title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: The election was held during the COVID-19 pandemic, which had both practical impacts on the conduct of the poll, and political impacts on voters' choice of parties to support. In February 2020, South Korea had the second-most cases of any country, after China. By election day, South Korea had recorded over 10,000 cases and 200 deaths. The country had introduced one of the world's most comprehensive programmes of COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and quarantine of suspected cases. As a result, the case fatality rate in South Korea was 1.95%, lower than the global average of 4.34%, and the country avoided widespread lockdowns that were implemented elsewhere. Electoral officials declined to postpone the election; South Korea has never postponed any election, even the 1952 election which was held during the Korean War.


title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: Special arrangements were required to ensure social distancing during the election and prevent further infection. Voters were required to wear face masks and stay at least apart when queueing or casting their votes. Before entering the polling station, each voter was checked for fever using a thermometer, required to use hand sanitiser, and issued with disposable plastic gloves. Any voter with a body temperature greater than was taken to a segregated polling booth, which was disinfected after each use. The thousands of voters who had been placed in self isolation due to potential infections were allowed to vote, but only after the polling stations had been closed to all other voters, and provided they were asymptomatic. About 26% of votes were cast in advance, either by post or in special quarantine polling stations which operated on 10 & 11 April.


title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: Before the outbreak of the pandemic, the Democratic Party had been expected to struggle in the election: opinion polls in 2019 had predicted it would win 37–41% of the constituency votes. The government's response to the outbreak was praised by the World Health Organization and received widespread support in South Korea. The President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party, was not up for re-election, but his response to the pandemic was popular and benefited his party in the legislative election.


title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: After the election, people were concerned over new normal of COVID restrictions that government called "everyday quarantine".


title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: The Democratic Party won 163 constituency seats, while their satellite Platform party won 17 proportional representation seats, giving the alliance a total of 180 seats in the 300-seat assembly, enough to reach the three-fifths super-majority required to fast-track assembly procedures and "do everything but revising the Constitution at the parliament." This was the largest majority for any party since democracy was restored in 1987. The United Future Party and their satellite Future Korea Party won 84 constituency and 19 proportional seats respectively; their total of 103 seats (34.3%) was the worst conservative result since the 1960 legislative elections. Commentaries have reported this result as a realigning election for South Korea.


title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: A constituency of Gangnam District in Seoul was won by United Future Party candidate Thae Ku-min, an ex-North Korean diplomat formerly known as Thae Yong-ho. While the seat was considered a safe conservative seat, it nevertheless marks the first time in history a North Korean defector had won a constituency seat in the assembly. United Future Party Hwang Kyo-ahn, who served as prime minister from 2015 to 2017 and acting president during Park Geun-hye's suspension from 2016 to 2017, was defeated by the Democratic Party candidate Lee Nak-yeon, who served as prime minister from 2017 to 2020.


title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: Voter turnout was 66.2%, the highest level since 1992, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the voter turnout, the number of women elected also reached its highest number, 59 composing 19% of the whole assembly. Moreover, the number of people serving as the parliamentarian for the first time composed more than half of the whole assembly – the first to do so in 16 years. Also, there is no seven-term parliamentarian and only one six-term parliamentarian who assumed the Speaker of the National Assembly. Number of parliamentarians elected who served more than 3 terms also significantly reduced from 51 in the previous election to 33.


title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: Following the elections, the newly formed proportional parties Platform Party and Future Korea Party started the process of being absorbed into The Democratic Party of Korea and the United Future Party respectively. There were calls to revise the new electoral law prior to integration, which the reverse effect from its intent of increasing small party representation as more seats were won by the big parties.


title: 2020 South Korean legislative election

text: Following the elections, some defeated United Future Party candidates claimed that the election had been fraudulent due to the fact that leads held early in the count were wiped out when the early and postal votes (which favoured the Democratic Party) were counted. However, other UFP members criticised the accusations, saying that there was no proof. Although the claims were widely regarded to be conspiracy theories, they led to protests labelled the Black Umbrella Protests, where the protesters used umbrellas to mirror the Hong Kong protests. A large protest went ahead on 15 August despite a government ban on protests due to COVID-19. The protest organizers claimed there were more than a million participants. The August protest resulted in a sharp rise of COVID-19 infection in South Korea over the August to September period, which caused the Democratic Party to call for the arrest of Jeon Kwang-hoon, a candidate for proportional representation under the Christian Liberty Unification Party, who had been its organizer. He was arrested without bail on 7 September and charged with violating the ban on protesting. There were also 120 election lawsuits filed at the South Korean Supreme Court, some of which are ongoing as of 2021.


title: Linger (The Cranberries song)

text: "Linger" is a song by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries from their debut studio album, "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" (1993). Composed by band members Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan, and produced by Stephen Street, "Linger" was first released as the second and final single from the album on 15 February 1993 by Island Records. It was later re-released on 31 January 1994.


title: Linger (The Cranberries song)

text: "Linger", which has an acoustic arrangement featuring a string section, became the band's first major hit, peaking at number 3 in their native Ireland, number 8 in the United States, and number 14 in the United Kingdom. The single remained on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 for 24 weeks. Additionally, "Linger" was voted by Australian Triple J listeners as number 3 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1993 chart.


title: Linger (The Cranberries song)

text: In 1990, "Linger" was released on a demo tape with "Dreams" in Ireland only in the summer of that year under their initial band name, the Cranberry Saw Us.


title: Linger (The Cranberries song)

text: In 2017, an acoustic, stripped-down version of "Linger" was released as the lead single from the band's seventh studio album "Something Else". "Linger" is written in the key of D major.


title: Linger (The Cranberries song)

text: When O'Riordan was auditioned as the lead singer for the band, she wrote the lyrics, turning it into a song of regret based on an experience with a 17-year-old soldier she once fell in love with. Drummer Fergal Lawler recalled the process in an interview, saying:


title: Linger (The Cranberries song)

text: "Linger" has since become one of the band's most famous songs, though O'Riordan noted that the band did not expect the song to reach the level of commercial success that it did. In a 2012 interview, O'Riordan commented, "I remember when MTV first put 'Linger' in heavy rotation, every time I walked into a diner or a hotel lobby, it was like, 'Jesus, man, here I am again'. It was trippy, like Jacob's Ladder. I didn't even have to take drugs".


title: Linger (The Cranberries song)

text: Jason Elias of AllMusic described "Linger" as "a song of regret, epic in scope and sweeping", praising the instrumentation and O'Riordan vocals: "While this isn't lyrically novel, the full-on emotionality of lead singer Dolores O'Riordan makes this stand out. Singing in a strong Irish brogue she comes off both needy and detached here. It's that emotion that powers this track". A reviewer from "Music & Media" wrote, "Currently on tour with the Hothouse Flowers, these fellow Irishmen deserve your attention. Don't hang round the bar, but move forwards to the stage to check out their alternative pop with shades of folk." Martin Aston from "Music Week" rated it four out of five, adding that it "combines a gorgeous, melting vocal from Dolores with a delicate folky melody." Another editor, Alan Jones deemed it a "delightful single", noting that "floating in on a breeze, it has a haunting, fragile quality and an almost country feel." Amanda Petrusich of "The New Yorker" described the song as "a hazy, sentimental song about realizing that you're on the bummer end of a lopsided relationship". "Linger" was ranked at number 86 on Vh1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s.


title: Linger (The Cranberries song)

text: The accompanying music video for "Linger", shot in grayscale, was directed by Melodie McDaniel and based loosely on Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 science fiction noir film "Alphaville"—a "film that considers the potency of desire". In one of the rooms of the hotel, a silent film is being shown which features 1950s stripper Blaze Starr.


title: Edo society

text: Edo society refers to the society of Japan under the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.


title: Edo society

text: Edo society was a feudal society with strict social stratification, customs, and regulations intended to promote political stability. Japanese people were assigned into a hierarchy of social classes based on the Four Occupations that were hereditary. The Emperor of Japan and the "kuge" were the official ruling class of Japan but had no power. The "Shōgun" of the Tokugawa clan, the "daimyō", and their retainers of the "samurai" class administered Japan through their system of domains. The majority of Edo society were commoners divided into peasant, craftsmen, and merchant classes, and various "untouchable" groups.


title: Edo society

text: The "Bakumatsu" from 1853 on led to growing opposition to the Edo system and it was dismantled after the Meiji Restoration in 1868.


title: Edo society

text: Feudalism, social stratification, and explicit fine-grained ranking of people existed in Japan long before the Edo period, beginning with attempts as far back as the Taika Reforms in 645 A.D., initiating the "Ritsuryō" legal system that was modeled from Chinese Tang dynasty legal code. The reforms were following a major and devastating coup d'etat attempt by Soga no Emishi, with the events not only exterminating entire clans, but tearing apart a gaping hole in the Japanese indigenous religion, Ko-Shintō, paving the way for a Buddhist-Shinto syncretism of religion. The Taika Reforms were the "legal glue" deemed necessary to thwart future coup d'etat attempts, and the "Ritsuryō" system led to the formation of castes in Japan. Nevertheless, frequent warfare and political instability plagued Japan in following centuries, providing countless opportunities to usurp, bend, and mobilize positions within social ranks. Even the ranks themselves, especially military ranks, became more respected if only out of necessity. Confucian ideas from China also provided the foundation for a system of strict social prescriptions, along with political twists and turns of the day.


title: Edo society

text: The Ashikaga Shogunate established a loose class system when it ruled Japan as a feudal shogunate during the Muromachi period from 1338 to 1573. The final collapse of the Ashikaga worsened the effects of the Sengoku period (or "Age of Warring States"), the state of social upheaval and near-constant civil war in Japan since 1467. Tokugawa Ieyasu of the Tokugawa clan and his Eastern Army emerged victorious after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, defeating the Western Army of Toyotomi Hideyori, ending the Sengoku civil wars. Ieyasu founded the Tokugawa Shogunate as a new feudal government of Japan with himself as the "Shōgun". However, Ieyasu was especially wary of social mobility given that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of his peers and a "Kampaku" (Imperial Regent) whom he replaced, was born into a low caste and rose to become Japan's most powerful political figure of the time. The Tokugawa clan sought to eradicate any potential opposition across Japanese society from top-to-bottom to consolidate their rule.


title: Edo society

text: The Tokugawa introduced a system of strict social stratification, organizing the majority of Japan's social structure into a hierarchy of social classes. Japanese people were assigned a hereditary class based on their profession, which would be directly inherited by their children, and these classes were themselves stratified with their own hierarchies.


title: Edo society

text: The Emperor of Japan was the official ruler of Japan at the very top of the Tokugawa class hierarchy. However, the Emperor was only a "de jure" ruler, functioning as a figurehead held up as the ultimate source of political sanction for the "Shōgun"'s authority. The Emperor and his Imperial Court located in Kyoto, the official capital of Japan, were given virtually no political power but their prestige was invincible.


title: Edo society

text: The Court nobility, the "kuge", were the civil aristocracy of Japan and second on the Tokugawa class hierarchy. Similar to the Emperor, the "kuge" were incredibly prestigious and held significant influence in cultural fields, but wielded very little political power and served functions only for symbolic purposes.


title: Edo society

text: The "Shōgun" was the "de facto" ruler of Japan and third on the Tokugawa class hierarchy. Officially, the "Shōgun" was a title for a prominent military general of the "samurai" class appointed by the Emperor with the task of national administration. In reality, the "Shōgun" was a military dictator with only a nominal appointment from the Emperor who held the ultimate political power in Japan, controlling foreign policy, the military, and feudal patronage. The "Shōgun" was a hereditary position held by members of the Tokugawa clan who were direct descendants of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The "Shōgun" was based in the Tokugawa capital city of Edo, Musashi Province, located 370 kilometres east of Kyoto in the Kanto region, and ruled Japan with his government, the "Bakufu".


title: Edo society

text: The "daimyō" were "samurai" feudal lords and fourth on the Tokugawa class hierarchy. The "daimyō" were high-ranking members of the "samurai" and similar to the "Shōgun", held most of the real political power in Japan. The "daimyō" was responsible for administration through their large personal domains, the "han", which served as unofficial administrative divisions in tandem with the legal provinces. A "daimyō" was determined if a "samurai"'s domain was assessed at 10,000 "koku" (50,000 bushels) or more under the Tokugawa "Kokudaka" system of taxation. The "daimyō" held significant autonomy but the Tokugawa policy of "Sankin-kōtai" required them to alternate living in Edo and their domain every year. The "daimyō" were separated into the "Shinpan", relatives of the Tokugawa, the "Fudai daimyō", who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa administration, and the "Tozama daimyō", those who only submitted to the Tokugawa after the Battle of Sekigahara.


title: Edo society

text: The Tokugawa government intentionally created a social order called the Four divisions of society ("shinōkōshō") that would stabilize the country. The new Four Classes were based on ideas of Confucianism that spread to Japan from China, and were not arranged by wealth or capital but by what philosophers described as their moral purity. By this system, the non-aristocratic remainder of Japanese society was composed of "samurai" (士 "shi"), farming peasants (農 "nō"), artisans (工 "kō") and merchants (商 "shō"). Samurai were placed at the top of society because they started an order and set a high moral example for others to follow. The system was meant to reinforce their position of power in society by justifying their ruling status. However, the "shinōkōshō" does not accurately describe Tokugawa society as Buddhist and Shinto priests, the "kuge" outside of the Imperial Court, and outcast classes were not included in this description of hierarchy. In some cases, a poor samurai could be little better off than a peasant and the lines between the classes could blur, especially between artisans and merchants in urban areas. Still, the theory provided grounds for restricting privileges and responsibilities to different classes and it gave a sense of order to society. In practice, solidified social relationships in general helped create the political stability that defined the Edo period.


title: Edo society

text: "Samurai" were the noble [warrior] class in Japan and fifth on the Tokugawa class hierarchy. The "samurai" constituted about 10% of the population and functioned as soldiers in the employment of a lord in a master-warrior feudal relationship. Other classes were prohibited from possessing long swords such as the "tachi" or "katana", and carrying both a long sword and a short sword became the symbol of the "samurai" class. However, their services were in limited demand as the Edo period was largely free from both external threats and internal conflicts. Instead, the "samurai" maintained their fighting skills more as an art form than to fight. "Samurai" were paid a stipend from their lord, limiting their ties to the economic base. In addition, "samurai" could not own land, which would have given them income independent from their duty. "Samurai" generally lived around their "daimyō"s castle, creating a thriving town or city environment around the middle of a domain.


title: Edo society

text: There were social stratifications within the "samurai" class: upper-level samurai had direct access to their "daimyō" and could hold his most trusted positions, with some achieving a level of wealth that allowed them to retain their own "samurai" vassals. Mid-level samurai held military and bureaucratic positions, and had some interactions with their "daimyō" if needed. Low-level "samurai" could be paid as little as a subsistence wage and worked as guards, messengers and clerks. Positions within the "samurai" class were largely hereditary and talented individuals could not rise above a few social steps beyond their birth.


title: Edo society

text: Peasants were held in high regard as commoners by the Tokugawa because they produced the most important commodity, food. According to Confucian philosophy, society could not survive without agriculture. Life for rural peasants focused on farming in and around their villages. Peasants rarely moved beyond their villages, and journeys and pilgrimages required a permit, but young people occasionally sought seasonal employment outside of their village. As a result, people were highly suspicious of outsiders. Social bonding, critical to the survival of the whole village, was also reinforced through seasonal festivals. Villages were highly collective; there were strong pressures to conform and no room to deviate from custom. Though there were conflicts, they were seen as disruptive to the village and order and were to be limited as much as possible.


title: Edo society

text: The peasant class owned land, but rights to tax this land were given to the local "daimyō". Peasants worked to produce enough food for themselves and still meet the tax burden. Most agriculture during this time was cultivated by families on their own land in contrast to the plantation or "hacienda" model implemented elsewhere. Peasants could amass relatively large amounts of wealth but remained in the same class because of their association with the land. Wealthier families and those that held their own land and paid taxes were held in much higher regard and had more political influence in village matters. However, the survival of the village depended on every household cooperating to meet the tax burden and overcome natural disasters such as famines. During the reign of the third "Shōgun", Tokugawa Iemitsu, farmers were not allowed to eat any of the rice they grew. They had to hand it all over to their daimyo and then wait for him to give some back as charity.


title: Edo society

text: Artisans were placed below the peasants because they were producers but they produced non-essential goods. Artisans typically lived in urban areas, and by 1800, as much as 10% of the population of Japan may have lived in large urban areas, one of the highest levels in the world at the time. The "daimyōs" and their "samurai" did not produce any goods themselves, but they used the tax surplus from the land to fuel their consumption. Their needs were met by artisans, who moved to be around the castles and were restricted to living in their own quarter.


title: Edo society

text: Merchants were placed at the very bottom of the official system because they did not produce any goods, and due to their low status, were forced to hustle trading local and regional goods. Merchants, similar to artisans, typically lived in cities within their own quarter. Merchants grew increasingly powerful during the Edo period, in spite of their social standing, and the top merchants commanded a certain amount of respect, with Osaka and later Edo having concentrations of the merchant class. Wealthy merchant houses arose to organize distributors and hold legal monopolies. As their wealth grew, merchants wanted to consume and display their wealth in the same manner as the "samurai", but laws prevented them from doing so overtly. Still, their consumption combined with that of the samurai served to reinforce the growth of the merchant and artisan classes.


title: Edo society

text: Underneath the merchant class were various communities and levels of outcasts not included within the official Tokugawa class system. These people were "untouchables" who fell outside of mainstream Japanese society for one reason or another, and were actively discriminated against at the societal level.


title: Edo society

text: The "Burakumin" ("hamlet people"/"village people" or "those who live in hamlets/villages") were ethnic Japanese people whose occupations were considered impure or tainted by death, such as executioners, undertakers, slaughterhouse workers, butchers, and tanners. These occupations were seen to be "kegare" (穢れ or "defilement") in the Shinto religion; and, in the Edo period, the social stigma of being a "Burakumin" developed into a hereditary status.


title: Edo society

text: Although technically commoners, the "Burakumin" were victims of severe ostracism and lived in their own isolated villages or ghettos away from the rest of the population.


title: Edo society

text: Ethnic minorities in Japan were generally excluded from the class system, though certain individuals in service of the "Shōgun" or "daimyō" were included. The Tokugawa isolationist policy of "Sakoku" banned most foreigners from entering Japan.


title: Edo society

text: A Japanese woman's life varied immensely according to her family's social status. Women in samurai families were expected to submit to their male heads of household, but as they aged, they could become the ranking household member if their husband died. Children were enjoined to respect both of their parents, even as adults. Women from the lower classes were much less restricted by social expectations and could play an integral part in the family's business. Peasant women were expected to do household chores in the early morning before working in the fields with their male relatives and, regardless of age, were important, working members of their families.


title: Edo society

text: Marriage was not based on romantic attraction. Families tried to use marriage as a way to increase their social standing or, among wealthier groups, to increase one's influence and holdings. Most often, however, marriage occurred between two families of equal status. Female virginity at marriage was important in the samurai classes; it was much less important to the lower classes. After marriage, women were restricted from taking additional sexual partners. Males of the upper classes, however, were able to take concubines and have relations with unmarried women. Divorce was common, and a woman from a poor household could very easily leave her husband and return to her original family.


title: Edo society

text: The foundation of Edo society was its stable social order, but changes to Japanese society over the next two centuries began to challenge the Tokugawa system. Increasing urbanization and rising consumerism saw wealth become concentrated outside of the "samurai" class, and their fixed stipends did not increase despite the rising cost of commodities. The increasingly burdensome cost of proper social etiquette led many "samurai" to become indebted to wealthy urban merchant families. The merchants, in turn, were restricted from showing their wealth for fear of violating the laws that restricted privileges to the "samurai" class. That created deepening resentment but also increasing interdependence between the two classes. Some Japanese scholars began to question the Confucian beliefs that provided the foundation of Edo society. Additionally, numerous changes in rural areas increasingly challenged the Tokugawa system. New technology which increased productivity allowed some peasant families to produce a surplus of food, creating a disposable income that could be used to support ventures beyond farming. Some peasants also became indebted to their wealthier neighbors, and more families lost ownership of their land. This sparked resentment that sometimes erupted into violence towards landlords and the village elite.


title: Edo society

text: In 1853, the beginning of the "Bakumatsu" saw Edo society increasingly questioned by Japanese people when Western powers used their technological superiority to force concessions from the Tokugawa in the Unequal treaties. Many Japanese people, including members of the "samurai", began to blame the Tokugawa for Japan's "backwardness" and subsequent humiliation. A modernization movement which advocated the abolition of feudalism and return of power to the Imperial Court eventually overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate in the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The new Meiji government of the Empire of Japan soon abolished the Tokugawa class system that characterized Edo society. The "kuge" and "daimyo" classes were merged into the "kazoku" aristocratic class with class privileges which formed the Meiji oligarchy. Most remaining "samurai" that did not become "kazoku" were designated as "shizoku", a distinct class without class privileges that was purely a title on the government register. Commoners and the "Burakumin" were merged into a single commoner class without restrictions or distinction for their occupation, though "Burakumin" continued to face discrimination similar to Edo society.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: The Fighting Temptations is a 2003 American musical comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, written by Elizabeth Hunter and Saladin K. Patterson, and distributed by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films. The main plot revolves around Darrin Hill (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who travels to his hometown of Monte Carlo, Georgia as he attempts to revive a church choir in order to enter a gospel competition with the help of a beautiful lounge singer and childhood friend, Lilly (Beyoncé Knowles), with whom he falls in love. Through the choir's music, Darrin brings the church community back together all the while seeking a relationship with Lilly.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: The film is notable for its soundtrack and ensemble cast. The film received mixed reviews upon release.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: In 1980, a young boy named Darrin Hill (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his mother, MaryAnn (Faith Evans), are run out of town after MaryAnn was soon discovered to be a singing secular music when she also sings in a church choir. Aunt Sally (Ann Nesby) attempts to defend MaryAnn, but it fails. The church's cowardly pastor, Reverend Lewis (Wendell Pierce), is too afraid of the other church members to let her stay. MaryAnn and Darrin are last seen saying goodbye to Aunt Sally, as they sadly wave goodbye with each other. In 2003, Darrin has grown up to become a successful advertising executive in New York City with a bad habit of lying. Darrin's only true friend and secretary, Rosa Lopez (Lourdes Benedicto), does a good job at keeping his credit problems under control. However, Darrin has achieved so much under false pretenses and faked his college degree and high school diploma. Darrin also lied about being the son of a congressman, and his lies soon catch up with him and get him in trouble with his paranoid boss (Dakin Matthews) and Darrin loses his job. After being tracked down by a private investigator, Darrin soon finds out that Aunt Sally has died.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: Darrin returns to his hometown of Monte Carlo, Georgia and looks back on both comical and heartbreaking memories of MaryAnn and the experiences they had together. When Darrin arrives, he finds a new friendship in Lucious (Mike Epps), the town's happy-go-lucky cab driver. Lucious is obsessed with women's booties and even proclaims himself a "Booty expert" and "Bootyologist". At Aunt Sally's funeral, Shirley Caesar makes a cameo appearance as a character who was an old friend of Sally and sings at the funeral. After the funeral, Darrin soon learns from the Reverend that Aunt Sally had stated in her will that he must direct the church choir and enter the annual "Gospel Explosion" competition and win the prize money of $10,000 and Aunt Sally's stock in the company that produces the show which is currently worth $150,000.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: Later, Paulina reveals that Darrin forgot to enter the choir into the auditions. Luckily, the audition judge, Luther Washington (Faizon Love), who is also the town's prison warden, lets them perform in a show for his prisoners when the booked act fails to arrive. Thanks to Lilly's beautiful looks and voice, the choir performs well and Washington lets them into the competition. Washington also lets Darrin use three convicts who can sing well. The three convicts are Bee-Z Briggs, Lightfoot, and Mr. Johnson (T-Bone, Chris Cole, and Montell Jordan). After weeks of success, the choir has become more popular, more people have joined the church and the choir. Darrin also begins dating Lilly. However, Paulina takes a message for Darrin in a phone call from Rosa and learns of his past troubles, and intends on exposing him the first chance she gets. The next afternoon at a church barbecue, Paulina deliberately reveals Darrin's secrets with a polite demeanor, in order to make herself look innocent. Lilly is furious and heartbroken about this and the people who he promised money to begin to panic, and tells Darrin that she doesn't care what he does, she was only using him because he was using her.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: Since Lilly wants nothing to do with him, Darrin decides to quit and returns to New York, where he has been offered his job back. However, Darrin goes back and gets a new condo and a promotion, and comes to realize that none of these things mean anything without Lilly and the choir. Darrin quits his job and returns to Monte Carlo to reconcile with Lilly. Darrin and Lilly recruits Lucious and the Reverend and all of them rush down to the Gospel Explosion to join the choir for the performance. When Darrin and Lilly arrive, they manage to convince the others to vote Paulina out of the choir, giving Darrin his position as director back. Before their performance begins, Darrin tells Lilly that she inspired him to name the choir "The Fighting Temptations". After an outstanding performance, the choir wins the competition, but before ending his acceptance speech, Darrin surprises Lilly with an unexpected marriage proposal, to which she accepts. Eighteen months later, the two are shown to be happily married with a baby of their own.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: The film crew used several locations throughout Georgia. The final scene was filmed in Columbus, GA at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts. Several of the extras were local residents of Columbus, GA.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: However, the film itself received generally mixed reviews upon its release. The film was criticized for its screenplay, rehashed premise and lack of chemistry between actors Gooding and Knowles. The film, nevertheless, opened at #2. Notably, Ebert & Roeper reviewed the film and Roger Ebert gave it thumbs up. It holds a 42% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 5.32/10. The site's critical consensus states, "The music is the only saving grace in this predictable and eager-to-please comedy."


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: The movie grossed only US$32,445,215 worldwide and thus failed to turn a profit thus canceling any plans for a second installment to go into production (though the primary actors had signed on for one).


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: A soundtrack accompanied the film and was released by Music World/ Columbia on Sony Music on September 9, 2003. The soundtrack received generally positive reviews and proved to be more successful than the film itself. Only one song from the album, "Summertime", is not included in the movie. The song "Come Back Home" appears in the film, but was not included on the soundtrack album. It also noted that several other songs performed during the movie including "Church Is in Mourning (Aunt Sally's Funeral Tribute)" by Shirley Caesar, "Won't Ever Change" by Mary Mary, "Waiting" by Ramiyah, and "Soldier" by The Blind Boys of Alabama, were also not included on the soundtrack.Mathew Knowles, Executive Producer.


title: The Fighting Temptations

text: In a 2003 interview with the late Mickey Jones (who had a supporting role in the film), for now defunct HollywoodJesus.com, he stated that he hoped the film performed well because all of the principal actors had signed on for a sequel.


title: Chittagong Division

text: Chittagong Division, officially known as Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the south-easternmost areas of the country, with a total area of and a population at the 2011 census of 28,423,019. The administrative division includes mainland Chittagong District, neighbouring districts and the Chittagong Hill Tracts.


title: Chittagong Division

text: Chittagong Division is home to Cox's Bazar, the longest natural sea beach in the world; as well as St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh's sole coral reef.


title: Chittagong Division

text: The Chittagong Division was established in 1829 to serve as an administrative headquarters for five of Bengal's easternmost districts, with the Chittagong District serving as its headquarters. During the East Pakistan period, the division's Tippera district was renamed to Comilla District in 1960.


title: Chittagong Division

text: In 1984, fifteen districts were created by separating and reducing the original five districts of Chittagong, Comilla, Hill Tracts, Noakhali and Sylhet:


title: Chittagong Division

text: Sylhet, Habiganj, Moulvibazar and Sunamganj district ceded from the Chittagong Division to join a newly-established Sylhet Division in 1995.


title: Chittagong Division

text: Chattogram Division is presently subdivided into eleven districts (zilas) and thence into 99 sub-districts (upazilas). The first six districts listed below comprise the north-western portion (37.6%) of the division, while the remaining five comprise the south-eastern portion (62.4%), the two portions being separated by the lower (or Bangladeshi) stretch of the Feni River; the upland districts of Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Bandarban together comprise that area previously known as the Chittagong Hill Tracts.


title: Chittagong Division

text: At the time of the 2011 census, the division had a population of 28,423,019. 87.58% were Muslims, 7.05% Hindus and 3.05% Buddhists.


title: Chittagong Division

text: Census figures for 1991, 2001 and 2011 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2011 Census figures are based on preliminary results.


title: Serous membrane

text: The serous membrane (or serosa) is a smooth tissue membrane of mesothelium lining the contents and inner walls of body cavities, which secrete serous fluid to allow lubricated sliding movements between opposing surfaces. The serous membrane that covers internal organs is called a visceral membrane; while the one that covers the cavity wall is called the parietal membrane. Between the two opposing serosal surfaces is often a potential space, mostly empty except for the small amount of serous fluid.


title: Serous membrane

text: The Latin anatomical name is tunica serosa. Serous membranes line and enclose several body cavities, also known as serous cavities, where they secrete a lubricating fluid which reduces friction from movements. Serosa is entirely different from the adventitia, a connective tissue layer which binds together structures rather than reducing friction between them. The serous membrane covering the heart and lining the mediastinum is referred to as the pericardium, the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity and surrounding the lungs is referred to as the pleura, and that lining the abdominopelvic cavity and the viscera is referred to as the peritoneum.


title: Serous membrane

text: Serous membranes have two layers. The parietal layers of the membranes line the walls of the body cavity (pariet- refers to a cavity wall). The visceral layer of the membrane covers the organs (the viscera). Between the parietal and visceral layers is a very thin, fluid-filled serous space, or cavity.


title: Serous membrane

text: Each serous membrane is composed of a secretory epithelial layer and a connective tissue layer underneath.


title: Serous membrane

text: For the heart, the layers of the serous membrane are called the parietal pericardium, and the visceral pericardium (sometimes called the epicardium). Other parts of the body may also have specific names for these structures. For example, the serosa of the uterus is called the perimetrium.


title: Serous membrane

text: The pericardial cavity (surrounding the heart), pleural cavity (surrounding the lungs) and peritoneal cavity (surrounding most organs of the abdomen) are the three serous cavities within the human body. While serous membranes have a lubricative role to play in all three cavities, in the pleural cavity it has a greater role to play in the function of breathing.


title: Serous membrane

text: The serous cavities are formed from the intraembryonic coelom and are basically an empty space within the body surrounded by serous membrane. Early in embryonic life visceral organs develop adjacent to a cavity and invaginate into the bag-like coelom. Therefore, each organ becomes surrounded by serous membrane - they "do not" lie within the serous cavity. The layer in contact with the organ is known as the visceral layer, while the parietal layer is in contact with the body wall.


title: Serous membrane

text: The two layers of serous membranes are named parietal and visceral. Between the two layers is a thin fluid filled space. The fluid is produced by the serous membranes and stays between the two layers to reduce friction between the walls of the cavities and the internal organs when they move with respect to one another, such as when the lungs inflate or the heart beats. Such movement could otherwise lead to inflammation of the organs.


title: Serous membrane

text: All serous membranes found in the human body formed ultimately from the mesoderm of the trilaminar embryo. The trilaminar embryo consists of three relatively flat layers of ectoderm, endoderm (also known as "entoderm") and mesoderm.


title: Serous membrane

text: As the embryo develops, the mesoderm starts to segment into three main regions: the paraxial mesoderm, the intermediate mesoderm and the lateral plate mesoderm.


title: Serous membrane

text: The lateral plate mesoderm later splits in half to form two layers bounding a cavity known as the intraembryonic coelom. Individually, each layer is known as splanchnopleure and somatopleure.


title: Serous membrane

text: The intraembryonic coelom can now be seen as a cavity within the body which is covered with serous membrane derived from the splanchnopleure. This cavity is divided and demarcated by the folding and development of the embryo, ultimately forming the serous cavities which house many different organs within the thorax and abdomen.


title: Serous membrane

text: Mesotheliomas are neoplasias that are relatively specific for serous membranes. The modified Mullerian-derived serous membranes that surrounds the ovaries in females can give rise to serous tumors, a solid to papillary tumor type that may also arise within the uterus.


title: Serous membrane

text: "This Wikipedia entry incorporates text from the freely licensed Connexions edition of Anatomy & Physiology text-book by OpenStax College"


title: Expedition Everest

text: Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is a steel roller coaster built by Vekoma at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The ride is themed around the Yeti protecting the Forbidden Mountain next to Mount Everest. It is the only roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and the tallest roller coaster at any Disney theme park.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The 2011 edition of Guinness World Records lists Expedition Everest as the most expensive roller coaster in the world, a record the ride held until 2019 when Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Universal's Islands of Adventure opened. Including sets and extras, its total cost was reported to be US$100 million for six years of planning and construction. It is the tallest artificial mountain in all of the Walt Disney parks, and Disney's 18th mountain-themed attraction.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The attraction was announced publicly on April 22, 2003, during an event to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Disney's Animal Kingdom. Construction of the new attraction began a month before the announcement in March 2003. It took three years and required more than of rebar; 5,000 tons of structural steel; and 10,000 tons of concrete. Expedition Everest opened for previews on January 26, 2006, and had its grand opening on April 7, 2006, in ceremonies led by Disney CEO Bob Iger and theme parks chairman Jay Rasulo. At , it is the tallest attraction at Walt Disney World, beating "The Twilight Zone" Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios by . Disney keeps all of its attraction buildings under because aviation laws require structures of that height and taller to have a blinking red light beacons for low-flying aircraft, which would take away the theming in their attraction.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The attraction features a stand-by, FastPass+, and a single-rider line. The queue starts at the office of the fictional "Himalayan Escapes" travel agency, progressing to a replica temple with little holy figures. Visitors next enter a tea garden, followed by a room with equipment from a successful expedition, and then the "Yeti Museum", which contains information on the Yeti and a moulding of a Yeti footprint. There are also about 8,000 artifacts brought from the Nepal trip in the museum. The single-rider line skips all of the exhibits.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The riders board the roller coaster in the model village of Serka Zong, to begin a speedy route through the Himalayas to the base of Mount Everest.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The train blows up its "whistle" and departs the station to the right and climbs a small lift leading to a short drop, then circles around to the lift hill, carrying the riders into the mountain. On the way up, it passes through a ransacked temple with murals of the yeti, warning the riders that the mountain is its territory. A noise can also be heard during this lift hill, foreshadowing the yeti. At the top of the mountain the train, curves around the main peak and goes through a cave. When it emerges from the other side, the train suddenly come to a halt due to the track in front of the guests being broke apart, presumably by the yeti. To the left of the broken tracks is a secret bird animatronic sitting on a stick. The train itself is held in place by a series of rubber tires while an automatic switch rotates the piece of track directly behind the train. The train then rolls backwards along a new route that spirals down through the mountain by track switches. It eventually comes to a stop in a large cave, where riders see the yeti's shadow on the wall as it tears up more track. This effect distracts riders from noticing another automatic track switch in front of them. As the shadow moves away, the train rolls forward out of the mountain, going past the on-ride camera and plunging down the main drop. It enters a 250° turn and speeds back up through another cave in the mountain, where the roars of the yeti are heard once more. The train exits from the rear of the mountain and enters a large helix before being lifted back into the mountain a final time. The train drops through a cave, where the yeti is reaching down toward it. On reaching the bottom of this drop, riders return to the unloading dock and depart into a gift shop. The ride lasts 2 minutes and 50 seconds.


title: Expedition Everest

text: Expedition Everest has six steam-like trains, each with six cars. Each train has 17 rows seating two abreast, for a total of 34 riders per train. The trains are themed as the "Anandapur Rail Service" and are made to look old and rusty. Riders must be at least tall and are secured by a lap bar. The "locomotive" itself is designed to resemble a vertical boiler configuration and is placed at the rear of the train rather than the front, so not to obstruct the riders' view. Up to five trains usually operate at once, but fewer can be used if guest demand is low. To create the illusion of a "steam powered" train, engineers placed vents under the station. When a train comes into the station, steam comes up through the vents and enters the loading platform.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The steel track is long and the lift is about high. Expedition Everest uses a track system by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, where the rails are mounted on the outer surface of the ties, rather than on the inner surface. This was the first large-scale installation of such a system.


title: Expedition Everest

text: Although moderate in height and length by contemporary standards, Expedition Everest was the first ride for Disney to have its trains travel both forward and backward. This is accomplished through two sets of track switches, one before the rear segment and one after. This was the second Disney roller coaster to run backwards, the first being Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril: Backwards! at Disneyland Resort Paris (2000–2004). Expedition Everest, however, was the first Disney roller coaster to switch between forward and backward sections during the same ride.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The mountain façade, the Yeti audio-animatronic, and the roller coaster are three independent structures. Each structure reaches the ground-level and does not touch the other two structures. This was achieved via a 4-D scheduling software that provided the exact details on how to construct it.


title: Expedition Everest

text: Expedition Everest is often compared to the 1959 Matterhorn Bobsleds roller coaster at Disneyland, which also features a snowy mountain setting and an "abominable snowman" figure throughout the ride. Expedition Everest's mountain is made from 1,800 tons of steel and painted with 2,000 gallons of paint. At 199.5 feet (60.8 meters, to avoid the Floridian legal requirement to place a light atop structures 200 feet or taller to alert planes), it is the tallest artificial mountain in the world, but not, as occasionally cited, the tallest point in Florida. It was the 18th mountain-themed attraction built on Disney property.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The artificial mountain is not a model of Mount Everest, but rather of the fictional "forbidden mountain" guarded by the yeti in the story created for the attraction by Walt Disney Imagineering. Everest is represented by the barren background peak on the far right, which is made to seem far in the distance (an example of forced perspective). Moreover, there is a small shrine on the ground level in the Asia area of the park which has been designed to perfectly overlap with the view of the distant attraction.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The yeti is the largest and most complex audio-animatronic figure ever built by Walt Disney Imagineering. It is tall. Its "skin" measures , and is held in place by 1,000 snaps and 250 zippers. Its movement is controlled by 19 actuators when functioning in "A-mode", its full mode of operation. In "A-mode," it can move horizontally and vertically.


title: Expedition Everest

text: A few months after the ride opened in 2006, the yeti figure's framing split, threatening catastrophic malfunction if it were to be operated further in "A-mode". Since then it has been operated only in the alternative "B-mode", in which a strobe-light effect is used to give the appearance of movement, earning it the nickname "Disco Yeti" from some fans. It is speculated that the problem was caused by damage to the yeti's concrete base structure, which is unlikely to be repaired until a major refurbishment in the distant future, because the design limits access to the yeti without major disassembly of the superstructure. The problem with the concrete is rumored to have occurred due to a glitch in the 4-D scheduling software that prevented adequate curing of a portion of the Yeti's foundation before the fabrication of mountain elements and roller coaster track.


title: Expedition Everest

text: Joe Rohde, the Imagineer in charge of building the attraction and Animal Kingdom, was asked about the yeti at the 2013 D23 Expo. Rohde responded, "You have to understand, it's a giant complicated machine sitting on top of, like, a 46-foot tall tower in the middle of a finished building. So, it's really hard to fix, but we are working on it. And we continue to work on it. We have tried several 'things', none of them quite get to the key, turning of the 40-foot tower inside of a finished building, but we are working on it... I will fix the Yeti someday, I swear." Rohde retired from Walt Disney Imagineering effective January 4, 2021, never having completed the repairs to the Yeti animatronic.


title: Expedition Everest

text: In 2005, Disney, Discovery Networks (now Warner Bros. Discovery), and Conservation International conducted expeditions to Nepal as part of the promotion for Expedition Everest. The purpose was to conduct scientific and cultural research in remote areas of the Himalayas, the location of the yeti legend. Participants included Joe Rohde from Walt Disney Imagineering and scientists from Conservation International and Disney's Animal Kingdom.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The expeditions and the making of the attraction were chronicled in three documentaries broadcast on Discovery's cable television channels in April 2006. The first was "Expedition Everest: Journey to Sacred Lands", broadcast on the Travel Channel on April 9 to coincide with the attraction's grand opening. The second, "Building A Thrill Ride: Expedition Everest", was aired on April 10 on the Science Channel and on April 12 on the Discovery Channel. It detailed the planning and construction of the ride, along with some of the ideas that made it possible. (During construction, for example, instead of traditional scaffolding the Imagineers used interior poles that poked through the outside of the mountain and were connected by wooden platforms.) This documentary also featured survival tips from Les Stroud. The third, "Corwin's Quest: Realm of the Yeti", was broadcast on Animal Planet in April and featured American animal and nature conservationist Jeff Corwin.


title: Expedition Everest

text: On February 15, 2006, Disney staged an elaborate publicity stunt called "Everest in the City" in New York City's Times Square. They draped large billboards over the sides of several buildings, depicting Everest with a coaster car careening down the mountainside and the yeti looking on from another peak, its eyes glowing red and flashing when the text message "Disney” was sent to “4Yeti” as provided by Disney.


title: Expedition Everest

text: The 2011 book of Guinness World Records lists Expedition Everest as the most expensive roller coaster in the world. Including sets and extras, the total cost of the ride was reported to be US$100 million over six years of planning and construction. In 2019, this record was surpassed by Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which cost US$300 million.


title: Expedition Everest

text: Expedition Everest won the 2006 Theme Park Insider Award for the "World's Best New Theme Park Attraction". It has also been ranked in the Golden Ticket Awards and the Best Roller Coaster Poll. It was ranked second for "Best New Ride For 2006" in the Golden Ticket Awards.


title: Freehold (law)

text: In common law jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Australia, Canada, and Ireland, a freehold is the common mode of ownership of real property, or land, and all immovable structures attached to such land. It is in contrast to a leasehold, in which the property reverts to the owner of the land after the lease period expires or otherwise lawfully terminates. For an estate to be a freehold, it must possess two qualities: immobility (property must be land or some interest issuing out of or annexed to land) and ownership of it must be forever ("of an indeterminate duration"). If the time of ownership can be fixed and determined, it cannot be a freehold. It is "An estate in land held in fee simple, fee tail or for term of life."


title: Freehold (law)

text: The default position subset is the perpetual freehold, which is "an estate given to a grantee for life, and then successively to the grantee's heirs for life."


title: Freehold (law)

text: In England and Wales, before the Law of Property Act 1925, the default position was of a freehold transferable to the owner's "heirs and assigns" (successors by inheritance, or purchase/gift, respectively). Those three words were often included in a conveyance to stress fee simple status. A "fee simple" estate. A "fee tail" estate describes when transfer (by inheritance or otherwise) was limited to lineal descendants of the first person to whom the estate was given (known as "heirs of the body" or "heirs of the blood"). There were also freehold estates not of inheritance, such as an estate for life and copyhold was promoted into freehold by the Act.


title: Freehold (law)

text: All estates can be subject to payments to an influential prior owner – or land management person or body for multi-property (communal) benefit (estate rentcharges). The most viable form is the form for a neutral or pre-agreed source to collect communal benefit payments, the estate rentcharge. Either type is usually protected by registering the deed of rentcharge against the land. They can be extinguished by a compensation-based statutory procedure, which removes the regular administrative burden on both parties.


title: Freehold (law)

text: Should the owner be guaranteed to benefit or wish to benefit from a communal infrastructure that requires maintenance, not funded by taxation, then "Halsall v Brizell" (regarding an estuary wall) and "Re Ellenborough Park" (regarding a communal garden) confirm that in those circumstances positive covenants run with freehold land. This means active duties to pay can exist – in very closely analogous cases – but are otherwise generally void as to freeholds.


title: Freehold (law)

text: Freeholds (rather leaseholds if subject to a leasehold) could quite easily be acquired by squatting before the Land Registration Act 2002.


title: Freehold (law)

text: Since its passage such rights are dominated by precisely fixing on the line of neighbouring plots in mutual-boundary disputes, after 12 years without formal contest. This is as there is otherwise a requirement to put the previous legal owner on written notice – which must have been received, or deemed received such as by recorded delivery, and be given fair opportunity to object. It is also more easily applicable to unregistered land, which is the status of a tiny number of parcels of non-agricultural freehold land in England.


title: Freehold (law)

text: More than one legal owner means the land is deemed to be on trust. This doctrine is designed to bind the parties to act fairly to each other in the eyes of the law of equity. In default of other provision, such as mention of a trust deed, or background facts, the beneficiaries will be deemed to be the trustees (those named on the registered title) themselves. If a trustee dies then the statutory trustees take their place, or those appointed by a probated Will. Similarly if a company is wound up then the right to act as the trustee and be registered as a legal trustee vests in the liquidator.


title: Freehold (law)

text: As regards third parties interesting in lending against or purchasing the land the general doctrine helping them is the bona fide purchaser without actual nor constructive notice doctrine. This is however subject to all of the prudent surveyors, conveyancer's and physical checks having been carried out well which is formulated in the countering doctrine of caveat emptor (buyer beware). A beneficiary in patent actual possession can still enjoy rights as against a purchaser, or more commonly a mortgage or other secured lender, under the Land Registration Act 2002.


title: Freehold (law)

text: Trustees are bound by the terms of the trust, but the strict rules and maxims of equity and by any decision formally made by all of the adult beneficiaries.


title: Freehold (law)

text: Inequities the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TLATA) resolved included the fact that it was hard to establish a trust without it coming under the auspices of the Settled Land Act 1925. That earlier Act brought a range of problems. In particular, the co-owners of property were regarded as having beneficial interests in money and not in the land. Problems arose where partners disagreed over when they wanted to sell a property – usually in the case of separation. This led to situations where spouses and children could find themselves removed from their customary home inequitably.


title: Freehold (law)

text: One of the key features of TLATA is its imposition of statutory considerations to be taken into account when dealing with the disposition of trusts and ordering a sale of a family home.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: "Head over Heels" is a song recorded by British band Tears for Fears for their second studio album "Songs from the Big Chair" (1985). The song was released by Mercury Records, as the album's fourth single – initially on 10 June 1985 in Germany and then on 14 June in the UK. It was the band's tenth single release in the United Kingdom and eighth top 40 hit in the region, peaking at number 12. In the United States, it was the third single from the album and continued the band's run of hits there, peaking at number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. A limited edition four-leaf-clover-shaped picture disc was issued for the single's release in the UK. The song was also an international success, reaching the top 40 in several countries.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: "Head over Heels" had been developed nearly two years prior as part of a segue with the song "Broken", which was previously a stand-alone B-side to the 1983 "Pale Shelter" single. As the two songs share the same piano/synth motif, "Head over Heels" eventually came to be sandwiched in between two bookend parts of "Broken" in live performances. This placement carried over to the final track listing of the "Big Chair" LP, with a newer studio recording of "Broken" preceding "Head over Heels", followed by a live reprise taken from a December 1983 concert recording (previously released as the "In My Mind's Eye" VHS).


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: The song features Roland Orzabal on lead vocals, with Curt Smith singing a couple of lines in the background during the second verse.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: The 12" version was titled the "Preacher Mix" and is an extended remix of the entire "Broken/Head Over Heels/Broken" medley. The mix was done by producer Chris Hughes and features an unusual spoken word intro in which Roland Orzabal recites lyrics from the song "I Believe" in the style of a preacher. This mix contains the only released studio recording of the "Broken" reprise (the version on the "Songs from the Big Chair" album is a live recording). The sung vocals from the album version of "Broken" are completely absent, as is the lead guitar line.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: The 7" remix was done by David Bascombe and notably ends in a "cold stop" after the "time flies" lyric, instead of the segue into the reprise of "Broken" found on the album.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: There is also a unique radio-only version that was issued on a double A-side single featuring the regular single mix on the other side. This was issued to radio stations for promotion only and has the catalog number IDEDJ 10. The radio mix is noticeably different from the regular single version in that it omits the flanging effects from the drum fill after the second chorus and the closing "time flies" vocals. Whereas the regular single credits the remix to Dave Bascombe, the radio version simply credits Chris Hughes as producer. This version of the single does not include "When in Love with a Blind Man" and has blue-coloured injection moulded labels.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: "When in Love with a Blind Man" is a short song that served as the B-side to the "Head over Heels" single. It features bassist Curt Smith on vocals and features a synthesized shakuhachi flute, a popular musical motif for pop music in the 1980s.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: The music video for "Head over Heels", filmed in June 1985, was the fourth Tears for Fears clip directed by music video producer Nigel Dick. A lighthearted video in comparison to the band's other promos, it is centred on Roland Orzabal's attempts to get the attention of a librarian (Joan Densmore), while a variety of characters (many played by the rest of the band), including a chimpanzee wearing a Red Sox jersey, engage in shenanigans in the library. The final scene shows Orzabal and the librarian as an older married couple. The video was filmed at the Emmanuel College Library in Toronto, Canada.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: An edited version of "Head over Heels" is featured in the 2001 film "Donnie Darko". According to director Richard Kelly on the DVD commentary, the scene in which the song was used was written and choreographed specifically with the song in mind.


title: Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)

text: A cover of the song was recorded in 2019 by Japanese Breakfast as a b-side of the “Essentially” single.


title: Dictionary.com

text: Dictionary.com is an online dictionary whose domain was first registered on May 14, 1995. The primary content on Dictionary.com is a proprietary dictionary based on "Random House Unabridged Dictionary", with editors for the site providing new and updated definitions. Supplementary content comes from the "Collins English Dictionary", "American Heritage Dictionary" and others.


title: Dictionary.com

text: Dictionary.com was founded by Brian Kariger and Daniel Fierro as part of Lexico Publishing, which also started Thesaurus.com and Reference.com. At the time of its launch, it was one of the web's first in-depth reference sites. In July 2008, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, was acquired by Ask.com, an IAC company, and renamed Dictionary.com, LLC. In 2018, IAC sold Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com to Rock Holdings. At the time of the sale, Dictionary.com was the 447th most trafficked website in the United States, according to the website tracking service SimilarWeb. In 2015, they estimated that there are 5.5 billion word searches a year on its site.


title: Dictionary.com

text: Among its features, Dictionary.com offers a Word of the Day, a crossword solver, and a pop culture dictionary that includes emoji and slang sections.


title: Dictionary.com

text: In 2010, Dictionary.com began a Word of the Year feature with the word 'change'. The selection is based on search trends on the site throughout the year and the news events that drive them. Dictionary.com's words of the year have been:


title: Dictionary.com

text: In April 2009, they launched an app on the App Store allowing users to find definitions and synonyms. It also included audio pronunciations, alphabetical indexing, and synonym example sentences. Since then, Dictionary.com released a standalone thesaurus app called "Thesaurus Rex" along with education apps, "Dictionary.com Flashcards", "Word Dynamo", and "Learning to Read with Zoo Animals".


title: Dictionary.com

text: In early 2020, in response to COVID-19 quarantine home-schooling needs, Dictionary.com launched an interactive platform for learning at home, and an online tutoring service. Later that year Dictionary.com’s sister site, Thesaurus.com, launched a writing assistant and grammar checker called "Grammar Coach". The coronavirus outbreak led to the addition of novel words to the main dictionary (e.g., fomites) and the slang dictionary (e.g., ‘rona’).


title: Corrosive substance

text: A corrosive substance is one that will damage or destroy other substances with which it comes into contact by means of a chemical reaction.


title: Corrosive substance

text: The word "corrosive" is derived from the Latin verb "corrodere", which means "to gnaw", indicating how these substances seem to "gnaw" their way through flesh or other materials.


title: Corrosive substance

text: The word corrosive refers to any chemical that will dissolve the structure of an object. They can be acids, oxidizers, or bases. When they come in contact with a surface, the surface deteriorates. The deterioration can happen in minutes, e.g. concentrated hydrochloric acid spilled on skin; or slowly over days or years, e.g. the rusting of iron in a bridge.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Sometimes the word caustic is used as a synonym for "corrosive" when referring to the effect on living tissues.


title: Corrosive substance

text: At low concentrations, a corrosive substance is called an irritant, and its effect on living tissue is called irritation. At high concentrations, a corrosive substance causes a chemical burn, a distinct type of tissue damage. Corrosives are different from poisons in that corrosives are immediately dangerous to the tissues they contact, whereas poisons may have systemic toxic effects that require time to become evident. Colloquially, corrosives may be called "poisons" but the concepts are technically distinct. However, there is nothing which precludes a corrosive from being a poison; some substances are both corrosives and poisons.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Corrosion of non-living surfaces such as metals is a distinct process. For example, a water-air electrochemical cell corrodes iron to rust, corrodes copper to patina, and corrodes copper, silver, and other metals to tarnish.


title: Corrosive substance

text: In the international system of symbolic chemical labels, both rapid corrosion of metals and chemical corrosion of skin qualify for the corrosive symbol.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Common corrosives are either strong acids, strong bases, or concentrated solutions of certain weak acids or weak bases. They can exist as any state of matter, including liquids, solids, gases, mists or vapors.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Their action on living tissue (e.g. skin, flesh and cornea) is mainly based on acid-base reactions of amide hydrolysis, ester hydrolysis and protein denaturation. Proteins (chemically composed of amide bonds) are destroyed via amide hydrolysis while lipids (which have ester bonds) are decomposed by ester hydrolysis. These reactions lead to chemical burns and are the mechanism of the destruction posed by corrosives.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Some corrosives possess other chemical properties which may extend their corrosive effects on living tissue. For example, sulfuric acid (HSO) at a high concentration is also a strong dehydrating agent, capable of dehydrating carbohydrates and liberating extra heat. This results in secondary thermal burns in addition to the chemical burns and may speed up its decomposing reactions on the contact surface. Some corrosives, such as nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid, are strong oxidizing agents as well, which significantly contributes to the extra damage caused. Hydrofluoric acid does not necessarily cause noticeable damage upon contact, but produces tissue damage and toxicity after being painlessly absorbed. Zinc chloride solutions are capable of destroying cellulose and corroding through paper and silk since the zinc cations in the solutions specifically attack hydroxyl groups, acting as a Lewis acid. This effect is not restricted to acids; so strong a base as calcium oxide, which has a strong affinity for water (forming calcium hydroxide, itself a strong and corrosive base), also releases heat capable of contributing thermal burns as well as delivering the corrosive effects of a strong alkali to moist flesh.


title: Corrosive substance

text: In addition, some corrosive chemicals, mostly acids such as hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, are volatile and can emit corrosive mists upon contact with air. Inhalation can damage the respiratory tract.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Corrosive substances are most hazardous to eyesight. A drop of a corrosive may cause blindness within 2–10 seconds through opacification or direct destruction of the cornea.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Ingestion of corrosives can induce severe consequences, including serious damage of the gastrointestinal tract, which can lead to vomiting, severe stomach aches, and death.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Use of personal protective equipment, including items such as protective gloves, protective aprons, acid suits, safety goggles, a face shield, or safety shoes, is normally recommended when handling corrosive substances. Users should consult a safety data sheet for the specific recommendation for the corrosive substance of interest. The material of construction of the personal protective equipment is of critical importance as well. For example, although rubber gloves and rubber aprons may be made out of a chemically resistant elastomer such as nitrile rubber, neoprene, or butyl rubber, each of these materials has different resistance to different corrosives and they should not be substituted for each other.


title: Corrosive substance

text: Some corrosive chemicals are valued for various uses, the most common of which is in household cleaning agents. For example, most drain cleaners contain either acids or alkalis due to their capabilities of dissolving greases, proteins or mineral deposits such as limescale inside water pipes.


title: Corrosive substance

text: In chemical uses, high chemical reactivity is often desirable, as the rates of chemical reactions depend on the activity (effective concentration) of the reactive species. For instance, catalytic sulfuric acid is used in the alkylation process in an oil refinery: the activity of carbocations, the reactive intermediate, is higher with stronger acidity, and thus the reaction proceeds faster. Once used, corrosives are most often recycled or neutralized. However, there have been environmental problems with untreated corrosive effluents or accidental discharges.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: Partial least squares regression (PLS regression) is a statistical method that bears some relation to principal components regression; instead of finding hyperplanes of maximum variance between the response and independent variables, it finds a linear regression model by projecting the predicted variables and the observable variables to a new space. Because both the "X" and "Y" data are projected to new spaces, the PLS family of methods are known as bilinear factor models. Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) is a variant used when the Y is categorical.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: PLS is used to find the fundamental relations between two matrices ("X" and "Y"), i.e. a latent variable approach to modeling the covariance structures in these two spaces. A PLS model will try to find the multidimensional direction in the "X" space that explains the maximum multidimensional variance direction in the "Y" space. PLS regression is particularly suited when the matrix of predictors has more variables than observations, and when there is multicollinearity among "X" values. By contrast, standard regression will fail in these cases (unless it is regularized).


title: Partial least squares regression

text: Partial least squares was introduced by the Swedish statistician Herman O. A. Wold, who then developed it with his son, Svante Wold. An alternative term for PLS is projection to latent structures, but the term "partial least squares" is still dominant in many areas. Although the original applications were in the social sciences, PLS regression is today most widely used in chemometrics and related areas. It is also used in bioinformatics, sensometrics, neuroscience, and anthropology.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: where is an formula_3 matrix of predictors, is an formula_4 matrix of responses; and are formula_5 matrices that are, respectively, projections of (the "X score", "component" or "factor" matrix) and projections of (the "Y scores"); and are, respectively, formula_6 and formula_7 orthogonal "loading" matrices; and matrices and are the error terms, assumed to be independent and identically distributed random normal variables. The decompositions of and are made so as to maximise the covariance between and .


title: Partial least squares regression

text: A number of variants of PLS exist for estimating the factor and loading matrices and . Most of them construct estimates of the linear regression between and as formula_8. Some PLS algorithms are only appropriate for the case where is a column vector, while others deal with the general case of a matrix . Algorithms also differ on whether they estimate the factor matrix as an orthogonal (that is, orthonormal) matrix or not.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: The final prediction will be the same for all these varieties of PLS, but the components will differ.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: PLS1 is a widely used algorithm appropriate for the vector case. It estimates as an orthonormal matrix. In pseudocode it is expressed below (capital letters are matrices, lower case letters are vectors if they are superscripted and scalars if they are subscripted)


title: Partial least squares regression

text: This form of the algorithm does not require centering of the input and , as this is performed implicitly by the algorithm.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: This algorithm features 'deflation' of the matrix (subtraction of formula_11), but deflation of the vector is not performed, as it is not necessary (it can be proved that deflating yields the same results as not deflating). The user-supplied variable is the limit on the number of latent factors in the regression; if it equals the rank of the matrix , the algorithm will yield the least squares regression estimates for and formula_12


title: Partial least squares regression

text: In 2002 a new method was published called orthogonal projections to latent structures (OPLS). In OPLS, continuous variable data is separated into predictive and uncorrelated (orthogonal) information. This leads to improved diagnostics, as well as more easily interpreted visualization. However, these changes only improve the interpretability, not the predictivity, of the PLS models. Similarly, OPLS-DA (Discriminant Analysis) may be applied when working with discrete variables, as in classification and biomarker studies.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: Another extension of PLS regression, named L-PLS for its L-shaped matrices, connects 3 related data blocks to improve predictability. In brief, a new "Z" matrix, with the same amount of columns as the "X" matrix, is added to the PLS regression analysis and may be suitable for including additional background information on the interdependence of the predictor variables.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: In 2015 partial least squares was related to a procedure called the three-pass regression filter (3PRF). Supposing the number of observations and variables are large, the 3PRF (and hence PLS) is asymptotically normal for the "best" forecast implied by a linear latent factor model. In stock market data, PLS has been shown to provide accurate out-of-sample forecasts of returns and cash-flow growth.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: A PLS version based on singular value decomposition (SVD) provides a memory efficient implementation that can be used to address high-dimensional problems, such as relating millions of genetic markers to thousands of imaging features in imaging genetics, on consumer-grade hardware.


title: Partial least squares regression

text: PLS correlation (PLSC) is another methodology related to PLS regression, which has been used in neuroimaging and sport science, to quantify the strength of the relationship between data sets. Typically, PLSC divides the data into two blocks (sub-groups) each containing one or more variables, and then uses singular value decomposition (SVD) to establish the strength of any relationship (i.e. the amount of shared information) that might exist between the two component sub-groups. It does this by using SVD to determine the inertia (i.e. the sum of the singular values) of the covariance matrix of the sub-groups under consideration.


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (), abbreviated as NKPK, is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film, written and directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan in his directorial debut. Produced by V. S. Rajkumar under the studio Leo Vision, it was distributed by J. Satish Kumar, under his banner JSK Film Corporation. It stars Vijay Sethupathi, Gayathrie, Vigneshwaran Palanisamy, Bagavathi Perumal and Rajkumar, thus marking the acting debut for Rajkumar, Vigneshwaran and Bagavathi. The plot is based on a true story that involves a young man who experiences retrograde amnesia after a cricket incident two days before his wedding.


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: The music and background score of the film are composed by Ved Shankar and Siddharth Vipin respectively. The cinematography of the film was handled by C. Premkumar and editing was done by R. Govindaraj. The film released on 30 November 2012 to widely positive reviews from critics, and became a cult hit. Owing to the film's success, it was remade in six languages as "Pusthakamlo Konni Pageelu Missing" (Telugu), "Kwatle Satisha" (Kannada), "Medulla Oblangata" (Malayalam), "Suna Pila Tike Screw Dhila" (Odia), "Shu Thayu?" (Gujarati) and "Dokyala Shot" (Marathi).


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: C. Prem Kumar, Saras, Balaji Tharaneetharan alias Bhaji, and Bagavathi Perumal alias Bucks are close friends. Prem is about to be married to his fiancée Dhanalakshmi. Two days before his marriage, the group of friends decide to play a game of cricket. During the game, Prem attempts to catch a ball hit by Bhaji but instead, he drops it and falls on the back of his head but gets back up and says he is fine. After the game, the friends realise that Prem has been muttering the events leading to his injury over and over again. Initially, they think Prem is trying to prank them but later at Bucks' house, they realise that something is wrong. They realise that Prem is suffering from temporary memory loss due to the injury and has forgotten the past year of his life including his upcoming marriage, Dhana, and even his bike that was stolen a few days back. However, he still recognises his friends.


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: Worried, the trio takes Prem to a local hospital where the doctor diagnoses him with anterograde amnesia or short-term memory loss and checks him into the hospital. They decide to keep his parents and Dhana in the dark. Bucks' boss arrives at the hospital and recounts the story of a man he knew who developed amnesia after an accident and never recovered. Petrified, the trio decides to leave Bhaji in charge of Prem for the night with the hope he will recover the next day but the following morning he continues to remain in the same condition. With his wedding reception that evening and the doctor not allowing him to get discharged, Prem is snuck out of the hospital by the trio. They take him to a hair salon to get him ready for the marriage but are shocked to see Prem's father there. However, they manage to keep Prem's condition a secret from him. They then take him to his home and luckily nobody suspects anything amiss.


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: At the wedding reception, the trio finds it challenging to keep Dhana and Prem together since he remembers nothing about her. He keeps remarking how awful Dhana looks, much to her dismay; however, the friends are able to control the situation. Much to Bhaji and Bucks' surprise, Prem starts to obey Saras' commands without questioning. Later that night, Saras reveals that he helped Prem complete his schoolwork during high school and since then Prem has always respected Saras more than anyone. The next day at the marriage, the trio finds themselves in a fix when Prem refuses to tie the wedding knot citing the reason that he does not know Dhana and says he cannot forget about a girl he once liked in school. Miraculously, after much persuasion by Saras, he ties the wedding knot. Tears of happiness flow from the friends' eyes, however, their relief is temporary as Prem's condition worsens.


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: The trio take Prem back to the hospital where they are reprimanded by the doctor for sneaking him out. However, he is surprised to know that the wedding was a success. He realises that Prem has not slept well the past few days and gives him sleeping pills to help him sleep. The next day Prem's condition seems to be the same but later he recounts everything revealing he has recovered and that his memory is back. The friends celebrate, much to Prem's confusion. He is surprised to know that his wedding is over and laments how much he looked forward to his wedding but now is unable to remember it. Finally, the elated friends return home with Prem.


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: The film was said to be based on a real-life incident that happened in the life of cinematographer C. Prem Kumar and described as a humorous tale about a young man who forgets a few days of his life even as he is about to get married. Prem Kumar lost his memory, when he was working as an assistant cameraman in the film "Vaaranam Aayiram"; two days before his marriage he went to play cricket with three friends, Saras, Bagavathi Perumal (one of the actors), Balaji Tharaneetharan (The director), while Prem attempting a catch, he fell, losing his memory temporarily. Balaji Tharaneetharan, who was present with him, began writing a script based on the incident, besides directing it as well. One of the other witnesses, Bagavathi Perumal agreed to play himself in the film, while the victim Prem Kumar handled the cinematography himself. It took two months for lead actor Vijay Sethupathi to master a lengthy dialogue that begins with the lines "Enna aachu? Cricket valadnom? Nee thane ball potte? Slip aaitena? Keezha vizhundhutena? Okay okay" (What happened? We played cricket? You threw the ball? Did I slip and fall? Okay okay).


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: The film's soundtrack was composed by Ved Shankar, a former student of KM Music Conservatory, a music school led by A. R. Rahman. Ved Shankar had composed earlier two soundtracks "Paalai" (2011) and "Madhubana Kadai" (2012), before this film. The background score was composed by Siddharth Vipin. The album features five tracks, including an instrumental, with lyrics penned by Karthik Netha and the composer himself. The film created a record of sorts by featuring a song, the lines of which were selected from phrases sent in by more than 1,800 people through Facebook.


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: The soundtrack was released on 26 October 2012 at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai, in the presence of the film's cast and crew, with Kamal Haasan being the event's chief guest. Singer-actress Andrea Jeremiah lent her voice for the promo song "O Crazy Minnal", the music video of which was also shot on her and was released to the media in early November. The songs, except the title track were used only for promotional purposes and were not featured in the film, as they were removed from the film's final cut in order to make the film more interesting."


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: The soundtrack received generally positive reviews. Behindwoods stated "A playful and innovative soundtrack from Ved Shankar, which definitely stands out from the general commercial albums", providing a rating of 3.5 out of 5.


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: "Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom" was due for release on 19 September 2012, with preview screenings being held for critics and personalities from the film industry. The film received positive reviews from the media and various directors and technicians. Following its positive reception, the team decided to postpone the film's release in order to achieve a wider release. Furthermore, about 25 minutes of the film were removed after the premiere shows to make it more interesting. All songs barring the title track were also cut from final version and aired on television for promotional purposes only. To promote the film, the crew created an online game that could be played on the film's website. The distribution rights were acquired by Sathyam Cinemas. The satellite rights were sold to Sun TV. The film eventually released on 30 November 2012 alongside Red Giant Movies' "Neerparavai".


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: "Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom" opened to positive reviews from the critics. M. Suganth from "Times of India" gave it 4 out of 5 and called it an "instant cult comedy that delivers the laughs big time" and added that "the film's real success lies in the genuine rush of feel-good emotion it leaves you with as it ends; it is at once a relief and a celebration".


title: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

text: K. R. Manigandan from "The Hindu" wrote that the film was "a winner whichever way you choose to look at it. With just a simple story and a small team of talented newcomers, director Balaji Tharaneetharan has, on a shoestring budget, managed to deliver what even major banners with their big budgets and huge star casts often struggle to make — a wholesome entertainer". "Sify" labelled the film as a "rollicking all new comedy entertainer" and lauded the director for having "come out with no big names, no sleaze, no irrelevant comedy track just pure comedy for the intelligent audiences". Vivek Ramz from in.com rated it 3.5 out of 5 and wrote that "NKPK is jolly, good, fun ride for those who love offbeat entertainers. Go and have a blast!" "IBNLive" described the film as "simple, straightforward and hilarious" and gave "three cheers to the whole team for making a clean and a good entertainer". Malini Mannath from "The New Indian Express" named it a "thorough entertainer" and a "must- watch". A review from "Samay Live" said the movie as "Best comedy film of the year" and added as "movie highlights the importance of situational comedy and uses it to build one of the best entertaining screenplay of recent times". Behindwoods.com rated the film 3/5 and said "The missing pages are more exciting. Worth the watch". Pavithra Srinivasan from "Rediff" give 3/5 and cited director Balaji Tharaneetharan as the hero of the film, who "brings us a novel idea in a light-hearted setting, engages our attention with smart dialogues, and pulls off the caper with neat plot twists". Haricharan Pudipeddi from "Nowrunning.com" gave 3.1 out of 5 and said it was "undoubtedly one of the best situational comedies of the year".


title: Bilal Abbas Khan

text: Bilal Abbas Khan (; born 4 June 1993) is a Pakistani actor who primarily works in Urdu television. He made his acting debut with a supporting role in the religious drama "Saya-e-Dewar Bhi Nahi" (2016).


title: Bilal Abbas Khan

text: His debut in a leading role was in "Kashif Nisar" "Dumpukht – Aatish-e-Ishq" (2016). Khan appeared in the romantic drama "O Rangreza" (2017). He recently acted in the family drama "Dobara (TV series)" (2021).


title: Bilal Abbas Khan

text: Bilal Abbas Khan was born on 4 June 1993 into a Pashtun family in Karachi, Sindh. There he was also raised and received his early education from, but was later on sent to a boarding school, called Lawrence School, in Murree, where he took part in theater plays, which inspired a desire in him to pursue a career in acting. He later joined the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology in Karachi, to study marketing, and graduated in 2015. His father, Sohail Abbas, serves as DSP Karachi in the Sindh Police, and his mother, Farhana Sohail, is a fashion designer. Having formally studied acting at the National Academy of Performing Arts and being mainly inspired by Viola Spolin's "great focus on improvisation and improvisational techniques", he started acting in 2016 with commercial modelling and later started auditioning for television roles.


title: Bilal Abbas Khan

text: Khan made his acting debut in 2016 with a supporting role in the Hum TV's religious drama "Saya-e-Dewar Bhi Nahi", alongside an ensemble cast of Naveen Waqar, Ahsan Khan and Emmad Irfani. Directed by Shahzad Kashmiri, his role was that of a spoiled brat who hated his parents for neglecting and abandoning him. Khan received praise for portraying a man betrayed by his elder brother (played by Sami Khan) by marrying his love interest (played by Armeena Khan) in the romantic drama "Rasm E Duniya", that aired on ARY Digital in 2017. His next role was that of a murdered victim in the courtroom drama "Saanp Seerhi". The series was based on the novel of the same name, written by Umera Ahmed, and also starred Samina Peerzada and Madiha Imam, who played his mother and love interest respectively. His breakout role came with the romantic comedy drama "O Rangreza" (2017), in which he starred as an introvert, raised by his strict uncle (Noman Ijaz), who falls in love with his daughter (Sajal Aly). Mahwash Ajaz of "Samaa" wrote that Khan portrayed his character without "being repetitive" and that he is the "master of [his] craft". The series topped the rating upon its airing and earned him further recognition, as well as the Hum Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Further success came with the role of a family-oriented guy married to a selfish wife (played by Ushna Shah) in the thriller "Balaa" (2018), which earned him the ARY Media Awards for Best Actor and a Lux Style Award for Best Television Actor nomination. "Daily Times" called him the "master performer of this age", and "ARY News" said that "Bilal continues to go from strength to strength" and labeled him as an "amazing actor".


title: Bilal Abbas Khan

text: The 2019 crime drama "Cheekh", was one of the most successful and acclaimed dramas of 2019. His role of an antagonist opposite Saba Qamar, was well-received by the critics as well as by the public, establishing Khan as a leading actor in Urdu television. "Daily Times" stated that Khan is "scary as the coldblooded murderer", while "Mangobaaz" labelled him as "a modern day masterpiece". At the annual Lux Style Awards, he received another Best Television Actor nomination. He next starred as a Naval officer in the patriotic military-based telefilm "Laal", which was aired on television on the occasion of Pakistan Day.


title: Bilal Abbas Khan

text: Khan began 2020 with the role of a dumb but Mathematics genius in the comedy drama "Pyar Ke Sadqay", opposite Yumna Zaidi. The series as well as his performance was widely praised by the public and the critics. "The Nation" said that Khan has raised the "bar high" for his performance in the series. His next appearance was opposite Madiha Imam in Mehreen Jabbar's social comedy web-series "Aik Jhooti Love Story", as a computer hardware technician who unknowingly romances his neighbour through an online profile with a fake persona. The web-series, written by Umera Ahmed, was streamed on the Indian video on demand service, called Zee5. Critical opinion on his acting prowess was overwhelming; critic Maliha Rehman of "Dawn" wrote, "Bilal has been proving his acting brilliance for some time now, completely personifying every character that he plays. In "Aik Jhooti Love Story", he transforms completely into Sohail, bringing an earthy, very real sweetness to his role. In December 2020, he was selected by the UK magazine "Eastern Eye" as one of the "Top 50 Asian celebrities", peaking at number 28, along with four other Pakistani celebrities, and was labelled as the "fastest rising acting star in Pakistan" by the magazine. Khan concluded the year with the #MeToo movement-based thriller series "Dunk", where he played the hot-headed love interest of Sana Javed's character, alongside her, Noman Ijaz, and Yasra Rizvi. Khan described his character as "a very realistic one. Haider is an honest guy who stands with the truth and fights for what is right." Based on a real-life story of a family in Sargodha, "Dunk" generated controversy when its producer, Fahad Mustafa, stated against the sexual harassment cases, citing that many of the men are falsely accused. Muna Moini of "Something Haute" found the series to be "a multi-layered drama full of powerful performances." In 2021, "Eastern Eye" featured him in its list of "30 under 30 Global Asian Stars", along with four other Pakistani celebrities. As of February 2021, he has confirmed to play the lead in his second film, titled as "Khel Khel Mein", opposite Sajal Aly, which will be directed by Nabeel Qureshi.


title: Hellbilly Deluxe

text: Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside the Spookshow International is the debut solo studio album by American musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie. The album serves as his first release outside of the band White Zombie, with whom he released two multi-platinum studio albums. "Hellbilly Deluxe" was released on August 25, 1998 through Geffen Records. Musically, the project portrays Zombie's love for classic horror films with heavy metal and electronic music. The album's lyrics speak of murder, chaos, and supernatural forces. The majority of "Hellbilly Deluxe" was recorded in California, and was produced by both Zombie and Scott Humphrey; Zombie is credited as the sole writer on all of the songs.


title: Hellbilly Deluxe

text: "Hellbilly Deluxe" was released to a generally positive critical reception, with the album's production being praised. The album proved to be a commercial success, reaching the top five of the "Billboard" 200 and selling over three million copies in the United States. "Hellbilly Deluxe" outsold all of Zombie's releases with his former band, and established him as a successful solo artist. The project appeared on multiple charts worldwide, though failed to duplicate the success it had in North America. Since its release, the album has garnered the title of a "shock rock classic" by numerous publications.


title: Hellbilly Deluxe

text: The album was preceded by the release of Zombie's debut single, "Dragula". The song was a hit in the United States, and appeared on the singles chart in the United Kingdom. "Living Dead Girl" was released as the album's second single, and achieved a similar amount of success as its predecessor. The album's third and final single was "Superbeast", which failed to emulate the commercial performance of the album's first two singles. All three of the songs were used extensively in the media, appearing in various films and video games. "Dragula" is often referred to as Zombie's signature song, and remains his highest selling single worldwide. "Hellbilly Deluxe" is Zombie's most successful album to date.