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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past


Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is a 2009 American romantic comedy film whose plot is based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Mark Waters directed a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Filming spanned February 19, 2008 to July 2008 in Rhode Island with stars Matthew McConaughey, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert and Michael Douglas. The film was released on May 1, 2009. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" features a wedding day and the day before, rather than the familiar Christmas and Christmas Eve from
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love isn't real, he's met in the bathroom by the ghost of his uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas), a roué who taught Connor everything he knows about seducing women. Wayne informs Connor that, over the course of the evening, he will be visited by three ghosts who will lead him through his romantic past, present, and future. The first ghost is the "Ghost of Girlfriends Past" in the form of Allison Vandermeersh (Emma Stone), one of his high school girlfriends and his first lover
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on 142 reviews, with an average rating of 4.21/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A retread of "A Christmas Carol", featuring Matthew McConaughey in a retread of his "Dazed and Confused" role, "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" lacks originality, humor, and any semblance of charm." Metacritic lists it with a 34 out of 100, which indicates "generally unfavorable reviews", based on 29 reviews. On the film's opening weekend, it debuted at #2 with a gross of
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she is one of the attendees and vanishes. Melanie and Brad start talking and then dancing. Wayne is left with the ghost of girlfriends past, Allison, who is not interested since she is only 16. Wayne says that they are ghosts and therefore ageless. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" was originally set up at Touchstone Pictures with Ben Affleck attached to play the lead character and Kevin Smith to direct, but both opted out of the movie. It was primarily filmed at Crane Castle in Ipswich, Ma The film was
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also the first pairing of Michael Douglas and Anne Archer since the 1987 hit thriller "Fatal Attraction", although they shared no scenes together. Jennifer Garner and Christa B. Allen again appear together for the first time since "13 Going on 30" in 2004, and they again play the older and younger versions of the same character. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" was cast by veteran Hollywood casting director Marci Liroff. The film received negative reviews and holds a 27% rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based
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he photographs, and afterwards he reconciles with Jenny by showing her the picture he still carries of her as a child and by promising to always be there when she wakes up. The two kiss and dance in the snow to the same song Connor hesitated to ask her to dance to back in middle school. Meanwhile, Wayne tries to hit on the ghost of girlfriends future, but she magically vanishes after throwing a drink in his face. Then he tries to hit on the ghost of girlfriends present, but Melanie informs Wayne
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Emma Stone


" Ken Fox wrote of Stone that: "She's positively incandescent, lighting up a movie that would be pretty dim without her." Stone appeared in three films released in 2009. The first of these was opposite Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas in Mark Waters' "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". Loosely based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol", the romantic comedy has her playing a ghost who haunts her former boyfriend. Critical reaction to the film was negative, though it was
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room. As he storms out of the house, he is confronted by the "Ghost of Girlfriends Present" in the form of his assistant Melanie (Noureen DeWulf), the only constant female figure in his life. With her, he sees that in his absence the other wedding guests make fun of him and his shallow lifestyle. Paul stands up for his brother, recalling that Connor helped raise him after their parents' deaths, and expresses his hope that Connor will someday change for the better. As the bridemaids discuss
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Paul tells him to leave. On his way out, he is confronted by the "Ghost of Girlfriends Future" (Olga Maliouk), who takes him forward in time to see that Jenny will eventually relinquish her feelings for him and move on to marry Brad, while Paul ends up not marrying Sandra and remains alone. Moreover, further into the future, an elderly Paul ends up being the only mourner at Connor's funeral. Wayne appears and tells Connor that this is his future if he continues on the same path
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Camille Guaty


the episodes "Blue Moon" and "Family Affair". In 2005, Guaty had a recurring role Maricruz Delgado, the girlfriend of Fernando Sucre, in "Prison Break". She starred as Franny Rios in ABC's "The Nine", and played the role of Alex in "The Brothers Garcia". Guaty was cast as recurring character Piper Nielsen, a new Montecito concierge, in 2007 on NBC's "Las Vegas". Guaty has also appeared in "Cupid" and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past"
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, pushing him into the grave to be buried by his many ex-girlfriends. Connor awakens in the Mead home and learns that Sandra has called off the wedding and is on her way to the airport. He intercepts the bridal party and convinces Sandra to forgive Paul by sharing lessons learned from his own mistakes, particularly that the pain of heartbreak is outweighed by the regret of never risking one's heart in the first place, something he admits to always regretting having done. Connor helps Jenny to restart the wedding, which
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Hussainiwala


,Sep Baban Falke, Sep Vasu Naik, Sep Raghunath Chalke, Sep Shankar Bhosale and Sep Mahadeo Paste. The battalion lives true to its motto, Kartavya Maan Sahas meaning 'Duty, Honour and Courage'. It defended the Hussainiwala headworks against an attack by a full infantry brigade supported by armoured columns of the Pakistan Army. The tower on the other side of the river was captured and razed to ground. Lt KM. Palande, Lt. Feroz Doctor, Lt. S Deshpande showed great courage and ingenuity by targeting
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, Jenny woke up alone and broken-hearted. His relationships thereafter consisted of a series of very short flings. Awakening back in the Mead mansion in the present, Connor accidentally destroys Paul and Sandra's (his bride-to-be) wedding cake and unsuccessfully attempts to reconcile with Jenny. After his failed attempt, Connor returns to his uncle Wayne's room and finds another woman awaiting him in his bed, however, fearing that this woman was the next "Ghost”, Connor panics and runs out of his
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List of Emma Stone performances


. Stone appeared as a ghost in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009), and found commercial success with the horror comedy "Zombieland", where she played a zombie apocalypse survivor. Her breakthrough came with her first leading role (a high school student perceived to be sexually promiscuous) in the teen comedy "Easy A" (2010). She subsequently earned nominations for a BAFTA Rising Star Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. In 2011, she starred in the romantic comedy "Crazy, Stupid
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Retribution (2006 film)


, but a ghost of a woman whom he saw in the window of an asylum fifteen years ago who has died. All of the murderers took the ferry past the same asylum. Yoshioka sends his girlfriend away, afraid of what he might do to her. He goes to the asylum, where the woman in red agrees to forgive him for not helping her 15 years ago. He goes home, only to discover that he murdered his girlfriend 6 months ago. Going insane, he tries to forget. He collects the
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The Ghost (Harris novel)


McAra drowns when he apparently falls off the Woods Hole ferry. The fictional narrator of "The Ghost", whose name is never revealed, is hired to replace him. His girlfriend walks out on him over his willingness to take the job: "She felt personally betrayed by him; she used to be a party member." He soon suspects foul play and stumbles across evidence of possible motive, buried in Lang's Cambridge past. Having located what may be the lethal secret, the replacement ghostwriter begins to fear for
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"A Christmas Carol". The three ghosts share similar appearances with the original descriptions, and the film shares the traditional plot points from the book. Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) is a famous photographer and confirmed womanizer. He takes a break from his playboy lifestyle to attend his brother Paul's wedding, where he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti (Jennifer Garner), Connor's childhood friend and the only girl who's ever captured his heart. After Connor delivers a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner where he says that
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Hungry Ghosts (band)


video games and wrote many guitar songs." While early critics of the band were quick to label them as 'emo' based on the stylistic elements of their sound, Chow rejected that description, commenting, "“Emo” tends to suggest sappy losers whining about how they got dumped by their girlfriends, or bands like My Chemical Romance. We’re nothing like that." The Ghosts do, however, cite indie-emo acts Death Cab for Cutie, American Football and Pop Unknown as influences. Hungry Ghosts released
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The Valley of Ghosts (novel)


The Valley of Ghosts is a crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace which was first published in 1922. The novel was originally serialised in "The Popular Magazine", Jul 20-Sep 7, 1922, in four installments, and the first UK book edition was by Odhams Ltd., in London, in 1922. Small, Maynard & Company published the first US book edition, in New York, in 1923. Murder comes to a quiet settlement of the English countryside, and with more than one ghost. Why was Stella
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past


. Together, they revisit scenes from his past, focusing on his relationship with Jenny. In 1982, Connor and Jenny were very close as children; she gave him his first instant camera which he used to take her picture, promising to keep it forever. When Connor's parents died in a car accident, Jenny consoled Connor throughout the years without them, as she, his brother Paul and his uncle Wayne were all he had left. By middle school, the two were on the verge of romance, but Connor
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Marci Liroff


then that Marci Liroff Casting was born. In following years, Liroff would go on to cast such films as "St. Elmo's Fire", "Pretty in Pink", "The Cutting Edge", "Mannequin", " Jack Frost", "The Iron Giant", "Insomnia", "Freaky Friday", "Gothika", "Mean Girls", "The Spiderwick Chronicles" , "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" and most recently, "Mr. Popper's Penguins". She associate-produced
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Cynthia Bergen


2018 Premiered on Sep 20, 2017 A real estate agent captures a horrifying entity on film. Premiered on Sep 4, 2017 This is one ghost tour you will never forget. Premiered on September 1, 2017 Pressures and influences surrounding Mélat and her attempts to find freedom and avoid being consumed by temptation Premiered on July 24, 2017 Who's ready to take a shower? Premiered on Mar 20, 2017 Some people will do anything for love. Premiered on November 21, 2016 After investigating her boyfriend's suicide, a young
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Matthew McConaughey filmography


In 1998, he appeared in the Linklater-directed comedy-drama "The Newton Boys". During the 2000s, McConaughey was typecast as a romantic comedy lead in the films "The Wedding Planner" (2001), "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003), "Failure to Launch" (2006), and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009). In the early 2010s, McConaughey became better known for his dramatic roles. This reinvention was cited in the media as the
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Matthew McConaughey


(2003), "Failure to Launch" (2006), "Fool's Gold" (2008), and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009), establishing McConaughey as a sex symbol. After a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles beginning with the legal drama "The Lincoln Lawyer" (2011). He garnered acclaim for his supporting performances in "Bernie" (2011) and "Magic Mike" (2012) and "The Wolf of Wall
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Stephen Russell


debut film appearances as Bob in the 2007 film "Noëlle" and in 2008 appeared as Luther Norris in the film "Chatham". In 2009, he played a minor role in the film "The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". Russell also voiced the character of Karras, Garrett's chief antagonist in "", as well as many of the supporting characters in the series, such as the guards. He contributed the voice of the starship "Von Braun"s central computer XERXES and that of William Bedford Diego in "System
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Rolfe Kent


, "Gun Shy", "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past", "Just Like Heaven", "Gambit", "Dom Hemingway", "Up in the Air" and "Rock Dog". In addition, he composed the theme song to the Showtime Original Series "Dexter", for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. In 2013, he scored Jason Reitman's "Labor Day", Nicolas Bary's "Au bonheur des ogres", and Jason Bateman
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Jon Lucas


following year, they wrote the successful romantic comedy "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". However, their breakthrough success came with "The Hangover", which became the highest-grossing R-rated comedy in the United States at the time. The movie spawned two sequels but did not include involvement by Lucas and Moore. Due to the success of "The Hangover", the duo penned another R-rated comedy: the 2011 film, "The Change-Up." In 2013, Lucas and Moore made their co
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Noureen DeWulf


". DeWulf has been seen in a number of box-office hits, including "Ocean's Thirteen" (2007), and "The Back-up Plan" (2010). She has starred opposite Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy film "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009) and played opposite Jeremy Piven in "" (2009). She starred in "The Taqwacores" (2010), which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2010. She co-starred with Charlie Sheen in the television sitcom
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Amanda Walsh


(as Penny) in the second pilot. In 2007 she had a role in the ABC movie "Full of It" as Vikki Sanders. In 2008, Walsh had a role in the Internet series "The Remnants" with Ze Frank. She can be seen in the 2009 comedy film "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". In 2010, she appeared in ABC Family's "Beauty and the Briefcase" playing Hilary Duff's best friend Joanne. In 2011, Walsh appeared in an episode of the Showcase series "Single
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Christina Milian


leading character in The CW's new show "Eight Days a Week" as Olivia, alongside Mario Lopez, but The CW decided not to pick up the series due to the Writers Guild of America strike. Milian had a minor role in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" alongside Matthew McConaughey, and starred as the lead role in the straight-to-DVD film "". and as one of the female leads, Carmen Mendez, in the video game "" (2008). Milian was scheduled to resume recording
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Christa B. Allen


in a circus. Allen made a brief appearance on "The Man Show", and acted in several students films and commercials. She acted in her first Hollywood film playing the younger version of Jennifer Garner's character in "13 Going on 30" (2004), and later again in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009). Her other film credits include "A Merry Little Christmas", "Youth in Revolt", "One Wish", "One Kine Day" and "Detention of the Dead
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Cynthia Kirchner


Jacobs. Also in 2008, she appeared in the feature film, "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey, Michael Douglas, Jennifer Garner, and Emma Stone with director Mark Waters and was cast in the recurring role of "Grace" on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful". In 2011, Kirchner was the lead as "Kopen" in Abstraction with director Daniel James Gomes and was featured alongside Jim Carrey in "Mr. Popper's Penguins" with director Mark Waters. She was also the lead
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Next Day Air


that pop, a blaze of streetwise attitude." He continued saying the film is "violent and profane but never vulgar or inhuman." The film opened at #6 on its opening weekend, behind "Star Trek", "", "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past", "Obsessed", and "17 Again" with approximately $4 million in revenue. "Next Day Air" steadily declined in the box office during its eight-week run. The film grossed $10,027,047 ranking it 111 in films released
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Noureen DeWulf


Noureen Ahmed, known professionally as Noureen DeWulf (born February 28, 1984), is an American actress who starred as Lacey in television sitcom "Anger Management". She is best known for her roles in films such as "West Bank Story" (2005), "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009) and "The Back-up Plan" (2010). In March 2015, DeWulf joined the cast of reality show "Hockey Wives", chronicling her life with husband Ryan Miller, a goaltender in
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Girlfriend (magazine)


Girlfriend magazine is an Australian teen girls magazine established in December 1988 by Futura Publications. It is now owned and distributed by Sydney based Pacific Magazines. The Girlfriend Model Search is a modelling competition. In past years, the model search has been sponsored by Priceline, Schwarzkopf, CoverGirl and Rimmel London. with selected 2007 national finalists even being appointed as the faces of "Schwarzkopf LIVE Colour" semi-permanent hair colorant products. Finalists "Girlfriend Fiction" is a collaboration with Allen & Unwin. There are 19 novels in the
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Sleeping Dogs (video game)


. The first story-driven game expansion, "Nightmare in North Point", was released in October 2012. Its theme is based on Chinese horror and folklore, and features Chinese vampires known as the jiangshi. In the expansion's plot, Shen's girlfriend is abducted by the ghost of Smiley Cat, a former gangster killed by Uncle Po, who has risen up from the underworld as a ghost to take his vengeance on the Sun On Yee. Shen fights Smiley Cat's army of jiangshi, Yaoguai and possessed gangsters
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21 & Over (film)


Jon Lucas and Scott Moore had worked together previously as writers on multiple films, including "The Hangover", "The Change-Up" and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". Principal photography was scheduled to begin on September 22, 2011, at the University of Washington. Key scenes were filmed in Lewis Hall, the University of Washington Medical Center, the Ave, the Greek fraternities and sororities on 17th Ave NE, and Red Square. The music festival scene was filmed at The Gorge Amphitheatre, which is located in
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Christa B. Allen


Christa B. Allen (born November 11, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for playing the younger version of Jennifer Garner's characters in "13 Going on 30" (2004) and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009), as well as for her role as socialite Charlotte Grayson on the ABC drama series "Revenge". Allen was born in Wildomar, California. She is the youngest of nine siblings, with four elder brothers as well as four elder stepbrothers. She once spent a summer
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Noa Tishby


Las Vegas", and "Star Trek: Enterprise". Tishby's recent projects are "The Ghost of Girlfriends Past" for Warner Brothers opposite Matthew McConaughey, as well as recurring roles on HBO's "Big Love" and ABC's "The Deep End". Tishby served as co-executive producer of the HBO series "In Treatment" (2008–10) alongside Mark Wahlberg and others. Ultimately, by selling the show, Tishby created a previously non-existent connection between Israeli entertainment content and the US entertainment market
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13 Going on 30


as a younger version of Jennifer Garner by portraying the teenaged version of Jenny Perotti in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". In October 2002, American director Gary Winick was in negotiations to direct "13 Going on 30". It was also announced that Susan Arnold and Donna Arkoff Roth were producing the project with the writers' manager, Gina Matthews. On May 13, 2003, it was reported that filming for the movie was underway in Los Angeles on Revolution Studios. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, New
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13 Going on 30


role as a younger version of Jennifer Garner by portraying the teenaged version of Jenny Perotti in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". In October 2016, it was announced "13 Going on 30" is going to Broadway in late 2017, but 2017 came and went, and no such adaptation occurred. The "13 Going on 30" soundtrack was released on April 20, 2004 from Hollywood Records. The album mostly contains music from the 1980s with a range of hits from famous recording artists such as Talking Heads, Billy Joel
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Breckin Meyer


). Meyer also starred in "Blue State" with Anna Paquin in which he plays a passionately liberal guy on the campaign trail for John Kerry in the 2004 elections. He drunkenly pledges to move to Canada if Bush wins the election, and on his journey meets a mysterious young woman, played by Paquin. He co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009). Meyer regularly does writing and voice work on "Robot Chicken", and was nominated for an Emmy for his writing
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Battle for Terra


wide releases:" " (4,099 screens) and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (3,175). "Battle for Terra" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc September 22, 2009 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment. "Battle for Terra" was released in France in French and English version by Rézo Films on DVD and Blu-ray Disc October 20, 2010 and include a 3D version of the movie with 4 3D glasses. A Region B Blu-ray 3D was released in Germany. The film has received
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Christina Milian


first lead role was in the 2003 film "Love Don't Cost a Thing", and she subsequently had lead roles in "Be Cool" and the 2006 horror film "Pulse". Milian had a minor role in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past", and starred as the lead role in the straight-to-DVD film "". Milian has also starred in the 2010 ABC Family Original Movie "Christmas Cupid", alongside Ashley Benson and Chad Michael Murray. From 2015 to 2016, she starred in the
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Alex Kidd in Shinobi World


Kidd's new girlfriend from planet Shinobi. After the kidnapping, Alex encounters the ghost of the ancient warrior who originally vanquished the Dark Ninja, who explains that the Dark Ninja intends to sacrifice Alex's girlfriend to conquer the world. The spirit of the ancient warrior fuses itself with Alex's body, lending Alex his strength, skills, and courage. The game is composed of four different rounds roughly based on the missions from the original "Shinobi", which are divided into three stages. The third stage in each round
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Ghosts in Thai culture


, are part of the mythology of Buddhism. There are, however, others, such as Phi Dip Chin, which have entered Thai ghost lore through the Chinese community residing in Thailand for the past few centuries. Thai spirits or ghosts are known generically as "phi" (ผี). A large proportion of these spirits are nocturnal. Except for the well-known "Pret", most ghosts were traditionally not represented in paintings or drawings, hence they are purely based on oral tradition. The local beliefs regarding the
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4bia


of Virnistan died and was buried with a cellphone so he can communicate with Princess Sophia—his mother, or to connect to someone else whenever he feels lonely. Pin then gets a text from the stranger, saying that he will come to her place now. All of the lights begin to go out and Pin cries in fear. She is then assaulted by the ghost and is thrown out of the window to her death. A scene from the past shows the prince receiving a text message from his girlfriend ending the relationship
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Castle Hill (Ipswich, Massachusetts)


home of the eccentric millionaire Daryl Van Horne, played by Jack Nicholson. The 1987 movie "Flowers in the Attic" also features Castle Hill. It is the main location at which nearly all scenes were filmed. The beginning scene shows the children walking towards the front of the house after being dropped off by the bus. In reality, the bus stop is at the end of the rolling green, where the lawn ends and the ocean begins. The 2009 movie "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" was predominantly filmed inside and
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The Dresden Files characters


a war with the wizards. When that attempt fails and he ends up burning and killing many of the vampires, Bianca turns Harry's girlfriend Susan into a half-vampire, and says that she will forgive him all his past actions, but will keep Susan for herself. She is killed when Harry summons up the ghosts of all the vampires' victims. The TV version of Bianca is very different from the book version. Bianca is a far more innocuous character, who takes in Harry while he's on the run
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their love lives, one of them makes a remark about Jenny being emotionally twisted beyond recognition by Connor to the point that she's unable to move on to a new relationship. Jenny hears this and though Sandra tries to comfort her, Jenny leaves the room hurt and in tears. Melanie guides Connor to the kitchen to show him a crying Jenny as she tries to repair Paul and Sandra's wedding cake. Connor also sees that Jenny is being comforted by Brad (Daniel Sunjata), and is upset that his own actions
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Obsessed (2009 film)


, and became the second-biggest opening weekend for a Screen Gems film ever. The film spent its entire first week of release at number one and grossed $34,802,334, however it slipped to number three the following week due to the release of "" and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". "Obsessed" closed in US cinemas on June 14, 2009, having grossed $68,261,644 domestically in its eight weeks of availability, which made up 92.5% of its gross worldwide takings. Outside the US, the film grossed
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Rachel Boston


Boston played a rising star at the station who had recently been promoted to executive producer of all news programs. Boston also starred with Donal Logue in the Fox pilot "Hackett", directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, and starred with Ed O'Neill and Christine Baranski in the CBS pilot "Inseparable". Boston starred as Daphne Bloom in the short-lived CBS series "The Ex List". In that same year she also guest starred on NBC's "ER" playing an American soldier. She filmed "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
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Anne Archer


Supporting Actress for her role as Beth Gallagher in the film "Fatal Attraction" (1987). Her other prominent film roles include "Patriot Games" (1992) and "Clear and Present Danger" (1994). Her 2009 movie "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" also featured her former "Fatal Attraction" co-star Michael Douglas, although they shared no scenes together. In 2001, Archer portrayed Mrs. Robinson at the Gielgud Theatre in a West End production of "The Graduate". She has made several appearances
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Jennifer Garner


her comic timing is impeccable." "The New Yorker"s theater critic was impressed by her "feistiness" and "lightness of comic touch". The play was recorded before a live audience and aired on PBS in 2008. In 2007, Garner became a spokesperson of skin care brand Neutrogena. Garner co-starred in two romantic comedies in 2009. She first appeared opposite Matthew McConaughey in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past", portraying the childhood friend of a famous photographer and womanizer (McConaughey). While the film received lukewarm
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Albert M. Chan


working alongside Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner in the New Line Cinema romantic comedy "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" and also completed filming "Every Day", starring Helen Hunt and Liev Schreiber, which opened at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2009, Chan filmed the supporting role of Richard in the indie feature "Life of Lemon", starring Dan Lauria, Beth Grant, and Rachel Miner and also had a role on the NBC hit drama "". In 2010, he was cast in ABC's "Body of
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Signal Transfer Point


A Signal Transfer Point (STP) is a router that relays SS7 messages between "signaling end-points" (SEPs) and other signaling transfer points (STPs). Typical SEPs include "service switching points" (SSPs) and "service control points" (SCPs). The STP is connected to adjacent SEPs and STPs via signaling links. Based on the address fields of the SS7 messages, the STP routes the messages to the appropriate outgoing signaling link. Edge STPs can also route based upon message body content using
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past


's hesitation at asking her for a dance caused Jenny to dance with and kiss another boy. Heartbroken, Connor was told by Wayne that he must avoid romance at all costs in order not to feel such pain again. For the next two years, Wayne schooled Connor in the art of seduction. When he next saw Jenny, at a high school party, Connor ignored her and kissed another girl named Allison, whom he had his first sexual encounter with. Several years later, as adults, Connor and Jenny rekindled their
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past


romance, but Jenny forced him to woo her for several weeks in an attempt to rid him of his womanizing ways. After they finally did have sex, Connor fell in love with her, but while lying in bed to fall asleep beside her, he remembered his previous hurt by her in middle school and his uncle Wayne's warnings about sleeping and spooning with the opposite sex after a night of passion. Realizing this, he panicked, and ran out on her so he wouldn't be hurt again. The next morning
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past


and attitude are bringing the two closer. He is further upset to discover that Melanie and the three women whom he previously broke up with by conference call are bonding over his disregard for their feelings. Upon awakening again, Connor hears a loud commotion coming from the house. Returning inside, he finds Sandra furious at learning that Paul had slept with one of her bridesmaids very early in their relationship, information that Connor had let slip earlier in the evening. Connor attempts to mend the situation but only makes things worse, and
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Haunting Love


her friends over for dinner to thank them for their support during her troubles. But the ghosts of her past haunts her, as JiaWen, the ex-girlfriend of her fiancé, came to ask for Xiao ya's forgiveness at MeiYi's invitation MingYan promptly asked JiaWen to leave, angrily telling her that she will never be welcomed among them. A tearful JiaWen pleaded to a clearly upset XiaoYa, who clearly found it hard to forgive the other woman. She again confided in Su Yang, her childhood friend, who again
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Geoffrey Wellum


Battle of Britain, including "Spitfire Ace" produced by RDF Media/Channel 4 (2004), "Dangerous Adventures for Boys" produced by Channel 5 (2008). and "The Spitfire: Britain's Flying Past" produced by the BBC (Sep 2011) To mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the BBC commissioned a one-off drama for TV called "First Light", based on Wellum's book of the same name. The film was first shown by the BBC on 14 September
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Kim Yeonsu


a), "If the Waves Belong to the Sea," and "I am a Ghost Writer" are translated into French. "World’s End Girlfriend" and "Wonder Boy" are also published in Russian, "I am a Ghost Writer" is published in German, and again, "World's End Girlfriend" in Chinese. First Place Runner-ups Collections • 《Twenty Years Old (스무 살)》 (Munhakdongne, 2000) • 《When I Was Still A Child (내가 아직 아이였을
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United States hydrogen policy


programs. Each states energy office gets SEP funding and manages all SEP funded projects. For more information about the SEP, including project descriptions, visit the SEP website. Clean Ports USA is an incentive-based program designed to help reduce emissions by encouraging port authorities to redesign and replace older diesel engines with new technologies and cleaner fuels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Clean Diesel Campaign offers funding to port authorities to help them overcome the obstacles that prevent the adoption of cleaner diesel technologies. Clean Construction USA promotes the reduction
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Ghost Messenger


and planned to fund them for the production of "Ghost Messenger" as a TV series, but as BRB asked too much(such as saying the main character needs to have a girlfriend and the girlfriend needs to get kidnapped in every episode or suggesting for the studio to draw a fantasy future city instead of Seoul), the co-production deal between the two companies was broken. Due to the lack of money and considering the various limitations on Korean TV animations-such as those on violence-STUDIO ANIMAL decided to make "
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Ghost Radio


Ghost Radio is the debut novel from author Leopoldo Gout, a film producer, film director, graphic novelist, writer, and composer. "Ghost Radio" was published in 2008 by HarperCollins. "Ghost Radio" centers around Joaquin, a former punk rocker and the melancholy host of "Ghost Radio", a late-night Mexican radio show during which listeners call in and share ghost stories or their own paranormal experiences. Sharing the airwaves with Joaquin are his beautiful Goth girlfriend Alondra, the show's resident "scientific expert
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Jerry Dammers


former member of The Libertines, namechecked "What I Like Most About You is Your Girlfriend" on "Down in Albion", the first Babyshambles album. The song "Merry Go Round" contains the lyrics "He says, 'What I like most about you, Pete/Is your girlfriend and your shoes.'" Those who have recorded a song written by Dammers include Tricky ("Ghost Town"), The Prodigy ("Ghost Town") and Elvis Costello ("What I Like Most About You
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Retribution (2006 film)


bones, and goes to the asylum to pick up the ghost's bones. His partner arrives at his apartment and finds the empty bowl Yoshioka used to commit the murder. The ghost stalks him in the background. As an earthquake occurs, the bowl is now filled with water. The ghost suddenly appears above him and dives down dragging them both into the bowl. The film ends with Yoshioka walking in the street holding a bag containing his girlfriend's and the ghost's bones, with the ghost repeatedly saying: "I
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Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)


Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 American science fiction film directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, and Ehren Kruger, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han and Juliette Binoche. Set in a near future when the line between humans and robots is blurring, the plot follows the Major (Johansson), a cyborg supersoldier who investigates her past. Filming for "Ghost in the Shell
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Kids See Ghosts (album)


seeing Kids See Ghosts take "a softer approach to diagnosing the self, exposing the failures of the aforementioned duo". "Reborn" is linked to getting past mental lows that inspire depression and usage of drugs. "Kids See Ghosts" received widespread acclaim from music critics, with the chemistry of West and Cudi receiving general praise. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 18 reviews. In a positive review,
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Ghost of Christmas Past


The Ghost of Christmas Past or the Spirit of Christmas Past is a fictional character in the work "A Christmas Carol" by the English novelist Charles Dickens. The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of the three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley, his former business partner) to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. This angelic and caring spirit shows Scrooge scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show the reader how Scrooge
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Ghost in Love


Ghost in Love (; aka Suicide Ghost Club) is a 1999 South Korean film written by Li Hong-zhou and directed by Lee Kwang-hoon. The film stars Kim Hee-sun in the title role as the girlfriend of a man she suspects of cheating on her. She throws herself underneath an oncoming train (with some help from nearby ghosts), and discovers that in the afterlife she can roam as a ghost and take revenge, if she wants to, on her former boyfriend, who has quickly moved on
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Revive Adserver


Revive Adserver is an open-source advertising server that is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It features an integrated banner management interface and tracking system for gathering statistics. It used to be known under different names in the past, most recently as OpenX Source. In Sep 2013, OpenX Source was sold to Andrew Hill and rebranded Revive Adserver. The current code base for OpenX Enterprise and Revive Adserver (formerly known as OpenX Source) are completely separate. The software enables web site administrators to rotate banners from both in
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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Ghost of Christmas Past


came to be a bitter, cold-hearted miser. According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Scrooge as a white-robed, androgynous figure of indeterminate age. It has on its head a blinding light, reminiscent of a candle flame, and carries a metal cap, made in the shape of a candle extinguisher. The ghost is often portrayed as a woman in dramatic adaptations of the story: After showing up in Scrooge's house, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes his hand and flies
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Ghosts of the Past (The Killing)


story of the boy with the manga tattoo, lying in wait for years to exact revenge on the man who killed his father, 'Ghosts Of The Past' is dressed as a horror film without any animating purpose." Adam Vitcavage of Paste Magazine gave the episode a 7.7 rating, but commented: "'Ghosts of the Past' lived up to the episode's title. A lot of mysteries are beginning to be solved, but new ones have opened up. There are a lot of questions that were raised in
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Girl Meets Ghost


that, her dad is getting serious with his girlfriend, Cindy, and Kendall has to help the ghost of her archenemy's sister, Lily. Kendall could not take it anymore! So, Kendall decides it's time to go see her mother (who ran away from Kendall when she was a baby) to find answers on this "seeing ghosts" thing. Hopefully, her mom will know the truth, or things will get a lot more worse. Lily — A ghost that Kendall helps move on; Madison's
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A Haunted House


housekeeper. Rosa quits, and Malcolm and Kisha smoke marijuana with the ghost to relieve their pain. The next day, Malcolm's friend Steve and his girlfriend Jenny bring over a ouija board to communicate with the ghost. When it misspells ghost as "gost", they all laugh at it, and it throws the ouija board across the room, scaring Jenny and Steve out of the house. That night, the ghost drags Malcolm out of the room and has sex with Kisha. When Malcolm finds out, he calls
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Richard Mattern Montgomery


staff. Sep 1956-Aug 1959 In 1956 he was assigned as deputy commander of the 2d Air Force (SAC). Following this two-year tour, he became commander of the 3d Air Division at Guam, with responsibility for SAC Forces West of the 180th meridian. Sep 1952-Sep 1956 The assignment which did most to shape his subsequent career was that of chief of staff, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, in September 1952, a post he held until September 1956. As a principal staff
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Nebraska (album)


", "Downbound Train," "Child Bride" (which later evolved into "Working on the Highway"), "Pink Cadillac", "The Big Payback," "Johnny Bye-Bye", and "Losin' Kind" (later reworked into "Highway 29" on 1995's "The Ghost of Tom Joad"). The album begins with "Nebraska", a first-person narrative based on the true story of 19-year-old spree killer Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend
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Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost


Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost is a fictional character that appeared in titles published by Harvey Comics. Spooky first appeared in "Casper the Friendly Ghost" #10 (June 1953). He is Casper's cousin, although their exact relation is never specified. He generally resembles Casper except he has freckles, a derby hat, and a large, black nose. Spooky is written with a Brooklyn accent, for example calling his girlfriend and fellow ghost Pearl, "Poil." His iconic derby hat is, therefore, a
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Silk (2006 film)


He escapes into a train but the ghost mom manages to catch him. His girlfriend calls him and he tells her to check on his mom, who has been hospitalized. He says sorry and prepares to be killed by the ghost mom. She reaches into his heart and stops it. The team leader sets the ghost boy free and kills himself in the same spot as of the boy so that he can turn into a ghost. The boy, now released, goes to where the police officer is and reaches into his
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Moonshine River


not last more than a week because his girlfriends eventually find out "the real him". Bart realizes that Lisa is right and, hoping to prove her point wrong, visits all of his past girlfriends (including Jenny the nursing home volunteer from "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly", Darcy the pregnant teen from "Little Big Girl", Gina Vendetti the juvenile delinquent from "The Wandering Juvie", and Nikki McKenna from "Stealing First Base") to see if they still like him,
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Blackout (Lilin)


Ghost Rider and the supernatural abilities to compete on some level with that guy." The film creators have confirmed that the character will not follow the Marvel mythology of the character and admitted that they based his characterization on the look of the character alone. Ray Carrigan is a mercenary, drug dealer, and gun runner who works for Roarke (the human form of the Devil). He and his men are hired by Roarke to kidnap Danny, the son of Nadya (a woman who once was an ex-girlfriend of
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Heart-Shaped Box (novel)


. The ghost holds Jude responsible for Florida's death and wants revenge. Jude flees his house with his current girlfriend, Georgia, with the ghost in hot pursuit. The ghost's intent is to separate Jude from his two dogs, Angus and Bon, who, as familiars, can protect their owners from the dead. Jude and Georgia take the dogs with them while fleeing south. The dogs save them several times, but the ghost eventually kills them. Jude and Georgia discover that Florida had been hypnotized and molested by
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Ghosts (Banville novel)


(the murder of a young woman) he committed, and his continuing struggle with the ghosts of his past and the nature of his perceptions. Kreutznaer's relationship to a painting entitled "The Golden World" by a fictional Dutch artist named Vaublin plays a central role in the novel. The fictional painting is based to a large extent on The Embarkation for Cythera by Watteau. The narrator mentions "Cythera" several times and, to a certain degree, the characters are modelled on those in the painting. It is revealed
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game


making a game based on the possible third "Ghostbusters" film, though the studio has since shut down. The project allowed Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis to explore some aspects of the original films that they otherwise had not been able to in the past, such as the history of the Librarian ghost, and pursue some of the ideas left out of the original script, including the appearance of Ivo Shandor as Gozer, who was intended to appear in the finale of the film as the ghost of a man in a business
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September 1941 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Friday, September 5, 1941. It was a shallow partial lunar eclipse, with less than 10% of the Moon covered in Earth's shadow. Aug 31, 1941 = Sunday Sep 1, 1941 = Monday Sep 2, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 3, 1941 = Wednesday Sep 4, 1941 = Thursday Sep 5, 1941 = Friday Sep 6, 1941 = Saturday Sep 7, 1941 = Sunday Sep 8, 1941 = Monday Sep 9, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 10, 1941
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Charly Alberti


, "Canción Animal" (Animal Song- 1990), "Dynamo" (1992) and "Sueño Stereo" (Stereo Dream-1995). In 1995, during an impasse of Soda Stereo that lasted 2 years, Alberti decided to make an album with his then girlfriend, Argentine supermodel Deborah del Corral; the project was named PLUM and edited an album that was released only in Argentina. By 1997, Soda Stereo got back together only to do a farewell mini tour that ended on Sep. 20th 1997 in Argentina. In 2007
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Who Ya Gonna Call?


by Ray Parker Jr. The series follows Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and his colleague and best friend Burton "Gus" Guster (Dulé Hill), who claim to operate a psychic detective agency; it is actually based on Shawn's hyperobservant ability. In the episode, an obviously disturbed man requests help from the two, believing that he is being haunted. Upon investigation, they decide it is actually the man's ex-girlfriend but find she is engaged and could not be the "ghost". After an attempt
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19th Air Refueling Squadron


The 19th Air Refueling Squadron (19 ARS) is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. At the time of its inactivation, it was based at Otis Air Force Base. On 19 Sep 1985 the 19th Air Refueling Squadron,(Medium), was consolidated with the 19th Ferrying Squadron, a unit that was last active 31 Mar 1944. This action was directed by Department of the Air Force Letter DAF/MPM 662q Attachment 2 (Inactive Units), 19 Sep 1985. The Consolidated Unit will retain the Designation of 19th
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Before the Flood (Doctor Who)


walls. In 2119, Cass reads the Doctor's ghost's lips to get a set of names, those of the base crew and Prentis, the Doctor, and Clara. Clara relays this via phone to the Doctor in the past, who laments he now knows his future. During this, the still-alive Fisher King escapes the stasis chamber, kills Prentis, and scratches the glyphs into the walls. O'Donnell is separated and is killed by the Fisher King, and the Doctor confirms his theory that his ghost's
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Felicity Pulman


', but all her novels thereafter have been published under her own name, beginning with Ghost Boy. Set partly at Sydney's Quarantine Station, with a flashback to the grisly history of the past, there is now a special "Ghost Boy" tour at the Quarantine Station for schools studying the novel. She also signed an option for a film based on the book. Her "Shalott trilogy" was inspired by the 'what if' questions arising from the poem, The Lady of Shalott, by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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A Wicked Ghost


A Wicked Ghost is a 1999 Hong Kong horror film directed by Leung Hung-wah, starring Francis Ng, Gigi Lai, Gabriel Harrison, Edward Mok, Nelson Ngai and Celia Sze. It was followed by "" in 2000 and "" in 2002. Ming, Annie (Ming's girlfriend) and three other friends (Rubbish, Big B, and Biggie) play a game of "contacting ghosts". They mix their blood with water, drink from the mixture, form a circle by holding hands, and
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Avenging Spirit


Avenging Spirit, known in Japan as , is a 1991 2-player platform arcade game developed by C.P. Brain and published by Jaleco. During a walk with his girlfriend, the player is ambushed by agents of a mysterious crime syndicate who take his girlfriend away and shoot him to death. Now, as a wandering spirit with the ability to possess most others, he is summoned by his girlfriend's father (who researches ghost energy) and is given a mission to save her from the mysterious crime syndicate that holds her hostage, enabling
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List of Ghost Whisperer characters


with her ghosts. A few episodes later, when his deceased father Charlie visits him and his mother, Melinda helps his father go into the Light. In the season three episode "No Safe Place," Ned gets into a private school. In "Slambook," Ned (played by Christoph Sanders from then on) is on the basketball team when a ghost begins tampering with the scoreboard. In the episode "Home But Not Alone," Ned has his first girlfriend and (probably) his first kiss. In
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Ghost Box Records


musical output. "Boing Boing"'s Mark Pilkington noted Ghost Box founders "fused pop concrète, soundtrack and library music with sharp design and a swarm of esoteric pop-cultural references to create a parallel reality built upon memories of a very British past." In reviewing "Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age", "PopMatters" called "Ghost Box" "[o]ne of the most rousing (oc)cult phenomena of the past decade" with having "created a career conjuring past futurisms and
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Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)


memory of artists and others. The first was a tribute to recently deceased actor Patrick Swayze, on Sep 23, 2009. "She's Like the Wind" from the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack (originally written by Swayze for "Dirty Dancing"), "Unchained Melody" from his film "Ghost", and "(I've Had) The Time of my Life" from "Dirty Dancing" were performed by select professional dancers of the show. On October 20, 2009, a tribute was done for
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Sleeping Dogs (video game)


, as well as the ghosts of Dogeyes, Johnny Ratface and Ponytail, who reveals that Wei can defeat Smiley Cat by burning the last remnant of his original body. After incinerating his little finger, Cat returns to the underworld and Shen's girlfriend is freed. The second story-based expansion, "Zodiac Tournament", was released in December 2012. The expansion adds a new island to the game, with new fight arenas, enemies, bosses and outfits. In the expansion's story, Inspector Teng asks Shen to
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Ghost Shark


for all. Critical reception for "Ghost Shark" has been predominantly negative. The film holds a rating of 29% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on seven reviews. For example, critic Jim Vorel wrote for "Paste" blasting the film as "a mind-numbing movie" featuring severe problems "[f]rom its performances to its horrendous execution in the editing room". He concluded, "the film violates the most crucial rule of trashy filmmaking— you can be stupid, but don’t be boring
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