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American critic Janet Maslin called the film "the perfect play about literature for anyone who wouldn't dream of actually reading books".
Chicago critic Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four. He said Russell's screen adaptation "added mistresses, colleagues, husbands, in-laws, students and a faculty committee, [that were] all unnecessary".
In 1999, the film was among the BFI Top 100 British films.
In 2007, while promoting the remake of "Sleuth", Caine called "Educating Rita" "the last good picture [he] made before [he] mentally retired."
The film was released on DVD in the UK and the US. In 2008, ITV Studios released it on Blu-Ray in the UK (Region B) as a 25th Anniversary edition.
In November 2002, the then-82-year-old director Lewis Gilbert said he would like to remake it "with a black cast that could include Halle Berry and Denzel Washington". principal photography was to commence in 2003. The project was abandoned.
Pauline Collins
Pauline Collins (born 3 September 1940) is an English actress of stage, television, and movies.
Her first major role was in 1971 as Sarah Moffat in "Upstairs, Downstairs".
In 1988, Collins played the title role in the play "Shirley Valentine".
In 1989, She reprised the role in the movie adaptation. She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
In 1992, she released her autobiography, titled "Letter to Louise".
Collins was born in Exmouth, Devon. Her mother was a school teacher. Her father was a school headmaster. She was brought up as a Roman Catholic in Wallasey near Liverpool. Her great-uncle was Irish poet Jeremiah Joseph Callanan.
Collins was educated at Sacred Heart High School. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She worked as a teacher until 1962. She then made her stage debut at Windsor in "A Gazelle in Park Lane". In 1965, she made her West End debut in "Passion Flower Hotel". During the play's run, she made her first movie, "Secrets of a Windmill Girl". It was released in 1966.
Collins played Samantha Briggs in the 1967 "Doctor Who" serial "The Faceless Ones". She declined an offer of a role as a new companion for the Doctor.
Other early TV credits include the UK's first medical soap "Emergency - Ward 10" (1960). In 1969, she was in the pilot episode and first series of "The Liver Birds".
Collins first became well known for her role as the maid Sarah in the 1970s ITV drama series "Upstairs, Downstairs". The character was in the first two series. In the second series she appeared with her actor husband, John Alderton. In 1979, they starred in a spin-off, "Thomas & Sarah". They also starred in the sitcom "No, Honestly". This was written by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham. From 1975 to 1978, they worked together in a series of short-story adaptations called "Wodehouse Playhouse". In 1983, they narrated the animated British children's TV series "Little Miss".
In April 1972, she was a subject of the television programme "This Is Your Life", being surprised by Eamonn Andrews.
In 1973, in her "Upstairs, Downstairs" role, Collins recorded a single for Decca called "What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur?". It was performed by her character several times during the series. The 'B' side was "With Every Passing Day" (a vocal version of the show's theme).
In 1988, Collins starred in the one-woman play "Shirley Valentine" in London. In 1989 she reprised the role on Broadway. She was then in the 1989 movie version. The movie won a number of awards and nominations. Both the play and the feature movie used the technique known as "breaking the fourth wall". The character Shirley Valentine directly addresses the audience throughout the story.
Collins starred alongside her husband in the popular ITV drama series "Forever Green". This was created and written by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham. It was about a couple who start a new life in the country with their children. It ran from 1989 to 1992 in over 18 episodes.
In 1990, Collins was voted sexiest woman in Britain.
In 2006, she became only the third actor to have been in both the original and new series of "Doctor Who". She appeared in the episode "Tooth and Claw" as Queen Victoria.
In 2015, she appeared as Mrs Gamp in the BBC TV series "Dickensian".
In the 2001 Birthday Honours, Collins was agiven an OBE for services to drama.
Collins married actor John Alderton in 1969 and lives in Hampstead, London, with her husband and their three children, Nicholas, Kate, and Richard. She also has an older daughter with actor Tony Rohr, Louise, whom she gave up for adoption. They were reunited when Louise was 22 years old.
Panasonic Q
The Panasonic Q is a variant of the Nintendo Gamecube. It plays both Gamecube games and DVDs. It was only released in Japan.
NES Advantage
Nintendo 64 controller
Wii U GamePad
The Wii U GamePad is a tablet like controller for the Wii U. It has a touch screen and gyroscopic controls. Many criticized it for its poor battery life.
Super Scope
NES Max
Power Glove
The Power Glove is a third party controller made by Mattel. It is a commercialized version of a concept for a fiber optic glove. It is also one of the first examples of a motion controlled device used for video games. It did not catch on with audiences, and was critically panned across the board. It is heavily featured in the movie "The Wizard".
Nintendo GameCube controller
The Nintendo GameCube controller is the main controller for the Nintendo GameCube. It features rumble in it. In December 2019, it was announced Nintendo will release the Super Smash Bros GameCube controller again.
Nintendo GameCube–Game Boy Advance link cable
The Nintendo GameCube-Game Boy Advance link cable (abbreviated NGC-GBA link cable) is a device that allows the Game Boy Advance to connect with the GameCube. It is also compatible with the eReader, but requires more systems for this connectivity.
SNES Mouse
IQue Player
The iQue Player is a special version of the Nintendo 64 made for the Chinese market. It is very rare, and only few exist. You can play some games, and some demos like Super Mario 64. You can only have 5 games at a time.
Remo Bodei
Remo Bodei (3 August 1938 – 7 November 2019) was an Italian philosopher. He was Professor of the history of philosophy at the University of California at Los Angeles. He also taught at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Bodei was born in Cagliari, Italy. His initial interests were in classical German philosophy and the Weimar Classicism period (1770–1830). He wrote over 200 papers on utopian.
Bodei died on 7 November 2019 at the age of 81.
George Tarasovic
George Kenneth Tarasovic (May 6, 1930 – October 2019) was a college and professional American football player. He played 15 years in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Denver Broncos. He was born in Granville, New York.
On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Tarasovic had died in October in Savannah, Georgia at age 89.
Granville, New York
Granville, New York is a town on the eastern border of Washington County. It is also near Rutland County, Vermont. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 6,456 at the 2000 census.
Fort Edward (town), New York
Fort Edward is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. The population was 10,205 at the 2011 census. It is the county seat of Washington County.
Parsa District
Parsa District (, a part of Province No. 2 in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2001) of 497,219. According to the locals, Parsa is named after Parsagadhi temple situated in the district.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Parsa District had a population of 601,017. Of these, 78.1% spoke Bhojpuri, 6.4% Nepali, 5.1% Maithili, 3.8% Tharu, 2.2% Urdu, 1.3% Tamang, 0.8% Rajasthani and 0.7% Newari as their first language.
30.4% of the population in the district spoke Nepali, 5.4% Bhojpuri and 4.9% Hindi as their second language.
VDC/s and Municipalities (blue) in Parsa District
The district consists of one metropolitan city, three urban municipalities and ten rural municipalities. These are as follows:
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City of Joy (movie)
City of Joy is a 1992 French-British drama movie. It was directed by Roland Joffé. The screenplay is by Mark Medoff.
It is based on the novel by Dominique Lapierre. The story looks at the life in Indian slums.
Hasari Pal (Om Puri) is a rural farmer. He moves to Calcutta with his wife Kamla (Shabana Azmi) and three children. They seek a better life. They are cheated out of their rent money and thrown out on the streets. It is difficult for Hasari to find a job. The family refuses to give up. They find their place in the poverty-stricken city.
At the same time, Max Lowe (Patrick Swayze) arrives in Calcutta. He is a US surgeon. He is upset after the loss of a young patient.
He seeks spiritual enlightenment. He encounters misfortune as soon as he arrives. He is tricked by a young prostitute. He is roughed up by thugs. He loses his documents and valuables.
Hasari comes to Max's aid. He takes the injured doctor to the "City of Joy". This is a slum area populated with lepers and poor people. This becomes their new home. Max spends a lot of time there. He does not want to become too involved with the residents because he is afraid of becoming emotionally attached to them. An Irish woman, Joan (Pauline Collins), runs the local clinic. She persuades Max to help.
Max begins to fit in with his fellow slum-dwellers. He becomes more optimistic. Ther people around him have much worse lives. Their hope give new strengths to the depressed doctor.
The movie was not a box office success. The film grossed $14.7 million in the United States.
The film received mixed reviews. It received a 56% 'rotten' rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes.
Butch Goring
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Jouko Innanen
Jouko Innanen (29 October 1952 – 1 October 2019) was a Finnish cartoonist. Innanen's cartoons were published in the magazines "Iltalehti", "Turun Sanomat", "Länsi-Savo", "Itä-Savo" and "Länsiväylä". He died in Savonlinna.
Kranji MRT station
Kranji MRT station (NS7) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South Line in Sungei Kadut, Singapore.
Kranji station was not included in the North South Line Woodlands Extension when it was proposed in 1990. It was later included as a temporary station that will be built at a later stage.
Kranji station was eventually built to serve the Singapore Turf Club. This station also serves as a key transfer point for passengers that are going to Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Echocardiography or Echocardiyogram is an ultrasound to view and hear the heart.
Echocardiography is able to view two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and Doppler ultrasound to create images and sounds of the heart.
The echocardiography machine's are mainly used in hospitals.
Echocardiography dates back to the 1950s and was invented by Carl Helmuth Hertz and Inge Edler.
Admiralty MRT station
Admiralty MRT station (NS10) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South Line in Woodlands, Singapore. The name of this station came from a former British naval base located on the northern coast of Singapore.
In 1990, the government proposed to build the North South Line Woodlands Extension to extend the existing North-South and East-West lines. The extension connects Choa Chu Kang with Yishun. Construction started in 1991 and the station was opened on 10 February 1996 along with the other five stations on the Woodlands Extension. Television screens were installed at Admiralty station, along with Woodlands, Marsiling and Yew Tee stations.
On 2 March 2007, 2,900 commuters were stranded as train services between the Admiralty and Kranji MRT stations were disrupted for about 45 minutes. Bridging bus services were deployed to ferry the passengers to Kranji.
On 7 June 2017, a 34 year-old man was arrested for leaving a luggage bag unattended at the bicycle bay of the station.
Divo, Ivory Coast
Divo is a city in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Divo Department. It is also the seat of Lôh-Djiboua Region in Gôh-Djiboua District and a commune. In the 2014 census, the population of Divo was 179,455, making it the tenth-most populated city in the country.
The city is served by Divo Airport.
Divo was the seat of the Sud-Bandama region from 1997 to 2011.
The Firm (1989 movie)
The Firm is a 1989 British made-for-television drama movie.
It was directed by Alan Clarke. It was written by Al Hunter Ashton for the BBC.
It stars Gary Oldman, Phil Davis, Charles Lawson and Steve McFadden.
The film is based on the activities of the Inter City Firm, a football firm of West Ham United during the 1970s and 1980s.
The film, courted controversy on release. It has come to be regarded among the best films on the subject of football hooliganism.
It is notable for having almost no background music. The only music is over the opening titles. It is Dean Martin's rendition of "That's Amore".
Oldman's performance has been hailed as one of the greatest of his career.
Clive Bissel (nicknamed "Bex", or "Bexy") is a married man with a baby son. He is the leader of a hooligan firm known as the ICC (Inter City Crew). His wife disapproves of his activities as a football hooligan. These contrast to his respectable job as an estate agent. He is unwilling to give up violence as it gives him a "buzz".
Bexy's father accepts his son's lifestyle. He takes a group photograph of the 'tooled up' gang. He boasts that he did similar activities when younger. He feels that Bex has gone soft because they now use weapons.
The film begins with a rival gang called "The Buccaneers" vandalising Bexy's Ford Sierra XR4x4. While Bexy is playing football, they spray graffiti in the dressing room. Yeti, the leader of the Bucaneeers drives a white Volkswagen Golf GTi cabriolet across the football pitch.
Bexy wants to form a 'National Firm' made up from rival gangs. He wants this 'firm' to be big enough to take on the large international hooligan groups. Bexy meets leaders from other firms in the Tower Hotel in London. This includes the Buccaneers. The other gangs like the idea. They do not like the idea of Bexy being "top boy". The rival firms agree to fight each other to decide who will lead the new "firm" into Europe.
Bexy uses intimidation to keep his position as leader of the ICC. The young men think of themselves as respected figures in their local community. Bexy's wife tells him that is not correct. She says everyone thinks of him as a joke. She says they fear his violent nature, so few are willing to stand up to him.
The ICC survive violent clashes with the other gangs. They must still defeat the Buccaneers. Bexy is looking forward to defeating Yeti. Bexy beats up Yeti during the ICC's clash with the Buccaneers. He is shot dead by an injured Yeti.
The closing scene depicts the surviving ICC members in a pub. They honour Bexy as a hero. They will fight the European firms in memory of their dead leader. The hooligans agree that Bex was a visionary who brought them together. They give him legendary status. They vow to continue.
"The Firm" proved controversial.
It has been both celebrated and condemned for its violent content.
Tom Dawson in "The List" reported that it "is widely considered to be the toughest and most insightful screen depiction of football hooligans".
"Vice" critic Harry Sword wrote that ""The Firm" remains the definitive celluloid document on football hooliganism".
Philip French in "The Observer" described the film as "by some way the best movie on the subject of football hooliganism and a key text on the subject of Thatcher's Britain."
Film4 hailed "The Firm" as a "brilliant and compelling drama". It features Oldman "at his visceral, intense best".
Josh Winning of "Total Film" observed its "unflinching depictions of violence". He named Oldman's "stunning" performance as the best of his career.
In 2018, Matthew Thrift of the British Film Institute wrote that Bissell "remains probably Gary Oldman's greatest screen performance".
"The Firm" has been described as a cult classic.
The film was first released on VHS on 21 Oct 1996. It was in a double pack with the similarly themed ID.
A DVD was first released by Prism Leisure on 2 Feb 2004.
The film has been sold as part of numerous box-sets. These often include films of a similar nature or from director Alan Clarke.
On 10 Sep 2007, the BBC released a special edition DVD in collectible SteelBook packaging. Extra features on the special edition include:
A version of the film was included in the 2016 DVD set "Alan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 2: Disruption". This version includes censored scenes restored from tape. The new scenes include: a more graphic version of Bex's blinding of Oboe, a scene of Bex mock-raping his wife, and Bex performing a knife attack on Yeti's private parts).
It was also released as a stand-alone DVD. Both releases were under the British Film Institute's control.
The story was adapted by Nick Love into the 2009 film of the same name.
Firm (disambiguation)
A firm is a commercial partnership of two or more people.
Firm or The Firm may also refer to:
Randnet
Randnet is the online system for the Nintendo 64DD. It was required for it to function. It no longer exists as of now. The service was only released in Japan.
Millook
Millook is a place on the north coast of Cornwall. It has these remarkable cliffs. The cliffs at Millook are so famous they were voted by the Geological Society as one of Britain's top 10 geological sites. They came top of the "folding and faulting" category.
The cliffs have a series of horizontal chevron folds. The rocks were once sedimentary rocks laid down in deep water during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. We know this because they still contain brachiopod fossils of a type which lived in the late Devonian period. Later they were altered by heat from granite during mountain building in the English counties of Devon and Cornwall.
The Variscan orogeny caused the intrusion of the hot granite. The subsequent contact with the sandstones created the metamorphic rocks seen today. This also put intense pressure on the sediments causing them to be folded and faulted. What we see is a small part of a huge mountain system caused by a continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana. This formed the supercontinent of Pangaea.
Nintendo Network
The Nintendo Network is the online service for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. A Nintendo Network ID is required to use it.
Basel Mission
Duty to rescue
Duty to rescue is a concept that many law systems have: In certain cirumstances, someone can be held responsible for not helping another person who is in danger, and who would be injured, or who would die, if not helped. People are required to help to the best of their abilities. As a bare minimum, this often means alerting emergency services.
Not all law systems have this concept, and in general the following is true:
Those helping are often protected by law, against errors they make.
In many cases, the duty to rescue has become customary law. This is the case for example for helping people at sea.
A moral or ethical duty to rescue may exist even where there is no legal duty to rescue. Such a duty can be justified in different ways.
One kind of justification is general and applies regardless of role-related relationships: Under this general justification, people have a duty to rescue other people in distress because of their common humanity. With this justification, the specific skills of the rescuer or the nature of the victim's distress are irrelevant.
This kind would justify cases of rescue and in fact make such rescue a duty even between strangers. With this justification in mind, philosopher Peter Singer suggests that if one saw a child drowning and could intervene to save him, they should do so, if the cost is moderate to themselves. Damage to their clothing or shoes or how late it might make them for a meeting would be an insufficient excuse to avoid assistance. Singer goes on to say that one should also try to rescue distant strangers, not just nearby children, because globalization has made it possible to do so. Such general arguments for a duty to rescue also explain why after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Haitians were digging family members, friends, and strangers out of the rubble with their bare hands and carrying injured persons to whatever medical care was available. It also explains why, journalist and physician Sanjay Gupta and a number of other MD-journalists began acting as physicians to treat injuries rather than remaining uninvolved in their journalistic roles. Similarly, they justify journalist Anderson Cooper's attempt to shepherd an injured young boy away from some "toughs" nearby in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.
Specific arguments for such a duty to rescue include:
There are also ethical justifications for role-specific or skill-specific duties of rescue such as those described above under the discussion of U.S. Common Law. Generally, these justifications are rooted in the idea that the "best" rescues, the most effective rescues, are done by those with special skills. Such persons, when available to rescue, are thus even more required to do so ethically than regular persons who might simply make things worse (for a utilitarian, rescue by a skilled professional in a relevant field would maximize the good even better than rescue by a regular stranger). This particular ethical argument makes sense when considering the ability firefighters to get both themselves and victims safely out of a burning building, or of health care personnel such as physicians, nurses, physician's assistants, and EMTs to provide medical rescue.
Team Trees is a non-profit fundraiser trying to plant 20 million trees by 2020. It was created by the YouTubers MrBeast and Mark Rober, and many other YouTubers have helped too. The donations go to the Arbor Day Foundation, a group that plants one tree for every $1 received. Mark Rober himself has made a self tree planting drone and pls look into it
Russian Grand Prix
The Russian Grand Prix () is an annual auto race held at Sochi Autodrom – a street circuit built around Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, as part of the Formula One World Championship.
Monrovia, Kansas
Monrovia is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, USA. Monrovia is at .
Monrovia was platted in 1856. This makes it one of the oldest towns in Atchison County. The community on the Missouri Pacific Railroad never did grow enough to meet its creators' expectations.
A post office was opened in Monrovia in 1857. It was used until it was discontinued in 1955.
Canadian Home Video Rating System
The Canadian Home Video Rating System is a voluntary rating classification system applied to home video products such as VHS and DVDs. It was originally created in 1946 as Motion Picture Classification Corporation of Canada.
There are six ratings:
CHVRS
William Wintersole
William Wintersole (July 30, 1931 – November 5, 2019) was an American actor. He appeared on "The Young and the Restless" for over 20 years as Mitchell Sherman. On "General Hospital" he was "Ted Ballantine".
Wintersole was a character actor. He appeared in television series, including "I Dream of Jeannie", "Kojak", "Little House on the Prairie", "Quincy, M.E.", "Bonanza", "", and "The Fugitive".
Hermanubis
Günter Litfin
Günter Litfin (19 January 1937 – 24 August 1961) was a German tailor. He was the second known person to die at the Berlin Wall.
Litfin was the first victim to be killed by East German border troops. He was the first to succumb to gunshot wounds, and was the first male victim.
Aviation Park MRT station
Aviation Park MRT station (CR2) is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Cross Island MRT line. The station is in Changi, Singapore and will serve as the terminating point for the Cross Island line.
The code "CR1" is reserved for a future extension towards Changi Airport.
The station was first announced on 25 January 2019 as part of the Cross Island Line (CRL). Construction will start in 2020 and expected to be completed by 2029.
Loyang MRT station
Loyang MRT station (CR3) is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Cross Island MRT line. The station is in Pasir Ris, Singapore.
The station was first mentioned in 2013 as one of the residential areas that the Cross Island line will serve. It was then officially announced on 25 January 2019 as part of the Cross Island Line (CRL). Construction works will start in 2020 and expected to be completed by 2029.
Pasir Ris East MRT station
Pasir Ris East MRT station (CR4) is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Cross Island MRT line. The station is in Pasir Ris, Singapore.
Master Roshi
Master Roshi is a major character in the manga and anime "Dragon Ball" created by Akira Toriyama. He is a old hermit who lives on a island in the Kame House who will be the teacher of Goku, Krillin and Yamcha. He is the man who developed he Kamehameha technique. One of his quirks is having nosebleeds when he sees beautiful girls (like Bulma). During the World Martial arts tournaments he adoptes the identity of Jackie Chun.
Santa Fe de Nuevo México
Santa Fe de Nuevo México (shortened to "Nuevo México" and translated into English as "New Mexico") was a Kingdom of New Spain and a territory of Mexico from 1598 until 1846. Then it was part of the United States of America for two years until 1848.
After this it officially became part of the United States. First it was the New Mexico Territory. Now it is the US state New Mexico.
Tampines North MRT station
Tampines North MRT station (CR6) is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Cross Island MRT line. The station is in Tampines, Singapore.
The distance between this station and the next station, Defu, is the furthest between any two stations on the MRT Network. The station was first announced on 25 January 2019 as part of the Cross Island Line (CRL). Construction will start in 2020 and expected to be completed by 2029.
Oron-le-Châtel
Oron-le-Châtel was a municipality in Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2012 the municipalities Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye joined together to become the new municipality called Oron.
Vuibroye
Vuibroye was a municipality in Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2012 the municipalities Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye joined together to become the new municipality called Oron.
André Breton
André Robert Breton (; 18 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer, poet and anti-fascist. He is known best as the co-founder and principal theorist of Surrealism. His works include the first "Surrealist Manifesto" ("Manifeste du surréalisme") of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
He led a surrealist group with members like Salvador Dali and Max Ernest.
Ema Horvath
Ema H. Horvath (born January 28, 1994) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shell in the 2017 horror movie "Like. Share. Follow.", and for her performance as Auna Rue in the 2019 horror movie "The Gallows Act II".
Horvath was born on January 28, 1994.
Grandvaux, Switzerland
Grandvaux was a municipality in Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011 the municipalities Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette (Lavaux) joined together to become the new municipality called Bourg-en-Lavaux.
Riex
Riex was a municipality in Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011 the municipalities Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette (Lavaux) joined together to become the new municipality called Bourg-en-Lavaux.
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Union City, Oklahoma
Union City is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
The Broker's Man
The Broker's Man is a BBC British television drama series.
Jimmy Griffin is an ex-detective. He uses his skills as a fraud investigator for an insurance company.
"The Broker's Man" was produced by Bentley Productions for BBC One.
It starred Kevin Whately as Jimmy Griffin.
It ran for two series from 17 June 1997 to 27 August 1998.
It was filmed in the years between Whately's role as Inspector Lewis in the two TV series, "Inspector Morse" and "Lewis".
The complete series of "The Broker's Man" was released on DVD by Acorn Media UK on 4 February 2008.
A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 British-American heist comedy film. Charles Crichton directed the movie. John Cleese wrote the screenplay.
It stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin as a gang of diamond thieves. They double-cross one another to find stolen diamonds hidden by the gang leader. A barrister (Cleese) becomes a main character as "femme fatale" Wanda (Curtis) uses him to locate the loot.
It was Crichton's last movie.
Kline won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Cleese and Crichton received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Crichton was nominated for Best Director.
Cleese won a BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Palin won for Best Supporting Actor. Curtis received a nomination for Best Leading Actress. Maria Aitken received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Cleese received a nomination for best actor and Curtis received a nomination for best Actress at the Golden Globes
Another movie called "Fierce Creatures" came out in 1997. The same actors star in it but play different characters. It does not continue the story of A Fish Called Wanda.
George Thomason and Ken Pile are gangsters in London. Ken loves animals and he has a stutter. They plan to steal a jewels. They ask two Americans for help: con artist Wanda Gershwitz and weapons expert Otto West. Otto is a stupid and mean. Also, he does not like British people. Wanda and Otto are lovers. They hide this from George and Ken by pretending to be siblings. This frees Wanda to work her charms on them.
The robbery is successful and the gang escapes with a lot of diamonds. They hide them in a safe in an old workshop. Wanda and Otto betray George to the police and he is arrested. They return to collect the diamonds. Wanda plans to double-cross Otto as well. She finds that George has moved the diamonds. Wanda discovers the key to the safe deposit box containing the diamonds in Ken's fish tank. She hides it in her pendant.
Wanda seduces George's barrister, Archie Leach. Archie is in a loveless marriage. He quickly falls for Wanda. She gets him to persuade George to plead guilty and to tell the location of the diamonds. Otto is jealous. His interference causes Wanda and Archie's liaisons to go disastrously wrong. Wanda accidentally leaves her pendant at Archie's house. Archie's wife, Wendy, mistakes it as a gift for her. At Wanda's insistence, Archie recovers the pendant by staging a burglary. Archie feels guilty and ends the affair.
George asks Ken to kill Mrs Coady. She is the Crown's only eyewitness to the robbery. Ken tries three times. Each time he accidentally kills one of her dogs instead. This causes him great distress. The last dog's death gives her a fatal heart attack. So Otto is successful. With no witness, George seems poised to get off soon. He reveals the location of the diamonds to Ken. Otto learns Ken now knows where they are. Otto tries to force Ken to reveal where the diamonds are by eating his pet fish. He leaves Ken's favourite, named Wanda, until last. Ken reveals that the diamonds are at a hotel near Heathrow Airport.
With Otto's knowledge and Wanda's key, the pair want George to remain in jail. At his trial, defence witness Wanda unexpectedly gives evidence against him. Archie is stunned. He is flustered and messess up his questioning. He inadvertently calls Wanda "darling". Wendy realises that Archie has had an affair. She declares their marriage over.
With no career and no marriage, Archie resolves to cut his losses, steal the diamonds for himself and flee to South America. George tells Archie that Ken knows where the diamonds are. Archie sees Wanda fleeing the courthouse. He pulls her into his car and races to Ken's flat. As Archie runs into the building, Otto steals Archie's car, taking Wanda with him. Ken and Archie give chase. Otto and Wanda recover the diamonds. Wanda double-crosses Otto and leaves him unconscious in a broom cupboard. After recovering, Otto shoots his way out and is confronted by Archie. Otto is about to kill Archie. Archie stalls him by taunting Otto about American failures such as the Vietnam War. Ken arrives, driving a steamroller, seeking vengeance for his fish. Otto, who has stepped in wet concrete and cannot move, is run over but survives. Archie and Wanda board the plane. Otto clings to the outside of the plane. He curses them until he is blown off as the plane takes off.
In 1969, Cleese and Crichton tried to make a film together but it never got started.
They promised each other that they would work on a film in the future.
In June 1983, they began writing the script for "Wanda". For the next two and half years they met three times a month to work on the script.
According to Crichton, "We had a week of rehearsals and then a gap of two weeks in which to incorporate any new ideas which had been thrown up and to polish the script."
According to Michael Palin, the original title was "A Goldfish Called Wanda."
Cleese told an interviewer why he called his character Archie Leach. Cary Grant's real name was Archie Leach. Cleese said "I feel this film is as near as I'll ever get to being Cary Grant."
Cleese served as co-director as the studio executives at MGM were worried about Crichton's age. He was 78 years old at the time. On the set, Crichton wore a T-shirt presented to him by Cleese and inscribed "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill".
The film was shot in London during the summer of 1987.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 93% approval rating, based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10.
"Smartly written, smoothly directed, and solidly cast, "A Fish Called Wanda" offers a classic example of a brainy comedy with widespread appeal."
On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 80 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."
Six weeks after release it reached number one at the box office in the United States. It eventually grossed $62,493,712 in the US. It was the number one rental video in the US in 1989.
During the initial run of the film, a Danish audiologist named Ole Bentzen died during a screening when his heart rate rose to an estimated 250–500 beats per minute from laughing at a scene too hard, leading to a fatal heart attack.
In 2016, "Empire" magazine ranked "A Fish Called Wanda" 35th on their list of the 100 best British films. They called it "a must-own for any British comedy fan". They said, "it made possible Richard Curtis's later Brit-com oeuvre by establishing that British eccentricism can sell, revived the world's interest in Ealing comedies, and allowed a character with Cary Grant's real name – Cleese's bumbling lawyer Archie Leach – to live again on the big screen".
The film is number 27 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". It is also included in the "Reader's Digest" "100 Funniest Films" list.
In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked it 39th of the BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century
In 2000, the American Film Institute placed the film 21st on its 100 Years...100 Laughs list.
In 2003, AFI nominated Otto West as a villain from this film for AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains.
James Berardinelli of "ReelViews" awarded the film four out of four stars in his review; it is also number 10 on his "Top 100" list.
The main actors worked together again in 1997 to make "Fierce Creatures". It is not a sequel or prequel, but is similar in style to A Fish Called Wanda. It is called a spiritual sequel. The actors played different characters. "Fierce Creatures" was not as well received by critics or audiences as "A Fish Called Wanda".
The novelization of "Fierce Creatures", written by Iain Johnstone, who co-wrote the film, begins with a letter from Archie (John Cleese's character in the first film) to his brother Rollo. According to the letter:
A loose Indian adaptation, "Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav", was released in 2005.
In 2008, it was reported that John Cleese and his daughter, Cynthia (who played his screen daughter, Portia), had started to work on a stage musical version of the film.
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Historically, reaching high temperatures was a big challenge. Lower temperatures were used for a long time. Earthenware can be fired as low as 600°C. This was done in primitive pit firing, but to was more typical.
As a rough guide, modern earthenwares are normally fired in a kiln at temperatures in the range of about 1,000°C (1,830 °F) to ; stonewares at between about to ; and porcelains at between about to .
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Before 1916, it was part of German East Africa. German East Africa included other territories as well. The territory was named after Lake Tanganyika, on its eastern border. In 1961, Tanzania became independent, with the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, as well.
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Constitutional law explains how different institutions relate to each other. For example, the relationship between the legislature, executive, and judiciary. In a federal country, constitutional law explains what the powers of the central government and state governments are.
Constitutional law shows citizens what rights they have. Some examples are the United States Bill of Rights, or the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Aptivate
Aptivate is an NGO and not-for-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom.
Aptivate combines good ideas from the commercial software businesses and international development organizations.
It makes ICT services to improve communication for communities that do not have good access to the Internet.
Aptivate made the open source website service called "Loband". The company started on 1 December 2002 with the name "Aidworld". It changed its name to Aptivate in December 2006.
Aptivate is a member of the Humanitarian Centre.
Loband was developed in 2004. Loband simplifies web pages so they download faster over slow Internet connections. This is very useful in poor countries. Loband was originally named "Aidbase".
Aptivate was called Aidworld. It was founded in 2002. Two aid workers in Nepal started the company. They were working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They had experienced communications problems in developing countries. They tried to find a way to improve communications. They worked with some friends who had technical knowledge. They founded Aidworld. They started by supporting the humanitarian aid sector.
In 2006, Aidworld changed its name to Aptivate. Since then, Aptivate has been working with other non-profits, charities, NGOs, facilitators and trainers, web/software developers and technical consultants.
Liverpool Playhouse
The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, England.
It started in 1866 as a music hall.
In 1911 it became a repertory theatre. It nurtured the early careers of many actors and actresses. Some of whom went on to achieve national and international reputations.
Architectural changes have been made to the building over the years. The latest change was in 1968. A modern-style extension was added to the north of the theatre.
In 1999 a trust was formed. This joined the management of the Playhouse with that of the Everyman Theatre.
In 1866, the present theatre opened. It was named the Star Music Hall. It was designed by Edward Davies. It replaced an earlier theatre called the Star Concert Hall.
In 1895 its name was changed to the Star Theatre of Varieties.
In 1898 it was improved by Harry Percival with a new auditorium and foyer. Electricity was installed.
In 1911 the Liverpool Repertory Theatre Limited was established. Basil Dean was its "controller and producer". The company could not afford to build a new theatre. It bought the Star Theatre for £28,000 ().
This made it the first repertory in Britain to own the freehold of a theatre. The company spent a further £4,000 () on redesigning and modernising the theatre.
The auditorium and the basement foyer were redesigned by Stanley Adshead. He was the Professor of Civic Design at the Liverpool School of Architecture.
The theatre was for many years managed by Maud Carpenter.
The theatre was renamed the Liverpool Repertory Theatre.
In 1916, it was renamed the Liverpool Playhouse.
In 1961 and 1966, minor structural alterations were made to the theatre.
In 1968 a modern-style extension was added to the north of the theatre. This was to accommodate new foyers, bars, dressing rooms and a workshop.
In the 1990s the theatre company went into liquidation.
In 1999 the Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust Limited was established as a charity, and the theatre re-opened. It is managed jointly with the Everyman Theatre by Liverpool City Council.
As a repertory company, the theatre has been involved in the careers of actors and actresses who have later achieved wide fame. Noël Coward and Gertrude Lawrence worked with the company as child actors. Other artistes who gained experience at the theatre include Robert Donat, Lilian Braithwaite, Cecil Parker, John Gregson, Clive Brook, C. Aubrey Smith, Richard Burton, Michael Redgrave, Diana Wynyard, Rex Harrison, Patricia Routledge, Anthony Hopkins, and Richard Briers.
The exterior of the older part of the theatre is stuccoed. It has a slate roof.
Its entrance faces Williamson Square. It has seven bays and is in three storeys. The central three bays project forward. They are surmounted by a broken pediment. On the ground floor the central bays contain three entrances. These are separated by pillars. These lead to a recessed porch. Over each entrance is an architrave containing a fanlight. The lateral bays contain two round-headed and one flat-headed entrance on each side. There are three blind round windows. In the middle storey the bays are separated by pilasters. The three central bays each have a balustrade and a window with a tympanum containing a roundel. Each of the three lateral bays contains a window with a cornice, and a round window above it. Along the top storey are oculi between panelled pilasters. On the summit of each of the two lateral bays is a cupola on a short Tuscan colonnade.
Inside the older part of the theatre are two balconies. These are supported by cast iron columns. The interior is decorated in Greek Revival style.
The newer section is constructed in concrete. It is mostly faced by glass.
On the ground floor are entrance doors. Above this, the building is based around three cylinders. The largest of these starts at the first floor and rises through two storeys. It is cantilevered from a central column. To the left is a smaller cylinder, cantilevered from a separate column, interlocking with the larger cylinder.
Inside the whole is a hollow column containing the stairs.
The theatre is recorded in the National Heritage List for England. On 14 March 1975, it was designated a Grade II* listed building.
The list quotes the "Architects' Journal" of 1968. This says the older section is "significant as an early and rare work by one of the pioneers of the Liverpool School of Architecture, in the Grecian style favoured by the school at that date". Of the newer section it says that it is "a brilliant concept, joyously realised, which exploits asymmetrical volumes and ever varying spaces yet achieves unity and also balance with the adjoining Victorian façade".
In the "Buildings of England" series, the architectural historians Richard Pollard and Nikolaus Pevsner say of the newer section that it is "a spectacular composition which creates an atmosphere of excitement and anticipation, exactly right for a theatre foyer".
Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 25, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who invented the steamboat. Fulton county (county in the state of Georgia) was named after him.
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Thomas Pelham-Holles (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme. He was a British Whig statesman, and the third Prime Minister. He was Prime Minister for two separate terms. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle.
His official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century.
He was a protégé of Sir Robert Walpole, and served under him for more than 20 years until 1742. He held power with his brother, Prime Minister Henry Pelham, until 1754. By then he had served as a Secretary of State continuously for 30 years and dominated British foreign policy.
After Henry's death, the Duke of Newcastle was prime minister for six years in two separate periods. His first premiership (17541756) was not particularly notable: Newcastle partly caused the Seven Years' War, and his weak diplomacy cost him the premiership. After his second term (17571762), he served briefly in Lord Rockingham's ministry, before he retired from government. He was most effective as a deputy to a leader of greater ability, such as Walpole, his brother, or William Pitt the Elder.
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Samsung Galaxy S10
Samsung Galaxy S10 is a line of Android-based smartphones manufactured, released and marketed by Samsung Electronics as part of the Samsung Galaxy S series. The Galaxy S10 series is a celebratory series of the 10th anniversary of the Samsung Galaxy S flagship line, its top line of phones next to the Note models. Unveiled during the "Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2019" press event held on February 20, 2019, the devices started shipping in certain regions such as Australia and the United States on March 6, 2019, then worldwide on March 8, 2019. It is the tenth generation of Samsung's Galaxy S series of smartphones.
As has been done since the Galaxy S6, Samsung unveiled flagship Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ models, differentiated primarily by screen size and an additional front-facing camera on the S10+. In addition, Samsung also unveiled a smaller model known as the Galaxy S10e, as well as a larger, 5G-compatible version, the Galaxy S10 5G. In 2020, a midrange variant, the Galaxy S10 Lite, was also introduced.
The Galaxy S10e, S10 and S10+ launch prices started at $749/£586, $899/£704 and $999/£782, while the S10 5G's launch price was $1299.
On March 6, 2020, Samsung launched the successor to the S10, the Samsung Galaxy S20.