekers Albums chart and number 8 on the Independent Albums chart. By July 2007 the album had sold 200,000 copies. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of \"What to Do When You Are Dead\", the band", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "15041820", "text": "Joss Stone for the very first time on \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\" on November 2, 2010. He also performed it during the 2011 Música + Alma + Sexo World Tour. Digital singles European digital remixes German digital single Mexican promotional single US Target edition album bonus tracks The Best Thing About Me Is You \"The Best Thing About Me Is You\" is a song by the Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin, taken from his ninth studio album, \"Música + Alma + Sexo\" (2011). It was digitally released as the lead single from the album on November 2, 2010. The", "title": "The Best Thing About Me Is You" }, { "docid": "19422527", "text": "the murder. She kills Torlakhl who still looks like her. The police find the body of Torlakhl and thinks it is Lauren. Lauren watches the scene and leaves. Other creator-authorised \"Doctor Who\" spin-offs include: Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough (or Zygon) is a direct-to-DVD spin-off of the long-running British science fiction television series \"Doctor Who\". It was released direct-to-DVD and produced by the independent production company BBV. It featured the Zygons. Zygon is an officially licensed \"Doctor Who\" spin-off made by an independent company called BBV. It is more an adult", "title": "Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough" }, { "docid": "14910963", "text": "brightest of the nu-eyed-soul set\". What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? is the debut studio album from Los Angeles band 2AM Club. It was released September 14, 2010 by RCA Records. On May 31, the band released a song named \"Baseline\" that was a bonus track on \"What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?\" (sold on iTunes). It was advertised by them via Twitter, and was available for free download through a file sharing website, Hulk Share. Matt Collar of Allmusic stated that with this album \"2AM Club reveal", "title": "What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?" }, { "docid": "9039757", "text": "common with Bareja's other comedies, especially \"Teddy Bear\", with an emphasis on the sheer absurdity of life under Communism. The plot is too convoluted to be believed, but the director makes screamingly funny scenes from watching hapless citizens of Warsaw using a glass in a cafeteria that's been chained to the table so it won't be stolen or waiting in line for days to buy furniture. What Will You Do When You Catch Me? What Will You Do When You Catch Me? is the English title of \"Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz?\" a Polish comedy film released in 1978,", "title": "What Will You Do When You Catch Me?" }, { "docid": "12945394", "text": "The title track \"You Are What You Is\" is an up-tempo pop rock style song that was released as a music video in 1984. The album was first issued on LP by Barking Pumpkin Records (distributed by CBS) in 1981. In 1981, it also received a very brief (and now very rare) issue on 8-track tape, catalog number WAX-37537 (Barking Pumpkin label, distributed by CBS). It received a worldwide release on both Ryko and Zappa Records CD in 1990, and was standardized under the Ryko banner in 1995. The digital master prepared for both the original Ryko/Zappa Records release and", "title": "You Are What You Is" }, { "docid": "10433529", "text": "Why Don't You Reach Out/Light My Fire\", \"Somewhere In Paradise\" and \"By 1999\", most of which were included on the 18 track UK edition \"The Best of Baccara\" issued the year before. The international version replaces many of these with selections from their final album \"Bad Boys\" and only contains two tracks from their best-selling debut \"Baccara\". The Very Best of Baccara The Very Best of Baccara is a compilation album by Spanish duo Baccara released by Sony BMG in June 2006. This 14 track compilation was issued by Sony-BMG (formerly BMG-Ariola) and while it includes recordings by the original", "title": "The Very Best of Baccara" }, { "docid": "10704279", "text": "Send It to Me \"Send It to Me\" is a song by rock and roll band The Rolling Stones featured on the 1980 album \"Emotional Rescue\". Credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, \"Send It to Me\" is largely the work of Jagger, with him saying at the time of its release, \"I did it with Charlie [Watts] very early on... That was a good example of one, you know, we tried in all kinds of different ways, different times.\" The song is heavily influenced by reggae music, the Stones being very big fans ever since their introduction to it", "title": "Send It to Me" }, { "docid": "10704284", "text": "percussion parts. Send It to Me \"Send It to Me\" is a song by rock and roll band The Rolling Stones featured on the 1980 album \"Emotional Rescue\". Credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, \"Send It to Me\" is largely the work of Jagger, with him saying at the time of its release, \"I did it with Charlie [Watts] very early on... That was a good example of one, you know, we tried in all kinds of different ways, different times.\" The song is heavily influenced by reggae music, the Stones being very big fans ever since their introduction", "title": "Send It to Me" }, { "docid": "13790996", "text": "Fiction. The Very Thought of You (novel) The Very Thought of You is a 2009 novel by film producer Rosie Alison. Set on the brink of World War II, the novel centres on eight-year-old Anna Sands, a child relocated to a Yorkshire estate. She is quickly drawn into the lives of the couple who have set up their estate as a school. \"The Guardian\" found \"The Very Thought of You\" \"enjoyable enough\" although\" its presence on the (Orange) longlist is perplexing.\" \"The Telegraph\" called it \"elegantly constructed\" and \"a pleasant, competent book\" It was nominated for the 2010 Orange Prize", "title": "The Very Thought of You (novel)" }, { "docid": "13790995", "text": "The Very Thought of You (novel) The Very Thought of You is a 2009 novel by film producer Rosie Alison. Set on the brink of World War II, the novel centres on eight-year-old Anna Sands, a child relocated to a Yorkshire estate. She is quickly drawn into the lives of the couple who have set up their estate as a school. \"The Guardian\" found \"The Very Thought of You\" \"enjoyable enough\" although\" its presence on the (Orange) longlist is perplexing.\" \"The Telegraph\" called it \"elegantly constructed\" and \"a pleasant, competent book\" It was nominated for the 2010 Orange Prize for", "title": "The Very Thought of You (novel)" }, { "docid": "8355015", "text": "You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! is a live hits album released by American hard rock band Kiss. The album was issued to coincide with the group's 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour. All of the songs on the album are live versions. Most were taken from \"Alive!\" or \"Alive II\" but four recordings had been previously unreleased. The liner notes report the tracks are outtakes from \"Alive!\" and \"Alive II\"-era recordings, although there is some speculation to whether this is actually the case (mainly because Paul & Gene's voices sound like they", "title": "You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!" }, { "docid": "17490907", "text": "A Little Is Enough \"A Little Is Enough\" is a single written and performed by Pete Townshend, also known for being the guitarist for The Who. The track appeared on his album, \"Empty Glass\". Pete Townshend pledged that \"A Little Is Enough\" was meant to make the best of Pete Townshend and Karen Townshend's fitful marriage. \"I was able to very easily put into words something that had actually happened to me when I was a thirty-four-year-old,\" he said. \"It's very emotional, but it's also very straightforward and clear.\" Townshend has also said that the song was inspired by an", "title": "A Little Is Enough" }, { "docid": "1489975", "text": "slogan with the product it is representing. A slogan is part of the production aspect that helps create an image for the product, service or cause it's representing. A slogan can be a few simple words used to form a phrase that can be used in a repetitive manner. In commercial advertising, corporations will use a slogan as part of promotional activity. Slogans can become a global way of identifying good or service, for example Nike's slogan 'Just Do It' helped establish Nike as an identifiable brand worldwide. Slogans should catch the audience's attention and influence the consumer's thoughts on", "title": "Slogan" }, { "docid": "8966219", "text": "were not re-recorded for \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" (although a remixed version of \"Blue Water\" was included as the B-side on the \"This Is Not a Love Song\" 12\" single). Songs on \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" which did not appear in any form on \"Commercial Zone\" are \"Tie Me to the Length of That\", \"The Pardon\" and \"1981\", and are the only songs on the album which do not credit Keith Levene as a co-writer. PiL was supposed to score the soundtrack for the 1983 suspense film \"Copkiller\", starring Harvey", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "5655846", "text": "with Carey. It is a piano-driven song which lyrically, the song's protagonist \"laments the end of a relationship\", while confronting her mother regarding her early abandonment. Additionally, during its bridge, Carey \"eerily\" refers to abortion, \"You could have had the decency / To give me up / Before you gave me life\", as an option over abandoning the child. \"Bowling Green Daily News\" editor Chuck Campbell wrote that Mariah dishes out the \"anonymous and unobjectionable ballad\". David Browne of \"Entertainment Weekly\" wrote a mixed review: \"She laments the end of a relationship several times, most believably on \"Reflections (Care Enough)\"", "title": "Reflections (Care Enough)" }, { "docid": "13148264", "text": "or socially oriented uses, based more on \"ability\" to pay, while \"pay what you want\" is often more broadly oriented to perceived value in combination with willingness and ability to pay. Giving buyers the ability and freedom to decide what they are willing to pay for can be very successful, this eliminates the issues of conservative pricing. Buyers are attracted to the fact they are not obligated to pay a certain price for a product, this eliminates all issues of an item becoming overpriced in the consumer's eyes, the customer can then make their own judgment on what the product", "title": "Pay what you can" }, { "docid": "8711999", "text": "the fun doesn't end there. A bonus second disc then digs into the darker recesses of the Top 75 to pull out the band's lesser successes. It's not a complete guide to Slade on 45, but it comes close enough.\" The Very Best of Slade The Very Best of Slade is a compilation album by the British rock band Slade. It was released in 2005 and reached No. 39 in the UK charts, remaining in the charts for four weeks. The album has sold 139,390 copies as of November 2015. A DVD of the same name was also released at", "title": "The Very Best of Slade" }, { "docid": "5188230", "text": "The Very Best of The Velvet Underground The Very Best of The Velvet Underground is a compilation album by The Velvet Underground. It was released in Europe on March 31, 2003, by Polydor, the record label that oversees the band's Universal Music Group back catalog. The album was released following a Hyundai television commercial, which featured the band's 1970 recording \"I'm Sticking with You\" from the \"Fully Loaded\" edition of \"Loaded\". The version included in this compilation is from the 1969 \"VU\" album, despite a sticker's claim to the contrary on the front cover. All tracks performed by The Velvet", "title": "The Very Best of The Velvet Underground" }, { "docid": "12042296", "text": "American release the songs \"Une Nuit A Paris\", \"Wedding Bells\" and \"Neanderthal Man\" were omitted, \"Dreadlock Holiday\" and \"People in Love\" switched places and \"For You and I\" added. Also, where applicable, the longer album versions of the 10cc songs were used; some single mixes were used on the UK edition. The full length version of \"Dreadlock Holiday\" is also used. The Very Best of 10cc The Very Best of 10cc is a 1997 compilation album by the band 10cc. The album comes with an exclusive essay written by Chris White especially for release. The album features all of the", "title": "The Very Best of 10cc" }, { "docid": "10486241", "text": "One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2 One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2 is the third compilation album released by American singer Luther Vandross, released on September 15, 1997 by Epic Records. It is his second compilation album to be released stateside, and is a continuation of his triple-platinum selling first compilation \"The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love\" (1989). \"One Night with You\" contains four newly recorded songs including the R. Kelly-penned and Grammy-nominated \"When You Call on Me/Baby That's When I Come Runnin'\" and selections compiled from his later", "title": "One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2" }, { "docid": "8966222", "text": "in the film. The album was seen as a step down from the band's efforts. Pitchfork Media named the album \"maligned but salvageable\". Allmusic said the album as \"the most tentative and least powerful of PiL's recordings.\" This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get is a 1984 album by Public Image Ltd. It is the band's fourth official studio album and includes the single \"Bad Life\" and a re-recorded version of a \"This Is Not a Love Song\", which had been a No. 5 UK and international", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "19322919", "text": "few weeks before its release. The seventh track, \"Send Me a Picture\", has dancehall elements, and was described as a sexting ode by several publications; furthermore, Mapes stated the song has a \"Bieber-hits-the-islands vibe\", while Annie Zaleski of \"The A.V. Club\" summarized its meaning as \"captur[ing] the delicious anticipation of a crush potentially texting a snap\". \"Red Flag\" begins with \"an intro that sounds like a melting violin\", followed by Stefani scorning her ex: \"This is what happens when you don't listen to what your mother say.\" Amanda Dykan of AltWire found it reminiscent of 2000's \"Ex-Girlfriend\" and compared Stefani's", "title": "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" }, { "docid": "17451248", "text": "This Is It: The Very Best Of This Is It: The Very Best Of is a compilation album by dance-pop singer Dannii Minogue released in 2013. Besides including singles from her five studio albums, the album boasts a cover of \"The Winner Takes It All\", recorded as a duet with Kylie Minogue in 2008 for the British sitcom \"Beautiful People\" soundtrack and \"'Cos You're Beautiful\", a new track Dannii recorded in 2010 with her \"X Factor\" protegee Ruth Lorenzo. The album was released to celebrate Minogue's debut on the Australian version of \"X Factor\". The Australian CD release features 21", "title": "This Is It: The Very Best Of" }, { "docid": "10433528", "text": "The Very Best of Baccara The Very Best of Baccara is a compilation album by Spanish duo Baccara released by Sony BMG in June 2006. This 14 track compilation was issued by Sony-BMG (formerly BMG-Ariola) and while it includes recordings by the original formation of the duo, Mayte Mateos and Maria Mendiola, is digitally remastered and offers one rarity in the form of the Spanish-language version of \"The Devil Sent You Lorado\" it omits many of the duo's hits and best known songs such as \"Darling\", \"Number One\", \"Granada\", \"Cara Mia\", \"Koochie-Koo\", \"Can't Help Falling In Love\", \"Feel Me\", \"Baby", "title": "The Very Best of Baccara" }, { "docid": "4189514", "text": "The Very Best of the Bee Gees The Very Best of the Bee Gees is a greatest hits album by British/Australian pop group the Bee Gees. It was originally released in November 1990 by Polydor Records, around the time as the \"Tales from the Brothers Gibb\" box set. The album was primarily aimed at the European market, as shown by the exclusion of the US hits \"Holiday\", \"I Started a Joke\", \"Lonely Days\", \"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart\" and \"Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)\". The album has been re-issued several times, including a 1996 version which dropped", "title": "The Very Best of the Bee Gees" }, { "docid": "8381428", "text": "The Very Best of Bananarama The Very Best of Bananarama is one of several greatest hits collections by English girl group Bananarama. Released by Warner Music Group, parent company of Bananarama's label London Records, this set is the \"official\" hits package released to celebrate the group's twentieth anniversary. Hits included here span their history from 1981 to 1993. It reached #43 on the UK Albums Chart. This compilation features the \"single\" versions of the songs. Various tracks had been edited or remixed from their original album versions for their releases as singles and in the case of \"I Want You", "title": "The Very Best of Bananarama" }, { "docid": "12589759", "text": "released digitally in August 2009 and released physically in October 2009 by GREEN OWL and Moshi Moshi. The album features collaborations with Ezra Koenig and M.I.A.. The title track from the album, \"Warm Heart of Africa,\" won the World Beat Song award at the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards; the track includes a sample of the famous 1966 song by Victor Uwaifo, Guitar Boy. The Very Best is also featured on a track on Crookers' debut album, \"Tons of Friends\". The Very Best The Very Best is a collaboration between London-based DJ/production duo Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya, a singer from", "title": "The Very Best" }, { "docid": "7731448", "text": "released \"You Send Me\" as part of a medley with \"Bring It on Home to Me\" and charted it on the UK Singles Chart at #7 as a double A-side with \"Farewell\". Stewart later recorded the song with Chaka Khan for his 2005 album \"\". You Send Me \"You Send Me\" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer Sam Cooke, released as a single in 1957 by Keen Records. Produced by Bumps Blackwell and arranged and conducted by René Hall. The song, Cooke's debut single, was a massive commercial success, becoming a number one hit on both", "title": "You Send Me" }, { "docid": "14962369", "text": "What You See Is What You Get (book) What You See Is What You Get is the autobiography of British businessman and TV personality Lord Alan Sugar. The 640-page book, which was published in May 2011, tells the story of Alan Sugar's birth and childhood in a deprived part of London, how he founded the company Amstrad aged just 21 years old, and how he eventually became a successful multi-millionaire tycoon, received a knighthood, and was appointed to the House of Lords. Sir Alan also reveals his main method of business and entrepreneurial activity: (a) observing what market leaders are", "title": "What You See Is What You Get (book)" }, { "docid": "16357295", "text": "stayed for one week. The Very Best of Alan Jackson The release includes 18 greatest hits from Alan Jackson's studio albums: Here in the Real World (1990) Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991) A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) (1992) Who I Am (1994) Everything I Love (1996) High Mileage (1998) Under the Influence (1999) When Somebody Loves You (2000) Drive (2002) and two hits from his compilation albums: The Greatest Hits Collection (1995) Greatest Hits Volume II... and Some Other Stuff (2003) \"The Very Best of Alan Jackson\" debuted at #47 on the UK Albums Chart on", "title": "The Very Best of Alan Jackson" }, { "docid": "16357294", "text": "The Very Best of Alan Jackson The release includes 18 greatest hits from Alan Jackson's studio albums: Here in the Real World (1990) Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991) A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) (1992) Who I Am (1994) Everything I Love (1996) High Mileage (1998) Under the Influence (1999) When Somebody Loves You (2000) Drive (2002) and two hits from his compilation albums: The Greatest Hits Collection (1995) Greatest Hits Volume II... and Some Other Stuff (2003) \"The Very Best of Alan Jackson\" debuted at #47 on the UK Albums Chart on week 27/2004, where it", "title": "The Very Best of Alan Jackson" }, { "docid": "16186496", "text": "And I don't care what it is \"And I don't care what it is\" is a phrase attributed to U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and often misquoted. For example, one encyclopedia says: \"Eisenhower once remarked that 'America makes no sense without a deeply held faith in God—and I don't care what it is. Some commentators, such as Will Herberg, argued that Eisenhower favored a generic, watered-down religion, or ridiculed Eisenhower's banality. What Eisenhower actually said, when he was President-elect, was that the American form of government since 1776 was based on Judeo-Christian moral values. Speaking extemporaneously on December 22, 1952, a", "title": "And I don't care what it is" }, { "docid": "16777573", "text": "\"Zoot Allures,\" \"Lonesome Cowboy Burt\" from \"\"200 Motels\"\"', and the song \"Harder Than Your Husband\", which is the 2nd song on the album with the lyric \"Where's my waitress?\" Another reference is \"Robbie, take me to Greek Town\", more prominent in \"Jumbo Go Away\", and \"I'm goin' down 'n work the wall 'n work the floor\" from \"Mudd Club.\" The a cappella group The Persuasions covered \"You Are What You Is\" on their album Frankly a Cappella. 7\" 12\" You Are What You Is (song) \"You Are What You Is\" is a single which Frank Zappa released from his 1981", "title": "You Are What You Is (song)" }, { "docid": "10927516", "text": "The Very Best of Brother Beyond The Very Best of Brother Beyond is a compilation from British boy band / pop group Brother Beyond, released in 2005, by EMI label, for its «Gold Series», containing all the quartet's greatest hits, as well as minor successes, including their very last single, that is the United States success called \"The Girl I Used to Know\" (never before included on any of their albums). The record also contains five very hard to find 12\" versions: \"The Harder I Try\", \"Drive On\", \"Be My Twin\", \"Can You Keep a Secret?\" and \"He Ain't No", "title": "The Very Best of Brother Beyond" }, { "docid": "13868569", "text": "de Blanc\" songs, \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" repeats its three-chord progression over its nearly four-minute length. Fricke regards the chord progression as \"hypnotic\". The Police Author Chris Welch praises the rhythm section of Sting and Stewart Copeland on the song, particularly the way they go with the flow and groove with ease. \"Sounds\" critic Phil Sutcliffe commented on its \"expression of melancholy\", noting that it maintains a restrained, dry tone that is able to project sadness without being overly demonstrative. \"RAM magazine\" critic Greg Taylor criticises the lyrics for not", "title": "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" }, { "docid": "18249714", "text": "be one of the best rock 'n roll records I have heard in quite a while.\"\" -- \"Chemical Castration\" \"\"Real moments of musical entropy here...\"\" -- \"XXX Fanzine\" \"\"As much as I hate doing this to someone as good and original, if you like KILLDOZER and THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS, check these guys out.\"\" -- \"Maximum Rocknroll\" \"\"This stuff sucks just fine, thanks.\"\" -- \"Option Magazine\" \"\"Chow time, dickweed.\"\" -- \"Forced Exposure\" It's Not Enough to be Loud, You Have to Suck to. It's Not Enough to be Loud, You Have to Suck to. is the debut recording of Hullabaloo, released", "title": "It's Not Enough to be Loud, You Have to Suck to." }, { "docid": "14962370", "text": "doing, (b) making better and cheaper products than the market leaders, and (c) not focusing on the exclusive or more expensive parts of the market, rather selling to the mass market. What You See Is What You Get (book) What You See Is What You Get is the autobiography of British businessman and TV personality Lord Alan Sugar. The 640-page book, which was published in May 2011, tells the story of Alan Sugar's birth and childhood in a deprived part of London, how he founded the company Amstrad aged just 21 years old, and how he eventually became a successful", "title": "What You See Is What You Get (book)" }, { "docid": "15041815", "text": "The Best Thing About Me Is You \"The Best Thing About Me Is You\" is a song by the Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin, taken from his ninth studio album, \"Música + Alma + Sexo\" (2011). It was digitally released as the lead single from the album on November 2, 2010. The song had earlier premiered on radio's Ryan Seacrest show. The original English version of the song features singer Joss Stone, while its Spanish version, \"Lo Mejor de Mi Vida Eres Tú,\" replaces Stone's vocals with Natalia Jiménez. \"The Best Thing About Me Is You\" was later featured", "title": "The Best Thing About Me Is You" }, { "docid": "8966217", "text": "band, with no contributions from either Levene or bassist Pete Jones (who contributed to several tracks on \"Commercial Zone\"). The song \"The Order of Death\" appears in the 1990 science fiction-horror film \"Hardware\" and on the soundtrack to the 1999 horror film \"The Blair Witch Project\". It was also featured in the \"Miami Vice\" episode \"Little Miss Dangerous\" and the \"Mr. Robot\" episode \"eps2.7_init_5.fve\". \"This is Not a Love Song\" appears in the film \"Waltz With Bashir\". The line \"This is what you want... This is what you get\" appears in both \"Bad Life\" and \"The Order of Death\". All", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "19942602", "text": "this but also producing the recording (and playing Rhodes, subtly and beautifully, on a couple of tracks). \"When the Heart Emerges Glistening\" is a gem. It’s a jazz record to rave about and to push on your friends. It’s the product of a talent that should send shivers up every jazz fan’s spine. Ambrose Akinmusire has been holding back, finding his voice, developing his band, and now he is here in full bloom. Spring has arrived. You can feel it in your bones, and now you can hear it with your ears.\" When the Heart Emerges Glistening When the Heart", "title": "When the Heart Emerges Glistening" }, { "docid": "5655844", "text": "Reflections (Care Enough) \"Reflections (Care Enough)\" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Philippe Pierre for Carey's first soundtrack album, \"Glitter\". It was released on December 15, 2001, as the fourth and final single from the soundtrack and her second record label Virgin Records America. The ballad has Carey, in character as Billie Frank in the film \"Glitter\", reflecting on how her mother did not \"care enough\" for her. The song is also featured on Carey's 2009 compilation album, \"The Ballads\". \"Reflections (Care Enough)\" was released as the album's fourth single in late 2001, but", "title": "Reflections (Care Enough)" }, { "docid": "20705083", "text": "collection of anti-monotheist agit-pop and neolithic history lessons set to music,\" and said: \"There’s a didactic tone to \"Trip Advizer\", with lyrics railing against capitalist “greedheads” and the bloodshed, oppression, and cultural erasures legitimated by the “desert gods” of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Cope’s strident, which-side-are-you-on sentiments deserve your attention but clearly aren’t for everyone. Ultimately what redeems them is his humor, his remarkable skill as a songwriter and bandleader.\" Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Trip Advizer – The Very Best of Julian Cope 1999–2014 Trip Advizer – The Very Best of Julian Cope 1999–2014 is a compilation", "title": "Trip Advizer – The Very Best of Julian Cope 1999–2014" }, { "docid": "14174199", "text": "neither of which had been included on her albums. This first edition of the compilation was never released in the USA. Instead, Mercury Records released a compilation with the same title two years later, in 1998, with a slightly different track listing. It included two rare 1994 non-album songs: the cover of \"Embraceable You\" recorded for a George Gershwin tribute album, and the cover of the song \"Many Rivers to Cross\", recorded for the soundtrack of the film \"Jason's Lyric\". European 1996 CD USA 1998 CD The Very Best of Oleta Adams The Very Best of Oleta Adams is a", "title": "The Very Best of Oleta Adams" }, { "docid": "5378456", "text": "The Very Best of Rod Stewart The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart is a 2001 Rod Stewart career-retrospective compilation album, which summarizes his solo work beginning with material from his 1971 breakthrough album \"Every Picture Tells a Story\" until his 2001 album \"Human\". For contractual reasons, only two songs from his Mercury Records tenure (\"Maggie May\" and \"You Wear It Well\") were included (a third song from the Mercury era, \"Reason to Believe\", was included in a live acoustic version from the Warner Bros. album \"Unplugged...and Seated\"). The rest of the material is from different albums", "title": "The Very Best of Rod Stewart" }, { "docid": "7980306", "text": "a pair of b-side covers (\"Be My Baby\", \"Lucifer Sam\"), two songs from 1998's commercial failure \"Tilt\", \"Song for No One\" - a remix of a song from Broudie's solo-album - and the new recording \"Tables Have Turned\". The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds is the second official greatest hits album by British alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds. It was released on 12 June 2006 peaking at number thirty-three on the UK Album Chart. The compilation is essentially an update of the group's first greatest hits album 1997's \"Like You Do...", "title": "The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds" }, { "docid": "13927273", "text": "of her life and career that was written by Jeff Hannusch. The Very Best of Me The Very Best of Me is a collection of material that Jean Knight recorded for Aim Records in 1994, which includes rerecordings of her biggest hits \"Mr. Big Stuff\" and \"My Toot Toot\" and covers of \"Make Me Yours\" and \"Trapped by Love.\" It was produced by Knight and her long-time collaborators Isaac Bolden and Carl Marshall. This album also includes the original version of her 1981 hit \"You Got the Papers but I Got the Man.\" The inside album cover includes a personal", "title": "The Very Best of Me" }, { "docid": "13927272", "text": "The Very Best of Me The Very Best of Me is a collection of material that Jean Knight recorded for Aim Records in 1994, which includes rerecordings of her biggest hits \"Mr. Big Stuff\" and \"My Toot Toot\" and covers of \"Make Me Yours\" and \"Trapped by Love.\" It was produced by Knight and her long-time collaborators Isaac Bolden and Carl Marshall. This album also includes the original version of her 1981 hit \"You Got the Papers but I Got the Man.\" The inside album cover includes a personal message from Knight that includes her thanks and a short biography", "title": "The Very Best of Me" }, { "docid": "17451249", "text": "tracks while the digital release features three extra singles, adding up to a total of 24 songs. In the UK, the album was issued by All Around the World and features a previously unreleased mix of \"Love's on Every Corner\" as a further additional song, adding up to the total of 25 tracks. This Is It: The Very Best Of This Is It: The Very Best Of is a compilation album by dance-pop singer Dannii Minogue released in 2013. Besides including singles from her five studio albums, the album boasts a cover of \"The Winner Takes It All\", recorded as", "title": "This Is It: The Very Best Of" }, { "docid": "9656029", "text": "five, describing \"Send Away the Tigers\" as a \"back-to-basics\" rock record and calling it \"overdue\": \"\"Send Away the Tigers\" refocuses the trio, allowing them to relocate their original plot and make a big rock classic.\" The publication cited the single \"Autumnsong\" as its highlight, while \"Your Love Alone Is Not Enough\" won Best Track at the 2007 Q Awards. \"NME\" gave the album eight out of ten, calling it the band's best release since 1996's \"Everything Must Go\", and the \"cathartic regeneration that the band really needed in order to become relevant again.\" Talia Kraines, writing for BBC Online, agreed", "title": "Send Away the Tigers" }, { "docid": "13390308", "text": "Do You Love What You Feel \"Do You Love What You Feel\" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, \"Masterjam\", it spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart. It also peaked at number thirty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, \"Any Love\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\" peaked at number five on the disco/dance charts. It would be one of the", "title": "Do You Love What You Feel" }, { "docid": "13390309", "text": "last albums featuring lead vocalist Chaka Khan before fully going solo. Do You Love What You Feel \"Do You Love What You Feel\" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, \"Masterjam\", it spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart. It also peaked at number thirty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, \"Any Love\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\" peaked at number", "title": "Do You Love What You Feel" }, { "docid": "19705800", "text": "Playlist: The Very Best of Basia Playlist: The Very Best of Basia is a greatest hits compilation album by Polish-born singer Basia. It was released by Epic Records on 15 October 2013 as part of Sony's environmentally friendly \"Playlist\" compilation series. The CD compiles all of her chart hits from the 1980s and 1990s. Of the 14 tracks offered, the first comes from her days with the band Matt Bianco and the album \"Whose Side Are You On?\" (1984). This is followed by five songs from her debut album, \"Time and Tide\" (1987), four from her second album, \"London Warsaw", "title": "Playlist: The Very Best of Basia" }, { "docid": "6012189", "text": "The Very Best of Macy Gray The Very Best of Macy Gray is the first greatest hits album by American singer and songwriter Macy Gray. It was released on August 30, 2004, by Epic Records. It contains all singles from Gray's first three studio albums, as well as two previously unreleased tracks (the single \"Love Is Gonna Get You\" and a cover of Aerosmith's 1975 song \"Walk This Way\"), three album tracks, three remixes, and the 2000 single \"Demons\", a collaboration with Fatboy Slim. The album peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart and charted moderately in other", "title": "The Very Best of Macy Gray" }, { "docid": "13868571", "text": "\"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da\" and \"Don't Stand So Close to Me\". Police drummer Stewart Copeland has described the song (not necessarily entirely seriously) as \"pre Rossinus Mantuanus (via Karl Orff) with metre altered to fit the characteristic Police beat\". In early 2000, a 12\" bootleg remix version of \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" began circulating in prominent nightclubs, played by such disc jockeys as Pete Tong, David Morales and Terry Farley. At first it was unknown who was responsible for the remix, but it turned out to", "title": "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" }, { "docid": "13868570", "text": "doing \"anything with its potentially political message\" but praises the music, particularly Andy Summers' \"long ringing\" guitar chords. \"Mojo\" critic John Harris regards it as one of several formless jams on the album, complaining that it \"randomly fades out as if simple boredom finally won out\". Police guitarist Andy Summers considers \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" to be one of the promising songs Sting had written in advance of the \"Zenyatta Mondatta\" sessions and which form the \"meat\" of the album, the others being \"Driven to Tears\" and the hit singles", "title": "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" }, { "docid": "13868567", "text": "No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 7 on the \"Billboard\" Dance chart, and No. 94 in the Netherlands. \"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around\" was one of Sting's earliest attempts at a song whose lyrics deal with concerns of the outside world rather than just his own issues. Ellie O'Day of \"Vancouver Free Press\" describes the lyrics as being mostly a \"repetitive chant\". Sting regards the song as having a post-apocalyptic vision, something it shares with an earlier Police song, \"Bring on the Night\", from the 1979 album \"Reggatta de", "title": "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" }, { "docid": "4480218", "text": "the Warped Tour. A music video for \"Remember to Feel Real\" was posted on YouTube on June 6. A remix of the track was included on the \"Snakes on a Plane\" soundtrack, released in August. AllMusic reviewer John D. Luerssen wrote that \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" \"ups the punk/emo ante\" with \"fabulously\" composed songs, as well as a yearning to tackle the \"norms of a movement that has grown increasingly stale\". He described Jorgensen as going \"dark\" and toying with \"his inner Aaron Lewis\", frontman for Staind. Luerssen described the band's choice of working with Machine as", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" } ]

[ "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph the red nose reindeer", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer", "Rudulph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolf the red nose reindeer", "Rudolf the Reindeer", "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer", "Rudolph, the red nosed Reindeer", "Christmas Rudolf", "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" ]

[ { "docid": "3307574", "text": "1930s, Montgomery Ward had become the country's largest retailer and Sewell Avery became the company's chief executive officer. In 1939, as part of a Christmas promotional campaign, staff copywriter Robert L. May created the character and illustrated poem of \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.\" The store distributed six-million copies of the storybook in 1946 and actor and singer Gene Autry popularized the song nationally. In 1946, the Grolier Club, a society of bibliophiles in New York City, exhibited the Wards catalog alongside \"Webster's Dictionary\" as one of 100 American books chosen for their influence on life and culture of the people.", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "15743598", "text": "Rudolph's general acceptance in the mythology as the lead reindeer of Joulupukki, the Finnish Santa. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song) \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" is a song by songwriter Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" published by the Montgomery Ward Company. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949. In 1939 Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song. The song had an added introduction, paraphrasing the poem \"A", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" }, { "docid": "15743594", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song) \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" is a song by songwriter Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" published by the Montgomery Ward Company. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949. In 1939 Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song. The song had an added introduction, paraphrasing the poem \"A Visit from Saint Nicholas\" (public domain by the time the song was written), stating the", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" }, { "docid": "9309911", "text": "December 22, 1975. May died on August 10, 1976 two weeks after his 71st birthday. May is interred at Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, IL. Robert L. May Robert L. May (July 27, 1905 – August 10, 1976) was the creator of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Robert May grew up in an affluent, secular Jewish home in New Rochelle, New York. He had a brother and two sisters. One of the sisters, Evelyn May, is the grandmother of the well-known economist Steven D. Levitt, who wrote the book \"Freakonomics\". The other sister, Margaret, married songwriter Johnny Marks in", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "9309904", "text": "Robert L. May Robert L. May (July 27, 1905 – August 10, 1976) was the creator of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Robert May grew up in an affluent, secular Jewish home in New Rochelle, New York. He had a brother and two sisters. One of the sisters, Evelyn May, is the grandmother of the well-known economist Steven D. Levitt, who wrote the book \"Freakonomics\". The other sister, Margaret, married songwriter Johnny Marks in 1947. May graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1926. May’s parents were hard hit by the Great Depression (1929) and lost their wealth. Sometime in", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "1375433", "text": "had been buying and giving away coloring books for Christmas every year and it was decided that creating their own book would save money. Robert May considered naming the reindeer \"Rollo\" or \"Reginald\" before deciding upon using the name \"Rudolph\". In its first year of publication, Montgomery Ward distributed 2.4 million copies of Rudolph's story. The story is written as a poem in anapestic tetrameter, the same meter as \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" (also known as \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\"). Publication and reprint rights for the book \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" are controlled by Pearson PLC. While May", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "1375431", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, popularly known as \"Santa's ninth reindeer\", is a fabled reindeer created by Robert Lewis May. Rudolph is usually depicted as the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve, though he is a young buck who has only adolescent antlers and a glowing red nose. Though he receives scrutiny for it, the luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through harsh winter weather. Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store. The story is", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9309909", "text": "adaptation of Rudolph. Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore, it was recorded by the singing cowboy Gene Autry. \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" was released in 1949 and became a phenomenal success, selling more records than any other Christmas song, with the exception of \"White Christmas\". In 1941, May married another Ward employee, Virginia, and had five children with her. She was a devout Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism during the marriage. May wrote two sequels to \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\". The first is mostly in prose (except that Rudolph", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "14217281", "text": "as president of each of those companies. While running Montgomery Ward, he was instrumental in choosing the Robert May's story of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer as it first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store In 1953, President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Fogler as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Fogler held this position from June 22, 1953 (the date of his Senate confirmation), to January 12, 1957 (effectively for Eisenhower's entire 1st term). Fogler was the last Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as the", "title": "Raymond H. Fogler" } ]

[ { "docid": "9309905", "text": "the 1930s, May moved to Chicago and took a job as a low-paid in-house advertising copywriter for Montgomery Ward. In early 1939, May’s boss at Montgomery Ward asked him to write a “cheery” Christmas book for shoppers and suggested that an animal be the star of the book. Montgomery Ward had been buying and giving away coloring books for Christmas every year and it was decided that creating their own book would save money and be a nice good-will gesture. May’s wife, Evelyn, had contracted cancer in 1937 and was quite ill as he started on the book in early", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "1375432", "text": "owned by The Rudolph Company, LP and has been adapted in numerous forms including a popular song, the iconic 1964 television special and sequels, and and sequel. Character Arts, LLC manages the licensing for the Rudolph Company, LP. In many countries, Rudolph has become a figure of Christmas folklore. 2014 marked the 75th anniversary of the character and the 50th anniversary of the television special. A series of postage stamps featuring Rudolph was issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014. Robert L. May created Rudolph in 1939 as an assignment for Chicago-based Montgomery Ward. The retailer", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9309907", "text": "assignment in light of his wife’s death. May refused and completed the poem in August 1939. The Rudolph poem booklet was first distributed during the 1939 holiday season. Shoppers loved the poem and 2.4 million copies were distributed. War time restrictions on paper use prevented a re-issue until 1946. In that year, another 3.6 million copies were distributed to Montgomery Ward shoppers. In 1946, May received an offer from a company that wanted to do a spoken-word record of the poem. May could not give his approval (and be compensated) because Montgomery Ward held the rights to the poem. In", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "4754853", "text": "American publisher Really Big Coloring Books released \"We Shall Never Forget: The Kids Book of Freedom\" detailing specific drawings in the accounting of SEAL Team 6 shooting Osama bin Laden in his home. The book was criticized by some for portraying Muslims in a negative manner. The company has also published \"The Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids\", \"Ted Cruz To The Future\" (2013) and a book about President Barack Obama's inauguration (2008). Photographer Jno Cook produced line drawings based on Robert Frank's \"The Americans\", and in 1983 published them in a limited edition as \"The Robert Frank Coloring Book\".", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "8045038", "text": "pilgrims. Ward's second book, \"All the Good Pilgrims\" (2007), deals with his several walking journeys along Spain's Camino de Santiago. Highly anecdotal, it retells the author's adventures as a sceptical modern pilgrim on a venerable Catholic road of faith. Robert Ward (travel writer) Robert Ward is a Canadian author and travel writer with a special interest in pilgrimages. Though a self-professed atheist, he specialized in religious studies and English literature at the University of Toronto before doing an M.A. in English at the University of Western Ontario. His first book, \"Virgin Trails\" (2002), is a memoir of Ward's visits to", "title": "Robert Ward (travel writer)" }, { "docid": "4754844", "text": "Coloring book A coloring book (or colouring book, or colouring page) is a type of book containing line art to which people are intended to add color using crayons, colored pencils, marker pens, paint or other artistic media. Traditional coloring books and coloring pages are printed on paper or card. Some coloring books have perforated edges so their pages can be removed from the books and used as individual sheets. Others may include a story line and so are intended to be left intact. Today many children's coloring books feature popular cartoon characters. They are often used as promotional materials", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "4754846", "text": "and improving skills that would be useful in finding a profession, as well as for the children's spiritual edification. The McLoughlin Brothers are credited as the inventors of the coloring book, when, in the 1880s, they produced \"The Little Folks' Painting Book\", in collaboration with Kate Greenaway. They continued to publish coloring books until the 1920s, when the McLoughlin Brothers became part of the Milton Bradley Company. Another pioneer in the genre was Richard F. Outcault. He authored \"Buster's Paint Book\" in 1907, featuring the character of Buster Brown, which he had invented in 1902. It was published by the", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "8295700", "text": "introduced the use of transit ads for Sapolio in almost all public transit vehicles in the country. He later obtained an exclusive franchise for the advertising facilities on New York City’s elevated railway and subway systems. He was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame in 1975. Artemas Ward (writer) Artemas Ward (May 28, 1848 – March 14, 1925) was an American author and advertising executive. He is known for authoring several biographies as well as \"The Grocer's Encyclopedia\". Ward, born May 28, 1848, was the great-grandson and namesake of Artemas Ward, a Major General during the American Revolutionary War.", "title": "Artemas Ward (writer)" }, { "docid": "8045037", "text": "Robert Ward (travel writer) Robert Ward is a Canadian author and travel writer with a special interest in pilgrimages. Though a self-professed atheist, he specialized in religious studies and English literature at the University of Toronto before doing an M.A. in English at the University of Western Ontario. His first book, \"Virgin Trails\" (2002), is a memoir of Ward's visits to various pilgrimage sites of Western Europe dedicated to the Virgin Mary (including Lourdes, Chartres, Fatima, Rome and Loreto, as well as the Camino de Santiago). It is a mix of history, legend and tales of encounters with contemporary Catholic", "title": "Robert Ward (travel writer)" }, { "docid": "4754847", "text": "Stokes Company. This launched a trend to use coloring books to advertise a wide variety of products, including coffee and pianos. Until the 1930s, books were designed with the intent for them to be painted instead of colored. Even when crayons came into wide use in the 1930s, books were still designed so that they could be painted or colored. Coloring books are widely used in schooling for young children for various reasons. For example, children are often more interested in coloring books rather than using other learning methods; pictures may also be more memorable than simply words. Coloring may", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "7323297", "text": "Scott L. Montgomery Scott L. Montgomery (born May 30, 1951) is an American author, geoscientist, public lecturer, and affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is widely known for his writings on energy matters, intellectual history, language and translation, and history of science. His book, \"The Shape of the New\": \"Four Big Ideas and How They Built the Modern World\" (2015), with co-author Daniel Chirot, was selected by \"The New York Times\" and Bloomberg Businessweek as one of the most notable books of 2015. His articles have appeared in many journals, including \"Forbes\", \"Newsweek\", \"History Today,\"", "title": "Scott L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "7323315", "text": "power, environmental damage, and western society's self-destructive aspects. Scott L. Montgomery Scott L. Montgomery (born May 30, 1951) is an American author, geoscientist, public lecturer, and affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is widely known for his writings on energy matters, intellectual history, language and translation, and history of science. His book, \"The Shape of the New\": \"Four Big Ideas and How They Built the Modern World\" (2015), with co-author Daniel Chirot, was selected by \"The New York Times\" and Bloomberg Businessweek as one of the most notable books of 2015. His articles have appeared", "title": "Scott L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "9309906", "text": "1939. May \"drew on memories of his own painfully shy childhood when creating his Rudolph stories.\" He decided on making a reindeer the central character of the book because his then 4-year-old daughter, Barbara, loved the deer in the Chicago zoo. He ran verses and chapters of the Rudolph poem by Barbara to make sure they entertained children. The final version of the poem was first read to Barbara and his wife’s parents. Evelyn May died in July 1939. She is interred at Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, IL. His boss offered to take him off the book", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "14195910", "text": "racing including Escadru, Pictor, Vincentive, and Legendra. Trainers who conditioned his horses included Don Cameron, Edward Christmas, and Louis Schaefer. Willam and Mabel Brann maintained a winter home in Boynton Beach, Florida where he died in 1951 at the age of seventy-three. William L. Brann William Leavitt Brann (c.1877 – April 11, 1951) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Born in Washington, Indiana, William Brann graduated from Indiana University and moved to New York City where he founded the W. L. Brann Advertising Agency, serving national clients such as Montgomery Ward. In partnership with Robert Stanley", "title": "William L. Brann" }, { "docid": "20833890", "text": "Artillery during the American Civil War and wed Mary Renninger; Mary Elizabeth, Sarah and John, Morton L. Montgomery experienced tragedy early in life when his two youngest siblings died sometime before 1850. That year, a federal census taker noted that the family resided in Reading’s Northeast Ward, and was composed only of Leonard and Catharine Montgomery and their children: Jonas, Morton and Mary. Educated in his community's common elementary school from childhood through 1860, and then at a high school in Reading until 1863, he showed an aptitude for drafting and mathematics. Following graduation, he apprenticed for eight months with", "title": "Morton L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "14195908", "text": "William L. Brann William Leavitt Brann (c.1877 – April 11, 1951) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Born in Washington, Indiana, William Brann graduated from Indiana University and moved to New York City where he founded the W. L. Brann Advertising Agency, serving national clients such as Montgomery Ward. In partnership with Robert Stanley Castle, William Brann owned Branncastle Farm in Walkersville in Frederick County, Maryland. Among the successful horses they bred was Challedon, the 1939 and 1940 American Horse of the Year and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Challedon became the first Maryland-bred", "title": "William L. Brann" }, { "docid": "12429875", "text": "What a Night! A Christmas Album What a Night! A Christmas Album, by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr., was released on November 4, 2008., being his third Christmas album, since 1993's \"When My Heart Finds Christmas\" and 2003's \"Harry for the Holidays\". The album consists of new recordings of Christmas classics, and new songs written by Connick. The first public mentioning of recording the album, came in an interview in The Times-Picayune in June 2008. The album was first called \"Christmas Day\", but the title was changed in September 2008, to \"What a Night! A Christmas Album\".", "title": "What a Night! A Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "19492971", "text": "Coloring Book (mixtape) Coloring Book is the third mixtape by American rapper Chance the Rapper. It was produced by his group The Social Experiment, Lido, and Kaytranada, among others. For the mixtape, Chance also collaborated with musicians such as Kanye West, Young Thug, Francis and the Lights, Justin Bieber, 2 Chainz, Kirk Franklin, and the Chicago Children's Choir. \"Coloring Book\" was released on May 13, 2016, exclusively on Apple Music, before being made available to other streaming services on May 27. It was the first album to chart on the US \"Billboard\" 200 solely on streams, peaking at number eight,", "title": "Coloring Book (mixtape)" }, { "docid": "15351525", "text": "John Montgomery Ward John Montgomery Ward (March 3, 1860 – March 4, 1925), known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman and manager. Ward was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Renovo, Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new baseball league, the Players' League. Ward attended the Bellefonte Academy in the early 1870s, and at 13 years of age, he was sent to Pennsylvania State University. In his short time there, he helped jumpstart a baseball program and is often credited for developing the", "title": "John Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "11362611", "text": "Robert Hiester Montgomery Robert Hiester Montgomery (September 21, 1872 – May 2, 1953) was an American accountant and educator, and co-founders of what is today the world's largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Montgomery was a two-term president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Montgomery was the author of numerous books on auditing and taxation including \"Auditing Theory and Practice\", a bestseller originally published in 1912 which is still in print. He was successful in three professions despite his lack of formal education, having not even completed high school. Montgomery quit school at the age of 14 and went", "title": "Robert Hiester Montgomery" }, { "docid": "3307565", "text": "Aaron Montgomery Ward as the 16th-most influential businessman of all time. Despite the collapse of its catalog business and bricks-and-mortar department stores in 2001, Montgomery Ward & Co. as an online retailer still adheres to the once unheard philosophy of \"satisfaction guaranteed\". Aaron Montgomery Ward Aaron Montgomery Ward (February 17, 1843 – December 7, 1913) was an American entrepreneur based in Chicago who made his fortune through the use of mail order for retail sales of general merchandise to rural customers. In 1872 he founded Montgomery Ward & Company, which became nationally known. Ward, a young traveling salesman of dry", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307566", "text": "Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward Inc. is the name of two historically distinct American retail enterprises. It can refer either to the defunct mail order and department store retailer, which operated between 1872 and 2001, or to the current catalog and online retailer also known as Wards. Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1872. Ward had conceived of the idea of a dry goods mail-order business in Chicago, Illinois, after several years of working as a traveling salesman among rural customers. He observed that rural customers often wanted \"city\" goods, but their only access to them was through", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "15351539", "text": "in Augusta, Georgia, the day following his 65th birthday on March 4, 1925 after a bout of pneumonia, and is interred in Greenfield Cemetery in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1964. John Montgomery Ward John Montgomery Ward (March 3, 1860 – March 4, 1925), known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman and manager. Ward was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Renovo, Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new", "title": "John Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "11362619", "text": "cycads. Located on 120 acres in Coral Gables it includes the largest and finest private collections of palms and cycads in the world. Robert Hiester Montgomery Robert Hiester Montgomery (September 21, 1872 – May 2, 1953) was an American accountant and educator, and co-founders of what is today the world's largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Montgomery was a two-term president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Montgomery was the author of numerous books on auditing and taxation including \"Auditing Theory and Practice\", a bestseller originally published in 1912 which is still in print. He was successful in three", "title": "Robert Hiester Montgomery" }, { "docid": "6556325", "text": "visualizer Jmol. Column R is the scheme used by Rasmol; when two colors are shown, the second one is valid for versions 2.7.3 and later. All colors are approximate and may depend on the display hardware and viewing conditions. CPK coloring In chemistry, the CPK coloring is a popular color convention for distinguishing atoms of different chemical elements in molecular models. The scheme is named after the CPK molecular models designed by chemists Robert Corey and Linus Pauling, and improved by Walter Koltun. In 1952, Corey and Pauling published a description of space-filling models of proteins and other biomolecules that", "title": "CPK coloring" }, { "docid": "3307554", "text": "that came about in 1906. The early 20th century was the heyday of mail orders and Ward's had become an American tradition, along with its rival Sears Roebuck. Ward continues to be honored as the protector of Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1843, in Chatham, New Jersey. When he was about nine years old, his father Sylvester Ward moved the family to Niles, Michigan, where Aaron attended public schools. He was one of a large family with a modest income. When Aaron was fourteen, he was apprenticed to a trade to help", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3236644", "text": "His two surviving children, Elizabeth and Robert Montgomery Jr., both died of cancer, as well. Robert Montgomery (actor) Robert Montgomery (; born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Henry Montgomery Jr. was born in Fishkill Landing, New York (now Beacon, New York), to Henry Montgomery Sr. and his wife, Mary Weed Montgomery (née Barney). His early childhood was one of privilege, as his father was president of the New York Rubber Company. His father committed suicide in", "title": "Robert Montgomery (actor)" }, { "docid": "8295699", "text": "Artemas Ward (writer) Artemas Ward (May 28, 1848 – March 14, 1925) was an American author and advertising executive. He is known for authoring several biographies as well as \"The Grocer's Encyclopedia\". Ward, born May 28, 1848, was the great-grandson and namesake of Artemas Ward, a Major General during the American Revolutionary War. Ward's first position was in 1863 with the New York State Soldiers’ Depot. Later, Ward moved to Philadelphia, entering the Cuban export and import business, and next founded and published the \"Philadelphia Grocer\". This led to an offer to manage advertising for household cleaner Sapolio Soap. He", "title": "Artemas Ward (writer)" }, { "docid": "4754855", "text": "The books are also a way to get away from technology, which some regard as beneficial to people's health. They can be used by people who are uncomfortable with more creatively expressive forms of art. While coloring books for adults were popular in the early 1960s, those were satirical works rather than the therapeutic works that define the adult coloring book form today. The first commercially successful adult coloring books were published in 2012 and 2013, and began increasing in popularity in 2015. In April of that year two such coloring books became the top sellers at Amazon. By November", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "3307552", "text": "Aaron Montgomery Ward Aaron Montgomery Ward (February 17, 1843 – December 7, 1913) was an American entrepreneur based in Chicago who made his fortune through the use of mail order for retail sales of general merchandise to rural customers. In 1872 he founded Montgomery Ward & Company, which became nationally known. Ward, a young traveling salesman of dry goods, was concerned over the plight of many rural Midwest Americans who were, he thought, being overcharged and under-served by many of the small town retailers on whom they had to rely for their general merchandise. He opened his first mail-order house", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "4754850", "text": "Some publishers have specialized in coloring books with an explicit educational purpose, both for children and for adults. The books often have extensive text accompanying each image. These publishers include Dover Books, Really Big Coloring Books, Running Press, and Troubador Press. Coloring books have seen wide application in the health professions as educational tools. One nurse, trying to limit the trauma of surgery, described in an academic publication how the use of a coloring book \"might help [the child] to understand what was going to happen to him.\" They are also used in rehabilitation of accident victims to aid recovery", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "5980515", "text": "Robert Kanigher Robert Kanigher (; June 18, 1915 – May 7, 2002) was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over the scripting from creator William Moulton Marston. In addition, Kanigher spent many years in charge of DC Comics' war titles, as well as creating the character Sgt. Rock. Kanigher scripted what is considered the first Silver Age comic book story, \"Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!\" which introduced the Barry Allen version of the Flash in \"Showcase\" #4 (Oct. 1956). Kanigher was", "title": "Robert Kanigher" }, { "docid": "3236634", "text": "Robert Montgomery (actor) Robert Montgomery (; born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Henry Montgomery Jr. was born in Fishkill Landing, New York (now Beacon, New York), to Henry Montgomery Sr. and his wife, Mary Weed Montgomery (née Barney). His early childhood was one of privilege, as his father was president of the New York Rubber Company. His father committed suicide in 1922 by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, and the family's fortune was gone. Montgomery settled", "title": "Robert Montgomery (actor)" }, { "docid": "19492982", "text": "the modern music industry era. In the opinion of \"Slate\" journalist Jack Hamilton, \"Coloring Book\" was \"the first true gospel-rap masterpiece\". At the end of 2016, \"Coloring Book\" appeared on a number of critics' lists ranking the year's top albums. According to Metacritic, it was the seventh most prominently ranked record of 2016. Christgau ranked it as the ninth best album of the year in his ballot for \"The Village Voice\"s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. Songwriting credits adapted from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Notes Sample credits Coloring Book (mixtape) Coloring Book is the third", "title": "Coloring Book (mixtape)" }, { "docid": "8124081", "text": "version of the poem, including the German spelling of \"Donder and Blitzen,\" rather than the original 1823 version using the Dutch spelling, \"Dunder and Blixem\". Both phrases translate as \"Thunder and Lightning\" in English, though German for \"thunder\" is now spelled \"Donner\", and the Dutch words would now be spelled \"Donder\" and \"Bliksem\". Rudolph's story was originally written in verse by Robert L. May for the Montgomery Ward chain of department stores in 1939, and published as a book to be given to children in the store at Christmas time. According to this story, Rudolph's glowing red nose made him", "title": "Santa Claus's reindeer" }, { "docid": "4754859", "text": "thing, noting that adults are increasingly buying books they want to buy, rather than books they are supposed to buy. Coloring books can also be found digitally in the form of coloring book websites and applications. Coloring book software often has features such as color mixing, flood filling, and paintbrush tools that allow for more accurate and detailed drawings than regular coloring books. Coloring book A coloring book (or colouring book, or colouring page) is a type of book containing line art to which people are intended to add color using crayons, colored pencils, marker pens, paint or other artistic", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "19636392", "text": "American Character Doll Company The American Character Doll Company was an American toy company specializing in dolls. Their most popular dolls included \"Tiny Tears,\" \"Tressy,\" \"Butterball Doll\", \"Sweet Sue,\" and \"Toodles.\" Founded in 1919, the company's fortunes peaked in the mid-20th century, as they sold millions of dolls exclusively to retailers and mail order houses such as Sears and Montgomery Ward. American Character Dolls went bankrupt in 1968, with their assets acquired by the Ideal Toy Company. The American Doll and Toy Corporation was established in 1919 by Russian Jewish immigrant brothers Jacob and Max Brock, and their partner Ed", "title": "American Character Doll Company" }, { "docid": "19492979", "text": "first week, the mixtape debuted at number eight on the US \"Billboard\" 200 based on 57.3 million streams of its songs, which \"Billboard\" equated to 38,000 album units. It was the first release to chart on the \"Billboard\" 200 solely on streams. The mixtape was available only on Apple Music through May 27, when it was released to other streaming services. \"Coloring Book\" became the first to surpass 500,000 with only streaming album equivalents. Since its debut in May, the album has stayed on the \"Billboard\" 200 chart for 33 consecutive weeks, peaking at number eight. \"Coloring Book\" received widespread", "title": "Coloring Book (mixtape)" }, { "docid": "3307597", "text": "on its website, including Devonshire Collection, Apothecarie Collection and Elysian Forest Collection furniture, Chef Tested kitchen products, Comfort Creek towels and sheets, Freshica shoes, Sleep Connection bedding, and Color Connection window treatments. Notes Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward Inc. is the name of two historically distinct American retail enterprises. It can refer either to the defunct mail order and department store retailer, which operated between 1872 and 2001, or to the current catalog and online retailer also known as Wards. Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1872. Ward had conceived of the idea of a dry goods mail-order", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "8606995", "text": "Joan Brady (American-British writer) Joan Brady (born 4 December 1939 in San Francisco) is an American-British writer. She is the first woman and American to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for her novel \"Theory of War\". Born Joan Brady on 4 December 1939 in San Francisco to Mildred Edie Brady and Robert A. Brady. She has one sister, Judy. Before becoming an author, she was a dancer with the San Francisco Ballet and the New York City Ballet then went on to study philosophy at Columbia University in New York City. In 1963, she married author Dexter", "title": "Joan Brady (American-British writer)" }, { "docid": "11846799", "text": "there and I wish I could rewrite every last one of them—especially the notes for [Coltrane’s] \"Blue Train\".\" Robert Levin (writer) Robert Levin (born January 20, 1939, New York, New York) is an American writer of fiction and essays. The author of \"When Pacino’s Hot, I’m Hot: A Miscellany of Stories & Commentary\", he is also the co-author and coeditor, respectively, of two collections of essays about jazz and rock in the 1960s: \"Music & Politics\" (with John Sinclair) and \"Giants of Black Music\" (with Pauline Rivelli). In addition, his fiction and essays have appeared in a number of collections,", "title": "Robert Levin (writer)" }, { "docid": "3307575", "text": "The brand name of the store became embedded in the popular American consciousness and was often called by the nickname Monkey Ward (a corruption of Mont'gy Ward), both affectionately and derisively. In April 1944, four months into a nationwide strike by the company's 12,000 workers, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company. The seizure was ordered because Avery refused to settle the strike as requested by the Roosevelt administration because of its adverse effect on the delivery of needed goods in wartime. Avery had refused to comply with a War Labor Board order to recognize", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "12596111", "text": "for \"The Wall Street Journal\". Paul L. Montgomery Paul Lauren Montgomery (May 25, 1936 – October 16, 2008) was a longtime reporter for \"The New York Times\" who wrote about local and international affairs for the newspaper. Montgomery was an only child, born on May 25, 1936, in Brooklyn and raised in Spring Valley, New York. He attended Columbia University, graduating from the school in 1958. He spent two years as a textbook editor before being hired by \"The New York Times\" in 1959. His first position with the newspaper was as a copy boy. In the early 1960s, Montgomery", "title": "Paul L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "12596108", "text": "Paul L. Montgomery Paul Lauren Montgomery (May 25, 1936 – October 16, 2008) was a longtime reporter for \"The New York Times\" who wrote about local and international affairs for the newspaper. Montgomery was an only child, born on May 25, 1936, in Brooklyn and raised in Spring Valley, New York. He attended Columbia University, graduating from the school in 1958. He spent two years as a textbook editor before being hired by \"The New York Times\" in 1959. His first position with the newspaper was as a copy boy. In the early 1960s, Montgomery covered the rioting in Harlem", "title": "Paul L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "3307570", "text": "total sales of $8.7 million, compared to $10 million for Sears, and both companies would struggle for dominance during much of the 20th century. By 1904, the company had expanded such that it mailed three million catalogs, weighing each, to customers. In 1908, the company opened a building stretching along nearly one-quarter mile of the Chicago River, north of downtown Chicago. The building, known as the Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House, served as the company headquarters until 1974, when the offices moved across the street to a new tower designed by Minoru Yamasaki. The catalog house was declared a", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "3307562", "text": "In 1906 he campaigned to preserve Grant Park as a public park. Grant Park has been protected since 1836 by \"forever open, clear and free\" legislation that has been affirmed by four Illinois Supreme Court rulings. Ward twice sued the city of Chicago to force it to remove buildings and structures from Grant Park and to keep it from building new ones. Ward is known by some as the \"watch dog of the lake front\" for his preservationist efforts. As a result, the city has what are termed the Montgomery Ward height restrictions on buildings and structures in Grant Park.", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "11362614", "text": "stayed there until 1939. Montgomery saw the need for a book on auditing. In 1912 he wrote \"Auditing: Theory and Practice\". This was the first American book on auditing. For the seventh editions two other authors joined him and the book was retitled \"Montgomery's Auditing\". After Montgomery's death the eighth edition was published in 1957 by two other authors. It is still in print and is now in its 12th edition. Commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel (1918) during World War I, he was generally referred to thereafter as Colonel Montgomery. He received the AICPA's Gold Medal Award in 1949. In", "title": "Robert Hiester Montgomery" }, { "docid": "11846796", "text": "Robert Levin (writer) Robert Levin (born January 20, 1939, New York, New York) is an American writer of fiction and essays. The author of \"When Pacino’s Hot, I’m Hot: A Miscellany of Stories & Commentary\", he is also the co-author and coeditor, respectively, of two collections of essays about jazz and rock in the 1960s: \"Music & Politics\" (with John Sinclair) and \"Giants of Black Music\" (with Pauline Rivelli). In addition, his fiction and essays have appeared in a number of collections, including: \"Twenty-Minute Fandangoes and Forever Changes\", \"Best of Nuvein Fiction,\" the \"Word Riot 2003 Anthology,\" \"Unlikely Stories of", "title": "Robert Levin (writer)" }, { "docid": "20833892", "text": "and middle states. By 1870, he was a 23-year-old law student at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.” When not on campus, according to the federal census that year, he resided at the home of his father, Leonard, in Reading’s 8th Ward. Also living there was his 21-year-old sister, Mary Montgomery. After completing two years of study at Harvard in 1871, he returned home to Reading, where he finished his required third year of study in practicum with attorney Samuel L. Young, Esq. Admitted to the State Bar of Pennsylvania on August 28, 1871, Montgomery then practiced law professionally. It was", "title": "Morton L. Montgomery" }, { "docid": "8772221", "text": "his dog with him\" to \"He was with his dog\". Once again Ward felt this better reflected Meursault's character. Indeed, later in the novel Meursault notes Salamano's dog is worth no more or less than his wife. Other authors he has translated include Roland Barthes, Colette, Pablo Picasso and Jean-Paul Sartre. He also wrote literary criticism and poetry. Ward died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 39. He received the PEN Translation Prize in 1989. Matthew Ward (writer) Matthew Ward (1950/1951 – June 23, 1990) was an American English/French translator noted for his 1989 rendition of Albert Camus'", "title": "Matthew Ward (writer)" }, { "docid": "4754851", "text": "of hand–eye coordination, and they are used with autistic children both for entertainment and for their soothing effect. Coloring books have been used to explain complicated medical conditions to children. One of the appeals of adult coloring books is that they help users relax and de-stress. In 1962, cartoonist Mort Drucker teamed with humorist Paul Laikin in creating the \"John F. Kennedy Coloring Book\", a satirical introduction to Kennedy, his family and administration, told from the point of view of his daughter Caroline. The book sold 2,500,000 copies. In 1968 the \"Black Panther Coloring Book\" began circulating in the United", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "12429877", "text": "Tchaikovsky's \"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy\". Arrangement by Harry Connick Jr. A Holiday Celebration Tour 2008, is a concert tour with his big band to support the album. The tour was confirmed by the official Harry Connick, Jr. website in September 2008. One of their stops included the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. What a Night! A Christmas Album What a Night! A Christmas Album, by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr., was released on November 4, 2008., being his third Christmas album, since 1993's \"When My Heart Finds Christmas\" and 2003's \"Harry for", "title": "What a Night! A Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "12909019", "text": "animated Christmas special created specifically for television, \"Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol\". Based on Dickens' novelette, \"A Christmas Carol\", the animated special featured a score by Broadway duo Jule Styne and Bob Merrill. On December 6, 1964, NBC aired \"Rudolph the Red–Nosed Reindeer\", a stop motion animated special produced by Rankin/Bass. The special was based on a 1949 song by Johnny Marks, which was based in turn on a 1939 poem by Robert L. May. The program has aired every year since 1964, making it the longest-running Christmas television special. On December 9, 1965, CBS aired \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" then", "title": "Christmas in the post-war United States" }, { "docid": "3307564", "text": "hundred books with the most influence on life and culture of the American people. A bronze bust honoring Ward and seven other industry magnates stand between the Chicago River and the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago, Illinois. A smaller version of that bust is located in Grant Park. The Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners recently named a new park in honor of A. Montgomery Ward. It is located at 630 N. Kingsbury Street, a few blocks away from the old Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House Building at 600 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago. \"Forbes magazine\" readers and editors ranked", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "12475929", "text": "a job to write for \"Hill Street Blues\". After \"Hill Street\" concluded, Ward become the co-Executive Producer of \"Miami Vice\", and spent five years writing scripts and producing TV movies at Universal Studios. He continues to write and produce television shows and movies as well publish novels. Robert Ward (novelist) Robert Ward is an American writer. He is a native of Baltimore currently living in Los Angeles. Ward has numerous credits as novelist, teacher, journalist, screenwriter, producer, and actor. \"Shedding Skin\" was published in 1972 after taking five years to complete. Ward worked on it for two years while living", "title": "Robert Ward (novelist)" }, { "docid": "3657773", "text": "Robert Montgomery Bird Robert Montgomery Bird (February 5, 1806 – January 23, 1854) was an American novelist, playwright, and physician. Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806. He was born to a pioneer family. His father was a prosperous partner in the firm of Bird and Riddle, government navy agents. When his family was forced to disband (as written in one of his earliest writings \"My Father- who died when I was 4 years old\"), his mother and brothers moved to Philadelphia and he was taken in by a rich uncle in New Castle. His uncle's", "title": "Robert Montgomery Bird" }, { "docid": "15470177", "text": "Coloring Book (Glassjaw EP) Coloring Book is an extended play by the American post-hardcore band Glassjaw. The release was initially exclusively given away for free during the group's February–March 2011 tour, and was said to serve as a preview for Glassjaw's upcoming third studio album. The EP was later made available from Glassjaw's webstore on October 1, 2012 and was packaged in a red gatefold sleeve along with a pink-colored DVD, \"Coloring Book: Live at the Forum\". A limited edition 12\" vinyl pressing of the EP was released on August 13, 2013. Each disc is unique in that they were", "title": "Coloring Book (Glassjaw EP)" }, { "docid": "12475924", "text": "Robert Ward (novelist) Robert Ward is an American writer. He is a native of Baltimore currently living in Los Angeles. Ward has numerous credits as novelist, teacher, journalist, screenwriter, producer, and actor. \"Shedding Skin\" was published in 1972 after taking five years to complete. Ward worked on it for two years while living in a hippie commune in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. He destroyed the first draft of the manuscript before moving back to Baltimore where he began working on it once again. In 1968, in the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he", "title": "Robert Ward (novelist)" }, { "docid": "3307596", "text": "sale scheduled for the following month. Catalog retailer Swiss Colony purchased DMSI August 5, 2008. Swiss Colony—which changed its name to Colony Brands Inc. on June 1, 2010—announced it would keep the Montgomery Ward catalog division open. The website launched September 10, 2008, with new catalogs mailing in February 2009. A month before the catalog's launch, Swiss Colony President John Baumann told United Press International the retailer might also resurrect Montgomery Ward's Signature and Powr-Kraft store brands. To augment its vast selection, Montgomery Ward started promoting several exclusive new brands in July 2012 in its Early Fall 2012 catalog and", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "12040022", "text": "was adorned with a minimalist brush-and-ink illustration by the author. While employed at New Directions, Lowry designed book jackets for titles by Tennessee Williams, James T. Farrell, Christopher Isherwood, Thomas Merton, Dylan Thomas, Pablo Neruda, Henry Miller, and others. According to Lowry researcher Robert Nedelkoff, \"James Laughlin said he'd always loved the Little Man books and said he thought that Lowry may have had greater promise as a book designer than as a writer. He thought Lowry had peaked with \"Casualty\" and the other books were downhill.\" Lowry had dark impulses, which were exacerbated by liquor. \"In Cincinnati,\" recalled Flora,", "title": "Robert Lowry (writer)" }, { "docid": "5570764", "text": "of evolution. He currently lives in Montreal. He is married to Anna DiTuri, a retired business school teacher, and they have one child, David. Robert L. Carroll Robert Lynn Carroll (born May 5, 1938) is a vertebrate paleontologist who specialises in Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians and reptiles. Carroll was an only child and grew up on a farm near Lansing, Michigan. He was introduced to paleontology by his father shortly after his fifth birthday, and by the time he was eight he had decided he wanted to be a vertebrate paleontologist. In that same year he received as a Christmas", "title": "Robert L. Carroll" }, { "docid": "3307587", "text": "plan and allocated space in three Sacramento stores to create the SOHO (Small Office Home Office) department. Since many of the brands, like Hewlett Packard and Panasonic would not disrupt their dealer channel and sell direct to Montgomery Ward, Hamilton had to create relationships with many distributors to pull together the branded department. When the Sacramento stores opened the shelves included items like Hewlett Packard printers, OkiData printers and other brands that had never been in a national retailer. The test was a major success and the SOHO department was rolled out to all Montgomery Ward locations. Montgomery Ward was", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "5570760", "text": "Robert L. Carroll Robert Lynn Carroll (born May 5, 1938) is a vertebrate paleontologist who specialises in Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians and reptiles. Carroll was an only child and grew up on a farm near Lansing, Michigan. He was introduced to paleontology by his father shortly after his fifth birthday, and by the time he was eight he had decided he wanted to be a vertebrate paleontologist. In that same year he received as a Christmas present the left femur of an \"Allosaurus\", courtesy of Edwin H. Colbert, whom his father had told about his interest. In his teen years", "title": "Robert L. Carroll" }, { "docid": "14498294", "text": "Montgomery Ward Company Complex The Montgomery Ward Company Complex is the former national headquarters of Montgomery Ward, the United States' oldest mail order firm. The property is located along the North Branch of the Chicago River at 618 W. Chicago Avenue in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978. The two earliest buildings in the complex, the old Administration Building and the Mail Order House, are constructed of reinforced concrete and were designed by Richard E. Schmidt and Hugh Garden, members of", "title": "Montgomery Ward Company Complex" }, { "docid": "17923269", "text": "Robert L. Spencer Robert L. Spencer (1920–2014) was an American fashion designer, best known as longtime partner of Richard Blackwell for nearly 60 years. Spencer was born in 1920 in Indianapolis. During the 1950s, Spencer took up professional hairdressing and became a hairdresser in Beverley Hills. He was a dear friend of actors Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, and even finalized their hair in certain movies. While visiting Spencer, Grant and Scott introduced Richard Blackwell to Spencer. Soon after, the pair established the first Blackwell fashion company in 1958. As Spencer and Blackwell became more popular throughout Los Angeles, Spencer", "title": "Robert L. Spencer" }, { "docid": "4410667", "text": "\"Somerset Maugham TV Theatre\" until December 1951 when it became a weekly series. Initially offering hour-long dramas adapted from successful Hollywood films, the series was hosted and produced by Robert Montgomery. His presence lent a degree of respectability to the new medium of television, and he was able to persuade many of his Hollywood associates to appear. Montgomery introduced each episode and also acted in many episodes. The program was noted for the high level of production values and the consistent attempt to present quality entertainment within the constraints of a live presentation. A drama built around the Hindenburg disaster,", "title": "Robert Montgomery Presents" }, { "docid": "8883361", "text": "Ed Ward (writer) Edmund \"Ed\" Ward (born 1948) is an American writer and radio commenter known since 1986 as the \"rock-and-roll historian\" for NPR's program \"Fresh Air\" and one of the original founders of Austin's South by Southwest music festival. Ward grew up in Eastchester, New York. He attended Antioch College and began his music-writing career in 1965. He has been on the staff of \"Crawdaddy!\" (1967), \"Rolling Stone\" (1970), and \"Creem\" (1971–1977) magazines and of the \"Austin American-Statesman\" and \"The Austin Chronicle\" (where he has been honored as part of their annual \"Restaurant Poll\", lending his name to their", "title": "Ed Ward (writer)" }, { "docid": "7700784", "text": "his editorials on the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its delaying of cancer drug approval. Pollock makes frequent appearances on television shows such as that on CNBC as well as radio appearances on WABC and NPR. He is currently an MD candidate at Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia. Robert L. Pollock Robert L. Pollock is an editorial writer and Wall Street Journal editorial board member. Robert Pollock was born in Buffalo, New York. He studied at Yale. Pollock joined the \"Wall Street Journal Europe\" in Brussels as an editorial page writer in 1995. He moved to \"The", "title": "Robert L. Pollock" }, { "docid": "2191203", "text": "Robert Ward (composer) Robert Eugene Ward (September 13, 1917 – April 3, 2013) was an American composer. Ward was born in Cleveland, Ohio, one of five children of the owner of a moving and storage company. He sang in church choirs and local opera theaters when he was a boy. His earliest extant compositions date to 1934, at a time he was attending John Adams High School, from which he graduated in 1935. After that, Ward attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where his composition teachers were Bernard Rogers, Howard Hanson and Edward Royce. Ward received", "title": "Robert Ward (composer)" }, { "docid": "3236780", "text": "church of St. Jude, Glasgow. In 1843 he removed to the parish of St. Pancras, London, when he was minister of Percy Chapel. He died at Brighton in 1855. Robert Montgomery (poet) Robert Montgomery (1807–1855) was an English poet, the son of Robert Gomery. He was educated at a private school in Bath, Somerset, and founded an unsuccessful weekly paper in that city. In 1828 he published \"The Omni-presence of the Deity\", which hit popular religious sentiment so exactly that it ran through eight editions in as many months. In 1830 he followed it with \"The Puffiad\" (a satire), and", "title": "Robert Montgomery (poet)" }, { "docid": "8883363", "text": "his rock-and-roll history lessons on \"Fresh Air\" he contributes to \"The New York Times\", \"The Wall Street Journal\", and various music magazines. Ed Ward (writer) Edmund \"Ed\" Ward (born 1948) is an American writer and radio commenter known since 1986 as the \"rock-and-roll historian\" for NPR's program \"Fresh Air\" and one of the original founders of Austin's South by Southwest music festival. Ward grew up in Eastchester, New York. He attended Antioch College and began his music-writing career in 1965. He has been on the staff of \"Crawdaddy!\" (1967), \"Rolling Stone\" (1970), and \"Creem\" (1971–1977) magazines and of the \"Austin", "title": "Ed Ward (writer)" }, { "docid": "14498298", "text": "added several warehouses and parking structures, followed by a 26-story office building in 1972, designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, who also designed the former World Trade Center towers in New York City. After the bankruptcy of Montgomery Ward in 2001, the earliest buildings were converted into upscale condominiums. The project met the Secretary of the Interior's Standards with the exception of the balconies. In 2004, the office tower also was converted to condominiums, now called The Montgomery. The Mail Order House building is now home to restaurants, the Big Ten Network, Wrigley, David Barton Gym, Allyu Spa, Groupon, Kingsbury Yacht", "title": "Montgomery Ward Company Complex" }, { "docid": "3307571", "text": "National Historic Landmark in 1978 and a Chicago historic landmark in May 2000. In the decades before 1930, Montgomery Ward built a network of large distribution centers across the country in Baltimore, Fort Worth, Kansas City, St. Paul, Portland, and Oakland. In most cases, these reinforced concrete structures were the largest industrial structures in their respective locations. The Baltimore Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Ward died in 1913, after 41 years running the catalog business. The company president, William C. Thorne (the eldest son of the co-founder), died", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "17693503", "text": "Yakima Nation, and Democratic governor Dixie Lee Ray, whose 1976 and 1980 campaigns he managed. A heavy cigar smoker, Johnson was known as an opinionated character with sometimes profane mannerisms. Johnson drafted an unpublished book, \"What Shall I Tell My People About Politics?\" which he described as a \"real-life handbook for precinct committeemen.\" Montgomery Johnson Charles Montgomery \"Gummie\" Johnson (June 6, 1923 – May 21, 2005) was an American publicist and political consultant who was active in Republican party politics in Washington state for nearly 30 years. Johnson was born in Seattle to a family of outdoor enthusiasts. He received", "title": "Montgomery Johnson" }, { "docid": "4754858", "text": "a broader cultural shift. And that cultural shift is a bad thing.” She believes the Great Recession has contributed to this shift, as adults unable to find employment have moved home to live with their parents. New York City futurist and blogger Dominic Bulsuto describes adult coloring book fans as \"stuck in The Shallows, mindfully coloring books to counter the existential angst of living in a digital society.\" He goes on to say that \"...the endless Internet parade of silly cat photos, infantile comments and adolescent memes has dumbed us down.\" However, Bulsuto ultimately sees the trend as a good", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "7581170", "text": "Zack Ward Zack Ward (born August 31, 1970) is a Canadian character actor. Ward was born August 31, 1970, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of actress Pam Hyatt. He is known for his character Dave Scovil (Titus's stoner half-brother) on the FOX show \"Titus\" and as the bully Scut Farkus in the 1983 perennial Christmas movie \"A Christmas Story\". He also has guest roles on popular television series such as \"NCIS\", \"Lost\", and \"Crossing Jordan\". Ward has had roles in films such as \"Almost Famous,\" \"Transformers\" and \"Anne of Green Gables\". He has appeared in the horror films \"\"", "title": "Zack Ward" }, { "docid": "7700783", "text": "Robert L. Pollock Robert L. Pollock is an editorial writer and Wall Street Journal editorial board member. Robert Pollock was born in Buffalo, New York. He studied at Yale. Pollock joined the \"Wall Street Journal Europe\" in Brussels as an editorial page writer in 1995. He moved to \"The Wall Street Journal\"'s headquarters in New York City in 2000 as an assistant features editor. In 2002 Pollock became an editorial writer and in 2005 he joined the Editorial Board. From 2007-2012 he was the Journal's editorial features (op-ed) editor. Pollock was a finalist for the Pulitzer prize in 2003 for", "title": "Robert L. Pollock" }, { "docid": "19492978", "text": "\"faith in music and faith in God go hand-in-hand a lot of times\". \"Coloring Book\"s release date was revealed by \"Tonight Show\" host Jimmy Fallon after Chance's May 6 performance of \"Blessings\" on the show. The mixtape was released exclusively to the Apple Music streaming service at 11 p.m. EST on May 12, the same day its second single \"No Problem\" was released; the lead single \"Angels\" had been released on October 27, 2015. \"Coloring Book\" was leaked to DatPiff, a mixtape distribution website, one hour after its release; it was removed from the site the following day. In its", "title": "Coloring Book (mixtape)" }, { "docid": "4754849", "text": "would otherwise be uninterested in. They have been used as teaching aids for developing creativity and knowledge of geometry, such as in Roger Burrows' \"Altair Designs\". Since the 1980s, several publishers have produced educational coloring books intended for studying graduate-level topics such as anatomy and physiology, where color-coding of many detailed diagrams are used as a learning aid. Examples include \"The Anatomy Coloring Book\" and subsequent book series, by Wynn Kapit and Lawrence Elson, published by HarperCollins (1990s) and Benjamin Cummings (2000s). There are some examples of educators using coloring books to better explain complicated topics, like math and programming.", "title": "Coloring book" }, { "docid": "13707217", "text": "What Dreams May Come (1983 novel) What Dreams May Come is a novel by American author Manly Wade Wellman. It is the second of three books featuring supernatural investigator John Thunstone. The book derives its title from a line in Hamlet's famous \"To be, or not to be...\" soliloquy. The character of John Thunstone had previously appeared in a series of short stories by Wellman. Originally published in popular pulp magazines of the day, several of them were collected and reprinted in an anthology, \"Lonely Vigils\". Wellman decided to follow the anthology with the character's first book-length adventure. In his", "title": "What Dreams May Come (1983 novel)" }, { "docid": "3307569", "text": "the wide selection of items that were unavailable to them locally. Customers were also inspired by the innovative company policy of \"satisfaction guaranteed or your money back\", which Ward began in 1875. Ward turned the copy writing over to department heads, but he continued poring over every detail in the catalog for accuracy. In 1883, the company's catalog, which became popularly known as the \"Wish Book\", had grown to 240 pages and 10,000 items. In 1896, Wards encountered its first serious competition in the mail order business, when Richard Warren Sears introduced his first general catalog. In 1900, Wards had", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "12244731", "text": "designed at Circle; the book showcases over 300 identities from 40 Icograda member countries around the globe. In 2008, Peters edited and published the book \"Gray Matter Graffiti: remnants of collections lost… an early gallery from some alleyways & other by-ways\" () by Vancouver poet Sam W. Reimer. A podcast interview with Peters by 'Out of the Studio' (OOTS) was released in May, 2016. Robert L. Peters Robert L. Peters is a Canadian graphic designer and educator. Peters was born on May 26, 1954, in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada to Mennonite missionary parents. His father John Jacob Peters, was born in", "title": "Robert L. Peters" }, { "docid": "20287124", "text": "in 1932 he married Zilla Mary Stevenson. They had two sons. Robert Mortimer Montgomery Robert Mortimer Montgomery KC (October 1869 – 31 December 1948), was a British lawyer, school administrator, legal writer, and Liberal Party politician. Montgomery was born the son of Rev. John Knowles Montgomery, Unitarian Minister, Chester, and Mary M’Alister of Holywood, near Belfast. He was educated at King's School, Chester, from 1880 to 1888, and St Catherine’s Society, Oxford, where he \"distinguished himself as a university Soccer player\". Montgomery was Called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1893. He authored \"several volumes on matters of Law\", particularly relating to", "title": "Robert Mortimer Montgomery" }, { "docid": "3307563", "text": "However, \"Crown Fountain\" and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion were exempt from the height restriction because they were classified as works of art and not buildings or structures. Daniel Burnham's famous 1909 Burnham Plan eventually preserved Grant Park and the entire Chicago lakefront. Montgomery Ward died in 1913, at the age of 70. His wife Elizabeth bequeathed a large portion of the estate to Northwestern University and other educational institutions. The Montgomery Ward catalog's place in history was assured when the Grolier Club, a society of bibliophiles in New York, exhibited it in 1946 alongside Webster's dictionary as one of the", "title": "Aaron Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "4410666", "text": "Robert Montgomery Presents Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950, until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ...The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on. In 1949, to develop the series for NBC, Montgomery relocated his family from the West Coast to New York City. \"Robert Montgomery Presents\" originally was telecast on a semi-weekly basis, alternating with \"Musical Comedy Time\" and", "title": "Robert Montgomery Presents" }, { "docid": "20021363", "text": "Gérando, Jacob Brucker and August Heinrich Ritter. With a chronological method, he succeeded in writing a popular work combining biography and short summaries of philosophical positions. Related books were: Other works were: Books on angling and shooting, his recreations: Robert Blakey (writer) Robert Blakey (1795–1878) was an English writer and academic, a Chartist radical and journalist. He is known also for works on fishing. The son of a mechanic, Robert Blakey, he was born at Morpeth 18 May 1795. He lost his father when just nine months old, and was taken charge of by his grandmother Elizabeth Laws at age", "title": "Robert Blakey (writer)" }, { "docid": "3307580", "text": "aggressive with store opening, but it was too late: competition had already taken the best locations. As the existing stores looked worn and disheveled, malls would often not allow Wards to build there. Its catalog business had also begun to slip by the 1960s. In 1961 then president John Barr hired Robert Elton Brooker to lead Montgomery Ward as president in its turnaround. Brooker brought with him a number of key new management people, including Edward Donnell, former manager of Sears' Los Angeles stores. Wards new management team achieved the turnaround reducing the number of suppliers from 15,000 to 7,000", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "20287120", "text": "Robert Mortimer Montgomery Robert Mortimer Montgomery KC (October 1869 – 31 December 1948), was a British lawyer, school administrator, legal writer, and Liberal Party politician. Montgomery was born the son of Rev. John Knowles Montgomery, Unitarian Minister, Chester, and Mary M’Alister of Holywood, near Belfast. He was educated at King's School, Chester, from 1880 to 1888, and St Catherine’s Society, Oxford, where he \"distinguished himself as a university Soccer player\". Montgomery was Called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1893. He authored \"several volumes on matters of Law\", particularly relating to local government, including numerous editions of \"The Licensing Laws\", or \"Montgomery's", "title": "Robert Mortimer Montgomery" }, { "docid": "12386931", "text": "offices in the 1980s and currently houses a variety of businesses including In Home Services of Central PA, United Cerebral Palsy, Snowflake's On The Square Christmas Shop, and the Mifflin-Juniata Arts Council. Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania) The Montgomery Ward Building is a historic department store building located at Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. The east facade faces the Mifflin County Courthouse on Monument Square. It was built in 1929 in the Art Deco style, and consists of the store building and attached office building. The store is two-stories, with a mezzanine level and measures approximately 40 feet by 150 feet.", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Lewistown, Pennsylvania)" }, { "docid": "3307593", "text": "hundreds of thousands in yearly pension premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Employees and retirees vested in the pension plan were given a choice of receiving an annuity from an insurance company or a lump sum payment. Four of the six massive catalog distribution centers Montgomery Ward built between 1921 and 1929 remain. Three have been subject to renovations for adaptive reuse and the buildings are perhaps the most tangible legacy of Montgomery Ward. Two others have been demolished for various types of redevelopment. At its height, the original Montgomery Ward was one of the largest retailers in the", "title": "Montgomery Ward" }, { "docid": "12386502", "text": "it is the only example of the Montgomery Ward Georgian Revival style in the state. Montgomery Ward Building (Pueblo, Colorado) The Montgomery Ward Building is a historic department store building in downtown Pueblo, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Currently used as an office building, it houses the American Bank of Commerce, the Colorado Lottery, and the Pueblo Work Force Center. Previously it was occupied by QualMed as its headquarters. It was built in 1936. It is a two-story building. The building was deemed notable \"as an intact example of the Montgomery Ward", "title": "Montgomery Ward Building (Pueblo, Colorado)" } ]

[ "Candy Cane (ballet)", "Casse-Noisette", "Nutcracker Suite", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "The Nutcracker Suite", "Mouse King (ballet)", "Dolls (ballet)", "The nutcracker ballet", "Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)", "Coffee (ballet)", "Shchelkunchik", "Der nussknacker", "Frau Stahlbaum", "Herr Drosselmeier", "Dr. and Frau Stahlbaum", "Mother Ginger", "Marzipan (ballet)", "Sugar Plum Fairy", "Hot Chocolate (ballet)", "Nutcracker Prince", "Nutcracker suite", "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy", "The Mouse King", "Soldier (ballet)", "The Nutcracker Ballet", "Cavalier (ballet)", "Dr. & Frau Stahlbaum", "Waltz of the Flowers", "Nutcracker (ballet)", "Herr Drosselmeyer", "Flowers (ballet)", "Tea (ballet)", "Sugarplum (ballet)", "Dance of the Mirlitons", "Mouse King", "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy", "Dewdrop (ballet)", "Dr. Stahlbaum", "Nutcracker Ballet", "The Nutcracker" ]

[ { "docid": "15058806", "text": "a fun town.\" Arlene Wagner is regarded as a \"national authority\" on the subject of nutcrackers. Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum is a museum dedicated to nutcrackers, located in Leavenworth, Washington. Founded by Arlene Wagner and her husband George in 1995, the museum housed over 6,000 nutcrackers in 2010. Wagner studied ballet under Alexandra Danilova, and subsequently became a ballet instructor. She taught multiple productions of \"The Nutcracker\", and became enamored of nutcrackers. She began collecting them during the 1960s. The museum's building is of a Bavarian style and is of an area of 3,000 square feet; it is", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "15058795", "text": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum is a museum dedicated to nutcrackers, located in Leavenworth, Washington. Founded by Arlene Wagner and her husband George in 1995, the museum housed over 6,000 nutcrackers in 2010. Wagner studied ballet under Alexandra Danilova, and subsequently became a ballet instructor. She taught multiple productions of \"The Nutcracker\", and became enamored of nutcrackers. She began collecting them during the 1960s. The museum's building is of a Bavarian style and is of an area of 3,000 square feet; it is situated above Wagner's shop Nussknacker Haus, which sells nutcrackers. Wagner came to be known as \"the", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "19637843", "text": "after the Second World War, when numerous American soldiers stationed in Germany came home to the United States with German nutcrackers as souvenirs. Further popularization came from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's \"The Nutcracker\", a ballet adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\", which featured a toy soldier nutcracker. The ballet, introduced to America during the mid-20th century, became a favorite holiday tradition across the United States and helped make nutcracker dolls a Christmas decoration and a seasonal icon across Western culture. An average handcrafted nutcracker doll is made out of about 60 separate pieces. Nutcracker", "title": "Nutcracker doll" }, { "docid": "15058798", "text": "Wagner had previously worked as a ballet instructor, and supervised productions of \"The Nutcracker\". She learned ballet from Alexandra Danilova. The museum's website notes, \"just as Clara in the ballet became entranced with the wooden figure with the big teeth, so did Arlene.\" She started her collection of the toy soldiers as a child. During the 1960s, Wagner began to purchase various kinds of nutcrackers. The museum's building is of a Bavarian style and is of an area of 3,000 square feet; it is situated above Wagner's shop Nussknacker Haus, which sells nutcrackers. Wagner came to be known as \"the", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "9954346", "text": "The Nutcracker Prince The Nutcracker Prince is a 1990 Canadian animated fantasy film made by Lacewood Productions and released by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Paul Schibli. The film was based on the story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" by E. T. A. Hoffmann and also influenced by its ballet adaptation \"The Nutcracker\". Tchaikovsky's music to that ballet is used as the main instrumental soundtrack. The film centers on a young man named Hans who is transformed into a nutcracker by mice, and can only break the spell if he slays the Mouse King and wins the heart", "title": "The Nutcracker Prince" }, { "docid": "9954361", "text": "Entertainment. Both releases have no extras besides animated menus and a theatrical trailer. The Nutcracker Prince The Nutcracker Prince is a 1990 Canadian animated fantasy film made by Lacewood Productions and released by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Paul Schibli. The film was based on the story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" by E. T. A. Hoffmann and also influenced by its ballet adaptation \"The Nutcracker\". Tchaikovsky's music to that ballet is used as the main instrumental soundtrack. The film centers on a young man named Hans who is transformed into a nutcracker by mice, and can only", "title": "The Nutcracker Prince" }, { "docid": "294370", "text": "Kolbe, Petersen, Christian Ulbricht and especially the Steinbach nutcrackers have become collectors' items. Decorative nutcrackers became popular in the United States after the Second World War, following the first US production of \"The Nutcracker\" ballet in 1940 and the exposure of US soldiers to the dolls during the war. In the United States, few of the decorative nutcrackers are now functional, though expensive working designs are still available. Many of the woodworkers in Germany were in Erzgebirge, in the Soviet zone after the end of the war, and they mass-produced poorly-made designs for the US market. With the increase in", "title": "Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "1972227", "text": "and a ballet. The opera would be \"Iolanta\". For the ballet, Tchaikovsky would again join forces with Marius Petipa, with whom he had collaborated on \"The Sleeping Beauty.\" The material Petipa chose was an adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\", by Alexandre Dumas called \"The Story of a Nutcracker\". The plot of Hoffmann's story (and Dumas' adaptation) was greatly simplified for the two-act ballet. Hoffmann's tale contains a long flashback story within its main plot titled \"The Tale of the Hard Nut\", which explains how the Prince was turned into the Nutcracker. This", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "294369", "text": "symbol. The ballet \"The Nutcracker\" derives its name from this festive holiday decoration. The carving of nutcrackers— as well as of religious figures and of cribs— developed as a cottage industry in forested rural areas of Germany. The most famous nutcracker carvings come from Sonneberg in Thuringia (also a center of dollmaking) and as part of the industry of wooden toymaking in the Ore Mountains. Wood-carving usually provided the only income for the people living there. Today the travel industry supplements their income by bringing visitors to the remote areas. Carvings by famous names like Junghanel, Klaus Mertens, Karl, Olaf", "title": "Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "1972225", "text": "The Nutcracker The Nutcracker ( / \"Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya\" ; ) is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\". Although the original production was not a success, the 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was. However, the complete \"Nutcracker\" has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in North America. Major American ballet companies generate around", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "15099657", "text": "The Nutcracker in 3D The Nutcracker in 3D (released on DVD as The Nutcracker: The Untold Story) is a 2009 British-Hungarian 3D Christmas musical fantasy film adapted from the ballet \"The Nutcracker\", directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It stars Elle Fanning, Nathan Lane, and John Turturro with Charles Rowe and Shirley Henderson as the Nutcracker. It was universally panned by critics upon its release, and was a box office bomb, losing the studio $81 million. Mary's (Elle Fanning) seemingly dull Christmas is suddenly filled with excitement and adventure following the arrival of her Uncle Albert (Nathan Lane), who gives her a", "title": "The Nutcracker in 3D" }, { "docid": "15099665", "text": "convoluted, amateurish and tedious,\" and panned it for lacking any trace of ballet, unlike several previous versions of \"The Nutcracker\". \"Entertainment Weekly\" reviewer Lisa Schwarzbaum gave it its only positive review from a professional film critic, awarding it a B+ and remarking \"Attention, university film clubs: Here's your cult-ready midnight-movie programming.\" The Nutcracker in 3D The Nutcracker in 3D (released on DVD as The Nutcracker: The Untold Story) is a 2009 British-Hungarian 3D Christmas musical fantasy film adapted from the ballet \"The Nutcracker\", directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It stars Elle Fanning, Nathan Lane, and John Turturro with Charles Rowe and", "title": "The Nutcracker in 3D" }, { "docid": "10535222", "text": "The Nutcracker (1973 film) The Nutcracker (, transcribed as \"Schelkunchik\") is a 1973 Soviet/Russian animated film from the Soyuzmultfilm studio directed by Boris Stepantsev and based partly on Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet \"The Nutcracker\", but more closely on E.T.A. Hoffmann's novelette \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\", the story which inspired the ballet. Ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who himself starred in his own classic TV edition of \"The Nutcracker\" in 1977, included the 1973 animated film as part of his PBS series \"Stories from my Childhood\", of which he was the executive producer. For the U.S. telecast, narration spoken first by", "title": "The Nutcracker (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "7540832", "text": "Barbie in the Nutcracker Barbie in the Nutcracker is a 2001 American - Canadian direct-to-DVD computer-animated film directed by Owen Hurley. It was the first Barbie film since the 1987 series, \".\" It is also the first in the CGI second-generation Barbie film series, all of which feature the voice of Kelly Sheridan as the Barbie protagonist. The film is loosely adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" and music based from Tchaikovsky's ballet \"The Nutcracker\". The film sold more than 3.4million units on DVD by 2002, and grossed in total sales. The frame story", "title": "Barbie in the Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "1972257", "text": "music in the original orchestral arrangements. It was quite faithful to Hoffmann's story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\", on which the ballet is based, even to the point of including the section in which Clara cuts her arm on the glass toy cabinet, and also mentioning that she married the Prince at the end. It also included a less gruesome version of \"The Tale of the Hard Nut\", the tale-within-a-tale in Hoffmann's story. It was released as part of the Tale Spinners for Children series. The Nutcracker The Nutcracker ( / \"Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya\" ; ) is a two-act ballet,", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "14423882", "text": "Nutcracker: The Motion Picture Nutcracker: The Motion Picture, also known as Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker or simply Nutcracker, is a 1986 American Christmas performing arts film produced by Pacific Northwest Ballet in association with Hyperion Pictures and Kushner/Locke, and released theatrically by Atlantic Releasing Corporation. It is a film adaptation of the ballet \"The Nutcracker\" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the short story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Drosselmeyer, a clockmaker and toymaker, is in his workshop. Suddenly getting an idea, he begins building on an intricate mechanical project resembling a cross between a", "title": "Nutcracker: The Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "7540833", "text": "is of Barbie's younger sister, Kelly, having trouble performing a ballet move and her fears of going onstage. Barbie tells her the story of \"The Nutcracker\" to cheer her up. A girl named Clara lives with Drosselmeyer, her stern grandfather, and Tommy, her younger brother. On Christmas Eve, they receive a surprise visit from their Aunt Elizabeth, who comes with gifts for her niece and nephew. Clara receives a Nutcracker that Aunt Elizabeth tells her contains the heart of a prince. Tommy tries to grab the doll from Clara, but in the scuffle, the Nutcracker's arm is broken. Clara fixes", "title": "Barbie in the Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "1972255", "text": "excerpts runs 73 minutes, containing more than two-thirds of the music. Conductor Neeme Järvi has recorded act 2 of the ballet complete, along with excerpts from \"Swan Lake\". The music is played by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. For a comprehensive list of stage, film and television adaptations of \"The Nutcracker\", see: List of productions of \"The Nutcracker\" Several films having little or nothing to do with the ballet or the original Hoffmann tale have used its music: There have been several recorded children's adaptations of the E.T.A. Hoffmann story (the basis for the ballet) using Tchaikovsky's music, some quite", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "14423889", "text": "and the imagination. The cinematography, by making considerable use of closeups and medium shots, attempts to bring viewers closer to the psychology of the main characters. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's popular 1892 ballet \"The Nutcracker\" is derived from E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\". The ballet's scenario, crafted by Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa after a French adaptation by Alexandre Dumas, is far simpler and less nuanced than Hoffmann's original story. Vsevolozhsky and Petipa entirely omitted the Nutcracker character's complex backstory, \"The Story of the Hard Nut,\" and expanded a short, satiric passage set in", "title": "Nutcracker: The Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "15041654", "text": "success of the Christensen version marked the first step in making productions of \"The Nutcracker\" annual Christmas season traditions all over the world – a phenomenon that did not really come to flower until the late 1960s. The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen) Tchaikovsky's now-classic ballet \"The Nutcracker\" received its first complete production in the U.S. on 24 December 1944, performed by the San Francisco Ballet. This production used the ballet's original plot and was choreographed by Willam Christensen, who danced the role of the Cavalier. Gisella Caccialanza, the wife of Lew Christensen, danced the rôle of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The", "title": "The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen)" }, { "docid": "8976285", "text": "dream caused by the wound she sustained from the broken glass. Several days later, Drosselmeyer arrives with the nutcracker, whose jaw has been fixed, and tells Marie the story of Princess Pirlipat and Madam Mouserinks, who is also known as the Queen of the Mice, which explains how nutcrackers came to be and why they look the way they do. The Mouse Queen tricked Pirlipat's mother into allowing her and her children to gobble up the lard that was supposed to go into the sausage that the King was to eat at dinner that evening. The King, enraged at the", "title": "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" }, { "docid": "15041480", "text": "the \"Trepak\" and the \"Waltz of the Flowers\". The Nutcracker (Balanchine) Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker has become the most famous stage production of the ballet performed in the U.S. (Mikhail Baryshnikov's production is the most famous television version, although it too originated onstage.) It uses the plot of the Alexandre Dumas, \"père\", version of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale, \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" (1816). Its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center, New York, with costumes by Karinska and sets by Horace Armistead. It has been staged in New York every year", "title": "The Nutcracker (Balanchine)" }, { "docid": "15041467", "text": "The Nutcracker (Balanchine) Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker has become the most famous stage production of the ballet performed in the U.S. (Mikhail Baryshnikov's production is the most famous television version, although it too originated onstage.) It uses the plot of the Alexandre Dumas, \"père\", version of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale, \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" (1816). Its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center, New York, with costumes by Karinska and sets by Horace Armistead. It has been staged in New York every year since 1954, and many other productions throughout the", "title": "The Nutcracker (Balanchine)" }, { "docid": "1972251", "text": "suite became instantly popular, with almost every number encored at its premiere, while the complete ballet did not begin to achieve its great popularity until after the George Balanchine staging became a hit in New York City. The suite became very popular on the concert stage, and was excerpted in Disney's \"Fantasia\", with everything omitted prior to Sugar Plum Fairies. \"The Nutcracker Suite\" should not be mistaken for the complete ballet. The outline below represents the selection and sequence of the \"Nutcracker Suite\" culled by the composer. The \"Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky’s Flower Waltz\" is a successful piano arrangement from one", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "294372", "text": "using tools. The Capuchin monkey is a fine example. Parrots use their beaks as natural nutcrackers, in much the same way smaller birds crack seeds. In this case, the pivot point stands opposite the nut, at the jaw. Nutcracker A nutcracker is a tool designed to open nuts by cracking their shells. There are many designs, including levers, screws, and ratchets. A well-known type portrays a person whose mouth forms the jaws of the nutcracker, though many of these are meant for decoration. Nuts were historically opened using a hammer and anvil, often made of stone. Some nuts such as", "title": "Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "294363", "text": "Nutcracker A nutcracker is a tool designed to open nuts by cracking their shells. There are many designs, including levers, screws, and ratchets. A well-known type portrays a person whose mouth forms the jaws of the nutcracker, though many of these are meant for decoration. Nuts were historically opened using a hammer and anvil, often made of stone. Some nuts such as walnuts can also be opened by hand, by holding the nut in the palm of the hand and applying pressure with the other palm or thumb, or using another nut. Manufacturers produce modern functional nutcrackers usually somewhat resembling", "title": "Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "15041653", "text": "be produced in its entirety in this country until 1944. Perhaps choreographers will make up for lost time from now on.\" The company was the first in the U.S. to make the ballet an annual tradition, and for ten years, the only company in the United States performing the complete ballet, until George Balanchine's production opened in New York in 1954. (Annual productions of the San Francisco Ballet \"Nutcracker\" began in 1949.) The San Francisco Ballet performs \"The Nutcracker\" annually to this day, though not necessarily with Christensen's choreography (their most recent version is choreographed by Helgi Tomasson). The stage", "title": "The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen)" }, { "docid": "15041478", "text": "included in the current cast list) Balanchine adds to Tchaikovsky's score an entr'acte that the composer wrote for Act II of \"The Sleeping Beauty\", but which is now seldom played in productions of that ballet. In Balanchine's \"Nutcracker\", it is used as a transition between the departure of the guests and the battle with the mice. During this transition, the mother of Marie (as she is usually called in this version) appears in the living room and throws a blanket over the girl, who has crept downstairs and fallen asleep on the sofa; then Drosselmeyer appears, repairs the Nutcracker, and", "title": "The Nutcracker (Balanchine)" }, { "docid": "15041652", "text": "The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen) Tchaikovsky's now-classic ballet \"The Nutcracker\" received its first complete production in the U.S. on 24 December 1944, performed by the San Francisco Ballet. This production used the ballet's original plot and was choreographed by Willam Christensen, who danced the role of the Cavalier. Gisella Caccialanza, the wife of Lew Christensen, danced the rôle of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The staging was a huge success and one critic wrote: \"We can't understand why a vehicle of such fantastic beauty and originality could be produced in Europe in 1892 with signal success [a factually erroneous claim] and never", "title": "The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen)" }, { "docid": "17959404", "text": "The Nutcracker (1993 film) The Nutcracker, also known as George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, is a 1993 American Christmas musical film based on Peter Martins's stage production and directed by Emile Ardolino. The film stars Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Bart Robinson Cook, Macaulay Culkin, Jessica Lynn Cohen, Wendy Whelan, Margaret Tracey, Gen Horiuchi, Tom Gold and the New York City Ballet. \"The Nutcracker\" was released by Warner Bros. on November 24, 1993, four days after director Ardolino died. It received mixed reviews and grossed $2,119,994. The movie follows the traditional plot of the Nutcracker. \"The Nutcracker\" received generally mixed", "title": "The Nutcracker (1993 film)" }, { "docid": "1972235", "text": "staging of \"The Nutcracker\" in 1954. Beginning in the 1960s, the tradition of performing the complete ballet at Christmas eventually spread to the rest of the United States. Since Gorsky, Vainonen and Balanchine's productions, many other choreographers have made their own versions. Some institute the changes made by Gorsky and Vainonen while others, like Balanchine, utilize the original libretto. Some notable productions include those by Rudolf Nureyev for the Royal Ballet, Yuri Grigorovich for the Bolshoi Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov for the American Ballet Theatre, Kent Stowell for Pacific Northwest Ballet starting in 1983, and Peter Wright for the Royal Ballet", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "1972249", "text": "have not actually altered the music. For instance, the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version adds to Tchaikovsky's score an entr'acte that the composer wrote for act 2 of \"The Sleeping Beauty\", but which is now seldom played in productions of that ballet. It is used as a transition between the departure of the guests and the battle with the mice. Nearly all of the CD and LP recordings of the complete ballet present Tchaikovsky's score exactly as he originally conceived it. Tchaikovsky was less satisfied with \"The Nutcracker\" than with \"The Sleeping Beauty\". (In the film \"Fantasia\",", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "8976280", "text": "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" () is a story written in 1816 by German author E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. In 1892, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas's adaptation of the story into the ballet \"The Nutcracker\". The story begins on Christmas Eve, at the Stahlbaum house. Marie, seven, and her brother, Fritz,", "title": "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" }, { "docid": "15041474", "text": "have been because \" Seven Lively Arts\" was only an hour long. This marked the first telecast not only of the Balanchine version but of any staging of the ballet. CBS's \"Playhouse 90\" broadcast a more complete (but still abridged) version of the Balanchine \"Nutcracker\", narrated by actress June Lockhart, who was then starring as the mother in CBS's \"Lassie\", in 1958; it was the first \"Nutcracker\" broadcast in color. There were only four commercial breaks. This television production starred Balanchine himself as Drosselmeyer, Diana Adams as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Bonnie Bedelia in an early role as Clara, and", "title": "The Nutcracker (Balanchine)" }, { "docid": "1972252", "text": "of the movements from \"The Nutcracker\" by the pianist and composer Percy Grainger. The pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev adapted some of the music into a virtuosic concert suite for piano solo: Many recordings have been made since 1909 of the \"Nutcracker Suite\", which made its initial appearance on disc that year in what is now historically considered the first record album. This recording was conducted by Herman Finck and featured the London Palace Orchestra. But it was not until the LP album was developed that recordings of the complete ballet began to be made. Because of the ballet's approximate", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "20474642", "text": "A Nutcracker Christmas A Nutcracker Christmas is a Christmas film originally broadcast on the Hallmark Channel in 2016. Growing up in a sports-loving family in the American South, Lily has dreams of becoming a ballerina. Her ultimate goal is to dance as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Her older sister, Beth, is her biggest supporter. She wins the 2003 American Ballet Invitational and is awarded a chance to perform with the New York Ballet. Her mother doesn't want her to go, but Beth convinces her mom otherwise. Lily meets Mark, who has the role of The Nutcracker Prince.", "title": "A Nutcracker Christmas" }, { "docid": "7540834", "text": "the Nutcracker and falls asleep near the Christmas tree. She awakens to see her Nutcracker suddenly alive and fighting the Mouse King and his mouse army. When Clara tries to help, the Mouse King shrinks her down to his size, though he is still unable to defeat them and temporarily retreats. The Nutcracker explains that he needs to find the Sugarplum Princess who is the only person who can stop the Mouse King from taking over his world. The wise owl of the grandfather clock advises Clara to follow the Nutcracker, since the Sugarplum Princess is the only one who", "title": "Barbie in the Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "1972234", "text": "Monte Carlo, was staged in New York City in 1940, Alexandra Fedorova – again, after Petipa's version. The ballet's first complete United States performance was on 24 December 1944, by the San Francisco Ballet, staged by its artistic director, Willam Christensen, and starring Gisella Caccialanza as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jocelyn Vollmar as the Snow Queen. After the enormous success of this production, San Francisco Ballet has presented \"Nutcracker\" every Christmas Eve and throughout the winter season, debuting new productions in 1944, 1954, 1967, and 2004. The New York City Ballet gave its first annual performance of George Balanchine's", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "17959407", "text": "\"The New York Times\"' Stephen Holden also criticized Culkin, calling his performance the film's \"only serious flaw\", but praised the cinematography as \"very scrupulous in the way it establishes a mood of participatory excitement, then draws back far enough so that the classic ballet sequences choreographed by Balanchine and staged by Peter Martins can be seen in their full glory.\" During its theatrical run the film grossed $2,119,994. In North America, the film opened at number 16 in its first weekend with $783,721. The Nutcracker (1993 film) The Nutcracker, also known as George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, is a 1993 American", "title": "The Nutcracker (1993 film)" }, { "docid": "8775628", "text": "way. For the advanced player, this is an excellent edition to reap the rewards of the Nutcracker Suite.\" \"Guitar Player\" called it \"An exhilarating, odd-meter minefield inspired by Near Eastern music. An important recording from a gifted composer, arranger and performer.\" Balkan Dreams Suite (trad. arr. Tim Sparks) The Nutcracker Suite (Tim Sparks album) The Nutcracker Suite is a recording by American guitarist Tim Sparks, released in 1993. It consists of both an adaptation for acoustic guitar of Tchaikovsky's suite from his ballet \"The Nutcracker\" and the Balkan Dreams Suite, a suite of songs based on melodies and ideas of", "title": "The Nutcracker Suite (Tim Sparks album)" }, { "docid": "1972228", "text": "had to be excised for the ballet. Petipa gave Tchaikovsky extremely detailed instructions for the composition of each number, down to the tempo and number of bars. The completion of the work was interrupted for a short time when Tchaikovsky visited the United States for twenty-five days to conduct concerts for the opening of Carnegie Hall. Tchaikovsky composed parts of \"The Nutcracker\" in Rouen, France. The first performance of the ballet was held as a double premiere together with Tchaikovsky's last opera, \"Iolanta\", on , at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Although the libretto was by Marius", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "8775627", "text": "The Nutcracker Suite (Tim Sparks album) The Nutcracker Suite is a recording by American guitarist Tim Sparks, released in 1993. It consists of both an adaptation for acoustic guitar of Tchaikovsky's suite from his ballet \"The Nutcracker\" and the Balkan Dreams Suite, a suite of songs based on melodies and ideas of Béla Bartók. Sparks won the 1993 National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship playing his solo guitar arrangement of Tchaikovsky's \"Nutcracker Suite\". A review of the album in \"Classical Guitar Magazine\" stated: \"After listening to the CD, I must admit that Sparks catches the essence of the music in a wonderful", "title": "The Nutcracker Suite (Tim Sparks album)" }, { "docid": "1972250", "text": "commentator Deems Taylor observes that he \"really detested\" the score.) Tchaikovsky accepted the commission from Vsevolozhsky but did not particularly want to write the ballet (though he did write to a friend while composing it: \"I am daily becoming more and more attuned to my task\"). Tchaikovsky made a selection of eight of the numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 première, forming \"The Nutcracker Suite\", Op. 71a, intended for concert performance. The suite was first performed, under the composer's direction, on 19 March 1892 at an assembly of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Musical Society. The", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "15099662", "text": "to take over the fantasy kingdom Nazi-like qualities in his production, one of the many elements in the adaptation which alienated both critics and audiences. The film was announced at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and principal photography took place primarily in Budapest, Hungary that summer, before the set was moved to the Stern Film Studio in Pomáz. The film's score is derived from Tchaikovsky's original music for \"The Nutcracker\", the ballet version of the E.T.A. Hoffmann story, and lyricist Tim Rice wrote lyrics for it. Many of the songs are based on the ballet's dances. Others are based on", "title": "The Nutcracker in 3D" }, { "docid": "1972232", "text": "abrupt. Reception was better for Tchaikovsky's score. Some critics called it \"astonishingly rich in detailed inspiration\" and \"from beginning to end, beautiful, melodious, original, and characteristic\". But this also was not unanimous as some critics found the party scene \"ponderous\" and the \"Grand Pas de Deux\" \"insipid\". In 1919, choreographer Alexander Gorsky staged a production which eliminated the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier and gave their dances to Clara and the Nutcracker Prince, who were played by adults instead of children. This was the first production to do so. An abridged version of the ballet was first performed outside", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "15041475", "text": "Robert Maiorano as the Nutcracker/ Prince. Excerpts from the Balanchine production were performed several times on various television shows of the time, notably \"The Bell Telephone Hour\" and \"The Ed Sullivan Show\". The complete Balanchine version was eventually made into a poorly received full-length feature film by Elektra Entertainment and Regency Enterprises. It was distributed and released by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment in 1993, and starred Macaulay Culkin in his only screen ballet rôle, as the Nutcracker, the Prince, and Drosselmeyer's nephew. The film was directed by Emile Ardolino, with narration spoken by Kevin Kline. From the billing in this", "title": "The Nutcracker (Balanchine)" }, { "docid": "15058804", "text": "Gaga, Vladimir Putin, and the Sultan of Brunei. During the poll, O'Brien posted to his Twitter account, \"If the Nutcracker lady wins, I'm in trouble.\" In an interview with \"KING-TV\", Wagner replied, \"Why would he be in trouble? I think I should do just fine on his show.\" She noted the production staff of \"Conan\" had contacted her, \"They just called us out of the blue.\" She explained, \"Many people think nutcrackers are just for Christmas but they're not.\" Wagner stated she intended to present O'Brien with a gift of an Irish nutcracker from her collection. Writing in \"You Know", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "15041468", "text": "United States either imitate it, or directly use the Balanchine staging. However, although it is often cited as being the production that made the ballet famous in the U.S., it was Willam Christensen's 1944 production for the San Francisco Ballet which first introduced the complete work to the United States. In Balanchine's version, the leading roles of Clara (here called Marie) and the Nutcracker/Prince are danced by children, and so their dances are choreographed to be less difficult than the ones performed by the adults. Marie does not dance at all in the second act of this version. The Prince's", "title": "The Nutcracker (Balanchine)" }, { "docid": "19469608", "text": "of Beatrix Potter \"West Side & Other Stories\", The Nutcracker, \"My Fair Lady\", The Jungle Book L'Histoire du soldat, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella (Prokofiev) \"Dance Out Loud\", The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Alice in Wonderland Giselle, The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet) \"Ballet Under the Stars\", \"A Tribute to Ballets Russes\", The Nutcracker, \"A Dance Affair\", Snow White, \"Ballet Under the Stars\", \"Hard Rock Ballet\", Cinderella (Prokofiev), The Nutcracker \"Hard Rock Ballet\", Coppélia \"Ballet Under the Stars\" The Firebird, The Nutcracker, \"Ion Dance\", Cinderella (Prokofiev) \"Ballet Under the Stars\", \"Fabric of Dance: 3′s Company\", Opening Ceremony of", "title": "Lexington Ballet Company" }, { "docid": "4370001", "text": "the repertory of the Imperial Russian Ballet. To stage these ballets with her newly formed company, de Valois employed Nicholas Sergeyev, a former régisseur of the Imperial. He staged productions of Petipa's \"The Sleeping Beauty\"; Petipa and Ivanov's \"Swan Lake\" and \"The Nutcracker\"; Petipa and Cecchetti's production of \"Coppélia\"; and Petipa's \"Giselle\". Created with the aid of choreographic notation written in St Petersburg at the turn of the 20th century, these works have been included in the repertoire of the Royal Ballet ever since. The company now uses Peter Wright's 1984 production of \"The Nutcracker\", which uses some of Sergeyev's", "title": "The Royal Ballet" }, { "docid": "8961875", "text": "Orchestra. This group also toured New York, West Virginia, and the Dominican Republic, where the troupe performed with Alicia Alonso. In 1961, the Washington Ballet School premiered Day's \"The Nutcracker\" with the National Symphony Orchestra in Constitution Hall. In 1976, Day started The Washington Ballet, a company providing a professional showcase for the students of The Washington School of Ballet. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Day hired Peter Grigsby as the first administrative director who took advantage of the Department of Labor's Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to hire dancers. He was followed by", "title": "The Washington Ballet" }, { "docid": "7540836", "text": "put a spell on Eric, turning him into a Nutcracker. Eric hopes to redeem himself by finding the Sugarplum Princess and make things right again. Clara and the Nutcracker are joined by Major Mint and Captain Candy. They cross the Sea of Storms with the purple horse named Marzipan, and arrive at the Sugarplum Princess' Island. Clara is separated from the group, who are all captured by the Mouse King's bats, and she ventures alone to the Mouse King's palace to free her friends. After being rescued, the Nutcracker fights a final battle with the Mouse King, during which the", "title": "Barbie in the Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "19469609", "text": "FEI World Equestrian Games, \"Hard Rock Ballet\", The Nutcracker, \"21st Century Ballet\", Giselle \"Ballet Under the Stars\", \"The Fabric of Dance\", The Koln Concert, \"The Nutcracker Up Close\", \"Nonsense!\", \"Hard Rock Ballet\" The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Don Quixote (ballet), Coppélia, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, La fille mal gardée, Les Sylphides, Dracula, Flickers, Pulcinella Lexington Ballet Company The Lexington Ballet Company is a ballet company located in Lexington, Kentucky. The ballet was founded in 1974 by Nels Jorgenson, former dancer of Joffrey Ballet and granted status as a 501(c)(3) organization in 1975. The Ballet mission is \"Inspire. Educate. Cultivate.\" Luis Dominguez", "title": "Lexington Ballet Company" }, { "docid": "10146764", "text": "and the Genee Ballet Competition. Oakville Ballet Company consists of students from the Oakville School of Classical Ballet, who are selected by audition. The company has a wide repertoire including \"Giselle\", \"La Fille Mal Gardée\", \"La Bayadère\", \"Paquita\", \"Swan Lake\", \"La Sylphide\", \"The Sleeping Beauty\" and its hugely popular annual \"The Nutcracker\". The Oakville Ballet Company's \"The Nutcracker\" consists of dancers (both male and female) from the OBC (Oakville Ballet Company) and includes a male principal dancer from the National Ballet of Canada. Oakville Ballet Company The Oakville Ballet Company is a ballet company in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Oakville School", "title": "Oakville Ballet Company" }, { "docid": "1972240", "text": "tree begins to grow to dizzying heights. The nutcracker also grows to life size. Clara finds herself in the midst of a battle between an army of gingerbread soldiers and the mice, led by their king. They begin to eat the soldiers. The nutcracker appears to lead the soldiers, who are joined by tin ones and dolls who serve as doctors to carry away the wounded. As the Mouse King advances on the still-wounded nutcracker, Clara throws her slipper at him, distracting him long enough for the nutcracker to stab him. \"Scene 2: A Pine Forest\" The mice retreat and", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "1972244", "text": "titled in French, which was the official language of the Imperial Court, as well as the language from which balletic terminology is derived. Casse-Noisette. \"Ballet-féerie\" in two acts and three tableaux with apotheosis. Act I Act II List of acts, scenes (tableaux) and musical numbers, along with tempo indications. Numbers are given according to the original Russian and French titles of the first edition score (1892), the piano reduction score by Sergei Taneyev (1892), both published by P. Jurgenson in Moscow, and the Soviet collected edition of the composer's works, as reprinted Melville, New York: Belwin Mills [n.d.] \"The Nutcracker\"", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "6715947", "text": "Mendocino Ballet The Mendocino Ballet is the official dance company for Mendocino County, California, USA. It consists of two main parts, the Mendocino Ballet Company formed in 1984 and the Mendocino Ballet School, formed in 2001 as a classical ballet school. The Mendocino Ballet performs at the Mendocino's center theater. The company puts on two shows per year: a production of \"The Nutcracker\" and a ballet of the director's choice in the spring. Founded by Mary Knight Morris, the company was passed over to the present director Trudy McCreanor, thus making the Mendocino Ballet Company. Since then the company has", "title": "Mendocino Ballet" }, { "docid": "7882008", "text": "intimate George Rowland White Performance Studio and Spring Performance, which features 200+ dancers of the Student and Pre-professional divisions onstage at the Byham Theater in downtown Pittsburgh. Students also have the opportunity to audition for and perform in PBT's main-stage productions, especially \"The Nutcracker.\" The dancers who attended PBT School and are now dancing at different ballets across the world are: 2009-2010 2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an American professional ballet company based in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. 1969: THE FOUNDING Nearly 50 years ago, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre began", "title": "Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre" }, { "docid": "1972230", "text": "the Imperial Ballet School in Saint Petersburg, with Belinskaya as Clara, and Vassily Stukolkin as Fritz – rather than adults. The first performance of \"The Nutcracker\" was not deemed a success. The reaction to the dancers themselves was ambivalent. While some critics praised Dell'Era on her pointework as the Sugar Plum Fairy (she allegedly received five curtain-calls), one critic called her \"corpulent\" and \"podgy\". Olga Preobrajenskaya as the Columbine doll was panned by one critic as \"completely insipid\" and praised as \"charming\" by another. Alexandre Benois described the choreography of the battle scene as confusing: \"One can not understand anything.", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "8961879", "text": "Burana\", \"Fluctuating Hemlines\", \"Where the Wild Things Are\", and \"Peter Pan\". The company has staged the works of such contemporary choreographers as George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Christopher Wheeldon, Mark Morris, Trey McIntyre, Edwaard Liang, and Nacho Duato, in addition to the more classical ballets, like \"Giselle\", \"Coppélia\", and \"La Sylphide\". In October 2000, Webre led The Washington Ballet on an historic tour of Havana, making it the first American ballet company to perform in Cuba since 1960. In 2004, the Washington Ballet premiered Webre's \"The Nutcracker\". Webre created his takes on \"The Great Gatsby\" in 2010 and \"The Sun Also", "title": "The Washington Ballet" }, { "docid": "6745355", "text": "tale, one of the children wants to ask what happened to Anna. Suddenly a grownup Alan appears at the door. As he and the teacher, now revealed to be Anna, leave the stage together, the other children start rehearsing Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet. Unknown to all of them, the Care Bear Family has been listening all along. \"Care Bears Nutcracker Suite\" is loosely based on \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" by E. T. A. Hoffmann, as well as the \"Nutcracker\" ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Animation was produced by Toronto's Nelvana; South Korea's Hanho Heung-Up; Taiwan's Wang Film Productions;", "title": "Care Bears Nutcracker Suite" }, { "docid": "12547162", "text": "Savannah Ballet Theatre Savannah Ballet Theatre is a not-for-profit dance company in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1998 as Savannah Danse Theatre by Suzanne Braddy. Braddy founded the Islands Dance Academy on Wilmington Island, and has been teaching children from three years old to adult since 1988. Ten years later she started the Savannah Danse Theatre. The new company's first show was a full-length production of \"The Nutcracker\". The company was renamed Savannah Ballet Theatre in 2013 with the Islands Dance Academy becoming the Savannah Ballet Theatre School of Dance. \"The Nutcracker\" has since become known as \"The Nutcracker in Savannah\".", "title": "Savannah Ballet Theatre" }, { "docid": "20079534", "text": "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a 2018 American fantasy adventure film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston and written by Ashleigh Powell. It is a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\" and Marius Petipa's \"The Nutcracker\", about a young girl who is gifted a locked egg from her deceased mother and sets out in a magical land to retrieve the key. The film stars Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, with Helen Mirren, and Morgan Freeman.", "title": "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" }, { "docid": "10757421", "text": "It offers classes from creative movement, ages three and four, all the way to pre-professional. The academy students are given the opportunity to perform in the company production The Nutcracker, performed by Ballet Austin during the month of December for more than 53 years. Ballet Austin's Nutcracker is the longest running in the state of Texas. Ballet Austin's apprentice company, Ballet Austin II, offers an opportunity for post-high school, advanced dancers to hone their skills. Established in 1999 by associate artistic director Michelle Martin, Ballet Austin II is made up of 10 emerging artists. Founded in 2007, the Butler Center", "title": "Ballet Austin" }, { "docid": "6745346", "text": "Care Bears Nutcracker Suite Care Bears Nutcracker Suite is the third and final television film to feature the Care Bears characters. Produced by the Canadian animation studio Nelvana, it is loosely based on the \"Nutcracker\" ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (adapted in turn from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story \"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King\"). It was directed by Joseph Sherman and Laura Shepherd, and produced by Nelvana's founders: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith. In this special, a schoolteacher tells some children a version of the \"Nutcracker\" story which features the Care Bear Family. While helping a", "title": "Care Bears Nutcracker Suite" }, { "docid": "11472462", "text": "including Spirit Walk, the Nutcracker Tea and \"The Nutcracker\". California Riverside Ballet created The Academy Program in June 2013 to offer affordable and free ballet training to students in low income areas. 1969 Founded in Riverside, CA. Split into two different ballet schools both in Riverside, Riverside Ballet Arts, under Glenda Carhart, and California Riverside Ballet. California Riverside Ballet California Riverside Ballet is a ballet company formerly headquartered in Riverside, California, United States, in Riverside's historic Aurea Vista Hotel, city landmark number 84. The company was founded in 1969, and operates as a non-profit organization, with support from the city", "title": "California Riverside Ballet" }, { "docid": "9954348", "text": "for everyone, and a Nutcracker for Clara. Upon giving her the Nutcracker, Clara's little brother, Fritz, breaks it while playing with his toy soldiers. Clara is heartbroken, but Drosselmeier promises to fix it for her. To cheer Clara up, Drosselmeier tells her a story about how the Nutcracker came to be the Prince of the Dolls. Once upon a time there were a King and a Queen who had a beautiful, but vain and normal daughter named Pirlipat. To celebrate the King's birthday, the Queen made a special cake out of blue cheese, the King's favorite. However, the scent of", "title": "The Nutcracker Prince" }, { "docid": "19969009", "text": "professional ballet company of the Palm Beaches. Ballet Palm Beach's mission is preserving the art of classical ballet, cultivating new visions in choreography, impacting the next generation through the discipline and power of dance, and enriching the community in the timeless aesthetics of a universal art form. Ballet Palm Beach has four main stage performances each season. The company's repertoire includes classics such as Giselle, Don Quixote, Cinderella, and The Nutcracker, Colleen Smith, the artistic director, has choreographed full-length, original ballets to critical acclaim such as Wonderland, Gatsby, and Snow White. In December 2017, Ballet Palm Beach premiered its original", "title": "Ballet Palm Beach" }, { "docid": "19344545", "text": "Nevada Ballet Theatre Nevada Ballet Theatre (NBT) is a regional ballet company located in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is the Resident Ballet Company of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and is one of the largest performing arts organizations in the state. Its professional company of dancers possesses a versatile repertoire ranging from well-known story ballets such as \"The Nutcracker\", \"The Sleeping Beauty\", and \"Swan Lake\" to works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Val Caniparoli, James Canfield, Thaddeus Davis and many more. The organization also operates an Academy out of its main facility in Summerlin, as well", "title": "Nevada Ballet Theatre" }, { "docid": "5658248", "text": "Cinderella, Giselle and Don Quixote. In addition to the regular subscription series, the Louisville Ballet presents The Nutcracker each holiday season in association with the Brown-Forman Corporation. The Louisville Ballet building, designed by Louisville architects Bravura Corporation, is a $2.2 million facility built in 1995 houses two large rehearsal studios and administrative offices. The Louisville Ballet Center received the Honor Award for Excellence in Architectural Design by the Kentucky chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was featured in the May 1997 edition of Architecture Magazine. It is located at 315 East Main St. in downtown Louisville. The Louisville", "title": "Louisville Ballet" }, { "docid": "15315092", "text": "M. Touhill Performing Arts Center of University of Missouri-St. Louis in Saint Louis, Missouri. Its repertoire consists of both classical and contemporary pieces, as well as its annual December performance of \"The Nutcracker\". Alexandra Ballet The Alexandra Ballet is a pre-professional ballet company in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1949, that cultivates top dance talent. The company regularly performs classical ballets including \"A Midsummer Night’s Dream\", \"Pas de Quatre\", \"Les Sylphides\", and an annual performance of \"The Nutcracker\". Many guest choreographers have worked with Alexandra Ballet including Marek Cholewa, Petrus Bosman, and Kennet Oberly. In 1949, Alexandra Zaharias first opened", "title": "Alexandra Ballet" }, { "docid": "20474646", "text": "Mark perform their dance to a standing ovation and the approval of cast and company (even the dance moms). As they take their final bow Lily sees a vision of Beth in the audience. A Nutcracker Christmas A Nutcracker Christmas is a Christmas film originally broadcast on the Hallmark Channel in 2016. Growing up in a sports-loving family in the American South, Lily has dreams of becoming a ballerina. Her ultimate goal is to dance as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Her older sister, Beth, is her biggest supporter. She wins the 2003 American Ballet Invitational and is", "title": "A Nutcracker Christmas" }, { "docid": "16300217", "text": "weekly ballet video podcast on their own YouTube channel. The Anaheim Ballet also presents the Anaheim International Dance Festival with Chapman University, in association with Youth America Grand Prix. Anaheim Ballet offers classes for students ages 3–adults who are interested in pursuing a career in ballet, or merely looking for recreational training. The school stages an annual Spring Concert, and Anaheim Ballet annually performs the holiday ballet The Nutcracker. Students of Anaheim Ballet School have competed in the finals of the Youth America Grand Prix competition since its founding; the competition is the world's largest international student dance competition. Anaheim", "title": "Anaheim Ballet" }, { "docid": "7540840", "text": "a limited release in cinemas for a week. The DVD and VHS was released on October 23, 2001. The new DVD version of the film was released on October 5, 2010. The film was edited down to one hour for its television showings. Barbie in the Nutcracker Barbie in the Nutcracker is a 2001 American - Canadian direct-to-DVD computer-animated film directed by Owen Hurley. It was the first Barbie film since the 1987 series, \".\" It is also the first in the CGI second-generation Barbie film series, all of which feature the voice of Kelly Sheridan as the Barbie protagonist.", "title": "Barbie in the Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "9954353", "text": "for his injured tail and humiliation. Drosselmeier appears on the grandfather clock and brings the Nutcracker and all the dolls and soldiers in the room to life. The Nutcracker, who has no memories following being transformed, battles the Mouse King, while the soldiers fight the mice. Clara saves the Nutcracker from the Mouse King by throwing her slipper at him. The first battle comes to a halt, though, when she slips on a cannonball and crashes into the clock, losing consciousness for the rest of the night. The next morning, she awakens in her own bed and tries to tell", "title": "The Nutcracker Prince" }, { "docid": "18501297", "text": "important pioneering companies in the arts in Second Life. In addition, Ballet Pixelle has been used to extend and explore set design. Ballet Pixelle performs repertory from September through June at the Ballet Pixelle Theatre in Second Life. In addition, the company presents Saarinen's version of the Nutcracker, \"The Nut\", or the essence of The Nutcracker, every December also in Second Life. A secondary company, Ballet Pixelle Too (created in 2016), performs more experimental, eclectic works during the Summer season. Ballet Pixelle frequently tours to other locations in the virtual world, such as the Royal Opera, the Rose Theatre, and", "title": "Ballet Pixelle" }, { "docid": "8630239", "text": "touring company in 1995 with a performance in San Salvador, El Salvador. Since then the Ballet regularly performs their Nutcracker production in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The Minnesota Ballet also brings its productions to other cities in Minnesota and the surrounding region. Classes range from Pre-Ballet through Ballet VII and pre-professional training; pointe, jazz, modern and tap are also offered. Additionally the School offers creative movement classes to accommodate those with special needs. The School offers annual opportunities for students to audition and perform in The Nutcracker with the professional company. The ballet company has a community outreach program designed to", "title": "Minnesota Ballet" }, { "docid": "12220877", "text": "be a hallmark of the annual performance of Graham Lustig’s \"The Nutcracker\" at the Paramount Theatre. Since his appointment as Artistic Director of Oakland Ballet Company in 2010, Lustig has presented five seasons of his Nutcracker and three spring repertory productions, Forwards! (2011), Diaghilev Imagery (2013), and Oakland-esque (2014), with a focus on commissioned works by esteemed Bay Area choreographers. Lustig’s ballet Infinitum was included in the West Wave Dance Festival (2011) and he initiated Oakland Ballet Company’s annual summer Ballet Boot Camp, a two-week dance and choreography workshop now in its fifth year, as well as ongoing ballet training", "title": "Oakland Ballet" } ]

[ { "docid": "19637841", "text": "Nutcracker doll Nutcracker dolls, also known as Christmas nutcrackers, are decorative nutcracker figurines most commonly made to resemble a toy soldier. In German tradition, the dolls are symbols of good luck, frightening away malevolent spirits. While nearly all nutcrackers from before the first half of the 20th century are functional, a significant proportion of modern nutcrackers are primarily decorative, and not able to crack nuts. Nutcrackers are also a part of German folklore. Serving as protectors or soldiers of the house which they are home to. Nutcracker dolls originate from late-17th century Germany, particularly the Ore Mountains (German: \"Erzgebirge\") region.", "title": "Nutcracker doll" }, { "docid": "2658861", "text": "of between 800,000-1,700,000 individuals in Europe. Spotted nutcrackers are not migratory, but will erupt out of range when a cone crop failure leaves them short of a food supply, the thin-billed eastern race \"macrorhynchos\" being the more likely to do this. Britain records very sporadic vagrants, but in 1968 over 300 nutcrackers visited Britain as part of a larger irruption into western Europe, probably due to a spell of early cold weather in Siberia. Spotted nutcracker The spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, or just nutcracker, (\"Nucifraga caryocatactes\") is a passerine bird slightly larger than the Eurasian jay. It has a much", "title": "Spotted nutcracker" }, { "docid": "19637844", "text": "dolls traditionally resemble toy soldiers, and are often painted in bright colors. Different designs proliferated early; by the early 19th century there were ones dressed as miners, policemen, royalty or soldiers from different armies. More recent variations have been made to resemble various pop-culture or historical figurines, from Benjamin Franklin to Operation Desert Storm-uniform American soldiers. Nutcracker doll Nutcracker dolls, also known as Christmas nutcrackers, are decorative nutcracker figurines most commonly made to resemble a toy soldier. In German tradition, the dolls are symbols of good luck, frightening away malevolent spirits. While nearly all nutcrackers from before the first half", "title": "Nutcracker doll" }, { "docid": "15058797", "text": "in the book \"You Know You're in Washington When...\", where the authors recommended it as the best location to learn about the art and engineering of nutcrackers. Wagner's book \"The Art and Character of Nutcrackers\" was also given positive mention in the book. Wagner was consulted as a resource for the book \"Nutcracker Nation\". Authors Ken and Dahlynn McKowen recommended the museum in their book \"Best of Oregon & Washington's Mansions Museums & More\". The curator of the museum is Arlene Wagner. Wagner (born 1925) founded the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum with her husband George in 1995, as a non-profit organization.", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "294371", "text": "pre-shelled nuts, the need for functionality was also lessened. After the 1980s, Chinese and Taiwanese imports that copied the traditional German designs took over. The recreated \"Bavarian village\" of Leavenworth, Washington, features a nutcracker museum. Many other materials also serve to make decorated nutcrackers, such as porcelain, silver, and brass; the museum displays samples. The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued four stamps in October 2008 with custom-made nutcrackers made by Richmond, Virginia artist Glenn Crider. Some artists, among them the multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, have used the sound nutcrackers make in music. Many animals shell nuts to eat them, including", "title": "Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "15058803", "text": "and asked questions – everything from the nutting stones that are supposedly from 4,000 to 8000 years old, clear up to the modern ones.\" She noted of the CBS crew, \"They were very interested in the old ones, and how the 'Nutcracker' ballet influenced the collecting of nutcrackers in America.\" Wagner appeared as the first guest on the premiere of Conan O'Brien's TBS program \"Conan\", on November 8, 2010. On his website, O'Brien had arranged an online survey of potential first guests with Wagner being listed on the website among candidates including Jack Nicholson, Pope Benedict XVI, Justin Bieber, Lady", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "1972254", "text": "Vedernikov, Ondrej Lenard, Mikhail Pletnev, and most recently, Simon Rattle. A CD of excerpts from the Tilson Thomas version had as its album cover art a painting of Mikhail Baryshnikov in his Nutcracker costume; perhaps this was due to the fact that the Tilson Thomas recording was released by CBS Masterworks, and CBS had first telecast the Baryshnikov \"Nutcracker\". There have been two major theatrical film versions of the ballet, made within seven years of each other, and both were given soundtrack albums. Neither Ormandy, Reiner, nor Fiedler ever recorded a complete version of the ballet; however, Kunzel's album of", "title": "The Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "294366", "text": "the popularity of wooden ones began to spread. The late 19th century saw two shifts in nutcracker production: the rise in figurative and decorative designs, particularly from the Alps where they were sold as souvenirs, and a switch to industrial manufacture, including availability in mail-order catalogues, rather than artisan production. After the 1960s, the availability of pre-shelled nuts led to a decline in ownership of nutcrackers and a fall in the tradition of nuts being put in children's Christmas stockings. In the 17th century, screw nutcrackers were introduced that applied more gradual pressure to the shell, some like a vise.", "title": "Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "15058805", "text": "You're in Washington When...\", Sharon Wootton and Maggie Savage characterize the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum as, \"The best place in America to admire nutcracker mechanics, art, and creativity\". The authors write of Wagner's book \"The Art and Character of Nutcrackers\", \"It shows the breadth of construction styles and materials, often capturing the cultural milieu behind each nutcracker's form.\" Wagner's work is used as a reference in the book \"Nutcracker Nation\" by Jennifer Fisher. The museum is recommended in the book \"Best of Oregon & Washington's Mansions Museums & More\". Authors Ken and Dahlynn McKowen note, \"This is a fun museum in", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "14423900", "text": "KVC Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, and PolyGram Video respectfully. MGM Home Entertainment through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released it on DVD in Widescreen for the first time as a Spotlight Collection title in 2007 with film's theatrical trailer as the only bonus material. In December of 2017, the picture was released in the BluRay format by Olive Films (under license from MGM). Nutcracker: The Motion Picture Nutcracker: The Motion Picture, also known as Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker or simply Nutcracker, is a 1986 American Christmas performing arts film produced by Pacific Northwest Ballet in association with Hyperion Pictures", "title": "Nutcracker: The Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "15058799", "text": "Nutcracker Lady\". The Museum was featured on the NBC program \"Today\" in 2000. Arlene and George Wagner ceded their collection in 2001 to the National Heritage Foundation so that the museum would be maintained in the event of their deaths; however Arlene Wagner retained her position within the museum. David Evangelista favorably reviewed the museum in a piece for an A&E Network special in 2003. In 2003 the museum had a collection of 3,028 artifacts. By 2007 the collection had grown to over 5,000 pieces. In 2010 it contained over 6,000 nutcrackers, including pieces from the 16th century. Nutcrackers are", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "15041471", "text": "version whether she does or not.) Years later, movie critic Stephen Holden, in reviewing the 1993 film version of the Balanchine \"Nutcracker\", referred to Marie as the Prince's sweetheart. And oddly enough, throughout Act II of the 1993 film of Balanchine's version, Marie does wear a veil that resembles a bridal veil. The Balanchine version uses perhaps more real children than any other version. (In other versions, the children are sometimes played by adult women.) The rôles of Clara and the Nutcracker/ Prince are performed by adults in many other versions, and in these productions of the ballet, there is", "title": "The Nutcracker (Balanchine)" }, { "docid": "15058796", "text": "Nutcracker Lady\". The Museum was featured on the NBC program \"Today\" in 2000. In 2001, the museum became a part of the National Heritage Foundation. David Evangelista favorably reviewed the museum in a piece for an A&E Network special in 2003. Wagner wrote a book, \"The Art and Character of Nutcrackers\", which discusses 1,000 pieces from the museum. In December 2009, the museum was featured on the \"Sunday Morning\" program of \"CBS News\". On November 8, 2010, Wagner became the first guest featured on Conan O'Brien's late-night television program on TBS, \"Conan\". The Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum has received favorable reception", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "294367", "text": "The spring-jointed nutcracker was patented by Henry Quackenbush in 1913. A ratchet design, similar to a car jack, that gradually increases pressure on the shell to avoid damaging the kernel inside is used by the Crackerjack, patented in 1947 by Cuthbert Leslie Rimes of Morley, Leeds and exhibited at the Festival of Britain. Unshelled nuts are still popular in China, where a key device is inserted into the crack in walnuts, pecans, and macadamias and twisted to open the shell. Nutcrackers in the form of wood carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have existed since at least", "title": "Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "14423891", "text": "from scratch.\" They began collaborating in earnest in 1981, developing a \"Nutcracker\" concept different from traditional productions, and closer to the themes in Hoffmann's original story. PNB's Stowell/Sendak \"Nutcracker\" premiered in Seattle on December 13, 1983. It was a critical and popular success. Lincoln Kirstein, director of the New York City Ballet, called Sendak's production design \"absolutely magnificent, and I was filled with a violent greed and envy.\" PNB continued to perform the Stowell/Sendak production annually for 31 years, ending in 2014; its artistic director, Peter Boal, announced that the 2015 production would use George Balanchine's choreography, with new designs", "title": "Nutcracker: The Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "1723422", "text": "the species are migratory, but they will leave their usual ranges if a cone crop failure causes a food shortage. Nutcracker (bird) The nutcrackers (Nucifraga) are a genus of three species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. The genus name is a New Latin translation of German \"Nussbrecher\", \"nut-breaker\". The most important food resources for both these species are the seeds (pine nuts) of various pines (\"Pinus\" sp.), principally the cold-climate (far northern or high altitude) species of white pine (\"Pinus\" subgenus \"Strobus\") with large seeds: \"P. albicaulis, P. armandii, P. cembra, P.", "title": "Nutcracker (bird)" }, { "docid": "1723419", "text": "Nutcracker (bird) The nutcrackers (Nucifraga) are a genus of three species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. The genus name is a New Latin translation of German \"Nussbrecher\", \"nut-breaker\". The most important food resources for both these species are the seeds (pine nuts) of various pines (\"Pinus\" sp.), principally the cold-climate (far northern or high altitude) species of white pine (\"Pinus\" subgenus \"Strobus\") with large seeds: \"P. albicaulis, P. armandii, P. cembra, P. flexilis, P. koraiensis, P. parviflora, P. peuce, P. pumila, P. sibirica\" and \"P. wallichiana\", and also the pinyon and lacebark", "title": "Nutcracker (bird)" }, { "docid": "8349371", "text": "artistic director, John McFall’s 15th season. The ballet also welcomed new executive director Arthur Jacobus to the company. For the 2010-2011 season, the Atlanta Ballet performed \"Moulin Rouge: The Ballet\", Atlanta Ballet's \"Nutcracker, Nutty Nutcracker\", \"Sleeping Beauty\", \"Fusion: Lambarena\" as a world premier, and \"Ignition: New Choreographic Voices\". The 2012-13 season included Michael Pink’s \"Dracula\", David Bintley's \"Carmina Burana\", Ohad Naharin’s \"Minus 16\", \"Nutcracker\", \"Cinderella\" and Gina Patterson's \"I Am\". For the 2014-2015 season, the Atlanta Ballet performances include \"Nutcracker\", \"Roméo et Juliette\", \"Snow White\", \"Camino Real\", \"Modern Choreographic Voices\", and \"MAYhem\". MAYhem included THREE, The Exiled, and 1st Flash.", "title": "Atlanta Ballet" }, { "docid": "15058800", "text": "represented in the museum from 38 different countries. The museum contains the greatest amount of collected nutcrackers in the United States, including a nutcracker made in Germany that stands six feet tall. It was manufactured for Wagner by Karl Roppl from Oberammergau, Germany, and made from a solid piece of linden wood. A bronze Roman piece c. 200 BC to 200 AD is one of the oldest in the museum – it was discovered in 1960 and is a rare item that was unearthed after over 1,800 years. Wagner bought the item from Rik Gijsen, a Netherlands-based antiquities dealer. The", "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum" }, { "docid": "14423892", "text": "by the illustrator Ian Falconer. At the premiere of the stage production, two Walt Disney Studios executives encouraged Stowell and Sendak to turn their \"Nutcracker\" into a film, suggesting Carroll Ballard as director. Stowell and Sendak were interested with the proposal, but discussed at length whether it would be wiser simply to film the ballet on stage or to adapt it into a full-fledged film version. Ballard, who had previously directed \"The Black Stallion\" and the Disney-produced \"Never Cry Wolf\", agreed to do the film after watching a performance in Seattle with his wife and 5-year-old daughter. Ballard described his", "title": "Nutcracker: The Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "19621343", "text": "Who Is Ireland's Enemy? Who Is Ireland's Enemy? is an Irish poem authored by Brian O'Higgins as part of the Irish nationalist response to the First World War and became popular during the conscription crisis of 1918. It first featured in \"Irish Freedom\" in September 1914, in an edition entitled \"Germany Is Not Ireland's Enemy\"; that year the journal was suppressed by the British authorities. O'Higgins was a member of Sinn Féin (later a president of the party) and was opposed to Irishmen fighting in the First World War. O'Higgins' poem was one of the more visceral of the anti-recruitment", "title": "Who Is Ireland's Enemy?" }, { "docid": "19621348", "text": "glen and bay, And in your name, oh Holy Dead, Our sacred debt to pay! </poem> Who Is Ireland's Enemy? Who Is Ireland's Enemy? is an Irish poem authored by Brian O'Higgins as part of the Irish nationalist response to the First World War and became popular during the conscription crisis of 1918. It first featured in \"Irish Freedom\" in September 1914, in an edition entitled \"Germany Is Not Ireland's Enemy\"; that year the journal was suppressed by the British authorities. O'Higgins was a member of Sinn Féin (later a president of the party) and was opposed to Irishmen fighting", "title": "Who Is Ireland's Enemy?" } ]

[ "Her hair" ]

[ { "docid": "532794", "text": "in New York City. The story was initially published in \"The New York Sunday World\" under the title \"Gifts of the Magi\" on December 10, 1905. It was first published in book form in the O. Henry Anthology \"The Four Million\" in April 1906. Mr. James Dillingham Young (\"Jim\") and his wife, Della, are a couple living in a modest apartment. On Christmas night, with only $1.87 in hand, and desperate to find a gift for Jim, Della sells her hair for $20 to a nearby hairdresser named Madame Sofronie, and eventually finds a platinum pocket watch fob chain for", "title": "The Gift of the Magi" }, { "docid": "532795", "text": "Jim's watch for $21 and she was satisfied with the perfect gift she got for Jim. At 7 o'clock, Della sits at a table near the door, waiting for Jim to come home. Unusually late, Jim walks in and immediately stops short at the sight of Della, who had previously prayed that she was still pretty to Jim. Della then admits to Jim that she sold her hair to buy him his present. Jim gives Della her present – an assortment of combs, useless now that her hair is shortened. Della then shows Jim the chain she bought for him,", "title": "The Gift of the Magi" }, { "docid": "10489547", "text": "eponymous aria to sell her hair, over Maggie’s objections. They leave to sell her hair. \"Scene Three\": Jim and his friend, Henry, carry in a Christmas tree. Knowing Jim’s financial situation, Henry asks how he purchased it. Jim evades the question at first but eventually tells Henry he sold the watch that once belonged to his father. Henry chides Jim for being foolish. Jim tries to explain his love for his father and his wife in the aria “Jim’s Soliloquy”. \"Scene Four\": Jim and Della reunite in their flat. Each admits having broken their promise and gives the other a", "title": "The Gift of the Magi (Conte opera)" }, { "docid": "10489546", "text": "2000. Jim and Delia's small flat. Christmas Eve. \"Scene One\": Della prepares for Christmas before Jim returns home. She lets her hair down and sings of her love and happiness. When Jim comes home, he briefly tries to entice her, then announces he has an errand to run. Being poor, Della reminds Jim, he should not get her a present for Christmas. Jim shrugs it off until she begs him to promise, then he leaves. \"Scene Two\": Having no money, Della calls her friend Maggie to help figure out how to buy Jim a Christmas present. Della decides in her", "title": "The Gift of the Magi (Conte opera)" }, { "docid": "2265334", "text": "related to have had a grand palace on \"a very large island\" called Meroe, located someplace near the Nile river, \"practically on the other side of the world.\" From there Nicaula crossed the deserts of Arabia, through Ethiopia and Egypt and up the coast of the Red Sea, to come to Jerusalem to see \"the great King Solomon.\" O. Henry's short story \"The Gift of the Magi\" contains the following description to convey the preciousness of the female protagonist's hair: \"Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out", "title": "Queen of Sheba" } ]

[ { "docid": "532796", "text": "to which Jim says he sold his watch to get the money to buy her ornamental combs. Although Jim and Della are now left with gifts that neither one can use, they realize how far they are willing to go to show their love for each other, and how priceless their love really is. The story ends with the narrator comparing the sacrificial gifts of love with those of the Biblical Magi. The story has been adapted to films, \"The Sacrifice\" (1909), \" Love's Surprises Are Futile\" (1916), \"The Gift of the Magi\" (1917), a segment of \"O. Henry's Full", "title": "The Gift of the Magi" }, { "docid": "10489545", "text": "The Gift of the Magi (Conte opera) The Gift of the Magi is a chamber opera in four scenes with music by David Conte and libretto by Nicholas Giardini. Based on the short story of the same title by O. Henry, the opera focuses on Jim and Della, who are a poor married couple and cannot afford to buy each other presents for Christmas. It premiered on December 7 and 8, 1997 with a workshop production to the accompaniment of two pianos at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The orchestral version was premiered at the conservatory on December 3,", "title": "The Gift of the Magi (Conte opera)" }, { "docid": "10489548", "text": "gift. Jim receives from Della a gold chain bought with Della's hair. Della receives ornate haircombs from Jim bought with his father's watch. They sit in melancholy silence evaluating what they have received. Their mutual sacrifice shines forth in their minds and they sing of their love and renewed fidelity. Both \"Della's Aria\" and \"Jim Soliloquy\" can be found in E. C. Shirmer's Opera Aria Anthology vol. 1 Soprano and vol. 4 Baritone respectively. The Gift of the Magi (Conte opera) The Gift of the Magi is a chamber opera in four scenes with music by David Conte and libretto", "title": "The Gift of the Magi (Conte opera)" }, { "docid": "532793", "text": "The Gift of the Magi \"The Gift of the Magi\" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its twist ending are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of comic irony. It was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place", "title": "The Gift of the Magi" }, { "docid": "532798", "text": "(2014) places it in the economical crisis of Greece today. The Mexican film \"Nosotros los pobres\" includes this tale as a small sub-plot. There is also a Bulgarian short film adaptation known as \"Darovete na vlahvite\" (2013) directed by Ivan Abadjiev. The Gift of the Magi \"The Gift of the Magi\" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving,", "title": "The Gift of the Magi" }, { "docid": "532797", "text": "House\" (1952), \" The Gift of Love\" (1978), \"The Gift of the Magi\" (1958), \"\" (Poland, 1972), \"Christmas Eve on Sesame Street\" (1978), \"I'll not be a gangster, love\" (\"Не буду гангстером, дорогая\"/\"Nebūsiu gangsteriu, brangioji\", USSR, 1978), \"Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas\" (1999), \"The Gift of the Magi\" (2004) and the short film for the Irish band The Script in 2010 called \"For the First Time\". \"Love,\" another French movie, based some of its scenes on this story. \"Raincoat\" (2004), a Hindi film directed by Rituparno Ghosh is an adaptation of the story. The Greek film directed by Ismene Daskarolis", "title": "The Gift of the Magi" }, { "docid": "18440854", "text": "which Nellie replies with her much-used phrase \"I hate the Roosevelts\". Della Quercia also offered a limited supply of autographed copies of the novel, which could be ordered from the website The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, mailing out pages from the book's original manuscript with the first orders. The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy is a historical fiction novel written by Jacopo della Quercia. The plot follows President William Howard Taft, scientist Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's son), Secret Service Chief John Wilkie, Captain (later Major) Archibald Butt, and others as", "title": "The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy" }, { "docid": "5177854", "text": "Blanche a Christmas card (he had—it was buried in a stack of newspapers), they exchanged their gifts to each other... with a twist. Tight in the pocketbook this Christmas season, Blanche swapped a fur coat to buy her bourbon-loving husband a portable bar; John—bourbon lover though he is—swapped his stock to buy Blanche a matching fur muffler, before confessing that for all that they're each other's biggest pain in the rump, there really is a love between them. Jackie Gleason probably knew that Christmas exchange—drawing as did the \"Bickersons\" episode on O. Henry's \"The Gift of the Magi\", a \"classic", "title": "The Bickersons" }, { "docid": "20745008", "text": "Adoration of the Magi (Perugino, Città della Pieve) Adoration of the Magi is a 1504 fresco by Perugino in the Oratorio di Santa Maria dei Bianchi in Città della Pieve. It shows the Adoration of the Magi, with an idealised view from Città della Pieve towards Lake Trasimene and Val di Chiana in the background. It is often compared to the \"Adoration of the Magi\" in the Sala delle Udienze del Collegio del Cambio in Perugia by Perugino and his studio, which includes areas argued by some art historians to have been painted by a young Raphael. It was commissioned", "title": "Adoration of the Magi (Perugino, Città della Pieve)" }, { "docid": "12217679", "text": "Adoration of the Magi (Andrea della Robbia) This depiction of the Adoration of the Magi is an altarpiece by Florentine sculptor Andrea della Robbia (1435–1525). Andrea inherited the family workshop from his famous uncle, Luca della Robbia, who had developed the technique of applying tin glazes, similar to those used by potters, to terracotta (fired clay) to produce sculptures that were colourful, durable and relatively cheap. Larger sculptures, such as this example which dates to about 1500–1510, were made in sections in order to fit into the kiln for firing. The scene is set in a landscape, showing the Three", "title": "Adoration of the Magi (Andrea della Robbia)" }, { "docid": "18440819", "text": "The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy is a historical fiction novel written by Jacopo della Quercia. The plot follows President William Howard Taft, scientist Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's son), Secret Service Chief John Wilkie, Captain (later Major) Archibald Butt, and others as they slowly unravel a worldwide conspiracy over a decade in the making. The book, which was della Quercia's debut novel, was published in 2014 by St. Martin's Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin's Press. The author described the book as not fitting into a single distinct genre, but as", "title": "The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy" }, { "docid": "3362318", "text": "available location for carrying a watch is in a trouser pocket. The more recent advent of mobile phones and other gadgets that are worn on the waist has diminished the appeal of carrying an additional item in the same location, especially as such pocketable gadgets usually have timekeeping functionality themselves. In some countries a gift of a gold-cased pocket watch is traditionally awarded to an employee upon their retirement. The pocketwatch has regained popularity due to steampunk, a subcultural movement embracing the arts and fashions of the Victorian era, where pocketwatches were nearly ubiquitous. Pocket watch A pocket watch (or", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "13245041", "text": "O. Henry had published over 300 short stories including \"The Ransom of Red Chief\" and the Christmas classic \"Gift of the Magi\". His voracious vocabulary and love of language endeared him to a broad audience, but it was his trademark twisted endings that always kept curious readers coming back for more. Reading an O. Henry story is a participatory experience. Today, the Pun-Off keeps his name alive by offering lovers of wordplay and wit a platform for their literary shenanigans in front of an admiring, and sometimes mocking, audience. For the purpose of competition and judging, a two-fold definition of", "title": "O. Henry Pun-Off" }, { "docid": "532820", "text": "stories. A film was made in 1952 featuring five stories, called \"O. Henry's Full House\". The episode garnering the most critical acclaim was \"The Cop and the Anthem\" starring Charles Laughton and Marilyn Monroe. The other stories are \"The Clarion Call\", \"The Last Leaf\", \"The Ransom of Red Chief\" (starring Fred Allen and Oscar Levant), and \"The Gift of the Magi\". The O. Henry House and O. Henry Hall, both in Austin, Texas, are named for him. O. Henry Hall, now owned by the Texas State University System, previously served as the federal courthouse in which O. Henry was convicted", "title": "O. Henry" }, { "docid": "8927877", "text": "and admits her hope that he'll pick her, knowing it'll never happen. Having got this off her chest, Amanda pulls herself together, and tells Betty to forget what she just said. She gives the watch to Betty, who in turn passes it back to Daniel. In between the melee, Betty finds herself smitten by Henry from accounting, who has come down to chat to Betty. Earlier in the day, Walter gave Betty a gift of a hollow pumpkin with candy in the middle. He told Betty to eat the candy in the pumpkin until she finds her gift. The gift", "title": "The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe" }, { "docid": "3362280", "text": "Pocket watch A pocket watch (or pocketwatch) is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist. They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wristwatches became popular after World War I during which a transitional design, trench watches, were used by the military. Pocket watches generally have an attached chain to allow them to be secured to a waistcoat, lapel, or belt loop, and to prevent them from being dropped. Watches were also mounted on a short leather", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "12217680", "text": "Kings with attendants, offering their gifts to the Holy Family. Andrea's sculpture was similar in style to contemporary painting, but certain colours, such as red, could not be produced in tin-glaze. The coat-of-arms of the Albizzi, a prominent Florentine family, can be seen on the frame, and the relief was probably commissioned by them for a church not far from Florence. The shiny surface of the altarpiece would have reflected the candlelight in the chapel, bringing the image to life. Adoration of the Magi (Andrea della Robbia) This depiction of the Adoration of the Magi is an altarpiece by Florentine", "title": "Adoration of the Magi (Andrea della Robbia)" }, { "docid": "3362299", "text": "with the watch key which was a necessity for the operation of any pocket watch up to that point. The first stem-wind and stem-set pocket watches were sold during the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and the first owners of these new kinds of watches were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Stem-wind, stem-set movements are the most common type of watch-movement found in both vintage and modern pocket watches. The mainstream transition to the use of stem-wind, stem-set watches occurred at around the same time as the end of the manufacture and use of the fusee watch. Fusee chain-driven", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "3362283", "text": "watches by 1524. Thereafter, pocket watch manufacture spread throughout the rest of Europe as the 16th century progressed. Early watches only had an hour hand, the minute hand appearing in the late 17th century. The first American pocket watches with machine made parts were manufactured by Henry Pitkin with his brother in the later 1830s. The first timepieces to be worn, made in 16th-century Europe, were transitional in size between clocks and watches. These 'clock-watches' were fastened to clothing or worn on a chain around the neck. They were heavy drum shaped brass cylinders several inches in diameter, engraved and", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "4978620", "text": "gives him a case for his harmonica. Of course, the irony is that Minnie no longer has her watch—just as Mickey no longer has his harmonica—so the gifts are essentially useless. As in the classic \"Gift of the Magi\" upon which this adaptation—penned by O. Henry—is based, the thought behind each gift is what counts. The film concludes with a medley of various carols featuring the main characters from the three segments. The film was originally released on VHS and DVD on November 9, 1999. It was later re-released on VHS and on DVD (as part of the Walt Disney", "title": "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas" }, { "docid": "8224003", "text": "The Husband of the Rat's Daughter The Husband of the Rat's Daughter is a Japanese fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in \"The Brown Fairy Book\". It is Aarne-Thompson type 2031C, a chain tale or cumulative tale. Another story of this type is \"The Mouse Turned into a Maid\". Two rats had a remarkably beautiful daughter. In some variants, the father would have been happy to marry her to a rat of finer family, but the mother did not want her daughter to marry a mere rat; in others, they both agreed that she must marry the greatest being in", "title": "The Husband of the Rat's Daughter" }, { "docid": "18849005", "text": "Henry's pocket watch while Abe watches Henry reappear in the river alive. Later, Jo arrives at the antiques shop with Henry's watch and the family photograph that Adam left at the scene. With Abe's encouragement, Henry invites Jo into the shop to hear a long story. In the flashback, Henry and Abigail (MacKenzie Mauzy) notice each other's scars one night in 1945 London. Henry claims that a sniper shot him in the chest earlier in World War II; Abigail is reluctant to discuss the cigarette burn that her ex-boyfriend left on her neck. Henry confronts the ex-boyfriend in a pub.", "title": "The Last Death of Henry Morgan" }, { "docid": "14874740", "text": "Life\" (2012) mixtape. The music video features band members of The Script within a studio and clips of a couple who have emigrated from Ireland to New York City. The characters in the music video are played by Eve Hewson, daughter of U2's Bono, and Luke Treadaway. The video was inspired by O. Henry's short story \"The Gift of the Magi\". \"For the First Time\" debuted on the Irish Singles Chart at number one on 10 September 2010, knocking Katy Perry's \"Teenage Dream\" from the top spot. This marks the band's first number-one single and third top-ten hit in Ireland.", "title": "For the First Time (The Script song)" }, { "docid": "3362294", "text": "the French word for soap (savon) due to its resemblance with a round soap bar. The majority of antique and vintage hunter-case watches have the lid-hinges at the 9 o'clock position and the stem, crown and bow of the watch at the 3 o'clock position. Modern hunter-case pocket watches usually have the hinges for the lid at the 6 o'clock position and the stem, crown and bow at the 12 o'clock position, as with open-face watches. In both styles of watch-cases, the sub-seconds dial was always at the 6 o'clock position. A hunter-case pocket watch with a spring-ring chain is", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "20745009", "text": "from him that year by the 'Sindaco della Compagnia dei Disciplanti' - the date is shown by two letters sculpted along the same wall by the artist and uncovered during works to improve the wall's drainage in 1835. Perugino demanded 200 florins for the work but was willing \"as a fellow citizen\" to be content with 100 in installments. After several interventions by the Sindaco, he reduced the price to 25 florins but in return demanded to be granted the \"dignity of a great Master\". The work was restored in 1984. Adoration of the Magi (Perugino, Città della Pieve) Adoration", "title": "Adoration of the Magi (Perugino, Città della Pieve)" }, { "docid": "8543550", "text": "and drank. A faqir asked him what he did there. He told him his story and asked the faqir's, repeating when the faqir put him off, until the faqir told him he had been a king, and his seven sons had all tried to win a princess whose hand could only be won by answering the riddle, \"What did the rose do to the cypress?\" and died for their failure. His grief sent him into the desert. This inspired the son with a love for the same princess. His attendants found him and brought him back, but he grew ill", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "6529053", "text": "that there will be money when the buy–sell event is triggered. A buy–sell agreement consists of several legally binding clauses in a business partnership or operating agreement or a separate, freestanding agreement, and controls the following business decisions: Buy–sell agreement can be in the form of a cross-purchase plan or a repurchase (entity or stock-redemption) plan. For greater neutrality and effectiveness of the buy–sell arrangement, the service of a corporate trustee is recommended. Buy–sell agreement A buy–sell agreement, also known as a buyout agreement, is a legally binding agreement between co-owners of a business that governs the situation if a", "title": "Buy–sell agreement" }, { "docid": "8543549", "text": "What the Rose did to the Cypress What the Rose did to the Cypress is a Persian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in \"The Brown Fairy Book\" (1904), with the note \"Translated from two Persian MSS. in the possession of the British Museum and the India Office, and adapted, with some reservations, by Annette S. Beveridge.\" A king had three sons. The oldest went hunting and chased a deer, giving orders that it should be captured rather than killed. It led him to a sandy waste where his horse died. He found a tree with a spring beneath it", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "8543560", "text": "lived happily with his four wives. What the Rose did to the Cypress What the Rose did to the Cypress is a Persian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in \"The Brown Fairy Book\" (1904), with the note \"Translated from two Persian MSS. in the possession of the British Museum and the India Office, and adapted, with some reservations, by Annette S. Beveridge.\" A king had three sons. The oldest went hunting and chased a deer, giving orders that it should be captured rather than killed. It led him to a sandy waste where his horse died. He found a", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "17848858", "text": "this a special that merits repeating in seasons to come.\" -Los Angeles Times The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story is a 1983 American made-for-television Christmas drama film, originally broadcast on CBS as an annual tradition for more than five years, premiering December 20, 1983. It starred Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury and Polly Holliday. It was produced by Dick Atkins and Michael Lepiner; directed by Academy Award winner Delbert Mann; and written by Earl Hamner, Jr., creator of \"The Waltons\", based on the short story \"The Silent Stars Go By\" by Bess Streeter", "title": "The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story" }, { "docid": "17848855", "text": "The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story is a 1983 American made-for-television Christmas drama film, originally broadcast on CBS as an annual tradition for more than five years, premiering December 20, 1983. It starred Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury and Polly Holliday. It was produced by Dick Atkins and Michael Lepiner; directed by Academy Award winner Delbert Mann; and written by Earl Hamner, Jr., creator of \"The Waltons\", based on the short story \"The Silent Stars Go By\" by Bess Streeter Aldrich. The movie was filmed on location in 1983 in Vermont, mainly in", "title": "The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story" }, { "docid": "380906", "text": "(they wrote nothing else) or by critical regard, which acknowledged the focus and craft required in the short form. An example is Jorge Luis Borges, who won American fame with \"The Garden of Forking Paths\", published in the August 1948 \"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine\". Another example is O. Henry (author of \"Gift of the Magi\"), for whom the O. Henry Award is named. Other of his most popular, inventive and most often reprinted stories (among over 600) include: \"A Municipal Report\", \"An Unfinished Story\", \"A Blackjack Barginer\", \"A Lickpenny Lover\", \"Mammon and the Archer\", \"Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen\", \"The Last", "title": "Short story" }, { "docid": "1491787", "text": "scenario reminiscent of the O. Henry story \"The Gift of the Magi\" where two close friends each trade away the very item that the other's gift was intended to supplement, Bert offers Mr. Hooper his paper clip collection as a swap; Mr. Hooper accepts Bert's offer, but Bert sadly walks off afterward. Then Ernie decides to trade Rubber Duckie for a cigar box for Bert's paper clips. Mr. Hooper, however, can see by their sorrowful expressions that they do not want to give up their prized possessions, so he gives the items back to them as gifts and lets them", "title": "Bert (Sesame Street)" }, { "docid": "8603257", "text": "in Tasmania to contest the Australian Derby at the Launceston circuit a week later. Facing stronger opposition, including Lively Exit, Pocket Watch produced another dominant performance to win with a final quarter of 27.5 seconds. On his return to the Australian mainland, Pocket Watch contested the New South Wales Derby. Although the race organisers had granted Pocket Watch a place in the final, his owner elected to run the horse in the qualifiers. He finished third in the qualifier, being apparently unsuited by the slow early pace. s respectively. This saw him suffer only his fifth defeat in finishing third", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "8543552", "text": "when the princess sent her maids for water, they saw his reflection and were terrified. The princess had her nurse bring him to her. He answered her questions at random, convincing her that he was mad, but his beauty made her protect him as her own. Dil-aram, who had seen him first, grew fond of him and begged him to tell her what he was about; finally, he was convinced she was in love with him, told her his story, and promised to marry her and keep her among his favorites. She could not answer the riddle, but knew that", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "5120478", "text": "with corporate backers who use the kids to conduct market research. There are some good gags, but the story doesn't hang together very well.\" Adam Tyner of DVD Talk argued that the episode \"has a couple of good gags (Gary Coleman chatting on the phone being my favorite) but is quickly forgettable\". Brian James of PopMatters described Coleman's cameo as \"hysterical\" in 2004, and Meghan Lewit of the same website listed \"Grift of the Magi\" at number eight on her 2009 list of the \"10 best holiday themed TV episodes.\" Grift of the Magi \"Grift of the Magi\" is the", "title": "Grift of the Magi" }, { "docid": "18440841", "text": "Zaharoff suddenly begins to go into convulsions as his maid, who is actually Miss Knox, poisons Zaharoff and steals from him the designs for the pocket watch and his silver duplicate of the watch. Miss Knox poisons Zaharoff and delivers the watch to Nellie. Nellie mails the watch to Lyman James Briggs, chairman of the Uranium Committee along with a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt detailing the use of uranium as a weapon. As Nellie, who has always had a negative opinion of the Roosevelt family, ponders working with the new President Roosevelt, she reverses her anti-Roosevelt stand by", "title": "The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy" }, { "docid": "8933552", "text": "the right panel is St. Agnes and the eponymous donor, Agnes Bosshuysse, also accompanied by her coat of arms. In the background, a bear and a wolf attack some people. The central panel shows the Adoration of the Magi, depicted in accordance with traditional iconography. A monumental Mary sits outside a precarious hut, with the Child held at her womb. Balthazar, the eldest of the Magi, is kneeling at her feet, with his gift before him: a golden sculpture with the Sacrifice of Isaac, a forecast of Jesus' Passion. Below the object are several toads, symbols of heresy. Balthazar's crown", "title": "Adoration of the Magi (Bosch, Madrid)" }, { "docid": "5756457", "text": "The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story is a 2004 TV movie based on the life of Laci Peterson that stars Dean Cain, Sarah Brown, Tracy Middendorf and Tom O'Brien. The film is told through the perspectives of Scott and Laci Peterson's friends, who trusted and supported Scott until they could not believe him anymore. Laci Peterson was a pregnant mother-to-be. On Christmas Eve, 2002, she disappeared. Her husband Scott Peterson (Dean Cain), and her family go out to search for Laci, but there are no signs of her anywhere. Months go by,", "title": "The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story" }, { "docid": "7102396", "text": "Rohmer. It stars Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Peter Lühr, and Edda Seipel. The Italian film \"Il seme della discordia\" is a modern adaptation of the novella. The Marquise of O The Marquise of O () is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist on the subject of forced seduction. It was first published in 1808. The story begins with a one-sentence paragraph, in which the widowed Marquise von O. places an announcement in the newspapers in a prominent north Italian town, saying that she is pregnant and wishes the father of her child to make himself known to her so that", "title": "The Marquise of O" }, { "docid": "6529052", "text": "Buy–sell agreement A buy–sell agreement, also known as a buyout agreement, is a legally binding agreement between co-owners of a business that governs the situation if a co-owner dies or is otherwise forced to leave the business, or chooses to leave the business. It may be thought of as a sort of premarital agreement between business partners/shareholders or is sometimes called a \"business will\". An insured buy–sell agreement (triggered buyout is funded with life insurance on the participating owners' lives) is often recommended by business-succession specialists and financial planners to ensure that the buy–sell arrangement is well-funded and to guarantee", "title": "Buy–sell agreement" }, { "docid": "13675535", "text": "of the fan base. One deranged fanboy in particular, Jerome T. Kornacker, is so outraged that his favorite superheroine is being \"perverted,\" that he takes radical steps to stop the change. \"What They Did to Princess Paragon\" is a tongue-in-cheek look at the comic book industry, the artists who create comics, the corporations that publish and sell them, and the fans who support and consume the books. The story is also an exploration of 1990s lesbian feminist thought. What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the", "title": "What They Did to Princess Paragon" }, { "docid": "13930846", "text": "What Did the Lady Forget? Komiya (Tatsuo Saitō) is an affluent, respected and good-natured professor of medicine at a Tokyo university. He has a wife, Tokiko (Sumiko Kurishima), though they are without children. His niece from Osaka, Setsuko (Michiko Kuwano) comes for a visit. A liberated young lady who smokes and drinks, Setsuko finds Tokiko's attempts to interfere with and control her behaviour annoying. Tokiko asks her husband to go for his usual weekend golfing trip, though Komiya is not keen. So as not to vex his wife, Komiya leaves anyway, and writes a postcard telling his wife the weather", "title": "What Did the Lady Forget?" }, { "docid": "3272419", "text": "Journey of the Magi Journey of the Magi is a 43-line poem written in 1927 by T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is one of five poems that Eliot contributed for a series of 38 pamphlets by several authors collectively titled \"Ariel poems\" and released by British publishing house Faber and Gwyer (later, Faber and Faber). Published in August 1927, \"Journey of the Magi\" was the eighth in the series and was accompanied by illustrations drawn by American-born avant garde artist Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954). The poems, including \"Journey of the Magi\", were later published in both editions of Eliot's collected", "title": "Journey of the Magi" }, { "docid": "6706084", "text": "Many of the maths and science jokes in the series found their way into \"Futurama\" in this way. Another small visual joke that was added was that the clock tower is shown at the end of the episode and the time on the clock is the same as the actual time that scene would have been shown in its original airing. Bongo, from \"Life in Hell\", is one of the animals being sold at the pet shop that Fry goes to. The gift exchange of combs references the short story \"The Gift of the Magi\" by O. Henry. The children", "title": "Xmas Story" }, { "docid": "8603252", "text": "half head. Lombo Pocket Watch next contested the Kevin Seymour Nursery. In another heat and final series Lombo Pocket Watch won his heat in 1.59.5 and the final in 1.59.2. Pocket Watch then contested the Vicbred Super Series. He won his heat at Shepparton and his semi-final at Moonee Valley on 7 July 2006 in 2.03.3 despite a slow early pace. On 14 July 2006 Lombo Pocket Watch competed in the Group One, $100,000 final. Starting in barrier 2 outside stablemate Lombo Mandingo, Pocket Watch began well and Fitzpatrick pushed for the lead which was surrendered by Lombo Mandingo and", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "3362316", "text": "pocket. A watch of transitional design, combining features of pocket watches and modern wristwatches, was called trench watch or \"wristlet\". However, pocket watches continued to be widely used in railroading even as their popularity declined elsewhere. The use of pocket watches in a professional environment came to an ultimate end in approximately 1943. The Royal Navy of the British military distributed to their sailors Waltham pocket watches, which were 9 jewel movements, with black dials, and numbers coated with radium for visibility in the dark, in anticipation of the eventual D-Day invasion. The same Walthams were ordered by the Canadian", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "15372930", "text": "Chabiwali Pocket Watch Chabiwali Pocket Watch is a 2006 short film written and directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by the Film and Television Institute of India. The film set in Old Delhi and deals with story of a romantic Urdu poet now dying anomously, and the struggle between his daughter and an opportunist publisher. The film was the official entry from India to the Student Academy Awards. It was also a chosen to be a part of Indian Panorama, '06 At the 53rd National Film Awards director Vibhu Puri received Special Jury Award. In 2013, it was amongst many", "title": "Chabiwali Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "15441963", "text": "The drowned woman and her husband The drowned woman and her husband is a story found in Mediaeval jest-books that entered the fable tradition in the 16th century. It was occasionally included in collections of Aesop's Fables but never became established as such and has no number in the Perry Index. Folk variants in which a contrary wife is sought upstream by her husband after she drowns are catalogued under the Aarne-Thompson classification system as type 1365A. One of the earliest appearances of the story is in the 12th century, when it was included in Marie de France's rhymed fables,", "title": "The drowned woman and her husband" }, { "docid": "15372932", "text": "but essentially soft-hearted daughter and an opportunist but naive publisher. Amidst all this, Babba, Minni and Pappan struggle to keep their culture alive, their ethos alive, their language alive, their love alive ... in vain ... Chabiwali Pocket Watch Chabiwali Pocket Watch is a 2006 short film written and directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by the Film and Television Institute of India. The film set in Old Delhi and deals with story of a romantic Urdu poet now dying anomously, and the struggle between his daughter and an opportunist publisher. The film was the official entry from India to", "title": "Chabiwali Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "3362291", "text": "1891 occurred because one of the engineers' watches had stopped for four minutes. The railroad officials commissioned Webb C. Ball as their Chief Time Inspector, in order to establish precision standards and a reliable timepiece inspection system for Railroad chronometers. This led to the adoption in 1893 of stringent standards for pocket watches used in railroading. These railroad-grade pocket watches, as they became colloquially known, had to meet the General Railroad Timepiece Standards adopted in 1893 by almost all railroads. These standards read, in part: There are two main styles of pocket watch, the hunter-case pocket watch and the open-face", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "16276389", "text": "Adoration of the Magi (Dürer) The Adoration of the Magi is a 1504 oil-on-wood painting by Albrecht Dürer. It was commissioned by Frederick the Wise for the altar of the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, and is considered one of Dürer's best and most important works from the period between his first and second trips to Italy (1494-5 and 1505). The second king is a selfportrait of Dürer .¨This painting was very influential for other Renaissance painters like Pieter Coecke van Aelst. In 1603 Christian II of Saxony presented the painting as a gift to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. It", "title": "Adoration of the Magi (Dürer)" }, { "docid": "13250831", "text": "The Gift (audio drama) The Gift is the 19th story in the Big Finish anthology , written by Robert Dick and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who which features the First Doctor and Susan. General (Brigadier) Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart has retired and convinced his wife, Doris, to buy him a boat for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, whilst Doris is doing some late-night shopping, Alistair takes the boat out for a pre-Christmas test drive (unbeknownst to his wife). During his trip, Alistair spots a young girl in the water. Taking her back to his house, an argument", "title": "The Gift (audio drama)" }, { "docid": "11856928", "text": "early 20s. The story was adapted by Ellen Dryden for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Drama in 2004. What Hetty Did What Hetty Did is the seventh novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1988 when he was 76 years old. The novel describes the experiences of an 18-year-old girl. Hetty Birtwisle has been brought up by adoptive parents in the Fens; after a beating by her father, discovering that she was adopted, she flees to Birmingham where she has learnt she was born and alters her surname to Beauchamp. Hetty Beauchamp comes across several characters from Carr's other novels in", "title": "What Hetty Did" }, { "docid": "8603259", "text": "barrier and therefore the youngest ever Australasian millionaire standardbred horse. Pocket Watch won the Newcastle Guineas and then attempted his fourth Derby victory in the Queensland Derby. In an even run race at Albion Park Pocket Watch was beaten by Queenslander Arkamigo after being caught three wide early. In the Australasian Breeders Crown series for three-year-old colts and geldings Pocket Watch won his heat at Harold Park and the semi final, at Ballarat Victoria. On 19 August, Pocket Watch again clashed with Changeover in the much anticipated final, but finished fourth, after being unable to recover from a poor barrier", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "8603251", "text": "in the final and freelance driver Greg Bennett picked up the drive on Lombo Pocket Watch. Lombo Pocket Watch won in a photo finish by a neck, giving him his first Group One race. With Fitzpatrick back in the sulky, Lombo Pocket Watch won a $20,000 heat of the Australian Pacing Gold Series for two-year-old colts and geldings at Harold Park. The $285,000 Group One final was conducted at Albion Park, the home of Queensland harness racing on 13 May 2006. Lombo Pocket Watch collected the $150,000 winners cheque in a mile rate of 1.56.9, beating Twelve Paces by a", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "15441968", "text": "included it in his \"Fables sans morales\" for mixed choir or four soloists (Op. 130). It is also among the four pieces in Isabelle Aboulker's \"Femmes en fables\" (1999). The drowned woman and her husband The drowned woman and her husband is a story found in Mediaeval jest-books that entered the fable tradition in the 16th century. It was occasionally included in collections of Aesop's Fables but never became established as such and has no number in the Perry Index. Folk variants in which a contrary wife is sought upstream by her husband after she drowns are catalogued under the", "title": "The drowned woman and her husband" }, { "docid": "8603247", "text": "his 3yo season Pocket Watch broke the all-time stakes winners for 3yo pacers. Lombo Pocket Watch currently sits at 19th on the all-time stakes winners list, and Australasia's youngest millionaire pacer. Lombo Pocket Watch was retired to stud after winning a 12 Group One races including the time honoured, prestigious Victoria Derby, as well as the $285,000 two-year-old colts and geldings Australian Pacing Gold and the $284,000 two-year-old Pacing Colts & Geldings Australasian Breeders Crown. Lombo Pocket Watch was sired by the United States horse Jet Laag who was sired by Laag, out of the Windshield Wiper Australian bred mare", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "8437720", "text": "acid, but the biologist rescues it just in time as the nautilus signals \"H-O-T-W-A-T-E-R\" and then names the prospector. The Gift of Gab \"The Gift of Gab\" is an early science fiction short story by American author Jack Vance, first published in 1955. It is a mystery story, and the main theme is the nature of intelligence. Mineral prospectors on another planet examine their environment more closely when crew members start to disappear. There seems to be no intelligent life on the planet, which is predominantly covered by shallow seas, teeming with marine life. But one of the scientists who", "title": "The Gift of Gab" }, { "docid": "4978618", "text": "Henry. Mickey wants to get Minnie a gold chain for her one heirloom, her watch, so he works at Crazy Pete's Tree Lot. Minnie wants to give Mickey something special for Christmas as well, so she works hard at her job in a department store to get a special bonus. When Mickey gives a short tree to a poor family who are unable to buy a Pete-10-Footer tree, his uptight and greedy boss Pete steals all of Mickey's money and dismisses him from the store. Pete then puts his cigar and money into his pocket, setting it on fire and", "title": "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas" }, { "docid": "8603249", "text": "failing to complete the course at his second start when driver Chris Lewis pulled him out of a race at Perth's Gloucester Park, Lombo Pocket Watch was transferred to New South Wales for some major races. Driven in his first start at Harold Park Racetrack by Gavin Fitzpatrick, Lombo Pocket Watch was sent out at long odds of $27.80 on local totes in the NSW Sapling Stakes. He won a 5 m victory in a mile rate of 2.01.1. Lombo Pocket Watch was then transferred to the care of Paul Fitzpatrick at Cawdor to continue his racing. For his first", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "8603261", "text": "and in doing so qualified for the final. The following week Pocket Watch backed up in the McInerney Ford Classic, a lead up to the Golden Nugget, worth $100,000 and carrying Group One status for the first time. He won in a time of 1.57.9. Pocket Watch started favourite for the Group One Golden Nugget at Gloucester Park in Perth on 14 December 2007. Despite being badly paced in the early stages, moved around the field and cleared out by 11 m by the winning post. In late December 2007, speculation was rife that Lombo Pocket Watch may be headed", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "14380245", "text": "Adoration of the Magi (Rubens, Cambridge) The Adoration of the Magi is a c.1616-17 painting by the Flemish Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens, now in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. The preparatory oil sketch for this painting is in The Wallace Collection, London. It was bought for a world-record price in 1959 by the property millionaire Alfred Ernest Allnatt and two years later he offered it to King's College Cambridge. The college accepted \"this munificent gift\" with the intention of displaying the painting in the college chapel, possibly as an altarpiece. The painting was initially displayed in the college's antechapel, but", "title": "Adoration of the Magi (Rubens, Cambridge)" }, { "docid": "7159849", "text": "their wedding, the boy's continuing complaints annoyed his wife to no end. Reaching her wits' end, she sent for a bucketful of stream water, complete with gudgeons. She tossed the freezing water onto her husband while he was asleep. As he awoke, shuddering, he exclaimed that while he had finally learned to shudder, he still did not know what true fear was. The fairy tale is based on a tale from the German state of Mecklenburg and one from Zwehrn in Hesse, probably from Dorothea Viehmann, as told by Ferdinand Siebert from the area of the Schwalm. In the first", "title": "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" }, { "docid": "8603265", "text": "along with Vicbred Super Series Champion Melpark Major. In the lead up to the contest, he won two country free-for-all's at Menangle and Newcastle, the latter in 1:55.5, complete with a 26.0 second final quarter. In a final lead up race, Lombo Pocket Watch was defeated at Harold Park by Make Me Smile. In the final Pocket Watch was beaten in a photo finish by New Zealand import Ebony Gem, officially the margin was 0.5 m, in a mile rate of 1:57.4 for the 2,160 m race. Lombo Pocket Watch returned to the track with three wins during June, followed", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "8603256", "text": "his defeat, he qualified for the $150,000 Group One Final, which he won in time of 1.59.2 with a last 800 m of the 2575 m event in 57.2. Lombo Pocket Watch was then sent to New Zealand to contest the Great Northern Derby at Alexandra Park in Auckland. He ran poorly in the qualifiers, finishing fourth. In the Group One $200,000NZD final he finished second to Changeover. On his return from New Zealand, Pocket Watch contested the Tasmanian Derby, held at Elwick Racecourse in Hobart on 1 April 2007. He dominated the competition, winning in 1.59.7. Pocket Watch remained", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "18440827", "text": "Knox finds clues indicating that Morgan's shipping trust, the International Mercantile Marine Company (specifically the White Star Line) is at the center of a smuggling operation, and she plans to have herself transferred to the Line. Over the next year, Lincoln writes to scientists such as Theodor Wulf and Albert Einstein for information about the pocket watch and the blue light over the Wrangells. He finds out that the power source in the watch is made of lead, a material which can not create the necessary heat to power the watch. Lincoln also finds out that the Wrangell mountains possess", "title": "The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy" }, { "docid": "8603260", "text": "draw. Lombo Pocket Watch was awarded the 2007 Australian 3yo Colt/Gelding of the Year, as well as the Australian 3yo Pacer of the Year, for a season that included 19 starts in Australia and New Zealand, for 12 Australian wins and a total of $452,478. Pocket Watch also received the 2007 Victorian 3yo Pacing Colt/Gelding of the Year, based only on his Victorian results which included 3 Group One races. Pocket Watch started out his four-year-old season on a winning note, taking out a prelude of the Golden Nugget, a group one race for four-year-olds, at Gloucester Park in Perth", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "20816758", "text": "finalist for the 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and was ranked ninth in the 1975 Locus Award for Best Short Story. Mike Ashley called it \"chilling\". Midnight by the Morphy Watch \"Midnight by the Morphy Watch\" is a horror fiction story about chess, by Fritz Leiber. It was first published in \"If\", in July 1974. The story is one of a series of works by Leiber whose settings are places that he inhabited, and whose protagonists are based on himself. When amateur chessplayer Stirf Ritter-Rebil (a \"quasi-anagrammatic\" version of \"Fritz Reuter Leiber\") purchases the custom-made pocket watch which once", "title": "Midnight by the Morphy Watch" }, { "docid": "16166213", "text": "for the Nintendo 3DS platform. The game is produced by Bandai Namco Games and was released in Japan on February 21, 2013. This game is getting an update with more playable characters, a new dungeon, and more story content in the future. On January 20, 2014 Anime News Network reported that Bandai Namco Games began streaming the second game called \"Magi: Aratanaru no Sekai\" (マギ 新たなる世界, \"Magi: A Whole New World\") for 3DS. The game was released on February 13 of the same year. \"Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic\" has proven popular upon its debut. In his review of the", "title": "Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic" }, { "docid": "13250835", "text": "story after Frayed and before the first TV episode 100,000 BC The Gift (audio drama) The Gift is the 19th story in the Big Finish anthology , written by Robert Dick and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who which features the First Doctor and Susan. General (Brigadier) Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart has retired and convinced his wife, Doris, to buy him a boat for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, whilst Doris is doing some late-night shopping, Alistair takes the boat out for a pre-Christmas test drive (unbeknownst to his wife). During his trip, Alistair spots a young girl", "title": "The Gift (audio drama)" }, { "docid": "3362315", "text": "series of sharp bends (in plane) to place part of the outermost coil out of the way of the rest of the spring. Pocket watches are not common in modern times, having been superseded by wristwatches. Up until the start of the 20th century, though, the pocket watch was predominant and the wristwatch was considered feminine and unmanly. In men's fashions, pocket watches began to be superseded by wristwatches around the time of World War I, when officers in the field began to appreciate that a watch worn on the wrist was more easily accessed than one kept in a", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "12562548", "text": "Jerry Stiller as Teddy, Anne Meara as Aurora and Charles Nelson Reilly as Henry. In 1998, Walt Witcover again directed \"How He Lied to Her Husband\", off-Broadway, with Nick Psaltos as Teddy, Victoria Thompson as Aurora and Michael Stebbins as Henry. The production was staged at Masterworks Laboratory Theater at 40 West 22nd Street, NYC. How He Lied to Her Husband How He Lied to Her Husband is a one-act comedy play by George Bernard Shaw, who wrote it, at the request of actor Arnold Daly, over a period of four days while he was vacationing in Scotland in 1904.", "title": "How He Lied to Her Husband" }, { "docid": "8603246", "text": "$1 million when he broke through the barrier in winning the Vicbred Super Series for three-year-old colts and geldings. In his first two full seasons of racing Lombo Pocket Watch has amassed many awards including 2006 Australian Harness Horse of the Year, as well as the 2006 Australian two-year-old (2yo) Pacer of the Year, Lombo Pocket Watch backed up and won the 2007 Australian 3yo Pacer of the Year. In his two-year-old season Lombo Pocket Watch became the highest earning 2yo in Australia and his 18 wins put him 3rd on the all-time most season wins for a 2yo. In", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "565376", "text": "Story of O Story of O (, ) is an erotic novel published in 1954 by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage, and published in French by Jean-Jacques Pauvert. Desclos did not reveal herself as the author for forty years after the initial publication. Desclos claims she wrote the novel as a series of love letters to her lover Jean Paulhan, who had admired the work of the Marquis de Sade. The novel shares with the latter themes such as love, dominance and submission. \"Story of O\" is a tale of female submission involving a beautiful", "title": "Story of O" }, { "docid": "9113892", "text": "having her birthday party at the restaurant offered Sybil a watch, so that Sybil would make the Pianist smile while he played. They become close, and their passion improves his playing, and by consequence the reputation of the restaurant. A Violinist begins playing at the restaurant, also performing passionately, and is attacked by the Pianist in a jealous rage which landed him in prison for three years, due to be released the next day. Louis, moved by Sybil's story, lends her money to buy a suit for the Pianist, and promises to be there with her at the prison gates.", "title": "The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish" }, { "docid": "3272432", "text": "of symbolist elements, where an entire philosophical position is summed up by the manifestation of a single image. For example, the narrator says that on the journey they saw \"three trees against a low sky\"; the single image of the three trees implies the historical future (the crucifixion) and the spiritual truth of the future (the skies lowered and heaven opened). Journey of the Magi Journey of the Magi is a 43-line poem written in 1927 by T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is one of five poems that Eliot contributed for a series of 38 pamphlets by several authors collectively", "title": "Journey of the Magi" }, { "docid": "5056455", "text": "Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo) The Adoration of the Magi is an early painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was given the commission by the Augustinian monks of San Donato a Scopeto in Florence, but he departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1670. The Virgin Mary and Child are depicted in the foreground and form a triangular shape with the Magi kneeling in adoration. Behind them is a semicircle of accompanying figures, including what may be a self-portrait of the young Leonardo (on the far right).", "title": "Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo)" }, { "docid": "8849666", "text": "interprets this as Rhayader's soul taking farewell of her (and realizes she had come to love him). Afterwards, a German pilot destroys Rhayader's lighthouse and all of his work, except for one portrait Fritha saves after his death: a painting of her as Rhayader first saw her—a child, with the wounded snow goose in her arms. \"The Snow Goose\" was one of the O. Henry Prize Winners in 1941. Critic Robert van Gelder called it \"perhaps the most sentimental story that ever has achieved the dignity of a Borzoi [prestige imprint of publisher Knopf] imprint. It is a timeless legend", "title": "The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk" }, { "docid": "3272420", "text": "poems in 1936 and 1963. In the previous year, Eliot had converted to Anglo-Catholicism and his poetry, starting with the \"Ariel Poems\" (1927–1931) and \"Ash Wednesday\" (1930), took on a decidedly religious character. In the poem, Eliot retells the story of the Magi who travelled to Palestine to visit the newborn Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew. It is a narrative, told from the point of view of one of the magi, that expresses themes of alienation and a feeling of powerlessness in a world that has changed. The poem's dramatic monologue incorporates quotations and literary allusions to works", "title": "Journey of the Magi" }, { "docid": "8001782", "text": "shelved when, during the scene where Captain Cash visits Charlie Company at their chow line, he holds out his hand and one of the GI mess orderly's ladles beans into the captain's hand. The score is by Henry Mancini. It includes \"The Swing March\" and \"In the Arms of Love\". What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? is a 1966 comedy DeLuxe Color film written by William Peter Blatty and directed by Blake Edwards for the Mirisch Company in Panavision. It stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn. Filming was at Lake", "title": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" }, { "docid": "8603255", "text": "2 Group one victories. Pocket Watch's dam, Misty Maiden was awarded the 2006 Winona Award for the Australian Broodmare of the Year. Lombo Pocket Watch opened his three-year-old season at Moonee Valley with a win in a heat of the Australian Pacing Gold series and proceeded to win the Group 1 final comfortably. His next assignment was the Group 2 Victorian Sires Classic in which he held off a fast finishing Lively Exit to extend is unbeaten streak to 19 wins in a row. In his heat of the Victoria Derby Lombo Pocket Watch was beaten by Twelve Paces. Despite", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "8543559", "text": "woman who had disenchanted him. At the city, he demanded the negro whom the princess hid beneath her throne to confirm the truth of his words. He told the story, and the king having found the negro, he confirmed it. Instead of marrying the princess, he took her captive, had the head decently buried, and sent for Dil-aram. At home, the prince had the negro torn apart between four horses. The princess begged for mercy; those who had died had been fated to die, and it was her fate to be his. He forgave her, married her and Dil-aram, and", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "3362292", "text": "pocket watch. An open-faced, or Lépine, watch, is one in which the case lacks a metal cover to protect the crystal. It is typical for an open-faced watch to have the pendant located at 12:00 and the sub-second dial located at 6:00. Occasionally, a watch movement intended for a hunting case (with the winding stem at 3:00 and sub second dial at 6:00) will have an open-faced case. Such watch is known as a \"sidewinder.\" Alternatively, such a watch movement may be fitted with a so-called conversion dial, which relocates the winding stem to 12:00 and the sub-second dial to", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "8603253", "text": "Fitzpatrick's brother Blake. Pocket Watch cleared out to win by 13.5 m from Lombo Mandingo in a time of 1.57.9. Lombo Pocket Watch's final series of the season was the Australasian Breeders Crown. He was favorite to take the Group One, $284,000 final even before the series started. After an easy heat win at Harold Park over Lively Exit, Lombo Pocket Watch headed to the semi finals at Ballarat in country Victoria. The semi final turned into a 400 m sprint when the leaders dawdled resulting in a flying 27.9 second final quarter, but a mile rate of 2.02.7. Pocket", "title": "Lombo Pocket Watch" }, { "docid": "20816757", "text": "Midnight by the Morphy Watch \"Midnight by the Morphy Watch\" is a horror fiction story about chess, by Fritz Leiber. It was first published in \"If\", in July 1974. The story is one of a series of works by Leiber whose settings are places that he inhabited, and whose protagonists are based on himself. When amateur chessplayer Stirf Ritter-Rebil (a \"quasi-anagrammatic\" version of \"Fritz Reuter Leiber\") purchases the custom-made pocket watch which once belonged to Paul Morphy, his own chess skills are supernaturally boosted — but he also begins to experience side effects. \"Midnight by the Morphy Watch\" was a", "title": "Midnight by the Morphy Watch" }, { "docid": "16009883", "text": "great value in the religious faith. Like her first husband, he dies and she connects herself with another man shortly after his death; like all her other male connections she engulfs her thoughts in her husband's profession. Eventually all the male connections she has had are gone and it says \"She had no opinions of any sort. She saw the object about her and understood what she saw, but could not form any opinion about them, and did not know what to talk about.\" The Darling (short story) \"The Darling\" () is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov,", "title": "The Darling (short story)" }, { "docid": "5120465", "text": "7.76 million American homes tuned in to watch the episode during its original airing. It was first released on DVD in 2003 in a collection of five Christmas-related \"Simpsons\" episodes, titled \"Christmas With the Simpsons\". Critics have given \"Grift of the Magi\" generally mixed to negative reviews, particularly because of its plot. The episode has, however, been praised for some of its gags and Coleman's appearance. Bart and Milhouse have to remain inside The Simpsons house when an ozone hole moves over Springfield. The two dress up as ladies and jump on the bed, singing \"Sisters Are Doin' It for", "title": "Grift of the Magi" }, { "docid": "17848857", "text": "Janet search for that ‘secret place’ where we all may find what really matters, at Christmas and always. \"The epitome of this year's Christmas offerings. Will catch at your heart and loosen your tear ducts. If you loved 'It's a Wonderful Life' or 'The Homecoming' you will spend a four-handkerchief night with 'The Gift of Love.' The entire project is a joy.\" - Newark Star-Ledger \"It's a tale of love, joy, memory and disappointment, put together in a way that will touch your heart.\" -Albany News \"Lovely performances by Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury... luminous presence of Polly Holliday... make", "title": "The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story" }, { "docid": "18440833", "text": "Colossus\" set up by Miss Knox. The Colossus (who turns out to be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Reveals that Miss Knox, who has taken on the alias Violet Jessop, has found that the International Mercantile Marine is indeed smuggling materials across the Atlantic. After hearing that the pocket watch's power source is made of lead, Doyle explains that the watch was originally powered by uranium, and the lead is the uranium in its decayed state. The group soon realizes that the uranium, gold, copper in the watch and the gold-bearing quartz in the watch fob were all mined in Alaska,", "title": "The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy" }, { "docid": "11684917", "text": "with their traditional handicrafts to sell for money, and to buy tobacco and colored calico. Della saw the opportunity to sell Iban and Kenyah crafts and jewellery by exporting these traditional wares to Singapore. Two and a half years later in 1967, Della came back to Singapore once again. She studied the local art market, and found that there was only the \"Donald Moore Gallery\" in Liat Towers which sold artifacts at that time. She fell seriously ill, and had to be admitted at the Mount Alvernia Hospital. Though in her grave condition, she had not forgotten her conviction for", "title": "Della Butcher" }, { "docid": "3362317", "text": "military as well. Hanhart was a brand which was used by the Germans, although the German U-Boat captains (and their allied counterparts) were more likely to use stopwatches for timing torpedo runs. For a few years in the late 1970s and 1980s three-piece suits for men returned to fashion, and this led to small resurgence in pocket watches, as some men actually used the vest pocket for its original purpose. Since then, some watch companies continue to make pocket watches. As vests have long since fallen out of fashion (in the US) as part of formal business wear, the only", "title": "Pocket watch" }, { "docid": "8718791", "text": "Corduroy\" was made into a short television movie in 1986. An American Sign Language (ASL) version of \"A Pocket for Corduroy\" was released through Scholastic Corporation. This version includes the original story, artwork, voice-over, music and read along captions. The 2000 animated TV series \"Corduroy\" was based on \"A Pocket for Corduroy\" as well as its predecessor. A Pocket for Corduroy A Pocket for Corduroy is a 1978 children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman. It was a sequel to his 1968 book \"Corduroy\". Lisa accidentally loses Corduroy, her teddy bear, at a laundromat. After a series of adventures,", "title": "A Pocket for Corduroy" }, { "docid": "12013116", "text": "science-fiction. What the Stuarts Did for Us What the Stuarts Did for Us is a 2002 BBC documentary series that examines the impact of the Stuart period on modern society. Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Stuart Period in architecture and life-style. Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Stuart Period in science and engineering. Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Stuart Period in economics and politics. Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Stuart Period in science", "title": "What the Stuarts Did for Us" }, { "docid": "12013115", "text": "What the Stuarts Did for Us What the Stuarts Did for Us is a 2002 BBC documentary series that examines the impact of the Stuart period on modern society. Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Stuart Period in architecture and life-style. Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Stuart Period in science and engineering. Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Stuart Period in economics and politics. Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Stuart Period in science and", "title": "What the Stuarts Did for Us" } ]

[ "Eighth State", "Hurricanes in South Carolina", "South Carolina (state)", "Transport in South Carolina", "The Palmetto State", "Religion in South Carolina", "South Carolina", "US-SC", "Iodine State", "South Carolina (U.S. state)", "State of South Carolina", "8th State", "Transportation in South Carolina", "South carolina", "Geography of South Carolina", "Education in South Carolina", "South Carolina (USA State)", "S. Carolina", "South Carolina Department of Archives and History", "South Carolina, United States", "South Carolina (State)", "Economy of South Carolina" ]

[ { "docid": "20239926", "text": "win the election nationally and would cause a major upset in the Southern States. South Carolina would be the first state to secede from the Union, on December 20, 1860, and would join the newly formed Confederate States of America in the February of the following year. South Carolina would not vote in another presidential election until 1868. 1860 United States presidential election in South Carolina The 1860 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose eight representatives, or electors to the", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in South Carolina" }, { "docid": "8013452", "text": "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union The Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union was a proclamation issued on December 24, 1860, by the government of South Carolina to explain its reasons for seceding from the United States (Full text of the declaration). It followed the brief Ordinance of Secession that had been issued on December 20. The declaration is a product of a convention organized by the state's government in the month following the election of", "title": "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union" }, { "docid": "8013453", "text": "Abraham Lincoln as U.S. President, where it was drafted in a committee headed by Christopher Memminger. The declaration stated the primary reasoning behind South Carolina's declaring of secession from the U.S., which was described as \"increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the Institution of Slavery\". An official secession convention met in South Carolina following the November 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, on a platform opposing the expansion of slavery into U.S. territories. On December 20, 1860, the convention issued an ordinance of secession announcing the state's withdrawal from the union.", "title": "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union" }, { "docid": "12062306", "text": "negro, or slavery question.\" South Carolina also threatened to secede in 1850 over the issue of California's statehood. It became the first state to declare its secession from the Union on December 20, 1860, with the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union and later joined with the other southern states in the Confederacy. The most famous secession movement was the case of the Southern states of the United States. Secession from the United States was accepted in eleven states (and failed in two others). The seceding states joined", "title": "Secession in the United States" }, { "docid": "1221023", "text": "visitors. In 1831 Pleasantburg was incorporated as Greenville. In December 1860 Greenville supported a convention to debate the issue of secession for South Carolina. The Greenville District sent James Furman, William K. Easley, Perry E. Duncan, William H. Campbell, and James P. Harrison as delegates for the convention. On December 20, 1860 the South Carolina state convention, along with the Greenville delegation, voted to secede from the Union. Greenville County provided over 2,000 soldiers to the Confederate States Army. The town supplied food, clothing, and firearms to the Confederacy. Greenville saw no action from the war until 1865 when Union", "title": "Greenville, South Carolina" }, { "docid": "8800019", "text": "the election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina convoked a special convention in Charleston to debate her long dissatisfaction with the Federal government and many Northern citizens views on slavery. They believed that the avowed views of the new President-elect made abolition a likely goal of his administration. On December 20, 1860, the Secession Convention voted for South Carolina to secede from the Union. As the first state to do so, they also issued a Declaration of the Immediate Causes which explained her decision to part company from her erstwhile sister states. Beginning with the Missouri Compromise in 1820, the defense", "title": "Charleston in the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "8013461", "text": "of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War\": Jaffa states that South Carolina omitted references to human equality and consent of the governed, as due to their racist and pro-slavery views, secessionist South Carolinians did not believe in those ideals: Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union The Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union was a proclamation issued on December 24, 1860, by the government of South Carolina to explain its reasons for seceding", "title": "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union" }, { "docid": "3926531", "text": "with hardly any popular support in the South. Members of the South Carolina legislature had previously sworn to secede from the Union if Lincoln was elected, and the state declared its secession on December 20, 1860. In January and February, six other cotton states of the Deep South followed suit: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. The other eight slave states postponed a decision, but the seven formed a new government in Montgomery, Alabama, in February: the Confederate States of America. Throughout the South, Confederates seized federal arsenals and forts, without resistance, and forced the surrender of all U.S.", "title": "History of the Southern United States" }, { "docid": "8609895", "text": "South Carolina in the American Civil War South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860, and was one of the founding member states of the Confederacy in February 1861. The bombardment of the beleaguered U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861 is generally recognized as the first military engagement of the war. South Carolina was a source of troops for the Confederate army, and as the war progressed, also for the Union, as thousands of ex-slaves flocked to join the Union. The state also provided uniforms, textiles, food, and", "title": "South Carolina in the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "4477", "text": "Prior to the war, South Carolina did more than any other Southern state to advance the notion that a state had the right to nullify federal laws, and even to secede from the United States. The convention summoned unanimously voted to secede on December 20, 1860, and adopted the \"Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union\". It argued for states' rights for slave owners in the South, but contained a complaint about states' rights in the North in the form of opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act, claiming that", "title": "American Civil War" }, { "docid": "10425560", "text": "Michigan's U.S. senator and governor of Michigan Territory, resigned from Buchanan's cabinet in protest, remarking that \"he had seen the Constitution born and now feared he was seeing it die\". In December 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. Outgoing Governor Moses Wisner delivered a speech to a Michigan Legislature in defense of the Union and the Constitution, stating: \"This is no time for timid and vacillating councils, when the cry of treason and rebellion is ringing in our ears.\" On January 2, 1861, Austin Blair was sworn in as governor, vowing strong action to", "title": "Michigan in the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "4412672", "text": "Bridge-Tunnel, first completed in 1957.) Since 1824 Fort Monroe was the site of a series of schools of artillery. The first was the Artillery School of Practice. The school was closed in 1834 but was revived during the period 1858-60. It was succeeded by the Artillery School of the U.S. Army, which existed from 1867, until its redesignation in 1907 as The Coast Artillery School. Fort Monroe played an important role in the American Civil War. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. Four months later, on April 12, 1861, troops of", "title": "Fort Monroe" }, { "docid": "13673520", "text": "surrender when Southern Episcopalians reunited with their counterparts in the North. Although the General Convention of the Episcopal Church was held in Richmond, Virginia in 1859 during the controversy over John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Southern states did not begin to secede from the Union for another year. Beginning with the secession of South Carolina in December 1860, Southern dioceses struggled over the issue of their status in the Episcopal Church. The first diocese to separate was that of Louisiana, whose bishop Leonidas Polk issued a proclamation on January 30, 1861, stating, \"The State of Louisiana having, by a", "title": "Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America" }, { "docid": "16956787", "text": "seceded: South Carolina (December 20, 1860), Mississippi (January 9, 1861), Florida (January 10, 1861), Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), Texas (February 1, 1861), Virginia (April 17, 1861), Arkansas (May 6, 1861), North Carolina (May 20, 1861), and Tennessee (June 8, 1861). Cooperationists The Cooperationists were a group formed in the United States in the 1860s. The group was formed after the Election of 1860. Following South Carolina's Secession from the Union, the Cooperationists believed that the remaining slave states should secede at once and at the same time, rather than one at a", "title": "Cooperationists" }, { "docid": "8609921", "text": "demands. One affecting Louisiana was the removal of all U.S. military forces from the former Confederate states. At the time, U.S. troops remained in only Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida, but the Compromise completed their withdrawal from the region. South Carolina in the American Civil War South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860, and was one of the founding member states of the Confederacy in February 1861. The bombardment of the beleaguered U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861 is generally recognized as the first military engagement of", "title": "South Carolina in the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "5513061", "text": "courts supported the position of this law. In 1848, O'Neall was the only one to express protest against the Act, arguing for the propriety of receiving testimony from enslaved Africans (many of whom, by 1848, were Christians) under oath: \"Negroes (slave or free) will feel the sanctions of an oath, with as much force as any of the ignorant classes of white people, in a Christian country.\" South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. South Carolina adopted the on December 24, 1860, following a briefer Ordinance of Secession", "title": "History of South Carolina" }, { "docid": "13154947", "text": "was not physically affected until it was occupied by Union forces in 1862. Southern states seceded from the Union largely due to nationwide disputes over slavery. The first state to secede was South Carolina in December 1860; other states soon followed. In January 1861, Louisiana elected delegates to a state convention to decide the state's course of action. The convention voted for secession 112 to 17. Baton Rouge raised a number of volunteer companies for Confederate service, including the Pelican Rifles, the Delta Rifles, the Creole Guards, and the Baton Rouge Fencibles; about one-third of the town's male population eventually", "title": "History of Baton Rouge, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "14092411", "text": "between the northern and southern delegates on the issue of extending slavery to the territories. The convention disintegrated when delegates were unable to summon a two-thirds majority for any candidate. This divisiveness resulted in a split in the Democratic Party, and the election of Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate. On December 24, 1860, the South Carolina General Assembly made the state the first to ever secede from the Union. On January 9, 1861, Citadel cadets fired the first shots of the American Civil War when they opened fire on the Union ship \"Star of the West\" entering Charleston's harbor. On", "title": "History of Charleston" }, { "docid": "11653650", "text": "Carolina on December 20; Columbia's little First Baptist Church was where the power brokers of South Carolina first declared that the state would secede. When the Union Army invaded Columbia, they set fire to the Washington Street Methodist Church, South, building, led by the black First Baptist sexton who thought that it was the site of the secession convention. The invaders burned a third of Columbia's buildings, but the First Baptist Church was spared. Until 1992, the original building was used for services, which have been televised. The church is still used for other activities such as offices, weddings, and", "title": "First Baptist Church (Columbia, South Carolina)" }, { "docid": "2441589", "text": "considered the Fort Sumter crisis—especially Lincoln's call for troops to march south to recapture it—a cause for secession. The northernmost border slave states, where 13 percent of the population were slaves, did not secede. When South Carolina seceded in December 1860, Major Robert Anderson, a pro-slavery, former slave-owner from Kentucky, remained loyal to the Union. He was the commanding officer of United States Army forces in Charleston, South Carolina—the last remaining important Union post In the Deep South. Acting upon orders from the War Department to hold and defend the U.S. forts, he moved his small garrison from Fort Moultrie,", "title": "Origins of the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "12267037", "text": "forward publicly as an abolitionist in 1842 with the publication of his \"Poems on Slavery\". Though he admitted the book made little impact, it was written for his best friend, Charles Sumner, an activist abolitionist politician with whom he would continue to share common cause on the issues of slavery and the Union. \"Paul Revere's Ride\" was published in the January 1861, issue of \"The Atlantic\" magazine on December 20, 1860, just as South Carolina became the first state to secede from the United States. The poem was meant to appeal to Northerners' sense of urgency and, as a call", "title": "Paul Revere's Ride" }, { "docid": "8013455", "text": "24. The opening portion of the declaration outlines the historical background of South Carolina and offers a legal justification for its secession. It asserts that the right of states to secede is implicit in the Constitution and this right was explicitly reaffirmed by South Carolina in 1852. The declaration states that the agreement between South Carolina and the United States is subject to the law of compact, which creates obligations on both parties and which revokes the agreement if either party fails to uphold its obligations. The next section asserts that the government of the United States and of states", "title": "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union" }, { "docid": "20665831", "text": "Territorial evolution of the Confederate States The Confederate States of America was created on February 8, 1861, by representatives from six states that had recently declared their secession from the United States of America, starting with South Carolina on December 20, 1860. After the start of the American Civil War on April 12, 1861, between the two countries, five additional states would secede, and representatives of two others would gain admittance to the Confederacy. The country also held alliances with several Indian nations and claimed a territory in its far west. However, after its swift formation, it would only lose", "title": "Territorial evolution of the Confederate States" }, { "docid": "13042226", "text": "since the Middle Ages, it is not known if the Crimmel family members learned glassmaking skills in Europe. However, Henry Crimmel's father and both brothers were also glassmakers. Germans were being recruited to work in glass factories during the 1850s. By the 1870s, family members lived across the river from Wheeling in Bellaire, Ohio. On December 20, 1860, the state of South Carolina adopted an ordinance to secede from the Union of the United States, and six more southern states seceded in the next three months. On April 12, 1861 the Battle of Fort Sumter marked the start of the", "title": "Henry Crimmel" }, { "docid": "8013457", "text": "uphold the Fugitive Slave Act, South Carolina states the primary reason for its secession: The final section concludes with a statement that South Carolina had therefore seceded from the United States of America and was thus, no longer bound by its laws and authorities. While later claims have been made after the war's end that the South Carolinian decision to secede was prompted by other issues such as tariffs and taxes, these issues were not mentioned at all in the declaration. The primary focus of the declaration is the perceived violation of the Constitution by northern states in not extraditing", "title": "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union" }, { "docid": "6628232", "text": "to discuss possible secession from the United States. The following day, they met in Institute Hall on Meeting Street, which became known as Secession Hall and voted 169 to 0 to secede. South Carolina delegates later ratified the Confederate Constitution there on April 3, 1861. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. The St. Andrew's Hall as well as Secession Hall were both destroyed during a Charleston fire on December 11, 1861 St. Andrew's Hall, Charleston St. Andrew's Hall was a public building in Charleston, South Carolina, on Broad Street. The hall served as headquarters for", "title": "St. Andrew's Hall, Charleston" }, { "docid": "4491584", "text": "were vacant, all but 3 of Tennessee's seats and 5 of Virginia's seats. Arkansas, Florida, and South Carolina held elections for the 37th Congress, but seceded before the start of Congress, and so the winners of those elections never served. The rest of the secessionist states held no elections for 1860. In the wake of the declared secession of South Carolina from the Union on December 20, 1860, many Southern House members, mostly Democrats, refused to take their seats, rejecting the election of Lincoln as illegitimate. Before 1872, different states held elections at various times; the first elections for the", "title": "1860 and 1861 United States House of Representatives elections" }, { "docid": "2197733", "text": "state to secede from the Union, while North Carolina was the last state to secede. When North Carolina did secede, it did so largely because North Carolinians refused to provide the federal government men to fight against their sister state, or to allow them passage through North Carolina to make war on South Carolina. During the war, South Carolina was generally one of the strongest supporters of the Confederacy. The war began in Charleston, South Carolina, where cadets of the South Carolina Military Academy, known as The Citadel, fired the opening shots at the Union Ship \"Star of the West\".", "title": "The Carolinas" }, { "docid": "5513064", "text": "South Carolina was left without a leader great enough in national standing and character to prevent action by those more militant South Carolinian factions who wanted to secede immediately. Andrew Pickens Butler argued against Charleston publisher Robert Barnwell Rhett, who advocated immediate secession and, if necessary, independence. Butler won the battle, but Rhett outlived him. When people began to believe that Abraham Lincoln would be elected president, states in the Deep South organized conventions to discuss their options. South Carolina was the first state to organize such a convention, meeting in December following the national election. On December 20, 1860,", "title": "History of South Carolina" } ]

[ { "docid": "18195011", "text": "1860 State of the Union Address The 1860 State of the Union Address was written by James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. It was read on Monday, December 3, 1860, to both houses of the 36th United States Congress, by a clerk. He stated, \"Why is it, then, that discontent now so extensively prevails, and the Union of the States, which is the source of all these blessings, is threatened with destruction?\" He spoke on the eve of the American Civil War. \"The long-continued and intemperate interference of the Northern people with the question of slavery in", "title": "1860 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18195012", "text": "the Southern States has at length produced its natural effects. The different sections of the Union are now arrayed against each other, and the time has arrived, so much dreaded by the Father of his Country, when hostile geographical parties have been formed.\" 1860 State of the Union Address The 1860 State of the Union Address was written by James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. It was read on Monday, December 3, 1860, to both houses of the 36th United States Congress, by a clerk. He stated, \"Why is it, then, that discontent now so extensively prevails,", "title": "1860 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "371684", "text": "Throughout the unravelling of the restructuring, the Soviet government attempted to find a new structure which would reflect the increased power of the republics. Some autonomous republics, like Tatarstan, Checheno-Ingushetia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea, Transnistria, Gagauzia sought the union statute in New Union Treaty. Efforts to found a Union of Sovereign States proved unsuccessful and the republics began to secede from the Union. By 6 September 1991, the Soviet Union's State Council recognized the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania bringing the number of union republics down to 12. On 8 December 1991, the remaining leaders of the republics signed", "title": "Republics of the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "6956828", "text": "took place between September 20 and December 6, 1947. The \"State of the Union\" was critically reviewed by Bosley Crowther in \"The New York Times\". He noted: \"... regardless of partisan reactions—and there are bound to be plenty of those, in view of the frank and intensely topical nature of the yarn—it cannot be denied that this picture which Frank Capra has made from the popular Lindsay-Crouse stage play, is a slick piece of screen satire.\" Shortly after completion, the \"State of the Union\" was screened exclusively for President Harry Truman and reportedly helped convince him to run for office", "title": "State of the Union (film)" }, { "docid": "9580372", "text": "2004 State of the Union Address The 2004 State of the Union Address was a speech given by President of the United States George W. Bush on Tuesday, January 20, 2004, to a joint session of the United States Congress. This address was the last of President Bush's first term. Standing behind the President were Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. The speech was given 28 months after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. President Bush begins by saying that the greatest responsibility of the government is to protect all Americans from", "title": "2004 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "7228480", "text": "a former Whig who had opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the Lecompton Constitution. Edward Everett had been president of Harvard University and Secretary of State in the Fillmore administration. The party platform advocated compromise to save the Union, with the slogan: \"The Union as it is, and the Constitution as it is.\" Everett was nominated by voice vote. 1860 Constitutional Union Convention The 1860 Constitutional Union National Convention met in Baltimore's Eastside District Courthouse, on May 9, 1860, one week before the 1860 Republican National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln. The CU convention nominated John Bell of Tennessee for President", "title": "1860 Constitutional Union Convention" }, { "docid": "14157185", "text": "Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1860–1869 This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from its creation on 1 May 1860 to 31 December 1869. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned. Prior to 1860, Queensland was part of the colony of New South Wales. Starting with 11 members, by 26 April 1861, the council had increased to 21 members. From then until the end of the decade, the mean membership was slightly over 20, ranging from 16–17 for a period from July 1865", "title": "Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1860–1869" }, { "docid": "371677", "text": "Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Council and the United States. In contrast, the Russian government and state officials maintain that the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states was legitimate.. Constitutionally, the Soviet Union was a federation. In accordance with provisions present in the Constitution (versions adopted in 1924, 1936 and 1977), each republic retained the right to secede from the USSR. Throughout the Cold War, this right was widely considered to be meaningless; however, the corresponding Article 72 of the 1977 Constitution was used in December 1991 to effectively dissolve the Soviet Union, when Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus seceded", "title": "Republics of the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "18376760", "text": "2015 State of the Union Address The 2015 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th United States President, Barack Obama, on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. Following recent tradition, Speaker of the House John Boehner sent a letter on December 19, 2014, formally inviting President Obama to speak (despite a proposal from some conservatives that House Republicans withhold the invitation in retaliation for Obama's executive actions on immigration reform). It was addressed to the 114th United States Congress. The State of the Union Address was broadcast on various", "title": "2015 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "7024054", "text": "the political issues now distracting the country\" was lifted in January 1860, and the society subsequently debated the questions of a state's right to secede (answering in the affirmative) and whether Virginia should secede from the union if Lincoln were elected president (also answering in the affirmative). In 1861, after the secession of Virginia from the Union, the Society voted to send its surplus treasury (about $200) to the Governor of the Commonwealth for the defense of the state. All student activities, including the Washington Society, were suspended from 1861 through 1865 for the duration of the Civil War, but", "title": "Washington Literary Society and Debating Union" }, { "docid": "3062695", "text": "Lincoln on April 20, 1863, effective sixty days thereafter. West Virginia was formally admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863. State of Kanawha Kanawha was a proposed name for the 39 counties which later became the main body of the U.S. state of West Virginia, formed on October 24, 1861. It consisted of most of the far northwestern counties of Virginia, which voted to secede from the state after Virginia joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the American Civil War on April 17, 1861. The geopolitical separation from Virginia had been approved by the Second", "title": "State of Kanawha" }, { "docid": "15468968", "text": "the policy by which secession could be avoided. In the 1850s, most state Whigs joined a reinvented Democratic Party that became inflexible on the issues of supporting the expansion of slavery and a highly devolved federalism. The victory of Abraham Lincoln, who was considered a moderate abolitionist, in the presidential election of 1860 was perceived as a threat to Georgia interests. This large slave society was the fifth state to secede from the Union. A founding member of the Confederate States of America in 1861, the state sent tens of thousands of soldiers to fight in the American Civil War.", "title": "Politics of Georgia (U.S. state)" }, { "docid": "10017748", "text": "First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union The First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union took place in December 1926. It was an important tool in the state-building of the USSR, provided the government with important ethnographic information, and helped in the transformation from Imperial Russian society to Soviet society. The decisions made by ethnographers in determining the ethnicity (\"narodnost\") of individuals, whether in the Asiatic or European parts of the former Russian Empire, through the drawing up of the \"List of Ethnicities of the USSR\", and how borders were drawn in mixed areas had a significant influence on Soviet", "title": "First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "18376768", "text": "that Obama's speech indicated plans for world domination and displayed goading behavior. \"The Americans have chosen a path toward confrontation, and do not evaluate their own steps critically at all\", Lavrov added. 2015 State of the Union Address The 2015 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th United States President, Barack Obama, on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. Following recent tradition, Speaker of the House John Boehner sent a letter on December 19, 2014, formally inviting President Obama to speak (despite a proposal from some conservatives that House", "title": "2015 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18183209", "text": "1793 State of the Union Address The 1793 State of the Union Address was given by George Washington, the first President of the United States. It was given in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Congress Hall. Washington stood before the 3rd United States Congress on Tuesday, December 3, 1793, and said, \"While on the one hand it awakened my gratitude for all those instances of affectionate partiality with which I have been honored by my country, on the other it could not prevent an earnest wish for that retirement from which no private consideration should ever have torn me.\" He ended with,", "title": "1793 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18203025", "text": "good affection and harmony with our Indian neighbors; our burthens lightened, yet our income sufficient for the public wants, and the produce of the year great beyond example.\" 1802 State of the Union Address The 1802 State of the Union Address was written by Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, on Wednesday, December 15, 1802. He said, \"When we assemble together, fellow citizens, to consider the state of our beloved country, our just attentions are first drawn to those pleasing circumstances which mark the goodness of that Being from whose favor they flow and the large measure", "title": "1802 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18203024", "text": "1802 State of the Union Address The 1802 State of the Union Address was written by Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, on Wednesday, December 15, 1802. He said, \"When we assemble together, fellow citizens, to consider the state of our beloved country, our just attentions are first drawn to those pleasing circumstances which mark the goodness of that Being from whose favor they flow and the large measure of thankfulness we owe for His bounty. Another year has come around, and finds us still blessed with peace and friendship abroad; law, order, and religion at home;", "title": "1802 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18175925", "text": "1897 State of the Union Address The 1897 State of the Union Address was written on Monday, December 6, 1897, by President William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States. It was his first State of the Union Address, and was read to both houses of the 55th United States Congress. He began with, \"A matter of genuine satisfaction is the growing feeling of fraternal regard and unification of all sections of our country, the incompleteness of which has too long delayed realization of the highest blessings of the Union. The spirit of patriotism is universal and is ever", "title": "1897 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "476436", "text": "generally accepted name since 1947. Prior to 1934, the annual message was delivered at the end of the calendar year, in December. The ratification of the 20th Amendment on January 23, 1933, changed the opening of Congress from early March to early January, affecting the delivery of the annual message. Since 1934, the message or address has been delivered to Congress in January or February. The Twentieth Amendment also established January 20 as the beginning of the presidential term. In years when a new president is inaugurated, the outgoing president may deliver a final State of the Union message, but", "title": "State of the Union" }, { "docid": "9472523", "text": "and the first time at a State of the Union address. Traditionally, the Speaker of the House and the Vice President (the President of the Senate) are the only individuals on the rostrum with the President. However, in a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001, following the September 11 attacks nine days earlier, president pro tempore Robert Byrd, a Democrat, took the place of Vice President Cheney, who was at an undisclosed location. As the first female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is also the first woman in American history to stand on the podium during a", "title": "2007 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "15133202", "text": "State of Scott The State of Scott was a Southern Unionist movement in Scott County, Tennessee, in which the county declared itself a \"Free and Independent State\" following Tennessee's decision to secede from the United States and align the state with the Confederacy on the eve of the American Civil War in 1861. Like much of East Tennessee, Scott became an enclave community of the Union during the war. Although its edict had never been officially recognized, the county did not officially rescind its act of secession until 1986. Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union. On", "title": "State of Scott" }, { "docid": "10124918", "text": "1985 when gaining home rule from a member state (Denmark). The situation of Greenland being outside the EU while still subject to an EU member state had been discussed as a template for the pro-EU regions of the UK remaining within the EU or its single market. Beyond the formal withdrawal of a member state, there are a number of independence movements such as Catalonia or Flanders which could result in a similar situation to Greenland. Were a territory of a member state to secede but wish to remain in the EU, some scholars claim it would need to reapply", "title": "Member state of the European Union" }, { "docid": "11517788", "text": "Clinton discussed many topics in the address, including education, health care, crime, the global economy, technology, and the environment. It was Clinton's last State of the Union address. He left office on January 20, 2001. It was also the longest State of the Union address in recorded history at 1:29. This State of the Union address is notable for being the first since Reagan's 1986 State of the Union Address that all 9 members of the Supreme Court were absent. It is speculated that their absence was due to Clinton's recent impeachment. 2000 State of the Union Address The 2000", "title": "2000 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "3114020", "text": "after 1860 as the Southern states began to secede, though the party remained active in Congress until the end of the Civil War. Bell and many other Constitutional Unionists later supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, but backers of the party from north of the Carolinas tended to remain supporters of the Union. Constitutional Unionists were influential in the Wheeling Convention, which led to the creation of the Union loyalist state of West Virginia, as well as in the declaration of the Kentucky General Assembly for the Union and winning Congressional elections in Kentucky and Maryland in June. In", "title": "Constitutional Union Party (United States)" }, { "docid": "10017751", "text": "and rights, experts and local elites were encouraged to interfere with the information collecting. This list, called \"Programmy i posobiya po razrabotke Vsesoyuznoy perepisi naseleniya 1926 goda\", vol. 7, \"Perechen i slovar narodnostey\", Moscow 1927, was developed by the Central Statistical Administration of the USSR. 191. Foreign subjects For the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Georgians were considered the Titular Nationality. First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union The First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union took place in December 1926. It was an important tool in the state-building of the USSR, provided the government with important ethnographic information, and", "title": "First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "7228479", "text": "1860 Constitutional Union Convention The 1860 Constitutional Union National Convention met in Baltimore's Eastside District Courthouse, on May 9, 1860, one week before the 1860 Republican National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln. The CU convention nominated John Bell of Tennessee for President on the second ballot, over Governor Sam Houston of Texas. Edward Everett was nominated for Vice President. As the Republican Party strengthened and the Democratic Party fractured, many former Whigs and Know Nothings founded the Constitutional Union Party. They hoped to stave off the danger of secession by avoiding the slavery issue. Constitutional Union candidates: John Bell was", "title": "1860 Constitutional Union Convention" }, { "docid": "18182179", "text": "1825 State of the Union Address The 1825 State of the Union Address was given by John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. It was given to the 19th United States Congress, on Tuesday, December 6, 1825. He said, \"In taking a general survey of the concerns of our beloved country, with reference to subjects interesting to the common welfare, the first sentiment which impresses itself upon the mind is of gratitude to the Omnipotent Disposer of All Good for the continuance of the signal blessings of His providence, and especially for that health which to an", "title": "1825 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "8013460", "text": "the United States\", written by Robert Barnwell Rhett, which called on other slave holding states to secede and join in forming a new nation. The convention resolved to print 15,000 copies of these three documents and distribute them to various parties. The declaration was seen as analogous to the U.S. Declaration of Independence from 1776, however, it omitted the phrases that \"all men are created equal\", \"that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights\", and \"consent of the governed\". Professor and historian Harry V. Jaffa noted this omission as significant in his 2000 book, \"A New Birth", "title": "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union" }, { "docid": "9580383", "text": "harbors across the country to increase civil liberties, something which President Bush opposed. The tax cuts that the President had made were heavily opposed by Democrats, as well. They also said that the President did not hold up his end of the deal in the No Child Left Behind Act. 2004 State of the Union Address The 2004 State of the Union Address was a speech given by President of the United States George W. Bush on Tuesday, January 20, 2004, to a joint session of the United States Congress. This address was the last of President Bush's first term.", "title": "2004 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "9847671", "text": "2002 State of the Union Address George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States of America, delivered the 2002 State of the Union Address at the United States Capitol building on January 29, 2002. In front of members of the 107th United States Congress, along with special civilian and military guests, Bush addressed the U.S. as he delivered his first State of the Union address. The speech covered the effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year and Bush's plans to prevent future terrorist attacks upon the United States. Bush gave a progress report on the", "title": "2002 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18202851", "text": "1800 State of the Union Address The 1800 State of the Union Address was given by John Adams, the second President of the United States, on Tuesday, November 11, 1800, to a joint session of the 6th United States Congress. It was the first State of the Union Address delivered at the new United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Delivered in the Senate chamber, Adams began his speech by congratulating members on their new seat of government and—pointedly—\"on the prospect of a residence not to be changed.\" He added, optimistically, \"Although there is some cause to apprehend that accommodations are", "title": "1800 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18202852", "text": "not now so complete as might be wished, yet there is great reason to believe that this inconvenience will cease with the present session.\" This would be the last annual message any president would personally deliver to Congress for the next 113 years. 1800 State of the Union Address The 1800 State of the Union Address was given by John Adams, the second President of the United States, on Tuesday, November 11, 1800, to a joint session of the 6th United States Congress. It was the first State of the Union Address delivered at the new United States Capitol in", "title": "1800 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18152591", "text": "United States Congress, which contains both Houses. 1810 State of the Union Address The 1810 State of the Union Address was given during the first term of President James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. It was given on Wednesday, December 5, 1810 in Washington, D.C. It was \"concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies having invited in a new form a termination of their edicts against our neutral commerce.\" It was addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives, it was given right before the War of 1812", "title": "1810 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18176878", "text": "1796 State of the Union Address The 1796 State of the Union Address was given by George Washington, the first President of the United States, on Wednesday, December 7, 1796. It was given in Congress Hall, Philadelphia. He gave it directly to Congress. He began with, \"In recurring to the internal situation of our country since I had last the pleasure to address you, I find ample reason for a renewed expression of that gratitude to the Ruler of the Universe which a continued series of prosperity has so often and so justly called forth.\" He ended with, \"God's providential", "title": "1796 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18176879", "text": "care may still be extended to the United States, that the virtue and happiness of the people may be preserved, and that the Government which they have instituted for the protection of their liberties may be perpetual.\" 1796 State of the Union Address The 1796 State of the Union Address was given by George Washington, the first President of the United States, on Wednesday, December 7, 1796. It was given in Congress Hall, Philadelphia. He gave it directly to Congress. He began with, \"In recurring to the internal situation of our country since I had last the pleasure to address", "title": "1796 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18202915", "text": "be thankful to Him that our own peace has been preserved through so perilous a season, and ourselves permitted quietly to cultivate the earth and to practice and improve those arts which tend to increase our comforts.\" During the address Jefferson proclaimed the Washington Doctrine of Unstable Alliances. 1801 State of the Union Address The 1801 State of the Union Address was written by Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, on Tuesday, December 8, 1801. It was his first annual address, and it was presented in Washington, D.C, by a clerk. He did not speak it to", "title": "1801 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "476437", "text": "none has done so since Jimmy Carter sent a written message in 1981. In 1953 and 1961, Congress received both a written State of the Union message from the outgoing president and a separate State of the Union speech by the incoming president. Since 1989, in recognition that the responsibility of reporting the State of the Union formally belongs to the president who held office during the past year, newly inaugurated Presidents have not officially called their first speech before Congress a \"State of the Union\" message. In 1936, President Roosevelt set a precedent when he delivered the address at", "title": "State of the Union" }, { "docid": "14157186", "text": "to February 1866, to 23–24 for a period from July 1863 to April 1864. President of the Legislative Council: Chairman of Committees: The following members served in the Legislative Council between 1860 and 1869: Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1860–1869 This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from its creation on 1 May 1860 to 31 December 1869. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned. Prior to 1860, Queensland was part of the colony of New South Wales. Starting with 11 members, by", "title": "Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1860–1869" }, { "docid": "476430", "text": "State of the Union The State of the Union Address is an annual message presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, except in the first year of a new president's term. The message includes a budget message and an economic report of the nation, and also allows the President to propose a legislative agenda (for which the cooperation of Congress is needed) and national priorities. The address fulfills rules in of the U.S. Constitution, requiring the President to periodically \"give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union,", "title": "State of the Union" }, { "docid": "18182085", "text": "1824 State of the Union Address The 1824 State of the Union Address was written by James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. Delivered to the 18th United States Congress on Tuesday, December 7, 1824. James Monroe presided over the Era of Good Feelings. He began with, \"The view which I have now to present to you of our affairs, foreign and domestic, realizes the most sanguine anticipations which have been entertained of the public prosperity. If we look to the whole, our growth as a nation continues to be rapid beyond example;\" He ended with, \"From the", "title": "1824 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18208234", "text": "as one people\" by restoring the States to the condition which they held prior to the rebellion, we should be cautious, lest, having rescued our nation from perils of threatened disintegration, we resort to consolidation, and in the end absolute despotism, as a remedy for the recurrence of similar troubles.\" The rebellion he is referring to is the American Civil War, which ended in 1865. 1866 State of the Union Address The 1866 State of the Union Address was given by the United States' 17th President, Andrew Johnson, on Monday, December 3, 1866. It was not a spoken address, but", "title": "1866 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18175926", "text": "increasing in fervor.\" It took time for the Southern states to feel united with the Northern states, and for the Western states to feel united with the eastern states. 1897 State of the Union Address The 1897 State of the Union Address was written on Monday, December 6, 1897, by President William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States. It was his first State of the Union Address, and was read to both houses of the 55th United States Congress. He began with, \"A matter of genuine satisfaction is the growing feeling of fraternal regard and unification of all", "title": "1897 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18164720", "text": "virtually commenced.\" 1876 State of the Union Address The 1876 State of the Union Address was given by the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, on Tuesday, December 5, 1876. In it he said these words, \"Reconstruction Era, as finally agreed upon, means this and only this, except that the late slave was enfranchised, giving an increase, as was supposed, to the Union-loving and Union-supporting votes. If free in the full sense of the word, they would not disappoint this expectation. Hence at the beginning of my first Administration the work of reconstruction, much embarrassed by the", "title": "1876 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18164719", "text": "1876 State of the Union Address The 1876 State of the Union Address was given by the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, on Tuesday, December 5, 1876. In it he said these words, \"Reconstruction Era, as finally agreed upon, means this and only this, except that the late slave was enfranchised, giving an increase, as was supposed, to the Union-loving and Union-supporting votes. If free in the full sense of the word, they would not disappoint this expectation. Hence at the beginning of my first Administration the work of reconstruction, much embarrassed by the long delay,", "title": "1876 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18155990", "text": "1790 State of the Union Address This State of the Union Address was given on Friday, January 8, 1790, during the term of George Washington. It was the first annual address given by a president. It was given in New York City. The first President felt, “great satisfaction from a cooperation with you in the pleasing though arduous task of insuring to our fellow citizens the blessings which they have a right to expect from a free, efficient, and equal government.” [1] This State of the Union Address was given on Friday, January 8, 1790, by President George Washington. It", "title": "1790 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18177501", "text": "1852 State of the Union Address The 1852 State of the Union Address was given by the 13th President of the United States, Millard Fillmore, on Monday, December 6, 1852. It was spoken to the 32nd United States Congress by a clerk, not the President. He said, \"Besides affording to our own citizens a degree of prosperity of which on so large a scale I know of no other instance, our country is annually affording a refuge and a home to multitudes, altogether without example, from the Old World. We owe these blessings, under Heaven, to the happy Constitution and", "title": "1852 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18195043", "text": "however bad and cruel in themselves, derive their chief importance from the apprehension that they are but symptoms of an incurable disease in the public mind, which may break out in still more dangerous outrages and terminate at last in an open war by the North to abolish slavery in the South.\" 1859 State of the Union Address The 1859 State of the Union Address was written by James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. It was read to both houses of the 36th United States Congress on Monday, December 19, 1859, by a clerk. Predicting the American", "title": "1859 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18180719", "text": "1829 State of the Union Address The 1829 State of the Union Address was given by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States. He did not speak directly to the 21st United States Congress, but it was still important. Presented on Tuesday, December 8, 1829, in the United States House of Representatives chamber, it was his first address. He said, \"In communicating with you for the first time it is to me a source of unfeigned satisfaction, calling for mutual gratulation and devout thanks to a benign Providence, that we are at peace with all man-kind, and that", "title": "1829 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18203348", "text": "1913 State of the Union Address The 1913 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, on Tuesday, December 2, 1913. It was given directly to the 63rd United States Congress by the president. Wilson was the first to do so since John Adams in 1800. With a few exceptions all addresses since then have been given directly following Wilson's lead. It was his first. He stated, \"The country, I am thankful to say, is at peace with all the world, and many happy manifestations multiply about us of a growing", "title": "1913 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "13809835", "text": "HMS Rosario (1860) HMS \"Rosario\" was an 11-gun \"Rosario\"-class screw sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1860 at Deptford Dockyard. She served two commissions, including eight years on the Australia Station during which she fought to reduce illegal kidnappings of South Sea Islanders for the Queensland labour market. She was decommissioned in 1875, finally being sold for breaking nine years later. A team from \"Rosario\" played the first ever New Zealand International Rugby Union match against a Wellington side in 1870. She was the fifth Royal Navy ship to bear the name, which was first used for the galleon", "title": "HMS Rosario (1860)" }, { "docid": "18177502", "text": "Government which were bequeathed to us by our fathers, and which it is our sacred duty to transmit in all their integrity to our children.\" 1852 State of the Union Address The 1852 State of the Union Address was given by the 13th President of the United States, Millard Fillmore, on Monday, December 6, 1852. It was spoken to the 32nd United States Congress by a clerk, not the President. He said, \"Besides affording to our own citizens a degree of prosperity of which on so large a scale I know of no other instance, our country is annually affording", "title": "1852 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "14909394", "text": "2014. He also acknowledged the need for \"a serious discussion between the citizens of Europe about the way forward,\" calling in particular on all pro-European forces to be mobilised against the anti-European agenda of \"the populists and the nationalists.\" 9 September 2015 marked the first address held by Jean-Claude Juncker. It was titled \"Time for honesty, unity and solidarity\" and opened with the \"imperative to act as a union\" in order to address the refugee crisis. State of the Union (European Union) The State of the Union address, also known as the State of the European Union, or SOTEU is", "title": "State of the Union (European Union)" }, { "docid": "18195042", "text": "1859 State of the Union Address The 1859 State of the Union Address was written by James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. It was read to both houses of the 36th United States Congress on Monday, December 19, 1859, by a clerk. Predicting the American Civil War, he stated, \"Whilst it is the duty of the President \"from time to time to give to Congress information of the state of the Union,\" I shall not refer in detail to the recent sad and bloody occurrences at Harpers Ferry. Still, it is proper to observe that these events,", "title": "1859 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18177427", "text": "1799 State of the Union Address The 1799 State of the Union Address was given to the United States Congress, on Tuesday, December 3, 1799, by the second president of the United States, John Adams. He said, \"the return of health, industry, and trade to those cities which have lately been afflicted with disease, and the various and inestimable advantages, civil and religious, which, secured under our happy frame of government, are continued to us unimpaired, demand of the whole American people sincere thanks to a benevolent Deity for the merciful dispensations of His providence.\" It was the last address", "title": "1799 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18177428", "text": "to be given at Congress Hall, Philadelphia. 1799 State of the Union Address The 1799 State of the Union Address was given to the United States Congress, on Tuesday, December 3, 1799, by the second president of the United States, John Adams. He said, \"the return of health, industry, and trade to those cities which have lately been afflicted with disease, and the various and inestimable advantages, civil and religious, which, secured under our happy frame of government, are continued to us unimpaired, demand of the whole American people sincere thanks to a benevolent Deity for the merciful dispensations of", "title": "1799 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18182087", "text": "dominion extends, we have every motive to cling together which can animate a virtuous and enlightened people.\" James Monroe, a founder of his country, predicts that his country will become a world power, and must animate with virtue and enlightenment. 1824 State of the Union Address The 1824 State of the Union Address was written by James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. Delivered to the 18th United States Congress on Tuesday, December 7, 1824. James Monroe presided over the Era of Good Feelings. He began with, \"The view which I have now to present to you of", "title": "1824 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18182618", "text": "1832 State of the Union Address The 1832 State of the Union Address was written by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States. It was delivered to the 22nd United States Congress by a clerk on Tuesday, December 4, 1832. He said, \"Although the pestilence which had traversed the Old World has entered our limits and extended its ravages over much of our land, it has pleased Almighty God to mitigate its severity and lessen the number of its victims compared with those who have fallen in most other countries over which it has spread its terrors.\" He", "title": "1832 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "14169050", "text": "deeds are a contradiction. President Clinton claims to embrace the future while clinging to the policies of the past.\" Donna Shalala, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, served as the designated survivor. 1996 State of the Union Address The 1996 State of the Union address was given by President Bill Clinton to a joint session of the 104th United States Congress on Tuesday, January 23, 1996. The speech was the last State of the Union address of President Clinton's first term. This speech occurred shortly after the federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996 which had resulted from disagreements", "title": "1996 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "14169048", "text": "1996 State of the Union Address The 1996 State of the Union address was given by President Bill Clinton to a joint session of the 104th United States Congress on Tuesday, January 23, 1996. The speech was the last State of the Union address of President Clinton's first term. This speech occurred shortly after the federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996 which had resulted from disagreements on the 1996 United States federal budget. President Clinton discussed the economy and declared that \"the era of big government is over,\" and continued, \"but we cannot go back to the time when", "title": "1996 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "20806329", "text": "by Stephen Frears both of whom will executive produce alongside Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman. Amy Jackson is set as a producer. Production companies expected to be involved with the series include See-Saw Films. Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Rosamund Pike and Chris O'Dowd had been cast in the series' lead roles. Principal photography for the series was expected to begin in the summer of 2018 in London, England. On October 10, 2018, a \"first look\" image from the series was released. State of the Union (2019 TV series) State of the", "title": "State of the Union (2019 TV series)" }, { "docid": "9847675", "text": "well as the U.S. and the international community through the televised speech. The 2002 State of the Union address was the first to be delivered by Bush after the September 11 attacks of 2001. The oration addressed the attacks on the U.S. and his plan of action, as well as his goals for the remainder of his term as President. In the address, Bush first introduced the term \"axis of evil\" in referring to the countries of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea, with the oration being primarily centered on foreign policy. Bush spoke about the September 11 attacks of the", "title": "2002 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18183210", "text": "\"Permit me to bring to your remembrance the magnitude of your task. Without an unprejudiced coolness the welfare of the Government may be hazarded; without harmony as far as consists with freedom of sentiment its dignity may be lost.\" During the address, Washington spoke of Peace through strength. 1793 State of the Union Address The 1793 State of the Union Address was given by George Washington, the first President of the United States. It was given in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Congress Hall. Washington stood before the 3rd United States Congress on Tuesday, December 3, 1793, and said, \"While on the", "title": "1793 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18182956", "text": "tend to secure the liberty, property, and personal safety of our fellow citizens, and to consolidate the republican forms and principles of our Government.\" 1805 State of the Union Address The 1805 State of the Union Address was given by the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, on Tuesday, December 3, 1805. He did not directly give it to the 9th United States Congress. He only presented his written address. It was the first of his second term in the White House. He began with, \"At a moment when the nations of Europe are in commotion and arming", "title": "1805 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18152590", "text": "1810 State of the Union Address The 1810 State of the Union Address was given during the first term of President James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. It was given on Wednesday, December 5, 1810 in Washington, D.C. It was \"concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies having invited in a new form a termination of their edicts against our neutral commerce.\" It was addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives, it was given right before the War of 1812 began. It was given to the 11th", "title": "1810 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18182954", "text": "1805 State of the Union Address The 1805 State of the Union Address was given by the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, on Tuesday, December 3, 1805. He did not directly give it to the 9th United States Congress. He only presented his written address. It was the first of his second term in the White House. He began with, \"At a moment when the nations of Europe are in commotion and arming against each other, and when those with whom we have principal intercourse are engaged in the general contest, and when the countenance of some", "title": "1805 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "18202914", "text": "1801 State of the Union Address The 1801 State of the Union Address was written by Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, on Tuesday, December 8, 1801. It was his first annual address, and it was presented in Washington, D.C, by a clerk. He did not speak it to the 7th United States Congress, because he thought that would make him seem like a king. He said, \"Whilst we devoutly return thanks to the beneficent Being who has been pleased to breathe into them the spirit of conciliation and forgiveness, we are bound with peculiar gratitude to", "title": "1801 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "14909392", "text": "foresees that the President of the European Commission sends a letter of intent to the President of the European Parliament and the Presidency of the Council of the European Union that sets out in detail the actions the European Commission intends to take by means of legislation and other initiatives until the end of the following year. The address is then followed by a general debate on political situation of the Union, the so-called State of the Union debate. The first State of the Union speech of the European Union was pronounced on 7 September 2010 by President José Manuel", "title": "State of the Union (European Union)" }, { "docid": "13484189", "text": "England national under-20 rugby union team The England Under 20 rugby team are the newest representative rugby union team from England. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19s and Under 21s. They compete in the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship and World Rugby Under 20 Championship. They are coached by the RFU's International performance coach, Steve Bates. Their first tournament was the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship, in which they took second place, being defeated by New Zealand 3–38 in the final. The following year saw England finish runners up to New Zealand again at the", "title": "England national under-20 rugby union team" }, { "docid": "504285", "text": "percent share in the states of the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Trans-Mississippi West, but slipped to 19–39 percent in New England. Outside his regional section, Douglas took 15–17 percent of the popular vote total in the slave states of Kentucky, Alabama and Louisiana, then 10 percent or less in the nine remaining slave states. Douglas, in his \"Norfolk Doctrine\", reiterated in North Carolina, promised to keep the Union together by coercion if states proceeded to secede. The popular vote for Lincoln and Douglas combined was seventy percent of the turnout. The 1860 Republican ticket was the first successful national ticket that", "title": "1860 United States presidential election" }, { "docid": "7050362", "text": "indirect reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks with \"national achievement.\" When discussing the American political system, Bush used anaphora, repeating \"two\" at the beginning of each clause, \"two parties, two chambers, and two elected branches.\" Bush shifted his tense from the past to the future while emphasizing the need for civility and bipartisanship among legislators during debate. Echoing his 2005 State of the Union address, he stated \"Tonight the state of our Union is strong – and together we will make it stronger.\" He again used anaphora by repeating \"We will choose,\" paralleling \"pursuing the enemies of freedom,\" applicable", "title": "2006 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "11287329", "text": "Maastricht treaty, which led to the formation of the European Union, saw the EEC Treaty renamed as the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC) and renumbered. The Maastricht reforms also saw the creation of the European Union's three pillar structure, of which the European Community was the major constituent part. Following the 2005 referenda, which saw the failed attempt at launching a European Constitution, on 13 December 2007 the Lisbon treaty was signed. This saw the 'TEC' renamed as the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and, once again, renumbered. The Lisbon reforms resulted in the merging", "title": "Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union" } ]

[ "Pink Lady (disambiguation)", "The Pink Lady", "Pink Lady", "Pink lady" ]

[ { "docid": "10347767", "text": "Pink Lady (cocktail) The Pink Lady is a classic gin-based cocktail with a long history. Its pink color is due to adding grenadine. The exact ingredients for the pink lady vary, but all variations have the use of gin, grenadine and egg white in common. In its most basic form the pink lady consists of just these three ingredients. According to the \"Royal Cafe Cocktail Book\" of 1937, it is made with a glass of gin, a tablespoon of grenadine and the white of one egg, shaken and strained into a glass. Often lemon juice is added to the basic", "title": "Pink Lady (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "10347772", "text": "in his publication \"The Bartender's Book\" (1951) that the very non-threatening appearance of the Pink Lady may have appealed to women who did not have much experience with alcohol. At one point the Pink Lady ended up on Esquire's list of the ten worst cocktails. Pink Lady (cocktail) The Pink Lady is a classic gin-based cocktail with a long history. Its pink color is due to adding grenadine. The exact ingredients for the pink lady vary, but all variations have the use of gin, grenadine and egg white in common. In its most basic form the pink lady consists of", "title": "Pink Lady (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4364156", "text": "gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Adding carbonated water to this turns it into a gin fizz. It was popular during the 1940s, and Kevin Starr includes it in \"an array of drinks (the gin sour, the whiskey sour, the Gin Rickey, the Tom Collins, the Pink Lady, the Old Fashioned) that now seem period pieces, evocative of another era.\" White Lady (also known as a Delilah, or Chelsea Side-car) is essentially a sidecar made with gin in place of brandy. What makes it different from the simple gin sour is the switching of sugar for triple sec. The cocktail sometimes", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" } ]

[ { "docid": "13384886", "text": "Aviation (cocktail) The Aviation is a classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. Some recipes omit the crème de violette. It is served straight up, in a cocktail glass. The Aviation was created by Hugo Ensslin, head bartender at the Hotel Wallick in New York, in the early twentieth century. The first published recipe for the drink appeared in Ensslin's 1916 \"Recipes for Mixed Drinks\". Ensslin's recipe called for 1½ oz. El Bart gin, ¾ oz. lemon juice, 2 dashes maraschino liqueur, and 2 dashes crème de violette, a violet liqueur which gives the", "title": "Aviation (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "14034346", "text": "grenadine or red currant syrup. Vocaloid Hatsune Miku has a song named after this cocktail, \"Clover Club\", in which she describes the recipe. Clover Club Cocktail The Clover Club Cocktail is a cocktail consisting of gin, lemon juice, raspberry syrup, and an egg white. The egg white is not added for the purpose of giving the drink flavor, but rather acts as an emulsifier. Thus when the drink is shaken a characteristic foamy head is formed. It was first made by Zlatko Roskos a Slovakian bartender in 1997 in Bratislava. The Clover Club Cocktail is a drink that pre-dates Prohibition", "title": "Clover Club Cocktail" }, { "docid": "11624337", "text": "Chimayó Cocktail The Chimayó cocktail was created by Arturo Jaramillo, owner of the Rancho de Chimayó restaurant in Chimayó, New Mexico in 1965, the Chimayó Cocktail is a tequila and apple cider based drink. Legend has it that Jaramillo was looking for use for the apples that are plentiful in the Chimayó valley when he stumbled onto what would soon become the signature drink of his restaurant. The Chimayó Cocktail is created by mixing 1½ oz tequila with 1 oz unfiltered apple cider, 1/4 oz fresh lemon juice and 1/4 oz creme de cassis over ice. According to Eric Felten", "title": "Chimayó Cocktail" }, { "docid": "9159305", "text": "after mishearing the name in several instances, resulting in its being alternatively named 'Vespa'. Since Gordon's Gin was reformulated in 1992 and Kina Lillet was reformulated in 1986, substitutes can be made that attempt to recapture the original flavour of the drink: \"Esquire\" printed the following update of the recipe in 2006: Shake (if you must) with plenty of cracked ice. 3 oz Tanqueray gin, 1 oz 100-proof [50%] Stolichnaya vodka, oz Lillet Blanc, teaspoon (or less) quinine powder or, in desperation, 2 dashes of bitters. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and twist a large swatch of thin-cut lemon", "title": "Vesper (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9795639", "text": "the largest \"Gin and Juice\", a 500 litre paradise cocktail. Paradise (cocktail) The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, and is classified as a \"pre-dinner\" drink, an apéritif. The earliest known in-print recipe for the Paradise Cocktail was written by Harry Craddock in 1930. This cocktail is prepared using gin, apricot brandy (apricot liqueur), and orange juice in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a splash of lemon juice. The Paradise cocktail plays a key part in the 1933 Warner Bros. romantic film \"One Way Passage\" as the drink of the two star-crossed lovers played by Kay Francis and William Powell. On", "title": "Paradise (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2442856", "text": "at Elite Bars 1903-1933\", published in 1934. <poem> Jigger of Gordon's Gin ( Beefeater) 2 dash Cointreau ( Cointreau) Juice of 1 Lemon ( Lemon Juice) 1 tsp [.5 cl] Raspberry Syrup (homemade) Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. </poem> Made with ingredients that would have been readily available during the period, this identically named cocktail aims for the same effect. If this drink is in fact the source of the modern cosmopolitan, then it would be an adaption of a Daisy rather than a Kamikaze. One version of the creation of this popular drink credits the", "title": "Cosmopolitan (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4364155", "text": "Sour (cocktail) A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks. Common examples of sours are the margarita and the sidecar. \"Sours\" belong to one of the old families of original cocktails and are described by Jerry Thomas in his 1862 book \"How to Mix Drinks\". Sours are mixed drinks containing a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener (triple sec, simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice are common). Egg whites are also included in some sours. The gin sour is a traditional mixed cocktail that predates prohibition in the United States. It is a simple combination of", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4364161", "text": "generally not included in this variation. Sour (cocktail) A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks. Common examples of sours are the margarita and the sidecar. \"Sours\" belong to one of the old families of original cocktails and are described by Jerry Thomas in his 1862 book \"How to Mix Drinks\". Sours are mixed drinks containing a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener (triple sec, simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice are common). Egg whites are also included in some sours. The gin sour is a traditional mixed cocktail that predates prohibition in the United States.", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "11115078", "text": "juice) and the Salty Dog (which lacks the cranberry juice and is made with a salted rim). The cocktail was born in the late 1920s, but the recipe was different from the one used today, as gin and grenadine were used in the original Sea Breeze. This was near the end of the Prohibition era. In the 1930s, a Sea Breeze had gin, apricot brandy, grenadine, and lemon juice. Later, a Sea Breeze recipe would contain vodka, dry vermouth, Galliano, and blue Curaçao. The cranberry grower's cooperative in the 1930s evolved into Ocean Spray which marketed cranberry juice in the", "title": "Sea Breeze (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9675383", "text": "are A Ramos gin fizz (also known as a \"Ramos fizz\" or \"New Orleans fizz\") contains gin, lemon juice, lime juice, egg white, sugar, cream, orange flower water, and soda water. It is served in a large non-tapered 12 to 14 ounce Collins glass. The orange flower water and egg significantly affect the flavor and texture of a Ramos, compared to a regular gin fizz. The key to making this egg cocktail is dissolving the sugar before adding ice; the sugar acts as an emulsifier, and it and the alcohol \"cook\" the egg white. Henry C. Ramos invented the Ramos", "title": "Fizz (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "13384887", "text": "cocktail a pale purple color. Harry Craddock's influential \"Savoy Cocktail Book\" (1930) omitted the crème de violette, calling for a mixture of two-thirds dry gin, one-third lemon juice, and two dashes of maraschino. Many later bartenders have followed Craddock's lead, leaving out the difficult-to-find violet liqueur. Creme Yvette, a violet liqueur made with additional spices, is sometimes substituted for crème de violette. Aviation (cocktail) The Aviation is a classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. Some recipes omit the crème de violette. It is served straight up, in a cocktail glass. The Aviation was", "title": "Aviation (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9795638", "text": "Paradise (cocktail) The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, and is classified as a \"pre-dinner\" drink, an apéritif. The earliest known in-print recipe for the Paradise Cocktail was written by Harry Craddock in 1930. This cocktail is prepared using gin, apricot brandy (apricot liqueur), and orange juice in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a splash of lemon juice. The Paradise cocktail plays a key part in the 1933 Warner Bros. romantic film \"One Way Passage\" as the drink of the two star-crossed lovers played by Kay Francis and William Powell. On May 27, 2018, Snoop Dogg set the world record for", "title": "Paradise (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "426174", "text": "1 large wine-glass of gin. 2 or 3 lumps of ice; Shake up well and strain into a large bar-glass. Fill up the glass with plain soda water and drink while it is lively.</poem> This was distinguished from the Gin Fizz cocktail in that the 3 dashes of lemon juice in the Gin Fizz was \"fizzed\" with carbonated water to essentially form a \"Gin and Sodawater\" whereas the considerably more \"juice of a small lemon\" in the Tom Collins essentially formed a \"Gin and Sparkling Lemonade\" when sweetened with the gum syrup. The type of gin used by Thomas was", "title": "Tom Collins" }, { "docid": "6161128", "text": "A similar lime juice cocktail using rum instead of vodka or gin is the daiquiri. David A. Embury gave a gimlet recipe (called a Gin Sour) in \"The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks\" (3rd Ed., 1958), calling for an 8:2:1 gin/lime (or lemon) juice/simple syrup ratio plus garnish. Eric Felten essentially repeated this in his \"How's Your Drink\" column in \"The Wall Street Journal\" Weekend Edition of August 4, 2006: William L. Hamilton gave this recipe in his \"Shaken and Stirred\" column in \"The New York Times\" on September 15, 2002: A gimlet served at the Fifty Seven Fifty Seven", "title": "Gimlet (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9675386", "text": "the egg white. The original recipe is made with grapefruit juice, because of the mixing of recipes you will find many recipes with lemon juice. Notes Fizz (cocktail) A \"fizz\" is a mixed drink variation on the older sours family of cocktail. Its defining features are an acidic juice (such as lemon or lime) and carbonated water. The first printed reference to \"fiz\" is in the 1887 edition of Jerry Thomas's \"Bartender's Guide\", which contains six such recipes. The fizz became widely popular in America between 1900 and the 1940s. Known as a hometown specialty of New Orleans, the gin", "title": "Fizz (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "10018082", "text": "rye and even single malt scotch. Some recipes call for lemon juice, lime juice, no juice, grenadine, sour mix and gomme syrup. The Santa Clara Company trademark described their product as \"Compounds of Whisky, Grenadine-Syrup, Rock-Candy Syrup, and Lime-Juice.\" Following the end of prohibition, Locke-Ober reopened its bar using this recipe: Shake the rye whiskey, lemon juice, orange juice and grenadine with ice; then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, if desired. Originally the drink was decorated with a small paper Massachusetts flag. Ward 8 (cocktail) The Ward 8 or Ward Eight is a cocktail", "title": "Ward 8 (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "1906321", "text": "the 19th century. In the 19th century, the \"Champagne cup\" was a popular cocktail, consisting of champagne, lemon juice, sugar, and ice. Gin was sometimes added, yielding a drink much like the French 75. The drink was first recorded as the 75 in \"Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails\", 1922 edition, by Harry MacElhone, and in the same year in Robert Vermeire's \"Cocktails: How to Mix Them,\" which credits the drink to MacElhone. However, the recipes differed from the current form – MacElhone's version consisted of Calvados, gin, grenadine, and absinthe, while Vermeire added lemon juice. The recipe took its now-classic", "title": "French 75 (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "14034341", "text": "Clover Club Cocktail The Clover Club Cocktail is a cocktail consisting of gin, lemon juice, raspberry syrup, and an egg white. The egg white is not added for the purpose of giving the drink flavor, but rather acts as an emulsifier. Thus when the drink is shaken a characteristic foamy head is formed. It was first made by Zlatko Roskos a Slovakian bartender in 1997 in Bratislava. The Clover Club Cocktail is a drink that pre-dates Prohibition in the United States, and is named for the Philadelphia men's club of the same name, which met in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on", "title": "Clover Club Cocktail" }, { "docid": "8807652", "text": "Jack Rose (cocktail) A Jack Rose is a cocktail containing applejack, grenadine, and lemon or lime juice. It was popular in the 1920s and 1930s, notably appearing in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 classic, \"The Sun Also Rises\", in which Jake Barnes, the narrator, drinks a Jack Rose in the Crillon Paris hotel bar while awaiting the arrival of Lady Brett Ashley. It was also a favorite drink of author John Steinbeck. The Jack Rose is one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury's \"The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks\". References to the Jack Rose date back to the early", "title": "Jack Rose (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "7011732", "text": "1971. ALABAMA SLAMMER 1 oz. Southern Comfort, ½ oz. sloe gin, 1 oz. amaretto, ½ oz. lemon juice. Pour into highball glass over rocks. Stir. Alabama Slammer An Alabama Slammer is a cocktail made with amaretto, Southern Comfort, sloe gin, and orange juice. It is served in a Collins glass. It is also sometimes known as a Southern Slammer. It is claimed to have been made famous by quarterback Brett Favre; however, this drink was popular with college crowds as early as the 1980s, when it was served as a shaker shot in many bars and was also available as", "title": "Alabama Slammer" }, { "docid": "7123399", "text": "Counting 5-4-3-2-1 \"Counting 5-4-3-2-1\" is a song by American post-hardcore band Thursday, the first single from their fourth album, \"A City by the Light Divided\". \"Counting 1-2-3-4-5\" was released to radio on April 11, 2006. The song was originally written during the \"Full Collapse\"-era, but was re-arranged in a new key and was deemed suitable to be recorded. Keyboardist Andrew Everding commented on the song's meaning and corresponding music video: \"[Counting 5-4-3-2-1] specifically comes from not being happy in the town that you grew up in and wanting to get out as quickly as possible. When we do videos, we", "title": "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" }, { "docid": "426177", "text": "well; 2 lumps of ice, a bottle of plain soda. Mix well and serve.</poem> One turn of the 20th century recipe subsequently replaced the lemon juice with lime juice. An alternative history places the origin in St. Louis. The 1986 \"The Book of Cocktails\" provides a modern take on Thomas' 1876 recipe for this long drink:John (or Tom) Collins (1986)<br>ice cubes<br>2 oz. [6 cL] dry gin<br>2 oz. [6 cL] lemon juice<br>1 teaspoon sugar (gomme) syrup<br>soda water<br>slice of lemon<br>1 colored cherry<br>Place ample ice in large glass. Add gin, lemon juice and syrup. Top up with soda water and stir well. Serve", "title": "Tom Collins" }, { "docid": "18674652", "text": "alternate name for the Between the Sheets, and as a different drink using gin instead of rum and cognac, and adding orange juice to the lemon juice. Between the Sheets (cocktail) The Between the Sheets is a cocktail consisting of white rum, cognac, triple sec, and lemon juice. The origin of the cocktail is usually credited to Harry MacElhone at Harry's New York Bar in Paris in the 1930s as a derivative of the sidecar. However, competing theories exist that claim the cocktail was created at The Berkeley in approximately 1921, or in French brothels as an apéritif for consumption", "title": "Between the Sheets (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "7123400", "text": "send out a call and receive treatments and that one was one of the first ones that we got from Artificial Army. We were originally going to do two videos…a low-budget animated video and then we were going to do another video to connect it, but then we started seeing what the animation was about. We usually go back and forth with ideas. But for the most part, we trust the director. It was our first storyline video but there are some performance elements to it.\" Counting 5-4-3-2-1 \"Counting 5-4-3-2-1\" is a song by American post-hardcore band Thursday, the first", "title": "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" }, { "docid": "6161126", "text": "Gimlet (cocktail) The gimlet (pronounced with a hard 'g') is a cocktail typically made of 2 part gin, 1 part lime juice, and soda. A 1928 description of the drink was: \"gin, a spot of lime, and soda\". The description in the 1953 Raymond Chandler novel \"The Long Goodbye\" stated that \"a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else\". This is in line with the proportions suggested by \"The Savoy Cocktail Book\" (1930), which specifies one half Plymouth Gin and one half Rose's Lime Juice Cordial. However, modern tastes are less sweet, and generally", "title": "Gimlet (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4953020", "text": "world record for the largest \"Gin and Juice\", a 500 litre paradise cocktail. Gin and Juice \"Gin and Juice\" is the second single by rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg from his debut album \"Doggystyle\". The lyrics depict a party filled with sex, marijuana, and alcohol continuing into the small hours of the morning. The iconic chorus sung by David Ruffin Jr (D-Ruff) is: One critic describes the chorus as representative of \"the G-funk tableau\" emphasizing cruising culture, consumption of depressants, and materialism. The last line is an example of antimetabole, the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are", "title": "Gin and Juice" }, { "docid": "2019865", "text": "for directory assistance, along with other \"1-1-\" codes (\"Repair\" was 1-1-4)., changes had to be made in the step-by-step areas. Initially, \"1-1-2\" was used temporarily as the prefix in most of these areas. To simplify long-distance calling it was desirable to change this to a \"1\". Some areas converted immediately to 4-1-1 for directory assistance and 6-1-1 for repair. Other areas retained 1-1-3 by installing what was known as \"double-header\" trunks, which actually connected the call to the long distance equipment and then \"snatched it back\" if the second digit was also a \"1\". The conversion proceeded as follows in", "title": "4-1-1" }, { "docid": "9893034", "text": "1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯ In mathematics, the infinite series is an elementary example of a geometric series that converges absolutely. There are many different expressions that can be shown to be equivalent to the problem, such as the form: 2 + 2 + 2 + ... The sum of this series can be denoted in summation notation as: As with any infinite series, the infinite sum is defined to mean the limit of the sum of the first terms as approaches infinity. Multiplying by 2 reveals a useful relationship: Subtracting from both sides, As approaches", "title": "1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯" }, { "docid": "9893036", "text": "meters, and so on Zeno argued that the tortoise would always remain ahead of Achilles. The parts of the Eye of Horus were once thought to represent the first six summands of the series. 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯ In mathematics, the infinite series is an elementary example of a geometric series that converges absolutely. There are many different expressions that can be shown to be equivalent to the problem, such as the form: 2 + 2 + 2 + ... The sum of this series can be denoted in summation notation as: As with any", "title": "1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯" }, { "docid": "2155303", "text": "Martini (cocktail) The martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist. Over the years, the martini has become one of the best-known mixed alcoholic beverages. H. L. Mencken called the martini \"the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet\" and E. B. White called it \"the elixir of quietude\". By 1922 the martini reached its most recognizable form in which London dry gin and dry vermouth are combined at a ratio of 2:1, stirred in a mixing glass with ice cubes, with the optional addition of orange or aromatic", "title": "Martini (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2155304", "text": "bitters, then strained into a chilled cocktail glass. Over time the generally expected garnish became the drinker's choice of a green olive or a twist of lemon peel. A dry martini is made with dry, white vermouth. By the Roaring Twenties, it became common to ask for them. Over the course of the century, the amount of vermouth steadily dropped. During the 1930s the ratio was 3:1 (gin to vermouth), and during the 1940s the ratio was 4:1. During the latter part of the 20th century, 6:1, 8:1, 12:1, 15:1 (the \"Montgomery\", after British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's supposed penchant", "title": "Martini (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "20643847", "text": "lemon, replacing the lemon with lime, or creating a frozen version. Horsefeather (cocktail) A Horsefeather is a whiskey cocktail. It was invented in Lawrence, Kansas in the 1990s. It remains a regional drink in the Kansas City region. The drink is an iteration of the classic cocktail Horse's Neck and is similar to a Moscow Mule. A horsefeather is traditionally rye whiskey or blended whiskey, ginger beer, three dashes of Angostura bitters, and a little lemon juice. A highball glass is filled 3/4 with ice. The ingredients are then poured into the glass and stirred. There are many variations such", "title": "Horsefeather (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "15058556", "text": "Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) \"Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)\" is a song by American rapper Flo Rida from his third studio album, \"Only One Flo (Part 1)\". It was released as the second single on 8 November 2010 in the United States. The song contains samples of \"Din Daa Daa\" by German dance singer George Kranz, and \"Oh Yeah\" by Swiss electronica band Yello. It debuted at number 98 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and was featured prominently in the closing credits of \"The Hangover Part II\". It was the second such use of a", "title": "Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" }, { "docid": "15058562", "text": "replied in a similar manner, adding: \"MTV Dance is a niche channel and its main audience being 16 – 34 year olds\". In both cases, Ofcom concluded that the music video was in breach of Rule 1.3 of their Broadcasting Code, which says: \"Children must also be protected by appropriate scheduling from material that is unsuitable for them.\" Source: Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) \"Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)\" is a song by American rapper Flo Rida from his third studio album, \"Only One Flo (Part 1)\". It was released as the second single on 8", "title": "Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" }, { "docid": "17977219", "text": "Leaf Brands. An astro pop may be served as a cocktail, mixed drink or shooter. Several recipes exist. Alcoholic beverages used in the drink's preparation can include vodka, raspberry vodka, blueberry vodka, Prosecco (an Italian sparkling white wine), blue curaçao liqueur, Crème de banane and melon liqueur. Drink mixers used in its preparation can include sweet and sour mix, simple syrup and grenadine. Additional ingredients and garnishes can include sugar, raspberries, lemon juice and lemon. A cocktail spoon is sometimes used to aid in layer separation when preparing the drink, in which various beverages are slowly poured over the back", "title": "Astro pop (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4364160", "text": "weekend) in mid-February, and Chile has Pisco Day in mid-May. The whiskey sour is a mixed drink containing bourbon whiskey, lemon juice, sugar, and optionally a dash of egg white to make it a Boston Sour. It is shaken and served either straight or over ice. The traditional garnish is half an orange slice and a maraschino cherry. A notable variant of the whiskey sour is the Ward 8, which often is based with either bourbon or rye whiskey, both lemon and orange juices, and grenadine syrup as the sweetener. The egg white sometimes employed in other whiskey sours is", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "9851648", "text": "repeated R: In terms of the Hackenbush game structure, this equation means that the board depicted on the right has a value of 0; whichever player moves second has a winning strategy. 1/2 − 1/4 + 1/8 − 1/16 + ⋯ In mathematics, the infinite series is a simple example of an alternating series that converges absolutely. It is a geometric series whose first term is and whose common ratio is −, so its sum is A slight rearrangement of the series reads The series has the form of a positive integer plus a series containing every negative power of", "title": "1/2 − 1/4 + 1/8 − 1/16 + ⋯" }, { "docid": "9851647", "text": "1/2 − 1/4 + 1/8 − 1/16 + ⋯ In mathematics, the infinite series is a simple example of an alternating series that converges absolutely. It is a geometric series whose first term is and whose common ratio is −, so its sum is A slight rearrangement of the series reads The series has the form of a positive integer plus a series containing every negative power of two with either a positive or negative sign, so it can be translated into the infinite blue-red Hackenbush string that represents the surreal number : A slightly simpler Hackenbush string eliminates the", "title": "1/2 − 1/4 + 1/8 − 1/16 + ⋯" }, { "docid": "2374223", "text": "Cedric Charles Dickens (great-grandson of Charles Dickens) records in \"Drinking With Dickens\" that a 'Burnt Pink Gin' consists of 1 tsp Angostura burnt by heating over a flame and then poured into \"a large tot dry gin\". Pink Gin Pink Gin or Pink Plymouth is a cocktail made fashionable in England in the mid-19th century, consisting of Plymouth gin and a dash of Angostura bitters, a dark red bitters that makes the whole drink pinkish. Lemon rind is also commonly used as a garnish, with the citrus oils subtly complementing the flavour. Pink gin is widely thought to have been", "title": "Pink Gin" }, { "docid": "2888841", "text": "established the operational and business rules of the Pound SAFE program were adopted by the FHWA as the initial guidelines of what later become 5-1-1. As of March 2001, at least 300 telephone numbers existed for travel information systems in the United States. To overcome the confusion caused by this array of numbers, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a national assignment of a single three-digit N11 dialing code. On July 21, 2000, the FCC assigned 511 as a nationwide telephone number for intelligent transportation system (ITS) traveler information, along with 2-1-1", "title": "5-1-1" }, { "docid": "2888857", "text": "service on February 4, 2013. Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario,Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory each have 5-1-1 systems. Most provinces and territories without 5-1-1 systems have other road information hotlines, accessible by dialing various phone numbers. 5-1-1 5-1-1 is a transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada. Travelers can dial the three-digit telephone number on landlines and most mobile phones. The number has also extended to be the default name of many state and provincial transportation department road conditions Web sites, such as Wisconsin's site. It is", "title": "5-1-1" }, { "docid": "8807655", "text": "After visiting numerous bars, they were unsuccessful in finding one where the bartender knew the drink and the bar stocked applejack. Ultimately they bought a bottle of applejack for one of the few bartenders they encountered who knew how to make one. With the craft cocktail movement on the rise, the Jack Rose has regained some popularity. Laird & Company, producers of the most widely available brands of applejack in the United States, have said sales are up in part due to renewed interest in the cocktail. Jack Rose (cocktail) A Jack Rose is a cocktail containing applejack, grenadine, and", "title": "Jack Rose (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "12982349", "text": "1, 2, 3, 4 (Plain White T's song) \"1, 2, 3, 4\" (sometimes subtitled \"I Love You\") is the second single from the Plain White T's second worldwide album, \"Big Bad World\". It reached #34 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in April 2009 and was certified Platinum in June 2011, having sold over 1 million digital copies. The record has since gone 2X Platinum. The song was used in episode 16 of \"90210\" 's first season and a promo for February movies on Hub Network. Since its release in December 2008, the song has been compared to the band's", "title": "1, 2, 3, 4 (Plain White T's song)" }, { "docid": "12982352", "text": "added online allowing viewers to personalize the video by incorporating their own pictures. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Plain White T's song) \"1, 2, 3, 4\" (sometimes subtitled \"I Love You\") is the second single from the Plain White T's second worldwide album, \"Big Bad World\". It reached #34 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in April 2009 and was certified Platinum in June 2011, having sold over 1 million digital copies. The record has since gone 2X Platinum. The song was used in episode 16 of \"90210\" 's first season and a promo for February movies on Hub Network. Since", "title": "1, 2, 3, 4 (Plain White T's song)" }, { "docid": "18544862", "text": "Bramble (cocktail) The Bramble is a cocktail created by Dick Bradsell in 1980s London, England. Best described as a spring cocktail, the Bramble brings together dry gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, crème de mûre, and crushed ice. Bradsell also suggests finishing off the cocktail with some fresh red fruits (such as blackberries, cranberries) and a slice of lemon. It closely resembles the popular Gin Fix. The Bramble was created in London, in 1984, by Dick Bradsell. At the time, Bradsell worked at a bar in Soho called Fred's Club, and he wanted to create a British cocktail. Memories of going", "title": "Bramble (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "6161133", "text": "fruit have been used by the Royal Navy for the prevention of scurvy since the mid-18th century.) However, neither his obituary notice in the BMJ, \"The Times\" (6 October 1943) nor his entry in \"Who Was Who 1941–1950\" mention this association. Gimlet (cocktail) The gimlet (pronounced with a hard 'g') is a cocktail typically made of 2 part gin, 1 part lime juice, and soda. A 1928 description of the drink was: \"gin, a spot of lime, and soda\". The description in the 1953 Raymond Chandler novel \"The Long Goodbye\" stated that \"a real gimlet is half gin and half", "title": "Gimlet (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "1491647", "text": "Catering Industry Employee (CIE) journal: \"Juice of 1 lime, unsweetened pineapple juice, bitters, 1 ounce heavily bodied rum, 2 ounces of Gold Label rum, 1 ounce of White Label rum, 1 ounce of apricot-flavored brandy, 1 ounce of papaya juice\" Zombie (cocktail) The Zombie is a cocktail made of fruit juices, liqueurs, and various rums. It first appeared in late 1934, invented by Donn Beach of Hollywood's \"Don the Beachcomber\" restaurant. It was popularized soon afterwards at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Legend has it that Donn Beach originally concocted the Zombie to help a hung-over customer get through", "title": "Zombie (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "18544863", "text": "blackberrying in his childhood on the Isle of Wight provided the inspiration for the Bramble. The name of the drink comes from the fact that blackberry bushes are called brambles. Bramble (cocktail) The Bramble is a cocktail created by Dick Bradsell in 1980s London, England. Best described as a spring cocktail, the Bramble brings together dry gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, crème de mûre, and crushed ice. Bradsell also suggests finishing off the cocktail with some fresh red fruits (such as blackberries, cranberries) and a slice of lemon. It closely resembles the popular Gin Fix. The Bramble was created in", "title": "Bramble (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2020217", "text": "by dialing 2-1-1 in order to place a long-distance call. The North American Numbering Plan later designated \"00\" for long distance operator access. United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta was the first to introduce a 2-1-1 service in 1997. Many states began implementation plans soon after, aided by the United Way of America in partnership with the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS). On July 20, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved 2-1-1 for nationwide use as a short number in the United States along with 5-1-1. In Texas, particularly in the Coastal Bend area, 2-1-1 is also the", "title": "2-1-1" }, { "docid": "14034342", "text": "South Broad Street. The Clover Club itself dates to 1896, as seen in the 1897 book, \"The Clover Club of Philadelphia\", page 172 by Mary R. Deacon. Brooklyn's Clover Club restaurant claims that the Philadelphia men's club dates to 1882 and lasted until \"the 1920s.\" Published recipes for the Clover Club drink appear as early as 1917: \"The Ideal Bartender\" (1917) by Thomas Bullock, page 27: \"Fill large Bar glass full Fine Ice. 2 pony Raspberry Syrup. 2 jigger Dry Gin. 1 jigger French Vermouth. White of 1 Egg. Shake well; strain into Cocktail glass and serve.\" \"Mrs. Norton's Cook-book:", "title": "Clover Club Cocktail" }, { "docid": "1325883", "text": "turntables, kicked in. Mark Deming at AllMusic wrote: \"It's remarkably listenable and catchy, offering up one passionate anthem after another. The band's politics are both well considered and unapologetically upfront throughout... \"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1\" was [Midnight Oil's] first undeniably great album and still ranks with their very best.\" Midnight Oil Additional personnel 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 is the fourth studio album by Midnight Oil that was released on vinyl in 1982 under the Columbia Records label. It", "title": "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" }, { "docid": "9777468", "text": "1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ⋯ In mathematics, 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ··· is the infinite series whose terms are the successive positive integers, given alternating signs. Using sigma summation notation the sum of the first \"m\" terms of the series can be expressed as The infinite series diverges, meaning that its sequence of partial sums, , does not tend towards any finite limit. Nonetheless, in the mid-18th century, Leonhard Euler wrote what he admitted to be a paradoxical equation: A rigorous explanation of this equation would not arrive until much later. Starting", "title": "1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ⋯" }, { "docid": "14388744", "text": "2010 Winter Paralympics cross-country skiing men's 1 × 4 km and 2 × 5 km Relay The Men's 1 × 4 km + 2 × 5 km relay cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was held on Thursday, March 20. It was the first time a Men's 1 × 4 km + 2 × 5 km Relay was held at the Paralympics, although a men's 1 × 3.75 km + 2 × 5 km relay had been held in Torino 2006, and a men's 1 ×", "title": "2010 Winter Paralympics cross-country skiing men's 1 × 4 km and 2 × 5 km Relay" }, { "docid": "11893691", "text": "Cape Codder (cocktail) The Cape Cod or Cape Codder is a type of cocktail made with only fruit juice and spirits. The name refers to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a peninsula and popular tourist destination located in the eastern United States which is famous for growing cranberries. A Cape Cod is made with vodka and cranberry juice, and may be garnished with a lime wedge. Proportions vary, with sources giving a recommended vodka-to-juice ratio of 1/4, 1/3.7, 1/2 and 1/1.5, while other sources do not recommend precise proportions. Some sources recommend lime juice instead of a lime wedge garnish. The Cape", "title": "Cape Codder (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "20643846", "text": "Horsefeather (cocktail) A Horsefeather is a whiskey cocktail. It was invented in Lawrence, Kansas in the 1990s. It remains a regional drink in the Kansas City region. The drink is an iteration of the classic cocktail Horse's Neck and is similar to a Moscow Mule. A horsefeather is traditionally rye whiskey or blended whiskey, ginger beer, three dashes of Angostura bitters, and a little lemon juice. A highball glass is filled 3/4 with ice. The ingredients are then poured into the glass and stirred. There are many variations such as substituting ginger beer with ginger ale, adding cherries, muddling the", "title": "Horsefeather (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "19711930", "text": "don't normally like gin. Bee's Knees (cocktail) A Bees Knees (or Bee's Knees) is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with Gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a lemon twist. The name comes from prohibition-era slang meaning \"the best.\" Like many prohibition-era cocktails, the Bee's Knees was invented as a way to hide the scent and flavor of poor quality homemade spirits, in this case bathtub gin. The addition of honey was considered bizarre by some at the time, since sugar is more usual. The honey sweetens the drink, and may make it", "title": "Bee's Knees (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "4364158", "text": "claims the White Lady (gin, Cointreau, fresh lemon juice). The recipe appears in his \"Savoy Cocktail Book\", published in 1930. Joe Gilmore, former Head Barman at The Savoy, says this was one of Laurel and Hardy's favorite drinks. In John le Carré's 1965 novel \"The Looking Glass War\", British spy and main protagonist Fred Leiser's favorite drink is a White Lady, and he makes several attempts to get other agents to try the cocktail. In Dorothy Sayers' mystery novel \"Have His Carcase\" Lord Peter has a White Lady when he hears about his \"Lady\" Miss Harriet Vane being in trouble", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "13133244", "text": "cocktail have sprung up, which usually replace the gin with another base liquor and sometimes switch the limes for lemons. A particularly well-known variation is the \"Final Ward\", created by the New York bartender Phil Ward, who replaced the gin with rye whiskey and the lime juice with lemon juice. The first publication in which the Last Word appeared was Ted Saucier's 1951 cocktail book \"Bottoms Up!\". In it Saucier states that the cocktail was first served around 30 years earlier at the Detroit Athletic Club and later introduced in New York by Frank Fogarty. Since this dates the creation", "title": "Last Word (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "18928777", "text": "John Collins (cocktail) A John Collins is a cocktail which was attested to in 1869, but may be older. It is believed to have originated with a headwaiter of that name who worked at Limmer's Old House in Conduit Street in Mayfair, which was a popular London hotel and coffee house around 1790–1817. The John Collins is a Collins cocktail made from Bourbon whiskey or London dry gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water. A recipe for a John Collins is featured in the \"Steward and Barkeeper's Manual\" of 1869: <poem>Teaspoonful of powdered sugar The juice of half a lemon", "title": "John Collins (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2888856", "text": "to proceed. In May 2008, an article in \"ComputerWorld Canada\" claimed that the 5-1-1 initiative \"appears to have lost momentum\". British Columbia began loose implementation of 5-1-1 service in late 2009/early 2010. This replaced the interim mobile service provided by *4997 (*HWYS) which had been in place on Rogers, Telus Mobility and Bell Mobility. BC 5-1-1 service is available to Telus, Telus Mobility and Telus MiKE clients at this time. Full service NOT utilizing 5-1-1 is available via DriveBC (a government website/phone line) at www.drivebc.ca or by phone across North America at 1-800-550-4997 (HWYS). Alberta unveiled its 5-1-1 road report", "title": "5-1-1" }, { "docid": "4364159", "text": "again. The classic Pisco Sour recipe contains [pisco] brandy (usually an un-aged grape brandy from Perú), fresh lime juice, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, and bitters. It is shaken, strained, and served straight in a cocktail glass then garnished with the bitters (cinnamon can be used). The addition of egg white creates a foamy head when shaken before serving. While pisco sour is flavoured with key lime by default, pisco is combined with other fruit to create mango sour, maracuya (passion fruit) sour, lucuma sour and so forth. Peru has a National Pisco Sour Day (which lasts a", "title": "Sour (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "13154973", "text": "WNP-1 and WNP-4 Washington Nuclear Project Nos. 1 and 4, abbreviated as WNP-1 and WNP-4 were two of the five nuclear power plants on which construction was started by the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) in order to meet projected electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest. WNP-1, WNP-2 and WNP-3 were part of the original 1968 plan, with WNP-4 (a twin to WNP-1 and located at the same site) and WNP-5 (a twin to WNP-3, in similar fashion) added in the early 1970s. WNP-1 and -4 are located on , within the boundaries of the Hanford Reservation in the", "title": "WNP-1 and WNP-4" }, { "docid": "17744194", "text": "partnership in the United States. Over 30 different recipes were tried before settling on the recipe replicated today. The gin was then named after the well-known pre-Prohibition cocktail, The Aviation. The Aviation cocktail was created in the early 1900s by well-known bartender Hugo Ensslin. The classic Aviation cocktail is made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. House Spirits Distillery sold the Aviation American Gin brand to New York-based distributor Davos Brands, LLC, in 2016, but as of early 2018 it continues to be distilled in Portland, by House Spirits. As of late 2016, Aviation Gin accounted", "title": "Aviation American Gin" }, { "docid": "9777471", "text": "if one counts the empty partial sum—and thereby establishing the countability of the set formula_3 of integers. The sequence of partial sums clearly shows that the series does not converge to a particular number (for any proposed limit \"x\", we can find a point beyond which the subsequent partial sums are all outside the interval [\"x\"−1, \"x\"+1]), so diverges. Since the terms 1, −2, 3, −4, 5, −6, ... follow a simple pattern, the series can be manipulated by shifting and term-by-term addition to yield a numerical value. If it can make sense to write for some ordinary number \"s\",", "title": "1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ⋯" }, { "docid": "799524", "text": "blackcurrant juice and other fruit juices with the blackcurrant flavor dominating. To reduce production costs, manufacturers have widely replaced fruit bases with artificial ingredients. The Mott's brand \"Rose's\" is by far the most common brand of grenadine sold in the United States, and is formulated from (in order of concentration): high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, FD&C Red #40, natural and artificial flavours and FD&C Blue #1. In Australia Grenadine has been replaced with Raspberry cordial in most bars, clubs and taverns. In Europe, Bols still manufactures grenadine with pomegranate. Grenadine is commonly used to", "title": "Grenadine" }, { "docid": "1325881", "text": "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 is the fourth studio album by Midnight Oil that was released on vinyl in 1982 under the Columbia Records label. It peaked at No. 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and remained on the chart for 171 weeks. In October 2010, the album was listed in the top 30 in the book, \"100 Best Australian Albums\" with 1987's \"Diesel and Dust\" at No. 1. In July 2011, the album was listed in Triple J Hottest 100 Australian", "title": "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" }, { "docid": "2888839", "text": "5-1-1 5-1-1 is a transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada. Travelers can dial the three-digit telephone number on landlines and most mobile phones. The number has also extended to be the default name of many state and provincial transportation department road conditions Web sites, such as Wisconsin's site. It is an example of an N11 code, part of the North American Numbering Plan. 5-1-1 services in the United States are organized by state or region. Some 5-1-1 services are limited to information for drivers regarding road conditions and traffic. Other services", "title": "5-1-1" }, { "docid": "2019858", "text": "4-1-1 4-1-1 is the telephone number for local directory assistance in the United States and Canada. 4-1-1 is also commonly referred to as \"D.A.\", \"Directory Assistance\", or \"Information\". Approximately 6 billion calls are made to 4-1-1 within the United States every year. 4-1-1 has been used since at least 1930 in New York City, San Francisco, and other large cities where panel and crossbar switching equipment installed by the Bell System was prevalent. However, in smaller Bell System cities and almost all areas served by GTE and other companies where step-by-step equipment was the norm such as Los Angeles, 1-1-3", "title": "4-1-1" }, { "docid": "2019864", "text": "There was no ambiguity, because the initial assignment of area codes always used either a \"0\" or a \"1\" as the second digit, and the second digit of local numbers was never a \"0\" or a \"1\" because of the use of two-letter plus 5-digit local numbering, with the letters only on digits 2-9 of the dial. Areas with step-by-step equipment processed the call one digit at a time as dialed by the caller, and thus needed a common prefix to distinguish long-distance dialing from local calls. The Bell System design choice was \"1\", but since \"1-1-3\" was in use", "title": "4-1-1" }, { "docid": "20712616", "text": "of \"1-2-3-4\" is unnecessary; it should simply be listened to and enjoyed\". All compositions by Ray Drummond except where noted 1-2-3-4 (Ray Drummond album) 1-2-3-4 is an album by bassist Ray Drummond which was recorded in 1997 and released on the Arabesque label in 1999. The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos said \" Drummond's made yet another very fine recording -- what a great treasure jazz has in this bassist, composer, and bandleader. Easily recommended to all lovers of the modern mainstream and jazz in general\". All About Jazz said \"\"1-2-3-4\" was created, performed, and recorded by a singularly", "title": "1-2-3-4 (Ray Drummond album)" }, { "docid": "2019869", "text": "their information disclosed for print, online directories, lists, or telemarketing firms. The service will allow any landline or wireless phone user to call 4-1-1 and be connected to the wireless listing of a person who has chosen to participate in the service. Carriers who make up the industry LLC creating the service include Alltel (now absorbed by Verizon Wireless), AT&T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. 4-1-1 4-1-1 is the telephone number for local directory assistance in the United States and Canada. 4-1-1 is also commonly referred to as \"D.A.\", \"Directory Assistance\", or \"Information\". Approximately 6 billion calls are made to 4-1-1", "title": "4-1-1" }, { "docid": "3746134", "text": "the pancakes on Jif Lemon Day\". Jif is prepared from reconstituted lemon concentrate and water as primary ingredients, and is formulated to be the same strength as natural lemons. The concentrate is reconstituted using water. The product contains the food preservative E223 (sodium metabisulphite). Jif has a shelf life of six months. Two tablespoons is the equivalent of the juice of one lemon. A 5 ml serving size of Jif provides 1 kcal (kilocalorie) of energy and 0.1 grams of carbohydrate. Jif is used as an ingredient and flavourant in dishes and foods, and as a condiment, such as on", "title": "Jif (lemon juice)" }, { "docid": "11293458", "text": "1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase In enzymology, 1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ATP and 1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 4-phosphate, whereas its two products are ADP and 1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate. This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those transferring phosphorus-containing groups (phosphotransferases) with an alcohol group as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is ATP:1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol-4-phosphate 5-phosphotransferase. Other names in common use include diphosphoinositide kinase, PIP kinase, phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate kinase, phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase, and type I PIP kinase. This enzyme participates in 3 metabolic pathways: inositol phosphate metabolism, phosphatidylinositol signaling system, and", "title": "1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase" }, { "docid": "13155240", "text": "4, 3, 2, 1 (k-os song) \"4, 3, 2, 1\" is the first single by k-os from the album Yes!. The music video premièred in February 2009. The song samples \"Soul Flower (Remix)\" by The Pharcyde. The lyrics of \"4, 3, 2, 1\" question the presence of conflict in the world (\"What we fighting for/I don't know what for\"). In the first verse, k-os states that he thought [the world] would stay real, but that people \"sold their souls for the golden goose\" and changed in order to become successful. However, he states that \"the truth is as long as", "title": "4, 3, 2, 1 (k-os song)" }, { "docid": "16793574", "text": "the film. Vennela 1 1/2 is one of the worst comedy films of recent times.\" IBN Live stated \"After watching the trailers, most of us did not expect anything more from Vennela 1 1/2 than low brow comedy. What came as a surprise was that the film did not pack a sensible story that might have made us sit through the haranguing second half.\" The Times Of India gave a review stating \"The performances vary from loony to queer. It would be unfair to call it acting. What the characters just indulge in is absolute tom-foolery of degenerated variety. Chaitanya", "title": "Vennela 1 1/2" }, { "docid": "9848646", "text": "a convergent geometric series whose sum is by the usual formula. The Borel sum of is also ; when Émile Borel introduced the limit formulation of Borel summation in 1896, this was one of his first examples after 1 − 1 + 1 − 1 + ⋯ 1 − 2 + 4 − 8 + ⋯ In mathematics, is the infinite series whose terms are the successive powers of two with alternating signs. As a geometric series, it is characterized by its first term, 1, and its common ratio, −2. As a series of real numbers it diverges, so in", "title": "1 − 2 + 4 − 8 + ⋯" }, { "docid": "9689076", "text": "Greyhound (cocktail) A greyhound is a cocktail consisting of grapefruit juice and either gin or vodka mixed and served over ice. If the rim of the glass has been salted, the drink is instead called a salty dog. The earliest known mention of a cocktail of this description is in bartender and author Harry Craddock's \"Savoy Cocktail Book\" of 1930. Craddock describes his recipe as \"\"...a variation of the Grapefruit Cocktail...\"\", suggesting that such cocktails were already in common use before his book was written. His recipe consists of nothing but gin, grapefruit juice and ice. A recipe for a", "title": "Greyhound (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "19711929", "text": "Bee's Knees (cocktail) A Bees Knees (or Bee's Knees) is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with Gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a lemon twist. The name comes from prohibition-era slang meaning \"the best.\" Like many prohibition-era cocktails, the Bee's Knees was invented as a way to hide the scent and flavor of poor quality homemade spirits, in this case bathtub gin. The addition of honey was considered bizarre by some at the time, since sugar is more usual. The honey sweetens the drink, and may make it palatable to people who", "title": "Bee's Knees (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2019859", "text": "was used until at least the 1960s, and in some cases (the Pacific Northwest, for example) until the mid-1980s. Until the early 1980s, 4-1-1 and 1-1-3 calls were free in most states. In the United States and Canada, Directory Assistance was historically a local function, and most companies updated listings at their directory assistance centers almost daily. Callers would dial 4-1-1 or 1-1-3 for fast, efficient, and accurate service. When long-distance numbers were needed, prior to the full introduction of direct-dialed long-distance service, callers would call either 4-1-1 or \"0\" (Operator) and request a free long-distance connection to the directory", "title": "4-1-1" }, { "docid": "11293459", "text": "regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes and . 1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase In enzymology, 1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ATP and 1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 4-phosphate, whereas its two products are ADP and 1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate. This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those transferring phosphorus-containing groups (phosphotransferases) with an alcohol group as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is ATP:1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol-4-phosphate 5-phosphotransferase. Other names in common use include diphosphoinositide kinase, PIP", "title": "1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase" }, { "docid": "2019862", "text": "carriers where the customer does not have a choice of local toll or long distance carriers, all calls may be handled the same way. In North America, all areas formerly using 1-1-3 have been converted to using 4-1-1, and 1-1- is now reserved for vertical service codes. Outside North America, \"1-1-N\" numbers are still in use, for these and other services. In most European countries, \"1-1-N\" numbers are related to emergency services and 112 is the European Unified Emergency Number. 4-1-1 is commonly used in the United States and Canada as a slang word for \"information\" or \"gossip\". In the", "title": "4-1-1" }, { "docid": "3769216", "text": "carbonated citrus-flavored soft drink (like Sprite, 7-Up, or Fanta Lemon). Saint Clement's (cocktail) The Saint Clement's is a non-alcoholic cocktail. Though the ingredients may vary, it consists of orange juice mixed with bitter lemon, usually in equal proportions; the name of the drink refers to the English nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons. The drink is therefore named (indirectly) after either St Clement Eastcheap or St Clement Danes, both churches in London. The traditional recipe calls for equal parts orange juice and lemon juice served over ice in a highball glass. There are many variations, in which the lemon juice is", "title": "Saint Clement's (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "8777230", "text": "This was the beginning of his addiction to alcohol. It appears in William \"Cocktail\" Boothby's 1908 book The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them as \"Bronx Cocktail, a la Billy Malloy, Pittsburgh, PA. One-third Plymouth gin, one-third French vermouth and one-third Italian vermouth, flavored with two dashes of Orange bitters, about a barspoonful of orange juice and a squeeze of orange peel. Serve very cold.\" Harry Craddock in The Savoy cocktail book mentions three recipes from the Bronx. The Bronx Cocktail is mentioned in the 1934 film \"The Thin Man\" by Nick Charles (played by William Powell). In the", "title": "Bronx (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "10491957", "text": "Painkiller (cocktail) A Painkiller is a rum cocktail trademarked by Pusser's Rum Ltd, their signature drink. It is often associated with Tiki establishments. The Painkiller is a blend of Pusser's rum with 4 parts pineapple juice, 1 part cream of coconut and 1 part orange juice, well shaken and served over the rocks with a generous amount of fresh nutmeg on top. It may be made with either two, three or four ounces of Pusser's dark rum. The original Painkiller was created in the 1970s by Daphne Henderson at the Soggy Dollar Bar at White Bay on the island of", "title": "Painkiller (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "6454146", "text": "drink that caused him to miss many steamships as \"a certain cognac and absinthe concoction known as The Astor House Special, native to Shanghai\". According to Baker, the ingredients for the Astor House Special are: \"1½ oz cognac, 1 tsp maraschino liqueur, 2 tsp egg white, ¾ oz Pernod, ½ tsp lemon juice, and club soda\", however \"the original recipe calls for Absinthe instead of Pernod.\" The Hotel was damaged during the Battle of Shanghai when the Japanese invaded Shanghai in August 1937 at the outset of the Second Sino-Japanese War. After Japanese machine guns were set up outside the", "title": "Astor House Hotel (Shanghai)" }, { "docid": "2888855", "text": "the Canada 511 Consortium, to help get 5-1-1 service established in Canada. In January 2005, the consortium filed an application to assign the 5-1-1 access code in Canada. It proposed that in addition to traffic, the number would report weather, which also has a major impact on traffic, particularly in a country with such harsh winters. The application was approved by the CRTC in Canada on July 28, 2006. In March 2007, an article in \"Computing Canada\" said it was up to each individual province whether or not to launch a 5-1-1 system, but that not all provinces were eager", "title": "5-1-1" }, { "docid": "964014", "text": "at least four clubs. 1 – 1NT;<br> 2 – 2<br> Shows a weak hand, 5-9 points, with a long diamond suit. 1 – 1NT;<br> 2 – 2<br> Shows a weak hand, 5-9 points, with a long heart suit. 1 – 1NT;<br> 2 – 3<br> Shows a weak hand, 5-9 points, with a long club suit. 1 – 1NT;<br> 2 – 2NT;<br> Shows 10-11 points without support for spades. 1 – 1NT;<br> 2 – 3<br> Shows 10-11 points with 3-card support for spades. 1 – 3<br> Shows 10-11 points with at least 4-card support for spades. 1 – 1NT;<br> 2 –", "title": "2/1 game forcing" }, { "docid": "16793576", "text": "go in for this movie expecting something similar, you will be sorely disappointed. I was a fan of Vennela Kishore the actor. But I am not going to be a fan of Vennela Kishore the director.\" telugu.way2movies.come gave a review stating \"Except for few comedy parts, Vennela 1 ½ has nothing to offer.\" The movie's audio release function was held on 5 February 2012 at Hyderabad. Monal Gajjar, Madhurima, Chaitanya Krishna, Manoj Manchu, Nara Rohit, and V. V. Vinayak graced the event. Vennela 1 1/2 Vennela 1 1/2 () is a 2012 Telugu film directed by Vennela Kishore and produced", "title": "Vennela 1 1/2" }, { "docid": "2020222", "text": "95% of the U.S. population has access to 2-1-1 services by dialing 2-1-1 on a landline or cell phone. In 2017, the 2-1-1 network answered close to 15 million requests for assistance by phone, text, and chat. In Canada, 2-1-1 is available in the following places (starting dates in parentheses). Note that this list may be out-of-date; 2-1-1 service coverage is generally expanding over time. Nova Scotia — 211 Nova Scotia Quebec — 211 Grand Montréal and 211 Québec régions Ontario — 211 Ontario Saskatchewan — 211 Saskatchewan Alberta — 211 Alberta British Columbia — bc211 The \"Windsor Star\" has", "title": "2-1-1" }, { "docid": "2020218", "text": "number to call for elderly and handicapped people needing evacuation assistance in the event of a pending disaster such as a hurricane. As of 2017, close to 95% of the population in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico and Washington, DC) has access to 2-1-1 services. More than 200 agencies, including United Ways, provide 2-1-1 services. The largest population without access to 2-1-1 is the metro-Chicago area. In 2017, the 2-1-1 network in the U.S. answered close to 15 million requests for assistance through phone, text, and web chat. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the use of 2-1-1", "title": "2-1-1" }, { "docid": "2020219", "text": "throughout Canada on August 9, 2001. The first Canadian 2-1-1 service opened in Toronto on June 13, 2002. 2-1-1 services are free of charge and multilingual in Canada. It is also available in the Greater Montreal 2-1-1 center hours vary. Many are open 24/7 to refer callers to organizations that provide services in such areas as: Where available, 2-1-1 is operated by a private non-profit community-service organization, local government or local United Ways, which are part of the broader United Way Worldwide network. 2-1-1 provides information and referral to callers on where to obtain assistance from local and national social", "title": "2-1-1" }, { "docid": "15432626", "text": "Snowball (cocktail) A Snowball is a mixture of Advocaat and lemonade in approximately equal parts. It may have other ingredients, to taste. It typically contains a squeeze of fresh lime juice, which is shaken with the advocaat before pouring into a glass and topping up with lemonade. If not wanting to make fresh advocaat, which typically consists of 1 egg, 30 ml of simple syrup, and 60 ml of brandy, for the cocktail, then it may be substituted by using a commercial version. In the United Kingdom, it is often sold in both pubs and supermarkets in small bottles of", "title": "Snowball (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "15432627", "text": "approximately (known in the pub trade as \"splits\") and is usually drunk as a \"winter warmer\". Snowball (cocktail) A Snowball is a mixture of Advocaat and lemonade in approximately equal parts. It may have other ingredients, to taste. It typically contains a squeeze of fresh lime juice, which is shaken with the advocaat before pouring into a glass and topping up with lemonade. If not wanting to make fresh advocaat, which typically consists of 1 egg, 30 ml of simple syrup, and 60 ml of brandy, for the cocktail, then it may be substituted by using a commercial version. In", "title": "Snowball (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "20712615", "text": "1-2-3-4 (Ray Drummond album) 1-2-3-4 is an album by bassist Ray Drummond which was recorded in 1997 and released on the Arabesque label in 1999. The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos said \" Drummond's made yet another very fine recording -- what a great treasure jazz has in this bassist, composer, and bandleader. Easily recommended to all lovers of the modern mainstream and jazz in general\". All About Jazz said \"\"1-2-3-4\" was created, performed, and recorded by a singularly intuitive group of musicians under the guidance of a legitimate mainstay in the modern jazz tradition. An in-depth critical analysis", "title": "1-2-3-4 (Ray Drummond album)" }, { "docid": "9733656", "text": "that and , but the underlying proofs demand careful thinking about the interpretation of endless sums. It is also possible to view this series as convergent in a number system different from the real numbers, namely, the 2-adic numbers. As a series of 2-adic numbers this series converges to the same sum, −1, as was derived above by analytic continuation. 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ⋯ In mathematics, is the infinite series whose terms are the successive powers of two. As a geometric series, it is characterized by its first term, 1, and its common ratio, 2.", "title": "1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ⋯" }, { "docid": "15058558", "text": "A sequel to \"Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)\" called \"Turn Around, Pt. 2\" with Pitbull's vocals, was released on iTunes on May 17, 2011. It was used in the end credits of \"The Hangover Part II\". In the United Kingdom, broadcasting regulator Ofcom received three viewer complaints after the video was broadcast on British music channel 4Music at approximately 1400 and 1800 UTC during December 2010 - January 2011, long before the 2100 watershed, \"at the time when children are most likely to watch TV\". The complainants claimed the video consisted of \"extreme crudeness and filth\" in a", "title": "Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" }, { "docid": "9675382", "text": "early as 1950, as evidenced by its inclusion in the French cookbook \"L'Art Culinaire Francais\" published that year. A gin fizz is the best-known cocktail in the fizz family. A gin fizz contains gin, lemon juice, and sugar, which are shaken with ice, poured into a tumbler and topped with carbonated water. The drink is similar to a Tom Collins, with a possible distinction being a Tom Collins historically used \"Old Tom Gin\" (a slightly sweeter precursor to London Dry Gin), whereas the kind of gin historically used in a gin fizz is unknown. Simple variations on the gin fizz", "title": "Fizz (cocktail)" } ]

[ "Paříž", "FRPAR", "Paris", "Name of paris and its inhabitants", "Paname", "Paris France", "Ville Lumière", "Leucetia", "Rue de Ménilmontant", "Paris agglomeration", "France Paris", "Sports in Paris", "Departement de Paris", "Paris, Ile-De-France", "Rue de Menilmontant", "UN/LOCODE:FRPAR", "Paříži", "Ville Lumiere", "Paris, France", "Paris, Île-de-France", "Paris, Île-de-France, France", "Parijs", "Parisien", "Cuisine of Paris", "Suburbs of Paris", "Sport in Paris", "The weather in Paris", "Parisian (person)", "Parizi", "París", "Name of Paris and its inhabitants", "Paree", "Paris, Europe", "Paris, Banks of the Seine", "Paris (etymology)", "Paris (France)", "The City of Love (city)", "Département de Paris" ]

[ { "docid": "1702287", "text": "Home Alone Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas vacation. Kevin initially relishes being home alone, but soon has to contend with two burglars, played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. The film also features John Heard and Catherine O'Hara as Kevin's parents. Culkin was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy, and the film was", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "8366007", "text": "Kevin McCallister Kevin McCallister is the main protagonist of the films \"Home Alone\", \"\", and \"\" in the \"Home Alone\" franchise. Kevin is played by Macaulay Culkin in the first two films, but in \"Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House\", Kevin is played by Mike Weinberg. Kevin is not featured in \"Home Alone 3\", as the film takes place during \"Home Alone 2\". Kevin's most famous pose is when he has both hands on his cheeks, and screams. While the McCallister family prepare for their trip to Paris, Kevin McCallister finds himself the subject of ridicule from the other", "title": "Kevin McCallister" }, { "docid": "1702289", "text": "is often ranked as one of the best Christmas films of all time. \"Home Alone\" spawned a successful film franchise with four sequels, including the 1992 film \"\", which is the only \"Home Alone\" sequel to have the original cast reprising their roles. The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris, gathering at Peter and Kate's home outside of Chicago on the night before their departure. Peter and Kate's youngest son, Kevin, is being scorned by his siblings and cousins. Later, Kevin accidentally ruins the family dinner after a fight with his older brother Buzz, resulting in him", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "8366009", "text": "gangster film, and eating a large amount of junk food. However, Kevin finds himself scared by the appearance of an officer of the Chicago Police Department called by his parents to check on Kevin via payphone from Paris after Kate figures out that they left him at home by accident, his next door neighbor \"Old Man\" Marley, who was rumored to have murdered his family in 1958 and in the progressing years, and the appearance of The Wet Bandits, Harry Lyme and Marv Merchants, who are breaking into other vacant houses along the block and are aware of which houses", "title": "Kevin McCallister" }, { "docid": "1702295", "text": "call for him; they reconcile and are soon joined by the rest of the McCallisters, who waited in Paris until they could get a direct flight to Chicago. Kevin keeps silent about his encounter with Harry and Marv, although Peter finds Harry's knocked-out gold tooth. Kevin then observes Marley reuniting with his son and his family. Marley notices Kevin, and the pair wave to each other. Buzz suddenly calls out, \"Kevin, what did you do to my room?\" at which point Kevin runs off. \"Home Alone\" was initially a Warner Bros. production; when 20th Century Fox took over the project,", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "14959774", "text": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation is a 2010 sequel to the ABC Family 2009 movie \"The Dog Who Saved Christmas\". The movie stars Paris Hilton (in her first voice role) and Mario Lopez. It premiered on ABC Family on November 28, 2010 during the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming block and was written by Michael Ciminera and Richard Gnolfo. The Bannister family and their dog Zeus, go to a ski lodge in Colorado for their Christmas vacation. When they get to their condo, they find Belinda's brother and his son staying", "title": "The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation" } ]

[ { "docid": "9435034", "text": "Home Alone (video game) Home Alone is the title of several tie-in video games based on the film of the same name. Versions were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super NES, Master System, Genesis, Game Gear, Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. There are multiple versions of the game and each features a different style of gameplay, but all share the same plot and roughly the same objective: Kevin McCallister is left home alone when his family goes on vacation. He must prevent Harry and Marv, the \"Wet Bandits\", from burglarizing his home, using various household objects as traps", "title": "Home Alone (video game)" }, { "docid": "8366035", "text": "Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture for his role as Kevin McCallister. Kevin McCallister appears in one of the series of the online series \"DRYVRS\", and tells about his experience of the child, forgotten at home by his parents. In response to the video of that online series, on the site \" Reddit \", robber Marv, pondered his partner Harry and promises to return to help him defend himself against Kevin’s insidious traps. Kevin McCallister Kevin McCallister is the main protagonist of the films \"Home Alone\", \"\", and \"\" in the \"Home Alone\" franchise. Kevin is played by", "title": "Kevin McCallister" }, { "docid": "12128745", "text": "Home Alone (franchise) Home Alone (stylized as HOME⌂ALONe) is a series of Christmas family comedy films originally created by John Hughes, and directed by Chris Columbus (1 & 2), Raja Gosnell (3), Rod Daniel (4) and Peter Hewitt (5). The films revolve around the adventures surrounding children who find themselves alone during the holiday season and are faced with the challenge of defending their family's house or themselves from invading burglars and criminals. \"Home Alone\" is primarily a coming-of-age story about an 8-year-old boy named Kevin McCallister. He is the youngest of five children who is frequently tormented by his", "title": "Home Alone (franchise)" }, { "docid": "12128748", "text": "with Wolves and Dick Tracy respectively. Macaulay Culkin's performance garnered him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, but lost to Gérard Depardieu for his performance in \"Green Card\". Set one year after the first film, Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) loses track of his family at the airport to which he mistakenly gets on a plane headed for New York City while the rest of the McCallisters fly to Florida. Now alone in one of the largest cities in the world, Kevin cons his way into a room at the Plaza Hotel and", "title": "Home Alone (franchise)" }, { "docid": "8366015", "text": "house, ending the film. The McCallister family prepares to spend Christmas in Miami. Kevin McCallister's main problem is the lack of Christmas trees in Florida. During the school Christmas concert, Kevin's older brother Buzz humiliates him during his solo, causing Kevin to retaliate and ruin the show. Though Buzz apologizes to the family and Kevin himself, Kevin refuses to apologize for his actions, and, still angry with the family's decision to go to Miami, he storms up to the third floor bedroom of the house, wishing that he had his own money so he could go on his own vacation", "title": "Kevin McCallister" }, { "docid": "1702313", "text": "ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas programming event. In December 2015, Culkin reprised his role as an adult Kevin McCallister in the inaugural episode of the Jack Dishel web series, \"DRYVRS\", where a visibly disturbed Kevin recounts his experience of being left home alone by his family. In response to Culkin's video, Daniel Stern appeared in a short video reprising his role as Marv, released in conjunction with Stern's Reddit AMA, where he pleads for Harry to return to help protect him against Kevin's cunning traps. On December 15 of 2018, Culkin made a guest appearance as himself in Episode", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "17919130", "text": "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (also called Home Alone: Taking Back the House or simply known as Home Alone 4) is a 2002 American made-for-television Christmas family comedy film directed by Rod Daniel, which first aired on ABC on November 3, 2002, followed by a DVD release on September 2, 2003. It is the fourth installment in the \"Home Alone\" series. The film brings back several of the main characters from the first two films including Kevin McCallister, but with all of the roles played by different actors. The plot revolves", "title": "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House" }, { "docid": "17507917", "text": "Home Is Where the Music Is Home Is Where the Music Is is a 1972 jazz and Afrobeat double LP by Hugh Masekela issued by the joint American label Chisa/Blue Thumb Records. The album was included in the book \"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die\". Thom Jurek of Allmusic stated \"Home Is Where the Music Is, is a stone spiritual soul-jazz classic, that melds the sound of numerous emerging jazz schools in its pursuit of musical excellence; it succeeds on all counts and is one of the greatest recordings in Hugh Masekela's long career. In a year full", "title": "Home Is Where the Music Is" }, { "docid": "9435047", "text": "fear of the basement furnace). The game also alludes to there being more members to the Wet Bandits than just Marv and Harry. Home Alone (video game) Home Alone is the title of several tie-in video games based on the film of the same name. Versions were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super NES, Master System, Genesis, Game Gear, Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. There are multiple versions of the game and each features a different style of gameplay, but all share the same plot and roughly the same objective: Kevin McCallister is left home alone when his", "title": "Home Alone (video game)" }, { "docid": "2014128", "text": "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It is the second film in the \"Home Alone\" series and the sequel to \"Home Alone\". Macaulay Culkin reprises his role as Kevin McCallister, while Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern reprise their roles as the Wet Bandits, now known as the Sticky Bandits. Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Rob Schneider, Tim Curry, and Brenda Fricker are also featured. Kevin and his family decide to take a trip to Florida,", "title": "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" }, { "docid": "3217601", "text": "Home Alone 3 Home Alone 3 (stylized as HOME⌂ALONe3) is a 1997 American family comedy film written and produced by John Hughes. It is the third film in the \"Home Alone\" series and the first not to feature actor Macaulay Culkin and the cast from the previous films (1990, 1992), director Chris Columbus, and composer John Williams. The film is directed by Raja Gosnell (in his directorial debut), who served as the editor of both original films and stars Alex D. Linz as Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old resourceful boy who is left home alone and has to defend his home", "title": "Home Alone 3" }, { "docid": "17919202", "text": "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (also known as Home Alone 5) is a 2012 American comedy television film and the fifth and final installment in the \"Home Alone\" franchise. It stars Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, Eddie Steeples. The film premiered on ABC Family on November 25, 2012, during the network's annual \"Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas\" programming block. It is the second film, after \"Home Alone 3\", not to focus on the McCallister family. There are numerous homages to the previous movies throughout the film. The Baxter family move from", "title": "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist" }, { "docid": "8417729", "text": "Home Is Where the Van Is Home Is Where the Van Is, an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 1980 on the Temple Records label. The album, the band's U.S. debut, \"continued the Scottish group's affinity for blending modern instrumentation into the country's folk tradition.\" Several songs from the album notably featured band member Ged Foley on the Northumbrian smallpipes. Also appearing on some songs are : The band played the album in its entirety at the 2009 Celtic Connections, as part of the festival's Classic Albums series. The performance featured the line-up who recorded the album in", "title": "Home Is Where the Van Is" }, { "docid": "15119641", "text": "Home Is Where the Hart Is Home Is Where the Hart Is is a 1987 Canadian film, written and directed by Rex Bromfield. It stars Leslie Nielsen, Eric Christmas, and Martin Mull. A cunning nurse and con artist Belle Haimes (Valri Bromfield) lives with her simpleton of a husband Rex Haimes (Stephen E. Miller) in the Hart Mansion in British Columbia. There she takes care of the invalid, 103-year-old Slim Hart, called \"Pappy\", (Joe Austin) and his wife, Minnie (Enid Saunders) who has been in a coma for some time. Waking up one day, nurse Belle doesn't feel very prone", "title": "Home Is Where the Hart Is" }, { "docid": "2014130", "text": "film is also notable for featuring a cameo from future U.S. President Donald Trump, who had owned the Plaza Hotel at the time of the film's production. A sequel, \"Home Alone 3\", followed five years later in 1997. The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Miami, gathering at Peter and Kate's home outside of Chicago. Peter and Kate's youngest son, Kevin, sees Florida as contradictory to Christmas, due to the lack of Christmas trees in Florida. Later, at a school Christmas pageant, Kevin's older brother Buzz humiliates him, causing Kevin to retaliate and ruin the pageant. Back home,", "title": "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" }, { "docid": "15119642", "text": "to go back to her dead end job nursing the old couple. She accidentally overhears the night nurse working at the same mansion (Leslie Jones) reading a postcard from the old couple's two twin boys, Martin Hart (Eric Christmas) and Art Hart (Ted Stidder). The postcard tells that the boys will be returning home to their Pappy soon. With that information in mind, Belle starts planning the demise of the old comatosed Mrs. Hart and the kidnapping of Old Pappy but things don't go quite according to plan. Home Is Where the Hart Is Home Is Where the Hart Is", "title": "Home Is Where the Hart Is" }, { "docid": "6909753", "text": "biblical storyline -- and that was diluted in the first attempt. But Lord willing, we are going to see this thing made into the movie that it should be, and that all the world sees it before the real Rapture comes. As of October 1, 2010, the rights to the \"Left Behind\" film series have officially been reclaimed by Cloud Ten Pictures. The series was rebooted with a 2014 film, which has also been poorly received. Left Behind: The Movie Left Behind is a 2000 Canadian-American religious science fiction film directed by Vic Sarin and starring Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson,", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "1702314", "text": "164 of \"The Angry Video Game Nerd\" to review multiple video game adaptations of the first two \"Home Alone\" films, as well as a gameplay session of \"The Pagemaster\" with James Rolfe and Mike Matei in the days following that episode's release. On December 19 of 2018, Culkin would once again reprise his role as an adult Kevin McCallister in a 60 second advertisement for Google Assistant, titled \"Home Alone Again\"; the commercial contains shot for shot remakes of plentiful scenes from the film, and Google Assistant helps Kevin set up the house to look active by remotely turning on", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "1702315", "text": "lights, devices such as an electronic toy train set, and setting up cutouts of people, including basketball player Kevin Durant, in order to have thieves parked in a van outside (presumably Harry and Marv) steer clear of the house. \"Home Alone\" () was novelized by Todd Strasser and published by Scholastic in 1990 to coincide with the film. On October 6, 2015, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the movie, an illustrated book by Kim Smith and Quirk Books was released. Home Alone Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "6186163", "text": "Where the Heart Is (1990 film) Where the Heart Is is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by John Boorman, and starring Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis, and Christopher Plummer. Stewart McBain is a successful self-made demolitions expert who blows up buildings for a living. In the midst of one such project, a group of protesters stops the last building on a lot, the Dutch House, from being demolished. When McBain appears on TV to dismiss the protests, he is made to look foolish. Returning home, his three college-aged children–Daphne, Chloe, and Jimmy–ridicule him", "title": "Where the Heart Is (1990 film)" }, { "docid": "6909742", "text": "her younger brother. Buck takes a plane to New York with pilot Ken Ritz. Rayford finds Chloe in an elementary school. He suggests they search the church because that is where his wife and son were most happy. Chloe refuses to go to church, saying that her mother was happiest when Ray was home. After Chloe returns home, Rayford goes to New Hope Village Church and finds Pastor Bruce Barnes (Clarence Gilyard). Bruce has also been left behind because he never truly believed in God. A believer at last, he begs for forgiveness and asks God for a second chance", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "2014146", "text": "on Kevin. Kevin bolts into the garage with Marv and Harry in hot pursuit. Harry and Marv end up triggering extra traps that Kevin had set up in the garage. Kevin watches as Marv ends up triggering a trap where a running lawnmower falls on his head (This was a trap featured in \"Home Alone 3\"). A second sequel, \"Home Alone 3\", followed in 1997. Two additional television movie sequels, \"\" and \"\", would follow in 2002 and 2012, respectively. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American Christmas comedy", "title": "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" }, { "docid": "17919141", "text": "the McCallisters, and it is a good Christmas for everyone except for Natalie, Marv, Vera, and Molly. The film was released to home video in the USA on 2 September 2003. On March 15, 2012, ABC Family announced that \"\" was in production, which premiered on that network during the 2012 Christmas season. The film stars Christian Martyn as 10-year-old main character Finn Baxter. The story centers on the family's relocation from California to Maine, where Finn becomes convinced that his new house is haunted. When his parents become stranded across town and Finn is left home alone with his", "title": "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House" }, { "docid": "6909736", "text": "Left Behind: The Movie Left Behind is a 2000 Canadian-American religious science fiction film directed by Vic Sarin and starring Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Gordon Currie, and Clarence Gilyard. The film was based on the best-selling Christian eschatological end-times novel of the same name written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, adapted for the screen by Alan B. McElroy. The film was released first direct-to-video, followed by a limited theatrical release. At the time of its release, the film was promoted by its creators as the \"biggest and most ambitious Christian film ever made.\" The film received generally negative", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "17919131", "text": "around Kevin McCallister (Mike Weinberg) trying to defend his future stepmother's house from his old nemesis Marv (French Stewart) and his sidekick/wife Vera (Missi Pyle). At the McCallisters' house, Peter (Jason Beghe) is about to get divorced from Kate (Clare Carey) and announces that he's living with his new and rich girlfriend Natalie (Joanna Going) at her mansion. He tells his three children Buzz (Gideon Jacobs), Megan (Chelsea Russo), and Kevin (Mike Weinberg) that they are hosting the visit of a royal family and invites everyone to spend Christmas with him and Natalie. After initially refusing, Kevin takes his father", "title": "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House" }, { "docid": "6909750", "text": "2001, Reunion released the second CD, titled \"Left Behind: The Original Motion Picture Score\". The CD featured the orchestral score composed by James Covell, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Lake Avenue Choir. The CD includes these seventeen tracks: The film received a 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 45 reviews with an average rating of 3.2/10 and a critical consensus of \"Poor production values, slow pacing, and an implausible story makes Left Behind a movie only for the faithful\". The \"Washington Post\" Desson Howe described it as \"a blundering cringefest, thanks to unintentionally laughable dialogue,", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "8235088", "text": "entered his forties, McCallister began to split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He established the tournament record of 265 at the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, which is his sole win on the Nationwide Tour. After turning 50 in October 2008, McCallister began playing on the Champions Tour. McCallister is naturally left-handed but plays the game mix-handed; he writes left-handed, strikes the ball right-handed and putts left-handed. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida. PGA Tour playoff record (1–2) CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> \"T\" = tied Blaine McCallister Blaine McCallister (born October 17, 1958) is an", "title": "Blaine McCallister" }, { "docid": "12090783", "text": "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors Hari Puttar is a 2008 Indian family drama film directed by Lucky Kohli and Rajesh Bajaj. The film features Sarika, Zain Khan, Swini Khara, Saurabh Shukla, Vijay Raaz, Jackie Shroff and Lilette Dubey in lead roles. It released on 26 September 2008. The film is a loose remake of the 1990 classic, \"Home Alone\". The film revolves around a ten-year-old boy, Hari Prasad Dhoonda (nicknamed Hari Puttar), who has recently moved from India to the United Kingdom. Left home alone with his cousin Tuk Tuk (Swini Khara) when his parents go on vacation, Hari", "title": "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors" }, { "docid": "8417730", "text": "1980 (Alan Reid, Brian McNeill, Duncan MacGillivray & Ged Foley), playing together with the line-up of 2009 (Alan Reid, Mike Katz, Alasdair White & Sean O'Donnell). Home Is Where the Van Is Home Is Where the Van Is, an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 1980 on the Temple Records label. The album, the band's U.S. debut, \"continued the Scottish group's affinity for blending modern instrumentation into the country's folk tradition.\" Several songs from the album notably featured band member Ged Foley on the Northumbrian smallpipes. Also appearing on some songs are : The band played the album", "title": "Home Is Where the Van Is" }, { "docid": "6186165", "text": "using some of them to model for his show. A stockmarket crash brings McBain to ruin. He desperately attempts to stave off a hostile takeover of his demolition company and fails. He loses his home and becomes destitute. Ultimately, his children take him in and he starts to see the world in a new light. Where the Heart Is (1990 film) Where the Heart Is is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by John Boorman, and starring Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis, and Christopher Plummer. Stewart McBain is a successful self-made demolitions expert who", "title": "Where the Heart Is (1990 film)" }, { "docid": "1702290", "text": "getting sent to the attic of the house for punishment where he berates Kate and wishes that his family would disappear. During the night, heavy winds cause damage to the power lines, which causes a power outage and resets the alarm clocks, causing the family to oversleep. In the confusion and rush to get to the airport, Kevin is accidentally left behind. Kevin wakes to find the house empty and, thinking his wish has come true, is overjoyed with his newfound freedom. However, he soon becomes frightened by his next door neighbor, Old Man Marley, who is rumored to be", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "6909749", "text": "Hagee was also very instrumental in the film's promotion) and T. D. Jakes (who appears in the video that the group watches, telling them what to expect in the post-Rapture world). Notable Christian musicians were also used as extras; Bob Carlisle and Rebecca St. James appeared as news anchors, and the Christian group Jake appeared as police guards towards the end of the movie. Two CDs of music from the film have been released. On October 3, 2000, Reunion Records released \"Left Behind: The Movie Soundtrack\", featuring a collection of songs from and inspired by the film. On February 6,", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "17507918", "text": "of amazing titles, this is still a standout.\" Miles Keylock of Channel 24 wrote \"Recorded at London's Island Studios a matter of months before his own departure to Guinea these 10 tracks (originally a double LP) find Masekela digging deep into his African jazz heritage. Gone are the patented pop jazz covers, replaced by inquisitive Afro-American conversations that range from rhythm 'n bluesy soaked soul jazz extrapolations on fellow exiled composer Caiphus Semenya's \"The Big Apple\" to freewheeling Cape to Cuba township bop original groovers like \"Maseru\"and the lilting ballad \"Nomali\". Home Is Where the Music Is Home Is Where", "title": "Home Is Where the Music Is" }, { "docid": "8366011", "text": "now knowing how it feels to not have his family for Christmas, advises Marley to reconcile with his son. As Kevin leaves, he hears the church bells ringing, and, remembering the plot to break into his house, he hurries home and sets up various booby traps inside the house. Harry and Marv, who were initially fooled by Kevin's illusions that the house is occupied, now realize that he is home alone and attempt to break in, running into the various traps. After the two spring almost every trap in the house, Kevin flees in his parents room on second floor", "title": "Kevin McCallister" }, { "docid": "8672656", "text": "goes looking for his classmate. When he is unable to find his friend's home, Ahmed ends up doing the homework for his friend; the homework is deemed excellent by the teacher. It won the Bronze Leopard at the 1989 Locarno Film Festival. It also won the Golden Plate at the Fajr Film Festival. \"Where Is The Friend's Home?\" was Kiarostami's first film to gain major international attention. The film's title has sometimes been translated as \"Where Is My Friend's House?\" Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi said that \"I always have this film in mind because of the director's profound perspective on", "title": "Where Is the Friend's Home?" }, { "docid": "1702296", "text": "the budget grew from $14 to $17 million. Columbus' work with \"Home Alone\" began several years earlier when Hughes helped him secure the directing job for \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\". That project ended poorly when a personality clash between Columbus and Chevy Chase led to Columbus leaving the movie. Hughes then gave him the script to \"Home Alone\", which he accepted. Hughes had originally asked Patrick Read Johnson to direct but declined due to his commitment on \"Spaced Invaders\". Johnson would go onto direct \"Baby's Day Out\", another film written and produced by Hughes. Hughes suggested to Columbus that they", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "20629886", "text": "Fox's second highest rated show of the night, behind \"Family Guy\". Retired \"Akron Beacon Journal\" writer Rich Heldenfels called the episode \"a dead-on parody of Banacek.\" Homer Is Where the Art Isn't \"Homer Is Where the Art Isn't\" is the twelfth episode of the twenty-ninth season of the animated television series \"The Simpsons\", and the 630th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on March 18, 2018. It is the final episode written by long time writer Kevin Curran, who died in 2016. The episode is dedicated to Stephen Hawking, who died four days", "title": "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't" }, { "docid": "12760414", "text": "pop culture, and was notorious for being extremely popular among lower class parents during the end of 1980s to 2000s. The name peaked markedly in the early 1990s, reaching first rank in France during 1989–1994, during 1991–1992 in Switzerland and in 1991 in Germany. The 1991 peak in German-speaking Europe is due to the Christmas comedy film \"Home Alone\", marketed as \"Kevin – Allein zu Haus\" in German (named for protagonist \"Kevin McCallister\", played by 10-year-old Macaulay Culkin). Especially in Germany, the name became associated with low social status, an attitude popularised in German journalism based on a 2009 master", "title": "Kevin" }, { "docid": "9168636", "text": "The film is semi-autobiographical: The director's parents, physicists and professors of the University of São Paulo, were briefly arrested by the military in the same year of 1970, accused of lending support to \"subversives\". The couple's five children — including Cao Hamburger, the director, who was 8 years old — came under the care of their grandmothers, one Jewish and one Italian Catholic. The film has received mostly positive reviews. Based on 52 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of critics gave \"The Year My Parents Went on Vacation\" a positive review (43 \"Fresh\"; 9 \"Rotten\"),", "title": "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation" }, { "docid": "3217608", "text": "revived in the mid-1990s; early drafts called for Macaulay Culkin to return as a teenage Kevin McCallister, along with Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci reprising their roles as the two burglars. By 1994, however, Culkin had dropped out of acting. As a result, the idea was reworked as an entirely new film centering on a new cast of characters. It was filmed in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, with the airport scenes in the beginning of the film being shot in two different concourses at O'Hare International Airport. The film grossed $79,082,515 worldwide. \"Home Alone 3\" holds an approval rating of", "title": "Home Alone 3" }, { "docid": "17866059", "text": "Home Is Where the Heart Is (Bliss n Eso song) 'Home Is Where The Heart Is' is a song by Australian hip hop trio Bliss n Eso, released through Illusive Sounds as the second single from their fifth studio album \"Circus in the Sky\" on 10 May 2013. The song describes the formation of the trio when they were in high school, and the things in life they enjoy. The song debuted and peaked at No. 31 on the ARIA Singles Chart and spent 4 weeks on the chart. \"Home Is Where The Heart Is\" finished at No. 135 on", "title": "Home Is Where the Heart Is (Bliss n Eso song)" }, { "docid": "3670223", "text": "from this album are compiled in the 1996 collection, \"When I'm a Rock 'n' Roll Star\". Home Is Where the Heart Is (David Cassidy album) Home Is Where the Heart Is is the second album released on RCA Records by David Cassidy. It was released in 1976 and was produced by Cassidy and Bruce Johnston. Although critically well received, the album did not chart in any country. The album is noted in particular for Cassidy's recording of Paul McCartney's song \"Tomorrow\" which McCartney rated as taking the song to its ultimate potential. The album includes a composing contribution from Gerry", "title": "Home Is Where the Heart Is (David Cassidy album)" }, { "docid": "17866062", "text": "Reservoir Dogs and 'I Am Somebody'. Home Is Where the Heart Is (Bliss n Eso song) 'Home Is Where The Heart Is' is a song by Australian hip hop trio Bliss n Eso, released through Illusive Sounds as the second single from their fifth studio album \"Circus in the Sky\" on 10 May 2013. The song describes the formation of the trio when they were in high school, and the things in life they enjoy. The song debuted and peaked at No. 31 on the ARIA Singles Chart and spent 4 weeks on the chart. \"Home Is Where The Heart", "title": "Home Is Where the Heart Is (Bliss n Eso song)" }, { "docid": "6909743", "text": "to help people. Rayford enters the church and kneels next to Bruce, telling him that God already has used him. They then watch a videotape left by another Reverend Billings dealing with the Rapture, in which all true believers are taken to Heaven, while the rest are left behind to endure the Tribulation—seven years of war and suffering. When Buck gets to New York City, he finds that his friend Dirk Burton has been killed. While he is there, he takes a computer disc and is almost shot by a sniper. Buck decodes the computer disc and finds out that", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "8030171", "text": "rare material. As a side note, \"God Is Alone\" is also the title to an underground movie written and directed by Jason Torrey in 2004. The movie was never officially published due to the copyright infringements for using music by My Dying Bride, Opeth, Morbid Angel, God Dethroned, Slayer, and Shadows Fall. Aaron Stainthorpe, the singer of My Dying Bride, owns his own copy of the movie; it was given to him by the director of the film when it was discovered by Stainthorpe from information on the internet. God Is Alone God Is Alone is the first EP by", "title": "God Is Alone" }, { "docid": "1702288", "text": "nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Original Score, which was written by John Williams, and Best Original Song for \"Somewhere in My Memory\". After its release, \"Home Alone\" became the highest-grossing live action comedy film of all time in the United States, and also held the record worldwide until it was overtaken by \"The Hangover Part II\" in 2011. It is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time at the North American box office (when adjusted for inflation). Despite the mixed critical reception upon its initial release, \"Home Alone\" has been hailed as a holiday classic among audiences, and", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "9766852", "text": "Beirut: The Last Home Movie Beirut: The Last Home Movie is a 1987 documentary film directed by Jennifer Fox. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in a 200-year-old mansion in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them. The film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival, the London Film Festival, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It was broadcast on US television as a Frontline special on PBS in 1991. The film", "title": "Beirut: The Last Home Movie" }, { "docid": "6909740", "text": "to be Christians) are mysteriously disappearing worldwide and some planes are down from missing flight crews. He is forced to turn the plane back and land in Chicago. Shortly after landing, Buck locates Rayford and asks him to fly him to New York City. Rayford refuses, saying that he has to be with his family, but says he will find Buck a private pilot, and they both drive to Rayford's home. Meanwhile, Chloe is driving home from her college exams when she encounters a large traffic accident. She goes to check on a crashed semi, whose driver vanished. People are", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "8366013", "text": "and knocks them out with his snow shovel and takes Kevin home. Shortly after Kevin is safely returned home, Harry and Marv are arrested. As the car drives away, Harry turns his head and gives Kevin a stern look while Kevin replies with a mocking smile and waves at him. Kevin wakes up the next morning and is disappointed to see that his family is still gone. While upstairs looking at a family portrait, Kevin hears Kate come into the house, calling for him. He goes downstairs and the two of them meet across the hall. Kate tells Kevin she", "title": "Kevin McCallister" }, { "docid": "14273891", "text": "Institute West High School were having their annual visit to Camp Arowhon. The marsh scenes were filmed at a bog on Hidden Lake, which is located behind the camp. On February 27, 2010, the trailer for \"Vacation with Derek\" premiered on the Shaftesbury website. The trailer premiered on March 15, 2010, on the Family Channel during Super Star Spring Week, and it was then announced that the movie would premiere on June 25, 2010, at 8:00pm. A commercial on Nickelodeon Australia announced the movie premiere on June 19, 2010, at 7:00pm. Vacation with Derek Vacation with Derek is a 2010", "title": "Vacation with Derek" }, { "docid": "8672654", "text": "Where Is the Friend's Home? Where Is the Friend's Home? (, \"Khane-ye doust kodjast\") is a 1987 Iranian drama film directed and written by Abbas Kiarostami. The title derived from a poem by Sohrab Sepehri, it is considered the first installment in Kiarostami's \"Koker\" trilogy, followed by \"Life, and Nothing More...\" and \"Through the Olive Trees\", all of which take place in Koker, Iran. The film tells a deceptively simple account of a conscientious schoolboy's quest to return his friend's notebook in a neighboring village, since, should his friend fail to hand it in the next day, it is likely", "title": "Where Is the Friend's Home?" }, { "docid": "20062631", "text": "The Garden Left Behind The Garden Left Behind is a drama film directed by Flavio Alves and starring Michael Madsen, Ed Asner, and Carlie Guevara. The story centers around the character and life of Tina Carrera (Carlie Guevara), a Mexican trans woman, struggling to make a life for herself as an undocumented immigrant in New York City. \"The Garden Left Behind\" became the first independent film to be funded substantially through donations and sales via eBay. The film is in post-production. Tina (Carlie Guevara), a 30 year-old transgender woman and her grandmother, Eliana (Miriam Cruz), have been struggling to make", "title": "The Garden Left Behind" }, { "docid": "18567655", "text": "nights in October 2015, ratings suffered, and a third scheduling change to Sundays in February 2016, furthered the ratings drop. The thirteenth trip to the U.S. on April 8, 2016, changed the airing day to Fridays. Where Is My Friend's Home Where Is My Friend's Home () is a television show on JTBC in South Korea which features the cast members of another JTBC show, \"Non-Summit\", as they visit the home countries of the \"Non-Summit\" non-Korean members and their friends. The show is in a reality television-travel show format, in the Korean language, and first aired on February 7, 2015.", "title": "Where Is My Friend's Home" }, { "docid": "8672658", "text": "view the film as part of the schooling. Where Is the Friend's Home? Where Is the Friend's Home? (, \"Khane-ye doust kodjast\") is a 1987 Iranian drama film directed and written by Abbas Kiarostami. The title derived from a poem by Sohrab Sepehri, it is considered the first installment in Kiarostami's \"Koker\" trilogy, followed by \"Life, and Nothing More...\" and \"Through the Olive Trees\", all of which take place in Koker, Iran. The film tells a deceptively simple account of a conscientious schoolboy's quest to return his friend's notebook in a neighboring village, since, should his friend fail to hand", "title": "Where Is the Friend's Home?" }, { "docid": "12128749", "text": "begins his usual antics, but when he discovers that the burglars he previously encountered are on the loose again he stops them from robbing an elderly man's toy store before Christmas. \"Home Alone 3\" does not center on Kevin, but instead on Alex Pruitt, a young boy who is left home alone with chickenpox but soon recovers. At the same time, four burglars working for a North Korean terrorist group are sent by their boss to retrieve a top-secret microchip that can act as a cloaking device for a missile. They succeed in retrieving it and hide it in a", "title": "Home Alone (franchise)" }, { "docid": "9766853", "text": "was awarded the Excellence In Cinematography Award and won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival. Beirut: The Last Home Movie Beirut: The Last Home Movie is a 1987 documentary film directed by Jennifer Fox. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in a 200-year-old mansion in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them. The film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival, the London Film Festival, and at INPUT,", "title": "Beirut: The Last Home Movie" }, { "docid": "3670222", "text": "Home Is Where the Heart Is (David Cassidy album) Home Is Where the Heart Is is the second album released on RCA Records by David Cassidy. It was released in 1976 and was produced by Cassidy and Bruce Johnston. Although critically well received, the album did not chart in any country. The album is noted in particular for Cassidy's recording of Paul McCartney's song \"Tomorrow\" which McCartney rated as taking the song to its ultimate potential. The album includes a composing contribution from Gerry Beckley of the band America. Beckley also takes a few lines of lead vocals. Some tracks", "title": "Home Is Where the Heart Is (David Cassidy album)" }, { "docid": "6909746", "text": "him The Way. God shows him that UN Secretary-General Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie) is the Antichrist when he reveals his plan for world domination, of which his plan to rebuild the temple of Israel is a logical first step. Carpathia shoots Jonathan Stonagal and Joshua Todd-Cothran, who were behind the plot to bankrupt the UN, and then brainwashes the new \"kings and queens\" (the 10 UN delegates) into thinking that Stonagal shot Cothran and himself. Everyone, even the press, believes Carpathia, except Buck, who leaves and returns to the church, where he resolves to fight Carpathia with the help of", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "8366012", "text": "of the house, and calls the Chicago Police Department from a land-line telephone. Harry and Marv manage to chase Kevin out of the house; he then flees to the Murphy home, which was unoccupied and broken in earlier. The Wet Bandits catch Kevin when he runs to the top of the stairs connecting the basement and the first floor and hang him from a coat hook on the door. They decide to do the same things that Kevin did to them and Harry decides to bite Kevin's fingers one at a time first, but Marley has sneaked up behind them", "title": "Kevin McCallister" }, { "docid": "19591034", "text": "music\" everywhere - give me artful pretence any day.\" Sunie of \"Number One\" said: \"\"It's the lovin' things you do...\" Anyone remember the old '60s hit? It lurks just behind this song, artfully obscured by guitar solos, \"heeyahs\" and the Lillywhite wall of sound. I rather like it.\" \"Cash Box\" commented: \"Big Country delivers a pounding slice of tragic political rock which is given its edge in Adamson's biting delivery. Trademark guitar riffs and a no-nonsense beat should help [it] become another anthemic classic from the band.\" \"Billboard\" stated: \"Group's stirring strength is sadly buried in muddy sound.\" In a", "title": "Where the Rose Is Sown" }, { "docid": "13328423", "text": "one and only incarnation of the Sunset-Camellia Open Invitational in 1964. His best finish in a major was T-8 at the 1965 PGA Championship. McCallister played on the Senior Tour after reaching the age of 50. He also held the position of head pro at Charbonneau Golf Club in Wilsonville, Oregon. Bob McCallister Robert McCallister (born May 3, 1934) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. McCallister was born in Toledo, Ohio. He later moved to Corona, California and attended the University of Southern California, where he earned All-American honors three", "title": "Bob McCallister" }, { "docid": "9435038", "text": "the version for the NES, the player must avoid being caught by Harry and Marv for 20 minutes. During this time, Kevin can set various traps using items scattered around the house, each with a different corresponding strength and allowing the person tripping them to be knocked unconscious longer. Kevin can also hide behind certain parts of the house, but only for two consecutive turns; any other concurrent passings will result in a game over. Some copies of the NES version have two different \"game over\" screens; one having Kevin McCallister performing his trademark screaming face with a speech balloon", "title": "Home Alone (video game)" }, { "docid": "13019596", "text": "Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's () is a 2008 drama directed by Léa Pool. The film takes place in the summer of 1966, in Beloeil, Québec, where a young girl named Élise is enjoying summer vacation. Suddenly her mother leaves her family to pursue her journalism career in London. Her urge to leave is triggered when she coincidentally listens in on a conversation between her husband and his male lover. In a society still entrenched by taboos on sexual orientation, the mother fleas the situation, abandoning Élise and her two younger brothers behind, in their", "title": "Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's" }, { "docid": "18916777", "text": "lines And when I get back Yes, when I get back I'm gonna pin my medal on the girl I left behind When the boys come home From across the foam To the girls they love the best There'll be more than one Little Yankee son With a medal on his chest When the drive is over this Spring A lot of soldier boys will sing: REPEAT CHORUS</poem> I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind is a World War I era song about a soldier", "title": "I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind" }, { "docid": "17062418", "text": "damn good.\" According to \"The Huffington Post\", the film cast doubt among the public on Suleman's parenting abilities. In October 2012, TMZ reported one of Suleman's nannies spoke with the Orange County Department of Children and Family Services about Suleman's 11-year-old son watching \"Octomom Home Alone\" on the Internet. Suleman was upset by the incident and said she would talk to her son about not accessing pornography. Octomom Home Alone Octomom Home Alone is a pornographic film featuring prominent American mother Nadya Suleman, also known as \"Octomom\", masturbating. The DVD was released on 16 July 2012 by Wicked Pictures and", "title": "Octomom Home Alone" }, { "docid": "6137106", "text": "version was released a year later in 1993. In June 2016, video game developer Frank Cifaldi found the NES version's source code on an old hard drive and released it to the public. He has stated the game's code was based on The Simpsons-licensed titles on the NES, also by Imagineering. \"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York\" was awarded Worst Sequel of 1992 by \"Electronic Gaming Monthly\". They also awarded it Worst Movie-to-Game of 1996. Home Alone 2 (video game) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a video game based loosely on the ; it was released", "title": "Home Alone 2 (video game)" }, { "docid": "17095903", "text": "The Last Day in the Old Home The Last Day in the Old Home is an oil-on-canvas painting made in 1862 by English painter Robert Braithwaite Martineau. It depicts a moralising scene at the home of a spendthrift country squire. The old furniture and paintings indicate that the fictional Pulleyne family has occupied Hardham Court for centuries, but the equine print in the lower left corner indicates the reason for the family's reduced circumstances: the father has gambled away the family fortune. The paintings and other contents are labelled ready for an auction sale on 22 October 1850, with a", "title": "The Last Day in the Old Home" }, { "docid": "14836700", "text": "of tens of thousands is just how it is for the man who guides the Collingwood Cheer Squad. Joffa said that the ordinary people who inhabit his real world \"give the movie its heart.\" People such as Fr. Bob McGuire, Kevin Bartlett and 93-year-old Mavis, who used to attend dances with Ron Barassi's father. One of the highlights for Australian audiences is hearing Good Old Collingwood Forever sung in Mandarin. Another is hearing the classic Australian food, the Chiko Roll, being explained to a Londoner. The Australian Council on Children and the Media said that the main messages from this", "title": "Joffa: The Movie" }, { "docid": "9246344", "text": "later appear in Rankin/Bass's 1979 sequel \"Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July\". The song was also used in the 1990 film \"Home Alone\" during a scene when Kevin McCallister pretends that there is a holiday party taking place in his house, and discourages the burglars from robbing it. Although Decca released the single in both 1958 and again in 1959, it did not sell well until Lee became a popular star in 1960. That Christmas holiday season, Lee's \"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree\" peaked at No. 14 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 pop singles chart. It continued to sell well", "title": "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" }, { "docid": "1685492", "text": "Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. He started his acting career as a child actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Kevin McCallister in the Christmas film \"Home Alone\" (1990), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Along with \"Home Alone,\" Culkin also starred in the films \"My Girl\" (1991), \"\" (1992), \"The Good Son\" (1993), \"The Nutcracker\" (1993), \"The Pagemaster\" (1994) and \"Richie Rich\" (1994). He has been nominated for Kids' Choice Awards, MTV Movie", "title": "Macaulay Culkin" }, { "docid": "7964159", "text": "splits, and EPs, Left Alone released their first full-length, \"Streets of Wilmington\", in 2002. A year later, the band compiled their earlier, out-of-print recordings on the anthology \"Left Alone: 1996-2000\". In 2003, Cortez went on the Warped Tour as a roadie for the band Destruction Made Simple. After a few weeks of doing nothing as a roadie other than promoting his own band, Elvis was forced to return to LA because his dogs needed surgery. After Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman heard Left Alone's music, he chose the band to be the Warped Tour BBQ band for the 2004 tour.", "title": "Left Alone" }, { "docid": "20062632", "text": "a life for themselves in New York since emigrating from Mexico when Tina was only six years old. Tina’s father abandoned them before she was born and her mother died in prison shortly after they arrived in America. Eliana was left alone to raise her grandchild, both as undocumented immigrants, whose dreams of home are markedly different – Eliana longs to return to Mexico, while Tina desires acceptance in America. The ineffable bond formed between the two formidable women has made them not only each other’s stalwart support in a hostile world but a potential millstone as well. Working as", "title": "The Garden Left Behind" }, { "docid": "6909738", "text": "The sun disappears even though it is still mid-day. The Israeli military is unable to counterattack, but the attacking jets start spontaneously exploding and crashing down. Buck runs outside with the news camera and records the drama as some GNN executives and reporters watch back in Chicago. The entire attacking force is destroyed. The story shifts to pilot Rayford Steele (Brad Johnson), who has been asked to fly from New York City to London at short notice, causing him to miss his son Raymie's birthday party. Despite his wife's and his daughter's protests, he agrees and leaves his family behind.", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "1702309", "text": "film to Rube Goldberg machines, writing \"they're the kinds of traps that any 8-year-old could devise, if he had a budget of tens of thousands of dollars and the assistance of a crew of movie special effects people\" and criticized the plot as \"so implausible that it makes it hard for [him] to really care about the plight of the kid [Kevin]\". However, he praised Culkin's performance. Owen Gleiberman of \"Entertainment Weekly\" magazine gave the film a \"D\" grade, criticizing the film for its \"sadistic festival of adult-bashing\". Gleiberman said that \"[John] Hughes is pulling our strings as though he'd", "title": "Home Alone" }, { "docid": "12798739", "text": "Where God Left His Shoes Where God Left His Shoes is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Salvatore Stabile and starring John Leguizamo, Leonor Varela, Samantha Rose, Jerry Ferrara, and Adriane Lenox. It was first distributed through a limited release by IFC Films on 12 December 2008. The title of the movie is an old Italian saying that Stabile's father used to say about good places. Frank Diaz (John Leguizamo), an unemployed boxer, and his family have been living in a homeless shelter for months when, finally, on Christmas Eve, comes word that an apartment may be available.", "title": "Where God Left His Shoes" }, { "docid": "6909741", "text": "reporting abandoned cars and children missing from their seats. While Chloe is inspecting the carnage, her car is stolen by a hurt man and she is stranded on the wrecked highway. She eventually starts walking down the highway. Rayford discovers that his wife and son are missing. He and Buck are forced to stay in the house because of a military-enforced curfew. Rayford starts to read his wife's Bible. Chloe returns home, reunites with her father and discovers Buck sleeping on the couch. After conversing about her missing family, Chloe drives Buck to the airport and goes to look for", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "6909747", "text": "his friends. Narrating, Buck says the \"seven years of peace\" declared by Nicolae will be the seven worst years mankind has ever seen, and that faith is all they need. Cloud Ten Pictures licensed the rights to the first two \"Left Behind\" novels from Namesake Entertainment, which had licensed them from the books' authors. Filming commenced in early May 2000 and continued for a total of 31 days. An Ontario quarry was used for the scenes of Israel. Bowmanville Zoo's Mike Hackenberger commented, \"Camels sell the look. ... As a prop, camels are great. You can move 'em around, you", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "6909752", "text": "went on to gross a total of $4,224,065, barely surpassing its budget. Owing to dissatisfaction with the quality of the film and its sequels, LaHaye filed suit against Namesake Entertainment and Cloud Ten Pictures in July 1999, claiming breach of contract. On July 3, 2008, Tim LaHaye and Cloud Ten settled legal disputes on the film adaptations of the book series. Part of the agreement grants LaHaye an opportunity to remake the series. He asserts:<br> My dream has always been to enter the movie theater with a first-class, high-quality movie that is grippingly interesting, but also is true to the", "title": "Left Behind: The Movie" }, { "docid": "17919212", "text": "2015, the film was released on DVD in the United Kingdom as part of a box set of all five Home Alone films exclusively on Amazon.co.uk. Home Alone: The Holiday Heist Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (also known as Home Alone 5) is a 2012 American comedy television film and the fifth and final installment in the \"Home Alone\" franchise. It stars Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, Eddie Steeples. The film premiered on ABC Family on November 25, 2012, during the network's annual \"Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas\" programming block. It is the second film, after", "title": "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist" }, { "docid": "17459270", "text": "as that by animators: Salt Lake’s Aaron McEuen, Houston’s Tony Butterfield, Dickson’s Weiherng Lee and Kevin Scott, and Vancouver’s Erik Koelemeyer. The character and black hole animation was produced by a team of California animators. Steve Savage provided the Sky-Skan’s animation material, while The Renaissance Center produced the video post production time and facilities. Again, a poster and an extensive Teacher’s Guide were provided with the show. The second show was highly successful program which \"cost each consortium participant, and subsequent purchaser, only $6200\", in a situation where the animation alone would have cost over $200,000. “Carmen I” and “Carmen", "title": "Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego?" }, { "docid": "7510645", "text": "No One Is Alone (Desperate Housewives) \"No One is Alone\" is the 45th episode of the ABC television series, \"Desperate Housewives\". It was the 22nd episode of the show's second season. The episode was written by Kevin Murphy and Chris Black and directed by David Grossman. It originally aired on May 14, 2006. After the fire at Susan's home, her friends try to help her to the best of their ability by clearing the remains of her home. Most of the neighborhood helps clear debris including Susan's new dentist friend Orson. The wives then recommend Susan stay with Bree since", "title": "No One Is Alone (Desperate Housewives)" }, { "docid": "6822327", "text": "is Sister Husband. Since the Walmart and Sister's trailer was also destroyed, Novalee decides to move to the next town where the Walmart is being rebuilt. To her great surprise, Novalee learns that Sister left all of her possessions and life insurance in Novalee's name. She is able to build a house right where Sister's trailer use to be and where her buckeye tree is miraculously still standing. Willy Jack has since become cocky and tries to go behind Ruth Meyers' back to get a better agent. She learns of this and makes sure that he no longer is able", "title": "Where the Heart Is (novel)" }, { "docid": "9965116", "text": "on. Those She Left Behind Those She Left Behind is a 1989 television film directed by Waris Hussein and starring Gary Cole, Joanna Kerns, and Mary Page Keller. Its plot concerns a father forced to raise his newborn daughter alone after the unexpected death of his wife of an extremely rare condition during childbirth. It was inspired by the sitcom \"Full House\" and enjoyed some of the sitcom's success due to some shared themes as well as similar casting. Co-star Colleen Dewhurst won a 1989 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie. Gary Cole stars", "title": "Those She Left Behind" }, { "docid": "9168631", "text": "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation The Year My Parents Went on Vacation () is a 2006 Brazilian drama film directed by Cao Hamburger. The screenplay, which took four years to be completed, was written by Hamburger, Adriana Falcão, Claudio Galperin, Anna Muylaert and Bráulio Mantovani. It was submitted by the Ministry of Culture for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This choice was unexpected, since it was thought that José Padilha's \"Elite Squad\" would be submitted. The story takes place entirely during a few months in 1970, in the city of São Paulo. Mauro, a", "title": "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation" }, { "docid": "12602206", "text": "(8/27). Played in Strömstad (7/27), Linköping (7/28), Örebro (7/30), Malmö (8/3), Gothenburg (8/5), Söderbärke(8/8) and Stockholm (8/9). Asta Kask only played in Stockholm, C.AARMÉ only played in Gothenburg, The Hives only played in Stockholm and Söderbärke and The Soundtrack of Our Lives played Strömstad, Huskvarna, Linköping and Örebro. Returned as a one-day festival in Stockholm (7/14) after a one year hiatus. Scheduled for 7/12 - 7/13, WTAI will again be at Stora Skuggan Where the Action Is Tour Where the Action Is (WTAI) was a tour featuring Swedish rock bands that toured throughout Sweden between 2004 and 2006 with several", "title": "Where the Action Is Tour" }, { "docid": "17919211", "text": "portrait. Originally titled \"Home Alone: Alone in the Dark\", development for the film began in March 2012 as a co-production between ABC Family and Fox TV Studios. Both production companies previously co-produced \"\" in 2002. The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The film was released on DVD on October 29, 2013, in the United States and Canada. It was released in Region 4 on November 12, 2014. In Region 2, the film was released in 2013 but was initially only available on downloads and online streaming and its distribution there remains mainly focused on those formats. On November 2,", "title": "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist" }, { "docid": "20500673", "text": "the Irish contingent but came home fifth behind the British challengers Shaadi, Great Commotion, Distant Relative and Danehill. On 7 June he was sent to England and started a 33/1 outsider in the 210th running of the Epsom Derby over one and a half miles at Epsom Racecourse and finished seventh of the twelve runners, more than seventeen lengths behind the winner Nashwan. Classic Fame missed the rest of his three-year-old season after suffering a bout of colic. For the 1990 season, Classic Fame was transferred to the United States where he entered training with Gary F. Jones. He began", "title": "Classic Fame" }, { "docid": "3245573", "text": "2008 continuation. The movie contains plot elements that directly contradict those in \"The New Nightmare\", thus it is not considered canonical by either timeline. Guinness World Records named the film the \"Lowest-Grossing Game Based Movie\" in Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008 edition. Production on a fifth installment of \"Alone in the Dark\" was confirmed when screenwriters of the movie stated that the director, Uwe Boll, looked over preliminary monster art from the new game to get inspiration for the film's creatures. However, the game was delayed and Darkworks, the development team behind \"\", eventually worked on another Survival horror", "title": "Alone in the Dark" }, { "docid": "20694288", "text": "Left Behind (The Simpsons) \"Left Behind\" is the nineteenth episode of the twenty-ninth season of the animated television series \"The Simpsons\", and the 637th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on May 6, 2018. While the Simpsons family is eating pork chops during pork chop night, a solar eclipse occurs. Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie go outside to watch the solar eclipse, but Homer refuses to leave the dining room table. Irritated with Homer for not watching the solar eclipse, Marge wants him to go on a date night the next day. Homer", "title": "Left Behind (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "10890507", "text": "32 Councilwoman Jacobia Dowell, who represents the district in which the Global Mall is located, addressed the negative perception of Antioch crime. She explained that crime incidents occurring in the general Southeast Nashville vicinity are often mistakenly associated with Antioch. At 1:15 p.m. on August 5, 2015, 29-year old Vincente David Montano entered the Carmike Hickory 8 movie theater (now the AMC CLASSIC Antioch 8) just outside the east wing of the mall carrying two backpacks and armed with a hatchet and a pellet gun. He unleashed copious amounts of pepper spray inside a theater where eight people were viewing", "title": "Global Mall at the Crossings" }, { "docid": "12128746", "text": "older brothers and sisters. After events transpire between him and his family, he wishes he had no family when his mother is punishing him for what he feels are unjustified reasons. She warns him to be careful what he wishes for and he ignores it. He wakes up the next day to discover he is the only one left in the house. He thinks his wish came true and that he is finally alone without his obnoxious family. In reality, he was left home by mistake. His family is en route to France for a holiday trip. While his parents", "title": "Home Alone (franchise)" }, { "docid": "1688874", "text": "of Arthur Janov's book \"The Primal Scream\". In 1983–1984, pop artist Andy Warhol made a series of silkscreen prints copying works by Munch, including \"The Scream\". His stated intention was to desacralize the painting by making it into a mass-reproducible object. Munch had already begun that process, however, by making a lithograph of the work for reproduction. Erró's ironic and irreverent treatment of Munch's masterpiece in his acrylic paintings \"The Second Scream\" (1967) and \"Ding Dong\" (1979) is considered a characteristic of post-modern art. The expression of Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) in the poster for the movie \"Home Alone\" was", "title": "The Scream" }, { "docid": "5754707", "text": "\"The Girl \"You\" Left Behind\". \"The Girl I Left Behind\" has been recorded many times, by The Skillet Lickers, Jay Ungar, The Avett Brothers, The Albion Band, Jules Allen and Molly Mason among others. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album \"101 Gang Songs\" (1961). The Girl I Left Behind \"The Girl I left Behind\", also known as \"The Girl I Left Behind Me\", is an English folk song dating back to Elizabethan era. It is said to have been played when soldiers left for war or a naval vessel set sail. According to other sources", "title": "The Girl I Left Behind" }, { "docid": "1685497", "text": "starred as Miles Russell alongside actor John Candy in the comedy film \"Uncle Buck\" (1989). Culkin rose to fame with his lead role of Kevin McCallister in the blockbuster Christmas film \"Home Alone\" (1990), where he was reunited with \"Uncle Buck\" writer and director John Hughes and \"Uncle Buck\" co-star John Candy, who played the role of Polka band member Gus Polinski. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and won an American Comedy Award and a Young Artist Award for his role as Kevin McCallister. In 1991, Culkin starred in an animated Saturday morning cartoon television series, \"Wish", "title": "Macaulay Culkin" } ]

[ "Marley's Ghost", "Jacob Marley" ]

[ { "docid": "1371270", "text": "\"Scrooge\" is used in English as a word for a person who is miserly and tight-fisted, in spite of the fact that Ebenezer Scrooge later reformed. The character is most often noted for exclaiming \"Bah! Humbug!\" despite uttering this phrase only twice in the entire story. He uses the word \"Humbug\" on its own on seven occasions, although on the seventh we are told he \"stopped at the first syllable\" after realizing Marley's ghost is real. The word is never used again after that in the book. A species of snail is named \"Ba humbugi\" after Scrooge's catchphrase. Ebenezer Scrooge", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "14081924", "text": "scene showing the death of Tiny Tim. The film does not show the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, or Christmas Yet to Come, instead relying on the ghost of Marley to present the visions to Scrooge. The actor playing Ebenezer Scrooge has been identified as Daniel Smith on the IMDb Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost is a 1901 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge confronted by Marley's ghost and given visions of Christmas past, present, and future, is the earliest known film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843", "title": "Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost" }, { "docid": "14081920", "text": "Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost is a 1901 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge confronted by Marley's ghost and given visions of Christmas past, present, and future, is the earliest known film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novel \"A Christmas Carol\". The film, \"although somewhat flat and stage-bound to modern eyes,\" according to Ewan Davidson of BFI Screenonline, \"was an ambitious undertaking at the time,\" as, \"not only did it attempt to tell an 80 page story in five minutes, but it featured impressive trick effects, superimposing Marley's", "title": "Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost" }, { "docid": "20996191", "text": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film) Scrooge & Marley is 2012 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\", which is retold from a gay perspective, co-directed by Richard Knight Jr. and Peter Neville, and co-written by Knight, Timothy Imse, and Ellen Stoneking. It also features David Pevsner as Ebenezer \"Ben\" Scrooge, Tim Kazurinsky as the ghost of Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley, Ronnie Kroell as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Megan Cavanagh as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and JoJo Baby as the Ghost of Christmas Future. The film adaptation received mixed reception. A gay successful piano bar owner Ebenezer", "title": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "6681258", "text": "Ghost of Christmas Past The Ghost of Christmas Past or The Spirit of Christmas Past is a fictional character in the work \"A Christmas Carol\" by the English novelist Charles Dickens. The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of the three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley, his former business partner) to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. This angelic and caring spirit shows Scrooge scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show the reader how Scrooge came to be a bitter,", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Past" }, { "docid": "14082510", "text": "by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Scrooge is shown in sequence his childhood sweetheart, Cratchit's Christmas, a vision of the death of Cratchit's crippled son Tim, and his own lonely tombstone. Scrooge wakes and realising the error of his ways, throws money from his window to the poor", "title": "Scrooge (1913 film)" }, { "docid": "6682090", "text": "Ghost of Christmas Present The Ghost of Christmas Present or The Spirit of Christmas Present is a fictional character in the work \"A Christmas Carol\" by novelist Charles Dickens. The Spirit closely resembles Father Christmas from local folklore. The Ghost of Christmas Present is the second of the three spirits (after the visitations by Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past) that haunt the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to prompt him to repent. He shows Scrooge how other people, especially those he knows, celebrate Christmas in order to show the reader what people think of Scrooge behind his", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Present" }, { "docid": "4092524", "text": "the film; Ernest Thesiger as Marley's undertaker; and Patrick Macnee as young Jacob Marley. Michael Hordern plays Marley's ghost, as well as adult Marley. Peter Bull serves as narrator, by reading portions of Dickens' words at the beginning and end of the film; he also appears on-screen as one of the businessmen discussing Scrooge's funeral. Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) is seen leaving the London Exchange on his way to his counting house on Christmas Eve, 1843. Scrooge tells two other men of business that he has no intention of celebrating Christmas, which he considers to be a humbug. He refuses", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "1371262", "text": "Day off with pay, begrudgingly and considering it like being pickpocketed, solely due to social custom). He shows his cold-heartedness toward others by refusing to make a monetary donation for the good of the poor, claiming that the prisons and workhouses are sufficient, and if not they are better off dead, thereby \"decreasing the surplus population.\" While he is preparing to go to bed, he is visited by the ghost of his business partner, Jacob Marley, who had died seven years earlier (1836) on Christmas Eve. Like Scrooge, Marley had spent his life hoarding his wealth and exploiting the poor,", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "159174", "text": "the first gothic novel. Famous literary apparitions from this period are the ghosts of \"A Christmas Carol\", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Professional parapsychologists and \"ghosts hunters\", such as Harry Price, active in the 1920s and 1930s, and Peter Underwood, active in the 1940s and 1950s, published accounts of their experiences with ostensibly true ghost stories such as Price's \"The Most Haunted House in England\", and Underwood's \"Ghosts of Borley\"", "title": "Ghost" }, { "docid": "4008621", "text": "of blood, shed with deliberation and carefully husbanded...”. Famous literary apparitions from the Victorian period are the ghosts of \"A Christmas Carol\", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. In a precursor to \"A Christmas Carol\" Dickens published \"The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton\". Dickens also wrote \"The Signal-Man\", another work featuring a ghost. David Langford has described British author M. R. James as writing \"the 20th century's most", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "4092537", "text": "Mr. Fezziwig and also introduced him to Jacob Marley. When Jorkin, who does not appear at all in Dickens's original story, is discovered to be an embezzler, the opportunistic Scrooge and Marley offer to compensate the company's losses on the condition that they receive control of the company for which they work – and so, \"Scrooge and Marley\" is born. During the Ghost of Christmas Present sequence, Scrooge's former fiancée, Alice, works with the homeless and sick (the character is named \"Belle\" in the book, and her employment is not described). The film also posits that Ebenezer's sister died while", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "12871200", "text": "absence of Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim. The ghost takes Scrooge to a graveyard, where Bob is mourning the death of Tiny Tim and reciting the song he sung the Christmas before (\"The Beautiful Day (Reprise)\"). It is then revealed that Scrooge is buried in the same graveyard, and Scrooge realises his own imminent demise with shock. He is visited again by Jacob Marley, who reveals that Scrooge has gone to Hell, and Lucifier has appointed Scrooge as his personal assistant, before revealing Scrooge's chain, that was so big that it was not immediately ready for his arrival to Hell.", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "16629273", "text": "LeBel as Gusie, Elizabeth Bascom as Trudy, Cole Siebels as Cager, Anton Skamperle as Ollie, Dee Bellinger as Tiny Tina, Christopher Dwyer as Bob Cratchit, Richard O’Donnell as Scrooge, Brad Mintener as Jacob Marley, Rebecca Bascom as the Ghost of Been There Done That, Ryan Woodard as Fezziwig, Angela Conzone Dwyer as the Ghost of Christmas Presents, and a surprise guest each night as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Original songs included \"Kreepy Overture\", \"Counting Silver\", \"I'm So Happy\", \"To Be A Zombie\", \"Ghost of Been There Done That\", \"Heed Our Warning\", \"Ballad of Ebenezer Scrooge\", \"I Hear", "title": "The Kreep" }, { "docid": "12871194", "text": "Jenkins, who leads the angry crowd in despise of Scrooge (\"Father Christmas\"/\"I Hate People\"). Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, his business partner who has been dead for the past seven years, who tells Scrooge to (\"Make The Most Of This World\") or else the afterlife will be bad for him. He informs Scrooge that he is to be visited by three spirits at 1am, 2am and 3am respectively. Marley also explains the significance of a chain he is wearing - the chain has been built up of sins in life. As Marley leaves, Scrooge is angry", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "20996192", "text": "\"Ben\" Scrooge (David Pevsner) despises Christmas and other people; he also mistreats and underpays his employees. One night, Scrooge encounters the ghost of Jacob Marley (Tim Kazurinsky)—who died ten years before the film—in chains, warning him that Scrooge would have the same fate in afterlife as Marley's and that the three Spirits will visit him. After he goes to sleep, Scrooge encounters the Ghost of Christmas Past (Ronnie Kroell), who transports him to the 1970s. There, they see Ben's father (Michael Joseph Mitchell) kicking Young Ben (Drew Anderson) out of the house after seeing Ben make love to one of", "title": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "14081922", "text": "fewer intertitles. It was presented in 'Twelve Tableaux' or scenes. The film contains the first use of intertitles in a film. Evidence suggests that Paul's version of \"A Christmas Carol\" was based as much on J. C. Buckstone's popular stage adaptation \"Scrooge\" as on Dickens' original story. Like the play, the film dispenses with the different ghosts that visit Scrooge, instead relying upon the figure of Jacob Marley, draped in a white sheet, to point out the error of Scrooge's ways. The film featured impressive trick effects by 1901 standards, superimposing Marley's face over the door knocker, and displaying the", "title": "Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost" }, { "docid": "3944891", "text": "(\"Father Christmas\"). In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as he was, carrying a heavy chain forged by his own selfishness and greed (\"See the Phantoms\"). Before leaving, Marley informs him that three spirits will visit him. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the Victorian upper-class Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit his lonely school days, and then his time as an employee", "title": "Scrooge (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "4092526", "text": "(where he declines more bread because it would cost a halfpenny extra), he goes home for the night. Scrooge sees the door-knocker turn into the face of his seven-years-dead partner, Jacob Marley (Michael Hordern). Scrooge's supper of gruel is interrupted by the ringing of bells before Marley appears as a ghost. Scrooge believes he is hallucinating until Marley howls in anguish and frustration. Marley warns Scrooge that he must repent or suffer Marley's unbearable fate: condemned to walk the earth forever, bound in the chains he \"forged in life\" by his greedy ways. He warns Scrooge that he will be", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "6560128", "text": "A Christmas Carol (1910 film) A Christmas Carol, is a 1910 silent short film directed by J. Searle Dawley for Edison. It runs 13 minutes and is one of the earliest film adaptations of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella. It featured Marc McDermott as Ebenezer Scrooge and Charles S. Ogle as Bob Cratchit. The day before Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to contribute to the Charity Relief Committee, and then rudely rejects his nephew Fred when he visits Scrooge in his office. When Scrooge returns home, he sees the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him of", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1910 film)" }, { "docid": "12617031", "text": "his only relative Fred his nephew and claims Christmas is 'Humbug!'. That night after work Bob goes home to celebrate the holidays with his family while Scrooge dines alone at a seedy pub while the lords and ladies of London celebrate Christmas with the Lord Mayor of London. At his house Scrooge encounters the ghost of his seven-year dead partner Jacob Marley (Who is invisible in this version) who wears a chain he 'forged in life' from his own wicked career. He tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits in order to escape his fate. That night as", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "14082242", "text": "Ebenezer Scrooge. J.C. Buckstone John Copeland Buckstone (9 September 1859 in Sydenham, London – 24 September 1924) was an English stage and film actor of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, who was most famous for his 1901 stage play \"Scrooge\", which was the basis for the first film version of \"A Christmas Carol\" in the same year. He was the son of the noted actor John Baldwin Buckstone and the brother of Lucy Isabella Buckstone. Buckstone's popular 1901 play \"Scrooge\" was quickly adapted by R.W. Paul for his film \"Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost\", the earliest known film adaptation of", "title": "J.C. Buckstone" }, { "docid": "13542173", "text": "by Arthur Allan Seidelman and features Kelsey Grammer as Ebenezer Scrooge, Jason Alexander as Jacob Marley, Jesse L. Martin as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Scrooge's former fiancée. The musical made its London premiere on Monday 19 December 2016 at the Lyceum Theatre as a concert production played by London Musical Theatre Orchestra and produced by James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical. It starred Robert Lindsay as Ebenezer Scrooge, Alex Gaumond as Bob Cratchit, Carrie Hope Fletcher and her sister-in-law Giovanna Fletcher as Emily and Mrs Cratchit, Madalena Alberto as the Ghost", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "811425", "text": "A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. \"A Christmas Carol\" recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens wrote \"A Christmas Carol\" during a period when the British were", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "20996198", "text": "a pay raise, and accepts Bob's health care proposal. Some time later, Scrooge honors his deceased lover Bill, takes care of Fezziwig on a wheelchair, a dedicated uncle of Fredy and Mary's baby, becomes Tiny Tim's father figure, and starts another relationship, illustrating his kept promise to the Spirits. After the end credits roll, the chains loosen from Marley's ghost as a result of visiting and haunting Scrooge, i.e. helping others to help oneself, a loophole that he learned at the beginning of the film. The filming occurred in Chicago in May 2012. The film was crowdfunded through an Indiegogo", "title": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "10974180", "text": "The Stingiest Man in Town \"The Stingiest Man in Town\" is the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, told in the 1978 version through the perspective of the insect B.A.H. Humbug (voiced by Tom Bosley), obviously a word play on Scrooge's catch phrase, \"bah humbug\". Scrooge (performed by Walter Matthau) is portrayed as the tightwad Charles Dickens intended him to be with his consistent resistance to assist the poor or even have Christmas dinner with his nephew Fred (performed by Dennis Day) and his family. In hopes of resuscitating the goodness of his one-time friend, the ghost of Jacob Marley (voiced by", "title": "The Stingiest Man in Town" }, { "docid": "20527540", "text": "A Ringing\", \"Lovely Love\", \"A Christmas Carol\" and \"Wish\". It starred Richard O’Donnell as Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge, Stephen Chambers as Jacob Marley's Ghost, Gerard Powers as Scrooge's nephew Fred, Angela Conzone Dwyer as Thelma Plum (The Ghost of Been There Done That), and Matilda Pift (The Ghost of Christmas Presents), Hailey Weber as Scrooge's young love interest Belle, Cole Siebels as Young Scrooge, Brandon Bogart as Fezziwig, and Lizzy Peo as Mrs. Fezziwig. The street urchins starred Cadence Payne as Nipper, Jillian Lebel as Cager, Gabi Ott as Birdie, Myah Myers as Scraps, Grant Brunet as Rusty, Maddison Lebel as", "title": "St. John's Conservatory Theater" }, { "docid": "4318332", "text": "Horse's Mouth\" (1958), and \"Tunes of Glory\" (1960). Neame described \"Tunes of Glory\" as \"the film I am proudest of\". He received two BAFTA Award nominations for \"Tunes of Glory\". Neame and Guinness worked again on the musical \"Scrooge\" (1970) with Guinness playing the ghost of Jacob Marley to Albert Finney's Ebenezer Scrooge. Neame also directed \"I Could Go On Singing\" (1963); Judy Garland's last film, co-starring Dirk Bogarde, and \"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\" (1969), which won Maggie Smith her first Oscar. Neame was recruited to direct \"The Poseidon Adventure\" (1972) after the contracted director left the production.", "title": "Ronald Neame" } ]

[ { "docid": "1371257", "text": "Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge () is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, \"A Christmas Carol\". At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. Dickens describes him thus: \"The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice.\" His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy. The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "1371258", "text": "of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday in the English-speaking world. Ebenezer Scrooge is arguably both one of the most famous characters created by Dickens and one of the most famous in English literature. Scrooge's catchphrase, \"Bah! Humbug!\" is often used to express disgust with many modern Christmas traditions. Several theories have been put forward as to where Dickens got inspiration for the character. Kelly writes that Scrooge may have been influenced by Dickens's conflicting feelings for his father, whom he both loved and demonised. This psychological conflict", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "6682184", "text": "Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come, also known as The Ghost of Christmas Future, sometimes The Spirit of Christmas Future or The Spirit of Christmas Yet-to-Come or The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Be, is a fictional character in English novelist Charles Dickens's \"A Christmas Carol\". It is the third and final spirit to visit the miser Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. The spirit closely resembles the Grim Reaper. Scrooge finds the Ghost of Christmas Future the most fearsome of the Spirits; it appears to Scrooge as a figure entirely muffled in a black hooded cloak, except", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come" }, { "docid": "1371263", "text": "and, as a result, is damned to walk the Earth for eternity bound in the chains of his own greed. Marley warns Scrooge that he risks meeting the same fate and that as a final chance at redemption he will be visited by three spirits of Christmas: Past, Present and Yet-to-Come. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to see his time as a schoolboy and young man, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These visions reveal that Scrooge was a lonely child whose unloving father sent him away to a boarding school. His one solace was his", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "12871196", "text": "the ghost replies that these are shadows of the things that have been. Scrooge is then taken forward to his teenage years, to a party held by his then boss, Mr. Fezziwig (\"December the 25th\"). Scrooge reminisces of his relationship with Fezziwig's daughter, Isabel (\"Happiness\"), but we learn that she eventually leaves Scrooge as she feels their love has been negated by his desire for wealth. Scrooge and Young Ebenezer reflect on the situation (\"You...You\"). The Ghost of Christmas Past reveals to Scrooge that she is the ghost of his sister Jenny, who died young. She tells a heartbroken Scrooge", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "12871195", "text": "at the thought that he is in the wrong for hating Christmas (\"It's Not My Fault\"). He is visited by the first spirit - the Ghost of Christmas Past - who takes Scrooge back to when he was a small boy who preferred not to take part in Christmas activities and carols (\"Sing a Christmas Carol (Reprise)\"). The child Ebenezer is visited by his sister Jenny, who takes Ebenezer, who is reluctant to go home to his father due to a troubled relationship, back home. Scrooge is confused as to why the visions are not communicating with him, to which", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "1371265", "text": "her. Finally, the spirit shows him a Christmas Eve several years later, in which Belle is happily married to another man. Scrooge is then visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present, who shows him the whole of London celebrating Christmas, including Fred and the impoverished Cratchit family. Scrooge is both bewildered and touched by the loving and pure-hearted nature of Cratchit's youngest son, Tiny Tim. When Scrooge shows concern for the sickly boy's health, the spirit informs him that the boy will die unless something changes, a revelation that deeply disturbs Scrooge. The spirit then uses Scrooge's earlier words about", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "6682188", "text": "finds that he is back in the present on Christmas morning. Along with the visions supplied by the other spirits, the ghost's warnings about Scrooge's future transform him into a better man. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come, also known as The Ghost of Christmas Future, sometimes The Spirit of Christmas Future or The Spirit of Christmas Yet-to-Come or The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Be, is a fictional character in English novelist Charles Dickens's \"A Christmas Carol\". It is the third and final spirit to visit the miser Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. The spirit closely", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come" }, { "docid": "1371266", "text": "\"decreasing the surplus population\" against him. The spirit takes him to a spooky graveyard. There, the spirit produces two misshapen, sickly children he names Ignorance and Want. When Scrooge asks if they have anyone to care for them, the spirit throws more of Scrooge's own words back in his face: \"Are there no prisons, no workhouses?\" Finally, the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come/Future shows Scrooge Christmas Day one year later (1844). Just as the previous spirit predicted, Tiny Tim has died; his father could not afford to give him proper care on his small salary and there was no social health", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "9369137", "text": "harsh London 1840s life?\" The main character in \"Binge\" is the hard-drinking, suicidal Gladys Cratchit, whose harshness to her family surpasses Mommie Dearest by a mile. The other two leads are The Ghost and Ebenezer Scrooge. The Ghost, whose character is written to be an African-American woman, plays the narrator role as she escorts Ebenezer Scrooge through the past, present and future of his life. But, as she says, everything keeps going \"kaplooey\" because she can't get her magic to work properly. In their first journey, the Ghost tries to take Scrooge to his past at the Fezziwig Christmas party,", "title": "Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge" }, { "docid": "398348", "text": "Scrooge McDuck Scrooge McDuck is a fictional character created in 1947 by Carl Barks as a work-for-hire for The Walt Disney Company. Scrooge is an elderly Scottish anthropomorphic Pekin duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats. He is portrayed in animations as speaking with a Scottish accent. Named after Ebenezer Scrooge from the 1843 novel \"A Christmas Carol\", Scrooge is an incredibly wealthy business magnate and self-proclaimed \"adventure-capitalist\" whose dominant character trait is his thrift. He is brother to Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck,", "title": "Scrooge McDuck" }, { "docid": "12617029", "text": "Scrooge (1935 film) Scrooge is a 1935 British fantasy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop and Robert Cochran. Hicks appears as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic \"A Christmas Carol\", not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost. Hicks had previously played the role of Scrooge on the stage many times beginning in 1901, and again in a 1913 British silent film version. On Christmas Eve in 1843 Ebenezer Scrooge (Sir Seymour Hicks) a cold-hearted and greedy elderly money-lender", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "6682187", "text": "dead, giving them more time to pay off their debt. After Scrooge asks to see some tenderness connected with death, the ghost shows him Bob Cratchit and his family mourning the passing of Tiny Tim. The spirit then takes Scrooge to a rundown churchyard and shows the repentant miser his own grave; Scrooge then realizes that the dead man of whom the others spoke ill was himself. Horrified, Scrooge begs the ghost for another chance to redeem his life and \"sponge away the writing on this stone\". Scrooge then watches as the Spirit's robe shrinks to become his bedpost and", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come" }, { "docid": "14082507", "text": "Scrooge (1913 film) Scrooge is a 1913 British black and white silent film based on the 1843 novel \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens. It starred Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge. In the United States it was released in 1926 as \"Old Scrooge\". The film's cast included Seymour Hicks as Scrooge, William Lugg, Leedham Bantock, J. C. Buckstone, Dorothy Buckstone, Leonard Calvert, Osborne Adair, Adela Measor and Ellaline Terriss. Hicks had played the role of Scrooge regularly onstage since 1901 before this, his first appearance in the role in film. He reprise the role of Scrooge again, in the 1935", "title": "Scrooge (1913 film)" }, { "docid": "8203630", "text": "Ebenezer (film) Ebenezer is a 1998 Canadian made-for-television re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic \"A Christmas Carol\" with Jack Palance giving a performance as Ebenezer Scrooge, á la Western genre. A TV film with high production value, it debuted in the United States on Turner Network Television. It is an obscure and rarely seen title. Ebenezer Scrooge is the most greedy, corrupt and mean-spirited crook in the old West and he sees no value in \"Holiday Humbug.\" But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come open his eyes, Scrooge discovers that love and friendships are the greatest", "title": "Ebenezer (film)" }, { "docid": "6682186", "text": "be a cheap funeral, if anyone comes at all. One businessman said he would go – but only if lunch is provided. Next, Scrooge is shown the same dead person's belongings being stolen by Scrooge's charwoman Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's laundress, and the local undertaker and sold to a fence called Old Joe. He also sees a shrouded corpse, which he implores the Ghost not to unmask. Scrooge asks the ghost to show anyone who feels any emotion over the man's death. The ghost can only show him a poor couple indebted to the man momentarily rejoicing that the man is", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come" }, { "docid": "4092544", "text": "was issued again on Blu-ray in 2011 with a remastered transfer, and many bonus features that did not appear in the first Blu-ray version. Richard Addinsell wrote several pieces for the film's underscore, ranging from dark and moody to light and joyous. One of the more notable tunes is a polka, used in the two different versions of Fred's dinner party: the one Scrooge observes while with the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the other with Scrooge attending the party after atoning for his past coldness to Fred and his wife. The tune is similar to a traditional Slovenian polka", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "12617037", "text": "omits the very last scenes. For years it was kept out of circulation, due to the extremely poor quality of most of the surviving prints. Scrooge (1935 film) Scrooge is a 1935 British fantasy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop and Robert Cochran. Hicks appears as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic \"A Christmas Carol\", not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost. Hicks had previously played the role of Scrooge on the stage many times beginning in 1901,", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "6682185", "text": "for a single spectral hand with which it points. Although the character never speaks in the story, communicating entirely by pointing, Scrooge understands it, usually through assumptions from his previous experiences and rhetorical questions. It is notable that, even in satires and parodies of the tale, this spirit retains its original look. It looks the way it does because it represents what the future holds for Scrooge if he does not change his ways. When the Ghost makes its appearance, the first thing it shows Scrooge is three wealthy gentlemen making light of a recent death, remarking that it will", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come" }, { "docid": "1371267", "text": "care. The spirit then shows Scrooge scenes related to the death of a \"wretched man\": His business associates snicker about how it's likely to be a cheap funeral and one associate will go only if lunch is provided; his possessions are stolen and sold by his housekeeper, undertaker, and laundress, and a young couple who owed the man money are relieved he is dead, as they have more time to pay off their debt. The spirit then shows Scrooge the man's unkempt tombstone, which bears Scrooge's name. Scrooge weeps over his own grave, begging the spirit for a chance to", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "1761477", "text": "the weasels leave, Scrooge asks whose grave this belongs to. The ghost lights a cigar, revealing his face (he was actually Pete) and darkly remarks \"Why yours, Ebenezer Scrooge; the richest man in the cemetery\". The ghost shoves him into his empty coffin which opens to reveal the fires of Hell, laughing uproariously while Scrooge vows to repent. Awakening in his bedroom on Christmas Day, Scrooge decides to surprise Bob’s family with a turkey dinner and ventures out to spread happiness and joy around London. He accepts Fred's invitation, then donates a sizable amount of money to the gentlemen he", "title": "Mickey's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "12871197", "text": "to (\"Love While You Can\") before leaving him in a state of anguish (\"It's Not My Fault (Reprise)\"). As the bell tolls 2, Scrooge is visited by the next ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Present. He tells Scrooge that he is part of a group of brothers who, each year, send one down to Earth to spread the joy of Christmas - and this year is his turn. He is appalled by Scrooge and teaches him to find the joy in living (\"I Like Life\"). Scrooge is taken by the Ghost of Christmas Present to Bob Cratchit and his family,", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "12871199", "text": "(\"A Better Life\") to live. Finally, Scrooge is visited by the mute Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, who silently communicates via pointing in the direction he wants Scrooge to travel. First, they visit Tom Jenkins and a chorus of people who owed Scrooge money, who are all singing about an unusually generous thing that Scrooge has done that has made them all thankful to him. Unbeknown to Scrooge, they are actually celebrating his death, yet Scrooge is oblivious (\"Thank You Very Much\"). The uplifted Scrooge is now taken to the Cratchit household, which is sitting in silence, with the", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "398388", "text": "version of Ebenezer Scrooge—a very unsympathetic character. In the end they shelved the idea because a duck who gets all excited about money just was not funny enough. In an interview, Barks summed up his beliefs about Scrooge and capitalism: Scrooge is very misunderstood. In his early years, he was very friendly and generous. But the 'slaps' of society from cruel people, as well as the ungratefulness of those who he had helped to overcome their problems, made Scrooge bitter, grumpy, and arrogant. Feeling that he had been taken advantage of, he didn't want to believe that others had real", "title": "Scrooge McDuck" }, { "docid": "14082511", "text": "children and sends a boy for a large turkey for Cratchit and then goes to visit them for lunch. Scrooge (1913 film) Scrooge is a 1913 British black and white silent film based on the 1843 novel \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens. It starred Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge. In the United States it was released in 1926 as \"Old Scrooge\". The film's cast included Seymour Hicks as Scrooge, William Lugg, Leedham Bantock, J. C. Buckstone, Dorothy Buckstone, Leonard Calvert, Osborne Adair, Adela Measor and Ellaline Terriss. Hicks had played the role of Scrooge regularly onstage since 1901 before", "title": "Scrooge (1913 film)" }, { "docid": "1371261", "text": "and the elder Martin Chuzzlewit character, although the miser is \"a more fantastic image\" than the Chuzzlewit patriarch; Ackroyd observes that Chuzzlewit's transformation to a charitable figure is a parallel to that of the miser. Douglas-Fairhurst sees that the minor character Gabriel Grub from \"The Pickwick Papers\" was also an influence when creating Scrooge. The story of \"A Christmas Carol\" starts on Christmas Eve 1843 with Scrooge at his money-lending business. He hates Christmas as a \"humbug\" and subjects his clerk, Bob Cratchit, to grueling hours and low pay of only 15 shillings on a normal week (giving him Christmas", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "1371260", "text": "who was also known as \"The Gloucester Miser\". According to the sociologist Frank W. Elwell, Scrooge's views on the poor are a reflection of those of the demographer and political economist Thomas Malthus, while the miser's questions \"Are there no prisons? ... And the Union workhouses? ... The treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?\" are a reflection of a sarcastic question raised by the Chartist philosopher Thomas Carlyle, \"Are there not treadmills, gibbets; even hospitals, poor-rates, New Poor-Law?\" There are literary precursors for Scrooge in Dickens's own works. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens's biographer, sees similarities between Scrooge", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "14082508", "text": "film \"Scrooge\". \"Scrooge\" was a Zenith Film Company production, by whom it was also distributed on its release date in September 1913. Some scenes in the black and white 35mm film were colour toned. The opening credits are followed by a scene in which Charles Dickens is seen pacing his library seeking inspiration for a new story. It comes to him and he settles down to write \"A Christmas Carol\". A short introductory synopsis describing miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge leads into a shot of his nephew Fred Wyland giving money to poor children on Christmas Eve. Scrooge, upon leaving", "title": "Scrooge (1913 film)" }, { "docid": "4092547", "text": "in the beginning of the 2015 film \"Krampus\". Scrooge (1951 film) Scrooge is a 1951 British fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\" (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. It was released as A Christmas Carol in the United States. The film also features Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman. George Cole stars as the younger version of Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor; Jack", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "4092523", "text": "Scrooge (1951 film) Scrooge is a 1951 British fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\" (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. It was released as A Christmas Carol in the United States. The film also features Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman. George Cole stars as the younger version of Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor; Jack Warner as Mr. Jorkin, a role created for", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "12617032", "text": "Marley warned Scrooge is haunted by the Ghost of Christmas Past (Marie Ney) who shows Scrooge when he lost his fiancée due to his greedy nature towards others including a debt-ridden couple. Scrooge then sees that his ex-fiancée is now married and has many children. The next sprit the Ghost of Christmas Present (Oscar Asche) shows Scrooge just how poor Bob and his family are as they have a meager Christmas dinner of goose and pudding. The spirit threatens that unless the future changes Tiny Tim (Philip Frost) the youngest son who is ill will die. Scrooge then sees how", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "398396", "text": "\"Watt an Occasion\" (\"Uncle Scrooge\" #12), Scrooge is 75 years of age. According to Don Rosa, Scrooge was born in Scotland in 1867, and earned his Number One Dime (or First Coin) exactly ten years later. The \"DuckTales\" episodes (and many European comics) show a Scrooge who hailed from Scotland in the 19th century, yet was clearly familiar with all the technology and amenities of the 1980s. Despite this extremely advanced age, Scrooge does not appear to be on the verge of dotage, and is vigorous enough to keep up with his nephews in adventures; with rare exception, there appears", "title": "Scrooge McDuck" }, { "docid": "12871198", "text": "who are preparing for Christmas (\"Good Times\") and listening to Tiny Tim sing (\"The Beautiful Day\"), while Scrooge wonders if the ill Tiny Tim will survive. Scrooge is then taken to his son Harry's Christmas party, where he learns that a tradition at the party has become to drink to the health of Scrooge, as well as playing a singing game called (\"The Minister's Cat\"). Because the song was often sung at Fezziwig's parties, Scrooge is again reminded of his failed relationship with Isabel (\"Happiness (Reprise)\"). As the Ghost of Christmas Present leaves, Scrooge wonders if he can truly find", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "398405", "text": "which Alan Young was hired to voice Scrooge McDuck playing the character who inspired his name, Ebenezer Scrooge (Thompson had died in 1971). Young, who himself was born in Great Britain, was best known for playing Wilbur Post on the hit television series \"Mister Ed\" from 1961 to 1965. Eight years later, the Walt Disney Animation Studios decided to make a featurette of this same story, this time dubbed \"Mickey's Christmas Carol\" (1983), and once again hired Young to voice the role. He also appeared as himself in the television special \"Sport Goofy in Soccermania\" (1987) (the only time when", "title": "Scrooge McDuck" }, { "docid": "3944889", "text": "Scrooge (1970 film) Scrooge is a 1970 British musical film adaptation in Panavision of Charles Dickens' 1843 story \"A Christmas Carol\". It was filmed in London between January and May 1970 and directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge. The film's score was composed by Leslie Bricusse and arranged and conducted by Ian Fraser. With eleven musical arrangements interspersed throughout, the award-winning motion picture is a faithful musical retelling of the original. Albert Finney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy in 1971. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including for", "title": "Scrooge (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "4092535", "text": "delights Fred by attending his dinner party and dancing with the other guests. The next day, December 26, Scrooge plays a practical joke on Cratchit, pretending he is about to sack him for being late, but instead offers him a raise and a hand in helping his family. The narrator recounts that Ebenezer Scrooge became \"as good a man as the old city ever knew\", and a second father to Tiny Tim, who recovered from his illness and learned to walk on his right leg without a crutch. Scrooge carries Tiny Tim on his shoulder off into the distance as", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "398358", "text": "bin; in this story, Scrooge's central office building is said to contain \"three cubic acres of money\". Two nameless burglars who briefly appear during the story are considered to be the precursors of the Beagle Boys. \"The Magic Hourglass\", first published in September 1950, was arguably the first story to change the focus of the Duck stories from Donald to Scrooge. During the story, several themes were introduced for Scrooge. Donald first mentions in this story that his uncle practically owns Duckburg, a statement that Scrooge's rival John D. Rockerduck would later put in dispute. Scrooge first hints that he", "title": "Scrooge McDuck" }, { "docid": "20996196", "text": "about Tiny Tim's fate. She replies, \"We all will die. Nothing can be done without assistance.\" Then the Ghost of Christmas Future (JoJo Baby) covered in a black robe transports him to a bleak future Christmas, where everyone becomes happy about his death, a gay center whose donation offer Scrooge refused earlier is financially struggling and close to shutting down, and his possessions are stolen and then sold to pawn shops. Then the spirit transports Scrooge to the Cratchit home, where the family mourn Tiny Tim's death, and then to the scene of Scrooge's death and his tombstone inscribed: \"E.", "title": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "20996200", "text": "Family Stone\" for an idea of creating a gay-themed holiday film, which later evolved into adapting Dicken's \"A Christmas Carol\" and retelling it in a modern gay perspective. Knight noted that, while the LGBT community historically not having \"fair representation in films and television\" made some filmmakers reluctant to include a \"gay villain\", the film crew decided to have a gay portrayal of \"blackhearted\" Ebenezer Scrooge, who Knight said \"actually redeems himself in this film [and is] a good guy in our story\" whose background and history are explained in the film. The film had a limited theatrical release. It", "title": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "907074", "text": "final (to date) was published over six issues by Boom Kids! in 2011. Several \"DuckTales\" comics starring Scrooge would also appear in the pages of \"Disney Adventures\" in the early 1990s. Finally, \"The Adventurous Uncle Scrooge McDuck\", published by Gladstone, ran for two issues in 1998. A third issue was planned but cancelled along with the rest of Gladstone's output other than \"Uncle Scrooge\" and \"Walt Disney's Comics and Stories\" following a collapse in comics sales. Uncle Scrooge Uncle Scrooge (stylized as Uncle $crooge) is a comic book starring Scrooge McDuck (\"the richest duck in the world\"), his nephew Donald", "title": "Uncle Scrooge" }, { "docid": "8203631", "text": "wealth of all. There were at least 2 DVD pressings produced. One was by Platinum Disc Corporation and the most recent by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in 2005, but not believed to be in general release at this time. The original VHS version is long out of print. Ebenezer (film) Ebenezer is a 1998 Canadian made-for-television re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic \"A Christmas Carol\" with Jack Palance giving a performance as Ebenezer Scrooge, á la Western genre. A TV film with high production value, it debuted in the United States on Turner Network Television. It is an obscure and rarely seen", "title": "Ebenezer (film)" }, { "docid": "8860439", "text": "its researchers are available online at the institute's website. One of the more notable people from Ebenezer was John Adam Treutlen, the first state governor of Georgia. Ebenezer, Georgia Ebenezer, also known as New Ebenezer, is a ghost town in Effingham County, Georgia, United States, along the banks of Ebenezer Creek. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Ebenezer Townsite and Jerusalem Lutheran Church in 1974. The town was established in 1734 by about 150 Salzburger emigrants, Protestant refugees who had been expelled from the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg (in present-day Austria) by a 1731", "title": "Ebenezer, Georgia" }, { "docid": "1371269", "text": "he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have the malady in less attractive forms. His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him...it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well if any man alive possessed the knowledge.\" Scrooge has been portrayed by: The name", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "12617033", "text": "others keep Christmas before seeing Fred celebrate with his wife and friends. The Ghost of Christmas of yet to Come (C.V. France) shows Scrooge what lies in store the following year. Scrooge discovers Tim is dead and that the man that was robbed and spoken of by some businessmen was himself after seeing his grave. Scrooge returns home a changed man and becomes a generous person. He orders a turkey for Bob and his family, gives a healthy donation to the two men from the day before and dines with Fred. The film then ends with Scrooge raising Bob's wages", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "4092538", "text": "giving birth to his nephew, Fred, thus engendering Scrooge's estrangement from him. We are also told that Ebenezer's mother died while giving birth to him, causing his father to resent him just as Ebenezer resents his nephew. In the book, Fan is much younger than Ebenezer, and the cause of her death is not mentioned. The film was released in Great Britain under its original title, \"Scrooge\". United Artists handled the U.S. release under the title \"A Christmas Carol\". The film was originally slated to be shown at New York City's Radio City Music Hall as part of their Christmas", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "3944893", "text": "comments that Tiny Tim might not survive until next Christmas unless the course of events changes. Before the spirit vanishes, Scrooge is warned that life is too short and to do as much as he can in what little time he has. Left alone in the street, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, a silent, cloaked figure who takes him into the future. Scrooge and the spirit witness Tom and the other citizens rejoicing at the death of Scrooge. The spirit transports Scrooge to Bob's house, where he discovers that Tiny Tim had died. The", "title": "Scrooge (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "3944892", "text": "under Mr. Fezziwig. Attending a Christmas party held by Fezziwig, Scrooge falls in love with his daughter, Isabel (\"Happiness\"). However, the spirit shows Scrooge how Isabel left him when he chose money over her (\"You...\"). He dismisses the spirit as he returns to the present. Scrooge is visited by the merry Ghost of Christmas Present, a jolly giant, who shows him the joys and wonder of Christmas Day (\"I Like Life\"). Scrooge and the spirit visit Bob's house, learning his family is surprisingly content with their small dinner, while Scrooge takes pity on Bob's ill son Tiny Tim. The spirit", "title": "Scrooge (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "1371264", "text": "beloved sister, Fan, who repeatedly begged their father to allow Scrooge to return home, and he at last relented. Fan later died after having given birth to one child, a son named Fred, Scrooge's nephew. The spirit then takes him to see another Christmas a few years later in which he enjoyed a Christmas party held by his kind-hearted and festive boss, Mr. Fezziwig. It is there that he meets his love and later fiancée, Belle. Then the spirit shows him a Christmas in which Belle leaves him, as she realizes his love for money has replaced his love for", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "3944890", "text": "Best Original Song for \"Thank You Very Much\". On Christmas Eve, in 19th-century London, Ebenezer Scrooge, a surly money-lender, does not share the merriment of Christmas. He declines his nephew Fred's invitation for Christmas dinner and reluctantly gives his loyal employee Bob Cratchit Christmas Day off. Cratchit and his children go shopping and prepare for the holiday (\"Christmas Children\"). As Scrooge leaves for home, he visits some of his clients including Tom Jenkins and declines two gentlemen's offer to collect money for charity (\"I Hate People\"). As he makes his way home, he is accosted and mocked by street urchins", "title": "Scrooge (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "4092546", "text": "Coverley\" is played and danced during the scene where Scrooge visits the office of Old Fezziwig with The Ghost of Christmas Past. The tragic folk song \"Barbara Allen\" is played as an instrumental when young Scrooge is talking with his sister Fan, and sung by a duet at Fred's Christmas party. Scrooge turns up just as they are about to sing the line \"Young man, I think you're dying.\" Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern reprised their roles two decades later, lending their voices to Richard Williams's 1971 animated version of the tale. \"Scrooge\" can be seen playing on a television", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "1371259", "text": "may be responsible for the two radically different Scrooges in the tale—one a cold, stingy and greedy semi-recluse, the other a benevolent, sociable man. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, the professor of English literature, considers that in the opening part of the book covering young Scrooge's lonely and unhappy childhood, and his aspiration for money to avoid poverty \"is something of a self-parody of Dickens's fears about himself\"; the post-transformation parts of the book are how Dickens optimistically sees himself. Scrooge could also be based on two misers: the eccentric John Elwes, MP, or Jemmy Wood, the owner of the Gloucester Old Bank", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "424206", "text": "appear in the series: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (Lo) is a serial of 12 comic book stories written and drawn by Don Rosa, first published by the Danish publisher Egmont in the magazine \"Anders And & Co.\" from 1992–94 and later in English in \"Uncle Scrooge\" #285 through #296 (1994–96). The stories chronicle the in-universe biography of Scrooge McDuck before his introduction in 1947. The stories were later collected and published together in a single volume. Rosa later published additional stories which expanded on Scrooge's biography. These were released as", "title": "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" }, { "docid": "8860436", "text": "Ebenezer, Georgia Ebenezer, also known as New Ebenezer, is a ghost town in Effingham County, Georgia, United States, along the banks of Ebenezer Creek. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Ebenezer Townsite and Jerusalem Lutheran Church in 1974. The town was established in 1734 by about 150 Salzburger emigrants, Protestant refugees who had been expelled from the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg (in present-day Austria) by a 1731 edict of Prince-archbishop Count Leopold Anton von Firmian. With the consent of governor James Oglethorpe, New Ebenezer was moved closer to the Savannah River in 1736, and", "title": "Ebenezer, Georgia" }, { "docid": "1620247", "text": "worth a fortune. After more than fifty years she succeeded. Scrooge leaves seemingly defeated and pretending that because he hadn't taken his pills he had forgotten where the gold was. But behind his back Donald reveals to his nephews that Scrooge had indeed taken the pills and practically offered this gold to Goldie. By the end his nephews realise that Scrooge is more emotional than he would like to appear. Barks had an interest in Klondike and scenes of this story were inspired by old Klondike tales, but this story can be seen as most important for its contribution to", "title": "Back to the Klondike" }, { "docid": "7049643", "text": "Ghost to the Post Ghost to the Post is a significant play in NFL history. It refers specifically to a 42-yard pass from Ken Stabler to Dave Casper, nicknamed \"The Ghost\" after Casper the Friendly Ghost, that set up a game-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation in a double-overtime played between Casper's Oakland Raiders and the then-Baltimore Colts on December 24, 1977. Casper also caught the last pass of the game, a 10-yard touchdown pass. The game is currently the fifth-longest in NFL history, and has become synonymous with the play that made it famous. The first", "title": "Ghost to the Post" }, { "docid": "12617035", "text": "Come is just an outstretched pointing finger. Seymour Hicks plays both the old and young Scrooge. Albert Finney (in the 1970 film \"Scrooge\") and Jim Carrey (in the 2009 film \"A Christmas Carol\") are the only other actors to play both young and old Scrooge on film. The story is also severely truncated. Much time is spent at the beginning of the film – before any of the ghosts appear – setting up the atmosphere of rich and poor London. Scrooge's sister Fan and Fezziwig are completely omitted from this version. This is the first of only two sound versions", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "4300282", "text": "Failure to appear Failure to appear is the legal term for the failure of a defendant or respondent to appear at (or within) the stated time before a tribunal as directed in a summons. Where the conduct alleged in the summons or complaint is an infraction or summary offence, failure to appear is a crime for which a bench-warrant can be issued if the defendant promised to appear. If the conduct alleged is a tort or other cause for civil action, failure to appear generally results in a default judgment by the court in favor of the plaintiff/petitioner. Failure to", "title": "Failure to appear" }, { "docid": "4300283", "text": "appear in U.S. federal law is an offense punishable by a prison term, depending on the seriousness of the offense the person is being sentenced for: Failure to appear Failure to appear is the legal term for the failure of a defendant or respondent to appear at (or within) the stated time before a tribunal as directed in a summons. Where the conduct alleged in the summons or complaint is an infraction or summary offence, failure to appear is a crime for which a bench-warrant can be issued if the defendant promised to appear. If the conduct alleged is a", "title": "Failure to appear" }, { "docid": "907072", "text": "licenses under Marvel Comics. In January 2015, IDW Publishing announced that they would be publishing the title, starting in April 2015. Over the years, Scrooge McDuck has proven popular enough to appear as the main character in a number of other comic book series. Many of these series include republications of stories originally written for the \"main\" \"Uncle Scrooge\" title in the United States or various European countries. Scrooge often appeared in \"The Beagle Boys\" alongside his frequent adversaries, published irregularly by Gold Key from 1963 to 1979. When that title ended, it was relaunched as \"The Beagle Boys Versus", "title": "Uncle Scrooge" }, { "docid": "6681259", "text": "cold-hearted miser. According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Scrooge as a white-robed, androgynous figure of indeterminate age. It has on its head a blinding light, reminiscent of a candle flame, and carries a metal cap, made in the shape of a candle extinguisher. The ghost is often portrayed as a woman in dramatic adaptations of the story: After showing up in Scrooge's house, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes his hand and flies with him over London. It first shows Scrooge his old boarding school, where he stayed alone, but for his books, while his", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Past" }, { "docid": "8450100", "text": "Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) Timothy Cratchit, called \"Tiny Tim\", is a fictional character from the 1843 novella \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens. He is a minor character, the youngest son of Bob Cratchit, and is seen only briefly, but serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices. When Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill the boy really is (the family cannot afford to properly treat him on the salary Scrooge pays Cratchit). When visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge sees", "title": "Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)" }, { "docid": "5896183", "text": "Scrooge McDuck made his first appearance in \"Christmas on Bear Mountain\", first published in December 1947. The first member of The Clan McDuck to appear, his name was based on Ebenezer Scrooge, a fictional character from Charles Dickens's \"A Christmas Carol\". The story's title was based on \"A Night on Bald Mountain\" by Modest Mussorgsky, a scene of \"Fantasia\". Scrooge's first appearance was almost immediately followed by that of Donald's first cousin Gladstone Gander in \"Wintertime Wager\", first published in January, 1948. Both characters did not yet have their now-recognizable characteristics. Scrooge was a bearded, bespectacled, reasonably wealthy old duck", "title": "Donald Duck in comics" }, { "docid": "6202273", "text": "One of the first resolutions of the Pittsburgh City Council was that of honoring the patriotic and public service of Ebenezer Denny on learning of his early retirement due to health concerns in 1817. Denny Street, in the city's Lawrenceville neighborhood, was named in his honor. Ebenezer Denny Ebenezer Denny (March 11, 1761July 21, 1822) was a soldier during the American Revolutionary War whose journal is one of the most frequently quoted accounts of the surrender of the British at the siege of Yorktown. Denny later served as the first Mayor of Pittsburgh, from 1816 to 1817. Denny was born", "title": "Ebenezer Denny" }, { "docid": "9946625", "text": "Ebenezer Baldwin Chaplain Ebenezer Baldwin (July 3, 1745 – October 1, 1776) was a noted religious leader in Connecticut in the years preceding the American Revolution. He was the eldest son of Captain Ebenezer Baldwin of Norwich, Connecticut; and grandson of Thomas and Abigail (Lay) Baldwin, of that part of Norwich which is now Bozrah. His mother was Bethiah, sister of the Rev. Nehemiah Barker (Yale 1742), under whose direction he was prepared for Yale College. The records of the first Church of Christ in Danbury were \"begun September 19, 1770, kept by Ebenezer. Baldwin Pastor of said church.\" \"Sept.", "title": "Ebenezer Baldwin" }, { "docid": "12871202", "text": "Begin Again (Reprise)\") before a reprise of Thank You Very Much is sung during the bows (\"Curtain Call\"/\"Thank You Very Much (Reprise)\"). Leslie Bricusse spent several months with the director Bob Tomson adapting the screenplay for the stage. Tomson recommended appointing designer, Paul Farnsworth, to the team and established a Victorian theatre style for all the locations, illusions and characters. Initially the ghost illusions were entrusted to Paul Daniels, but he was replaced after the first production with Paul Kieve. The original production starred Anthony Newley as Scrooge and opened on 9 November 1992 at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "8312632", "text": "Ebenezer Huntington Ebenezer Huntington (December 26, 1754 – June 17, 1834) was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and afterwards United States Representative from Connecticut. Ebenezer was born on December 26, 1754 in Norwich, Connecticut to Jabez and Hannah (Williams) Huntington. His brothers were Joshua (who also served during the Revolution) and Zachariah. His half brothers were Jedediah and Andrew, whose mother Elizabeth (Backus) Huntington died in 1746. The Backus's were a prominent family from the area whose heirs would found Backus Hospital. Ebenezer attended Yale College, leaving without permission on April 21, 1775. After", "title": "Ebenezer Huntington" }, { "docid": "4092545", "text": "called \"Stoparjeva\" (\"hitchhiker\") or just \"Stopar\". The film also contains excerpts from some traditional Christmas carols and other tunes. \"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing\" is sung over part of the opening credits, and by the miners when Scrooge is with the Ghost of Christmas Present. An instrumental version of \"I Saw Three Ships\" is played when Scrooge gives a coin to Mrs. Dilber, and again just before the end of the film. \"Silent Night\" is played and sung at various times, including over the last part of the final scene and \"The End\". The English country dance \"Sir Roger de", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "7049650", "text": "in NFL History and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and this catch is cited as the most memorable in his career. Ghost to the Post Ghost to the Post is a significant play in NFL history. It refers specifically to a 42-yard pass from Ken Stabler to Dave Casper, nicknamed \"The Ghost\" after Casper the Friendly Ghost, that set up a game-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation in a double-overtime played between Casper's Oakland Raiders and the then-Baltimore Colts on December 24, 1977. Casper also caught the last pass of the game,", "title": "Ghost to the Post" }, { "docid": "10526138", "text": "following 1983's \"Mickey's Christmas Carol\" and 1992's \"The Muppet Christmas Carol\". In 1843, on Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old moneylender at a London counting house, does not share the merriment of Christmas. He declines his cheerful nephew Fred's invitation to a Christmas dinner party, and rejects two gentlemen's offer to collect money for charity. His loyal employee Bob Cratchit asks Scrooge to allow him to have a day off on Christmas Day to spend time with his family, to which Scrooge reluctantly agrees before leaving. In his house, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his deceased business", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "16455820", "text": "Vijay Ebenezer Vijay Ebenezer is an Indian music composer, who mainly produces film scores and soundtracks in the Tamil film industry. He rose to fame with \"Kandaen\", whose audio rights were bought by Gautham Menon's Photon Kathaas. In 2005, he tried composing a song for the first time and subsequently went on to make a gospel album called \"Nesipaya\". From then, every year, he has produced gospel albums. In 2008, singer Krish sang a song for \"Nesipaya\" and he was impressed with it and that marked the beginning of a new friendship. Krish put Vijay Ebenezer on to Mugil, the", "title": "Vijay Ebenezer" }, { "docid": "9467804", "text": "Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation is a six issue comics miniseries starring the supernatural biker superhero Ghost Rider. It is written by Garth Ennis, illustrated by Clayton Crain, and was first published under the Marvel Knights imprint of Marvel Comics from 2005 to 2006. Although \"Road to Damnation\" was the title of the story, the title of the book was simply \"Ghost Rider\" when it was first published. When the miniseries was collected into a single edition in 2006, it was published under the name: \"Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation\". A demon by the name", "title": "Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation" }, { "docid": "15891269", "text": "Whose Was the Hand? Whose Was the Hand? is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe.It is considered a lost film. A young man is heavily in debt and decides to get out of it by robbing his uncle. He does this with a criminal accomplice. During the course of the robbery, the uncle enters and fights with the nephew. The nephew kills his uncle and wipes his blood stained hands on the panel of the door. The uncle's secretary is first on the scene and is arrested. However fingerprints of the blood stained hands do not match.", "title": "Whose Was the Hand?" } ]

[ "Bob Cratchit", "Bob Cratchitt", "Bob Cratchet", "Cratchit" ]

[ { "docid": "4298581", "text": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1938 American film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella of the same name, starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve after visitations by three spirits. On Christmas Eve in 19th-century London, Fred is sliding on ice on a sidewalk. He meets Peter and Tim Cratchit, sons of his uncle Ebenezer's clerk, Bob Cratchit. When Fred reveals who he is, the boys take off in terror. Fred soon arrives at the counting-house of his miserly maternal uncle, Ebenezer Scrooge.", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "10526138", "text": "following 1983's \"Mickey's Christmas Carol\" and 1992's \"The Muppet Christmas Carol\". In 1843, on Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old moneylender at a London counting house, does not share the merriment of Christmas. He declines his cheerful nephew Fred's invitation to a Christmas dinner party, and rejects two gentlemen's offer to collect money for charity. His loyal employee Bob Cratchit asks Scrooge to allow him to have a day off on Christmas Day to spend time with his family, to which Scrooge reluctantly agrees before leaving. In his house, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his deceased business", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "811429", "text": "Christmas Carol\" opens on a bleak, cold Christmas Eve in London, seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge, an ageing miser, dislikes Christmas and refuses a dinner invitation from his nephew Fred—the son of Fan, Scrooge's dead sister. He turns away two men who seek a donation from him to provide food and heating for the poor, and only grudgingly allows his overworked, underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit, Christmas Day off with pay to conform to the social custom. That night Scrooge is visited at home by Marley's ghost, who wanders the Earth entwined by", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "4298594", "text": "November 2014. A Christmas Carol (1938 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1938 American film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella of the same name, starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve after visitations by three spirits. On Christmas Eve in 19th-century London, Fred is sliding on ice on a sidewalk. He meets Peter and Tim Cratchit, sons of his uncle Ebenezer's clerk, Bob Cratchit. When Fred reveals who he is, the boys take off in terror. Fred soon arrives at the counting-house of his miserly maternal uncle,", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "6560128", "text": "A Christmas Carol (1910 film) A Christmas Carol, is a 1910 silent short film directed by J. Searle Dawley for Edison. It runs 13 minutes and is one of the earliest film adaptations of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella. It featured Marc McDermott as Ebenezer Scrooge and Charles S. Ogle as Bob Cratchit. The day before Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to contribute to the Charity Relief Committee, and then rudely rejects his nephew Fred when he visits Scrooge in his office. When Scrooge returns home, he sees the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him of", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1910 film)" }, { "docid": "6560129", "text": "the punishment he will suffer in the next life if he does not change his ways. That night, Scrooge is visited by three more spirits, who show him his past, present, and future him. A Christmas Carol (1910 film) A Christmas Carol, is a 1910 silent short film directed by J. Searle Dawley for Edison. It runs 13 minutes and is one of the earliest film adaptations of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella. It featured Marc McDermott as Ebenezer Scrooge and Charles S. Ogle as Bob Cratchit. The day before Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to contribute to the Charity Relief", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1910 film)" }, { "docid": "6763251", "text": "A Christmas Carol (1999 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1999 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous novel \"A Christmas Carol\" that was first televised December 5, 1999 on TNT. It was directed by David Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit. The film was produced after Patrick Stewart performed a series of successful theatrical readings of \"A Christmas Carol\" on Broadway and in London. On Christmas Eve in 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge, a surly money-lender at a counting house, does not share the merriment of Christmas. He declines his nephew", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "6560013", "text": "a time for celebration, generosity, and fellowship. The former takes place at a fantastical version of the charity show he was seen promoting on Christmas Eve, and the latter whisks Scrooge on a tour of London that includes the homes of his nephew Fred, his clerk Bob Cratchit, and Mr. Smythe, a recently widowed client of Scrooge's lending house. Unlike the faceless phantom that embodies Christmas Yet to Come in most versions of \"A Christmas Carol\" (including the book), this film features a mute sorceress figure clad in white (a transmogrification of the blind hag who appears on Christmas Eve).", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "8450100", "text": "Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) Timothy Cratchit, called \"Tiny Tim\", is a fictional character from the 1843 novella \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens. He is a minor character, the youngest son of Bob Cratchit, and is seen only briefly, but serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices. When Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill the boy really is (the family cannot afford to properly treat him on the salary Scrooge pays Cratchit). When visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge sees", "title": "Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)" }, { "docid": "1063971", "text": "predating \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" by two years. Mr. Magoo is heading to a theater on Broadway, where he is starring as Ebenezer Scrooge in a musical production based on \"A Christmas Carol\". Due to Magoo's nearsightedness, he arrives thirty minutes late and accidentally injures the director (\"It's Great to Be Back on Broadway\"). Scrooge is a miserly money lender in Victorian London on Christmas Eve, counting money while his clerk Bob Cratchit is underpaid and has no coal for his fire (\"Ringle, Ringle\"). After rudely refusing two men who ask him for a donation to charity, Scrooge reluctantly allows", "title": "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "13542177", "text": "version of the charity show he was seen promoting on Christmas Eve, and the latter whisks Scrooge on a tour of London that includes the homes of his nephew Fred, his clerk Bob Cratchit, and Mr. Smythe, a recently widowed client of Scrooge's lending house. The entire Christmas Future (\"Dancing On Your Grave\", \"You Mean More to Me (Reprise)\", and \"Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Today\"), culminates in Scrooge's awakening in his bedroom on Christmas morning. \"What a Day, What a Sky\" bookends \"Nothing to Do With Me\", dramatizing Scrooge's new outlook as he races through the streets of London making amends.", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "4022771", "text": "narrators throughout the film. Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine), a surly money-lender, does not share the merriment of Christmas. Scrooge rejects his nephew Fred's invitation to Christmas dinner, dismisses two gentlemen collecting money for charity, and tosses a wreath at a carol singing Bean Bunny. His loyal employee Bob Cratchit (played by Kermit the Frog) and the other bookkeepers request to have Christmas Day off since there will be no business for Scrooge on the day, to which he reluctantly agrees. Scrooge leaves for home while the bookkeepers celebrate Christmas. In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghosts of his late business", "title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "16161017", "text": "it is also noted for misspelling Ebenezer Scrooge's name as \"Ebeneezer\" in the opening credits. The cast is led by Taylor Holmes as Scrooge and includes an early appearance by Jill St. John, then age 9 and billed as Jill Oppenheim, who plays one of the Cratchit daughters. The director was Arthur Pierson. The Christmas Carol The Christmas Carol is a 1949 low-budget, black and white television special narrated by Vincent Price. Compressing the Charles Dickens classic story into a half-hour, it is stated to be \"the oldest extant straight adaptation of the story\" for television. It was originally produced", "title": "The Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "8450108", "text": "performed (live action, voiced or animated) by, among others: Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) Timothy Cratchit, called \"Tiny Tim\", is a fictional character from the 1843 novella \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens. He is a minor character, the youngest son of Bob Cratchit, and is seen only briefly, but serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices. When Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill the boy really is (the family cannot afford to properly treat him on the salary Scrooge pays Cratchit). When visited by", "title": "Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)" }, { "docid": "12871193", "text": "Carol\"). Meanwhile, Scrooge and his clerk Bob Cratchit are visited by Scrooge's nephew Harry, who in contrast to his uncle, is excited for Christmas and deplores how he is making Cratchit still work at 7pm on Christmas Eve. Scrooge asks him to leave. After work, Bob Cratchit, his disabled son Tiny Tim and his daughter Kathy go Christmas shopping on the streets of London (\"Christmas Children\"). Later, Scrooge walks around London, demanding the money that is owed to him by the businesspeople of London, and we learn of Scrooge's negative reputation throughout the people of London, especially soup caterer Tom", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "6552155", "text": "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol is an eight-minute animated short film produced by Warner Bros. Television and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and released in 1979 by Warner Bros. as part of the Christmas special, \"Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales\". The cartoon is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic \"A Christmas Carol\", featuring Yosemite Sam as Ebenezer Scrooge and Porky Pig as Bob Cratchit. Bugs Bunny plays Jacob Marley and Fred. Scrooge's dream-journey into his past, present, and future is omitted; instead, Bugs dresses up as a white-robed emissary of Hades to scare Scrooge straight. Scrooge (played by Yosemite", "title": "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "1371261", "text": "and the elder Martin Chuzzlewit character, although the miser is \"a more fantastic image\" than the Chuzzlewit patriarch; Ackroyd observes that Chuzzlewit's transformation to a charitable figure is a parallel to that of the miser. Douglas-Fairhurst sees that the minor character Gabriel Grub from \"The Pickwick Papers\" was also an influence when creating Scrooge. The story of \"A Christmas Carol\" starts on Christmas Eve 1843 with Scrooge at his money-lending business. He hates Christmas as a \"humbug\" and subjects his clerk, Bob Cratchit, to grueling hours and low pay of only 15 shillings on a normal week (giving him Christmas", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "6763258", "text": "and sailors on a ship at sea, by showing montages with different groups of people in different sections of the country singing \"Silent Night\". The scene of the young couple who are relieved at Scrooge's death is also taken from the original story. A Christmas Carol (1999 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1999 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous novel \"A Christmas Carol\" that was first televised December 5, 1999 on TNT. It was directed by David Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit. The film was produced after", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "9110127", "text": "A Christmas Carol (2006 film) A Christmas Carol (a.k.a. A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's Ghostly Tale) is a 2006 computer-animated film adaptation of the Charles Dickens tale, produced by BKN Home Entertainment. It was released theatrically in select cities by Kidtoon Films on November 6, 2006, and was released on DVD on November 21, 2006 by Genius Products and was part of BKN's anthology and trilogy series \"BKN Classic Series\". This version casts the famous Dickens characters as anthropomorphic animals; Ebenezer Scrooge and his relatives are skunks, Bob Cratchit and his family are rabbits, the ghost of Jacob Marley is a", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "9110129", "text": "Scrooge's childhood home. A Christmas Carol (2006 film) A Christmas Carol (a.k.a. A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's Ghostly Tale) is a 2006 computer-animated film adaptation of the Charles Dickens tale, produced by BKN Home Entertainment. It was released theatrically in select cities by Kidtoon Films on November 6, 2006, and was released on DVD on November 21, 2006 by Genius Products and was part of BKN's anthology and trilogy series \"BKN Classic Series\". This version casts the famous Dickens characters as anthropomorphic animals; Ebenezer Scrooge and his relatives are skunks, Bob Cratchit and his family are rabbits, the ghost of Jacob", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "6559999", "text": "rebuffs all of their requests for charity; as he walks away from each, they imply that Scrooge will pay for his actions, specifically referencing his past, present, and future respectively. Meanwhile, Scrooge's faithful but long-suffering clerk Bob Cratchit returns to his own impoverished family, telling his ill son Tiny Tim that despite their circumstances, their love for one another is the greatest treasure on Earth (\"You Mean More to Me\"). That night, as Scrooge dines alone before going to bed, the ghost of his seven-year dead partner Jacob Marley appears; Marley is doomed to spend the afterlife bound in heavy", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "811434", "text": "shows him Bob Cratchit and his family mourning the death of Tiny Tim. The ghost then allows Scrooge to see a neglected grave, with a tombstone bearing Scrooge's name. Sobbing, Scrooge pledges to change his ways. Scrooge awakens on Christmas morning a changed man. He makes a large donation to the charity he rejected the day before, anonymously sends a large turkey to the Cratchit home for Christmas dinner and spends the afternoon with Fred's family. The following day he gives Cratchit an increase in pay and begins to become a father figure to Tiny Tim. From then on Scrooge", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "10526144", "text": "and the citizens of London to spread happiness in the city, and later attends his nephew's annual Christmas dinner, where he is warmly welcomed. The following day, he gives Cratchit a raise and becomes a father figure to Tiny Tim, who escapes death. A changed man, Scrooge now treats everyone with kindness, generosity, and compassion; he now embodies the spirit of Christmas. Robert Zemeckis has stated previously that \"A Christmas Carol\" is one of his favorite stories dealing with time travel. Carrey has described the film as \"a classical version of \"A Christmas Carol\" […] There are a lot of", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "4022776", "text": "out with Bean, Dickens, Rizzo, and the charity workers to spread happiness and joy around London. Scrooge goes to the Cratchit house, at first putting on a stern demeanor, and then revealing he intends to raise Bob's salary and pay off his mortgage. Dickens narrates how Scrooge became a secondary father to Tiny Tim, who escaped death. Scrooge, the Cratchits, and the neighborhood celebrate Christmas. Following Jim Henson's death in 1990, talent agent Bill Haber approached his son Brian with the idea of filming an adaptation. Haber told Henson that \"\"Christmas Carol\" is the greatest story of all time, you", "title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "6560010", "text": "musical. The score contains 22 songs, also adapted from the stage. The opening number, \"Jolly Good Time\", is a more jovial reworking of the first two numbers in the stage version, \"The Years Are Passing By\" and \"Jolly, Rich, and Fat\". In the next number, \"Nothing to Do With Me\", Scrooge first encounters the three ghosts of Christmas in their physical guises as a lamplighter (Past), a charity show barker (Present), and a blind beggar woman (Future). We also see Scrooge's long-suffering employee Bob Cratchit buying a Christmas chicken with his son Tiny Tim in the song \"You Mean More", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "13542175", "text": "woman (Future) (\"Nothing to Do With Me\"). Scrooge's long-suffering employee Bob Cratchit, and Bob's son Tiny Tim, purchase a Christmas chicken (\"You Mean More to Me\"). The visit of the ghost of Jacob Marley (\"Link By Link\"), features a half-dozen singing, dancing spirits presented with various levels of makeup and special effects. One of these ghosts in this version is known to be an old colleague of Scrooge and Marley's, Mr. Haynes, who was said to be \"mean to the \"bone\"\", resulting in his charred skeleton. Other puns include a spirit with a safe embedded in his chest, who \"never", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "811432", "text": "miner's cottage and in a lighthouse. Scrooge and the ghost also visit Fred's Christmas party. A major part of this stave is taken up with Bob Cratchit's family feast and introduces his youngest son, Tiny Tim, a happy boy who is seriously ill. The spirit informs Scrooge that Tiny Tim will die unless the course of events changes. Before disappearing, the spirit shows Scrooge two hideous, emaciated children named Ignorance and Want. He tells Scrooge to beware the former above all and mocks Scrooge's concern for their welfare. The third spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "4092547", "text": "in the beginning of the 2015 film \"Krampus\". Scrooge (1951 film) Scrooge is a 1951 British fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\" (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. It was released as A Christmas Carol in the United States. The film also features Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman. George Cole stars as the younger version of Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor; Jack", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "4092523", "text": "Scrooge (1951 film) Scrooge is a 1951 British fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\" (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. It was released as A Christmas Carol in the United States. The film also features Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman. George Cole stars as the younger version of Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor; Jack Warner as Mr. Jorkin, a role created for", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "6060290", "text": "loyal employee Bob Cratchit's request to have Christmas off since there will be no business for Scrooge during the day. As he leaves for the Royal Stock Exchange, Scrooge encounters Bob's ill son Tiny Tim waiting across from Scrooge's office. After initially mistaking Tim for a beggar, Scrooge assures him that he will have a long wait for his father in the cold before leaving. In the stock exchange, Scrooge is greeted by three other businessmen who wish to purchase some corn; they had delayed in concluding the deal, apparently in hopes that Scrooge would lower his price. To their", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film)" }, { "docid": "4022773", "text": "a rubber chicken factory. Fozziwig and his mother throw a Christmas party, where Scrooge meets a young woman named Belle, whom he falls in love with. However, the Ghost shows Scrooge how Belle left him when he chose money over her. A tearful Scrooge dismisses the Ghost as he returns to the present. At two o'clock, Scrooge meets the gigantic, merry Ghost of Christmas Present who shows him the joys and wonder of Christmas Day. Scrooge and the Ghost visit Fred’s house where Scrooge is made fun of. Scrooge and the spirit then visit Bob Cratchit's house, learning his family", "title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "1761473", "text": "Christmas. He declines his nephew Fred (Donald Duck)'s invitation to Christmas dinner, then brushes off two gentlemen (Rat and Mole from Disney's Wind in the Willows) fundraising aid for the poor. His loyal employee Bob Cratchit (Mickey Mouse) requests to have half of Christmas Day off, to which Scrooge agrees (albeit reluctantly), but says Cratchit would be docked half a day's pay. Scrooge continues his business and goes home just before midnight. In his house, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley (Goofy), who warns him that he is condemned in the afterlife and", "title": "Mickey's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "6763254", "text": "the joys and wonder of Christmas Day. Scrooge and the Ghost visit Cratchit's house, learning his family is content with their small dinner, Scrooge taking pity on Cratchit's ill son Tiny Tim. The Ghost eventually ages, commenting that Tiny Tim will likely not survive until next Christmas. As the Ghost dies, he warns Scrooge about the evils of \"Ignorance\" and \"Want\", two demonic children who manifest themselves before Scrooge as two wretched children. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives, appearing as a tall, silent cloaked figure, and takes Scrooge into the future. At the stock exchange, Scrooge's acquaintances", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "4298582", "text": "After declining an invitation from his nephew to dine with him on Christmas, Scrooge dismisses two gentlemen collecting money for charity. That night, Scrooge reluctantly allows his employee Bob Cratchit to have Christmas off with pay but orders him back all the earlier the day after. Later Bob accidentally knocks off Scrooge's hat with a snowball. Scrooge fires Bob and withholds a week's pay to compensate for his ruined hat, also demanding a shilling to make up the difference. Bob spends the last of his wages on food for his family's Christmas dinner. In his house, Scrooge is confronted by", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "6060295", "text": "change his ways and begs to be spared. Awakening in his bedroom on Christmas Day, Scrooge finds the ghosts had visited him all in one night. Gleeful at having survived the spirits, Scrooge anonymously sends the Cratchits a large, prize-winning turkey for dinner. He then ventures out into the city to spread happiness among the citizens of London. Scrooge finds the charity workers he encountered before and much to their elation, Scrooge agrees to make a large donation. Scrooge also accepts Fred's Christmas invitation after reconciling with him. The following day, he gives Cratchit a raise and becomes like \"a", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film)" }, { "docid": "4298584", "text": "years, is the mother of his nephew. Scrooge is shown his early career in business and money lending as an employee under Fezziwig. At two o'clock, Scrooge meets the merry Ghost of Christmas Present, who shows Scrooge how others keep Christmas. At a church service, Fred and his fiancée, Bess, are seen as happy and in love. The couple must wait to marry because of Fred's financial circumstances, and the spirit observes that perhaps they will not marry at all and their love may end, just as Scrooge lost his fiancée in his youth. Scrooge is then shown the Cratchit", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "6763252", "text": "Fred's invitation to join him for Christmas dinner and dismisses two gentlemen collecting money for charity. His loyal employee Bob Cratchit offers Scrooge to have Christmas off since there will be no business for Scrooge during the day and Scrooge accepts, but demands that Cratchit arrive \"all the earlier\" the following day. In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife like he was, informing him that three spirits will visit him during the next three nights. At midnight,", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1999 film)" } ]

[ { "docid": "6060289", "text": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. The film is directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of the 1951 film \"Scrooge\", and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. It was filmed in the historic medieval county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire. On Christmas Eve in 1843 London, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly money-lender at a local counting house, does not share the merriment of Christmas. Scrooge declines his nephew Fred Hollywell's invitation for Christmas dinner and reluctantly accepts his", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film)" }, { "docid": "811425", "text": "A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. \"A Christmas Carol\" recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens wrote \"A Christmas Carol\" during a period when the British were", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "811474", "text": "films showed a traditional telling of the story, while US-made works showed Cratchet in a more central role, escaping the depression caused by European bankers and celebrating what Davis calls \"the Christmas of the common man\". In the 1960s, Scrooge was sometimes portrayed as a Freudian figure wrestling with his past. By the 1980s he was again set in a world of depression and economic uncertainty. A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "10495601", "text": "A Christmas Carol (1908 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1908 silent film produced by Essanay Studios in Chicago, and the first American film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. Tom Ricketts stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the film, which is considered lost. No prints of the first American film adaptation of \"A Christmas Carol\" are known to exist, but \"The Moving Picture World\" magazine provided a scene-by-scene description before the film's release. Scrooge goes into his office and begins working. His nephew, along with three women who wish for Scrooge to donate enter. However,", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1908 film)" }, { "docid": "10495604", "text": "quite likely that the public will patronize it sufficiently to make good the extraordinary outlay.\" A Christmas Carol (1908 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1908 silent film produced by Essanay Studios in Chicago, and the first American film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. Tom Ricketts stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the film, which is considered lost. No prints of the first American film adaptation of \"A Christmas Carol\" are known to exist, but \"The Moving Picture World\" magazine provided a scene-by-scene description before the film's release. Scrooge goes into his office and begins", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1908 film)" }, { "docid": "10495602", "text": "Scrooge dismisses them. On the night of Christmas Eve, his long-dead partner Jacob Marley comes as a ghost, warning him of a horrible fate if he does not change his ways. Scrooge meets three spirits that show Scrooge the real meaning of Christmas, along with his grave, the result of his parsimonious ways. The next morning, he wakes and realizes the error of his ways. Scrooge was then euphoric and generous for the rest of his life. \"A Christmas Carol\" was produced by the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company and released December 9, 1908. \"It is impossible to praise this film", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1908 film)" }, { "docid": "10526136", "text": "A Christmas Carol (2009 film) A Christmas Carol is a 2009 American 3D computer animated motion-capture dark fantasy film written, co-produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 story of the same name and stars Jim Carrey in a multitude of roles, including Ebenezer Scrooge as a young, middle-aged, and old man, and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge. The film also features supporting roles voiced by Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright, and Cary Elwes. The film was released in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D on November 3, 2009, by", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "5843165", "text": "Christmas Carol: The Movie Christmas Carol: The Movie is a 2001 British live action/animated film based on Charles Dickens's classic novella. Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, the film features the voices of numerous actors including Simon Callow, Kate Winslet (who also sang the film's theme \"What If\"), Kate's sister Beth Winslet, and Nicolas Cage. This version differs from others, in that Scrooge is given another chance with the love of his life, Belle, who ended their engagement in their youth after he was corrupted by greed; they later meet again after the three spirits have reformed Scrooge and he is", "title": "Christmas Carol: The Movie" }, { "docid": "6060299", "text": "on Blu-ray in December 2010. Although the film was very close to the book, there were a few changes: Novelist and essayist Louis Bayard, writing for Salon.com, described this adaptation as \"the definitive version of a beloved literary classic\", praising its fidelity to Dickens' original story, the strength of the supporting cast, and especially Scott's performance as Scrooge. A Christmas Carol (1984 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. The film is directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of the 1951 film \"Scrooge\",", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film)" }, { "docid": "16674856", "text": "not only his own grave, but that of Tiny Tim. The script added an unusual twist to the story in having the Ghost of Christmas Past (Sally Fraser) and the Ghost of Christmas Present (Ray Middleton) be portrayed by the same actors who played Scrooge's sweetheart Belle and his nephew Fred, respectively, and Scrooge not only notices the resemblance, but mistakes the Ghost of Christmas Present for his nephew. A Christmas Carol (Shower of Stars) A Christmas Carol is the December 23, 1954 episode of the hour-long American television anthology variety series, \"Shower of Stars\", which had a four-season run", "title": "A Christmas Carol (Shower of Stars)" }, { "docid": "6047063", "text": "A Christmas Carol (1971 film) A Christmas Carol is Richard Williams's animated adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella. The film was broadcast on U.S. television by ABC on December 21, 1971, and released theatrically soon after. In 1972, it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. \"A Christmas Carol\" was directed by Richard Williams and its visual style is also largely due to Ken Harris, credited as \"Master Animator\". It starred Alastair Sim as the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge — a role Sim had previously performed in the 1951 live-action film \"Scrooge\". Michael Hordern likewise reprised his 1951", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1971 film)" }, { "docid": "1761469", "text": "Mickey's Christmas Carol Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated featurette produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. It was directed and produced by Burny Mattinson. The cartoon is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\", starring Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. Many other Disney characters, primarily from the Mickey Mouse universe, \"Robin Hood\", and \"The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad\", were cast throughout the film. \"Mickey's Christmas Carol\" was largely an animated adaptation of a Disneyland Records 1974 audio musical entitled \"An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol\". The musical featured similar dialogue", "title": "Mickey's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "10534596", "text": "They include: The basic plot of \"A Christmas Carol\" has been put to a variety of different literary and dramatic uses since Dickens' death, alongside sequels, prequels, and stories focusing on minor characters. Adaptations of A Christmas Carol \"A Christmas Carol\", the popular 1843 novella by Charles Dickens (1812–1870), is one of the British author's best-known works. It is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy miser who hates Christmas, but is transformed into a caring, kindly person through the visitations of four ghosts. The classic work has been dramatised and adapted countless times for virtually every medium and performance", "title": "Adaptations of A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "811468", "text": "around for many years – the earliest known written use was in a letter in 1534 – but Dickens's use of the phrase in \"A Christmas Carol\" popularised it among the Victorian public. The exclamation \"Bah! Humbug!\" entered popular use in the English language as a retort to anything sentimental or overly festive; the name \"Scrooge\" became used as a designation for a miser, and was added to the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" as such in 1982. In the early 19th century the celebration of Christmas was associated in Britain with the countryside and peasant revels, disconnected to the increasing urbanisation", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "13542172", "text": "with choreography by Susan Stroman, sets by Tony Walton, costumes by William Ivey Long, lighting by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, sound by Tony Meola, projections by Wendall K. Harrington, and musical direction by Paul Gemignani. Walter Charles played Ebenezer Scrooge. Terrence Mann, Tony Randall, Hal Linden, Roddy McDowall (in his final role), F. Murray Abraham, Frank Langella, Tim Curry, Tony Roberts, Roger Daltrey and Jim Dale have all played the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in subsequent productions of \"A Christmas Carol\". In 2004, the production was adapted for television and produced by Hallmark Entertainment for NBC. It was directed", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "1761486", "text": "Starring Mickey Mouse\". The shot of Mickey holding Tiny Tim's crutch is also seen in the opening of \"Epic Mickey\". Mickey's Christmas Carol Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated featurette produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. It was directed and produced by Burny Mattinson. The cartoon is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\", starring Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. Many other Disney characters, primarily from the Mickey Mouse universe, \"Robin Hood\", and \"The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad\", were cast throughout the film. \"Mickey's Christmas Carol\" was largely an animated", "title": "Mickey's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "811450", "text": "where he saw—and was affected by seeing—fettered prisoners. For the character Tiny Tim, Dickens used his nephew Henry, a disabled boy who was five at the time \"A Christmas Carol\" was written. The two figures of Want and Ignorance, sheltering in the robes of the Ghost of Christmas Present, were inspired by the children Dickens had seen on his visit to a ragged school in the East End of London. The transformation of Scrooge is central to the story. Davis considers Scrooge to be \"a protean figure always in process of reformation\"; Kelly writes that the transformation is reflected in", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "17721420", "text": "A Diva's Christmas Carol A Diva's Christmas Carol is a 2000 VH1-original Christmas television film starring Vanessa L. Williams, Rozonda Thomas, Brian McNamara and Kathy Griffin. The film is based on the Charles Dickens classic, \"A Christmas Carol\", featuring an ego-driven pop singer who gets a reality check by three Christmas spirits. The film premiered on December 13, 2000. Ebony Scrooge (Williams) is one of the world's most successful pop singers. However, with her cold-hearted soul and nasty attitude, she lacks a great deal of holiday cheer and makes her manager Bob along with her bandmates anything but happy. While", "title": "A Diva's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "10534594", "text": "Adaptations of A Christmas Carol \"A Christmas Carol\", the popular 1843 novella by Charles Dickens (1812–1870), is one of the British author's best-known works. It is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy miser who hates Christmas, but is transformed into a caring, kindly person through the visitations of four ghosts. The classic work has been dramatised and adapted countless times for virtually every medium and performance genre, and new versions appear regularly. The novel was the subject of Dickens' first public reading, given in Birmingham Town Hall to the Industrial and Literary Institute on 27 December 1852. This was", "title": "Adaptations of A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "9367803", "text": "A Christmas Carol (2000 film) A Christmas Carol is a British television crime fantasy drama film, written by Peter Bowker, that first broadcast on ITV on 20 December, 2000. The film is a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\", and stars Ross Kemp in the role of Eddie Scrooge. Warren Mitchell stars as Eddie's Dad, the Ghost of Christmas Past; Ray Fearon stars as Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Present; and Ben Inigo-Jones stars as Eddie's son, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The film was one of a number of projects offered to Kemp as", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "4298591", "text": "night when the last stroke of 12:00 has ceased to vibrate. This change was also used in other versions such as \"Scrooge\" (1970), \"Mickey's Christmas Carol\" (1983), and \"A Christmas Carol\" (1984). Originally intended as a 1939 release, \"A Christmas Carol\" was rushed into production in October 1938 and was finished in a matter of weeks. It opened in December 1938 at New York City's Radio City Music Hall where it did moderately well. One of many adaptations of the work, it was frequently revived in theaters by MGM. The film was shown on local television stations in the United", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "6047066", "text": "disqualifying any future works initially shown on television. A Christmas Carol (1971 film) A Christmas Carol is Richard Williams's animated adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella. The film was broadcast on U.S. television by ABC on December 21, 1971, and released theatrically soon after. In 1972, it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. \"A Christmas Carol\" was directed by Richard Williams and its visual style is also largely due to Ken Harris, credited as \"Master Animator\". It starred Alastair Sim as the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge — a role Sim had previously performed in the 1951 live-action", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1971 film)" }, { "docid": "10445429", "text": "Rich Little's Christmas Carol Rich Little's Christmas Carol is a TV special that premiered on Home Box Office (HBO) on December 16, 1979, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1978. It starred Rich Little in a one-man performance with impersonations of his characters playing the parts in Charles Dickens famous holiday story. Little played the following celebrities: The show was shot on videotape and included a laugh track. In 1963, Little release the LP Scrooge and the Stars, which seems to have been the inspiration for this version of A Christmas Carol. In Little's LP version, Scrooge was portrayed", "title": "Rich Little's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "4092527", "text": "visited by three spirits; the first will arrive when the bell tolls one. Marley leaves to join other ghosts suffering the same torment. Frightened by the sight of the damned, Scrooge takes refuge in his bed. At one in the morning, the Spirit of Christmas Past (Michael Dolan) arrives to show Scrooge scenes from his past. A young Scrooge (George Cole) is alone at school, unwanted by his father ever since his mother died in childbirth. His sister Fan (Carol Marsh) arrives to take him home, claiming their father has changed. Next, the Spirit shows Scrooge the annual Christmas party", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "811446", "text": "this was added later, during the printing process. The central character of \"A Christmas Carol\" is Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly London-based moneylender, described in the story as \"a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!\" Kelly writes that Scrooge may have been influenced by Dickens's conflicting feelings for his father, whom he both loved and demonised. This psychological conflict may be responsible for the two radically different Scrooges in the tale—one a cold, stingy and greedy semi-recluse, the other a benevolent, sociable man. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, the professor of English literature, considers that in the opening part of the book", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "4022769", "text": "The Muppet Christmas Carol The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 American musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Jim Henson Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Adapted from Charles Dickens's 1843 novella \"A Christmas Carol\", it is the fourth theatrical film to feature the Muppets, and the first to be produced following the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson in 1990. The film was directed by Brian Henson in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Jerry Juhl, and stars Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, alongside Muppet performers Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, and Frank Oz portraying various", "title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "5843167", "text": "showns a kindness towards a mouse that appears throughout the film. In 1867, Charles Dickens arrives at a theatre in Boston one snowy night to tell the story of \"A Christmas Carol\". In Victorian London on one Christmas Eve the merriment is not shared by a money lender named Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge on his way back to work from the Exchange orders a criminal named Old Joe to arrest his debt ridden clients including Dr Lambert who along with several other clients is locked up in a debtors' prison. Belle a middle aged nurse and an old flame of Scrooge", "title": "Christmas Carol: The Movie" }, { "docid": "811451", "text": "the description of Scrooge, who begins as a two-dimensional character, but who then grows into one who \"possess[es] an emotional depth [and] a regret for lost opportunities\". Some writers, including Grace Moore, the Dickens scholar, consider that there is a Christian theme running through \"A Christmas Carol\", and that the novella should be seen as an allegory of the Christian concept of redemption. Dickens's biographer, Claire Tomalin sees the conversion of Scrooge as carrying the Christian message that \"even the worst of sinners may repent and become a good man\". Dickens's attitudes towards organised religion were complex; he based his", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "5843173", "text": "Dr Lambert worked at has the children evicted due to his previous wicked deeds causing him to fire Old Joe. Scrooge is confronted by Belle and Scrooge promises Belle he will make up for his sins and the pair reunite as a couple. The next day Scrooge promotes Bob as his new partner replacing Marley and promises to help his family as well as giving him a raise and becomes a stepfather to a now well Tiny Tim and everything returns to normal thanks to Scrooge changing his ways. \"A Christmas Carol\" was directed by Jimmy Murakami, who helmed \"The", "title": "Christmas Carol: The Movie" }, { "docid": "6552160", "text": "going by the name of Sam) still hates kissing, though. This story is the first part of Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales. As the second one featuring Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner (\"Freeze Frame\") begins, Bugs congratulates Sam for making Scrooge a charitable character, but Sam tells Bugs that it was all a play, and asked him, Porky, and the gang to give all his money back to him. Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol is an eight-minute animated short film produced by Warner Bros. Television and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and released in 1979 by Warner Bros. as part", "title": "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "811453", "text": "and Fireside\". From a secular viewpoint, the cultural historian Penne Restad suggests that Scrooge's redemption underscores \"the conservative, individualistic and patriarchal aspects\" of Dickens's \"\"Carol\" philosophy\" of charity and altruism. Dickens wrote \"A Christmas Carol\" in response to British social attitudes towards poverty, particularly child poverty, and wished to use the novella as a means to put forward his arguments against it. The story shows Scrooge as a paradigm for self-interest, and the possible repercussions of ignoring the poor, especially children in poverty—personified by the allegorical figures of Want and Ignorance. The two figures were created to arouse sympathy with", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "1371257", "text": "Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge () is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, \"A Christmas Carol\". At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. Dickens describes him thus: \"The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice.\" His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy. The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "2570206", "text": "Blackadder's Christmas Carol Blackadder's Christmas Carol is a one-off episode of \"Blackadder\", a parody of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\". It is set between \"Blackadder the Third\" (1987) and \"Blackadder Goes Forth\" (1989), and is narrated by Hugh Laurie. Produced by the BBC, it was first broadcast on BBC1 on 23 December 1988. Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), the Victorian proprietor of a \"moustache shop\", is the nicest man in England. He is everything that Ebenezer Scrooge was by the end of the original story: generous and kind to everybody, and sensitive to the misery of others. As a result, people", "title": "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "11728361", "text": "visits of three spirits. After Jacob departs, Scrooge heads for his bed with no intention of having his sleep be interrupted by anyone. Still, precisely as Jacob Marley had predicted, the first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past arrives at one o'clock. He and Scrooge depart together for the Christmases that have already been, and from the experience, Scrooge gains a painful memory of the person he was, and how he became what he is today. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shares with Scrooge the Christmases being celebrated on that same year, especially the merriment being had", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1982 film)" }, { "docid": "12871192", "text": "Scrooge (musical) Scrooge: The Musical is a 1992 stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Its score and book are closely adapted from the music and screenplay of the 1970 musical film \"Scrooge\" starring Albert Finney and \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens. Bricusse was nominated for an Academy Award for the song score he wrote for the film, and most of those songs were carried over to the musical. The musical opens with the company singing a Christmas carol medley as the city of London begins to reminisce over the coming of Christmas (\"Sing A Christmas", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "9301136", "text": "house, where Carol decided to go after all for the holidays, and comment on their work at transforming Carol Cartman, a twist not seen in any adaptation of \"A Christmas Carol\" up to then, and which would be repeated three years later, at the end of \"Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas\". A Carol Christmas A Carol Christmas is a TV movie starring Tori Spelling, Dinah Manoff, William Shatner and Gary Coleman. It premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2003. The film is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens story of a similar name. Spelling plays Carol Cartman, a conceited", "title": "A Carol Christmas" }, { "docid": "811466", "text": "be corrected. The novella was adapted for the stage almost immediately. Three productions opened on 5 February 1844, one by Edward Stirling being sanctioned by Dickens and running for more than 40 nights. By the close of February 1844 eight rival \"A Christmas Carol\" theatrical productions were playing in London. The story has been adapted for film and television more than any of Dickens's other works. In 1901 it was produced as \"Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost\", a silent black-and-white British film; it was one of the first known adaptations of a Dickens work on film, but it is now largely", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "1063978", "text": "Carol\" in \"The Simpsons\" episode \"'Tis the Fifteenth Season\" . Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is a 1962 animated musical holiday television special produced by UPA. It is an adaptation of \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens, featuring UPA's character Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge. The special first aired on December 18, 1962 on NBC. Jim Backus provides the voice of Magoo, with additional voices provided by Paul Frees, Morey Amsterdam, Joan Gardner, and Jack Cassidy. The special is directed by Abe Levitow and features songs composed by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Bob Merrill. It is", "title": "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "10445430", "text": "by Jack Benny. Rich Little's Christmas Carol Rich Little's Christmas Carol is a TV special that premiered on Home Box Office (HBO) on December 16, 1979, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1978. It starred Rich Little in a one-man performance with impersonations of his characters playing the parts in Charles Dickens famous holiday story. Little played the following celebrities: The show was shot on videotape and included a laugh track. In 1963, Little release the LP Scrooge and the Stars, which seems to have been the inspiration for this version of A Christmas Carol. In Little's LP version,", "title": "Rich Little's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "6682090", "text": "Ghost of Christmas Present The Ghost of Christmas Present or The Spirit of Christmas Present is a fictional character in the work \"A Christmas Carol\" by novelist Charles Dickens. The Spirit closely resembles Father Christmas from local folklore. The Ghost of Christmas Present is the second of the three spirits (after the visitations by Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past) that haunt the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to prompt him to repent. He shows Scrooge how other people, especially those he knows, celebrate Christmas in order to show the reader what people think of Scrooge behind his", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Present" }, { "docid": "6560005", "text": "over the course of the day, shows Scrooge the two monstrous children Ignorance and Want that cling to his legs, warning Scrooge that they will doom both Scrooge and mankind altogether if they are not cared for. The spirit and children vanish, returning Scrooge to his bedroom. At the stroke of Three, the blind beggar woman appears in Scrooge's bedroom; she removes her tattered robes and becomes a tall, beautiful woman dressed all in white: the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The silent spirit shows Scrooge what lies in store in the future if he doesn't change (\"Dancing on", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "12871208", "text": "occasionally rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Scrooge (musical) Scrooge: The Musical is a 1992 stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Its score and book are closely adapted from the music and screenplay of the 1970 musical film \"Scrooge\" starring Albert Finney and \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens. Bricusse was nominated for an Academy Award for the song score he wrote for the film, and most of those songs were carried over to the musical. The musical opens with the company singing a Christmas carol medley as the city of London begins to reminisce over", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "1063970", "text": "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is a 1962 animated musical holiday television special produced by UPA. It is an adaptation of \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens, featuring UPA's character Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge. The special first aired on December 18, 1962 on NBC. Jim Backus provides the voice of Magoo, with additional voices provided by Paul Frees, Morey Amsterdam, Joan Gardner, and Jack Cassidy. The special is directed by Abe Levitow and features songs composed by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Bob Merrill. It is the first animated holiday program ever produced specifically for television,", "title": "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "6763253", "text": "Scrooge is visited by the childlike Ghost of Christmas Past who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit his lonely school days, and then his time as an employee under Albert Fezziwig. Fezziwig throws a Christmas party, Scrooge attends and meets a young woman named Belle, whom he falls in love with. However, the Ghost shows Scrooge how Belle left him when he chose money over her. A tearful Scrooge extinguishes the Ghost as he returns to the present. At two o'clock, Scrooge meets the merry Ghost of Christmas Present, which shows Scrooge", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "12617029", "text": "Scrooge (1935 film) Scrooge is a 1935 British fantasy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop and Robert Cochran. Hicks appears as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic \"A Christmas Carol\", not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost. Hicks had previously played the role of Scrooge on the stage many times beginning in 1901, and again in a 1913 British silent film version. On Christmas Eve in 1843 Ebenezer Scrooge (Sir Seymour Hicks) a cold-hearted and greedy elderly money-lender", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "6060293", "text": "Belle left him when he chose his wealth over her. A distraught Scrooge puts out the spirit with its cap as he returns to the present. At two o'clock, Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Present, who shows him the joys and wonder of Christmas Day. Scrooge and the Ghost visit Bob's house, learning his family is surprisingly content with their small dinner, Scrooge taking pity on Tim. Scrooge and the spirit go to a desolate street, where the latter disappears, warning Scrooge about the evils of \"Ignorance\" and \"Want\". The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives, appearing as", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film)" }, { "docid": "9301134", "text": "A Carol Christmas A Carol Christmas is a TV movie starring Tori Spelling, Dinah Manoff, William Shatner and Gary Coleman. It premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2003. The film is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens story of a similar name. Spelling plays Carol Cartman, a conceited sensationalist talk show host. She is cynical, selfish, and generally treats her employees with cold contempt. She has been molded this way by her late Aunt Marla (Dinah Manoff). On Christmas Eve, she is haunted by her Aunt (who is wrapped in golden chains) who warns her of the mistake she made", "title": "A Carol Christmas" }, { "docid": "811431", "text": "Fezziwig, who treated him like a son. Scrooge's neglected fiancée Belle is shown ending their relationship, as she realises that he will never love her as much as he loves money. Finally, they visit a now-married Belle with her large, happy family on the Christmas Eve that Marley died. Scrooge, upset by hearing Belle's description of the man that he has become, demands that the ghost remove him from the house. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes Scrooge to a joyous market with people buying the makings of Christmas dinner and to celebrations of Christmas in a", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "811430", "text": "heavy chains and money boxes forged during a lifetime of greed and selfishness. Marley tells Scrooge that he has a single chance to avoid the same fate: he will be visited by three spirits and must listen or be cursed to carry much heavier chains of his own. The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past, takes Scrooge to Christmas scenes of Scrooge's boyhood, reminding him of a time when he was more innocent. The scenes reveal Scrooge's lonely childhood at boarding school, his relationship with his beloved sister Fan, and a Christmas party hosted by his first employer, Mr", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "13542171", "text": "A Christmas Carol (musical) A Christmas Carol is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens. The musical is based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella of the same name. The show was presented annually at New York City's Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden from 1 December 1994 to 27 December 2003. \"A Christmas Carol\" premiered on 1 December 1994. It was performed annually in December at the Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden from December 1994 until December 2003. The original 1994 production was directed by Mike Ockrent", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "13542176", "text": "had a heart\". The Ghost of Christmas Past reinforces the character's signature theme of illuminating Scrooge's worldview (\"The Lights of Long Ago\"). One notable departure from Dickens' novella in this portion of the film is its depiction of Ebenezer Scrooge's father, identified as John William Scrooge, being sentenced to debtors' prison while his horrified family looks on; this scene was inspired by an actual occurrence from Dickens' own childhood. The Ghost of Christmas Present (\"Abundance and Charity\" and \"Christmas Together\"), makes his point that Christmas is a time for celebration, generosity, and fellowship. The former takes place at a fantastical", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "4298585", "text": "home. Despite wearing a cheery manner for his family's sake, Bob is deeply troubled by the loss of his job, though he confides in no one except his daughter Martha. The spirit hints that Bob's youngest son, Tim, will die of a crippling illness by the same time next year if things do not change. At three o'clock, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives, appearing as a silent, cloaked figure. The spirit shows Scrooge what will happen if he does not change. Scrooge discovers Tiny Tim is dead and his family mourns for him. Scrooge also discovers that", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "4298583", "text": "the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as Marley was. He tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the youthful Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his early life. Scrooge is shown his unhappiness when he was left to spend the holidays alone at school, and his joy when his sister, Fran, came to take him home for Christmas. The spirit reminds Scrooge that Fran, dead for some", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "10526140", "text": "an employee under Fezziwig, and he becomes engaged to a woman named Belle. However, the Ghost shows Scrooge how Belle left him when he became obsessed with wealth. A devastated Scrooge extinguishes the spirit with its candle snuffer cap but Scrooge is rocketed thousands of feet into the air while clinging onto the snuffer, only to have it disappear, resulting in Scrooge falling down to earth, back into his bedroom for the next visitation. Next, Scrooge meets the merry Ghost of Christmas Present, who shows him the joys and wonder of Christmas Day. Scrooge and the Ghost visit Bob's house,", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "6560014", "text": "The entire Christmas Future sequence plays out in song (\"Dancing On Your Grave\", \"You Mean More to Me (Reprise)\", and \"Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Today\"), culminating in Scrooge's awakening in his bedroom on Christmas morning. \"What a Day, What a Sky\" serves as a musical bookend to \"Nothing to Do With Me\", dramatizing Scrooge's new outlook as he races through the streets of London making amends. The film concludes with a reprise of \"Christmas Together\" featuring the entire cast. A Christmas Carol (2004 film) A Christmas Carol: The Musical is a 2004 American made-for-television film adaptation of the 1994 stage musical", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "6560000", "text": "chains that he forged with his own greed and obsession with money (\"Link by Link\"). He tells Scrooge that his own chain will be twice as long and heavy, but that there is a chance for him to redeem himself by heeding the warnings of three spirits who will appear to him that night. Other ghosts who also wear chains also haunt Scrooge, implying they were all selfish and cold-hearted when they were alive. The first of the three spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, arrives after the bell chimes One; Scrooge recognizes her as the lamplighter he met the", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "4022774", "text": "is content with their small dinner, Scrooge taking pity on Bob's ill son Tiny Tim (played by Robin the Frog). The Ghost of Christmas Present abruptly ages, commenting that Tiny Tim will likely not survive until next Christmas. Scrooge and the Ghost go to a cemetery, where the latter fades away. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come then approaches Scrooge, appearing as a tall, silent cloaked figure. While Dickens and Rizzo abandon the audience to avoid being frightened, the Ghost takes Scrooge into the future. Scrooge and the Ghost witness a group of businessmen discussing the death of an", "title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "14082508", "text": "film \"Scrooge\". \"Scrooge\" was a Zenith Film Company production, by whom it was also distributed on its release date in September 1913. Some scenes in the black and white 35mm film were colour toned. The opening credits are followed by a scene in which Charles Dickens is seen pacing his library seeking inspiration for a new story. It comes to him and he settles down to write \"A Christmas Carol\". A short introductory synopsis describing miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge leads into a shot of his nephew Fred Wyland giving money to poor children on Christmas Eve. Scrooge, upon leaving", "title": "Scrooge (1913 film)" }, { "docid": "9686506", "text": "Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, Scully, on Christmas vacation with her family, receives a mysterious phone call that leads her to a case involving a little girl that she believes to be the daughter of her dead sister, Melissa. \"Christmas Carol\" is the first of a two-part story that concludes with episode seven, \"Emily\". The episode was inspired by the 1951 British film \"Scrooge\", starring Alastair", "title": "Christmas Carol (The X-Files)" }, { "docid": "12617037", "text": "omits the very last scenes. For years it was kept out of circulation, due to the extremely poor quality of most of the surviving prints. Scrooge (1935 film) Scrooge is a 1935 British fantasy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop and Robert Cochran. Hicks appears as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic \"A Christmas Carol\", not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost. Hicks had previously played the role of Scrooge on the stage many times beginning in 1901,", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "398405", "text": "which Alan Young was hired to voice Scrooge McDuck playing the character who inspired his name, Ebenezer Scrooge (Thompson had died in 1971). Young, who himself was born in Great Britain, was best known for playing Wilbur Post on the hit television series \"Mister Ed\" from 1961 to 1965. Eight years later, the Walt Disney Animation Studios decided to make a featurette of this same story, this time dubbed \"Mickey's Christmas Carol\" (1983), and once again hired Young to voice the role. He also appeared as himself in the television special \"Sport Goofy in Soccermania\" (1987) (the only time when", "title": "Scrooge McDuck" }, { "docid": "13542174", "text": "of Christmas Past, Hugh Maynard as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Norman Bowman as Jacob Marley, Peter Polycarpou as Mr Fezziwig, and John Addison as Fred Anderson. The concert production was again at the Lyceum on 11 and 18 December 2017, with Lindsay returning to the role of Scrooge. The opening numbers are \"The Years Are Passing By\" and \"Jolly, Rich, and Fat\". In later productions the two numbers are combined as \"Jolly Good Time.\" Scrooge first encounters the three ghosts of Christmas in their real-world guises as a lamplighter (Past), a charity show barker (Present), and a blind beggar", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "12871195", "text": "at the thought that he is in the wrong for hating Christmas (\"It's Not My Fault\"). He is visited by the first spirit - the Ghost of Christmas Past - who takes Scrooge back to when he was a small boy who preferred not to take part in Christmas activities and carols (\"Sing a Christmas Carol (Reprise)\"). The child Ebenezer is visited by his sister Jenny, who takes Ebenezer, who is reluctant to go home to his father due to a troubled relationship, back home. Scrooge is confused as to why the visions are not communicating with him, to which", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" } ]

[ "Raindeers", "Cervus tarandus", "Cratering", "Rein deer", "Arctic caribou", "Caribou (zoology)", "Reindeer herder", "Reindeer", "Reindeer husbandry", "Rangifer (genus)", "Rangerine", "Reindeer herding", "Reindeers", "Raindeer", "Reindeer habitat", "Woodland reindeer", "Qalipu", "Caribous", "Rangiferine" ]

[ { "docid": "3826687", "text": "seen in 2015. The story was based on the 1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh and illustrated by J. Otto Seibold. In the song, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", the lyric \"All of the other reindeer\" can be misheard in dialects with the cot–caught merger as the mondegreen \"Olive, the other reindeer\". Drew Barrymore voices the title character. The special was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. The story follows an anthropomorphic Jack Russell Terrier named Olive, who does not act like a dog. While in town, she meets Martini, a con artist penguin, from whom she buys", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "6278021", "text": "J. Otto Seibold J. Otto Seibold (born 1960) is an American artist and children's book creator. With no formal art training, he was able to sneak into the art world during the \"outsider art\" craze of the 1990s. His book \"Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride\", published by Viking in 1993, was the first children's picture book to be created with digital media. His 1997 book \"Olive, the Other Reindeer\" led to an animated television special of the same name. His art has been shown at Mass MOCA, Deitch Projects NYC, The Getty LA, Contemporary Jewish Museum SF, Grass Hut", "title": "J. Otto Seibold" }, { "docid": "6278023", "text": "role. \"Going to the Getty\" won an Art Directors Club Illustration Award. \"Olive, the Other Reindeer\" was a New York Times Bestseller and the movie version was nominated for an Emmy Award. James has three children and resides in Oakland, California. J. Otto Seibold J. Otto Seibold (born 1960) is an American artist and children's book creator. With no formal art training, he was able to sneak into the art world during the \"outsider art\" craze of the 1990s. His book \"Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride\", published by Viking in 1993, was the first children's picture book to be", "title": "J. Otto Seibold" }, { "docid": "9430217", "text": "Vivian Walsh (author) Vivian Walsh is a children's book author. Her best selling book \"Olive, the Other Reindeer\" is based on her real life Jack Russell Terrier. The dog, Olive, was later portrayed (with the voice of Drew Barrymore) in the animated version of the picture book. The TV special was produced by Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons. Ms. Walsh states that when she lived in New York City, her picture book heroes, like the people around her, were all workaholics. The \"Mr. Lunch\" series begins with this line, \"Mr. Lunch was very good at chasing birds, in fact", "title": "Vivian Walsh (author)" }, { "docid": "3826686", "text": "Olive, the Other Reindeer Olive, the Other Reindeer is a 1999 American computer-animated Christmas television special written by Steve Young, based on the children's book by Vivian Walsh, and directed by Oscar Moore. The feature was produced by Matt Groening's The Curiosity Company and animated by DNA Productions. It first aired on December 17, 1999 on Fox, produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Flower Films. The special combines paperlike character art in 3-D environments. Sometimes, traditional animation is used. The special premiered on Cartoon Network on December 11, 2002 and aired during the holiday season until it was last", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9430219", "text": "Dreams\", which was named a New York Times \"Best Illustrated Book\". \"Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride\" won a Cuffie Award from Publisher's Weekly; Mr. Lunch won for most memorable character in a lead role. \"Olive, the Other Reindeer\" was a New York Times Bestseller and the movie version was nominated for an Emmy Award. Vivian Walsh (author) Vivian Walsh is a children's book author. Her best selling book \"Olive, the Other Reindeer\" is based on her real life Jack Russell Terrier. The dog, Olive, was later portrayed (with the voice of Drew Barrymore) in the animated version of the", "title": "Vivian Walsh (author)" }, { "docid": "3826698", "text": "the special were shorten for time when it was released on DVD and was aired on Cartoon Network. Said missing scenes can be found on the VHS prints. More information can be found on the Lost Media page and the scenes can be viewed on YouTube Olive, the Other Reindeer Olive, the Other Reindeer is a 1999 American computer-animated Christmas television special written by Steve Young, based on the children's book by Vivian Walsh, and directed by Oscar Moore. The feature was produced by Matt Groening's The Curiosity Company and animated by DNA Productions. It first aired on December 17,", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "3826688", "text": "a \"Rolexxx\". When she returns home from some errands, she finds her owner, Tim, putting away Christmas decorations and announcing morosely that there \"won't be any Christmas\". Olive eventually finds out that this is because Blitzen, one of Santa's reindeer, is injured earlier during a practice flight and can not fly. Santa hopes he can make the Christmas run with \"all of the other reindeer\". Mishearing this on the radio as \"Olive the other reindeer\", Olive becomes convinced that it is she Santa is referring to, prompting her to travel to the North Pole to fill in on the sleigh", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "3826695", "text": "the fence, and proceeds to find Santa. Besides Blitzen's injury, Santa is not sure he wants to go out on Christmas Eve, after he reveals he has received mean-spirited letters from some children. Olive arrives and convinces him that the mean letters are really from the Postman, since they have no postmark. After introducing herself and persuading Santa not to give up on his mission, Santa thanks her for coming and Olive is put with the other reindeer to fly the sleigh. Before they leave, the Postman switches the toy bag with his own bag of junk mail and kidnaps", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9783277", "text": "Christmas by the Bay Christmas by the Bay, recorded at the Sail Loft in the Washington Navy Yard, is Burl Ives's last original Christmas album. It includes only one new Christmas song by Ives: \"The Sense of Christmas.\" The other songs are new performances of previously recorded songs: \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\"; \"A Holly, Jolly Christmas\"; \"Christmas by the Bay\" (cf. \"Christmas at the White House\", 1972); \"White Christmas\" (cf. \"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas\", 1966); and \"The Friendly Beasts\" (cf. \"Christmas Day in the Morning\", 1952). On all of these songs he is accompanied by the United States Navy", "title": "Christmas by the Bay" } ]

[ { "docid": "9430218", "text": "he was a professional.\" Mr. Lunch is a hard working dog who runs a bird-chasing office. \"Monkey Business\" is about the first monkey in space. This picture book catches-up with the monkey when he is a middle-aged industrial mogul. When Vivian Walsh moved to San Francisco her books took on the theme of a diverse community; of everyone getting along despite their differences. In the book \"Gluey\" a bunny and a snail (the fastest and slowest animals in the meadow) become housemates. Walsh has collaborated with the illustrator J.otto Seibold. The two have teamed up on books such as \"Penguin", "title": "Vivian Walsh (author)" }, { "docid": "9549204", "text": "in 1924 he sold the New Zealand Flying School assets to the New Zealand Government, and gave up all involvement in aviation. Vivian died in 1950, and Leo in 1951. The Auckland Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society, concerned to preserve the memory of the brothers' contribution, formed the Walsh Memorial Air Pageant Organisation. Several events raised significant monies for educational purposes - now administered via the New Zealand Aeronautical Trusts Ltd. Other memorials include: Vivian Walsh (aviator) Vivian Claude Walsh (1888–1950) was an English-born New Zealand engineer. Vivian and his elder brother Leo Austin Walsh (1881–1951) were pioneers of", "title": "Vivian Walsh (aviator)" }, { "docid": "9549203", "text": "Vivian Walsh (aviator) Vivian Claude Walsh (1888–1950) was an English-born New Zealand engineer. Vivian and his elder brother Leo Austin Walsh (1881–1951) were pioneers of New Zealand aviation. Vivian and Leo built a British Howard Wright biplane, which Vivian first flew on 5 February 1911. This was the first recognised powered flight made in New Zealand. They established the New Zealand Flying School in 1915 to train pilots for the Royal Flying Corps, building their own series of flying boat trainers. He made pioneering airmail, air passenger, and air survey flights, but was unable to make these commercially viable, and", "title": "Vivian Walsh (aviator)" }, { "docid": "12442332", "text": "Rick Seibold Rick Seibold ( ; born April 16, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter from Wilmington, North Carolina, now based in Los Angeles. Seibold has received considerable recognition as an independent recording artist from his debut record \"That's the Day\". He has worked with artists such as Lee DeWyze, David Archuleta, Katelyn Tarver, Kat DeLuna, and Alex Lambert. Rick Seibold grew up on the East Coast in Wilmington, North Carolina. His music career began around age 10 when he appeared in the film The Road to Wellville as John Harvey Kellogg's son, played by Anthony Hopkins, singing the Christmas classic", "title": "Rick Seibold" }, { "docid": "18895182", "text": "Friendly Advice, was released and was shortly followed by a picture book she cowrote with J. Otto Seibold titled Vunce Upon A Time. Vivian's next book, Same Difference, which was published in 2009, garnered Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year as well as 2012 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults. Both of these awards were also awarded to her next book, Not That Kind of Girl, along with a Caroline W. Field Award Nomination. Her most recent solo book, The List, inspired by true events at a high school in New Jersey, was published in 2012 and earned the", "title": "Siobhan Vivian" }, { "docid": "3826689", "text": "team. On the way to the bus station, Olive runs into a grouchy Postman who is fed up with the stress of having to deliver the heavy loads of mail during the Christmas rush, and tells her that \"By next year, people will have forgotten about Christmas.\" He learns Olive is trying to help save Santa's flight. He is vengeful towards Santa for being repeatedly put on his Naughty list and is determined to stop Olive from saving Christmas. Olive goes to the \"Mauvehound\" bus station to buy a ticket to Arctic Junction. Martini shows up, and Olive buys him", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "3826697", "text": "baked. As a present, Olive is given a pair of antlers on a headband to wear. Comet gives her a ride home and Olive makes amends with Tim, who is glad that he does not care if she is different from other dogs. Meanwhile, bound with packing tape and cardboard wings, the Postman is put in the penguin exhibit in the zoo in place of Martini, and Martini is put in charge of the mail, while everyone enjoys Christmas Day. Music by Christopher Tyng, lyrics by Steve Young Originally seen on the FOX and (presumably) Nickelodeon airings, some scenes in", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "13737199", "text": "J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building The J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building is a commercial building located at 342 Hecla Street in Laurium, Michigan. in the Italian Renaissance Revival, and Italianate architectural styles, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Captain Johnson Vivian Sr. was born in Cornwall, England. He worked in the mining industry in his home country, then emigrated to Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula to work as a mining captain, first in Eagle Harbor, then moving to mines located in Copper Harbor, Phoenix, Hancock, and Ontonogan, among other places. Captain Vivian had four", "title": "J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building" }, { "docid": "3826694", "text": "a heartfelt speech about the meaning of Christmas and how devoted she is to her cause. The patrons apologize for their behavior and Round John Virgin offers Martini and Olive a ride to the North Pole in his vehicle, named The Polar Express. At the North Pole, Olive is denied entry to see Santa, but Martini gives the guard a watch as if it was a gift from Santa. When the guard asks Martini to fix it, he says he needs to kill the alarm, because the electromagnetic waves will interfere with the signal from a satellite. Olive digs under", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "12057644", "text": "coach. Anthony Seibold Anthony Seibold (born 3 October 1974) is the head coach of the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He was previously the head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2018. Seibold was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, and is of German descent from his grandfather. As a player, Seibold had stints at the Brisbane Broncos (1992–1995) and Canberra Raiders (1997–1998) throughout the 1990s, where he played in the National Rugby League. In 1999 Seibold signed for the where he played two seasons in the English Super League. Seibold played for the Ipswich Jets in the 2002 Queensland", "title": "Anthony Seibold" }, { "docid": "12057640", "text": "Anthony Seibold Anthony Seibold (born 3 October 1974) is the head coach of the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He was previously the head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2018. Seibold was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, and is of German descent from his grandfather. As a player, Seibold had stints at the Brisbane Broncos (1992–1995) and Canberra Raiders (1997–1998) throughout the 1990s, where he played in the National Rugby League. In 1999 Seibold signed for the where he played two seasons in the English Super League. Seibold played for the Ipswich Jets in the 2002 Queensland Cup", "title": "Anthony Seibold" }, { "docid": "3826696", "text": "Martini. After the sleigh lands at the first house and Olive realizes what has happened, Olive uses the Postman's scent to track him and scares the Postman out of his wits as he sees Olive in the side window. After a struggle with the Postman, Olive gets pushed out, but Martini uses a jack-in-the-box to scare the Postman, who hits the window and is knocked unconscious. They retrieve the presents and rescue Martini, and then deliver the presents to the world. Lost in a fog, Olive guides them back to the North Pole by smelling the gingerbread cookies Ms. Claus", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "13737203", "text": "window. A cornice features alternating marble medallions and attic windows. Brick and sandstone piers divide the plate glass windows on the first floor. J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building The J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building is a commercial building located at 342 Hecla Street in Laurium, Michigan. in the Italian Renaissance Revival, and Italianate architectural styles, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Captain Johnson Vivian Sr. was born in Cornwall, England. He worked in the mining industry in his home country, then emigrated to Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula to work as a mining captain,", "title": "J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building" }, { "docid": "4325102", "text": "won his second term. When Walsh ran for re-election in 1924, he defeated Frank Bird Linderman by a solid margin. In 1930, Walsh ran for re-election to what would be his fourth and final term in the Senate, and defeated Albert J. Galen in a landslide. During his tenure in the Senate, Walsh gained fame for his legal ability in the Judiciary Committee and on the floor. In the 1920s, Walsh headed the Senate investigation into the Teapot Dome scandal that involved top officials of the administration of President Warren G. Harding. He was chairman of the Democratic National Convention", "title": "Thomas J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "12429875", "text": "What a Night! A Christmas Album What a Night! A Christmas Album, by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr., was released on November 4, 2008., being his third Christmas album, since 1993's \"When My Heart Finds Christmas\" and 2003's \"Harry for the Holidays\". The album consists of new recordings of Christmas classics, and new songs written by Connick. The first public mentioning of recording the album, came in an interview in The Times-Picayune in June 2008. The album was first called \"Christmas Day\", but the title was changed in September 2008, to \"What a Night! A Christmas Album\".", "title": "What a Night! A Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "12442338", "text": "Cooley (Derek Webb, Katie Herzig) to help finish the record. \"New York\" is his most polished album to date, and marks a significant step from the acoustic simplicity of \"That's the Day\". When asked about the marked difference between the two discs, Seibold replied \"I wanted to make a record that captured my experience of living in the bustling city of New York\". Seibold released an album of acoustic b-sides and demos on August 28, 2009 appropriately entitled \"Acoustic New York\". Shortly after its release Seibold made the move to Los Angeles, California. On November 24, 2009, Seibold released a", "title": "Rick Seibold" }, { "docid": "19734337", "text": "Wilson, which was later proved to be fabricated. Siebold, working together with Edith Wilson and Joseph Patrick Tumulty, created an interview narrative that presented a false picture to the American people about the state of the president's health. Louis Seibold Louis Seibold (October 10, 1863 - May 10, 1945) was a journalist who won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for an interview with President Woodrow Wilson. Afterwards, it was learned that the interview was fabricated. Seibold was born in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 1863, to Louis Philip Seibold and Josephine Burrows (Dawson). Seibold spent most of his career with the", "title": "Louis Seibold" }, { "docid": "13737201", "text": "by 1895 employed 50 people. Other merchants followed Vivian's example, and the block on Hecla soon became the commercial center of the area. In 1903, the store was the largest in the area. Johnson Vivian Jr. took over his father's business when the latter died in 1909. He continued as a leading citizen in Laurium. He was the president of the State Savings Bank and the Palestra (the Laurium ice rink), a director of the Laurium Park Association, and on the Board of Directors of the Calumet Public Hospital. The J. Vivian Jr. and Company was in business until 1936.", "title": "J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building" }, { "docid": "19734336", "text": "Louis Seibold Louis Seibold (October 10, 1863 - May 10, 1945) was a journalist who won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for an interview with President Woodrow Wilson. Afterwards, it was learned that the interview was fabricated. Seibold was born in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 1863, to Louis Philip Seibold and Josephine Burrows (Dawson). Seibold spent most of his career with the New York World, during that time he covered many important stories, such as the eruption of Mount Pelée, coverage of the Spanish–American War, but most notably, he won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for his 1920 interview with Woodrow", "title": "Louis Seibold" }, { "docid": "12429877", "text": "Tchaikovsky's \"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy\". Arrangement by Harry Connick Jr. A Holiday Celebration Tour 2008, is a concert tour with his big band to support the album. The tour was confirmed by the official Harry Connick, Jr. website in September 2008. One of their stops included the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. What a Night! A Christmas Album What a Night! A Christmas Album, by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr., was released on November 4, 2008., being his third Christmas album, since 1993's \"When My Heart Finds Christmas\" and 2003's \"Harry for", "title": "What a Night! A Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "12442342", "text": "which was featured in The CW's \"Reign\" and \"Frequency\", USA's \"Eyewitness\", NBC's \"The Night Shift\", and MTV's \"Finding Carter\". Rick Seibold Rick Seibold ( ; born April 16, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter from Wilmington, North Carolina, now based in Los Angeles. Seibold has received considerable recognition as an independent recording artist from his debut record \"That's the Day\". He has worked with artists such as Lee DeWyze, David Archuleta, Katelyn Tarver, Kat DeLuna, and Alex Lambert. Rick Seibold grew up on the East Coast in Wilmington, North Carolina. His music career began around age 10 when he appeared in", "title": "Rick Seibold" }, { "docid": "20028589", "text": "for Steven Spielberg on films including \"Munich\". Walsh also was cast as an actor in \"The Master\". Kevin J. Walsh Kevin J. Walsh is an American film producer. He is best known for producing the critically acclaimed film \"Manchester by the Sea\" (2016) through his production company, B Story, in which he earned an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, and Lauren Beck. Walsh is the president of Scott Free Productions, a film and television production company established by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott in 1995. Walsh got his start in the film", "title": "Kevin J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "18245630", "text": "J. W. Walsh J. W. Walsh is an American football coach and former player. He played quarterback for the Oklahoma State Cowboys football team from 2011 to 2015. He is currently the Running Backs coach at Abilene Christian University. Walsh played at Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, where he was coached by his father John and reached the University Interscholastic League state finals his senior year. Walsh was redshirted as a true freshman in 2011. In 2012, Walsh battled Clint Chelf and true freshman Wes Lunt for the starting quarterback job. Lunt won the quarterback derby and Walsh was", "title": "J. W. Walsh" }, { "docid": "13737200", "text": "sons, one of whom was Johnson Vivian Jr. The younger Vivian was born in the United States and attended high school in the area. Captain Vivian had a number of commercial interests, and in 1886, the younger Vivian, with assistance from his father, established J. Vivian Jr. and Company, a mercantile business, in Osceola. In 1894 the father and son established a branch of their mercantile business in Laurium, constructing a building on Hecla Street. At the time, the firm was taking a risk as the store's location was viewed as remote. However, the store was an immediate success, and", "title": "J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building" }, { "docid": "2373089", "text": "away her guests. Mary Walsh: Open Book Mary Walsh: Open Book was a weekly book club series on CBC Television, which aired from 2002 to 2005. Similar to Oprah's Book Club, the series was hosted by actress and comedian Mary Walsh, who moderated a discussion about books and literature with a panel of celebrities and other guests. Each episode of the series was structured around discussion of a single book. The series aired at 11 p.m. on Sunday nights, attracting relatively strong ratings for a late time slot. Participants included actors Megan Follows, Greg Malone, Paul Gross and Mark McKinney,", "title": "Mary Walsh: Open Book" }, { "docid": "2373087", "text": "Mary Walsh: Open Book Mary Walsh: Open Book was a weekly book club series on CBC Television, which aired from 2002 to 2005. Similar to Oprah's Book Club, the series was hosted by actress and comedian Mary Walsh, who moderated a discussion about books and literature with a panel of celebrities and other guests. Each episode of the series was structured around discussion of a single book. The series aired at 11 p.m. on Sunday nights, attracting relatively strong ratings for a late time slot. Participants included actors Megan Follows, Greg Malone, Paul Gross and Mark McKinney, political scientist Janice", "title": "Mary Walsh: Open Book" }, { "docid": "20028588", "text": "Kevin J. Walsh Kevin J. Walsh is an American film producer. He is best known for producing the critically acclaimed film \"Manchester by the Sea\" (2016) through his production company, B Story, in which he earned an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, and Lauren Beck. Walsh is the president of Scott Free Productions, a film and television production company established by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott in 1995. Walsh got his start in the film business working as an assistant to Scott Rudin on seven films including \"The Royal Tenenbaums\", and later", "title": "Kevin J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "12028758", "text": "Socks Seibold Harry \"Socks\" Seibold (May 31, 1896 – September 21, 1965) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Braves. Seibold debuted in 1915 with the Athletics as a shortstop, but was converted to pitcher in 1916. He played parts of 1916, 1917, and 1919 for the Athletics, and then spent the next nine years out of the major leagues. Seibold resurfaced in 1929 with the Boston Braves. For four seasons, he was a regular in the Braves' rotation, and in 1930 set his career high in innings", "title": "Socks Seibold" }, { "docid": "12028759", "text": "pitched with 250, wins with 15 and strikeouts with 70. His last season came with the Braves in 1933. A corporal with the United States Army during World War I, Seibold was buried at the Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, New Jersey. Socks Seibold Harry \"Socks\" Seibold (May 31, 1896 – September 21, 1965) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Braves. Seibold debuted in 1915 with the Athletics as a shortstop, but was converted to pitcher in 1916. He played parts of 1916, 1917, and 1919 for", "title": "Socks Seibold" }, { "docid": "18245636", "text": "19, 2016, it was reported that Walsh would be joining the TCU coaching staff as an offensive graduate assistant. On December 21, 2016, it was reported that Walsh would be joining the staff at Abilene Christian University for the 2017 season as the Running Backs coach. J. W. Walsh J. W. Walsh is an American football coach and former player. He played quarterback for the Oklahoma State Cowboys football team from 2011 to 2015. He is currently the Running Backs coach at Abilene Christian University. Walsh played at Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, where he was coached by his", "title": "J. W. Walsh" }, { "docid": "12057643", "text": "of Origin team. On 6 October 2017, Seibold was announced as the new South Sydney Rabbitohs coach. In his first year as Souths coach, Seibold guided the club to a third-placed finish at the end of the regular season. Souths went on to reach the preliminary final but fell short of a grand final appearance losing 12-4 to Sydney Roosters. On 27 September 2018, Seibold was named Dally M coach of the year. On 2 December 2018, Seibold was announced as the new Brisbane Broncos coach from 2019 onwards a year earlier than expected after Wayne Bennett was sacked as", "title": "Anthony Seibold" }, { "docid": "19666836", "text": "later, Walsh shows up unannounced to Hampton's place, after burning Sam Keating's body, freaking out and telling him that he \"screwed up\". Hampton is initially bewildered and unsure of what to do, but eventually comforts Walsh and invites him in. The following morning, Walsh lies to Hampton by saying that his behavior was a result of intoxication and that he has a drug problem. Walsh is eager to start fresh with Hampton in \"Hello Raskolnikov\"; however, this is not reciprocated by Hampton, who still resents Walsh's conduct. By \"Best Christmas Ever\", Walsh surprises Hampton with a Christmas gift – a", "title": "Connor Walsh (character)" }, { "docid": "4325103", "text": "in New York in 1924 and in Chicago in 1932. Walsh opposed child labor and supported women's suffrage and, unlike most other Catholics, Prohibition. In 1933, Walsh was nominated for the post of Attorney General by incoming President Franklin Roosevelt. In late February, he secretly married Mina Nieves Perez Chaumont de Truffin, but less than a week later, he died of a heart attack on the train to Washington for Roosevelt's inauguration. His funeral service was held in the Chamber of the United States Senate, and he was interned in Resurrection Cemetery, Helena. Thomas J. Walsh Thomas James Walsh (June", "title": "Thomas J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "19683956", "text": "Otto J. Hager House Otto J. Hager House is a historic building located in Waukon, Iowa, United States. Built from 1907 to 1908, the Hager house is the only known Iowa commission for Chicago architect Robert Clossen Spencer, Jr. Spencer played a leading role in the development of the Prairie School movement in the Midwest. His work was strongly influenced by the English Arts and Crafts movement, but with this house he moved away from that influence. It was designed in what was thought to be the most innovative period of his career. The two-story, brick residence with a rubble", "title": "Otto J. Hager House" }, { "docid": "11574252", "text": "Thomas J. Walsh (Alberta politician) Thomas James Walsh (August 10, 1875 – July 11, 1915) was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as alderman on the Edmonton City Council from 1912 until 1913. A native of what would later become Ontario, Walsh was an educator upon his arrival in the Edmonton/Strathcona area around 1898. Later serving as a customs officer and real estate man, Walsh would become a prominent voice in advocating for the amalgamation of Edmonton and Strathcona (then two separate cities) in the early 1910s. When the amalgamation was later passed, Walsh ran for city council and", "title": "Thomas J. Walsh (Alberta politician)" }, { "docid": "13523538", "text": "J. D. Walsh (coach) John David \"J. D.\" Walsh (born October 25, 1972), is an American basketball coach. Walsh is a native of West Islip, NY and currently resides in New York City and New Delhi, India. Walsh graduated from University of Maryland, College Park in 1996. Walsh was a former High School McDonald's All-American (Honorable Mention) his senior year at St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, CT in 1991. He was a full scholarship team member of University of Maryland's men’s basketball team from 1991 to 1993. His teammates included NBA players Walt Williams, Evers Burns, Keith Booth, and", "title": "J. D. Walsh (coach)" }, { "docid": "6278022", "text": "Portland, MOCA LA, The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts SF, Gallery Paule Anglim SF, Oakland Museum CA, Juxtapoz Gallery Detroit, and Galerie Impare in Paris. He has done freelance illustration for clients such as Nike, Time Warner, Girl Skateboards, Pixar, Comcast, Giant Robot, Target, TiVo, 826 Detroit, Quaker Oats, Fox Entertainment, Gnu Skateboards, Swatch, and Nordstrom. His book \"Penguin Dreams\" was named by \"The New York Times\" one of the 10 best illustrated books of 1999. \"Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride\" won a Cuffie Award from Publisher's Weekly; Mr. Lunch won for most memorable character in a lead", "title": "J. Otto Seibold" }, { "docid": "19864077", "text": "members increased from 90 to 175 during Walsh's presidency. He also completed South Dining Hall by 1927. On the academic side, credit hours were reduced to encourage in-depth study and Latin and Greek were no longer required for a degree. Walsh also expanded the College of Commerce, which had been organized in 1920. In 1928 three years of college were made a prerequisite for the study of law. He also enlarged the stadium, and built the memorial and entrance transept of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Matthew J. Walsh The Rev. Matthew J. Walsh, C.S.C. (May 14, 1882 –", "title": "Matthew J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "3826690", "text": "a bus ticket out of pity. Before they can leave the station, Olive is captured by the evil Postman, who tells people that Olive is wanted on several counts of mail fraud, such as \"licking self-adhesive stamps and not mailing early for the holidays\". After pleading to Martini to help her, Martini rolls several pens along the ground, tripping up the Postman. Martini and Olive then catch the bus right before it leaves, with the Postman watching them drive away. On the bus, Olive and Martini talk to an Inuit couple and driver Richard Stans. They all believe Olive misheard", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "3826692", "text": "going to give her a flying test, and throws her in his truck. While he is driving away, Olive finds a package addressed to her from \"Deus Ex Machina.\" The package is a metal file Olive uses to escape. Olive then hears and sees a bus coming and tries to stop it, but fails. Olive then walks sadly to the Junction. Back at the Junction, Martini then sees Olive and tells her that they found the waitress clothes and asks how Olive got away. Olive then asks Martini if he has heard of Deus Ex Machina. Then she tells Martini", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "12282271", "text": "Vivian Girls Vivian Girls were an American band from Brooklyn, New York. The only consistent members were Cassie Ramone and Katy Goodman, on guitar and bass respectively, whereas the group had several drummers throughout its history. They took their name from a book by Henry Darger. Vivian Girls, named after the magnum opus of outsider author artist Henry Darger (titled \"The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion\"), started in Brooklyn, NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone", "title": "Vivian Girls" }, { "docid": "4604672", "text": "Christmas Eve and Other Stories Christmas Eve and Other Stories is the debut studio album by the American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 15, 1996 through Lava Records and Atlantic Records. It is the first album in their \"Christmas trilogy\", with \"The Christmas Attic\" (1998) and \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" (2004) coming afterward. All three albums, as well as their \"The Ghosts of Christmas Eve\" DVD, were featured in the box set of \"The Christmas Trilogy\". The album's cover art was created by Edgar Jerins. The album became one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all-time", "title": "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" }, { "docid": "12442335", "text": "sound and lyrics inspired by his upbringing on the beaches of Wilmington, North Carolina. \"It really comes down to people loving the music and then passing it on to their friends,\" Seibold says. \"That's how this whole thing grew so fast.\" \"Rick Seibold presents songs about love, learning and coming of age with a knack for smart and often catchy melodies... it's sure to make any young female listener swoon,\" says Alyssa Rashbaum (MTV, Spin, Vibe). In June 2008, Rick appeared in Southwest Airline's Spirit Magazine as part of a feature on Nashville based songwriters. Later that year he interviewed", "title": "Rick Seibold" }, { "docid": "2058691", "text": "the charts and sold 7 million copies. In addition, it included three Top 10 singles—\"Heartache Tonight\", the title track and \"I Can't Tell You Why\". \"In The City\" by Walsh also received considerable airplay. The band also recorded two Christmas songs during these sessions, \"Funky New Year\" and \"Please Come Home For Christmas,\" which was released as a single in 1978 and reached No. 18 on the charts. In 1980, the band broke up. Walsh has released twelve solo studio albums. In December 1974, Walsh released his first solo album that was not considered a Barnstorm project, \"So What\", which", "title": "Joe Walsh" }, { "docid": "6067285", "text": "going on inside. He would have exhibitions, and the galleries would set out a basket of magnifying glasses. You would see all these old ladies clustered around the paintings trying to see what was going on in the portholes.\" His early illustration style has influenced many contemporary artists, including, Derek Yaniger, Shag (Josh Agle), Tim Biskup, children's book author Lane Smith (\"I was always inspired by the spontaneity and animation in Flora's work\"), and Pixar animator Pete Docter, along with such illustrators as J.D. King, Michael Bartalos, J. Otto Seibold, Phillip Anderson, and Terry Allen. Despite his reputation for humorous", "title": "Jim Flora" }, { "docid": "5140646", "text": "said that he framed this theory in terms of McDonald's Golden Arches \"with tongue slightly in cheek\". In his 2005 book \"The World is Flat\" he offered an updated theory he labelled the Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention. Books: The Lexus and the Olive Tree The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization is a 1999 book by Thomas L. Friedman that posits that the world is currently undergoing two struggles: the drive for prosperity and development, symbolized by the Lexus LS, and the desire to retain identity and traditions, symbolized by the olive tree. He says he came to", "title": "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" }, { "docid": "4604674", "text": "Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States. All new lyrics by Paul O'Neill Christmas Eve and Other Stories Christmas Eve and Other Stories is the debut studio album by the American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 15, 1996 through Lava Records and Atlantic Records. It is the first album in their \"Christmas trilogy\", with \"The Christmas Attic\" (1998) and \"The Lost Christmas Eve\" (2004) coming afterward. All three albums, as well as their \"The Ghosts of Christmas Eve\" DVD, were featured in the box set of \"The Christmas", "title": "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" }, { "docid": "17874781", "text": "Walsh battled cancer, which spread from his lungs to his brain. In February 2014, at the age of 71, he died at his Portland home. He was survived by his wife of 49 years, Michelle Walsh ( Heisler), and their two children. Edward J. Walsh Edward Joseph Walsh (March 5, 1942 – February 14, 2014) was an American political journalist and foreign correspondent for \"The Washington Post\" and \"The Oregonian\". Born in Chicago, Illinois, Walsh graduated from the College of St. Thomas, now the University of St. Thomas, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1963. He did graduate work in journalism", "title": "Edward J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "12057642", "text": "of Education and lectured in the Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland after his retirement from rugby league. Following his spell at Crusaders, he took on his first head coach role, at South Wales Scorpions where he led the club to the play-offs in the club's first ever season. He then moved back to Australia to coach in the Queensland Cup. After working as an Assistant Coach at the Melbourne Storm under Craig Bellamy, Seibold was recruited to join the Manly Sea Eagles before joining the Rabbitohs. Seibold is also Assistant Coach of the Queensland Maroons State", "title": "Anthony Seibold" }, { "docid": "8071382", "text": "J. D. Walsh (actor) John Douglas Walsh (born December 24, 1974) is an American actor, writer, producer, and improv comedy leader. He is best known for his role as Gordon on \"Two and a Half Men\". He wrote, produced and directed the show \"Battleground\" whose pilot episode was funded by FOX. Walsh was born and raised as an only child in Madison, Wisconsin. His mother worked as a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and he didn't speak to his father. Walsh briefly attended University of Minnesota before transferring to University of California, Santa Barbara. There he got involved with", "title": "J. D. Walsh (actor)" }, { "docid": "18948031", "text": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third, consciousness is a transient quality, not a permanent quality. By itself, the soul is without consciousness; consciousness is produced in the soul only when it is conjoined with certain other entities. Hiriyanna,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "8071384", "text": "the 2014 film, \"The Amazing Spider-Man 2\" as an online instructor demonstrating how batteries work. His latest project, \"Battleground\" started airing on Internet streaming site Hulu in February 2012. Walsh lives in Van Nuys, California, with his wife, Deirdre and their three children. J. D. Walsh (actor) John Douglas Walsh (born December 24, 1974) is an American actor, writer, producer, and improv comedy leader. He is best known for his role as Gordon on \"Two and a Half Men\". He wrote, produced and directed the show \"Battleground\" whose pilot episode was funded by FOX. Walsh was born and raised as", "title": "J. D. Walsh (actor)" }, { "docid": "17874779", "text": "Edward J. Walsh Edward Joseph Walsh (March 5, 1942 – February 14, 2014) was an American political journalist and foreign correspondent for \"The Washington Post\" and \"The Oregonian\". Born in Chicago, Illinois, Walsh graduated from the College of St. Thomas, now the University of St. Thomas, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1963. He did graduate work in journalism and political science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He began his reporting career with the \"Catholic Messenger\" in Davenport, Iowa followed by reporting for the \"Houston Chronicle\". In 1971, Walsh began a 33-year career with \"The Washington Post\", during which he", "title": "Edward J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "17451700", "text": "A Mary Christmas A Mary Christmas is the eleventh studio album and first Christmas album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige. Produced by David Foster, it was released on October 15, 2013 via Matriarch, Interscope and Foster's Verve Records, compromising soulful interpretations of classic holiday tunes such as \"Little Drummer Boy\", \"Do You Hear What I Hear?\" and \"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\". Upon its release, the album received generally mixed reviews amongst critics. Commercially, it opened at number 23 on the US \"Billboard\" 200 and at number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with 12,000 copies.", "title": "A Mary Christmas" }, { "docid": "4325099", "text": "Thomas J. Walsh Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana, in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He had a national reputation as a liberal but died before he could serve President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, who chose him as Attorney General. Walsh was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, the son of Irish Catholic immigrants, Bridget (Comer) and Felix Walsh, an active Democrat and a member of the local school board. He spent some time teaching in the public schools in Wisconsin. Walsh then went", "title": "Thomas J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "19005683", "text": "for a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1971. Walsh was elected to the provincial assembly in 1979 and was reelected in 1982. He resigned his seat in 1984 to run for the Labrador seat in the Canadian House of Commons, but lost to Bill Rompkey. He was then named to the Canadian Pension Commission. Walsh died in hospital in 1995. Peter J. Walsh Peter John Walsh (1931 – February 1995) was a business owner and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Menihek in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1984. The son of Basil and Judith Walsh, he", "title": "Peter J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "12442333", "text": "Silent Night. He started playing the guitar at age 15 and began writing songs soon after. Seibold states, \"I began surfing earlier that summer, so naturally, images of life at the ocean seeped their way into my songs. Not long after I started playing, me and some friends started writing and recording together.\" He was also an accomplished wrestler. His career eventually garnered him an invitation to the United States Olympic Training Center before attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a varsity wrestler. In the winter of 2004 Seibold began recording his first EP, \"That's the", "title": "Rick Seibold" }, { "docid": "3826693", "text": "that she missed the bus and she should've gone without him. Richard calls the postal service to complain about the Postman, but gets their voicemail. Richard says he is unable to continue taking Olive and Martini any further, because he is needed at the depot and does not want to lose his job, but still offers his support for Olive anyway before leaving. The two go inside the Top of the World Bar, and are initially harassed by the bar's patrons, including bar owner Round John Virgin and Schnitzel, Blitzen's flightless cousin, but Olive stands up to them before giving", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "12442341", "text": "Chart, #38 on the Rock Chart and #12 on the iTunes Alternative Albums Chart. \"Summertime Tonight\" become Rick's third album to date to break into the iTunes charts, peaking at #113 in its week of release. In 2014 Seibold began a side project with Ricky Jackson of The Daylights called The Rix. Their first single, \"Beautiful Disaster\", was featured in Season 5 of Pretty Little Liars and featured singer Jessi Collins. On October 7, 2014 The Rix released the song \"Dizzy\" also featuring Jessi Collins. Seibold also collaborated with indie artist RIVVRS (Brandon Zahursky) on the song \"Save My Soul\",", "title": "Rick Seibold" }, { "docid": "9685643", "text": "was the first non-Russian to travel and report on Tannu Tuva. He obtained permission to travel there and study its inhabitants in 1929. He later published his experiences in a book, \"Reise ins asiatische Tuwa\" (Travels in Asiatic Tuva). Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen Otto John Maenchen-Helfen (in German: Otto Mänchen-Helfen) (July 26, 1894 in Vienna, Austria – January 29, 1969 in Berkeley, California) was an Austrian academic, sinologist, historian, author, and traveler. From 1927 to 1930 he worked at the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow, and from 1930 to 1933 in Berlin. When the Nazis came to power in Germany, he returned", "title": "Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen" }, { "docid": "19031827", "text": "The Christmas Candle (book) The Christmas Candle is a Christmas novel written by Max Lucado about a couple who own a candle shop, and every generation they are visited by an angel who, by touching a candle, can give miracles to whoever they give it to. It was adapted into a film made by Pinewood and Koch Media released in 2013. The story starts before Christmas in the Village of Gladstone 1664 where the first Haddington couple are approached by the angel who by touching a candle in their shop can create miracles who anyone who they give it to", "title": "The Christmas Candle (book)" }, { "docid": "19016218", "text": "2010, Excellence 2012, Excellence 2013, Excellence 2014), GRAPHIS (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), and the Red Dot International Design Awards. Michael J Walsh Michael J. Walsh (fl. since 2003) is an American designer and creative director who has worked or consulted at the School of Visual Arts, Harry N. Abrams, the Walt Disney Company, Time Inc, Turner Broadcasting, Time Warner and \"The Washington Post Magazine\", among others. He has won over 300 awards for design and art direction in American and international awards competitions for digital, video, exhibition design, multimedia projects and print projects. Work Represented in the Following", "title": "Michael J Walsh" }, { "docid": "3245836", "text": "Good as It Gets\" to Walsh's memory. The two had acted together in two films, \"A Few Good Men\" and \"Hoffa\". J. T. Walsh James Thomas Patrick \"J.T.\" Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998) was an American actor. He appeared in many films, most notably \"Good Morning, Vietnam\" (1987), \"Backdraft\" (1991), \"A Few Good Men\" (1992), \"Hoffa\" (1992), \"Nixon\" (1995), \"Sling Blade\" (1996), \"Breakdown\" (1997), \"Pleasantville\" (1998), and \"The Negotiator\" (1998). According to Leonard Maltin, he was known for portraying \"quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs\" in numerous films, and was described as \"everybody's favorite scumbag\" by \"Playboy\" magazine. Walsh", "title": "J. T. Walsh" }, { "docid": "14962369", "text": "What You See Is What You Get (book) What You See Is What You Get is the autobiography of British businessman and TV personality Lord Alan Sugar. The 640-page book, which was published in May 2011, tells the story of Alan Sugar's birth and childhood in a deprived part of London, how he founded the company Amstrad aged just 21 years old, and how he eventually became a successful multi-millionaire tycoon, received a knighthood, and was appointed to the House of Lords. Sir Alan also reveals his main method of business and entrepreneurial activity: (a) observing what market leaders are", "title": "What You See Is What You Get (book)" }, { "docid": "19016214", "text": "Michael J Walsh Michael J. Walsh (fl. since 2003) is an American designer and creative director who has worked or consulted at the School of Visual Arts, Harry N. Abrams, the Walt Disney Company, Time Inc, Turner Broadcasting, Time Warner and \"The Washington Post Magazine\", among others. He has won over 300 awards for design and art direction in American and international awards competitions for digital, video, exhibition design, multimedia projects and print projects. Work Represented in the Following Collections AIGA Archives at the Denver Art Museum—Permanent Collection Columbia University—Permanent Collection at Butler Library Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum—Permanent Collection International", "title": "Michael J Walsh" }, { "docid": "3245832", "text": "J. T. Walsh James Thomas Patrick \"J.T.\" Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998) was an American actor. He appeared in many films, most notably \"Good Morning, Vietnam\" (1987), \"Backdraft\" (1991), \"A Few Good Men\" (1992), \"Hoffa\" (1992), \"Nixon\" (1995), \"Sling Blade\" (1996), \"Breakdown\" (1997), \"Pleasantville\" (1998), and \"The Negotiator\" (1998). According to Leonard Maltin, he was known for portraying \"quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs\" in numerous films, and was described as \"everybody's favorite scumbag\" by \"Playboy\" magazine. Walsh was born in San Francisco, California. He had three siblings: Christopher, Patricia, and Mary. From 1948-62, the family lived in West", "title": "J. T. Walsh" }, { "docid": "19862869", "text": "Howard L. and Vivian W. Lott House The Howard L. and Vivian W. Lott House located at 311 East Kilpatrick Street in Mineola, Wood County, Texas, is a house designed in the Prairie School style with classical details. It is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was designed by architect J. J. McLeon for Angus and Lena Beaird. Construction began in 1918 and was completed in the early 1920s. The Beaird family sold the home to Howard and Vivian Lott in 1928. The house was named a Recorded Texas", "title": "Howard L. and Vivian W. Lott House" }, { "docid": "19005682", "text": "Peter J. Walsh Peter John Walsh (1931 – February 1995) was a business owner and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Menihek in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1984. The son of Basil and Judith Walsh, he was born in Lamaline and was educated there and in Halifax. Walsh served in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1952 to 1959. He worked as a supervisor for the Iron Ore Company of Canada and then started his own construction and transportation company in 1967. He founded the Progressive Conservative association in Menihek and served as its president. He ran unsuccessfully", "title": "Peter J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "5140640", "text": "The Lexus and the Olive Tree The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization is a 1999 book by Thomas L. Friedman that posits that the world is currently undergoing two struggles: the drive for prosperity and development, symbolized by the Lexus LS, and the desire to retain identity and traditions, symbolized by the olive tree. He says he came to this realization while eating a sushi box lunch on a Japanese bullet train after visiting a Lexus factory and reading an article about conflict in the Middle East. Friedman explains \"globalization\" by recounting stories of his actual experiences in", "title": "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" }, { "docid": "20979439", "text": "wife, Maud Mary Bumpas. This marriage ended in divorce in 1896. In October 1897, Vivian married Olive Walton, the daughter of Frederick Walton. He was an enthusiast of cock fighting. He was made a Knight of the Royal Serbian Order of Takovo in 1902, and a Commander of the Royal Montenegrin Order of Danilo in 1910. Vivian died on 18 April 1940, at Gunwalloe. The following books are commonly attributed to Vivian, but at least one source gives Wilfrid Keppel Honnywill as the author. Herbert Vivian Herbert Vivian (3 April 1865 – 18 April 1940) was a British journalist, writer", "title": "Herbert Vivian" }, { "docid": "4052675", "text": "So What (Joe Walsh album) So What is the third solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. It was released in late 1974 on ABC-Dunhill Records. It contains hard rock songs such as \"Welcome To The Club\" and a remake of the Barnstorm track, \"Turn To Stone\". It also contains more introspective material such as \"Help Me Through the Night\" and \"Song For Emma\", a tribute to Walsh's daughter who had been killed in a car crash the previous year. On a few tracks, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Randy Meisner of Eagles contributed backing vocals.", "title": "So What (Joe Walsh album)" }, { "docid": "4052680", "text": "a miniature replica of the original album artwork. The album was remastered using Direct Stream Digital (DSD) to transfer the digital files. The release was a limited edition in the SHM-CD format. The reissue included a picture of the original vinyl label. Audio Fidelity remastered the album going back to the master tapes and decoding the tapes correctly for an SACD release. Album – \"Billboard\" (United States) Singles – \"Billboard\" (United States) So What (Joe Walsh album) So What is the third solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. It was released in late 1974 on", "title": "So What (Joe Walsh album)" }, { "docid": "14962370", "text": "doing, (b) making better and cheaper products than the market leaders, and (c) not focusing on the exclusive or more expensive parts of the market, rather selling to the mass market. What You See Is What You Get (book) What You See Is What You Get is the autobiography of British businessman and TV personality Lord Alan Sugar. The 640-page book, which was published in May 2011, tells the story of Alan Sugar's birth and childhood in a deprived part of London, how he founded the company Amstrad aged just 21 years old, and how he eventually became a successful", "title": "What You See Is What You Get (book)" }, { "docid": "9681170", "text": "Otto J. M. Smith Otto J. M. Smith was an educator, inventor and author in the fields of engineering and electronics. He spent most of his career as a professor at University of California Berkeley. Dr. Smith is probably best known for the invention of the Smith predictor, a method of handling deadtime in feedback control systems: \"A somewhat more complicated solution to the deadtime problem was proposed in 1957 by Otto Smith (see 'The Smith Predictor: A Process Engineer's Crystal Ball,' Control Engineering, May 1996). Mr. Smith demonstrated how a mathematical model of the process could be used to", "title": "Otto J. M. Smith" }, { "docid": "13515856", "text": "Conville and Walsh Conville & Walsh Ltd ( Now C+W) is a literary agency founded by Patrick Walsh and Clare Conville in 2000, and based in Soho, London. The agency numbers seven book agents in a staff of thirteen. The Managing Director is Jake Smith-Bosanquet. In 2015 Curtis Brown bought a 100% stake in the company. Subsequently, Patrick walsh left Conville and Walsh to found a new agengy. Conville and Walsh is a full member of the Association of Authors' Agents. Conville and Walsh continues to accept unsolicited submissions, and to take on debut authors. They receive between 80 and", "title": "Conville and Walsh" }, { "docid": "13515857", "text": "100 manuscripts per week. Conville and Walsh Conville & Walsh Ltd ( Now C+W) is a literary agency founded by Patrick Walsh and Clare Conville in 2000, and based in Soho, London. The agency numbers seven book agents in a staff of thirteen. The Managing Director is Jake Smith-Bosanquet. In 2015 Curtis Brown bought a 100% stake in the company. Subsequently, Patrick walsh left Conville and Walsh to found a new agengy. Conville and Walsh is a full member of the Association of Authors' Agents. Conville and Walsh continues to accept unsolicited submissions, and to take on debut authors. They", "title": "Conville and Walsh" }, { "docid": "13983909", "text": "an end to it. Finally, the Angel takes him to the future, where it's bleak and the atmosphere requires SPF 800 sunscreen because of global warming since 2019. His house is abandoned, and Dennis is shown to be old, lonely, childless and having a dislike of Christmas (and, in the process, repeating what Mr. Wilson said to him — and other kids — about Christmas). Mr. Wilson realizes that what he had said was not true. It is the final epiphany that convinces Mr. Wilson to change his outlook on Christmas and makes him vow to celebrate Christmas with others.", "title": "A Dennis the Menace Christmas" }, { "docid": "9406939", "text": "What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as \"murahaleen\" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "9406947", "text": "That Happens Will Happen Today\". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "20039855", "text": "Magazine\" wrote \"the storytelling is a little too loose to be completely satisfying, but the air of Christmas mystery and coziness is successfully maintained thanks to Pinkney's snowy pencil and watercolor illustrations of a country Christmas and a heroine who is satisfied with what she has and happy with what she gets: a puppy.\" \"The Christmas Boot\" has also been reviewed by \"Publishers Weekly\", \"BookList\", \"Kirkus Reviews\", and \"The New York Times\". The Christmas Boot The Christmas Boot is a 2016 picture book by Lisa Wheeler and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. It is about a woman, Hannah Greyweather, who finds a", "title": "The Christmas Boot" }, { "docid": "19864075", "text": "Matthew J. Walsh The Rev. Matthew J. Walsh, C.S.C. (May 14, 1882 – January 19, 1963) was an American priest and President of the University of Notre Dame from 1922 to 1928, after having served has Vice President 1912–22. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and obtained a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America, and attended courses at Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University . He served as military chaplain in World War I in 1918–19. He was professor of history at Notre Dame from 1908 to 1922 and then from 1935 to 1951. As president, he addressed", "title": "Matthew J. Walsh" }, { "docid": "4604673", "text": "in the U.S. and has been certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for selling 3 million copies in the US. As of November 2016, the album track \"Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24\" has sold 1.3 million downloads, becoming one of the best-selling Christmas songs of all-time in the US as well. , \"Christmas Eve and Other Stories\" was the ninth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (1991 – present), with sales of 3,430,000 copies according to SoundScan. On November 28, 2011, \"Christmas Eve and Other Stories\" was certified 3× platinum by the", "title": "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" }, { "docid": "13289644", "text": "What Is a Rumpletilskin? What Is a Rumpletilskin? is the first and only album by hip hop group Rumpletilskinz, released on July 13, 1993, on RCA Records and produced by the group's producer, R.P.M. The album failed to make it to any of the \"Billboard\" charts, but two singles did, \"Attitudes\" and \"Is It All Right?\" Both made it to #24 on the Hot Rap Singles. This release received extensive national independent retail promotion through Poindexter International Marketing & Promotions, which was employed by RCA Records. It was also one of the first projects managed by James \"DJ Ras J\"", "title": "What Is a Rumpletilskin?" }, { "docid": "9406942", "text": "writes: \"Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art.\" The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "18895184", "text": "19, 2016 edition of the New York Times Book Review, Vivian placed at number 2 in the Young Adult E-book category for The List. Vivian currently resides in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh with her husband, designer Nick Caruso, and their daughters, Vivian (born 2013) and Marie (born 2015). Additionally, Vivian is a professor of creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Siobhan Vivian Siobhan Vivian (born January 12, 1979) is a bestselling American novelist, editor, and screenwriter. Siobhan Vivian was born in New York City on January 12, 1979. At a young age, Vivian moved to Rutherford, New", "title": "Siobhan Vivian" }, { "docid": "13737202", "text": "The J. Vivian Jr. and Company building was constructed in multiple stages. The original building, dating from 1894, was two stories tall and three bays wide, measuring 58 feet across. This soon proved too small, and in 1898 a third story was added to the structure. In 1906, a fourth bay was added on the north side, bringing the total building width to 90 feet. A one-story addition to the rear was completed in 1974. The building is constructed in an Italian Renaissance Revival design from brick with sandstone trim. The structure has four bays, each with a two-story round-arched", "title": "J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building" }, { "docid": "18390528", "text": "with my fans during the Christmas season, my most treasured time of the year, I can't wait!\" Jim Farber of the \"New York Daily News\" stated that while Carey \"seemed nervous and out-of-breath,\" the show had \"a strange allure.\" Steven J. Horowitz from \"Billboard\" praised the singer's first performance at the venue, writing: \"Carey accomplished what she came to do: spread Christmas cheer.\" Jon Caramanica from \"The New York Times\" who also reviewed the first show wrote the singer felt \"utterly at ease\" and commended her engagement with the audience. Following the announcement of the residency in October 2014, tickets", "title": "All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy and Festivity" }, { "docid": "18359920", "text": "In \"Prospect\", Alex Worsnip, a Teaching Fellow of Philosophy at Yale University concluded that 'the arguments of What Is Marriage [were] no less flimsy than those of other anti-gay marriage crusaders.' He concluded that the 'bad arguments' in the book amounted to 'nonsense.' In 2013, Zachary Young of \"The Yale Politic\" called it, 'the touchstone for the defense of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife' in \"National Review\". The book was cited by Justice Samuel Alito in his decision over United States v. Windsor, which led to a repeal of a section of the Defense of Marriage", "title": "What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense" }, { "docid": "17694472", "text": "Christmas Song Book (Mina album) Christmas Song Book is an album by Italian singer Mina, released in 2013. In the album, Mina covers twelve Christmas songs, written between 1818 (\"Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht\", original version of \"Silent Night\") and 1973 (\"Old Fashion Christmas\"). Among the others, she sings four Bing Crosby hits (\"The Secret of Christmas\", \"I'll Be Home for Christmas\", \"How Lovely Is Christmas\" and \"White Christmas\"). Two songs were previously released: \"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\" (for the 2012 album, \"12 (American Song Book)\") and \"Silent Night\" (for the 2010 movie, \"La banda dei Babbi Natale\" by", "title": "Christmas Song Book (Mina album)" }, { "docid": "18359917", "text": "What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense is a 2012 book about marriage by Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and the philosopher Robert P. George, in which the authors argue against same-sex marriage. The book is based on an academic article published in the \"Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy\", a student-edited conservative journal, in 2010. One month before its publication, in November 2012, the co-authors published another article in \"The Wall Street Journal\" presenting the book. George, Girgis and Anderson argue against gay marriage. They suggest that marriage should", "title": "What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense" } ]

[ "Australia (Commonwealth realm)", "AustraliA", "Continental Australia", "Australias", "Peace of Australia", "Australian city life", "City life in Australia", "Australocentrist", "Mainland Australia", "Australiia", "Straya", "Australia (commonwealth)", "Austraila", "Ausrtalia", "Australia (nation)", "Australien", "New Australian", "Australia (dominion)", "Australia (federation)", "Australia (country)", "Aussieland", "Federal Australia", "Country life in Australia", "Orstraya", "Australia (nation state)", "Australia (commonwealth realm)", "Australia", "Australocentrism", "Austraya", "Australie", "AUSTRALIA", "Geopolitics of Australia", "Australia (nation-state)", "Australia's", "Australian mainland", "Australian country life", "Australian Woman's Day", "Imperial Australia", "United States of Australia", "Australia (realm)", "Australia (constitutional monarchy)", "Austalia", "Etymology of Australia", "Philosophy in Australia", "Commonwealth of Australia", "Australija", "Australia (monarchy)", "Dominion of Australia", "Empire of Australia", "Ostralia", "Modern Australia", "Commonwealth of australia", "Australia (empire)", "Australo", "The Commonwealth of Australia", "Australia.", "Austrlia", "Australlia", "AUSTRALIAN", "Australia (state)", "ISO 3166-1:AU", "Austrailia", "Commonwealth Australia", "Pax Australiana", "Australian Commonwealth", "Australocentric", "Austrlaia", "Technology in Australia", "Australia (Commonwealth)", "Australai", "Australian geopolitics", "Asutralia", "Australo-", "Australian's", "Science in Australia" ]

[ { "docid": "12346126", "text": "Western Australia were given concurrent authority to deal with cases on the island, and those courts became the main venue in which litigation was conducted. Since the court’s abolition, its functions have been replaced by the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which now has sole jurisdiction on the island. Europeans first discovered the island of Christmas Island on Christmas Day, 25 December 1643. Captain William Mynors gave the island its name because of the day it was found. The British Crown annexed the uninhabited island on 6 June 1888 following the discovery of phosphate on the island. The island was", "title": "Supreme Court of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "6707862", "text": "The Dales (Christmas Island) The Dales is a wetland site located at the western end of Christmas Island, an Australian external territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. The site has been recognised as being of international importance by designation under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The Dales were the first location where Europeans set foot on Christmas Island in 1688, during the expedition of William Dampier. Nowadays the Dales are visited by local residents and tourists for sightseeing. One of the subsites, Hugh's Dale, has religious significance for Buddhists of Chinese background. The site comprises a system of seven watercourses", "title": "The Dales (Christmas Island)" }, { "docid": "9022944", "text": "Shire of Christmas Island The Shire of Christmas Island is a local government area of the Australian external territory of Christmas Island (; post code: 6798). The island is grouped with Western Australia but is administered by the Attorney-General's Department and an Administrator. It covers an area of 136.7 km in the Indian Ocean about 2,360 km north-west of Perth and 500 km south of Java in Indonesia. It has a population of 1,448 (ABS 2001). The island was previously a British territory administered through Singapore but was transferred to Australia in 1945. After 1958, it was managed by the", "title": "Shire of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "9022949", "text": "State Library of Western Australia. Shire of Christmas Island The Shire of Christmas Island is a local government area of the Australian external territory of Christmas Island (; post code: 6798). The island is grouped with Western Australia but is administered by the Attorney-General's Department and an Administrator. It covers an area of 136.7 km in the Indian Ocean about 2,360 km north-west of Perth and 500 km south of Java in Indonesia. It has a population of 1,448 (ABS 2001). The island was previously a British territory administered through Singapore but was transferred to Australia in 1945. After 1958,", "title": "Shire of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "15196320", "text": "rooms of which 52 of them are two-story suites with ocean views. One of its two modern kitchens was leased by the government in 2002 to provide meals for asylum seekers. Christmas Island Resort The Christmas Island Resort, often called the Christmas Island Casino, is a holiday resort on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean lying about 300 km south of Java and 1600 km north-west of the Australian mainland. It operated as a casino for over four years during the 1990s. It was one of the world’s most profitable prior to bankruptcy and once turned", "title": "Christmas Island Resort" }, { "docid": "65171", "text": "is of generally good quality, although four-wheel drive vehicles are needed to reach some of the more distant parts of the rainforest or the more isolated beaches on the rough dirt roads. The island-operated crèche is in the Recreation Centre. Christmas Island District High School, catering to students in grades P-12, is run by the Western Australian Education Department. There are no universities on Christmas Island. The island has one public library. Christmas Island The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean, around", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "8155454", "text": "Flag of Christmas Island The flag of Christmas Island was unofficially adopted in 1986 after being chosen the winner in a competition for a flag for the territory. It was designed by Tony Couch of Sydney, Australia. The flag was made official on Australia Day, 2002 when the administrator of the territory, Bill Taylor, presented the flag to the Christmas Island Shire. The flag of Christmas Island consists of a green and blue background, split the top left corner to the bottom right. These colours are intended to represent the land and sea respectively. The Southern Cross constellation appears in", "title": "Flag of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "15573869", "text": "Women in Christmas Island The Women in Christmas Island or Christmas Island Women are the women living in Australia's external territory of Christmas Island. They are of Malay, Chinese, and Anglo ancestry. In March 2011, International Women's Day was celebrated on Christmas Island for the honor of its female residents. The event was held to convey the theme of \"what it means to be a woman living on Christmas Island\". The main local organization that promotes and supports the \"status and interests\" of Australia's female Christmas Islanders is the Christmas Island Women's Association, a group that was established in 1989.", "title": "Women in Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "15573868", "text": "Women in Christmas Island The Women in Christmas Island or Christmas Island Women are the women living in Australia's external territory of Christmas Island. They are of Malay, Chinese, and Anglo ancestry. In March 2011, International Women's Day was celebrated on Christmas Island for the honor of its female residents. The event was held to convey the theme of \"what it means to be a woman living on Christmas Island\". The main local organization that promotes and supports the \"status and interests\" of Australia's female Christmas Islanders is the Christmas Island Women's Association, a group that was established in 1989.", "title": "Women in Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "8564889", "text": "Christmas Island Airport Christmas Island International Airport is an airport located on Christmas Island, a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. The island is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and east-northeast of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Although located on Australian territory, the airport is classified as a Category 2 international airport for all arrivals, including those from Australia. It is owned by the Commonwealth through the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development and is operated under contract by Toll Remote Logistics. From the late 1940s, when the island was", "title": "Christmas Island Airport" }, { "docid": "6707865", "text": "snake. Coastline habitats within the site provide breeding and spawning grounds for red and blue crabs. The main threat to the site comes from introduced species, in particular the yellow crazy ant and the development of Immigration Reception Centre nearby, above the springs. The road to the site's car-park is for 4WD vehicles only. There are walking tracks from the car-park to Hugh's Dale and Anderson's Dale, with interpretive signage for visitors. The Dales (Christmas Island) The Dales is a wetland site located at the western end of Christmas Island, an Australian external territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. The", "title": "The Dales (Christmas Island)" }, { "docid": "65126", "text": "Christmas Island The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland. It has an area of . Christmas Island had a population of 1,843 residents , the majority of whom live in settlements on the northern tip of the island. The main settlement is Flying Fish Cove. Around two-thirds of the island's population is estimated to have Malaysian Chinese origin (though just 21.2% of the population declared", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "8564893", "text": "caused spikes in traffic levels. The construction of an immigration detention centre on the island resulted in a temporary increase in RAAF and DIMIA arrivals.. Christmas Island International Airport served 26,723 revenue passengers during financial year 2017-2018. Christmas Island Airport Christmas Island International Airport is an airport located on Christmas Island, a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. The island is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and east-northeast of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Although located on Australian territory, the airport is classified as a Category 2 international airport for", "title": "Christmas Island Airport" }, { "docid": "16606225", "text": "have their \"cargo\" picked up. Christmas Island is a popular target for asylum seekers, whose journeys sometimes end in tragedy. In a statement, the U.N. refugee agency said the tragedy \"reinforces the need for renewed international solidarity and cooperation to find protection options for people\". 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster The 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred on 21 June 2012, when a boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. As of 25 June 109 people have been rescued, 17", "title": "2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster" }, { "docid": "15196314", "text": "Christmas Island Resort The Christmas Island Resort, often called the Christmas Island Casino, is a holiday resort on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean lying about 300 km south of Java and 1600 km north-west of the Australian mainland. It operated as a casino for over four years during the 1990s. It was one of the world’s most profitable prior to bankruptcy and once turned over $5 billion a year profit. The casino/resort was conceived in the early 1980s by Perth property developer Frank Woodmore as a business opportunity following the closure in 1981, for political", "title": "Christmas Island Resort" }, { "docid": "13291538", "text": "Christmas Island swiftlet The Christmas Island swiftlet (\"Collocalia natalis\"), also known as the Christmas glossy swiftlet or the Christmas cave swiftlet, is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. It was formerly commonly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet. The Christmas Island swiftlet was described by the English naturalist Joseph Lister in 1889 with the scientific name \"Collocalia esculenta natalis\". It has usually been considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet (\"Collocalia esculenta\"). However, in 2008 the taxonomists Les Christidis and Walter Boles", "title": "Christmas Island swiftlet" }, { "docid": "13291542", "text": "the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 was unsuccessful. Christmas Island swiftlet The Christmas Island swiftlet (\"Collocalia natalis\"), also known as the Christmas glossy swiftlet or the Christmas cave swiftlet, is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. It was formerly commonly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet. The Christmas Island swiftlet was described by the English naturalist Joseph Lister in 1889 with the scientific name \"Collocalia esculenta natalis\". It has usually been considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet (\"Collocalia esculenta\").", "title": "Christmas Island swiftlet" }, { "docid": "8155457", "text": "Administrator rather than an amendment to the \"Christmas Island Act 1958\". Although this was agreed, the declaration never took place. Subsequently, Christmas Island official Gary Dunt revived the issue in 2001 and the flag was formally declared the official flag of Christmas Island on Australia Day 2002 (January 26), by the administrator of the territory, Bill Taylor. Councillor Mariam Kawi accepted the flag as a representative of the Shire of Christmas Island. Flag of Christmas Island The flag of Christmas Island was unofficially adopted in 1986 after being chosen the winner in a competition for a flag for the territory.", "title": "Flag of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "12285404", "text": "Christmas Island National Park Christmas Island National Park is a national park occupying most of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia. The park is home to many species of animal and plant life, including the eponymous red crab, whose annual migration sees around 100 million crabs move to the sea to spawn. Christmas Island is the only nesting place for the endangered Abbott's booby and critically endangered Christmas Island frigatebird, and the wide range of other endemic species makes the island of significant interest to the scientific community. Concerns were expressed in the early", "title": "Christmas Island National Park" }, { "docid": "3403224", "text": "Australia). Diego Garcia lies at the southernmost tip of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge — a vast submarine range in the Indian Ocean. The total area encompassed by the atoll is . At the entrance to the lagoon, there are three small islands, and these are East Island (), Middle Island (), and West Island (). In some areas, the atoll has both marshes and wetlands. The ecosystem consists of undisturbed tropical forests. The Peros Banhos Islands, which are the largest group on the Chagos Bank, consists of 27 islands scattered around the rim of an immense lagoon, which has a perimeter", "title": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "15158121", "text": "2010 Christmas Island boat disaster On 15 December 2010, a boat carrying around 90 asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq and Iran, sank off the coast of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, killing 48 people aboard; 42 survivors were rescued. The boat was later named \"SIEV-221\". At about 6.30 a.m. local time the boat collided with rocks north of Flying Fish Cove close to Rocky Point and was then smashed against the nearby cliffs, complicating rescue attempts. For a period of about one hour, the unpowered boat was washed back and forth as backwash pushed it away", "title": "2010 Christmas Island boat disaster" }, { "docid": "16606222", "text": "2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster The 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred on 21 June 2012, when a boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. As of 25 June 109 people have been rescued, 17 bodies have been recovered, and approximately 70 people remain missing. The boat's passengers were all male and were mostly from Afghanistan. The boat was discovered by an Australian Customs and Border Protection Service surveillance plane south of Java at about 3:00 pm AWST. The boat", "title": "2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster" }, { "docid": "13290219", "text": "Christmas goshawk The Christmas goshawk or Christmas Island goshawk (\"Accipiter fasciatus natalis\") is a bird of prey in the goshawk and sparrowhawk family Accipitridae. It is a threatened endemic of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. The taxon was described in 1889 by Lister as a full species, \"Accipiter natalis\". Since then there has been debate as to whether its affinities lie with the brown goshawk or the grey goshawk (\"A. novaehollandiae\"). In the 2004 national recovery plan for the taxon it is treated as a subspecies of the brown goshawk, though the possibility has been", "title": "Christmas goshawk" }, { "docid": "12602967", "text": "in Christmas Island. On 4 March 1993 the first five Australia Post stamps were issued with a new designation: \"CHRISTMAS ISLAND / AUSTRALIA\". The philatelic program topics remained limited. Australia Post promised three issues per year: a Christmas stamp that was issued every two years during the 2000s, a Chinese New Year stamp since 1995 (later a twelve stamp issue after 2002) and one issue on local life. Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island The postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, was linked to its original economic situation until 1993. Mainly ruled", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "12602955", "text": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island The postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, was linked to its original economic situation until 1993. Mainly ruled by a phosphate production commission, the island was part of the British Straits Settlements colony from 1901 to 1942, then of Singapore from 1946 to 1958. Although it was placed under Australian control in 1958, the island remained postally and philatelically independent until 1993 when Australia Post became the island's postal operator. The island issued its own postage stamps from 1958. Those issued by Australia Post since 1993", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" } ]

[ { "docid": "3403219", "text": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an archipelago of 55 islands in the Indian Ocean South of India, it is situated approximately halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The islands form a semicircular group with an open sea towards the east. The largest, Diego Garcia, is located at the southern extreme end. It measures and accounts for almost three-quarters of the total land area of the territory. Diego Garcia is the only inhabited island and is home to the joint UK-US naval support facility. Other islands within the archipelago include Danger Island, Three", "title": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "2479462", "text": "American Flag. Both are lowered at the end of the duty day. It appears that the flag is also used by the Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner is based at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Flag in the upper hoist-side corner. The palm tree and crown are symbols of the Indian Ocean Territory. The flag contains the Union Jack in its canton", "title": "Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "65127", "text": "a Chinese ancestry in 2016), with significant numbers of Malays and European Australians as well as smaller numbers of Malaysian Indians and Eurasians. Several languages are in use, including English, Malay, and various Chinese dialects. Islam and Buddhism are major religions on the island, though a vast majority of the population does not declare a formal religious affiliation and may be involved in ethnic Chinese religion. The first European to sight the island was Richard Rowe of the \"Thomas\" in 1615. The island was later named on Christmas Day (25 December) 1643 by Captain William Mynors, but only settled in", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "65128", "text": "the late 19th century. Its geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance has led to a high level of endemism among its flora and fauna, which is of interest to scientists and naturalists. The majority (63 percent) of the island is included in the Christmas Island National Park, which features several areas of primary monsoonal forest. Phosphate, deposited originally as guano, has been mined on the island since 1899. The first European to sight the island was Richard Rowe of the \"Thomas\" in 1615. Captain William Mynors of the \"Royal Mary\", an English East India Company vessel, named the", "title": "Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "6841425", "text": "British Antarctic Territory. Unlike the other governors and commissioners of other British overseas territories, there is no separate flag for the Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory. This is mainly because he is never resident in the territory, and he would be unable to fly any flag from his offices in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory The Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory is the head of government in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner is appointed by the British monarch on", "title": "Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "4670707", "text": "Christmas Island red crab The Christmas Island red crab (\"Gecarcoidea natalis\") is a species of land crab that is endemic to Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. Although restricted to a relatively small area, an estimated 43.7 million adult red crabs once lived on Christmas Island alone, but the accidental introduction of the yellow crazy ant is believed to have killed about 10–15 million of these in recent years. Christmas Island red crabs are well known for their annual mass migration to the sea to lay their eggs in the ocean. Although its population is being", "title": "Christmas Island red crab" }, { "docid": "12361674", "text": "British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islandsmany very smallamounting to a total land area of . The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, , the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United States. The only inhabitants of the territory are US and British military personnel and associated contractors, who collectively number around 2,500 (2012 figures). The", "title": "British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "2479460", "text": "Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Flag in the upper hoist-side corner. The palm tree and crown are symbols of the Indian Ocean Territory. The flag contains the Union Jack in its canton (upper hoist quarter). It depicts the waters of the Indian Ocean, where the islands are located, in the form of white and blue wavy lines. The flag also depicts a palm tree rising above the St Edward's Crown. It is understood", "title": "Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "20299974", "text": "Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory, sometimes known as the Chagos Archipelago has had many threats of occupation by various groups, especially the since the Depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago, as well as being a joint UK-US facility that is used in countering terrorism. The UK maintains there is a low risk of terrorism in this territory. In 2008 it was exposed in TIME magazine by Lawrence Wilkerson that a secret War on Terror prison had existed on the island of Diego Garcia from 2002–2006. He claimed that Diego Garcia was used", "title": "Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "3403267", "text": "Ocean Territory, although in practice United States military law (which does provide for capital punishment) applies for most BIOT residents. Chief Justices: Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory, or in abbreviated form BIOT, is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is administered by a Commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. In terms of law, the territory is governed by the laws of the UK, where applicable; and in the case of persons subject to United States military law a special agreement applies. The laws of the territory are", "title": "Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "6841423", "text": "Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory The Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory is the head of government in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner is appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Commissioner does not reside in the territory, as it has had no native population since the forced depopulation of the Chagosian people in the 1970s, and the only population is the military of the United States and the United Kingdom at the joint base at Diego Garcia. The Commissioner's role", "title": "Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "3403265", "text": "Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory, or in abbreviated form BIOT, is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is administered by a Commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. In terms of law, the territory is governed by the laws of the UK, where applicable; and in the case of persons subject to United States military law a special agreement applies. The laws of the territory are based on the constitution, set out in the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004, which gives the Commissioner full powers to", "title": "Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "12361701", "text": "was sponsored by the US Navy for use by operators both licensed in their home country and possessing a VQ9 callsign issued by the local British Indian Ocean Territory representative. However, the US Navy closed the station in early 2013, hence any future licensed amateurs wishing to operate from the island will have to provide their own antenna and radio equipment. British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with", "title": "British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "20299979", "text": "David Jones, writing in the \"Daily Mail\", expressed surprise that Diego Garcia went entirely unmentioned on every page of the unclassified summary, and speculated that pressure from UK security agencies caused the portions of the report that covered CIA prisoner facilities on the island to remain classified. Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory, sometimes known as the Chagos Archipelago has had many threats of occupation by various groups, especially the since the Depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago, as well as being a joint UK-US facility that is used in countering terrorism. The", "title": "Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "20955119", "text": "carbonates, which are present in the Seychelles for reasons that are not clear—hypothesized to include local storm erosion. The offshore waters around the archipelago contain deep-sea ferromanganese nodules, with globular, dendritic and laminated microstructures formed from iron-manganese oxide. Due to the US military presence on the island the US Geological Survey has conducted water resource analysis since 1984. Geology of the British Indian Ocean Territory The geology of the British Indian Ocean Territory comprises the Chagos Archipelago—the above water portion of the Chagos Bank. Formed from hotspot volcanism, the Chagos Bank was separated from the Nazareth Bank 36 million years", "title": "Geology of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "7049266", "text": "through which rises a red tower bearing the territory’s flag; there is no helm or mantling. The motto is \"In tutela nostra Limuria\", Latin for “Limuria is in our charge/trust”. This refers to the non-existent continent of Limuria, once thought to occupy the Indian Ocean. The palm tree and royal crown also feature in the flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory The coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory was granted in 1990 on the 25th anniversary of the territory’s establishment. The centrepiece of the arms, the shield,", "title": "Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "3403228", "text": "the mid 19th century until 1935. Besides the six named islands, the atoll also includes a seventh unnamed island. The atoll, in the form of “U”, is a small strip of land with width varying from to a maximum of at its northern extremity. The total land area of the atoll is . A fringing reef circumscribes the atoll. There are two openings into the ocean. It almost encompasses a large lagoon. The lagoon itself is in length and is more than in width. Rounded pumic stones found on the eastern beach of the island by one of the explorers", "title": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "8211680", "text": "Discovery Island (British Columbia) Discovery Island is located off the eastern side of Vancouver Island and is viewable from Ten Mile Point, near Cadboro Bay, and Oak Bay. Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park occupies the southern portion of Discovery Island, east of Oak Bay. The northern portion of the island is part of Discovery Island Indian Reserve 3, under the control of the Songhees First Nation. Discovery island was named in 1846 by surveyors in honour of HMS \"Discovery\", the ship used by 18th-century British Explorer Captain George Vancouver to chart the coastline of British Columbia between 1792 and 1794", "title": "Discovery Island (British Columbia)" }, { "docid": "20955118", "text": "Geology of the British Indian Ocean Territory The geology of the British Indian Ocean Territory comprises the Chagos Archipelago—the above water portion of the Chagos Bank. Formed from hotspot volcanism, the Chagos Bank was separated from the Nazareth Bank 36 million years ago by activity on the Central Indian Ridge. Aside from plate boundaries, the region is one of the most seismically active and earthquakes have caused subsidence of some islands. Described by Charles Darwin as \"a ledge of brecciated coral rocks projecting seawards from the outer shore,\" the Chagos Archipelago has unusual conglomerate platforms. The islands lack Eemian age", "title": "Geology of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "15237572", "text": "What Is a Nation? \"What is a Nation?\" (\"Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?\") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is \"a daily referendum\", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote \"What is a Nation\" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting", "title": "What Is a Nation?" }, { "docid": "3606772", "text": "Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of Seventh-day Adventists The Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which coordinates the Church's activities in the southern portion of Africa, which include the nations of Angola, Ascension Island, Botswana, Comoro Islands, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe; as well as St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha, territories of the United Kingdom, and the Kerguelen Islands, territory of France. Its headquarters is in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Division membership as of June 30, 2017", "title": "Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of Seventh-day Adventists" }, { "docid": "18602057", "text": "Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory is not permitted under the domestic law of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), in line with the position of all other British overseas territories. However, under the terms of a 1966 international agreement, most residents of the BIOT are members of the United States military and are correspondingly subject to United States military law for criminal acts, for which capital punishment can be applied under the legal jurisdiction of the United States. For those people who are subject to BIOT criminal law, which", "title": "Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "15237586", "text": "to the reasons based on race, geography, history and so on. They argue that Renan maintains his intellectual background but subtly, i.e. the arguments he explicitly used in \"What is a Nation?\" are not consistent with his thinking. The concept of \"daily plebiscite\" would be ambiguous. They argue that the definition is an opportunist idealization and it should be interpreted within the Franco-Prussian War and in the midst of the dispute concerning the Alsace-Lorraine region. What Is a Nation? \"What is a Nation?\" (\"Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?\") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements", "title": "What Is a Nation?" }, { "docid": "6841424", "text": "is to administer the territory on behalf of the British government. This involves the passing of any necessary legislation for the territory, usually Orders in Council or Statutory Instruments. The Commissioner is also responsible for liaising with the military of the United States in matters concerning the territory. An Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory acts as the Commissioner's assistant. The Commissioner also appoints a representative on the territory, who is the senior British military officer at Diego Garcia. The current Commissioner is Ben Merrick. Since 1998, the Commissioner of the BIOT has also served as Commissioner of the", "title": "Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "15237584", "text": "and continues to be invoked. Political historian Karl Deutsch, in a quote sometimes mistakenly attributed to Renan, said that a nation is \"a group of people united by a mistaken view about the past and a hatred of their neighbours\". Benedict Anderson's 1983 work Imagined Communities, which states that a nation is an \"imagined political community\", argues that Renan contradicts himself when he says French people must have forgotten the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, yet does not explain what it is. In other words, Renan assumes that all his readers will remember the very massacre he says they have forgotten.", "title": "What Is a Nation?" }, { "docid": "7049265", "text": "Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory The coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory was granted in 1990 on the 25th anniversary of the territory’s establishment. The centrepiece of the arms, the shield, bears a palm tree and St. Edward's Crown on a base of three white wavy lines representing the ocean, a sun in splendour in the upper-left corner, and the Union Flag in a chief at the top. Two sea turtles are used as supporters (a hawksbill turtle and a green turtle), representing the local native wildlife. The crest comprises a naval crown", "title": "Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "13958395", "text": "Mayhew, Indian Territory Mayhew, Indian Territory, located two miles north of present-day Boswell, Oklahoma, was the seat of government of the Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory. It was located in Jackson County, Choctaw Nation, the county seat of which was Pigeon Roost, south of present-day Boswell. It ceased its functions upon preparation for Oklahoma’s statehood in 1907, when the Choctaw Nation’s government and political subdivisions were dissolved. Mayhew was founded in 1836 by Presbyterian missionaries to the Choctaw Indians. They named it for Mayhew Presbyterian Mission in Mississippi. From here they ministered to the Choctaws,", "title": "Mayhew, Indian Territory" }, { "docid": "11272550", "text": "William Day (sea captain) William Day (October 23, 1715 in Springfield, Massachusetts – March 22, 1797 in Sheffield) was a Springfield, Massachusetts (United States), sea captain who acted against America's enemies in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In 1777 he received the first gun salute to an American fighting vessel in a European port. Little is known of the life of Revolutionary War sea captain William Day, beyond what was learned by those he captured in 1777. The birth and death dates assigned to him for this article are based on a claim he", "title": "William Day (sea captain)" }, { "docid": "5262010", "text": "Battle of Christmas Island The Battle of Christmas Island was a small engagement which began on 31 March 1942, during World War II. Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, Japanese troops were able to occupy Christmas Island without any resistance. The United States Navy submarine caused severe damage to the Japanese cruiser . At the time, Christmas Island was a British possession under administrative control of the Straits Settlement, situated south of Java. It was important for two reasons: it was a perfect control post for the east Indian Ocean and it was an important", "title": "Battle of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "19514380", "text": "Royal Navy base and Royal Air Force station located on the island from Japanese attack. They were later manned by Mauritian and Indian Coastal Artillery troops. Following the conclusion of hostilities, the station was closed on 30 April 1946. Originally, the British Representative resided in East Point, however later moved to the US Base. Today, the settlement lies in the eastern restricted zone of the island. East Point, British Indian Ocean Territory East Point is an abandoned settlement on the east of the atoll of Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It was the largest civilian settlement in", "title": "East Point, British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "8548219", "text": "mass far less than predicted. NASA insists that the demolition has to go forward, claiming Icarus would skip off the atmosphere and land in the Indian Ocean, causing widespread damage from the resultant tsunami. Nigel realizes this is a lie, and convinces his partner of that. They hide the nuke and spend the next week retrieving artifacts and materials before detonating the bomb. 15 years after their discovery the Icarus artifacts have yielded little, and Nigel's delayed detonation of Icarus has alienated him from NASA and other people. Nigel's partner, Alexandria, dies from systemic lupus erythematosus, a disease caused by", "title": "In the Ocean of Night" }, { "docid": "3403266", "text": "make laws for the territory. The chief of state from 6 February 1952 has been Queen Elizabeth II. The commissioner for the territory has been Tony Crombie since January 2004, and the administrator has been Charles A Hamilton since 2002. The commissioner and administrator are both resident in the UK. The representative of the British government on the island is Cdr D. Howard RN. There are no elections on the territory; the position of the monarch is hereditary and the commissioner and administrator are appointed by the monarch. Capital punishment is prohibited under the domestic law of the British Indian", "title": "Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "15811979", "text": "Football at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games – Team squads The following is a list of squads for each nation that competed in the football tournament at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games in Seychelles from 4 August to 14 August 2011. Each squad consists of at the most 20 players. \"Caps, goals, club teams and ages as of 4 August 2011, before the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games.\" Head coach: Mohamed Abdéramane Chamité ! colspan=\"9\" bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\" align=\"left\" | ! colspan=\"9\" bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\" align=\"left\" | ! colspan=\"9\" bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\" align=\"left\" | Head coach: Andrés Cruciani ! colspan=\"9\" bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\" align=\"left\" | !", "title": "Football at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games – Team squads" }, { "docid": "15637028", "text": "the basis for the story. By 1811 the First Corps of Discovery under Captain Lewis and Lieutenant Clark has been considered lost for 5 years. Any country that attempted to map the Pacific Coast by land or sea routes has completely failed. The United States of America has yet to press its claims for the Louisiana Purchase. President James Madison fears a British invasion, with the support of a unified Indian nation under Tecumseh, that would claim the Northwest Territories and cause a dissolution of the Union. Under these dire threats, a second Corps of Discovery is formed as a", "title": "The Second Corps of Discovery: 1811 Journal of the Jackson and Clark Expeditionary Force" }, { "docid": "15811981", "text": "bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\" align=\"left\" | Football at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games – Team squads The following is a list of squads for each nation that competed in the football tournament at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games in Seychelles from 4 August to 14 August 2011. Each squad consists of at the most 20 players. \"Caps, goals, club teams and ages as of 4 August 2011, before the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games.\" Head coach: Mohamed Abdéramane Chamité ! colspan=\"9\" bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\" align=\"left\" | ! colspan=\"9\" bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\" align=\"left\" | ! colspan=\"9\" bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\" align=\"left\" | Head coach: Andrés Cruciani ! colspan=\"9\" bgcolor=\"#B0D3FB\"", "title": "Football at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games – Team squads" }, { "docid": "9423536", "text": "Christmas Day in the Morning Christmas Day in the Morning (Decca DL 5428, 1952) is the first of several Christmas albums by the folk singer Burl Ives. Subtitled \"Yuletide Folk Songs\", this album includes seven traditional Christmas carols, from the well-known \"What Child Is This?\" to the little-known \"Down in Yon Forest\" and \"The Seven Joys of Mary.\" \"Jesous Ahatonia\" is better known as the \"Huron Carol.\" Ives released it as a single under the title \"Indian Christmas Carol\" (Decca 25585, 7 inch, 45 rpm). An unidentified reviewer for \"The New York Times\" wrote that \"'The Friendly Beasts' and 'The", "title": "Christmas Day in the Morning" }, { "docid": "12429875", "text": "What a Night! A Christmas Album What a Night! A Christmas Album, by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr., was released on November 4, 2008., being his third Christmas album, since 1993's \"When My Heart Finds Christmas\" and 2003's \"Harry for the Holidays\". The album consists of new recordings of Christmas classics, and new songs written by Connick. The first public mentioning of recording the album, came in an interview in The Times-Picayune in June 2008. The album was first called \"Christmas Day\", but the title was changed in September 2008, to \"What a Night! A Christmas Album\".", "title": "What a Night! A Christmas Album" }, { "docid": "2479461", "text": "that the flag, which was granted by Queen Elizabeth II on the 25th anniversary of the BIOT in 1990, is that of the Commissioner and has only semi-official status. Given that it is impossible for civilians to visit the British Indian Ocean Territory, it is not clear how widely this flag is used. However, a video was released by the Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia. It shows a scene where the flag is being flown. The only settlements on the Islands are the Anglo-American naval and air facilities. The flag does indeed fly at Diego Garcia, along with the", "title": "Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "19255215", "text": "on currents, ice conditions, climate, and magnetic phenomena. In 1913 the hydrographic expedition of the Arctic Ocean discovered the large Emperor Nicholas II Land —now Severnaya Zemlya (Northern Land), the last significant geographical discovery on the globe. On 3 September 1913 (22 August 1913 in the Julian calendar used by Russia at the time), members of the expedition landed on what is now known as Cape Berg on present day October Revolution Island. They raised the Russian flag on the shore and named the new territory \"Emperor Nicholas II Land\", (Russian: \"Zemlya Imperatora Nikolaya II\"), after Emperor Nicholas II of", "title": "Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition" }, { "docid": "18788745", "text": "Wisconsin from Germany, named Andreas Mischer and Constantina Mohn. apparently moved to Oklahoma City in 1889, located in what was then known as Indian Territory. In 1900, President William McKinley appointed Mitscher as the U.S. Agent for the Osage Nation, which had already been moved to a reservation within the new territory. His new post would be located at the present-day community of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Oscar married Myrta Viola Shear and would have three children. Their son, Marc Mitscher, would become an Admiral in the United States Navy. The Shear family also lived in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, and made the Land", "title": "Oscar A. Mitscher" }, { "docid": "7332613", "text": "quantum to claim their ancestry. Today, the Piscataway Indian Nation is an emergent sovereign indigenous presence in its Chesapeake homeland. The Piscataway Indian tribal nation is enjoying a renaissance. The Piscataway Indian Nation members are among the 25,000 self-identified Native Americans in Maryland. Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory The Piscataway Indian Nation , also called Piscatawa , is a state-recognized tribe in Maryland that claims descent from the historic Piscataway tribe. At the time of European encounter, the Piscataway was one of the most populous and powerful Native polities of the Chesapeake Bay region, with a territory on the", "title": "Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory" }, { "docid": "20046770", "text": "whether in a military or civilian capacity. Therefore, one member of the couple would be immediately reassigned. Same-sex marriage in the British Indian Ocean Territory Same-sex marriage has been legal in the British Indian Ocean Territory, one of the 14 British Overseas Territories ,since 3 June 2014. An ordinance to legalise such marriages was approved by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom on 28 April 2014. All residents of the British Overseas Territory are either members of the British or American armed forces or associated contractors assigned to the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia. American soldiers are permitted to", "title": "Same-sex marriage in the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "3403220", "text": "Brothers Islands, Nelson Island, and Peros Banhos, as well as the island groups of the Egmont Islands, Eagle Islands, and the Salomon Islands. BIOT is an archipelago of 55 islands. They were annexed by the UK in 1965 under the Treaty of Paris from a much larger archipelago which in 1804 consisted of 2,300 independent islands. BIOT is situated in the Indian Ocean near the Equator. It is roughly halfway between Africa and Indonesia, about southwest of India. It is situated approximately from South India and to the south of the Maldives With a coastline stretching , it is the", "title": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "8487860", "text": "Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games The association football tournament at the Indian Ocean Island Games (French: Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien) which is organised every 4 years for the Islands in the Indian Ocean. (The Maldives have occasionally been invited) From 1947 until 1963 a precursor called \"Triangulaire\" was organized between Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion Island. The first official edition of Indian Ocean Island Games was held in 1979. The match was scratched and Comoros were awarded third place as Mauritius were unable to travel to Réunion for the match. In 2015 a women's tournament was held.", "title": "Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games" }, { "docid": "8487859", "text": "Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games The association football tournament at the Indian Ocean Island Games (French: Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien) which is organised every 4 years for the Islands in the Indian Ocean. (The Maldives have occasionally been invited) From 1947 until 1963 a precursor called \"Triangulaire\" was organized between Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion Island. The first official edition of Indian Ocean Island Games was held in 1979. The match was scratched and Comoros were awarded third place as Mauritius were unable to travel to Réunion for the match. In 2015 a women's tournament was held.", "title": "Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games" }, { "docid": "18518124", "text": "named McAlester. Businesses that had stayed in Perryville moved to the area of the station. This marked the end of Perryville. The site is now the location of Chambers, Oklahoma. Battle of Perryville (Indian Territory) The Battle of Perryville was a battle of the American Civil War on August 23, 1863 in what is now Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Perryville was an important town in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, about half way between Skullyville and Boggy Depot. during the mid 19th Century. It was established as a trading post by James Perry, member of a Choctaw family, about 1838, and", "title": "Battle of Perryville (Indian Territory)" }, { "docid": "9670306", "text": "Chahta Tamaha, Indian Territory Chahta Tamaha (Choctaw Town) was an important town in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory that served as the Choctaw capital from 1863 to 1883. The town grew up around the Armstrong Academy. The townsite is located in present-day Bryan County, Oklahoma. Today nothing is left of the town or the Academy. However, the Armstrong Academy Site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Armstrong Academy was founded as a school for Choctaw boys in 1844. It was named after William Armstrong, a popular agent of the Choctaws. The site was selected because there was", "title": "Chahta Tamaha, Indian Territory" }, { "docid": "20046769", "text": "Same-sex marriage in the British Indian Ocean Territory Same-sex marriage has been legal in the British Indian Ocean Territory, one of the 14 British Overseas Territories ,since 3 June 2014. An ordinance to legalise such marriages was approved by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom on 28 April 2014. All residents of the British Overseas Territory are either members of the British or American armed forces or associated contractors assigned to the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia. American soldiers are permitted to marry; however, United States Navy regulations prohibit any married couple from being stationed together on Diego Garcia,", "title": "Same-sex marriage in the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "15743227", "text": "Island Games. 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games The 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games commonly known as Les septieme Jeux des iles de L'Ocean Indien in French was the 7th edition of the competition, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The last edition was held in 2003 in Mauritius. The next edition took place in Seychelles in 2011. It was the second time Madagascar organized these games after the 1990 Indian Ocean Islands Games. The mascot of the games was a ravenala plant (which is a symbol of Madagascar) named Ravi 7 islands, all located in the Indian Ocean, participated in the 2007", "title": "2007 Indian Ocean Island Games" }, { "docid": "15743226", "text": "2007 Indian Ocean Island Games The 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games commonly known as Les septieme Jeux des iles de L'Ocean Indien in French was the 7th edition of the competition, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The last edition was held in 2003 in Mauritius. The next edition took place in Seychelles in 2011. It was the second time Madagascar organized these games after the 1990 Indian Ocean Islands Games. The mascot of the games was a ravenala plant (which is a symbol of Madagascar) named Ravi 7 islands, all located in the Indian Ocean, participated in the 2007 Indian Ocean", "title": "2007 Indian Ocean Island Games" }, { "docid": "19514378", "text": "East Point, British Indian Ocean Territory East Point is an abandoned settlement on the east of the atoll of Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It was the largest civilian settlement in the archipelago, and served as the administrative capital until the depopulation of the territory. The settlement contained a church, cemetery, school, sanatorium in addition to senior management housing. The settlement also contained a post office, which became the plantation warden's office. The settlement was one of four founded during the French rule. Originally named \"Pointe le Est\", it originally served as a coconut plantation. Diego Garcia", "title": "East Point, British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "12361697", "text": "Mauritius before construction of these facilities; in 1995, there were approximately 1,700 UK and US military personnel and 1,500 civilian contractors living on the island. Construction projects and various services needed to support the military installations are carried out by military and contract employees from Britain, Mauritius, the Philippines, and the US. There are no industrial or agricultural activities on the islands. Until the creation of the marine sanctuary, the licensing of commercial fishing provided an annual income of about $1 million for the territory. Postage stamps have been issued for British Indian Ocean Territory since 17 January 1968. As", "title": "British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "11272551", "text": "made then: that during the French and Indian War (the long American conflict which spread to Europe as the Seven Years' War) he served as a privateer on behalf of the British and their American colonists against French shipping. The family of William Day (1715-97) still possesses a portrait of him celebrating his triumph against a French convoy in that conflict, strongly implying that he is indeed the 1777 William Day. In August 1756, Day was hired by George Campbell, a merchant of Liverpool, England, to command a 14-gun privateer brigantine named \"Brave Blakeney\". Sailing into the Atlantic Ocean, he", "title": "William Day (sea captain)" }, { "docid": "4670718", "text": "tolerant and respectful of the crabs during their annual migration and are now more cautious while driving, which helps to minimise crab casualties. Further, \"a five-metre-high bridge has also been constructed at one point along the road to help the crabs move across the island and continue their migration.\" Christmas Island red crab The Christmas Island red crab (\"Gecarcoidea natalis\") is a species of land crab that is endemic to Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. Although restricted to a relatively small area, an estimated 43.7 million adult red crabs once lived on Christmas Island alone,", "title": "Christmas Island red crab" }, { "docid": "9801379", "text": "Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary The Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary is an area in the Indian Ocean where the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has banned all types of commercial whaling. The IWC has at present designated two such sanctuaries, the other being the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Repeated proposals at the IWC for a South Atlantic Sanctuary and a South Pacific Sanctuary have never reached the 75% majority needed to pass. The Indian Ocean Sanctuary was established by the IWC in 1979 after being proposed by the tiny island nation of the Seychelles, in its first meeting as an IWC member,", "title": "Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary" }, { "docid": "3606773", "text": "is 3,779,368. The Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division is divided into nine Union Conferences, three Union Missions, and one Mission. These are divided into Local Conferences, Missions, and Fields. Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of Seventh-day Adventists The Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which coordinates the Church's activities in the southern portion of Africa, which include the nations of Angola, Ascension Island, Botswana, Comoro Islands, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe; as well as St. Helena and Tristan da", "title": "Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of Seventh-day Adventists" }, { "docid": "12735431", "text": "became the \"Sac River and White River Bands of the Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Nation of Arkansas and Missouri\", which had its own split producing the \"Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band\". Today, the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory, continues as the only group that has claims state recognition in Missouri and Arkansas by way of two Governor's Proclamations and Resolutions. However, the Northern Cherokee Nation's claim of Missouri state recognition is sometimes called \"misleading,\" because, according \"to a master list maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures, Missouri recognizes no Indian tribes except those recognized by", "title": "Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory" }, { "docid": "6151250", "text": "the OIN and the state believed that the OIN's purchase of the land restored the property to its status as Indian Territory under Oneida possession. State law prohibits Class III gaming facilities. The OIN developed its resort and casino on what was understood to be its federal reservation, where that action was authorized under tribal sovereignty. The city of Sherrill challenged the OIN by trying to collect property taxes on the land the tribe bought in that jurisdiction, where it developed its casino. In \"City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation\" (2005), which went to the US Supreme Court, Justice", "title": "Oneida Indian Nation" }, { "docid": "676900", "text": "Creek were treaties with New York Indians, such as the Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga, and Oneida Indian Nation, which covered land sales of tribal reservations under the US Indian removal program, by which they planned to move most eastern tribes to Indian Territory. Initially, the tribes were moved to the present state of Kansas, and later to Oklahoma on to land administered by the Quapaw Indian Agency. Western Indian Territory is part of the Southern Plains and is the ancestral home of the Wichita people, a Plains tribe. Additional indigenous peoples of the Plains entered Indian Territory during the horse culture", "title": "Indian Territory" }, { "docid": "6028134", "text": "Indian Ocean Island Games The Indian Ocean Island Games () is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Indian Ocean island nations. The Games was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977 and currently gather the island nations and territories of Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion and the Maldives. The number of athletes who participate has increased over the years, it went from 1000 athletes in 1979 to over 1500 participants in 2003 and 2007. From 1947 until 1963, a precursor called Indian Ocean Games Triangulaire was organized between Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. In", "title": "Indian Ocean Island Games" }, { "docid": "11268110", "text": "country\". Variant phrasings in use in the pre-Zionist and pre-state eras include \"a country without a people for a people without a country\", \"a land without a nation for a nation without a land\". According to Edward Said, the phrasing was \"a land without people for a people without a land\". William Eugene Blackstone (born 1841) became an evangelist at the age of 37. A trip to the Holy Land in 1881 made him into a passionate restorationist. Like most people in the 1880s and 90s, he was appalled by the government-instigated pogroms being carried out against Russian Jews. Blackstone's", "title": "A land without a people for a people without a land" }, { "docid": "11095599", "text": "mainland, both bordering Morocco solely. Two of the French territories are the inhabited overseas departments and regions of Réunion and Mayotte. Réunion is an island territory located near the island nation of Mauritius and to the east of island nation of Madagascar (both nominally considered a part of the African continent). Mayotte is an island territory located west of Madagascar within the Mozambique channel. The final territory is the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean, administratively a part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. This French territory consists of a range of minor uninhabited island atolls in the Indian", "title": "Boundaries between the continents of Earth" }, { "docid": "12602964", "text": "low rate for letters to Malaysia and Singapore. A third definitive issue was released on 6 May 1968 too, depicting Indian Ocean fish. This zoological topic was proposed as early as 1966 by the Christmas Island representatives for the second series, who approved artist George Hamori's designs. But the twelve stamps were not issued until 1968 to coincide with the monetary change. The designation \"CHRISTMAS ISLAND / INDIAN OCEAN\" appeared for the first time on these 1968 stamps and remained in use until 1993. On 1 February 1969, postal responsibility on the island was transmitted by the Phosphate Commission to", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island" }, { "docid": "8739878", "text": "may actually have been inspired by his reading of Verne. The land is named by Captain Altamont, an American explorer, who is first to set foot on the land. In the novel as published, it is unclear whether New America is meant to be a territorial claim for the United States. As William Butcher points out, this would not be surprising, since Verne wrote about the US acquisition of Alaska in \"The Fur Country\", and Lincoln Island is proposed as a US possession in \"The Mysterious Island\". In fact, a deleted chapter, \"John Bull and Jonathan,\" had Hatteras and Altamont", "title": "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras" }, { "docid": "18602058", "text": "mostly applies to administrators and visitors within BIOT territorial waters, the Courts Ordinance 1983 provides that, in most circumstances and in the absence of specific local laws on the same topic, BIOT law is to be the same as \"the law of England as from time to time in force in England\". Capital punishment in the United Kingdom was abolished for murder in 1965 and for all offences in 1998. Therefore, capital punishment was abolished under the domestic law of the BIOT at the same time. Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory Capital punishment in the British Indian", "title": "Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "9335595", "text": "Fort Wayne (Indian Territory) Fort Wayne was the name of two forts near the present-day border of northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas. Indian Territory by Lt. Col. R.B. Mason of the 1st Dragoons. Originally, Captain John Stuart of the 7th Infantry was ordered to build the fort (then designated as Camp Illinois) on the south bank of the Illinois River headwaters. Before its completion, new orders changed the location to Spavinaw Creek, nearer the Arkansas – Indian Territory border. Lt. Colonel Richard B. Mason and the First Dragoons were tasked to perform the relocation in 1840. Named for Gen. \"Mad\"", "title": "Fort Wayne (Indian Territory)" }, { "docid": "4378013", "text": "and supplies. Rescue efforts were hampered by loss of communication capability with the over one thousand islands that compose the nation, as well as by the lack of disaster planning. Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives In the Maldives, 82 people were killed and 24 reported missing and presumed dead after it was hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004. Two-thirds of the capital city Malé was flooded during the first hours of the day. Outlying low-level atolls were badly affected, and some low-lying islands, including some of", "title": "Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives" }, { "docid": "14044425", "text": "A Dog Named Christmas A Dog Named Christmas is a 2009 American/Canadian television film that debuted on CBS as a \"Hallmark Hall of Fame\" movie on November 29, 2009. The film was produced by Brent Shields, directed by Peter Werner and written by Jenny Wingfield, who based the script from a novel of the same name by Greg Kincaid. A tale of a young man with a learning disability, named Todd McCray (Noel Fisher) living with his parents in the rural midwest. The story takes place over a two-week period over the Christmas holidays when the local animal shelter launches", "title": "A Dog Named Christmas" }, { "docid": "19663657", "text": "film was executive produced by Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald. Christmas in a Day Christmas In A Day is a crowdsourced documentary film that consists of a series clips of footage shot by members of the public in Britain on Christmas Day (25 December 2012). Scott Free Films and Sainsbury's produced the film. The film is 90 minutes long and includes shots from hundreds of perspectives, each submitted directly to production rather than through YouTube as Macdonald's previous 'In A Day' film had been. The film was premiered at the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) in London", "title": "Christmas in a Day" }, { "docid": "6028137", "text": "Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros and Reunion. They drafted the Charter of the Games. Originally, the Games were to take place every four years, however this frequency was not observed from 1979 to 2003. Indian Ocean Island Games The Indian Ocean Island Games () is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Indian Ocean island nations. The Games was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977 and currently gather the island nations and territories of Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion and the Maldives. The number of athletes who participate has increased over the years, it went", "title": "Indian Ocean Island Games" }, { "docid": "15237581", "text": "that a nation is Thus the idea of nation is based upon common glories in the past,common will in the present to live together,having performed great deeds together and wish to perform still more for the nation,having future program to put into effect and having suffered, enjoyed and hoped together. A very important element of nationhood, says Renan, is the desire to continue forming part of the nation. Renan's second frequently quoted statement is: The existence of a nation (you will pardon me this metaphor) is a daily referendum, just as the continuing existence of an individual is a perpetual", "title": "What Is a Nation?" }, { "docid": "5789518", "text": "(1870), Tientsin (1870), Urga (Mongolia, 1870), Shanghai (1897), Chefoo (1897), Hankow (1897), Port Arthur (1899–1904) and Dairen (1899–1904). All were closed in 1920. Russian stamps without overprint were used from 1870. From 1899, Russian stamps were overprinted with Cyrillic KHTAH (i.e., China). All stamps were inscribed in Russian currency but the offices accepted Chinese payment for them at the rate of 1 Chinese cent to 1 Russian kopeck. Stamps are inscribed REPUBLIC OF CHINA. General issues were concurrent with regional issues 1949 – 1951 and then superseded them. Christmas Island was discovered by Captain William Mynors on Christmas Day 1643", "title": "Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ce–Ch)" }, { "docid": "12132543", "text": "into Indian Territory. The expedition encouraged the organization of three Indian Home Guard regiments in support of the Union. Two military engagements were fought at the Cabin Creek Battlefield in the Cherokee Nation within Indian Territory. The location was where the Texas Road crossed Cabin Creek, near the present-day town of Big Cabin, Oklahoma. Both the First and Second Battles of Cabin Creek were launched by the Confederate Army to disrupt Union Army supply trains bound from Fort Scott to Fort Gibson. In the First Battle of Cabin Creek, which occurred July 1–2, 1863, the Union escort was led by", "title": "Indian Territory in the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "12361678", "text": "African slaves and Indian contractors brought by Franco-Mauritians to found coconut plantations. In 1810, Mauritius was captured by the United Kingdom, and France ceded the territory in the Treaty of Paris. In 1965, the United Kingdom split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches (Des Roches) from the Seychelles to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. The purpose was to allow the construction of military facilities for the mutual benefit of the United Kingdom and the United States. The islands were formally established as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom on 8 November", "title": "British Indian Ocean Territory" }, { "docid": "19663656", "text": "Christmas in a Day Christmas In A Day is a crowdsourced documentary film that consists of a series clips of footage shot by members of the public in Britain on Christmas Day (25 December 2012). Scott Free Films and Sainsbury's produced the film. The film is 90 minutes long and includes shots from hundreds of perspectives, each submitted directly to production rather than through YouTube as Macdonald's previous 'In A Day' film had been. The film was premiered at the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) in London on 29 November 2013 before the release on YouTube. The", "title": "Christmas in a Day" } ]

[ "🎅", "Santa claus rituals", "Origins of Santa Claus", "Santy Claus", "Santa Claus in North American culture", "Święty Mikołaj", "Santa klause", "Santa Claus in North America", "Santa letters", "Baba Nuwail", "Santa Claus rituals", "Santa Claus On A Fire Truck", "Santa klaus", "Santa claus", "Sanat claus", "Santa", "Swiety Mikolaj", "Santa Claus in Northern American culture", "Santa Claus Office", "Christmas grotto", "American Santa Claus", "Santa Claus", "Santa Hat", "Santa-san", "Kerstman", "Santa claus in northern american culture", "Weihnachtsmann", "Mall Santa", "Letters to Santa", "The Santa", "بابا نويل" ]

[ { "docid": "9114070", "text": "an emergency landing on the ice of Hudson Bay, where Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) interceptor aircraft sent to investigate discovered Santa Claus bandaging his reindeer Dancer's front foot, after which the RCAF planes escorted him when he resumed his journey. Eventually, NORAD, which was renamed the North American Aerospace Defense Command in 1981, openly published a hotline number for the general public to call to get updates on Santa Claus's progress. Today, NORAD relies on volunteers to make the program possible. Each volunteer handles about forty telephone calls per hour, and the team typically handles more than 12,000 e-mails", "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa" }, { "docid": "9114063", "text": "NORAD Tracks Santa NORAD Tracks Santa is an annual Christmas-themed program, which has existed since 1955, produced by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Every year on Christmas Eve, NORAD tracks Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole and delivers presents to children around the world. The program is in the tradition of the September 1897 editorial \"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus\" in the \"New York Sun\". On December 24, 1948, the United States Air Force issued a communique claiming that an \"early warning radar net to the north\" had detected \"one unidentified sleigh, powered by", "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa" }, { "docid": "9114079", "text": "stated that the program \"takes an essential element of the Santa Claus story—his travels on Christmas Eve—and looks at it through a technological lens,\" therefore bringing the Santa Claus mythology into the modern era. NORAD Tracks Santa NORAD Tracks Santa is an annual Christmas-themed program, which has existed since 1955, produced by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Every year on Christmas Eve, NORAD tracks Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole and delivers presents to children around the world. The program is in the tradition of the September 1897 editorial \"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus\"", "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa" }, { "docid": "9114077", "text": "that for Christmas 2013, it logged 19.58 million unique visitors to its website on Christmas Eve, and 1,200 volunteers answered 117,371 calls. Through social media, it had 146,307 Twitter followers and 1.45 million \"likes\" on Facebook. That year, NORAD contracted with Bing Maps to provide 2D map tracking, ending a five-year contract with Google. In 2014, NORAD logged almost 20 million visits to its Santa Tracker. NORAD Tracks Santa relies on corporate sponsorship, and is financed by neither American nor Canadian taxpayers. U.S. military units have provided publicity for the program, including the Northeast Air Defense Sector of the New", "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa" }, { "docid": "9114069", "text": "informed him that the Associated Press and United Press International were awaiting reports that CONAD again was tracking Santa Claus. Shoup agreed that Oldfield should announce it again, and the annual tradition was born. In 1958, the North America Air Defense Command (NORAD) took over the reporting responsibility from CONAD, and the reporting became more elaborate as the years passed. On December 24, 1960, for example, NORAD's northern command post at Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada, provided regular updates of a sleigh operated by \"S. Claus\" which it identified as \"undoubtedly friendly\". During the evening, NORAD reported that the sleigh had made", "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa" }, { "docid": "9114072", "text": "phone calls. In 2015, more than 1,200 U.S. and Canadian military personnel volunteered to staff the phone lines. The NORAD Tracks Santa program has always made use of a variety of media. From the 1950s to 1996, these were the telephone hotline, newspapers, radio, phonograph records and television. Many television newscasts in North America feature NORAD Tracks Santa as part of their weather updates on Christmas Eve. From 1997 to the present, the program has had a highly publicized internet presence. As mobile media and social media have become popular and widespread as methods of direct communication, these newer media", "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa" }, { "docid": "9114065", "text": "Claus and included the number \"ME 2-6681\". A call allegedly came through to Colorado Springs' Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Center as one digit was misprinted. In some versions of the story, the calls were coming in to the \"red telephone\" hotline that connected CONAD directly to command authorities at the Strategic Air Command. Colonel Harry Shoup, who was a Crew Commander on duty, answered the first call and supposedly told his staff to give all children who called in later a \"current location\" for Santa Claus. A more accurate description of the events of 1955 appears to be that", "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa" }, { "docid": "6014905", "text": "Gazette-Telegraph\" in December 1955 with a misprinted telephone number to call Santa Claus sparked numerous Christmas Eve telephone calls by children on December 24, 1955, to the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, asking about Santa Claus, and led to the current NORAD Tracks Santa program. The paper was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for feature writing. It was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2014 for national reporting for reporting by David Philipps \"... expanding the examination of how wounded combat veterans are mistreated, focusing on loss of benefits for life after discharge by the", "title": "The Gazette (Colorado Springs)" } ]

[ { "docid": "536272", "text": "North American Aerospace Defense Command North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Northern America. Headquarters for NORAD and the NORAD/United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) center are located at Peterson Air Force Base in El Paso County, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The nearby Cheyenne Mountain Complex has the Alternate Command Center. The NORAD commander and deputy commander (CINCNORAD) are, respectively, a United States four-star general or equivalent and a Canadian three-star", "title": "North American Aerospace Defense Command" }, { "docid": "8982686", "text": "the unit was disbanded and reformed in CFB North Bay where it remains today. 21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron 21 Aerospace Control & Warning Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force unit based at 22 Wing/CFB North Bay. It is the operational air defence unit for the Canadian NORAD Region. With its complement of 185 personnel, \"21 Aerospace Control & Warning Squadron\" maintains air sovereignty over Canadian airspace, monitors Canada's surveillance assets and controls assigned military aircraft, such as CF-18 interceptors. It coordinates with outside agencies to identify air traffic (over 200,000 flights a year), provides control of special", "title": "21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron" }, { "docid": "8982684", "text": "21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron 21 Aerospace Control & Warning Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force unit based at 22 Wing/CFB North Bay. It is the operational air defence unit for the Canadian NORAD Region. With its complement of 185 personnel, \"21 Aerospace Control & Warning Squadron\" maintains air sovereignty over Canadian airspace, monitors Canada's surveillance assets and controls assigned military aircraft, such as CF-18 interceptors. It coordinates with outside agencies to identify air traffic (over 200,000 flights a year), provides control of special air sovereignty incidents, assist law enforcement agencies with cases of suspected smuggling of illegal", "title": "21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron" }, { "docid": "8898317", "text": "ground-based sensors, air-to-air refuelling tankers and fighter aircraft, controlled by a sophisticated command and control network to deter, detect and defend against aerial threats that originate outside or within North American airspace. The two other Regions consist of the Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) and the Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR). Continental NORAD Region The Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) is a component of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) that provides airspace surveillance and control and directs air sovereignty activities for the continental United States (CONUS). Since September 11, 2001, CONR has been the lead agency for Operation Noble Eagle,", "title": "Continental NORAD Region" }, { "docid": "3342789", "text": "North Warning System The North Warning System (NWS) is a joint United States and Canadian early-warning radar system for the atmospheric air defense of North America. It provides surveillance of airspace from potential incursions or attacks from across North America's polar region. It replaced the Distant Early Warning Line system in the late 1980s. The NWS consists of both long range AN/FPS-117 and short range AN/FPS-124 surveillance radars, operated and maintained by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Alaska Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC) at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska controls the stations in Alaska; the Canada East and Canada", "title": "North Warning System" }, { "docid": "3020591", "text": "NORAD organization of joint continental air defense. USAF personnel were limited to the main stations for each sector and they performed annual inspections of auxiliary and intermediate stations as part of the contract administration. Most operations were performed by Canadian and US civilian personnel, and the operations were automated as much as was possible at the time. All of the installations flew both the Canadian and US flags until they were deactivated as DEW sites and sole jurisdiction was given to the Canadian Government as part of the North Warning System in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Point", "title": "Distant Early Warning Line" }, { "docid": "8898315", "text": "Continental NORAD Region The Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) is a component of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) that provides airspace surveillance and control and directs air sovereignty activities for the continental United States (CONUS). Since September 11, 2001, CONR has been the lead agency for Operation Noble Eagle, an ongoing mission to protect the continental United States from further terrorist aggression from inside and outside U.S. borders. CONR is located at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida,and has responsibility over two air defense sectors: the Western Air Defense Sector at McChord Air Force Base, Washington state and the", "title": "Continental NORAD Region" }, { "docid": "18847714", "text": "51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron 51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force unit based at 22 Wing/CFB North Bay. It is responsible for all operational and general training at 22 Wing. Operational and conversion training for RCAF personnel destined to work in the Canadian Sector Air Operations Centre (SAOC) is provided by the squadron. 51 Aerospace Control and Warning (AC&W) Squadron was originally formed in Comox, BC, in November 1954 and disbanded in June 1958. The squadron was then re-formed at North Bay in 1989 as one of 22 Wing's", "title": "51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron" }, { "docid": "16254077", "text": "213th Space Warning Squadron The 213th Space Warning Squadron of the Alaska Air National Guard provides early warning of Intercontinental ballistic missiles and Submarine-launched ballistic missiles to the Missile Correlation Center of North American Aerospace Defense Command. The squadron is a geographically separated unit assigned to the 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base. The primary mission of the 213th Space Warning Squadron is to provide early warning of intercontinental ballistic missile and submarine-launched ballistic missile launches to the Missile Warning Center at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The secondary mission of the squadron is to provide space surveillance", "title": "213th Space Warning Squadron" }, { "docid": "536282", "text": "late 1956, approved by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in February 1957, and announced on 1 August 1957. NORAD's command headquarters was established on 12 September 1957 at Ent Air Force Base's 1954 blockhouse. In 1958, Canada and the United States agreed that the NORAD commander would always be a United States officer, with a Canadian vice commander, and Canada \"agreed the command's primary purpose would be…early warning and defense for SAC's retaliatory forces.\" In late 1958, Canada and the United States started the Continental Air Defense Integration North (CADIN) for the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment air defense network. The", "title": "North American Aerospace Defense Command" }, { "docid": "17331863", "text": "NORAD Control Center NORAD Control Centers (NCCs) were Cold War \"joint direction centers\" for command, control, and coordination of ground-controlled interception by both USAF Air Defense Command (ADC) and Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM). The Joint Manual Steering Group was \"formed by the Army and Air Force in July 1957 to support…collocation\" of USAF Air Defense Direction Centers and Army Air Defense Command Posts, which began after a January 28, 1958, ADC/ARADCOM meeting with NORAD to \"collocate the Fairchild-Geiger facilities\" (operations began on May 15, 1958.) Army contracts for 5 NCCs had been let by August 17, 1958, after 1956", "title": "NORAD Control Center" }, { "docid": "13448445", "text": "Public Safety Joint Communications Center The Columbia/Boone County Public Safety Joint Communications Center has been in existence since 1977. From a modest beginning, in which communications assets of four agencies were donated to begin operation as a joint communications center, the organization has undergone many changes. In 1983, work was begun on a majo upgrade to the original center. Renovations included replacing the outdated radio consoles in the pre-existing center with new consoles and radios, duplicating each console for future expansion. A radar system was installed to better assist in tracking weather and a separate console was installed for ham", "title": "Public Safety Joint Communications Center" }, { "docid": "9368452", "text": "is a bi-national United States and Canadian organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America. Other NORAD air defense organizations include the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS), the Hawaii Region Air Operations Center (HIRAOC), the Alaska Region Air Operations Center (AKRAOC) and the Canada Air Defense Sector (CADS). The Sector's primary mission is Guarding America's Skies. This 24/7 guardian role involves the use of radar and communications systems to monitor air traffic from the Mississippi River west to the Pacific Ocean, and from the Canada–US border south to the Mexico–US border. The WADS works", "title": "Western Air Defense Sector" }, { "docid": "10140454", "text": "Organization–public relationships Organization–public relationships is a key concept in public relations. The emergence of [relationship management theory] as a new paradigm for public relations. [SUPPORTS] scholars’ argument about the essence of public relations—what it is and what [ITS VALUE IS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR THE GREATER] society. The relationship paradigm provides a framework to explore the linkage between public relations efforts and its outcomes. The notion that relationships ought to be at the core of public relations research was first advocated by [Mary Ann Ferguson] in 1984. Since then, the relational perspective has emerged as a major area for theory", "title": "Organization–public relationships" }, { "docid": "10140462", "text": "benefits to the other only because the other has provided benefits in the past or is expected to do so in the future. Organization–public relationships Organization–public relationships is a key concept in public relations. The emergence of [relationship management theory] as a new paradigm for public relations. [SUPPORTS] scholars’ argument about the essence of public relations—what it is and what [ITS VALUE IS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR THE GREATER] society. The relationship paradigm provides a framework to explore the linkage between public relations efforts and its outcomes. The notion that relationships ought to be at the core of public relations", "title": "Organization–public relationships" }, { "docid": "13245990", "text": "against North America. Additionally, BMEWS keeps track of polar orbiting satellites. The operational crews report through the Missile Warning Center to the NORAD/USNORTHCOM Center. The Operation Support Flight (DOO) provides direct operational support to the missile warning crews. The flight's Operations Training Section (DOT) provides all crew force initial, recurring, and supplemental training. Other flight responsibilities include hardware, software and maintenance support (MA), operational test and evaluation (DOV), and crew force management (DOU). The 12th SWS was formed in January 1967 as a successor organization to the Air Defense Command 931st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, which was inactivated at", "title": "12th Space Warning Squadron" }, { "docid": "12306339", "text": "Telephone number A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a fixed-line telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or a mobile telephone, or to other devices for data transmission via the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or other public and private networks. A telephone number serves as an address for switching telephone calls using a system of destination code routing. Telephone numbers are entered or dialed by a calling party on the originating telephone set, which transmits the sequence of digits in the process", "title": "Telephone number" }, { "docid": "18847715", "text": "three units. In July 1994, the role of the squadron changed to an Operational Training (OT) squadron and it is now responsible for all operational and general training at 22 Wing. 51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron 51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force unit based at 22 Wing/CFB North Bay. It is responsible for all operational and general training at 22 Wing. Operational and conversion training for RCAF personnel destined to work in the Canadian Sector Air Operations Centre (SAOC) is provided by the squadron. 51 Aerospace Control and Warning", "title": "51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron" }, { "docid": "9114071", "text": "and more than 70,000 telephone calls from more than two hundred countries and territories. Most of these contacts happen during the twenty-five hours from 2 a.m. on December 24 until 3 a.m. MST on December 25. A website called NORADSanta.org was established to allow project access for Internet users. Google Analytics has been in use since December 2007 to analyze website traffic. As a result of this analysis information, the program can project and scale volunteer staffing, telephone equipment, and computer equipment needs for Christmas Eve. Volunteers include NORAD military and civilian personnel. In 2014, NORAD answered more than 100,000", "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa" }, { "docid": "10287723", "text": "cave surveys and histories of cave explorations, \"The Canadian Caver\" now provides a semiannual synopsis of the more significant cave explorations by Canadians at home and abroad. \"The Canadian Caver\" is possibly unique within the world in providing a national voice for cavers in a country that has no national caving organization. \"The Canadian Caver\" itself has no formal organization, no public funding, no fixed format, no long-range planning and no permanent editors. The Canadian Caver The Canadian Caver is a semiannual publication that documents the activities of Canadian cavers exploring caves within Canada and overseas. \"The Canadian Caver\" was", "title": "The Canadian Caver" }, { "docid": "16659185", "text": "presence of Premiere Global Services (PGi) as its main tenant. Since PGi moved out in 2011, the building has been at 45% occupancy and its main tenant has been Time Warner Cable's customer service center. The building went into foreclosure in 2012. By April 1958, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) informed the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the need for a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) to be located in a new, underground Combat Operations Center in the Colorado Springs, Colorado area. Building the Combat Operations Center within a granite mountain in the Colorado Springs area was shown", "title": "Chidlaw Building" }, { "docid": "61710", "text": "cooperated since 1958 on continental air defense within the framework of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Canadian forces have provided indirect support for the American invasion of Iraq that began in 2003. Moreover, interoperability with the American armed forces has been a guiding principle of Canadian military force structuring and doctrine since the end of the Cold War. Canadian navy frigates, for instance, integrate seamlessly into American carrier battle groups. In commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the War of 1812 ambassadors from Canada and the US, and naval officers from both countries gathered at the Pritzker Military", "title": "Canada–United States relations" }, { "docid": "9306940", "text": "to take over its responsibilities. The third incarnation of the organization began in 1961 with its reactivation as the 9th Aerospace Defense Division was associated with the North American Aerospace Defense Command by ADC, assuming responsibility for the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, the Missile Defense Alarm System, the Space Detection and Tracking System (SPADATS), the NORAD combat operations Center, the Bomb Alarm System, and the Nuclear Detonation System. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 9th implemented an improvised missile warning system directed toward the Cuban missile threat called Falling Leaves. In October 1962, the SPADATS AN/FPS-49 radar at Moorestown", "title": "9th Space Division" }, { "docid": "15926417", "text": "have decided the solution based on statistics. I know of no other case in which the public substantially believes what has been reported in the tabloids. I know of no other case in which the mainline media have let the tabloids take the lead and then reported on their reporting. And I know of no other case in which largely respectable television programs have so tried to outdo each other in sensationalism.\" The Cases That Haunt Us The Cases That Haunt Us is a non-fiction book written by John E. Douglas, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation profiler and investigative", "title": "The Cases That Haunt Us" }, { "docid": "2809606", "text": "sold Bristol for $62,500,000 to Magellan Aerospace, a corporation formed by the merger of a number of Canadian and US aerospace firms. Since then Magellan has accelerated its consolidation of the various divisions located in Canada, the United States and Britain under the Magellan 'brand' logo reducing the visibility and independence of Bristol Aerospace. Staffing at the Winnipeg plant is now under 600 people while the Rockwood facility in Stony Mountain is approximately 50 personnel. In 1999 Bristol won the contract for SCISAT-1, the first purely Canadian science satellite since 1971. With its successful launch on 12 August 2003, the", "title": "Bristol Aerospace" }, { "docid": "1303042", "text": "Emergency telephone number In many countries the public switched telephone network has a single emergency telephone number (sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or the emergency services number) that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency number differs from country to country; it is typically a three-digit number so that it can be easily remembered and dialed quickly. Some countries have a different emergency number for each of the different emergency services; these often differ only by the last digit. \"See List of emergency telephone numbers.\" The emergency telephone number is a special", "title": "Emergency telephone number" }, { "docid": "13245988", "text": "12th Space Warning Squadron The 12th Space Warning Squadron is a United States Air Force ground-based radar used for missile warning, missile defense and space situation awareness, stationed at Thule Air Base, Greenland. The primary mission of the 12th SWS is to provide critical, real-time missile warning, defense and space surveillance to the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, NORAD, and unified commands by operating a phased-array radar—which continuously provides warning of Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and Intercontinental ballistic missile attacks against North America—and detect, track, and identify earth-orbiting objects in support of", "title": "12th Space Warning Squadron" }, { "docid": "6035762", "text": "service and relay the call. An able caller can also just say \"police\", \"fire\" or \"ambulance\" to the relay officer. 106 (emergency telephone number) 106 is the Australian national textphone/TTY emergency number. It is operated by the Australian Communications Exchange, a non-profit organization that provides the relay services component for the National Relay Service. 106 can only be used by people with a TTY/textphone or a computer with terminal software (TTY imitation software) and a modem. 106 calls are given priority over other calls handled by the National Relay Service. 106 is a toll-free number. Callers to 106 are asked", "title": "106 (emergency telephone number)" }, { "docid": "6035761", "text": "106 (emergency telephone number) 106 is the Australian national textphone/TTY emergency number. It is operated by the Australian Communications Exchange, a non-profit organization that provides the relay services component for the National Relay Service. 106 can only be used by people with a TTY/textphone or a computer with terminal software (TTY imitation software) and a modem. 106 calls are given priority over other calls handled by the National Relay Service. 106 is a toll-free number. Callers to 106 are asked to type PPP for police, FFF for fire or AAA for ambulance. The relay officer will then call the emergency", "title": "106 (emergency telephone number)" }, { "docid": "16400002", "text": "Involution numbers were first studied in 1800 by Heinrich August Rothe, who gave a recurrence equation by which they may be calculated, giving the values (starting from ) John Riordan provides the following explanation for these numbers: suppose that a telephone service has subscribers, any two of whom may be connected to each other by a telephone call. How many different patterns of connection are possible? For instance, with three subscribers, there are three ways of forming a single telephone call, and one additional pattern in which no calls are being made, for a total of four patterns. For this", "title": "Telephone number (mathematics)" }, { "docid": "12306348", "text": "U.S.-based Bell System), regulation is mainly through the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Local number portability (LNP) allows a subscriber to request moving an existing telephone number to another telephone service provider. Number portability usually has geographic limitations, such as an existing local phone company only being able to port to a competitor within the same rate centre. Mobile carriers may have much larger market areas, and can assign or accept numbers from any area within the region. In many telephone administrations, cell phone telephone numbers are in organized in prefix ranges distinct from land line service, which simplifies mobile", "title": "Telephone number" }, { "docid": "4490189", "text": "digital displays. Prior to the adoption of the Emergency Alert System, the US used CONELRAD from 1951-1963 and the Emergency Broadcast System from 1963-1997. Emergency population warning An emergency population warning is a method whereby local, regional, or national authorities can contact members of the public en masse to warn them of an impending emergency. These warnings may be necessary for a number of reasons, including: Many local areas use emergency population warnings to advise of prison escapes, abducted children, emergency telephone number outages, and other events. In order to develop an effective emergency warning system, certain things are required:", "title": "Emergency population warning" }, { "docid": "13245991", "text": "the end of 1965. The 931st AC&WS operated a series of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites in Greenland to detect intrusion of unknown aircraft. The squadron relayed information to the 64th NORAD Region Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system DC-31 Direction Center, and interceptor squadrons stationed at Thule Air Base. With the development of ICBM and SLBM technologies, the mission to monitor aircraft coming over the horizon from the Soviet Union was transferred to other units, and the 931st AC&WS at Thule AB was inactivated. Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) 12th Space Warning Squadron The 12th Space Warning Squadron", "title": "12th Space Warning Squadron" }, { "docid": "1861559", "text": "also withdrew from passing on the charges. Various attempts have been made by vendors to circumvent these protections by using Caribbean or other international numbers outside Federal Communications Commission jurisdiction to bill US telephone subscribers; the former +1-809 countries were popular as their North American Numbering Plan format numbers look domestic but are not. The 101XXXX dial-around prefixes were also briefly the target of abuse by premium number providers posing as inter-exchange carriers, a practice which has now been stopped. A loophole which allowed US (but not Canadian) providers in toll-free area code 800 to bill for calls by claiming", "title": "Premium-rate telephone number" }, { "docid": "2018354", "text": "Telephone number mapping Telephone number mapping is a system of unifying the international telephone number system of the public switched telephone network with the Internet addressing and identification name spaces. Internationally, telephone numbers are systematically organized by the E.164 standard, while the Internet uses the Domain Name System (DNS) for linking domain names to IP addresses and other resource information. Telephone number mapping systems provide facilities to determine applicable Internet communications servers responsible for servicing a given telephone number using DNS queries. The most prominent facility for telephone number mapping is the E.164 Number to URI Mapping (ENUM) standard. It", "title": "Telephone number mapping" }, { "docid": "536289", "text": "warning and space surveillance facilities\" on 1 December 1979 from ADCOM. The Aerospace Defense Command major command ended 31 March 1980. and its organizations in Cheyenne Mountain became the \"ADCOM\" \"specified\" command under the same commander as NORAD, e.g., HQ NORAD/ADCOM J31 manned the Space Surveillance Center. By 1982, a NORAD Off-site Test Facility was located at Peterson AFB. The DEW Line was to be replaced with the North Warning System (NWS); the Over-the-Horizon Backscatter (OTH-B) radar was to be deployed; more advanced fighters were deployed, and E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft were planned for greater use. These recommendations were accepted", "title": "North American Aerospace Defense Command" }, { "docid": "17532012", "text": "Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Locations Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) Forward Operating Locations (FOLs) were created under the North American Air Defence Modernization (NAADM) program authorized at the Shamrock Summit held in Quebec City on March 18, 1985. The locations are maintained by the Canadian Department of National Defence. The NAADM program was authorized by the Canada-United States Memorandum of Understanding signed by Prime Minister Mulroney and Ronald Reagan at the summit. The purpose of these upgraded facilities was to ensure adequate facilities existed for NORAD to defend the Northern Canadian frontier. Accommodations for up to six fighters in hangars", "title": "Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Locations" }, { "docid": "7201644", "text": "taken off alert in 1972, and the Federal Aviation Administration took over many of ADCOM's SAGE radar stations. On 1 October 1979 ADCOM interceptors/bases and remaining air warning radar stations transferred to Tactical Air Command (TAC), with these \"atmospheric\" units assigned to Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC). ADCOM's missile warning and space surveillance installations transferred in 1979 to the Strategic Air Command's Directorate of Space and Missile Warning Systems (SAC/SX),) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command's Air Force Element, NORAD/ADCOM (AFENA), which was redesignated the Aerospace Defense Center. The command was inactivated on 31 March 1980. With the", "title": "Aerospace Defense Command" }, { "docid": "12306365", "text": "number of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. The number is now written as 1-212-736-5000. According to the hotel's website, PEnnsylvania 6-5000 is New York's oldest continually assigned telephone number and possibly the oldest continuously-assigned number in the world. Tommy Tutone's hit song \"867-5309/Jenny\" (1981) led to many unwanted calls by the public to telephone subscribers who actually were assigned that number. Telephone number A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a fixed-line telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or a mobile", "title": "Telephone number" }, { "docid": "10650134", "text": "No Warning interview, I like to throw in a few lies here and there. That’s what the internet is for, right?\". Considering, the band has played some shows in 2014 and 2015 in the US and Europe, it seems that the band still enjoys being on stage. The first No Warning show in Europe was at Ieper Hardcore Fest in Belgium on August 8, 2014. They came over again in October 2015 to play 2 Shows in United Kingdom (London & Manchester) and 1 mainland show in The Netherlands (Dordrecht). Their first North American reunion show was a sold out", "title": "No Warning (band)" }, { "docid": "16873811", "text": "Auto-Tuned chorus was not need; \"The Auto-Tune seems extraneous, because the Saturdays can actually sing well without it.\" She end the review by labeling their latest effort as \"generic\" and \"not the best the Saturdays have to offer\", also rating it two and a half stars out of five. \"What About Us\" debuted at number 44 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Dance Club Songs chart for the week dated 8 December 2012. This marks their first ever chart entry in the United States and it has since peaked at number twenty-seven. The song debuted at number 79 on the Canadian", "title": "What About Us (The Saturdays song)" }, { "docid": "20242219", "text": "an enhanced GPS tracking system that enables real-time monitoring of mobile agricultural equipment. In 2016 US Fleet Tracking established a partnership with Gorilla Safety, a Houston-based company specializing in software for the transportation sector, to create a fully integrated system that combines live GPS tracking with electronic logging features compliant with the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). US Fleet Tracking’s live GPS services have been used by organizers and logistics managers for a number of high-profile events, including the Super Bowl (XLI through LI), the 2010 Winter Olympics, the 2010 Pro Bowl,", "title": "US Fleet Tracking" }, { "docid": "1762573", "text": "2011, Missile Warning Center renovation funded by USSTRATCOM. Over the years, the installation came to house elements of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Air Force Space Command and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). Under what became known as the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC), several centers supported the NORAD missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control and provided warning of ballistic missile or air attacks against North America. On July 28, 2006, the Cheyenne Mountain Directorate was re-designated as the Cheyenne Mountain Division, with the mission to assist in establishing an integrated NORAD and USNORTHCOM", "title": "Cheyenne Mountain Complex" }, { "docid": "6496985", "text": "1957 NORAD collocated command center operations in the 1954 ADC blockhouse (later into the 1963 Chidlaw Building and in 1966, Cheyenne Mountain Complex). On July 1, 1958, the AFCP was connected to NORAD's Alert Network Number 1, as 1 of 29 transmit/receive stations (a differing \"worldwide telephone system\" was complete \"from national authorities to unified commanders\" by December 1958.) Starting in August 1959 \"with USAF assistance [the] JCS set up its own Joint War Room (JWR)\" at the Pentagon. In September 1960 at the Offutt AFB nuclear bunkers the \"installation of a SAC display warning system\" included 3 consoles in", "title": "National Military Command Center" }, { "docid": "8898316", "text": "Eastern Air Defense Sector at Rome, New York. The CONR Air Operations Center perform the NORAD air sovereignty mission for the continental United States. CONR plans, conducts, controls, coordinates and ensures air sovereignty and provides for the air defense of the nation. The best of America's fighter inventory, the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon, are CONR's primary weapons systems. CONR consists of 10 Air National Guard fighter wings and made up primarily of citizen airmen. CONR is one of three NORAD regions. NORAD is the bi-national Canadian and American command that employs a network of space-based, aerial and", "title": "Continental NORAD Region" }, { "docid": "20406406", "text": "Station Bagotville, as well as the USAF's Ernest Harmon AFB in Stephenville were the nearest bases for interceptor aircraft that would respond to anything detected by the Moisie main radar. Following the 1958 partnership between the USAF and RCAF to form the North American Aerospace Defence Command or NORAD, many Pinetree Line radar stations were upgraded for automation and consolidation of intercept data. No. 211 Aircraft Warning Squadron became No. 211 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron in November 1956. In July 1958 RCAF Station Moisie was placed on increased alert due to the 1958 Lebanon crisis. In May 1959, RCAF", "title": "CFS Moisie" }, { "docid": "11624301", "text": "labels were put on music products that contained potentially offensive lyrics; this was done with the agreement of the recording companies. In 1989, alcohol was required to have their surgeon general’s warning. Several federal agencies are involved in the business of warning-labels, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI warning labels have been appeared since 1975 in rented movies warning people about video piracy. There are three levels of warning, CAUTION, WARNING and DANGER: History of warning labels in the US The history of warning labels in the United", "title": "History of warning labels in the US" }, { "docid": "1861548", "text": "numbers. Telephone companies typically offer blocking services to allow telephone customers to prevent access to these number ranges from their telephones. In some jurisdictions, telephone companies are required by law to offer such blocking. Adult chat lines (phone sex) and tech support are a very common use of premium-rate numbers. Other services include directory enquiries, weather forecasts, competitions and voting (especially relating to television shows). Diplomatic services, such as the US Embassy in London or the UK Embassy in Washington, have also charged premium rates for calls from the general public. In many European countries, for example France, Germany and", "title": "Premium-rate telephone number" }, { "docid": "20242218", "text": "In 2013, US Fleet Tracking sponsored the FLS Microjet for its appearance at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The company demonstrated its live tracking technology at the event by installing its proprietary GPS equipment on the FLS Microjet and allowing the public to follow the course of the aircraft via a website in real time during the exhibition. In 2013 US Fleet Tracking announced the formation of a strategic partnership with AgTrax Technologies, developers of accounting software programs for agri-businesses. The partnership resulted in the integration of AgTrax’s software with US Fleet Tracking’s TotalView system to create", "title": "US Fleet Tracking" }, { "docid": "2679724", "text": "been reluctant to cooperate. In May 2016, the Industry Numbering Committee (INC) determined that the purpose for which this resource was intended had been accommodated by other information/communication technologies. As of September 2016, all 555 numbers have been returned to the NANPA inventory except 555-1212 (national use directory assistance) and 555-4334 (national use assigned.) In 1996, Canadian telephone companies began promoting 555-1313 as \"name that number\", a pay-per-use reverse lookup which would give a subscriber name if the user entered an area code and a listed telephone number. The fifty-cent information number was initially heavily advertised in area codes +1-604", "title": "555 (telephone number)" }, { "docid": "10550772", "text": "What Has Government Done to Our Money? What Has Government Done to Our Money? is a 1963 book by Murray N. Rothbard that details the history of money, from early barter systems, to the gold standard, to present day systems of paper money. Rothbard explains how money was originally developed, and why gold was chosen as the preferred commodity to use as money. The essay, \"What Has Government Done to Our Money?\" was written by Rothbard as an objective historical account with a provocative title. In contrast, \"The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar\" was an essay with an", "title": "What Has Government Done to Our Money?" }, { "docid": "10585666", "text": "Canadian Paper Money Society The Canadian Paper Money Society (CPMS) is a non-profit numismatic organization for collectors of Canadian paper money, including government and private bank issues, municipal scrip, stocks, bonds, and other forms of payment. It has members throughout Canada, the United States and in other countries. The CPMS has its annual executive and general meetings at the RCNA convention each year. The CPMS journal is published quarterly and contains current information such as the particulars of its affairs, registers of various banknotes, papers and studies on banknotes and other subjects, etc. As needed for lengthy article submission, the", "title": "Canadian Paper Money Society" }, { "docid": "11563968", "text": "Aerospace also undertakes maintenance and upgrades on the Convair CV-240 family, for which it owns the type certificate. KF Aerospace converts existing Convair CV-580s to the updated CV5800 configuration and provides conversions of the former Canadian Forces CC-109 Cosmopolitan transport fleet into freighters and \"fire-fighting\" water/chemical bombers. KF Aerospace KF Aerospace (formerly Kelowna Flightcraft) is an Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) which operates two Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities in Canada, one in Kelowna, British Columbia, and the other in Hamilton, Ontario. KF Aerospace also owns KF Cargo for Cargo Charters and Aircraft Leasing services and also, KF Defence Programs,", "title": "KF Aerospace" }, { "docid": "10585667", "text": "CPMS publishes an occasional papers journal containing papers on banknotes and related studies by members and others and articles on various subjects in which the Society has an interest. Canadian Paper Money Society The Canadian Paper Money Society (CPMS) is a non-profit numismatic organization for collectors of Canadian paper money, including government and private bank issues, municipal scrip, stocks, bonds, and other forms of payment. It has members throughout Canada, the United States and in other countries. The CPMS has its annual executive and general meetings at the RCNA convention each year. The CPMS journal is published quarterly and contains", "title": "Canadian Paper Money Society" }, { "docid": "11262798", "text": "Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization The Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) is a combat support organization of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) organization under the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) that deals with improvised threats such as the improvised explosive device (IEDs). JIDO was born from the Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) established in 2006, which focused on IEDs. JIDO's mission is to \"enable Department of Defense actions to counter improvised threats with tactical responsiveness and anticipatory acquisition in support of combatant commanders' efforts to prepare for, and adapt to, battlefield surprise.\" This mission supports counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency and other related", "title": "Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization" }, { "docid": "10140458", "text": "from the identities, attributes, and perceptions of the individuals and social collectivities in the relationships. Though dynamic in nature, organization–public relationships can be described at a single point in time and tracked over time. An organization–public relationship is the state which exists between an organization and its key publics in which the actions of either entity impact the economic, social, political, and/or cultural well-being of the other entity. An organization–public relationship is the degree that the organization and its publics trust one another, agree on one has rightful power to influence, experience satisfaction with each other, and commit oneself to", "title": "Organization–public relationships" }, { "docid": "536290", "text": "by the governments in 1985. The United States Space Command was formed in September 1985 as an adjunct, but not a component of NORAD. NORAD was renamed North American Aero\"space\" Defense Command in March 1981. In 1989 NORAD operations expanded to cover counter-drug operations, for example, tracking of small aircraft entering and operating within the United States and Canada. DEW line sites were replaced between 1986 and 1995 by the North Warning System. The Cheyenne Mountain site was also upgraded, but none of the proposed OTH-B radars are currently in operation. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the NORAD Air", "title": "North American Aerospace Defense Command" }, { "docid": "17333785", "text": "pay. Joint employment (US Law) Joint employment, or co-employment, is the sharing of control and supervision of an employee's activity among two or more business entities. Joint employment may occur by design, as when one firm engages a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) to handle payroll and benefits administration while retaining overall direction of the employee's work. If the employees of its client hardly handle these administrations, a PEO will not sign a joint employment contract with them. A PEO would only become a joint employer with the client employer when a PEO has direct control of the client’s staff. They", "title": "Joint employment (US Law)" }, { "docid": "17333772", "text": "Joint employment (US Law) Joint employment, or co-employment, is the sharing of control and supervision of an employee's activity among two or more business entities. Joint employment may occur by design, as when one firm engages a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) to handle payroll and benefits administration while retaining overall direction of the employee's work. If the employees of its client hardly handle these administrations, a PEO will not sign a joint employment contract with them. A PEO would only become a joint employer with the client employer when a PEO has direct control of the client’s staff. They can", "title": "Joint employment (US Law)" }, { "docid": "5555001", "text": "and aired the video several times throughout the day and night. Norm Schoenfield, US VP of programming for MuchMusic, released a statement saying \"[the video] is no more or less violent than what kids see on TV everyday. We weren't offended by it, and treating it just like any other Madonna video. Just because MTV isn't playing it, doesn't mean we can't\". Schoenfield also criticized the decision of releasing an advisory warning alongside the video because \"it's the artist's responsibility to do that\". Nonetheless, other Canadian networks aired it only after 9 pm accompanied by a warning. There were also", "title": "What It Feels Like for a Girl" }, { "docid": "14713355", "text": "a written promise to take prompt corrective action, in the right context, can result in them deciding not to issue one. Potentially influencing factors include: Also, the agency usually doesn't issue a Warning Letter if they find the organization has implemented actions that corrected the violations that would have supported the Warning Letter. District offices do not recommend a Warning Letter as a follow-up to a preapproval inspection (PAI) for pending drug or device applications (ANDAs, NDAs, BLAs) if the firm markets no other FDA-regulated products. However, if the firm does market other FDA-regulated products and the issue(s) affect marketed", "title": "FDA warning letter" }, { "docid": "4490178", "text": "Emergency population warning An emergency population warning is a method whereby local, regional, or national authorities can contact members of the public en masse to warn them of an impending emergency. These warnings may be necessary for a number of reasons, including: Many local areas use emergency population warnings to advise of prison escapes, abducted children, emergency telephone number outages, and other events. In order to develop an effective emergency warning system, certain things are required: Early warning system is the term that the International Early Warning Programme coordinated by the United Nations uses for all systems that are used", "title": "Emergency population warning" }, { "docid": "20708987", "text": "partners with Water Replenishment District of Southern California and Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to conduct a geological survey through using reflection seismology. This means that seismic profiles is essential to understand how sedimentation influence saltwater intrusion. The Alamitos Barrier Project is one of the three hydraulic barriers in Los Angeles County. It was created mainly to protect groundwater supplies from seawater intrusion. It is currently operated under Los Angeles County Flood Control District and the Orange County Water District. Other joint committees include the Water Replenishment District of Southern California who is responsible for supplying water to", "title": "Saltwater intrusion in California" }, { "docid": "536285", "text": "System (496L System with Philco 2000 Model 212 computer) \"under the operational control of CINCNORAD on December 1, 1960\"; during Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker excavation, and the joint SAC-NORAD exercise \"Sky Shield II\"—and on 2 September 1962—\"Sky Shield III\" were conducted for mock penetration of NORAD sectors. NORAD command center operations moved from Ent Air Force Base to the 1963 partially underground \"Combined Operations Center\" for Aerospace Defense Command and NORAD at the Chidlaw Building. President John F. Kennedy visited \"NORAD headquarters\" after the 5 June 1963 United States Air Force Academy graduation. and on 30 October 1964, \"NORAD began", "title": "North American Aerospace Defense Command" }, { "docid": "13448449", "text": "in CPR and obtaining certification as Emergency Medical Dispatchers. Each trainee also receives certification from the Missouri Highway Patrol-Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System (MULES), and several other dispatch programs. Upon completion of classroom training, they are assigned to a field training officer to complete their training. Public Safety Joint Communications Center The Columbia/Boone County Public Safety Joint Communications Center has been in existence since 1977. From a modest beginning, in which communications assets of four agencies were donated to begin operation as a joint communications center, the organization has undergone many changes. In 1983, work was begun on a majo", "title": "Public Safety Joint Communications Center" }, { "docid": "18398649", "text": "601st Air Operations Center The 601 Air Operations Center (AOC) (previously designated as the Air and Space Operations Center) plans, directs, and assesses air operations for the North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Command, and the United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM). The AOC provides aerospace warning and control for NORAD Defensive Counter Air (DCA) activities. As well as it directs Air Force air capabilities in support of NORTHCOM homeland security and civil support missions. The 601 AOC directs all air sovereignty activities for the continental United States. \"The 601st Air and Space Operations Center provides strategic air defense/sovereignty, tactical warning/assessment to", "title": "601st Air Operations Center" }, { "docid": "18123371", "text": "Until First Impact\" (cf. later large screen displays such as the Iconorama.) In July 1961 separate from the CC&DF, the surveillance center in New Hampshire \"was discontinued as the new SPADATS Center became operational at Ent AFB\" with the 496L Space Detection and Tracking System (i.e., NORAD began aerospace operations). In 1962 the Army's LIM-49 Nike Zeus program was assigned the \"satellite\" intercept mission (Program 505's \"Operation Mudflap\" conducted a test), and the 1962 SECDEF assigned the USAF to develop the Satellite Intercept System which would use orbit data from a Space Defense Center. By December 15, 1964, NORAD had", "title": "Missile Warning Center" }, { "docid": "11442178", "text": "Squadron at RCAF Station Foymount ON, No. 33 AC&W Sqn at RCAF Station Falconbridge ON, No. 34 AC&W Sqn at RCAF Station Senneterre QC, and 912 Squadron (USAF) at RCAF Station Ramore ON. Responsive to the Sector Commander, the Fighter Control Operators at No.3 ADCC provided the squadron's 'Ground-Controlled Interception' direction, through the signing of the NORAD Agreement in 1958. Given the serious nature of the Cold War, everything that flew into the Canadian Northern Air Defence Region had to be detected and identified within two minutes by RCAF or USAF Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron personnel. If an aircraft", "title": "No. 428 Squadron RCAF" }, { "docid": "536288", "text": "their planes (loaded with nuclear bombs) in the air; Strategic Air Command (SAC) did not and took criticism, because they did not follow procedure, even though the SAC command knew these were almost certainly false alarms, as did PACAF. Both command posts had recently begun receiving and processing direct reports from the various radar, satellite, and other missile attack detection systems, and those direct reports simply did not match anything about the erroneous data received from NORAD. Following the 1979 Joint US-Canada Air Defense Study, the command structure for aerospace defense was changed, e.g., \"SAC assumed control of ballistic missile", "title": "North American Aerospace Defense Command" }, { "docid": "16817644", "text": "Space Detection and Tracking System Space Detection and Tracking System, or SPADATS, was built in 1960 to integrate defense systems built by different branches of the United States Armed Forces and was placed under North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Air Force had a program called Spacetrack, which was a network of space-probing cameras and radar. The Navy had a system called SPASUR, a space surveillance system that was \"an electronic fence\" the protected the southern United States. SPADATS was developed by the SpaceTrack Research and Development Facility, also called the 496L System Program Office, at Hanscom Field in", "title": "Space Detection and Tracking System" }, { "docid": "15186389", "text": "System network in Canada feed data to two Canadian SOCCs located at CFB North Bay, Ontario. Command and control can be transitioned to the E-3A Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) for survivability as the tactical situation warrants. In peacetime, six of these aircraft are assigned to co-operate with the JSS. ROCC information is also passed to the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Combat Operations Centre (COC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Joint Surveillance System The Joint Surveillance System (JSS) is a joint United States Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration system for the atmospheric air defense of North America.", "title": "Joint Surveillance System" }, { "docid": "20242220", "text": "the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2012 Republican National Convention, and the 2011 & 2012 Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge. US Fleet Tracking has received the following honors: • Silver, 2007 M2M Value Chain Awards, Enabler – M2M Magazine<br> • Bronze, 2008 M2M Value Chain Awards, Enabler – M2M Magazine<br> • 2010 Innovator of the Year – The Journal Record<br> • 2012 Rock Solid Award, Mobile Office – ProPickup<br> • Named one of the “10 Best GPS Tracking Apps for Fleet Management in 2017” – Connecteam US Fleet Tracking US Fleet Tracking is a privately owned company", "title": "US Fleet Tracking" }, { "docid": "10550781", "text": "readjustment called recessions. Rothbard states that many European governments went bankrupt due to World War I, and how they left the gold standard in order to try to solve their financial issues. He also argues that this strategy was partially responsible for World War II, and led to economic problems throughout the world. What Has Government Done to Our Money? What Has Government Done to Our Money? is a 1963 book by Murray N. Rothbard that details the history of money, from early barter systems, to the gold standard, to present day systems of paper money. Rothbard explains how money", "title": "What Has Government Done to Our Money?" }, { "docid": "2985885", "text": "very closely together in the 1950s. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) created a joint air-defense system. In northern Canada, the Distant Early Warning Line (Dew Line) was established to give warning of Soviet bombers heading over the north pole. Great debate broke out while John Diefenbaker was Prime Minister as to whether Canada should accept U.S. nuclear weapons on its territory. Diefenbaker had already agreed to buy the BOMARC missile system from the Americans, which would be not as effective without nuclear warheads, but balked at permitting the weapons into Canada. Canada also maintained diplomatic and economic ties", "title": "Canada in the Cold War" }, { "docid": "15099617", "text": "Canadian Executive Service Organization The Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) is a registered national and international development charity that has operated since 1967. The organization uses Canadian volunteers to work with private and public sectors to accomplish goals within these service areas: strategic planning, business development, accounting and finance, organizational development, community development, governance and production and operations. CESO's primary funding currently derives from the financial contributions of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), funders from corporations, foundations and individual donors. CESO currently has a partnership with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN),", "title": "Canadian Executive Service Organization" }, { "docid": "5534286", "text": "(ANR) is one of three NORAD regions responsible for the execution of the aerospace warning and aerospace control missions. ANR conducts these missions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Eleventh Air Force is the United States Air Force component of ANR. Coordinating with the Canadian Forces Air Command, Both 11th AF and the Canadian Forces provide active duty forces to the 611th Air and Space Operations Center. The 176th Air Control Squadron, an Alaska Air National Guard unit, provides manning for the Alaskan Air Defense Sector to maintain continuous surveillance of Alaskan airspace with Alaskan Radar System long", "title": "Eleventh Air Force" }, { "docid": "17532013", "text": "were built, space for up to 200 support personnel, and storage facilities. Five locations were originally investigated, but only four locations were built. Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Locations Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) Forward Operating Locations (FOLs) were created under the North American Air Defence Modernization (NAADM) program authorized at the Shamrock Summit held in Quebec City on March 18, 1985. The locations are maintained by the Canadian Department of National Defence. The NAADM program was authorized by the Canada-United States Memorandum of Understanding signed by Prime Minister Mulroney and Ronald Reagan at the summit. The purpose of these upgraded", "title": "Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Locations" }, { "docid": "14867209", "text": "In this time, she called for Canada to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD). She worked on the \"New Hamilton Weekly\" journal in the early 1990s with fellow party member Rolf Gerstenberger, and has been a receptionist and sales manager. She has also written for \"TML Daily\", the online newspaper of the Marxist-Leninist Party. In 2008, she described herself as self-employed. Couto is a perennial candidate. She first sought election to public office in the 1993 federal election as a candidate of the Canadian Party for Renewal, an unregistered party", "title": "Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) candidates, 2008 Canadian federal election" }, { "docid": "10650132", "text": "was a part Linkin Park's 2004 \"Projekt Revolution Tour\" on which bands from Korn to Snoop Dogg, Ghostface Killah and Less Than Jake played. The band also played at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. After a lot of time spent on tour and different directions the band wanted to take, No Warning broke up in late 2005. Members went on to form bands such as Surplus Sons, Marvelous Darlings, and Millennial Reign, among other projects. Ben Cook now plays in Fucked Up. Jordan Posner plays in Terror. On June 5, 2013, Ben Cook told \"Exclaim!\" that", "title": "No Warning (band)" }, { "docid": "3290901", "text": "list.\" By July 1958 after NORAD manning began, ADC's 1954 blockhouse for the Ent AFB command center had inadequate floor space; and Ent's \"requirement for a ballistic missile defense system display facility...brought renewed action...for a new command post\" (the JCS approved the nuclear bunker on February 11, 1959.). On January 14, 1958, the US announced its \"decision to establish a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System\" with Thule to be operational in 1959—total Thule/Clear costs in a May 1958 estimate were ~$800 million (an October 13, 1958, plan for both estimated completion in September 1960.) The Lincoln Laboratory's radar at Millstone", "title": "Ballistic Missile Early Warning System" }, { "docid": "9213744", "text": "has seen the introduction of a dedicated tile-tracking app exclusively for games played on mobile app devices that automates the process of tracking tiles and requires no manual input. The benefits of tracking and counting tiles are widely known among competitive Scrabble players and tile tracking is considered a standard part of By tracking played tiles, players can learn more about what tiles remain unseen (either in the bag or on their opponent’s rack), and can use that information to make strategic decisions about what tiles to hold, which squares to block, and which tiles to play to create advantages.", "title": "Tile tracking" }, { "docid": "13255614", "text": "telephone exchange by a trunk group. This provides an interface to the (Public Switched Telephone Network) (PSTN). It also provides connectivity to the PSTN. The region to be served by a Cellular Geographic Serving Area(CGSA) is split into geographic cells. These cells are ideally hexagonal in shape and they are initially laid out with their centers about 4 to 8 miles apart from each other. Other MTSO equipment, the cell site controllers provide control functions for a group of cell sites and actions of mobile phones through command and control data channels. To achieve this, there has to be a", "title": "Mobile Telephone Switching Office" }, { "docid": "3020579", "text": "Ground Environment) computer system and was ultimately centered at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado, command hub of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The construction of the DEW Line was made possible by a bilateral agreement between the Canadian and US governments, and by collaboration between the US Department of Defense and the Bell System of communication companies. The DEW Line grew out of a detailed study made by a group of the nation's foremost scientists in 1952, the Summer Study Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The subject of the study was the vulnerability of the US", "title": "Distant Early Warning Line" }, { "docid": "10550775", "text": "tomorrow, the effect would be chaotic because no-one would know how to calculate prices with all the new Moneez flying around relative to the number of Moneez going around the day before. A money would become very useless if its supply rate expanded to such a degree. But, once the expansion of the supply is complete, prices settle back into position and things become accurately calculable again. For example, if you increase the supply of pears (a commodity like wheat or corn), all other things being equal, this helps society by making more pears available at a cheaper price. Since", "title": "What Has Government Done to Our Money?" }, { "docid": "8494908", "text": "Wireless intrusion prevention system In computing, a wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) is a network device that monitors the radio spectrum for the presence of unauthorized access points \"(intrusion detection)\", and can automatically take countermeasures \"(intrusion prevention)\". The primary purpose of a WIPS is to prevent unauthorized network access to local area networks and other information assets by wireless devices. These systems are typically implemented as an overlay to an existing Wireless LAN infrastructure, although they may be deployed standalone to enforce no-wireless policies within an organization. Some advanced wireless infrastructure has integrated WIPS capabilities. Large organizations with many employees", "title": "Wireless intrusion prevention system" }, { "docid": "20186154", "text": "tracking. Historically, tropical cyclone tracking charts were used to include the past track and prepare future forecasts at Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers and Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers. The need for a more modernized method for forecasting tropical cyclones had become apparent to operational weather forecasters by the mid-1980s. At that time the United States Department of Defense was using paper maps, acetate, grease pencils, and disparate computer programs to forecast tropical cyclones. The Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF) software was developed by the Naval Research Laboratory for the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) beginning in 1986, and used since", "title": "Tropical cyclone tracking chart" }, { "docid": "2806814", "text": "the local White Pages telephone directory. 111 (emergency telephone number) 111 (usually pronounced \"one-one-one\") is the emergency telephone number in New Zealand. It was first implemented in Masterton and Carterton on 29 September 1958, and was progressively rolled out nationwide with the last exchanges converting in 1988. Before the introduction of 111, access to emergency services was complicated. For the quarter of New Zealand’s then 414,000 telephone subscribers that were still on manual exchanges, one would simply pick up the telephone and ask the answering operator for the police, ambulance, or fire service by name. However, the problem on manual", "title": "111 (emergency telephone number)" }, { "docid": "14576637", "text": "offer to check telephone numbers alongside other personal details, gained from various public sources e.g. the Electoral roll and from the imprints left on by their activities, for examples from transactions made using credit cards. The advantage of a database check is that the lookup can be very quick (sub 1s), however no databases exist to cover all telephone subscriber lines internationally, with mobile telephones being particularly problematic to trace - especially Pay as you go (phone) (non contract) arrangements which often have no registered owner. Some databases are very detailed and can correlate telephone numbers with physical addresses, e-mail", "title": "Telephone number verification" }, { "docid": "2806800", "text": "111 (emergency telephone number) 111 (usually pronounced \"one-one-one\") is the emergency telephone number in New Zealand. It was first implemented in Masterton and Carterton on 29 September 1958, and was progressively rolled out nationwide with the last exchanges converting in 1988. Before the introduction of 111, access to emergency services was complicated. For the quarter of New Zealand’s then 414,000 telephone subscribers that were still on manual exchanges, one would simply pick up the telephone and ask the answering operator for the police, ambulance, or fire service by name. However, the problem on manual exchanges was that calls were answered", "title": "111 (emergency telephone number)" }, { "docid": "20242216", "text": "US Fleet Tracking US Fleet Tracking is a privately owned company that specializes in manufacturing and distributing GPS solutions and accessories designed to enable businesses and individuals to monitor their mobile assets, such as vehicle fleets. The company manufactures a variety of GPS (Global Positioning System) trackers intended for use in vehicles and other mobile assets. It also offers an Internet-based subscription service that gives clients access to 5- or 10-second updates around the clock from each installed GPS tracker. The system collects and stores data from each unit on a 24/7 basis, and can generate reports showing the activity", "title": "US Fleet Tracking" }, { "docid": "2018356", "text": "E.164 telephone numbers, protocols and infrastructure to indirectly access different services available under a single personal identifier. ENUM also permits connecting the IP world to the telephone system in a seamless manner. For an ENUM subscriber to be able to activate and use the ENUM service, it needs to obtain three elements from a Registrar: This works as follows: (1) the Registrar provides the Subscriber (or Registrant) with a domain name, the URI, that will be used for accessing a DNS server to fetch a NAPTR record, (2) a personal E.164 telephone number (the ENUM number). The URI domain name", "title": "Telephone number mapping" }, { "docid": "10992092", "text": "No Free Lunch (organization) No Free Lunch was a US-based advocacy organization holding that marketing methods employed by drug companies influence the way doctors and other healthcare providers prescribe medications. The group did outreach to convince physicians to refuse to accept gifts, money, or hospitality from pharmaceutical companies because it claims that these gifts create a conflict of interest for providers. The group also advocated for less involvement of drug companies in medical education and practice in a variety of other ways. The organization was founded in 2000 by Bob Goodman, an internist from New York City. Most of the", "title": "No Free Lunch (organization)" } ]

[ "T Ros", "Feddy Roosevelt", "26th President of the United States", "Trust Buster", "The Cowboy President", "Teddy roosevelt", "Theodore Roosavelt", "President Theodore Roosevelt", "Theodor roosevelt", "Teddy Rose", "Teddy Roosevelt", "Theodore roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt", "Teodoro Roosevelt", "T. Roosevelt Administration", "Teddy Roosvelt", "Teddy Rosevelt", "Roosevelt, Theodore", "Teddy Roosevelt foreign policy", "T Roosevelt", "Cowboy of the Dakotas", "Teddy Roose", "Theodore Roosevelt" ]

[ { "docid": "9516092", "text": "the Army denied the nomination, citing a lack of official records documenting his case. Smith's commander at Honey Hill had not included an account of Smith's actions in the official battle report. It was not until January 16, 2001, 137 years after the Battle of Honey Hill, that Smith was recognized; President Bill Clinton presented the Medal of Honor to several of Smith's descendants during a ceremony at the White House on that day. Former President Theodore Roosevelt was also posthumously awarded the medal at the same ceremony, for his actions during the Spanish–American War. Smith's official Medal of Honor", "title": "Andrew Jackson Smith (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "413903", "text": "President Calvin Coolidge. For his gallantry at San Juan Hill, Roosevelt's commanders recommended him for the Medal of Honor. In the late 1990s, Roosevelt's supporters again recommended the award. On January 16, 2001, President Bill Clinton awarded Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor posthumously for his charge on San Juan Hill, Cuba, during the Spanish–American War. He is the only president to have received the Medal of Honor. The United States Navy named two ships for Roosevelt: the , a submarine that was in commission from 1961 to 1982, and the , an aircraft carrier that has been on active", "title": "Theodore Roosevelt" }, { "docid": "2719480", "text": "to award a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor to President Theodore Roosevelt for his charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish–American War. Congress eventually passed legislation asking the president to grant the honor, and President Clinton awarded the medal in January 2001. Lazio also sponsored the Wartime Violation of Italian American Civil Liberties Act, which, after being passed and signed into law in 2000, directed the U.S. Attorney General to review the government's internment of Italian nationals during World War II. In addition to his position on the Financial Services Committee, Lazio also served on the House's Energy and", "title": "Rick Lazio" }, { "docid": "17503650", "text": "and son to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The only other such pairing is Theodore Roosevelt (awarded in 2001) and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Five pairs of brothers have received the Medal of Honor: Another notable pair of related recipients are Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (rear admiral at the time of award) and his nephew, Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher (lieutenant at the time of award), both awarded for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz. Since 1979, 86 late Medal of Honor awards have been presented for actions from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. In addition, five", "title": "Medal of Honor" } ]

[ { "docid": "17503653", "text": "of medals. At the time, no Medals of Honor had been awarded to American soldiers of African descent who served in World War II. After an exhaustive review, the study recommended that ten Distinguished Service Cross recipients be awarded the Medal of Honor. On January 13, 1997, President Bill Clinton presented the Medal of Honor to seven of these World War II veterans, six of them posthumously and one to former Second Lieutenant Vernon Baker. In 1998, a similar study of Asian Americans resulted in President Bill Clinton presenting 22 Medals of Honor in 2000. Twenty of these medals went", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "3325455", "text": "The Hunting of the President The Hunting of the President is a 2004 English language documentary film about Bill Clinton. Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton appear in archived footage. The film is based on the book The Hunting of the President: The Ten Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton, written by investigative journalists Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, and published by Thomas Dunne Books in 2000. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, the film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. The book and movie explore Clinton friends Jim and Susan McDougal, former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, and", "title": "The Hunting of the President" }, { "docid": "1311121", "text": "Bridge in honor of Clinton. George Clinton (vice president) George Clinton (July 26, 1739April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A prominent Democratic-Republican, Clinton served as the fourth Vice President of the United States from 1805 until his death in 1812. He also served as Governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and from 1801 to 1804. Along with John C. Calhoun, he is one of two vice presidents to hold office under two presidents. Clinton served in the French and Indian War, rising to the rank", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "1311098", "text": "Bill of Rights. In the early 1790s, he emerged as a leader of the incipient Democratic-Republican Party, and Clinton served as the party's vice presidential candidate in the 1792 presidential election. Clinton received the third most electoral votes in the election, as President George Washington and Vice President John Adams both won re-election. Clinton did not seek re-election in 1795, but served as governor again from 1801 to 1805. He was the longest-serving governor in U.S. history until Terry Branstad surpassed his record in 2015. Clinton was again tapped as the Democratic-Republican vice presidential nominee in the 1804 election, as", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "1311109", "text": "their candidate for vice president. While the Republicans joined in the general acclamation of Washington for a second term as president, they objected to the allegedly \"monarchical\" attitude of Vice President Adams. Clinton was nominated rather than Thomas Jefferson because the Virginia electors could not vote for Washington, and for a second Virginian. Clinton received 50 electoral votes to 77 for Adams. His candidacy was damaged by his anti-Federalist record and by his narrow and disputed re-election as governor in 1792. (He won by only 108 votes, and the substantial anti-Clinton vote of Otsego County was excluded on a technicality.)", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "8412582", "text": "Gala Hollywood Farewell Salute to President Clinton The Hollywood Gala Salute to President William Jefferson Clinton took place on August 12, 2000 (two days before the start of the 2000 DNC) at the private Brentwood, California estate of businessman Ken Roberts. It was produced and hosted by Peter F. Paul and was the largest Hollywood tribute ever produced for a sitting President of the United States. Besides honoring President Bill Clinton, it also served as a fund raising event for the 2000 U.S. Senate election campaign of First Lady Hillary Clinton, and was the largest such event of her campaign.", "title": "Gala Hollywood Farewell Salute to President Clinton" }, { "docid": "8412585", "text": "minority contracting fraud scheme involving the Chicago Public Schools. Gala Hollywood Farewell Salute to President Clinton The Hollywood Gala Salute to President William Jefferson Clinton took place on August 12, 2000 (two days before the start of the 2000 DNC) at the private Brentwood, California estate of businessman Ken Roberts. It was produced and hosted by Peter F. Paul and was the largest Hollywood tribute ever produced for a sitting President of the United States. Besides honoring President Bill Clinton, it also served as a fund raising event for the 2000 U.S. Senate election campaign of First Lady Hillary Clinton,", "title": "Gala Hollywood Farewell Salute to President Clinton" }, { "docid": "7707068", "text": "World War II. The award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 1997. During a ceremony conducted on January 13 of that year, President Bill Clinton bestowed the Medal of Honor on seven African-American veterans of World War II. Only one of the recipients, Vernon J. Baker, was still alive to receive his award in person. Watson's military awards include the Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. Watson had no known next of kin, so his medals are displayed in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum in Fort", "title": "George Watson (Medal of Honor)" }, { "docid": "1311114", "text": "and its admission to the Union. The committee's recommended bill was opposed by New York's delegates and did not pass. Six years later the New York legislature decided to give up New York's claims to Vermont on condition that Congress would admit Vermont to the Union, and the new state was admitted on March 4, 1791. Clinton was selected as President Jefferson's running mate in the 1804 presidential election, replacing Aaron Burr. Vice President Burr had fallen out with the Jefferson administration early in his tenure, and President Jefferson often consulted with Clinton rather than Burr regarding New York appointments.", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "34330", "text": "Haiti and especially his high contribution to the reconstruction of the country after the earthquake of January 12, 2010\". Clinton declared at the ceremony that \"in the United States of America, I really don't believe former American presidents need awards anymore, but I am very honored by this one, I love Haiti, and I believe in its promise\". U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Clinton the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 20, 2013. Bill Clinton is one of the narrators on a 2003 recording of Sergei Prokofiev's \"Peter and the Wolf\", on Pentatone, together with Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren.", "title": "Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "17503613", "text": "continuously issued combat decoration of the United States armed forces. The President normally presents the Medal of Honor in Washington, D.C. at a formal ceremony that is intended to represent the gratitude of the U.S. people, with posthumous presentations made to the primary next of kin. According to the Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States, there have been 3522 Medals of Honor awarded to the nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation, with just less than half of them awarded for actions during the four years of the American Civil War. In", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "2737483", "text": "of tremendous benefit to mankind. The decoration may also be awarded for extreme bravery during a space emergency or in preventing a major space disaster. The Congressional Space Medal of Honor may also be presented posthumously to those astronauts who die while performing a US space mission; and as of 2017, all 17 astronauts killed on US missions have been awarded the medal. President George W. Bush presented the most awards of the CSMOH, with 16 (of which 14 were posthumous for the two destroyed space shuttle flights, thus setting the standard for all astronauts killed in the line of", "title": "Congressional Space Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "7334023", "text": "National Register of Historic Places (as \"Bill Clinton Birthplace\"). Tours were offered by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation. In accordance with the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (§7002), the Secretary of the Interior accepted the property on December 14, 2010, establishing it as a national historic site and a unit of the National Park System. This change in status was originally proposed by Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Bill Clinton and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar formally dedicated the site on April 16, 2011. President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site The President William Jefferson Clinton", "title": "President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site" }, { "docid": "16657173", "text": "Town Hall with President Clinton On November 8, 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton participated in the first ever presidential webcast produced by Excite@Home Network in partnership with the Democratic Leadership Council. The forum was held at George Washington University in Washington DC, moderated by DLC chairman, Al From and directed by Marc Scarpa. The webcast made use of the most cutting edge, IP-enabled technology of the time including streaming video remote feeds that connected the President to New Democrat leaders, including Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, then Lt. Governor of Maryland; Donald T. Cunningham, Jr., then mayor of Bethlehem, PA; Wisconsin State", "title": "Town Hall with President Clinton" }, { "docid": "16657169", "text": "Town Hall with President Clinton On November 8, 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton participated in the first ever presidential webcast produced by Excite@Home Network in partnership with the Democratic Leadership Council. The forum was held at George Washington University in Washington DC, moderated by DLC chairman, Al From and directed by Marc Scarpa. The webcast made use of the most cutting edge, IP-enabled technology of the time including streaming video remote feeds that connected the President to New Democrat leaders, including Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, then Lt. Governor of Maryland; Donald T. Cunningham, Jr., then mayor of Bethlehem, PA; Wisconsin State", "title": "Town Hall with President Clinton" }, { "docid": "449682", "text": "President George W. Bush's closest confidants. Al Gore was an important adviser to President Bill Clinton on matters of foreign policy and the environment. Under the American system of government the president is both head of state and head of government, and the ceremonial duties of the former position are often delegated to the vice president. The vice president will on occasion represent the president and the U.S. government at state funerals abroad, or at various events in the United States. This often is the most visible role of the vice president. The vice president may also meet with other", "title": "Vice President of the United States" }, { "docid": "7655373", "text": "the first term of President Ronald Reagan, and was highly influential inside the White House. Meese, White House Chief of Staff James Baker and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Michael Deaver were nicknamed \"The Troika\" and considered the most influential advisors to the president. Meese became Attorney General during Reagan's second term as president and the position was left vacant. The position was left vacant in the first three years of President George H.W. Bush's term. In 1992 it was filled by Clayton Yeutter after he resigned as chairman of the Republican National Committee. During the Bill Clinton administration,", "title": "Counselor to the President" }, { "docid": "1311117", "text": "just six electoral votes for president as Madison consolidated support within the party. Although Clinton had effectively run against Madison, he received the vice presidential votes of most Democratic-Republican electors, who did not want to set a precedent of defying the choice of the congressional nominating caucus. After the 1808 election, Clinton and his supporters opposed the Madison administration, and Clinton helped block the appointment of Albert Gallatin as Secretary of State. He also cast an important tie-breaking vote that prevented the recharter of the First Bank of the United States. Clinton was the first vice president to die in", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "5282097", "text": "Bill Clinton a line-item veto over parts of a bill that required spending federal funds. The Supreme Court, in \"Clinton v. New York City\", found Clinton's veto of pork-barrel appropriations for New York City to be unconstitutional because only a constitutional amendment could give the president line-item veto power. When a bill is presented for signature, the president may also issue a signing statement with expressions of their opinion on the constitutionality of a bill's provisions. The president may even declare them unenforceable but the Supreme Court has yet to address this issue. Congress may override vetoes with a two-thirds", "title": "Powers of the President of the United States" }, { "docid": "17503642", "text": "of Honor recipients—or in the case of posthumous awards, the next of kin—have been personally decorated by the Commander-in-Chief. Since 1941, more than half of the Medals of Honor have been awarded posthumously. Congress drew the three permutations of combat from President Kennedy's executive order of April 25, 1962, which previously added the same criteria to the Purple Heart. On August 24, Kennedy added similar criteria for the Bronze Star Medal. The amendment was necessary because Cold War armed conflicts did not qualify for consideration under previous statutes such as the 1918 Army Medal of Honor Statute that required valor", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "7262032", "text": "My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography) My Life is a 2004 autobiography written by former President of the United States Bill Clinton, who left office on January 20, 2001. It was released on June 22, 2004. The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group and became a bestseller; the book sold in excess of 2,250,000 copies. Clinton had received what was at the time the world's highest book advance fee, $15 million (equivalent to $ million in ). In \"My Life\", Clinton covered his life chronologically, beginning with his early years in Hope, Arkansas, and his family's move to Hot", "title": "My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography)" }, { "docid": "18836634", "text": "hotel, and has hosted heads of state from Bill Clinton to Mikhail Gorbachev. Guests can view the Swiss Alps from the suite. In July 2017, the Hotel President Wilson ranked first in the list of most expensive suites of the world by the magazine \"Business Insider\" with its $80,000/night. Hotel President Wilson The Hotel President Wilson is located in Geneva, Switzerland, near the United Nations building on Lake Geneva. The hotel is named for the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, in honor of his dedication to the creation of the League of Nations. The hotel opened its", "title": "Hotel President Wilson" }, { "docid": "7262039", "text": "They were narrators for the Russian National Orchestra's album \"Peter and the Wolf/Wolf Tracks\". My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography) My Life is a 2004 autobiography written by former President of the United States Bill Clinton, who left office on January 20, 2001. It was released on June 22, 2004. The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group and became a bestseller; the book sold in excess of 2,250,000 copies. Clinton had received what was at the time the world's highest book advance fee, $15 million (equivalent to $ million in ). In \"My Life\", Clinton covered his life chronologically,", "title": "My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography)" }, { "docid": "322371", "text": "vote to convict. Two presidents have been impeached by the House of Representatives: Andrew Johnson in 1868, and Bill Clinton in 1998. Both were acquitted by the senate: Johnson by one vote, and Clinton by 17 votes. Additionally, the House Judiciary Committee commenced impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon in 1974; however, he resigned from office before the full House voted on the articles of impeachment. Succession to or vacancies in the office of president may arise under several possible circumstances: death, resignation, and removal from office. Deaths have occurred a number of times, resignation has occurred only once, and removal", "title": "President of the United States" }, { "docid": "1803634", "text": "pension based on the salary of the government. All former presidents, their spouses, and their children until age 16 are protected by the Federal Protective Service until the president's death. A spouse who remarries or divorced from president is no longer eligible for Federal Protective Service protection. As of , there is only one living former president (if Vladimir Putin, who was president from 2000 to 2008 and became president again in 2012, is excluded). The most recent death of a former president was that of Boris Yeltsin (1991–1999) on April 23, 2007, aged 76. In May 2008, the Federal", "title": "President of Russia" }, { "docid": "19850484", "text": "season 8 she resigns and goes to prison. She is the first female president of the United States, and though a Republican is said to be based on Hillary Clinton. In the 2001 American-Argentinian science-fiction film \"Perfect Lover\", set in 2030, the world is run by women and Sally Champlin plays the female president of the United States. The film begins with her saying, \"I did not have sexual relations with that young man\", similar to a real-life quote by president Bill Clinton. In CBS's 2004 TV series \"Century City\"'s fictional timeline, Oprah Winfrey is the president of the United", "title": "Female president of the United States in popular culture" }, { "docid": "2281138", "text": "and the loss by his would-be successor, Vice President Al Gore, in the 2000 presidential election. Thus, Clinton's partisan legacy remains complex and uncertain. Presidency of Bill Clinton The presidency of Bill Clinton began at noon EST on January 20, 1993, when Bill Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat, took office following a decisive victory over Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush and Independent businessman Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential election. Four years later, in the 1996 election, he defeated Perot and Republican Bob", "title": "Presidency of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "1311096", "text": "George Clinton (vice president) George Clinton (July 26, 1739April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A prominent Democratic-Republican, Clinton served as the fourth Vice President of the United States from 1805 until his death in 1812. He also served as Governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and from 1801 to 1804. Along with John C. Calhoun, he is one of two vice presidents to hold office under two presidents. Clinton served in the French and Indian War, rising to the rank of lieutenant in the colonial", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "1311099", "text": "President Thomas Jefferson dumped Aaron Burr from the ticket. Clinton sought his party's presidential nomination in the 1808 election, but the party's congressional nominating caucus instead nominated James Madison. Despite his opposition to Madison, Clinton was re-elected as vice president. Clinton died in 1812, leaving the office of vice president vacant for the first time in U.S history. Clinton's nephew, DeWitt Clinton, continued the Clinton New York political dynasty after his uncle's death. Clinton was born in 1729 in Little Britain, New York. His parents were Colonel Charles Clinton and Elizabeth Denniston Clinton, Presbyterian immigrants who had left County Longford,", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "20408306", "text": "The President Is Missing (novel) The President Is Missing is a political thriller novel by former US President Bill Clinton and novelist James Patterson published in June 2018. It is Clinton's first novel. A television adaptation is being developed by Showtime. The disappearance of the U.S. President, Jonathan Lincoln Duncan, a former Army Ranger and a Gulf War veteran, comes as a cybercrime attack jeopardizing Secret Service protection. The book begins with the president rehearsing his appearance before Congress over impending impeachment proceedings. It has been discovered that the president made a phone call to Suliman Cindoruk, a cyber terrorist", "title": "The President Is Missing (novel)" }, { "docid": "19977453", "text": "Timeline of the presidency of Bill Clinton The presidency of Bill Clinton began on January 20, 1993, at noon Eastern Standard Time, when Bill Clinton was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat, took office after defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush and Independent businessman Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential election. Four years later, he defeated Republican Bob Dole and Ross Perot (this time running on the Reform Party ticket) to win a second term of office. During both elections, Clinton ran as a New Democrat, and many", "title": "Timeline of the presidency of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "7242134", "text": "was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. His widow, the former Arlene Marrow, received his medal from President Bill Clinton in a White House ceremony on January 13, 1997. On that day, Clinton also awarded the medal to six other previously neglected African-American World War II veterans, including Vernon Baker, who was the only one living when awarded. Citation: For extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy in the vicinity of Sommocolonia, Italy, on December 26, 1944, while serving as a member of Cannon Company, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division. During the preceding few weeks, Lieutenant Fox served with the", "title": "John R. Fox" }, { "docid": "1311108", "text": "Anti-Federalist essays which appeared in New York newspapers during the ratification debates. However, the authorship of the essays is disputed. In the first U.S. presidential election, held from 1788 to 1789, many Anti-Federalists supported Clinton for the position of vice president. Federalists rallied around the candidacy of John Adams, and Adams finished second in the electoral vote behind George Washington, making Adams vice president. Clinton received just three electoral votes, partly because the New York legislature deadlocked and was unable to appoint a slate of electors. In the 1792 presidential election, he was chosen by the nascent Democratic-Republican Party as", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "20408318", "text": "that the book sold nearly 384,000 copies by the end of June and was the top selling new novel for the entire first half of 2018. The book would also top the Best Seller list for the July 22 edition. It then topped the Best Seller list for the July 29 edition. On August 8, Knopf announced that the book sold one million copies in North America alone. The President Is Missing (novel) The President Is Missing is a political thriller novel by former US President Bill Clinton and novelist James Patterson published in June 2018. It is Clinton's first", "title": "The President Is Missing (novel)" }, { "docid": "3325456", "text": "Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. Interviewed for the book and movie, Susan McDougal discusses legal threats from the independent counsel to pressure her to implicate the Clintons in something illegal. She told the independent counsel the Clintons did nothing wrong, and the independent counsel said they had statements prepared and she simply had to agree with the pre-written claims. The Hunting of the President The Hunting of the President is a 2004 English language documentary film about Bill Clinton. Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton appear in archived footage. The film is based on the book The Hunting of the", "title": "The Hunting of the President" }, { "docid": "3817753", "text": "Bill Clinton pardon controversy Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was criticized for some of his pardons and acts of executive clemency. Pardoning or commuting sentences is a power granted by the U.S. Constitution to all sitting U.S. Presidents. While most presidents grant pardons throughout their terms, Clinton chose to make nearly a third of them on January 20, 2001, his last day in office. This came to be known as Pardongate. While Clinton pardoned a large number (450) of people compared with his immediate one-term predecessor Republican George H. W. Bush, who pardoned only 75, the number of people pardoned", "title": "Bill Clinton pardon controversy" }, { "docid": "3817759", "text": "column defending the 140 pardons. Bill Clinton pardon controversy Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was criticized for some of his pardons and acts of executive clemency. Pardoning or commuting sentences is a power granted by the U.S. Constitution to all sitting U.S. Presidents. While most presidents grant pardons throughout their terms, Clinton chose to make nearly a third of them on January 20, 2001, his last day in office. This came to be known as Pardongate. While Clinton pardoned a large number (450) of people compared with his immediate one-term predecessor Republican George H. W. Bush, who pardoned only 75,", "title": "Bill Clinton pardon controversy" }, { "docid": "2281062", "text": "Presidency of Bill Clinton The presidency of Bill Clinton began at noon EST on January 20, 1993, when Bill Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat, took office following a decisive victory over Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush and Independent businessman Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential election. Four years later, in the 1996 election, he defeated Perot and Republican Bob Dole to win re-election. He was succeeded by Republican George W. Bush, who won the 2000 presidential election. The nation experienced an extended period", "title": "Presidency of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "4894681", "text": "Economic policy of the Bill Clinton administration The economic policies of Bill Clinton, referred to by some as Clintonomics (a portmanteau of \"Clinton\" and \"economics\"), encapsulates the economic policies of United States President Bill Clinton that were implemented during his presidency, which lasted from January 1993–January 2001. President Clinton oversaw a very robust economy during his tenure. The U.S. had strong economic growth (around 4% annually) and record job creation (22.7 million). He raised taxes on higher income taxpayers early in his first term and cut defense spending, which contributed to a rise in revenue and decline in spending relative", "title": "Economic policy of the Bill Clinton administration" }, { "docid": "7020907", "text": "Smith, Alfred Francis Russell, William D. Coleman, William Tolbert, and Moses Blah. There have been twelve vacancies in the office, the first of which occurred between October 26, 1871 and January 1, 1872; after the ascension of James Skivring Smith to the office of President. The most recent vacancy was between August 11, 2003 and January 16, 2006; after the ascension of Moses Blah to the office of President and prior to the election of Joseph Boakai. Vice President of Liberia The Vice President of the Republic of Liberia is the second-highest executive official in Liberia, and one of only", "title": "Vice President of Liberia" }, { "docid": "4894714", "text": "in interest rates, which fueled a booming stock market and job growth in a booming technology sector. Economic policy of the Bill Clinton administration The economic policies of Bill Clinton, referred to by some as Clintonomics (a portmanteau of \"Clinton\" and \"economics\"), encapsulates the economic policies of United States President Bill Clinton that were implemented during his presidency, which lasted from January 1993–January 2001. President Clinton oversaw a very robust economy during his tenure. The U.S. had strong economic growth (around 4% annually) and record job creation (22.7 million). He raised taxes on higher income taxpayers early in his first", "title": "Economic policy of the Bill Clinton administration" }, { "docid": "14307293", "text": "August, and one at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base on the 40th anniversary of the attack, 5 September. Thomas Bach was elected President of the IOC on 10 September 2013, as the successor to Jacques Rogge, at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires. Bach is the first Olympic medallist to have risen to the position of IOC President – he won a gold medal in men's team foil fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is the third IOC President to have been an Olympian (Brundage and Rogge were also former Olympic athletes). President of the International Olympic Committee The President", "title": "President of the International Olympic Committee" }, { "docid": "14924570", "text": "Medal of Honor of ARKBK The Medal of Honor of the Association of the Representatives of Bunyoro-Kitara (\"ARKBK\") is the highest award of the organization, and can only be awarded by the President of the ARKBK. It is bestowed upon members of the ARKBK or to individuals who have distinguished themselves with \"\"extraordinary merits, outstanding achievements and very special contributions to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara and the ARKBK\"\". The Medal of Honor is the only neck order of the ARKBK. Nominations are sent to the President of the ARKBK, who then decides whether or not to continue to process the", "title": "Medal of Honor of ARKBK" }, { "docid": "2737484", "text": "duty receiving the award). The 11-year 8-month period from 1981 to 1993 was the longest gap between awards since its inception in 1978 until the current 12-year hiatus ongoing since April 2006. U.S. President Jimmy Carter – 6 presentations U.S. President Ronald Reagan – 1 presentation U.S. President George H. W. Bush – 1 presentation U.S. President Bill Clinton – 4 presentations U.S. President George W. Bush – 16 presentations U.S. President Barack Obama – 0 presentations U.S. President Donald Trump – 0 presentations Currently, 28 astronauts have been honored with the award; 17 of which were awarded posthumously for", "title": "Congressional Space Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "10719731", "text": "President of Crimea The President of the Republic of Crimea (; ) was the head of the state of the Republic of Crimea, Ukraine from February 16, 1994 to the time of its liquidation on March 17, 1995. The post was liquidated as it disagrees with the Constitution of Ukraine. The first round of voting in the Crimean presidential elections was held on January 16, 1994, and on January 30, the second round was held. With 72.9% of the vote, the pro-Russian politician Yuriy Meshkov was declared the winner. He was the only person to hold the post of President", "title": "President of Crimea" }, { "docid": "3598851", "text": "thinking person should see \"Death of a President\".\" In \"Film Journal International\", Frank Lovece mused that the film's condemnation \"by politicians and pundits from James Pinkerton to Hillary Clinton is understandable and completely predictable: They can't \"not\" comment, so when they do, they have to play to their audiences. None of them seriously believes that this work of fiction will really make someone take a potshot at the president, and anyway, the attempt on President Ronald Reagan's life came out of a crazy guy's fascination with Jodie Foster, so you may as well decry movies starring blonde former child actresses.\"", "title": "Death of a President (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "322334", "text": "the president has three options: In 1996, Congress attempted to enhance the president's veto power with the Line Item Veto Act. The legislation empowered the president to sign any spending bill into law while simultaneously striking certain spending items within the bill, particularly any new spending, any amount of discretionary spending, or any new limited tax benefit. Congress could then repass that particular item. If the president then vetoed the new legislation, Congress could override the veto by its ordinary means, a two-thirds vote in both houses. In \"Clinton v. City of New York\", , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled", "title": "President of the United States" }, { "docid": "20495569", "text": "elections themed television special from the series titled \"Our Cartoon President: Election Special 2018\". The episode was scheduled to air on November 4, 2018 and expected to feature appearances from the cartoon versions of Vladimir Putin, Rudy Giuliani, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. On December 18, 2017, Showtime released the first teaser trailer for the series. On May 30, 2018, a trailer for the additional seven episodes of season one was released. On October 31, 2018, a trailer for the \"Our Cartoon President: Election Special 2018\" television special was released. On April 28, 2018, a special three-minute video", "title": "Our Cartoon President" }, { "docid": "1311110", "text": "He did not run for re-election as governor in 1795. Some Democratic-Republican party leaders attempted to recruit him to run for vice president in 1796 election, but Clinton refused to run and party leaders instead turned to another New Yorker, Aaron Burr. Clinton nonetheless received 7 electoral votes. He held no political office after 1795 until he was elected to the New York State Assembly in April 1800, and was a member of the 24th New York State Legislature. He entered the 1801 gubernatorial race at Burr's urging, and defeated the Federalist Party nominee, Stephen Van Rensselaer. Clinton served as", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "1311116", "text": "stature, Jefferson largely ignored Vice President Clinton. He was unfamiliar with the rules of the United States Senate, and many Senators viewed him as an ineffective presiding officer. Clinton attempted to challenge Madison for the presidency in the 1808 election, but was outmaneuvered by Madison's supporters when the congressional nominating caucus chose him as the vice presidential nominee. Clinton's supporters nonetheless put him forward as a presidential candidate, attacking the foreign policy of the Jefferson administration. The Federalist Party considered endorsing Clinton's candidacy, but ultimately chose to re-nominate their 1804 ticket of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Rufus King. Clinton received", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "20408315", "text": "the impeachment process is stopped and the president can continue his daily tasks. Clinton and Patterson went on a 16-meeting tour to select the right outlet for a theatrical film. However, Showtime is turning the book into an ongoing drama series. Showtime president and CEO David Nevins said that \"the pairing of President Clinton with fiction’s most gripping storyteller promises a kinetic experience, one that the book world has salivated over for months and that now will dovetail perfectly into a politically relevant, character-based action series for our network.\" Reviewing the novel in \"The New Yorker\", Anthony Lane is generally", "title": "The President Is Missing (novel)" }, { "docid": "2426018", "text": "verdict given by any Court in Bangladesh. By Article 80, the President can refuse to assent to any bill passed by the parliament, sending it back for review. A bill is enacted only after the President assents to it. But when the bill is passed again by the parliament, if the president further fail or refuse to assent a bill, after a certain period of days, the bill will be automatically transformed into law and will be considered as assented by the president. Chancellor is a titular position at Universities in Bangladesh, always held by the incumbent President of Bangladesh", "title": "President of Bangladesh" }, { "docid": "449697", "text": "don't know how somebody who's in second place is offering vice presidency to the person who's in first place\". Obama stated that the nomination process would have to be a choice between himself and Clinton, saying \"I don't want anybody here thinking that 'Somehow, maybe I can get both'\", by nominating Clinton as president and assuming he would be her running mate\". Some suggested that it was a ploy by the Clinton campaign to denigrate Obama as less qualified for the presidency. Later, when Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, former President Jimmy Carter cautioned against Clinton being picked for", "title": "Vice President of the United States" }, { "docid": "7334022", "text": "President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site The President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site is located in Hope, Arkansas. Built in 1917 by Dr. H. S. Garrett, in this house the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton spent the first four years of his life, having been born on August 19, 1946. The house was owned by his grandparents, Edith Grisham and James Eldridge Cassidy, and they cared for him when his mother, Virginia, was away working as an anesthetist in New Orleans. On May 19, 1994, the site was added to the", "title": "President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site" }, { "docid": "17503660", "text": "involved black recipients. The following decorations, in one degree or another, bear similar names to the Medal of Honor, but are entirely separate awards with different criteria for issuance: Footnotes Citations Works cited Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. The medal is normally awarded by the President of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress. Because the medal is presented \"in the name of Congress\",", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "1311118", "text": "office as well as the first vice president to die overall. Clinton was the first of two vice presidents to serve in the position under two different presidents (John C. Calhoun was the other). Clinton's nephew, DeWitt Clinton, challenged Madison in 1812 after George Clinton's death. DeWitt Clinton won the backing of most Federalists, but was nonetheless defeated by Madison. On February 7, 1770, Clinton married Sarah Cornelia Tappen (died 1800); they had five daughters and one son: His original burial was in Washington, D.C. He was re-interred at the Old Dutch Churchyard in Kingston, New York in 1908. Historian", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "12963582", "text": "candidates have increased their support from Chisholm winning 430,000 primary votes to Obama being elected president with more than 69 million. Various commentators have suggested a president could be recognized as the \"first black president of the United States\" for their contributions to the well-being of African Americans. Toni Morrison labeled Democrat Bill Clinton the first black president of the United States. Morrison suggested that Clinton was \"blacker than any actual black person who could ever be elected in our children's lifetime.\" Author and professor Angela Dillard stated such claims constituted a \"silly and defeatist notion\" that separated the black", "title": "African-American candidates for President of the United States" }, { "docid": "14924571", "text": "application of nomination. If the application is approved, the nomination will be discussed by the President of ARKBK and the King Omukama of Bunyoro, before the award is given. Medal of Honor of ARKBK The Medal of Honor of the Association of the Representatives of Bunyoro-Kitara (\"ARKBK\") is the highest award of the organization, and can only be awarded by the President of the ARKBK. It is bestowed upon members of the ARKBK or to individuals who have distinguished themselves with \"\"extraordinary merits, outstanding achievements and very special contributions to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara and the ARKBK\"\". The Medal of", "title": "Medal of Honor of ARKBK" }, { "docid": "1963747", "text": "Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia. The presidency was resumed on January 16, 2006 following the 2005 election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the first female president. George Weah was elected in 2017 as the 23rd President of Liberia. Incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed Executive Order No. 91, thus establishing a Joint Presidential Transition Team, due to the fact that Liberia had \"not experienced the transfer of power from one democratically elected President to another democratically elected President for over 70 years [...]\". The presidency of Liberia is largely modeled on the presidency of the United States.", "title": "President of Liberia" }, { "docid": "5203176", "text": "Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor is the highest decoration for bravery exhibited by public safety officers in the United States, comparable to the military's Medal of Honor. The original Medal of Valor was established on June 29, 2000 by President Bill Clinton with his issuance of and was originally called the Presidential Medal of Valor for Public Safety Officers. This award was later superseded to its current form with the enactment of the \"Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001\" (, , , May 30, 2001). It is still awarded", "title": "Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor" }, { "docid": "1311115", "text": "Clinton was selected to replace Burr in 1804 due to his long public service and his popularity in the electorally important state of New York. He was also favored by Jefferson because, at age 69 in 1808, Jefferson anticipated that Clinton would be too old to launch a presidential bid against Jefferson's preferred successor, Secretary of State James Madison. He served as the fourth Vice President of the United States, first under Jefferson, from 1805 to 1809, and then under President Madison from 1809 until his death from a heart attack in 1812. Seeking to avoid enhancing his vice president's", "title": "George Clinton (vice president)" }, { "docid": "711604", "text": "regarding the appointment of a chancellor who was elected by a relative majority only, or the dissolution of the Bundestag under certain circumstances. It is also theoretically possible, albeit a drastic step which has not happened since 1949, that the president refuses to sign legislation merely because he disagrees with its content, thus vetoing it, or refuse to approve a cabinet appointment. In all cases in which a bill was not signed by the federal president, all presidents have claimed that the bill in question was manifestly unconstitutional. For example, in the autumn of 2006, President Köhler did so twice", "title": "President of Germany" }, { "docid": "10719732", "text": "of the Republic of Crimea. President of Crimea The President of the Republic of Crimea (; ) was the head of the state of the Republic of Crimea, Ukraine from February 16, 1994 to the time of its liquidation on March 17, 1995. The post was liquidated as it disagrees with the Constitution of Ukraine. The first round of voting in the Crimean presidential elections was held on January 16, 1994, and on January 30, the second round was held. With 72.9% of the vote, the pro-Russian politician Yuriy Meshkov was declared the winner. He was the only person to", "title": "President of Crimea" }, { "docid": "9053576", "text": "Foreign policy of the Bill Clinton administration The foreign policy of the Bill Clinton administration was the foreign policy of the United States from 1993 to 2001 while Bill Clinton was president. Clinton's main foreign policy advisors were Secretaries of State Warren M. Christopher and Madeleine Albright and National Security Advisors Anthony Lake and Sandy Berger. Clinton assumed office shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War, which had left the United States as the world's only remaining superpower. As such and soon after taking office, President Clinton had to decide whether and how", "title": "Foreign policy of the Bill Clinton administration" }, { "docid": "9874880", "text": "free healthcare for their families and a car with chauffeur. , there are three living former presidents. The most recent death of a former president is that of Abdurrahman Wahid (1999–2001) on 30 December 2009. President of Indonesia The President of the Republic of Indonesia () is the head of state and also head of government of the Republic of Indonesia. The president leads the executive branch of the Indonesian government and is the commander-in-chief of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. On 20 October 2014, Joko Widodo became the seventh and current president of Indonesia. The Indonesian presidency was established", "title": "President of Indonesia" }, { "docid": "1963744", "text": "again for two years following the conclusion of the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Under the 1986 Constitution, the president is directly elected by eligible voters to a six-year term, which may be renewed once. Overall, 22 individuals have served as president. On January 16, 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in as the twenty-fourth president, making her the first elected female head of state in Africa. , the president is George Weah. Following the establishment of the Commonwealth of Liberia in 1838, executive power was vested in the Governor of Liberia, who was appointed and served at the", "title": "President of Liberia" }, { "docid": "449696", "text": "became moot. In the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries which pitted Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama, Clinton suggested a Clinton-Obama ticket with Obama in the vice president slot as it would be \"unstoppable\" against the presumptive Republican nominee. Obama rejected the offer outright saying \"I want everybody to be absolutely clear. I'm not running for vice president. I'm running for president of the United States of America\" while noting \"With all due respect. I won twice as many states as Sen. Clinton. I've won more of the popular vote than Sen. Clinton. I have more delegates than Sen. Clinton. So, I", "title": "Vice President of the United States" }, { "docid": "10447592", "text": "1994 (a week before Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle took office) the presidential period was reduced to a six-year term, without an immediate reelection. Under the 2005 constitutional reform, the President serves for four years without the possibility of immediate reelection for one more term. A former president may run for office once again after serving their initial term, but only in an election following their successor, as it is not allowed to run for consecutive terms. There is no limit to how many times a person can run for candidacy if they have not previously served as President. The incumbent president,", "title": "President of Chile" }, { "docid": "1268015", "text": "various decisions he took while exercising his discretionary powers; this has led to openness and transparency in the functioning of the president. The constitution gives the president the power to return a bill unsigned but it circumscribes the power to send it back only once for reconsideration. If the parliament sends back the bill with or without changes, the president is obliged to sign it. In mid-2006, President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam sent back a controversial bill regarding the exclusion of certain offices from the scope of 'offices of profit', the holding of which would disqualify a person from", "title": "President of India" }, { "docid": "17503611", "text": "Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. The medal is normally awarded by the President of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress. Because the medal is presented \"in the name of Congress\", it is often referred to informally as the \"Congressional Medal of Honor\". However, the official name of the current award is \"Medal of Honor.\" Within the United States Code the medal is referred", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "12658556", "text": "the former Vice Presidential nominee for President. The party's National Committee, in consultation with the new President-elect, would then select a replacement to receive the erstwhile Vice Presidential nominee's electoral votes for Vice President. If the apparent winner dies between the College's December vote and its counting in Congress in January, the Twelfth Amendment stipulates that all electoral ballots cast shall be counted, presumably even those for a dead candidate. The U.S. House committee reporting on the proposed Twentieth Amendment said the \"Congress would have 'no discretion' [and] 'would declare that the deceased candidate had received a majority of the", "title": "President-elect of the United States" }, { "docid": "17305175", "text": "G40. The Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Central Intelligence Organisation, both deemed loyal to the president, were neutralised by the army, which arrested some of their top leaders. On 21 November 2017, facing all-but certain impeachment from a combined session of the House of Assembly and Senate, Mugabe resigned as president. Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as his replacement on 24 November 2017. Phelekezela Mphoko was the Second (and only sitting) Vice-President at the time of Mugabe's resignation on 21 November 2017. Mphoko may have been acting President of Zimbabwe for three days until Mnangagwa's accession to", "title": "President of Zimbabwe" }, { "docid": "1940827", "text": "Among other honors, former Presidents and their immediate families are entitled to three soldiers as security detail. , there are four living former Presidents: President of the Philippines The President of the Philippines (, informally referred to as \"Presidente ng Pilipinas;\" or in ) is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The President leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The President is directly elected by the people, and is one of only two nationally elected executive officials, the other being the Vice", "title": "President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "7655375", "text": "assisting the President and White House Chief of Staff with the day-to-day management of White House Staff operations. John Podesta was the last person to hold the position before he left to join the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign of 2016 as chairman. Soon after the 2016 election, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to name his campaign manager during the general election, Kellyanne Conway, as counselor to the president and his campaign CEO Steve Bannon as a senior counselor and chief strategist. After the Bannon's departure from the White House in August 2017, Johnny DeStefano was given the title of", "title": "Counselor to the President" }, { "docid": "9874866", "text": "Suharto's presidency. Megawati is the first and, so far, only female ever to become President of Indonesia. During the 2001 MPR Annual Session, it was finally decided that from 2004 onwards, the president will directly be elected by the people. In 2004 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono became Indonesia's first directly elected president, beating incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in the runoff election. In 2014, Yudhoyono finished his second presidential term and was barred from seeking re-election. The 3rd Indonesian presidential election was held on 9 July 2014 and matched former general and Suharto's ex-son in law Prabowo Subianto against the governor of Jakarta,", "title": "President of Indonesia" }, { "docid": "19977454", "text": "of his administration's policy proposals reflected his centrist, Third Way thinking. The 42nd United States president, he was the first president elected after the end of the Cold War, the first Baby Boomer to become president, and also the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve two full terms. ‌* September 5 – President Clinton delivers a speech on the education policies of his administration while on the campus of Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida during the morning. Timeline of the presidency of Bill Clinton The presidency of Bill Clinton began on January 20, 1993, at noon Eastern", "title": "Timeline of the presidency of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "14178199", "text": "total number of votes cast, the President is deemed to have assented to the bill on the day immediately following the day when the results of the referendum have been published in the \"Government Gazette\". The issue of whether the President has power to speak up publicly on issues that he may have with the Government without Cabinet approval surfaced during the 2011 presidential election. One candidate, Tan Kin Lian, sparked off the debate by saying that the President should be entitled to do so as the President \"represents the views of the people\". Similarly, another candidate, Tan Jee Say,", "title": "Powers of the President of Singapore" }, { "docid": "1613981", "text": "it can be extended for a maximum of one year at a time. A state of defence may also be declared in a region of the country. The decree must be submitted to parliament for approval. The President, as Grand Master, awards decorations and medals belonging to the Order of the White Rose of Finland, the Order of the Lion of Finland and the Order of the Cross of Liberty to Finnish and foreign citizens. Likewise, titles of honor are awarded by the president; these include, for example, Professor and different Counsellor titles. These titles are symbolic, carry no responsibilities", "title": "President of Finland" }, { "docid": "6402341", "text": "in the vaccine being inefficient. (\"The free market made America and the free market destroyed America.\") In the end, Fletcher J. Fletcher is the only human survivor, as his vaccine was the only one produced outside the United States. He continues living in the White House for several years until his death. A Planet for the President A Planet for the President (2004) is a novel by Alistair Beaton. Set in the not-too-distant future, it satirically ponders the question of what action the President of the United States might take if he finally realized that global climate change is converting", "title": "A Planet for the President" }, { "docid": "600740", "text": "former vice president Walter Mondale, who sought his former Senate seat in Minnesota in 2002, is the only one to have tried. Andrew Johnson is the only former president (1865–1869) to have subsequently served in the Senate (1875). George J. Mitchell was elected deputy president pro tempore in 1987, because of the illness of president pro tempore John C. Stennis, similar to Metcalf's earlier designation as permanent acting president pro tempore. The office has remained vacant since 1989 and no senator other than Humphrey and Mitchell has held it since its creation. Mitchell is the only person to have served", "title": "President pro tempore of the United States Senate" }, { "docid": "711596", "text": "come into effect. Upon signing, the president has to check if the law was passed according to the order mandated by the Constitution and/or if the content of the law is constitutional. If not, they have the right to refuse to sign the law, thus effectively vetoing it. Some scholars also consider it possible that the president has the full veto authority on any bill, this, however, is not how past presidents handled their power. As yet (2017), this has happened only eight times and no president has done it more often than two times during his term: Karl Carstens,", "title": "President of Germany" }, { "docid": "3208594", "text": "passes the same bill again with a two-thirds majority of all members of the Council, similar to the US system of presidential veto. The president also acts as the commander-in-chief of the Slovak armed forces. Among his other constitutional duties are signing bills into the law, appointing ministers on the recommendation of the prime minister and appointing various other state officials: generals, professors, judges, rectors, procurators and such. The president can grant pardon, amnesty, commutations, and parole on the recommendation of the minister of justice. There are two living former Slovak Presidents: President of Slovakia The President of the Slovak", "title": "President of Slovakia" }, { "docid": "15197466", "text": "Cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan The Cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan was appointed by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria a few weeks after he took office during the terminal illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua. On 13 January 2010, a federal court empowered Jonathan to manage state affairs while Yar'Adua received medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, and on 9 February 2010 the Nigerian Senate confirmed him as Acting President. On 10 February 2010, Jonathan demoted Minister of Justice Michael Aondoakaa to Special Duties, replacing him by Prince Adetokunbo Kayode. Jonathan retained the remainder Yar'Adua's cabinet until 16 March 2010, when", "title": "Cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan" }, { "docid": "2782399", "text": "Abidine Ben Ali's ousting in January 2011, prime minister Mohamed Ghannouchi invoked article 56 of the Constitution regarding temporary absence of the President to assume the role of acting President. This move was deemed unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court hours later and President of the Chamber of Deputies Fouad Mebazaa was appointed as acting President based on article 57 of the Constitution regarding permanent absence of the President. On December 12, 2011, Moncef Marzouki was elected by the newly formed Constituent Assembly as interim President of the Republic. There are three living former Tunisian Presidents: President of Tunisia The President", "title": "President of Tunisia" }, { "docid": "12941950", "text": "First inauguration of Bill Clinton The first inauguration of Bill Clinton as the 42nd President of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1993 on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Bill Clinton as President and Al Gore as Vice President. At of age time of his first inauguration, Clinton was the third-youngest person to become president, and the first from the Baby Boomer generation. America's Reunion on the Mall was a two-day multi-stage festival as part of the 1993 Presidential", "title": "First inauguration of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "1268016", "text": "being a member of parliament. The combined opposition, the NDA, hailed the move. The UPA chose to send the bill back to the president without any changes and, after 17 days, Kalam gave his assent on 18 August 2006. Arunachal Pradesh governor who was earlier appointed by the ruling party at the centre, has been sacked by the president after the supreme court has quashed his unconstitutional acts. There are two living former Indian presidents: President of India The President of the Republic of India is the ceremonial head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed", "title": "President of India" }, { "docid": "13914500", "text": "United Arab Emirates, and the governments of Kuwait and Qatar. In 2008 newspapers reported that \"Mr Clinton had travelled to Kazakhstan with a Canadian mining magnate, Frank Giustra, to meet its dictator president. Mr Giustra later won three lucrative uranium mining contracts from the government and then donated $US31 million to Mr Clinton's charity.\" In the aftermath of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, Clinton established, with fellow former President George H. W. Bush, the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and Bush-Clinton Tsunami Fund, for which they were awarded the 2006 Philadelphia Liberty Medal on October 5, 2006. They spoke together at", "title": "Post-presidency of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "17503638", "text": "for each succeeding act that justified award.\" As of 2014, no attachments are authorized for the Medal of Honor. On October 23, 2002, was enacted, modifying , authorizing a Medal of Honor flag to be presented to each person whom a Medal of Honor is awarded. In the case of a posthumous award, the flag will be presented to whomever the Medal of Honor is presented to, which in most cases will be the primary next of kin of the deceased awardee. The flag was based on a concept by retired U.S. Army Special Forces First Sergeant Bill Kendall of", "title": "Medal of Honor" }, { "docid": "12941965", "text": "parade, the president, vice president and their families attended the 11 official inaugural balls held in their honour. Sites for these balls included the Air and Space Museum and the S. Dillon Ripley Center. First inauguration of Bill Clinton The first inauguration of Bill Clinton as the 42nd President of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1993 on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Bill Clinton as President and Al Gore as Vice President. At of age time of his", "title": "First inauguration of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "335691", "text": "receive a car with chauffeur, and the personnel in their living space were cut as well. Additionally, the number of assistants available for their use has been reduced, but a state flat or house remains available for former Presidents. Train tickets are also available if the trip is justified by the office of the former President. The security personnel around former Presidents remained unchanged. The most recent president to die was François Mitterrand (served 1981–1995) on 8 January 1996, aged 79. President of France The President of the French Republic (, ) is the executive head of state of France", "title": "President of France" }, { "docid": "2445780", "text": "upon the former President's death. The official residence of the president of the Czech Republic is Prague Castle. However, the living quarters are small and not particularly comfortable, so recent presidents (Václav Havel and Václav Klaus) have chosen to live elsewhere. The last president to reside more or less full-time in the residence in the Prague Castle was Gustáv Husák. The president also maintains a summer residence at the castle in the village of Lány, 35 km west of Prague. There is one living former Czech President: President of the Czech Republic The President of the Czech Republic is the", "title": "President of the Czech Republic" }, { "docid": "7114307", "text": "over $1.26 million (equivalent to $ in ). Canadian Billionaire Jim Pattison subsequently purchased the dress on November 17, 2016, at a Los Angeles auction for $4.8 million. Madonna made a famous parody of the song on \"Saturday Night Live\" during the 1990s, singing \"Happy Inauguration, Mr. President\" (season 18, episode 11), singing to President Bill Clinton (played by Phil Hartman), who had recently been elected, his wife Hillary Clinton (played by Jan Hooks), and their daughter Chelsea Clinton (performed by Julia Sweeney). In the 1992 film \"Wayne's World\", Mike Myers imitates the song as his character, Wayne, while Wayne's", "title": "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" }, { "docid": "1267970", "text": "the People and 'The Council of States') of the parliament and prorogues them. He can dissolve the Lok Sabha. The president inaugurates parliament by addressing it after the general elections and also at the beginning of the first session every year per Article 87(1). The Presidential address on these occasions is generally meant to outline the new policies of the government. All bills passed by the parliament can become laws only after receiving the assent of the president per . After a bill is presented to him, the president shall declare either that he assents to the Bill, or that", "title": "President of India" }, { "docid": "14178196", "text": "depending on whether the Government seeks to do so by way of an ordinary bill or a bill seeking to amend the Constitution. Article 22H deals with attempts to alter the President's powers by introducing an ordinary bill. If this occurs, the President may exercise personal discretion to withhold assent to the bill. The Cabinet may, if it wishes, advise the President to refer to the Constitution Tribunal the question whether the bill in fact has the effect of circumventing or curtailing his discretionary powers. If the Tribunal determines that the bill does not have that effect, the President is", "title": "Powers of the President of Singapore" }, { "docid": "12744724", "text": "record a weekly radio address; he recorded only a total of 18 addresses during his term in office, most toward the latter part. Bill Clinton regularly record a weekly radio address, often going over ten minutes with some speeches early in his term. George W. Bush was the first president to deliver the weekly radio address in English and Spanish, which he continued to throughout his presidency. Later, George W. Bush began to have his addresses posted as an audio podcast once that technology became popular. Barack Obama used YouTube for regular video addresses as President-elect and since his inauguration", "title": "Weekly Radio Address of the President of the United States" }, { "docid": "2782370", "text": "second round held two weeks later. However, the second round has only been needed once, during the 1986 presidential election. To date, all of the elected presidents since the Carnation Revolution have served for two consecutive terms, and presidents consistently rank as the most popular political figure in the country. Recently, however, the popularity of former President Cavaco Silva plummeted, making him the second-least popular political figure in the country, just above the Prime Minister, and the first Portuguese President after 1974 to have a negative popularity. If the president dies or becomes incapacitated while in office, the President of", "title": "President of Portugal" } ]

[ "Wascally wabbit", "Bugs Rabbit", "Väiski Vemmelsääri", "Bugs bunny", "Bugs the Bunny", "Vaiski Vemmelsaari", "What's Up, Doc%3F (catchphrase)", "Buggs Bunny", "BUgs Bunny", "Bugs Bunny", "%22Ain't I a stinker%22", "Bugs Bunny's Prototype", "Happy Rabbit (character)", "Vaiski", "Bug bunny", "Bugs Bunny Prototype", "Left turn at Albuquerque", "Hare Jordan", "Pesky wabbit" ]

[ { "docid": "4785760", "text": "A Wild Hare A Wild Hare, reissued as The Wild Hare, is a 1940 \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon supervised by Tex Avery (credited as Fred Avery on the original issue). The short subject features Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, the latter making what is considered his first official appearance. The title is a play on \"wild hair\", the first of many puns between \"hare\" and \"hair\" that would appear in Bugs Bunny titles. The pun is carried further by a bar of \"I'm Just Wild About Harry\" playing in the underscore of the opening credits. Various directors at the Warner Bros.", "title": "A Wild Hare" }, { "docid": "5227008", "text": "The Heckling Hare The Heckling Hare is a Merrie Melodies cartoon, released on July 5, 1941 and featuring Bugs Bunny and a dopey dog named Willoughby. The cartoon was directed by Tex Avery, written by Michael Maltese, animated by soon-to-be director Bob McKimson, and with musical direction by Carl Stalling. In style that was becoming typical of the Bugs character, he easily outwitted and tormented his antagonist through the short, his only concern being what to do next to the dog. This is the second-to-last Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Tex Avery to be released. The last, \"All This and", "title": "The Heckling Hare" }, { "docid": "5423437", "text": "a planet where shooting stars are made. The short won the 1940 Academy Award for Animated Short Film, and was the first non-Disney film to do so. Other shorts nominated in 1940 included \"A Wild Hare\" by Warner Bros., introducing Bugs Bunny, and another MGM cartoon \"Puss Gets the Boot\", with Jasper & Jinx, the prototype for Tom and Jerry. It was added as a bonus feature in the Marx Bros. DVD release of \"Go West\" (1940). Three kittens, denied milk as punishment for losing their mittens, sail up into the Milky Way in a hot air balloon. Once in", "title": "The Milky Way (1940 film)" }, { "docid": "8324235", "text": "other Turner-owned networks (TBS and TNT) in the days before Cartoon Network became a channel, but has now fallen out of favor due to the American Indian character being deemed a stereotype. A Feather in His Hare A Feather in His Hare is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes animated short, directed by Chuck Jones. It was originally released on February 7, 1948. The title is yet another pun on \"hair\". This was the first Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Chuck Jones that feature Robert McKimson's design of Bugs instead of the version Jones used from \"Super-Rabbit\" to \"Hair-Raising Hare\", which", "title": "A Feather in His Hare" }, { "docid": "8324232", "text": "A Feather in His Hare A Feather in His Hare is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes animated short, directed by Chuck Jones. It was originally released on February 7, 1948. The title is yet another pun on \"hair\". This was the first Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Chuck Jones that feature Robert McKimson's design of Bugs instead of the version Jones used from \"Super-Rabbit\" to \"Hair-Raising Hare\", which was a shorter and slightly differed version of the character. The plot is a twist on the usual Elmer-chasing-Bugs cartoon, with the bunny's pursuer this time being a dopey Native American. The", "title": "A Feather in His Hare" }, { "docid": "12846659", "text": "The Tortoise and the Hare (film) The Tortoise and the Hare is a 1935 American animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, it won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the inspirations for Bugs Bunny, who first appeared in 1940. Max Hare is the heavy favorite to win a major sporting event---he's cocky, athletic and incredibly fast. His challenger, Toby Tortoise, is teased and jeered for", "title": "The Tortoise and the Hare (film)" }, { "docid": "605443", "text": "Camera\"'s Elmer character design is also different: taller and chubbier in the face than the modern model, though Arthur Q. Bryan's character voice is already established. While \"Porky's Hare Hunt\" was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature a Bugs Bunny-like rabbit, \"A Wild Hare\", directed by Tex Avery and released on July 27, 1940, is widely considered to be the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon. It is the first film where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs, both redesigned by Bob Givens, are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor, respectively; the first in which Mel Blanc", "title": "Bugs Bunny" }, { "docid": "8797572", "text": "A Hare Grows in Manhattan A Hare Grows In Manhattan is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the \"Merrie Melodies\" series, released on March 22, 1947 and directed by Friz Freleng. It stars Bugs Bunny and a pack of dogs (the leader being a bulldog who resembles Hector). Unlike many cases where \"hare\" is a pun on \"hair\", the title here is a pun on a then-recent book which figures into the climax of the cartoon (however, it does also contain a punning reference to what hair does: grow). The cartoon begins with the voice of an apparent Hollywood gossip queen", "title": "A Hare Grows in Manhattan" }, { "docid": "6464147", "text": "red ring, and red background. This was the final appearance of Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny design, as starting with his next Bugs Bunny cartoon (\"A Feather in His Hare\"), he would use Robert McKimson's design for the character. After, many Bugs cartoon titles that substituted \"hare\" for \"hair\" in a punny way, this title includes both words, as homophones. This short was later remade as (\"Water, Water Every Hare\"). Hair-Raising Hare Hair-Raising Hare is a Warner Bros. \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon, released in 1946. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce. It stars Bugs Bunny and features", "title": "Hair-Raising Hare" }, { "docid": "605433", "text": "Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the \"Looney Tunes\" and \"Merrie Melodies\" series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Though a similar character debuted in the WB cartoon \"Porky's Hare Hunt\" (1938) and appeared in a few subsequent shorts, the definitive character of Bugs is widely credited to have made his debut in director Tex Avery's Oscar-nominated film \"A Wild Hare\" (1940). Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray", "title": "Bugs Bunny" }, { "docid": "4785765", "text": "stiff leg towards his rabbit hole (recalling \"The Spirit of '76\"). In a rare promotional broadcast, \"A Wild Hare\" was loosely adapted for the radio as a sketch performed by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan on the April 11, 1941, edition of \"The Al Pearce Show\". The sketch was followed by a scripted interview with Leon Schlesinger. Although the script is available for public online viewing, , no recording of the broadcast is known to exist. \"A Wild Hare\", due to it setting the stage for Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, is available on many home video releases. A", "title": "A Wild Hare" }, { "docid": "10166430", "text": "A Witch's Tangled Hare A Witch's Tangled Hare is a 1959 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" theatrical cartoon short directed by Abe Levitow. In this cartoon Mel Blanc plays voice roles for Bugs Bunny and Sam Crubish, while June Foray voices Witch Hazel. The cartoon makes many references to various plays by William Shakespeare (\"Hamlet\", \"Macbeth\", \"Romeo and Juliet\", and \"As You Like It\"). This marks the final pairing of Bugs and Witch Hazel, although she makes a short cameo in \"Transylvania 6-5000\" via Count Blood Count's transformation. The cartoon opens with the poet, who looks similar to William Shakespeare, trying", "title": "A Witch's Tangled Hare" }, { "docid": "12253650", "text": "The Million Hare The Million Hare is a 1963 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" theatrical cartoon short starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. It was directed by Robert McKimson and written by David Detiege. Clips from \"The Million Hare\" were used, with color commentary by John Madden and Pat Summerall, as part of the fourth quarter of the 2001 Cartoon Network special \"The Big Game XXIX: Bugs vs. Daffy\". During the opening titles, the song \"With Plenty of Money and You (The Gold Diggers' Lullaby)\" (from the film \"Gold Diggers of 1937\") is heard. The camera pans down a stack of", "title": "The Million Hare" }, { "docid": "12253654", "text": "it has been cropped to widescreen format. It is also available on the \"The Best of Bugs Bunny\" DVD, also cropped to widescreen. The Million Hare The Million Hare is a 1963 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" theatrical cartoon short starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. It was directed by Robert McKimson and written by David Detiege. Clips from \"The Million Hare\" were used, with color commentary by John Madden and Pat Summerall, as part of the fourth quarter of the 2001 Cartoon Network special \"The Big Game XXIX: Bugs vs. Daffy\". During the opening titles, the song \"With Plenty of", "title": "The Million Hare" }, { "docid": "13956161", "text": "pokes out of the smokestack, blackened with soot, watching Bugs already in the distance, and openly admits to the audience: \"I hate that rabbit!\" Wild and Woolly Hare Wild and Woolly Hare is a 1959 animated short starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. It features Bugs in a Western setting, again saving a town from Yosemite Sam. The short opens in the town of Canasta Flats in 1889 and the camera pulls past the Last Chance Saloon and the Next To The Last Chance Saloon and pulls into the Fat Chance Saloon, where the patrons are hanging out. A mustached", "title": "Wild and Woolly Hare" }, { "docid": "13956152", "text": "Wild and Woolly Hare Wild and Woolly Hare is a 1959 animated short starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. It features Bugs in a Western setting, again saving a town from Yosemite Sam. The short opens in the town of Canasta Flats in 1889 and the camera pulls past the Last Chance Saloon and the Next To The Last Chance Saloon and pulls into the Fat Chance Saloon, where the patrons are hanging out. A mustached cowboy tells his friend that he hears that Yosemite Sam is in town, to which his friend makes up an excuse about leaving a", "title": "Wild and Woolly Hare" }, { "docid": "13094372", "text": "The Fair-Haired Hare The Fair-Haired Hare is a Looney Tunes cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. Released April 14, 1951, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc. \"The Fair-Haired Hare\" was the first short released in which Yosemite Sam was drawn with his mouth in his red mustache for the entire film. It is also one of the few cartoons where Sam refers to Bugs by name. And one of the few where Sam actually attempts to save Bugs from danger as well. (When he thinks the bearskin rug is attacking him,", "title": "The Fair-Haired Hare" }, { "docid": "10484936", "text": "The Hare-Brained Hypnotist The Hare-Brained Hypnotist is a Bugs Bunny cartoon in the \"Merrie Melodies\" series, released on October 31, 1942. The cartoon stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. This cartoon's plot was re-worked for the 1955 cartoon \"Hare Brush\" and its opening music was re-used in the 1946 cartoon \"Hair-Raising Hare\", the 1952 cartoon \"The Super Snooper\" and the 1955 cartoon \"Hyde and Hare\". The title, instead of employing the usual \"hare\" vs. \"hair\" pun, is standard spelling, for the expression that indicates thoughtlessness or recklessness. Elmer Fudd permanently goes back to his regular design starting with this cartoon.", "title": "The Hare-Brained Hypnotist" }, { "docid": "6318743", "text": "False Hare False Hare is a 1964 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" animated short starring Bugs Bunny and the Big Bad Wolf (with a special cameo appearance by Foghorn Leghorn). Released on July 18, 1964, the cartoon was written by John W. Dunn and directed by Robert McKimson. This cartoon was the last production completed by the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, and is also the last to feature the \"target\" opening and closing title cards, and the long-familiar version of \"The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down\" theme. This short is also well known for being the last Bugs Bunny cartoon released during", "title": "False Hare" }, { "docid": "10166487", "text": "with the invaders underneath. The cartoon was featured on the \"\" Blu-ray box set (released November 15, 2011) with the cartoon restored and in high definition. This cartoon was also made part of the feature film \"The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie\" (sometimes known as \"The Great American Chase\"), and Bugs even remarked that \"\"old Chuck seemed detoimined to get poor little old me into outer space, too!\"\". Hare-Way to the Stars Hare-Way to the Stars is a 1958 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian. The title is a play on the song \"Stairway to", "title": "Hare-Way to the Stars" }, { "docid": "5227014", "text": "article for \"The Hollywood Reporter\". During his suspension, Avery was hired by MGM. A similar line had been allowed in \"Daffy Duck and Egghead\" (1938, coincidentally also directed by Avery). Just before launching into his own take on \"The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down\", Daffy Duck tells the audience, \"Hold your seats, folks, here we go again!\" Daffy also says \"Here we go again!\" at the end of \"Along Came Daffy\" (1947). The Heckling Hare The Heckling Hare is a Merrie Melodies cartoon, released on July 5, 1941 and featuring Bugs Bunny and a dopey dog named Willoughby. The cartoon was directed", "title": "The Heckling Hare" }, { "docid": "4372496", "text": "Porky's Hare Hunt Porky's Hare Hunt is a 1938 animated short movie directed by Ben \"Bugs\" Hardaway and an uncredited Cal Dalton, which stars Porky Pig as a hunter whose prey is an unnamed rabbit. The rabbit's hyperactive personality and laughing voice provided by Mel Blanc predated the 1940 Walter Lantz/Universal Pictures release \"Knock Knock\" which starred Andy Panda and introduced cartoon audiences to Woody Woodpecker which was created for the Lantz studio by Hardaway after his departure from the Leon Schlesinger/Warner Bros. studio. This cartoon marked the first appearance of the rabbit that would evolve into Bugs Bunny, who", "title": "Porky's Hare Hunt" }, { "docid": "6318748", "text": "tree with the wolf's nephew, remarking: \"I wonder which one will chicken out first.\" \"\"False Hare\"\" is available, uncensored and uncut, on the \"\" DVD. However, it was cropped to widescreen. False Hare False Hare is a 1964 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" animated short starring Bugs Bunny and the Big Bad Wolf (with a special cameo appearance by Foghorn Leghorn). Released on July 18, 1964, the cartoon was written by John W. Dunn and directed by Robert McKimson. This cartoon was the last production completed by the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, and is also the last to feature the", "title": "False Hare" }, { "docid": "10166483", "text": "Hare-Way to the Stars Hare-Way to the Stars is a 1958 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian. The title is a play on the song \"Stairway to the Stars.\" The cartoon starts when Bugs Bunny, feeling the effects of mixing radish juice with carrot juice the night before, unknowingly climbs out of his hole and into a rocket ship that is about to be launched into space. He realizes what has happened once he screws open the tip of the ship, and is immediately hit by the satellite Sputnik I and lands on what", "title": "Hare-Way to the Stars" }, { "docid": "13577192", "text": "Hare-Abian Nights Hare-Abian Nights is a 1959 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. The cartoon, directed by Ken Harris of Chuck Jones' unit at Warner Bros. Cartoons, was animated by Harris and Ben Washam and recycles footage from \"Bully for Bugs\", \"Water, Water Every Hare\", and \"Sahara Hare\". \"Hare-Abian Nights\" is a pun on \"Arabian Nights\". \"Hare-Abian Nights\" is the only short in the Golden Age of American animation starring Yosemite Sam not directed by Friz Freleng or a member of Freleng's unit, although sequences from a Freleng cartoon are used in this short. The plot of", "title": "Hare-Abian Nights" }, { "docid": "13589565", "text": "Hare-Breadth Hurry Hare-Breadth Hurry is a 1963 \"Looney Tunes\" cartoon starring Bugs Bunny in his fifth and final pairing with Wile E. Coyote. Unlike the previous four pairings, this cartoon follows the Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner formula (substituting Bugs for the Road Runner). As such, Wile E. Coyote is silent, although Bugs does speak to the audience. \"Hare-Breadth Hurry\" is also one of the few cartoons where Bugs does not eat a carrot. \"Introduction:\" The cartoon opens as a typical Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner cartoon. After the credits are shown, a high-speed object zooms", "title": "Hare-Breadth Hurry" }, { "docid": "9315058", "text": "Miami Beach, but Daffy ignores him. Bugs gives up and says, \"Eh, let him find out for himself.\". Scenes were reused in the 1959 Merrie Melodies cartoon Hare-Abian Nights, the 1963 Merrie Melodies cartoon Devil's Feud Cake, and \"Act 1\" of the 1981 film The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie. Sahara Hare Sahara Hare is a 1955 \"Looney Tunes\" theatrical cartoon short created in 1954 and directed by Friz Freleng. The short was created in response to producer Eddie Selzer, due to his remark that camels are not funny. This is another classic battle between Bugs Bunny and Yosemite", "title": "Sahara Hare" }, { "docid": "8479127", "text": "Hare Remover Hare Remover is a \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, released in 1946. The film was the second Bugs Bunny cartoon to be directed by Frank Tashlin at Warner Bros., the first being \"The Unruly Hare\" (1945). The title is another obvious play on \"hair\", and on patent medicines that had the opposite effect of a \"hair tonic\" (as with another Bugs title, \"Hare Tonic\"). This short is the last short Frank Tashlin directed before leaving Warner Bros. to direct live-action films. His animation unit was handed over to Robert McKimson after he left the", "title": "Hare Remover" }, { "docid": "1268441", "text": "and holler off into the sunset. This created the character of Daffy Duck. After Daffy was created, he would add even more success to Warner Bros. cartoons and replaced Porky Pig as the studio's most popular animated character, and Bob Clampett took over \"Termite Terrace\", while Tex Avery took over the \"Merrie Melodies\" department. The 1940 Academy Award-nominated cartoon \"A Wild Hare\" (directed by Avery) marked Bugs Bunny's official debut. Bugs quickly replaced Daffy as the studio's top star. By 1942, Bugs had become the most popular cartoon character. Because of the success of Bugs, Daffy and Porky, the Schlesinger", "title": "Golden age of American animation" }, { "docid": "12231610", "text": "Fame\" offered audiences an opportunity to see the cartoons in a 35mm theatrical presentation. The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame is a 1999 feature film compilation of 15 classic animated short subjects from the Warner Bros. studio. The line-up of cartoons included in this anthology were \"A Wild Hare\" (1940), \"Birdy and the Beast\" (1944), \"Bugs Bunny Rides Again\" (1948), \"Rabbit Seasoning\" (1952), \"Feed the Kitty\" (1952), \"One Froggy Evening\" (1955), \"Duck Amuck\" (1953), \"Another Froggy Evening\" (1995), \"Fast and Furry-ous\" (1949), \"Ali Baba Bunny\" (1957), \"Knighty Knight Bugs\" (1958), \"High Diving Hare\" (1949),", "title": "The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame" }, { "docid": "12231609", "text": "The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame is a 1999 feature film compilation of 15 classic animated short subjects from the Warner Bros. studio. The line-up of cartoons included in this anthology were \"A Wild Hare\" (1940), \"Birdy and the Beast\" (1944), \"Bugs Bunny Rides Again\" (1948), \"Rabbit Seasoning\" (1952), \"Feed the Kitty\" (1952), \"One Froggy Evening\" (1955), \"Duck Amuck\" (1953), \"Another Froggy Evening\" (1995), \"Fast and Furry-ous\" (1949), \"Ali Baba Bunny\" (1957), \"Knighty Knight Bugs\" (1958), \"High Diving Hare\" (1949), \"Bully for Bugs\" (1955) and \"Rabbit of Seville\" (1950). \"The Looney Tunes Hall of", "title": "The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame" }, { "docid": "12668687", "text": "production of that cartoon wrapped up, though that cartoon had the rabbit carry the pre-\"Wild Hare\" characteristics. Bugs Bunny's personality continued to evolve over the years, from a largely \"screwball\" character (a la Daffy Duck), to a mixture of \"screwball\" and \"everyman\" characteristics. His definitive design was created in 1943 by Bob Clampett, who requested one of his animators, Bob McKimson, to create new model sheets of Bugs for the short Tortoise Wins by a Hare. Bugs' define look would be adopted by each unit slowly (though Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson and Friz Freleng had slight variations). Bugs' look was", "title": "Development of Bugs Bunny" }, { "docid": "10359855", "text": "from the 1943 Merrie Melodies cartoon Falling Hare. Scenes from this cartoon were reused in the 1963 Merrie Melodies cartoon Devil's Feud Cake and \"Act 1\" of the 1981 package film The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie. Hare Lift Hare Lift is an animated \"Looney Tunes\" short starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. It was released in theaters on December 20, 1952. The title is a play on the term \"air lift,\" as expressed in the plotline. A newspaper announces the test flight of the world's biggest airplane. The plane lands at an airport, its giant wheel covering Bugs", "title": "Hare Lift" }, { "docid": "8797783", "text": "zig-zags, etc.) and colored cards. The result was outlandish but Fleury recalled Leon Schlesinger congratulating them. In the theater setting of the film, these backgrounds could be rationalized to represent stage flats. Michael S. Shull and David E. Wilt consider it ambiguous if this cartoon contain a World War II-related reference. Bugs Bunny pronounces the phrase \"Of course you realize, this means war\" in a gruff voice that may have been intended as an imitation of Winston Churchill. Case of the Missing Hare Case of the Missing Hare is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed", "title": "Case of the Missing Hare" }, { "docid": "6456094", "text": "High Diving Hare High Diving Hare is a 1948-produced Warner Brothers \"Looney Tunes\" (reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodie in the beginning, with the original Looney Tunes ending title sequence) theatrical cartoon short starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. Released to theaters on April 30, 1949, the short is an expansion of a gag from \"Stage Door Cartoon\", which was also directed by Friz Freleng. \"High Diving Hare\" can be seen in the third act of \"The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie\". Bugs Bunny is drumming up business for a vaudeville show in a remote western town (notably", "title": "High Diving Hare" }, { "docid": "3521259", "text": "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century Duck Dodgers in the 24½ Century (spoken as \"twenty-fourth-and-a-half\") is a 1952 Merrie Melodies color cartoon from Warner Bros., first released on July 25, 1953, that stars Daffy Duck as space hero Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig as his assistant, and Marvin the Martian as his opponent. This cartoon marked the first of many appearances of the Duck Dodgers character. Marvin the Martian had been introduced as an unnamed villain in Warner's cartoon \"Haredevil Hare\" (1948), playing opposite Bugs Bunny. He was later given the title 'Commander, Flying Saucer X-2' in 1951's \"The Hasty Hare\".", "title": "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century" }, { "docid": "13913293", "text": "His Hare-Raising Tale His Hare-Raising Tale is a 1951 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" (reissued as a Blue Ribbon \"Merrie Melodies\") short, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. This cartoon consists primarily of clips from five previous cartoons: \"Baseball Bugs\" (1946); \"Stage Door Cartoon\" (1944); \"Rabbit Punch\" (1948); \"Falling Hare\" (1943); and \"Haredevil Hare\" (1948). Bugs Bunny and his nephew Clyde Rabbit are sitting on a couch looking at a scrap book depicting various photographs and newspaper clippings of Bugs. In this cartoon Clyde is unnamed. Segment one has Clyde asking if Uncle Bugs was a baseball pitcher", "title": "His Hare-Raising Tale" }, { "docid": "9051464", "text": "the park who are busy feeding the pigeons see the transformed Bugs and run away screaming. Bugs (who, unlike Dr. Jekyll, retained his usual personality and is unaware of the change in his appearance) wonders aloud, \"Now what's eating THEM? Hmph! You'd think they never saw a rabbit before!\" He chews on his carrot as the cartoon irises out. The cartoon is available on the \"\" DVD box set. You can play Hyde Bugs in the \"\" video game. Hyde and Hare Hyde and Hare is a 1955 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon pits", "title": "Hyde and Hare" }, { "docid": "6529698", "text": "Oily Hare Oily Hare is a Warner Bros. \"Merrie Melodies\" short, released in 1952, directed by Robert McKimson, written by Tedd Pierce, and starring Bugs Bunny. The title is a pun on oily hair, as with the earlier cartoon \"Slick Hare\", along with the plot-line actually having to do with oil. The plot is similar to the short \"The Fair-Haired Hare\", which was released one year earlier and features Orville (Yosemite Sam's brother) as Bugs' antagonist. \"Oily Hare\" also recycles the same ending where Bugs' home is filled with explosives and blown up. Along Highway $101.00, approximately 531 miles from", "title": "Oily Hare" }, { "docid": "9314997", "text": "Devil May Hare Devil May Hare is a 1954 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" cartoon was released on June 19, 1954. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Robert McKimson and starred Mel Blanc playing the voices of Bugs Bunny, the Tasmanian Devil, and the turtle. This short is featured on the \"\" DVD box set, as well as the \"\" DVD box set. It also appeared in the \"\" Blu-ray box set alongside \"Bedevilled Rabbit\", \"Ducking the Devil\", \"Bill of Hare\", and \"Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare\". Bugs is spring cleaning until he notices a whole stampede of animals running away", "title": "Devil May Hare" }, { "docid": "7814018", "text": "Mississippi Hare Mississippi Hare is a 1949 Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. In the story, Bugs Bunny, asleep in a cotton field, is picked up by his cottony tail (which a worker mistakes for actual cotton) and bundled into a shipment put on a riverboat going down the Mississippi River (setting sail for Memphis, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Cuc-amonga). The cotton-picking scene is accompanied by presumably African-American voices singing \"Dixie\". After seeing a steward forcibly eject a ticket-less passenger (\"\"What? No ticket? We'll have no stowaways on this boat, sir!\"\"),", "title": "Mississippi Hare" }, { "docid": "12238488", "text": "country to get a coyote into orbit.\" Compressed Hare Compressed Hare is a \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and featuring Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote (in their fourth pairing), released on July 29, 1961. This is the final first-run Golden Age short in which Wile E. Coyote speaks, although he speaks again in the \"Adventures of the Road Runner\" featurette from a year later. Wile E. Coyote leaves a telephone at the hole of his neighbor, Bugs Bunny. He calls from his cave, asking to borrow a cup of diced carrots. Bugs' whiskers twitch as he sarcastically", "title": "Compressed Hare" }, { "docid": "9315002", "text": "it seem that the bubble burst on its own. Devil May Hare Devil May Hare is a 1954 Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" cartoon was released on June 19, 1954. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Robert McKimson and starred Mel Blanc playing the voices of Bugs Bunny, the Tasmanian Devil, and the turtle. This short is featured on the \"\" DVD box set, as well as the \"\" DVD box set. It also appeared in the \"\" Blu-ray box set alongside \"Bedevilled Rabbit\", \"Ducking the Devil\", \"Bill of Hare\", and \"Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare\". Bugs is spring cleaning until", "title": "Devil May Hare" }, { "docid": "12238483", "text": "Compressed Hare Compressed Hare is a \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and featuring Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote (in their fourth pairing), released on July 29, 1961. This is the final first-run Golden Age short in which Wile E. Coyote speaks, although he speaks again in the \"Adventures of the Road Runner\" featurette from a year later. Wile E. Coyote leaves a telephone at the hole of his neighbor, Bugs Bunny. He calls from his cave, asking to borrow a cup of diced carrots. Bugs' whiskers twitch as he sarcastically looks at the Coyote's mailbox (\"Wile E.", "title": "Compressed Hare" }, { "docid": "10484939", "text": "chase starts again, until Bugs manages to \"un-hypnotize\" Elmer. Elmer then runs away and all seems normal. After sneering at Elmer's ability to hypnotize him, Bugs suddenly notices his watch, exclaiming, \"I'm overdue at the airport\", and proceeds to take off and fly like an airplane. Bugs states \"I'm the B-19!\" and flies away toward the airport. This cartoon can be found on Volume 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection. The Hare-Brained Hypnotist The Hare-Brained Hypnotist is a Bugs Bunny cartoon in the \"Merrie Melodies\" series, released on October 31, 1942. The cartoon stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.", "title": "The Hare-Brained Hypnotist" }, { "docid": "8596361", "text": "Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. This cartoon is included on disc 3 of the \"\" DVD set and also included on disc 2 of the \"\" Blu-ray box set with the cartoon restored and in high definition. This short is also available on disc 1 of \"The Essential Bugs Bunny\". Haredevil Hare Haredevil Hare is a 1948 \"Looney Tunes\" cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. It stars Bugs Bunny and it is the debut for Marvin the Martian — although he is unnamed in this film — along with his Martian dog, K-9. All the voices are done by Mel Blanc. Marvin's", "title": "Haredevil Hare" }, { "docid": "9830771", "text": "Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 2004 Bugs Bunny cartoon short, which co-starred Yosemite Sam. It was directed by Peter Shin and Bill Kopp, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was never released theatrically (due to \"\"s poor box-office performance); it was initially released on the Australian DVD release of \"Looney Tunes: Back in Action\" (from which Sam reprises his role as a casino owner) and was later included in \"The Essential Bugs Bunny\" DVD set. The title is a parody of Hunter S. Thompson's book \"Fear and Loathing in", "title": "Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "9830774", "text": "Sam phones Bugs, who is atop the now empty dam, to tell him, \"I hate you, rabbit.\" Porky ends the film with his usual \"That's all folks!\" Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 2004 Bugs Bunny cartoon short, which co-starred Yosemite Sam. It was directed by Peter Shin and Bill Kopp, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was never released theatrically (due to \"\"s poor box-office performance); it was initially released on the Australian DVD release of \"Looney Tunes: Back in Action\" (from which Sam reprises his role as a", "title": "Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "4576836", "text": "Tortoise Wins by a Hare Tortoise Wins by a Hare is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released on February 20, 1943 and directed by Bob Clampett. It stars Bugs Bunny and Cecil Turtle. Bob Clampett took Tex Avery's scenario from \"Tortoise Beats Hare\" and altered it for this film. The title is an appropriate pun on \"hair\". This is one of the first shorts to feature Robert McKimson's design of Bugs Bunny. A newspaper's front page (the \"Chicago Sunday Tribunk\") shown in this cartoon accurately predicts Adolf Hitler's suicide two years later. Two years after the events in \"Tortoise Beats Hare\",", "title": "Tortoise Wins by a Hare" }, { "docid": "9314915", "text": "Bunny: Hare Extraordinare\" DVD. However, it was cropped to widescreen. It is also being shown fully screened on the \"\" Blu-ray box-set. It later became available on the DVD edition of the collection. Mad as a Mars Hare Mad as a Mars Hare is a 1963 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian. The cartoon's title is a play-on-words of the famous phrase to be \"mad as a March hare\", the origins of which are disputed. This is Marvin's final appearance in the Looney Tunes shorts during the Golden Age of Animation. This cartoon begins", "title": "Mad as a Mars Hare" } ]

[ { "docid": "3871890", "text": "summer of 1996 when it started bearing the name of the original project: \"The What a Cartoon! Show\". The show's initial premieres for each short preceded Cartoon Network's Sunday night movie block, \"Mr. Spim's Cartoon Theatre\". The shorts continued to air on Sundays until 1997, when the network moved the shorts to Wednesdays at 9pm. Following the premiere of \"Johnny Bravo\", \"Cow and Chicken\" and \"I Am Weasel\" as full series in July 1997, the series shifted to Thursday nights, where it remained. \"The What a Cartoon! Show\" continued airing new episodes on Thursdays until November 28, 1997, when the", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871901", "text": "characters and stories\", and also create new possible Cartoon Network series. However, the project was eventually scrapped as a result of the late 2000s recession and only 14 of the 39 planned were completed. Nevertheless, J. G. Quintel's \"Regular Show\" short and Peter Browngardt's \"Secret Mountain Fort Awesome\" were greenlit to become full series. A recurring character on the show, Uncle Grandpa, would get his own series two years later. The Big Cartoon DataBase cites \"What a Cartoon!\" as a \"venture combining classic 1940s production methods with the originality, enthusiasm and comedy of the 1990s\". The following is a list", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871894", "text": "ended on June 1, 2008. In 2007, reruns of \"What a Cartoon!\" played briefly on Cartoon Network's retro animation sister channel, Boomerang. \"What A Cartoon!\" is the 1st short cartoon incubator created by Fred Seibert. Starting with WAC! and continuing throughout his cartoon career, his Frederator Studios has persisted in the tradition of surfacing new talent, characters, and series with several cartoon shorts \"incubators,\" including (as of 2016): \"What A Cartoon!\" (Cartoon Network, 1995), Nickelodeon/Nicktoons' own \"Oh Yeah! Cartoons\" (1998), \"Nicktoons Film Festival\" (2004), \"Random! Cartoons\" (2008), \"The Meth Minute 39\" (Channel Frederator, 2008), \"The Cartoonstitute\" (Cartoon Network, 2009/unfinished), \"Too", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871877", "text": "What a Cartoon! What a Cartoon! (later known as The What a Cartoon! Show and The Cartoon Cartoon Show) is an American animation showcase series created by Fred Seibert for Cartoon Network. The shorts were produced by Hanna-Barbera; by the end of the run, a Cartoon Network Studios production tag was added to some shorts to signal they were original to the network. The project consisted of 48 short cartoons, intended to return creative power to animators and artists, by recreating the atmospheres that spawned the iconic cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Each of the shorts mirrored the structure", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871896", "text": "became the first spin-off of \"What a Cartoon!\" in 1996. Two more series based on shorts, \"Johnny Bravo\" and \"Cow and Chicken\", premiered in 1997, and \"The Powerpuff Girls\" became a weekly half-hour show in 1998. \"Courage the Cowardly Dog\" (spun off from the Oscar-nominated short \"The Chicken from Outer Space\") followed as the final spin-off in 1999. In addition, the \"Cow and Chicken\" short \"I Am Weasel\" eventually was also spun off into a separate series: in all, six cartoon series were ultimately launched by the \"What a Cartoon!\" project, any one of which earned enough money for the", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871897", "text": "company to pay for the whole program. In addition to the eventual spin-offs, the \"What a Cartoon!\" short \"Larry and Steve\" by Seth MacFarlane featured prototypes of characters that would later go on to become MacFarlane's massively successful \"Family Guy\". The \"What a Cartoon!\" project and its assorted spin-offs brought Cartoon Network more commercial and critical success, and the network became an animation industry leader as the 1990s drew to a close. In 2001, coinciding with the death of William Hanna, Hanna-Barbera Productions merged with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network opened its own production arm, Cartoon Network Studios, in", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871884", "text": "intervention: for example, even the music would be an individually crafted score. Each \"\"Looney Tunes\" length\" (7 minutes) short would debut, by itself, as a stand-alone cartoon on Cartoon Network. Seibert explained the project's goal in a 2007 blog post: \"We didn’t care what the sitcom trends were, what Nickelodeon was doing, what the sales departments wanted. [...] We wanted cartoons.\" The \"What a Cartoon!\" staff had creators from Europe (Bruno Bozzetto), Asia (Achiu So), and the United States (Jerry Reynolds and colleague Seth MacFarlane). The crew also contained young series first timers (like Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti,", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "11897833", "text": "lead time in producing an animated cartoon, the TV program which inspired this cartoon had already been canceled when this cartoon was released. This cartoon is available on DVD as a bonus short on disc four of \"\". The documentary was filmed in the \"Geo-Goshical Year 75,000,000 B.C.\" (satirizing the International Geophysical Year 1957-'58), in breathtaking Cromagnonscope. Cromagnonscope last appeared in the cartoon \"Pre-Hysterical Hare.\" Wild Wild World Wild Wild World is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in the Merrie Melodies series in 1960 and directed by Robert McKimson. It's a parody of the television series \"Wide Wide World\" hosted", "title": "Wild Wild World" }, { "docid": "3871899", "text": "\"Oh Yeah! Cartoons\" (Nickelodeon, 1998), \"Nicktoons Film Festival\" (Nickelodeon, 2004), \"The Meth Minute 39\" (Channel Frederator, 2008), \"Random! Cartoons\" (Nickelodeon/Nicktoons, 2008), \"Too Cool! Cartoons\" (Cartoon Hangover, 2012), and \"GO! Cartoons\" (Cartoon Hangover, 2016). \"Oh Yeah! Cartoons\" showcased \"What a Cartoon!\" alumni (Butch Hartman, Rob Renzetti) and launched several successful Nickelodeon series, including \"The Fairly OddParents\", \"ChalkZone\" and \"My Life as a Teenage Robot\". Frederator Studios also launched an animation film festival, \"Nicktoons Film Festival\" from 2004 to 2009; only to have \"The Mighty B!\" greenlit as a series based off the \"Super Scout\" short; though one short from Alex Hirsch", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "2303948", "text": "instead of other actors. I thought that's what the role demanded. That role had no dimension other than what it was—a caricature of a performance. It was a comic strip character.\" In the summer of 1970, CBS reran several episodes of \"The Wild Wild West\" on Mondays at 10 p.m. as a summer replacement for the Carol Burnett Show. These episodes were \"The Night of the Bleak Island\" (aired July 6); \"The Night of the Big Blackmail\" (July 13); \"The Night of the Kraken\" (July 20); \"The Night of the Diva\" (July 27); \"The Night of the Simian Terror\" (August", "title": "The Wild Wild West" }, { "docid": "3871904", "text": "was given its own series called \"Megas XLR\". From 2000 to 2003, \"The Cartoon Cartoon Show\" featured new episodes and reruns of the full-series Cartoon Cartoons, interspersed with premieres and reruns of the Cartoon Cartoon pilot shorts (some of which were retconned \"WAC!\" shorts). From 2005 to 2008, the block was revived, this time dropping the pilot shorts. Episodes from each show were anthologized into 7 or 11-minute segments. This is a list of shows that were presented on the block: What a Cartoon! What a Cartoon! (later known as The What a Cartoon! Show and The Cartoon Cartoon Show)", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871902", "text": "of the original shorts produced under Fred Seibert's management for \"What a Cartoon!\" by Hanna-Barbera. The shorts are listed in the order that they originally aired. After \"What a Cartoon!\" ends its run in 1997, Fred Seibert left Hanna-Barbera in 1997 to launch Frederator Studios. In 1998, Sam Register, who was Cartoon Network's vice president at the time, took over What a Cartoon!, and two years later, turned them into \"The Cartoon Cartoon Show\". Register would later create \"Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi\" for Cartoon Network in 2004. Two Cartoon Cartoon shorts were produced in 1998 and one in 1999. All", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871889", "text": "exclusive poolside screenings on 9' x 12' movie screens. Beginning February 26, 1995, each \"What a Cartoon!\" short began to premiere on Sunday nights, promoted as \"World Premiere Toons\". Every week after the premiere, Cartoon Network showcased a different World Premiere Toons made by a different artist. After an acclimation of cartoons, the network packaged the shorts as a half-hour show titled \"World Premiere Toons: The Next Generation\", featuring reruns of the original shorts but also new premieres. Eventually, all of the cartoons were compiled into one program which was used the name \"World Premiere Toons: The Show\" until the", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "8804042", "text": "The Wild Chase The Wild Chase is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises featuring Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester the Cat, with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner along for the race. It was directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt, and was released February 27, 1965. This cartoon was the only Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner cartoon to be directed by either Freleng or Pratt, who specialized in Speedy and Sylvester cartoons. This is the only Speedy Gonzales short to feature Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, and the final time Speedy appears with Sylvester", "title": "The Wild Chase" }, { "docid": "3871886", "text": "directing several \"Dexter\" episodes. Ralph Bakshi's two shorts (\"Malcom and Melvin\" and \"Babe! He... Calls Me\") were considered too risqué to be shown. It has been rumored that John Kricfalusi was slated to direct several new \"What a Cartoon!\" shorts of his own (produced by his production company, Spümcø). However, both \"Yogi Bear\"-influenced cartoons were commissioned separately by Seibert, and instead premiered as their own: \"Boo Boo Runs Wild\" and \"A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith\" both premiered in 1999. Inspired by Seibert's interest in the modern rock posters of Frank Kozik, each of the shows' creators worked", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "12846663", "text": "rushes to congratulate the winner: Toby Tortoise. Toby Tortoise and Max Hare reappear in the cartoon short \"Toby Tortoise Returns\". The girl bunnies and the animal pedestrians make cameos in Toontown, while Toby Tortoise is on a poster in the Toontown alleyway and appears during the final scene of \"Who Framed Roger Rabbit\". Toby and Max also appear as guests in \"Disney's House of Mouse\". Disney's \"The Tortoise and the Hare\" was released on \"Disney Treasures Collection of Silly Symphonies Vol. 1\". The Tortoise and the Hare (film) The Tortoise and the Hare is a 1935 American animated short film", "title": "The Tortoise and the Hare (film)" }, { "docid": "3871891", "text": "final short of the 48 contracted during Seibert's era aired. In 1998, Cartoon Network debuted two new short pilots and advertised them as \"World Premiere Toons\": \"Mike, Lu & Og\" and \"Kenny and the Chimp\", both of which were produced by outside studios. The two pilots were later compiled into \"The Cartoon Cartoon Show\", while both shorts eventually garnered their own series, \"Mike, Lu & Og\" in 1999 and \"\" in 2002. Two pilots entitled \"King Crab: Space Crustacean\" and \"Thrillseeker\", respectively dated 1999 and 2000, was also retconned into \"The Cartoon Cartoon Show\" anthology. On June 9, 2000, \"The", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871898", "text": "Burbank, as the rightful Hanna-Barbera successor to produce original programming for the network and future projects. Two \"What a Cartoon!\" shorts, \"Wind-Up Wolf\" and \"Hard Luck Duck\", were the last cartoon shorts directed and produced by co-founder and co-chairman William Hanna. In addition, \"What a Cartoon!\" and spin-offs were the final original productions released by Hanna-Barbera. Creator of \"The What a Cartoon! Show\", Fred Seibert, left Hanna-Barbera in late 1996 to open up his own studio, Frederator Studios, and has persistently continued in the tradition of surfacing new talent, characters, and series with similar shorts \"incubators\", including (as of 2015)", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871903", "text": "Cartoon Cartoon shorts produced between 2000 and 2001 were entered in \"The Big Pick\", a contest to choose the newest Cartoon Cartoon. The shorts premiered on Cartoon Cartoon Fridays in the weeks leading up to \"The Big Pick\" and the winner was revealed during the actual event. The winners were \"The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy\", in 2000, and \"\", in 2001. In 2002, eight new shorts premiered during the Cartoon Cartoon Weekend Summerfest, only this time, they weren't competing against one another. These were the final Cartoon Cartoon shorts before the brand name was dropped. One short, \"LowBrow\",", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "15760645", "text": "shot in Stereoscopic 3-D at studios in Stockholm with exteriors in Denmark. Set in Victorian London, a young aristocrat, Jack Armstrong, is desperate to win the love of his beloved, the greedy Lady Alice Faversham. Jack buys an insane asylum to turn into a \"love nest\", unaware that Jack the Ripper still lives there. What the Swedish Butler Saw What the Swedish Butler Saw is a 1975 Swedish-American erotic sex comedy film directed by Vernon P. Becker and starring Ole Søltoft, Sue Longhurst, Malou Cartwright and Diana Dors. It is known by several alternative titles including A Man with a", "title": "What the Swedish Butler Saw" }, { "docid": "17434646", "text": "creation of a cartoon character, on the lines of R K Laxman’s ‘Common Man’, to convey the message. After deliberations, it was decided to create a young male character representing the new generation Indian youth. This character was named as 'PRince'. The first cartoon, created by Triambak Sharma, was launched by Dr Abdul Kalam himself with his autograph, on 24 July 2008 at Rajbhavan, Chennai. Every edition of PR-e-Sense from July 2008 onwards contains the PRince cartoon. In every issue, PRince conveys a powerful message with a sense of humour. On 23 April 2010, The Wall Street Journal, carried one", "title": "PRince (cartoon character)" }, { "docid": "4393391", "text": "United Kingdom, the interruption ended shortly before the start of this episode. Elements from the short have been used in other Warner Bros works. This cartoon had a scene where a 2-engine USAAF bomber was flown directly at a skyscraper in what looked to be a certain impact. Two years after its release, a USAAF B-25 Mitchell bomber was inadvertently flown into the Empire State Building on a foggy day. The climactic scene in \"Falling Hare\" is described in detail in the novel \"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul\". Falling Hare Falling Hare is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon", "title": "Falling Hare" }, { "docid": "3871892", "text": "What a Cartoon! Show\" was relaunched as \"The Cartoon Cartoon Show\". In this new format, it aired reruns and new episodes of the full-series Cartoon Cartoons, as well as new Cartoon Cartoon shorts and old \"WAC!\" shorts. From 2000 to 2001, the pilot shorts appearing on the network's viewer's poll that lost to \"The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy\" and \"\" (except for \"Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?\") were added to the anthology. The show continued to air until October 9, 2003, when it was temporarily dropped from the network's schedule. On September 12, 2005, \"The Cartoon Cartoon Show\"", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "8804046", "text": "win the race, however, nobody gets the trophy. They then fly into the air and the rocket car explodes as the end card fades in. The Wild Chase The Wild Chase is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises featuring Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester the Cat, with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner along for the race. It was directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt, and was released February 27, 1965. This cartoon was the only Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner cartoon to be directed by either Freleng or Pratt, who specialized in Speedy and Sylvester", "title": "The Wild Chase" }, { "docid": "3871878", "text": "of a theatrical cartoon, with each film being based on an original storyboard drawn and written by its artist or creator. The series first aired on February 20, 1995, and the shorts were promoted as World Premiere Toons. During the original run of the shorts, the series was retitled to \"The What a Cartoon! Show\" and later to \"The Cartoon Cartoon Show\" until the final shorts aired on August 23, 2002. The project served as the launching point for multiple Cartoon Network animated television series, including \"The Powerpuff Girls\" (1998–2005), \"Dexter's Laboratory\", \"Johnny Bravo\", \"Cow and Chicken\", \"Courage the Cowardly", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "3871900", "text": "would later go on to make \"Gravity Falls\" for Disney Channel/Disney XD. The studio launched another animation showcase in 2006, titled \"Random! Cartoons\", which in turn produced Nickelodeon's \"Fanboy & Chum Chum\" in 2009, Cartoon Network's \"Adventure Time\" in 2010, and Cartoon Hangover's \"Bravest Warriors\" in 2012. A sequel-of-sorts to the \"What a Cartoon!\" project, a Cartoon Network project titled \"The Cartoonstitute\", was announced in April 2008. Created by the channel executive Rob Sorcher and headed by \"The Powerpuff Girls\" creator Craig McCracken, the project was to \"establish a think tank and create an environment in which animators can create", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "6784435", "text": "The Old Grey Hare The Old Grey Hare is a 1944 \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The title is a double play on words. One is the typical pun between \"hare\" and \"hair\", with the bunny (who was already grey-haired) rendered \"old and grey\" for this cartoon. The title also refers to the old song, \"The Old Gray Mare\". Some of the lobby cards for this cartoon gave the alternate spelling, \"The Old Gray Hare\". The cartoon starts with Elmer Fudd sitting under a tree, crying over his failure to catch Bugs. The \"voice of God\" (also the", "title": "The Old Grey Hare" }, { "docid": "13945107", "text": "2: \"Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses\" Part 3: \"Personality, Character, and Intelligence\" What the Dog Saw What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures is the fourth book released by author Malcolm Gladwell, on October 20, 2009. The book is a compilation of the journalist's articles published in \"The New Yorker\". Gladwell initially covered business and science in \"The Washington Post\" before joining the staff at \"The New Yorker\" in 1997. Each of the articles first appeared in \"The New Yorker\" and was handpicked by Gladwell. The stories share a common theme, namely that Gladwell tries to show us the world through", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "3871885", "text": "Butch Hartman, and John R. Dilworth), but veterans as well (like Don Jurwich, Jerry Eisenberg, and Ralph Bakshi). In addition to the veterans, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera each produced two shorts each for \"What a Cartoon!\". Many of the key crew members from previous Hanna-Barbera series \"2 Stupid Dogs\" joined the team of \"What a Cartoon!\" as well. Many of its crew members later went on to write and direct for \"Dexter's Laboratory\", \"Johnny Bravo\", \"Cow and Chicken\", \"I Am Weasel\", and \"The Powerpuff Girls\", including those named above. \"The Kitchen Casanova\" director John McIntyre is particularly known for", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "6784440", "text": "immediately fades out and Robert Clampett's famous vocalized \"Bay-woop!\" is heard with the firecracker still hissing. The ending \"That's all, Folks!\" card appears with it having been already pre-written, and the firecracker blows up in a tremendous explosion off-screen, rumbling and shaking the on-screen end title card, regardless of what happened to Elmer after the explosion. The Old Grey Hare The Old Grey Hare is a 1944 \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The title is a double play on words. One is the typical pun between \"hare\" and \"hair\", with the bunny (who was already grey-haired) rendered \"old", "title": "The Old Grey Hare" }, { "docid": "3871895", "text": "Cool! Cartoons\" (Cartoon Hangover, 2012), and \"GO! Cartoons\" (Cartoon Hangover, 2016). These laboratories have spun off notable series like: \"Dexter's Laboratory\", \"The Powerpuff Girls\", \"Johnny Bravo\", \"Cow & Chicken\", \"Family Guy\", \"Courage the Cowardly Dog\", \"Samurai Jack\", \"The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy\", \"\", \"The Fairly OddParents\", \"My Life as a Teenage Robot\", \"Nite Fite\", \"The Mighty B!\", \"Fanboy & Chum Chum\", \"Adventure Time\", \"Regular Show\", \"Bravest Warriors\", \"Secret Mountain Fort Awesome\", \"Gravity Falls\", \"Rocket Dog\", \"Bee and PuppyCat\", and \"Uncle Grandpa\". \"Dexter's Laboratory\" was the most popular short series according to a vote held in 1995 and eventually", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "4372501", "text": "Shein\", a popular song which was a hit for The Andrews Sisters around this time, and \"Hooray for Hollywood,\" from the contemporary motion picture \"Hollywood Hotel\". Porky's Hare Hunt Porky's Hare Hunt is a 1938 animated short movie directed by Ben \"Bugs\" Hardaway and an uncredited Cal Dalton, which stars Porky Pig as a hunter whose prey is an unnamed rabbit. The rabbit's hyperactive personality and laughing voice provided by Mel Blanc predated the 1940 Walter Lantz/Universal Pictures release \"Knock Knock\" which starred Andy Panda and introduced cartoon audiences to Woody Woodpecker which was created for the Lantz studio by", "title": "Porky's Hare Hunt" }, { "docid": "3871887", "text": "with the internal Hanna-Barbera Creative Corps Creative Director Bill Burnett, and Senior Art Director Jesse Stagg to craft a series of high quality, limited edition, fluorescent art posters. The Corps launched a prolonged Guerrilla mailing campaign, targeting animation heavyweights and critics leading up to the launch of \"World Premiere Toons\". The first poster campaign of its kind introduced the world to the groundbreaking new stable of characters. The first cartoon from the \"What a Cartoon!\" project broadcast in its entirety was \"The Powerpuff Girls in \"Meat Fuzzy Lumkins\"\", which made its world premiere on Monday, February 20, 1995, during a", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "11259203", "text": "free to pursue \"Dreamboat\" unhindered, Bugs gives the lure a kiss, getting a large shock, just before the lure goes back into its starting box. He goes for another kiss and gets electrocuted again. This cartoon is available, uncensored and uncut, on Disc 1 of the DVD set. The Grey Hounded Hare The Grey Hounded Hare is a 1949 \"Looney Tunes\" short film made by Warner Bros. Pictures and starring the voice talent of Mel Blanc. It was directed by Robert McKimson, and animated by John Carey, Phil DeLara, Manny Gould and Charles McKimson, with music scored by Carl Stalling.", "title": "The Grey Hounded Hare" }, { "docid": "13945104", "text": "a dog, hence the title. \"What the Dog Saw\" is a compilation of 19 articles by Malcolm Gladwell that were originally published in \"The New Yorker\" which are categorized into three parts. The first part, \"Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius\", describes people who are very good at what they do, but are not necessarily well-known. Part two, \"Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses\", describes the problems of prediction. This section covers problems such as intelligence failure, and the fall of Enron. The third section, \"Personality, Character, and Intelligence\", discusses a wide variety of psychological and sociological topics ranging from", "title": "What the Dog Saw" }, { "docid": "6528657", "text": "Boo Boo Runs Wild Boo Boo Runs Wild is a stand-alone special parody of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, \"The Yogi Bear Show\". It was made by \"The Ren & Stimpy Show\" creator John Kricfalusi and his company Spümcø. \"Boo Boo Runs Wild\" originally aired on Cartoon Network on September 24, 1999, along with \"A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith\", a similar Yogi Bear-themed stand alone special. Despite Boo Boo being the arguable star of this short, it is title carded as \"A Ranger Smith Cartoon\". The short is dedicated to Ed Benedict, the original character designer for \"The", "title": "Boo Boo Runs Wild" }, { "docid": "2303954", "text": "before 8:30 p.m. This list included \"The Wild Wild West,\" The Avengers, Batman, Man from UNCLE, Roy Rogers, , and The Lone Ranger. In Los Angeles, such shows opened with a cautionary announcement: \"Parents — we wish to advise that because of violence or other possible harmful elements, certain portions of the following program may not be suitable for young children.\" The NABB hoped to use the cartoon ban and warning announcement as a model for similar agreements with other local stations. By then \"The Wild Wild West\" was running on 99 local stations. Its ongoing popularity throughout the 1970s", "title": "The Wild Wild West" }, { "docid": "16731080", "text": "A Year in the Wild A Year in the Wild is a 2012 British nature documentary series about the country's national parks. Produced by the BBC, the series is narrated by actress Hermione Norris. It consists of three episodes, each an hour long. The first episode, \"Snowdonia\", premiered on 27 July 2012 and features Snowdonia National Park. Snowdonia is located in Wales, and is known for its hills and extinct volcanoes. The second episode, \"The New Forest\", premiered on 3 August 2012. The episode explores the fauna of the New Forest National Park. The Park, located in southern England, was", "title": "A Year in the Wild" }, { "docid": "20358849", "text": "The album consists of 46 songs and is based on \"A Short Tale of the Antichrist\" by Vladímir Soloviov. Johnsson expanded the story to include 27 characters played by 15 vocalists. \"Beloved Antichrist\" has received generally favorable reviews. AllMusic said of the album: \"taken as intended, as a whole, it is an exhausting, enthralling monolithic marvel.\" Another reviewer described that the album would be a challenge for new Therion fans, but also described it as \"Christofer Johnsson’s masterpiece\" which \"takes everything that Therion has done to this point to a completely different level.\" Beloved Antichrist Beloved Antichrist is the sixteenth", "title": "Beloved Antichrist" }, { "docid": "6949725", "text": "on Turner Classic Movies’ \"Cartoon Alley\" as recently as January 20, 2007. Herr Meets Hare Herr Meets Hare is a 1945 \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. This short, not long before the collapse of the Third Reich, was the penultimate wartime themed cartoon from Warner Bros. (\"Draftee Daffy\" was the last) being released just under 4 months before Victory in Europe Day. The cartoon opens with a faux Walter Winchell-like voice discussing the end of the Third Reich, saying that \"Germany has been battered into a fare-thee-well\", and musing about where the high leadership, and \"Fatso\" Göring in", "title": "Herr Meets Hare" }, { "docid": "3871879", "text": "Dog\", \"Mike, Lu & Og\", \"Sheep in the Big City\", \"Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?\", \"\", \"Grim & Evil\" and \"Megas XLR\" as well as Fox's \"Family Guy\". The series is influential for birthing a slew of original Cartoon Network hits and helping to revive television animation in the 1990s. Once it had several original shorts, those became the first Cartoon Cartoons (a collective term for retro Cartoon Network original series). From 2005 to 2008, \"The Cartoon Cartoon Show\" was revived as a block for reruns of older Cartoon Cartoons that had been phased out by the network. Fred Seibert", "title": "What a Cartoon!" }, { "docid": "9314986", "text": "as the cartoon fades in (though it is never revealed if there actually was any money in the first place). This cartoon was included in the 1983 compilation film \"Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island\" as Sam's wish and possibly the final classic sketch in the movie. On April 21, 2016, VH1 Classic aired this episode following the movie \"Purple Rain\", starring Prince. \"\"From Hare to Heir\"\" is available, uncensored and uncut, on the \"Looney Tunes Superstars\" DVD. However, it was cropped to widescreen. From Hare to Heir From Hare to Heir is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short", "title": "From Hare to Heir" }, { "docid": "5827077", "text": "Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns, otherwise known as Lotte in Weimar or The Beloved Returns, is a 1939 novel by Thomas Mann. It is a story written in the shadow of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Mann developed the narrative almost as a response to Goethe's novel \"The Sorrows of Young Werther\", which is more than 150 years older than \"Lotte in Weimar\". \"Lotte in Weimar\" was first published in English in 1940. \"The Beloved Returns\" is the story of one of Goethe's old romantic interests, a real historical figure by the name of", "title": "Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns" }, { "docid": "17206296", "text": "remaining lines. The Wild Goose Chase (1932 film) The Wild Goose Chase is an animated short film made by the Van Beuren Studios, and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon starts with a trio of frogs with banjos, singing the song \"Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella.\" Other creatures in the wild are shown what they do during the rainy weather. The scene, moments later, turns to a boy cat and a girl cat. The boy cat tries to cheer up his glum girlfriend using quotes from the song. In no time, the rains stops and they are elated.", "title": "The Wild Goose Chase (1932 film)" }, { "docid": "17206293", "text": "The Wild Goose Chase (1932 film) The Wild Goose Chase is an animated short film made by the Van Beuren Studios, and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon starts with a trio of frogs with banjos, singing the song \"Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella.\" Other creatures in the wild are shown what they do during the rainy weather. The scene, moments later, turns to a boy cat and a girl cat. The boy cat tries to cheer up his glum girlfriend using quotes from the song. In no time, the rains stops and they are elated. Just then,", "title": "The Wild Goose Chase (1932 film)" }, { "docid": "18265911", "text": "Josh Hare Joshua Darren Hare (born 12 August 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eastleigh. Hare signed his first professional contract with Gillingham in November 2012. He signed a one-year contract with the \"Gills\" in May 2014, but found first-team football hard to come by and was sent on an initial one-month loan to Conference South side Eastbourne Borough. His loan was extended to 10 January but on 5 January the loan was cut short. On 8 July 2016, having left Gillingham, Hare signed for Eastbourne Borough. Hare is the son of Darren Hare,", "title": "Josh Hare" }, { "docid": "18198232", "text": "When Oswald jumps to return to the ground, troubles are not over for him as his parachute refuses to deploy. he doll and the lynx spot Oswald in the sky. They then use the lynx's long beard to cushion his fall. Oswald and the doll give each other a smooch. The Hare Mail The Hare Mail is a short animated film by Walter Lantz Productions, and among the many featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The film is also one of the few where Mickey Rooney voiced the title character. Oswald is on the streets selling newspapers. Suddenly he hears a", "title": "The Hare Mail" }, { "docid": "605477", "text": "in the 1940 short \"A Wild Hare\" until Blanc's death in 1989. Blanc described the voice as a combination of Bronx and Brooklyn accents; however, Tex Avery claimed that he asked Blanc to give the character not a New York accent \"per se\", but a voice like that of actor Frank McHugh, who frequently appeared in supporting roles in the 1930s and whose voice might be described as New York Irish. In Bugs' second cartoon \"Elmer's Pet Rabbit\", Blanc created a completely new voice for Bugs, which sounded like a Jimmy Stewart impression, but the directors decided the previous voice", "title": "Bugs Bunny" }, { "docid": "18198229", "text": "The Hare Mail The Hare Mail is a short animated film by Walter Lantz Productions, and among the many featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The film is also one of the few where Mickey Rooney voiced the title character. Oswald is on the streets selling newspapers. Suddenly he hears a distress call coming from a nearby house. Oswald comes to the house, and peeps through a window. Inside he sees a large turbulent dog interrogating a small living doll about the money's location. When the doll refuses to tell, the dog turns to an old lynx who is the doll's", "title": "The Hare Mail" }, { "docid": "3871880", "text": "became president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. in 1992 and helped guide the struggling animation studio into its greatest output in years with shows like \"2 Stupid Dogs\" and \"\". Seibert wanted the studio to produce short cartoons, in the vein of the Golden age of American animation. Although a project consisting of 48 shorts would cost twice as much as a normal series, Seibert's pitch to Cartoon Network involved promising 48 chances to \"succeed or fail\", opened up possibilities for new original programming, and offered several new shorts to the thousands already present in the Turner Entertainment library. According to", "title": "What a Cartoon!" } ]

[ "Butterfingers Snackerz", "Butterfinger (ice cream)", "Butterfinger Crisp", "Nestlé Butterfinger", "Butterfinger Snackerz", "Butterfinger Ice Cream Bars", "Butterfinger BB's", "Butterfinger", "The Butterfinger Group" ]

[ { "docid": "3747982", "text": "press release. When the joke was revealed, the website redirected visitors to the fictitious \"Butterfinger Comedy Network\". In 2009, a new advertisement for Butterfinger was produced that appeared to be a homage to the earlier \"The Simpsons\" commercials. In 2010, Butterfinger revived its \"Nobody better lay a finger...\" slogan as \"Nobody's gonna lay a finger on my Butterfinger.\" In 2011, a comedy horror film entitled \"Butterfinger The 13th\", was made to promote the product. In April 2013, an official announcement via the Twitter account of \"The Simpsons\" stated that the \"Nobody better lay a finger\" advertising campaign featuring Bart Simpson", "title": "Butterfinger" }, { "docid": "3747980", "text": "Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, and other characters from Fox's \"The Simpsons\", appeared in numerous advertisements for the product from 1988 to 2001, featuring the slogans \"Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!\", \"Bite my Butterfinger!\", and \"Nothin' like a Butterfinger!\" Butterfinger, for unknown reasons, terminated a long standing advertising contract with \"The Simpsons\" in the end of 2001. Reacting to this, the January 2002 \"Simpsons\" episode \"Sweets and Sour Marge\" included a scene depicting Butterfinger bars as nonflammable; the character Chief Wiggum says, \"Even the fire doesn't want them.\" In February 2003, in the episode \"Barting Over\", Bart claims", "title": "Butterfinger" }, { "docid": "741575", "text": "television commercials for Nestlé's Butterfinger candy bars from 1990 to 2001, with the slogan \"Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!\" Lisa would occasionally advertise it too. Matt Groening would later say that the Butterfinger advertising campaign was a large part of the reason why Fox decided to pick up the half-hour show. The campaign was discontinued in 2001, much to the disappointment of Cartwright. Bart has also appeared in commercials for Burger King and Ramada Inn. In 2001, Kellogg's launched a brand of cereal called \"Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch\", which was available for a limited time.", "title": "Bart Simpson" }, { "docid": "4765499", "text": "make them more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons.\" Bart, and other Simpsons characters, have appeared in numerous television commercials for Nestlé's Butterfinger candy bars from 1990–2001, with the slogan \"\"Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!\"\" Lisa Marie Simpson, voiced by Yeardley Smith, is the eldest daughter and middle child of the family. She is an extremely intelligent 8-year-old girl, one of the most intelligent characters on the show. Lisa's political convictions are generally socially liberal. She is a vegetarian, and a supporter of the Free Tibet movement, and while still supportive of the Christian church", "title": "Simpson family" }, { "docid": "8464536", "text": "the radio station Brian had invited him to speak at, Vidal quickly leaves after he finds the show to be low-brow. This causes Brian to quit the show, noting that he has become \"worse of a sell-out\" than when Stewie appeared in a Butterfinger commercial. Stewie is then shown eating a Butterfinger, and says \"Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger\", which is a parody of the many Butterfinger commercials featuring Bart Simpson, and utters the annoyed grunt, D'oh!, a phrase used regularly by \"The Simpsons\" character Homer Simpson. The bit is also a reference to the negative criticism", "title": "Mother Tucker" } ]

[ { "docid": "3742978", "text": "so good, although better than many of the real stinkers yet to come at that point. Still, it utterly failed to rise to the challenge of 'Lisa’s Wedding.'\" In a 2003 article, writers of \"Entertainment Weekly\" listed \"Bart to the Future\" as the worst \"Simpsons\" episode of all time. They elaborated that \"Choosing the lamest \"Simpsons\" episode is like picking the crowning installment of \"Shasta McNasty\" — it's all relative. So while 'Bart to the Future' was likely better than anything else on TV the week it first aired, even Mojo the monkey could've banged out a more inventive script", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "4669071", "text": "the irrepressibly subversive TV show.\" The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World is a side-scrolling platform game based on the \"Simpsons\" franchise and features many aspects from the television series. It was released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and in 1993 for Amiga, Atari ST, Game Gear and Sega Master System. In the game, the player controls Bart as he travels around the world on a scavenger hunt while facing against Mr. Burns' family and agents. The game has received mixed reviews from critics. The game is based on the animated television series", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World" }, { "docid": "5268959", "text": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts is an action video game released in 1992 for the Game Boy. It was developed by Imagineering and published by Acclaim. The plot stars Bart from \"The Simpsons\" in a game show based on \"American Gladiators\", in which he has to compete in challenges to earn money. Critics gave \"The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts\" average reviews. In \"The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts\", the player controls cartoon character Bart Simpson from the animated television series \"The Simpsons\". He is participating in a weekly game show called \"Juggernauts", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts" }, { "docid": "5268964", "text": "with laughter, but I actually got a few chuckles out of Monroe's psychobabble overanalysis of Bart's performance.\" The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts is an action video game released in 1992 for the Game Boy. It was developed by Imagineering and published by Acclaim. The plot stars Bart from \"The Simpsons\" in a game show based on \"American Gladiators\", in which he has to compete in challenges to earn money. Critics gave \"The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts\" average reviews. In \"The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts\", the player controls cartoon character Bart Simpson", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts" }, { "docid": "5304368", "text": "The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk is a platform game released in 1994 for the hand-held console Game Boy. It was developed by Software Creations and published by Acclaim Entertainment, and is based on the animated television series \"The Simpsons\". The game is a parody of the fairy tale \"Jack and the Beanstalk\"; a large beanstalk grows far up into the sky outside the home of Bart Simpson, whom the player controls. Bart climbs the beanstalk all the way to the top and adventure ensues. \"Bart & the Beanstalk\" has received mixed to negative", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk" }, { "docid": "4669061", "text": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World is a side-scrolling platform game based on the \"Simpsons\" franchise and features many aspects from the television series. It was released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and in 1993 for Amiga, Atari ST, Game Gear and Sega Master System. In the game, the player controls Bart as he travels around the world on a scavenger hunt while facing against Mr. Burns' family and agents. The game has received mixed reviews from critics. The game is based on the animated television series \"The Simpsons\". On the \"Krusty", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World" }, { "docid": "4953486", "text": "The Bart Wants What It Wants \"The Bart Wants What it Wants\" is the eleventh episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> thirteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 17, 2002. In the episode, Bart befriends Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter, Greta. While Greta falls in love with him, Bart only accompanies her because she owns a lot of entertaining things. \"The Bart Wants What it Wants\" was written by John Frink and Don Payne while Michael Polcino served as director. Although the episode's first draft was written by Frink and Payne, the idea for the episode", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "4953502", "text": "joke we've ever been told by Americans that lose their punch after the millionth time.\" The Bart Wants What It Wants \"The Bart Wants What it Wants\" is the eleventh episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> thirteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 17, 2002. In the episode, Bart befriends Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter, Greta. While Greta falls in love with him, Bart only accompanies her because she owns a lot of entertaining things. \"The Bart Wants What it Wants\" was written by John Frink and Don Payne while Michael Polcino served as director. Although", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "5304370", "text": "Simpsons\" on these adventures. \"The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk\" is a side-scrolling platform game. It is single-player only. The player of the game controls Bart in a total of seven levels. They are: \"Up the Beanstalk\", \"Outside the Castle\", \"The Giant's Cupboard\", \"Soup Du Jour\", \"The Giant's Room\", \"Escape from the Castle\", and \"Down the Beanstalk\". In order to complete a level, the player must collect a certain amount of gold coins. Bart is faced with a number of enemies on every level, and he can use his slingshot to fend them off. He can also pick up dynamite,", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk" }, { "docid": "5304375", "text": "the screen of Beanstalk is awfully cramped, so the problem of enemies appearing out of nowhere to kill you has only gotten worse.\" Mackey added that he would have liked to see a more powerful weapon because the range of the slingshot is only a few feet. The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk is a platform game released in 1994 for the hand-held console Game Boy. It was developed by Software Creations and published by Acclaim Entertainment, and is based on the animated television series \"The Simpsons\". The game is a parody of the", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk" }, { "docid": "4953492", "text": "Day\" and award the Simpson family a key to the city. However, the request was turned down because the city does not allow for-profit companies to receive a key. According to executive producer and current showrunner Al Jean, Fox's request \"upset\" Canada, and a \"sternly worded\" editorial in \"The Toronto Star\" criticized the network's ways of promoting the episode. The newspaper also credited Canadian \"The Simpsons\" staff writers Joel H. Cohen and Tim Long for pitching the episode, but this was refuted in the episode's DVD commentary. While \"The Bart Wants What It Wants\" features the Simpsons' first travel to", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "4669062", "text": "the Clown Show\", Bart Simpson wins the opportunity to participate in a Round-the-World scavenger hunt. However, the contest has been rigged by Mr. Burns' assistant, Smithers, in order for Burns to rid himself of the Simpson family for all the trouble they have caused him over the years. Burns sends his agents and fellow family members to take care of the Simpsons during the scavenger hunt. Bart travels through various real-world locations collecting items, with occasional cameos from the other Simpsons family members. \"The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World\" is a 2D side-scrolling platform game. Single-player is the only mode", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World" }, { "docid": "15842445", "text": "Beware My Cheating Bart \"Beware My Cheating Bart\" is the eighteenth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated sitcom \"The Simpsons\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 15, 2012. It makes reference to the song \"Be Still My Beating Heart\" by Sting. During a day out in the mall, Homer decides to dump Milhouse and Bart at a children's movie so he can eat at the food court. The boys run into the bullies (who are there to see an R-rated remake of a Hong Kong horror film called \"Crawlspace\") and", "title": "Beware My Cheating Bart" }, { "docid": "5268847", "text": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants is a platform video game, the first based on the animated television series \"The Simpsons\". It was released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Sega Master System, and ZX Spectrum and in 1992 for Sega Genesis, and Sega Game Gear. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment and Ocean Software, and developed by Imagineering and Arc Developments. In the game, the player controls Bart Simpson through five levels as he tries to ruin the aliens' plan to take over", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants" }, { "docid": "5268962", "text": "exclusively for the hand-held console Game Boy. \"The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts\" received average reviews from critics. UGO Networks commented that the game is \"actually a pretty original idea with some decent gameplay and mix of genres — easily one of the better \"Simpsons\" Game Boy adventures,\" concluding that \"it was all right; nothing stellar, but good enough.\" \"Nintendo Power\" gave the game a 3.35/5 rating, while Matt Williamson of \"Rocky Mountain News\" gave it a B- grade, commenting: \"a hysterical sendup of the \"American Gladiators\". Nice action sequences.\" In 2009, 1UP.com editor Bob Mackey reviewed the game in", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts" }, { "docid": "5304371", "text": "which kills all enemies currently on the screen. The enemies featured in the game include beetles, hornets, flies, ducks, rats, and fire flies. On some levels, Bart also has to defeat a boss. The game was developed by Software Creations and published by Acclaim. Richard Kay and Michael Webb served as executive producers, and Joe Smith composed the music. It was released in North America in February 1994 for the hand-held console Game Boy, and in Japan on September 30, 1994. \"The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk\" is one of several \"The Simpsons\" Game Boy games published by Acclaim in", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk" }, { "docid": "5268858", "text": "the beginning of the game somewhat authentic.\" Mackey described the game's controls as \"terrible\". The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants is a platform video game, the first based on the animated television series \"The Simpsons\". It was released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Sega Master System, and ZX Spectrum and in 1992 for Sega Genesis, and Sega Game Gear. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment and Ocean Software, and developed by Imagineering and Arc Developments. In the game, the player controls Bart Simpson", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants" }, { "docid": "408076", "text": "\"The Simpsons\", which its creator Shalva Ramishvili has acknowledged. \"The Simpsons\" was the Fox network's first television series to rank among a season's top 30 highest-rated shows. In 1990, Bart quickly became one of the most popular characters on television in what was termed \"Bartmania\". He became the most prevalent \"Simpsons\" character on memorabilia, such as T-shirts. In the early 1990s, millions of T-shirts featuring Bart were sold; as many as one million were sold on some days. Believing Bart to be a bad role model, several American public schools banned T-shirts featuring Bart next to captions such as \"I'm", "title": "The Simpsons" }, { "docid": "5304374", "text": "that the game is similar to the early side-scrolling Mario games. A review in the \"St. Petersburg Times\" called \"The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk\" \"fun and funny\". In 2009, 1UP.com editor Bob Mackey reviewed the game in 1UP's official Retro Gaming Blog. He described the game as annoying, but thought the graphics were good. Mackey wrote that \"outside of a funky walk cycle from Bart, the game actually looks pretty nice—for some reason the Game Boy \"Simpsons\" games were always graphically superior to the NES ones—but that's about all the praise it deserves. Even more so than \"Camp Deadly\",", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk" }, { "docid": "5268960", "text": "USA\", based on the television program \"American Gladiators\", in which he has to run through obstacle courses, battle huge muscle-bound \"juggernauts\", and do various other challenges. There are a total of seven challenges that change from week to week. To make it onto the next week's episode of \"Juggernauts USA\" and avoid being eliminated, Bart must collect a certain amount of money from the challenges. Each of the four levels of \"The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts\" are made up of an episode of the game show \"Juggernauts USA\". Every challenge is based on a character from \"The Simpsons\". For", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts" }, { "docid": "5304369", "text": "reviews from critics. The game merges the existing universe of \"The Simpsons\" television series with the fairy tale of \"Jack and the Beanstalk\". In the story, Bart Simpson goes to market to sell the family cow, but is swindled by a clever miser (played in the game by the character Mr. Burns) who trades it for magical beans and a slingshot. When Bart takes the magic beans home his father Homer Simpson accidentally eats them and spits them outside. A beanstalk grows, Bart climbs to the top, and adventures in a giant castle ensue. Bart meets several characters from \"The", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk" }, { "docid": "3742980", "text": "Maude was a sin compounded by the Bart to the Future episode [...]\". In his 2006 book \"Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality\", Jonathan Gray analyzed the many advertisement parodies featured in \"The Simpsons\". He commented on \"Bart to the Future\", writing: \"As if ads in children's toys or in churches are not enough, in 'Bart to the Future,' an episode in which an Indian shaman at a casino treats Bart to a vision of his future, even his vision is interrupted when future-Bart says, 'I guess I am an embarrassment,' and a ghost responds, 'You sure are.", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "408084", "text": "Awards, 30 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. In a 1999 issue celebrating the 20th century's greatest achievements in arts and entertainment, \"Time\" magazine named \"The Simpsons\" the century's best television series. In that same issue, \"Time\" included Bart Simpson in the \"\", the publication's list of the century's 100 most influential people. Bart was the only fictional character on the list. On January 14, 2000, the Simpsons were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Also in 2000, \"Entertainment Weekly\" magazine TV critic Ken Tucker named \"The Simpsons\" the greatest television show of the 1990s. Furthermore, viewers", "title": "The Simpsons" }, { "docid": "4953487", "text": "was pitched by staff writer Matt Selman. Because the Simpsons visit Toronto in the episode, the Fox network wanted to promote it by having the city of Toronto declare February 17 \"The Simpsons day\", and award the Simpsons family a key to the city. Because the city does not allow for-profit companies to receive a key, the request was turned down. \"The Bart Wants What it Wants\" also features guest stars Reese Witherspoon as Greta and Wolfgang Puck as himself. It also features references to Scrabble, \"Seinfeld\" and \"Whassup?\", an advertisement campaign for Budweiser beer. In its original broadcast, the", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "15420815", "text": "\"Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts\" has been well received by television critics. Hayden Childs of \"The A.V. Club\" gave this episode a \"B\" rating and commented that \"\"The Simpsons\" episodes that strive to have a little heart without going overboard are generally going to work better than the random-gag episodes, at least at this point in the storied history of \"The Simpsons\", and 'Bart Stops To Smell The Roosevelts' has enough wee little heart to see this episode through\", but further wrote that \"there were a number of jokes that didn't work, Milhouse's final scene in particular, but the", "title": "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" }, { "docid": "3742962", "text": "Bart to the Future \"Bart to the Future\" is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom \"The Simpsons\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 19, 2000. In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation, the Simpsons stop by at an Indian casino. There, Bart is prevented from entering because of his age. He manages to sneak in but is caught by the guards and sent to the casino manager's office. The Native American manager shows Bart a vision", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "4669070", "text": "the first place. The sequel is a straight-up, cookie-cutter platformer without any real \"Simpson\"-y touches to satisfy fans of the show; Bart finds himself wandering through generic side-scrolling levels, with a \"Simpsons\" character showing up every now and then to remind you that this is an actual licensed product and not just a ROM hack.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave the game a B and wrote that \"A nice multicultural touch — at one point in this travel-action game, Bart skateboards down China's Great Wall — puts this a notch above Acclaim's other Simpsons games, if not up to the standards of", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World" }, { "docid": "5272799", "text": "Bart the Lover \"Bart the Lover\" is the sixteenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> third season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 13, 1992. In the episode, Edna Krabappel, Bart's teacher, feels increasingly isolated and, looking for a companion, places a personal ad in the newspaper. Bart, who was given a month's detention for breaking the class fish tank with his yo-yo, decides to get revenge by responding to the ad. He creates a new adult male alter ego named Woodrow, inspired by a picture of former President Woodrow Wilson, and Mrs. Krabappel becomes", "title": "Bart the Lover" }, { "docid": "4540208", "text": "The Simpsons shorts The Simpsons shorts are an American animated TV series of 48 one-minute shorts that ran on the variety television program \"The Tracey Ullman Show\" for three seasons, before the characters spun off into \"The Simpsons\", their own half-hour prime-time show. It features Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The series was created by Matt Groening, who designed the Simpson family and wrote many of the shorts. The shorts first aired on April 19, 1987 starting with \"Good Night\". The final short to air was \"TV Simpsons\", originally airing on May 14, 1989. \"The Simpsons\" later debuted on", "title": "The Simpsons shorts" }, { "docid": "3742983", "text": "45th President of the United States. Four days later, in the opening credits of the episode \"Havana Wild Weekend\", aired on November 13, 2016, Bart writes \"Being right sucks\" as the chalkboard gag in reference to Trump's victory in the election. Bart to the Future \"Bart to the Future\" is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom \"The Simpsons\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 19, 2000. In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation, the Simpsons stop", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "3742972", "text": "Simpsons\" showrunner Mike Scully also noted that future Bart is the kind of person who is \"always waiting for some big sort of cash payoff that he feels he's owed whether it be an insurance settlement, an inheritance, or something that's gonna come sooner or later.\" Greaney said that everyone in the writing room recognized these traits from people they knew and therefore everyone contributed to the episode by suggesting lines for Bart to say and things for him to do. According to Greaney, the animators originally designed future Bart as \"cool and fun\" and made several designs where he", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "4481724", "text": "also a notion similar to that of \"The Truman Show\" where the characters discovered their lives were a TV show. Groening rejected this, as he felt that the Simpsons should \"never become aware of themselves as celebrities\", but the idea was later used in the video game \"The Simpsons Game\". Groening read about a town that had to get rid of pig feces in their water supply, which inspired the plot of the film. The decision for Flanders to have an important role also came early on, as Jean wished to see Bart wonder what his life would be like", "title": "The Simpsons Movie" }, { "docid": "4669066", "text": "from \"The Simpsons\". Reviews of \"Bart vs. the World\" have been mixed. \"GamePro\" gave the NES version an 80/100 rating, commenting that \"after running him through the rigors of a zany-but-strenuous Nintendo workout, the conclusion of this review became obvious: if ya loved Bart in \"Bart vs. the Space Mutants\", you're gonna like him in \"Bart vs. the World\". Despite a few shortcomings here and there, Bart's new cart is a world-beater!\" Tribune Media Services also gave it a positive review, writing that \"the storyline is great, the graphics, as Bart would say, are 'cool, man', and the action and", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World" }, { "docid": "6502228", "text": "greatest hits compilation, \"\". Among the most successful Bond theme songs, \"Nobody Does It Better\" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song where it lost to \"You Light Up My Life\", as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. At the 20th Annual Grammy Awards held in 1978, \"Nobody Does It Better\" received a nomination for Song of the Year and Simon was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. In 2004, the song was also honored by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest song as part of their 100 Years Series. Lyrically, \"Nobody Does It", "title": "Nobody Does It Better" }, { "docid": "5272806", "text": "romantically poetic and diplomatic breakup letter from Woodrow saying that he must leave, but he will never forget her, which gives Edna closure and makes her feel better. She and Bart then spend the latter's last day of detention outside the classroom. The script for \"Bart the Lover\" was written by Jon Vitti, who wanted an episode centered on Mrs. Krabappel that examined what it was like to have Bart as a student. Executive producer Mike Reiss pitched the idea of having Bart answer Mrs. Krabappel's personal ad. It was the first episode of the show to feature Mrs. Krabappel", "title": "Bart the Lover" }, { "docid": "5268850", "text": "equipment such as rockets and cherry bombs, which are bought with coins that can be collected by getting rid of aliens. Bart is controlled on foot and on a skateboard. To get rid of aliens, which are disguised as real humans, he needs to jump on their heads, although some are just regular humans. The game increases in difficulty with each level, and Bart meets up with a boss at the end of the first four. The levels uses elements of \"The Simpsons\" and some of the television humor appears in the game: for example, in the first level Bart", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants" }, { "docid": "7980163", "text": "Beatle\", the \"Invader Zim\" pilot with Dib, and meta-references such as \"I am not a 32-year-old woman\" (in reference to Bart's voice actress Nancy Cartwright) and \"Nobody reads these anymore\". When possible, Bart is shown deliberately disobeying the line that he is writing on the chalkboard (e.g. squeaking chalk when asked to write \"I will not squeak chalk\", putting in ditto marks for \"I will not cut corners\", showing dis-coordination with \"coffee is not for kids\", or putting \"I will finish what I sta\" for a single line). In \"The Simpsons Movie\", the gag, \"I will not illegally download this", "title": "The Simpsons opening sequence" }, { "docid": "3742963", "text": "of his future as a washed-up, wannabe rock musician living with Ralph Wiggum, while Lisa has become the President of the United States and tries to get the country out of financial trouble. \"Bart to the Future\" was the second episode of \"The Simpsons\" to be set in the future, following \"Lisa's Wedding.\" The episode was directed by Michael Marcantel and written by Dan Greaney, who wanted to explore what Bart's life would end up like. Several designs were made by the animators for future Bart, but Greaney did not think they matched the personality of the character and had", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "4669064", "text": "a cape, Bart can become his superheroic alter-ego, Bartman, and fly for limited periods. The most important items in each stage are Krusty-brand souvenirs. There is one in every stage, and Bart must find them all in order to get the best ending (as well as unlocking a bonus Hollywood level). The other Simpsons also appear to give hints on where the souvenirs are. There are also several mini-games in each area, with puzzles such as a matching-card game and a trivia game based on events in actual episodes (from the first two seasons only). The game was first developed", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World" }, { "docid": "17978759", "text": "all sitting around reading it and I was like \"I don't know if it goes with the song, chicks beating each other up, how are people going to view that?” Nobody wanted to be the guy that said “You know what? I don't want to spend my day watching a bunch of half naked chicks rip each other's clothes off. That just doesn't sound like fun.\" (Laughs) So, we just stuck with it. One Finger and a Fist \"One Finger and a Fist\" is a song by American rock band Drowning Pool and is the second single from \"Resilience\". Being", "title": "One Finger and a Fist" }, { "docid": "4362443", "text": "memorable.\" Bart on the Road \"Bart on the Road\" is the twentieth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 31, 1996. In the episode, Bart makes his own fake driver's license. He rents a car with it and takes Milhouse, Martin, and Nelson on a road trip to Knoxville, Tennessee. In Knoxville, however, the car is destroyed, and they are stranded without any money or transportation. To get Bart home, Homer orders equipment for the power plant and ships it via courier from Knoxville, with the boys stowed", "title": "Bart on the Road" }, { "docid": "4362430", "text": "Bart on the Road \"Bart on the Road\" is the twentieth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 31, 1996. In the episode, Bart makes his own fake driver's license. He rents a car with it and takes Milhouse, Martin, and Nelson on a road trip to Knoxville, Tennessee. In Knoxville, however, the car is destroyed, and they are stranded without any money or transportation. To get Bart home, Homer orders equipment for the power plant and ships it via courier from Knoxville, with the boys stowed away", "title": "Bart on the Road" }, { "docid": "4777540", "text": "news in times of crisis, rival network TV Azteca's decided to air that same day the \"Simpsons\" episode \"Radio Bart\" (informally known in Mexico as \"the Timmy O'Toole episode\"). This choice was praised by their viewers and international news media alike, leading to Timmy O'Toole to become a trending topic in social media, with the Mexican people explaining their support through internet memes. Radio Bart \"Radio Bart\" is the thirteenth episode of \"The Simpsons\" third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 9, 1992. In the episode, Bart receives a microphone that transmits", "title": "Radio Bart" }, { "docid": "4982850", "text": "favorite \"The Simpsons\" episodes, along with \"Bart Sells His Soul\" and \"Lisa's Substitute\". The \"Toronto Sun\"s Bruce Kirkland wrote that \"Bart the Mother\" was one of the \"classic episodes\" of the series' tenth season. The authors of the book \"I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide\", Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood wrote, \"We particularly like the moral dilemma at the end, as underlined by Lisa, regarding the eventual culling of the lizards that will need to take place. A good romp, this one, with some nice laughs at Homer's expense.\" Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie", "title": "Bart the Mother" }, { "docid": "4669069", "text": "\"Game Players\" review gave the Game Gear version a 62/100 rating. The magazine wrote that \"the twisted humor of other Simpsons games isn't there and the action segments could be from any game. Ignore it for home, but pack it for the beach.\" In 2009, 1UP.com editor Bob Mackey reviewed the NES game in 1UP.com's official Retro Gaming Blog. He wrote that it had the same problems that \"Bart vs. the Space Mutants\" had, such as \"lousy jumping physics\", and that it \"also manages to strip away the novelty that made the original \"Simpsons\" NES game worth checking out in", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World" }, { "docid": "4953498", "text": "million viewers. The episode finished in 27th place in the ratings for the week of February 11-17, 2002, making it the third most watched program on the network. Later that year, the episode was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in the Animation category, but it ultimately lost to the \"Futurama\" episode \"Godfellas\". On August 24, 2010, \"The Bart Wants What It Wants\" was released as part of \"The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season\" DVD and Blu-ray set. Al Jean, Matt Selman, Tim Long, John Frink, Don Payne, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Joel H. Cohen, Pamela Hayden, Michael", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "5400047", "text": "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show \"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show\" is the eighteenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April Fools' Day, 1993. In the episode, Homer plays a series of practical jokes on Bart, and to get even, Bart shakes up a can of Homer's beer with a paint shaker. Homer opens the can, resulting in a huge explosion that lands him in the hospital, where he goes into a coma. At Homer's bedside, the Simpson family reminisce, mainly", "title": "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" }, { "docid": "5400058", "text": "that Homer is still in a coma and all episodes since this one have been imaginary, hence a perceived surrealism and frequent guest appearances. He said that the hypothesis belongs in the \"intriguing but false file\". So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show \"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show\" is the eighteenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April Fools' Day, 1993. In the episode, Homer plays a series of practical jokes on Bart, and to get even, Bart shakes up a can", "title": "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" }, { "docid": "4645114", "text": "sometimes has smuggled in an occasional message, as it does again.\" In his book \"The Gospel According to the Simpsons\", Mark I. Pinsky writes that \"Bart Gets an \"F\"\" offers the most detailed portrayal of the dynamic of prayer on \"The Simpsons\".\" Steve L. Case later included the episode in his book \"Toons That Teach\", a list of 75 cartoons that help teach biblical lessons. The episode was ranked 31st on \"Entertainment Weekly\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of \"The 100 Greatest Moments in Television\", writing that it \"stands as classic irreverent family TV\". In 2007, Larina Adamson, a supervising producer on \"The Simpsons\",", "title": "Bart Gets an \"F\"" }, { "docid": "4953499", "text": "Polcino, Steven Dean Moore and Bill Freiberger participated in the audio commentary of the episode. Following its broadcast, \"The Bart Wants What It Wants\" received mixed reviews from critics. Giving the episode a positive review, Ben Rayner of the \"Toronto Star\" wrote, \"Fortunately, the episode is on par with this season's best, boasting a reasonably unscattered plotline and, where the main romantic storyline is concerned, a touch of the childlike sweetness Simpsons writers have brought to previous 'crush' episodes.\" Casey Broadwater of Blu-ray.com gave a positive review as well, describing it as a \"strong character-centric episode.\" Although he enjoyed most", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "13264950", "text": "1, 1991. In the early 1990s, millions of T-shirts featuring Bart were sold; as many as one million were sold on some days. Believing Bart to be a bad role model, several American public schools banned T-shirts featuring Bart next to captions such as \"I'm Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?\" and \"Underachiever ('And proud of it, man!')\". McFarlane Toys released a line of action figures based on the film. In 2014 and 2015, Lego sets based on \"The Simpsons\" were produced, including The Simpsons House and a set of Collectible Lego Minifigures. \"The Simpsons\" has inspired special editions", "title": "The Simpsons (franchise)" }, { "docid": "6172181", "text": "Bart the Fink \"Bart the Fink\" is the fifteenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 11, 1996. In this episode, Bart inadvertently ruins Krusty the Clown's career by accidentally exposing Krusty as one of the biggest tax cheats in American history. Driven to despair, Krusty fakes a suicide in order to start life anew as a sailor; feeling guilty for what he did, Bart convinces Krusty to become a television clown again. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and Bob Kushell, and directed by Jim Reardon.", "title": "Bart the Fink" }, { "docid": "4953495", "text": "in bad taste, they decided to change it. When Lisa scolds Bart for being oblivious to Greta's feelings, he replies \"Hey, I didn't lead her on. I always played it light and breezy.\" The line was written by Frink and, according to Selman, it became very popular with the staff writers, having \"stayed with [them] for years\". The song that plays while the Simpsons visit the Skydome in Toronto is \"Take Off\" by the fictional comedy duo Bob and Doug McKenzie, the chorus of which was sung by Geddy Lee, the lead vocalist and bassist of the Canadian rock band", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "894685", "text": "The earliest known appearance was in \"Moaning Lisa\" where Bart challenges Homer to a boxing game on their home TV game system. As Bart is continuously undefeated, Homer decides to fight back by going to the video arcade to learn from the young children how to win in the same boxing game. Homer almost beats Bart but Marge switches off the game at the crucial moment. It was seen destroyed briefly in \"The Simpsons Movie\". Sprawl-Mart is a big department store in Springfield and a parody of Wal-Mart. It is first seen in \"The Fat and the Furriest\". While the", "title": "Springfield (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "5553785", "text": "Simpson's Guide to Life\" was included on a list of \"30-plus actual books written by fictional TV characters\" by authors of \"The A.V. Club\". They wrote that because \"characters have developed and the show’s voice has changed, \"Bart’s Guide To Life\" is understandably a bit dated 17 years later (see the reference to \"Simpsons\" bootleg shirts), but like a lot of the books on this list, it’s a souvenir from a different pop-cultural age.\" Bart Simpson's Guide to Life Bart Simpson's Guide to Life is a humorous book published in the United States in 1993 by HarperCollins (imprint HarperPerennial). It", "title": "Bart Simpson's Guide to Life" }, { "docid": "4840673", "text": "by Bart and Mr. Burns. 'Car' worked well and was consistently amusing and lively.\" Dawn Taylor of The DVD Journal thought that the best line was Bart's testimony, \"It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. I was playing in my wholesome childlike way, little realizing that I was about to be struck down by the Luxury Car of Death\". Bart Gets Hit by a Car \"Bart Gets Hit by a Car\" is the tenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 10, 1991. At the start of the episode,", "title": "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" }, { "docid": "5404462", "text": "the week it aired. During cleaning day at the Simpsons' house, Bart wins a KBBL radio contest after the station's DJs, Bill and Marty, call him up. They give Bart the choice of two prizes: $10,000 in cash or a full-grown African elephant. Bart chooses the elephant. This surprises Bill and Marty, who believed that nobody would ever choose an elephant, and thus have no elephant to give away. They offer Bart a variety of other prizes, all of which he refuses. Word spreads throughout town about Bill and Marty's refusal to give Bart an elephant, prompting their boss to", "title": "Bart Gets an Elephant" }, { "docid": "4915957", "text": "Kyle and Cartman drawn in \"Simpsons\" style, with Marge disapproving of Bart and Milhouse's apparent enjoyment of \"cartoon violence\", and the latter two contemplating about adults voicing children's characters. The 2009 \"Simpsons\" episode \"O Brother, Where Bart Thou?\" has Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Ralph dressed up as, standing at the bus stop – similarly to the iconic bus stop scenes of \"South Park\" –, and Otto using the catchphrase \"Oh my God! I killed Kenny!\" when he hits Ralph (dressed as Kenny) driving the school bus. Simpsons Already Did It \"Simpsons Already Did It\" is the seventh episode of the", "title": "Simpsons Already Did It" }, { "docid": "3742970", "text": "episodes have been released since \"Bart to the Future\", the first being Future-Drama (season 16, 2005), second being \"Holidays of Future Passed\" (season 23, 2011) and third being \"Days of Future Future\" (season 25, 2014). Greaney's inspiration for \"Bart to the Future\" came from \"Lisa's Wedding\". He and \"The Simpsons\" writer Matt Selman were sitting in Greaney's office one day, trying to come up with new episode stories, when they received the idea of making a companion piece to that episode. Greaney wanted to write an episode set in the future that focused on Bart instead of Lisa. He thought", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "4953500", "text": "episodes of the thirteenth season, Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide wrote that \"Half-Decent Proposal\" and \"The Bart Wants What It Wants\" \"forces [him] to rethink that opinion.\" He continued, \"Like 'Proposal', 'Wants' isn’t a bad program, but it feels stale and rehashed.\" He particularly disliked a joke about poor mileage, which he stated was \"identical\" to a gag from an earlier episode. He concluded his review by writing that the episode is \"mediocre [...] at best.\" Nate Boss of Project-Blu wrote that, while it featured Rainier Wolfcastle, which he considered to be \"one of the funniest characters in \"Simpsons\"", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "15420818", "text": "back seat.\" Similarly, Television Blend's Katey Rich wrote that she appreciates \"\"The Simpsons\" always being willing to push the envelope in different ways\", but admitted that it would take her \"some time to get the gangly-legged Marge Simpson and the leering Homer Simpson out of [her] brain.\" Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts \"Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts\" is the second episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated sitcom \"The Simpsons\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 2, 2011. The episode was the first to feature Superintendent Chalmers as the", "title": "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" }, { "docid": "4953497", "text": "episode, Jean stated that the scene was written at a time when celebrity look-alikes were making \"excellent livings\". At one point in the episode, Bart and Greta are seen playing Scrabble, a word game manufactured by Hasbro. The music cue that plays before and after Skinner's comedy routine is based on the intro music from the American television sitcom \"Seinfeld\". The episode title is a reference to the common phrase \"the heart wants what it wants\". In its original American broadcast, \"The Bart Wants What It Wants\" received a 6.1 rating, according to Nielsen Media Research, translating to approximately 6.4", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "9646950", "text": "wanted to respond by adding a response to the next broadcast of \"The Simpsons\", which was a rerun of \"Stark Raving Dad\" on January 30. The broadcast included a new tongue-in-cheek opening where they watch Bush's speech. Bart replies, \"Hey, we're just like the Waltons. We're praying for an end to the Depression, too\". The criticism eventually led to the idea for the episode \"Two Bad Neighbors\", which has George and Barbara move into the house across the street from the Simpsons. \"The Simpsons\" first season was the Fox network's first TV series to rank among a season's top 30", "title": "History of The Simpsons" }, { "docid": "408106", "text": "Cindy Vance created the publishing company Bongo Comics. Issues of \"Simpsons Comics\", \"Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror\" and \"Bart Simpson\" have been collected and reprinted in trade paperbacks in the United States by HarperCollins. 20th Century Fox, Gracie Films, and Film Roman produced \"The Simpsons Movie\", an animated film that was released on July 27, 2007. The film was directed by long-time \"Simpsons\" producer David Silverman and written by a team of \"Simpsons\" writers comprising Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, Al Jean, George Meyer, Mike Reiss, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, David Mirkin, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, and Ian Maxtone-Graham. Production", "title": "The Simpsons" }, { "docid": "3742971", "text": "it would be interesting to explore how the future works out for \"a guy like Bart, who doesn't pay attention to school work and is all about being cool.\" Selman commented in an audio commentary for \"Bart to the Future\" that \"the thing that really got the [\"Simpsons\"] writers excited about the episode was this very specific version of future Bart.\" Greaney identified this version as \"the guy who blames everyone else and tells everyone else that they used to be cool, that it's everyone else's fault that his life hasn't gone the way he wants it to go.\" \"The", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "13264926", "text": "most of the first three seasons. In 1990, Bart quickly became one of the most popular characters on television in what was termed \"Bartmania\". On February 9, 1997, \"The Simpsons\" surpassed \"The Flintstones\" with the episode \"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show\" as the longest-running prime-time animated series in the United States. In 2004, \"The Simpsons\" replaced \"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet\" (1952 to 1966) as the longest-running sitcom (animated or live action) in the United States. In May 2007, \"The Simpsons\" reached their 400th episode at the end of the eighteenth season. Hallmarks of the show include", "title": "The Simpsons (franchise)" }, { "docid": "15947290", "text": "people). For the week of \"A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again\" placed 17th in the ratings among all prime-time broadcasts in the 18–49 demographic, and sixth among all Fox prime-time broadcasts. Reception of the episode by television critics has been generally positive. Rowan Kaiser of \"The A.V. Club\" praised the episode, gave a A- and commented that it is \"good to see \"The Simpsons\" try an ambitious episode, and great to see those ambitions largely fulfilled.\" He added that episodes that \"give Bart extra depth ('Bart Sells His Soul' especially) are among my favorite \"Simpsons\" half-hours,\"", "title": "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again" }, { "docid": "3787333", "text": "corpse has its timer started by pulling on the corpse's finger. In 2008, an iPhone app from Air-O-Matic called Pull My Finger was one of the most popular apps in Apple's App Store, purchased over 50,000 times in less than one week. It allowed users to pull a virtual finger, activating the sound. The phrase is now the focus of a legal battle between Pull My Finger and InfoMedia's iFart Mobile app over the use of the phrase. In 2015, an MRI study of how knuckles trigger popping sounds was jokingly called the \"pull my finger study.\" Pull my finger", "title": "Pull my finger" }, { "docid": "1449254", "text": "Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book \"I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide\", strongly praised the episode calling it \"superbly written and directed, often a literal child's-eye view of education, the first \"Simpsons\" episode proper is a classic.\" They went on to say, \"these twenty minutes cemented Bart's position as a cultural icon and a hero to all underachievers, and managed a good few kicks at hothouse schools along the way. Especially worthy of note is the sequence where Bart visualises his maths problem, the viewing of which should be a required", "title": "Bart the Genius" }, { "docid": "3742976", "text": "that week, following an episode of \"Malcolm in the Middle\" (which received a 10.0 rating and was watched in 10.1 million homes). On October 7, 2008, \"Bart to the Future\" was released on DVD as part of the box set \"The Simpsons – The Complete Eleventh Season\". Staff members Mike Scully, Dan Greaney, Matt Selman, and George Meyer participated in the DVD audio commentary for the episode. Deleted scenes from the episode were also included on the box set. \"Bart to the Future\" has received mixed to negative reviews from critics compared to \"Lisa's Wedding\" which met with positive response.", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "11565102", "text": "liner notes of \"Anywhere I Lay My Head\". Anywhere I Lay My Head Anywhere I Lay My Head is the debut studio album by American actress Scarlett Johansson, released on May 16, 2008 by Atco Records. Johansson recorded the album over five weeks in spring 2007 at Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana. It was produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and includes collaborations with David Bowie and members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Celebration. \"Anywhere I Lay My Head\" contains four songs written by Tom Waits, six songs written by Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan, and", "title": "Anywhere I Lay My Head" }, { "docid": "6502234", "text": "\"Casino Royale\", commercials used the song's title, \"Nobody Does It Better\", as a catch phrase. Included in the March 2007 DVD release of \"Casino Royale\" was the documentary featurette \"Bond Girls Are Forever\"; a version of \"Nobody Does it Better\" performed by Faith Rivera is heard over the closing credits. Teaser posters for the 1983 Bond film, \"Octopussy\", featured the tagline: \"Nobody does it better... thirteen times\" (this was the 13th official James Bond film). The song was featured over a montage of James Bond film clips featuring the character Q; this was included on the VHS release (as well", "title": "Nobody Does It Better" }, { "docid": "742101", "text": "\"A Fish Called Selma\". IGN ranked Fat Tony at No. 18 on their 2006 list of the \"Top 25 \"Simpsons\" Peripheral Characters\". Star News Online listed Joe Mantegna as one of the 400 reasons why they love \"The Simpsons\". In 2007, Adam Finley of TV Squad called Mantegna one of the five best \"The Simpsons\" guest stars and \"Vanity Fair\" called \"Bart the Murderer\" the eighth best episode of the show, saying, \"This episode makes the cut because of the inspired Mafia satire\". Playmates Toys made Fat Tony into an action figure as part of the World of Springfield toy", "title": "Fat Tony (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "4982837", "text": "Bart the Mother \"Bart the Mother\" is the third episode of \"The Simpsons\" tenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 27, 1998. In the episode, Bart accidentally kills a mother bird with a BB gun, and decides to hatch and take care of the two eggs he found in the bird's nest. \"Bart the Mother\" was written by David X. Cohen and directed by Steven Dean Moore; it was the last full-length episode Cohen wrote for \"The Simpsons\" before leaving to work on \"Futurama\". The original idea for the episode was intended", "title": "Bart the Mother" }, { "docid": "6085261", "text": "praying. William Romanowski, author of the book \"Pop Culture Wars: Religion and the Role of Entertainment in American Life\", noted that \"\"The Simpsons\" is not dismissive of faith, but treats religion as an integral part of American life. Episodes that I’ve seen are not so much irreverent toward religion, but poke fun at American attitudes and practices.\" One episode that heavily features religion is \"Bart Sells His Soul\" (1995). While discussing \"The Simpsons\" treatment of religion in his \"Drawn to Television\" book, M. Keith Booker cites a scene from the episode where Milhouse asks Bart what religions have to gain", "title": "Religion in The Simpsons" }, { "docid": "4763172", "text": "Bart the Daredevil \"Bart the Daredevil\" is the eighth episode of \"The Simpsons\" second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 6, 1990. It was written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky and directed by Wes Archer. In the episode, the Simpsons go to a monster truck rally that features famous daredevil Lance Murdock. Bart immediately becomes enamored and decides that he wants to become a daredevil as well. Bart's first stunt ends in injury, and despite the family and Dr. Hibbert's best efforts, he continues to attempt stunts. Bart decides to jump", "title": "Bart the Daredevil" }, { "docid": "14254184", "text": "he can. One day, Sum is caught red-handed in Shenzhen by Lai Sum, who proposes to divorce him! Yee always claims he has never lost in the game of love, until he meets Miu Ling Chi, a newly recruited management staff of the company. Yee loses bitterly this time, and almost loses his job, too. My Better Half (TV series) My Better Half (Traditional Chinese: ) is a 2010 TVB modern comedy series. Pharmaceutical company employee Ching Sum (Michael Miu) has an overbearing wife, Ko Lai Sum (Maggie Cheung). In order not to fight head-on with her, he has been", "title": "My Better Half (TV series)" }, { "docid": "14254183", "text": "My Better Half (TV series) My Better Half (Traditional Chinese: ) is a 2010 TVB modern comedy series. Pharmaceutical company employee Ching Sum (Michael Miu) has an overbearing wife, Ko Lai Sum (Maggie Cheung). In order not to fight head-on with her, he has been playing ostrich in their seven years of marriage. Lai Sum, however, has never stopped watching his every move, as she always believes he is fooling around behind her back. Sum’s younger brother, Ching Yee (Michael Tse), laughs at Sum a lot, but he also feels sorry for his plight, and gives him practical advice whenever", "title": "My Better Half (TV series)" }, { "docid": "5625722", "text": "My Sister, My Sitter \"My Sister, My Sitter\" is the seventeenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> eighth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 2, 1997. In the episode, Marge and Homer go to a gala and leave Lisa to babysit Bart. Being unhappy with this, Bart does everything he can to annoy Lisa. Eventually, Bart becomes injured and Lisa must find him medical attention without losing her reputation as a good babysitter. The episode was written by Dan Greaney and directed by Jim Reardon. The script was written to focus on the relationship", "title": "My Sister, My Sitter" }, { "docid": "15420799", "text": "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts \"Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts\" is the second episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated sitcom \"The Simpsons\". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 2, 2011. The episode was the first to feature Superintendent Chalmers as the central character and Chalmers' flashbacks references the films \"The Breakfast Club\" and \"Fight Club\". In the episode, Principal Skinner challenges Superintendent Chalmers to take over Bart's education after one of his pranks. Chalmers accepts and starts teaching Bart about Theodore Roosevelt and manliness. After he takes Bart", "title": "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" }, { "docid": "19677167", "text": "To Be a Better Man To Be a Better Man (Chinese: 好先生) is a 2016 Chinese television series produced by LeEco and directed by Zhang Xiaobo. It stars Sun Honglei, Jiang Shuying, Wao Yaoqing, Che Xiao, Lay Zhang and Guan Xiaotong. The series was aired on Jiangsu TV and Zhejiang TV from 31 May to 22 June 2016. Lu Yuan worked hard in America to become a Michelin 3-star chef. To many, he is the Devil incarnate, reckless and wanton. But when it comes to the person he loves, he is an entirely different \"good man\" who is loyal, kind,", "title": "To Be a Better Man" }, { "docid": "20880938", "text": "Heartbreak Hotel (The Simpsons) Heartbreak Hotel is the 641st episode of \"The Simpsons\" and the second episode of season 30. The episode was written by Matt Selman and Renee Ridgeley. In the episode, Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson take part in a reality TV show. The Simpson family are watching a reality TV show called \"The Amazing Place\". Bart and Lisa encourage Homer and Marge to audition, but Marge shows them their past tryouts for the show, which were rejected every single time. Lisa edits a video of Marge and Homer's rejection letter openings and sends it to the show's", "title": "Heartbreak Hotel (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "4763186", "text": "concluded by noting that the episode helps \"The Simpsons\" stand apart from other animated and live action sitcoms by focusing more on the relationships between the characters than \"just a humorous weekly plotline\". Writing for the book \"I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide\", Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky noted that \"Bart the Daredevil\"'s sequence in which Homer falls down the gorge is the one that \"everyone remembers\", noting that \"he's getting much stupider by this point.\" In his book \"Doug Pratt's DVD\", DVD reviewer and \"Rolling Stone\" contributor Doug Pratt chooses the episode as", "title": "Bart the Daredevil" }, { "docid": "20880944", "text": "Woolf?\" with George Segal reprising his role from the film. Heartbreak Hotel (The Simpsons) Heartbreak Hotel is the 641st episode of \"The Simpsons\" and the second episode of season 30. The episode was written by Matt Selman and Renee Ridgeley. In the episode, Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson take part in a reality TV show. The Simpson family are watching a reality TV show called \"The Amazing Place\". Bart and Lisa encourage Homer and Marge to audition, but Marge shows them their past tryouts for the show, which were rejected every single time. Lisa edits a video of Marge and", "title": "Heartbreak Hotel (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "2937897", "text": "cultural references and noting the \"biting commentary\" of Maude Flanders' line, \"I was at Bible camp learning to be more judgmental\". Later reviews shared these sentiments. Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, authors of the book \"I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide\", found that the \"eventual explanation for [Flanders'] murderous behavior is hilarious\". Tim Knight called it \"a terrific opener to the season\". Bart of Darkness \"Bart of Darkness\" is the first episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> sixth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 4, 1994. It was", "title": "Bart of Darkness" }, { "docid": "18334923", "text": "I Can't Put My Finger on It I Can't Put My Finger on It is the second and last album by Miniature, drummer Joey Baron, saxophonist Tim Berne and cellist Hank Roberts, which was recorded in 1991 and released on the JMT label. The AllMusic review by Stephen Cook said \"The result here is a corralled mix of bop, free jazz, soundtrack ambience, and funk, all wrapped in Berne's cerebrally swinging sound. And while not a substitute for one of Berne's or Baron's solo outings of the '90s, \"I Can't Put My Finger on It\" will still please fans of", "title": "I Can't Put My Finger on It" }, { "docid": "6502237", "text": "B&Q chain of DIY shops around the same time. An adaption of the melody during the lines 'nobody does it half as good as you, baby you're the best' was used as an advertising motif for a commercial airing during the mid to late 90s, commissioned by Australian real estate company LJ Hooker. Instead of the original lyrics it was sung 'Nobody does it better, L.J Hooker you're the best'. The company's tagline has remained 'Nobody Does It Better' to the present day. In 1997, during the final telecast of the \"Pro Bowlers Tour\" on ABC, the song was played", "title": "Nobody Does It Better" }, { "docid": "4645090", "text": "Bart Gets an \"F\" \"Bart Gets an \"F\"\" is the first episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 11, 1990. In the episode, Bart fails four consecutive history exams and the school psychiatrist recommends that Bart repeat the fourth grade. Bart vows that he will start to do better and attempts to get the resident class genius Martin Prince to help him, but after that backfires, Bart prays for help. That night, Springfield is hit with a massive blizzard and the school is closed, giving Bart another day", "title": "Bart Gets an \"F\"" }, { "docid": "6502226", "text": "Nobody Does It Better \"Nobody Does It Better\" is a song composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. It was recorded by Carly Simon as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film \"The Spy Who Loved Me\". It was the first Bond theme song to be titled differently from the name of the film since \"Dr. No\", although the phrase \"the spy who loved me\" is included in the lyrics. The song was released as a single from the film's soundtrack album. \"Nobody Does It Better\" became a major worldwide hit, spending three weeks at", "title": "Nobody Does It Better" }, { "docid": "5268849", "text": "five levels, in which Bart must collect or destroy a certain number of these items (purple objects in the first level, hats in the second, balloons in the third, exit signs in the fourth, and nuclear rods in the fifth). If Bart loses a life he says \"Eat my shorts!\" Another objective of \"Bart vs. the Space Mutants\" is to help Bart convince the other members of the Simpson family about the aliens' existence so that they will help him during the levels. In order to get to some of the items and progress through the game, Bart must use", "title": "The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants" }, { "docid": "4777537", "text": "terrific show. From Bart's crappy birthday to his pranks to the public reaction to Timmy's trapping, the humor flies fast and furious in this excellent episode. It's one of the better ones.\" \"The Daily Telegraph\" characterized the episode as one of ten best episodes of \"The Simpsons\". DVD Times's Chris Kaye said \"Radio Bart\" is \"another demonstration of the series' knack for cultural references, parodying the Billy Wilder movie \"Ace in the Hole\".\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" ranked \"Radio Bart\" as the twentieth best episode of \"The Simpsons\" and commented that \"it's a media parody so sharp, we're still stinging a bit.\"", "title": "Radio Bart" }, { "docid": "19779917", "text": "The Town (The Simpsons) \"The Town\" is the third episode of the twenty-eighth season of the animated television series \"The Simpsons\", and the 599th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on October 9, 2016. In the episode, Bart enrages Homer by becoming a fan of the Boston Americans (a parody of the New England Patriots). Homer takes the family on a \"hate-cation\" to Boston to show Bart how bad the city is, but the family fall in love with the city and move there. However, Bart soon discovers that Boston is not how", "title": "The Town (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "4953491", "text": "Although the episode was written by Frink and Payne, the idea for the episode was conceived by staff writer Matt Selman, who pitched an episode in which Bart likes a girl because she has \"awesome things\", while the girl likes him for his personality. Because the Simpsons visit Toronto in the episode, the Fox network decided to promote it as the episode's main focus, even though Canada is not mentioned before the third act. To help promote the episode, Fox requested that the city of Toronto declare February 17, 2002, the day the episode first aired, to be \"The Simpsons", "title": "The Bart Wants What It Wants" }, { "docid": "13264941", "text": "Morrison, Mike Rote, Steve Vance and Cindy Vance created the publishing company Bongo Comics. Issues of \"Simpsons Comics\", \"Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror\" and \"Bart Simpson\" have been collected and reprinted in trade paperbacks in the United States by HarperCollins. Dozens of books featuring or about the Simpsons have been released by Fox. \"The Simpsons Library of Wisdom\" series each relate to a character from the show and two per year are released. \"Simpsons Illustrated\" was a companion magazine to \"The Simpsons\". It was produced by Matt Groening, Bill Morrison, Cindy and Steve Vance, and Katy Dobbs was editorial director.", "title": "The Simpsons (franchise)" }, { "docid": "5674041", "text": "only \"Simpsons\" episode written by Lapidus. After being disappointed by a new episode of \"Itchy & Scratchy\", Bart and Lisa decide that they can write a better one themselves. Inspired by the sight of Homer accidentally slicing Marge's hair off with hedge shears, they write a script titled \"Little Barbershop of Horrors\", but their episode is rejected by Roger Meyers Jr., head of Itchy & Scratchy International. Correctly guessing that Meyers did not take them seriously because they were children, they resubmit the manuscript under Grampa's name, leading Meyers to hire Grampa as a staff writer. Bart and Lisa inform", "title": "The Front (The Simpsons)" } ]