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In 1881, Alger wrote President James A. Garfield's biography, "From Canal Boy to President". He thought this was serious literary work. He hoped the book would make him famous. He paid no attention to the facts however. Instead, he filled the book with exciting details to thrill boy readers. The book was a success. It sold 20,000 copies. The publisher wanted to bring out an entire series about the great men of America.
Alger was hired to write Abraham Lincoln's biography. Once again, he paid no attention to the facts. He wrote thrilling details for boy readers. The book did not sell well. He went on to write a biography of Daniel Webster. Then he stopped writing biographies. He said such books were time-consuming and required too much work. The publisher dropped the idea of a series.
Alger led a quiet life in the years before his death. He dined out, went to the theater, and visited old friends. He kept in touch with the boys he had taken an interest in over the years. He read parts of "Ragged Dick" to boys' groups.
He was a Republican, and took an interest in politics. He forgot his past life in Brewster, and wrote of his days as a clergyman: "I studied theology chiefly as a branch of literary culture and without any intention of devoting myself to it as a profession."
The quality of his writing deteriorated in his last years. He reworked his old books. Times had changed. Boys wanted more excitement and violence in books. Alger gave them what they wanted.
Critics complained of the sameness in his characters, themes, and other details. Alger defended his work. He said that his readers did not object to the "family resemblances", so why should the critics?
In the last years of the 1890s, Alger's books did not sell well. His income dwindled. In 1896, he had (what he called) a nervous breakdown. He moved to his sister's house in South Natick, Massachusetts. He died there on July 18, 1899 after an asthma attack. He was almost forgotten by the public in his last years. His death received little attention in the newspapers.
Alger once estimated that he made no more than $100,000 during his New York years (1866–1896). He was paid about US$250 for each of his stories published in parts in magazines. He received a small amount of money when each story was published in book form. He was not rich at the end of his life, but he was not poor either. He left only small amounts of money to family and friends. He also left them his copyrights, his manuscripts, and his personal library.
People became interested in Alger's books in the twenty years after his death. This was the Progressive Era. It was a time when people wanted honest business practices, equal opportunity, and a return to old-fashioned values. About seventeen to twenty million Alger books were printed and sold during this time.
People lost interest in Alger's books in the early 1920s. His leading publisher stopped printing the books.
Alger was competing at that time with "The Rover Boys", "Tom Swift", and other popular books for boys. Surveys in 1932 and 1947 indicated that very few children had read or even heard of Alger. In 1932 (one hundred years after Alger's birth), "The Literary Digest" declared him "forgotten".
Just before his death, Alger claimed to have sold 800,000 books during his years as a writer. After his death, his books sold at one million "per year". More Alger books were sold per year after his death than were sold during the writer's lifetime. Edward Stratemeyer, the head of a company that published a great amount of boys' fiction, adopted Alger's heroic moral stance to his own books for boys. Other writers adjusted Alger's morality and ethics to suit more money-focused times. These revisions remained strong until the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929.
The quality of his literary allusions however makes his writing distinctive. These allusions set his work apart from the books cranked out in the "fiction factories" of the day. Great authors alluded to in Alger's boys' book include Shakespeare, Milton, Longfellow, Cicero, Horace, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, and dozens of others. The Bible is referenced in more than half of his works. These allusions reveal Alger's knowledge of literature and "enhance the literary quality of his work".
The most prevalent theme in Alger's novels is the "rise to respectability". Business success was important to the young Alger hero, but even more important was becoming a respected citizen. This does not mean a rise to wealth and riches. Many of Alger's books end with their young heroes getting modest clerical jobs in large firms. These jobs offer chances to rise further. Alger's heroes deserve their good fortune because they are virtuous young men. Alger was mainly a moral instructor for the young. He was content to guide boys on the path of piety and moral virtue rather than business success. Other themes in his works include Strength through Adversity, Beauty versus Money, the Country versus the City, the Old World versus the New World, and the Search for an Identity.
Alger's books are filled with stereotypical characters and dramatic highpoints (setpieces) played over and over again in book after book. One such setpiece is the struggle between the virtuous young hero and a snobbish youth. These setpieces always end with the snobbish youth getting his just deserts. This particular setpiece likely has its source in the childhood bullying Alger suffered from neighborhood boys in Chelsea.
Other setpieces include the cold, unfeeling lawyer threatening the young hero and his widowed mother with foreclosure (another setpiece taken from Alger's childhood), and the brutal poorhouse staff making the young hero's life miserable while he dwells under their roof. Alger's young readers never tired of these stock characters and setpieces.
In the 1970s Alger's work was regarded by readers and scholars as almost unreadable. He received a new lease on literary life when his homosexuality became known. Edwin Hoyt speculated in "Horatio' Boys" (1974) that Alger might become of interest to communities outside the literary one, and may even attain a status to rival that of Oscar Wilde.
Alger's success stories provided material for satirists. One of the earliest satires is William Dean Howells' "The Minister's Charge; or, The Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker" (1887). This novel satirizes in a serious, realistic way Alger's "country boy makes good" theme. Stephen Crane satirizes the Alger success story with a ridiculous version of one in "A Self-Made Man: An Example of Success That Anyone Can Follow" (1899).
In the 20th century, F. Scott Fitzgerald satirized Alger in his play "The Vegetable: or From President to Postman" (1922), the Dan Cody episode in "The Great Gatsby" (1925), and the short story "Forging Ahead" (1929). Nathaniel West parodied Alger in "A Cool Million" (1934). John Seelye did the same in "Dirty Tricks; or, Nick Noxin's Natural Nobility" (1973). Glendon Swarthout followed the sexual misadventures of an Alger anti-hero in "Luck and Pluck" (1973). William Gaddis took the Alger success story to absurd lengths in "JR".
The Horatio Alger Association is a "nonprofit educational organization, [that] was established in 1947 to dispel the mounting belief among the nation's youth that the American Dream was no longer attainable." The Association awards scholarships to young people who pursue their own idea of the American Dream.
An annual street fair (once the Horatio Alger Street Fair) was held annually in October in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The Fair became the Heritage Festival in 2006, and Alger's name dropped from the event. It originally used Alger's name because he lived in a house in the town as a teenager, but accusations of child sexual abuse forced fair organizers to part company with Alger.
"Berlin" is a city on the Androscoggin River in Coos County, New Hampshire. It was first settled in 1823-1824 by William Sessions and Cyrus Wheeler. It was Incorporated as a city in 1897 and ccording to the United States census of 2010, has a population of 10,051.
Cryptobranchoidea
Cryptobranchoidea is a suborder of salamanders. They are found in eastern North America, China, Taiwan, and Japan. They are known as primitive salamanders. This is in contrast to Salamandroidea, or advanced salamander.
This suborder has only two families. Other families went extinct in the past and are only known as fossils.
Salamandroidea
Salamandroidea is a suborder of salamanders, the advanced salamanders. The members of the suborder are found worldwide except for Antarctica, Southern Sahara, and Oceania.
All members use internal fertilization. The female is fertilized by a spermatophore, a sperm-containing cap put by the male in her cloaca. The sperm is stored in on the roof of the cloaca until it is needed at the time of egg laying.
The earliest known salamandroid fossils are from the Tiaojishan Formation. They are dated to the late Jurassic period about 157 million years ago.
Wendy Schaal (born July 2, 1954) is an American actress. She starred in Seth MacFarlane's animated series "American Dad!" She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is currently not married. Her father was actor Richard Schaal. Valerie Harper is her former step-mother.
Rachael MacFarlane
Rachael Ann MacFarlane (born March 21, 1976) is an American voice actress best known for her voice roles in "Codename: Kids Next Door" as supreme leader Numbuh 362, "The Powerpuff Girls" voicing various characters and Blossom in outside of media series, and the FOX television animated series "Family Guy" and "American Dad!", both created by her brother Seth MacFarlane. She was born in Kent, Connecticut. She has been married to Spencer Laudiero since 2008. They have two daughters.
Caeciliidae
Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America, equatorial Africa and India. Like other caecilians, they look like worms or snakes.
Although they are the most diverse of the caecilian families, the caeciliids do have a number of features in common that make them different from other caecilians. In particular, their skulls have few bones. The ones tey have are fused to form a solid ram. This helps in digging through the soil. The mouth is beneath the nose area. There is no tail.
Many caeciliids lay their eggs in moist soil. The eggs then hatch into aquatic larvae. However, some species do not have a larval stage. The eggs hatch into juveniles with the same form as the adults. In some they lack eggs and give birth to live young.
Sylvester Weaver (executive)
Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver, Jr. (December 21, 1908 – March 15, 2002) was an American radio advertising executive, who became president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been well-known for his commercial broadcasting's format and philosophy as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment. He was married to Elizabeth Inglis from 1942 until his death in 2002, they had two children; a son Trajan Victor Charles and a daughter Sigourney Weaver.
Weaver was born in Los Angeles, California on December 21, 1908. He was the son of actor/director Sylvester Laflin Weaver, Sr. (1874-1964) and actress Eleanor Isabel Dixon (1879-1966), Sylvester Jr.'s grandfather was Peter Laflin Weaver (1841-1912), a businessman, his great-grandfather was Henry Laflin Weaver (1808-1894), also a businessman, his great-great-grandfather was Charles Laflin Weaver (1708-1816), a manufacturer, Sylvester, Jr. died on March 15, 2002 in his home in Santa Barbara, California from natural causes, he was 93 years old.
Elizabeth Inglis
Elizabeth Inglis (July 10, 1913 - August 25, 2007) was a English movie actress, best known for her role in "The Letter", along with actress Bette Davis. She is also known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps", she was the last known survivor of the movie before her death in 2007.
Inglis was born in Colchester, England on July 10, 1913. She was married to Sylvester Weaver from 1942 until his death in 2002, they had two children, Trajan Victor Charles Weaver and Sigourney Weaver. Inglis died on August 25, 2007 in Santa Barbara, California from natural causes, she was 94 years old.
Ichthyophiidae
Ichthyophiidae is the family of Asiatic tailed caecilians or fish caecilians. They are found in south-east Asia.
They are primitive caecilians. They do not have some of the features found in the other families. For example, the mouth is not back underneath the head, they have tails, and have many scales on their body. They have two sets of muscles for closing the jaw. This is a feature unique to caecilians, but absent in the related family Rhinatrematidae.
They lay their eggs in small holes in moist soil. The eggs hatch into larvae. They live in streams or underground seepages. They the change into adults. There is some evidence that the female may protect the eggs until they hatch.
Family Ichthyophiidae
Rhinatrematidae
Rhinatrematidae is the family of neotropical tailed caecilians or beaked caecilians. They are found in the equatorial countries of South America.
They are usually said to be the most primitive of the caecilian families. They have many features other groups do not. For example, they still have a tail, and the mouth is not to the back on the underside of the head. They lay their eggs in small holes in the soil. The larvae have external gills. They live in seepages until they change into adults. The adults live in moist soil and leaf litter.
There are nine species in two genera.
Family Rhinatrematidae
Emily Jacir
Emily Jacir (, born 1970 in Bethlehem) is a Palestinian artist. She uses movies, photography, video and performance art. Her work was first shown in 1994. Since then, it has been shown in exhibitions around the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. It is held in museums in Italy, Palestine, England, San Francisco, and several museums in New York.
Jacir won the Golden Lion for artists under 40 () at the Venice Biennale in October 2007. She also won the Prince Claus Award in 2007. In 2008, the won the annual Hugo Boss Prize.
Jeff Fischer
Meles Zenawi Asres (8 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 1995 till his death on 20 August 2012. He was President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995. Since 1985, he was the chairman of the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front, and the head of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.
Meles was born in Adwa, Tigray in Northern Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian father from Adwa, Ethiopia, and a mother from Adi Quala, Eritrea. Meles Zenawi was married to Azeb Mesfin and was the father of three children. Meles died on August 20, 2012 in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium after having a brain tumor removed. Zenawi's health was in question for weeks until his death. Meles was admitted to hospital in July 2012. He was 57 years old.
Just for Laughs: Gags
Just for Laughs: Gags is a Canadian quiet comedy show. In 2000 the Gags began airing on French and Canadian television Télé Québec. In the next years, the show was picked up by TVA, CBC and The Comedy Television in Canada.
This series' format is the hidden camera filming the jokes. Music plays in the background, but there is no sound or speech other than some sound effects and laughter. It is mostly filmed in downtown Montreal and rural Quebec although some parts have been filmed in Mexico. British and Asian versions have also been produced in the UK and Singapore respectively.
With its quiet format and no translation required, "Just for Laughs Gags" has been purchased for use in over 100 countries throughout the world as well as in airports and airlines.
Neon Trees
Neon Trees is an American alternative rock band from Provo, Utah. Neon Trees has four members in the band; the current band members are Tyler Glenn, Chris Allen, Branden Campbell and Elaine Bradley.
The band was formed in 2005 by band members and neighbours at the time; Tyler Glenn and Chris Allen. The bands name originates from the lighted trees on the In-N-Out Burger signs.
They released an EP titled ""Start a Fire"" in 2009 and it was limited to one pressing of 600 units and was only available for sale at shows in their late 2009. They released their debut album ""Habits"" on March 16, 2010, under Mercury and Def Jam Recordings. They are currently signed to Mercury Records and Def Jam Recordings. They released their second studio album ""Picture Show"" on April 17, 2012. They released their third album, "Pop Psychology", on April 22, 2014.
So far as of 2014, Neon Trees have released three albums and one EP:
Becoming Different People 2006
Victor Ponta
Victor Ponta (b. 20 September 1972, Bucharest) is a Romanian politician. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) from February 2010 until July 2015 when he resigned. On 7 May 2012, he became Prime Minister of Romania. He resigned on 4 November 2015
He studied law in Bucharest, finishing in 1995. He was PSD's candidate for the Romanian presidential elections in 2014, but since then has left the Social Democratic Party and created his own party which he called the Pro Romania Party.
Victor Ponta's official site
Steering is the collection of mechanical parts which allow a vessel (ship, boat) or vehicle (truck, car, motorcycle or bicycle) to follow the desired course. Rail transport vehicles (trains and trams or streetcars) are steered by their rail tracks.
In vehicle steering, the person turning the steering wheel directly controls the rate of the turn. Response is immediate. Submarines and ships operate in water, and use control surfaces that work on the fluid. There is a delay between the steering controls and the time it takes for the system to respond.
Some land vehicles such as tanks, and some boats, can use differential steering, in which one side is pushed forward.
A game controller is a device used to play video games.
A gamepad, also known as a joypad, is a common type of game controller. They are held in both hands with thumbs and fingers used to press buttons on the gamepad. Gamepads can have a number of action buttons with one ore more control sticks. Gamepads is part of playing a video game console. A player must use a gamepad in order to play any video game. Gamepads were first used on early computers.
On a Nintendo gamepad, the action buttons are colored with letters (A, B, X, Y). There is a start and a select option on the gamepad. On the left of the gamepad, there are arrows which the player uses to move in the video game.
A paddle is a game controller with a round wheel and one or more "fire buttons". The wheel is used to control movement in a video game. The paddle was not liked by many gamer's. This type of controller was used on the "Atari 2600" and "Indy 500".
The joystick has been the principal flight control in the cockpit of many aircraft, particularly military fast jets, where centre stick or side-stick location may be employed. Joysticks are also used for controlling machines such as cranes, trucks, underwater unmanned vehicles and zero turning radius lawn mowers. Miniature finger-operated joysticks have been adopted as input devices for smaller electronic equipment such as mobile phones.
Famitsu
Florin Georgescu
Florin Georgescu (born 25 November 1953, in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician. He is the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finances. He finished the University of Finances in 1976.
Crin Antonescu
Crin Antonescu (b. 21 September 1959, Tulcea) is a Romanian liberal politician. Antonescu was the President of PNL but in 2014 quit the presidency and now is only a member of the party.
On 3 July 2012, he was elected President of the Romanian Senate. In 2014 he resigned and was replaced by Cătălin Popescu Tăriceanu
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (b. 22 September 1968, Iași) is a Romanian politician, historian and diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2007 and director of SIE from 2007 to 2012. He was Prime-minister of Romania from 9 February 2012 until 9 May 2012.
He learned at Mathematics-Physics high school "Costache Negruzzi" from Iași.
Magnetostatic loudspeaker
A magnetostatic loudspeaker is a dipole speaker. It is quite similar than electrostatic loudspeaker but it doesn't use high voltages, it uses high currents.
The impedance of a magnetostatic speaker may be so low that an amplifier has to be ready to feed low impedance. Sound quality about current speaker type is respected.
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama movie. The movie's story was about an entrepreneur, Chris Gardner, and his time while he was homeless. The movie's director was Gabriele Muccino. The movie starred Will Smith. He played Gardner in the movie. Smith's son, Jaden Smith also starred in the movie. He played Gardner's son, Christopher Jr.
The soundtrack of the movie was released on January 9, 2007.
Constitutional Court of Romania
Augustin Zegrean
Augustin Zegrean (born 29 March 1954, in Sânmartin, Cluj) is a Romanian lawyer. Since 13 July 2007, he has been a judge at the Constitutional Court of Romania. On 17 July 2010 he was chosen as President of the Constitutional Court of Romania. He graduated from the University of law Babeș-Bolyai from Cluj în 1980.
CCR might mean:
Dwight F. Davis
Dwight Filley Davis (July 5, 1879 - November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He was the founder of the international tennis competition "Davis Cup".
He served as United States Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929.
Davis died at his home in Washington, D.C. on November 28, 1945, after a six-month illness.
Sepp Blatter
Josef Blatter, mostly known as Sepp Blatter, (born 10 March 1936) is a Swiss association football administrator. He is best known as the 8th President of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). He served as president from 1998 until his resignation in 2016. He replaced the popular João Havelange. His presidency ended when he was banned from FIFA on 21 December 2015. He officially left office after Gianni Infantino replaced him on 26 February 2016.
Blatter was born in Visp, Switzerland. He studied at the University of Lausanne.
Blatter was elected President of FIFA on 8 June 1998 succeeding João Havelange. He was re-elected in 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015. But on 2 June, just days after being re-elected, he announced that he would resigned after a new president would be elected due to corruption accusations. On 8 October 2015, Blatter and other top FIFA officials were suspended amid the investigation.
On 21 December 2015 it was announced that Blatter would be banned for a period of eight years amid the corruption case. He left office on 26 February 2016 after Gianni Infantino replaced him.
Blatter was married to Liliane Biner, but the marriage didn't last. Then he married Barbara Käser in 1981. The couple divorced in 1991. Then he married Graziella Bianca in 2002. The couple divorced in 2004. He was in a relationship with Ilona Boguska from 1995 through 2002. He is now in a relationship with Linda Barras as of 2014. Blatter has one daughter, Corinne.
Blatter lives in Zürich, Switzerland with Boguska and his daughter.
Kieren Perkins
Kieren John Perkins OAM (born 14 August 1973), is an Australian professional sportsman. He is best known as a swimmer.
Perkins won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000.
Tracy Austin
Ally Sheedy
Ally Sheedy (born 13 June 1962) is an American movie and television actress who was once tied to the Brat Pack in the 1980s. She was born and raised in New York City. Notable movies in which she starred include: "The Breakfast Club", "Short Circuit" and "WarGames". The actress was born in New York City. Her father is of Irish Catholic background; her mother is Jewish.
Royal Mail Ship
Royal Mail Ship (RMS) is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail.
In the early 19th century, the British Admiralty provided RMS service.
The designation "RMS" has been used since 1840.
In 1850 contracts were awarded to private companies. Having the title "RMS" was seen as a mark of quality and a competitive advantage, because the mail had to be on time.
Royal Medical Society
Royal Medical Society (RMS) is the oldest medical society in the United Kingdom.
The RMS is a British professional society engaged in the moving forward of medical knowledge.
It was called "the Medical Society" when it was established in 1737. The Society was granted a Royal Charter in 1778.
RMS is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The society has members throughout the world.
Royal Microscopical Society
List of Royal Societies
Agnieszka
Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the forename "Agnes". It may refer to:
Angie Harmon
Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is a fashion model and actress. She appeared on the covers of "ELLE" and "Esquire" magazines. Harmon also acted in television series including "Rizzoli & Isles", "Law & Order" and "Baywatch".
Novi Sad (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, ) is the second largest city in Serbia. It is the capital of both Vojvodina and the South Bačka District.
Subotica ( ) is a city in northern Serbia. It is in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. It is the northern most city in Serbia.
The Serbian language is the most employed language in daily life, but Hungarian is also used by almost one third of the population in their daily conversations. Both languages are also widely employed in commercial and official signage
Contraband (2012 movie)
Contraband is an American action crime thriller movie. It was directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It stars Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. The movie is a remake of the 2008 Icelandic movie "Reykjavík-Rotterdam" which starred Kormákur. "Contraband" was released on January 13, 2012 in the United States by Universal Pictures. Filming took place in New Orleans, Louisiana and Panama City. "Contraband" was released to DVD on April 24, 2012 with a rating of R.
Joyful Noise is a 2012 musical movie. The movie stars Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance, and Jeremy Jordan. The screenplay was written and directed by Todd Graff. The music was by Mervyn Warren who used gospel music in the movie. "Joyful Noise" was released in the United States on January 13, 2012.
Two women are forced to work with each other after a budget cut threatens to shut down a small town choir.
The movie gross to USD$11.2 million on its opening weekend. It became the number four movie that week. It grossed $30,932,113 to date.
We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 British-American crime movie. It was directed by Lynne Ramsay. It was based on Lionel Shriver's novel of the same name. The movie was developed in 2005 but due to money problems it was not filmed until April 2010.
Tilda Swinton stars as the mother of Kevin. Throughout the movie she tries to understand why her son is a sociopath and murderer. The movie premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2011. "We Need to Talk About Kevin" was released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2012.
As of April 19, 2012, "We Need To Talk About Kevin" has grossed $1,656,241 in North America, along with $4,300,250 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $5,956,491.
Haywire is a 2011 action thriller movie. It was directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Gina Carano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, and Michael Fassbender.
"Haywire" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 1, 2012.
"Haywire" was released on January 20, 2012. It grossed USD$18.9 million on its opening weekend. It grossed to $32.4 million in total.
Ice Age: Continental Drift (also called Ice Age 4: Continental Drift or simply known as Ice Age 4) is 2012 American 3D computer animated adventure and comedy movie. It was directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier. It was written by Jason Fuchs and Michael Berg. It stars the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Peter Dinklage, Wanda Sykes, Drake, and Nicki Minaj.
It is the fourth "Ice Age" series. It was produced by Blue Sky Studios. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is also the first sequel of "Ice Age" not to be directed by Carlos Saldanha. It was the second "Ice Age" movie that is in Digital 3D. It was released in the United States on July 13, 2012. This was the first "Ice Age" movie to be shot in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio.
The movie was welcomed well from audience: they praised its story, the cast's performance, the villain, its new characters, the humor, the emotional weight and the animation, but was criticized for the siren scenes and for having Scrat as the cause of the events of the movie. The movie became a box office hit. It is currently the 6th highest-grossing animated movie in history. It is the 3rd highest-grossing movie of 2012 with a worldwide gross of over USD$800 million. "Ice Age: Continental Drift" was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on December 4, 2012.
News of another "Ice Age" sequel were announced on January 10, 2010. "The New York Times" reported that Blue Sky was working on a fourth movie. They were also developing plans on who would be voice acting in the movie. Fox later confirmed this on May 5, 2010. They released the title as "Ice Age: Continental Drift". They said that it will be released on July 13, 2012.
Non-speaking characters include:
Jeremy Renner was supposed to be the voice actor of Captain Gutt. He later dropped out because of scheduling conflicts with "The Bourne Legacy". Jennette McCurdy was originally set to voice Peaches, but dropped out because of her schedule on "iCarly".
"Ice Age: Continental Drift" is the soundtrack of the movie scored by John Powell and was released on July 10, 2012.
"Ice Age Village" is a mobile video game. It was developed by Gameloft, and was released on April 5, 2012 to iPhone, iPad, and various Android devices.
"Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games", a video game based on the movie, was published by Activision Publishing. It was developed by Behaviour Interactive and was released on July 10, 2012, on the Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Kinect for the Xbox 360.
A sequel, titled "", was released on July 22, 2016.
Emilio Estevez
The Fairly OddParents (season 1)
The first season of "The Fairly OddParents" is the first season of the program. It was first shown on television on March 30, 2001 with "The Big Problem / Power Mad".
This season only had 7 episodes.
Morgan Paull
Morgan Paull (December 15, 1944 – July 17, 2012) was an American actor. He was mostly known for his role as Holden in the Ridley Scott movie "Blade Runner".
Paull was born on December 15, 1922 in New York City, New York. Paull's career began in 1970 in the movie "Patton". His career would last until his retirement in 1996.
Paull was married to Gaye Huston from 1965 until they divorced in 1976. He was married to Carmen Paull from 1976 until they divorced in 1996. He was married to April Paull from 1990 until they divorced. He was married to Jenny Elam from 2004 until his death in 2012.
Paull had 2 daughters.
Paull died on July 17, 2012 from Stomach cancer in his home in Ashland, Oregon, he was 67 years old.
Jill St. John
Frank Cady
Randolph Cady (September 8, 1915 – June 8, 2012) was an American movie and television actor best known for his recurring and popular role as storekeeper Sam Drucker in three American television series during the 1960s — "Petticoat Junction", "Green Acres", and "The Beverly Hillbillies".
Cady was born on September 8, 1915 in Susanville, California. Cady was married to Shirley Cady from 1940 until her death in 2008. Cady had 2 children. Cady died on June 8, 2012 in his home in Wilsonville, Oregon from natural causes, aged 96.
Shiogama Jinja
The shrine was established in the ninth century. "Shiogama jinja" was one of two the chief Shinto shrines ("ichinomiya") for the Mutsu Province. When Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture were create in the Meiji period, the shrine continued to be the "ichinomiya" for the same area.
Ben Gazzara
Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American movie, stage, and Emmy Award winning television actor and director. Gazzara has appeared in many movies such as; "Capone", "Saint Jack", "An Early Frost", "Road House", "Summer Sam", "13", and his final movie "Max Rose".
Gazzara was born on August 28, 1930 in New York City, New York. He was educated at the Actors Studio and at The New School. Gazzara was married to Loiuse Erickson from 1951 until they divorced in 1957. Secondly he married Janice Rule from 1961 until they divorced in 1979. Gazzara lastly married Elke Krivat from 1982 until his death in 2012. Gazzara died on February 3, 2012 from Pancreatic cancer, he was 81 years old.
Timothy Hutton
Luke Askew
Luke Askew (March 26, 1932 – March 29, 2012) was an American movie and television actor best known for his role in the 1969 film "Easy Rider". He had a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western "Night of the Serpent" ("La notte dei serpenti" – 1969). Askew began his career in the 1967 Otto Preminger movie "Hurry Sundown" and his career would last until his retirement in 2005. Askew was born in Macon, Georgia. Askew died on March 29, 2012 from lung cancer in his home in Portland, Oregon, he was 80 years old. Askew was never married.
Lauren Hutton
Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American movie director and producer, theatre director, and actor.
Preminger was born on December 5, 1905 in Vyzhnytsia, Wiznitz, Austria–Hungary (present Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine) to Jews Markus and Josefa Preminger.
After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature movies in a 50 year career. He rose to fame for his stylish movie mysteries such as "Laura" (1944) and "Fallen Angel" (1945). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction ("The Man with the Golden Arm", 1955), rape ("Anatomy of a Murder", 1959) and gay ("Advise & Consent", 1962). He was twice nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles.
Preminger was married to Marion Mill from 1932 until they divorced in 1946. Secondly he married Mary Gardner from 1951 until they divorced in 1959. Lastly he married Hope Bryce from 1971 until his death in 1986.
Preminger died in New York City, New York on April 23, 1986, from lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease, he was 80 years old. He was cremated and is buried in the Azalea Room of the Velma B. Woolworth Memorial Chapel at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.
Ian Abercrombie
Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor.
Abercrombie was known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in "Birds of Prey". He appeared as Elaine Benes's boss, Justin Pitt, during the sixth season of "Seinfeld", and Rupert Cananaugh, Ian Hainsworth's butler, in "Desperate Housewives". His career started in 1955 and would last until his death in 2012.
Abercrombie was born in September 11, 1934 in Grays, Essex, England. Abercrombie was married to Elizabeth Romano from 1956 until they divorced. Lastly he married Gladys Abercrombie until his death in 2012.
Abercrombie died on January 26, 2012, at 10:30am, in Hollywood, California from kidney failure. He was 77 years old.
Esther Rolle
Esther Rolle (November 8 1920 – November 17 1998) was an American actress. She was best known known for the series "Good Times". She died from diabetes.
Esther Williams
Esther Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American former swimmer and actress. She starred in movies in her career. She later became a businesswoman.
She was born in Inglewood, California.
Williams died in her sleep on June 6, 2013 in her Los Angeles home.
Anthony Bate
Anthony Bate (August 31, 1927 – June 19, 2012) was an English actor.
He is possibly best known for his role as Oliver Lacon in the BBC television adaptations of the John le Carré novels "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier", "Spy" and "Smiley's People".
Bate's other credits include: "Dixon of Dock Green", "The Saint", "The Avengers", "Prime Suspect", "A Touch of Frost and Midsomer Murders".
Bate was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England on August 31, 1927 to Hubert George Cookson Bate and to Cecile Marjorie Canadine. Bate was educated at the King Edward VI School, Stourbridge and at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His career would begin in 1953 and would last until his retirement in 2005.
Bate lived in London, England. Bate was married to Diana Fay from 1954 until his death in 2012, together they had 2 children. Bate died in Newport, Isle of Wight from a short illness, he was 84 years old.
Christina Pickles
Christina Pickles (born 17 February 1935) is an English movie, stage, and television actress, best known for her long-running role of Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the hospital drama "St. Elsewhere", for which she was nominated for four Emmy Awards. Pickles is also known as for playing Ross Geller's mother (alongside Elliott Gould) in the hit comedy sitcom "Friends". She was born in Yorkshire, England. She is currently not married.
Michael York
Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 1942) is an English actor. York has a career that has spanned for 47 years. York has appeared in many movies such as; "Justine", "The Guru", "Murder on Orient Express", "Logan's Run", "Fedora", "True Women", "Austin Powers Movie Series", and in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".
York was born in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England and is a naturalized American citizen. He studied at Bromley Grammar School for Boys and at the University College, Oxford. York has been married to Patricia McCallum since 1965. He has a stepson.
In 2013, York announced he is suffering from amyloidosis and this has affected his voice and face.
Emil Boc
Emil Boc (b. 6 September 1966, Răchițele, Cluj) is a Romanian politician. He was the president of the Democratic Liberal Party from 2005 to 2012. He was Prime Minister of Romania from 2008 - February 2012. Now he is Mayor of Cluj-Napoca.
He finished The University of History and Philosophy Cluj and Law School.
Fukui, Fukui
Fukui City (or Fukui-shi; 福井市,) is the capital city of Fukui prefecture in Japan. It became a core city of Japan in 2019. As of July 2020, there are 262,245 people living there. The land area is 275,381,842 square kilometers (1 October 2018).
From the Meiji period, the silk fabrics industry was a big business in Fukui City, but it has decreased after World WarⅡ. Today the main industries of Fukui-shi are for fabrics and chemicals.
Because Fukui prefecture is famous for dinosaurs, there are monuments of dinosaurs in front of JR Fukui station in the downtown of Fukui-shi. In addition, the building that is called "happiring" was built as part of city planning near the station. There are 186 cultural properties which include historical material, architectures, works of art, ethnic sites, scenic beauties, and cultural landscape.
Fukui City (Fukui-jo) was built by Shibata Katsuie as a castle town in 1575. It was destroyed by far because of the war with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Yuki (Matsudaira) Hideyasu later rebuilt the castle.
Fukui City was called Fukui-han from 1600 to 1871. In the late Edo period, before the Meiji Restoration (1868), the historical figures were active; The representative names are Matsudaira Shungaku, Hashimoto Sanai, Kusakabe Taro, and W.E.Griffis. They have contributed to Fukui City and Japan.
From the 1890s, silk cloth business became the main business in Fukui City. On 19 July 1945, during World War Ⅱ, Fukui City was attacked by the United States, then the town was destroyed.
People in Fukui City have rebuilt the town. However, an earthquake (Fukui-jishin) destroyed the city on 8 July 1948.The number of victims is 3,858 people. With the support from the Japanese government and other prefectures, Fukui City has been rebuilt within one year.
In 2018, Fukui city was hit by heavy snow (Fukui-gosetsu). The city overcame this disaster by asking many groups such as self-defense forces for help. In the same year, Fukui city was chosen as a core city because of change in the law. Thanks to it, Fukui city has been able to provide high quality service to citizen.
Obama, Fukui
Obama has a humid subtropical climate characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Obama is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2005 mm with September as the wettest month.The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.8 °C.
In the pre-modern period, Obama was the main port and capital of Wakasa Province.
In the Edo period, Obama was the capital of the Obama Domain.
In 1871, the Obama Domain become Obama prefecture after the abolition of domains and establishment of prefectures.
Later, the merger was repeated and in 1951 the present city of Obama was established.
In 2009, Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, acknowledged his connection with Obama city. He mentioned it in a speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Residents of Obama city have supported him since before he became the president.
Traditional Crafts
Wakasa Lacquer uses a "polishing" technique that involves coating on many layers of lacquer. Wakasa Lacquer made over several months’ time by coating the finest lacquer some ten-odd times, applying a pattern with shells, eggshells, and gold leafs, and polishing it with stones and charcoal.
Wakasa agate work is the root of precious stone work of Japan. Wakasa agate works carved through unique technique is the greatest of precious stone arts. Wakasa agate work is made by applying heat to the rough stone to make it red, and deciding the shape of carving taking into consideration the scratches on the natural stone and long-lasting polishing work.
Since Obama is facing the sea of Japan, it has a lot of fish. "Heshiko" is a traditional dish that uses a salted blue-skin fish, and it can be preserved for a long time.
Yopparaisaba uses mackerel that was raised on sake lees.
Omizuokuri is an event that is held on every March second by Jinguji-Temple. In this event, they put purified water in the depth of Unose.Ten days after this event, an event called Omizutori is held in Nigatsu-do Hall in Nara Prefecture, and the water comes from Jinguji-Temple is drew up on Nigatsu-do Hall.
Ike Turner
Ike Turner (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter and recording artist. He recorded many hit records, most of which were done with his wife Tina Turner. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, although he later moved to St. Louis, Missouri then to California. He died of an accidental cocaine overdose in San Diego.
Nicolae Văcăroiu
Nicolae Văcăroiu (born 5 December 1943 in Cetatea Albă, now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine) is a Romanian politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party. He was the Prime Minister between 1992 and 1996. Before the 1989 Revolution he worked at the Committee for State Planning with Theodor Stolojan.
He was the President of the Senate of Romania for almost eight years.
On 14 October 2008 he was voted by the Parliament as President of the Court of Audit.
Galina Bob
Melissa &amp; Joey
Melissa & Joey is an ABC Family television series. It stars Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. It first aired on ABC Family on August 17, 2010. The show follows local politician Mel Burke (Melissa Joan Hart) and Joe Longo (Joey Lawrence). Mel hires him to take care of her niece and nephew after a Ponzi scheme leaves him broke.
The show has been renewed by ABC Family for a second season of fifteen episodes. They began airing on May 30, 2012. The show is ranked number one on Cable TV's telecast at 8 o'clock for people ages 18–34, 18-49 and 12-34. On August 17, 2012, ABC Family renewed the show for a third season. It premiered in Spring 2013. The fourth series begins in October 2014.
On May 24, 2011, "Shout! Factory" released "Melissa & Joey: Season One, Part One" on DVD in Region 1. It includes special features and a sneak peek of the rest of season one episodes, bloopers and interviews with the cast. On October 4, 2011, "Shout! Factory" released "Melissa & Joey: Season One, Part Two" on DVD in Region 1. It included the rest of the episodes of the first season in a 2-disc set.
Mel Burke (Melissa Joan Hart) lives in Toledo, Ohio. She is a politician there. Her sister and brother-in-law ran a Ponzi scheme. The sister is in prison and the brother-in-law is on the run. This leaves her niece Lennox and her nephew Ryder without their parents to take care of them. Mel takes them into her home. However, Joe Longo (Joey Lawrence) used to work for Mel's brother-in-law and lost everything he had including his car, money, house and his wife who left him. He tries to find a job. Mel finds it hard to handle her own life including parenting her niece and nephew. She hires Joe to become the family's new male nanny, or "manny".
Mario Van Peebles
Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers (October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American television personality and actress. She has been on many TV programs. These include "The Nanny", "Melrose Place" and "Frasier". She is also a newspaper columnist. Many date of birth related sources say 1927 is her birth year while others claim 1928 or 1929 was her birth year. Brothers died on May 13, 2013 in Fort Lee, New Jersey from respiratory failure, aged 85.
Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom (Herbert Karel Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru, September 11, 1917 – September 27, 2012) was a Czech-English movie, stage, and television actor who was based London, England in the United Kingdom since 1939 until his retirement in 2009.
In a career lasting more than 60 years he appeared in character roles, usually playing villains early in his career and professional men in later years. He is best known for his role as (former) Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the "Pink Panther" movie series. Lom retired in 2009.
Lom was born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) on September 11, 1917 to Karl ze Schluderpacheru and to Olga (née Gottlieb). He was raised in London, England. Lom was married three times. He was married to Dina Shea from 1948 until they divorced in 1971. Lom had three children. Lom was friends with actor Peter Sellers.
Lom died on September 27, 2012 in his sleep in his London, England home from natural causes, aged 95. Lom died just 16 days later from his 95th birthday.
The Satanic Bible is a book by Anton LaVey. The Church of Satan considers it their main text. It is a collection of essays that detail the core principles of Satanism. It is not a book about worshiping Satan. Satan in The Satanic Bible is just a symbol of freedom from the restrictive rules of Christianity and other right-hand path religions. The Satanic Bible teaches that God and the Devil do not exist, and encourages people to worship themselves instead.
Don Grady
Don Louis Agrati (June 8, 1944 – June 27, 2012), better known as Don Grady, was an American television, and movie actor, composer, and musician. He was best known both as one of Mickey Mouse's original "Mouseketeers", and as Robbie Douglas on "My Three Sons". His sister was also an actress, billed as Lani O'Grady. Their father was Lou A. Agrati. Their mother was a talent agent, known as Mary Grady.
Grady was born in San Diego, California on June 8, 1944. Grady was married two times; first to Julie Boonisar from 1976 until they divorced in 1979. Lastly he was married to Virginia Lewsader from 1985 until his death in 2012. Grady died on June 27, 2012 in his home in Thousand Oaks, California from cancer. He was 68 years old.
George Murdock
George Murdock (June 25, 1930 – April 30, 2012) was an American television and movie actor.
Among his most famous characters for movies and TV were Lt. Scanlon, the oily Internal Affairs officer in "Barney Miller", Dr. Salik in "Battlestar Galactica" TV series and his appearance in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", directed by William Shatner, who called him "a wonderful actor". Murdock career would begin in 1961 until his death in 2012.
Murdock was born on June 25, 1930 in Salina, Kansas. Murdock was never married and had no children. Murdock died on April 30, 2012 in a hospital in Burbank, California from complications from cancer, he was 81 years old.
Doris Singleton